Seedlings to Sunflowers

2008-04-11T09:47:00.005-05:00

SUPER SAVING SATURDAY!

Thanks for tips from Money Saving Mom I made two trips to CVS this week. I was able to purchase all these items for $3.31 oop (out of pocket)!! I also earned $41 in ECB for my future trips to CVS!! I'm a very big fan of CVS!! Here is a list of what I purchased!

5 Excedrin

2 Fabreze Effects

1 Fabreze Noticeable Kit

5 Sunsilk hair products

1 Johnson & Johnson Melt Away

2 CoverGirl foundations

2 Pepcid Ez Chews

1 3-Pack Softsoap

1 4-Pack Scott Tissue

According to my receipt I saved $116.50! My sincere thanks to Money Saving Mom for sharing deals on her site! For more Super Saving Saturday post please visit Moneysavingmom.com!

2008-04-01T20:08:00.004-05:00

After Prom

2008-04-01T19:34:00.007-05:00

This is the actual prom. My date did seem to have a problem keeping his eyes open...oh well.

2008-04-01T19:29:00.004-05:00

Before Prom.

2008-03-29T21:51:00.002-05:00

OK so I've been getting some requests for some pictures, from my trip to Mexico. And I now have done 4 different posts with pictures so I hope you all are satisfied and throughly enjoy them.!

DORY!

2008-03-29T21:45:00.003-05:00

Playing around and shopping.

2008-03-29T21:24:00.005-05:00

Some of the kids in the Colonial.

2008-03-29T21:03:00.004-05:00

Sights of Nuevo Progresso.

2008-03-29T20:46:00.004-05:00

My Paint Team...

2008-03-07T10:01:00.002-06:00

Ok so we were tagged to do a meme...and we're sort of doing it. In the rules we're suppose to post seven weird/random facts about ourselves. We're also suppose to tag seven people to do the same, but considering the fact that the person who tagged us is the only person we really know on here, we're just not gonna tag anyone.

Here are our facts:

Dory:
1. I was accepted & awarded a scholarship(a pretty nice one at that) to the college of my choice!
2. My favorite movie is Finding Nemo.
3. I'm leaving in 8 days to go on a mission trip to Mexico!!! (I'm very excited!)
4. I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.
5. My favorite color is lime green.
6. I would like to one day have 8 kids & live next door to my best friend, who happens to have the same name as me & who also wants 8 kids!
7. My car is a gray 2006 Honda civic with a car tag that reads PS42WWS, which stands for P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney!!ha

2008-03-01T19:52:00.005-06:00

SENIOR PICTURES!

We had fun this week posing for senior pictures! I of course had to shed a few tears!! I can't believe our little girl has grown up right before our eyes! But isn't she lovely??!!!

2008-02-11T18:50:00.000-06:00

Can you guess where we are going??

From 7 AM to 10 PM, you can get a free short stack of pancakes at all IHOP locations.

All they ask is that you consider making a donation to support local children's hospitals
through Children's Miracle Network, or other local charities.

There is a limit of one free short stack per guest. The offer is valid at participating restaurants for dine-in only while supplies last and is not valid with any other offer, special coupon or discount.

If you would like to support a wonderful cause and have some Pancakes head on over to your local IHOP!!

2008-02-06T09:35:00.000-06:00

For today's edition of Works-For-Me Wednesday, list your favorite on-line shops.
I shopped Walmart.com during Christmas, especially for electronics! I also used the feature Ship-to-Store to avoid shipping cost! They send an email when your item(s) are ready to be picked up! I walked in showed my printed receipt and picked up my merchandise! I was in and out within 5 minutes! This Works for ME! What's your favorite on-line store?? For more great online shopping, visit Shannon at Rocks In My Dryer!

2008-02-02T13:08:00.000-06:00

Thanks to all who entered my first Bloggy Giveaway! It was great fun! And to get down to business!

THE WINNER IS: peg42!!!

2008-01-29T08:51:00.002-06:00

Bloggy Giveaways!

Can you say fun???!!!

It's that time again for the Bloggy Giveaways hosted by Shannon at Rocks in my Dryer!

I figured I would offer something that EVERYONE would love to have! Who doesn't love.....STARBUCKS??!!!

I am giving away a $15 dollar gift card to Starbucks!

To enter to win all you have to do is leave a comment ( be sure and tell me your favorite Starbucks drink!) Also, make sure to leave a valid email address.

This giveaway will end on February 2nd @ Noon Central time! This is for US residents only.

