Trying to catch up on quotes this morning... Otherwise it could be days before I get back here. Sigh. I"ve been so busy.
I love starting a trip with magic kingdom. We bought annual passes. I’m excited to have photopass included.
I just realized that my trip is 9 full days. We land around 9:30 in the morning. Trying the fantastic dessert part that night.
Our flight home is at 10 pm. So that is almost a full day at a park.
Did you see that some good neighbor hotels are going to get the 60 day for fast passes. Hopefully SOG will be on the list and it will start in time for you to take advantage of it.
I do too! Though I can't guarantee that we are starting with MK this time... Due to an incident that happened several years ago on a trip, I post my park days in random order.
I definitely miss my AP for that reason... I still log in on
MDE and my trip pictures from V's grad trip last year are still there - until mid-Nov anyways, then they will be gone. With the AP - you technically get 1 year + 30 days for your pictures, but it gets really crazy editing the newest ones after several trips... As you have to scroll for.ev.er.
That is awesome too - glad your flights work out so nicely... Our travel days suck this trip... We leave late in the day and arrive in Orlando well after bed time... Then we leave to come home at the crack O' dawn - like, before the crack of dawn actually.
Oh well - they were such cheap flights, I can't complain.
I did... I hope that SoG is included in that. I plan to purchase park tickets this coming week, just in case - I want to be prepared at my 60 day window just in case that option is offered to us... I am not sure how it will work out - there is a lot of infrastructure coordination that would have to happen with the DoD - where some of the good neighbor hotels are already part of the Disney web infrastructure - so that leads me to believe that SoG will be left out this time - for the time being anyways. I really can't complain - there are a LOT of perks that we do get which many don't.
It is amazing how much Allison has grown this year into an amazing adult. Good job mom and dad. We had the Tusker House (breakfast) reservation with the RoL package. We got our tickets. We left the park for our afternoon rest and none of the kids wanted to go back. Jacob and Marissa went to a different park and Chelsea just wanted to stay at the resort and swim. Which meant, I didn't get to see RoL or Pandora at night. I am a little bit sad about that, but I was out-voted. I even gave the 4 tickets to Jacob and Marissa to try to give away, but they couldn't find anyone that wanted them.
I agree!!! She sure has grown up! And to think... You all have watched her grow up here on The Dis, for years now... I wrote my first PTR when she was 12, I think? 2011... Yah, 12 or just turned 13...
This is good to know... I am 90% sure we are going to ditch this ADR... I just cannot see paying for an extra lunch - and we are going at a not-so-busy time of the year, we shouldn't have much of a problem getting seating... Then we aren't locked into a particular night either.
What a bummer that you didn't get to see it, and no one wanted your tickets.
Good morning D!
I haven't read the replies so maybe someone else has already posted this, but just in case . . . I work on a pretty big college campus and I see LOTS and I mean LOTS of different clothing styles, both on students and faculty/staff, and if I were you I would wear the lime green shorts with either black tights or leggings underneath if the weather was chilly. This would not be out of the realm of possibility for seeing on campus.
I have been to WDW in late January and comfortably wore shorts with a long sleeve t-shirt.
Hmmmm.... I may have to try that. I will have leggings with me, and shorts. If it's cold one day - I will put them on... In the end though, the girls have final veto on my outfits choices.
They have definitely saved me from a few disasters. LOL Personally - I think it would be cute!
The more I think about it - I like it... The green shorts with black leggings under and my black Vans...
Thanks for the idea!
Me either!!! Thank goodness they post ideas for us to get inspiration from, including our own D~!
I tried Aldi's again...... It went better but a lot of the shelves/coolers were empty on a Sunday morning? Are they like other retailers where there is a better day to hit them for the best selection? I did see some produce that I wasn't in need of then, but I will grab on my Friday run for veggie and tray I am taking to a party on Sat. I couldn't make the $40 on my coupon and I overpaid for apples by a $1.50 vs Wegmans. And Wegmans has now matched the blueberry price to everyone else. I will keep trying it just because it is so much easier to get in and out of then Walmart for items that Wegmans can be pricier on.
I love the shorts for your goofy outfit! hope you get a warm day for them.
You did better then I did with your "supercash" I was $80 odd dollars yesterday. But I did get a cute dress for DD that I think she will approve of for a Christmas/holiday party/winter mass dress. I also snagged some christmas presents and a new work dress for myself. I shop old navy/gap online because they have extended sizes our store never has. It also makes it easier to watch the prices/discounts and find the best deals.
Hah!
I think each Aldis stocks on different days, so you may want to ask someone at your particular store?
I do know that each store only runs on like an insane amount of employees at one time - like 4 or something like that? I do know that Aldis workers are worked HARD and expected to do everything around the store.
