The 5 J's Go Back to Disney *6/7* We're home :( But the TR has been started!!

[jenr812]

I went in yesterday morning and signed all my papers, so it's official. I am a NICU nurse. Though it won't be officially official until I pass my boards and have my license.

I will start either June 25 or July 10 depending on when I take the boards and get my license. I still can't believe it - I feel like I need to pinch myself.

The first week of hospital orientation, I'll work 8-4:30 M-F. Then I will be working days (7a-7p) while I orient to the unit for a few months. Then they will evaluate the needs of the unit to see if I stay on days or go to nights (7p-7a). I kind of hope I go to nights, because I think it will be easier child-care wise and there is a nice shift differential But then again, I am not sure how my body will adjust to all that. I am not going to worry at all though. Whatever is meant to be will be.

God is so good. I feel so unworthy. He has always been so faithful to me. He provided everything I needed to get this degree. Every door that closed, He either forced it open or showed me how to crawl through a window. I am so grateful and just want to do everything in my power to bring glory to Him.

I am so excited to have the opportunity to touch so many people's lives. I know I keep saying this, but it truly does feel like a dream. I mean, how many people can honestly say they LOVE their job? If I had gotten a position elsewhere, I would have enjoyed my job because I enjoy being a nurse and helping other people. But working in the NICU...every shift that I've worked there during my preceptorship has been something I truly looked forward to. And now I get to do it and GET PAID, TOO!!! Wow. I am so blessed. Thank you Jesus.

This week will be a rollercoaster of emotion. Graduating is awesome but it is also the end of a very important chapter in my life. And much as I hope it doesn't happen, I know that some people I have grown to love will fade from my life. Plus it's just a huge change to be DONE with school and on to the next chapter of my life.

So...

Now that the graduation is over with, it's time to get on with the graduation TRIP!

DH has two watches on ebay and he sold a car part last week. Problem is, the person who won the car part never responded and now has -1 feedback and the two people bidding on the two watches both have 0 feedback and joined in the past 30 days Totally sucks because we were hoping for that money for some "cushion" spending money (that if we don't spend will go towards our CC debt when we get back). People suck sometimes.

I'm also not ready for this weekend's yard sale. So I've got to push it back to next weekend. Again. But this is the last time I can do that, since...

We leave in 15 days!!​

14 1/2, actually

Anyway, I am really feeling the stress. So much to do, so little time. Jory is going to a friend's house tomorrow after school so I will have the WHOLE DAY to myself til 3pm. I need to really make myself have a super productive day.

So here's what I need to accomplish before we leave:

• Price yard sale stuff
• Organize yard sale stuff
• Have yard sale (duh)
• Arrange mail delivery to stop
• Have DH cut the lawn the day before we leave
• Clean house top to bottom (there is nothing worse than coming home to a dirty house and vice versa!)
• Have DH call Coral Reef to arrange for diver
• Get new Epipen for DH
• Refill meds for myself and Jayden
• Set up online bill payments for our mortgage, car insurance, etc that are due while we are away
• Contact POR with requests and let them know we'll be arriving after dinnertime
• Find out Jessica's exam schedule and see if we can switch it up to skip the last day of school altogether and leave earlier
• Get another memory card (or two)
• Get a battery charger and batteries for my camera
• Tie dye 5 shirts
• Decide on a design for our other T shirts
• Study TGM and print lots of stuff for our daily park itineraries (you'd think I would have done this months ago )
• Return the many things I've bought that don't fit LOL (It's so hard to shop for these kids anymore!)
• Get new pair of Croc's for me??
• Finish the last few pages of my 2005 Disney scrapbook
• PACK!!!! (which I've started already, thank God!)
• Clean out my car thoroughly (we're swapping with MIL and using her minivan to drive down, so I want to make sure it's nice and clean for her)
• Go tan 2-3 times?? (probably not but it would be nice!)
• Have a pedicure (I am going to treat myself to this next week!!)
• Lose 30 pounds

OK so maybe not that last one

I am sure I am forgetting a half dozen things. Not to mention the non-trip things I need to do, like mail off my paperwork to take my boards I took pics of the shirts we got at the Disney store. Right now I'm installing the software for my camera, so I'll post those pics later.

I can't wait to just go to Disney! I can't believe that in exactly 15 days, we will be arriving at POR!!!!

 

[daisy_77]

Congrats again on getting the job! That is so great!
The Lord is good. You worked hard ---- you deserve the job of your dreams. Those little babies need someone like you!

Ebay is drama! We sell on ebay, too and it can be a pain sometimes. Maybe those new ebayers who are bidding will surprise you and actually pay for the watches.

Good luck with the yard sale----we are going to have one this month, too! I hope you all get lots of moolah!

 

[timandlesley]

Boy that is quite a list, and I thought mine in my head was crazy and we have more than double the days you do. It's funny, no matter how long the list is, we always get them done, one step at a time. Hang in there.
I agree, the Lord is so good, I am so happy to see you giving glory to him in your post and I wish you all the best in your NICU job, you will be an angel for all of those little lives placed in your care, bless you for that. As I said, my Lauren was in a NICU after her premature birth so I have the utmost respect for what you do. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN!!!
Lesley

 

[jenr812]

Congrats again on getting the job! That is so great!
The Lord is good. You worked hard ---- you deserve the job of your dreams. Those little babies need someone like you!

Ebay is drama! We sell on ebay, too and it can be a pain sometimes. Maybe those new ebayers who are bidding will surprise you and actually pay for the watches.

Good luck with the yard sale----we are going to have one this month, too! I hope you all get lots of moolah!

Thank you! Well, the one bidder dropped their bid saying they bid too high. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. I miss the way ebay used to be way back when. Good luck with your sale too!

Boy that is quite a list, and I thought mine in my head was crazy and we have more than double the days you do. It's funny, no matter how long the list is, we always get them done, one step at a time. Hang in there.
I agree, the Lord is so good, I am so happy to see you giving glory to him in your post and I wish you all the best in your NICU job, you will be an angel for all of those little lives placed in your care, bless you for that. As I said, my Lauren was in a NICU after her premature birth so I have the utmost respect for what you do. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN!!!
Lesley

It's amazing how much work it takes to take a vacation It's all worth it in the end! I never imagined that I had the "stuff" to be a NICU nurse and now it's all I can imagine doing It's just so amazing, and of course, God had it all planned out way before I had any idea! He is so awesome.

 

[jenr812]

I have pictures finally!

