'Ummm, no Mom, you ARE NOT going without me'.....a pre-trip report - Page 7 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
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I'm so glad that you are feeling better! It's easy to get overwhelmed--but it sounds like you've got everything back under control! Don't worry! You can do this and you are going on vacation!
Single Digit Dancing Day!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!! I'm dancing all over the house this morning!!! Still some pain in my belly, but the dancing just HAS to help!!! If you hear hooting and hollering, don't worry! It's just ME!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy 8 days out day to us!!! WOOHOO!!!! I didn't get ANYTHING done as far as packing yesterday! Heck, I didn't even get laundry finished! LOL!! I just ran out of time! But it was a great day! ANYWAY, my point for this whole post is to share that yesterday evening before I left for the scentsy thing, Brandon popped up and asked if we were eating any breakfasts out. I said no, I had already used all our DDP TS points. I mentioned that we could go down to the food court and use CS points on breakfast if he didn't want the concierge offerings every day. He didn't sound very enthusiastic. What can I say, he's a HUGE fan of breakfast foods just like me! Anyway, I said we could do something out of pocket. I knew Betty wouldn't care. So I did some looking and Kona breakfast is very reasonable! Plus, one more way to enjoy staying at the Poly! He was thrilled! So I emailed Poly IPO and they got us booked for Dec 1 at 8:50 am! WOOHOO!!! It's a little later than I had intended it to be, but that's the bonus to being at Poly. Since it's an EPCOT day, we can take the monorail over and it will be quicker than waiting for the bus! Plus, we really aren't rushing as much as usual on this trip. Even though it's our shortest trip to date, with 3 adults (let's face it, at 16, Brandon is practically an adult), we can move a little faster and make better time than we could when they were little. So, YAY!!! Now we have an awesome breakfast to look forward to! I haven't been to Kona since 2004! I think is was 2004! It was the year hurricane Jeanne hit while were were there. ANYWAY, it's been a LONG time, so I can't wait! Today I have high hopes of working on some packing! Happy Sunday, everyone!!!
Congrats on the mail and the ADR. Don't worry about the packing - if you forget something, it means you can live without it (or it's worth buying down there). I've started collecting my notes into one document, and I feel tons more prepared. I'm not worried about packing - that's next weekend's project and I have a Target a mile & a half from my house (and if they don't have it at Target, it means I don't need it).
Good luck finishing up work! We leave next Tuesday, so I have four more days. Not that I'm counting...
1 Week, Folks!!! In one week I'll be landing in Atlanta to change planes and head into Orlando!! WOW!!! This is truly a wonderful feeling! Betty must be as excited as I am b/c she texted me at 6:16 this morning telling me in one week we'd be on the plane!!! I LOVE that she is as excited as me! I definitely gave her the Disney bug! Brandon and I did a mini happy dance this morning. I say mini b/c he wasn't very energetic! I told him to quit complaining b/c he only has school today and tomorrow, then he's out until after we come back from vacation! On the to-do list for today: Get my nails done!!! WOOHOO!!! I also need to do some searching for my hat and gloves to pack just in case I need them. I must have put them in a strange spot last spring b/c I cannot, for the life of me, figure out where they are! LOL! Jeff and I are going to do some Christmas shopping, too. So, it should be a good day! Happy Monday, everyone!!
5 days and counting! Happy Thanksgiving Eve! Yesterday evening was Isle of Lights evening and we had such a good time! It was cold, though! By the time I left I couldn't feel my feet! LOL! Everyone kept asking if we were drinking b/c we were all laughing so hard! NOPE!! Just 4 crazy women and a sadly outnumbered 11 yr old boy! Today I work all day, then I'll come home and start making pies and the snowball cake. I'll stuff the bird and get him ready to roll (I roast him overnight), get the bread machine set so we have the first of two hot, fresh loaves of bread for dinner. In the morning I'll start the second. Oh, and make the cranberry sauce, too! It's gonna be busy, but I love the fun of having all the family here on Thanksgiving! Happy Day! Only 5 more days till I'm in my happy place! The weather is still looking great! Let's hope it stays that way!!!
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), we can move a little faster and make better time than we could when they were little. So, YAY!!! Now we have an awesome breakfast to look forward to! I haven't been to Kona since 2004! I think is was 2004! It was the year hurricane Jeanne hit while were were there. ANYWAY, it's been a LONG time, so I can't wait! Today I have high hopes of working on some packing! Happy Sunday, everyone!!!
Not much longer! 
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