You're hysterical is what you are!!!!
And no, you're not. Think how glad you'll be when all this stuff is taken care of and you can relax in the days before the trip. I have to say, you're doing great!!
I am so in, you sound like alot of fun and I don't want to miss out....lol.
So what did you say to your mom? Oh my goodness, I'm not sure what I would have done or said
I can't wait for more!
I looked at the Menus and decided the exact same thing. Breakfast. We treated like a brunch as we had 10:30 or 10:45 ADR's.
We love the CP. It's so pretty. The food IMO is better than some other buffets and of course we are a family of suckers for Eeoyre and Piglet.
I SOOO hear you. My Mom (god bless her) only joined us for part of both our last Disney trips. I was not heartbroken when reasons beyond her control dictated that my Mom had to leave early this year and arrive later last year.
My Dad stuck it through the entire time of both trips and was a godsend. And unlike DH (who belongs to the eyerolling club) my Dad was excited and happy to follow any of my Disney plans.
4 Months 13 days!
We've hit a small snag. My mother called today and said she'd like to go with us, if she can talk my dad into it. I may have told her the TINIEST of white lies, by omission. I said we were going in May of 2010, which is absolutely true. I neglected to inform her of our March '09 trip. I'm a horrible person, aren't I?I have my reasons, though.
When I took my oldest son in 2001 (then 6 yrs old), my dad went with us for the whole trip. I love my dad to death, and we had a great time at Epcot, AK, and (then) MGM. It was the best time ever. In the middle of the night before our 4th day, MK day, my mom arrived in all her luggaged glory.
My mother, for reasons I will NEVER understand, insists on bringing every bill, every tax return, every minute piece of paper that means anything to her, EVERYWHERE SHE GOES! On the trip I'm referring to, she brought with her:
1) A SUITCASE full of papers, etc, in case she "had time to go through" them.
2) A suitcase full of pool toys, beach balls, and water wings (she heard there was a pool at the hotel)
3) An "adult disposable diaper" box -- 4ft x 3ft-- full of water noodles and 4 various sized life vests....for 1 kid! (That box was particularly FUN to lug through the hotel. I couldn't explain to the starers that my mom works in a nursing home, and is a bag lady.
4) A suitcase full of clothes, including extra clothes for my dad, and 3 swimsuits for her. I might add that she didn't actually swim while she was there.
5) Her purse. It is a large, black affair. We call it "the mothership" because she sometimes carries smaller satellite purses as well. Her purse has been known to hold everything from oranges to a doorstop (I kid you not!), and weighs about 60 lbs.
Her purse is the main reason I'd rather she didn't come with us. I'll tell you why.
Picture this:
We get up at 7:30 am to get to MK, since none of us has been there before. The park doesn't open till 9, so we decide to eat breakfast at Waffle House.
We get done eating and head for the car--all except my mom, who suddenly feels the need to go use the payphone to check in at work (she was and is security supervisor at a nursing home). After rummaging for 10 minutes through the mothership, she comes up with enough change to call Cuba. She makes her phone call, and proceeds to stay on the phone for 45 minutes!! The rest of us are broiling in the car, and muttering dark words at her by the time she gets done.
We arrive at the park at 9:50. Grr. Then we spend another 45 minutes at bag check, because the mothership contains scissors, nail clippers, a pocketknife, and God knows what else. All I know is it took forever, and she complained the rest of the day about her crap getting confiscated. (Honestly, they just made her put the stuff in a locker behind the counter. It's not like she didn't get it back, or anything.)
Then, because she walks like a turtle, we all have to walk slowly through the park so she can keep up. We were on bad terms that day, my mom and I.
At one point I took her purse for a minute, so she could go to the loo without it. Aside from the fact that my arm almost fell off, I was amazed at her sudden burst of speed as she headed to the restroom. Then I put 2 and 2 together--the purse was weighing her down. And us!
It took us SO long to get through the park, that at closing time we still hadn't seen Pirates or anything else in that area of the park. I was MAD! To make matters worse, it rained for an hour in the middle of the day, and mom insisted on sitting in Liberty Tree the whole time. We had just eaten, so what was the point?
