Yo ho, yo ho, a bounceback life for me LEAVING TOMORROW 9/12!!!!!!!!!!!

Next order of business was singing Happy Birthday, cake and presents!!!!!!! :woohoo:

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I love this picture of Jenn!

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Somewhere during the party I broke out my Disney binder...or I should say Jenn broke out my Disney binder and showed it two of her friends. :rolleyes1

I got to meet a lot of really great people including Jenn's uncle and her grandma. I actually met them both the first day we were there and her grandma (Grace) was at the party. All in all I have to say that Jack's third birthday party was a HUGE success! :yay:

After the party we were all tired and I do believe I took myself a little nappy on the couch again. :rolleyes1

I think Jenn and I got to talk a bit about ADR strategy and other Disney ideas that we wanted to discuss too during the day and later after the party.

The next day we were going to The Shad Festival. :yay:

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Before we left Jenn and I did some Disney planning again. We looked through our times that we wanted to make ADR's for and juggled ideas for surprises for the kids. She's got some great ones lined up!!!!

This was my first ever Shad Festival and I have to say, I had no clue what a Shad was until Jenn told me. It's a fish. :rolleyes1 The festival was fun. It was really freaking hot so Joe and I were miserable from the heat and stupid moron me had jeans on which did not help. :eek: We had a pulled pork sandwhich which was awesome and I mean awesome. I also had a funnel cake which was probably one of the best I have ever had.

We mosied around the festival for a while. I have to say that this part of the country is beautiful. It was so pretty and just so calming. I love the old historic areas of PA. This has to be one of my favorite areas that I have seen so far. I wish we could have spent more time just looking around the area but that will have to wait until our next visit.

Here is a picture of Joe that I took at the Festival:

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Jack and Kayla made sand art while we were there too.

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The kids got to meet the Geico Gecko but that picture is on the other camera...of course. Here is the picture of them in front of the blow up Gecko. Sorry, I cut his head off...........

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These have got to be my two favorite pictures of Jack the day that we went to the festival.

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We left the festival and went home and had a nice steak dinner. Jenn and I did some Disney planning but that was after I got my second wind. Joe and Jenn were playing Mario on the Wii (I think that is what it was) so I took my usual nap. Sometimes I think I have tv narcolepsy (or however you spell that). :rolleyes1

We were bummed that the next day we had to head for home. Our time flew by way too fast!

Oh, and I forgot to mention that Jenn gave me an awesome birthday gift while I was there too. I got scrapbooking supplies and a picture of us from last year at MNSSHP. She made the frame too and it is so dang cute. I have it in my home office which is my Disney room. I love it!!!

That's it for now. Once I get the rest of the pictures I will post more and most likely remember more of our adventure as well!

So I have to say, I am so happy and thankful to the DIS for introducing me to Jenn and to her family. We met here on the DIS and I feel like i have known her for YEARS. I'm so glad that we met and I truly feel like I have a friend for life now............Thanks DIS! :hug:
 
Holy carp Jenn, don't let me around Jack if I have Conner, cuz we're trading babies! :laughing: Man you have cute kids!

Glad ya'll had fun!
 
So cute!

I'm so glad to see these pictures.

Can't wait to meet you all! <3
 
Beka, our boys are going to be heart breaker's.. as a girl I feel bad for his future girlfriends..as a mom I feel like aweeee yeah.. lol!

Sophia, I love love loveeee the pics! Can not wait to get me a nicey nice camera!! My cupcakes look damn near gourmet on your camera LMFAO!!!:lmao: I can not wait to get the CD so I can see what other great shots you got!! I love the one of Kayla that looks like she is dying on the railing lol! coincidentally she is as skinny as that rail :rotfl2:

Ugh, we miss you though! Jack keeps asking, wherrre is Sof-EE-AA and Joeeee?? lol
 

Beka, our boys are going to be heart breaker's.. as a girl I feel bad for his future girlfriends..as a mom I feel like aweeee yeah.. lol!

