Something about Nothing, come join in........

[macraven]

i got the go ahead from the mods to start a chat type of thread that will stay in the Universal forums. :thumbsup2

please drop in anytime here to get to know the other universal homies, talk about your trip, discuss anything about universal, city walk, the on site hotels or just say what is on your mind.

so many of our threads become a question and answer thread and die out within a week. let's hope this thread will grow and be a place where we can exchange with others.

everyone is invited to join in.
ask questions, post pictures, give opinions, or just yak.........
only restriction is we play nice.

The new thread is here: Something about Nothing Part 2 (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1698593)

[macraven]

last night i was looking through the threads and noticed my name as last poster on lot of them.

i'm really getting sick of seeing my name there.........
and i started to think, i bet others are too.



:rolleyes1

[MIB999999]

last night i was looking through the threads and noticed my name as last poster on lot of them.

i'm really getting sick of seeing my name there.........
and i started to think, i bet others are too.



:rolleyes1

I guess you are not use to getting in the last word normally????:cool2:

[macraven]

I guess you are not use to getting in the last word normally????:cool2:

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
heck, i figure if i was getting sick of always seeing my name, others would be too at this point....


didn't think of it as getting the last word in.
i rarely do in my house....

[tarheelmjfan]

My sister & nephew's are here visiting for Spring Break, so I don't have much time to chat. I just wanted to join MIB in saying :wave2: , so it would look a little less like you're talking to yourself. :laughing:

[marciemi]

I'll join! We're going to Universal for 2 days (one night at RPR) in early August in the midst of a 2 week WDW vacation. We're pretty excited because our kids are older (will be 12, 14 and 15) and are big thrill ride fans. Also, I'm just excited about trying something new. Disney is Disney and I'm sure we'll have fun, but the only new thing for us this time is Everest. Since our last visit to Universal was in 1997 (yes, in a few days it will be a decade!) and our kids were 1, 3, and 5 at the time, it was quite a different experience. I'm guessing Barney won't play quite as big of a role this time!

[KEW80]

i got the go ahead from the mods to start a chat type of thread that will stay in the Universal forums. :thumbsup2

please drop in anytime here to get to know the other universal homies, talk about your trip, discuss anything about universal, city walk, the on site hotels or just say what is on your mind.

so many of our threads become a question and answer thread and die out within a week. let's hope this thread will grow and be a place where we can exchange with others.

everyone is invited to join in.
ask questions, post pictures, give opinions, or just yak.........
only restriction is we play nice.

Hey mac and everyone! Great idea mac! Finally have a place to just come and say hi! Thanks for doing this homie!

[macraven]

I'll join! We're going to Universal for 2 days (one night at RPR) in early August in the midst of a 2 week WDW vacation. We're pretty excited because our kids are older (will be 12, 14 and 15) and are big thrill ride fans. Also, I'm just excited about trying something new. Disney is Disney and I'm sure we'll have fun, but the only new thing for us this time is Everest. Since our last visit to Universal was in 1997 (yes, in a few days it will be a decade!) and our kids were 1, 3, and 5 at the time, it was quite a different experience. I'm guessing Barney won't play quite as big of a role this time!

i see you are in green bay.
has the weather prediction changed yet?
last i heard the rain is going to change to snow mid week and someone will get 8-10 inches of snow this week.
are you going to get lucky w/snow?

hey barney is still hot and alive at universal. read on an older thread phamton went to see it...:eek:

your kids are at the age where they can do everything in the parks.
i know you will have a great time.
make good use out of the fotl.

[ChisJo]

Great idea macraven!!

My BF is going to Orlando for the first time in December with me and I cannot wait to see his reaction to USO/IOA. I know he will be able to give or take Disney, he is just not into that whole scene, but I know he will LOVE Universal. Plus, we will be staying onsite, which will make a HUGE difference in the whole experience. He is 36, and has never really travelled, so I decided for our first real trip together that we would go somewhere with a bang!!

Can't wait to go, because where I am, the snow is still falling (what the heck??? Our winters are never this long) and a nice holiday somewhere warm will be awesome.

[keishashadow]

mac - you made a home for the homies:thumbsup2 :banana: wise woman!

[macraven]

chrisjo, you will have so much fun w bf
at 36, it's about time he got into mummy dust !


so you have snow now, doesn't it suck. come on, it's spring time....


i just watched the local weather. looks like we will be hit this week with snow again. predicting 8-10 inches. we are just a couple of miles from the wisconsin border and that is the edge of the storm that is coming in.

i can remember having snow flurries just briefly in june one year.
some years back we had snow which did melt soon during the day in May.

being that i am almost 2 miles from lake michigan, we get the lake effect snow at times.


i think i have forgotten what warm weather is like.

[macraven]

mac - you made a home for the homies:thumbsup2 :banana: wise woman!



this is something i was hoping for keisha.
there are many threads on the community board for people of similar interests and threads in other topic forums for chats. i was concerned if i started a chat thread in the cb, we would not be well received.

i don't want an atmosphere where there are debates or conflicts, just a place to kick up our heels and yak about things we like to do, or what's on our minds.

i would like to thank phamton and dagny our universal mods for allowing this thread to be born. i hope they stop by for a cup of coffee soon.

[ChrisFL]

I just want to say how friggin anxious I am for Universal to announce SOME new big ride...at least I know they're spending money this year!

[goofie4goofy]

:thumbsup2

What a great Idea!

I have an interesting topic. Has anyone ever gone to the psychics in IOA? They are in the tent in Drangon Land (as I call it) There is a guy named Kevin who absolutely blew me away. My DH and I went for fun....I was not expecting an experience like that. Kevin read my palm and he told me details about my life. He did not question me , he told me. He told my husband details about a guy we do business with (with whom we I had my suspicions about) and he told us he is a liar and cannot be trusted...and he was right. I have been to psychics before, but this guy was amazing. I am looking forward to going again.

So I am wondering if anyone else has shared in this experience.

[GemmaPixie]

Happy to join! I'm going to Orlando for the 11th time this summer!! so excited!! Will get to stay at HRH for one night (we will be renting a villa as always....boo) as a birthday present from my parents. 19 years old now and still love going away with good ole mum and dad! very very very excited even though I've done most things in my 10 times being there! One thing different about this time is that my parents friends are coming and bringing their kids (2 and 5) so I can't wait to see their faces light up when they first see UO and IOA!!

[goofie4goofy]

:thumbsup2

What a great Idea!

I have an interesting topic. Has anyone ever gone to the psychics in IOA? They are in the tent in Drangon Land (as I call it) There is a guy named Kevin who absolutely blew me away. My DH and I went for fun....I was not expecting an experience like that. Kevin read my palm and he told me details about my life. He did not question me , he told me. He told my husband details about a guy we do business with (with whom we I had my suspicions about) and he told us he is a liar and cannot be trusted...and he was right. I have been to psychics before, but this guy was amazing. I am looking forward to going again.

So I am wondering if anyone else has shared in this experience.

[loribell]

Just wanted to stop in and say HEY! to everyone. I know I might not be familiar to you guys because I don't post a whole lot but I do stop in daily and read up on things happenin' at US/IOA.

I must say that I am one of those people that has the same amount of love for Universal & Disney. Of course that may be because I really like to take long vacations and doing both in a relaxing a manor is just wonderful. If I'm not in Orlando for at least 14 days then I am not happy!

I will try to start posting more and get to know you all better. I do wnat to say however those of you that do are doing a fabulous job answering questions for everyone.

[KEW80]

:thumbsup2

What a great Idea!

I have an interesting topic. Has anyone ever gone to the psychics in IOA? They are in the tent in Drangon Land (as I call it) There is a guy named Kevin who absolutely blew me away. My DH and I went for fun....I was not expecting an experience like that. Kevin read my palm and he told me details about my life. He did not question me , he told me. He told my husband details about a guy we do business with (with whom we I had my suspicions about) and he told us he is a liar and cannot be trusted...and he was right. I have been to psychics before, but this guy was amazing. I am looking forward to going again.

So I am wondering if anyone else has shared in this experience.

Last time we visited that tent, I had a woman read my cards. She was really reluctant and she just kept saying that I was a survivor and that I would prevail. I thought I had too many Margaritas at Margaritaville before going into that tent so I just shrugged it off. That year 3 people very young that were close to me died suddenly within months of each other. I did survive she was right. I don't think I'll go into that tent this summer. I really am a very normal person. That was just creepy.:confused3

[AlexandNessa]

everyone is invited to join in.
ask questions, post pictures, give opinions, or just yak.........


LARRY BIRKHEAD IS THE FATHER! I REPEAT, LARRY BIRKHEAD IS THE FATHER!!! Ah, sorry ... it has been a very stressful several weeks, and I can finally rest easy and get a good night's sleep now that that has been determined. Phew.. it was touch and go there for a while. I was worried Zsa Zsa's hubby might be a long shot ....

[KEW80]

LARRY BIRKHEAD IS THE FATHER! I REPEAT, LARRY BIRKHEAD IS THE FATHER!!! Ah, sorry ... it has been a very stressful several weeks, and I can finally rest easy and get a good night's sleep now that that has been determined. Phew.. it was touch and go there for a while. I was worried Zsa Zsa's hubby might be a long shot ....

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: Good one!

[macraven]

:thumbsup2

What a great Idea!

I have an interesting topic. Has anyone ever gone to the psychics in IOA? They are in the tent in Drangon Land (as I call it) There is a guy named Kevin who absolutely blew me away. My DH and I went for fun....I was not expecting an experience like that. Kevin read my palm and he told me details about my life. He did not question me , he told me. He told my husband details about a guy we do business with (with whom we I had my suspicions about) and he told us he is a liar and cannot be trusted...and he was right. I have been to psychics before, but this guy was amazing. I am looking forward to going again.

So I am wondering if anyone else has shared in this experience.


i can top that....i know someone that works as a psychic in that tent.

don't think i can freely give the name out as that might be a no no.

i am a member of the chainsaw wolf board. one of the gals that is also a member there works at the tent. she is a super star.

i think one of the gals there really knows what she is talking about.
when you go back goofie, tell us all about it.

chain saw wolf is a board for people that love universal. basically talk about it and the events. quite a few are uo emloyees. they are a great group of people! couple of them posts over at UO forums at times.

[macraven]

Last time we visited that tent, I had a woman read my cards. She was really reluctant and she just kept saying that I was a survivor and that I would prevail. I thought I had too many Margaritas at Margaritaville before going into that tent so I just shrugged it off. That year 3 people very young that were close to me died suddenly within months of each other. I did survive she was right. I don't think I'll go into that tent this summer. I really am a very normal person. That was just creepy.:confused3

kew, go back again this june and be sober this time......:rotfl: :rotfl:
she might tell you that you are going to have an apendectomy soon.:eek:

wait, you are now recovering from one.....nevermind.

[Dagny]

mac - you made a home for the homies:thumbsup2 :banana: wise woman!

Mac: maybe we should re-title this thread "A home for the homies" :lmao:

Grabbing my coffee now and putting it in my refillable mug (should I mention that I bought the mug 10 years ago????)

:laughing:

[macraven]

Mac: maybe we should re-title this thread "A home for the homies" :lmao:

Grabbing my coffee now and putting it in my refillable mug (should I mention that I bought the mug 10 years ago????)

:laughing:


well, that was the other title i sent to the other mod.

want me to change it?

you can call it...


you are not drinking nescafe in that mug are you..............

[NotAmused]

Great idea for a thread!

I absolutely love Universal Orlando! I've been an annual passholder for about 5 years now and I plan on always being a passholder (the $99 renewal and buy 1 year, get a year free really help!). I'm 20, but I still love visiting UO with my parents, grandmother, little brother, and all my friends. We've been there tons of times and it never gets old!

I am very excited to be moving to Orlando in August to finish college.
Of course, I am hoping to get a job at UO while I am in college. :yay: This may sound odd, but it is my dream to work at Halloween Horror Nights. It's not strange that my dream is to scare people, is it?:rolleyes:

[marciemi]

i see you are in green bay.
has the weather prediction changed yet?
last i heard the rain is going to change to snow mid week and someone will get 8-10 inches of snow this week.
are you going to get lucky w/snow?


They're just saying 6-8 inches - you're exaggerating!:rotfl:

Better not get a snow day since we're all used up and then some! Just checked the forecast and it said 100 percent chance of snow for tomorrow afternoon into Thursday. We already got an inch or so yesterday - my oldest son was at golf tryouts and they had near whiteout conditions - luckily he was able to dig a yellow ball out of his bag to use. He said kids were slipping and sliding all over the course even with cleats on. Finally blew the siren and called them in after 3 holes! Picked up my middle son at tennis practice covered in a layer of snow! What's up with this? Didn't we just have 79 degrees 2 weeks ago! Took off the snow tires, put the sleds up in the attic, and stored the snow shovels in the back of the garage and got the bikes out! Why?

We are really looking forward to it - I think they'll really love many of the rides (they all love coasters) and the FOTL is just a big bonus. We plan to check in very early and be at the parks by 8:15 or so the first day and use pretty much all of both days, except for some swim breaks. Plan to do Margaritaville and Mythos. Most worried about DH who tends to get nauseous after a few big rides - afraid the coasters are going to do him in! A day at Disney is usually fine because there aren't usually more than one ride like that per park, but IOA will be pushing it!

[macraven]

:welcome: :welcome: home homies......

Kew80: good to see you here, hope you are recovering from your surgery

alexandnessa: i too can sleep better tonight knowing it was Larry Birkhead.

loribell: i'm a bi parker too. i go to both parks. i'm just like you.

goofie4goofy: psychic tent adventurer, i see dead people also jk

MIB999999: very observant.........

tarheelmjfan: come back at midnight to yak. the family will be asleep then

marciemi: you are due for a mummy dust adventure. 1997 was a long time ago.