Please be sure to check out all the other great giveaways going on by visiting Shannon at Bloggy Giveaways.

2008-01-24T17:46:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday Dear Dory!! Happy Birthday To You!!

How in the world did I become the mother of an 18 year old??? I've blinked once and you have gone from a 6 lbs. 9 oz. beauty to one of the most Lovely young ladies I know!

We are so proud of the lady you are becoming! God has truly blessed us more than we could have ever imagined!
WE love you!!

2008-01-12T13:27:00.001-06:00

2008-01-12T12:34:00.000-06:00

OLD NAVY SAVINGS!!!
We went to old Navy today after hearing on Money Saving Mom about the sale! We got several things for the children at wonderful savings!! Lightening got 3 pants, 3 short sleeve shirts, 2 long sleeve shirts, hat, gloves, and ear warmers. Pocahontas got: 5 pants, 3 jackets, 1 shirt, 2 sets of gloves, 1 scarf and 1 hat. Dory got 2 jeans, 2 shirts, 1 hat and 2 pair of gloves. All of this for $100!!

2008-01-04T14:09:00.000-06:00

MORE BARGAINS!!!!!

I heard that Target started a 90% off Christmas merchandise today!! We raked in the bargains! Here is a list of things we got:
2-12 packs of Coke ( 2- FREE 12 pack coupons)
2-16 month calendars...$0.59 each
4 boxes of 350 clear lights...$.089 each
3 Large green bowls (for popcorn)...$0.19 each
3 sets of 4 cereal bowls....$0.19 per set
3 sets of 4 cups...$0.19 per set
4 sets of earrings...$1.38(total)
4 bags of Hersheys Kisses..$0.27 each (4-$0.50 coupons)
Christmas Card Cookie Kit....$0.99
2 Large boxes of wrapping paper...$1.29 each
Dora ornaments...$0.69
4 cans of Chicken Noodle soup...$0.60 each (2-$0.50 coupons & 1 $0.40 coupon)
our grand total....$13.41!!!!!!
I have a friend that works at Target and when she saw me coming to the Checkout area she said "I've been watching for you today!" What can I say I love a good bargain!!! My daughter's comment was "Target is going to ban you from coming in their store!"

2008-01-03T10:07:00.000-06:00

ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!

It's so cold outside, even Ella had to put on a jacket.

Her Heisman pose!

2008-01-01T00:06:00.001-06:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2007-12-31T19:46:00.001-06:00

CVS Savings!!!

I went to CVS yesterday and had my best ever buy!! I got:

Charmin 9 pack roll of toilet paper
Bounty 8 pack paper towels
Tide liquid detergent
3 CVS cough drops
Airborne dual pack (daytime and nighttime)
Dawn dish detergent
Feminine pads

I had the following coupons:

$4 off $20 purchase, $5 off $15 purchase, $2 off $10 purchase, Tide $.35, Charmin $.25, Boutny $.25, Airborne $1.00, Dawn $.75, and $5.49 ECB (extra care bucks). I spent $2.37 our of pocket. I should have received 3-$.99 ECB. The ECB didn't print for some reason. I asked the clerk (Andy) why. The manager came over and couldn't figure out how to make it print the bucks so he returned me the $2.97!! I think that means they paid me $.60 to take the merchandise out of the store!!!
Eeyore just shook his head in disbelief!!!

Happy New Year to us!!!

2007-12-28T21:13:00.001-06:00

PUPPIES!!!

2007-12-27T22:25:00.000-06:00

PICS FROM THE LAST POST!!

MOM'S HAIR NEW CUT!!

LIGHTNING HITCHING A RIDE ON THE GO KART.

POCAHANTAS AND I ON THE GO KART

MY DRESS + GRANNY'S SHAWL!

2007-12-27T21:24:00.000-06:00

I can't Believe it's our last night here at Granny's . It seems like we just got here. Who would ever wanna leave this beautiful place?!?! Unfortunately we can't escape from reality and stay in our quiet little hideout forever.

Last night I got to have a wonderful, long, luxorious bath in Granny's jacuzzi tub!! Pocahontas massaged my shoulders, neck, temples, and later my back. She also gave me a pedicure. I loved it!! She told me she'd do it again sometime, but I had to pay her then..."Today is free day", is what she told me.

