DDA Chapter 22

[PNO4TE]

Hey all! here is our new home.

DDA originally stood for Disney Design Addicts as most of the posters were addicted to making t-shirt designs. Those designers are still here and many many more people have joined our friendly community. We think that DDA still fits whether you be a Disney Design Addict, Dear Disney Addict, Disney Dream-aholics, Disney Dream Addicts or whatever other acronyms you'd like to throw in there.

Welcome to all the returning posters and welcome to any newcomers that might like to chat about design and all things Disney.

Copied from Deb because she worded it so well.

Original Thread part 1
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=992815

Original Thread part 2
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1717556

DDA Chapter 3
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1698660

DDA Chapter 4
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1716386

DDA Chapter 5
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1742793

DDA Chapter 6
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1773591

DDA Chapter 7
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1806171

DDA Chapter 8
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1834982

DDA Chapter 9
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1861225

DDA Chapter 10
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1891203

DDA Chapter 11
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1926687

DDA Chapter 12
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1950261

DDA Chapter 13
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1974990

DDA Chapter 14
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1993401

DDA Chapter 15
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2014764

DDA chapter 16
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2036111

DDA Chapter 17
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2055736

DDA Chapter 18
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2080131

DDA Chapter 19
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2106051

DDA Chapter 20
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2126452

DDA Chapter 21
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=31850020#post31850020

[my3princes]

:wave2:

[tmfranlk]

Elin - Yup on the double posting. It told me I couldn't post twice, blah, blah, blah, but I had only posted once. I went back to see if my post was there and it wasn't so I posted it again. Lo and behold there were two. :confused3 Can't win somedays.


With Brendan's family I knew it probably wouldn't go long. His step-father is the one who was in a major motorcycle accident a little over a year ago. He had another (and hopefully the last) surgery last month so tires easily still, not to mention doesn't sleep well some nights due to the braces, pins, etc. And there's also the added benefit that his mom always offers to help, cleanup, etc and ignores if you tell her not to worry about it and helps clean up anyway. Things were mostly done by the time they left.

The rest of the day would have been peaceful if in the middle of correcting my double post I hadn't been given a heart attack by Terra screaming from the front yard like I've never heard her scream. Scared me to death! She pinched her finger pretty badly in the swing chain. It's swollen has a bit of a puncture and will be bruised pretty good, but I think it will be okay soon.

[PNO4TE]

Poor Terra (and poor Mom) :hug:

[tinknme]

Hello everyone!

Elizabeth great pics from dh :thumbsup2

Tia glad to hear you had a nice afternoon. I do hope Terra's finger is ok though :wizard:

Elin your dinner sounds yummy!

Robyn hope Emma has a wonderful time camping!

Anne Marie sounds like you are getting a lot done with your new home :thumbsup2

[Pooh67_68]

So I guess we post here and not worry about the old post.

[Blueeyes101817]

on to another home :)

[tinker1bell]

Hi ya'll. This weekend was really nice. Hal called me yesterday while coming home from a concert and wanted to go out to eat. We went to a really nice place and sat on the back patio and enjoyed a very relaxing evening with good food. We have eaten there before but it was very nice this time. Hal had a seafood platter and I had Salmon crusted with fennel. Awesome.

http://www.therailroadhouse.com/RRHTour.html
Scroll thru the pictures. We sat under the umbrella on the right towards the back. Very beautiful and very quiet.

Today I really cleaned the bathroom which gave me a migraine from the cleaning materials, but all is good now. I made steamed green beans from our garden, a really neat rice and tuna done on the broiler. Now I am relaxing with a very tall gin and tonic!!!! What a way to end the day. :goodvibes:goodvibes

[tinker1bell]

Hey,,,Elin and Becky,,,,,19 days till Magic Meet. Cannot wait!!!!!

[ReAnSt]

Jen some music thoughts

5 o'clock somewhere Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes
No shoes, no shirt, no problem by Kenny Chesney
2 Pina Coladas Garth Brooks
Soak Up the Sun by Sheryl Crow
Walking on Sunshine by Katarina and the waves
Come Sail Away by STYX
Panama by Van Halen
Kokomo by Beach Boys
Hawaiian Roller Coaster ride from Lilo and Stitch
When the Sun Goes Down
Red red Wine by UB 40
When the Sun Goes Down by Kenny Chesney
Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams
All Summer Long by Kid Rock
Satellite by Dave Matthews band
Swimming in Your Ocean by Crash test Dummies
One Love by Bob Marley
Put the lime in the coconut
Summertime by Baha Men/Aaron Carter
Music from any of the Pirates of Caribbean movie/ ride as you are cruising the Caribbean
Hotel California by Eagles
10 Rounds of Jose Cuervo by Tracy Byrd
Brown Eyed Girl by van Morrison
Oye Como Va
Black Magic Woman
Sherry's Living in Paradise by Kenny Chesney
Sail Away by Enya
Drift Away by Uncle Kracker
Heaven - Los Lonely boys
Dancin in the Moonlight - Baja Men
Seashores of old Mexico, by George Strait
Hot, Hot, Hot by Buster Poindexter
Dollar Wine by Bryon Lee
Island in the Sun by Weezer
We're Here for a Good Time, Not a Long Time by Trooper
D'yer Maker by Led Zeppelin
Two Tickets to Paradise by Eddie Money
Vacation by Go-Gos
Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Israel "Iz" Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole

Most songs by Jimmy Buffet, Beach Boys or Bob Marley

I could go on but that should be more then enough;) I got carried away but enjoyed my musical vacation.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

:dance3:

[ReAnSt]

Hey,,,Elin and Becky,,,,,19 days till Magic Meet. Cannot wait!!!!!

Do not remind me. ;) Just hope I can still make it, everything keeps trying to make me not able to attend.

I have sooo much to do before then it isn't funny. Sometime before the end of Sept. I need to use my vacation time too.

I have a bridal shower to plan for over 100 people. Have to help my Aunt get ready for her wedding in Oct, she is inviting over 300 people. :upsidedow

Can it please be October 11th? But then I do not want to lose the rest of summer and go into freezing temps.:laughing:

[mommykds]

Hi!

We had a nice day looking for furniture & went to Chili's for lunch.

Elizabeth,
tell DH those pictures are great. In the 2nd picture, the little bug looks like he has sunglasses on!:rotfl2:

Tia,
:wizard: for Terra's finger.

Elin,
Sounds like a great day.

Terry,
Sounds like a nice dinner.

Becky,
Hope you make magic meets.

[PNO4TE]

Hey,,,Elin and Becky,,,,,19 days till Magic Meet. Cannot wait!!!!!

Me either! and I loved your restaurant! Very nice.

[PNO4TE]

We spent a couple of hours at another local winery this afternoon and had a very nice time. Tasted 12 wines for $5 and that included the glass!

