What will we celebrate? BLESSINGS!!*Trip # 10

[Disney Mommy 3]

so close!

Good luck with the weather. Hope you can make it to MVMCP

Yeah.... I think we will probably do it!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Well - here I am - reporting in! I have been making progress on my lists today! Thank God for veterans (and their wonderful holiday)! DH and I went shopping today. Got the girls each 2 AG accessories sets for Christmas, a couple other things and gifts for the Fish Extender Exchange on the cruise. I finished making the homemade part yesterday. Then we went to Target - got my Bon Jovi CD and bonus DVD of the Showtime special that I didn't see b/c I don't have Showtime. YAY!! Also got more antihistamine because I officially have a cold. It's not too terrible but the dang sinus headache is rough. I love Sudafed, it is my friend!
See Shawna, we are so much the same!!

Anyway - more progess - I typed/printed the letters to the school informing them of our vacation and telling them how educational it will be (whatever!). Last year DD8's teacher liked it, so I used the same letter with a few modifications. Ironically, she has the same teacher, so it'll be funny if she realizes it's the same! I'm going to volunteer in her class on Friday morning. Think I might try to get a massage in the afternoon. Hate to spend $$ on myself, but since I managed not to buy myself any clothes or shoes despite a big sale at Nordstrom, maybe it will be okay. My neck and shoulders carry all my stress and are SO SORE!! Probably worse from alll this ! Last summer I got a massage and the guy said, do you spend a lot of time on the computer or driving? Uh, yeah, that's pretty much my whole life!

Got my haircut this a.m. so I'm all set. Have to still cover a few grays (sshh) but will do that closer to the trip.
Don't have too much to buy for the trip. Have to check the toiletries - I'm trying not to bring too much - hopefully use what is in the room. I guess BLT has nice H2O stuff and so does the cruise.
Shawna - that's awesome that you got your tree up. Mine will go up weekend after this coming. Saturday I have friends coming over in the evening and DH works all day Sunday. And I'm having a Partylite candle party next Wednesday. So it will go up after that. Then it's decorate, Thanksgiving and PACKING!! I can't wait to check the weather for our dates!
Okay - there's my "update" for today.
Feel better soon Shawna!!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Yeah.... I think we will probably do it!

Are you coming on the 6th with me??? Oh please do!!! Think of the awesome photos we could get!!!
Oh - did you see that now they're offering discounts for AP and Military? Wish I had known that before I bought all those tickets! We could have gotten Military pricing -it's about $20 less!!

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

Are you coming on the 6th with me??? Oh please do!!! Think of the awesome photos we could get!!!
Oh - did you see that now they're offering discounts for AP and Military? Wish I had known that before I bought all those tickets! We could have gotten Military pricing -it's about $20 less!!

Ha!!!! It would be fun wouldn't it? I don't know...we have a RD at DHS the next morning & the kids would be dead!!!!! I was planning to go on that Thur. if we go.....I'll see what I can fanigle (is that a word?)...But..we will be at MK allllll day and do dinner at Cindys, so we will be able to hang out some for sure!!! Arent you doing DHS on Monday too? Maybe we could do Osborne lights together!!!! I have never been to that. Where are you doing lunch that Sunday......when is the rest of your family coming...I forgot!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

If I recall my plans (HA!) the rest of the family is arriving early afternoon on Sunday. We don't know for sure what we're doing on Sunday prior to MVMCP. We are planning an early day at DHS on Monday, but we're always up early. I doubt we'll stay until midnight at the party - but hopefully 11.
We're planning to go back to Epcot for dinner on Monday, so we'll wait to see the OL until Tuesday or Wednesday.
What time is your Cindy's dinner (Sunday right?) Our CP dinner is at 4:40.

 

[Pluto_fan]

Hi Shawna! I'm finally getting caught up on the DISing I missed while we were away. Glad to hear you're all feeling better there!

One hazard of reading a couple weeks' worth of posts at once is you lose track of what day it was. I read this...

I do have goals for next week tho!!! Got lots to do!!! I will take ds10 and dd out tomorrow evening to T.oT. for a while...

...and thought, they're going to Tower of Terror? Then I realized you wrote that on October 30!

Your trip is getting so close!

Sheree--I feel like I should know this but I don't, so I have to ask...what are fish extenders?

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Sheree--I feel like I should know this but I don't, so I have to ask...what are fish extenders?

