Un-Tangled-Getting My Life Back....PTR!! TR Started! 5/30

[jenseib]

I thought I was way behind...thanks goodness I'm not.

I got your mail the other day...thanks so much!

 

[Millie12591]

My name is Lana if you would prefer to use that

Lana!! What a great name! I like addressing my readers by their first name. Thank you for sharing it.

Millie, I haven't checked for a while and I wanted to say hi!!

Michele!! I wondered where you've been! Good to see you again. You didn't miss a lot, it's a slow moving PTR. But that's how I wanted it, that way it won't feel like it's a job to write/read it. At least I hope that's how it's perceived.

I thought I was way behind...thanks goodness I'm not.

I got your mail the other day...thanks so much!

Good, I hope you liked your well color cordinated envelope, stamp and address label. I'm such a dork that way.

And no Jennifer, you aren't behind. I'm a slow mover on this PTR. I didn't want it to be a last minute whirl-wind of a report. Planning all that goes into my trips it's usually up to the last couple of weeks, so a PTR being started out weeks before would not have been good for me. I like this to be timed out well. Not to mention, part of this is my weight loss journey, can't rush that....as much as I'd like to.

 

[Millie12591]

I didn't want y'all to think I've forgotten about ya!

Hope to have an update by this weekend.

 

[kaoden39]

Lana!! What a great name! I like addressing my readers by their first name. Thank you for sharing it.



Michele!! I wondered where you've been! Good to see you again. You didn't miss a lot, it's a slow moving PTR. But that's how I wanted it, that way it won't feel like it's a job to write/read it. At least I hope that's how it's perceived.




Good, I hope you liked your well color cordinated envelope, stamp and address label. I'm such a dork that way.

And no Jennifer, you aren't behind. I'm a slow mover on this PTR. I didn't want it to be a last minute whirl-wind of a report. Planning all that goes into my trips it's usually up to the last couple of weeks, so a PTR being started out weeks before would not have been good for me. I like this to be timed out well. Not to mention, part of this is my weight loss journey, can't rush that....as much as I'd like to.

My trip report is almost stagnate. We have about two and a half months until the trip and I feel like I have done all that I can for right now. That and the recent stress. I considered cancelling the trip for awhile. I decided that we may need the happiness of a trip.

I didn't want y'all to think I've forgotten about ya!

Hope to have an update by this weekend.

You mean real life gets in the way of Dissing? NO!!

 

[Millie12591]

My trip report is almost stagnate. We have about two and a half months until the trip and I feel like I have done all that I can for right now. That and the recent stress. I considered cancelling the trip for awhile. I decided that we may need the happiness of a trip.

Ooooh! I don't want you to cancel your trip. You have to go, you probably need to go.




You mean real life gets in the way of Dissing? NO!!

Thank you for reading along Michele.

 

[kaoden39]

Thank you for reading along Michele.

I'm always here. I may not comment but I am always here.

 

[Millie12591]

I'm always here. I may not comment but I am always here.

Commenting or not, I'm just glad you are around. How is your hubby doing?

 

[kaoden39]

Commenting or not, I'm just glad you are around. How is your hubby doing?

Oh don't ask! This has been a nightmare. He saw his Dr yesterday and had blood drawn. She calls him today and the first thing she says is "you aren't having chest pains or erratic heartbeats are you?" His potassium levels were high in the last two blood test and they were higher. He was told it could be dehydration, kidney problems, a possible heart attack.

She tells him no strenuous exercise(he was getting ready to go climb mountains on his bicycle), watch his potassium intake and keep hydrated. Go and get blood drawn on Saturday or Sunday. We went to Costco and he had no energy. About 4:30 he was having an erratic heartbeat and we decided to go to the ER. It isn't his heart thank God. But no one knows what it is. So Tuesday we go back to his regular Dr and we go from there.

I bet you're sorry you asked now, huh?

 

[Millie12591]

Oh don't ask! This has been a nightmare. He saw his Dr yesterday and had blood drawn. She calls him today and the first thing she says is "you aren't having chest pains or erratic heartbeats are you?" His potassium levels were high in the last two blood test and they were higher. He was told it could be dehydration, kidney problems, a possible heart attack.