Today Fiddly, Granny, Pocahantas, and I all went shopping, mostly for a prom dress. I found one that I absolutely love!! But we needed to get the approval from Eeyore first. My mom had an appointment with Granny's hair dresser to get a haircut so after that Eeyore met us at Dillards to see the dress. He actually said he thought it looked pretty...now it's not his favorite dress, but he did approve! Granny has a shawl that goes perfectly with it too. After that all of us went to eat lunch at Logan's. We were all stuffed. Fiddle D. Dee, Granny, and I all went to look for shoes to go with my dress after we ate. Eeyore, Lightning, and Pocahantas decided to go back to Granny's instead of more shopping. We didn't find any shoes, but we did stop by my uncle's house on the way home to see the puppies. They're so cute! There are eleven puppies, 5 solid black, 5 black with gray and white spots and one chocolate one. I forgot my camera at Granny's so I didn't get any pictures, but we're hoping to go back by on the way home 2morrow, because the little kids didn't get to go see them, so I'll try again then. When we got home Pocahontas and I rode the golf cart for a little bit, then we went down to the river to see how many crabs we had in the crab baskets(to see if we had enough to eat). We had six, I wasn't sure that, that was enough, but Fiddly talked me into it. So we took them out, declawed them, and I cleaned them almost by myself. Since Fiddly and I did all the work and there were only six(little ones) we ate them all. I did have to call my cousin to make sure I remembered right, and she talked me through that part that she did the last time(mostly laughing at me). And in my opinoin they all turned out very good! I think that's all for now...

... Oh and for those inquiring minds wanting to see pictures of our Christmas morning, well all of those pics are on Granny's camera and she has a different kind of memory card than me and at the moment I have no way of getting them on here. So hopefully sometime later I'll be able to get those and put them on for all to see.

2007-12-25T19:28:00.000-06:00

We get to open one present on Christmas Eve, Pocahantas chose to unwrap me.

2007-12-25T18:47:00.000-06:00

So, I was planning on writing about the rest of our time here at Granny's on the last post and having just one big post, but when I went to put the pictures on I kinda screwed it all up, as you can probably tell from the random gaps in between the pics, but alas that didn't happen so I'm just making it into 2 posts.

We didn't have a Christmas Eve dinner with all my cousins like we usually do, but instead we had a Christmas "Adam" dinner as Sully calls it(because Adam came b4 Eve). And for this Christmas "Adam" dinner we had a Mexican meal with tamales, Mexican rice, guacamole, tortillas and a Mexican cake. I forgot what the cake's called something like 3 milk cake or something. I didn't really like it, but it looked pretty, and on top it said Feliz Navidad. For an appetizer or whatever you wanna call it we had bean dip and tortilla chips. Christmas just wouldn't be the same
without our Mexican food. The tamales are my favorite!!

Today we had pancakes, bacon, and sausage for breakfast. And for a late lunch and early dinner we has turkey and dressing, giblet gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli with cheese and these little Greek things that had spinach and feta cheese wrapped in this thin pastry type thing.

Then we went to my uncle's house to see the car my cousin got. We didn't stay long, because one of my cousins was sick running a fever, and all she wanted was for me to hold her. I kinda freaked out cause I'm a bit of a germ-a-phobe. I felt sorry for her cause I could tell she didn't fell good, but I didn't wanna get sick either. So we got outta there as soon as possible. As soon as we got home I stripped off all my germ filled clothes and jumped in the shower. I also dowsed the jacket I was wearing in Lysol, but the sad thing is I'll probably still get sick...I don't want to, but because of irony it's bound to happen. Pray that the rest of us all stay healthy!!

That's pretty much all that's happened so far. We did go see National Treasure 2 one day...it was good!! I can't wait to find out what kinda fun we're gonna have the rest of the week...as long as everyone's feeling well.

DORY

2007-12-25T17:50:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas!!!

We hope you all have had an amazing Christmas!! We sure have...it's always fun here at Granny's house. We came down here Friday and met Granny and our cousin Nikki at Aunt Bo's, a new seafood buffet near where she lives. It was good, but not my favorite. Later that afternoon the little kids wanted to check Granny's crab baskets...so we went down to the river to look and we had 14 crabs!! Even though we had seafood for lunch we were all craving freshly boiled crab...Granny makes the best! The only problem...who would clean the crabs so they could be cooked and eaten? Well my cousin assured us she knew how to do it, and thinking that if she could do it surely I could too, I volunteered to help. So with the careful instruction of my cousin I proceeded to "wash the guts out" after she cracked open the shells and handed them to me. It's probably one of the grossest things I've ever done. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to eat one, much less enjoy it, because just the thought of eating what I had just had my hands all in made me queasy. I did however eat one and a half and they were very good! I was pretty proud of myself, even though my cousin did most of the work.

