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I'm glad you had Morgan with you. It's great her first flight was a good one! I love her expressions on seeing the room. It looks amazing and i just love the views!
Love the scrapbooking room! You are as organized as I WANT to be!
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Originally Posted by OhToodles!
So true!
I love the shelves, as you know. I need more organization in my life, but until I can get tid of toys I don't think it's going to happen.
you find the camera cord! I had to buy a cord that can read multiple different cards because my computer wouldn't recognize a memory card over 2G. Just something to consider if you have to get a new one. I found it at Wal-Mart.
I feel the SAME way about the toys that have overtaken my house and seem to multiply everynight
I describe my organizational style as ...organized chaos.
So glad that you found your camera cord! When things go missing around my house, I've learned to "toss" the boys' room because it usually winds up there. I couldn't find my cell phone charger...I looked in the boys room and finally found it. The older two were using it as a tie because they'd "arrested" Hans Solo and tied him to the bed leg.
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Glad you found your cable!! Can't wait to see pics of the painting and the floors! You are a wonderful organizer - and you could teach classes (and I have a husband I need to enroll right away - how much?)
I read your post to Luke. He said unfortunately my organizational skills to not transfer to husbands. I guess, he should know since he will have been married to me for 31 years in a week and a half. I bought him a Sears Craftsman tool box, the big kind, for Christmas about 10 years ago. With all the projects we've done, I've discovered that the screwdriver set and other tools are not in the chest, but scattered all over the place. Oh well, I tried.
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more please
Coming up!
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So glad you found the cord!!!!
Your scrapbooking room looks fantastic! I am hoping to eek out some space in our new house for my work area
getting a bit of a place for your scrapping!
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Room looks wonderful! I can't believe how much Disney you've managed to work into just a few shelves! Congrats on getting things closer to finished and on finding that missing cable!
I can find ways to get Disney into every nook and cranny. And if it's not Disney it's a lot like Animal Kingdom.
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Those shelves are really beautiful. You are very good at being organized. That room is amazing. Maybe Luke finding his "Hidden Mickey" was a sign of good things to come!!!!! Hey, it saved your DME Bus from crashing into a car!!!!!!
I think it did keep the bus and the car form going kapowey.
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So glad you found the cable! Can't wait to see all the new things!
I'll add pictures of the house after my newest update.
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I love your room! My loft serves as my scrapbooking room. I wonder if I could convince DH that I need a bigger house.. Can't wait to see the pics of your floors.
I don't know why it took me the first seven years in this house before I realized we never used the guest bedroom for guests, so I turned it into my scrapping domain.
Your scrapbooking room looks amazing. I love the colors and the bookcases and organizers look great. What a wonderful place to spend time in.
The room makes me feel calm and inspired to work.
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Yay for the found cord! Looking forward to seeing photos of your renovations.
Coming up in just a bit!
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I love the picture of Morgan's flip flops in the hotel room. That's so cute. I'm the same way. First things first: shoes come off! I love Luke's hidden Mickey, too!
I thought that photo was priceless. Once those flip flops were off she dashed from one area and thing to another.
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The scrapbooking room looks awesome!! Glad you found the cord for the camera I wish the search for my camera was working out as well. 2 months with no luck finding it so far. I'm so glad I hid it from the cat for safe keeping. LOL
and for finding that safely hidden camera.
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Glad you found your cord.. Don't you just hate that you allways find what you are looking for in the last place you and rarely the first?
I know I think I'm putting things in the first place I will think of later, but that hasn't proven true too many times.
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:woo t:YAY you found the cord!!:woot :
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Great trip report!! I can't wait to hear more!!!
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Yay for finding the cord!!
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Your scrapbook room is very nice. My scrapbook room looks like my daughter's walk in closet and library. I'm glad your found the missing cord.
Liz
Glad you found the cord that was hiding. I know some cameras take a special cable and can only be ordered from the company.
Can't wait to see your floors done.
scrapbook room looks good. Last night my mom was over and showed her some pages available on that site scrap your trip that you posted before. Think she will be looking at that site awhile
I'm trying to stay away from Scrap Your Trip until I've used up some of the stuff I've already bought from there. But I do love looking as they have such terrific supplies.
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So glad you found the cord. Your scrapbook room looks amazing. Can I fly you to Connecticut to help me organize my house? LOL!
Now that sounds like fun! I've never been to Connecticut.
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It's always the last place you look - people hardly ever continue looking after they've found what they are looking for.
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Yea you found the cord and what a great Mickey!!! Can't wait for more!
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Glad you found the cord!
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I the AH-HA moments when suddenly you know where the missing item is. It doesn't happen to me much, but it is so satisfying when it does.
It was definitely satisfying last night. I was dancing round the house holding that cord.
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FINALLY.... I found your TR and I am caught up. Whew. Great start to "Saving the Magic...." Keep those updates comin'!
Next one coming right up!
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I'm glad you had Morgan with you. It's great her first flight was a good one! I love her expressions on seeing the room. It looks amazing and i just love the views!
You already know I love your re-decorating!
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I describe my organizational style as ...organized chaos.