Here are Jayden's shirts

And Jory's

Most of them were $2.49 and then 15% off of that. You can't get shirts that cheap at Walmart, and these are so much better quality. I will try to get pics of my shirts, Jessica's shirts, and the other odds and ends I got tomorrow.

 

[BrerMama]

[*]Arrange mail delivery to stop

You know you can do that online, right? link

[*]Clean house top to bottom (there is nothing worse than coming home to a dirty house and vice versa!)

I'm with you on this one, but also don't want to spend my last day of work packing up my classroom, then coming home to clean up my house. And since the classroom has to be done.... house will probably be passable and no more.

[*]Tie dye 5 shirts

Um yeah. Get cracking on that one, girl! I want pictures.

[*]Study TGM and print lots of stuff for our daily park itineraries (you'd think I would have done this months ago )

If it makes you feel any better, I'm a die hard TGMer and I still find myself changing my touring plans daily as new information comes out. And as I change my mind...

[*]Get new pair of Croc's for me??

A girl can never have too many pairs of Crocs in my book. I'm taking 4 pair. And thinking I might buy another while we're there...

OK, I'm getting tired and reading your to-do list is adding things to my to-do list. I refuse to pack until the day before we leave, though, so you're a step ahead of me there. It's all getting so close now!

 

[DisneyDadFaNaTic]

Congratulations on the graduation and the job! I am happy for you!

Great Pre-TR as well. I loved the idea of the Tide pen! DW is always getting stuff on her shirt (don't tell her I told you though). I think I will make it a gift before we leave! (Can you have it on an airplane?)

Your family is beautiful! Look around when you are there for a bald headed guy with a goatee (I get to cut my hair before we leave, YAY!) who is grinning like an idiot and it will probably be me! It would be an honor to meet you and your family!

Keep up the great work!

 

[jenr812]

You know you can do that online, right? link

I'm with you on this one, but also don't want to spend my last day of work packing up my classroom, then coming home to clean up my house. And since the classroom has to be done.... house will probably be passable and no more.


Um yeah. Get cracking on that one, girl! I want pictures.


If it makes you feel any better, I'm a die hard TGMer and I still find myself changing my touring plans daily as new information comes out. And as I change my mind...

A girl can never have too many pairs of Crocs in my book. I'm taking 4 pair. And thinking I might buy another while we're there...

OK, I'm getting tired and reading your to-do list is adding things to my to-do list. I refuse to pack until the day before we leave, though, so you're a step ahead of me there. It's all getting so close now!

Thank you! You just helped me check one thing off my list

I went to Mike's this morning and they finally got more Soda Ash in stock, so I am ready to go with that.

Congratulations on the graduation and the job! I am happy for you!

Great Pre-TR as well. I loved the idea of the Tide pen! DW is always getting stuff on her shirt (don't tell her I told you though). I think I will make it a gift before we leave! (Can you have it on an airplane?)

Your family is beautiful! Look around when you are there for a bald headed guy with a goatee (I get to cut my hair before we leave, YAY!) who is grinning like an idiot and it will probably be me! It would be an honor to meet you and your family!

Keep up the great work!

Thank you for the congrats and compliments on my family! We'd love to meet your crew.

Tide to Go pens are my new best friend! I have several - one in my purse, one in my car, one in the clipboard I use at work yay: ), one in DD's purse... They rock! Not sure about on a plane We don't really fly much, though DD flies to see her dad next month

 

[jenr812]

I stopped at Best Buy this morning and picked up two 2GB memory cards on sale for $25 each. I had $23 left on a BB gift card, so it only cost me around $30. Can't beat that.

Then I got the Soda Ash from Mike's as I mentioned above, so we are one step closer to having tie dyed shirts I decided that I am not making transfer shirts for DH or myself, but I will make them for the kids. Still have to find a design though.

I returned a couple things to Target also, but I still have some more stuff to return so I can't cross that off my list, yet.

OK so since I've now crossed a few things off my list here is the revision.

• Price yard sale stuff
• Organize yard sale stuff
• Have yard sale (duh)
• Have DH cut the lawn the day before we leave
• Clean house top to bottom (there is nothing worse than coming home to a dirty house and vice versa!)
• Have DH call Coral Reef to arrange for diver
• Get new Epipen for DH
• Refill meds for myself and Jayden
• Set up online bill payments for our mortgage, car insurance, etc that are due while we are away
• Contact POR with requests and let them know we'll be arriving after dinnertime
• Find out Jessica's exam schedule and see if we can switch it up to skip the last day of school altogether and leave earlier
• Get a battery charger and batteries for my camera
• Tie dye 5 shirts
• Decide on a design for our other T shirts
• Study TGM and print lots of stuff for our daily park itineraries (you'd think I would have done this months ago )
• Return the many things I've bought that don't fit LOL (It's so hard to shop for these kids anymore!)
• Get new pair of Croc's for me??
• Finish the last few pages of my 2005 Disney scrapbook
• PACK!!!! (which I've started already, thank God!)
• Clean out my car thoroughly (we're swapping with MIL and using her minivan to drive down, so I want to make sure it's nice and clean for her)
• Go tan 2-3 times?? (probably not but it would be nice!)
• Have a pedicure (I am going to treat myself to this next week!!)
• Buy DVD player for car? Target $149 for Audiovox 7" dual screen with video game hookups
  

Hopefully, it will get systematically shorter and shorter, though I have a feeling that as I subtract things from the list, I will find things to add to it as well

As you can see, I did add something to the bottom, but it's a "maybe". As in, maybe we'll get it if we do well on the yard sale. The kids would be thrilled and it sure would make the car ride a lot more tolerable for everyone.

We borrowed one last time and it was nice. Of course, there were the obligatory spats about who gets to pick first and all that, but it was all good. And of course, we don't let them watch for the entire ride! We've got to take advantage of all that alone time But seriously, it is good quality family time...for a while. Then everyone starts to get on each other's nerves, and popping in a movie or plugging in a video game is the perfect cure!

So does anyone know of a better deal on one?

I just now got a phone call from Jayden's teacher letting me know he is Terrific Kid for this month How awesome! He will be so excited. So we have to go tomorrow @ 8am to the award presentation. He will get a certificate and some goodies donated from local businesses. Oh and I get a cool bumper sticker I had one from Jessica when she was in elementary school (she got TK twice) but it was on my minivan before it went to minivan heaven. I am so proud of him!

OK time to go tackle this house. I really need to power clean because it is a pitiful mess right now and the laundry pile just grows and grows no matter how much I try to keep up. It's like the house is alive or something! (Ever seen Monster House? ) It is entirely possible that the house may swallow me up, so if I don't post in a day or so, please send help.