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/PNO4TE/Wineries/0719091429.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/PNO4TE/Wineries/0719091428.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/PNO4TE/Wineries/0719091324.jpg

On our way home we stopped at our favorite produce stand and grabbed some raspberries, tomatoes and squash. Then we hit Wegmans and bought some lovely salmon filets and chickpeas.

We were very brave and did cedar-plank grilled salmon filets with a dry rub that I concocted out of lemon-herb seasoning, paprika, basil, garlic and a smidge of brown sugar. It worked quite well! This is ONE of the filets which we split and we plan to do something else with the second one tomorrow evening for dinner.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/PNO4TE/Glorious%20Food/7153dba5.jpg

We also had sliced tomatoes and yellow squash/zucchini slices in foil packets also on the grill (no photo).

Our other side was pan roasted chickpeas in olive oil and garlic.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/PNO4TE/Glorious%20Food/f362401a.jpg

This was all washed down with a bottle o this Chateau Clos de Vaulicheres Bourgogne Epineuil 2006. Perfect!

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/PNO4TE/Glorious%20Food/4c38a224.jpg

for dessert we are about to have fresh raspberries, white chocolate and a local ice wine! I'll let you know how it is. :)

[tmfranlk]

Terry - That looks like a great place. Glad you enjoyed your dinner.

Becky - I hope things slow down for you soon and even more than you get to use some of that vacation time for restful things.

After about an hour of resting with some ice off and on, the finger is good. I think it had to get past that burning sensation from a big pinch and the puncture. She was happily playing on the computer and it was her "mouse" finger that got hurt so it must be better.

Oh, just noticed the time. Guess I had better go see if Phil wants any food made to take to work tonight. It's the dreaded Sunday night overnight (8pm-5am). Luckily, he has the rest of Monday and Tuesday off this time. He was having to go in at 6am on Tues and found that a difficult recovery on the sleep.

If I don't make it back, hope everyone enjoyed their weekends.

[tmfranlk]

Elin - Someday I'm going to move into your kitchen. I'll just make a pallet somewhere and eat leftovers. I'd be plenty happy, I think. ::yes::

[Tammi67]

Hey guys--im going to be making a cd to listen to in the car for our 2 hour drive to baltimore to get the cruise ship...any ideas for some fun songs??
A hundred bottles of beer on the wall...........http://bestsmileys.com/drinking/17.gif............a hundred bottles of beer...............



I cannot believe I posted at 12:21 and did the following with only one post in between!

Drove to a winery that is about 45 minutes from home, had their tastings, bought wine, drove home, went to the produce stand, went to the grocery store, did the week's grocery shopping, came home and unloaded all the groceries. :eek: You all must be having wonderful afternoons! :goodvibes

Jen -I don't think you would want my list of songs for your CD... ;)
You were busy today! I'm sure your salmon was de-lish. Did it come from Wegman's?

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Thank you for the nice comments on DH's photos. I made a remark the other day about him not taking pics of people and pets, just bugs. And if the bug is on a flower he likes it even better. You see my point. :rolleyes1

Terry, sounds like a nice restaurant!

Elin, your dinner is making me hungry and I already ate!

[Blueeyes101817]

Jen some music thoughts
n.
Thank you!! i just used most of these to make the cd
A hundred bottles of beer on the wall...........http://bestsmileys.com/drinking/17.gif............a hundred bottles of beer...............


haha love it! i think someone would kill us (whoever is driving us to port!)

[Tammi67]

So, we went to see our local community theater's production of Annie today. The actors did an outstanding job, however, the economy has even affected their budget. The always have an orchestra, but this time around they couldn't afford the cost of it, so they only had a pianist to accompany the actors. It was still an wonderful performance, but it was lacking in instrumental music.

Afterwards we stopped at Famous Dave's for dinner and shopped at Best Buy. I've decided I'm going to make some major purchases, now that this divorce stuff is coming to an end. I'm getting a Samsung 52" tv and a home theater system with BluRay (5 speakers w/ surround sound). It will be awhile before everything gets hooked up and the cables hiddened, but I'm so excited about it. I do need to get a new entertainment center to hold the bigger tv and I've got it narrowed down to 2. It's all way more than I need right now, but the sale was great (almost $1000 off on the tv) and it's something that the kids and I will grow into.

[PNO4TE]

Elin - Someday I'm going to move into your kitchen. I'll just make a pallet somewhere and eat leftovers. I'd be plenty happy, I think. ::yes::

Thank you, Tia... but you all realize that I have been in your shoes for many years. Now that our kids are grown our fun things to do have changed drastically!

[PNO4TE]

Tammi - Good for you! You all watch movies so much that I know your home entertainment system will really be a wonderful asset to your house.

And, the salmon did come from Wegmans. :)

[tinknme]

Sounds like everyone has had a wonderful Sunday!

Elin your dinner looks delish!

Tammi yea on the new entertainment center, you will all enjoy it so much!

Becky sounds like busy times ahead for you, hope you are able to make it to the meet.

Tia glad to hear Terra's finger is doing well.

Anne Marie I hope you found the furniture you were looking for.

Terry what a nice day for you & Hal :goodvibes

My big news, Garrett is home :yay::yay::yay::yay::yay: Not that I missed him or anything lol

[Blueeyes101817]

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My big news, Garrett is home :yay::yay::yay::yay::yay: Not that I missed him or anything lol

did he have a good time??

[tinknme]

did he have a good time??

Yes he did other than the daily farm chores :lmao:

[PNO4TE]

I am glad Garrett is home and he had fun, Janet. I know you are so happy to have him back!

[tinknme]

I am glad Garrett is home and he had fun, Janet. I know you are so happy to have him back!


Yes I am & I know he has only been away for 2 weeks but I swear he has gotten taller!

[tmfranlk]

Thank you, Tia... but you all realize that I have been in your shoes for many years. Now that our kids are grown our fun things to do have changed drastically!

Is as much the food you cook too! The thing is Terra would eat a lot of that, my imagination to think of it just isn't that big yet. Though, that could come with the expanded dining out options that then plant ideas for cooking at home.

Afterwards we stopped at Famous Dave's for dinner and shopped at Best Buy. I've decided I'm going to make some major purchases, now that this divorce stuff is coming to an end. I'm getting a Samsung 52" tv and a home theater system with BluRay (5 speakers w/ surround sound). It will be awhile before everything gets hooked up and the cables hiddened, but I'm so excited about it. I do need to get a new entertainment center to hold the bigger tv and I've got it narrowed down to 2. It's all way more than I need right now, but the sale was great (almost $1000 off on the tv) and it's something that the kids and I will grow into.

It all sounds really nice, Tammi! I know you'll all enjoy it.

