Taking my Love of Mickey Just a Litle Further!

Good Morning Everyone!  This weekend is going to be a busy one.  Many people don't know but I've had my eye on a pretty fun "job" if you want to call it that for a few years.  I've mentioned it here before and it's The Disney Mom's Panel, they are a great resource for all you Disney related travel planning questions.  I stumbled upon it in 2009 when planing for our first trip with both kids. I missed the application date that year, applied last year and this year. But no luck for me, I've not made it past round 1.Through this process I've met some really knowledgeable and super nice people on line who all have the same goal.

Today I get to meet some of the Canadian Contingent! We're meeting up and having lunch and we'll most likely have a great time. Some of us are bringing along our daughters who will also have some fun meeting new people. I've been looking forward to this! It will be nice to meet some other people who love Mickey (and all other things Disney) as much as I do!

Tomorrow marks another big day in our household. It's the Toronto Santa Claus Parade! I've been going to the parade since I moved to Toronto in 1995 and until the kids tell me otherwise we'll keep going. It is a pretty amazing parade and I'm sure tomorrow will be no exception. If you can't be there, in Canada you can watch it in the afternoon and I know they air it around the world but I couldn't tell you when. Just keep you eyes peeled for it!  My Daughter is hoping that there is a Brave float since the movie just came out on disc.

Not much new on the house front. We did get an update yesterday, all it stated was that a person from the bank had been assigned to assist our negotiator. What does this mean you ask? Not sure, I asked our agents assistant if it meant that we had moved to the next step in the process but I haven't heard back yet. Time will tell I guess. 

If we do manage to find a Disney float tomorrow I'll post a picture here or get my daughter to add to her page and tell you all about it!  Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

We're Officially Overdue!

A friend said a funny thing to me the other day. She said she though that us waiting for this house is like a pregnancy. "Hasn't it been about 9 months?".  She was right, Thursday marked 9 months from the time we had the original offer accepted. I don't feel particularly optimistic about it ever ending at this point.  Don't get me wrong, I want it to end but I just can't see it. That's just me feeling sorry for myself, just for a moment, now back to business!

I've decided that I won't wait for updates anymore. When we went through this with the seller's first lawyer I would patiently wait for someone (anyone) to update us. Passive no more I diligently e-mail on Friday if I haven't heard anything by lunchtime.  Yesterday was no exception, I got to brief e-mails stating that

1. The file was up to date and the lawyer was waiting to hear from the bank and...
2. At some point yesterday the bank decided it didn't like 2 files being separate and wanted the    lawyer to combine them and resubmit. This was done and we are back to waiting.

 Although there was in the end nothing really to update at least the lawyers are communicating what's going on every week.  We will continue to keep ourselves busy.  And this is not a problem, we've got a back patio to finish (which all this rain in Southern Ontario is not helping), Halloween to be ready for and after that we have 17 days to get ready for Santa's arrival (at The Toronto Santa Claus Parade of course). So even though we are busy, this process is never far from my mind. I could use a vacation right about now, even if it is a working one!

Have a great weekend everyone!