 

[daisy_77]

I stopped at Best Buy this morning and picked up two 2GB memory cards on sale for $25 each. I had $23 left on a BB gift card, so it only cost me around $30. Can't beat that.

Great deal! Does that mean lots of pics for you TR??

OK so since I've now crossed a few things off my list here is the revision.

• Price yard sale stuff
• Organize yard sale stuff
• Have yard sale (duh)
• Have DH cut the lawn the day before we leave
• Clean house top to bottom (there is nothing worse than coming home to a dirty house and vice versa!)
• Have DH call Coral Reef to arrange for diver
• Get new Epipen for DH
• Refill meds for myself and Jayden
• Set up online bill payments for our mortgage, car insurance, etc that are due while we are away
• Contact POR with requests and let them know we'll be arriving after dinnertime
• Find out Jessica's exam schedule and see if we can switch it up to skip the last day of school altogether and leave earlier
• Get a battery charger and batteries for my camera
• Tie dye 5 shirts
• Decide on a design for our other T shirts
• Study TGM and print lots of stuff for our daily park itineraries (you'd think I would have done this months ago )
• Return the many things I've bought that don't fit LOL (It's so hard to shop for these kids anymore!)
• Get new pair of Croc's for me??
• Finish the last few pages of my 2005 Disney scrapbook
• PACK!!!! (which I've started already, thank God!)
• Clean out my car thoroughly (we're swapping with MIL and using her minivan to drive down, so I want to make sure it's nice and clean for her)
• Go tan 2-3 times?? (probably not but it would be nice!)
• Have a pedicure (I am going to treat myself to this next week!!)
• Buy DVD player for car? Target $149 for Audiovox 7" dual screen with video game hookups
  

Hopefully, it will get systematically shorter and shorter, though I have a feeling that as I subtract things from the list, I will find things to add to it as well

As you can see, I did add something to the bottom, but it's a "maybe". As in, maybe we'll get it if we do well on the yard sale. The kids would be thrilled and it sure would make the car ride a lot more tolerable for everyone.

You still have time to get it all done~although it can seem overwhelming! Sometimes you just need a vacation from planning the vacation. Although planning for me is half the fun!

I just now got a phone call from Jayden's teacher letting me know he is Terrific Kid for this month How awesome! He will be so excited. So we have to go tomorrow @ 8am to the award presentation. He will get a certificate and some goodies donated from local businesses. Oh and I get a cool bumper sticker I had one from Jessica when she was in elementary school (she got TK twice) but it was on my minivan before it went to minivan heaven. I am so proud of him!

Congrats to Jayden! That is so cool!

Minivan heaven!

OK time to go tackle this house. I really need to power clean because it is a pitiful mess right now and the laundry pile just grows and grows no matter how much I try to keep up. It's like the house is alive or something! (Ever seen Monster House? ) It is entirely possible that the house may swallow me up, so if I don't post in a day or so, please send help.

I am feeling your pain!
Yesterday I did NINE loads of laundry. I still have a load in the washer and one in the dryer that is waiting to be folded.

 

[jenr812]

Great deal! Does that mean lots of pics for you TR??




You still have time to get it all done~although it can seem overwhelming! Sometimes you just need a vacation from planning the vacation. Although planning for me is half the fun!


Congrats to Jayden! That is so cool!

Minivan heaven!


I am feeling your pain!
Yesterday I did NINE loads of laundry. I still have a load in the washer and one in the dryer that is waiting to be folded.

LOADS of pics, of course I definitely need a vacation from the past couple of weeks I am actually looking forward to our long drive so I can just sit and chill (as much as my three kids will allow in close quarters ). Thanks for the congrats on Jayden - he was so proud (and so are we!).

 

[jenr812]

I am having a bit of a panic attack right now. And I am at my wits' end with Jessica

I emailed my daughter's teachers last week to ask about the goings-on for the last day of school. She is in 8th grade and for all the years she has been in school, they did not do actual school work on the last day of school. In fact, I never remember having to do actual work on that day myself but my memory may be failing me

Anyway, this morning, I got news that makes my stomach hurt...bad. She has an exam that day from 1:30-3:45pm!!!! The last two hours of her last day of middle school. I know that teachers on the DIS might stone me for being aggravated, but I am. That is ridiculous IMO. There have been plenty of days in the past two weeks that they haven't done much work at all. They've watched movies in a couple classes. So there is really no reason AT ALL that they had to push those exams right to the VERY END of the stinking school year. I emailed back to ask if there was any way possible for her to take that exam earlier in the day. No response yet. That was actually her guidance counselor's suggestion when we approached this topic way back in SEPTEMBER. She said that they would probably allow her to double up exams Tuesday or early Wednesday (and Jess is ok with that).

I really feel like I am going to throw up. (sorry for TMI)

I stupidly figured we'd be able to leave by noon at the LATEST. If they don't allow her to take that last exam earlier, we won't get to POR til 11pm or midnight. Total WASTE of money and kills our plans to see Bob at the River Roost.

The thing that upsets me off the most is that they gave the kids a schedule LAST WEEK and my daughter NEVER GAVE IT TO ME!!! When her teacher emailed me this morning, he asked her if she gave it to me and she said she couldn't remember. She knows I've been waiting for info about this.

She has not given me ANYTHING this year (or last for that matter). The only time I get communication from her school is in the rare event that they mail it home or I call or email. She has gone from straight A's to low B's and C's because she doesn't do her work, doesn't bring it home or back to school, leaves it in her locker, etc. She refuses to go back on her ADD meds, even though she so obviously needs them for at least a while to get her head straight. I am so frustrated I could cry. She has been so moody and nasty. Totally self absorbed. Yesterday she locked herself in her room almost the whole day. Didn't even say happy mother's day to me until dinner time.

Well I shouldn't go on about this in my PTR Sorry for the tangent. I just feel so defeated. I HATE ADOLESCENCE RIGHT NOW! The hormones are driving me mad and I just want my daughter back!

So I am really really upset and freaked out about the exam schedule. Call me a whiner if you will, but I really do think it's crazy.

On that note, I stayed up late last night plugging my revised itinerary into the TGM planning worksheet. It took hours but I am really happy with it.
I also put all the character meet n greet info and showtimes from Steve Soares' site onto documents.