Glad you had a little better luck - hopefully you find fuller shelves the next time you go.
Thank you - me too! Otherwise, I am going to try Mrs. Bradbury's idea, and put leggings under them.
I've worked hard - I'd sure like to wear those shorts!
Yes - I am working on Christmas shopping too!!! I have a few things for everyone so far! I just need to figure out Josh yet... I have a few good ideas.
How great that you already have bought some Christmas presents. It's always nice to have some gifts bought before Christmas madness starts in the stores so you don't have to find all the gifts you need at the same time
Your Black Friday shopping sounds like fun and crazy. I can't wait to hear all about it.
It's only 2 months until Christmas today (at least in Scandinavia, where we start our Christmas celebration on the 24th December with a Christmas dinner and opening our presents in the evening). Those two months will go fast. I haven't figured out what I want for Christmas from my family yet. But I know I have to figure it out soon because everyone will start asking for my wish list.
I need a new computer. The one I have, have been telling me for months that it's time to get a new one by starting to suddenly freeze or just go really slow at times. I have been looking for a new computer for a while, but since the computer I have hasn't died yet I have decided to wait to see if any computers that I want gets on sale. Now I have decided to see what comes on the bad Black Friday sale. I say bad because the Black Friday sales are nothing like what you have in the US. Here Black Friday is lake any other sale campaign they have from time to time. So a new computer will be this years Christmas gift to myself from myself.
How great that you finished your bag. I can't wait to see it
Sounds like you are doing great with your exercise and eating. Keep up the good work
How great that you are able to meet Jan and Machteld's while there in the US.
Your plans for your MK day sounds great.
In Norway everything is about Halloween now. Not everyone is celebrating Halloween and I'm one of them. The stores has half price on candy and chocolate and many people are debating it on facebook saying it's so bad and they shouldn't have sweets on sale. I think it's great that they have sale on the candy and chocolate for Halloween because then families that doesn't have that much money may have the opportunity to join trick or treat which they never would have done if they had to pay full price for the sweets and candy.
I have celebrated Halloween once in my lifetime and that was in 1985 when my family lived in Madison, Wisconsin for a year. I can't say I remember it, but I have seen pictures from when my sister and I went trick or treat to our neighbors. I was a My Little Pony and my sister was Minnie Mouse
Yes - I am so excited about Christmas and shopping - I enjoy buying for others. Many stores are already starting their Christmas displays... By this time next week - all of the Halloween will be clearanced out and gone, and Christmas season will be in full swing.
I sure hope you are able to find a good deal on a new computer!
it's no fun when they are acting up!
I can't wait to share everything I've been working on.
Hopefully this week, I'll at least be able to share some of my accessory items. The top/jacket that I want to go with the bag I just finished is on my Christmas list - so I may not get to post that outfit until after Christmas?
Thank you - it's been a few weeks since I've weighed, and I am feeling pretty good. I am really hoping to hit my lowest weight this next time I weigh.
We don't do much for Halloween - I buy 2 small bags of candy to give out - when they are gone, we are done.
The girls used to dress up every year - but I hated spending $$ on costumes, it was such a waste of $$. I think I only purchased 2 or 3 costumes over their childhood and I expected them to wear them for a few years, OR become creative and use what they had to come up with something. I did do the one costume a few years ago for Allison and Gus - I do think that was the only costume I'd ever made. Had I been sewing when they were little - it may have been a different story and I may have made them costumes every year?
I hope you have a nice weekend Lillian!
Well, I hate to rain on your parade, but it's better to know now so you can revise your plans (get out the tissues)
Splash Mountain will be closed for your entire trip. It's closed for my trip this fall too. Not sure what's going on,
but Kenny the Pirate announced and others verified the closing--here's the dates from KTP:
- Splash Mountain – August 28 through November 16 and January, 8 through February 8, 2018
The fall closing was a known refurb. The Jan-Feb closing showed up a couple of weeks ago. No one seems to know why. That's almost 4 months total for the refurb. My only thought is they can't get everything finished, but wanted to be open for december crowds.
Ahhh... I did see this, and I've been watching it. I was hoping it was a fluke thing - since Kenny the Pirate was the first (and only for a long time) to post it on his page (and he is usually very accurate) - and for the longest time, it wasn't posted anywhere else, even on the Disney website... I did look earlier this week and it still wasn't on the Disney website - but I haven't looked in a few days. I've seen it posted on many other reputable sites though - so I am losing hope quickly. I just keep telling myself - the last time we did a January trip, we only rode it once because it was just too cold... Sigh. Such a bummer, but one less thing to worry about riding, I guess.
