jeepgirl30
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I booked today!!!!
DH is Grumpy. Not just about disney, he is plain Grumpy all the time. Even when he is on cloud 9 you can still see Grumpy. Every year we do a family trip to the beach with college friends and their kids. I'm not really a beach person. I go but each time we book I ask if we can please consider Disney next time.
DH and I went to Disney the year after we got married. He loved it and said someday we'd take our kids (at the time I thought he was nuts because I thought I wasn't going to have children). We stayed at CSR and he said he liked it but wanted to do better with kids.
I have gone to Disney for many tradeshows and he has come 2 or 3 times. We stayed at the Dolphin and Grand Floridian on those trips.
Then came our cute dwarf #1. Total princess from day 1. There was not enough pink or princess in the world for this girl from day 1 until a few months ago.
cute dwarf #2 came 2.5 years after DD. He is a tiny lil bugger but very high energy. He had an accident at 18 months and knocked out 5 teeth. At 7 he still doesn't have them. But he has the greatest little smile anyway.
a few years ago I couldn't take it anymore and begged DH for Disney. We were going through a lot of transition (i had lost my job and finally got another) and he really didn't want to go. DS was also a big handful and well a mini Grumpy. So I convinced DH to let me take the princess for a mom/daughter budget trip. We stayed at All Star Movies with free dining and had frequent flyer points for flights. I promised DS to take him someday when he was bigger. He was 3 at the time and had no idea. He stayed with his "best friend Papa" those few days and figured he was the lucky one. DH was thrilled.
More beach trips each year. Last year I said no more beach until Disney. Didn't work. I'm not really good at standing ground with DH. I sorta go with the flow a lot.
For Christmas DH got me a small gc for Disney and said IF you can save the rest we will go but save enough for the beach too.
Well I saw the gc promo with Disney and kept thinking about it. But I wanted to do Sept (both DH&I and DD&I went in Sept with NO crowds) I knew I wanted to stay at Wilderness Lodge with the family but kept looking at pics and questioning, researching, etc. DH is a huge sports freak and loves ESPN zone when we are there. I swear he has a stool molded to his butt. So I was thinking BC/YC but wow, the cost and I really like the WL look. Haven't stayed there but went through it. I also really think the kids will like it and the pool there.
I've been sending DH emails with dates and prices. He either ignores it or freaks over the cost. No codes yet for Sept. I also really thought we wanted free dining so I could have it already budgeted. However since the change in DP it just doesn't seem to be good for us. First, DH likes to have a salad and entree and never eats dessert, EVER. I like apps and sometimes eat an app instead of an entree. I rarely eat desserts but once and awhile i do. However a week of entrees and desserts just wouldn't work for us. Plus I want to do a few character meals.
Well a few days ago DH said just book it and leave him alone about it! AND do it sooner than later so we get it over with!!!
Of course I feel guilty but I really really want to go and the cute dwarf 2 really is ready. He is 1/2 inch from being tall enough for space mountain! Yes, he is 7 and only 43.5 inches. Told ya'll he was a dwarf! no insult intended, keeping it in the disney theme.
Anyway DH has been overly Grumpy the last 2 days because of me questioning the Disney trip. So last night I decided to not even speak to him at all. Okay I know this sounds bad but he gets this way and the best way to handle the mood is to give him alone time. Time out for an adult.
He calls this am and says the beach is off and to book Disney, just tell be sure it is paid off before and tell him when to show up where!
I got my air miles in order and found good flights on SW. Oh yea, DH HATES to fly. I had enough miles to fly two of us on sw and 2 on usairways but he said no way, all on one. It is hard to coordinate 2 free tickets plus 2 cheap flights all together.
But guess what??? I DID IT!!!!
I booked our flights. I have a package on hold. AND i even got a few dining reservations.
We are going to Disney!!! End of April - begining of May. YAY.
The kids have heard us talk, was with DH when he got the gc and know how much I want to go back. But they are convinced it is sept. I really want to keep the secret a little while.
So now I gotta start working on their scrapbooks for autographs.
