Tomorrow!! Nikki's going to the world!

[roxannensteve]

Question Ladies-
It really is all of them right? Not just mine?

Oh their defense, no. My DH would have been the one to ask - for sure. Deffinitely after he saw me all panicked

 

[Our2Girls&Disney]

Question Ladies-
It really is all of them right? Not just mine?

Not just yours. He would search for hours before asking.

 

[blue_river]

Here's a little tip!

We were in Disney the second week in December 2005. Low and behold EVERYTHING with a 2005 on it was half off!! It was absolute heaven. I think I bought something for everyone I knew.

Thanks for the tip

We were able to get some items half off that promoted "Happiest Celebration on Earth" so I'm hoping to get some "Year of A Million Dreams" stuff this time around!!

We were playing Who Wants to be a Millionaire when I noticed Fred didn't have the bag of all my loot!!

OMGosh

I found a very nice CM that was very helpful. She went into this little room (lost and found??) and came out with a bag. She had me describe everything that was in it! Yaaaaaaaay it was mine.

That was lucky!!!

Question Ladies-
It really is all of them right? Not just mine?

Mine is usually the one to look after things like that.

 

[ILMICKEY]

I am soooo glad to hear that there are men that will ask!! Makes me think there is hope for my sons!! Freds probably too far gone.

I didn't think about the Year of a Million Dreams stuff. That will be almost over when we are there. WoooHooo!

Disneyaddicted- I PROMISE to save you some stuff! I won't buy it all.

I almost can't wait just to shop. I soooo love the clearance racks!

C'mon November!!!!!!

 

[blue_river]

I didn't think about the Year of a Million Dreams stuff. That will be almost over when we are there. WoooHooo!


I almost can't wait just to shop. I soooo love the clearance racks!

C'mon November!!!!!!

Everyones excitement always makes me smile

 

[ILMICKEY]

Holy crap!!

I was almost on the verge of going to page 3 !!

Thought I'd better say somethin'.

Back in February I put in for some vacation time. A week in November and the 5th and 6th of July.

A little "me" time.

So, I have been waiting and waiting since Easter for my 5 day vacation. Gonna do a little yard saling, get a little browner in the pool, sleep in and watch Regis and Kelly!!

"Me" time!!

I am sure most of you can figure where this is going. I'm a mom, there ain't no me time!!

The weekend prior Sports baseball coach informs us he has a tournament, starting the 5th of July.

Are you Freaking kidding me???

I also have a family cookout planned for Saturday night, 5:00. If you know about tournaments, you know there is no set time for anything. Depends on whether you win or lose.

Sooooooo, the 5th there's a game at 5:00 and 9:00. My jaw is still a little sore from hitting the ground on the 9:00 time.

That's P.M. folks!!

I am thinking it must have been my motherly instincts that took over in February to ask for those very same vacation days!!

Well, the team won both those games, so no more tournament until Saturday. Woooohoooooo!!

NOT SO FAST!!

He has a regular scheduled game Friday evening.

Regular means double headers, 5 innings each. Mind you I still have a cookout planned. Tater salad, pasta salad and fixin's to make, house to clean.

Yeah right!!

Friday- get up run to the store.
come home, make salads, power clean
run out of state to pick up fireworks.

OT-on the way home from picking up said fireworks (Sport just had to have these) he asks
"mom, if we get pulled over, would you tell the cop you had fireworks in here?"
(illegal in Michigan)
Me "PULLED OVER?" We are not getting pulled over, we are going to pull a Dukes of Hazard type thing. Fields and all."
So I start swerving a bit, driving a little fast. Just to freak him out a bit.

Just kidding!

We made it home just fine.

Time for ANOTHER baseball game!! Yaaaaaay! No, I really love baseball, and I love watching my son play even more.

I'm the loud mom, you know which one I'm talking about. Sport is competing on the field, I'm competing to see if I'm the loudest mom!!

I am!!

Pretty sure. Ask Fred. I sit near the dugout, he sits in center field.

After the game, we still have some last minute party shopping to do.
Walmart baybeee!

11:00-11:30-finally get to bed.

Up at 6:30-be at field by 8:15 for 9:00 game. Lost.

Next game at 11:00, if they lose this one, they play again at 5:00 !

5:00-did I mention I was having a party at 5:00?????????????

They lost! Oh great.

Fred was going to have to man the ship. I went home between games to get everything ready for him. All he would have to do is grill and get things out of the fridge.

Easy enough right??

You'd think.

We go to the game, he lost. He is done, won't have to come back Sunday. I have really mixed feeling about this.
1. It was stinking hot, oh my gosh!! Gonna be hotter Sunday!
2. Hadn't really had any time to myself.
3. I love watching him play baseball. He is very good and I am so proud of him. I NEVER miss a game.

