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10 years of marital bliss or How To Celebrate Your Anniversary without your DH PTR
Thought I would take a shot at a PTR.
DH and I celebrated 10 years of marital bliss this Sept. The plan (and as with every great Disney plan this pretty much jinxed it) was for all of us to go to Poly for a week and do nothing but MK. It was on DH's bucket list to spend a whole 7 days at MK and we were going to knock it off. DH has COPD/Emphysema and going in Sept isn't his favorite so we were always planning on going in Dec.
Now...I will save you the headaches but the trip is now Me, ODS and YDS. Yup, you didn't miss anything....no DH. That's right, I'm celebrating our anniversary at WDW without DH. I probably could have changed the countdown in my signature, but I didn't want to start all the way on the left again so I decided to let it stand. Now it's a running joke in the house.
I'll probably end up revisiting parts of the winding road to our final plans in a later post, but I figured I would do the intros in this one.
So, without further interuption:
Me.... Mom, wife, team leader, Disney addict and craft freak.
ODS....high school senior, cancer survivor, future nursing student, HUGE POTC fan
YDS....4th grader, future trumpet player extraordinaire, HUGE Stitch fan, kiss a#$ master...that's right...he can suck up better than anyone
In fact, guess how he got that cupcake...that's right...sucking up at Ohana.
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I appreciate everyone wishing DH could come with us...and here's where I lose wife of the year. As much as it would be fun if he came, I'm kind of excited that he's not. You see, I've always wanted to take the boys on a "mom-son" trip. Blame the Mary Devall's of the world, but the idea of taking the boys and getting to spend the time with them has just always been appealing. I guess you could say it's on my bucket list. And with ODS going off to college this is probably one of the last times it will work out.
So no "Wife of the Year" for me this year. One of these days though.
Meanwhile, back in the barn...ODS, can I just call him J and be done with it? J is finishing up his college applications. The goal is to be done with them...all 3 of them- Picky much?- before we go away. Since he's applying to nursing schools and they all have to be in the Philly area it narrowed it down. He may even have his Temple decision before we leave. So, needless to say that's been the focus lately.
After Nov. 1st we've got a few projects to knock out and I figured what better place to list them then here:
1. Mousekeeping envelopes ~ J and I
2. Magic Moment cards ~ each person makes their own. This is YDS's favorite thing, (let's just call him JJ and be done with it...one J for old and JJ for young) as it netted him the cupcake from Ohana.
3. Tshirts for the trip ~ was going to be ambitious and do 3 each, but now the goal is one for MVMCP and anything extra is icing
4. Pillowcases for the room ~ if I can find Stitch fabric that is
5. Countdown ~ yeah, right...like that's going to happen
6. I know I had a couple of others, but I just can't seem to remember them right now...oh wait...I have to pre-order the PhotoPass CD. But there are others too.
When: Leave home 12/10
Arrive WDW 12/11
Leave WDW 12/16
Arrive home 12/17
Where: POFQ...new to us - preferred room...think that's water right?
Mode of transportation: Driving. J has is license and besides loving driving he's really good so he and I will switch off
Extras: We are going to stop and have dinner with my younger sister and new nephew on the way down. She lives in Florence SC. But we're staying at Brunswick GA the first night. Not sure where we're stopping on the way back. Looking for suggestions if you have any...preferably south Virginia.
We really want to get a big chunk of the driving out of the way the first days. We've got nothing better to do since we're on vaca and driving doesn't kill us too much. (She says so innocently now)
We have park hoppers and I plan on using them. We did end up getting free dining but if I gave you the ADRs now you would have nothing to look forward to.
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Sorry DH won't be able to join you. 
You see, I've always wanted to take the boys on a "mom-son" trip. Blame the Mary Devall's of the world, but the idea of taking the boys and getting to spend the time with them has just always been appealing. I guess you could say it's on my bucket list. And with ODS going off to college this is probably one of the last times it will work out. 
with that list and remembering what's not on it too! 
Good luck getting everything done! 
for the driving! 
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