A New Grade, A New House, and A Surprise! TR August 21-31 - Page 13 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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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:
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.
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I wish I could add a day to the beginning of my trip to see you and one to the end to meet Linny, but alas it is not meant to be.
Oh bummer for you not meeting Linny - seems like you two have become quite close through these boards. One of these days you'll meet up (and hopefully I'll get a chance to meet you both! )
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Why do these kids look so pathetic?
Find out in: A New Grade, A New House, and A Surprise!Final Thoughts 01/30
So, there hasn't been much in the way of updates for this PTR - the whole secret thing makes it hard to plan much when the kids are around I did get some pins in the mail the other day that I ordered from ebay, so I was really excited about those and tucked them away with my secret packing stuff. I am always leery about ordering pins from ebay - never know if you'll get 'fakes'. These were still packaged starter pin packs, so I think they are legit.
House stuff is rolling full steam ahead. Looks like we'll have to do 2 moves. Sigh. Out of our current house on the 13th of September, stuff into storage, find a temporary home, get new house on 21st (hopefully!) and move again. Double sigh. The house is coming along though - it's finally bricked Here's a pic:
We will move in one day....LOL!
Oh, and the kids decided to announce that they didn't want to go to daycamp on the 17th. What's that now? Ummm....yeah, you have to - I need to pack!!!!!!!!! I think I convinced them that they should go...at least I hope I have! If not, I'll have to figure out a plan B!
That's all for me for now - I'll update when there's something to tell
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Stacey
Why do these kids look so pathetic?
Find out in: A New Grade, A New House, and A Surprise!Final Thoughts 01/30
Today we went shopping for shoes for DH for the trip. I've been up in the air as to what shoes I was bringing for the kids, and have been surreptitiously asking how each pair of shoes are that they've been wearing. Not satisfied that anything they have will be suitable for the long walks at WDW, I decided I needed to get them a new pair without saying exactly why....DD did ask, and I mentioned something about all the walking at the 'big mall' in the States that we always go to in August...not going this year though
We luckily found a new pair of Crocs for DS (he lives in his!) and a cute pair of Adidas flipflops for DD. Normally I am not a fan of flipflops for WDW, but these are super cushioned and don't bother her at all between the toes. Both kids had the tags cut off the shoes at the store and wore them for the rest of our shopping expedition - and no complaining about sore feet! Woohoo LOL! It's the small things right?
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Stacey
Why do these kids look so pathetic?
Find out in: A New Grade, A New House, and A Surprise!Final Thoughts 01/30
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I did get some pins in the mail the other day that I ordered from ebay, so I was really excited about those and tucked them away with my secret packing stuff. I am always leery about ordering pins from ebay - never know if you'll get 'fakes'. These were still packaged starter pin packs, so I think they are legit. 
that the kids decide to go to day camp.
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with the packing!
I've talked to so many people who have had to move twice that I now feel I can survive it! LOL!
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