goodfood4ursoul
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 3, 2009
OK, I did not think I was going to do this- write a Pre-Trip Report
Im still Earning My Ears, never even went to WDW until I was 34 years old!
Im an All Things In Moderation- Very Down to Earth kind of girl.
20th Anniversary?
"Dont you DARE give me jewelry- we have a fridge that is God-knows how old and Bling does NOT keep the food chilled!"
Save that money, but you CAN take me out to lunch!
I NEVER thought I would get SO Excited about a vacation!
Frankly we would not even be going on this vacation if not for my parents (the Wonderful Grandparents who are staying Home with our Teenagers!)
We always went to Nags Head for vacation when I was a kid- which was awesome! (Is it obvious? I'm a "glass nearly-full" kinda girl!)
In fact, I met DH there 21 + years ago so NH is one of our Favorite Places for sentimental reasons.
We never did an all inclusive style vacation- we always cooked & did dishes, etc on vacation.
So almost 5 years ago the Wonderful Grandparents gave us a family trip to WDW for Christmas.
We had NO IDEA what we were getting!
So the first week of May 2005 we flew off to Orlando...
Hmmm I see Ive neglected to tell who the CMs were
TOLD you I was new at this!
DH Russell, a full time business consultant and part time student working on his Bachelors degree, Sunday school teacher, and part time goat farmer.
DD- Kati, our then 15 year old home-schooled freshman in HS, proud 4-H member and goat farmer girl
DS- Rusty, our then 11 year old home schooled 6th grader, 4-Her, car enthusiast and goat farmin boy
Me- Juliane, full time home school teacher, goat farmer, 4-H leader, Sunday school teacher and part time office manager for DH.
We wear a lot of hats out here where we live.
The Economic Recession hit our area about 8 years before it hit the nation, so we have to do a lot of different things just to make ends meet around here- but the quality of life is Wonderful! But we could NEVER have afforded to go to WDW on our own. Still Cant!
Well, as I mentioned, we had no idea what we were getting into!
But we were excited to find out about the Most Magical Place on Earth!
So we get to security in the Richmond airport and Rusty, who saves every penny he ever earned, has collected all his change in a big, gold Russell Stover chocolate tin. So naturally, as he goes through the metal detector it detects a LOT of metal!
So we get to all have a thorough inspection and they find the Source of the problem, which they thought was cute & rather funny. More about Rustys change collection to come later