Yes he did other than the daily farm chores :lmao:

I'm glad he made it home and had a great time. A little farm chore action never hurt anyone. Did he have to get up early for it?

[tinknme]

I'm glad he made it home and had a great time. A little farm chore action never hurt anyone. Did he have to get up early for it?

No he lucked out there, they were able to sleep in. He had no fast food the whole time he was gone, home cooked meals everyday & he said she baked a lot. I really hope he does not expect that from me :rolleyes1

Garrett is a big milk drinker & he said he drank almost a gallon the 1st day there(does not surprise me). Anyway the grandmother bought another gallon & wrote on it "for cereal only" I thought this very funny :rotfl: I told Garrett he should have given her money & asked her to buy extra milk for him.

[PNO4TE]

Is as much the food you cook too! The thing is Terra would eat a lot of that, my imagination to think of it just isn't that big yet. Though, that could come with the expanded dining out options that then plant ideas for cooking at home.

You know... when we are planning a meal we immediately think about what we would eat if we went out to dinner. after we are done planning we think what it would have cost us if we had really gone out to buy it. Then it tastes even better! :thumbsup2

[tinker1bell]

Hi everyone,,, I am here,,,Janet, yes the gin & tonic is doing good for me......:lmao:

Hope everyone had a good weekend. stephanie is doing good too. She has been super busy and has been stressing a little with work, but she has been holding her own. I have been stressing too.

We have lunch every day and have lots of fun talking about the Magic Meet, our trip in Dec and the big cruise next year.

[tinknme]

Hi everyone,,, I am here,,,Janet, yes the gin & tonic is doing good for me......:lmao:

Hope everyone had a good weekend. stephanie is doing good too. She has been super busy and has been stressing a little with work, but she has been holding her own. I have been stressing too.

We have lunch every day and have lots of fun talking about the Magic Meet, our trip in Dec and the big cruise next year.

Nice to see you in such good spirits Terry :rotfl:

Hope the stress for you & Stephanie at work calms down soon :wizard:

[tinker1bell]

Nice to see you in such good spirits Terry :rotfl:

Hope the stress for you & Stephanie at work calms down soon :wizard:

Thanks Janet. it is always craziest the beginning of the summer and school year. Thank goodness we can go out to lunch to veg out!!!!!

[Tammi67]

My big news, Garrett is home :yay::yay::yay::yay::yay: Not that I missed him or anything lol
:dance3: :dance3:

[Tammi67]

Good morning. :)

Ugh. Monday. And I didn't sleep well. Nicholas starts football camp this week. 5-7:30. I'm leaving work 2 hours early every day in order to get him picked up and fed beforehand. He would be starving if he had to wait until 7:30 for dinner.

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA! :sunny:

[PNO4TE]

Tammi - I hope Nicholas has fun at camp this week. Of course, after all our wonderful weather, it is supposed to get warmer and more humid with a chance of rain every day this week. Poor kids!

[PNO4TE]

Kristin has her 23rd birthday in a little over 2 weeks. She is :yay::dance3::yay: since she and two of her friends were able to secure nosebleed seats for this on August 1.

http://forgottenjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/paul-mccartney.jpg

[bethbuchall]

Can it please be October 11th? But then I do not want to lose the rest of summer and go into freezing temps.:laughing:

No, I'm sorry, it can't. ;) No matter what my dh says, we haven't really even had summer yet, so we can't go straight to fall. Besides the days until August 24th have to go really, really slowly. Sorry!

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

I am glad Garrett is home and he had fun, Janet. I know you are so happy to have him back!

Glad he had fun! :goodvibes

Nice to see you in such good spirits Terry :rotfl:

Hope the stress for you & Stephanie at work calms down soon :wizard:

Terry, please tell Stephanie we are thinking of her!

Good morning. :)

Ugh. Monday. And I didn't sleep well. Nicholas starts football camp this week. 5-7:30. I'm leaving work 2 hours early every day in order to get him picked up and fed beforehand. He would be starving if he had to wait until 7:30 for dinner.

Yay for a new TV!! I know we need to upgrade one of these days. Our cable reception is horrible on several channels, but the thought of calling for service, waiting for the guy, moving the entertainment center to get to the cords, blah blah blah makes me put up with the fuzzy reception. :rolleyes:

I hope Nicholas enjoys his camp! DS and Princess have nothing this week. Should be interesting.

[Pooh67_68]

Thank you Terry, I feel better now that the last thread made it to 250.

[bethbuchall]

Terry - That looks like a great place. Glad you enjoyed your dinner.

Becky - I hope things slow down for you soon and even more than you get to use some of that vacation time for restful things.

After about an hour of resting with some ice off and on, the finger is good. I think it had to get past that burning sensation from a big pinch and the puncture. She was happily playing on the computer and it was her "mouse" finger that got hurt so it must be better.

Oh, just noticed the time. Guess I had better go see if Phil wants any food made to take to work tonight. It's the dreaded Sunday night overnight (8pm-5am). Luckily, he has the rest of Monday and Tuesday off this time. He was having to go in at 6am on Tues and found that a difficult recovery on the sleep.

If I don't make it back, hope everyone enjoyed their weekends.

I'm glad that Terra's finger is feeling better. OUCH! I'm also glad that everything worked out yesterday.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Elin, DS would SOOOO love to see Paul in concert! He is coming here 8/17 to the new monstrosity of a stadium. I didn't try to get tickets. I wouldn't attempt that drive/crowd/traffic without DH, and since he will just barely be back from 2 weeks off there is no way he could take off to go to the concert. I hope Kristin has a BLAST!! :cool1:

[bethbuchall]

You were busy today! I'm sure your salmon was de-lish. Did it come from Wegman's?

The meal did look really good (even though we are non-fish eaters). I really need to come up with new meal ideas.

Have you tried the new pretzel rolls at Wegmans? They are the ones made by Wegmans not pre-packaged rolls. Ours are with the bulk rolls over near the bagels. They are really good and remind me a bit of the pretzel bread at WDW (except for the shape).

[bethbuchall]

So, we went to see our local community theater's production of Annie today. The actors did an outstanding job, however, the economy has even affected their budget. The always have an orchestra, but this time around they couldn't afford the cost of it, so they only had a pianist to accompany the actors. It was still an wonderful performance, but it was lacking in instrumental music.

Afterwards we stopped at Famous Dave's for dinner and shopped at Best Buy. I've decided I'm going to make some major purchases, now that this divorce stuff is coming to an end. I'm getting a Samsung 52" tv and a home theater system with BluRay (5 speakers w/ surround sound). It will be awhile before everything gets hooked up and the cables hiddened, but I'm so excited about it. I do need to get a new entertainment center to hold the bigger tv and I've got it narrowed down to 2. It's all way more than I need right now, but the sale was great (almost $1000 off on the tv) and it's something that the kids and I will grow into.

