You're the best parents in the world! I gotta pee! Where's My Tooth? Trip report!

[aaaateamsgrandma]

Okay, Lisa, I'm caught up. I was 16 pages behind! Geez!

We've been back since Monday, but I had some other things I had to get caught up on too (I know, there's life outside the Dis? What a concept). And I had to make the Coaches' Gifts on Photoshop. All 6 of them.

My poor kids have been neglected this morning.

Have you found a definite replacement yet?

And WHAT did Ginny get for her birthday? Did I completely miss that somewhere. It was the day before and then....nothing. Someone fill me in.

I'm not Lisa, but I think she has gone home. If you will check my TR page 13 I think is where it starts I tell all about the big 60 Birthday. It was soooo much fun. My family is great.

Okay, I gotta go exercise and run to the bank. I'm hoping to get an update on my report sometime today, but who knows. We've got the All Star team party tonight and then

apparently we're going camping for the weekend with friends. I haven't camped since before my kids were born. Thankfully the campground is about 1/2 a mile from my house.

My idea of camping is: microwave, air conditioning, plasma tv and the computer. I think that sounds like the Hilton Being 1/2 mile from home doesn't hurt. I will now go read your whole TR. Ginny

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

We live in a log home and for some reason, it seems to collect dust really badly. I think if I can get my floors clean and the house dusted, I'll feel better.

I'd love to see pics of your home. I'm sure it is so lovely!

You can tell my mind is moving a mile a minute today because I keep forgetting to tell ya'll things.

Hunter is such a funny guy. Last night, we had all of the garage sale stuff scattered all over the house, in the back of the truck and on the carport. Of course, there's a bunch of his old clothes, some of his old toys, a few of his plastic swords,VHS movies, etc.

Hunter stood in the middle of the carport and asked "What are you doing? Selling away my entire childhood?"

Poor baby! He has so much stuff still in his room, you can't walk but we're selling away his "entire childhood".

Gosh, my little Mitchell sounds just like him! Boys will be boys, huh? Gotta love 'em!

I cheated yesterday. A drug rep brought in cookies from a local bake shop. Chocolate chip and no bakes. I had one of each. I really don't think anyone is going to help me on my weight loss journey. I really don't help myself either.

I did get a new dishwasher last night. Remember mine broke last Thursday night. I have had to do dishes by hand since. I don't like it. Sheri says something smart to me like " Gee Mom, there are only the two of you," Let her wash a dish by hand and see how she feels. They are delivering it next Wednesday.

You know what, Ginny? I finally ate that Milky Way yesterday. I even put it away in a drawer, and I could still hear it calling to me. So I ate it and it hushed right up!

I don't blame you one bit for not wanting to wash dishes. I don't know what I'd do w/out my dishwasher. But you know what, I think to myself sometimes, why don't I just go ahead and wash the dishes? They are practically spotless now before I put the dishes in anyways! I don't know...

What a hoot. That Hunter can sure come up with the comments can't he? When my children were in their 20's I had a sale and sold this old ceramic ashtray on a stand (we don't smoke) that they used to run there hot wheels on when they were small and a picture of some flowers they bought for me years ago at wal mart. Comment: " you've sold our inheritance". I laughed so hard. I can't believe of all the stuff I sold those two items meant the most to them. Kids! Go figure.

Too funny, Ginny!

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LISA: Loved your MK update. You guys looked like you had a blast! I am so sorry that you missed Hunter in the Cowboy Roundup. I'm sure you were so disappointed about that. You guys have had luck this whole trip! I'm amazed. Nothing happens to us magical on our trips (well, nothing like getting picked for things or freebies, anyways.) Way to go! I hope you get lucky again on this upcoming trip.

 

[aaaateamsgrandma]

This update was Greattttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!! Loved all of it. Good work. Love the pictures once again. Impressed as usual.

