Oooh, you do Swing and Salsa? Those look like so much fun to me, I've never tried either! Are they very difficult to pick up?
And actually, I don't have a TGM subscription. I've read so many good things on the boards, but I have a touringplans subscription from last year still (which is probably about to run out). I like the fact that with TGM you can pick which attractions to include though, I didn't know that! You can't do that with Touring Plans. I will look into it, thanks for the tip!
I got the RideMax software. It did ok, but one cannot plan things down to the minute.
If you would like of me to input your rides at a park and come out with a tour plan, just let me know.
Really, thank you so much for the offer but I think I would drive my poor DM crazy if I took you up on it... I promised her I wouldn't plan this trip too much. I printed out touring plans from touringplans.com on our July trip and apparently me marching us around like a drill sergeant is not her idea of a fun vacation.
If I change my mind I'll let you know though, you are so kind! Apparently the family was really into pin collecting because the mother pulled out a huge binder full of pins and they gave one of the Mad Hatter pins to my mom! We sat and talked with them for about 1/2 and hour (it was a loooonnggg wait that night) and had a great time. The parents had gotten married at Disney at the wedding pavilion and told us all about it. It was a great magical moment.
What a very dear story! 
Awww, thank you, that is so sweet of you!
I love the story behind the Mad Hatter pin! That is too sweet! It's always the little things that matter in life. I'm sure we all know that even at Disney you dont always run across the "magic" in everyone.
Even though the big attractions like Soarin and TSM are a lot of fun, the magical moments with people you meet at Disney are so much a part of the whole experience. It's the best when a "magical moment" is completely unexpected!
No prob.
Apparently, it now has the capability of putting in free time and/or you put in free time. I've played around with it in the last few days for fun.
Sometimes, it is better to wait until all the dust settles (ADRs, tours, etc) and right before you go for the real deal.
I'm still trying to get ADRs for my trip next month (I love to see next month!); driving me nuts!
I can imagine if I had access to a RideMax subscription, I wouldn't get ANY work done.
What ADRs are you thinking about for next month?
I get very little work done.
I'm going to skip the gym tonight because I have 3 more tax returns (state & federal, so I guess that is 6 more tax returns) to do and it coming WAY too close to April 15 for my state of mind.
I'm currently trying to get an hour later for my R&C ADR; I want Jenna to have a clear view of Illuminations.
The travel agent is trying for Akerhus or CRT. They are probably long shots anyway.
Still, I am not happy with the travel agency I picked. I made the ADRs myself since she wasn't. Now, I'm leaving it in her hands and sweating it out.
but I'm going to be following the Couch to 5K program and at least I'll be somewhat fitter by the time May 1 rolls around! I'm going to take a break from the program while we're in Disney, but I hope to complete it more or less on time. I've got the schedule for running all printed out and I downloaded the podcast for my iPod, which tells you when to start/finish different segments. I'm feeling really motivated about it! If any of you guys want to join in, you can find the program easily by Googling "couch to 5k" and the podcast by searching "couch to 5k podcast". I was thinking of joining a gym but now that the weather is getting nicer, I figure I can save some money by just running/walking instead.
Unfortunately I have bad knees from dancing, so I'll have to get out my knee braces (I need them for Disney anyways) and make sure I stretch properly and stuff, but I'm looking forward to getting started. 
It's so frustrating, I have a PCOS and it not only makes it difficult to get preggers, but it also makes it hard to lose weight. However, the working out and eating better is helping. I definitely have more energy, so that's good!!
But now, I've been slowly gaining more and more weight. And it's all going to my stomach, giving me a pooch. Last week, I weighed myself and I now weigh 114. It's not bad or anything, I just don't feel as fit and healthy as I should be. I've found exercises to help with my stomach and once it finally gets nice, I want to start walking/ riding a bike.
Hopefully we don't get TOO many April showers in the next little while!Oh, can I relate! I've gained about 10 lbs since we've been married, and it puts me in the where I'm supposed to be category for my height, but I don't like it. I'm hoping to get rid of about 7 pounds and tone back up. We can be fitness cheerleaders for each other!!
I definitely need some sort of accountability to keep me on track and I'm on the DIS practically every day so there's no place better than here! Especially since I don't think anything puts me in a better mood than Disney.Good for you on getting healthier! That's what it's all about! I know I need to lose weight and I have been working out and eating healthier, but the weight is not coming off at all!
That's great that you have more energy now though, it's always easier to stay motivated when you're getting results like that! Really, things like energy levels, mood, endurance, etc are much better indicators of health than weight anyways. I really wish our whole society wasn't so focused on numbers!
Thanks for the encouragement!Wow, I think me and you in the same boat. As you can tell from my pictures, I'm short and petite. All through high school and my first year of college, I weighed only 87 pounds! I was healthy for my height and stuff and it wasn't like I never ate, I ATE everything and I had a fast metabolism. But, the past two years or so, I've started to finally gain weight. I weighted myself one day when I first started to gain it, and I was so excited I finally weighed 100 pounds! My mom said she's never seen someone so excited about their weight gain.
I have some gift cards for a yoga studio in my neighbourhood so I'm thinking of going to some drop in classes over the next few weeks. They do a lot of pilates (which kicks my butt! lol) but it's great for strengthening. I think I'm going to wait until the fall I realized I'm going to be away so much in the summer anyway (Disney in May, Disney/conference in June, San Antonio in July...) that it wouldn't be worth it right now. I'll probably stick to the open classes over the summer which are $15 per class, but there's no commitment.
Me and B/F are going to see 'I Love You Man' too!
And you can see my beloved MacBook in the background.
The first time we danced together (just a few weeks after we met, a year and a half before we started dating), we were at that salsa restaurant and while we were eating (we were with about 15 friends) he wrote "will you be my dance partner? check yes or no." on a napkin and slid it to me. Then he made his palms wet from putting them on the outside of his glass and said something corney about "being so nervous to ask me". He was such a dork! I just laughed. I SOOO wish I would have saved that napkin. But who knew then that we were gonna get married a few years later?! 
Please keep us updated on how it goes! I'm taking a weight lifting class (I have to have it to graduate) and it talks about how important weight lifting is to tone up and lose weight. You can't get your desired results just doing cardio. This stunk for me bc I love cardio workouts so much more. So if you have a gym membership, you should look into lifting. If not, there's always soup cans! Good luck!
