DMGeurts
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- Joined
- Feb 25, 2008
Welcome! For those of you that don’t know me – I am Dorine - but I go by "D~" on The Dis... I subsidize all of our trips to Disney with my sewing skills, I love what I do, and I love that I am able to add magic to many trips to WDW - including our own.
Most of my days are spent here - in my sewing room... Everything I make and do is done by vintage machine - the newest sewing machine I own is from 1963, I am very adamant about keeping all of my items One Of A Kind (OOAK) and unique.
My girls and I are well known for our “girls trips” to Disney. Both of them have "grown up Disney" - I have chronicled most of our trips over the last several years, here on The Dis - links to those trip reports can be found in my siggy below - if you are interested. I enjoy spending my time with them, and I believe it shows in every post I write and every photo we take. They are my entire world, their smiles and laughter brighten every single day, I am so very lucky!
Follow along on this incredible journey with my oldest daughter - Allison. This trip has been in the planning for several years - 6 years, to be exact... It came about when my girls were in middle school - I promised each of them, sometime during their Senior year of High School, I would take them - individually - on their own Disney trips. Just some special time between my girls and I, as one last "hoorah" - so to speak. So, please join Allison and I, as we share this amazing and bittersweet trip with you all.
Other members of my family - who I talk about often, but won't be featured much in this TR is my DH - Josh… He normally doesn’t play a role in our trips, other than me finding ways to get his blessing for another girls trip… He does not like the crowds or the lines – he would much rather stay home. He works full time at our local VA hospital - a passion that is close to his heart, as he is an Iraq War Veteran himself. He is also very active in his Pheasants Forever chapter, he enjoys hunting with our dogs (introduced below), fishing and going to local college hockey games. Some day – I hope to take him back to Disney with me – and hopefully he will see the Pixie Dust that makes all of us love it so much.
Our youngest daughter - Victoria - who I mostly refer to as "V" when I am talking about her here... Other than being a Disney nut like her mother - she is a very talented artist - mostly drawing people and Disney art... A girl after my own heart - she has been known to sneak up to my sewing studio in the evenings and work on her own projects. She is also very active in her church youth group and she loves to babysit the neighbors and spending time with them.
Then there is Max, our pure-bred red-head Golden Retreiver… Often referred to in my TRs/PTRs as “MM” which stands for many things… Maxy-Moo-Moo, Maxy-Moose, or Maxy-Moosie… He comes to all of those names – which is sad and sometimes funny. He is a “crazy man” – he is often told, and has definitely earned that title… He does some of the craziest things! But we all love him, and our family wouldn’t be nearly as interesting without him in it.
And the newest addition to our family - Cooper... Or Sooper Cooper, if you prefer. SC is an almost 1 year old half Yellow Lab and half Golden Retriever... We brought him home when he was an 8 week old puppy, and our lives have been nothing short of an adventure since then... He is somewhat of a bully to poor sweet MM... But they seem to tolerate each other and get along nicely most of the time.
I am very excited to share this trip with you all!!! So many new things were done - starting off with staying at a non-Disney resort - Shades of Green... Also doing a new (to us) park - Universal Studios... And taking in a show - Cirque Du Soleil... So, please stay tuned and follow along with us on our newest and most epic adventure of all!
D~
Most of my days are spent here - in my sewing room... Everything I make and do is done by vintage machine - the newest sewing machine I own is from 1963, I am very adamant about keeping all of my items One Of A Kind (OOAK) and unique.
My girls and I are well known for our “girls trips” to Disney. Both of them have "grown up Disney" - I have chronicled most of our trips over the last several years, here on The Dis - links to those trip reports can be found in my siggy below - if you are interested. I enjoy spending my time with them, and I believe it shows in every post I write and every photo we take. They are my entire world, their smiles and laughter brighten every single day, I am so very lucky!
Follow along on this incredible journey with my oldest daughter - Allison. This trip has been in the planning for several years - 6 years, to be exact... It came about when my girls were in middle school - I promised each of them, sometime during their Senior year of High School, I would take them - individually - on their own Disney trips. Just some special time between my girls and I, as one last "hoorah" - so to speak. So, please join Allison and I, as we share this amazing and bittersweet trip with you all.
Other members of my family - who I talk about often, but won't be featured much in this TR is my DH - Josh… He normally doesn’t play a role in our trips, other than me finding ways to get his blessing for another girls trip… He does not like the crowds or the lines – he would much rather stay home. He works full time at our local VA hospital - a passion that is close to his heart, as he is an Iraq War Veteran himself. He is also very active in his Pheasants Forever chapter, he enjoys hunting with our dogs (introduced below), fishing and going to local college hockey games. Some day – I hope to take him back to Disney with me – and hopefully he will see the Pixie Dust that makes all of us love it so much.
Our youngest daughter - Victoria - who I mostly refer to as "V" when I am talking about her here... Other than being a Disney nut like her mother - she is a very talented artist - mostly drawing people and Disney art... A girl after my own heart - she has been known to sneak up to my sewing studio in the evenings and work on her own projects. She is also very active in her church youth group and she loves to babysit the neighbors and spending time with them.
Then there is Max, our pure-bred red-head Golden Retreiver… Often referred to in my TRs/PTRs as “MM” which stands for many things… Maxy-Moo-Moo, Maxy-Moose, or Maxy-Moosie… He comes to all of those names – which is sad and sometimes funny. He is a “crazy man” – he is often told, and has definitely earned that title… He does some of the craziest things! But we all love him, and our family wouldn’t be nearly as interesting without him in it.
And the newest addition to our family - Cooper... Or Sooper Cooper, if you prefer. SC is an almost 1 year old half Yellow Lab and half Golden Retriever... We brought him home when he was an 8 week old puppy, and our lives have been nothing short of an adventure since then... He is somewhat of a bully to poor sweet MM... But they seem to tolerate each other and get along nicely most of the time.
I am very excited to share this trip with you all!!! So many new things were done - starting off with staying at a non-Disney resort - Shades of Green... Also doing a new (to us) park - Universal Studios... And taking in a show - Cirque Du Soleil... So, please stay tuned and follow along with us on our newest and most epic adventure of all!
D~
A little too close for comfort for me... It's best to have my luggage weighed first at the airport - just in case I have to transfer anything to Allison's luggage - which BTW - she hasn't even started packing yet... I was still doing her laundry for the trip. 
Joining in!!! 
How do you have room to bring new stuff home? 
