UtahMama
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According to the stollen Home Depot Mickey Mouse Head Paint Chips (LGMHPC) Countdown Chart I made on my kitchen pantry door, there's just 5 days till GO-TIME! ((yayyyyy!))
Five days before you leave to do a pre-trip is good. 40 days before is very wrong. That's what I did for our last trip, Sept. '06. Maybe you've read, "OUR BIG, FAT DISNEY VACATION"? Sorry, that sounded braggish. I really had fun doing it, so here we go again!
I grew'd up in Brea, California and have been to Disneyland over 100 times and well-remember ticket books and the Submarine Ride and the America Sings carousel and the Electrical Light Parade.
I could hear the fireworks being set off in Anaheim most every summer night from my bed. The "Poof-Poof" sound in the distance gave my heart a flutter as I imagined them.
I think we're taking a minute to drive by the house I lived in to snap some pictures. I hope they're nice people dwelling there now and dont mind a Suburban-load of Utahans taking pictures of their home! Shoot, maybe I'll knock on the door and peek inside. Hopefully they're home
.
My younger sister had her second daughter back last December and I'm anxious to visit them. They also have a new home which they offerd to let us stay at. I said, "You do remember I have 4 kids, right?" then told her, thanks, but no, we'd stay at a good neighbor hotel. At least I THINK it's a good neighbor hotel.
But this trip we only have 3 kids. Our 17 year old is staying home. Alone. He cant miss school. He's a senior this year and is currently taking college applicable classes he cant miss. He also is in the middle of some management training at his job, Arby's, he can not miss. So he insists he'll be fine. I wont be! He'll be 18 this May, so I guess I can and should trust him. PLUS, his girlfriend will be out of town that week .
Just yesterday, DS17 put something in our microwave that caused a fire, complete with FLAMES! He had set my microwaveable flax seed and lavender neck pillow in there in such a way that it prevented the carousel from turning. It's suposed to be set for 30 seconds at a time, shaking in between, but he went ahead and set it for 6 full minutes and sat his behind on the couch to watch tv. We walked in to a horrible burning smell and the microwave still on with flames inside...with 2 minutes remaining on the timer
!
O....Kayyyyy! He got some calm-ish lecturing from me for 20 minutes. Poor thing is stuck without a microwave to cook with while he's the man of the house. I told him he cant cook at all. Nothing! He can eat cereal or sandwiches! Or, he can get his food from Arby's like he usually does.
Is it possible to be this off topic?
I'll give you our big plans and then introduce this family!!!
My DH works crazy hours. 6 PM to 6 AM 3 or 4 nights a week. It stinks! So, on Feb. 23rd after coming home from work, we'll depart for our 10 hour drive. Ten hours trapped in the Suburban with MY "kids"!!!!!!! I'll let that sink in for a second. We joke about duct tape. We joke about mama needing a little "sumpin-sumpin" to help her temper stay calm and sweet, like leftover c-section pain medication.
We are armed with a DVD player with both fresh and familiar dvd's. We've got 2 Gameboys, books, road games, little treats for good kids, MP3's, books on CD (for me), Suduko puzzle books, and enough junk food to keep us bouncing off the vinyl interior of our prison-on-wheels. Also, enough bribes, empty threats, evil-eyes, cans of "whoop-bum", and earplugs to make Super Nanny proud. Ten (10) hours...
I do not do well confined for that long. I am bound to pull-over and go all Donald Duck on them. But for now, I'm thinking positively. Going to my laughing placce...oh, Splash Mtn. is CLOSED for our visit. So is Fantasmic, and the Disneyland Railroad, Mr. Toad's, and a few more I dont really care about.
Ten hours.
We're staying at a Holiday Inn at a dirt cheap rate. My DH's sister works for them and got us a great rate....woo hoo! That was hard! There's a golf thing going on in Anaheim and good rooms are really hard to come by. Funny, "Days Inn" had plenty of rooms
February 24th is our 1st park day. We just got AP's in the mail
cool1: ) and have to have our pictures taken for those first thing when we get there.
This is our California Adventure day but we'll be having dinner at Blue Bayou...with Cap'n Jack of course.
February 25th is Riley's 7th birthday. He's going to make the most out of his birthday button, I tell you what! We're having his birthday breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen since we liked "Chef Mickey's" at the Contemporary in WDW so much. That night we'll be dining at the Rainforest Cafe. Oh, did I say "night?" I meant at 3:30! It's a party of 10 with my sister and her family and my mother....so 3:30 is all they had. We're greatful for the time we got. Maybe it'll be less crowded? Maybe the food will taste better? This is his official "party". His gift from us was a POC MP3 Player we already gave him to keep him quiet for the drive. We loaded it up with hours and hours of music for him. Oh, this is our Disneyland day
February 26th is also Disneyland day but also to repeat our favorites at DCA and maybe DTD.