ChrisJo: eh, do you eat poutine? damo is another canadian homie here

keishashadow: i'm glad you found you way back "home" here.

ChrisFl: i totally agree on a new ride. think it will be HP?

GemmaPixie: the best vacations are the ones that the parents pay for

Notamused: i love the way you think ! i am totally and completely addicted to HHN

Dagny: i am assuming you are talking about the universal never expire mugs.......my dueling dragon mug is very old now..


welcome homies to your new home. open 24 hours a day. can't sleep, come here and talk to yourself until someone shows up.

[macraven]

They're just saying 6-8 inches - you're exaggerating!:rotfl:




i teach high school.
math is not my strong point. :eek:

6 inches, 10 inches........close enough.....:rotfl: :rotfl:

[bubba's mom]

hi everyone! :wave2: Bubba's Mom is in da house.....

mac, thanks for the "homie home"....great idea! you are right, we don't have a "chat" thread-and thanks to the mods for helping mac "git er dun" :goodvibes

now, since y'all started playing without me, i gotta catch up:

kew....i think we should ALL go to that tent during our summer meet.... :scratchin ...wonder how THAT would go?

keishashadow: glad you came to hang w/ us :thumbsup2

jodie....my bud.....thanks for the news....(i actually heard it this afternoon already)....BUT, i'm glad you can finally get some sleep now ;)

tammy: glad you found your way here too ;)

i can think of a few peeps we're missin'.....we'll have to call them over...... sorry took me so long to get here....i work late Tuesdays and Fridays.....


Glad we gots a home! :banana:

[ChrisFL]

ChrisFl: i totally agree on a new ride. think it will be HP?


I dont know, I'd hate to see them change the lost continent too much but who knows, maybe they'll make it really special

[marciemi]

i teach high school.
math is not my strong point. :eek:

6 inches, 10 inches........close enough.....:rotfl: :rotfl:


Either way, WAY too much for after Easter! :rotfl2: This is our first April in Green Bay and can't say I think too much of it so far!

[KEW80]

[QUOTE=bubba's mom;18050434]hi everyone! :wave2: Bubba's Mom is in da house.....

mac, thanks for the "homie home"....great idea! you are right, we don't have a "chat" thread-and thanks to the mods for helping mac "git er dun" :goodvibes

now, since y'all started playing without me, i gotta catch up:

kew....i think we should ALL go to that tent during our summer meet.... :scratchin ...wonder how THAT would go?
keishashadow: glad you came to hang w/ us :thumbsup2

OMG that would be too funny! We will have to do that, but if it sounds like it's going bad I'm outa there!:rotfl:

[bubba's mom]

OMG that would be too funny! We will have to do that, but if it sounds like it's going bad I'm outa there!:rotfl:


Yeah...can you picture all of us trapesing in....:laughing: "Hi. We're the DISer's...."


(I actually never heard of this tent...i am curious and need to check it out! Hold my hand! :scared: )

[KEW80]

Yeah...can you picture all of us trapesing in....:laughing: "Hi. We're the DISer's...."


(I actually never heard of this tent...i am curious and need to check it out! Hold my hand! :scared: )

Its a really cool place between DDragons and Sinbad.
I will hold your hand. :rotfl:

[macraven]

i have heard some people call it the gypsie tent.

[macraven]

I dont know, I'd hate to see them change the lost continent too much but who knows, maybe they'll make it really special

i love the way lost continent is now. i'm not good with too much change.
there isn't too much for rides/attractions back there so maybe that is why there is speculation on a harry potter theme.

if it is, it better be something that will blow our minds. did you see the blurb on the money universal will spend for maintenance and development for rides?
a lot of moola.

has universal announced if simpsons will take over bttf?

[damo]

Geez. Three pages already???? Now I have to start reading!

Wait for me!

[bubba's mom]

last night i was looking through the threads and noticed my name as last poster on lot of them.

i'm really getting sick of seeing my name there.........
and i started to think, i bet others are too.



:rolleyes1



we call them peeps "thread killers"

[bubba's mom]

Geez. Three pages already???? Now I have to start reading!

Wait for me!


yep...i feel your pain....i just got here myself!!! i was wonderin' where you was at?

[loribell]

i love the way lost continent is now. i'm not good with too much change.
there isn't too much for rides/attractions back there so maybe that is why there is speculation on a harry potter theme.

if it is, it better be something that will blow our minds. did you see the blurb on the money universal will spend for maintenance and development for rides?
a lot of moola.

has universal announced if simpsons will take over bttf?

I may be in the minority here but I sure hope they do not replace BTTF with a Simpsons ride. I will never step foot in it and my children will not either. It is one show that I immediately knew was not something we would watch. I can't believe they would even consider putting it in to a park.

[macraven]

I may be in the minority here but I sure hope they do not replace BTTF with a Simpsons ride. I will never step foot in it and my children will not either. It is one show that I immediately knew was not something we would watch. I can't believe they would even consider putting it in to a park.

i don't know what will be the replacement for bttf.
i read on another board that they speculate it will be the simpsons. someone posted that it will be that otto the school bus driver has the kids in the bus and marge takes over driving for some reason. don't remember too much more of what was posted on that set up.

some people like the simpsons and others don't. i don't know who uo decides the new rides.
when my kid was in 2nd grade, his teacher hated the simpsons. i had my kid in a blue simpson sweatshirt one day at school and she sent me a note saying that show was dispicable........i was so embarrassed and i told the kid don't you dare tell your teacher you watch that show!!

yea, bad mom moment.

[macraven]

Geez. Three pages already???? Now I have to start reading!

Wait for me!



you're late, next time bring a note from home for your tardiness........:rotfl2:

[macraven]

in case a former question gets lost in the pages, if you know the answer or have a comment on it, please post.

goofie4goofy asked about the psychic tents.

have any of you done that?

[damo]

yep...i feel your pain....i just got here myself!!! i was wonderin' where you was at?

The high school has a calculus test tomorrow and since I am a calculus tutor I have been very, very busy!!!

[damo]

I won't really care what the theme of the new rides are as long as the rides are really good.

[bubba's mom]

goofie4goofy asked about the psychic tents.

have any of you done that?


no, but i'm curious to do it! :goodvibes

[Amity 3]

I may be in the minority here but I sure hope they do not replace BTTF with a Simpsons ride. I will never step foot in it and my children will not either.

how about the Simpsons merchandise and characters in the park?

[goofie4goofy]

Ok OK.....I started packing!!!!! I am in the process of putting together my Box O'Beauty ---since you are no longer allowed to bring over 3 oz of liquids on a plane, I Fed Ex my beauty elixers in a big box to the hotel.:rotfl2: I mean c'omon 3 oz of shampoo! You gotta be kidding me. Since we are doing carry on's only this trip I really don't have a choice. So it weighs about 20 lbs already and I am not done yet. But by shipping all this crap I have more room in my luggage for shoes:thumbsup2

[Dagny]

I won't really care what the theme of the new rides are as long as the rides are really good.


I agree, but I think they can do much better than The Simpsons!!! JMHO

[KStarfish82]

Wasn't sure where to really put this, so I thought this would be a good place...

We just got back from Universal on Sunday. We took my fiance, who has never been there. He is just starting to get into the thrill rides so we put him on the Mummy. Well after the ride, he said it was OK, but that it had hurt his arm.

Me, being the caring, loving soul that I am (yea, ok), told him that he was just being a wimp and ignored it. That was last Thurs.

I just noticed thos yesterday. I saw the inside of his arm had about a 2-3 inch purple and yellowish bruise. I had forgotten about the ride and asked him what it was from. He said, "Remember the Mummy?" and I'm like "Yea." And he says, "this was the souvenir I got from it!!" :rotfl2:

We both laughed...good times. :hug:

[macraven]

Ok OK.....I started packing!!!!! I am in the process of putting together my Box O'Beauty ---since you are no longer allowed to bring over 3 oz of liquids on a plane, I Fed Ex my beauty elixers in a big box to the hotel.:rotfl2: I mean c'omon 3 oz of shampoo! You gotta be kidding me. Since we are doing carry on's only this trip I really don't have a choice. So it weighs about 20 lbs already and I am not done yet. But by shipping all this crap I have more room in my luggage for shoes:thumbsup2




i bring the bare essentials when i go for 14 days.
when i am in the parks, i am not the one people look at........
i comb my hair and that is about the extent of it for beauty treatment....:rotfl:

[macraven]

i am surprised that no one has created a poll for "simpsons, yes or no" ride.

i hear bits and pieces on various threads in passing, of opinions on the simpsons




amity, if the simpson ride is a go, i bet they would carry the merch for it.
money talks.

[Amity 3]

I agree, but I think they can do much better than The Simpsons!!! JMHO

such as?

[macraven]

kstarfish, which row were you two sitting in?
i have moved around some on the ride but never got bruised.



but then, i know what is happening next and probably brace myself when the ride leaves the show area and becomes a roller coaster.



think fiance will go back on the ride?

if not, he can wait and hold your purse for you when you go on it next time......

[Planogirl]

I'm a rotten Mom. My son and I have always watched the Simpsons together and I would definitely enjoy the ride. The show has been on forever and is getting a bit tired now though. I'm surprised that they wouldn't try to have the ride done by the time the movie comes out though and now there's no way.

Now, don't me started on Sponge Bob. That one annoys me big time.

[Amity 3]

I'll be the first to admit I don't see a Simpsons connection to Universal Studios considering the movie isn't coming out until this July. it actually pisses me off trying to connect the park and a TV series that has been around since 1989.

but I'm a huge Simpsons fan, and I'm willing to overlook the jump. I have faith the attraction will be well done (even though it has absolutely nothing to do with movie making and Universal's history)

I guess it's a bit of self-pleasure.

[Planogirl]

I'm overlooking some the convoluted "logic" in the case of the Simpsons too. One thing I'm having trouble overlooking is the location of the new ride if they do put it in the BTTF building. It doesn't fit there to me but belongs over by Shrek and Jimmy Neutron. Isn't there a huge empty building over there?

[macraven]

my dad's name is Homer.



we all laughed about it all our lives until the simpsons came on the scene

[macraven]

I'm overlooking some the convoluted "logic" in the case of the Simpsons too. One thing I'm having trouble overlooking is the location of the new ride if they do put it in the BTTF building. It doesn't fit there to me but belongs over by Shrek and Jimmy Neutron. Isn't there a huge empty building over there?



what is in the building that once housed xena then angela landsbury, murder she wrote........is that the building you are thinking of?

[patster734]

my dad's name is Homer.



we all laughed about it all our lives until the simpsons came on the scene

So are you Lisa or Maggie? :tongue:

[macraven]

So are you Lisa or Maggie? :tongue:



:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[patster734]

I have a co-worker staying at the RPR this weekend with his family. It'll be their first time on property thanks to my suggestion. Think I can get Universal to pay a referral fee? :lmao:

[macraven]

wouldn't that be swell if we could get a referral fee?


patster, are you going back again this october?
i'll be at hrh this year.

[Planogirl]

what is in the building that once housed xena then angela landsbury, murder she wrote........is that the building you are thinking of?
I don't know cause we missed those. We discovered what looked like a good size building with nothing in it over in that area so it probably did have those shows in it.


Your Dad's name is Homer? We used to tease my DH because first he worked for a nuclear power plant and then he went to work in HR for a company that ran a big chain of stores much like Quikie Mart. :thumbsup2

[patster734]

wouldn't that be swell if we could get a referral fee?


patster, are you going back again this october?
i'll be at hrh this year.

I'd love to. Unfortunately, my wife isn't into halloween so we probably won't. I was able to talk her into it this past October by bringing my parents along. She hung out at Citywalk with dad watching the NFL, while mom and I toured HHN. We also went several years ago in October for an Anniversary trip but as it was just the 2 of us at the time, I didn't see HHN that year.

[macraven]

last year i found out after i came home that patster and his family were in rph and a floor or 2 below me. same room number but different floor.
i saw their pic on a thread in the UO forum.

i remembered seeing them in the elevator.

everyone sing along with me, it's a small small world after all.......

he posted a picture of the view from his room.
i looked at it and thought, hey that's the view i had.


so i pirated his pic and placed it on the rph thread to show what the view looked like from that room number. there was a question on what room to request at rph.....

[patster734]

so i pirated his pic and placed it on the rph thread to show what the view looked like from that room number. there was a question on what room to request at rph.....

Would it still be considered pirating because I didn't mind?:thumbsup2

[Dagny]

such as?


That is a good question. I just think trying to put a Simpsons ride in the existing attraction structure would cause it to be very similar to the Jimmy Neutron attraction. Now given its local close to MIB, and the type of attraction (movie simulator), I could totally see a ride based on say Battlestar Gallactica (am I the only one who watches this show, LOL).

[macraven]

That is a good question. I just think trying to put a Simpsons ride in the existing attraction structure would cause it to be very similar to the Jimmy Neutron attraction. Now given its local close to MIB, and the type of attraction (movie simulator), I could totally see a ride based on say Battlestar Gallactica (am I the only one who watches this show, LOL).

i heard that rumor, battlestar gallactica.
it was on the scr.......... site.
can't post the site here as i think it would be starred out.

i think a themed attraction like B G would be way kewl since it would be near MIB

[macraven]

Would it still be considered pirating because I didn't mind?:thumbsup2

i remember i did send you a pm about "borrowing" it.
you were very kind to give me :thumbsup2





i'm about to call it a night.
expecting snow in the morning and i have to go to work early.


the night shift should be coming on soon here. :rotfl:

there's a gal i met on a thread over at the cb. don't know if she is a UO homie but she is a late nighter that likes to visit. anyone know Glenda? if you do, give her a holler that there is a 24 hour thread that likes to yak.

hey phamton, are you checking in later?


green lights out.

sweet sleep all

[patster734]

You too and be careful on your morning drive if you get the snow!