That sounds fantastic! Up until 2 years ago, our largest tv was 19" or 20", and we also have a 13". The big tv finally died, so we bought a 40" LCD HD tv. At the time, we thought we were being ridiculous, but it is so much nicer than trying to see on that little, dark tv that we used to have. I don't think we really have the room for anything bigger, but I am sure glad that we didn't go smaller.

[Pooh67_68]

Morning.

[bethbuchall]

Thank you, Tia... but you all realize that I have been in your shoes for many years. Now that our kids are grown our fun things to do have changed drastically!

Yes, and thank you for showing me that it will be fun when we get there!

[bethbuchall]

Sounds like everyone has had a wonderful Sunday!

Elin your dinner looks delish!

Tammi yea on the new entertainment center, you will all enjoy it so much!

Becky sounds like busy times ahead for you, hope you are able to make it to the meet.

Tia glad to hear Terra's finger is doing well.

Anne Marie I hope you found the furniture you were looking for.

Terry what a nice day for you & Hal :goodvibes

My big news, Garrett is home :yay::yay::yay::yay::yay: Not that I missed him or anything lol

This is a good post to ditto!

I'm glad that Garrett is home. Things just don't feel quite complete when one is away, huh?

[bethbuchall]

Hi everyone,,, I am here,,,Janet, yes the gin & tonic is doing good for me......:lmao:

Hope everyone had a good weekend. stephanie is doing good too. She has been super busy and has been stressing a little with work, but she has been holding her own. I have been stressing too.

We have lunch every day and have lots of fun talking about the Magic Meet, our trip in Dec and the big cruise next year.

:wave: I hope that work gets less stressful for both of you soon!

[bethbuchall]

Kristin has her 23rd birthday in a little over 2 weeks. She is :yay::dance3::yay: since she and two of her friends were able to secure nosebleed seats for this on August 1.

http://forgottenjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/paul-mccartney.jpg

I would be :yay::dance3::yay:, too! Happy early birthday to Kristin!

[bethbuchall]

Good morning, DDA! I really should clean house all day today (and all day every day for the rest of the month). I'm having a little trouble getting a start. Maybe I need a cup of tea first.

[tinknme]

Tammi I hope Nicholas enjoys football camp & that the weather cooperates!

Elin :yay:for Kristin, I know she will have a wonderful time!

[tinknme]

Good morning :)

[Blueeyes101817]

good morning!

[mommykds]

Good morning!

One week from tomorrow we will be heading to Disney!:cool1:

Looks like rain here so it might be a good day to start packing & making shirts.

[mommykds]

Janet,
Glad to hear Garrett is home.

Tammi,
Yay for a new tv & sound system. Enjoy! Keep us potsed as to how you like it, I know Dana wants to get a surround sound system but we have no clue what to get. Also I am glad things are coming to a close for you as far as DH. :hug::hug::hug:

Terry,
Say Hi to Stephanie for me & hope to see you too at Disney again!

Elizabeth,
We have to plan some time to meet up. I have to go get my matrix.

Elin,
Yay for Kristin & the concert! You pictures look lovely!

Beth,
Do your kids go back to school August 24th?

[Tammi67]

I think McCartney has gotten better looking with age. http://bestsmileys.com/love2/16.gif

[MinnieMouseMom]

Morning, DDA! It's going to be a hot week here. :sunny:

[tinker1bell]

Kristin has her 23rd birthday in a little over 2 weeks. She is :yay::dance3::yay: since she and two of her friends were able to secure nosebleed seats for this on August 1.

http://forgottenjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/paul-mccartney.jpg

Guenna and her hubby got to see him in Philly and when he played Blackbird, she called me and for one other song too. I would love to go see him perform.

[bethbuchall]

Beth,
Do your kids go back to school August 24th?

Matthew goes to college on August 24th. The other two don't go back until the Wednesday after Labor Day, though cross country practice starts on 8/17.

[tmfranlk]

Hi everyone,,, I am here,,,Janet, yes the gin & tonic is doing good for me......:lmao:

Hope everyone had a good weekend. stephanie is doing good too. She has been super busy and has been stressing a little with work, but she has been holding her own. I have been stressing too.

We have lunch every day and have lots of fun talking about the Magic Meet, our trip in Dec and the big cruise next year.

Magic Meet sounds like it will be a great break for you guys during the busy time. It's great that you're able to get away together for lunch though. That would be one of my favorite parts of being in your situation.

Good morning. :)

Ugh. Monday. And I didn't sleep well. Nicholas starts football camp this week. 5-7:30. I'm leaving work 2 hours early every day in order to get him picked up and fed beforehand. He would be starving if he had to wait until 7:30 for dinner.

Hope Nicholas enjoys football camp and that the temps stay decent. Good luck making it through the craziness of the week.

Good morning!

One week from tomorrow we will be heading to Disney!:cool1:

Looks like rain here so it might be a good day to start packing & making shirts.

Woohoo!!! What a reward for all your unpacking, painting, etc.

[mommykds]

Oh crud, I can't find my Chef Mickeys confirm #. (I am so disorganized!) I have been hung up 3 times from Disney dining trying to get the #.

[tmfranlk]

Good morning, DDA!

It looks like a blessedly slow day around here today. Nothing much going, nothing much planned, and mom's already said she's fixing dinner since I did all of the weekend stuff. :woohoo: Just a little laundry, quick empty of the dishwasher, maybe a trip to the library and the rest of the day is easy peasy. Hopefully, that means I'll get a few more folders of photos organized today. Better yet, I'm in the mood for some Disney planning! Maybe I'll start getting things worked out for Terra's birthday trip.

[mommykds]

Ok cool, got it!! I also added Raglan Road to our arrival night. We are staying at the Hilton in DTD for the 1st night. The plan is to do DTD while we are there & get that out of the way...I don't like to be in DTD when I could be in a park & since we don't get out tickets until the next day this will work out great.

Ok off to make shirts.

[tmfranlk]

Glad you found it, Anne Marie! I've been wanting to try Raglan Road too, but Terra really wants to do T-Rex so it may have to wait. I like DTD, but not to give up more than one afternoon or evening in the parks.

[Blueeyes101817]

ugh thsi weather!! It was gorgeous and sunny out when i was running errands, came hme and went by the pool--and tis cloudy and about to rain!

[tmfranlk]

Well, I just spent too much time downloading ringtones for my new phone. Oops! At least I didn't have anything I was supposed to be doing. I did find a cool site though for free tones. It is myxer.com. There were a lot of good Disney tones and I found a lot of good park music ones. The only cost is the text and download to your phone if you pay per use.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Anne Marie - Glad you got the confirmation #! What are your dates? I think I have pretty much memorized my matrix, even though it is at home today.

