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awesome--it seems like i may have quite a few meet-ups (and will have to do some serious signature photo studying! )
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Originally Posted by disney_duke
I'm missing you by 1 stinkin' day!!! I don't arrive till the 30th. Darn it! Well, I hope it's a productive trip for you.
drat! but thanks for the productivity wishes!!!
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Originally Posted by southerngirl1014
Boo I won't be there that time this year. However if you want to fly me down I would be MORE then happy to keep you company. Lol
ha! i'm not even flying myself down! i'll be driving the 1,100 miles all by myself...sigh...good thing i used to be VERY adventurous. i'll need to embrace the old, carefree, driving all over creation part of my this fall!
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Originally Posted by OhToodles!
I'll be there along with 9 of my family members from the 17th-24th. I bet you won't miss us.
good for you! i don't even HAVE nine family members (i'm a childless only child of an only child...tiny family!) i will study your photo and look for you in a large group!
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Originally Posted by jimmymac
I'm jealous
don't be! i'm technically 'working'...and it will be tiring (i know, i've done it before) but hopefully SOME fun will happen. i just hope i don't burn out on WDW. is that even possible?
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Originally Posted by Sue M.
Awwww, we leave Sept 1. Have a great trip. I'll be in Florida most of Aug, first 2 weeks will be in Ft. Lauderdale, then working our way north, with a 2 day stop off on the gulf coast. If you get the chance, spend a couple of days there, we love St. Pete Beach.
wow--that sounds like a great trip you have planned! st. pete beach? looking it up now...oh hey, that's right near where my friend lives (she lives in sarasota) so i'm willing to bet that i will check it out! thanks!!!
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Originally Posted by CinderAbby
I wish I were going to be there but we're going in July.
that only means that your trip is REALLY SOON! lucky you!!!
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Originally Posted by JKnott17
We won't be there until November I must say, I am intrigued by your "project", can you give us any info? 3 weeks in the world, I'm jealous!
i posted the link to my PTR above...wait i think i can do it again...
Only if your mom is there with you and practicing for the high hurdles at next years Penn Relays while you audition as for waitressing job at HOOTERS
We'll be there frrom the 6th thru 22
HA! ha ha ha ha ha!!!
oh my. seriously i laughed SO HARD when i read that (and i read it at work, in the middle of a silent study hall!)
our dates overlap (and man, you'll be there for a while, too!) say hello if you see me!!!
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Originally Posted by OneLittleSpark
I will be there from the 13th-20th. I will definately say hello if I see you! If you see me feel free to say hi too! Just call me sparky and I'll know exactly where I know you from! LOL
will do! will study your photo, too!
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Originally Posted by mommy4allkids
I'll be there 9/8-9/22 w/ DH & 11yr DS! We'll ALL say "HI"!
fantastic!
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Originally Posted by thinkpink
Wish I could be there...what can you tell us about your project? Is it on another thread somewhere?
see above. and thanks for asking! it is still in the very beginning stages (though i'll likely say that at EVERY stage--i'm trying not to get ahead of myself!)
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Originally Posted by QuiltsbyNini
We will be there from Sept 23 thru Oct 1.
I have to say...I LOVE your blog! Until this year we home schooled my two youngest kiddies. We all thought 'Disney School' was the most fun we could think of. In fact we are having 'Disney School' 3 days a week during the summer to get ready for the trip.
(I really thought the fun of learning Disney style would not last as long as it has, we go to Disney at least once a year)
Hope to see you!
Nini
thanks so much! it is REALLY good to know that others think it is a good idea. really--thanks! and good for you for homeschooling. teaching is the second hardest thing in the world to do--the first is parenting. combining them is both powerful and CRAZY challenging! bravo!
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Originally Posted by mommy4allkids
Darn Nini;
I'll miss you by 1 day. I homeschool my youngest 11yr DS & we're doing similar this summer. I'm so glad for & love Tracy's Blog, etc. We'll all have to compare notes! LOL
yes, we must! maybe over a mickey bar?
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Originally Posted by rella
I'll be there Sept 11 - 16..with 2 friends.....We're leaving "husbands" home, too. Hope to see you there
that sounds like a LOVELY trip. i'll just look for the three ladies having a GREAT time!
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Originally Posted by davishomeschool
Four of us will be there Sept. 12th thru 24th. Stop and say Hi if you see us!
We'll be there Sept 15-18 for our first MNSSHP. We'll say "hi" if we see you but I'm not very good at remembering faces, especially when there are crowds.
Nice blog by the way. I also know some people who would be interested in your Educational Guide to Walt Disney World when it's done.
oh my. seriously i laughed SO HARD when i read that (and i read it at work, in the middle of a silent study hall!)
our dates overlap (and man, you'll be there for a while, too!) say hello if you see me!!!