Outside the cabins on the Disney cruise ships there is a fish that says your cabin # and has a slot to put mail in. The DIS people hang a "thing" with pockets from it (extending down - get it?) and we exchange gifts. On the cruise line page on the DIS, there are threads for Meets for each cruise. So I went on there, found my cruise and started making friends. One person is organizing it and we set a deadline of 10/31 to sign up to be in on the exchange. So we all get a list of people and cabin numbers and we'll put gifts in their fish extenders. I'm too lazy to make one like you might see on the threads, so I am using a Christmas stocking (which I have yet to buy!). I think I'll just get a plain one and decorate it Mickey-style. Yup, that's on my list of things to do too!!

But I did go to the store today and I have what I need to do most of my baking so I'm going to bake cookies on Sunday to put in the freezer.

Disney Cruise Line called me today to make sure I knew about my free upgrade! It was really exciting, even though I already knew about it! I'm so excited about this trip - Part of me wishes it would come sooner, but I'm not ready!

My kids' principal called me and left a message saying she received the letter I sent in about the vacation and we are getting the days (5) excused! Not that I really cared - we'd go anyway, but it's nice to have them say not to worry about it. Sarah's teacher, says to me today (I was volunteering) "so what's this about my ticket getting lost?" Paige's teacher opened the envelope and said, "Is this going to make me jealous?" They are so cool!! We lucked out with really nice understanding teachers.

Okay Shawna - back to you - how's everyone feeling at your house now?

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

Hello all!!! Plutofan~ How funny!! I didn't think about Tower of Terror!!!!!!
Sheree~ We are all better!! I am having to remind myself to take an Allegra every morning. I skip it a lot...but this time of year I NEEEEED it!!! Glad you cleared up the fish extenders !!! I was gonna ask and kept forgetting. Well, guess where we are.....


3 WEEKS!!!!!

I know, I know...technically it's tomorrow..but I don't know if I will get on here and once we drop off Annie it starts our vacation...especially since I will be up half the night! Ha~!! I forgot Sheree was driving down..so her vacation will start on the Thursday before....so she is >3 weeks out now!!!!! Got my pictures on my camera all developed today..had a few left, and one that the photopass people took for us...I got that as an 8x10. We get one every year. I am tempted to use this as our picture for the Christmas card...I never have one with me & dh on it...just the kids. But...then I am tempted to get them all a coordinating shirt and take a new picture. Of course, ds13 told me today that he didn't want to do it at ALL...just do regular cards. I don't know... I guess I will let dh help decide on that one!!!! So..that and my grocery organizing, and wrapping gifts will take my whole weekend.....After that, I will be soooooo much more relaxed for the trip. I got the rest of ds13s birthday stuff..card included, and my moms bday card...so I can mark alllll that off my list!!!!!! What fun!!!!!! I think I have a list-checking-off disorder. Anybody know what that would be I am sure I would rank waaaay up there on a quiz for that one!! Ha!!!
I just want to say how happy I am to have all ya'll reading and hanging out with me (us...me &Sheree!! heehee!!!!).....it's like getting a break everyday and just visiting with my best friends!!! I def have more people on here I get along with than I ever did in school.....crazy,huh?!!! could it be because we alllll suffer the same insanities!!!! Okay...well, me and ds13 have to finish algebra...and I have a Bible story to read to dd so she can do her coloring sheet.....I am ready to be finished with this week!!! They did an awesome job of getting caught up... I am very proud of them. Proud of me too for making them stick to it...there were a few days I was really thinking..'I am toooooo tired'! But...we got it all completed and we have earned our weekend!!! So...have a blessed weekend and enjoy all your families!!!!

 

[jordanyosh]

congrats on 3 weeks! have a good weekend as well.

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Three weeks from today I will be pulling into the WDW property and telling a CM that I have a one night reservation at AKL!!!! My kids will be so surprised!! (there's not much about our vacations that surprise them anymore - so this is one little secret!) Yippeee!!

Shawna - when will you be arriving - by noon??