But it was done. Over.

It is now 7:00. Food should be grilled, happy full guests sitting around in lawn chairs.

NOT!!

He had just started grilling. So I'm taking things out of the fridge frantically trying to get everything set out so they can start eating as he takes food of the grill.

At this time I am wishing it was a partaaaay, not a party. A couple beers would have been real nice.

Oh, well, it got done. Eventually everyone was full and happy, I think!

So, weekend over. Sunday came. My only day for ME! I wanted to lay in the pool all day.

No dice. Had a pretty decent sunburn from the day before. 2nd choice. Lay on the couch and watch stupid movies all day. Laundry on commercials.

Have you seen the movie "Ricky Bobby"? Stupid, stupid, stupid. Who writes this stuff?? I am so glad I didn't pay money to see it.

Anyway, districts start tomorrow. 9:00 A.M. Have to work people!! Think!!

Guess who's not going to work???

So, once again the weekend is all planned out for me. BASEBALL!! Don't know what time, but I will be there.

Last year they came real close to winning. This would have meant a mad dash to Minnesota for regionals.

So, if they win, guess where I will be next week!

Better get back to work now. This is the only time I have to catch up with all of you.

Did you see the All Star game last night?? Yaaaaay AL. WooHoo for Ichiro!

Take care!!

 

[Simba22]

Hey! You're reading my report so I hopped over to read yours! Great pre-trippie so far! You guys are going to have a great time, even if it is "interesting." We went last May with my brother and my boyfriend's (Lumar!) brother...Interesting doesn't even BEGIN to describe that trip. Lumar's brother was NOT invited to join us in October... He was such a PITA the whole time that I ended up screaming (and I do mean SCREAMING) at him two days before the trip was over. It was horrible..and what makes it worse is that Lumar and I paid for his entire trip: hotel, airfare, meals, souvenirs, etc. I refused to talk to him for months after that.

In other news, I buy tradeable pins on ebay all the time! I just bought 12 picns for $1.84 each, and that included s & h! Pins in the parks start at, what $6.95? Or are the more now? Plus tax!! HA! Save the money!

Ugh! I remember baseball days. My brother was HUGE into little league and my dad was the coach. My mom went to every game and I was very rarely allowed to stay home by myself. The difference between you and me though is that I hate baseball...it is the most boring thing in the world to watch! Give me football any day!

Anyhoo I'll be waiting for more!

 

[blue_river]

"Me" time!!

I am sure most of you can figure where this is going. I'm a mom, there ain't no me time!!

Oh yes, I can relate

It is now 7:00. Food should be grilled, happy full guests sitting around in lawn chairs.

NOT!!

He had just started grilling.

ACK - I feel your frustration

My only day for ME! I wanted to lay in the pool all day.

No dice.

Aww. I'm sorry you never had any ME time.

It's coming though...you'll be in WDW in no time

 

[Simba22]

BTW I am sorry to hear that your didn't get your "me" time. I'm not even a mom and I never get "me" time either. I take a day off from work and I end up running around like a lunatic doing stuff for other people all day.

Oh and you gals are all too nice, letting your men pick the restaurants you eat at on your trips! I pick out all the restaurants I want to eat at and then let him decide which ones we actually go to...that way he doesn't pick somewhere I don't like. And he will DEFINITELY remember what he picked! He has the greatest memory of anybody I know when it comes to stuff like this....Now when I say "don't forget to call ______" it's another story.

 

[ILMICKEY]

Simba22- Thanks for coming to my pretrippie!

Wow, why didn't you just leave him there? Or at least ditch him? I would have been furious too.

DON'T LIKE BASEBALL?? That's alright.

I guess!

Good job on the pins! I have some that I bought years ago. They are little mini flags of each country. I have 3 or 4 sets. I have seriously thought about selling them on Ebay. They are really neat. I don't know if I want to part with them, you just never know when you might need a pin of a certain country.

Blue-Oh I so can't wait for my vacation. It's coming, but not quite fast enough. Only bad part about wishing it here sooner is the fact that it will be winter again. Man, I hate winter.

Yours is coming real soon! I am sooo excited for you. I love it that the girls are so excited. My guys are like "yeah, o.k., whatever"!!



UPDATE: We arrived this morning at 8:15 for the game. Practice, warm up. Nobody was there.
Me-"are you sure it is here"
Sport-"I'm pretty sure"
Me-"are you sure it is at 9:00?"
Sport-"I'm pretty sure"
-not happy!!

