WHOSE Luckier than me?! The January TR!&March PTR!**LINK TO NEW TR IS UP!!**

[mickeysmyboy]

Have a Happy Thanksgiving with your family, Melissa!!!! I hope you are 100% soon!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! I'm pretty much back to normal now! I'm taking all my vitamins like a good girl to keep healthy!!

Happy Thanksgiving. Have a safe trip and leave all the germies at Mom's.

Love the dress and bow. It's so much to sew for them at that age or make them anything. Your kids sound so sweet and what wonderful news you got from the teachers. Early intervention for speech makes a huge impact for later on. Kids are like sponges.

I'm jealous of your beach. I absolutely love water and find it so peaceful. Chain that bench down! What great memories.

Thanksgiving was great! Not sure about the germies. DH is pretty sick now but he said thought his allergies at my Mom's were much better this time. He's blaming it on me!! LOL!! He says I got him sick!!

DD has now put in an order for a Christmas dress similar to the minnie dress LOL!! I'm just not sure I'll have time between now and christmas! I can't sew when Ryan's awake. We'll have to see. I keep telling my kiddos how proud I am of them!!! They really blow me away!!

 

[xoktenox]

Congrats on DS's great school report!!

Glad to hear you had a good Thanksgiving and are feeling better

 

[mickeysmyboy]

Greetings my diser friends!!

We’re back from PA!!

Well, we’ve been back since mid-day Saturday. But, due to the fact that my house looked like a bomb went off when we left and that my kiddos were going to just die if we didn’t get out the Christmas decorations I’ve been busy!

Now the house is back to normal and most of the decorations are up!! including the tree! But I’ll get to that later.

We had a nice trip to PA, uneventful and relaxing! We had very few problems going or coming home. Driving through NYC is always hit or miss.

A few pictures from the long weekend…

DH coming out of our local bagel store with our breakfast before we left

The kiddos in the car

My parents gave DS his other b-day present (they had sent him a very cool Indiana Jones hat in the mail)

It’s a talking Indiana Jones action figure!! So neat!! It’s mouth moves when it talks!!


Poor Ryan was too tired for fun, so he took a nap on Grandma’s couch!

My parents backyard.

Funny thing, I didn’t see any critters this time!! No deer, no turkeys!! T hey have all sorts of critters! Including bear! One visited my mom on their deck one night about a year ago!! They also LOVED the marshmallows my kiddos and their cousins left in the yard after we had a campfire and made smores over the summer. No, we don’t really play in the yard.

DD helping her cousin read…

Ryan’s new favorite toy!! He loves the vacuum so my sister brought my nephews old play vacuum for him to have!

DH fixing and cleaning my parents gutters! Isn’t he wonderful?!

The pictures look a little funny because I took them through a window with a screen in it!

When we got home and went through the mail I was very excited to find these…

Yippeee!!!! ME documents!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday was football!! My FIL had a tailgate party!!! Whacky!!! It was freezing and raining!! FIL, a friend and DH standing in the raining BBQing and drinking beer! And of course my puppy running!

Like I said, I put up the Christmas tree and we decorated it last night!! This is the first year we’ve had a artificial tree. I love it! It look great!

The whole tree

Some of my favorite ornaments

Ryan's 1st christmas ornament from last year

This isn't Disney but I love it! It's huge!! Like 5 inches across!

I'm sooooo happy that December is here!!! It doesn't feel like Dec. outside. It's gotta be 55 degrees today!! But I'm in the christmas spirit and ready for Disney!!!

 

[mickeysmyboy]

Congrats on DS's great school report!!

Glad to hear you had a good Thanksgiving and are feeling better

I'm so proud of him!!! DD is such the smarty pants. DS is also smart but he doesn't always let on. He'll completely shock us out of the blue!!

 

[vdarrell]

Shame on you for sharing your germs with DH.Are you feeling better?
You don't think standing out in the rain tailgating had anything to do with it
Your tree is great loved the ornaments.I have two Disney ornaments we bought 5 years ago but plan on getting at least two more this time.
I'm glad you had a great time with family over Thanksgiving.
Such a nice surprise to come home to documents.

 

[mickeysmyboy]

Shame on you for sharing your germs with DH.Are you feeling better?
You don't think standing out in the rain tailgating had anything to do with it
Your tree is great loved the ornaments.I have two Disney ornaments we bought 5 years ago but plan on getting at least two more this time.
I'm glad you had a great time with family over Thanksgiving.
Such a nice surprise to come home to documents.

