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When you are on the upload page on Photobucket there is a small link at the bottom that says customize your upload options. From there you can choose the size your photo will upload as. Hope that helps!
WHAT?!? Now I feel so stupid. How did this slip past me!!! Thanks Aimee and Cheryl...you are going to help save me so much time now!!!
When you are on the upload page on Photobucket there is a small link at the bottom that says customize your upload options. From there you can choose the size your photo will upload as. Hope that helps!
Thanks for the help! I always wondered if there was an easier way to resize.
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Forgive me, I am trying to add my pics from photobucket are here and that little box with the red X keeps coming up. Really, what am I doing wrong here?
All you do is copy the IMG code from Photobucket, and paste it directly into the text box (you don't have to hit the mountain/sun icon). And it should show up!
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All you do is copy the IMG code from Photobucket, and paste it directly into the text box (you don't have to hit the mountain/sun icon). And it should show up!
Saturday Oct 15th Well 4am came around pretty quick I have to say, but Arnaud and myself got up and dressed and finished all the last minute packing. Then it was off to get the kids…..I put Josie to bed the night before in her “real clothes” in hopes it would make things a bit quicker, she thought it was funny and in the end, it worked like a charm!! Andre it didn’t matter much since I would be changing his diaper anyway. We hit the road just before 5am and were off. Halfway there I realized, it’s a Saturday, we don’t normally travel on the weekends, I asked Arnaud if he thought the security would be busy. He said he didn’t think so and we would be fine. Famous last words. We pull into the offsite parking and head onto the shuttle and off to check our bags skycap with the SWA guys. All going good so far. Head upstairs and then……..duh, duh, duh……….massive line for security. I looked for a family line, but they didn’t have one set, so ok……we wait. Honestly I never thought I would miss a flight before but that thought was really going through my head. The line was taking forever, the kids were starting to lose it. I busted out a bottle for Andre and fed him while in line, so that worked in our favor. Finally we get through and we set off to find our gate. Oh, the very last gate in the terminal too by the way. We get there and see they started boarding, OK, no worries we got B 5-6-7. We stopped at the desk to get our gate check tag for the stroller when some attendant came charging at me saying “You are family boarding, go get in line NOW!” Alright lady, I’m going. Arnaud stayed behind with the stroller and I head off to the line with this lady and walk right onto the plane. Found 3 seats kinda far back and waited for Arnaud. We were all set and ready for takeoff. I have to tell ya, my fear of losing it on the hubs and pulling out the cranky never even had a chance to happen. So all was good in my book. We were off flying the friendly skies, 2 happy kids who spent their time either playing games, pulling at our faces, eating or sleeping. A short 2 hrs later we landed in sunny Florida. I have to say this is one of those times that maybe it would be nice to travel with family members. To maybe take a pic of us all flying together or something. But for whatever reason, I always forget to take a plane pic. I really think it’s because A. I’m a terrible nervous flyer and can’t even think about where the darn camera is OR B. I’m what I like to call an “ugly flyer”. You know as the flight goes on you get uglier by the minute. The face starts getting dry, the hair is looking greasy, clothes a wrinkled mess and my lips get cracked to no end. I come off the plane looking a hot mess. It irks me when I see these people walk off the plane fresh as a daisy. I want to be them. We found our way down to DME, waited in a short line and were boarded on a bus to the BC. Which just so happened, the bus wanted to stop at POR, Swan/Dolphin, BW and then the BC!!!!! Go to check in, the room was ready, this was now starting to turn out great. The resort was sooo lovely and our room was perfect too. I really was liking the BC at this point. We got settled and got our GG order all put away. The only thing to do next was the 2 little missions I had in mind. #1 checking to see if there was a BB offer in the room and #2 heading down to Hurricane Hannah’s. I wanted a kid’s meal for Josie so I could take that little bucket and shovel on the ship for CC!! Always thinking ahead! The BB offer was there and it was for free dining for next year around the same dates. We took that info with us, priced out BC, AKL and the GF. We decided to talk it over the rest of the day and decide what we thought we wanted to do, but as most of you know we later went with the GF and booked that just before we checked out the next day. Nothing like starting your vacation while already looking ahead to the next. HH, first order of business, some food and a FAB!!! However I have to say my beloved mango margarita was just OK. Not horrible because I did drink it. Josie got her kids meal, I grabbed a hot dog and Arnaud had a burger. All was good. Let’s throw that whole wait 30 minute before you swim rule out the window and hit this super cool SAB!!! AMAZING! This pool really is something. That little sandbar section was perfect for my babies. We splashed around in that for quite some time, even heading over to the hot tub area too. We took Josie over to that small slide for the kids, but she wasn’t too keen on it, so back to the sand dunes we went. We really enjoyed this pool so much. After a while, I could tell Andre needed a nap and Josie too. So we wandered around and found our way back to the room where we showered off and then all laid down for a quick little nap. First day on vacation with 2 little ones was moving right along, and it was feeling good.
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I really think it’s because A. I’m a terrible nervous flyer and can’t even think about where the darn camera is OR B. I’m what I like to call an “ugly flyer”. You know as the flight goes on you get uglier by the minute. The face starts getting dry, the hair is looking greasy, clothes a wrinkled mess and my lips get cracked to no end. I come off the plane looking a hot mess. It irks me when I see these people walk off the plane fresh as a daisy. I want to be them.
OMG!!! This fits me to a T as well!!! I will say though, that I do use the camera on the plane as a distraction from my nerves, for a little bit a least. I also make sure I never take pictures of myself...unless someone sneaky takes a picture while I'm sleeping, but that's the only way it will happen. I honestly don't know why I bother trying to make myself look nice before I get on the plane since it all goes to hell in a hand basket by the time we get there.
Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying your time at BC. It's such a beautiful resort and SAB is awesome! Can't wait to read more to see what else you got yourselves into.
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How did this slip past me!!! Thanks Aimee and Cheryl...you are going to help save me so much time now!!!
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OMG!!! This fits me to a T as well!!! I will say though, that I do use the camera on the plane as a distraction from my nerves, for a little bit a least. I also make sure I never take pictures of myself...unless someone sneaky takes a picture while I'm sleeping, but that's the only way it will happen. 
I honestly don't know why I bother trying to make myself look nice before I get on the plane since it all goes to hell in a hand basket by the time we get there. 
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