August and Everything After WDW - Trip Report - Day 1 complete **Updated 8/29** - Page 3 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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To a new day, we go on.
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Hurry back can't wait for more, y'all will have to let me know when is the meeting w/ the other ppers I'll be there around that time also Aug 9th - 18th
Melissa "mestitch" Loflin - Biography
Where did Melissa "Mestitch" Loflin come from you ask? The beginning of this Disney craze stems from her honeymoon trip with Andy "Brit_Invader" aka Nady to the World. Even before the trip itself, the Disney bug had bitten hard as you can tell by their wedding cake.
So it was on this honeymoon trip they both discovered their newfound love, Epcot.
Each year the trips continued. The 2004 release of Celebrating Everything introduced to them to their recording companion, Mo.
As the trips continued so did the unadulterated fun. Melissa discovered the Rose and Crown in 2005.
And both Nady and Melissa caused trouble with friends at Raglan Road in 2006 and 2007.
What does the future hold for this duo? Who knows. But what we do know is -where these two go, good times are sure to follow.
Nady Coflin - Biography
Nady Coflin has been described as the brains behind the project. The man behind the proverbial curtain and, as Neil Tennant so aptly sang, “I've got the brains, you've got the looks. Let's make lots of money!” Except Nady is armed with both the brains and the looks, but not a lot of money…and definitely no proverbial curtain. Nady received his musical training while at Clemson University; graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Communications and a laptop full of MP3s he downloaded off of Limewire while in lecture. From this musical seed sprung a tree of learning from which Nady dined regularly, every Tuesday and Thursday. While still fronting the wildly successful New Wave Folk band, Remains of the Day, Nady married his best friend of many years Melissa “Mestitch” Loflin. “There’s nothing more rock-n-roll than hooking up with a librarian! HAHAHA” commented Nady to a guy that he thought was a reporter but was actually a parking attendant. They quickly hopped the next Toyota Corolla North of the border to the bustling city of Charlotte, North Carolina; the town that never sleeps past 6:30 am on weekdays and 9:30 am on the weekends. For the next few years the brains and the looks “Nady” and the looks “Mestitch” worked together to create such classic’s as the mournful ballad “I’ve Lost The DDE Card Honey!” and the late night bar anthem “CowldI’venother Pint of Guinnessssspleasssse” Live at Raglan Road. What is on the horizon for the hit making duo? Keep reading and experience it yourself.
Nady and friends at Raglan Road
Nady in some 80's clothes he found in the attic while searching for the infamous Indy-Andy hat.
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OMG that pic of Andy in the 80's clothes is so funny!~
You should see the rainbow shorts he has on as well. But that photo was not appropriate for PP eyes : seriously... he went to T & K's to clean out his junk from their attic and found this old outfit and then proceeded to put it on for everyone later that night. These little white shorts had a rainbow stripe up the side and NOBODY would admit to having worn them. But Karen (DMIL) says she is positive those shorts were Matt's (DBIL)
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Congrats on the new job. Can't wait to read the next update and '80's Andy is hilarious. But to be fair, we need to see '80's Melissa... Here's a quote for regarding waiting for the right things in your life:
"I am going into an unknown future, but I'm still all here, and still while there's life, there's hope."
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My Principal: Well, I have a transfer for you here
Me: HUH?? What?
My Principal: How would you like to be the school media specialist here at N.B. Mills?
Me: HUH?? What? How are you going to do that?
My Principal: Alisha (current librarian) took a position at the district level so we're going to laterally move you into it.
Me: Are you kidding me?? <<<Breaks into hysterical crying and thank youing>>>
Me again: (in between sobs) I get to stay with my friends and the kids and I get to be in the library!!!!
Y'all have no idea how super excited and thankful I am about all of this!!! I told my principal I'd have to call my mama and tell her that she was right and I was wrong and that I just need to have some patience b/c things work out the way they are meant to. This must be the reason I didn't get the job I interviewed for a few months ago.... this is why I couldn't get anyone to respond about this current opening at the other school. It all fell into place in the best case scenario possible!
SO, I had to share!
And now we'll continue the Pre TR when Andy gets home from work
Congratulations!!!!! That must be so exciting for you. I am a firm believer in things happening when and how they are meant to.
1...First and foremost...Congratulations on the job
2...Awesome format for the PTR...but makin' me a little scared to write my first one soon
3...Must admit, although SOO excited to read another of your extremely entertaining PTRs...am a bit green that yall have gotten to go so much...but it's all good as long as you keep letting us in on it.
4...80s Andy... Awesome!!
5...Can't wait to hear more!!
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seriously... he went to T & K's to clean out his junk from their attic and found this old outfit and then proceeded to put it on for everyone later that night. These little white shorts had a rainbow stripe up the side and NOBODY would admit to having worn them. But Karen (DMIL) says she is positive those shorts were Matt's (DBIL) 
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that yall have gotten to go so much...but it's all good as long as you keep letting us in on it. 
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