We are Pin Traders, so we've gotten a crapload of pins for cheap on e-bay. Yes, they're "real". We got enough for each of us to have 10. That should last roughly 25 minutes on day one.
We leave back home bright and early on the 27th. All forlorn and planning next trip!
Meet the Family...(nice to meetcha!)
Me, Wendy, Turning 40 this year and happy about it. Posess a weird sense of humor and am currently dieting (WISH thread if interested). I'm "nice" is how most people describe me. Nice-nice-nice. I do have an inner bad girl that hopefully will come out for this Trip Report. Bad is much more interseting than "nice", dontcha think?
DH47,Ron, geez, he's getting up there! He's nice too but is the opposite of me in most ways. We do have Disney in common, so it works. He's is the living, breathing character Goofy...if Goofy was a nerd. He really is a nice guy and would give you the shirt off his back (as would I
) He is a GREAT dad and loves his kids. Inable to say "No" to them, which I have NO problem doing!
DS17,Jordan...staying home to dog and house-sit. I am hoping this isn't a bad choice on my part.
DS8, Dallen....stubborn, smart, silly, sentimental. He isn't embarrassed to kiss me good-bye in front of his friends. Hope that trait lasts. Rambo Pin Trader.
DS7, Riley...super shy. Painfully shy, but sweet as can be. He pin-trades by approaching a CM and pointing to whichever pin he wants to trade. He scopes out the most valuable pin and always makes a savvy business deal. All with the simple point of a finger.
DD2, Norah...She was our "surprise" baby and is a wonderful handful. She knows how to "work it" with tantrums and the puss-in-boots face from Shrek II. She's got her daddy wrapped around her itty bitty finger. I'm on to her. We've been practicing playing "kitty" with her new harness LEASH device to keep her from running off. So far it's great fun meowing at strangers as we navigate Walmart.
Only 5 more days till our big, fat, adventure! The Suburban has been maintananced and cleaned. Our snacks are stashed in there (mostly so I wont eat them). We are SOoooooo ready!
Hope you are too!!!!
FOR DISUNC....
Go to page 14, 17, 21, 26, 33, 38, 41, 44
Five days before you leave to do a pre-trip is good. 40 days before is very wrong. That's what I did for our last trip, Sept. '06. Maybe you've read, "OUR BIG, FAT DISNEY VACATION"? Sorry, that sounded braggish. I really had fun doing it, so here we go again!
I grew'd up in Brea, California and have been to Disneyland over 100 times and well-remember ticket books and the Submarine Ride and the America Sings carousel and the Electrical Light Parade.
I could hear the fireworks being set off in Anaheim most every summer night from my bed. The "Poof-Poof" sound in the distance gave my heart a flutter as I imagined them.
I think we're taking a minute to drive by the house I lived in to snap some pictures. I hope they're nice people dwelling there now and dont mind a Suburban-load of Utahans taking pictures of their home! Shoot, maybe I'll knock on the door and peek inside. Hopefully they're home
.My younger sister had her second daughter back last December and I'm anxious to visit them. They also have a new home which they offerd to let us stay at. I said, "You do remember I have 4 kids, right?" then told her, thanks, but no, we'd stay at a good neighbor hotel. At least I THINK it's a good neighbor hotel.
But this trip we only have 3 kids. Our 17 year old is staying home. Alone. He cant miss school. He's a senior this year and is currently taking college applicable classes he cant miss. He also is in the middle of some management training at his job, Arby's, he can not miss. So he insists he'll be fine. I wont be! He'll be 18 this May, so I guess I can and should trust him. PLUS, his girlfriend will be out of town that week
. Just yesterday, DS17 put something in our microwave that caused a fire, complete with FLAMES! He had set my microwaveable flax seed and lavender neck pillow in there in such a way that it prevented the carousel from turning. It's suposed to be set for 30 seconds at a time, shaking in between, but he went ahead and set it for 6 full minutes and sat his behind on the couch to watch tv. We walked in to a horrible burning smell and the microwave still on with flames inside...with 2 minutes remaining on the timer
!O....Kayyyyy! He got some calm-ish lecturing from me for 20 minutes. Poor thing is stuck without a microwave to cook with while he's the man of the house. I told him he cant cook at all. Nothing! He can eat cereal or sandwiches! Or, he can get his food from Arby's like he usually does.
Is it possible to be this off topic?
I'll give you our big plans and then introduce this family!!!