All in all, it was a bad day. The next 2 days she spent with my aunt, who'd recently moved to Orlando. My dad, ds and I spent the 2 days at Universal and SeaWorld and saw EVERYTHING.
7 years later, I still hold a grudge. So no, my mother is NOT invited.
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Anyway, the GOOD news is that I went to Home Depot and got about a million mickey heads for our Pop window! From some of the other posts, I had gathered that they were all lime green. I was so glad to see different colors! I got lavendar, an eggplant-y type shade of purple, and a really pretty shade of teal/ green. Then I felt like a thief, so I bought a flower pot and some plastic gloves I didn't really need.
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More later!
She said when you can't see the shore, it makes you sick--even if you're used to boats. I imagine she's right.
Then I called back to change our ressies AGAIN (thank God for understanding cm's!) and dropped the Dining Plan, so we went down to $400 off our original price. I didn't want to have to explain to dh that we were facing financial ruin because of an extra 3 days. LOL
It's astounding. He has NO patience whatsoever. We very rarely argue, but it seems like every time we go anywhere as a family, he goes nuts. Someone will spill a drink, we'll be late for something, or he'll imagine some other wrong, and off he goes, like clockwork. "Let's forget it and go home", he says. Then I spend half our remaining time trying to talk him into a better mood. It's very tiring, and it's too much like my parents for comfort.
but DW accuses me of being moody,loud and over reacting ALL the time.Personally I dont see it, we're just misunderstood thats all.Dont even get me started on mother in laws.....LOL
, and now it's perfect. After adding 3 days at WDW, booking a day of charter fishing, dropping the dining plan, and pulling half my hair out, I believe we are set. Unless of course, I change my mind and add the Quick Service dining plan. I'm still debating that one. We are big eaters, my family, so I'm sure we'd get our money's worth.
So while we have 83 days till WDW, we only have 81 days till we leave. A technicality, I know. LOL We're in the very bottom of Indiana--in fact, we're only about 8 blocks from the Kentucky border. I'll run to Aldi when we get there, to buy food for the road and the in-room meals.
Then we'll meet up for shopping. We'll grab a pizza and head back to our hotel for a semi-early night's sleep. 
Anyway, the gist of it is that she's not all that into Princesses anymore. Sort of disappoints me. My baby is growing up!
At 5 I couldnt remember my own name let alone a pop star,lol. I think "they act like this at this age , whats 13 going to bring ?" The other phenomenon Ive noticed is having boyfriends, now mind you the boys get traded like baseball cards amongst the girls in the class but geesh....Im so not ready for this whole growing up business......
we're still with the reg dining plan so far but the quick service plan is awfully tempting,The plus's I see for that are 1. The price and 2. The resort mugs , we have always gotten these in the past, Im not sure that they save you that much,im sure they could but for nothing else than the convience. 3.Two snack credits,used wisely its breakfast. We actually had decided this was the way to go and while booking somehow I got talked into the reg dining plan??? if you can make me change my mind you have to be,lol.Im never using her again,simply to dangerous ,I could have us booked on a conoe trip of the North Atlantic in January and come away thinking "YEAH AWSOME PLAN DUDE !"
Yes, I know I "threatened" to leave him at home, but this was his own decision. Really. I was actually mad that he decided to skip this trip but as he pointed out, we're going in 2010 too. He WILL be present for that trip! 
What if we can't all ride together on something? 
The possibilities are endless. 
) Anyway, the weekend we leave is also a weekend dh's daughter (10) visits, so maybe she'll be a distraction. And he's almost 3, so I think it'll be good for him to spend some "guy-time" with Daddy.
But he IS a bit spoiled in that I usually go along with his suggestions. 
If I did everything in my life according to his whims, we'd eat 8 meals a day at Taco Tierra, and spend the rest of the time alternately sleeping and watching him play video games. Some family somewhere might consider that their dream life, but that family is not his. 
, Mike in a saggy diaper eating Taco Tierra and Play-Doh, and the house looking like a cyclone passed through. All because I had the audacity to leave him to his own devices for a week. Not a pretty picture. 
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