[Motherfletcher]

I agree, but I think they can do much better than The Simpsons!!! JMHO

My Daddy always said, "Be careful who's baby you're calling ugly."

[AlexandNessa]

i can top that....i know someone that works as a psychic in that tent.

don't think i can freely give the name out as that might be a no no.

i am a member of the chainsaw wolf board. one of the gals that is also a member there works at the tent. she is a super star.

i think one of the gals there really knows what she is talking about.



Hmmpphh. The last time I went to a psychic, she told me someone in my family was sick, and she really hoped they weren't going to die. My grandma died 3 weeks later. That sucked.

[tarheelmjfan]

Snow!!! :eek: It is a bit late in the year to get the white stuff. Although, precipitation can be a good thing. We're finally getting rain. It's a bummer for my houseguests, but it's a much better option than the fires that had begun.:sad2:

LARRY BIRKHEAD IS THE FATHER! I REPEAT, LARRY BIRKHEAD IS THE FATHER!!! Ah, sorry ... it has been a very stressful several weeks, and I can finally rest easy and get a good night's sleep now that that has been determined. Phew.. it was touch and go there for a while. I was worried Zsa Zsa's hubby might be a long shot ....


No way! I still don't believe it! I so thought it was going to be O.J. Simpson. :rotfl: I demand a retest!!! :rotfl2: Now that Larry Birkhead's been declared the "winner", I bet the 1st thing he's doing is, "Going to Disneyland". :laughing: (I love those commercials.)

On a serious note, I hope whomever ends up with custody of the baby sees more than $$$ signs in her.



Grabbing my coffee now and putting it in my refillable mug (should I mention that I bought the mug 10 years ago????)

:laughing:

How long have you been waiting to be all bad & declare your multiple trip use of refillable mugs? I can just hear it now, "Woohoo, I just posted on the Dis about reusing my refillable mug. Take that mug nazis!!! :snooty: BTW, if you need proof, you can find my post on the Universal board." :lmao:

I won't really care what the theme of the new rides are as long as the rides are really good.

I'm with you on that one! Quality of ride is much more important than the theme to us.

Bye, for now. I'll try to check in later. :wave2:

[macraven]

good morning homies. just here for a quick check in.

i have to leave soon so i do not have to shovel the drive way again.
yup, it's snow time for me.


tarheel, that was some deep thinking, OJ simpson........

jodie slept well last night since "who's your daddy" was cleared up.
saw on Extra last night that Stern said he is not going to fight, he wil the girl to larry.
of course, at this point larry is knee high in debt. looks like he will have to go back to work now.



popcorn::

[AlexandNessa]

Goodness gracious. I had forgotten about OJ Simpson! It's only a matter of time before poor Dannielynn becomes the main character of Danielle Steele's next novel. Poor thing.

Anyway, I only have one more night of work, and then I am off for the weekend. :woohoo: It's time for some shopping before Universal in May! Does anyone know when Nike typically comes out with their spring line? If it's out already, I am way disappointed. I want new Shox, but I haven't found any I like, and I'm waiting for their new releases. (The shox have to be throughout the sneaker. Not just on the heal. I hate those.)

BTW, GOOD MORNING, UNIVERSAL PEEPS!

[Motherfletcher]

So was Zsa Zsa married to OJ?

[AlexandNessa]

So was Zsa Zsa married to OJ?

Keep up! If OJ were married to Zsa Zsa, she wouldn't still be alive ... Duh!

[Motherfletcher]

LOL is way overused but this time I had my secretary come in to see what I was laughing at!

[AlexandNessa]

Ah, so many times I feel I have earned my tag of "Does anyone know what I'm talking about." And then other times, my Universal brethren just "get it." They know. I'm home.

[damo]

LOL is way overused but this time I had my secretary come in to see what I was laughing at!

Wow, did she stay overnight?:rotfl2:

[yankeepenny]

MOVE ON OVER!

WICKED MONKISH PENNY HAS ARRIVED! :rolleyes1
Good morning to all! :surfweb: I tip my coffee to you. We are expecting a major storm here thursday into friday. last week, thousand of folks were without power for several days. keep your fingers crossed it is not so bad this tme. heavy wet snow is no fun.


111 days until vacation!:cool1:

my vaca schedule looks like this:
9/2 arrival at Dolphin, chill and energize:worship:
9/3 Sea World Day new for us
9/4 US Day another new thing
9/5 IOA Day ditto
9/6- repeat one of the above that we did not finish :thumbsup2
9/7 AK Day :goodvibes
9/8 eat Krispy Kremes at MCO and cry we are leaving:sad:

[yankeepenny]

okay... getting to know others.... i will go first....
Macraven, what is your first name?
:goodvibes

[yankeepenny]

:thumbsup2

What a great Idea!

I have an interesting topic. Has anyone ever gone to the psychics in IOA? They are in the tent in Drangon Land (as I call it) There is a guy named Kevin who absolutely blew me away. My DH and I went for fun....I was not expecting an experience like that. Kevin read my palm and he told me details about my life. He did not question me , he told me. He told my husband details about a guy we do business with (with whom we I had my suspicions about) and he told us he is a liar and cannot be trusted...and he was right. I have been to psychics before, but this guy was amazing. I am looking forward to going again.

So I am wondering if anyone else has shared in this experience.



ARE YOU SERIOUS... I COULD DO THIS????? TELL ME MORE.....

[JMCDAD]

Is there a shortcut from HRH to US
From what I read there was but now its only for employees ?
please confirm , deny :goodvibes

[yankeepenny]

So was Zsa Zsa married to OJ?


i thought OJ was married to Elizabeth Taylor....

[yankeepenny]

so the birkenhead dude is the daddy? were there like 5 choices?
i feel bad for that baby.....:sad2:

[marciemi]

macraven - no snow here yet! Still waiting but for some reason they already cancelled golf for the day!:confused3

Penny - good idea - I was wondering about folks first names too. I'm Marcie in case that's not obvious from my screen name!

Question on your count of days until vacation? My countdown says 107 days and I'm leaving on July 27th. How can you have 111 days until September 2nd? Are you doing something else in the meantime? Not meaning to depress you if the count is just off!;)

[damo]

Is there a shortcut from HRH to US
From what I read there was but now its only for employees ?
please confirm , deny :goodvibes

It involves going through the parking lot. You used to be able to use the exit beside the slide and walk through the parking lot to the main gate. That exit is now locked but if you just go out the front exit and down the stairs to the left, then turn left again walking all the way through both parking lots, you will get to the front gates of the studios.

[Motherfletcher]

i thought OJ was married to Elizabeth Taylor....

That's Micheal Jackson.(MJ) not OJ.

[keishashadow]

Frederick Prinz von Anhalt (not a prince nor from Anhalt) - my hero:) ; was rootin' for the creepy old dude; perhaps he's the govenators true dad?:idea:

top secret pic of new Lowes onsite hotel's poolscape...keep it quiet please!

http://re3.mm-a8.yimg.com/image/4069756574

and they fit right in with HHN
http://figuren-charaktere-1.platzregen.com/images/de%20The-Simpsons-Horror-Show%20uklntkvtzk.bu._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg:banana:

[Motherfletcher]

Frederick Prinz [/IMG]:banana:

Freddy Prince?

[goofie4goofy]

ARE YOU SERIOUS... I COULD DO THIS????? TELL ME MORE.....


I will be going again this trip, so I will post about it. I loved it! Last year it was $75.00 per person before tip (I gave $10). Since they are an independant company, it cannot go on your room key, so if interested remember to bring cash or a credit card. I have not been to a psychic in years, I thought it was more for entertainment and theming.....boy were we surprised!

[keishashadow]

hmmm...I see a certain resemblance

http://www.netzeitung.de/img/0037/218637-1.jpg

http://thetruthonly.narod.ru/qqq.arnold.schwarzenegger.cigar.JPG

Q: freddy prinze jr or sr?

for personality i'll cast my vote for Sr:thumbsup2 nice head of hair too.

http://edbrownsgarage.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/summer.jpg

[goofie4goofy]

ARE YOU SERIOUS... I COULD DO THIS????? TELL ME MORE.....


I will be going again this trip, so I will post about it. I loved it! Last year it was $75.00 per person before tip (I gave $10). Since they are an independant company, it cannot go on your room key, so if interested remember to bring cash or a credit card. I have not been to a psychic in years, I thought it was more for entertainment and theming.....boy were we surprised!

[goofie4goofy]

Holy crap...sorry about the duplicate posts. I just got new internet service a few days ago which advertises as the "fastest" available. It is so fast I cannot keep up with it. It downloads 50 megabits per second/uploads in 5. I need to get used to all this speed.:surfweb:

[loribell]

i don't know what will be the replacement for bttf.
i read on another board that they speculate it will be the simpsons. someone posted that it will be that otto the school bus driver has the kids in the bus and marge takes over driving for some reason. don't remember too much more of what was posted on that set up.

some people like the simpsons and others don't. i don't know who uo decides the new rides.
when my kid was in 2nd grade, his teacher hated the simpsons. i had my kid in a blue simpson sweatshirt one day at school and she sent me a note saying that show was dispicable........i was so embarrassed and i told the kid don't you dare tell your teacher you watch that show!!

yea, bad mom moment.

Now I'm not saying anyone is a bad mom or dad because they watch it or let their kids watch it. I think my main reason for it is because I have 4 children and my oldest son was quite a challenge. Maybe he actually reminded me quite a bit of Bart. It didn't matter how much trouble that boy got in to he just wouldn't listen. Now he is a fabulous kid (at 22) but that is afte me having to do some tough love and kick him out of the house after he graduated from high school. Believe me that was hard but it turned his life around.

I do remember teachers being very upset about the show. I have also heard of them sending notes home here in Oklahoma way back when. It even seems as though the shirts were banned in some schools around here.

in case a former question gets lost in the pages, if you know the answer or have a comment on it, please post.

goofie4goofy asked about the psychic tents.

have any of you done that?

I have never been but it does sound quite interesting. Although I don't think I could handle it if I got one of those reports about someone in my family being sick. That would be a little to much.

how about the Simpsons merchandise and characters in the park?

I don't mind the merchandise or the characters in the park. It is just not something we participate in. My youngest, who is 8, would have no idea what it was. If others want to participate that is their perogative. I just really think that replacing a classic movie with an old TV show is not the best thing to do.

such as?

Hmm, although there is something that is JP related at IOA and it is an older movie maybe they could do something really good with the simulator ride that would include JP. Other than that I not really a movie buff and I would have to figure out which movies are Universals before I could come up with anything else.

macraven - no snow here yet! Still waiting but for some reason they already cancelled golf for the day!:confused3

Penny - good idea - I was wondering about folks first names too. I'm Marcie in case that's not obvious from my screen name!

Question on your count of days until vacation? My countdown says 107 days and I'm leaving on July 27th. How can you have 111 days until September 2nd? Are you doing something else in the meantime? Not meaning to depress you if the count is just off!;)

Marcie - We are supposed to be leaving home on the 27th as well. I am still trying to work it out so that me & the kids can leave home on the 24th and let DH fly in to join us later on. Anyway, we will be in Orlando by the evening of the 28th! Maybe we will bump in to you there!

And I can not believe this weather. It was in the high 80's here early last week, then we had snow flurries on Thursday & Friday. It was still cold out yesterday morning & last night it had warmed back up & we had tornado warnings around us. I am definetly ready for the weather to calm down.

Have a terrific day everyone! Oh yeah and my name is Lori, maiden name was Bell. That is of course where the user name comes from.

[AlexandNessa]

Frederick Prinz von Anhalt (not a prince nor from Anhalt) - my hero:) ; was rootin' for the creepy old dude; perhaps he's the govenators true dad?:idea:



Mine too! I mean, what man in his right mind openly and publicly contests paternity of a child with a playboy bunny while he's still married to someone else? Guess Zsa Zsa is OK with an open marriage? Or is that what happens when you're 90 and married to someone 26 years your junior? I mean, I'm pretty sure if Mike were publicly wanting a DNA test because he (too) could be Dannielynn's daddy, we'd be taking separate vacations by now. But that's just me.


Anyway, I see some new faces on this thread. Hello and welcome!

[macraven]

It involves going through the parking lot. You used to be able to use the exit beside the slide and walk through the parking lot to the main gate. That exit is now locked but if you just go out the front exit and down the stairs to the left, then turn left again walking all the way through both parking lots, you will get to the front gates of the studios.

yup, that's the short cut way for the last 3 years!
i use it.


checking in from work.
here for a short time and a cup of coffee.......who brought the coffee?

[macraven]

Mine too! I mean, what man in his right mind openly and publicly contests paternity of a child with a playboy bunny while he's still married to someone else? Guess Zsa Zsa is OK with an open marriage? Or is that what happens when you're 90 and married to someone 26 years your junior? I mean, I'm pretty sure if Mike were publicly wanting a DNA test because he (too) could be Dannielynn's daddy, we'd be taking separate vacations by now. But that's just me.


Anyway, I see some new faces on this thread. Hello and welcome!

i can't get over that the prince still can operate at the age of 90...:eek:

[damo]

yup, that's the short cut way for the last 3 years!
i use it.


checking in from work.
here for a short time and a cup of coffee.......who brought the coffee?

Blah! Coffee. What happened to the yuck smilie?

[macraven]

macraven - no snow here yet! Still waiting but for some reason they already cancelled golf for the day!:confused3

Penny - good idea - I was wondering about folks first names too. I'm Marcie in case that's not obvious from my screen name!



yup, snow is here and the ice has done havoc on the power lines.
many lines down and many without power in nearby communities.
hope you don't get hit hard when it comes your way.

i'm hoping the power goes out at school and we get to go home.
but then, i wouldn't have power and couldn't play on the computer or watch american idol tonight.......i better think twice before i wish for something.



i just go by Mac. simple and easy
i do genealogy and McRaven is the family name i research for others and myself. (gmom's last name) and it is a play on my name and i use a Mac computer.

