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[jenseib]

WOW...I went and looked just to see...and the Nov flight are SUPER high right now. I would pay about twice as much now if I booked. Unbelievable!!!!!!

 

[Caretames1]

WOW...I went and looked just to see...and the Nov flight are SUPER high right now. I would pay about twice as much now if I booked. Unbelievable!!!!!!

I'm so glad I booked the return flights when I did for $160, They've gone up, up, up!

 

[jenseib]

I'm so glad I booked the return flights when I did for $160, They've gone up, up, up!

Some are now $300 each way..Holy cow!!!!

 

[Caretames1]

Some are now $300 each way..Holy cow!!!!

That's crazy. I can't see paying more for flights than almost the trip.

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[jenseib]

That's crazy. I can't see paying more for flights than almost the trip.

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Extremely crazy!!

 

[jenseib]

I am sailing this month!!!! YAY!!!


I started some packing. Still have a ways to go, but there is stuff in my suitcase now.


I also "splurged" and bought new underwear yesterday. I hate buying that kind of stuff, but it was time to restock, and Victorias secret had a sale for 7 pairs for $26.


Also paid a visit to the Disney store yesterday with Mom. She bought some stuff for the littlest niece, Abby. Her b-day is this month, so she picked up a few cute outfits. She also picked up a $25 gift card for the 3 girls for the cruise. I love it, because the more money Claire has, the less money I have to put ut for her to buy her "wants."

Claire is usually pretty good about keeping things down to a minimum, I can't complain there, but it's nice when she has her own gift cards to purchase it with.


I have finished the pillowcases for signatures. I was not real happy with them. I seem to be going backwards with my techniques and getting worse instead of better.


Here they are. Bascially almost all the Mickey heads turned out as blobs, so I fixed them with a paint pen.

This one I messed up on royally. the colors were supposed to be blue and green...but I accidently mixed in a scoop of blue with the green color and it came out still looking blue. then it bled so badly that I didn't get much white space for signatures. So I went back with a belach pen and whited out some Mickey heads...that bled terribly and I just got white blobs. So I then went back and outlined some Mickey heads with a pait pen...and that pen was not cooperating and smearing. But it's not too bad. I'll probably have Claire use this one since she already has a nice case with signatures already.

I might also send a tote for them as well. I had one I made on Vista print from last year, and it just needs a wash and it will be perfect to use.

This is it. She has used it though, so it does need to be washed and ironed.

 

[Kathy Jetson]

for sailing this month

I think the pillow cases came out good! Isn't it fun to start putting things in your suitcase? You know your close then.

 

[francis6306]

WOW...I went and looked just to see...and the Nov flight are SUPER high right now. I would pay about twice as much now if I booked. Unbelievable!!!!!!

Um, YEAH! So imagine MY surprise when I saw my flight down had dropped $20!!!!!!!!! My flight home has just about tripled. Glad I bought it when I did!

I like the pillowcases!!! Super cute!! And when I saw them on Facebook, I assumed that you did the bleach pen on purpose, totally didn't think it was a correcting type thing! haha!

 

[jenseib]

for sailing this month

I think the pillow cases came out good! Isn't it fun to start putting things in your suitcase? You know your close then.

Thanks. I am so ready to leave....I still have to figure out who is going to pick Claire up from school on 2 of the days.

I also am concerned about Claire and her "missing" me issues. She seemed to be Ok last summer when I went, but she has started it up again and can't spend the night at my moms without calling to come home. She is spedning at least 3 nights at my Moms while I am gone. So I need to start having a talk with her about not crying and everything will be OK.

Um, YEAH! So imagine MY surprise when I saw my flight down had dropped $20!!!!!!!!! My flight home has just about tripled. Glad I bought it when I did!

I like the pillowcases!!! Super cute!! And when I saw them on Facebook, I assumed that you did the bleach pen on purpose, totally didn't think it was a correcting type thing! haha!

That is so awesome! I keep randomly looking at mine and I am happy that I did get the prices I did, but less would be better!

I have quickly leanred that I don't like to tie dye. It's so messy. But the worse part is that I have to put all these dang rubberbands on them and my fingers start to hurt.

 

[Caretames1]

YAY! The countdown has begun. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who buys new undies for vacation!

Kadence has missing mom issues, but as long as she gets to sleep with dad it's okay.

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[jenseib]

YAY! The countdown has begun. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who buys new undies for vacation!

Kadence has missing mom issues, but as long as she gets to sleep with dad it's okay.

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Yes, if Claire could sleep with Skip it would be Ok, but she won't when she is at my Moms...so hopefully she'll be fine. At MIl's for the remaining days, he'll be right next door, so he can pop in easily.

