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I really hope you have a fabulously relaxing vacation. You are overworked & over consumed by your day to day life!!!! Drink up & have some kid free fun because you certainly deserve it!
Hazel, I have absolutely no idea how you keep track of it all! And now your DH and his surgery...gotta love it! Colleen took the words right out of my mouth!
Selfishly speaking, I can't wait for your move to Australia because that means you'll be visiting DLR that much sooner...and I can hopefully drop by to say hi!
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Hazel, I have absolutely no idea how you keep track of it all! And now your DH and his surgery...gotta love it! Colleen took the words right out of my mouth!
Selfishly speaking, I can't wait for your move to Australia because that means you'll be visiting DLR that much sooner...and I can hopefully drop by to say hi!
Well as for the surgery he is on his own he is a big boy and he knows what is going on in our lives right now so he can fit in with it.
I am really excited about going back to florida although i'm thinking the focus is likely to be adult beverages and not rides which is just as well as we are offsite so have no pre-booked FP+.
I had a dream last night about the Perkins Pancake place although I have promised we will also try IHOP. We are also looking at treatments in the spa.
I am so glad Laurie posted what she was packing as I had totally taken leave of my senses. My mental packing list includes shorts, tees, spaghetti strap sun dresses and sandals I had totally forgotten about cold Florida evenings. Need to haul out my jeans and hoodies when I start to pack this weekend.
17 days until cocktails woohoo
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Hazel, the other night I was comparing current temps in Boston with Orlando and at around 9pm (Illuminations time!) it was 33 in Boston (warm for a winter Boston night!) and 39 in Orlando (COLD for sitting lakeside watching Illuminations). Anything can happen this time of year, but it can definitely feel like winter there!
Hazel, the other night I was comparing current temps in Boston with Orlando and at around 9pm (Illuminations time!) it was 33 in Boston (warm for a winter Boston night!) and 39 in Orlando (COLD for sitting lakeside watching Illuminations). Anything can happen this time of year, but it can definitely feel like winter there!
You know you have just saved both of us from freezing. I just got an email from Jacqueline about looking for summer clothes for Florida so I warned her to bring layers.
The really stupid thing is this is the third time I have been in February and ok last year it was boiling but I distinctly remember the first time back in 1998 freezing at night at the bus stop. I'm just not mentally joining the dots at the moment. It is actually kinda good as my jeans fit me much better than my shorts at the moment.
You know you have just saved both of us from freezing. I just got an email from Jacqueline about looking for summer clothes for Florida so I warned her to bring layers.
The really stupid thing is this is the third time I have been in February and ok last year it was boiling but I distinctly remember the first time back in 1998 freezing at night at the bus stop. I'm just not mentally joining the dots at the moment. It is actually kinda good as my jeans fit me much better than my shorts at the moment.
I hear you on winter clothing fitting a bit better at the moment!
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So all the relaxing time you had yesterday went straight out of the window when you got home then? 
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