[damo]

We're just supposed to get rain up here in balmy Toronto.

[macraven]

:welcome: :welcome: :welcome:

to the homies, old and new
so glad you could drop by this morning.





this is the homies home away from home.
all are welcome here!




skool bell rang, back to class.
yes, i know i did not spell it correctly so don't get the red pen out

[AlexandNessa]

macraven, you know, I never asked you what you teach. I only ask because I am certified to teach 7th-12th grade English (I know you probably can't tell from my lack of grammar on these boards). I did my student teaching at Greenwich High School in CT, let's just say "> 10 years ago." :eek:

[yankeepenny]

:faint: :faint: :faint: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:


I MISCOUNTED!!!!!!!!

:coffee: NEED MORE COFFEE .......


:scared1:

[yankeepenny]

SSSNNNRRRKKKK.......

JUST SUCKING UP THE SNIFFLES.....


BOO HOOO.......


144 DAYS....
WILL THE MONK GIRL MAKE IT????

[yankeepenny]

I Really do cry like a girl......


all I need now is to see Steel Magnolias and I am all set.....

:sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:


guess i will to work....and stop at Dunkins for some love....

:coffee:
see you all later

[marciemi]

:blush: :blush: Oh great! And it's all my fault!

Really though, you made me stress out briefly because we're desperately watching for that 90 day window because the main thing my boys want to do is the surfing lessons at TL, which we can book 90 days out. I saw your count and was like "Oh no! Did I miss it??!"

[tlinus]

MORNING ALL!!!!!


I have coffeed up and am hanging out!!! altho there is ALOT of stuff I should be doing right now - ummm, like laundry so I can pack. I don't think we are going to need shorts and bathing suits anytime soon around here!!

[tlinus]

OK -

Dh wants to pack light for our vacation. We will be there from 4/25 thru 5/1 and we only want to do carryons. Based on experience and weather history, how do I pack for us? 3 outfits plus our travel clothes? 4 for each? I always do laundry on vacation anyway (I am a habitual over packer and who wants to mix dirty clothes with clean stuff we haven't used - ewwwwwwwww). Can I use a small pull along suitcase as a carryon for all of the beans' clothing and then me and DH each with a duffel bag??

We have never flown with the kids before, so I am clueless :confused3 last time I flew it was alone from here to Boston last summer to meet up with DH who was there on business - not having checked bags was AWESOME!!

C'mon homies......spare a tip, secret, anything to make this an ENJOYABLE event!! :banana:

[loribell]

OK -

Dh wants to pack light for our vacation. We will be there from 4/25 thru 5/1 and we only want to do carryons. Based on experience and weather history, how do I pack for us? 3 outfits plus our travel clothes? 4 for each? I always do laundry on vacation anyway (I am a habitual over packer and who wants to mix dirty clothes with clean stuff we haven't used - ewwwwwwwww). Can I use a small pull along suitcase as a carryon for all of the beans' clothing and then me and DH each with a duffel bag??

We have never flown with the kids before, so I am clueless :confused3 last time I flew it was alone from here to Boston last summer to meet up with DH who was there on business - not having checked bags was AWESOME!!

C'mon homies......spare a tip, secret, anything to make this an ENJOYABLE event!! :banana:


There are rolling bags that can be used as carryons. I'm not sure about the size but you can check size limitations on the airlines websites. You could actually take a rolling one as a carryon for each one of you if you wanted to. With that you could easily pack what you need. On top of that you get the personal bag each that you stow under your seat. You'll have plenty of room to just do carryons!

Have fun!

[AlexandNessa]

Ew! That's a tough one, and I am not a good one to ask as I have a husband who packs his entire closet, and then proudly announces, "I'm done packing!" Each person will be allowed a carry-on. But don't forget about your toiletry stuff. No more than 3 oz containers of any liquid (shampoo, etc) for each person in a quart sized plastic bag, blah, blah....

We never take one outfit per day. We want different clothes for dinner or after sunning at the pool, just because Orlando can be so hot and sticky. We usually bring 2 outfits per day plus bathing suit stuff. Am I making you panic?

[Scrappy Annie]

HEY MAC!! Great Idea for a Thread!!!

http://bestsmileys.com/bouncing/4.gif

Hello Everyone! I'm so EXCITED that there is a Thread I can call HOME!!!!! This will be FUN!

I Hope you don't Mind me making myself at HOME!!
(Notice the dust....Ahhh Just like Home)

:rotfl::rotfl:http://bestsmileys.com/bouncing/19.gif:rotfl::rotfl:

[Scrappy Annie]

Ew! That's a tough one, and I am not a good one to ask as I have a husband who packs his entire closet, and then proudly announces, "I'm done packing!" Each person will be allowed a carry-on. But don't forget about your toiletry stuff. No more than 3 oz containers of any liquid (shampoo, etc) for each person in a quart sized plastic bag, blah, blah....

We never take one outfit per day. We want different clothes for dinner or after sunning at the pool, just because Orlando can be so hot and sticky. We usually bring 2 outfits per day plus bathing suit stuff. Am I making you panic?
I Totally Agree.... Hot:eek:...Sticky:eek: Lotsa Clothes http://bestsmileys.com/eek/7.gif

http://bestsmileys.com/hot/3.gif

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[keishashadow]

HEY MAC!! Great Idea for a Thread!!!



http://bestsmileys.com/bouncing/4.gif

Hello Everyone! I'm so EXCITED that there is a Thread I can call HOME!!!!! This will be FUN!

I Hope you don't Mind me making myself at HOME!!
(Notice the dust....Ahhh Just like Home)

:rotfl::rotfl:http://bestsmileys.com/bouncing/19.gif:rotfl::rotfl:


where's the cat hair?
http://www.ournameismud.com/images/products/platter-oval--cat-hair-red.jpg
Simpsons - to paraphrase Bart "don't have a cat man:rotfl: "
http://re3.mm-a1.yimg.com/image/1981576226it's all a matter of taste, in my case - bad:dance3:

speaking of...figure the Prinz has a few of these laying (or is it lying? lol)
around...

http://re3.mm-a6.yimg.com/image/3458675515

[tlinus]

Ew! That's a tough one, and I am not a good one to ask as I have a husband who packs his entire closet, and then proudly announces, "I'm done packing!" Each person will be allowed a carry-on. But don't forget about your toiletry stuff. No more than 3 oz containers of any liquid (shampoo, etc) for each person in a quart sized plastic bag, blah, blah....

We never take one outfit per day. We want different clothes for dinner or after sunning at the pool, just because Orlando can be so hot and sticky. We usually bring 2 outfits per day plus bathing suit stuff. Am I making you panic?

Who me? Panic? Nahhhhh (not yet anyway) - I know how you feel about wanting more than one option for clothes for each day (for Pete's sake he is travelling with 3 females) - We usually drive so I use the mondo suitcases and pack like Mike - EVERY piece of summerclothing goes in it!!!! Not too worried about the toiletries, we are having the 30 minute grocery stop and can get some stuff there. I have enough to pack in the carryone with all of bean#2's medicines (inhalers, epi pens, benadryl, prescribed hydrocortisone cream - ugh....poor kid and her dang allergies/asthma :sad1: )

[keishashadow]

Ew! That's a tough one, and I am not a good one to ask as I have a husband who packs his entire closet, and then proudly announces, "I'm done packing!" Each person will be allowed a carry-on. But don't forget about your toiletry stuff. No more than 3 oz containers of any liquid (shampoo, etc) for each person in a quart sized plastic bag, blah, blah....

We never take one outfit per day. We want different clothes for dinner or after sunning at the pool, just because Orlando can be so hot and sticky. We usually bring 2 outfits per day plus bathing suit stuff. Am I making you panic?

your dh & i think alike; my dh always takes one look @ the pile & insists i open it up & take half the crap out...i still come home w/unworn clothing.

unless we have a washer&dryer in the room, i refuse to do laundry or cook while on vacation.

we have traveled w/just carryons in the past for short trips, can't imagine now w/all the restrictions.

[goofie4goofy]

OK -

Dh wants to pack light for our vacation. We will be there from 4/25 thru 5/1 and we only want to do carryons. Based on experience and weather history, how do I pack for us? 3 outfits plus our travel clothes? 4 for each? I always do laundry on vacation anyway (I am a habitual over packer and who wants to mix dirty clothes with clean stuff we haven't used - ewwwwwwwww). Can I use a small pull along suitcase as a carryon for all of the beans' clothing and then me and DH each with a duffel bag??

We have never flown with the kids before, so I am clueless :confused3 last time I flew it was alone from here to Boston last summer to meet up with DH who was there on business - not having checked bags was AWESOME!!

C'mon homies......spare a tip, secret, anything to make this an ENJOYABLE event!! :banana:


I love to pack!! We are doing carryons only this trip too. It's all in the luggage. I found it best to invest in quality cases, not only are they regulation size but you can really max out your packing capacity. The only problem with doing carry-ons is that your liquids are limited. I am FedExing a Box O'Beauty down to the resort with all shampoos, sunscreens, perfumes, etc It's inexpensive and saves a lot of aggravation...If not ziplock makes "travel bags" which are TSA approved. They are the right size for all your liquids so there is not question. Everything has to be in 3oz or less containers.

I have a few rules for packing carry ons. Summer clothing is a snap! Each person is entitled to 2 carry ons each. So each person gets 1 "wheeler" bag (make sure your wheeler is the correct size or you will be forced to check it)and one shoulder bag. I buy clothes that can easily fold small and natural fibers like cotton that can easily be washed. Think lots of tees and tanks and polo shirts. Tank tees fold so tiny and if you buy them in lots of colors, you can layer them. They look great with skirts, shorts and pants. I pack 1 pair of pants (this trip white denim jeans - dress up or down) I pack bathing suits. cover ups and undies in ziplock bags and squish the air out of them. Pack dresses and skirts that fold small. Accessorize your evening outfits with jewelery - long necklaces, earrings etc. Pick 1 pair of shoes for evening a neutral pair that go with everything. Flip flops can always be slipped in your bag along the perimeter of the case since they don;t have heels. I figure on 4 pairs of shorts each, 1 pair pants and fill in the rest. Think in outfits and comfort. We also wear our bulkiest shoes when travelling to save suitcase room. I over pack too and I cannot wear the same thing all day and I need at least 3 bathing suits. I figure this for 1 days clothing - park clothes, pool clothes, evening clothes. Since we are going to USO for 5 days then to Captiva for 6, I can easily do a load of clothes once we get to Captiva. I don't mind since we just hang on the beach all day when there anyway.

I hate checking bags, especially now with so many bags getting lost. When we pack suitcases, we now Fed Ex them. With carry on bags or no bags it is so easy especially when you print your boarding passes the night before....just go straight to security. Hope this helps!

[Figment22]

Whoa, I don't show up here for a day or two and look at all I've missed! I've got some catching up to do.

Great idea for a thread!

[tikkipoo]

Whoa, I don't show up here for a day or two and look at all I've missed! I've got some catching up to do.

Great idea for a thread!

Me too! Guess that's what I get for actually working at work.

[Dagny]

My Daddy always said, "Be careful who's baby you're calling ugly."

Don't know how you inferred this statement, it is simply my opinion that they can do better than another animated cartoon simulator attraction.

I just think trying to put a Simpsons ride in the existing attraction structure would cause it to be very similar to the Jimmy Neutron attraction. Now given its local close to MIB, and the type of attraction (movie simulator), I could totally see a ride based on say Battlestar Gallactica (am I the only one who watches this show, LOL).

[damo]

OK -

Dh wants to pack light for our vacation. We will be there from 4/25 thru 5/1 and we only want to do carryons. Based on experience and weather history, how do I pack for us? 3 outfits plus our travel clothes? 4 for each? I always do laundry on vacation anyway (I am a habitual over packer and who wants to mix dirty clothes with clean stuff we haven't used - ewwwwwwwww). Can I use a small pull along suitcase as a carryon for all of the beans' clothing and then me and DH each with a duffel bag??

We have never flown with the kids before, so I am clueless :confused3 last time I flew it was alone from here to Boston last summer to meet up with DH who was there on business - not having checked bags was AWESOME!!

C'mon homies......spare a tip, secret, anything to make this an ENJOYABLE event!! :banana:

We're just doing carryons as well. Here is my trick. I wear a short skirt to the parks so that it can be worn everywhere no matter where we go. I wear a tank top with the skirt. I bring along one sweater or hoodie and one pair of capris just in case. Plus a bathing suit plus delicates. That makes for about 10 articles of clothing.

[bubba's mom]

Me too! Guess that's what I get for actually working at work.

:scared1: you actually work! ...eh, gotta pay for those trips somehow..... :confused3


re: packing....we have to check bags, no way around it. we usually go for 10 days - 2 weeks and even if i take enough clothes for everyone for 5 days, i still have to do laundry....(while in the pool @ DFIL's house :teeth: )


Glad to see we are being "found" ....welcome friends!

[macraven]

i have been out shoveling for the last 90 minutes.


now i need to read back and see if more homies came to play.

i posted on about 3 hot threads where a lot of uo homies post and sent out some pm's to let everyone know to come on over.


going to count noses now.

be very glad you do not live in northern illinois, especially where the wisconsin border is.

200 flights out of o'hare cancelled today, more delayed.
same for midway airport out of chgo.

[marciemi]

Yeah, it's finally getting here. More blizzardy conditions (the snow is going straight sideways) than heavy snow yet, but we've probably got our first inch down and it's not supposed to let up until tomorrow sometime. But I hear 50's for the weekend?!:confused3

[macraven]

:welcome: :welcome: :welcome:

hey homies, welcome to your new home...


i'll try to greet everyone at least once when they first start posting.
all of you are very important people you know.
you shake off mummy dust each time you are over here......and we love it...


if i overlook a name, send me a pm and i'll be sure to get you in highlights sooner or later.

