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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
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Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
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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.
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Great! Thanks for being flexible. Looking forward to meeting you both. Do you and Jessica collect any particular kind of pins?
I like the DVC pins, WDI (Walt Disney Imaginaring), hidden Mickey's, anything more collectable. Jessica likes Stitch, Bambi, and looking for limited edition pins, also the WDI pins. When trading with CM's , just basically anything that we like or think is cute. You wouldn't believe how many LE's are found on the CM lanyards.
When we are on our pin hunts, Jessica will choose pins and they turn out to be LE's, not for her keeper collection, but for trading with other pin traders at the barrels in Frontierland. She could spend all day trading.
Now I can concentrate on visiting my mother a few times a week, and getting ready for my trip, which, thanks to Jeannie (Dlandmom2), has gotten even more exciting. She PM'd me that she's working on a "surprise" for the day I arrive in LA. It may not happen, but it makes me so happy and excited to be meeting her and her kids as well as seeing Marci on this trip! PPers are the best!
I'm so looking forward to meeting you and Marci and Jessica! The "surprise" just came to me yesterday out of the blue! I just hope I can work something out for the Saturday when you're available. I would've completely surprised you, but I had to find out when you were arriving and your availability! Like I told you, though, if the surprise works out, I'm not telling you until we arrive at our destination!
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So glad you got your Mother's apartment done ahead of time and now you can visit with her before you leave.
Sounds like you're going to have a blast in Cali!
Glad you were able to settle up your mom's apartment....sure that is a load lifted off your plate. I am so excited for you...the trip is going to be great!
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I like the DVC pins, WDI (Walt Disney Imaginaring), hidden Mickey's, anything more collectable. Jessica likes Stitch, Bambi, and looking for limited edition pins, also the WDI pins. When trading with CM's , just basically anything that we like or think is cute. You wouldn't believe how many LE's are found on the CM lanyards.
When we are on our pin hunts, Jessica will choose pins and they turn out to be LE's, not for her keeper collection, but for trading with other pin traders at the barrels in Frontierland. She could spend all day trading.
Do you collect anything in particular?
I collect Pluto and also special-event pins from things that take place during my visits-- xmas pins, food and wine, etc. I always check out the LE, DVC and passholder pins but only buy them if I really like the pins. I'll check for pins for you on the ABD tour-- I think we go to the CM store at Imagineering or the Studio, but I'm not sure if they have pins there.
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I'm so looking forward to meeting you and Marci and Jessica! The "surprise" just came to me yesterday out of the blue! I just hope I can work something out for the Saturday when you're available. I would've completely surprised you, but I had to find out when you were arriving and your availability! Like I told you, though, if the surprise works out, I'm not telling you until we arrive at our destination!
I'm completely clueless as to what this could be!! What fun!
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So glad you got your Mother's apartment done ahead of time and now you can visit with her before you leave.
Sounds like you're going to have a blast in Cali!
I sure plan to!
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Glad you were able to settle up your mom's apartment....sure that is a load lifted off your plate. I am so excited for you...the trip is going to be great!
Danielle
I'm sure it will. It would have been hanging over me if I hadn't finished the apartment in time (not to mention paying another month's rent!).
What a relief it must be for you to be finished with your mother's apartment! How exciting that the trip is so close, and you might have a surprise in store!
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I just found your TR Laurie - sorry to hear the South Africa ABD didn't pan out - but I hope the Adventure by Lauri does work out!! I want to do the ABD BSM tour as well .... now to convince hubs...
I'm glad you've dealt with your mother's apartment.
Not long now!
Thanks, Cheryl! It's such a relief to have that task behind me.
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What a relief it must be for you to be finished with your mother's apartment! How exciting that the trip is so close, and you might have a surprise in store!
You know, the fact that Jeannie would think to do this (whatever it is) for me means even more than the surprise itself!
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Glad to hear your mom's apartment was taken care of!
It's so close !
Yay!
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Getting close!
12 days now!
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I just found your TR Laurie - sorry to hear the South Africa ABD didn't pan out - but I hope the Adventure by Lauri does work out!! I want to do the ABD BSM tour as well .... now to convince hubs...
I'm sure it'll be wonderful! Hope you get to do it. This is one tour that you can't do except through ABD!
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