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I missed the start of this, so I am catching up!
Glad you are getting a trip without the kids. Hope you get all the pics you need for Hunter's app.
I love OKW, I think you will too!
I am addicted to the D&B bags too, but unfortunately have not been able to purchase a Disney one yet. I did get me a Disney Harvey bag about a month and a half ago and I absolutely love it. I am also going to look into getting a Vera Bradley Disney bag when they come out this fall. Hope you get one or the other on your trip.
Strength and motivation for your weight loss.
All your dining choices look wonderful.
Not much longer!!!
Glad you were able to find it! Have fun catching up.
I think I'll be able to get all the pics, but it's going to be a different kind of trip. I haven't stayed anywhere at Disney that I haven't at least liked a lot. OKW is not my "style" per se (we are AKL, WL, Poly kind of people) but I'm sure I will enjoy it. I know I will enjoy not having to sleep on a sleeper-couch. I'm very lucky that Pat was thrilled when I finally found a "frivolous" thing he could buy me. I am the practical "give me a vacuum for my birthday" kind of person. When I found Dooney's he was happy to buy them for me. The weight loss is tough for me, I have little to no self-control, but I'm happy to gradually move down.
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Just joining in but all caught up.
Boy you have been very busy. I can't wait to hear about your app project sounds interesting. Good luck getting all your photos and getting the kid's scholl program all set up. loving all your ADR's at this point.
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All the changes sound great. Hope you get lots of your pics done!
I waver back and forth between "oh, I will have no problem getting all the pics done" to "oh my gosh how am I going to get all of these pics done".
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Just joining in but all caught up.
Boy you have been very busy. I can't wait to hear about your app project sounds interesting. Good luck getting all your photos and getting the kid's scholl program all set up. loving all your ADR's at this point.
It has been a very chaotic summer. If we can manage to get the app done I think it will be really cool and helpful. I'm excited for homeschooling this year, we have only done one semester at the end of last year and we really did a light course load. It will be nice to get in full swing.
Today will not have an official update as I haven't been working on much for the September trip in the last few days. I have finished entering History for both kids into my program for homeschooling. I'm going to try to get at least one of their Science curriculums entered before heading to Denver (I'm hoping I can get both done).
I have been working on dining ideas for our February trip, since our 180 booking window opens on August 31st. You will have to wait to hear about those in my next PTR though. I will admit that I think I need to keep my trips to a minimum of 7 months apart. I am really confusing myself trying to keep track of things and trying to plan dining for February when I'm also trying to make plans for September.
The only thing I have done this week is complete some more of the maps. The only maps I have left to do are for DTD and it is only 3 maps for the whole area. I keep thinking I'm overdoing it with these maps, but I think when I am there I will really be glad I took the time to make and print them. I'm pretty sure I would easily miss things otherwise.
I probably won't have any other update until after I get back from Denver. I have a bunch of things I need to do, including driving to Roswell (1 1/2 one way) to take Pat's truck in, the battery died and we tried jumping it and that didn't work. The little shop in town took it and charged it which worked, but some of the panel warning lights are on now and I need to find out what happened. Hoping it's not an expensive fix.
Weight Loss Update: I did my weigh in yesterday and I am down to 220.0, which for the week is a 2.1 lb. loss. I hope I can keep that up and I will be right on track. Denver is hard for me because we tend to eat at all my favorite places, but I'm going to try to eat less and try not to gain this trip. I may not lose but I don't want to gain any.
Congrats on your weight loss! Fantastic job! I've been really stuck with these last 10 pounds I'm trying to lose...sheesh!
Those last pounds can be the worst. Good luck!
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Congrats on the weight loss and good luck with the truck repairs!
Ended up I don't have to drive to Roswell. I stopped to get gas in town for the drive, got back in the truck and started it and all the lights went out. Called Toyota and they said that is should be fine, that it was probably just due the the battery being charged. Saved me a long drive.
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Congrats on the weight loss! Hope you have a great time in Denver!
The Denver trip is not a real fun trip, mostly appointments and errands, but it's nice to see some of my family.
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Congrats on the weight loss! with the curriculum uploads and the truck fix.
I'm still working on getting Science entered, I've not been motivated. And the truck fixed itself, which is great, saves me a lot in gas and repair costs.
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Congrats on the weightless! And good luck with the truck. I hate dealing with car troubles.
The truck fixed itself before leaving town this morning. I'm actually surprised it didn't wait till I got it to the dealer and then all the lights went out. But I'm happy because I didn't have to make the 3 hour round-trip.
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I'm very lucky that Pat was thrilled when I finally found a "frivolous" thing he could buy me. I am the practical "give me a vacuum for my birthday" kind of person. When I found Dooney's he was happy to buy them for me. 
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I waver back and forth between "oh, I will have no problem getting all the pics done" to "oh my gosh how am I going to get all of these pics done". 
It has been a very chaotic summer. If we can manage to get the app done I think it will be really cool and helpful. I'm excited for homeschooling this year, we have only done one semester at the end of last year and we really did a light course load. It will be nice to get in full swing.
Congrats on your weight loss! Fantastic job! I've been really stuck with these last 10 pounds I'm trying to lose...sheesh!
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Hope you have a great time in Denver! 
with the curriculum uploads and the truck fix.
Saved me a long drive. 
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