Tia - Glad you have some time to yourself today!

Jen - We have rain today, too. We got a DVD at the library of vintage Sesame Street episodes, so we're watching that. :rotfl:

[PNO4TE]

The meal did look really good (even though we are non-fish eaters). I really need to come up with new meal ideas.

Have you tried the new pretzel rolls at Wegmans? They are the ones made by Wegmans not pre-packaged rolls. Ours are with the bulk rolls over near the bagels. They are really good and remind me a bit of the pretzel bread at WDW (except for the shape).

I haven't tried them yet, but I saw them and wondered if they were anything like the pretzel bread at Le Cellier! Made me (almost) want to make a batch of their Cheese Soup!

[PNO4TE]

Yes, and thank you for showing me that it will be fun when we get there!

You are welcome! I can only wish for all of you with little ones, a future full of fun times with them as adults. It is a glorious way to have fun!

[PNO4TE]

Good morning!

One week from tomorrow we will be heading to Disney!:cool1:

Looks like rain here so it might be a good day to start packing & making shirts.

I hope you put your day to good use. Where has this month gone already?!?

[PNO4TE]

I think "most" men get better looking with age, actually. That is not always the case with women, have you noticed??

Kristin and her friends invited me to tag along to the concert but I respectfully declined. I would not enjoy it nearly as much as they will and I am afraid I would put a damper on their excitement.

[PNO4TE]

Well, I just spent too much time downloading ringtones for my new phone. Oops! At least I didn't have anything I was supposed to be doing. I did find a cool site though for free tones. It is myxer.com. There were a lot of good Disney tones and I found a lot of good park music ones. The only cost is the text and download to your phone if you pay per use.

I agree that myxer is a good site but Verizon doesn't like it at all. I can't get anything to work through that site no matter what I try.

[PNO4TE]

I got to wave at Tammi and the kids and herBob on my way out of work tonight! :wave2:

Off to work on compositions again. Have good evenings, everyone! :goodvibes

[lovesdumbo]

I agree that myxer is a good site but Verizon doesn't like it at all. I can't get anything to work through that site no matter what I try.Neither could I but I haven't tried in about a year or so. I really liked some of the ones that had there.



So I thought we were going to the Cape today but I got my dates wrong. We are going tomorrow and Wednesday night. I really need to go to the office for at least 1/2 day Thursday so I'm hoping my SIL will lend me her car and then DH can drive her home-close to my office. I'm sure we'll work something out.


I still haven't even packed for tomorrow yet but it shouldn't take long to throw a few things in a bag-the kids have their stuff picked out.

I made Lizzy & Emma tunics this afternoon for the beach and need to go finish one for my great niece-I just have to add the sleeves so it won't take long-better go get that done....

[mommykds]

Bernadette,
I got your envelope today. Thank you. I will use your pass first & hopefully that will work.
Have fun at the Cape! Which town are you going to? I love Cape Cod!!!
Last time we stayed there we were in Chatham.:goodvibes

[tmfranlk]

I haven't tried them yet, but I saw them and wondered if they were anything like the pretzel bread at Le Cellier! Made me (almost) want to make a batch of their Cheese Soup!

Now that would be yummy! I'll have to keep an eye out for similar bread around here.

Neither could I but I haven't tried in about a year or so. I really liked some of the ones that had there.



So I thought we were going to the Cape today but I got my dates wrong. We are going tomorrow and Wednesday night. I really need to go to the office for at least 1/2 day Thursday so I'm hoping my SIL will lend me her car and then DH can drive her home-close to my office. I'm sure we'll work something out.


I still haven't even packed for tomorrow yet but it shouldn't take long to throw a few things in a bag-the kids have their stuff picked out.

I made Lizzy & Emma tunics this afternoon for the beach and need to go finish one for my great niece-I just have to add the sleeves so it won't take long-better go get that done....

Have a good time! I hope the weather is beach-worthy.

[tmfranlk]

After dinner tonight we headed to the library. Terra had finished her reading club sheet so she got her third set of "prizes". Unfortunately, the volunteer didn't much know what she was doing and only gave her part of them. Luckily, I had seen a girl get a book the last time we were there and asked the librarian at checkout. She gave us the choices of books and also a set of passes to the children's museum that we should have gotten. Terra ended up choosing what turned out to be a graphic novel called Babymouse: rock star. It looked really cute and almost 100 pages long. She read it from the front desk of the library to the car, put it down long enough to buckle her seatbelt, the whole car ride to Redbox and home and into the house. It must have been good as she just came in and said she finished it. Guess I need to start searching out more chapter books for her as she suddenly seems ready. Any suggestions for girls her age, yet not too "girly"?

[mommykds]

I made 5 shirts, but what an ordeal.:headache: My printer wouldn't work..Hours later of trying everything it finally worked. I burnt the 1st first shirt because the iron was too hot so I have to go back to AC Moore to get another shirt. Now my camera will not load pictures into the pc so I have been futzing with that all evening with no luck. Technology & I do not go together today. Thankfully I have 6 sets of shirts for the kids from previous trips so I only made ones for our birthday. The rest of the time we will just wear whatever.

Hope you all enjoyed your day.

[tmfranlk]

Anne Marie - Sorry the technologies of your household aren't cooperating. We've got one login on one computer that won't send to the printer every other day or so. No idea why especially since all of the other users can see and use it.

[babytrees]

After dinner tonight we headed to the library. Terra had finished her reading club sheet so she got her third set of "prizes". Unfortunately, the volunteer didn't much know what she was doing and only gave her part of them. Luckily, I had seen a girl get a book the last time we were there and asked the librarian at checkout. She gave us the choices of books and also a set of passes to the children's museum that we should have gotten. Terra ended up choosing what turned out to be a graphic novel called Babymouse: rock star. It looked really cute and almost 100 pages long. She read it from the front desk of the library to the car, put it down long enough to buckle her seatbelt, the whole car ride to Redbox and home and into the house. It must have been good as she just came in and said she finished it. Guess I need to start searching out more chapter books for her as she suddenly seems ready. Any suggestions for girls her age, yet not too "girly"?

Cassidy and Abi loved the Berenstein Bears chapter books....easy reads but not too easy. Arthur has chapter books too but the girls didn't like them

Abi loved the Bailey School Kids....but they are a bit harder...but not much.

[tmfranlk]

Thanks for the suggestions, Theresa!

I've spent the evening trying to reach out to other area homeschool groups in hopes of adding a couple of homeschoolers to our Daisy troop this year. I'd love for Terra not to be the only one. It sounds like I do have one girl interested and hopefully I can attract a couple of more.