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2007-12-20T14:37:00.001-06:00

Happy 21st Anniversary Mom and Dad!!!

Love,
Dory

2007-12-17T22:14:00.000-06:00

CVS Bargains!!!

How much would you think I spent on this purchase from CVS??? My husband guessed $8.00. I have been following tips listed on Moneysavingmom.com. I used CVS coupons,ECB, and manufactured coupons and ended up having to add the Snickers bar because they wouldn't pay me to walk out with the merchandise!! I spent a total of $0.39!!! My daughter couldn't believe it!! Also in return I got $12.49 in ECB and $4 off $20 purchase!!! I do plan to go back this week for another purchase! I wonder if I will do as well then????

2007-12-17T22:08:00.000-06:00

2 Christmas beauties!!

2007-12-01T22:24:00.000-06:00

Our school has a new mascot!! Our cheerleading coach had the costume made and it looks very cute. My friend and I (the 2 seniors) named him. His full name is M.J. Ziggy Daniels, M for her name, J for my name, we got Daniels from her middle name Danielle, and we just liked Ziggy!! Although, everyone just calls him M.J. Now, I know you probably didn't need or want to know the full name and explanation of the name, but I thought I'd share that anyway.

The boy who wears the mascot costume is actually one of the football players, who happens to have a better toe-touch than most, if not all of us on the squad. He's a pretty good mascot, but at one point he got tired, so his MOM got in the costume to give him a break, and I guess he was embarrassed or something because he never got back in it. I think it would be fun to put on the costume and jump around and act crazy. I would've given him a break and put on the costume, if I wasn't cheering. I think as long as his mom doesn't get back in it he'll do a great job. Well I hope all of this makes sense and isn't too wordy, because it's 11 o'clock at night and past my bed time!!

Jesus loves you,
Dory

2007-11-29T09:40:00.000-06:00

Lamentations 3: 22-23 ~ “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”

I'm thankful for a Lord and Savior that is full of compassion, mercy and grace!
I'm thankful for a healthy family!!
I'm thankful for this time of year!
I'm thankful for spending time with family over Thanksgiving!
I'm thankful for a sweet niece that has made a lovely header for my blog!!

Many thanks to Laurel Wreath for hosting today’s Thankful Thursday!
Blessings to each of you - be thankful!

2007-11-28T17:18:00.000-06:00

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas on the Seedlings blog!!! I want to thank a Wonderful niece for the design! She has helped Spruce us up!! I promised her that I would be more current with our post!!
Thanks Flibby it looks wonderful!!

2007-08-10T20:55:00.000-05:00

NEW HOBBY!!!

I bought the above things over the last 2 days from CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid. My out of pocket expense was $35.48. I saved $70.19. I have $31.49 coming in rebates or Extra Care Bucks. That's like $3.98 for all in the picture!!! Not bad!

I also went to Publix (the items aren't included in the picture because some are already in our tummies!) spent $24.49 and saved $45.21. The lady behind me couldn't believe it! She went on and on about how much I saved and how many bags were in my buggy! A total of 7 bags! Dory was a little embarrassed that she was being so loud!!

I have been considering trying The Grocery Game! If you aren't familiar with TGG, it is a way of matching coupons with store sales.

Most stores have a sales cycle, generally a 12 week cycle. The inventor of the Grocery Game, Teri Gault, has tracked the sales cycles (and now has a team of folks all over tracking the local stores).They have a database that tells them when an item has hit a rock-bottom price. Some items are on sale at one time but will have an even lower price later on--this is called a "phantom sale." When an item is at it's rock-bottom price, you as a shopper are to stock up, try to buy 12 weeks worth of that item, so that you will have all you need till it hits that rock-bottom price again. They also have a database of coupons that come in the Sunday paper, combine those coupons with those rock-bottom prices and you get AMAZING savings--sometimes you even get stuff for free!!!
The price of the list is generally $10 for one store for 8 weeks, plus an additional $5 for each store after that. BUT....the first month is your trial month and is only $1 for as many store lists as you want!!!!
The list comes out once a week and is really organized. Black items are fairly good prices but not rock-bottom, so if you NEED something that is black, go ahead and get it. Blue items are rock-bottom, so stockpile these items. And Green are items that are free!!
If you want to try the one month trial for only $1 and see what you think! If you feel generous and want to give me credit for the referral, put this email address in Lynnomartin@hotmail.com. For every 3 referrals, I get some free weeks off the list. BUT, I am not telling you about this for the free weeks!!! I'm having a wonderful time saving money and wanted to share it with you!!
Here are a few tips:
1. It may be good to get extra Sunday papers.

