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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
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Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
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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.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
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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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07-25-2002, 09:15 PM
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Guide since 2003
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Mifflin, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,546
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Family problems~ I am near tears!
Let me start this post by quoting a plaque I saw today at Kennywood Park ( I should have bought it)
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The difference between inlaws & outlaws is that outlaws are wanted!!
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">As I wrote in my previous post about my stepFIL & him being a party pooper on our upcoming Disney trip..
Well, today was a HORRIBLE day & I just don't know what to do.
MIL wanted to go to Kennywood Amusement park today & we all went.. Everything was going along wonderful... stepFIL was even riding a lot of the rides I would never expect ( for you Pittsburghers he went on The Exterminator among others ) & I kept saying to MIL & DH " Wow, Dick is really doing great, he is trying so many new things" & DH & MIL agreed.
Well, DH & DS got in line to go on Phantoms Revenge ( A pretty wild Roller Coaster) & the rest of us chickens decided to wait..StepFIL & other DS had to go to the bathroom & proceeded to walk to what they thought was the closest one. I said to MIL " There's a bathroom around the corner" Well, MIL gets all flustered & starts running after stepFIL ( like he's 2YO) she does'nt catch up to them so she decides to go to the bathroom herself.
Okay.. DD & I are talking with a friend we met there & stepFIL comes up to me in a huff screaming " Where's Linda??" (MIL) I said "she went looking for you guys at the bathroom" He then looses it & SCREAMS "I told her to stay where she was & not leave!!" & in a tizzy fit takes off to find MIL.. My friend looks at me like stepFIL lost his mind & I was humiliated by his scene. I say goodbye & by the time I catch up to MIL & stepFIL he is SCREAMING at her that if he tells her to stay somewhere she better not leave & she is an A**, ( among other nasty words which I didn't appreciate in front of my children) he's tired of her just leaving & she better start listening..he is never doing anything with her or going anywhere with her yada yada yada...
Well people were really staring ( I am not exaggerating he was SCREAMING at the top of his lungs!!) & I felt VERY uncomfortable ( not to mention embarassed for us & MIL) so I took my kids to get an ice cream & wait for DH & DS. Meet up with DH & we get back to MIL & stepFIL & he is STILL yelling..
DH wants to go eat dinner & we walk into a little cafteria type restaurant to see the menu & stepFIL says that it's too loud he doesn't want to eat there.. DH has now HAD it & tells us that WE ( our family- the 5 of us) ARE eating there & MIL & stepFIL can do what they want!! ( Yeah Jim!!! way to stand up for yourself!) we order our food & get a table & after a couple of minutes MIL comes & sits by us & instead of being mad at her DH she is apologetic "Oh, when Dick gets tired he gets cranky!" We left the park right after dinner as a storm was headed their way & EVERY ride in the park was shut down ( I guess they are taking extraordinary precautions after the bad storm in May)
Well, StepFIL is still not speaking to MIL & she keeps trying to talk to him & baby him & he is totally ignoring her..He now has gone to bed!
Here's what's bothering me.. We have adjoining rooms at Disney & If he pulls a stunt like today we will be stuck in the room listening to him rant & rave...
This is one instance where telling MIL that we were embarassed by him will do NO good.. she will defend him & then turn it around " You get mad at Jim & yell too!"
A bit of FYI... MIL married this man for his $$$$.. He is a multi-millionaire & lets her buy ANYTHING she wants but I'm sorry NO amount of money is worth being humiliated!!!
What do we do??? I am really thinking of cancelling this trip ( & I'll probably break my kids hearts, not to mention really make DH mad!!)
WHY OH WHY DID I ASK HER TO COME ON THIS TRIP??????
You know the old saying "leave & learn" well, I think I'm learning a hard lesson..
Sorry to go on & on guys but I am sitting here with tears streaming down my face thinking of a ruined ( or VERY uncomfortable) Disney trip... Thanks for letting me vent!!! [img]graemlins/cry2.gif[/img] The one good thing that came of this is DH made us do what WE wanted & not cater to stepfIL.. that is a plus going into the trip.. We will do what we want & to heck with them!!! |
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