I wonder what the heck they are refurbing that is taking 4 months - I hope they don't do something tragic to the ride.
The pork nachos at the Poly are my favorite! I just had them last weekend and I enjoyed every bite.
I love the MK early in the morning. Sadly, on our last trip we didn’t make it to rope drop and even with arriving about 15 minutes later, Main Street was packed. I didn’t get to enjoy it like I like to.
I agree - they are my absolute favorite too! So much so, that I try to have them a couple times. I swear - I go to Disney just for the food - but the same thing happens every time... I go for the food, but by day 3 I am so sick of it... then I eat it anyways... by the end of the trip - I've gained an entire size between eating so much and just regular old bloat... LOL I am miserable.
I'll try to be better this trip, but man, I do go for the food.
It seems, in the last several years, there is no such thing as an "empty park" anymore. Disney keeps building resorts and says their resorts are full to capacity 365 day a year - which is the rumored reason why some of the on site perks are being offered to the "good neighbor" hotels... this is all grand and everything... but seriously - they need another park to disburse all these people... They can't continue to build resorts and not expect their parks to be overflowing... To the point I feel where the parks are almost chaos all the time - and exiting with the masses can be downright dangerous. Even though - they do have that part running quite seamlessly - it's amazing how quickly they can empty a park.
I was a few days behind but enjoyed catching up! Boy, all the car drama?!! Glad the girls had the money to fund all the necessary repairs and get back on the road...again
Loving your outfits and accessories, as always!! I really need to start taking some pictures and update my PTR for my trip. I've got a nice stack of things to pack already, so this should be pretty easy!!
Your MK pics just made my morning!! I have to agree...there is just nothing quite like the freshly washed streets of MK as the sun is coming up. Sigh. Pure happiness!
I know - right? I am so tired of car drama! They are both doing great financially - so it's not too much of a problem at the moment.
Thank you - I have had an insane week!!! I've taken on an extra project (or 6)
- which is why I"ve been MIA here (and everywhere) - I've been totally consumed. But it's been a long time since I've had this much fun!
I may (or may not) talk a little about it below.
I love MK - I do, I do!!!! That and AK right in the morning... And since we are planning to skip FoP (unless I miraculously get FPs for it) - we'll escape the crowds there and hopefully walk on everything else. Zig while they Zag.
I love the outfit choices. I just got back from a week at CBR and I had never stayed there, but couldn't pass up the gift card. We had a group of 10. My son spent a few nights over at the SOG so I had the opportunity to check it out...let's just say, my son loved it there and that will be our new resort...next time...haha! We had such a great time... Magic kingdom is best first thing in the morning. We stayed for Rivers of light at Animal kingdom... Daughter and I had never seen it before. It was beautiful. And calm.
Thank you!!! I love outfit planning!
It sounds like you enjoyed CBR.
I am so happy that you were able to check out SoG too... It's really a fabulous resort - and not many get to experience it. I really love it there - it's not Disney - yet it is. It's so hard to explain. They definitely put thought into it and even though it's not a Disney resort - it's still amazing, and you can't beat the location or the room size either. Did you get to see his room too?
Glad to hear that about RoL... I am hoping this early to bed, early to rise crew (or in V's case, early to bed, late to rise, nap in between
) can stay awake long enough to see it... I don't think the "seeing it" part is the problem for us - it's the extra hour+ it takes to get back to our room after.... Though there is a direct bus to SoG from AK - so that might not be too bad?
As long as we can get on it before it stops running - I think they only go 30 min or an hour after park close... and if the show is after the park closes, we may have to rely on Disney transportation for this part?
Good for Allison for handling her car problems. I'm sure it was hard for you to just let her and Gus take care it, but she has to learn sometime and obviously did really well. I worked with a young woman who was 26 whose father still did everything for her. She needed a new battery and went to her Dad to install it. A short while later she had a flat at work and called her dad. He told her the manual was in the car and she could do it herself. Of course a guy at worked helped her but at least she knew how now. That was one of the first things we showed our kids.
Sorry to see Splash will be closed when you're there. We've gone many years with it closed in Jan. and finally got to ride it and love it. I was so surprised that my husband really liked it too as there aren't that many rides he likes anymore. We finally got to ride Kali 2 years ago and I really liked it but we did get soaked. I sent my daughter a picture and the grandkids couldn't stop laughing. It was a fall trip so at least it was warm.
I looked at the dogs at the resorts and I can't imagine staying near a room with a dog. When I look at houses to rent I always check for no dogs. One year we were next to a house with a little dog. The woman would come out and clean after the dog but just throw it out in the grass. The houses all have screened in pool areas and that's where it would go. I kept thinking how gross that would be to walk barefoot there after her dog. Yuck!