2. Find a way to organize the coupons that works for you!

3. Start saving!!!

HAPPY SHOPPING!

2007-07-26T17:47:00.000-05:00

Email Address:

lynnomartin@hotmail.com

2007-07-09T23:26:00.000-05:00

A Not So Typical Day

This morning I woke up on the run!! I threw the clothes from the washer into the dryer! Started a new load of clothes in the washer and turned on the dryer. It didn't sound right :( . I didn't have time to do anything about it then, so off I ran!

When I got home I called a very special friend who just a couple of weeks ago called to tell me she had just repaired her washing machine!! I told her what was going on and she directed me to this nifty fix-it site!!! We figured out what was wrong, my dryer belt had broken. She encouraged me that I could fix this!!! After her prompting I called a local store and they had the belt in stock!!

Once I bought the belt it was time to take the dryer apart!! Me taking a dryer apart?? Would it ever be put back together?? Would it really ever work again?? Taking the dryer apart turned out to be pretty easy!! After looking at the inside for a while I couldn't figure out how the belt went around the pulley :(. Off to the phone to call my trusty friend! She came right over and after several minutes and a couple of trips to the computer she figured out how it worked!! We had the belt installed and dryer put back together within minutes :) ! Now time to see if it worked.... I pushed the button and NOTHING.. What now?? What have I done??? Then it hit me.. it wasn't plugged in!! I plugged it up and pushed the button PRESTO IT WORKED!!!

The price of the part was $16.15. I've estimated that if we had called a Sears repairman it would have been $75 for a housecall, $100 labor, and $20 for the part... That is a savings of $ 178.85 :). I've told Eyeore that my friend and I need a trip to Starbucks for saving him big bucks!!! That or either a new outfit! So how was your day????

2007-05-29T19:58:00.001-05:00

Our garden is growing...here are some pics.

This is a flower on the cucumber plant.

2007-02-08T22:44:00.000-06:00

Our boat. The one next to it is also a Royal Caribbean ship, but it's alot bigger!!!This was taken from a restaurant overlooking one of the pools.
The island of Coasta Maya

2007-02-08T22:31:00.000-06:00

Sophie and her snails that I mentioned in my earlier blog.

2007-02-08T22:16:00.000-06:00

Coasta Maya

We saw this sign in the bathroom...I thought it was funny, so I took a picture.

2007-02-08T19:49:00.000-06:00

So I promised Miss Poppins that I'd blog more about my trip, so here it is. The second port we went to was Costa Maya. It was pretty, but you could definetly tell that it was a tourist spot!! There were alot of stores and Kiosk's(sp?) in basically this big circle. There were pools right on the beach. We got a table pretty close to the pools. It was really nice. Me and Madison both got Mexican dresses while we were there. Her's was red and mine's green!!haha We wore them to dinner that night and everyone seemed to like them. While we were sitting at the table just hanging out, Sophie(1 of my "cousins" 4 the week) who's 6, found some snails and then named them and made up a whole story about them. There was a daddy snail and a momma snail. It was really cute!!!

Me and Madison in Coasta Maya

2007-02-06T16:09:00.000-06:00

Sorry I haven't updated yet...I just haven't seemed to have the time. The cruise was awesome!!! I loved it!!! The first few days we were at sea and that was nice. It was realtively warm and kinda wet, but still very relaxing. Grand Cayman was the first port we got off at. While we were there we went to one of the beaches, it was the furthest away from the town. There was a restaurant right by where we were swimming so when we weren't swimming we were sitting under the little awning of the restaurant. There was this little bird that came right up to us while we were sitting there and started chirping at us. The cab driver told us that we could walk back to town, it was only a 45 minute walk. We opted not to do that!!haha Our cab driver also told us that gas on the island is $6.50 a gallon. It kinda makes our gas price not seem so bad. On the island we saw a McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, and a Subway!! I thought that was kinda funny. We also went shopping. I got a pair of sunglasses that kinda look like the ones I had in Disney world.

This is the bird we saw at the restaurnt.

2007-01-26T21:48:00.000-06:00

Silly me, I just remembered, my name was Dory!!haha I guess it really suits me...huh?