 

[Cinderella Mom]

Hi Shawna!
Sorry it's taken me so long to get back chatting with you! It's been a crazy week. I own a preschool and have 23 4 year olds in my class this year. We have been baking gingerbread all week. We make gingerbread houses from scratch for all of our children to decorate at our Christmas party. I also volunteered to do Ornament Day at my son's school the Monday before Thanksgiving and I have been putting together 125 ornaments for the entire first grade at his school. The ornaments came from Oriental Trading and they came with about a zillion pieces. So some of this has to be put together ahead of time. We only have 20 minutes to read a book and make an ornament and then each class rotates to another room to make another ornament. (What was I thinking?) I remember my mama's wise words: "If you want something to get done, give it to a busy person because they know how to organize and get it all done." Boy I'm tired! My DS's birthday is December 6th and he will be 7! We are going to spend the day at Mk and do MVMCP that night! I will try to post a picture of our family! Sounds like you have had a busy week as well. Glad you are feeling better. We received our Mickey mail last week. So exciting! 19 days and counting.......

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

Okay,...mark something off my giant to do list for me!!!!! Got all my kids Christmas stuff wrapped today!!!! And my sweet dh and boys hung up my Christmas lights!!!!
What a relief!!!! So... I will try to go over my shopping/grocery/baking list tomorrow...IF and I do mean if....I dont have to come home from church and take a super long nap!!!! Do ya'll feel like some Sundays afternoons just can't be gotten through without a nap? YIKES!!!!! So...if thats the case..I will do it Monday..I ain't going to the store tomorrow anyway...toooooo many shoppers!! So....dh has that ONE thing to pick up for my ds13 and other than that I am finished with my kiddos---wrapping and all I mean! What a wonderful feeling!!!! Well...gotta hit the hay--church in the a.m.!!

 

[jordanyosh]

You did not just say you wrapped all your christmas gifts...

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

You did not just say you wrapped all your christmas gifts...

Ha ha ha!! You know I did!!! I told you I have a thing about lists...marking it off...doing things early....

 

[gellybean]

and I thought I was doing good having Santa ordered and knowing what I'm getting everyone else. You are my hero!!

Seriously though, I don't know how you do it... but I understand why you do. Those lists drive me nuts, loom loom looming over my head! I try to make smaller lists so I feel like I get more done... and then have a big list of my smaller sub lists! Probably cheating I know but it makes me feel like I'm more productive.

Two more weeks!!! YAY!!

And it's definitely the season to make a Disney countdown go by quickly!!

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

I am in the process of getting ready for a nap I say in the process...becuase I had to get on here first!! We have rain and a cold front coming in tonight and tomorrow,so I am feeling the sleepies coming on. Just wanted to pop in and say hey to everybody!! We had an awesome service today...I don't know if any of you are familiar with Dave Roever...a Vietnam Vet who was badly disfigured during the war....well, he goes around to different churches and military bases/hospitals telling his personal story and minsitering to our wounded/injured soldiers. Anyway, he was at our church today and it was wonderful!!! He came today to celebrate Veterans day with us....so I just want to express again how thankful we are to all of you who are in the military or have family there. You are a blessing to all of us and we can never thank you enough Some of you make such tremendous sacrifices that the rest of us will never know of....we are honored you do this for us and our children!!! God bless you!

 

[Mndisneygirl]

Way to go on the list Shawna!!!

Three weeks from now I will be looking for you at MK before the MVMCP that you are skipping out on me! I can look for Cinderella Mom though!!

I forget, Shawna where you said you're eating that night? We'll be at Crystal Palace at 4:40. We'll be the dozen short people grinning like idiots wearing light up necklaces!!

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

Way to go on the list Shawna!!!

Three weeks from now I will be looking for you at MK before the MVMCP that you are skipping out on me! I can look for Cinderella Mom though!!

I forget, Shawna where you said you're eating that night? We'll be at Crystal Palace at 4:40. We'll be the dozen short people grinning like idiots wearing light up necklaces!!

Ha Ha ha!!! Very funny!!! We are eating at Cinderellas castle!!!!!! What would be a hoot is if we sit by the window and see ya'll walking around!! I am still tossing that MVMCP around.....Mike said yesterday...remind me why I want to spend almost $250 on a cup of cocoa? ha!!! so... I don't know....the kids are reeeeeaaaaaaallly wanting to go...

 

[Mndisneygirl]

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Ha Ha ha!!! Very funny!!! We are eating at Cinderellas castle!!!!!! What would be a hoot is if we sit by the window and see ya'll walking around!! I am still tossing that MVMCP around.....Mike said yesterday...remind me why I want to spend almost $250 on a cup of cocoa? ha!!! so... I don't know....the kids are reeeeeaaaaaaallly wanting to go...

Tell him that I will be there - that's got to be worth $5!

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

Tell him that I will be there - that's got to be worth $5!

ha!!!!! Priceless!!!