Now I'm just counting the days until my vacation is over.
I remember the 10 day mark.
But I am excited for you and your family.
Hi- just stumbled upon your pre-trip report and I'm really enjoying it. I have to say your ticker is looking FAB-U-LOUS- soon in single digits!
I love seeing my hula dancer get a little closer every day, we've been watching here for 9 months now! I was a little freaked out the other day when she was way back at the begining until I realized it had switched from counting months to thirty days!
I love the memory tins you've made and your layouts are beautiful. I think I'll lift your memory tin idea for my DS if you don't mind. Right now I am working on an autograph book, loving my Mickey and Friends Cricut carttridge! Have you found the Creative Community/ scrapbooking board on the DIS? If not you should check it out!
I look forward to hearing about your trip, hope your recovery is going well.
You're a nice wife letting him look! Mine gets what I pack. Although with good reason. One trip we went on he packed his own stuff and forgot undies and pants! He did have shorts but that was it! HAhahaha!!! Now I get to do it all. I still haven't figured out if that's a good thing or not!
That's why I make it a point to say "got plenty of socks?" (yes) "Okay, how about underwear" (yes) "Are you SURE?" (yes) "And you have tennis shoes?" (yes) "And flip flops? (Yes) And it goes on and on.
I guess I am nice. But no way I'm going to let myself get yelled at when I've forgotten something that he really wanted/needed.
If you DO let him pack, just do a thorough check up on his packing.
The good news is I am caught up on laundry after this long weekend. ( I was way behind) And what does DH do when he comes home and changes? puts his clothes on the floor! 
I said "nah ah buddy! Not after all that work I did today!"
that's a good way of wording it.
I just can't contain myself! I'm SO excited! I only have 3 days of work this week, that should go by pretty quickly...then 3 days off again...then 5 days of work (that's a bummer) but THEN my vacation starts!!!!
Remember how I said I might start packing? Well technically, I guess you could say I "started" but there are only 5 pairs of shorts in my suitcase.
Part of me is thinking about doing laundry on vacation...so as not to come home with so much. But then another voice says "Girl, are you crazy? Don't you lift a finger on vacation!"
hey don't over-do yourself. I've been on a roll...want me to come do yours too?
I guess that doesn't sound so bad when you put it that way. But also it's just me and DH so it would be easy to do...on the other hand we'll have a lot less laundry to come back to than you will, too. I am sure I'll decide whether or not this week. Either way I have a travel pack of laundry stuff and will bring it so that we can do laundry if we feel like it.
Your ticker says 12 so go with it!
Chapter 2 - Disney Trips of Long Long Ago
Next up....our Disney history!
Our little Disney problem started way back, long ago on our honeymoon....yes, its been that long! 13 years to be exact! Have I really been looking at him that long? Ya, and I love him!
We stayed at Dixie Landings now known as Port Orleans Riverside but it will always be Dixie Landings to us. Makes me sad to think the Port Orleans just opened up and swollowed poor Dixie. She never even saw it coming.
We stayed there for a week and that was it, we were sold! Totally in love with Disneyworld!
We made a repeat trip in February of 1996 and stayed at our beloved Dixie once again. Can't remember how long we were there that time. Probably about a week. No sense in us traveling that far for much less then that.
Next trip we had Belle with us and I was 6 months pregnant with Tink. We wanted to take Belle on one last trip as an only child. Why I'm not sure but it seemed important at the time!
Me being the sneaky person that I often think I am decided I was going to go on some of the rides that they warned pregnant people (okay, pregnant women - I mean really, how often do you see a pregnant man?) not to ride. Now before anyone goes all ape on me, I went on the Safari Ride and something else which currently escapes my brain. Nothing too thrilling. Anyways, back to the story - I really didn't think that anyone would be able to tell that I was pregnant. I thought I was still this skinny little thing and I was really getting away with something there. Until I got home and looked at the pictures - yep, I was huge as a house. Oh well. I guess they knew but decided not to fight with the preggo-lady!
Last trip was in February 2001 just after Tink turned a year old. We learned the beauty of the stroller pass that trip! Belle fell in love with Test Track and was terrified of the Winnie the Pooh ride. Go figure! Weird kid.
We have made many, many trips to Disneyland in California inbetween all these Florida trips and HG used to go to Los Angeles on business so the girls and I would tag along and visit Mickey while HG was working. As much as I love Disneyland it pales in comparison to WDW.
Our last trip to Disneyland was Feb 2006 for Tink's 6th birthday. Belle spent the whole trip in the hotel room with HG sick as a dog. I guess its only fair though - when we went down for Belle's 6th birthday Tink threw up the whole time!
We haven't tempted the Disney fate since.
Here's hoping no one gets sick this time. I'm bringing my Clorox wipes and hand sanitizer and I may use both to bathe the kids!
Chapter 7 - Let the crafting begin!
I mentioned earlier that I am crafty and today was the perfect day to start the vacation crafts!
I made each of the girls a lunchbox to keep their Disney treasures in when we get back. They tend to collect streamers, confetti, etc and it ends up spread all over the house so this time I am ready. They can keep it in a bag while we are away and when we come home it goes into their memory tins!
Here is Tink's. It is none other then Tink herself!
One side -
The other side -
The top/side view -
Belle originally said she wanted a Minnie tin and then after I started she said she changed her mind and wanted it to be Nemo. Great. Oh well, one more coat of paint and Nemo it is!
One side -
The other side -
The top/side of Nemo -
Okay - I'm bored so I am going to post some of my scrapbooking pages and creations. No master pieces here - just what I already have on photobucket!