I'm much, much better!!! Thanks for asking!!

I should have made DH sleep on the couch while I was sick! I would have slept better anyway. He's a huge blanket hog!!

I told DH about 1 million time NOT TO STAND OUT IN THE RAIN!! Just seems what DD would call the S word (stupid)

DH didn't want to put the tree up already. He wanted to wait until the 10th. Are you kidding?! I told him if we have a tree that isn't going to die and set the house on fire we can put it now plus I want to put it up and I am! We have to take it down early anyway. We normally leave it up until the "little christmas" but with the trip we'll have to take it down before we go.

The ME paperwork made me soooo happy!!! I can't wait to get the rest of the documents!!!

 

[xoktenox]

Great pics from your Thanksgiving trip! As always, your kids are so cuteeee

How nice of your DH to clean out your parents gutters!

Your Christmas tree looks great and the ornaments are beautiful, I especially like the huge BELIVE ball!

 

[Khalana]

Looks like you had a great holiday! I LOVE the picture of Ryan sleeping on the couch, just too cute!! I just want to squeeze those cute little legs. Your tree looks great! And I love those ornaments. I gotta look for those when we're down there.

We're leaving in 4 days and I can't really believe it...! We'll say hi to Mickey for you guys!

 

[Khalana]

Oh, I forgot to add: I just updated my PTR with pics of the shirts you helped me design!

 

[pamouselover]

Hi,
Your tags ! I someday will stay at WL. DH loves it in there. We ate at Whispering Cayon on our last trip. I will be stopping there to check out the decorations, thatis for sure.
Your tree looks so pretty. Love the disney oranments. We might buy a fake tree this year too. Your's looks real! I have seen a couple I like, but can not get DH to agree. He keeps wanting to see how much real trees are going to be this year. I am hoping this weekend to get the christmas stuff out of the attic.

 

[mickeysmyboy]

Great pics from your Thanksgiving trip! As always, your kids are so cuteeee

How nice of your DH to clean out your parents gutters!

Your Christmas tree looks great and the ornaments are beautiful, I especially like the huge BELIVE ball!

DH is sooooo good to my parents!! My dad said everytime we go there they put him to work!! LOL! But he doesn't mind. My had has a really bad knee and can't climb a ladder so DH has also done roof work for them, last year he tore down part of a ceiling in a bedroom, tested for mold and sheet rocked it! My parent his is kind of built into the side of a hill, the front of the house is 1 story and the back is 2 stories. Anytime DH has been on their roof he's gone from the front. Of course, the gutter that needed to be fixed was on the back. He was a little aprehensive to do it but he said the ladder was really good and steady and their roof isn't nearly as high as ours or his parents so it was ok!!

I have to post more decoration pictures!! I LOVE christmas!!! DH has been in the process of doing our outside lights, I have a blowup Mickey and Minnie that take turns popping out of a present box!!

Looks like you had a great holiday! I LOVE the picture of Ryan sleeping on the couch, just too cute!! I just want to squeeze those cute little legs. Your tree looks great! And I love those ornaments. I gotta look for those when we're down there.

We're leaving in 4 days and I can't really believe it...! We'll say hi to Mickey for you guys!

I love to give Ryan a good squeeze!! He's such a little love bug!!

They have sooooo many cute ornaments at WDW!! You can get one personalized but you have to go back and pick it up later. The christmas shop in Liberty Square is great and beautiful!!

You definitely have to say hi to Mickey for us!! Tell him we'll be back real soon!!

Oh, I forgot to add: I just updated my PTR with pics of the shirts you helped me design!

I love the outfit!!!!!! The tights and the boats are sooooo darn cute!!!!! and the tie on the neck of the shirt is amazing!! Lydia is styling!!!!

Hi,
Your tags ! I someday will stay at WL. DH loves it in there. We ate at Whispering Cayon on our last trip. I will be stopping there to check out the decorations, thatis for sure.
Your tree looks so pretty. Love the disney oranments. We might buy a fake tree this year too. Your's looks real! I have seen a couple I like, but can not get DH to agree. He keeps wanting to see how much real trees are going to be this year. I am hoping this weekend to get the christmas stuff out of the attic.

I nearly jumped for joy when I saw those tags!! DH was going through the mail MIL had collected for us and I was doing something else. I got a "Ahem, look at this" from him. He knew I was going to be excited!!