MAGIC KINGDOM

Main Street Trolley Parade (characters)
Daily at 9:25, 10:15 & 11:00am

Classic Disney Characters visit Town Square
Sun-Wed, Fri & Sat 9:00am-12:30pm & 1:30pm-3:00pm
Thurs 8:00am-12:30pm & 1:30pm-3:00pm

Characters from Peter Pan Near Pirates of the Caribbean
Daily 10:00am-3:00pm & 4:00pm-6:30pm

Characters from Aladdin Near Magic Carpets of Aladdin
Daily from 11:00am to 7:30pm

Rafiki/Timon Adventureland Veranda
Daily from 10:00am to 6:30pm

Br'er Fox & Br'er Bear at Splash Mountain
Daily from 10:00am to 3:00pm

Mary Poppins Near the Carousel
Daily from 10:00am to 5:30pm

Characters from Alice in Wonderland Near Mad Tea Party
Daily from 9:00am to 3:00pm

Pooh’s Playground
Daily from 10:00am to 6:30pm

Storytime with Belle
Daily at 11:10am, 12:10, 1:10, 2:10, 4:05 & 5:05pm

Mickey Mouse Judge's Tent
Disney Pals Toontown Hall of Fame
Storybook Friends Toontown Hall of Fame
Sun, Tues, Wed & Fri from 10:00am to 8:30pm
Mon, Thurs & Sat from 10:00am to 9:30pm

Buzz Lightyear Near Carousel of Progress
Daily from 11:00am to 7:30pm

Stitch Near Galaxy Palace Theater
Sun-Wed, Fri & Sat from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Thurs from 8:30am to 5:00pm

EPCOT

Epcot Character Connection - Meet & Greet with some VIP characters
Daily across from Innoventions West behind Club Cool continuously from 9:00am to 5:30pm
Also 9:00pm to 11:45pm on Friday for Extra Magic Hours.

Figment Figment's Place
Daily intermittently from 12:15pm to 5:00pm

CANADA

Characters from Brother Bear .
Daily from 1:00pm to 6:00pm intermittently

UNITED KINGDOM

Characters from "Winnie the Pooh" intermittently.
Daily 1:00-3:55pm & 4:35-8:30pm

Characters from "Mary Poppins" intermittently.
Daily 1:00-5:50pm

Alice (from Alice in Wonderland) intermittently.
Daily 1:00-8:30pm

FRANCE

Aurora Daily intermittently from 12:30pm to 6:00pm
Characters from "Beauty and the Beast" intermittently.
Daily from 12:30pm to 5:55pm

MOROCCO

Characters from "Aladdin" intermittently.
Daily 12:30pm-7:55pm

GERMANY

Snow White 12:35-1:15pm, 1:30-2:15pm, 2:30-3:15pm, 3:30-4:15pm, 4:30-5:15pm & 5:30–5:55pm

CHINA

Characters from "Mulan".
Daily 12:30-1:00pm, 1:15-1:50pm, 2:05-2:40pm, 2:55-3:30pm, 3:45-4:20pm & 4:35-5:40pm

MEXICO

"Mexico Donald" (3 Caballeros)
Daily 11:00–11:25am, 11:55am–12:25pm, 1:15–1:45pm, 2:15–2:45pm, 3:55-4:25pm, 4:55-5:25 & 5:55–6

MGM

CARS: Go Cruisin' Streets of America
10:00, 11:00 & 11:50am, 1:35, 4:00 & 5:00pm

Friends of JoJo's Circus Mickey Avenue
11:00am to 2:20pm & 3:20pm to 6:40pm

Little Einsteins Mickey Avenue
11:00am to 3:00pm & 3:30pm to 6:30pm

Toy Story Friends Al's Toy Barn
10:00am to 1:30pm & 3:35pm to 5:15pm

The Incredibles The Magic of Disney Animation
10:45am to 1:50pm & 2:25pm to 5:50pm

Kim Possible Mickey Avenue
10:00 & 11:00am, 12:00, 1:00, 3:00, 3:50 & 4:50pm

Meet the Robinsons The Magic of Disney Animation
11:10am to 2:10pm & 2:45pm to 6:20pm

Mickey Mouse Mickey Avenue
10:00am to 7:30pm

Monsters, Inc. Commissary Lane
11:00am to 1:25pm, 2:35pm & 3:30pm to 6:25pm

Power Rangers Streets of America
10:05, 11:05 & 11:55am, 1:40, 4:05 & 5:05pm

Disney Characters @ Sorcerer's Hat
9:00, 10:00 & 11:00am, 12:00, 4:15, 5:15 & 6:15pm

ANIMAL KINGDOM

Arrive at the park entrance 15 minutes before opening. Rafiki will be the first on the scene with a few words of welcome before a host of his safari-clad friends arrive. It's a great time to see many of your favorite characters all in one place. Rafiki, Mickey, Minnie, Baloo, Louie, Timon, Terk, Jungle Book monkeys and "Mama Stork" (stilt walker). Soon after, cast members arrive holding tiny critters of every kind. They answer questions & even let you see their furry, scaly, prickly friends up close.
Welcome: Sun & Tues-Sat at 8:55am; Mon at 7:55am
Character Greetings: 9:20am-1:50pm

Pooh, Eeyore and Piglet Character Landing across from Flame Tree Barbecue
9:00am-1:00pm & 1:30pm-6:00pm

Lilo & Stitch Island Mercantile
9:00am-3:00pm; Also Mon 8:15am-9:00am & Wed 6:10pm-9:00pm for Extra Magic Hours

Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Br'er Rabbit, Fox, and Bear (Song of the South)
Camp Minnie-Mickey.
10:05am-4:00pm

Rafiki from The Lion King and Stanley from Playhouse Disney
Rafiki’s Planet Watch
10:00am-1:00pm and 2:00pm-6:00pm

MAGIC KINGDOM

Captain Jack Sparrow’s Pirate Tutorial
There are pirates among us! And they're looking to recruit. None other than Captain Jack Sparrow's first mate, Mack, is searching out brave souls who dream of a pirate's life. Can you swing a sword, sail the seas, and spot a cursed treasure before you plunder it? Maybe Captain Sparrow will even let you take the Pirate Oath and join his crew.
Daily at 10:15 & 11:20am, 12:25, 2:15, 3:20 & 4:25pm (20 minute shows)

Dream Along With Mickey
It’s a dreams-inspired party and Mickey Mouse and the gang have invited everyone to join in the music and dancing. The power of everyone’s dreams even thwarts the evil Maleficent from spoiling the fun.
Daily at 9:40, 10:40 & 11:40am, 4:40, 5:40 & 6:40pm (20 minute shows)