2007-01-26T21:20:00.000-06:00

Ok, so I understand that we haven't updated in a while(now that I think about it, it's been about 4 months...I think), and I have no idea what I'm gonna write, but there have been some requests that we update so here it is. I'm just kinda making it up as I go and I'm a little tired as well, so I'm warning you now it could be a crazy mess. Let's see...I'm leaving tomorrow morning to go on a cruise, it's my 17th birthday present from my grandparents!! We're leaving out of New Orleans and we're stopping in the Grand Cayman Islands, Costa Mia(sp?), and Cozumel!! I'm really excited!! I've never been on a cruise before!! Neither has my mom, I think she's a little jealous. Supposedly its supposed to be in the 80's while we're down there, and I'm really excited about that. I don't do cold very well, so getting to go hang out in 80 degree weather sounds wonderful!!! I'm planning on taking lots of pictures and I'll post them when I get back. I'll be thinking of all of you. I hope you all have a good week.

Jesus loves you,
umm...I forgot my "code" name or w/e you wanna call it...I guess I'll just make up a new one. How does Jo Beth sound?

2006-09-29T16:28:00.000-05:00

Today we went to Animal Kingdom where we saw Baloo, Jiminy Cricket and a pair of Pocahontas. We also had a rare Sully sighting. For a last ride a Disney World we all rode the River Rapids, but luckily none of us got soaked. That pleasure was left for the others in the boat. Tonight we are going to see the Hoop Dee Doo Review at Pioneer Hall in Fort Wilderness. In the morning we head north and home.

-Eeyore

2006-09-28T19:48:00.000-05:00

The birthday celebration for Pocahontas continued today with a delivery from Snow White (balloons and a card). We also spotted Dory with Dory at Epcot today. We visited Epcot and MGM today so that Tink could get her fix (there is only 1 more day left you know). We also encountered the largest crowds of the trip so far (see picture). The Food and Wine Festival started today at Epcot, so there were lots of young adults enjoying themselves. We finally has a Pluto photo oportunity today also. Tomorrow is Animal Kingdow and the Hoop to Doo Review at Fort Wilderness. Saturday we travel home.

- Eeyore

2006-09-27T22:16:00.000-05:00

Piglet decorated Pocahontas with streamers and confetti. You can see the streamers in this pic.
Pocahontas and Pooh
Pocahontas and I on Splash Mountain...her new favorite ride!!!

2006-09-27T22:06:00.000-05:00

Me and Piglet
Mickey signing Pocahontas' autograph book.
Me with my Mickey ears.

2006-09-27T21:52:00.000-05:00

Pocahontas blowing out the candle on her cupcake!!!
Cinderella's castle
Eeyore and Eeyore

2006-09-27T21:35:00.000-05:00

Today we went to Magic Kingdom again. Lady Why pretty much summed up our whole day in her comment on the last post, but about the parade...Mickey didn't sing to her. While we were waiting on Mickey...aka...the parade, the crowd sang to her and a few other people whose birthday was also today.

They have a new thing in Tomorrow Land called "High School Musical Pep Rally". It's really cute, they do dances and songs from the movie and the invite everyone else to join along!! I tried to take some pics of Pocahontas dancing, but didn't get any good ones. Not only were there a bunch of little kids dancing, but Eeyore and I also saw a couple of (we think maybe 50 something year old) ladies dancing. Tink saw some grown men dancing and thought they were pretty funny as well.

Ok I think that's about it, but I'll post some pics on here for you all to see!! -Dory

2006-09-26T20:42:00.000-05:00

Pics from Sarah Grace's birthday dinner at the Grand Floridian.

2006-09-26T17:29:00.000-05:00

Here are more pictures from Animal Kingdom. Pocahontas talked with Chip and Dale to get over not being tall enough to ride. She is also grinning with her PeePaw in a rickshaw waiting to get wet. Tonight we are going to have dinner with the Princesses and have a birthday celebration. She showed everyone her "It's my Birthday" pin today at AK, but was quick to point out that her birthday is really tomorrow.

-Eeyore

2006-09-26T16:55:00.000-05:00

Mount Everest pics...

2006-09-26T16:11:00.000-05:00

Today we went to Animal Kingdom. It was fun. We rode the Kali River Rapids 3 times in a row, first thing. Which probably wasn't the best thing considering we all have raw legs now from walking around wet all day. These are a couple pictures from the ride.