I bought the tree at Home Depot. It was $225. It seemed like a lot to me. But, it's pre-lit. We've been paying $85 for a really tree the last few years so we'll break even 2 1/2 years. It was sooooo easy to put together. It's 3 pieces!

 

[mickeysmyboy]

Hey everyone!!

A little update for tonight!

Today was a busy day!

My poor little puppy had to go the vet this morning!! He's been limping since Sunday and this morning it was bad!! So I called the vet! DH had to take him because I had to take DD to the dr. My poor puppy apparently hyper extended his leg! But, I was so scared he'd broken his leg or something! I had a vision of him all bandaged or being so bad he had to be put down!! Luckily he'll be fine. THey gave him pain pills for the next few days. I feel so bad for him!! I want to pick him up and give him a hug but he weighs 88 lbs!! He's 11 months old!! OH MY!!!! He's solid as a rock so I'm scared how big he's going to be in a few months!!

DD had to go to the ENT today. JOY!! She had her adnoids removed and some work done to her sinuses last March. She's started to get nasally and congested again. She HATES the ENT and HATES to be scoped, or as she says "put that thing up my nose" The dr didn't use the scope today, thank god!!! He looked with his light thingy. She's swollen in her sinuses again. That's not a shock. So, she's on nasal spray and I have to take her back in 6 weeks. Her appointment worked out to her advantage because she ended up not having to go to school.

DD and DS had swimming this afternoon. They love it so much but it's way to much money!! We're going to skip a session after this session is over in January. Not to mention it's way to darn hot in there!!! It makes me tired!!

That's it for now! Be back tomorrow with more decoration pictures!!

 

[mickeysmyboy]

A new discount was released this morning and my WONDERFUL travel agent called and emailed me to give me the heads up!!

It applies to our March trip!

Our trip before the change was Poly LVC March 23 - 27th regular park hopper tickets, no dining. When everything get switched DH and I will have a Theme Park view room at Poly and the premium package! We're saving $150 on the package! Not a lot BUT the premium package gives us the deluxe dining plan! It also gives us unlimited tours, we were going to do Keys to the Kingdom I might add another one now! It also gives us prefered fireworks viewing, that sounds great to me!!! Admission to Cirque! We weren't going to do Cirque but DH and I always talk about it so maybe we'll add it! It also offers select spa treatments!! I'm not sure yet which ones but I'll definitely be using that offer!!

So all in all we're going to save a lot more then $150!! We won't have to pay for dining out of pocket, we won't have to pay the $120 or whatever for Keys to the Kingdom, I most likely won't have to pay the $90 for my massage, etc, etc, etc!!

We'll lose concierge again. I'm not having much luck with that! We lost it for January because of the 4 & 3 deal. Oh well!!! I can deal!!!

Oh my!! Now I have to pull out my March info and get to re-planning!!

I've said this before, but I'll say it again. I love my TA! She's on vacation right now!! She said this is the 3rd time in a little over a year that she's been away when disney dropped a discount! She said she'll be working via cell and laptop on her and her DH's 7 hour drive home!

Also, I LOVE DISNEY!!!!!!!

Ok, I must get back to cleaning now!

 

[pamouselover]

That is good news for you!

 

[ILuvCrush]

Wow!! Thats awwesome!! I need to take a looky-loo and see what exactly this new deal entails!

Paula

 

[ILuvCrush]

I found the deal!!... Wow! What a Deal it is too!! ALMOST makes me wish I wasn't going for "free" in February... so I could go deluxe!!

This is the info I found on another site RE this deal (hope it's OK Mickeysmyboy)... I thought it might save some one else the search



25% Off January-June Platinum Package
Get 25% off a Platinum Package when you stay January 4 through June 30, 2009. I have never before seen a discount offered on this ultimate package!

The all-inclusive Platinum Package includes accommodations at a Disney Deluxe resort or a select Deluxe Villa (DVC) resort (Beach Club Villas, Boardwalk Villas or Villas at Wilderness Lodge), plus three meals and two snacks per day, unlimited recreation and theme park tours, a spa treatment, an evening at Cirque du Soleil, a fireworks cruise and lots more!

With this offer, you really do get 25% off the entire package! For that reason, it might make sense to load up the package with 10-day tickets and get the Park Hopper, Water Parks Fun & More and No Expiration options, since you're getting 25% off those too -- an unprecedented discount on tickets. If you stay less than 10 days, you can alway use the remaining features on your No Expiration ticket during a future visit.