"Family Fun Day" Parade
Parade your red, white and blue spirit down the heart of Main Street, U.S.A. as you join the celebration. For the very first time, Guests are invited to perform in a Parade alongside beloved Disney Characters! Things really kick into high gear when the fun arrives at Town Square. It's flag-waving, patriotic fun and you could be the star. Daily at 12:45, 1:45 & 4:05pm
Woody's Cowboy Camp Frontierland
Round up your posse for some rootin'-tootin', straight-shootin' good times with Woody, Jesse and Bullseye. Sam the Singin' Cowboy leads a western hoedown that rings out across the prairie.
Daily at 10:20 & 11:15am, 12:10, 1:05, 1:55 & 3:50pm
PUSH, The Talking Trashcan Tomorrowland
Daily at 10:00, 10:50 & 11:40am, 12:40, 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30pm
Length of show: 20 minutes

EPCOT

JAMMitors Innoventions East Breezeway
Sun, Mon & Thurs-Sat 10:00 & 11:00am, 12:00, 2:00 & 2:45pm
Length of show: 15 minutes

Turtle Talk With Crush
Sun, Mon & Wed-Sat from 10:00am to 9:00pm continuously; Tues from 9:20am to 9:00pm continuously
Fri Extra Magic Hours to 11:40pm

CANADA

Off Kilter High-energy progressive Celtic music.
Sun-Thurs at 2:30, 3:30, 5:30, 6:30 & 7:30pm
Length of show: 30 minutes

MOROCCO

MoRockin Arabic rhythms with a contemporary flair.
Wed-Sat 3:10, 4:45, 5:50, 6:40, 7:30 & 8:20pm
Length of show: 20 minutes

CHINA

Dragon Legend Acrobats
Daily at 2:55, 4:15, 5:15, 6:15 & 7:15pm
Length of show: 20 minutes

MGM

Beauty and the Beast Theater of the Stars
10:45am, 12:00, 1:45, 3:45 & 5:00pm (30-minute shows)

Indiana Jones Extras needed on the set for explosive action with Indy and Marion!
11:30am, 12:45, 2:00, 4:00 & 5:15pm (30-minute shows)

Lights! Motors! Action! Located at the end of Streets of America.
Sun-Tues & Thurs-Sat at 11:50am, 2:45 & 5:30pm; Wed at 10:20am, 1:15 & 4:00pm (33-minute shows)

Playhouse Disney
9:30, 10:30 & 11:15am, 12:00, 1:15, 2:30, 3:40, 4:30, 5:15 & 6:15pm (22-minute shows)
Mon also Extra Magic Hours Dance Party 10:00pm-1:00am

High School Musical Pep Rally
25-minute shows at Sorcerer's Hat
10:35 & 11:35am, 1:30, 3:45, 4:45 & 5:45pm

Mulch, Sweat, and Tears Rockin' "landscapers" are between lawns at the moment so they can't think of a better way to "Stick it to the Man then to bust out a few Hard Rock & Roll tunes!!"
30-minute shows on the Streets of America
Tues & Thurs-Sat at 12:30, 2:10, 3:20, 4:30 & 6:00pm; Wed at 3:20, 4:30 & 6:00pm
Mon Extra Magic Hours at 9:30 & 11:00pm

AK

FOTLK (Arrive 45 minutes prior to show)
9:40, 10:40 & 11:40am, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:30 & 5:30pm (25 minute shows)
Wed also 7:00pm for Extra Magic Hours

Join Pocahontas, Grandmother Willow and a host of live animals as they search for the protector of the forest. A special children's seating section is available.
10:20 & 11:20am, 12:20, 12:55*, 1:40, 2:40, 3:40, 4:40 & 5:40pm

Finding Nemo: The Musical Theater in the Wild.
Please arrive 45 minutes prior to performance. No admittance after show starts.
11:30am, 1:00, 3:15 & 4:45pm

SMEAR, SPLAT & DIP Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama
Sun & Wed-Sat at 10:00 & 11:00am, 12:00, 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30pm

PIPA THE TALKING RECYCLING CAN
11:20am, 12:10, 1:00, 1:50 & 2:40pm

DIVINE
No, kudzu has not taken over AK. But there is a strange new "vine" that's been transplanted around the park and we have to warn you, it has caught quite a few visitors by surprise. Why? Well, "DiVine" isn't your ordinary run-of-the-mill, ten-foot tall plant. In fact, "DiVine" is really performance artist Priscilla Blight who has brought her expressive talents to AK for an exclusive engagement after traveling all over the globe. A gifted performer of the "new vaudeville" genre, Priscilla cleverly conceals herself in a towering, hand-made foliage costume. It is only when she moves that guests realize they are not looking at nature but at "DiVine." And that is the message "DiVine" has for us all - really look at nature. Take time to visit soon and look out for "DiVine!"
Daily at 10:00 & 11:00am, 12:00 & 1:00pm (45 minute sets)

They look much prettier in my word document. Oh well.


And my (final?) itinerary (guess that depends on Jessica's school...)

My May 24-June 3 Vacation Itinerary!

Day 1 Thursday May 24 AK/break?/MGM/Sci-Fi 6pm
Day 2 Friday May 25 Sleep in! Epcot/Le Cellier 7:40 pm
Day 3 Saturday May 26 MK/break/Kona Café 5:30pm/MGM/Fantasmic 9 & 10:30pm
Day 4 Sunday May 27 Sleep in!/AK/Late QS lunch/break?/Liberty Tree Tavern 7:15pm/MK EMH til 1am
Day 5 Monday May 28 Sleep in!/DTD/RFC
Day 6 Tuesday May 29 TL/BB/DQ/break/California Grill 5:40pm
Day 7 Wed May 30 CP 9:30am/MK/break/Epcot/Coral Reef 4:50pm
Day 8 Thursday May 31 PC @ GF 9am/HR @ FW 9:30am/ DQ/break/‘Ohana 7:40pm/Fireworks on Poly beach
Day 9 Friday June 1 Epcot/break/WCC @ WL 6:30pm
Day 10 Saturday June 2 TL/BB/DQ /break/Boma @ AKL 7pm
Day 11 Sunday June 3 H&V LE Breakfast 10:25am/MGM/break/MK EMH til 1am

Vacation Arrival Info / Transportation Plans:
Wednesday, May 23: Leave home by 11am, arrive at POR around 6-7pm. Dinner @ Food Court. See Piano Man Bob @ River Roost 8:30pm-midnight.