Turns out the coach didn't call EVERYONE on his list to tell us it was postponed until Friday, 11:15. Took the morning off work for nothing. So, I will be missing the game. I'm pretty crushed.

Oh, well, what do you do??

 

[ILMICKEY]

Hello All!

I was going through some old pictures this weekend of past trips to Disney and thought I would post some.

My guys are so little in the pics, makes me so sad.

Here goes!!

These are from River Country. Does anyone know why they shut that place down??

Remember when this was at The Imagination Pavillion?? I totally miss how it used to be.

Arent they just adorable in their Mickey trunks??

The new 3 Callebros!!!
All these pictures were from 1996.

Meet my daughter. Well for a minute anyway!! I am going to totally try to recreate this picture on the next trip.
Think he will do it????????????

3 of my most favorite guys!!

Guess who's Goofy??

That's my mom behind my daughter. This was our last trip to Disney together. 1998. She passed away 2 years ago on the 29th of this month.
Miss you mom!!

Hope you liked my trip down memory lane!!

 

[JKMJ441724]

These are from River Country. Does anyone know why they shut that place down?
Hope you liked my trip down memory lane!!

I read that it was because of alligators. Anyone know anything different??? I remember swimming at that place.

Loved, loved, loved your trip down memory lane.

 

[ILMICKEY]

Hi, I was beginning to think I was the only one that could actually see this report.

Wow! Alligators? They would have had to clear out the water because of me if I would have seen one of them. No poop in the pool, and I'm sure there would have been a lot.

I really liked that place. Too bad with all the imagineers, no one could figure out how to keep them out!

I'm glad you loved the pictures. I love taking them out, looking at how young they were, and realizing how freaking old I am getting!

 

[blue_river]

Hello All!

I was going through some old pictures this weekend of past trips to Disney and thought I would post some.

My guys are so little in the pics, makes me so sad.

Here goes!!

Wow! What a trip down memory lane.

I'm sure that brought some tears to your eyes.

That's my mom behind my daughter. This was our last trip to Disney together. 1998. She passed away 2 years ago on the 29th of this month.
Miss you mom!!

Okay, now I know this must have.

I miss my mother too

Hi, I was beginning to think I was the only one that could actually see this report.

I missed the update

Thanks for sharing a blast from the past!

 

[JKMJ441724]

I'm glad you loved the pictures. I love taking them out, looking at how young they were, and realizing how freaking old I am getting!

I hate that you are getting older. I'm not. I have stopped at age 34. That's it and that's all.

But bring on the report. Can't wait for more.

 

[disneyaddicted]

Oh my gosh, those pictures are priceless! I would pay a million dollars to see your DS recreate the "daughter" picture, that had me rolling! That was great, thanks for posting them. God bless your Mom in heaven.

 

[Our2Girls&Disney]

I read that it was because of alligators. Anyone know anything different??? I remember swimming at that place.

Loved, loved, loved your trip down memory lane.

Alligators!!!!! maybe????? I thought it was because the park was from natural water not chlorinated and Disney could not keep the water clean or uncontaminated. I could be wrong though. I went to River Country in '81 and we went on our honeymoon in '94, so it stayed open for many years before closing.

 

[Our2Girls&Disney]

Ok you guys peaked my curiosity. This is what I found on the web.

Several possible reasons for the park's closing have been suggested by fans. One is that there wasn't a need for this park due to the other two larger water parks on Disney property (which had more slides) and increased competition from other water parks in the area. Another is that bacteria from Bay Lake was reportedly contaminating River Country's water. Yet another is that this water park's lake was unheated, and was very cold outside the summer months. Though river Country had always drawn large crowds, it's location (in the interior of Fort Wilderness) made it very difficult for both motorists and Disney Transport to reach the site.

Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/disney-s-river-country

 

[ILMICKEY]

Wow! What a trip down memory lane.

I'm sure that brought some tears to your eyes.

It really did. I love going through all my old pictures. I have videos too, but it's hard to watch them because my ex is in them. I watch them alone so Fred doesn't feel bad.

Okay, now I know this must have.

I miss my mother too

Yes, this really does. She was my buddy at Disney. I loved it that she would let me plan everything and she would just follow along. She absolutely adored the World.

I missed the update

Thanks for sharing a blast from the past!

Anytime!! It was fun deciding which ones to pick. I may do some more since I still have 4 months of pretrip to do.

 

[ILMICKEY]

I hate that you are getting older. I'm not. I have stopped at age 34. That's it and that's all.

But bring on the report. Can't wait for more.

Oh, didn't I mention I am turning 30 again this year?????????? I haven't really stop, I just keep turning 30!

I'll try to get something new up soon!