[lovesdumbo]

Bernadette,
I got your envelope today. Thank you. I will use your pass first & hopefully that will work.
Have fun at the Cape! Which town are you going to? I love Cape Cod!!!
Last time we stayed there we were in Chatham.:goodvibesWe are going to the Daniel Webster Inn in Sandwich. If you don't count Nantucket then I haven't been to the Cape since Gene & I were dating and that was really the only time I've been.

Have a good time! I hope the weather is beach-worthy.Thanks! I hope so too since I finished the tunics. I think they are pretty cute and pretty easy to do. I cut them out last night but made all 3 this afternoon. They are all different fabrics so I had to make one at a time not assembly line. I hope I can get some photos of the girls in them.

After dinner tonight we headed to the library. Terra had finished her reading club sheet so she got her third set of "prizes". Unfortunately, the volunteer didn't much know what she was doing and only gave her part of them. Luckily, I had seen a girl get a book the last time we were there and asked the librarian at checkout. She gave us the choices of books and also a set of passes to the children's museum that we should have gotten. Terra ended up choosing what turned out to be a graphic novel called Babymouse: rock star. It looked really cute and almost 100 pages long. She read it from the front desk of the library to the car, put it down long enough to buckle her seatbelt, the whole car ride to Redbox and home and into the house. It must have been good as she just came in and said she finished it. Guess I need to start searching out more chapter books for her as she suddenly seems ready. Any suggestions for girls her age, yet not too "girly"?Wow! She's doing great! Lizzy is into the American Girl Doll books but those might be a bit too hard. I don't remember when she was reading the Magic Treehouse books. You'll have to let me know what she like for Emma-she not quite there yet-I really need to spend more time with her.


I made 5 shirts, but what an ordeal.:headache: My printer wouldn't work..Hours later of trying everything it finally worked. I burnt the 1st first shirt because the iron was too hot so I have to go back to AC Moore to get another shirt. Now my camera will not load pictures into the pc so I have been futzing with that all evening with no luck. Technology & I do not go together today. Thankfully I have 6 sets of shirts for the kids from previous trips so I only made ones for our birthday. The rest of the time we will just wear whatever.

Hope you all enjoyed your day.

Glad you eventually had success!

I am fighting technology today too. Everything is so complicated! I figured I should load the software onto my laptop for Joe's Flip Video. I was able to download that and I thought I saved the movies from his camera onto my hard drive but it said they weren't saved so I saved them one at a time but now I bet they are there twice???? Now I'm trying to make a DVD of the movies so he can watch them on TV. Its been going about 30 minutes and it is 9.4% complete. My SIL bought Joe a book on trick videos-the kids made a cool video of Lizzy holding a "mini Emma" on her hand.:rotfl:

Then I tried to make a backup of my photos from Disney in May so I can erase my memory cards but it is saying some of the photos are "busy".:confused3

I think I should call it a night now and try again in the light of the morning (um...between packing.....:laughing:).

[tinknme]

Good morning :)

[Tammi67]

Good morning. :)

Tia - My kids like the Franny K. Stein and Junnie B. Jones books. There are also the Magic Tree House books.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

WEll, crap! :headache:

I am supposed to take Zazu in for neutering today. He couldn't have food after 10 PM. Fine. At 10 PM we picked up the food bowls and went to bed.

Yesterday I went to PetsMart because we are thinking of switching cat food brands. Bought a new bag of food. DH left it on the kitchen floor.

I got up at 6 AM and the bag was tipped over and the top was ripped open, food all over the floor. :mad::headache::mad::headache: Of course Zazu was RIGHT there, and so was Aurora. He must have eaten some, because he is in no way acting like he is hungry now.

I guess this means I will be calling the vet's office to reschedule his surgery. Insert lots of bad words here...

[Pooh67_68]

Morning.

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA! :sunny:

[PNO4TE]

Bernadette - enjoy the Cape! :beach:

Anne Marie - I am glad you finally got the machines at your house to cooperate a bit. Sounds like you all are set. :teeth:

Elizabeth - that darned cat! :(

[Blueeyes101817]

good mrning!

[Tammi67]

Elizabeth - your kitties act like doggies!

[Tammi67]

I got to wave at Tammi and the kids and herBob on my way out of work tonight! :wave2::goodvibes
I heard how flustered you were! :rotfl: We ended up taking 2 cars to football. We all went over for the start, then Bob and Alyssa stayed there while I went to Best Buy and picked up the TV and speaker system. Then I went back to football to see what was going on, just in time for it to get called because of the rain. The camp is at JM, run by Coach Serbay of JM's football team, as well as the rest of his staff. I have heard wonderful things about him. So far Nicholas is liking it!

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Elizabeth - your kitties act like doggies!

Great. ;)
The vet has rescheduled us for tomorrow.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Bernadette - I hope you guys have fun at the Cape! Of course once that is out of the way you can get on with the IMPORTANT stuff, like WDW! :banana:

Tammi - Glad Nicholas is enjoying camp so far! :thumbsup2

Anne Marie- Are you packed yet? :bitelip:

[tmfranlk]

Elizabeth - Sorry about the kitty. :( Glad they could at least get you in for tomorrow.

Bernadette - Good luck getting packed up and even more so on the weather.

Tammi - Glad Nicholas had a good first night of camp.

Dad started my morning out with this entertaining Wedding Dance. It made me laugh, not a bad way to start a day.
http://www.parkwayreststop.com/archives/2937

[tmfranlk]

Good morning, DDA!

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Tia - I can't remember what books DS enjoyed other than the Magic Treehouse ones. I will think on it.

Princess is "reading" a book to herself and she just said "That is very unfortunate!" :rotfl2:

[babytrees]

Good Morning All!!


I've had an interesting morning already today....I had a screening interview (it went okay I believe...but heck if I know) and I was informed that my mom is coming to town for 2 weeks.:cool1::cool1:
I had talked to her on Friday and broke down (seriously, probably cried for half hour) and I think that's what swayed her....the girls and I are THRILLED!!

[tmfranlk]

How nice to have your Mom stay for awhile, Theresa! I know you all will have a great time. I hope the screening interview leads to more!

[PNO4TE]

Tammi - I am glad you got the TV and all... when will you get it all squared away and set up?

Elizabeth - Wonderful that they could reschedule kitty's surgery!

Theresa - YAY for Mom's visit. That will be very nice for you and the girls.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Theresa, I am glad your mom is coming for a visit! :)

[bear74]

okay I came home with a real bad cold. I tried to read the last chapter but my eyes are hurting, my head is pounding. Among other symptoms. Debating on calling my Dr. Thanks for Olivia's birthday wishes. We had a pretty good time. though I will never travel with my mother and nephew again.

here is the link to the Surprise Video I hope.
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=103887777147&h=fGSQZ&u=6cGgX&ref=mf

[bear74]

So is their anything I need to know. As I do not feel up to reading back pages right now. I will try to get pictures up tomorrow as Jeff is trying to fix my laptop. Its been running slow and freezing, plus hes trying to get it to talk to the printer.

