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Time is just flying by. 3 weeks from this afternoon we will be driving to my sisters house. Gosh...my list hasn't gotten any shorter either. If anything...longer.
I need to get all my rolled up change and cash it in at the bank. Then I need to gather all the bags of crushed cans I have been collecting for 1 1/2 years and cash those in.
Last time we got $110, though I think we might have less this time...but I think the price is higher by a tad. It wil lbe interesting to see how much we have. I told Claire that this was going to pay for BBB and then the left over is spending money for her.
I also need to really finish up the fish extender gifts and I have a few small things to buy for those yet...and a few small gifts to buy for people we will be meeting up with. I have 1 person done, well their child....but I still need to get for another family. And this ALL has to fit in my luggage. LOL!
I might venture out after I get Claire from school and pick up a few things. We are going to frankenmuth on Sat with my family, so thats a whole day shot.
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I will probably start packing this weekend if all goes well.
I forgot that I had signed up for a free sample of Dove deoderant several weeks back. It arrived today. perfect timing. It will go right in the suitcase.
I also caved and bought another 8G Cf memory card for my camera. I needed to get a little something more to get free shipping on Amazon a week or so ago, so I just got another card. It will be nice not to owrry about having enough memory. I have a feeling this trip will have many more pictures with so much family along as wel las 2 new parties for me...and hopefully a glimpse at the new Fantasyland!
SCORE!!!! The other day I had to run some errands for Skip. While out I stopped at Walmart to pick up soemthing I had forgot last time in town. I of course made my usual turn aroun the clearance racks. I found 3 nightgowns for Claire for $3 each. Then I went to the shoe dept. I have been looking for water shoes for some time now and haven't found any, or they are too highly priced. But I was ready to just pay that price now. She has requested them for Castaway cay and I knew the beach was a bit stoeny when were there last, so it would be wise to get some for her again. I found a pair on clearance for $3...and they fit perfectly too. I also found a pair of sandals for $5 that will coming along with us as well. I love finding deals....especially when it's perfect timing. I also changed our car rentals from Hertz to Dollar today. We had mid sized SUV's and I have really been worrying about room for luggage. We don't travel ight in my family. There wil lbe several suitcases, some with strollers, etc. I have been looking and looking, but nothing could really beat the rate we got with the family discount with Hertz and to move up to a van was just so much more. Today Dollar was only $6 more to upgrade to a van from our current selection with Hertz. I quickly booked all of us without asking them. I had told them I would continue to keep looking just in case. A friend and I were talking about car rentals again today, and then I decided to look once again and was so happy I did. I now can pack and not worry how it will all fit. We have 16 people and 4 vans now. That should work.
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I started packing today. Let's just say, not much got done. I swear every time I start something, something else comes up, or someone comes in the house.
I did have to make a trip into town today and deliver some stuff to my couson who is traveling with us. While in town, I took my rolled change to the bank. $133 there. Not bad.
After Claire got home from school we took the crushed cans that we have been collecting in and we got just under $75. That will cover the BBB appointment. I was actually hoping for a little more, but I can't complain. I know we had less cans than the last time we went.
So I got those things out of the way. I have a few more things to accomplish yet tonight, we'll see how that goes.
I am still working on packing. This seems to be so difficult this time around. I am not sure why I am making a bigger deal than it is. I am trying to pack in a system and that is causing brain overload. And then I pack things and forget if I actually packed it or not. :lmao:
I really don't know how people can pack the night before. I have been at it off and on for a few days and still have quite a bit to go. I think part of the problem is the piles of clothes I have and trying to sort through to what goes where.
I wil lbe doing a happy dance when I am done, thats for sure.
We create a list for packing for any trip and we retool it for each destination. So we get our list and check off each thing as it is packed. Helps quite a lot. We also bring the list with us so it helps when packing to go home, so we don't forget something.
Actually I am starting to come to the conclusion that packing the night before has its merits. I usually start about 4 to 6 weeks before I go gradually starling items from the kids as I wash and iron it and creating piles per person in my room. About 2 to 3 weeks before we go I get fed up waiting and then start packing the first cases. Then I think I am organized and stop until just before we go and like you said I can't remember if I have packed things or not so I end up feeling totally out of control. This year for our trip I had been commuting to Brisbane in Australia and only made it back home to France four days before we left. I finished work at 4pm on the Friday night and we have the cases (6 of them) packed and the car packed by 8pm. Felt a lot easier but I guess I was lucky the the kids hadn't,t worn there stuff they wanted to take which is the usual trick.
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