Looking forward to seeing your new bag and outfit.
It was hard for me to sit back and wait all day... but I knew she could handle it, and I know that Gus knows cars - enough to know if the shop was messing with her... So, I felt like she was in good hands. And better that it happened in mid-Oct vs the bitterness of January.
I like to think we've made our girls self-reliant... We'll find out for sure when they move out on their own... Who knows when that will be?
Yah - I know Splash is usually closed in Jan for refurb - but since it was just closed for 3 months this fall, I figured we'd escaped that... Such a bummer that it's going down for another month.
I sure hope they don't do anything to wreck it though. Like change the theme... or something Disney tragic like that.
I just keep telling myself, Allison and I only rode it once during her January trip - it was too cold... So, maybe we won't want to ride it?
Yuck - I agree!!! This is one reason I am increasingly happy to stay at SoG - I don't think the DoD will ever allow pets like this... For that matter - the entire resort is smoke-free too... I am in my glory there!
Thanks!!! I am looking forward to sharing it - hopefully this week... I am waiting on one more thing in the mail.
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I have been so busy this week, you all. I honestly didn't even know that yesterday was Friday.
I have been in my sewing room for 12+ hours a day.
On top of normal work stuff... V and I have been planning and I have been creating... I am trying something new for myself, and it's taken so much time - more time than I ever imagined.
I am a perfectionist - remember?
I have really been struggling with that this week, and believe me when I say - 2nd best just won't do. Ever. My sewing room looks like WW3 happened, and I don't foresee that changing anytime soon.
On top of normal work stuff - I've also taken on some extras... Plus our trip stuff... I honestly won't have a slow moment until we leave on our trip.
So, I hope to show you what I've been working on this coming week - believe me, this will be the first place I post about it... Just waiting for the last of my supplies to arrive.
What else is new?
Nothing. LOL
My clothes are continuing to get bigger... To the point - I am afraid, I won't have anything to wear much longer.
I really don't want to invest in another clothing size - as right now, I am wearing my initial "goal size"... So, I am not sure what to do? And I am afraid I"ll jinx it if I start buying smaller sizes too. LOL I want it, yet I don't want it. I just know, even though this is my original goal size - I am not comfortable here and I want to try to lose more - as long as I am on a roll.
I guess, I can always go and steal V's clothes - since she is wearing my next size down.
That's about all...
We have my brother staying this weekend... I have to leave in a couple hours to go get him... So lots of driving for me, lots of taking care of Dad and Jonathan, on top of life and fighting this HUGE urge to be in my sewing room creating more - which I need to try to avoid with my brother here... Not that I can't do that - but it's just kinda rude, as I tend to get distracted and before I know it, the whole day is gone.
The girls are doing well. Allison has been working some crazy hours this week. She is bound and determined to pay cash for a newer car... After the Passat fiasco - she has decided that she would rather have a car that our mechanic can work on at all times and all circumstances (which would be NOT a VW)... After much looking and research, she has decided on a Buick Enclave. My first car ever was a brand new, car show edition 1994 Buick Skylark... I had to trade it in for a nice "4 door family sedan" when Allison was 1 month old (and become an adult)... Ever since then - no car has ever compared. I love Buicks! So, I would be insanely jealous if she ended up with an Enclave. Ooops - I went off on my own there... Anyways, she picked up 3 double shifts this week (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) - all with $150 bonuses and time + half, then a PM shift on Thursday with the bonus and time + half (which was supposed to be her day off), then she had yesterday off, and now she works the weekend and again picked up 2 doubles with the bonus and time + half.
A little concerned that burn-out is very real here... but she knows that work = money and money = car... Wish I would have had the brains at her age to make this distinction and pay cash for my first car... I'd be a LOT richer now, that's for sure.
In any case... Here's my Skylark - I sure loved that car.
Victoria is also working a lot, and putting in overtime every week... Though she doesn't get the overtime that Allison is able to... She still does really well. She is currently saving for Christmas and Disney simultaneously... Barring any more car repairs.
Let's pray not.
In Disney related news...
I am planning to order our park tickets from Shades of Green sometime this coming week. I've heard rumors of the "good neighbor" resorts being included in the 60 day FP benefit... and though SoG hasn't been announced - I don't' want to be left unprepared if they suddenly are announced... I want to be ready if by chance we are included. So, park tickets will be in hand and linked on MDE before my 60 days opens up.
That's about all... I better run... We had a bit of snow yesterday and I don't want to have to be rushing around this morning on the roads.
I'll be back later this week - hopefully sooner rather than later - to show you my sewing room awesomeness!
Have a great weekend all, prayers and pixie dust to all!
D~
And I am sure that whatever you do - it will be beautiful! 
