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There are other changes as well.
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It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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I wonder why you didn't your AP sliders with your magic bands??? That's not fair!!!
Whew!! That's a long list girl!!!
Thank you! I am pretty proud of Em!!!
And I am bummed that we didn't get the AP sliders either.....wondering if it is because we just have the voucher?
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Congrats to Emily! You have a long list ahead. Why the switch to a Mac? I don't think I could handle the change. My roommate had one in college and I literally couldn't function on her computer....
Thanks! I switched to the Mac for the reputation of lasting.......I take literally thousands of photos every few months....and hope to some day start making a little extra money with my photography ~ it is starting to make sense - and it's quite amazing all the options there are!
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Congrats to Emily!
getting everything done!
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by KMB733
Congratulations to Emily
getting everything on your To Do List, done!!
Thanks!
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GO EM!!!! SO SO happy for her !!! Yay!!!
Whew! That is quite a large to-do list but you'll get through it After all, it is for Disney!!!
Thanks! You know I will!
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Yay for Em!!!! It looks like you have your work cut out for ya!
Thanks! Yes I do!
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I want to order from Garden Grocer for our trip, but as you know we have a split stay between AoA and AKL, with only 3 nights at AoA. My original thought process was to just suck it up for the first few nights, then have the grocery order delivered to AKL, as we will have a full size fridge there. We will be ordering a few breakfast items such as eggs and milk.
So would you have the order delivered to AoA and just transport everything....OR wait and have delivered to AKL??
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Congrats to Emily for making the Teen Company ! I hope her ankle gets better soon. I would wait on the Grocer's Green. You never know how long you will be without a fridge before you get to your second room. It might take away from park time, and add undue stress to your vacay. Which is something we all go along way to avoid at all cost while in the bubble. Plus there are so many yummy food options at the resorts.
Gosh, I take a nap (or two) come back and we now have
Braces Off - Beautiful smile and a definite sign of growing up !!!
A new Puppy - squuuuueeeeeeel!!!! Too cute.
A successful dance performance - Of Course!!!
A sprained ankle - boo, recover fast, Emily.
A successful audition - congrats, Em!!!!
And, of course more great plans. Congrats on being less than 30 days.
I think I would wait as there would be things like eggs and milk that would be hard pressed to fit into that small frig.
Thanks.....thinking that is the better option too.
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Congrats to Emily for making the Teen Company ! I hope her ankle gets better soon. I would wait on the Grocer's Green. You never know how long you will be without a fridge before you get to your second room. It might take away from park time, and add undue stress to your vacay. Which is something we all go along way to avoid at all cost while in the bubble. Plus there are so many yummy food options at the resorts.
Thanks.....thinking we will have it sent to AKL.
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I think I would wait until you move to AKL to have the delivery from Garden Grocer.
thanks - thinking same thing.
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Gosh, I take a nap (or two) come back and we now have
Braces Off - Beautiful smile and a definite sign of growing up !!!
A new Puppy - squuuuueeeeeeel!!!! Too cute.
A successful dance performance - Of Course!!!
A sprained ankle - boo, recover fast, Emily.
A successful audition - congrats, Em!!!!
And, of course more great plans. Congrats on being less than 30 days.
Thanks!! So glad you are back to reading.......sign that you must be feeling okay! Missed you!
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Congrats, Emily!
Thanks!!
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Well, today was very non-productive in the way of trip prep.....BUT I did get to spend the day with my girl......along with her BFF and her mom who is a great friend of mine and we visited the outlets and the girls did some major damage to their moms wallets!!! Let's just say that they both have a whole new summer wardrobe!!! Then we ended the evening with a movie watching The Fault in our Stars.........TEARJERKER!!!!
Then I came home to some more Disney mail!!!!
We did get the DVC sliders for the second set (the first set arrived earlier this week), still did not get the AP sliders......thinking we may have to get those when we trade our voucher for actual AP?
And I also got a fabulous update photo of Little Miss Maggie!!!
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