Day 1: Thursday, May 24: AK rope drop / break? / MGM before 3pm
Park Hours:
MK: 8am-10pm
Epcot FW: 9am-midnight
Epcot WS: 11am-midnight
MGM: 9am-9pm
AK: 9am-6pm
TL/BB: 9am-6pm
DQ: 11:30am-11pm

Dining:
Breakfast - In room

Lunch - QS @ AK

Dinner – 6pm Sci-Fi @ MGM #43048046

Entertainment –
3pm Stars & Motor Cars Parade @ MGM (stand in front of info booth @ park entrance facing sorcerer’s hat OR in front of Sounds Dangerous)
9pm Fantasmic (Depends on weather and how much energy we have.)
Piano Man Bob will be @ River Roost tonight 8:30-midnight.

Event or Activity -

Comments:
Relax @ resort, swim before bed?

Day 2: Friday, May 25: Sleep in, then Epcot all day!
Park Hours:
MK: 9am-2am
Epcot FW: 9am-7pm
Epcot WS: 11am-9pm
MGM: 8am-10pm
AK: 9am-6pm
TL/BB: 9am-6pm
DQ: 11:30am-midnight

Dining:
Breakfast – In room

Lunch – QS @ Epcot - Yorkshire County Fish?

Dinner – 7:40pm LeCellier in Canada #43048521 (arrive early)

Entertainment -
9pm Illuminations

Event or Activity –
Bring Disney Visa for Meet & Greet/5x7 picture. Innoventions West 1:30-4:30pm near the fire truck. Photopass

Comments:
Catch the Guess Who @ 5:45?
Relax @ resort, swim before bed?

Day 3: Saturday, May 26: MK rope drop / Break / Monorail to Poly (Kona)/ MGM
Park Hours:
MK: 9am-11pm
Epcot FW: 9am-7pm
Epcot WS: 11am-9pm
MGM: 9am-10pm
AK: 8am-8pm
TL: 9am-9pm
BB: 9am-6pm
DQ: 11:30am-midnight

Dining:
Breakfast – In room

Lunch – QS @ MK (Columbia Harbor House?)

Dinner – 5:30pm Kona Café at Poly #43048070

Entertainment –
3pm Dreams Come True Parade
9pm & 10:30pm Fantasmic
Piano Man Bob will be @ River Roost tonight 8:30-midnight.

Event or Activity -

Comments:
Relax @ resort, swim before bed?

Day 4: Sunday, May 27: Sleep in a bit / AK / Break / MK for dinner & EMH
Park Hours:
MK: 9am-2am
Epcot FW: 8am-7pm
Epcot WS: 8am-9pm
MGM: 9am-10pm
AK: 9am-7pm
TL/BB: 9am-6pm
DQ: 11:30am-11pm

Dining:
Breakfast – In room

Lunch – QS @ AK (Flame Tree Tavern or Tusker House?)

Dinner – 7:15pm Liberty Tree Tavern @ MK #43417092

Entertainment – 4pm Jammin’ Jungle Parade @ AK
9pm & 11pm Spectromagic
10pm Wishes

Event or Activity -

Comments:
Relax @ resort, swim before bed?

Day 5: Monday, May 28: SLEEP IN! / DTD/ RFC
Park Hours:
MK: 9am-10pm
Epcot FW: 9am-7pm
Epcot WS: 11am-9pm
MGM: 8am-10pm
AK: 9am-11pm
TL/BB: 9am-6pm
DQ: 11:30am-11pm

Dining:
Breakfast – In room

Lunch – QS @ DTD - Earl of Sandwich?

Dinner – RFC at DTD **bring RFC card, coupon, gift cards**

Entertainment -


Event or Activity -
Angie & family arrive today!
Pontoon rental today? Mini golf?

Comments:
Ghirardelli’s Ice Cream Parlor? **bring coupon**
Relax @ resort, swim before bed?

Day 6: Tuesday, May 29: TL or BB / Mini Golf?/ Break / California Grill @ Contemporary for dinner
Park Hours:
MK: 8am-11pm
Epcot FW: 9am-midnight
Epcot WS: 11am-midnight
MGM: 9am-10pm
AK: 9am-7pm
TL/BB: 9am-6pm
DQ: 11:30am-11pm

Dining:
Breakfast – In room

Lunch – QS @ water park

Dinner – 5:40pm California Grill #44816655

Entertainment -
Piano Man Bob will be @ River Roost tonight 8:30-midnight.


Event or Activity -
Mini Golf? Pontoon rental?

Comments:
Relax @ resort, swim before bed?


Day 7: Wednesday, May 30: CP breakfast/ MK /Break?/ Epcot by 4:30pm
Park Hours:
MK: 9am-10pm
Epcot FW: 9am-7pm
Epcot WS: 11am-9pm
MGM: 9am-1am
AK: 8am-8pm
TL/BB: 9am-6pm
DQ: 11:30am-11pm

Dining:
Breakfast – 9:30am Crystal Palace @ MK #42258371

Lunch – QS @ MK (light)

Dinner – 4:50pm Coral Reef #DRF44958310

Entertainment -
3pm Dreams Come True Parade (only if no break, hop immediately to Epcot after parade)
9pm Illuminations
Piano Man Bob will be @ River Roost tonight 8:30-midnight.

Event or Activity -
Bring Disney Visa for Meet & Greet/5x7 picture. Innoventions West 1:30-4:30pm near the fire truck. Photopass

Comments:
Call ‘Ohana re: tomorrow’s ADR (celebrating birthday, large party, would like to be seated in main dining room)
Relax @ resort, swim before bed?

Day 8: Thursday, May 31: PC 9:15am @ GF / HR 9:30am @ FW / DQ /Break/ ’Ohana/ Poly Beach
Park Hours:
MK: 8am-10pm
Epcot FW: 9am-midnight
Epcot WS: 11am-midnight
MGM: 9am-10pm
AK (GAY DAYS): 9am-8pm
TL/BB: 9am-6pm
DQ: 11:30am-11pm

Dining:
Breakfast – In room

Lunch – QS @ DTD or DQ

Dinner – 7:40pm ‘Ohana at Poly for Ridge’s birthday

Entertainment –
Watch fireworks on Poly Beach after dinner


Event or Activity -
PC 9:15am @ GF
HR 9:30am @ FW

Comments:
Relax @ resort, swim before bed?

Day 9: Friday, June 1: Epcot rope drop/ Break / Dinner @ WL
Park Hours:
MK: 9am-1am
Epcot FW: 9am-7pm
Epcot WS: 11am-9pm
MGM (GAY DAYS): 8am-10pm
AK: 9am-8pm
TL/BB: 9am-6pm
DQ: 11:30am-midnight

Dining:
Breakfast – In room

Lunch – QS @ Epcot

Dinner – 6:30pm Whispering Canyon Café at WL #42258412 (ask for wooden nickel)

Entertainment -
9pm Spectromagic
9pm Illuminations
9pm & 10:30pm Fantasmic
10pm Wishes

Event or Activity -
Bring Disney Visa for Meet & Greet/5x7 picture. Innoventions West 1:30-4:30pm near the fire truck. Photopass

Comments:
Relax @ resort, swim before bed?

