A Spring Adventure: Wilderness, Flowers, and the Force (with Cam and Luke) PTR Updated 5/22 - Page 62 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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From the sounds of it - there is a new Disney loving Family!!! How sweet that they could feel Stefanie all around them. I thought I got a shutterfly offer for a luggage tag too - sounds familiar but I really don't use them for anything so I think I deleted the offer. I'll have to keep you in mind if I get any other offers. I get so much junk mail anymore. Thankfully I keep 2 e-mail addresses, one real one and one for when I odered things online and then get all the spam afterward.
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Cam, what are those?!!! How cool! Tell me, did you find templates somewhere for all of them? They are so great - I'll bet anyone that receives one of those as a Thank You will feel special. ....On another note, I just got my first iPhone! I know, I know, I'm "late to the party". But being a single mom, I put everything before myself - and my "flip phone" HAD TO GO! LOL... So now I can take pictures of that "everything free we gathered from Disney" box that I talked about and post it here. I can also get the MDX app and be in tune with the rest of the world
I'm just so glad I found this site and people that are like-minded like myself! Have a great week starting to pack...
Cam, what are those?!!! How cool! Tell me, did you find templates somewhere for all of them? They are so great - I'll bet anyone that receives one of those as a Thank You will feel special. ....On another note, I just got my first iPhone! I know, I know, I'm "late to the party". But being a single mom, I put everything before myself - and my "flip phone" HAD TO GO! LOL... So now I can take pictures of that "everything free we gathered from Disney" box that I talked about and post it here. I can also get the MDX app and be in tune with the rest of the world
I'm just so glad I found this site and people that are like-minded like myself! Have a great week starting to pack...
Don't feel late! I still have a basic phone. As long as I can receive calls and text, it's good for me! Plus, I'd rather have an actual camera that takes much better photos than an iPhone!
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I can't believe I missed the start of your PTR!! I've been busy the last month or so preparing for a cruise that I went on at the end of March for my birthday and I completely missed the start of your PTR!! I kept an eye out for it too! Anyway I'm finally caught up and I'm so excited you and Luke are going back Home!!
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Well, I read all 62 pages today. *Great* PTR!! Love the backstory of how you and Luke met, *love* the new bathroom, and I just loved reading your plans.
I just caught up on your last few updates. I loved how all the giraffes came to say hello to your family and especially how the one totally winked at them! The luggage tag you created is so neat and it will look great on your new suitcase. I really need to do more with Shutterfly.
Cam, what are those?!!! How cool! Tell me, did you find templates somewhere for all of them? They are so great - I'll bet anyone that receives one of those as a Thank You will feel special. ....On another note, I just got my first iPhone! I know, I know, I'm "late to the party". But being a single mom, I put everything before myself - and my "flip phone" HAD TO GO! LOL... So now I can take pictures of that "everything free we gathered from Disney" box that I talked about and post it here. I can also get the MDX app and be in tune with the rest of the world
I'm just so glad I found this site and people that are like-minded like myself! Have a great week starting to pack...
Don't feel late! I still have a basic phone. As long as I can receive calls and text, it's good for me! Plus, I'd rather have an actual camera that takes much better photos than an iPhone!
I'd rather use my DSLR than my iPhone, too. But Luke's Nokia Lumia 1020 takes pretty great pictures.
Signing up. I loved your family's emails to you. So sweet!
They were so sweet to keep us up on their adventures.
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I can't believe I missed the start of your PTR!! I've been busy the last month or so preparing for a cruise that I went on at the end of March for my birthday and I completely missed the start of your PTR!! I kept an eye out for it too! Anyway I'm finally caught up and I'm so excited you and Luke are going back Home!!
Glad you found the PTR! I don't blame you for focusing on the cruise.
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Glad the printer decided to stop being a pain so you could get those cards printed. They came out great!!
I knew I still had plenty of time to get them printed, but it was a little frustrating to have issues the day I planned to print them.
Well, I read all 62 pages today. *Great* PTR!! Love the backstory of how you and Luke met, *love* the new bathroom, and I just loved reading your plans.
for reading the whole thing!
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I just caught up on your last few updates. I loved how all the giraffes came to say hello to your family and especially how the one totally winked at them! The luggage tag you created is so neat and it will look great on your new suitcase. I really need to do more with Shutterfly.
My DSiL and DBiL couldn't get over how neat the whole experience had been with the giraffes. I've gotten some really neat photo items, like luggage tags, magnets, and the like from Shutterfly.
Do you have the shutterfly mobile app? I just downloaded it to my tablet and got 100 free pics per month for a year. Not sure if they are still doing that promo, but you should check it out.
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*Great* PTR!! Love the backstory of how you and Luke met, *love* the new bathroom, and I just loved reading your plans. 
The luggage tag you created is so neat and it will look great on your new suitcase. I really need to do more with Shutterfly. 
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