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Darlene, I've spent this afternoon catching up on you Penny Pinching TR. You all are the penny pinching pros. I can't believe how lucky you've been, especially with out of order machines being fixed before you left. Congrats! I'm glad you mentioned still feeling sick after riding the green side of ME as I've wondered if I might could do that. But I think this will still be one ride I just won't do. Feeling sick just isn't fun. Glad you felt better fairly quickly. All your dinners with the characters were wonderful and I agree that it had to have been the same Lady Tremaine. Can't wait for your closing.
I can't believe the trip is coming to an end. I am impressed with the 3 parks on your last day! Not even DH & I tried that when it was just us on our honeymoon
I can't wait to hear how many pennies you were able to get. When you talked about looking them over, I thought that has got to be fun as you remember where you have been to get them all. I loved the pictures where Lenny is wearing the astro hat or when he is posing for silly photo ops. I love it when I see the Men doing that . I watched a Grampa one time dancing in a water spra area with a toddler one time and just stopped to watch the two of them together. The pictures where you stck your head through were so good. It looks like you all had such a great time together. And please post a picture of how you display your pennies, it sounds really neat.... you know the "pressed penny thing"
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Great TR, Darlene! I can't believe all the pressed pennies you were able to get. I believe last year we were at 1900 Park Faire on the same day and that does look like the same Lady T and you are so right about last years Prince, he was a real dud.
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Very nice TR. Lenny seems to be very devoted to his two ladies. I really liked the two birthday cakes and the daily penny search. Can't wait to read your wrap up and find how many pennies you were able to collect.
Wow - I gave up my nap to read the whole TR. It might not sound like much, but naps are important to me! I loved reading it. Can't wait to hear the grand total. I loved all the pictures, too. Definitely got me more excited for my upcoming trip!
Sounds like you may have achieved your goal with the pressed pennies. I can't wait to see the final total. I'm glad Lenny was such a good sport about the Princess cake. LOL
What a wonderful last day. I am so happy that they fixed the penny machines that were broken, how magical that on your last evening the last two machines were working at ASMo. What a great birthday meal at CM - loved the two cake idea it was too funny. Can't wait to hear the final totals....
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Congrats on getting all those pennies. Do you have them all and just curious, how many books do they fill up? So sad to see your TR coming to an end. I have so enjoyed reading about your adventures.
Yikes - now I really can't wait to hear the grand total. Sounds like an exhausting, but smooth day - I'm not surprised you're ready to head home
I'm not giving away my total yet - you still have to wait a little longer. The day went well, but it had been a long vacation, so I think we were all ready, including Abby.
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Sounds awesome--can't wait to hear the final total!
Thanks - the total will be revealed - eventually
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I love the 2 cakes!!! Sounds like a nice birthday for Lenny and how sweet of him to spend some of his card on his two favorite ladies!! How cool to be able to get all those pennies,that is just awesome and what a great collection!
Lenny enjoyed the day. And as much as I kept telling him to spend his b-day card on himself, he finally said he gets more joy out of seeing us wear or use something he's gotten for us so I couldn't argue with that. And the pennies are quite the collection - I will be posting pictures too when I post the totals
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Wow, sorry Mission Space did such a number on you. Apart from that, it sounds like a great birthday. I'm really looking forward to finding out the final total...
Thanks Cheryl. Out of all of us, I didn't expect it to be me that had a problem with the ride. I survived and recovered quick, but I won't go on it again. And yes, Lenny did have a good day.
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Great update! Congrats on all the pressed pennies you got
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Sounds like a great birthday for Lenny. I am anxious to hear how many pennies you collected. My children enjoy the pennies, but I don't think we will go to the lengths that you did to get them.
I don't think anyone else will go to the extent we did for the pennies. But like I said, what made it easy was the heat this year. Had it been cooler, we probably wouldn't have even wanted to be inside, let alone looking for the pennies. It was hot out, we wanted to be cool, so I extended our time in the AC by looking for the machines.
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Sorry you got sick on MS; I loved it!
Congrats on getting all the pennies!
Thanks. I know why you love it - it was cool but once I got that feeling of nausea, it really killed my enjoyment of the ride real quick.
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Great pictures thruout the day as well! 
I cant' believe you got all the pennies you set out to get! 
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You all are the penny pinching pros. I can't believe how lucky you've been, especially with out of order machines being fixed before you left. Congrats! 
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Apart from that, it sounds like a great birthday. 
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