[Pooh67_68]

Welcome back Jennifer, sorry you are sick and that your trip with your mom/nephew was not good.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Jennifer, you already know my thoughts on group travel. ;)
Sorry you and the girls aren't feeling well! Seems to be the way it always goes. Those respiratory things always make me think of kennel cough - too many people crammed together in too little space. :rotfl: I hope you feel better soon!

[mommykds]

Anne Marie- Are you packed yet? :bitelip:


Um, no.:blush:

[tinknme]

okay I came home with a real bad cold. I tried to read the last chapter but my eyes are hurting, my head is pounding. Among other symptoms. Debating on calling my Dr. Thanks for Olivia's birthday wishes. We had a pretty good time. though I will never travel with my mother and nephew again.

here is the link to the Surprise Video I hope.
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=103887777147&h=fGSQZ&u=6cGgX&ref=mf

Aport :lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

Wonderful video Jennifer!

[tinknme]

Theresa glad to hear your mother is coming to visit!

[babytrees]

Aport :lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

Wonderful video Jennifer!

Aport and her face was precious!:goodvibes

[PNO4TE]

Cute video, Jennifer. I hope you feel better soon.

[Blueeyes101817]

Aport and her face was precious!:goodvibes

i loved the Aport too!

[Tammi67]

Tammi - I am glad you got the TV and all... when will you get it all squared away and set up?
I still need to order a new entertainment center for it. What I have now is leaving, :rolleyes:, which isn't big enough anyway. I have it narrowed down to 2 that I like, so I think it is going to come down to which I get the better price on. But we will probably have the tv and speakers set up by the weekend, just on a homemade stand, until the real furniture arrives. I can't just leave everything in the boxes and not test it out!

[Tammi67]

Welcome home Jennifer. Sorry that you are sick.

Theresa - enjoy your time with your mom!

[Tammi67]

Cute video, Jennifer. I like the treasure hunt idea.

[Tammi67]

Hey, I just noticed my ticker is in the teens! :yay:

[tinknme]

Hey, I just noticed my ticker is in the teens! :yay:

Where is your ticker?

ETA: Now I see it, YEA!!!!!!!!

[tmfranlk]

Man we must all be pretty busy lately as slow as things are moving on here sometimes.

We had a crazy good day today! We went to our first park day with a new homeschool group we joined and it is perfect for us! Has the benefits of more similar-minded homeschoolers, cool moms, some of the moms from the farther away group that I really liked and great kids. The best part is that their current park is only 15 minutes away and most of their stuff is less than 30 minutes. The other group I liked was at least 45 min each way, which was just too much. The other benefit is that this group has a wide variety of ages (2-17yos today) which I'm glad Terra will have a chance to see. Plus, she's always related better to older kids than younger. She was in heaven the whole time - playing in the first, running around with the other kids, etc. So much so that I had to convince her it was time to go home after almost 4 hours.

Now I'm just getting some basics down on our Not-yet-color-coded Matrix of Fun. Chanon sent me some rack rate prices and I found some good news in that. The week that ends with Terra's birthday is still value pricing and the next week is only a little higher than that. For some reason I had calculated a much bigger price increase, but heck I'll take this! We'll have to see what the codes end up doing for Feb, but hopefully we'll get to be there on her birthday like she wants to. Plus, that timing will work out perfectly for us to have our vacation and then be home in time for me to start watching our neighbor's baby who is due in mid-January. :woohoo:

[tmfranlk]

Hey, I just noticed my ticker is in the teens! :yay:

:banana::banana::dance3:

[Tammi67]

Good morning. :)

Happy Hump Day! ;)

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Hey, I just noticed my ticker is in the teens! :yay:

:cool1:

I have something wrong with my eye. :mad::rolleyes: I know. Big surprise. It is all puffy. I am almost leaning towards pink eye, because the inner corner of that eye is much redder than the other one. I SUPPOSE I should be glad it is the same eye that I have been having trouble with. No clue what I am going to do about it. I guess I will call the eye Dr.

Zazu is back on track for his surgery today.

They switched DH's off days to today and tomorrow instead of Fri & Sat (he is MAD!). But it works out better this way. DH can drop Zazu off this AM and pick him up tomorrow as soon as they say he is ready to go home.

[tinknme]

Elizabeth sorry to hear about your eye :hug:

[tinknme]

Good morning :)

[Blueeyes101817]

Hey, I just noticed my ticker is in the teens! :yay:

:cool1:
Good morning!

[Pooh67_68]

Morning.

[mommykds]

Good morning.

Tammi,
Yeah for your ticker but boo that I don't get to see you!

Elizabeth,
Hope your eye can be treated quickly.



6 more days!!!!

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA! :sunny:

Tia - I am glad you found a better playgroup for both you and Terra! And :yay: for lower prices on your upcoming trip. That is always a wonderful surprise, isn't it?

Tammi - I can't believe you are under 3 weeks... seems like forever ago that you were still in the planning stages of this trip. :goodvibes

Elizabeth - I hope you can get into the eye Dr. to see what is going on with your eye. :hug:

[Tammi67]

Tammi,
Yeah for your ticker but boo that I don't get to see you!

I know! I'm bummed too. Our big DDA meet down there sure has dwindled.

Elizabeth - I hope your eye clears up and that it's nothing too serious.

Where's Deb been? Anyone know?

[PNO4TE]

Tammi - I was wondering about Deb too!

Also... just saw a note that AP rates are out through 12/24. Anyone want to check how good they are? I might be persuaded to order one AP now if they are great!

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

FYI - July and August folks, the park hours have changed. Of course I do not have my matrix at work with me today. :headache: I don't really use the park hours for planning, but I usually at least write down how late the park we are headed to is open.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

I have a call in to the eye Dr. I started back on the eye drops, so we'll see what happens.

[Tammi67]

FYI - July and August folks, the park hours have changed. Of course I do not have my matrix at work with me today. :headache: I don't really use the park hours for planning, but I usually at least write down how late the park we are headed to is open.
Elizabeth - the only difference that I have found is that MK is open until 11 instead of 10, and HS is open until 10 instead of 9.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Elizabeth - the only difference that I have found is that MK is open until 11 instead of 10, and HS is open until 10 instead of 9.

It sounds like they have added some Fantasmic shows, but I haven't investigated any of that. We almost never make it to park closing, but I guess an extra hour here and there could be useful. ;)

[Tammi67]

It sounds like they have added some Fantasmic shows, but I haven't investigated any of that. We almost never make it to park closing, but I guess an extra hour here and there could be useful. ;)
On the night we are going to HS, it now closes at 10 and there is Fantasmic at 9 and 10:30.