She tells him no strenuous exercise(he was getting ready to go climb mountains on his bicycle), watch his potassium intake and keep hydrated. Go and get blood drawn on Saturday or Sunday. We went to Costco and he had no energy. About 4:30 he was having an erratic heartbeat and we decided to go to the ER. It isn't his heart thank God. But no one knows what it is. So Tuesday we go back to his regular Dr and we go from there.

I bet you're sorry you asked now, huh?

Oooh Michele, I'm not sorry I asked at all, and I'm so sorry! This must be maddening to not know what the heck is going on. I will certainly be praying for him and you! I can't imagine what it would be like to have to deal with the unknown and be told we don't know what to tell you. Hopefully his doctor will figure it out. In the mean time I'm lifting y'all up. Hang tough, girl.

 

[kaoden39]

Oooh Michele, I'm not sorry I asked at all, and I'm so sorry! This must be maddening to not know what the heck is going on. I will certainly be praying for him and you! I can't imagine what it would be like to have to deal with the unknown and be told we don't know what to tell you. Hopefully his doctor will figure it out. In the mean time I'm lifting y'all up. Hang tough, girl.

I'm hanging as tough as I can. I am exhausted and therefor I am getting a cold. I don't do well with colds. I appreciate the prayers. It has been crazy. Hence my eating has been bad.

 

[Millie12591]

I'm hanging as tough as I can. I am exhausted and therefor I am getting a cold. I don't do well with colds. I appreciate the prayers. It has been crazy. Hence my eating has been bad.

Oh sweetie. It's going to be okay, try not to stress about your eating right now, no need to add anything more to your plate (no pun intended) to worry about.
Just take care of you the best way you can as well as hubby, and try not to guilt yourself in the mean time.

When this is all done and over you can go back to figuring out a way to make healthier choices. It takes some effort and time put into eating healthier, trust me I know!
I'm sure my family get's tired of me bringing home a lot of the same things I keep on hand to make meal choices healthier (not to mention quicker), but it's what I have to do to take care of me while I'm taking care of them.
I've taken care of them for sooo many years without much regard to myself (not their fault-it's mine), I finally decided even if they don't like what I bring into the house I still had to do what it was going to take to take care of me. And if that meant not having much in the way of processed foods and pretty much healthy and organic items, (so I won't be tempted to eat the junk) then so be it. It was time to finally make an investment in me and be darned to the cost and the pissy looks I was going to get from everyone. (They've all actually been very supportive-no pissy looks )
For you, right now....you just need to do what it takes to get through this moment, the other stuff will come later. Promise.

And you are more than welcome for the prayers.

 

[Millie12591]

Third Park Day!!

Hellooooo Dis'ers!!

Every day at Disney is special but this is an extra special day since our Maroo will be with us!
Upon planning, replanning and planning again we decided this was our day to go tooo....

I know a lot of people don't like the hat, but I love the hat!

Disney Hollywood Studios or known as MGM Studios to us upon our first trip (May 2007), has a lot of special memories for me. This may sound silly since so many people think it's a half day park, but I could be in this park all day and not feel like we did all of what we wanted to do, my family felt the same way. We all love the movies so much, and I especially love old Hollywoodland, we all felt we didn't get enough of it on our first day, and we were there almost the entire day!! We even closed the place down!! It was our first ever WDW park. Probably why I love it so much.

Isn't my son wonderful?

I remember the day so well, I had all my arsenal (TGM info.) ready and I knew exactly what we had to do to get in at least one good ride before we had to turn around and leave to go to the Grand Floridian for a late breakfast at 1900 Park Fare. Planning your ADR's only two months out didn't leave us with a lot of ADR's times to pick from.
It worked out really well though! We had the place and the characters all to ourselves by the time we sat and ate. It also gave us an idea of what to expect for food, the fact that it was a buffet we weren't expecting as wonderful a selection or near the quality.

Back to getting our ride on! Mind you, this is my 7 year old's first time being in a theme park (that she remembers) and considering she's never ridden anything (that she remembers) worth mentioning. Any good parent should make this a memorable first ride, riiiiiight? Well, that's exactly what we did......

Yes, folks....this is how my twisted mind works.
In all honesty....I really didn't give it much thought until we were approaching the ride, I told her some of what to expect, but I really should have thought this through a little better before making her ride ToT as her first ride.
This went so well she now affectionately likes to call it, the Tower of Torture. And won't ride it. Ever. Again. Oops!

Here's a picture of my baby clinging to her Mama, redneck style of course (we're front row left)....

