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Very cool that you'll be able to eat with Heather. Looks like now that Heather is moving to Orlando we all might get that chance
Very cool making some extra research money!! How do I get me on that list?
So now I'm jealous that you're in the single digits and getting ready to head back to the bubble. Anyway, I saw a bunch of your fellow SW fans hanging around making it all crowded down there for the rest of us, and I just wanted to let you know you're going to have a blast.
But Kelly.............the booze, what about the booze????? What have you decided to do. I need the important details please
No really, Yeah Dylan on his goals!!! Josie wants be play soccer now, which I think will be fun but I'm pretty sure she's going to be Lucy from Peanuts.....
Love the pampering you are getting this week. Feels good to get all the glam things done at once and not spaced out over a whole month.
Yeah for dining with Heather.........please have a drink for me ladies
Get packing girl!!!
I thought I mentioned the booze. Maybe not. Anyway I bought myself individual portion bottles of wine that come in plastic bottles at Wal-Mart for $1.25 each. I bought one about a month ago to make sure I'd like it and it was fine by me. Mike is in charge of his own and I've told him to get little bottles of liquor for himself. I may get a few margaritas for me too - I know one grocery store had them in the little plastic bottles as well.
Watching little kids play soccer is so much fun. And the little girls all look so cute. Dylan isn't on a co-ed team, but there are girls that play at the same time.
Packing will commence again - sometime this week. I'm really behind for me. I feel like we have SO much stuff too. I have to pull out a larger 2nd suitcase and then we have 3 carry-ons - 2 rolling luggage (Mater & McQueen) and a decent sized bag as well plus 2 umbrella strollers. I'm so thankful that Disney picks up and drops off our checked luggage!
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Very cool that you'll be able to eat with Heather. Looks like now that Heather is moving to Orlando we all might get that chance
Very cool making some extra research money!! How do I get me on that list?
I think Heather will be having lots of meals (or FABs) with many PPs from now on!
So I googled the company we did these through and wouldn't you know it they have one in NJ. They apparently used to be the same, but now they are separate companies. Peters McClard Research, Inc. According to Google maps it's about an hour away from you.
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So now I'm jealous that you're in the single digits and getting ready to head back to the bubble. Anyway, I saw a bunch of your fellow SW fans hanging around making it all crowded down there for the rest of us, and I just wanted to let you know you're going to have a blast.
I've been reading lots on SWW and it looks CRAZY! I hope it calms down a bit for us. I can't wait to go!!!
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Dylan is amazing-- another two goals!? It really sounds like you've done a lot. I hate feeling rushed with the packing and am always sure I'll forget something. I can't believe it's in the 90s for you-- ugh. I guess you'll be the first to Dine with Heather, Orlando local!
Very cool you get to eat dinner with Heather. We are trying to figure out a time and place to meet up with her as well.
I Think it is so great when you see your soccer star improve and score goals. Our DD is into it as well. She plays on a U-9 travel team and this last weekend she played up on a U-11 team. She looked so small out there with the big girls. But she held her own and got 2 assists
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I thought I mentioned the booze. Maybe not. Anyway I bought myself individual portion bottles of wine that come in plastic bottles at Wal-Mart for $1.25 each. I bought one about a month ago to make sure I'd like it and it was fine by me. Mike is in charge of his own and I've told him to get little bottles of liquor for himself. I may get a few margaritas for me too - I know one grocery store had them in the little plastic bottles as well.
No you did, I was just wondering what you were doing to help out Mike in his search for an evening nightcap........poor guy,
BTW, what kind of umbrella strollers are you taking? Ya know, I'm always on the stroller scene. My newest idea is taking one of ours and renting one once we get down there?? IDK, I can never decide. It's annoying me
I've been reading lots on SWW and it looks CRAZY! I hope it calms down a bit for us. I can't wait to go!!!
Forgot to say a guy from work just came home last night and said SW was crazy packed. They tried to watch the parade and couldn't see at all. Also they had fast passes for star tours and were 15 min late and CM wouldn't let them ride. So they are sticking to the new rules. He didn't mind since they already rode it 3 times.
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"I have to pull out a larger 2nd suitcase and then we have 3 carry-ons - 2 rolling luggage (Mater & McQueen) and a decent sized bag as well plus 2 umbrella strollers. I'm so thankful that Disney picks up and drops off our checked luggage! "
I believe this is half the reason my husband likes Disney
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Good luck with the packing. It is always nice when you can do it without interruption. I usually end up packing a little each night but by 10 or 11pm at night, my brain gets a little foggy.
Forgot to say a guy from work just came home last night and said SW was crazy packed. They tried to watch the parade and couldn't see at all. Also they had fast passes for star tours and were 15 min late and CM wouldn't let them ride. So they are sticking to the new rules. He didn't mind since they already rode it 3 times.
I totally believe it! We didn't even go to HS that weekend and we still saw a ton of SW fans throughout the other parks. My parents went to HS early Saturday morning to ride TSMM one more time and the wait time was already 60 minutes by 8:15am! Good luck Kelly.
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