Ginny

 

[I_believe]

We are in. WE would love to do this. It would be great. Maybe start a new thread about this, and just keep it going.

I am going to start a thread right now! I'm thinking of a really good title as we speak...well type.[/QUOTE]

Did you start the thread? I think this is a great idea and would love to do it!!!

Erin

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

I am going to start a thread right now! I'm thinking of a really good title as we speak...well type.

Did you start the thread? I think this is a great idea and would love to do it!!!

Erin[/QUOTE]

It is a good idea! I just wanted you to know that I LOVE your user name!

 

[lisalonglash]

Just as I get the last Fastpass out of the machine, John calls me on my cell and asks where I am. I told him that I had just gotten the last Fastpass and asked him why? He said Hunter had gotten chosen to participate in the Woody's Roundup street show thing (I think that's what it is called.) and was riding a stick horse around in the crowds. Of course, I had the camera. I wanted to get some pictures and knew that I had to hotfoot it over there if I wanted to get them. But, first things first, I had to put away our park tickets and Fastpasses. Don't want to lose those!

How cool for Hunter!

I turn around to see massive crowds. Crap! There's probably no way to bust my way through and get to John and Hunter in time to see Hunter in the show. I wiggled my way through and back on to the wooden walkway and my phone rang. "Don't get in any hurry, they are finishing up." Shoot! I wanted to see. I spot John and he waves to me. I got there just as the show ended and Hunter was being given a hug by.....oh my gosh.....the horse.....what's his name.......I can't remember. Another picture taking opportunity missed. Phooey!

Aww, I'm sorry you weren't able to get there in time

.....we all ordered burgers and Sprites. I don't know if I told you in the first Magic Kingdom day post but we love the fixin's bar at Pecos Bill's. The sauteed mushrooms and onions are so good. What I usually do is take our food to the table and then take the tray back to the fixin's bar with me. I line the tray with napkins and then put all of the fixin's on the tray. That way, we aren't going back and forth with all of our food. I can just take the tray back and we all add the stuff to our burgers. The mushrooms, sauteed onions and condiments go in the little cup things that they have near the mustard, mayo and ketchup.

Hey, we did that too! Pecos Bill's is nummy!

He saves a few fries and then dumps all of the leftover fixin's (tomatoes, onions, pickles, lettuce, etc.) into the fry tray. He mixes it all up and then drops on the mayo and mustard and mixes it all up again. It's totally disgusting to us but he says that it's about like eating a tossed salad. Hum? I don't think so!

Sorry, John, but

Ya think Hunter liked it?

Great picture!

So this time, I told Hunter he'd sit with me and I swore I'd keep my arm tight around him throughout the entire ride. I also made sure to point out all of the details along the ride....like the possums hanging from the tree, the turtles lying on their backs, etc. He liked the ride better but hated the last drop. He says he's going to ride again this year and that he'll probably like it. We'll see.

I'm glad you were able to ease his fears - I'll bet he enjoyed the ride way more this way than he did before

Oh and when did you start getting soaked on Splash Mountain? We used to get a little splash here and there and this time we got wet ! I know it was August and it was hot and all but I wasn't expecting to get really wet. Of course, after we got off the ride, we had to look around in the store a little while. Hunter declared that the ride made him thirsty so we got a Sprite from the store. All that air hitting his open mouth as he screamed probably dried his mouth out. That was mean wasn't it. Sorry!

We got soaked too (but it was not even close to how wet we got on the water rides at Universal - we all looked like we'd had a full shower! LOL)

 

[jenseib]

I am soooo behind. I am just starting page 65. i'll try to catch up in the next day or two...but no one post till then. LOL
Ginny I may have missed it, but what did you end up doing for your birthday?

 

[Angies1274]

How did I miss an update??

We love the fixin' bar at Pecos Bills--Yum!!! It's a must-do for every trip.

Great picture of Hunter on BTMR!! I have a feeling he really enjoyed the ride!!!

