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There are other changes as well.

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We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.

It's time to move on and move forward.

PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.

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If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.

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I usually say I have swiss cheese for a brain. Lots of holes for the memories to slip through, but they often get "caught" somewhere. Shake it up a bit and they fall out of whatever hole they got stuck in and voila, I remember... well some of the time anyway! SO...

December:
Airfare - check
Parking - hmm Dad's supposed to drive us both ways to/from airport, but maybe it would be wiser to pay for parking and leave the driving to ME!
Ok... I'm sure something will come to me that is lost in one of those cheese holes!
Packing - Yeah, BETTER start thinking about that!!! As in WHAT am I bringing for clothes!? And WHAT do I need to buy?
Dining - check. Ressies all set
Itinerary - check
Hotel - 12/1 Pop Century, 12/2 - 12/5 AKV Studio

January:
Airfare - check did that TODAY
Parking - yea, traveling ALONE, so driving myself both ways
Packing - right!
Dining - Chef Mickey's 1/16 for breakfast, otherwise it's CS for us!
Itinerary - well it would be nice, but we NEED ALICIA'S SCHEDULE!
Hotel - 1/15 - 1/20 Pop Century

February:
Airfare - check
Parking - check Deb and I traveling to PVD from my house so we'll probably just park. MAYBE we'll get a ride, but doubtful.
Packing - right! If I'm smart, I'll get things organized before my DEC trip!
Dining - Cali Grill for my Birthday on the 8th!! A couple other dinner ressies and Concierge Lounge at AKV for breakfast and snacks!
Hotel - AK Lodge 2/6, AKV Concierge Studio 2/7 - 2/10 to ME!


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Posted 11-01-2008 at 02:41 PM by tinker_me_happy
I LOVE the new features here!! Of course the blog site could be dangerous! A spot where I can just ramble.... HMMM...

Actually it's a great place for me to "think out loud" and keep track of trip progress! Although my deluxe passporter is doing it's best to keep up with me, I did not order enough pockets to keep track of THREE separate trips SO CLOSE, never mind the ONE I actually ordered the pockets for! SO I've been using a lot of lined paper from the multiple 10 cent notebooks we have floating around. The problem is that everyone ELSE in my house uses the notebooks too and my notes keep disappearing!

I guess this will be the perfect place to KEEP my notes!
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    Sounds like the makings of trips to WDW once a month!! Are you flying out of PVD each time or just in February? I'm about 2 minutes from there. They just broke ground on Tuesday for the new train station (MBTA will stop there too) and is set to open in 2010. They will have a walkway system that transports travellers to & from the train station and TF Green. Not that it will help you now, but it may for future trips!
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    COOL!! Where is the train going to/from? If it's going to/from Worcester it may help my Mom. I'm right on the CT border though so I just hop on Rt 16 to 146 to get to the airport. Takes me just under an hour depending on traffic. I am flying out of PVD for each trip as of right now, but if Bradley or Manchester comes out with a stupid low fare I'll drive there.
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