Yankeepenny: keep the coffee going, but don't make nescafe please

tlinus: you're looking for shorts and swim suits in this type of weather?
pack light you say. i have a long story for that. remind me to tell it.

Figment22: YEA you found us.....Boo you never came back.
come back and spill your guts for us.

tikkipoo: had to work, eh. next time bring a note from mom when you come in late......:eek:

Scappy Annie: i started to think sissy was slacking on the job. did she send you the memo yet? you give the best siggie pics!

how about sharing the UO characters and fantastic four dance routine for us?
you know you want to
post that great pic here for the others to see please

[macraven]

Yeah, it's finally getting here. More blizzardy conditions (the snow is going straight sideways) than heavy snow yet, but we've probably got our first inch down and it's not supposed to let up until tomorrow sometime. But I hear 50's for the weekend?!:confused3

i think we only have 5 right now but so much ice.
night school has been cancelled due to road conditions here.

yea, break my back shoveling pure ice and snow and it will all go away this weekend, huh

hope you don't get it bad. i'm sick of winter. i am not a snow bunny.

[KEW80]

:welcome: :welcome: :welcome:

hey homies, welcome to your new home...


Scappy Annie: i started to think sissy was slacking on the job. did she send you the memo yet? you give the best siggie pics!

how about sharing the UO characters and fantastic four dance routine for us?you know you want to
post that great pic here for the others to see please

mac, you talking about this pic......http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f268/NEWARKWEBBOY/56.gif

[tlinus]

tlinus: you're looking for shorts and swim suits in this type of weather?
pack light you say. i have a long story for that. remind me to tell it.[/B]

Oh DOOOoooo tell.....I will be all ears later :listen: I am running out to actually spend some money on ME and a haircut!!

[macraven]

i have made 5 solo trips to the motherland and the darkside.
i stay for 15 full days.

last year i took 2 big suitcases and a carry on and a briefcase.
i could have gotten by with half of the shorts i took. the tops, well, i spill a lot so the extras were needed. i really took too much

year before i took one large suitcase and a carry on. it worked.
i wore the shorts twice each and took tanks cause i was thin then. they are easy to roll up and don't take much space. i thought i did so well in packing light. i forgot to pack undies......oh snap

this year, i am going light. i'll take three tops per shorts that match.
if i spill chocolate on my tops, i'll throw them away.

when i read that goofie4goofy takes matching items including jewelry, i thought :eek: wow, she must look nice in the parks.

good thing i am going solo, i wouldn't want to embarrass anyone looking so ..uh....natural......dang, i don't even do my nails when i am on vacation


but for HHN, i order the CSW shirts so then i will be set for that event.

[macraven]

mac, you talking about this pic......http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f268/NEWARKWEBBOY/56.gif




i adore that picture !!
thanx homie!

[bubba's mom]

:welcome: :welcome: :welcome:

hey homies, welcome to your new home...


i'll try to greet everyone at least once when they first start posting.
all of you are very important people you know.
you shake off mummy dust each time you are over here......and we love it...


if i overlook a name, send me a pm and i'll be sure to get you in highlights sooner or later.





:confused3 :snooty: :sad1:

enuf said










that's ok mac...i think i know where i stand......beyond the welcome wagon homie :teeth:

[tlinus]

i have made 5 solo trips to the motherland and the darkside.
i stay for 15 full days.

last year i took 2 big suitcases and a carry on and a briefcase.
i could have gotten by with half of the shorts i took. the tops, well, i spill a lot so the extras were needed. i really took too much

year before i took one large suitcase and a carry on. it worked.
i wore the shorts twice each and took tanks cause i was thin then. they are easy to roll up and don't take much space. i thought i did so well in packing light. i forgot to pack undies......oh snap

this year, i am going light. i'll take three tops per shorts that match.
if i spill chocolate on my tops, i'll throw them away.

when i read that goofie4goofy takes matching items including jewelry, i thought :eek: wow, she must look nice in the parks.

good thing i am going solo, i wouldn't want to embarrass anyone looking so ..uh....natural......dang, i don't even do my nails when i am on vacation


but for HHN, i order the CSW shirts so then i will be set for that event.

That is what I think I will do......2 pairs of shorts each with at least 2 if not 3 matching tops!!!

oh - and I won't forget the undies!!! :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[bubba's mom]

oh - and I won't forget the undies!!! :rotfl2: :rotfl2:


whew!

[macraven]

oh snap..........i did forget a homie...



:welcome: :welcome: :welcome:


Bubba's Mom your home away from home



sorry, i saw you there and well, you know how blonde i am...:flower3:

[bubba's mom]

oh snap..........i did forget a homie...



:welcome: :welcome: :welcome:


Bubba's Mom your home away from home



sorry, i saw you there and well, you know how blonde i am...:flower3:


nah, not forgotten........ i know you're blonde!



Let the "flogging" commence!

[macraven]

bubba's mom, come back home.

[macraven]

i can't find the apprentice contest thread....

wanted to post on it.

well, i 'll post what i have to say here.


my cd came today!!

i was a loser, didn't get the big money award but did get the cd and it looks good.


after jodie , keisha and others posted they received their cd prize, i thought wonder why i didn't get anything.

mine came today!

[Amity 3]

what is 'snow'?

[bubba's mom]

i can't find the apprentice contest thread....

wanted to post on it.

well, i 'll post what i have to say here.


my cd came today!!

i was a loser, didn't get the big money award but did get the cd and it looks good.


after jodie , keisha and others posted they received their cd prize, i thought wonder why i didn't get anything.
mine came today!



i didn't get one either..... yeah well...not that important to me...........

[bubba's mom]

what is 'snow'?

annoying, :headache: cold, white stuff that falls from the sky......on second thought, be glad you "don't know" ;)

[AlexandNessa]

Hi everyone! I've just woken up (working midnights this week). My weekend starts 7 am tomorrow morning. Whoooooo-heeeee!

It's way cold here right now, and we are well into April. I would like to know why all the fuss about Global Warming right now. Showtime has "An Inconvenient Truth" airing every 10 minutes right now, and I'm finding that rather annoying as I can usually store my winter coat by now.

[macraven]

what is 'snow'?

remember the stories that the relatives used to talk about....i walked 5 miles to school in snow up to my knees.......that stuff.


btw, kankakee did not get snow. i think they will hit about 50 on friday




right now amity i am calling it grass cover.
we fertlized last weekend..........now to do it all over again.

[macraven]

i didn't get one either..... yeah well...not that important to me...........

did you enter the apprentice contest?

[bubba's mom]

did you enter the apprentice contest?

yep

[macraven]

i was feeling like i wasn't going to get anything even the bewbie price as jodie called it.......they all got the cd's long before me.


you might get it as mine just came today.


you did enter didn't you?

[phamton]

Just popping in to say hello. I got may hair cut quite a bit shorter today. I'm not sure if I like it or not yet but I've been having a bad hair day for about a year now and needed to do something with it.

I've been super busy at work with very few days off so I haven't had much time to socialize here lately. I'm getting ready to watch my favorite TV show "Lost" in an hour. Sawyer is a feast for the eyes but my favorite character is Hurley.

[goofie4goofy]

My inner Diva must be showing:rotfl2:

I do pack an assortment of jewelery some real some costume (I pack them in snack size ziplocks so they don't get tangled) the real stuff goes into a leather travel jewel box which gets locked into the safe....Hey what's the sense of having it if you don't wear it. I don't wear it in the parks though. That is just soooo wrong:rotfl2:

I do love casual dresses for the evenings...the kind you can wear with a pretty pair of flat sandals.....OK then I wear my jewelery, but not all of it at once....I co ordinate it with my clothing.

[Melanie230]

My daughter is going to the prom. We just bought her dress...Isnt it GORGEOUS!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/ahlmommy/0900631b81161d2cM.jpg

[KEW80]

My daughter is going to the prom. We just bought her dress...Isnt it GORGEOUS!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/ahlmommy/0900631b81161d2cM.jpg

WOW! Great dress it is gorgeous.

[phamton]

I love that dress. Very elegant!

[macraven]

Just popping in to say hello. I got may hair cut quite a bit shorter today. I'm not sure if I like it or not yet but I've been having a bad hair day for about a year now and needed to do something with it.


.

I i thought your hair was so cute the length it was last year. tell me you didn't go with a britney cut did ya'?



My inner Diva must be showing:rotfl2:

I do pack an assortment of jewelery some real some costume (I pack them in snack size ziplocks so they don't get tangled) the real stuff goes into a leather travel jewel box which gets locked into the safe....Hey what's the sense of having it if you don't wear it. I don't wear it in the parks though. That is just soooo wrong:rotfl2:

I do love casual dresses for the evenings...the kind you can wear with a pretty pair of flat sandals.....OK then I wear my jewelery, but not all of it at once....I co ordinate it with my clothing.


i wash my face in the morning and then i go to the parks. that's about the best it gets when i am on vacation.
i bet you are thin.
i am told thin people dress nice cause they can wear it all........



i 'm not a thin one....

My daughter is going to the prom. We just bought her dress...Isnt it GORGEOUS!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/ahlmommy/0900631b81161d2cM.jpg

you have a child old enough to go to the prom????
i always thought for some reason you were about 24 years old.

your daughter is gorgeous and so is the dress..

[bubba's mom]

My daughter is going to the prom. We just bought her dress...Isnt it GORGEOUS!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/ahlmommy/0900631b81161d2cM.jpg


Melanie!!! you look awesome in that dress!!! ;)

phamton....welcome o' holy homie one :worship: i have GOT to see a pic of that new haircut.....post it or PM me it....please :worship:

[macraven]

i have to get off soon.
american idol will be on in about 14 minutes.

i have to fix my snacks.
i have to make another pot of coffee.
i have to get my jammies on and relax.
i have to get the afgan out on the couch.
and i have to get my cat to snuggle with so i can eat and watch tv.


don't think i will be on to midnight tonight.
my back is killing me from shoveling all the snow this late afternoon after work.

[Amity 3]

I just realized I'm the only guy in this room.

[bubba's mom]

I just realized I'm the only guy in this room.

that's okay....we'll help you recruit more ;)

where's rpbert1??? get him in here....

[Dagny]

I just realized I'm the only guy in this room.

Well then I vote you to be the Cabana Boy ;)

[loribell]

Is anyone else going to be there while we are?

We will be at Disney July 27th/28th - Aug 2, then RPR Aug 3rd & 4th before going back to Disney Aug 5th - 12th. I think I will probably change the RPR reservation to include the 2nd for one more day.

[Amity 3]

Well then I vote you to be the Cabana Boy ;)

if I wanted to rub oil on female tourists, I'd....

that's not such a bad idea, and I'll work for tips.

[yankeepenny]

we walked miles to school barefoot and had to eat everything on our plates due to starving kids in africa,and more than once i stupidly said lets sent this to them......:rolleyes1

ever since hitting the big 40 a couple of months ago i swear i get smarter ...:idea: or is it dumber.:eek: ...every day.....

coffee anyone???????????????:surfweb:

[yankeepenny]

amity why are you rubbing oil on tourists?????????????:scared:

[Amity 3]

amity why are you rubbing oil on tourists?????????????:scared:

I thought that's what cabana boys do...

[bubba's mom]

he's right penny....that's what they do.... :rolleyes1

[yankeepenny]

i thought they fetched drinks and told the over 40 like me folks how charming they were and yes that suit looks smashing on you , with a straight face! :rotfl2:

[drj1950]

I'm a guy what should I do?

[yankeepenny]

ok heres a thought----think before you reply
SOPRANO ENDINGS

A- tony will get killed off by johnny sacks crowd

B- Phil Leotartdo will kill him
C- He and Carm will make a deal and go into hiding
D-Tony goes crazy and Melfi has him committed
E- Christopher wacks him
F- his own son AJ gets him and is the new boss

[yankeepenny]

heres another.....


how long before the first anna nicole movie is out???

summer 07

sweeps in nov 07

or big screen picture???????

[macraven]

I'm a guy what should I do?





sit with amity and hold a bottle of oil and look pretty.

cabana boys always make good tips

[macraven]

heres another.....


how long before the first anna nicole movie is out???

summer 07

sweeps in nov 07

or big screen picture???????


i believe it is coming out in a couple of weeks......month maybe.
i was watching Extra and they were talking about it but i was on the phone yaking and dising at the same time so i might have heard wrong.

or maybe it was the other person on the other line i was with that said something is being delievered to her house in a couple of weeks....

[marciemi]

I just realized I'm the only guy in this room.

As my son would say, "You say that like it's a bad thing!":rotfl2:

Loribell - I think I've told you on other threads (July? August?) - we're also heading out on July 27th and will be there until the 11th of August. We'll also be at RPR but on August 5-6th! Feel free to PM me if you'd like to talk shop (itinerary, etc.!)

[Amity 3]

I'm a guy what should I do?

don't try to oil me down and we're cool.

[macraven]

we walked miles to school barefoot and had to eat everything on our plates due to starving kids in africa,and more than once i stupidly said lets sent this to them......:rolleyes1

ever since hitting the big 40 a couple of months ago i swear i get smarter ...:idea: or is it dumber.:eek: ...every day.....

coffee anyone???????????????:surfweb:



my mom always said it was the kids in china that were starving.
yea, i got belted too for wanting to share my lousy food with them



i'll have my coffee black please.

[macraven]

don't try to oil me down and we're cool.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:


i need a refill on that coffee. i just spilled mine

[Amity 3]

ok heres a thought----think before you reply
SOPRANO ENDINGS

A- tony will get killed off by johnny sacks crowd

B- Phil Leotartdo will kill him
C- He and Carm will make a deal and go into hiding
D-Tony goes crazy and Melfi has him committed
E- Christopher wacks him
F- his own son AJ gets him and is the new boss

Tony must die for it to complete. it'll end in a dream sequence and fade to black.