Sophia, I love love loveeee the pics! Can not wait to get me a nicey nice camera!! My cupcakes look damn near gourmet on your camera LMFAO!!!:lmao: I can not wait to get the CD so I can see what other great shots you got!! I love the one of Kayla that looks like she is dying on the railing lol! coincidentally she is as skinny as that rail :rotfl2:

Ugh, we miss you though! Jack keeps asking, wherrre is Sof-EE-AA and Joeeee?? lol

Jenn,

Pics are all loaded and all Joe has to do now is burn the CD and then it is on it's way. :woohoo:

I think Kayla was waiting for a towel when I took that picture. :lmao: And, yeah, she is as skinny as the rail! :lmao:
 
Here are a few more pictures from our trip to Jenn's.

Here is my lame attempt at the sunrise. All these are from one of our point and shoots and keep in mind it was raining and the car was moving. :rolleyes1

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Check out my even worse attempt at the Welcome to Pennsylvania sign!

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We saw a whole lot of this on the way there.

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And Joe was totally stoked to see this considering the gas mileage we usually get in the gas hog!

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Woo Hoo.......I hate tunnels........

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Here are Jack's balloons before they deflated. You sorta get the idea....

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Doesn't Kayla look excited here.....not.......... :laughing:

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It's Nutts ......... OMG, how yummy this place was.

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Pictures from It's Nutts. And yeah, I got a lot of good ones of Jack. Kayla was being camera shy...I'd point it at her, she'd look away. :eek:

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continued on next post.............
 
John and Jack

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John and Joe


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Jenn, tell me something........why, oh why, are these kids of yours not in modeling and doing magazines????? :confused3

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Joe and Jack

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Kayla coloring

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More slip n slide and birthday party


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Come on......everyone say it with me now..........awwwwww

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We filled cupcakes with frosting. I tried to cut one in half and take a picture but I messed with the filling........

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And then lastly, here are a couple from the Shad Festival

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Couple updates here.

1. Got our tickets today for MNSSHP on Sept 18th. Decided not to use the AP discount because I wanted to get them in my hands NOW :lmao: and not have to deal with Will Call. Yeah, I passed up on the $3 discount and paid extra to have them mailed to me.:rolleyes1

2. Changed a dining ADR for May. Decided to cancel Biergarten and go to Chefs de France to see Remy before he goes away. :lovestruc He won't be there in September. :eek:

3. I need to call Dining again because stupid me.....I forgot to write down the time for our breakfast ADR at Tusker. I'm such a dork. :teacher:

And finally.............

I decided on a cake for our anniversary. In order to get said cake I am going to make our dinner ADR at GF. Anywhere at GF so I can get this cake. I have been on the cake threads based on what Lurkyloo says (I think she's the cake expert:flower3:) I want to get my cake from GF bakery. I decided on a small white cake, buttercream frosting, white fondant and I want the mickey heads stamped into it and on top I think I want a chocolate Mickey. What will be interesting is that I'll have it delivered to dinner but I am telling Joe that we can't eat it....which will confuse the crap out of him but hey, I'll figure out what I am gonna do when the time comes. I have already decided that I don't care how much it costs...period....I want it and it is my anniversary present to myself. :snooty: Hey, if I can't get a cake from Duff and the Ace of Cakes, then so be it...... This is what I want and I am gonna try my darndest to get it. Now I have to go back and read the threads to see how far in advance I can order it. :rolleyes1
 
Couple updates here.

1. Got our tickets today for MNSSHP on Sept 18th. Decided not to use the AP discount because I wanted to get them in my hands NOW :lmao: and not have to deal with Will Call. Yeah, I passed up on the $3 discount and paid extra to have them mailed to me.:rolleyes1
:cool1::banana::woohoo::yay::dance3::cheer2::thumbsup2:goodvibes I can not waittttttt!

2. Changed a dining ADR for May. Decided to cancel Biergarten and go to Chefs de France to see Remy before he goes away. :lovestruc He won't be there in September. :eek:
I'm totally jealous.. I will expect pics!!