My DH works crazy hours. 6 PM to 6 AM 3 or 4 nights a week. It stinks! So, on Feb. 23rd after coming home from work, we'll depart for our 10 hour drive. Ten hours trapped in the Suburban with MY "kids"!!!!!!! I'll let that sink in for a second. We joke about duct tape. We joke about mama needing a little "sumpin-sumpin" to help her temper stay calm and sweet, like leftover c-section pain medication.
We are armed with a DVD player with both fresh and familiar dvd's. We've got 2 Gameboys, books, road games, little treats for good kids, MP3's, books on CD (for me), Suduko puzzle books, and enough junk food to keep us bouncing off the vinyl interior of our prison-on-wheels. Also, enough bribes, empty threats, evil-eyes, cans of "whoop-bum", and earplugs to make Super Nanny proud. Ten (10) hours...
I do not do well confined for that long. I am bound to pull-over and go all Donald Duck on them. But for now, I'm thinking positively. Going to my laughing placce...oh, Splash Mtn. is CLOSED for our visit. So is Fantasmic, and the Disneyland Railroad, Mr. Toad's, and a few more I dont really care about.
Ten hours.
We're staying at a Holiday Inn at a dirt cheap rate. My DH's sister works for them and got us a great rate....woo hoo! That was hard! There's a golf thing going on in Anaheim and good rooms are really hard to come by. Funny, "Days Inn" had plenty of rooms
February 24th is our 1st park day. We just got AP's in the mail
cool1: ) and have to have our pictures taken for those first thing when we get there. This is our California Adventure day but we'll be having dinner at Blue Bayou...with Cap'n Jack of course.
February 25th is Riley's 7th birthday. He's going to make the most out of his birthday button, I tell you what! We're having his birthday breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen since we liked "Chef Mickey's" at the Contemporary in WDW so much. That night we'll be dining at the Rainforest Cafe. Oh, did I say "night?" I meant at 3:30! It's a party of 10 with my sister and her family and my mother....so 3:30 is all they had. We're greatful for the time we got. Maybe it'll be less crowded? Maybe the food will taste better? This is his official "party". His gift from us was a POC MP3 Player we already gave him to keep him quiet for the drive. We loaded it up with hours and hours of music for him. Oh, this is our Disneyland day
February 26th is also Disneyland day but also to repeat our favorites at DCA and maybe DTD.
We are Pin Traders, so we've gotten a crapload of pins for cheap on e-bay. Yes, they're "real". We got enough for each of us to have 10. That should last roughly 25 minutes on day one.
We leave back home bright and early on the 27th. All forlorn and planning next trip!
Meet the Family...(nice to meetcha!)
Me, Wendy, Turning 40 this year and happy about it. Posess a weird sense of humor and am currently dieting (WISH thread if interested). I'm "nice" is how most people describe me. Nice-nice-nice. I do have an inner bad girl that hopefully will come out for this Trip Report. Bad is much more interseting than "nice", dontcha think?
DH47,Ron, geez, he's getting up there! He's nice too but is the opposite of me in most ways. We do have Disney in common, so it works. He's is the living, breathing character Goofy...if Goofy was a nerd. He really is a nice guy and would give you the shirt off his back (as would I
) He is a GREAT dad and loves his kids. Inable to say "No" to them, which I have NO problem doing! DS17,Jordan...staying home to dog and house-sit. I am hoping this isn't a bad choice on my part.
DS8, Dallen....stubborn, smart, silly, sentimental. He isn't embarrassed to kiss me good-bye in front of his friends. Hope that trait lasts. Rambo Pin Trader.
DS7, Riley...super shy. Painfully shy, but sweet as can be. He pin-trades by approaching a CM and pointing to whichever pin he wants to trade. He scopes out the most valuable pin and always makes a savvy business deal. All with the simple point of a finger.
DD2, Norah...She was our "surprise" baby and is a wonderful handful. She knows how to "work it" with tantrums and the puss-in-boots face from Shrek II. She's got her daddy wrapped around her itty bitty finger. I'm on to her. We've been practicing playing "kitty" with her new harness LEASH device to keep her from running off. So far it's great fun meowing at strangers as we navigate Walmart.
Only 5 more days till our big, fat, adventure! The Suburban has been maintananced and cleaned. Our snacks are stashed in there (mostly so I wont eat them). We are SOoooooo ready!
Hope you are too!!!!
FOR DISUNC....
Go to page 14, 17, 21, 26, 33, 38, 41, 44
Anxious to see how Jordan does "home alone". I guess his girlfriend's trip sealed the deal, heh? 
We moved from CA about 3 yrs ago...we lived 30 min from DL and I miss it.
I'm excited to read all about your trip!
Well that should keep you on your diet then because I know how bad you can be.....
and wait 
for you to write this report. Maybe you will finish it before we are both 40.