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This will be my 1st trip back since 96 and my DW 1st ever trip Check out my thead inSharing Adventure forum Under BUT I DONT'T LIKE THE MOUSE want to give myself pleny DISNEY TIME if plan fails and wife doesn't come over to the MOUSE SIDE Be sure to say hi if I see you. For your drive down contact me you may want to bypass I 95 Balt. x DC I can guide you thru Delaware to south of Balt and around DC
Only if your mom is there with you and practicing for the high hurdles at next years Penn Relays while you audition as for waitressing job at HOOTERS
Wish I could make it happen to be there in September! Maybe you should see what you can do to get on the Dream in August! We're on 2 sailings: August 16, and August 21.
We will be there Sept. 10 - 17 and will look for you! Hubby and I will just have our youngest daughter this trip, she is 9. (I say this because we will be a smaller crowd than usual..hee hee)
first...as this is my LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, i don't know when i'll be able to be on here with regularity anymore (though passporter WAS working from my home last night) so don't be offended if i'm not commenting for a bit. i've already told my husband that if the new router doesn't work, we're switching back to our old cable/internet company (with whom i had ZERO problems...the husband switched to get more channels...even though we both are too busy for tv!)
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Originally Posted by thinkpink
Thanks for the links! I enjoyed reading about the project and your blog. Fun read (good sense of humor!).
I,m thinking the project needs an assistant... Yeah! Pick me!
Enjoy and keep us posted!
thanks! and i'd love an assistant...unfortunately at this point i can't even afford to pay myself! maybe some day! (this is me with my fingers crossed!)
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Originally Posted by mommy4allkids
Now I REALLY can't wait for our trip to begin!!!
awwww!
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Originally Posted by JKnott17
Put me on the list for available research assistants
And thanks for the link, I just read the whole PTR and I really enjoy your writing style. I'm sold on whatever book you might publish!
thanks! i have to admit, the writing i do on here is NOT representative of the quality of my writing. i usually post on here during study halls and/or in quick stolen minutes throughout the day. that doesn't produce anything of quality--but thanks for thinking it was good!
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Originally Posted by lexiemom
We will be there Sept. 10-16, I will keep an out for you. Now I am off to read your PTR!
ETA: That sounds like a really great project, and you can't beat research at WDW!
thanks! and maybe i'll see you there!!!! i'm getting REALLY excited (now that the kids are gone for the year, it is REALLY sinking in that I'm Doing This. )
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Originally Posted by Wolfhunt
We'll be there Sept 15-18 for our first MNSSHP. We'll say "hi" if we see you but I'm not very good at remembering faces, especially when there are crowds.
Nice blog by the way. I also know some people who would be interested in your Educational Guide to Walt Disney World when it's done.
don't worry--i am good at faces in crowds. and i remember your pic (because it is such an awesome one). i'll keep an eye out for you! thanks for the kind words about my blog!
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Originally Posted by MikeL
HA! ha ha ha ha ha!!!
oh my. seriously i laughed SO HARD when i read that (and i read it at work, in the middle of a silent study hall!)
our dates overlap (and man, you'll be there for a while, too!) say hello if you see me!!!
This will be my 1st trip back since 96 and my DW 1st ever trip Check out my thead inSharing Adventure forum Under BUT I DONT'T LIKE THE MOUSE want to give myself pleny DISNEY TIME if plan fails and wife doesn't come over to the MOUSE SIDE Be sure to say hi if I see you. For your drive down contact me you may want to bypass I 95 Balt. x DC I can guide you thru Delaware to south of Balt and around DC[/QUOTE]
well, i sincerely hope she converts. if i run into you, perhaps i can help. after all, i converted my mom!
and thanks for the directional assistance--i'm actually very familiar with that area (i used to date two different guys who lived in the DC metro area, and i spent a summer working at the ariel rios building in DC) so i think i can manuver around the traffic. i'm actually planning on picking up 95 just south of richmond.
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Originally Posted by cubfancolleen
Wish I could make it happen to be there in September! Maybe you should see what you can do to get on the Dream in August! We're on 2 sailings: August 16, and August 21.
wow--i'm super jealous! though we will be on our 'epic road trip' in august (which i'm also super excited about!)
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Originally Posted by lesabrowning
We will be there Sept. 10 - 17 and will look for you! Hubby and I will just have our youngest daughter this trip, she is 9. (I say this because we will be a smaller crowd than usual..hee hee)
is it her first trip? if so--how exciting!!! thanks for looking for me!
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IN OTHER NEWS...the most awesome thing JUST happened to me while i was typing this, and i had to share...
a parent of a student i had several years ago walked into my now empty classroom. he had heard about my book project and asked how i was financing it (and i explained that i am financing it) and he offered me these two free airline tickets to orlando that he'd won (long story how). how awesome is that? i kind of wanted to hug him (and i told him that).
there are nice people in the world. really, really nice people.
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I must say, I am intrigued by your "project", can you give us any info? 3 weeks in the world, I'm jealous! 
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