3. I need to call Dining again because stupid me.....I forgot to write down the time for our breakfast ADR at Tusker. I'm such a dork. :teacher:

And finally.............

I decided on a cake for our anniversary. In order to get said cake I am going to make our dinner ADR at GF. Anywhere at GF so I can get this cake. I have been on the cake threads based on what Lurkyloo says (I think she's the cake expert:flower3:) I want to get my cake from GF bakery. I decided on a small white cake, buttercream frosting, white fondant and I want the mickey heads stamped into it and on top I think I want a chocolate Mickey. What will be interesting is that I'll have it delivered to dinner but I am telling Joe that we can't eat it....which will confuse the crap out of him but hey, I'll figure out what I am gonna do when the time comes. I have already decided that I don't care how much it costs...period....I want it and it is my anniversary present to myself. :snooty: Hey, if I can't get a cake from Duff and the Ace of Cakes, then so be it...... This is what I want and I am gonna try my darndest to get it. Now I have to go back and read the threads to see how far in advance I can order it. :rolleyes1
Sounds super delish! and yay, I get to have some!! Joe is totally going to crap! I can't wait!! so fun! uhm..dang.. you will be in wdw in 23 days.. I'm sooo jealous! you will have to scope out the nightmare before christmas stuff for me..lemme know if there is anything new.. but don't tell me what.. but maybe jot down some prices so i know how much to bring with me in september:rolleyes1

gotta laugh at the pennsylvania welcomes you sign.. I see it every day!! You could have gotten a million shots of it!!:rotfl2: i love love love the pics with the geco lizard!

ok, onto more pressing matters, the newest trip update!! wait.. look above or those replies!!
 
I will def check out the nightmere stuff for you Jenn. I imagine with all the Star Wars stuff my bro and Joe will leave me by myself most of the trip anyway. :rolleyes1

I figure if we have dinner at the GF and I get the cake from there and plan it well, we should be able to go from there to our Wishes cruise. Not sure what dock they will send us out of. The lady said it depends on what is available when a person calls to book but I am going to get as close to the GF as possible.

I'm getting excited!!!
 
Anyone see these yet? I gotta have one!!!!!!!!!!

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They are part of the green collection at Disney and are made out of candy wrappers that were misprinted! :woohoo:
 
:headache::headache::headache:

I HATE Disney's website. :mad: With a freaking pasion. :mad:

I am trying to log into the passholder site to get the TIW application. Turns out my card is not still valid :headache: and I need to get a new one before our trip in 3 weeks. Well, for one, they take FOREVER to arrive when you do order them but I thought I'd at least try. I cannot even log onto the site and get the freaking application. So I then call to see what I can do over the phone and they are only open M-F. :headache::mad::headache::mad::headache: :mad:

I swear, every single, freaking time I go to that site I walk away so pi**ed off I swear I will never go back.
 
I haven't updated in a while and I really don't have much to say. :confused3 I did manage to collect all of my Mousekeeping tips and they are now ready to go in their envelopes. :woohoo:

I finalized the schedule for my May trip which is in around 2 weeks. Yikes it came up fast. We decided to try Chefs de France to see Remy so I am happy about that. I see it is a photo op more than anything else but maybe I will be surprised? Since I am on Weight Watchers (5 pounds so far!) I am really going to try and be good during this trip. All ADR's are finalized. I did call about 5 times though to move stuff around. :rolleyes1

I decided that I am going to probably do a separate TR for the May trip since it is my brother's first trip. At first I thought I'd just put it right here but now I am thinking I will start a new report. :thumbsup2

Joe and I did the swap out of summer clothes from our storage locker and this sucks....can't find ANY of my shorts or capris that I got last September before our last trip! :scared1: I have GOT to find them. I only wore them one time and that was last trip so I am not about to get new ones. I'm being cheap. :rolleyes1 Don't want to spend any more cash until I can buy a smaller size. :rolleyes1

Not much else to report. Happy Friday (if I have any readers left :sad1:).
 
