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As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
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:
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.
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.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
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.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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10-15-2013, 01:39 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 677
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IN-LAWS
Does anyone else have in-law issues? It really isn’t too bad but, the last 9 months have been rough.
It all started last Easter. My grandma has dementia/kidney failure and a heart that only works at 17%. She is in a nursing home and fading. So I asked MIL if I could host Easter so my Gram could be there too. She said, sure. Well fast forward a week before Easter she says, “We have traditions and, sorry but I am hosting Easter” Okay lady, I have been at Easter at your home. The only tradition I saw was the Easter baskets you gave ever child but, my daughter. (She excludes her often) Thinking she may say, invite your Gram here. Nope, needless to say my DH went to his mother’s and I had Easter at my house with my Gram, DD and myself. Our first married Easter. Yeah me!
This really made me angry and hurt but, I am trying to forget and move on.
Then fast forward, to July 4th celebrations. My DH and his niece have the same birthday. They like to do the July 4th at our home because we can legally shoot fireworks. Okay fine, I put together a great menu and appetizers. Talk to my SIL and she suggest we just do the family birthdays this date. Okay sounds good; I go buy balloons, party streamers, and plates for her daughter and my DH birthday. She then brings in all this princess stuff and just takes over my house. DN wanted a firework/princess celebration???!!! SIL’s oldest daughter is 10 and she pinched my DD (14) so hard she bled and left bruises on her. I did not know this until the next day. So I send SIL a text letting her know what had happened, she calls DH and goes off. Calls me the B****and I have nerve tattling on a 10yo. Well 10yo is old enough to know better.
We are now excluded from everything fun they do. Never a invite unless one of DN is getting present from us. That’s a whole other post. So finally last weekend they ask; do you guys want to meet at the pumpkin patch? Sure, we go and pictures are taken by SIL and MIL. Then once they were home they posted on Facebook. Not one of DH, DD or myself. Every other member of the family, except us. Now this past Sunday, DH Mom knows I love going to the wineries. Everyone except DH, DD and I get an invite. They start posting pictures again; we live 20 minutes from this winery. They have to drive past our home to get there. When Dh asks his Mom why we didn’t get the invite. She said it was a spur of the moment idea. It’s hard to get everyone together. Well maybe when we called to ask if anything was going on this Sunday that would have been a good time to mention it.
I am sure it is because of me and DD. She is not DH bio and she is treated very differently from the other Grandchildren. DH sister even mentioned all the things MIL and FIL do for her kids. I said, that is good they do all of that. She relplied, it must be hard my DD that she doesnt have grandparents(they have past away and so has her bio dad). I replied, I dont care if your parents love my DD like they do yours. They do not have too, your are correct she is not their Grandaughter. But, they do have to be kind to her and fair. She didn't take that well.
Any advice? I do not know how much longer I can keep my lip tight.
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