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Sorry about the tax bill. But glad you found a way to pay for it AND a Disney trip as well (mostly for selfish reasons - I get to read about it!). Can't wait for more!
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
Woo, hoo--another Melissa & Andy trip! Melissa, I love reading your trip reports, & Andy, I love it when you give us "the rest of the story!" Can't wait to hear all about it!
I’m more than happy to fill in the parts that Melissa....omits.
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Melissa and Andy, Charleston SC, February 2008.
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Coming up: July 2010 - Animal Kingdom Lodge for Mel's 30th Birthday!!!!!
Great start, Melissa. And who needs a retirement plan? I mean, I'm sure there comes a time when one is too old and too jiggered to enjoy Disney...... and what's the point of money then?
I love all the photos of the two of you being kind to small animals. I'm thinking that my own TR should include photos of me being kind to children, so that I will be perceived as Mary Poppins rather than the Cruella de Vil I truly am.
Looking forward to reading about your plans, to see how they compare with ours.
Since I have no children of my own, I considered posting a picture of me being kind (I am, really, most of the time) to my students but then I figured that might violate some sort of school policy or something.....
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Woo - hoo!! I love Melissa and Andy trip reports. They make me remember what it was like to be young and carefree. . . . . .okay, it was a long time ago!!
As I sit here listening to the music from the Fountain of Nations on Mouse House Radio I am inspired to add a little more to my pre-trip report... I gotta stretch this thing out people... I started too early... There's still 2 weeks until we leave. Granted I don't get much done on the weekends on the boards, so that takes away 4 days, and I'm sure I'll be busy packing on the Thursday before leave, so that takes away another day, but that leaves me with NINE DAYS to stretch out my pre-trip report. As the Jungle Cruise captain said to us "This may get worse folks"... "It just did".
SO, we've gone through Change #1 and Change #2.... here comes.... yep you guessed it, Change #3.
Andy, help me out here, but I'm thinking you told me about this either at your brother's wedding, or at the rehearsal, or somewhere around that time.... If I say something that's wrong, just fix me okay? (We all know you won't have that opportunity much )
Anyhoo, my brain is telling me it was my DBIL's wedding that Andy tells me he wants to change our trip a little. He wants to add a day at the beginning but he couldn't figure out a way to book it without me knowing b/c we check our checking account daily. So he figured he'd go ahead and tell me that much. The only thing was, it was his day to plan. He wanted to plan everything himself as a birthday present to me. Awww, don't ya him?? I mean, I wasn't quite sure of letting loose (not let go completely) of my death grip on my license to plan....but my young Disney Padawan has learned well, I know the force will be with him as he plans.
So, next thing I remember is sitting at the wedding reception bugging him with 20 questions trying to figure out what we're going to be doing. I knew it was going to be a non-park day. How did I know that? Cause he told me, duh He can't keep a complete secret to save his life. I tried to pick something really obscure that I didn't think we'd be doing b/c we've already done it... So I blurted out "Are we going to see La Nouba???" And his facial expression gave it away. Whoops I had figured out one surprise... sorry 'bout that. I really am. But I am NOT sorry that we're going to get to see La Nouba again!!! We saw it on our honeymoon and it was our first Cirque experience. So it holds special memories
So that's the only thing I have figured out so far. And I've stopped even playing around with asking him questions in fear I'll figure something else out.
So let's recap...
Change #1 - April 9 - 13 to July 8 - 13
Change #2 - POFQ to WL
Change #3 - adding a day at the beginning, so now it's July 7 -13
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In all seriousness. I wanted to give Melissa what she loves most in the world (next to me that is)...more time at Disney. I can’t say much but I’ve got some good stuff planned that I’m sure she will enjoy. I’ve learned over the years how to do this. I’m no where near some of you folks but I think I can hold my own when it comes to planning a day outside of the parks. We’ve never done this before, have a day to just relax and not worry about going to a park and squeezing ever last drop out of it. It will be nice. I’ve used a few resources to help me plan along the way...allEars...Angie They we’re both very helpful! More on all of this later...
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Melissa and Andy, Charleston SC, February 2008.
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Coming up: July 2010 - Animal Kingdom Lodge for Mel's 30th Birthday!!!!!
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But glad you found a way to pay for it AND a Disney trip as well (mostly for selfish reasons - I get to read about it!). Can't wait for more!
Melissa, I love reading your trip reports, & Andy, I love it when you give us "the rest of the story!" Can't wait to hear all about it!
Since I have no children of my own, I considered posting a picture of me being kind (I am, really, most of the time) to my students but then I figured that might violate some sort of school policy or something..... 
I love Melissa and Andy trip reports. They make me remember what it was like to be young and carefree. . .
. . .okay, it was a long time ago!!
the WL can't wait to hear all about it
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He can't keep a complete secret to save his life. I tried to pick something really obscure that I didn't think we'd be doing b/c we've already done it... So I blurted out "Are we going to see La Nouba???" And his facial expression gave it away. Whoops 
I had figured out one surprise... sorry 'bout that. I really am. But I am NOT sorry that we're going to get to see La Nouba again!!! We saw it on our honeymoon and it was our first Cirque experience. So it holds special memories 
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