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Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
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To a new day, we go on.
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I want to think you may be pulling our leg here and nothing actually happened or changed... But I'm going with my gut here and say that you changed something.
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I guess I am fairly obvious at this point...........
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Originally Posted by lauriep
Now you're just being mean!
BWAHAHA........
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Originally Posted by chezp
You're finally going to reveal where you're going in 2016... or you're going to tell me I was right about the Crystal Palace?
Good guesses, but no.......
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Originally Posted by melduckie
Well, I've been behind but I want to know, what?!?!
Hang in there.......
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Originally Posted by MayraLR
I want to think you may be pulling our leg here and nothing actually happened or changed... But I'm going with my gut here and say that you changed something.
Your gut is good........
OK, fine! I am still not great at holding out. So, Muffin's birthday was October 1st and I did not know what to get him. I bought him an iPad because he didn't have one and he does use mine on occasion. At first, he said he really liked it.........
Then after trying it out for a couple of days, he decided that his iPhone 6 Plus was just fine and that he didn't need both. We returned it without issue to the Apple Store and I asked him what else he wanted instead. We looked around the mall and he almost bought a new jacket but at the last minute decided not to. I told him to think about it, and that he had to come up with something because I really wanted to get him something nice for his birthday. He agreed and we left the mall empty handed.........
Next, he briefly considered Eagles tickets but our team is doing so bad this year that he decided that would be a huge waste of money ...........
This next part may not seem relevant, but trust me, it is. This year, I have to work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day but then I am off December 26-28. None of my kids will be around that weekend for various reasons so we thought rather than hang out by ourselves, we would just go away for the weekend and decided on the Gaylord National in Washington, DC. We love the ICE show and the whole area is loaded with fun holiday festivities. I said I would pay for that as a birthday gift and we booked it yesterday afternoon and that was that...........
Then! Last night, Muffin and I were sitting around watching football and he said to me, and I quote, " Would you, under any circumstance, consider staying at another, less expensive resort for our trip?" My immediate response was NO WAY! Then he said well, what if we could leave two days earlier?! This, of course, peaked my interest just a bit, but I still said no.
Then he tried another angle. He said, "How about if we stay at the Wilderness Lodge?" Just to make him happy, I agreed to look at what was available, but reminded him that there was major construction going on there. So we looked and there was not much available and what was available was not much cheaper than our savanna view at AKL.
Finally, I asked him what all of this was about. He said that he thought about it and decided that he would much rather spend a couple of extra days in WDW than have an iPad or go to the Gaylord. So we decided to keep our reservation at AKL and instead of going to the Gaylord over Christmas to add two days onto our Disney trip. I also had to agree that he could see a customer for a day, which was no problem.
We promptly called my phone friends at WDW reservations and Muffin called Southwest. We were able to change things with no fuss at all!! Of course, this changes our overall plans again! I have spent today tweaking things a bit and adding Fastpasses, but overall, I am over the moon excited!!
There are three things that I am most excited about and of course I will share them with you fine folk!! They are:
1. This extension was Muffin's idea!! Completely!!
2. We are now in WDW for a late EMH at DHS!! I love the Osbourne Lights and will miss this exhibit with all of my heart after this year, so I am thrilled to be able to enjoy it fully!!
3. Even though we had to change some plans, we added two great additions to our plans that are both new and exciting!! (These I will tell you guys about as they come up in our itinerary )
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I am still not great at holding out. So, Muffin's birthday was October 1st and I did not know what to get him. I bought him an iPad because he didn't have one and he does use mine on occasion. At first, he said he really liked it.........
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Of course, this changes our overall plans again! 
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