So glad that you found your camera cord! When things go missing around my house, I've learned to "toss" the boys' room because it usually winds up there. I couldn't find my cell phone charger...I looked in the boys room and finally found it. The older two were using it as a tie because they'd "arrested" Hans Solo and tied him to the bed leg.
Funny story! My mom's style was organized chaos. We had a huge two door metal storage cabinet in our basement growing up. All it contained were school and office supplies, but there was not order (unless my Dad or got fed up and fixed it). I would go down looking for a particular item and short of pulling everything out, I couldn't find whatever it was. I'd holler for Mom, she'd come down, reach inside, and magically withdraw whatever I had been looking for.
The walk to the bus stops was fine, but then we waited 25 minutes for a Magic Kingdom bus to arrive in which time I think Morgan became concerned. She asked me several times when the bus would get here, and was disappointed that neither Luke nor I knew exactly when.
How much longer, Uncle Luke?
Still waiting
Cam waiting
You really don’t know when the bus will get here???
Any time now!
Once a bus did arrive, it was another 22 minutes before we arrived at MK because of stops at the Swan and Dolphin. At this point I explained to Morgan that we had 3 things that must be taken care of before the fun could truly begin: 1. Tickets 2. Tables in Wonderland and 3. PhotPass Plus. So once we were through a fairly quick bag check, we headed to Guest Services.
Are we every getting into a park?
Due to transferring Stefanie’s Annual Pass to Morgan the tickets took quite a while. But the Tables in Wonderland purchase went quickly. The PhotoPass Plus would be taken care of inside the park. I am highly visual when it comes to directions, so by the time we’d gone through the gates I had forgotten the CM’s directions on PhotoPass Plus and Luke hadn’t heard them at all. Ugh!!! Thank goodness for more CMs. The first was confused by my question, but directed me to a group of four other CMs who sent me in the right direction. Once inside our purchase of the PP+ was taken care of rather quickly. The upgrade cost us $106 + change, twice what I was hoping since I had pre-ordered the regular PhotoPass CD. But I got it and proudly wore my lanyard. [Note: Now the PP+ can be pre-ordered on a line for a $30 savings. Wish they had made that retroactive.] Unfortunately, there was not any time for rides as it was now 6:00 and our dinner ADR for The Plaza was at 6:30. I’m pretty sure Morgan frowned at this point, and I didn’t blame her. Stefanie was used to the first day been rather slow and uneventful, but Morgan was at Disney and wanted to play. New plan: Get our first Main Street/Castle photo, but it had to be past that darn scrim jutting out into Main Street at the bakery. Not so easy as you’d think. The first photographer we saw was chatting with two big talking men who were NOT getting a photo. We waited five minutes and gave up. We moved to the next photographer, but just then the Move It, Shake It parade caused us to have to empty Main Street. L So another new plan: Luke would go to Space Mountain for FastPasses while Morgan and I watched the parade.
My favorite chipmunk, Chip
This guy on stilts gave Morgan a high five. She had been oohing and aahing all through the parade.
Stefanie loved Timon so I acted like paparazzi when he appeared on a float.
Next: A Close Encounter with Some Aliens and Not Alien Characters Question: Do we ever get that PhotoPass photo on Main Street with the Castle in the background?
Poor Morgan! She was probably thinking, "We're at Disney-- let's go!" At least she got to watch part of the parade before meal time.
(I didn't even think about Stefanie's annual pass-- another hurdle. )
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I can't believe we missed you this night. While you were doing the ticket exchange we were in the Emporioum shopping for stuffed animals. I didn't realize until much later that the text explaining that never went through to you.
But I'm so glad you finally made it into a park!
Love the new floors! You have a beautiful home. I'd be itching to get to the play part of Disney too, but at least she got practically greeted with a parade! Can't wait to hear more.
Sorry the buses took so long, I know Morgan probably wanted to get the ball rolling and have some fun on her first day at WDW. At least she got to see some of the parade. Hope you get that castle shot soon.
Your floors and paint colors are beautiful, I love the color of your bedroom walls, it looks so warm and comfy.
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you find the camera cord! I had to buy a cord that can read multiple different cards because my computer wouldn't recognize a memory card over 2G. Just something to consider if you have to get a new one. I found it at Wal-Mart.
you could teach classes (and I have a husband I need to enroll right away - how much?) 
I bought him a Sears Craftsman tool box, the big kind, for Christmas about 10 years ago. With all the projects we've done, I've discovered that the screwdriver set and other tools are not in the chest, but scattered all over the place. Oh well, I tried. 
getting a bit of a place for your scrapping!
the AH-HA moments when suddenly you know where the missing item is. It doesn't happen to me much, but it is so satisfying when it does.
My mom's style was organized chaos. We had a huge two door metal storage cabinet in our basement growing up. All it contained were school and office supplies, but there was not order (unless my Dad or got fed up and fixed it). I would go down looking for a particular item and short of pulling everything out, I couldn't find whatever it was. I'd holler for Mom, she'd come down, reach inside, and magically withdraw whatever I had been looking for. 
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