Day 10: Saturday, June 2: DQ/TL/BB / Dinner @ AKL
Park Hours:
MK (GAY DAYS): 9am-10pm Don’t wear red!
Epcot FW: 9am-7pm
Epcot WS: 11am-9pm
MGM: 9am-9pm
AK: 8am-8pm
TL: 9am-9pm
BB: 9am-6pm
DQ: 11:30am-midnight

Dining:
Breakfast – Food Court at POR? OR In room

Lunch – QS @ DQ/TL/BB

Dinner – 7pm BOMA at AKL #42258419

Entertainment -
9pm Spectromagic
9pm Illuminations
9pm Fantasmic
10pm Wishes

Event or Activity -

Comments:
Relax @ resort, swim before bed?

Day 11: Sunday, June 3: MGM / Break / MK EMH (It’s a tradition!)
Park Hours:
MK:9am-1am
Epcot FW (GAY DAYS): 8am-7pm
Epcot WS (GAY DAYS): 8am-9pm
MGM: 9am-10pm
AK: 9am-7pm
TL/BB: 8am-6pm
DQ: 11:30am-11pm

Dining:
Breakfast – 10:25am Hollywood & Vine #44544341

Lunch - snacks

Dinner – QS @ POR Food Court or MK

Entertainment –
9pm Spectromagic
9pm Fantasmic
9pm Illuminations
10pm Wishes

Event or Activity -
Meet up with Jenn & family @ MGM

Comments:
Relax @ resort, swim before bed?
Use up any remaining dining credits today!
Vacation / Itinerary Notes:

Epcot F&G Festival
Memorial Day Weekend May 26-28
• Children can take part in Field Day activities in Future World East with beanbag tosses, relay races and other outdoor fun.
• Fans dig The SOS Band (5/26) and Gary Puckett (5/27-28) in concert for Flower Power fun.
• Gary Alan, landscape designer and TV and radio personality, talks about ideas and methods to create a magical landscape. At 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. May 25-27 at the Garden Odyssey Festival Center.
Festival Farewell Weekend June 1-3
• Georgia Tasker, author of "Wild Things-the Return of Native Plants" and "Florida Gardeners Guide," caps the Great American Gardeners series with sage gardening advice. Tasker holds the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tropical Audubon Society and writes for the Miami Herald.
• Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone wrap the Flower Power series with their lively British brand of rock.
• Surprise craft activities help kids wrap up their festival fun.

Kids Aflutter with Flower Festival Fun at Epcot

Children can mingle with hundreds of colorful butterflies, scramble around Tinker Bell's Fairy Garden maze and dig into some pizza gardening during the 14th annual Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival April 5 through June 3 at Walt Disney World Resort.

And who can resist a pirate and his foils? Kids won't want to miss the swashbuckling scene at the Epcot main entrance featuring Captain Hook in full floral regalia aboard a blooming pirate ship topiary. Peter Pan, Tinker Bell and Stitch from "Lilo & Stitch" also will appear at the entrance topiary. Other beloved characters making topiary appearances throughout the park are Pirate Mickey Mouse, Princess Minnie Mouse, a towering Pirate Goofy, Pluto, Donald Duck, Belle and her Beast, Cinderella and Prince Charming, and stars of the classic Disney film "The Lion King."

Everyone knows kids love to be creative. At the expanded Growing Future Gardeners exhibit, children and their parents can get creative ideas for starting or enhancing their own backyard gardens. And there's even a pizza garden designed to produce herbs and veggies needed to make a healthful, mouth-watering pie. When it's time to burn off some energy, the maze at Tinker Bell's Fairy Garden and the play system at Pluto's Play Zone offer novel activities for youngsters.

Entertainment is on tap for the whole family throughout the event, with highlights including themed weekend activities and the Flower Power concert series starring pop hit-makers of the 1960s and '70s. Thirty million multi-hued blossoms will paint the Epcot landscape with color. Just for kids:
• Tinker Bell's Fairy Garden (Imagination Walkway), with a twinkling Tinker Bell topiary, playground, fairy maze and tunnel crawl, plus Pluto's Play Zone (Test Track Walkway) with fun-filled Evos play system.
• Growing Future Gardeners (Germany pavilion), a collection of gardens where parents and children can get ideas for their own gardening activities such as a pizza garden planted with herbs to make pizza. Kids can also enjoy a new play area at the hands-on exhibit.
• Daily ladybug releases (1 and 3 p.m.) at Growing Future Gardeners (Germany). Children can participate with each release.
• Minnie's Magnificent Butterfly Garden (Test Track Walkway), where hundreds of butterflies inhabit a screened-in gazebo lush with foliage and color.
• Mower Mania (Future World East), allows you to guide a radio-controlled lawnmower through a skill course.
Kidcot Fun Stops at every World Showcase country that entertain children with a lineup of creative activities linked to each country's culture.

My Vacation Departure:
Transportation Plans:
Monday, June 4: Check out of POR 11am. Drive home Arrive home between 7-9pm.

Comments:

I've also color coded the park hours on each day to let me know which parks are red/yellow/green according to TGM. Can't share that here, though - sorry

Comments? Going to be in the same place as us sometime? Let me know!

Gotta go run some errands - TTFN!

 

[jenr812]

PS Did ya see my countdown?

9 more days!!!​

I cannot believe it (said in my best Little Einsteins voice!)!

Oh, and not sure the tie dyed shirts are going to happen I'm still chin deep in pricing yard sale stuff. I'm not going to write it off completely though!

 

[timandlesley]

First of all OMG!!! 9 days!!!! How cool.
Boy do you have me appreciating my little ones, I dread the day they are teenagers, hang in there, you will be in the World soon and surely you will have a fabulous time. That soooo stinks about the exam, I hope they can change it for you, what a bummer!
I love the Steve Soars info, can you send me that link again you can PM it or post it here,I need start doing in depth park planning for our trip too, one month to go now
Good luck with the planning and more importantly the teenager and the school issue! Hang in there
Lesley

 

[daisy_77]

Cheer up, Jen! Your DD is becoming a teenager the good news is she will eventually grow out of this phase. I am hoping that she will be able to take her exams early. You all are in my prayers.

Wow...your itinerary looks great! You are going to have a blast!