I know...I thought you were only supposed to get a little wet on Splash Mountain--not soaked!! Oh well...great ride anyways!!

 

[mickeystoontown]

I am going to start a thread right now! I'm thinking of a really good title as we speak...well type.

Did you start the thread? I think this is a great idea and would love to do it!!!

Erin[/QUOTE]

Did you start the thread? I think this is a great idea and would love to do it!!!

Erin

It is a good idea! I just wanted you to know that I LOVE your user name! [/QUOTE]

I haven't started the thread yet. I want to go back and look at the old fridge swap threads. I want to make sure that there aren't any real big lapses in between "hunts".

How cool for Hunter!

Aww, I'm sorry you weren't able to get there in time

Hey, we did that too! Pecos Bill's is nummy!

Sorry, John, but

Great picture!

I'm glad you were able to ease his fears - I'll bet he enjoyed the ride way more this way than he did before

We got soaked too (but it was not even close to how wet we got on the water rides at Universal - we all looked like we'd had a full shower! LOL)

Since I am the official Fastpass getter I guess I am subject to missing those "spur of the moment" moments.

Used to at Pecos Bill's they had drink lids over on the napkin and utensil cabinet. Back then, I put the condiments on the lids and carried them on the tray. When they started putting the lids on the drinks before they gave them to you, I had to start using the napking lining.

Yucky smucky! John's "salad" looks soooo horrible. I don't know how that man's stomach can handle it. Blech!

I have a feeling that Hunter is going to be trying to act "tough" for his sister's sake this year. Hopefully, that'll carry over to Splash Moutain this trip. Last year was the first time we got soaked on Splash Mountain. It caught us by surprise.

 

[mickeystoontown]

I am soooo behind. I am just starting page 65. i'll try to catch up in the next day or two...but no one post till then. LOL
Ginny I may have missed it, but what did you end up doing for your birthday?

Jen, Sometimes I find myself getting several days behind on the trip reports that I read too. I'll let Ginny tell you where she went on her birthday. It was great!

How did I miss an update??

We love the fixin' bar at Pecos Bills--Yum!!! It's a must-do for every trip.

Great picture of Hunter on BTMR!! I have a feeling he really enjoyed the ride!!!

I know...I thought you were only supposed to get a little wet on Splash Mountain--not soaked!! Oh well...great ride anyways!!

That's alright. I think sometimes we all get to talking about other things and then forget to read the real trip report. We've all gotten to be friends here on the trip report threads and we sometimes get off track. I love it though 'cause we all seem to think alike.

We have to eat at Pecos Bill's at least once on every trip. The food there seems to be better than the other counter service. And, like I said, we love the fixin's bar.

I'm surprised that the picture of Hunter on Big Thunder Mountain even came out. I was holding the camera over my head and snapped it right as we were going down a hill.

Getting wet on a ride hasn't stopped us yet. With the exception of this past trip, I've always ridden Kali River Rapids and you know how wet you get on that!

 

[mickeystoontown]

I'm about to sign off for the evening. We worked all afternoon to get the garage sale stuff priced and set up. My niece came over mid-getting ready and asked if she could put all her stuff in the garage sale. Of course, I didn't say no. I just told her she had to price her stuff with her initials on it and she had to find a table since I didn't have another one. Oh, and she had to come and help Lacey work the garage sale.

I guess I'm a bad person because I complained about her wanting to put her stuff in. I didn't complain to her, just to John and my Mama. I stopped doing multiple family garage sales years ago because I hate keeping up with who's stuff just sold and at the end dividing up the money. It's just a pain in the buttocks!

While we were pricing stuff, Jesse called. Lacey came back and said she had a surprise. Jesse was about 4 hours from our house! What? He wasn't supposed to be here until tomorrow afternoon. Had I swept the floors yet? Had I dusted yet? Did I have food to fix for dinner? Heck no to all three. So, I sent Lacey into the house to clean her bathroom, sweep the floors and find the local pizza shop coupons I got a few days ago.