After that Eeyore, Lightning McQueen, Pocahontas, and I rode Mount Everest. It was alot of fun. When we got to Dino Land we tried to ride Prime Eval Whirl, but Pocahontas wasn't tall enough. She told the lady at the front of the ride that she had just got off Mount Everest and she was tall enough for that ride!!! She was mad after that!!! And didn't wanna ride much of anything.
-Dory-

2006-09-25T20:45:00.000-05:00

Disney has been covered up with Love Bugs (and I don't mean Herbie!). They are everywhere. Yesterday we went to see the Beauty and the Beast show at MGM (see attached picture). Pocahontas like it, but she was more impressed with meeting the Pink Power Ranger! I hope that these additional pictures help some of you Disney Junkies make it through the rest of the week!

2006-09-25T20:42:00.000-05:00

More pictures from dinner at Chef Mickey's

2006-09-25T20:29:00.000-05:00

Today we went to Epcot again and Pocahontas rode Test Track and Mission Space for the first time!! She really enjoyed it. Tink was freaking out on Test Track yelling at me to hang on to Pocahontas, but Pocahontas pushed my hands away and put her own hands up in the air yelling yay...yipee!!! haha It was funny.

Tonight we ate at Chef Mickey's. The food was really good. They had ham that was wonderful!! One of the desserts they had was an oreo with chocolate moose on top and chocolate Mickey ears on top of the moose. That was really good as well. Sorry we don't have any pictures of our food though. Pocahontas and Lightning both really enjoyed seeing the characters at the restaurant. While we were waiting to be seated Pocahontas said she wanted to call and talk to someone. She decided she wanted to call someone we'll call Mr. Invisible. As soon as he answered the phone she started talking 90-nothing about her Disney World trip. I think the first thing she said was,"Hey guess what...I'm not in Alabama anymore!!!" Then later after dinner, she was pretending to talk into her banana to someone about Disney. She's truly enjoying every second of our time here!!!
-Dory-

2006-09-25T16:47:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures from Epcot this morning. Pocahontas is excited to measure up for Test Track. She is also poising with here twin at the Living Seas. More info to come later.

Eeyore-

2006-09-25T16:18:00.000-05:00

2006-09-25T06:29:00.000-05:00

We are trying to recover from our very busy day yesterday! We are going back to Epcot this morning! We can't wait to ride Soaring and Test Track! Hopefully we will also see Mary Poppins this afternoon. Tonight we eat at Chef Mickey's in the Contemporary Resort.
We had a great time yeterday with the exception of waiting for dinner. We arrived at Hollywood and Vine 15 minutes early like instructed, @ 7:20 they were still saying we will seat you Any minute now!! Well, PePaw had had enough! After a short conversation with the manager we were seated promptly! Dory, Pocahontas, and Lightneing all reaped the benefit of our wait! Dory was awarded 8 rides on RRC, she will present her coupon and be permitted to go staitght to the front and stay on for 8 trips! Pocahontas and Lightning both were able to choose a pin without having to trade on of their on! The food wasn't as good as the other we have eaten! A fter dinner it was straight to Fantasmic! It was wonderful! I think I enjoyed it better this time than any before! Pocahontas turned during the beginning and wanted to know what was Imagination!! Now how do explain that quickly at a show is beggingn? I told her we would talk about it after the show but whe wouldn't give up she needed to know then!! I'm off to get everyone up and then to breakfast!! We will post more hopefully tonight! T.T.F.N. Tink

2006-09-24T22:29:00.000-05:00

2006-09-24T22:26:00.000-05:00

2006-09-24T21:51:00.000-05:00

Epcot 9/23/06
We started off a little late this morning! Spaceship Earth is a favorite of all so that was first!! Then we were off to Soaring!! We love this ride!! We rode it three times!! The crowds are not too bad! We rode all the stuff in Future World and went through half of the countries! We will go bakc later in the week and do the rest! Pocahontas had her picture made with Snow White!! Lightning was busy finding places to flatten pennies!! Sully loved Soaring like the rest of us! Eeyore has commented that a family member needs to be writing my post since I've been talking to her what he says is after each ride!! We are having a blst wish ya'll could all be here with us!! T.T.F.N. Thimble kisses and Pixie Dust Dreams! Tink!

2006-09-24T20:36:00.000-05:00

Magic Kingdom was fantastic!! We started off in Fantasy Land! Pocahontas was in awe of all the rides characters and people! Notice the pictures that were requested! We loved the new and updated Pirates! Of course we had a blast on Haunted Mansion while letting our family listen along and sing with us!! We ate @ Concourse Steakhouse and the meal was wonderful! Thanks Granpa Fred and Grandma Pat for the recommendation!! Lightning said he favortie was the Indy car Race and Space Mountain! Dory of course had a tie with Splash Mountain and Space Mountain!
Sorry for the late post but we've been out late and Eeyore hasn't gotten us up until now!!