Availability is limited: some dates and resorts will be not be available. Reportedly April 5-18 are blacked out completely. You must book by 2/15/09.

Paula

 

[nts4wdw]

How wonderful for you!!

 

[vdarrell]

Great more money saved.

 

[FairyGodmotherJen]

Wow - I think I'm caught up now. So many exciting things! I'm so excited that you've found so many good deals. We were completely tempted to go next year with the buy 4/get 3 deal, but we just can't do it two years in a row, and we couldn't get everyone together for 2009. So, we'll keep planning for 2010. I can't wait to read your TR for your couple-only trip, especially with all of the extra things you get to do now.

I don't know what it is with pneumonia this year, but I completely feel your pain - I spent the baby's first Thanksgiving (plus two days) in the hospital with it. Yuck!! I'm still on the couch - put it together with last week, when I didn't know what I had, I'm going on two weeks now. I'm going to go completely crazy!! Then again, I don't know how I'm going to do when I go back to work next week. I guess we'll see. I'm so glad to see that it eventually goes away! Looking forward to more updates.

 

[mickeysmyboy]

That is good news for you!

We're soooo excited!!!!!!

Wow!! Thats awwesome!! I need to take a looky-loo and see what exactly this new deal entails!

Paula

I found the deal!!... Wow! What a Deal it is too!! ALMOST makes me wish I wasn't going for "free" in February... so I could go deluxe!!

This is the info I found on another site RE this deal (hope it's OK Mickeysmyboy)... I thought it might save some one else the search



25% Off January-June Platinum Package
Get 25% off a Platinum Package when you stay January 4 through June 30, 2009. I have never before seen a discount offered on this ultimate package!

The all-inclusive Platinum Package includes accommodations at a Disney Deluxe resort or a select Deluxe Villa (DVC) resort (Beach Club Villas, Boardwalk Villas or Villas at Wilderness Lodge), plus three meals and two snacks per day, unlimited recreation and theme park tours, a spa treatment, an evening at Cirque du Soleil, a fireworks cruise and lots more!

With this offer, you really do get 25% off the entire package! For that reason, it might make sense to load up the package with 10-day tickets and get the Park Hopper, Water Parks Fun & More and No Expiration options, since you're getting 25% off those too -- an unprecedented discount on tickets. If you stay less than 10 days, you can alway use the remaining features on your No Expiration ticket during a future visit.

Availability is limited: some dates and resorts will be not be available. Reportedly April 5-18 are blacked out completely. You must book by 2/15/09.

Paula

You should see the list of stuff that came along with my confirmation last night!! I have to come back later and post it! Unbelieveable!!! DH was so excited He cracks me up because he tries to hide his disney love but it comes through from time to time and I tell him "I'm on to you " We're trying to figure out how to take full advantage of it in a short time! I'm tweaking things and will post the details later.

How wonderful for you!!

Thanks for hopping over!! Welcome!! We're soooooo excited

Great more money saved.

More spending money!!

Wow - I think I'm caught up now. So many exciting things! I'm so excited that you've found so many good deals. We were completely tempted to go next year with the buy 4/get 3 deal, but we just can't do it two years in a row, and we couldn't get everyone together for 2009. So, we'll keep planning for 2010. I can't wait to read your TR for your couple-only trip, especially with all of the extra things you get to do now.

I don't know what it is with pneumonia this year, but I completely feel your pain - I spent the baby's first Thanksgiving (plus two days) in the hospital with it. Yuck!! I'm still on the couch - put it together with last week, when I didn't know what I had, I'm going on two weeks now. I'm going to go completely crazy!! Then again, I don't know how I'm going to do when I go back to work next week. I guess we'll see. I'm so glad to see that it eventually goes away! Looking forward to more updates.

Welcome back Jen!!! The deals have been completely outragous!!!!! I'm so excited!! DH is excited anytime we save a little bite!

I'm sorry you've been so terrible sick!!! I kicked it quickly, thankfully! I think because I had just been on the antibotics for the bronchitis I had. I kind of wonder if I had "walking pneumonia" I've had that a few times. I felt worse this time but I got rid of quick.

I hope you feel better soon and I hope your DH and those cutie kiddos are good!!!




Ok, I'll be back in a bit with some tweaking details, pictures etc!! Now I'm off to get dressed, I'm still in my Mickey PJ's, and run some errands with Ryan! First stop, the school! Apparently I gave DS the baggy and ticket to buy lunch but forgot to put the money in it!!!! Opppps!!! Another blonde moment!!