[yankeepenny]

a dream sequence sounds good.


MAC- how was your idol show???

[macraven]

a dream sequence sounds good.


MAC- how was your idol show???



i have watched American Idol from the beginning of the first season.
this season stinks.
i don't know why i am even watching it.


for those that haven't seen it yet, i won't spoil it for you but the jerk didn't get voted off yet.


i'm calling it a night.
back is killing me from shoveling.

catch you in the morning.


sweet sleep

[damo]

I can't keep up with this thread.

[tlinus]

I can't keep up with this thread.

its fast moving and fun.....complete with dancing superheroes and cabana boys!! :cool1: :cool1:

[loribell]

As my son would say, "You say that like it's a bad thing!":rotfl2:

Loribell - I think I've told you on other threads (July? August?) - we're also heading out on July 27th and will be there until the 11th of August. We'll also be at RPR but on August 5-6th! Feel free to PM me if you'd like to talk shop (itinerary, etc.!)

Sorry about that Marcie. I tend to get lost a lot on some of those threads. This one however is moving very fast and keeping my attention!

I'll be PM'ing you later!

[AlexandNessa]

ok heres a thought----think before you reply
SOPRANO ENDINGS

A- tony will get killed off by johnny sacks crowd

B- Phil Leotartdo will kill him
C- He and Carm will make a deal and go into hiding
D-Tony goes crazy and Melfi has him committed
E- Christopher wacks him
F- his own son AJ gets him and is the new boss

OMG, am I the only one in the "who cares" department? This week's episode of The Sopranos was TERRIBLE! Are you kidding me? An episode full of Monopoly and karoake? For real? It amazes me what that show thinks they can get away with and people always wind up apologizing for them, just waiting for it to get better. I was so annoyed after I finished that, my husband asked how it was, and I told him about it, he got annoyed, and now won't watch it at all this season. Even our friend Anthony (who was an extra in The Sopranos last season at the wedding) didn't like it and was annoyed. It's just not getting the buzz around here like it usually does. Tony can get out of the mob and go teach kindergarten for all I care! :)

[Glendamax]

Macraven I found you! But looks like the party's over . . . Will try to catch you all tomorrow.

Thanks for telling me about this thread! :wave:

[tikkipoo]

:welcome: :welcome: :welcome:
tikkipoo: had to work, eh. next time bring a note from mom when you come in late......:eek:

Dear macraven,
Please excuse my daughter from missing the DIS yesterday. She had a severe case of workitis. I have severly beat her and it shall not happen again. Thank you for your patience. -Mother tikkipoo


Okay, I need to stay up later that I do. First of all, I'm in for the oil rub! Where do I sign up?:banana:

Second, Last weeks Sopranos totally sucked! I think Tony's going to get wacked at the end of his driveway picking up the paper. I can't figure out who might do it though.

Third, the Anna Nicole movie will be out by this summer I bet. What a bunch of freaks!

Fourth, the prom dress is great! Prom was an awful expierence for me. Hope she has a great time!

Finally....Love the dancing superheros. Where do you guys find this stuff?:confused:

[bubba's mom]

E! had already had a True Hollywood Story about Anna Nicole on before she even died.....(AND after her son died)....so, after she died...they already had "modified" it to include her death. boy, those E! peeps move fast!

[Melanie230]

You thought I was 24? Can I marry you? Heehee! Nope...I am 36.

[Melanie230]

Actually that isnt her in the dress. THat is just a photo of the dress. I will post pictures of her in the dress when she goes.

[momof3disneyholics]

E! had already had a True Hollywood Story about Anna Nicole on before she even died.....(AND after her son died)....so, after she died...they already had "modified" it to include her death. boy, those E! peeps move fast!

I've been so addicted to that story. I go home from work everyday and look for something to be on about it. My Df has even been getting into watching it with me and he usually doesn't even care about that kind of stuff.
I saw that E! True Hollywood story too. It's so sad how it ended.

[tikkipoo]

I haven't been addicted to the story, but that trial! OMG That was the greatest! This was me at work :surfweb: Good thing not much was going on those days! I was worthless!:rotfl:

[momof3disneyholics]

I haven't been addicted to the story, but that trial! OMG That was the greatest! This was me at work :surfweb: Good thing not much was going on those days! I was worthless!:rotfl:

Oh, I know! I was training someone while that trial was on and I kept my internet opened to Fox News so that I could watch the trial live. I was really setting a good example!:rotfl:

[yankeepenny]

Good morning all!

Coffee anyone?? :coffee:

welcome glendamax!!!!!

[JMCDAD]

:rockband: Its pouring here in NY today

[goofie4goofy]

Good Morning Everyone!!!

I have my coffee in hand- Starbucks Venti with an espresso shot:surfweb: . My wonderful husband ventured out in todays horrible weather. It's not snow but it's very rainy, windy and cold. I remember this time last year we were going to the beach to get a pre-tan before our spring vacation. I guess this year my pre tan will be from an aerosol can. :banana: :banana: only 10 days to go:banana: :banana: Hopefully by the time we get back on May 2 the weather will be normal. When we return from Fla it's time to go to Lancaster PA to buy our garden plants and begin the flower and vegetable garden.

Speaking of TV shows........besides the Sopranos and Idol (which I also watch)
Am I the only one here addicted to LOST??? last night's show was great, just when you think you have something figured out they put a twist in it.

[JMCDAD]

WE are Soprano, Idol and Lost fans here too
and most sports (well at least me, the rest of the famly , not so much)

Love Lost but I am getting frustrated, so many questions and so little answers :rolleyes:

[keishashadow]

Hi to the newbies!
maxwell house special roast for me:banana: does the deed...tried to order a tequilla sunrise; but the cabana boy didn't show up for work today.;)

luv, luv the dress (can't go wrong w/black & white imo). I've got 3 boys, none of that fun stuff for me. Almost fainted when DIL paid $800 for her bridal veil last year! You don't wanna know what the dress cost:eek: ; beautiful but such a waste of $ imo (of course, no one asked me lol).

sopranos can only go up from last espisode; think they were going for lots of deep thinking with water theme throughout (and no one got whacked:confused3 ) Really makes me miss Rome:sad1:

my prediction, Carmella catches tony w/the therapist & wacks them both; then runs off to Florida in search of cabana boy toy.

[tikkipoo]

Well, at least we are getting an ending on the Sopranos. And we did somewhat on Rome....but I LOVED Carnivale and they just pulled the #$#%# show with no ending! ....sorry...still upsets me.

$800!!! Do you now what I could do with $800...

I'm going to Daytona Beach in 16 days!:banana: Don't know if DH will like it if I get a cabana boy...do they even have cabana boys at Daytona?

[yankeepenny]

we got into lost....just got sucked right in....

Hurley dudE is hysterical....sawyer is kinda cute....

but that Kate! how many has she killed or threatened???
she is a piece of work.

wonder if Desmond and claire will hook up......

Sayid is my fav....love that hair.....(just a girls view, thats all...):goodvibes

just so you know. I CANNOT STAND LOCKE (JMO)

[lovetheparks]

Morning all, thread newbie popping in to say :wave2: hi!

I got sucked into Lost at the end of the 1st Season then watched it all on DVD, now I don't watch it AT ALL on TV, I wait until the season is over so I don't have to wait to see what happens. Yep...I'm a dork! :woohoo:

[patster734]

Jumping in to say Adios! With a chance of snow here Saturday morning, we're going up to Canada to get a way from it!:lmao:

We're actually going up there for my wife's aunt's 80th birthday party near Winnipeg. I'll be meeting many of her relatives for the first time. We leave this afternoon and get back Monday night.

Oh, to Macraven, I mentioned about going back to Universal in October and I got a we'll see response. If we go, we might try taking her dad instead of my parents this time.

[AlexandNessa]

keishashadow & tikipoo: I loved, loved, loved Rome! The second (and last:sad:) season was awesome! My hubby and I liked Carnivale too, but that is another one HBO cut too early. How about Entourage? We usually enjoy that very much, but this was another HBO show that just started off slow this season. Hmpphh.

BTW, does anyone get Showtime too? Anyone watching The Tudors? Love it! But then again, I am a sucker for anything having to do with the Tudor Dynasty. :)

Morning all, thread newbie popping in to say :wave2: hi!

I got sucked into Lost at the end of the 1st Season then watched it all on DVD, now I don't watch it AT ALL on TV, I wait until the season is over so I don't have to wait to see what happens. Yep...I'm a dork! :woohoo:



This is exactly what I do as well! Season 2 is somewhere in my Blockbuster queue right now. :)

[marciemi]

All right, I'm feeling left out of the TV stuff here! Anyone else a CSI fan and waiting for tonight's episode to finish up this miniature stuff? (Although they've said that on many other episodes as well!)

patster - don't think running away to Canada's going to solve your weather woes!:rotfl: And JMCDAD, it's better than snowing like it is here!

Keisha - also have 3 boys so no fun dressing up for them either (unless you count our matching lime green zazzle shirts we got for our trip this summer!)

[lovetheparks]

How about Entourage? We usually enjoy that very much, but this was another HBO show that just started off slow this season. Hmpphh.


So glad someone else thought it wasn't "all that". :sad2:

I love Entourage and could not wait for this new season to start. It's one of the shows I will not wait for. DH would not watch at first but now he's hooked. So hooked in fact, that "I" got season's 1 & 2 for Christmas last year so HE could watch! :rotfl:

[lovetheparks]

marciemi - CSI has been one of our favorites for a long time but this season I find myself TiVo'ing more often. The whole miniature thing does have me curious though.....

[loribell]

Well I can't comment on any of the TV shows. I seldom watch any at all. ays oAlthough the TV is always on in the background I pay no attention to it. Of course with an 8 yo it is usually on the Disney channel or Nick so there really isn't much for me to watch. Some of them I have never even heard of like Rome or Entourage.

patster - Be safe driving. You are probably going to run in to some pretty bad weather.

[goofie4goofy]

I love Entourage too....Johnny Drama just kills me :rotfl2:

I am a total dork as well. Even on vacation we have to get back to our room to see LOST. Idol, not so much this year....it's OK, not as exciting or entertaining as pervious seasons. I would not go back to our room to catch it anymore.

It seems as though LOST is putting the puzzle together by giving us insight to the characters. Last night explained why they were kidnapping children and who Juliette is.....now the question is what has she become and can she be trusted????? It's very interesting how all these people are connected and thye don't realize it. Claire is Jacks half sister, Kate befriended Sawyer's gorlfriend/mother of his child, Hurley with the numbers, John and his father, Desmond and his time warp experience....even if we don;t get solid answers the show is very entertaining all by itself. I loved the episode with the "Diamonds".

[AlexandNessa]

OMG, Drama is one of the funniest characters on TV! :)

I am so not an Idol fan. In fact, there are a few of us at work that hate Idol altogether, and we're voting for Sanjaya. Go ahead. Yell at me. I don't care. You can't say or do anything meaner than my mom already has. I can't repeat in a public forum what she said to me when I told her we were voting for Sanjaya. I don't think I deserved the silent treatment after her tirade either, but that's just me....

[macraven]

good morning homies.
checking in from work ..........


good to see newbies here!

:welcome: :welcome: :welcome:

JMC DAD: does my heart good to see another idol & soprano junkie
we have more openings for cabana boys. Dagny is taking the applications and doing the interviews.

Glendamx: glad you found your way here, be sure to come back and yak. did you watch the ellen show when she was in UO?

MOM of 3 disneyholics: a mini me of me......i lived that trial of anna nicole, and had E on constantly.

Melanie230: think i didn't get you in highlights yet so here it is now. she's really a 24 year old masquerading as a 36 year old..:eek: :eek:

Lovethparks: another CSI junkie like me and marciemi.....i'd include Lost but have never watched it..

patster734: in case your name was not in lights the first day of the thread, it is now. i bet you are going to canada just for the poutiine and to get milk out of a bag......eh


marciemi: i love CSI.........all the characters in it are sooooo good.

[macraven]

OMG, Drama is one of the funniest characters on TV! :)

I am so not an Idol fan. In fact, there are a few of us at work that hate Idol altogether, and we're voting for Sanjaya. Go ahead. Yell at me. I don't care. You can't say or do anything meaner than my mom already has. I can't repeat in a public forum what she said to me when I told her we were voting for Sanjaya. I don't think I deserved the silent treatment after her tirade either, but that's just me....

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

but, but, but, but, he's not any good........


i do have to agree, this season has been awful, i am getting bored with it this time around. i don't think the judges took the best of the lot when the auditions were going on.

[Motherfletcher]

I am so not an Idol fan.

I have never seen it. Is that worse than seeing it and not liking it?:happytv:

[lovetheparks]

goofie4goofy Drama is DH's favorite! I have to say Ari is mine, love me some Jeremy Piven :love: He's such a great actor.

What?? Claire is Jack's sister?????? Haven't watched that yet. I agree with you re: Idol this year. Yeah... not so much. I'm TiVo'ing and fast forwarding ALOT this season.

AlexandNessa - I can forgive a little Sanjaya lovin' this season because aside from Blake (the beat box kid) no one really grabs my attention and I don't want him to win - I think it's best that he not win. Hate on! :rotfl:

*Editing to add I don't vote, just watch. This season is like train wreck TV, don't nescessarily want to participate but dang'd if you can't stop watching!