Sophiaaaaaa

I'm still reading! Well I kinda skimmed but whatever (just kidding :lmao: )

I've been looking EVERYWHERE for little mousekeeping envelopes & cant find them. I'm going to try an office store today.

I know the feeling about refusing to buy more clothes. I have the same issue. I put myself on a diet & have been working out as much as I can. I am determinded to have this Disney trip be the best I've looked in my life (also so when I pig out on the dining plan I dont feel bad :rotfl: )

I'm not sure if you have a Kohls store by you but they are my favorite place in the world to shop! I used to work there (bad idea... but I still love shopping there) and they ALWAYS have great sales. I told myself I'd put away like $100 for clothes for the trip if I get to my goal weight (140... I'm at 167 now & I started at 175 back around April 1st.... yay me)

Good luck & no worries, I'm still reading <3
 
Sophiaaaaaa

I'm still reading! Well I kinda skimmed but whatever (just kidding :lmao: )

I've been looking EVERYWHERE for little mousekeeping envelopes & cant find them. I'm going to try an office store today.

I know the feeling about refusing to buy more clothes. I have the same issue. I put myself on a diet & have been working out as much as I can. I am determinded to have this Disney trip be the best I've looked in my life (also so when I pig out on the dining plan I dont feel bad :rotfl: )

I'm not sure if you have a Kohls store by you but they are my favorite place in the world to shop! I used to work there (bad idea... but I still love shopping there) and they ALWAYS have great sales. I told myself I'd put away like $100 for clothes for the trip if I get to my goal weight (140... I'm at 167 now & I started at 175 back around April 1st.... yay me)

Good luck & no worries, I'm still reading <3

Hey Amanda,

Well, I guess it's just the two of us. :rolleyes1:laughing:

I actually made myself nuts looking for small envelopes. I found the dang things and then I got my a** kicked trying to put them through my printer. So guess what? I ended up using good old number 10's and they worked just fine. :laughing: Yeah, Joe loved the goose chase for the small envelopes only for me to not use them. :scared1:

Joe promised to look in the attic for my clothes. :eek: I hate the stupid attic and the pull down steps. :sick: I hope that we find them. We leave for Virginia this weekend and I only have next weekend to find them or I will be the stupid one roasting and wearing jeans over Memorial Weekend at Disney. :confused3 I will NOT buy new ones. No freaking way.

Congrats on the weight loss. :woohoo: You're doing great! My goal weight is around the same as yours but um.....it's gonna take me a while to get back to that! :rolleyes1 When I first met Joe I wore a size 4 skirt and let's just say that my big toe is not even a size 4 any more. :laughing: Men...it's all their fault........just kidding, but I gotta have SOMEONE besides me to blame this on!!!!!!!!! And trust me, when you are a fossil like me, it takes a LOT longer to get the freaking weight off!!!!!!!!!!! :scared1::eek::scared1:

Are you on Facebook? It's my latest addiction and I need to find a distraction from freaking Yoville. :sad2: I spend WAY too much time playing that game! :wizard:

Ok, so that's all for now. I'm going over to check up on your PTR to see what's been going on over the last day or so.......
 
:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: Our tickets arrived yesterday. :yay: This year we got one with Mickey, one with Minnie and one with Goofy. I think I like last year's tickets better but these are cute too. Since I usually scrapbook ours I'm gonna see if I can give mom Goofy so I can have both Mickey and Minnie on my page. :rolleyes1
 
Hi Sophia.. Im reading .. sorry I havent been here in awhile.. I am looking for my PTR and updating it with the link to my solo TR..

Not sure if you remember but my grandmom was quite sick before I left.. well I got back from my trip and she was put in the nursing home while I was away on my trip.. I got back and visited her.. the next day she was rushed to the hospital and admitted.. she stayed there a few days then was moved to a continued care hospital then back to the regular hospital and she passed away last Monday.. I havent been on the boards much since before I left..

Im loving reading your PTR though..
 












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