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I'm so excited your trip is ever closer to beginning!
For your packing, I would recommend planning on layering. Most likely, the mornings and evenings will be cool, but during the day it can get quite warm...and Disneyland always feels warmer to me than what the weather reports say.
Can't wait to see you and Luke!
Thanks so much for the clothing suggestions. I've pulled stuff out, put it back, and revised numerous times. Layers sounds like what I would be happiest with. Can't wait to see you, too.
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You have such a beautiful home, Cam! I love your decorations, and I love the paint color in your bedroom.
Wow, I can't believe it's almost time!!
I love color and I wanted our master bedroom to remind me of AKL.
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I’m so sorry I’ve neglected this pre-trip report all week, but the closer we get the more full our days seem to be getting. We’ve managed to continue our four-mile daily walks in spite of colder temperatures and quite a bit of windy. The first few days I felt we were in waiting mode as I didn’t want to clean the house too early. I also didn’t want to pack yet as I’m still working out what to take. My biggest issue now with clothes is that the cooler temperatures have made me so excited for fall and wearing fall clothes. Some of you might find this weird, but I’m over wearing shorts for a while. Now mid-December I might be in the mood again, but not right now. So that attitude has caused my brain to freeze up on what to take. Tomorrow though one way or the other I will make decisions. I’m not planning on bringing the suitcases in until late Sunday or even Monday morning. We just don’t have much floor space to have them out and in the way.
Yesterday, a new electronics cabinet that Luke had ordered from Best Buy came in and putting it together along with all his equipment took up the mid-afternoon through the early evening. It is really a beautiful wood piece with espresso finish to match the rest of our living room furniture. Unfortunately, because of the time needed on this, a long list of errands did not get done, but thankfully, we were able to do those this evening. Prescriptions to carry us through the trip have been picked up. I now have Bonine, so I can ride the bigger rides. I have Ocean Spray Cran-Grape and Mini Wheats to take care of breakfasts from now until Tuesday. We picked up some drain cleaner at Home Depot as my sink decided to drain at a trickle pace this week. While there, I found another fall yard flag for November when Jack becomes a little dated. We needed to check on Luke’s mom this evening, and she was so excited to give Luke his birthday gift early, which is a very nice Disney gift card.
Over the course of the week, Luke and I have dusted, cleaned the kitchen, and today clean all the floors (carpet, tile, hardwoods). Bathrooms will be cleaned Monday along with laundering the sheets. I got another couple of loads done today, and one is waiting for Saturday. Tomorrow we have a wedding to attend. We intended to stop at Kohl’s tonight to get a gift, but a visit to Mamaw was more important, so when we got home, I ordered a gift online for store pickup. Hopefully, it is ready tomorrow. But if not, I’ll get it to them when we get back.
Tomorrow looks to be another full day. We will walk for approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes. We need to run by our Hallmark store to pick up the last of the Christmas ornaments we pre-ordered back in May. The wedding gift will hopefully be ready for pick up at Target. I have at least one load of laundry to do. The big event is the wedding and reception in the evening. The bride is my nail tech’s daughter. They are such sweet people.
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Layers sounds like what I would be happiest with. Can't wait to see you, too. 
I love color and I wanted our master bedroom to remind me of AKL. 
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