[lovetheparks]

I have never seen it. Is that worse than seeing it and not liking it?:happytv:

:scared1:

[AlexandNessa]

I have never seen it. Is that worse than seeing it and not liking it?:happytv:

No, what's worse is having to manage it. Let's just say the telephone network was not designed for everyone in the country to pick up the phone at the same time and dial the same number. :scared1:

I don't like Sanjaya. I just admire his hair. How could you not love the pony hawk? Tell me the pony hawk wasn't worth a vote? Go ahead, tell me. I know it's a singing competition, but that hair cut was the bravest thing on TV I've seen in a while!

I just don't get the hype. I mean it's a glorified Star Search. I wish more people would spend as much time voting in their local school board and school budget elections as they do voting for their favorite American Idol contestant. (Totally off soap box now. Go back to your happy Idol chatter! ;)).

[macraven]

I have never seen it. Is that worse than seeing it and not liking it?:happytv: Oh, and btw, do you have anymore applications for the job of cabana boys?



#1. tough question. looking at my magic 8 ball, it says maybe.

#2. see dagny for the application.

[JMCDAD]

macraven Thanks for the shout out :laughing:

The idols are definetly not as good as last years group, I mainly like watching idol cause it one of the few shows you can watch and enjoy with your kids

Any Sleeper Cell fans out there, my wife got me hooked on it popcorn::

[goofie4goofy]

That is the joke of Idol.....it has morphed into a popularity contest not a true competition. JMHO, I don't think anyone this year is "worthy" of winning. If Sanjaya wins, I think that is more entertaining than anything else:lmao: Besides everyone knows you don't have to "win" Idol to be a star....the runners up are more popular in "real life" than the winners are.

Two words: Jennifer Hudson

Simon did not like Taylor Hicks either. Ruben is no where to be found....what the hell??? American Idol is becoming like "The Bachelor" .......it's on TV but who cares!

Oh Yeah, Back to Lost...Claire is Jack's half sister but they do not know it. It turns out Jacks father the drunk Dr. had an affair with Claire's mother. Claire and her mother were in a car accident, Claire was driving and they were hit by a truck. Claire's mother went into a deep coma and found out that her medical bills will be paid for the rest of her life by Dr. Drunk. Claire sees her father in the airport and have a cup of coffee and he explains everything to her. Sitting next to them was the Korean couple and the rich girl and her step brother make some kind of scene (forgot their characters names). It's one big weave.....

[tlinus]

Afternoon Homies!!!

You know what grinds my gears???? The FAA. Yep. The stinking FAA. Why? Well the geniuses at work there have pretty much decided that my neighborhood would make a wonderful place for jet plane to take off over. Come September, my quiet little neighborhood could be a route for planes taking off at PHL.

I could have planes flying 300ft in the air over my house!!! For what?? To reduce flight delays......What????? 74% of the flight delays out of PHL are due to weather!!! And another 15-16% are mechanical delays. I am soooooo angry. As it stands, westbound planes take off over the Delaware River and reach the 3000ft altitude before banking right and turning west - if this new flight plan takes place, those suckers will be taking tops off the flipping trees around here :scared1: !!!!

All of the politicians are fighting against the FAA. I am not sure if I can link an article from out daily paper, but to give you the highlight, the FAA is accepting/recording public comments at a meeting here May 1st, but they are not responding to them. So what, I go to this meeting to have these reps from the FAA just sit there nodding and staring??!!??

UGH! There are alot of schools, homes, etc that are going to be impacted. The noise decible levels in my immediate neighborhood are projected to increase 90%. I live in a small boro and our town hall has a petition that I need to go sign to try to keep this a "No Fly Zone". Its really sad that the FAA can only see possible decreased delays instead of the people they are going to negatively impact. But they are h@## bent on doing this reconfiguration no matter what.

I don't want to sell this house - we moved here almost 2 years ago - and of course the City of Philadelphia is all for "moving ahead to keep up with the other major airports." Guess what, have those planes fly out over the stinking City then!!!!!!!

Sorry about the rant.....I am just really miffed :furious: :furious: :furious:

[phamton]

Am I the only one here addicted to LOST???

Lost and Survivor are my guilty pleasures.

[patster734]

patster - Be safe driving. You are probably going to run in to some pretty bad weather.

Thanks! I've been checking the weather and its not suppose to be bad. We're taking I-29 from KC, up through the Dakotas. They're saying its going to be warmer up there on Saturday than here. Go figure!

[tlinus]

Top TV shows for us (in no particular order)

If there are no sporting events on the tube (Phillies Games now)

House
The Office
My Name is Earl
Deadliest Catch
Sopranos (have to watch the ending - didn't watch last season at all)
Food Network (especially Good Eats and Throwdown!)

other than that its pretty hit or miss with us

[patster734]

We're pretty much tv junkies. Amazing Race on Sunday; Heroes on Monday; NCIS and Boston Legal on Tuesday; Crossing Jordan and Lost on Wednesday; Survivor, Grey's Anatomy, ER, Earl (dvr), The Office (dvr) and Scrubs (dvr) on Thursday; Stargate, Stargate Atlantis, Numbers, Monk (dvr) and Psych (dvr) on Fridays! Good thing we don't have kids to corrupt with tv!:rotfl2:

[macraven]

tlinus, sign the petition, heck, sign it twice.
send letters to the editor of the local paper.

get involved and others will follow.
you don't want to be in a town where the planes fly overhead consistantly.


go to all public hearings and become a thorn into their side.

[macraven]

i have some favorite shows but don't always get to watch.
i hate it when i forget the time and miss my shows.

crazy about Scrubs, CSI, Idol but after last week i may be done with it,, forensic files, Cops, Desparate Housewives, Extra, Access Hollywood, biography, discovery channel, and wrestling.

whenever the Cardinals are playing, i am in front of the tube or by the radio.
same for the Bears

[tlinus]

i have some favorite shows but don't always get to watch.
i hate it when i forget the time and miss my shows.

crazy about Scrubs, CSI, Idol but after last week i may be done with it,, forensic files, Cops, Desparate Housewives, Extra, Access Hollywood, biography, discovery channel, and wrestling.

whenever the Cardinals are playing, i am in front of the tube or by the radio.
same for the Bears


Bean#1 is a Scrubs addict (am I a bad Mommy?) She has it set on the DVR!!:scared1:

[tlinus]

tlinus, sign the petition, heck, sign it twice.
send letters to the editor of the local paper.

get involved and others will follow.
you don't want to be in a town where the planes fly overhead consistantly.


go to all public hearings and become a thorn into their side.

I can do that :stir: :stir: !!! Alot of people here are pretty upset because there are alot of 100+ year old homes and a few historical buildings here. All of the local and State Reps are involved in this now......time for good old Ed Rendell to get involved as far as I am concerned :rolleyes1


OH - and on a happy note - went to the AAA office and got our TICKETS this morning!!!!:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[NashvilleTrio]

Hey all! I'm a self-confessed lurker and occasional poster and have really enjoyed this thread. Thanks again Mac!

Looks like hubby and I may be able to do a quick US/IOA trip in mid-July sans child! I know that it's going to be like the hottest and most crowded time of the year, but we got a really good SW ding and we have to use it in July. Oh well, we'll just have to make sure to get to the parks early.
And we're thinking about trying PBH this time since it's the only on-site hotel we haven't done yet.

TIKKIPOO: Just wanted to say that I totally agree with you on the whole "Carnivale" issue. I was so into that show and they just stopped it!!

And re: IDOL, hubby and I are all for Melinda. We think she's great and she's from Brentwood, TN which is just south of Nashville where we're from. How crazy would it be though if Sanjaya won?!?!?!? I heard that Howard Stern (as in radio show host, not Anna Nicole's lawyer) is telling his listeners to vote for him just to spite the show.

Ok, I'll shut up for now. Will post more later!
-Melissa

[macraven]

[QUOTE=NashvilleTrio;18086504]Hey all! I'm a self-confessed lurker and occasional poster and have really enjoyed this thread. Thanks again Mac!




:welcome: :welcome: :welcome:
nashville trio


i'm happy the homies finally have a home to come vist at and get to know each other

there are a couple of other posters here that are going to UO in june. don't remember their actual dates though
off the top of my head i know keishashadow, Kew 80 and bubba's mom will be there .

sign up and be added to the thread, "when are you going?"
i hope you all can do a quick mini meet if your dates match up.

[tikkipoo]

Darn! Now wouldn't that just tie in very nicely. Howard Stern (Anna Nicole's lawyer) telling people to vote for Sanjaya on American Idol! Then, Sanjaya, after winning American Idol, would make a cameo on Soprano's killing Tony and to the suprise of us all, is the cabana boy that Carmela runs away to Florida with! :cool1:

[NashvilleTrio]

Darn! Now wouldn't that just tie in very nicely. Howard Stern (Anna Nicole's lawyer) telling people to vote for Sanjaya on American Idol! Then, Sanjaya, after winning American Idol, would make a cameo on Soprano's killing Tony and to the suprise of us all, is the cabana boy that Carmela runs away to Florida with! :cool1:

:rotfl2: :rotfl: :rotfl2: :rotfl: :rotfl2:

[keishashadow]

tlinus - fast eddy (our great & exhaulted leader:rolleyes1 ; think he's cloned -- never seems to miss a photo op) emperor of Phillie and the provinces westward ho (that us in Pittsburgh lol the true red-headed step child of PA)...

Put in a good word for me too, please --- after 9-11 they must have had a major reshift in flight routes! Instead of counting sheep, i now use the planes overhead. Sometimes it sounds like they're going to land on our roof (especially the big military transports); despite living a good 30 - 40 miles from the airport.:confused3

Sanjaya's growing on me, like a bad rashpopcorn:: . Don't want to scratch; but just cannot help myself:scared: (he's spreading - watch out lol).

[bubba's mom]

Afternoon Homies!!!

You know what grinds my gears???? The FAA. Yep. The stinking FAA. Why? Well the geniuses at work there have pretty much decided that my neighborhood would make a wonderful place for jet plane to take off over. Come September, my quiet little neighborhood could be a route for planes taking off at PHL.

I could have planes flying 300ft in the air over my house!!! For what?? To reduce flight delays......What????? 74% of the flight delays out of PHL are due to weather!!! And another 15-16% are mechanical delays. I am soooooo angry. As it stands, westbound planes take off over the Delaware River and reach the 3000ft altitude before banking right and turning west - if this new flight plan takes place, those suckers will be taking tops off the flipping trees around here :scared1: !!!!

All of the politicians are fighting against the FAA. I am not sure if I can link an article from out daily paper, but to give you the highlight, the FAA is accepting/recording public comments at a meeting here May 1st, but they are not responding to them. So what, I go to this meeting to have these reps from the FAA just sit there nodding and staring??!!??

UGH! There are alot of schools, homes, etc that are going to be impacted. The noise decible levels in my immediate neighborhood are projected to increase 90%. I live in a small boro and our town hall has a petition that I need to go sign to try to keep this a "No Fly Zone". Its really sad that the FAA can only see possible decreased delays instead of the people they are going to negatively impact. But they are h@## bent on doing this reconfiguration no matter what.

I don't want to sell this house - we moved here almost 2 years ago - and of course the City of Philadelphia is all for "moving ahead to keep up with the other major airports." Guess what, have those planes fly out over the stinking City then!!!!!!!

Sorry about the rant.....I am just really miffed :furious: :furious: :furious:


You could move next to me...:rolleyes1 ..... house next door is for sale :scratchin

[goofie4goofy]

Does anyone know if USO is still paying people to watch TV pilots and rate them? Last year we did this twice...we loved it. We saw the pilot for Raines with Jeff Goldblum. We also got to taste test coffee for a Red Lobster. Apparently they were going to change their coffee brew.

We also made about $70.00 - not bad!! Since I am a TV addict, it was a no brainer for me.

[AlexandNessa]

Does anyone know if USO is still paying people to watch TV pilots and rate them? Last year we did this twice...we loved it. We saw the pilot for Raines with Jeff Goldblum. We also got to taste test coffee for a Red Lobster. Apparently they were going to change their coffee brew.

We also made about $70.00 - not bad!! Since I am a TV addict, it was a no brainer for me.

In September, Mike and I got to preview 1 v. 100. Which we hated and said was beyond repair, but they didn't listen to us! Yea Gads, Mike and I watch entirely too much TV -- HBO & Showtime on Sundays, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters, Without a Trace, Heros, What were they thinking cancelling The Black Donnellys?, all the Monday night CBS comedies, The Riches, The Shield, Boston Legal, House, SVU, Bones, Medium, Friday Night Lights, all the NBC Thursday night comedies, Ugly Betty, Rescue Me, Raines, The Ghost Whisperer for a bit of cheese, Monk, Psyche. Yes, we have about 12 different means to record shows. The upside is, unless the NBA playoffs are going on, we do not watch TV on vacation! :) Who else loves Steve Nash? :love:



OK, a question for everyone:

What are your pre-vacation rituals?


Mike and I say we're going to diet before vacation, but we wind up taking a walk the night before we leave and calling it even.

We both go tanning. Technically, my freckles mesh together. Mike tans.

We each buy a new pair of sneakers or Tevas.

I will not go on vacation without a good pedicure.

I have to get my roots done as these blonde hairs on my head are wildly unnatural! :)

[Dagny]

Boy, I am really behind on this thread and my computer is moving too slow to catch up :) Did someone say LOST.... oh my the episode last night was great.... every time I get just a little fed up with that show, they suck me back in!

[tlinus]

You could move next to me...:rolleyes1 ..... house next door is for sale :scratchin

:dance3: :dance3:
We'd wake up the 'hood!!!!
That would actually be dangerous, Barb!!!! :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

I hope you get some nice new neighbors, though!!!

[tlinus]

Boy, I am really behind on this thread and my computer is moving too slow to catch up :) Did someone say LOST.... oh my the episode last night was great.... every time I get just a little fed up with that show, they suck me back in!

in that case







TAG.......YOU'RE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






sorry - it had to be done!!! :lmao:

[tlinus]

OK, a question for everyone:

What are your pre-vacation rituals?