If it makes you feel better, I am also chin deep in garage sale stuff! We spent all day Saturday at our storage unit pulling things out...we have to go back next weekend. And we have to go to my parents to get stuff out of their basement. Our bedroom is full of piles of old baby clothes. I cannot wait to get rid of it all!

9 days!!! Wooohooo!

 

[jenr812]

First of all OMG!!! 9 days!!!! How cool.
Boy do you have me appreciating my little ones, I dread the day they are teenagers, hang in there, you will be in the World soon and surely you will have a fabulous time. That soooo stinks about the exam, I hope they can change it for you, what a bummer!
I love the Steve Soars info, can you send me that link again you can PM it or post it here,I need start doing in depth park planning for our trip too, one month to go now
Good luck with the planning and more importantly the teenager and the school issue! Hang in there
Lesley

All of my friends say the same thing - they are SOOO glad I get to go through the teenage years first Me, not so much Don't get me wrong, there is still a lot I enjoy about her being older. We do have lots of fun together but that seems to be rare. *sigh* I hope that we can really reconnect at Disney. I am going to talk to DH about us splitting up (him and the boys, me and Jess) for a couple hours and then switching up another day. Not sure he'll go for that, though We'll see.

The link to Steve Soare's site is: http://pages.prodigy.net/stevesoares/

Cheer up, Jen! Your DD is becoming a teenager the good news is she will eventually grow out of this phase. I am hoping that she will be able to take her exams early. You all are in my prayers.

Wow...your itinerary looks great! You are going to have a blast!

If it makes you feel better, I am also chin deep in garage sale stuff! We spent all day Saturday at our storage unit pulling things out...we have to go back next weekend. And we have to go to my parents to get stuff out of their basement. Our bedroom is full of piles of old baby clothes. I cannot wait to get rid of it all!

9 days!!! Wooohooo!

Thanks for the hug and the prayers! Planning this trip is really helping me get over the hump, so to speak. I just can't wait til we get there. Thanks for commiserating with me on the yard sale stuff. I can't wait til it's all gone!!

 

[jenr812]

I finally got an email back from her SS teacher. She can take the exam at 10:30 that morning. Not as early as I'd hoped but I'll take it. Oh and he said that her elective teachers have to approve... Um, yea, we'll see LOL I can't see them having an issue! Thank God that problem is solved. We won't get there as early as we wanted but that is ok. And I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason. I just had a hard time seeing that earlier in my temper tantrum LOL So if we have to leave later, I believe that it is because if we had left earlier, we would have encountered something that would delay us or worse. KWIM? Focusing on the positive

Here is my revised to do list

• Price yard sale stuff
• Organize yard sale stuff
• Have yard sale (duh)
• Have DH cut the lawn the day before we leave
• Clean house top to bottom (there is nothing worse than coming home to a dirty house and vice versa!)
• Get new Epipen for DH
• Refill meds for myself and Jayden
• Contact POR with requests and let them know we'll be arriving after dinnertime
• Get a battery charger and batteries for my camera
• Tie dye 5 shirts
• Decide on a design for our other T shirts
• Return the many things I've bought that don't fit LOL (It's so hard to shop for these kids anymore!)
• Get new pair of Croc's for me??
• Finish the last few pages of my 2005 Disney scrapbook
• PACK!!!! (which I've started already, thank God!)
• Clean out my car thoroughly (we're swapping with MIL and using her minivan to drive down, so I want to make sure it's nice and clean for her)
• Have a pedicure (I am going to do this tomorrow with the $25 gift card my sweet SIL sent me for Mother's Day!)
• Buy DVD player for car - Target $149 for Audiovox 7" dual screen with video game hookups (we are doing this next week!)
• Try to get to the dentist for the filling that popped out this weekend

Doesn't seem to be getting any shorter but I crossed several things off LOL
Gotta run and get Jessica from school.

 

[ReneeDisney]

I finally got an email back from her SS teacher. She can take the exam at 10:30 that morning. Not as early as I'd hoped but I'll take it. Oh and he said that her elective teachers have to approve... Um, yea, we'll see LOL I can't see them having an issue! Thank God that problem is solved. We won't get there as early as we wanted but that is ok. And I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason. I just had a hard time seeing that earlier in my temper tantrum LOL So if we have to leave later, I believe that it is because if we had left earlier, we would have encountered something that would delay us or worse. KWIM? Focusing on the positive

Here is my revised to do list

• Price yard sale stuff
• Organize yard sale stuff
• Have yard sale (duh)
• Have DH cut the lawn the day before we leave
• Clean house top to bottom (there is nothing worse than coming home to a dirty house and vice versa!)
• Get new Epipen for DH
• Refill meds for myself and Jayden
• Contact POR with requests and let them know we'll be arriving after dinnertime
• Get a battery charger and batteries for my camera
• Tie dye 5 shirts
• Decide on a design for our other T shirts
• Return the many things I've bought that don't fit LOL (It's so hard to shop for these kids anymore!)
• Get new pair of Croc's for me??
• Finish the last few pages of my 2005 Disney scrapbook
• PACK!!!! (which I've started already, thank God!)
• Clean out my car thoroughly (we're swapping with MIL and using her minivan to drive down, so I want to make sure it's nice and clean for her)
• Have a pedicure (I am going to do this tomorrow with the $25 gift card my sweet SIL sent me for Mother's Day!)
• Buy DVD player for car - Target $149 for Audiovox 7" dual screen with video game hookups (we are doing this next week!)
• Try to get to the dentist for the filling that popped out this weekend

Doesn't seem to be getting any shorter but I crossed several things off LOL
Gotta run and get Jessica from school.

Sounds like you are back on track! Everything always finds a way of working itself out.
You mentioned above about spending time just with your daughter! I think that's a great idea to split up from the boys for a 2 hour break. You both can go get a manicure or pedicure at one of Disney's Spas, Go on alot of Roller Coasters together, SHOP, Shop and more Shopping or just grab a quick ice cream cone together!
It will be great! I'm enjoying your pre-trip report!!

 

[IluvXU]

Your list and daily plans wow! I will certainly look back so that I can get that for my days.

Enjoy your last week till you are at WDW

 

[kribit]

PS Did ya see my countdown?

9 more days!!!​

I cannot believe it (said in my best Little Einsteins voice!)!

Oh, and not sure the tie dyed shirts are going to happen I'm still chin deep in pricing yard sale stuff. I'm not going to write it off completely though!

I am SO jealous!! You park plan looks great...I thought I was bad.

I think I have 95 days or something like that. Lots of time to plan, plan, plan.