DH is Grumpy. Not just about disney, he is plain Grumpy all the time. Even when he is on cloud 9 you can still see Grumpy. Every year we do a family trip to the beach with college friends and their kids. I'm not really a beach person. I go but each time we book I ask if we can please consider Disney next time.
DH and I went to Disney the year after we got married. He loved it and said someday we'd take our kids (at the time I thought he was nuts because I thought I wasn't going to have children). We stayed at CSR and he said he liked it but wanted to do better with kids.
I have gone to Disney for many tradeshows and he has come 2 or 3 times. We stayed at the Dolphin and Grand Floridian on those trips.
Then came our cute dwarf #1. Total princess from day 1. There was not enough pink or princess in the world for this girl from day 1 until a few months ago.
cute dwarf #2 came 2.5 years after DD. He is a tiny lil bugger but very high energy. He had an accident at 18 months and knocked out 5 teeth. At 7 he still doesn't have them. But he has the greatest little smile anyway.
a few years ago I couldn't take it anymore and begged DH for Disney. We were going through a lot of transition (i had lost my job and finally got another) and he really didn't want to go. DS was also a big handful and well a mini Grumpy. So I convinced DH to let me take the princess for a mom/daughter budget trip. We stayed at All Star Movies with free dining and had frequent flyer points for flights. I promised DS to take him someday when he was bigger. He was 3 at the time and had no idea. He stayed with his "best friend Papa" those few days and figured he was the lucky one. DH was thrilled.
More beach trips each year. Last year I said no more beach until Disney. Didn't work. I'm not really good at standing ground with DH. I sorta go with the flow a lot.
For Christmas DH got me a small gc for Disney and said IF you can save the rest we will go but save enough for the beach too.
Well I saw the gc promo with Disney and kept thinking about it. But I wanted to do Sept (both DH&I and DD&I went in Sept with NO crowds) I knew I wanted to stay at Wilderness Lodge with the family but kept looking at pics and questioning, researching, etc. DH is a huge sports freak and loves ESPN zone when we are there. I swear he has a stool molded to his butt. So I was thinking BC/YC but wow, the cost and I really like the WL look. Haven't stayed there but went through it. I also really think the kids will like it and the pool there.
I've been sending DH emails with dates and prices. He either ignores it or freaks over the cost. No codes yet for Sept. I also really thought we wanted free dining so I could have it already budgeted. However since the change in DP it just doesn't seem to be good for us. First, DH likes to have a salad and entree and never eats dessert, EVER. I like apps and sometimes eat an app instead of an entree. I rarely eat desserts but once and awhile i do. However a week of entrees and desserts just wouldn't work for us. Plus I want to do a few character meals.
Well a few days ago DH said just book it and leave him alone about it! AND do it sooner than later so we get it over with!!!
Of course I feel guilty but I really really want to go and the cute dwarf 2 really is ready. He is 1/2 inch from being tall enough for space mountain! Yes, he is 7 and only 43.5 inches. Told ya'll he was a dwarf! no insult intended, keeping it in the disney theme.
Anyway DH has been overly Grumpy the last 2 days because of me questioning the Disney trip. So last night I decided to not even speak to him at all. Okay I know this sounds bad but he gets this way and the best way to handle the mood is to give him alone time. Time out for an adult.
He calls this am and says the beach is off and to book Disney, just tell be sure it is paid off before and tell him when to show up where!
I got my air miles in order and found good flights on SW. Oh yea, DH HATES to fly. I had enough miles to fly two of us on sw and 2 on usairways but he said no way, all on one. It is hard to coordinate 2 free tickets plus 2 cheap flights all together.
But guess what??? I DID IT!!!!
I booked our flights. I have a package on hold. AND i even got a few dining reservations.
We are going to Disney!!! End of April - begining of May. YAY.
The kids have heard us talk, was with DH when he got the gc and know how much I want to go back. But they are convinced it is sept. I really want to keep the secret a little while.
So now I gotta start working on their scrapbooks for autographs.
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