You can see my hubby looking to see if she's okay. Poor baby. I'm looking down and holding on for dear life, I thank goodness for the handle bars. I have to admit, this ride scares the snot out of me!! My son thinks it's hilarious how worked up I get over this ride, but I still go on it, even if it's only once a trip.

Needless to say my poor daughter was afraid to go on every ride there after thinking we were going to scare the bejeesers out of her on every ride. Poor kiddo.

She really had a great time the next trip, here she is having a blast with a couple of the street performers (so hard to believe this was only three years later)...

She had a blast teasing the snot out of the director guy.

I'll add the one I've kept for blackmailing purposes...

Isn't that hilarious?!? I always forget her name, but I love her character!

Upon our first night in MK (on our last family trip) Mackenzie left her autograph book at CP where we were eating dinner. Which wouldn't be that big a deal if we had bought it there, but it was actually one that I made for her...

As we were entering DHS the next day I was on the phone calling the lost and found center and the same lady actress/CM was standing on a crate/box and yelling out funny things to everyone as they were coming in. My turn was next...."Dawwwwling, your on vacation! Hang up the phone and have a wonderful time!" I told her that we had lost my daughters autograph book and that I was on the phone tracking it down.
She then proceeds to tell me to just go and buy another one in one of the stores, I told her I would but this is one that I made for my daughter.
She stepped down from her box immediately and said she was so sorry we lost it and hoped that we found it soon (totally breaking character for a seond or two), and to be sure to bring it by so she could see it when we did. So sweet. We actually did find her on our second time in DHS that trip and she remembered us. Part of why I love Disney so much.

Okay, so now that I thoroughly bored you to tears over past DHS days, we're on to our day here at this park....

This will be a quick day for Maroo, I don't think she likes to be in this park much past half day, like for so many of you other Dis'ers .
I have never been on the Toy Story Mania ride so she is making sure we do that right away and then we'll pretty much wing it from there, RnR maybe ToT, can you do kid swap with an older child??

We do have an ADR planned for lunch at 50's Prime Time.
Mackie and I have not been here before so Maroo is very excited for us to try it.
Mackie is a serious meatloaf connoisseur (of all things-I'm tellin ya), since her grandmother knocked her sox of a few years back with her famous meatloaf, Mackie thinks she needs to try it where ever it's offered. Soooo, I know she'll be having that.
Maroo is determined to have the PB&J shake and I think the pot pie, and I'm still not sure if I'll try to eat healthy here (kinda hard to do), if so I'll probably go for the salmon without the sauce or just say to heck with it and go for the Fried Chicken. Mackie talked about getting the sampler platter, if she does that I'm sure I'll go with the fish and then taste everything off her plate so I can say I got to try everything.

After this Maroo said she would be more than likely heading out.
I'm pretty sure Mackie and I will stay and get in all that we can, probably take in some shows, ride some more rides that will more than likely be done away with before we return (don't know if you heard those rumors) and get in some things that I know we have yet to do. I've never done the animation drawings, or been in One Man's Dream (not that I remember), along with some other things we've missed last trip.

All in all it will be a long day for Mackie and I, but we'll manage to find some cool things to do, don't think this will be a Fantasmic night, but I think we'll have a good long day here.
More than likely, since we'll have had our ADR here we'll skip on over to DTD to eat at WGPE again, DHS isn't one of my favorite places to eat meals, at least not when there are soooo many other amazing choices around property. WPE is one of our favorites and it's such a great use of a CS.
If we aren't in the mood for WPE then we'll more than likely eat at EofS instead. Do a little shopping, and then we'll head back to the room for a fairly early evening since MK is our next day!!

This will be Maroo's first full day at MK!! I can't wait to see the new FL through her eyes since Mackie and I will have already seen it!!

 

[kaoden39]

Oh sweetie. It's going to be okay, try not to stress about your eating right now, no need to add anything more to your plate (no pun intended) to worry about.
Just take care of you the best way you can as well as hubby, and try not to guilt yourself in the mean time.