Wait, I forgot something. We didn't have but about half the stuff priced and out when a truck pulled up with customers. What the? The sale doesn't start until tomorrow. I hate it when people do that. We live on a private drive with only us and my Mama sharing the road. When the first customers left, she pulled her Jeep up the hill and blocked the driveway.

Then some of our friends from church called and they wanted to come see Lacey. We pulled the Jeep out of the way so they could come over. They ended up buying $30.00 worth of stuff. And, they threw in an extra $20.00 because they love Lacey. While they were here and the Jeep was moved, another car came. Ugh! Can't these people read the newspaper ad? The sale starts tomorrow! I guess I can't complain too much though since we have already sold $70.00 and the sale hasn't even officially started.

Anyway, now that ya'll are all updated, I'm off to bed since I have to get early in the morning. The sale starts tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. The Jeep will be blocking the driveway until 7:00 because I'm not going outside until then.

 

[longing2Batdisney]

good luck w/the sale...sounds to me you are off the a great start

sound like me with the house going through list now; living room --toys reorangonized (most moved to Dayne's room), vacumed, mopped, kids bathroom clean (thanks Gwendolyn), back patio done, all that's left kitchen--dishes-done, mop floor, bake cupcakes (decided not to do the Mickey head cake (next time), steam corn, bake gralic bread, set up for party

said I was doing everything tonight...
oh well I always do this to myself

Party at 2:30 pm

Have a great weekend! Lisa and all

 

[aaaateamsgrandma]

I am soooo behind. I am just starting page 65. i'll try to catch up in the next day or two...but no one post till then. LOL
Ginny I may have missed it, but what did you end up doing for your birthday?

I have it all posted on my TR page 13 I think (with pictures) but last Thurs. evening Don told me I was not working on Friday and neither was he and we were going to breakfast on Friday morning. We started to turn in our local place and he says he is in the mood for blackberry pancakes so that means across town to Cracker Barrel. The lady seats us and Don says can we sit in back and Ms Grumpy says yes and carts us to the back room. Don steps around the corner and says "come here" and there sat my brother, sis in law, friend Cindy and her son Matt and Mike, Andrew and Austin. They had balloons and the whole works. I opened all my presents and then I get the one from Don and it is a trip for 4 (me, Don, Sheri and Mike) to Vegas leaving at 1:25 that afternoon. Sheri had to work that morning and could not do breakfast so she could get back in time to leave. OMG we had so much fun. They had booked this back in March. Those sweethearts. We came back on Sunday afternoon. I have had a week of birthdays cause tonite we went to the Springfield Cardinal game. I had bought a suite for 18 people at my Relay for Life auction and I surprised everyone with food, sodas and beer. There ended up being 15 of us there tonite. The game went to 12 innings and the Cards lost 12-10 But we had such fun. If you get a chance check out the pictures. Thanks for asking.
Ginny

 

[aaaateamsgrandma]

Okay, Lisa, I'm caught up. I was 16 pages behind! Geez!

We've been back since Monday, but I had some other things I had to get caught up on too (I know, there's life outside the Dis? What a concept). And I had to make the Coaches' Gifts on Photoshop. All 6 of them.

My poor kids have been neglected this morning.

Have you found a definite replacement yet?

And WHAT did Ginny get for her birthday? Did I completely miss that somewhere. It was the day before and then....nothing. Someone fill me in.

Okay, I gotta go exercise and run to the bank. I'm hoping to get an update on my report sometime today, but who knows. We've got the All Star team party tonight and then apparently we're going camping for the weekend with friends. I haven't camped since before my kids were born. Thankfully the campground is about 1/2 a mile from my house.

I have now read your whole TR. What a fun time you are going to have. Look at post 1153 on Lisa's TR and I told about my surprise in case you didn't have a chance to see my TR. Thanks for asking Heather.
Ginny

 

[aaaateamsgrandma]

Ya think Hunter liked it?

