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There are other changes as well.
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Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
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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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Let’s begin with the pre-trip …
Let me introduce our cast of players…… Trisha (Me) – 42 year old ex travel agent, amateur chef and musician, fledgling entrepreneur , wife to Ken and most importantly Mom to Heather , Sara, Kenneth and Santina Ken- 43 year old Truck driver /mechanic and nice guy despite his rough facade. ..Guess where this pic was taken.
Heather - 21 year old daughter. She is a butcher in training. Is independent after moving out last December. Now she isn’t going with us this trip, but she is my baby so she is thus listed. Anyway, being that she will be house-sitting the 2 furkids.. She will on occasion be mentioned.
Sara- 17 years old, High school Junior and future heart surgeon. Loves Disney, video games and manga /anime Kenneth - 14 year old freshman who wants to be “some kind of artist” when he gets older. He is also a Disney, video game and anime/manga addict.
And last but not least.. Santina - She is 7 years old and in 1st grade. She is sweet and loving and a huge fan of Hannah Montana and the Princesses. She is very musical and has been known to memorize complete acts of showtunes.Most currently the score of “Scrooge” (with Albert Finney) …Thank ya very much…
The Plan – Jan 25th....4 Days at the Polynesian to be followed by 3 days on the boat. ( O.k.…yes we bought the package deal, but at the time it was and still is an awesome deal. )
We are (so far) driving. Leaving out on the night of the 23rd. Although with airfare going down that may change last minute. Cross your fingers for us, because I really hope so. My marriage is precious to me and being in the car that long with my dear hubby , who later turns into “that man” tends to be a bit much. He is a truck driver so he deems it important to put the longest antennae in the world, on top of my mini van. He chats all day on it…(thank Goodness for Ipod), also he feels that everyone should be up to just driving straight through. Potty breaks throw us way off schedule. Ikes! Lol..I am seriously considering slipping him a lil sumthin sumthin in his Mountain Dew so he will take a long nap . mmm? (disclaimer in case of future incrimination ….just kidding. )
It is roughly 5 weeks until take off. The family is excited. I even, through what must be a holiday miracle, got Sara and Kenneth to sit down with me to work on our ADRs. I couldn’t get Santina to get involved. Poor girl…. her Mom made a huge mistake. Last winter when I booked the vacation, I should have kept it to myself for a bit. Because now she doesn’t believe that we are really going. I guess that she will figure it out soon enough. J…. Besides that she is very preoccupied with the holidays.
At this point I have to admit to being behind in my family vacation coordinator (FVC) duties.
The holiday, birthdays, cake orders and other business has kept me hopping.
So see this pre report is a kind of …mmm.. match to start the fire under this booty.
Stay tuned for the next exciting chapter.
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O.k. Well normally I wait until we are there andbook our meals per day, but I had a sudden feeling that it will be busy. Since of coursethey keep throwing out these cool offers. I was right..Everything is booking up.....I'm slow sometimes, but eventually catch up. lol.......Anyways.....
My dining reservations are'nt exactly how I want them , but close. In a few days I will call again and alter a couple.
For now;
Jan 25- MK- 1900 character breakfast -counter service later (I don't plan CS)
Jan 26-MGM (oops DHS) Cs & later Kona Cafe for dinner then back for Fantasmic
Jan27- Epcot -cs & then Rose and Crown for dinner
Jan 28- AK-& DTD - CS & then Ohana dinner
Jan 29- Chef Mickeys breakfast
Then we head to the boat.
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