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Bedtimes do not count when you are on "Disney time!"
I was pretty loopy and not such a nice wife when i was yelling at my husband because I hadn't packed a thing! Then DH opened the door for the bell man and I was topless. . .poor guy I scarred him for life. See the things you didn't get to read in my last trip report.
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Your last day sounds fun!
I do love Magic Kingdom, that night is a Christmas party so I won't be tempted to stay out too late, although we do have hoppers and . . .someplace will have EMH. . .wait stop me can't do that again.
My DME packet came today and it was even the updated one from AKL to AKL villas! . I am soooooo happy, I just got goosebumps when I realized it.
I realized that I will have a long weekend for Thanksgiving and that will be a perfect time to pack! So now, I'm calmer!
We are going to go on a little weekend getaway this weekend. We've been needing to get away so we are going to a little indoor waterpark in northern Illinois. We will get to see one of my best friends who moved up there and just hang with her and her kids. I've been attached to her son since he was a baby and now he is 4 and I miss him so much. We called our selves second shift widows and we'd have our family dinners together, me and Lily and she and her son, it's a lot easier and more fun to cook for 4 than 1.5. It'll be so fun. I got a great deal and can hardly wait.
I'm thinking of getting Lily a small park bag, any recommendations?
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My DME packet came today and it was even the updated one from AKL to AKL villas! . I am soooooo happy, I just got goosebumps when I realized it.
I realized that I will have a long weekend for Thanksgiving and that will be a perfect time to pack! So now, I'm calmer!
We are going to go on a little weekend getaway this weekend. We've been needing to get away so we are going to a little indoor waterpark in northern Illinois. We will get to see one of my best friends who moved up there and just hang with her and her kids. I've been attached to her son since he was a baby and now he is 4 and I miss him so much. We called our selves second shift widows and we'd have our family dinners together, me and Lily and she and her son, it's a lot easier and more fun to cook for 4 than 1.5. It'll be so fun. I got a great deal and can hardly wait.
I'm thinking of getting Lily a small park bag, any recommendations?
Whhooo hoooo! I love the feeling of the DME packet coming in the mail!!! Espeically when you have made changes and its right!!!!
I hope you have a wonderful time going to see your friend. I had friend like that too. Before I married CindyBoy my friend and I were pretty inseperable. We fed the kids together, when we worked afternoons we dropped the kids off at one or anothers house so they at least had each other for company, it halfway eased our "single mom, always at work" guilt! On weekends the we travled from one house to the other. I think our kids were raised as more of siblings at times! I miss her incredibly! And her cooking. She even took me in for Thanksgiving after that......ummmm, small pumpkin pie incident.
I am loving reading your TR.....still not caught up as I have been working alot, but I'm getting there! You are sooo entertaining! Brent and I just love you! I am still laughing at the topless bell boy incident. ROTFLOL!!!
Whhooo hoooo! I love the feeling of the DME packet coming in the mail!!! Espeically when you have made changes and its right!!!!
I hope you have a wonderful time going to see your friend. I had friend like that too. Before I married CindyBoy my friend and I were pretty inseperable. We fed the kids together, when we worked afternoons we dropped the kids off at one or anothers house so they at least had each other for company, it halfway eased our "single mom, always at work" guilt! On weekends the we travled from one house to the other. I think our kids were raised as more of siblings at times! I miss her incredibly! And her cooking. She even took me in for Thanksgiving after that......ummmm, small pumpkin pie incident.
I am loving reading your TR.....still not caught up as I have been working alot, but I'm getting there! You are sooo entertaining! Brent and I just love you! I am still laughing at the topless bell boy incident. ROTFLOL!!!
Yea, that is exactly like Erika and I,
And. . . Cindy Boy, that is too much I just wish I had thought of it.
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Congrats on the Disney Mail!
On the bag, last year we waited until we got there and my oldest DD found the cutest Tinkerbell backpack at the Emporium. It wasn't a big backpack, it was perfect for her to put the little things she wanted to carry to the parks in.
I know some other posters will probably have some advice on some good bags to get before the trip.
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The rest of your plans sound great. You had me laughing out loud at some of your comments. Congrats on the Disney Mail. Gosh you only have 29 days. I hope it flies by for ya.
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I was pretty loopy and not such a nice wife when i was yelling at my husband because I hadn't packed a thing! Then DH opened the door for the bell man and I was topless. . .poor guy I scarred him for life. See the things you didn't get to read in my last trip report. 
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. I am soooooo happy, I just got goosebumps when I realized it. 
Disney Mail!! That's always fun!
I just wish I had thought of it.
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