Mike and I say we're going to diet before vacation, but we wind up taking a walk the night before we leave and calling it even.

We both go tanning. Technically, my freckles mesh together. Mike tans.

We each buy a new pair of sneakers or Tevas.

I will not go on vacation without a good pedicure.

I have to get my roots done as these blonde hairs on my head are wildly unnatural! :)


1) What is this word di-et that you speak of??? :lmao: :lmao: Pass the chips and beer, its baseball season!!

2) I fear tanning booths, gimme the natural sunshine thank you!!!:flower3:

3) Check!!:thumbsup2

4) Appointment for that next Thursday!! ::yes::

5) no coloring here, just got my prevacation haircut last night. Although, with the dozen or so grays that were found, I may consider learning about coloring my hair.:headache:

[macraven]

Boy, I am really behind on this thread and my computer is moving too slow to catch up :) Did someone say LOST.... oh my the episode last night was great.... every time I get just a little fed up with that show, they suck me back in!



maybe that is a good thing.


i told the 2 new male poster homies you are taking the applications for cabana boys......guess you missed that post

[tlinus]

Does anyone know if USO is still paying people to watch TV pilots and rate them? Last year we did this twice...we loved it. We saw the pilot for Raines with Jeff Goldblum. We also got to taste test coffee for a Red Lobster. Apparently they were going to change their coffee brew.

We also made about $70.00 - not bad!! Since I am a TV addict, it was a no brainer for me.

I LOVE doing Focus Groups - What better than a Focus Group at Universal - would love to have that happen!! ;)

[loribell]

In September, Mike and I got to preview 1 v. 100. Which we hated and said was beyond repair, but they didn't listen to us! Yea Gads, Mike and I watch entirely too much TV -- HBO & Showtime on Sundays, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters, Without a Trace, Heros, What were they thinking cancelling The Black Donnellys?, all the Monday night CBS comedies, The Riches, The Shield, Boston Legal, House, SVU, Bones, Medium, Friday Night Lights, all the NBC Thursday night comedies, Ugly Betty, Rescue Me, Raines, The Ghost Whisperer for a bit of cheese, Monk, Psyche. Yes, we have about 12 different means to record shows. The upside is, unless the NBA playoffs are going on, we do not watch TV on vacation! :) Who else loves Steve Nash? :love:



OK, a question for everyone:

What are your pre-vacation rituals?


Mike and I say we're going to diet before vacation, but we wind up taking a walk the night before we leave and calling it even.

We both go tanning. Technically, my freckles mesh together. Mike tans.

We each buy a new pair of sneakers or Tevas.

I will not go on vacation without a good pedicure.

I have to get my roots done as these blonde hairs on my head are wildly unnatural! :)


Yes you do watch a lot of television! I did catch a couple of episodes of the Black Donnelys and loved it!

And Steve Nash, as in the Steve Nash that used to play for the Bulls back in the Michael Jordan days? If so yes, I love him too!

As for the pre vacation rituals:

I always say I am going to diet & start walking every day but never do get around to it.

I plan our entire vacation out on spreadsheets, deciding which park to go to on which day, what time to do what, where to eat, etc. Which is normal I suppose, except I do it over and over again. I am constantly changing things. You should see some of the spreadsheets I have made. I have even included which towns we were stopping in for potty breaks on trips we have driven on!:sad2: Of course I never stick to the spreadsheet. It is just a way to pass the time.

I go get new summer clothes for everyone.

I make lists of what to pack way ahead of time but never pack until it is almost time to head out the door.

A wierd thing I have discovered that I do is do a complete deep cleaning of the house. I have no clue why!

[macraven]

i had to do some errands then stopped to get gas.

regular is now $2.99 in town.
i'm lake county, some miles down the road is cook county that has the city tax added on to the other taxes. they have to be over $3 a gallon then.





pre rituals for vacay time: buy things i will never use on the trip is probably my biggie.

and, i go on a diet.

i looked at swim suits today.
it's not gonna happen this summer. if i can't fit into them now and buy a suit, i won't be finding any in august.

for some reason, the summer items are gone in mid august and the fall clothing is put out. even halloween junk is out on the shelves in late august.

[goofie4goofy]

My entire life is a pre vacation ritual:lmao: :lmao:

My husband and I hit the mall a week or so before we go to Sephora, Bloomingdales....whatever, and buy what we want...then we go for lunch.

2 days before I ship my box o'liquids FedEx to the hotel so we can do carry ons only.

The day before we leave is a "Day of Beauty" for me. I get to the salon early for hair cut and color, mani, pedi, facial and massage. Sometimes if the spirit moves me and I feel like donning a paper thong I will also get a spray on tan and forego the massage. My husband and I have a bottle of champagne then go out for a nice relaxing dinner. I have all our travel clothes out for the next morning and our boarding passes printed. Then it's into the limo we go and we're off!! My husband spoils me and I do a day of beauty once a month, but before vacation it feels better. At almost 46, I think I need 2 days of beauty a month....holy crap I'm old.

[macraven]

[SIZE="5"] At almost 46, I think I need 2 days of beauty a month....holy crap I'm old.


45 is the new 25 now.
you are still young

[keishashadow]

My entire life is a pre vacation ritual:lmao: :lmao:

My husband and I hit the mall a week or so before we go to Sephora, Bloomingdales....whatever, and buy what we want...then we go for lunch.

2 days before I ship my box o'liquids FedEx to the hotel so we can do carry ons only.

The day before we leave is a "Day of Beauty" for me. I get to the salon early for hair cut and color, mani, pedi, facial and massage. Sometimes if the spirit moves me and I feel like donning a paper thong I will also get a spray on tan and forego the massage. My husband and I have a bottle of champagne then go out for a nice relaxing dinner. I have all our travel clothes out for the next morning and our boarding passes printed. Then it's into the limo we go and we're off!! My husband spoils me and I do a day of beauty once a month, but before vacation it feels better. At almost 46, I think I need 2 days of beauty a month....holy crap I'm old.

sound like something outta martha stewart;) or robin leech/lifestyles of rich & famous:thumbsup2

Here's my version: tan to cover my existing wrinkles & get my roots touched up, never had a pedicure/manicure (personal aversion)

I'm still packing the night before, fine-tuning list for house/pet sitter; up all night too excited to sleep and usually need to gas-up on the way to the airport.:yay:

[macraven]

well, i do start planning my next vacation the day i come back from the present vacation.

i try to figure out when the hhn dates will be for the following year.

when i think i have it, i book the hotel the first week of january.
this year i got lazy and didn't book until feb 1st for this fall.


i chart out everything i am going to do and the time i will do it.
i'm so pathetic.......but it keeps me happy.


half of the trip is in the planning for me.

i have to go out soon and will be back on line after 9.
i do have my priorities and have to watch CSI at 8 tonight.

[marciemi]

marciemi - CSI has been one of our favorites for a long time but this season I find myself TiVo'ing more often. The whole miniature thing does have me curious though.....

They stretched it out too long though. When the first couple episodes about it ended, it was like "so what happened?" Just didn't seem complete - I couldn't understand how the guy they thought did it was related to all the folks who he'd "killed".

Then so much time passed that by the time they did the second segment on it, I still felt lost. After that one, they apparently hadn't solved it (just the one "copycat" death). But then when they started showing the trailers for this week, even DH was like "Wait, didn't they solve all that?" All mixed up in my (and apparently) others' minds by now!

[tlinus]

tlinus - fast eddy (our great & exhaulted leader:rolleyes1 ; think he's cloned -- never seems to miss a photo op) emperor of Phillie and the provinces westward ho (that us in Pittsburgh lol the true red-headed step child of PA)...

Put in a good word for me too, please --- after 9-11 they must have had a major reshift in flight routes! Instead of counting sheep, i now use the planes overhead. Sometimes it sounds like they're going to land on our roof (especially the big military transports); despite living a good 30 - 40 miles from the airport.:confused3

Sanjaya's growing on me, like a bad rashpopcorn:: . Don't want to scratch; but just cannot help myself:scared: (he's spreading - watch out lol).

keisha -

They are talking about these planes taking off like 300 feet above the house!!!:scared1: :scared1:

I wrote a Sound Off! (like a complaint section) to our local paper:

Where and when can we expect our exhaulted leader of state, Ed Rendell, to become involved with this issue of redirected flight paths? And when will it get local television news coverage? The widening of the turnpike, and the people it will effect, was a highlight the other night on all the news stations. Just recently weren’t there two separate incidents where ice chunks fell off planes in Delaware County? This is not a matter to take lightly, imagine something like that happening at a school in the middle of the day!! Or a plane having mechanical problems and having to ditch. Any number of things can happen, not to mention the increase in noise and pollution! In Ridley Park the noise level increase is projected to increase 72-90%. All of this for what? One lousy minute per flight delay decrease? I say if the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce is steadily backing the FAA plan, let the planes fly out over the city!!

Angered Mom in Ridley Park

don't even get me started with American Idol :lmao: :lmao:

[goofie4goofy]

Oh yeah!!! Vacation Planning!!

Our anniversary vacation is here www.maromahotel.com can't wait. We have never been and it looks totally relaxing. It's not until November and since our business recently expanded, it seems as though we will not be able to take an extended vacation until then....so I better enjoy this one!

I wish 45 was the new 25....my joints don't feel 25.

[bubba's mom]

Sad to say, but Survivor and CSI are DH and I's "quality" time together :laughing: We sit together and watch those (we really don't watch anything else "together"). the miniature thing has us intrigued also....we always look forward to CSI

Pre-vacation rit's:

as you can see by my ticker waaaay below, i plan ahead :rolleyes: but, for the annual summer trip:
always the last week of june (UO followed by a week at DFIL's house for 4th of July (that's his birthday)
I notify police dept. of our vacation and make arrangements to stop mail. give money and lottery numbers to friend to get (cuz you know i WILL hit if i don't play while on vaca). make out checks to pay bills and give to Mom to mail on given dates. give plants to my neighbor to water. get brows waxed....(tan around Mother's Day for a month --usually the standard "mother's day gift") I don't get a pedicure...makes feet too soft and not good with walking around all day....i work in a salon, so I keep on top of it anyhows....do fresh coat of polish on toes and fingers. get jewelry cleaned (and try to keep it that way till vacation). just got a haircut, so i'm good till the fall ;) and i don't color my hair either.... fill tolietries. (we usually leave on a Tuesday or Wed) do wash Sunday. We both actually work the day before we leave (altho i work 1/2 day vs. DH's full day). when we get home, we all grab a bite to eat for dinner and clean up (trash out, run dishwasher, etc...) and then finish packing (stuff from that morning: toothbrushes, makeup, deodorants, etc....), gas the car up on the way to PHL. We spend the night in a hotel near the airport and try to get there about 8pm (our Jan. trip, we went down on a Tuesday nite, and the goal was to be there and in bed to watch HOUSE at 9pm...:laughing: --made it too:thumbsup2 ). So, we try to get to sleep around 9-9:30 cuz we have to get up at 4:30-5am to get shuttle and thru security at PHL for 7am flight! Not an exciting ritual, but it works for us. I take just enough clothes to make it thru the first part of the trip (UO) without having to do wash. the first day at DFIL's i'm doing :laundy: ....but that's okay, cuz while it's washing and drying, I'm in the pool OR yakking to you guys! ;)

[bubba's mom]

I wrote a Sound Off! (like a complaint section) to our local paper:

Where and when can we expect our exhaulted leader of state, Ed Rendell, to become involved with this issue of redirected flight paths? And when will it get local television news coverage? The widening of the turnpike, and the people it will effect, was a highlight the other night on all the news stations. Just recently weren’t there two separate incidents where ice chunks fell off planes in Delaware County? This is not a matter to take lightly, imagine something like that happening at a school in the middle of the day!! Or a plane having mechanical problems and having to ditch. Any number of things can happen, not to mention the increase in noise and pollution! In Ridley Park the noise level increase is projected to increase 72-90%. All of this for what? One lousy minute per flight delay decrease? I say if the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce is steadily backing the FAA plan, let the planes fly out over the city!!

Angered Mom in Ridley Park



:thumbsup2 you go girl!! :cheer2:

[goofie4goofy]

keisha -

They are talking about these planes taking off like 300 feet above the house!!!:scared1: :scared1:

I wrote a Sound Off! (like a complaint section) to our local paper:

Where and when can we expect our exhaulted leader of state, Ed Rendell, to become involved with this issue of redirected flight paths? And when will it get local television news coverage? The widening of the turnpike, and the people it will effect, was a highlight the other night on all the news stations. Just recently weren’t there two separate incidents where ice chunks fell off planes in Delaware County? This is not a matter to take lightly, imagine something like that happening at a school in the middle of the day!! Or a plane having mechanical problems and having to ditch. Any number of things can happen, not to mention the increase in noise and pollution! In Ridley Park the noise level increase is projected to increase 72-90%. All of this for what? One lousy minute per flight delay decrease? I say if the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce is steadily backing the FAA plan, let the planes fly out over the city!!

Angered Mom in Ridley Park

don't even get me started with American Idol :lmao: :lmao:


I know what your are talking about. We don't live far from JFK (about 15 miles) and LGA is not far from that. The flight path for landings is right over our section of Long Island. Also not far from us is a small airport which has private jets taking off and landing. Not to mention the coroprate helicopters for Charles Dolan and others going to the Hamptons in the summer. The small planes pretty scary and the others are just annoying. The skies over Long Island have become the new Long Island Expressway. I also feel that it is an invasion of my privacy. We go to the beach often and when you look in the sky you can see all the commercial airliners lines up ready to land they are all about 30 seconds apart. Many people think that commercial jets do not fly over Long Island, but they do. It never used to be that way, it sucks.

[Amity 3]

si is everyone here on the verge of going through menopause besides me? the estrogen level is frightening.