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My goodness you were very busy yesterday, but it sounds like all of it gets you closer to being ready. Congrats on getting BOG for the next trip.
I was very busy and very tired when I finished. I was chatting with Pat today on FB and he said he will like coming home to a really clean house. I said I hope I get to come home to a clean house after my trip and he said "fat chance". Oh well. I'm happy about BoG, even though I thought I was content with skipping it, I really wanted to go there again.
Omigoodness you've been busy! Congrats on your first egg, getting your ADRs, and your productive day! for your mom! 6 more days to go!
It always seems to be busy around here. The egg was very exciting, we haven't had another one yet, but that's not unusual, they are just getting started. Once they all start laying we will have about 17 dozen a week. Shana is going to be selling them.
Today I didn't do quite as much as yesterday, but still managed to get a lot done.
I discovered that Hunter had not completed some assignments he was suppose to, so I had him do some of those and the others will be other the next couple of days.
I got through most of the laundry, including stripping my bed and washing my sheets and quilt. Hunter and Shana both got all their laundry put away (I checked under the bed )
I did dust and vacuum the family room and the spiral staircase (I hate vacuuming the spiral staircase).
I took some time and watched some episodes of Psych, I fell behind awhile ago and am trying to catch back up.
While cleaning the family room, I found a digital picture frame Pat got me awhile ago. I had never done anything with it. So I pulled it out and started transferring pictures from my hard drive to a flash drive. So far I pulled pics from 2000-2011. I will probably do the rest tomorrow. The sucky thing is I had it plugged in and the plug wasn't really close and the dogs broke the cord. I will need to get a new adapter. Stupid dogs!!
I also have the kids' lessons ready for tomorrow and Tuesday. I have some grading to do, which is why Hunter managed to skip some lessons.
I really didn't do anything specific for the trip today. I decided to wait until Thursday to pack. This is not like me, but it's just easier with it being just me. I figure I will do the laundry Thursday morning and then pack while the kids are at the school for a few hours and while Pat's at work. I have all the oddities accounted for, all I need to put in the suitcase is my clothes and toiletries.
I also chatted with Pat on FB for quite some time today. He should be leaving tomorrow and I probably won't hear from him until he hits the east coast. He has some tight connections and he is anticipating that he will miss one of them. He has one that he has a 32 minutes change of planes and has to collect his luggage and get through customs. Yeah, fat chance of that happening.
I haven't done an official weigh in, but I did weigh myself this morning and I am at 221.5. I'm still hopeful I will get under the 220 mark.
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Congrats on getting all the ADRs you wanted including BOG. I am still debating if we want to do lunch or try for dinner.
Safe travels for Pat. Hope he makes all his connections!
Pixies for your Mom! I'm glad she's okay! Good luck getting everything done! Boy, you've been busy! Not much longer! I hope Pat makes all his connections!
Sounds like you had another successful day. Luke and I love Psych.
I don't know when or where I fell behind in Psych, but I stopped watching because it was confusing me. I decided I want to catch back up, it is such a funny show!
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Congrats on getting all the ADRs you wanted including BOG. I am still debating if we want to do lunch or try for dinner.
Safe travels for Pat. Hope he makes all his connections!
We really enjoyed the dinner at BoG, and I don't like waiting at all for CS.
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Pixies for your Mom! I'm glad she's okay! Good luck getting everything done! Boy, you've been busy! Not much longer! I hope Pat makes all his connections!
Just wait till my next update, I have made myself busier, with a last minute project.
The last two days have been a bit crazy. I know that is not really a surprise, but it's making the time go very quickly.
Monday we got school done, I finished all the vacuuming, dusting and caught up all the laundry.
Yesterday we finished up school for the next two weeks, I still need to grade the kids work, and I'm hoping everything is done, if not they will be completing it tomorrow morning. We went to Roswell for Shana's art class and Hunter decided that he wanted to take art class as well. I was really happy about that. He is more a math/science kid and has always hated art. But he has been creating comic books since he was 5 and I think is wanting to learn how to draw better. While I had an hour of freedom from the kids I ran to Office Max and got some postcard card stock (details in a minute) and some pens for our calendar. I then hit Sam's club and bought some quick snack foods for Pat and the kids while I'm gone. After getting our obligatory Taco Bell (Taco Bell Tuesday ) we came home.
When we got home I got to work on a new little project for the trip. I was really struggling with all the maps for my lists of photos and having to drag them all around. There are about 70 maps/lists. Reading another TR someone had put there lists and itineraries on notecards. I knew I didn't have time to cut and paste them all, but I found some postcard stock and was able to use Avery's design and print to create the cards. I got almost all of them entered last night (still have the resorts to do) and then I just have to print them front and back. These will fit in the small cross-body purse I carry and will be much easier, and they are still legible!
Thanks for all the travel pixies for Pat, they were definitely with him. His flight into the US was on time and his flight leaving was delayed 20 minutes. Allowing him time to get through customs. However, he thought this would make it impossible to make the connection of only 32 minutes in Houston, but that flight was also delayed and he made it and arrived in Albuquerque on time. He stayed at a hotel last night and we are leaving in about 20 minutes to go meet him.
The pixies have also worked with the weight loss. I weighed in yesterday at 219.9!!! Now I just don't weigh myself before I go and I can say I was under 220 before the trip. I'm really happy and I am planning to try to not go overboard in Disney. I do know on most trips I eat like crazy and gain little or no weight. I'm sure walking 8 million miles helps.
That is all for today, I need to hit the road to go see my hubby!
I can't believe Pat made his connections! Getting down to the wire now and it sounds like you're really as prepared as it's possible to be. Congratulations on the weight loss! You did it! Safe travels and have a wonderful trip! I'll be looking for you!
I LOVE your maps project! Sounds like it will be much easier for you now. Thank goodness all of the pixie dust worked for Pat! I was thinking to myself, "man, that is cutting it awful close!" Glad everything worked out in his favor! Congratulations on your weight loss!!!! I'm so proud of you! Yeah, if I were you, I'd probably not weigh myself anymore before the trip either...to me, it counts, and that's all I would need to see before the trip to continue to claim that weight!
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Congrats on getting BOG for the next trip. 
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Not much longer! I hope Pat makes all his connections! 
We really enjoyed the dinner at BoG, and I don't like waiting at all for CS. 
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Safe travels and have a wonderful trip! I'll be looking for you!
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