So are you telling me Hunter is a Longhorn fan? Mike is from Texas and the biggest fan out there. The kids could do "Hook em horns" before they could walk or talk.

 

[Pikester]

So are you telling me Hunter is a Longhorn fan? Mike is from Texas and the biggest fan out there. The kids could do "Hook em horns" before they could walk or talk.

I thought he was being Angus Young from AC/DC.

 

[mommytothreeboys]

Hi there!

I'm here but about 30 pages behind! Just wanted to let you know I'm here and working on getting caught up....it may take a while!

 

[mickeystoontown]

good luck w/the sale...sounds to me you are off the a great start

sound like me with the house going through list now; living room --toys reorangonized (most moved to Dayne's room), vacumed, mopped, kids bathroom clean (thanks Gwendolyn), back patio done, all that's left kitchen--dishes-done, mop floor, bake cupcakes (decided not to do the Mickey head cake (next time), steam corn, bake gralic bread, set up for party

said I was doing everything tonight...
oh well I always do this to myself

Party at 2:30 pm

Have a great weekend! Lisa and all

I made Lacey come in and clean up the house while I was still sorting through the garage sale stuff. She did a pretty good job but not as good as if we had more time to clean.

I wanna come to your house and join in your party!

So are you telling me Hunter is a Longhorn fan? Mike is from Texas and the biggest fan out there. The kids could do "Hook em horns" before they could walk or talk.

I thought he was being Angus Young from AC/DC.

You two are too funny. He just likes to stick his tongue out and make silly hand gestures. Really, I don't know what he was doing other than just having fun.

Hi there!

I'm here but about 30 pages behind! Just wanted to let you know I'm here and working on getting caught up....it may take a while!

It's okay! You have had a whole lot of stuff on your plate lately.

 

[jenseib]

I'm still way behind. Just read page 66. I love the pics of theose deer looking things standing on hind legs and eating the leaves. How cool is that!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Hey everybody! Garage sale is over with and Lacey pocketed $263.70. My niece made $17.50 (she had her stuff priced waaay too high but wouldn't listen to us when we told her). Hunter made $11.00. We took all of the leftover stuff to Goodwill. Well, no we didn't, I packed up all of Hunter's clothes and am giving them to my two nephews.

I am pretty pleased with the sale. Especially when you factor in the fact that everything was priced super duper cheap. Almost everything we had was $1.00 and under. I had very few things that were over that.

Now everybody has spending money for Disney! That was our main goal. And it's a bonus that my attic and closets are now cleaned out.

I'm sitting in our bedroom right now and it looks like my closet has exploded! Hunter bunked on the floor in our room last night so Jesse could have his. Lacey, of course, slept in her room. I woke up this morning to find John and Hunter asleep on our bedroom floor. Whaaaat? They were on the floor watching television while "camping out" and fell asleep.

So, now our bedroom has blankets and pillows in the middle of the floor, suitcases piled in one corner, my Disney box in the other corner, garage sale stickers and empty boxes at the foot of the bed. Thus, the "explosion" look of our bedroom.

I've gotta get to work straightening this place up so that I can start organizing for our trip.

John announced last night that he doesn't like two pair of his shorts that he wore last year. They are now too short. I thought that 43 year old men had long since growing taller. And, you'll remember that he told me last weekend that he didn't like the two ringer tees I bought him. I guess we're going to have to make a trip to the mall. We're going to have to hustle if we want to have any time to look around since it's now 4:11 p.m., John is outside weedeating. Hunter is in the living room watching the end of Spiderman. Lacey and Jesse went out to eat with a gift card someone gave them for graduation. I am all sticky sweaty and my hair looks a hot mess since all I did was put on clothes, brush my teeth and put on a ballcap this morning.

I"ll sign off for now. Just wanted ya'll to know how the sale went.