Every year we try and take a few days around the holdiays to stay at Disney and take in the decorations and festivities. It also gives Emily a much deserved break from gift buying, wrapping and general holiday preparation. We decided to stay at DAK Lodge this week and we had a great time. Hunter really enjoyed getting the game spotting guide and identifying the animals that we saw out our hotel balcony. If you haven’t had a chance to stay here you really need to!
For those of you following along it has been two weeks since our little buddy had his surgery. We went back to the doctor last week and the removed his splint, took some x rays and got him a cool green Christmas cast. Amazing how they adjust to having a huge cast on their arm so quickly. Mom of course had to get it in green so it would match his Christmas outfits. What would I do without her?!
Okay, those of you who live near me (Patrick, Mom) know I will not shut up about this website. I heard about PaperBack Swap in a magazine and decided to check it out. Well, it’s genius. Instead of figuring out how to sell my books for pennies on ebay, I now go on this website, punch in the ISBN on the back of my unwanted book, click to post my book, and I’m done. Then I wait for another member to request my book, at which point I use their online postage printer (for a small fee) and print the label right from my computer. Stick it in an envelope, tape the label, and mail the book from my house. Every time you use their system to mail a book, you get an instant credit to get another book from another member. You don’t even have to trade with the same person! You just get a little bank of credits and you can shop the website for whatever you want.
If you want a book that no one has posted, you can add this book to your wish list (and we all know how I heart a wish list) and when it comes available, you get an email asking if you still want it and if you have the credits for it. It will tell you how far down you are on the wish list (right now, I am wishing for some books after 100 other people, but hey… you never know). Once you’re done with the book you receive, it’s yours to keep OR you can just relist it on the site. It’s great for those books you want to read but don’t care to keep, and if you’re like me and want the convenience of the library from the comfort of home. And also… there’s no time limit, unlike the library. I am obsessed. I scoured our shelves today just to find more books to post. It’s addicting! Oh, and then I went through my Amazon list and found all the books I wanted but didn’t really care if I had new-new. I looked up all those books and managed to find like six of them available on PaperBack Swap (that’s PBS for those in the know). Now I don’t have to “waste” my gifts on these books!
I believe you get two free credits for the first 10 books you post, so you can start requesting right away. Obviously older books don’t get requested as quickly, but there’s no harm in posting them. Someone requested a 10 year old Norwegian travel guide from me just last week. Go figure.
If you sign up (which is totally free, by the way), and you love me, sign up through this link (the link, not the icon), and I will get a book credit when you post your first 10 books. And you still get your two credits, so it’s a win-win.
www.paperbackswap.com/index.php?r_by=fsuem@yahoo.com
Well our little buddy made it through his first week in a cast. It wasn’t easy but we were able to pull through. We went out on the Friday after Thanksgiving, as is the tradition, to get our Christmas tree. This of course meant that we got to set up our Mickey Christmas train. There was nothing like the sight of Hunter’s face when the train went around the tracks for the first time of the season. Thanks Grandma and PopPop for the batteries! Christmas is indeed coming!
Well for those of you following along on Facebook, you know that this week was a tough one for our little buddy. On Sunday Hunter decided he was finished with his time out and was going to climb out of his crib. I was downstairs and heard a huge thud. When Emily and I went to get him he was in a great deal of pain and could not move his arm. We spent the entire day Sunday and Monday in Centra Care and the Florida Hospital getting x-ray’s and Hunter ended up in surgery on Monday morning. I have to say this was one of the hardest things I have ever had to go through. From the numerous boxes of tissues that Emily went through I am pretty certain that she felt the exact same way. To watch your child be wheeled off to surgery is something that I would not wish on anyone. It really made us realize how much we love the little guy. To mark this occasion we of course had to make this his week in three words. Thank you all for your kind thoughts and prayers for our little buddy.
Hunter was visited by Grandma Jean and Padon (aka Papa Don). We were lucky enough to get a chance to go to Mickey’s Christmas Party on Friday night. We had a great time eating cookies and drinking hot cocoa. Enjoy the photo.
We had a great long weekend at one of our favorite vacation destinations, Hilton Head Island. We went to the beach at the end of the day and had the whole place to ourselves, or so it seemed. Enjoy the photo.
Hunter was excited to get his brand new bike from Grandma Curly. He didn’t actually want to ride it, but he loved to sit on it with his helmet and pretend!
Hunter had a blast during his annual trip to the pumpkin patch down the street from the house. So many to choose from he decided on the big one! The pumpkin patch is such a great place for a photo opportunity.
Our favorite time of year is here at last! The beautiful 90 degree cool crisp evenings are upon us. This was one of the only nights of the month that was below 85 degrees. We are ready for the real fall any day now.
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