When this is all done and over you can go back to figuring out a way to make healthier choices. It takes some effort and time put into eating healthier, trust me I know!
I'm sure my family get's tired of me bringing home a lot of the same things I keep on hand to make meal choices healthier (not to mention quicker), but it's what I have to do to take care of me while I'm taking care of them.
I've taken care of them for sooo many years without much regard to myself (not their fault-it's mine), I finally decided even if they don't like what I bring into the house I still had to do what it was going to take to take care of me. And if that meant not having much in the way of processed foods and pretty much healthy and organic items, (so I won't be tempted to eat the junk) then so be it. It was time to finally make an investment in me and be darned to the cost and the pissy looks I was going to get from everyone. (They've all actually been very supportive-no pissy looks )
For you, right now....you just need to do what it takes to get through this moment, the other stuff will come later. Promise.

And you are more than welcome for the prayers.

I am going to try and get back to my exercising too. I was walking three days a week and exercising three and relaxing on Sundays. I stopped because I am so tired from worrying. I made Scotty an appointment for tomorrow with his regular Dr and he is going to have her test him for Lyme Disease. Hopefully we will at least get part of this taken care of. Now if he could just get into see the Urologist.

Last night we ate a much better meal and tonight I plan for the same. I have gotten tired of my girls not wanting to eat anything that I cook I stopped providing two meals. They either eat the meal that is prepared or they find something else. Mean mom.


I have to know. Did you ever find DD's autograph book?

 

[MAGICFOR2]

I love how you're giving your memories of the parks as you go along! TOT is not my favorite, either - but somehow I have to meet the challenge to ride it. What a nice memory from the streetmosphere CM! It's those moments that make it Disney!

 

[jenseib]

We are not big on DHS, but I want to take more time with it this year. I seem to short change it all the time and Claire really hasn't had much experience with it yet.

 

[TarzansKat]

Totally admitting that I have not read the whole pretrip report, but I did read your most recent post and thoroughly enjoy it.

I don't know whether to admire or fear the fact that you took your daughter on ToT as her first ride.

I love DHS. I can't believe you've never been on TSM! I think you'll just love it.

 

[Millie12591]

I am going to try and get back to my exercising too. I was walking three days a week and exercising three and relaxing on Sundays. I stopped because I am so tired from worrying.

Good for you!! I try and get in the very min. five workouts a week, three cardio, which I'm about to go do and three weight days, but sometimes that ends up being only two depending on the weekend.

I made Scotty an appointment for tomorrow with his regular Dr and he is going to have her test him for Lyme Disease. Hopefully we will at least get part of this taken care of. Now if he could just get into see the Urologist.

Hopefully y'all will get to the bottom of this, in the mean time keeping your hubby down I'm sure isn't easy. Anything depleting his potassium levels by way of being active would be bad, huh?

Last night we ate a much better meal and tonight I plan for the same. I have gotten tired of my girls not wanting to eat anything that I cook I stopped providing two meals. They either eat the meal that is prepared or they find something else. Mean mom.

You are not a mean mom at all, we have the same policy around here, if you don't like it then you can make a sandwich or eat what's there. We also have a policy of having to try something in front of you, even if you don't finish it you have to try it. The thinking is that every time they try it (or now Mackenzie) they will develope a taste for it, mainly just the veggies, and it's worked! She will actually ask for salads now.
If I remember right, I think your kiddos are all older so this probably won't work for you.


I have to know. Did you ever find DD's autograph book?

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Oh, Yes! Sorry, I guess I should have mentioned that we did find it, someone turned it in and they shipped it allllllll the way over to the lost and found place where they keep everything, near TTC. It's not an easy number to get through on, that's why the CM saw me on the phone trying to get through.
Mackenzie's autograph book is gawdy as all get out, but she just loves it when I make them for her. She's VERY artsy crafty, and I'm not really.
So, when I make something for her she REALLY treasures it.

We already have the new theme picked out for this trip. This time it will be Rapunzel and Little Mermaid. Trying to figure out how to bring the two color schemes together to do the ribbon on the metal spiral like I did with the one you saw.
I put stickers of the different characters on the inside pages so the characters know where to sign.

I love how you're giving your memories of the parks as you go along! TOT is not my favorite, either - but somehow I have to meet the challenge to ride it. What a nice memory from the streetmosphere CM! It's those moments that make it Disney!

I'm glad you are liking it, I was hoping people weren't thinking "Just get on with it, woman!" It's fun reliving the memories.
That CM was such a sweetheart, she really took a lot of time with us, she loved how much fun the kids were and how they loved interacting with them and being such good sports.

We are not big on DHS, but I want to take more time with it this year. I seem to short change it all the time and Claire really hasn't had much experience with it yet.