 

[jenseib]

Holy cow.....I just realized I am in the teens now for my countdown...that went fast.
And less than 2 months till the next vacation.

I made another purchase yesterday...nothing big...but I am always worried about battery power, so I bought an extra battery for my waterprrof camera. I have been meaning to do this for the last year, and finally decided to do it yesterday. It was very cheap actually, so it didn't break the bank. Since I dod plan on snorkeling on both cruises, I figured it would be best to be sure I have enough power.

We went to our local fair today for a couple of hours. It's a big event around here. We made a stop off in the building with the photography contest photos. Years ago I had entered several and actually won with a few of them, but over the past few I always forget about it. I must remember next year. I just love looking at the pictures entered and miss being in the fun. Even if I don't win, it's a fun thing to enter. There were some amazing photos. My goal is to take a few good ones on our trips and get them blown to 8x10s right away so I have no excuses and have them on hand when the time is ready. Thats my biggest downfall about entering. I usually think about it and don't want to hassle with getting the prints all printed up and matted in time for the fair.

Tomorrow is another fair day. Claire has school off or it and it wil lbe "ride" day for her....though looking around today, the rides really aen't too fabulous in selection. But it will make her happy and hold her off for a few months till we can ride "real" rides...together.

 

[englishrose47]

The Fair sounds like fun!!!

 

[jenseib]

The Fair sounds like fun!!!

it is. We have one of the nicer ones around....but it still could use better rides.

 

[Caretames1]

When you get back from your sept cruise, wash the clothes and throw them right back on again! LOL

I got my extra DSLR battery a bit ago so I'm good. I still think I'll pick up another cf card. I have decided to bring the laptop to dump off pictures ever night.

Our fair isn't what it used to be. The rides are looking rough and the people running them rougher. Another fair 30 mins away had confirmed cases of swine flu so we skipped it all.

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[jenseib]

When you get back from your sept cruise, wash the clothes and throw them right back on again! LOL

I got my extra DSLR battery a bit ago so I'm good. I still think I'll pick up another cf card. I have decided to bring the laptop to dump off pictures ever night.

Our fair isn't what it used to be. The rides are looking rough and the people running them rougher. Another fair 30 mins away had confirmed cases of swine flu so we skipped it all.

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That is a good idea...some of the things may just end up back in the suitcase.

It was hotter than heck at the fair today.. super muggy. I came home so tired and icky feeling that i slept for 1 1/2 hours.
We hung out with my friend and her kids, the girl being in Claires class...and they had one of those days where they couldn't agree on anything...it got old fast. Claie wouldn't eat much...other than part of a funnel cake. So I ate most of that....and fires and a cheeseburger......

 

[mickeystoontown]

Oooh fair fries, cheeseburgers and funnel cakes! I love me some fair food. As a matter of fact, the food at our local fair is usually better than the rides.

 

[jenseib]

Oooh fair fries, cheeseburgers and funnel cakes! I love me some fair food. As a matter of fact, the food at our local fair is usually better than the rides.

It was darn good!

 

[jenseib]

I am still alive...Life has just been busy and I am trying to catch up on that fast moving train.



I have made the decision to rent a car verses using Disney transportation for my Sept. cruise. I did some research and the prices are gonna be about the same for me at this point in time.

This actually will work out better in a few ways. For one I don't have to shuttle back and forth from pre stay hotel to the airport. Which means lugging luggage through the airport as well. I can pick up the car and go to the hotel and only take up what I need (OK, I might need it all. but I'll deal with that) and then we can also drive somewhere for dinner and or breakfast in the morning. I can be assured that I get to the port when I want to verses waiting on a bus to decide for me. Also on the way home, we can relax, maybe get lunch before heading back to the airport for our afternoon flight. With Disney, we wil lmost likely get their fairly early and then have to wait several hours.

So it's basically a control thing.

I tried calling Disney this morning to cancel my transfer...and of course they are experiencing high call volumes, with a good 15 minute wait (probably because the website has been out of whack for a week now). So I'll call back later and do so.


Claire started school on Aug. 15th. It's just so early and I was not ready to have her go back. She was excited for exactly one day and after that it has been the same routine of dragging her out of bed every morning.



Here are a few pictures I took that morning.

In July, skip's brother got married. He had a park wedding and then a reception near by. The photographer just posted pictures online and I bottlegged a few.



I absolutely love this one.

And this one was taken with my camera of us. It took like 3 people and 15 shots for someone to get it right and now totally chop off heads or blur it so bad that we had 3 mouths.....how hard is it to take a picture guys.

 

[mom2rtk]

Hey Jen, I just can't believe how big Claire is getting!

I finally looked back and found your pillowcases. Not sure how I missed that post. I think they turned out great! I better not show Katie or I'll end up having to learn how to tie dye still before our trip!