2006-09-24T20:23:00.000-05:00

Hey everybody. We went to MGM today 9/24. According to Eeyore we went, had fun, the end, but for my extremely excited aunt I'll put more. Pocahontas really enjoyed The Little Mermaid show!! It was her favorite. Although before the show started a fist fight almost broke out in the row in front of us. There were two people-a man and a woman(no kids)-who wouldn't move all the way down the row even though they had already been asked by a cast member to do so. Two dads who were also trying to sit on that row had a few words with the man though. Thankfully everything calmed down as the show started. She also rode Star Tours for the first time and loved it. That's Sully's favorite ride. Eeyore, Lightning, and I rode the Rocking Roller Coaster. It was Lightning's first time. He kept his eyes closed the whole time, but made it through. A cast member told Lightning and Pocahontas about new cast member pins that have hidden Mickey's on the pins. Lightning was able to find 5 right off the bat. Pocahontas had her face painted like Cinderella. See attached pic.
Until next time, Dory

2006-09-21T20:56:00.000-05:00

We are back from Downtown Disney!! We had success for Mr. Potato Head! All but one item purchased!! Pocahontas was a little upset because there were no characters there! Sully and Lightning McQueen had a blast trading pins.
We ate at The Rainforest Cafe. It was a real treat! Pocahontas was not impressed with the thunderstorms though! They also have a huge snake hanging down as you enter and she was ready to bolt!! Dory and Sully both got t-shirts and Lightning got a case for pennies! He has high hopes of filling it while we are here.
We were instructed as to the picture that needed to be taken so I hope it fits the bill! We are going to Magic Kingdom in the morning and will spend the day there and eat supper at Concourse Steakhouse. Eeyore has stated that we will not be online everyday :(! I'll do the best I can! Thanks for reading!! May you have Thimble kisses and Pixie Dust dreams! T.T.F.N. Tinker Bell

2006-09-21T16:28:00.000-05:00

We have arrived at our destination for tonight!! We are getting ready to leave for Downtown Disney! We will take lots of pictures and hopefully post something tonight! May you have Thimble kisses and Pixie Dust Dreams! T.T.F.N. Tink!

2006-09-21T08:46:00.000-05:00

We made it to Marianna, Fl. about 1am!! Of course it was an adventure!! It started off with with the assignment of Disney names for this week of entries!! Let's see if you can figure them out!! Eeyore, Sully, Lightning McQueen, Pocahontas, Dory, and Tinker Bell!!
We started off the journey about an hour behind with a wonderful exit of our driveway! Someone and you figure out who backed into the mailbox!! I'm taking suggestions for how to best treat a lovely scratch above the right back tire!!
The trip was very quiet with the new addition to our vehicle installed by Eeyore and Grandpa Fred!!! Thanks to you both!! About 10:00 it was determined that Pocahontas had drifted off to sleep or so we thought! The big kids were picking out there second Disney favorite to pop in and from the back seat we hear, "Hey, No Fair, I get second pick!!" We all died laughing! They had drawn straws before the trip for movie order choosing!! Needless to say she won the pick but within 10 minutes was out like a light!!
For those of you wondering about my knee... I woke up this morning pain free!! Thank you for your prayers and the shot!!
Well, I'm being summoned to load up!! Our plan for today is to drive to Orlando and stay @ Double Tree and do Downtown Disney!! Mr. Potato Head we are planning to go to the toy store so we'll update your potato situation later today!! As Tigger would say T.T.F.N Signing off Tinker Bell

2006-09-19T20:17:00.000-05:00

Most of our bags are packed and I have children that are a little bit over excited!!! I don't blame them because I feel the same way! I have talked Mr. World Traveler into leaving tomorrow night after church and driving half way!! We will spend the night in Tallahassee and then drive to Orlando Thursday morning! Mr. W.T. has told me that it is funny how I've streatched in another couple of days!
Our youngest princess's teacher told me today was nothing but Disney talk all day! She said she wasn't sure she could keep her attention tomorrow! She has had her bags packed since Sunday night!! She has only made a few adjustments like changing out swimsuits!
Well, I'm off to pack my clothes! Be thinking of me in the morning as I'm having a shot in my knee @ 10:30!

2006-09-08T16:14:00.000-05:00

I'm not sure about this blogging thing!! My sister-in-law has encouraged me to start a blog to chronicle our trip to Disney in a couple of weeks! I'm just starting so please hang in there with me until I figure all the ins and outs of blogging!!