Okay, Ive neglected this long enough!!!
So heres where we stand:
ADRs at Chef Mickeys, Planet Hollywood and the Wishes Dessert Party all booked!
Airline tickets booked!
Travel insurance purchased!
Beginning to pull in odds and ends of packing (plus 100 days out isnt too soon for that is it?)!
So now its really down to the details and Im really not stressing park planning that much. Its going to be a what do we feel like today kind of trip. The only twist to that plan will be our HS day as I want to be sure we ride Toy Story Mania so well have to plan for the possibility of grabbing fast passes early and staying there for awhile or coming back. But if it doesnt work it doesnt work
..I know IM coming back at least so it can always be done next week.
Monday will officially be 100 days away! The girls and I are going to begin a countdown for my mom to help get her in the spirit of the whole thing. I would have preferred to start this at 400 days out but saner heads prevailed
.. Anyway, I think my mom is still nervous about the whole thing but hopefully this will help to pull out the Disney Adventure Spirit in her
. I know its in there somewhere. For our countdown it will be simple things for the most part; emailed pictures, tips and tricks etc. but weve also got a few surprises up our sleeves. Sorry folks, she reads this so no hints here! Ill let you know once she knows.
With my addiction to my Disney trip being what it is Ive found that everything Ive been doing is somehow tying in with The Mouse and so pretty much everything this year has been part of my own personal countdown. This includes the end of school, birthdays and how many haircuts left (like I said
..addiction). Thankfully so far this has been a summer full of unusual activities so Im being kept well distracted. I thought Id share a few of the neater, more unusual things Ive been doing to help pass the time. Plus, having taken the plunge and bought the Baggalinni, Ive been able to try it out several times and know without question that this is the PERFECT bag for my trip!
First up, in June, besides the usual rigamaroll of end of school activities, I got to attend my great-great grandfathers funeral! I can hear you now
..my great-great grandfather? How is that fun and how is it even possible? No, we dont have several generations of people having babies at the age or ten, nor was he an exceptionally old man. He actually passed away in 1908 and no, it didnt take this long to bury him
My great-great-grandfather was actually a veteran in US Civil War and there is a military regiment with re-enactors (spelling) who are actively seeking out those who were in the war but went home and when died were not given a proper military funeral. They actually came to the area and did five that day but of course I like to think ours was the best
Now I can here a few of you muttering but shes in Nova Scotia not the US
.okay maybe none of you are but Ill point it out anyway so I can give a little history lesson
..At the time of the Civil War Canada wasnt the country you have today. In fact Canada proper was mostly just considered to be the area of parts of Ontario and Quebec; the Maritimes were pretty much considered a colony and because of our shared history with the US, many having close family ties to New England, fears of what could or couldnt happen as a result of the war, and some for just plain old money, tens of thousands of men from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (and possibly Prince Edward Island
.Im not sure) went to fight for the North. Approximately 500 actually went to fight for the South too! My gggrandfather was actually studying to be a doctor at Harvard at the time and they offered the class early graduation and a quite handsome salary for their participation. It was just what he needed for his sense of adventure when you read his letters home to his fiancé and certainly helped finance their ability to wed. No doubt he gained a lot of scary, no holds barred experience as well. He went on to become a good old fashioned country doctor, lived a long life, married his sweetheart Emma, had his daughter, May, who in turn had my grandfather Karl and so on.....
So while its not Disney related it certainly gave me something to help mark the passage of time
..
Heres a few pictures from the experience. They did an excellent job! My apologies if they are huge....photobucket isn't behaving itself today!
Assistant Surgeon Frederic Newton Burgess - my great-great grandfather - graduated early from Harvard Medical School and served at Fort Munroe from Feb 1865 to the end of the American Civil War. The Union Jack is drapped on the stone along with his daily rations and muskut as he is considered to have still been on duty until this ceremony
Members of the Maritime Civil War Living History Association, 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company I with Chaplain Peter Gillies who gave us a great history lesson.
Firing a salute.....civil war rifles are LOUD!!!
Next up....my second favorite Happy Place...
Never done a DISmeet before! 
Did you have any luck Louise?
So if you see TheFairyGrandmother on here say hi! 
Its not too bad as long as I dont push something (like a bale of hay) with my leg and walking doesnt hurt so Ill pack my Tylenol, ice my leg and suck it up
..weve planned a slow pace anyway.
