The One Where They're Actually Going To WDW!!! TWO MORE SLEEPS!!! 9/30/08

[stagemomx3]

All that studying has PAID OFF!!!

I got 48/50 on my last Biology test (25 questions worth 2 points each) - class average was 31!!!

Congratulations!

 

[ssmerdel]

I got 48/50 on my last Biology test (25 questions worth 2 points each) - class average was 31!!!

Nice Job!

 

[ssmerdel]

We'll be at Pop May 27-June 1, our 2nd trip to Pop, you will love it!

We will be at POP from May 30 to June 8. We will also have our LGMH with us. If you see it, say hi.

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

My countdown has changed to "1 month, 4 weeks, and 1 day!!!" It's getting ever closer!

stop rubbing it in, i still have at least a year before my next trip that is not schedule yet, but scheduled in my head.

 

[dis75ney]

Ouch! I hope your not to sore!

Soreness is starting to go away...just don't ask me to lift anything heavy. I guess this means Goofy will have to move all the luggage, huh?

Congratulations!

Nice Job!

Thanks, guys! I was stressing over this last quiz, especially since my grade on the last one was not one of my better ones. Grades were so low on that quiz that the professor knocked ten points off the total value so the curve would be higher...

Now I have the midterm to worry about...

 

[DisMomAmy]

Hi! I thought I'd join in on your PTR. I'm going to Pop in April with my mom. Sorry to hear about your tailbone - glad to hear it's healing up quickly - I fell backwards in a chair when I was a teenager and hurt my tailbone - it still hurts once in a while if I sit on the floor just right for too long.

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

okay i actually went back and read all the updates...they were really good, you have a good writing style, fauntleroy approves and likes it.


great way to pick a resort, but i would have been a little more persuasive, and only picked out the resorts that i wanted to stay at and hammed up the pictures, so the kids would have picked what i wanted to stay at.


like you should have shown 10 pictures of chef mickeys and hte monorail going through the hotel, and that way it would have increased your odds of getting the contemporary.



keep up the good work, cant wait to read more

 

[dis75ney]

okay i actually went back and read all the updates...they were really good, you have a good writing style, fauntleroy approves and likes it.


great way to pick a resort, but i would have been a little more persuasive, and only picked out the resorts that i wanted to stay at and hammed up the pictures, so the kids would have picked what i wanted to stay at.


like you should have shown 10 pictures of chef mickeys and hte monorail going through the hotel, and that way it would have increased your odds of getting the contemporary.



keep up the good work, cant wait to read more

Why, thank you sir for those kind words!

I tried to only put the resorts that I really wanted into the slideshow, but Goofy was too smart for that. He read each of the hotel descriptions, so he would have known which ones were missing. Darn him...

And actually, I put up pics of Chef Mickeys and the monorail for the Contemporary - Natepoo wasn't having any of it. Growing up in Chicago, he likens the monorail to the CTA/Metra trains, and he thought the monorail was going to be too loud, even though I assured him that the monorail was very quiet...

 

[stagemomx3]

great way to pick a resort, but i would have been a little more persuasive, and only picked out the resorts that i wanted to stay at and hammed up the pictures, so the kids would have picked what i wanted to stay at.

That's the way I got the kids to choose the resort I wanted.

 

[dis75ney]

That's the way I got the kids to choose the resort I wanted.

I don't mind the Pop...that was my value resort of choice, so I was happy. Would have been happier with a deluxe, but oh well...

Leave it to Goofy to actually pay attention to the planning process when it comes to spending money...next update gets interesting as we discuss dining options!

 

[dis75ney]

We have decided to postpone our Disney trip after hearing that my grandmother passed away this afternoon. We may have to help pay funeral expenses, and the money we've saved for our trip will help my mother and uncle take care of final arrangements.

We will be rescheduling our trip for sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas and I'll update as more information becomes available. Please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers as we go through this difficult time...

Thanks...
Stacy

 

[dreamer17555]

Oh I am so sorry for your loss. Hugs. You and your family will be in my prayers.

-Becca-

 

[MomofCKJ]

I am so sorry for your loss.....

Allyson

 

[Hedy]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

 

[ssmerdel]

Sorry for your loss. You and your family will be in our prayers.

 

[DisMomAmy]

Sorry for your loss. You'll be in my thoughts.

 

[dis75ney]

Thank you all for your kinds words and thoughts. As much as we expected my grandmother to pass any day, it still came as a bit of a shock, considering that she didn't pass from the damage that 50+ years of chain smoking did to her body. She passed from an aneurysm that ruptured during a bad coughing fit (she had been getting over a cold)...

Good thing, though. Uncle Sam came through with our tax refund, so Stacy went out and got herself a bright shiny new laptop so she can do her homework without hearing Goofy sigh obnoxiously in the background because he wants to go online for Lego Star Wars walkthroughs!!! I'm actually typing this on the new toy!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But we now have a dilemma, and I need some assistance from my fellow DISers. Not thinking ahead, I rebooked our Disney trip for Dec 13-21. Well, guess when finals are for the fall semester??? You guessed it...Dec 16-19.

So, what do I do? I'm debating between pushing the trip up a week, or going in October for my birthday and Halloween (which is my favorite holiday). Natepoo wants to go during Christmas, and Goofy just wants to go when it's warm. What do you think? October or December? Help!!!

 

[Hedy]

Up as in earlier in December? You'd be hitting Pop Warner, so I'd be inclined to say October.

 

[DisMomAmy]

We had a blast in October. MNSSHP was fun and it was nice and warm too.

 

[lovesdumbo]

We have decided to postpone our Disney trip after hearing that my grandmother passed away this afternoon. We may have to help pay funeral expenses, and the money we've saved for our trip will help my mother and uncle take care of final arrangements.

We will be rescheduling our trip for sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas and I'll update as more information becomes available. Please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers as we go through this difficult time...

Thanks...
Stacy

Thank you all for your kinds words and thoughts. As much as we expected my grandmother to pass any day, it still came as a bit of a shock, considering that she didn't pass from the damage that 50+ years of chain smoking did to her body. She passed from an aneurysm that ruptured during a bad coughing fit (she had been getting over a cold)...

Good thing, though. Uncle Sam came through with our tax refund, so Stacy went out and got herself a bright shiny new laptop so she can do her homework without hearing Goofy sigh obnoxiously in the background because he wants to go online for Lego Star Wars walkthroughs!!! I'm actually typing this on the new toy!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But we now have a dilemma, and I need some assistance from my fellow DISers. Not thinking ahead, I rebooked our Disney trip for Dec 13-21. Well, guess when finals are for the fall semester??? You guessed it...Dec 16-19.

So, what do I do? I'm debating between pushing the trip up a week, or going in October for my birthday and Halloween (which is my favorite holiday). Natepoo wants to go during Christmas, and Goofy just wants to go when it's warm. What do you think? October or December? Help!!!

I'm so sorry for your loss.

I think I would choose October. December can be VERY cold. I've been in Dec with it in the 80's and I've been with night time temps in the 30's. If moving it up meant 12/6 to 12/14 that would mean you'd be worrying about final exams (I would if it were me). If it meant 12/20 - 12/27 it will be very crowded.

December is really nice with all the holiday stuff but I think October would work better for you and it is nice too. The Food & Wine fest is lots of fun and if you love Halloween you will love MNSSHP!