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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
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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12-22-2004, 11:16 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
Posts: 17,126
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Just need to vent.....
Warning....this is long and may have TMI for some.
I have so many things going around in my head right now, and I've been trying to keep it together, but I am really starting to feel overwhelmed. Plus, it doesn't help that Ariana is getting her molars in and has been up for the last few nights, so we haven't been sleeping well. Last night I was up from 2am until just before 5am. Anyway, here goes. I just need to get things out before I lose it and start bawling.
I am very stressed out about next semester, the internship, and daycare. I need 15 credits to graduate. The internship is worth 4 credits, and I need to drop one of my classes to do the interning. I am having a problem deciding which class to drop. I will be at school Mon pm, Tue, Thur, and poss Fri am. I will intern Mon and Wed. The big dilemna is that DD's daycare only has room for her Tues, Thurs, and Fri, which was our schedule this last semester. I was going to ask my mom and gma if they could help me out this semester and watch her M & W for me trading off days. My mom is talking about getting a job now. Knowing my mom, she'll talk about it for the next few weeks, and then she won't get one.
So, I was thinking about finding a new daycare, or another to take DD on M&W. DH doesn't understand why I'm stressing out about it. I've thought about not doing the internship too. He says "would you do it if we didn't have Ariana?" Well, yeah. Then do it. Easy for him to say, he doesn't have to do the intern, schoolwork, and take care of DD and the house. He says he'll help out more around the house, but we've gone through that one before. He helps for about 2 weeks, and then slacks off again. I hate nagging at him to help out. I don't feel I should have to.
Most of you know we've been trying for baby#2. This is my other cause of stress. I've been on a 28 day cycle for the last how many years, and once we started in Sept, it's been nothing by messed up cycles. I just had a 24 day cycle and aunt flo lasted twice as long as she normally does. I just stopped spotting, and decided to take a ovulation test and it's showing early ovulation! What! We actually think with this last cycle that I may have had an early miscarriage where the egg didn't take or implant. I go in to see the doc next week for a repap after my last one was abnormal, so we'll discuss it then. I know the stress I'm putting on myself, doesn't help with trying to get pg, so I'm trying to de-stress, but it just isn't working.
We've also got the fun family issues that others have for the holidays too. So that's always fun to deal with.
So, I'm not really in the holiday spirit and am basicallly feeling like a big scrooge!  I am counting down the days until our vacation, as I sooo need it! Thanks for letting me vent. It feels better to get this stuff out. |
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