I wonder if you got The imagineers field guide to Disney's Hollywood Studios, if it would help? Liesa, All7ofUs bought the series (I can't remember if you were reading her TR) and said it really got her into the story behind the park and theming in each of them. She said you can really miss a lot when you don't know what's behind it all. She also said this is a park you really have to look up in, I guess we miss a lot when we don't look up, especially in this park. I think if you do those things you'll fall in love with it, maybe not like the other parks, but a love/appreciation you didn't have before.

Totally admitting that I have not read the whole pretrip report, but I did read your most recent post and thoroughly enjoy it.

TarzansKat is here!!!
Thank you!! I appreciate the new reader. This is a slow PTR, but I like that so I don't feel it's a job to do it and that others's hopefully don't think it's a job to read it.

I don't know whether to admire or fear the fact that you took your daughter on ToT as her first ride.

I know, right?!? She's a pretty tough kid, so I took a chance. If she had said she didn't want to go on it after she saw it and I described it to her, then I wouldn't have made her go. But she was game, so we took a chance!
In my defense, she was also almost 8, don't know if that makes it worse or better?
She really is one of those kind of kids who's pretty rough and tumble, by the time she was 9 she had already had to have her skin super glued twice for injuries, once for hitting her ear against a pole that was cemented into the ground, (no I'm not kidding) she hit it so hard she split the entire back of her ear where it meets her head (long story), broken her foot, and flew off of a four wheeler Super man style cause she was going too fast and ended up throwing herself from it, and landing in a bunch of rocks. She had to get stitches in her hand over that one, she was a sight!! She came into the house with her clothes all torn in different places and dirt all over her except her face and head because she had on a helmet.

She's also not one phased by things like a lot of kids are. Once we were having a Lord of the Rings marathon here at my house with a bunch of the kids from the church and she snuck into the room (she had to be about 9) to watch probably one of the most gruesome scenes and didn't even flinch or have nightmares about it. I really am an over protective mom where it counts, but pretty much laid back in other areas where I know I can afford to be. As you know, you gotta know your kid and what they can handle, and then wing it if you're not sure in some areas to find out.

I love DHS. I can't believe you've never been on TSM! I think you'll just love it.

Me too! I can't wait!!

 

[TarzansKat]

WOW! Look at that welcome I got!

Dude, if only I felt so welcome in every aspect of my life, I would be on super happy gal! Why can't real life be more like the DIS, eh?

And you're not kidding about rough and tumble. The ear thing makes me a little squeamish, not gonna lie.

 

[Millie12591]

WOW! Look at that welcome I got!




Dude, if only I felt so welcome in every aspect of my life, I would be on super happy gal! Why can't real life be more like the DIS, eh?

I know! Right?!? I've got bigger if bigger is what you need .....

TarzansKat

And you're not kidding about rough and tumble. The ear thing makes me a little squeamish, not gonna lie.

You and me both! I about passed out when she ran up to me holding her ear and then took her hand away, when I saw all the blood.... I'm all...."WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO?!?!?" We were at a BBQ place and she wanted to go and get our drinks while I was paying for our food, next thing I know, she comes back holding her ear.
They had the typical maze you go through when in line at these types of places, the maze for the line was made of the big pipes that are same type of pipes that they built jungle gyms with, or at least use to when I was a kid. She wanted to swing on the horizontal pipe so she picked up her loooong legs and hit the vertical one in the corner with full body force, the one that I said was cemented into the ground. Yeaaaah, that was a banner day, but to look at it now, you'd never even know it happened. Go figure!

She cried about hitting the pipe but didn't make a peep about them cleaning or super gluing her ear back together. She also didn't cry when they pierced her ears at almost three years of age, and you never knew if she would cry when she got her shots as a baby or little kid, it was anyone's guess how she would react. It was so crazy, but when she would cry....it was as if you threw out her best toy.

So noooow you're getting a bigger picture as to why I took a chance on ToT.

 

[TarzansKat]

You know, I had a rough night last night, and If I'd just come to look at this thread, I would have felt so much better. I am really feelin' the love here!

My kids are polar opposites in regard to injuries. My oldest, whom I lovingly call my emotional child (which I feel is okay, because I was one) will cry before you even stick the needle in him for a shot.

My youngest looks at you and watches the whole process, and then gets more frustrated that you're putting a bandaid on him afterwards than the fact that you actually stuck a needle in his skin.

Kids.