The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

93boomer

93boomer

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
I think most of our first trips were mostly unplanned. They were a year after 9/11 and the parks weren’t that busy. When fp came along, that was ehen we really started planning. When we did the dining plan, that was the start of completely planned. Now we are down to half planned/half not as you suggested, and I like it better myself. Allows for adjustment and spontaneity.
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Totally agree gals!!
 
21stamps

21stamps

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dryerlintfan said:
Don't let them!! They aren't going to be able to top all the pixie dust of this trip!!
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MySmallWorldof4 said:
Yep. It also seems that their less planned trip is going better than a planned one.
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I think expectations are the key to a great trip, and of course- flexibility.
I just got off the phone with her, they are absolutely loving every second. Went in with a rough outline of day-start-times.. FP selections.. dining reservation times. Everything else was left unscheduled. They’re definitely lucking out with crowd levels!

TSMM ended up closing early afternoon and for the rest of the day yesterday.. so they didn’t get to do that, but they’re ok with it.
 
21stamps

21stamps

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dryerlintfan said:
@21stamps I can't find the scout dinner post and missed my opportunity to quote it, but I wanted to say that this is not going to be something that he remembers as an important life event in the long run. He's going to remember his trips with you, and that you were there at every sporting game, and that you supported him, and that you helped him grow. He's going to remember that you helped him with his homework and taught him to drive. If he does remember missing this dinner, it won't be a a big thing like it feels like right now.
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Thanks.. this one hit hard because we missed his last indoor soccer game so we could attend the Cub Scout meeting to make parent gifts for the banquet. He also had a part in a skit that his troop was doing, and he’s worked all year to earn the badges that he was supposed to receive at the banquet.
I think this was my worst Fail to date.

Combine that with his postponed bday party due to scheduling conflicts, and not receiving the baseball game schedule til 2 weeks ago!!
Now there’s literally no venues left for the times we need. (I usually book his bday party in February, March at the latest). So, this year I told him that we’ll figure out something...but I still don’t know how/what.
There’s no way that I can do one at home, I just don’t have the prep time.
So anyway, between those 2 ‘disappointments’ I’m feeling horrible.
He may remember it, but hopefully not in a traumatized way. ;)
 
21stamps

21stamps

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It just stinks that I went ‘all out’ for bday parties during the years that he WON’T remember.. and we did so much ‘fun stuff’ in prior years.. I’ve never missed an important date before..we’ve missed stuff from me getting stuck at work..but not something like that..
and now- right before he turns 8, I drop the ball on 2 fronts. One completely my fault, the other just due to our way too hectic schedules and especially with my work schedule not allowing the free time to prep for a home bday party.

Shoot happens though, right? ;)
 
DryerLintFan

DryerLintFan

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21stamps said:
Thanks.. this one hit hard because we missed his last indoor soccer game so we could attend the Cub Scout meeting to make parent gifts for the banquet. He also had a part in a skit that his troop was doing, and he’s worked all year to earn the badges that he was supposed to receive at the banquet.
I think this was my worst Fail to date.

Combine that with his postponed bday party due to scheduling conflicts, and not receiving the baseball game schedule til 2 weeks ago!!
Now there’s literally no venues left for the times we need. (I usually book his bday party in February, March at the latest). So, this year I told him that we’ll figure out something...but I still don’t know how/what.
There’s no way that I can do one at home, I just don’t have the prep time.
So anyway, between those 2 ‘disappointments’ I’m feeling horrible.
He may remember it, but hopefully not in a traumatized way. ;)
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Instead of booking a venue, just choose an activity. Pay for him and six friends to go to a trampoline park or one of those ninja warrior courses, or paintball, or an indoor swimming pool. You don't have to pay for the party or reserve the venue, just bring goodie bags and maybe some cupcakes and tell them to have a great time!
 
21stamps

21stamps

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Sister just called me back to ask if they can drive to Chef Mickey’s. We talked some more.. more Pixie Dust—- sister’s sister-in-law was picked to be an extra in Indiana Jones!!

This is such a perfect first trip and first-in-many-years for them!!

Oh, and she did say “Y o u were right. This place is unbelievable with kids. We’ll be back.”

I hope the rest of the trip goes just as smoothly!
 
DryerLintFan

DryerLintFan

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21stamps said:
Oh no :( I think she threw it out. Oh well. Hopefully the weather doesn’t storm today.. they’re planning on renting boats at the Contemporary after lunch. I don’t think it was much of a discount anyway.
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Yeah I almost threw ours away too. And our luggage tags. And then our luggage tab straps, LOL. They sure do pack a lot in that box. I can't find a better picture of this, but this is where they all were when we got our coupons:
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StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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I went to put in delivery instructions for FedEx since they just about always deliver to the wrong address. It asked me to verify my identity through a series of questions about people living in the house. It asked me for the month my mom was born in and gave me a couple of options, asked me something about myself, etc. Well, it asked me about my dad. It said "What age group most closely matches Fred?" Well, my dad doesn't go by Fred. He's a junior, so he goes by a shortened version of his middle name. Also, the age groups for him were completely wrong; they started out at 77. Which made me think "Well, sometimes he acts like it, but no..." Then I realized they had to be referring to my late grandfather, who did go by Fred and who would have been 83. So I put that in, and sure enough, it verified my identity. Um...okay FedEx. You give me such confidence. :hilarious:
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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21stamps said:
Ok well.. since my life has a new mini-drama every day.. Here’s the latest and greatest Mom FAIL-

We missed the Cub Scout Blue and Gold banquet last night.

T is soooooooooo mad at me. I deserve it. We were home for most of the day..I was just enjoying a day with nothing on the itinerary. All I was doing was cleaning, chatting here, looking up Disney stuff for the rest of my sister’s week.
T was playing with neighbor kid.

I somehow forgot to put in my calendar so I didn’t get an alert!! Didn’t even realize it til a mom texted me today and asked if I wanted her to drop off his badges, or if I want to pick them up.

Holy Cow. Major Fail. I feel HORRIBLE!!!!
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I'm not sure what that is, but it sounds like it was important to him. I'm so sorry...I'm sure you feel bad for disappointing him, but don't be so hard on yourself. We all slip up once in a while, and it must be hard to keep track of all the activities. I'm sure he'll forgive you!
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
I was about 8 years ago. Great place if you like country music. It rained the whole weekend we were there so we didn’t get the best impression. There was a nice mall with an aquarium that we took the kids to. A few months later, that same year, the whole town flooded and that mall and the Grand Ole Opry were under water. Hmmm. Guess I was not very helpful. :hilarious:
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Well, it's certainly more recent than my experience there. I was like....12 or 13 and we were driving to Florida. We stopped there for a night and stayed at a Super 8 or some other budget hotel and it had flooded and they were in the process of fixing it, so it was all musty smelling and it was noisy. We went to Denny's next door for dinner and they were out of everything. There was some big Country Music thing going on and they had been really busy and had run out of a bunch of stuff, so finally we ended up just asking what they DID have because it was easier than telling us what they were out of. So not a great experience, but not really anything to do with Nashville as a place. And it was like 25-30 years ago.
 

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