Happy Easter! I am so excited that you were blessed with a Universal Character breakfast!! That was so sweet of someone! It just seems like an
Epic trip keeps getting....Epic-er.
In our monthly budget, I only allow small amount for clothes and such, but have a much bigger vacation budget! The dryer made me think of that. We are using the same set as when we first moved in to our house about 10 years ago. I think they are from the early '90s. They still work, but we have had to CPR them a few times. I refuse to buy a new set until they completely fall apart! But when it comes to upgrading to "even more space" on Jetblue, I don't bat an eye
I don't agree with the new undies! I like to use ones I know will stay put!
Tomorrow we will be in the 20s also!
LOL, we all have to have priorities, my friend. Anyone who has had the pleasure of sitting in those Even More Space seats knows that they are well worth doing CPR on an elderly dryer as long as there's still a breath of life in it to be revived!!
You are right on the Epic-ity (epic-ness?) of this trip: what started out as a fairly basic,
being-super-careful-because-of-our-dreadful-Canadian-dollar vacation has evolved into a trip of a lifetime. We are all so humbled and grateful for all the little extras that have been bestowed on us. I am super excited for Sunshine in particular: we are posied to give her some memories that she will carry with her forever! Orlando captured our hearts many, many years ago, and I am hoping that it also becomes somewhere she loves as much as we do.
Happy dance for hitting the 20's!
I love this part of the countdown, don't you?
Happy Easter! Sounds like a nice quiet and reflective day for you Gina. The Character breakfast sounds like a blast.
Ummmm-I have this set-bought 12 years ago when the hand-me-downs (they lasted through college and early marriage years!) finally quit working without some fiddling every load (or at least it felt like that). I STILL love them but front loaders aren't for everyone. The door to the front loader washer needs to be left open until seals dry (no biggie for me as it is separate laundry room). I also use washing soda every few loads to keep it clean. When we bought the set many moons ago the red color was on sale and it would have cost us a couple hundred more for white.
It really was a nice day
: quiet, but spent with my favourite people (even if for just short times). It was a beautiful day to visit the cemetery, and I know it brought both Mom and I both alot of peace to spend some time at my Dad's grave. We ladies enjoyed a nice lunch out, I took a long and relaxing walk around the neighbourhood after dinner since the weather was so pleasant, and Jake and I have topped off the evening with a little March Madness (he's celebrating Syracuse's victory over Virginia). Tomorrow we all enjoy a day off together (woohoo!), Sunshine comes back from Kitchener, and we will join my bro and his family at my mom's for an Easter feast.
Steve is currently finishing us his very last midnight shift. We will be celebrating when 7 am tomorrow morning rolls around!!
I may go tomorrow morning and check out some laundry pairs at Leons and The Brick, just to see what's available if my dryer does indeed need to be retired in the near future. Thanks for the good info on the front loaders, they are definitely good considerations to keep in mind before I shop. Colour is not important to me at all (my laundry room is in the basement, and fully separated from the recreation room so no one ever sees them but me) but I gotta say, red would be awfully snazzy!
We only have the front loader sort here in Uk. I like the top loader sort they have in America, they are so much quicker than ours. Think I used the laundry room 3 or 4 times at Cabana bay.
Top loaders are (generally) less expensive than the front loading models, but energy efficiency is a consideration too.
I had no idea that top loading machines were a north american thing! How interesting!!
Us too... I have a direct deposit that goes to my Chase checking account tied to that Chase Disney debit card. I put all my "extra" there. Sometimes have to dip into it for other emergencies, but it's much easier to save for Disney trips if I never see it in my regular checking account.
Hope the squeak is an easy fix, Gina, so that you can use that money for your October trip instead of appliances!
Thankfully, all the big stuff for our October trip is fully booked and paid. Flights, accommodations for both weeks, and Discovery Cove are all taken care of, as is our admission to SeaWorld & Aquatica with our annual passes. Some of our dining is also covered already as well......so we can go bare bones from here if its ever necessary. We have full kitchens at both resorts so we can cook in to save some $$ if the budget needs trimming. While we hope to add an
MNSSHP and a couple of small things to the plans, if we don't.....we will still have an awesome trip with what is already purchased
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I was just joking with Steve last night......remember his little salary increase that he will receive with his new position? I teased him that it would be allocated to new laundry appliances, and he promptly rolled his eyes in my direction
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Happy Easter everyone! ( insert needed rabbit emoji here)
Gina so happy to hear your angel came through your minion breakfast. Good things happen to good people,so I see many good things coming your way. Just from the little I've gotten to know you on the boards
Ok corny over I really am excited to hear about this trip you have so many great things lined up It will be the best one yet! Can't wait to live vicariously through you until I can afford to get across the country to Florida. Now with HP at Universal Hollywood,all the other extras you do will have to keep convincing me
Aw, thank you Ritchielace
. We have been so, so blessed (well beyond anything we deserve) and are unbelievably appreciative. We have all had a lot of fun finding little ways to pay forward that kindness: good deeds have a way of multiplying once someone takes the initiative to get them started. We certainly have no way equalled the generosity that's been bestowed on us thus far, but its a start
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While you are yearning to get back to Orlando, and we are dreaming of someday visiting all the great attractions on the West Coast. I would love to check out
Disneyland, California Adventure, Universal Studios Hollywood, Knotts Berry Farm, and the west coast beaches!! Its definitely on our travel bucket list, and a trip we hope to make sooner rather than later
. Time for more lottery tickets, maybe? LOL!
(and a tiny bit less weird.....but yet, I'm totally at peace with my oddities nonetheless . I like to think its part of my charm
. Which reminds me, I'd better see if Sunshine needs a few new underthings too....I wouldn't want her to feel left out of our bizarre traditions 
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), new socks, etc. I don't know why, but nothing says vacation like all new undergarments 
. <jk!>
