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FYI, All you "Mockingbird" fans, I'll be auditioning for "Bob Euell" nasty, NASTY man. I'm gearing up by spending a few midnight hours with Coop in the ER. That'll make me mean and ornery!
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Laurie, there's about 12 guys in our group,and others that would be WAY better at Atticus than I would. There's only a couple of us that could pull off Bob Euell, plus you have to say the "N" word A LOT, and that's something I'm not comfortable with, but it's part of the craft.
Under three months to go, normally I'd be starting to pack by now, but now that we've been a few times, No need to panic. I don't even have to worry about how everything will fit, as we're driving this time. I usually start making cd's for the road, but now we have a few ipods, my new Note3, Satellite radio, and the car holds a TON of music in it's memory. Rough estimate of total time: about 600 hours of music for a 19 hour drive there and back! I think were covered.
Because we're doing a cruise as well, we have that great "UNKNOWN" of the specifics of that. Personally, I don't want to know too much. I have been on another cruise, in 1987,it was a Carnival, so not a lot of comparison. I know there's a TON of information about EVERYTHING, but I just want to experience it fresh,and if we run into any questions/problems it's Disney, how much will it take before everything is MAGIC again?!
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I'm sure you'll be a great and really despicable Euell, Chuck. Playing against type, for sure.
You are going to have a great trip and I'm looking forward to hearing how you like cruising with DCL. I like the "no planning" approach to the cruise. That's what cruises are for. Just read the Navigators each night so you don't miss anything you really want to do, and then just sit on your veranda!
Have to agree with Laurie you will be playing against type. Not sure how your two ladies will go for it though. But then it is called acting. Think you have enough tunes for the trip
So if any of you are wondering about us in Detroit, we are ABSOLUTELY fine. We had about two feet of water gurgling up the drain from the flood yesterday. We lost a bunch of personal items, but nothing that matters more than life itself.
What a crazy day. We received our passports, Robin Williams ( A Detroiter) died, and we had a flood.
We are close to ten weeks till we depart. We also received some vacation stuff from Amazon. Packing cubes,and some shaving cream for me. ? Shaving cream from Amazon? Yes, a small tube of shaving cream for use with a shaving brush and bowl. I've become a bit of a diva when it comes to shaving these days. Not only the face, but I'm shaving my head a few times a week. I'm done trying to pretend there isn't a gigantic bald spot on my dome.
As for actual vacation stuff. about 2 weeks till we can do our fast passes. We are also trying to not bring our whole closet with us, just because we're driving. We are thinking about Pirate costumes for the cruise, AND MNSSHP, I know, I've always boo-hoo'd the pirates at the MNSSHP, but...
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I was definitely thinking about you two as I watched the reports on the flooding yesterday and today. Glad you and your fur folk are ok, and hope there was no structural damage done by the water.
so glad you and Coop are fine. It was super sad to hear of Robin Williams passing sorry you guys had such a crazy/rough day! Your Disney plans sound like they are coming along good. Oh and P.S., my husband and I buy toilet paper off of Amazon...so...yeah... lol
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sorry you guys had such a crazy/rough day! Your Disney plans sound like they are coming along good. Oh and P.S., my husband and I buy toilet paper off of Amazon...so...yeah... lol
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