Hi Dawn,
I found your PTR about 4 hours ago and have finally finished it. I'm loving EVERY minute. You remind me so much of one of my 'Real Life' girlfriends who moved about five years ago- your wit is astounding and it's easy to see why you are as successful in sales as you are.
Again. thank you - I love the fact someone sees me successfull in sales - this month - not soo much - but I have the choice to put my kids first and I am appreciative of that - even if my dreams are put on the back burner a bit - priorities were alligned this month the right way - even if for my career it was the hard way -
I'm about 10 years ahead of you in parenting. Reading your report brought back a LOT of the drama I was experiencing back then - all of the good and the stress - which, oddly enough, I miss. I saw Mamma Mia! over the weekend with a group of friends - we all cried at the 'Slipping through my fingers' song. Savor EVERY minute!
I am a sloppy mess lately - crying over everything -BTW: Treyner was put on an all-star team at this camp - went against the current college players and came out at 1/2 with 0 goals scored on him - so I am very proud and very much sobbing...Thank you for the kind words - I think that for me - I fought for Treyner from the time I knew I was pregnant (his Dad and I were not married at the time and his father's mom thought I should give him up for adoption and I was 19, scared and alone but stood my ground tha that just wasn't my choice I could make) and fight for him still...for all the kids truthfully - But Treyner said he had a dream when he arrived on camp - that he was in a field and I was there and all of a sudden a war started and people were shooting at him and I was just laying there..watching and not helping...and I said to him that this was the first time in his life...I can not help him...that literally people will be shooting at him (soccer balls) and all I can do is watch...that this was his battle for his future and he was now the man in charge of his destiny -
Finally - I know that you've made all of your ADRs (or at least I think you have) but I'd like you to consider two more. My DH and I tried the California Grill for the first time 8 years ago for our 20th anniversary and have celebrated just about every major event there since. It's on the top floor of the Contemporary and has the most amazing views. At dusk they lower the lights for the fireworks at MK - easily viewable. They also have a catwalk / rooftop area that is available for CG guests only to walk out and see the fireworks from outside. We love going there with our kids (a favorite for all of them since they were in their teens) and we love going alone - a great romantic spot for just two.
The food is also amazing. They have flat breads and cheese boards, incredible entreés and sushi (although I'm thinkin' this would not be your first choice...) We often order a first course, savor it and then order a second. Or order another first course - the servers accommodate it all. Both the food and the service are top-level - you won't find any better on Disney property - which means you won't find any better - ANYWHERE!
The second is the best kept secret in Epcot - Le Bistro de Paris. It's the upstairs neighbor of Chefs de France - and the quality of both food and service outclass its downstairs relatives by several degrees. You access le Bistro from the back - near the entrance to the CS pastry shoppe. The chef from the Bistro is world reknown and the food is beyond anything else in the area. Reservations can only be made 30 days in advance. If you reserve near 8 pm, ask (and wait for) a table window. The views of Illuminations from the windows here rival those of the VIP viewing areas in Italy and England.
Okay - I will re -evaluate my itenerary - we originally had thought of CG - not Bistro de Paris - I will research and let you know..thank you for the great ideas...
I'm looking forward to your next update! DH and I have really enjoyed laughing our way through your stories! (I think your Grandmother and my Grandfather - who also lived his entire life in MN - are related. My sister never came back from a family vacation in MN without a scar - most related to fish hooks from Granpa's casting!)
Karen
Hi all - just wanted to say...I am having a gargae sale this weekend and people are crazy about Disney Tupperware - I had to laugh - 2 blue haired women almost were in a fist fight over Kung Fu Panda sandwich keepers - 
he will be a SkyHawk with a scholarship...and then...I can breathe a little easier...and cry a little less...and save money on school...and buy an airplane!
We're AP holders, so the DDP hasn't been available to us (unless we wanted to buy ADDITIONAL park tickets that we couldn't use!
) This year they opened it up so that we could get the AP room rate & buy the DDP
