I Don’t Wanna Grow Up – 30th Birthday Trip x2, August 7-11, 2010 - Page 36 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Great Trivia. Kelly don't worry about Dylan being stubborn when it comes to potty training. Skyler still won't even try at his yet. But how awesome he tried at least once already.
Kelly, Luke actually borrowed a Flip camera from work for us to try out this trip. We only used it for Disney's Electrical Parade and the SummerNightastic fireworks. But I've already hinted that I'd like one for Christmas. My niece had one and let us play with it over the 4th, too. That would be so to record her with Mickey, and Chip and Dale, and all of them.
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Cam - with Luke I'm sure you'll get getting that camera or something similar for Christmas!
23 days to go: Dominica issued ten postage stamps depicting scenes from Peter Pan on October 1. It seems like a lot of postage stamps were issued in 1980 with Disney characters.
Not much going on. I worked on a countdown calendar on PhotoPass yesterday so we could countdown to next year's trip, but I'm not sure I'll order it from there - $25 seems a bit expensive for a calendar. I can create one on Shutterfly for half that and since I need more than one, the cheaper the better.
I need to figure out what's wrong with my new camera (Fuji S1800) - I can't get the pictures off the camera on to my computer or my computer at work. I've downloaded pics since getting the camera so I know it worked before. The only thing I've changed is the batteries so I wonder if that messed it up.
These glitches the website is having is keeping me from being caught up on everything! I hope it gets straightened out soon!
I thought it was just me! It's taking me forever to load them, read them and respond to them. Anyway, great trivia! Hopefully I can get on here again for the next one.
I was thinking of getting a flip camera for spectro and the fireworks this year. What do you think of the flip? do you have one??
I cannot imagine a battery change would do that??? that's odd!
I love disney postage stamps they are the best!
Hmmm i didnt relize you could do a countdown calendar from shutterfly. I might just make a calendar for work...of disney pics i've taken...
wow your days are just ticking away....are you taping the disney food thing on Food network tonight?
Melissa - love the new sig pic! Hope is getting so big!
Crissy - I don't have a flip. I have a JVC Everio hard drive camera. It's pretty small, but not as small as the flip. I do love it though and will probably drag it with us for the parade and fireworks this year.
I created a calendar on PhotoPass, but will probably make a Shutterfly one. You can create calendars on there - I made Mike one last year or the year before of all pics of SSE. And you can customize your dates.
Great trivia. Kelly, my mom has a Flip camera and loves it. Good luck with making your countdown calendar on Shutterfly. It sounds like such a great idea.
I just ordered a PhotoPass calendar that I created with our PP pictures today. It is specially made as a surprise for Stefanie. I had made calendars through Walgreens back in 2007 for my mom, my MiL and Stefanie as Christmas presents. Stefanie has whined that I've never made her another one. So I decided to make a very special one for her. But the others are were much cheaper. I just liked all the Disney information included on the calendar.
Cam -I'm sure Stefanie is going to LOVE her calendar. And I did notice that PhotoPass put many important Disney dates, which I was going to 'borrow' and add to the Shutterfly ones anyway.
22 days to go: Grenada Grenadines issues ten postage stamps depicting scenes from Bambi on October 7.
Dylan went potty in the potty again last night!!! I told him when he goes poopy on the potty he can get a new car - of course he wants Lightning McQueen.
Any other moms ever have a rough go at getting to bed? He doesn't listen at all and won't sit still for a diaper change and to put pj's on then just bounces all over the bed. It's a never ending battle lately and it's wearing me out!
In other news: we'll be celebrating Mike & my birthdays tomorrow with my family since my brother & his fiancee will be in town.
Hope everyone has a great weekend! Stay cool! (It's been 105+ with the heat index here the last few days.)
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Anyway, great trivia! Hopefully I can get on here again for the next one. 
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