[Blueeyes101817]

i was wondering about deb too...hope all is well!

[marcij]

Jennifer -- cute video!

Elizabeth -- that stinks that something else is going on with your eye. I hope you get in quickly to see about it. I bet it is quieter around your house without ZaZu...

[tmfranlk]

Elizabeth - That danged eye! I hope the drops clear it up quickly. Good luck to Zazu today as well.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

I am so frustrated with my eye. I think it's time to buy a pirate patch and be done with it. :rolleyes:

[tmfranlk]

Good morning, DDA!

I was thinking this morning that we had a quiet day in store, but then I remembered that Kristi's kids will be here from about 1:30 until almost 9. Oh well, it's fun for them even if it's not always quiet. She does bring the food for dinner, though, so who am I to argue. ;)

Otherwise, just a bunch of "getting a head start" for the next "school" year. I'm trying to figure out how I want to best track our school stuff. On top of that, it's time to start getting Girl Scout stuff under way. Wonder if they've gotten my new book in yet? I'm about to inherit several boxes of GS papers and forms so I guess I've got to find a home for those as well.

Hope everyone has a peaceful day today!

[PNO4TE]

i was wondering about deb too...hope all is well!

Here is her response to my PM:

Everything is fine. Just busy. Working a lot this week plus all the kids activities and appointments as well as getting ready for a camping trip this weekend. I promise to stop by soon. Hopefully things will calm down a bit. Thanks for asking. :goodvibes

[Blueeyes101817]

I just got home and checked the mail and I had a wedding newsletter from one of my close college friends--she is getting marired next summer in disney! i cannot wait!

[PNO4TE]

I just got home and checked the mail and I had a wedding newsletter from one of my close college friends--she is getting marired next summer in disney! i cannot wait!

That is very cool! I have to assume you will be invited... ;)

[mommykds]

These are the only shirts I have made for this trip. Dana & I will wear these on our birthday & the kiddies have the "Im celebrating" shirt to wear on the same day.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/Mommykds/Shirt%20Designs/398.jpg

[mommykds]

Jen,
How exciting to go to a wedding at Disney!!!

[PNO4TE]

Your shirts look wonderful, Anne Marie!!

[mommykds]

Your shirts look wonderful, Anne Marie!!

Thanks Elin!

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Jen,
How exciting to go to a wedding at Disney!!!

That would be so much fun!

Your shirts look wonderful, Anne Marie!!

The shirts came out really cute! :thumbsup2

DH called the vet a little while ago. They said Zazu is groggy but he seems to be doing OK. Poor DS was so worried about him.

The Dr's ofice just called back. The girl said she would talk to the Dr. but I am probably going to have to go in for them to look at it. :headache: NOT the answer I was hoping for. Whatever it is, it is probably NOT something they are going to be able to fix. If it is another stye then we all know how that will go. If it is bacterial pink eye then the drops will fix it. If it is viral pink eye then it is what it is. :sad2:

Really. Time for a pirate patch. pirate: And sunglasses. :cool2:

[tmfranlk]

Jen - Very cool! I'd love to go to a Disney wedding. Maybe Terra's...hmmm....:rolleyes1

Anne Marie - That design is great, especially on the red shirts.

[Blueeyes101817]

That is very cool! I have to assume you will be invited... ;)
yep ;) We have been talking about it, but now it seems official. There were 3 of us that were close in college, so the other one and I will be each other's "dates" and were thinking of making a vacation out of it. We are thinking about either staying ind isney for a week after teh wedding, or doing disney for a couple of days and doing a cruise..so it will be good!!
Ive always wanted to go to a disney wedding!!

[PNO4TE]

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* Standard Room $89 per night, plus tax*
for stays most nights from 11/29 - 12/17/09.
That's 40% Off - A Savings of $60
* Standard Room $124 per night, plus tax*
for stays most nights from 12/18 - 12/24/09.
That's 40% Off - A Savings of $85


Select Disney Deluxe Resorts:
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge and Disney's Wilderness Lodge Standard Room type

* Standard Room $169 per night, plus tax*
for stays most nights from 10/4 - 11/24/09.
That's 41% Off - A Savings of $121
* Standard Room $139 per night, plus tax*
for stays most nights from 11/29 - 12/17/09.
That's 42% Off - A Savings of $101
* Standard Room $229 per night, plus tax*
for stays most nights from 12/18 - 12/24/09.
That's 40% Off - A Savings of $156

Select Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts:
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa and Disney's Old Key West Resort

* Studio Room $189 per night, plus tax*
for stays most nights from 10/4 - 11/24/09.
* Studio Room $169 per night, plus tax*
for stays most nights from 11/29 - 12/17/09.
That's 42% Off - A Savings of $126
* Studio Room $249 per night, plus tax*
for stays most nights from 12/18 - 12/24/09.
That's 41% Off - A Savings of $176

[tinker1bell]

On the AP site:

Passholders Enjoy Remarkable Savings on Fall
Room Rates

Now, a Passholder saves at least 34% on rooms at select Walt Disney World Resort hotels-turning the vacation of your dreams into a wish
you can make come true!





Elin, Thank you, thank you so very much. Stephanie just got off the phone and for our two night stay at Coronado Springs we saved $67 a night. That means that instead of $167 a night, our bill for two nights is going to be $200.00!!!!!!!!:cool1::thumbsup2:woohoo::yay::

[tmfranlk]

Well, I may never have cause to have an Owner's Locker, but I'm loving their FB page. The pictures are great and the owners seem really cool.

[tinker1bell]

Well, I may never have cause to have an Owner's Locker, but I'm loving their FB page. The pictures are great and the owners seem really cool.

They are very nice. They will be at the Magic Meet again this year.

[tinknme]

Anne Marie love the shirts!

Jen how cool to be able to go to a wedding at Disney :yay:

Terry :woohoo:on the savings at CSR!

Elizabeth a hug is the best I can do :hug: Hope your eye heals quickly!

[tinknme]

The guy that we previously rented from & are now buying our house from stopped in work today to talk to me. He has been battling cancer for a while now(one of the reasons he wanted to sell the house to us) & they thought it had all cleared. He went in for a check up last month & it has returned & spread. The Dr's told him there was nothing else they could do & gave him 9 months.

He talked about how at least he had time to get his affairs in order & make sure everything is set for his wife. He also said he wanted me to know that all would be fine with us buying the house. He gave me a big hug & told me that just in case he does not see me again that it has been wonderful knowing me all these years(17 at least).

Of course I started crying. He seemed so calm & I was falling apart, it is just so sad :sad1:

I'm still upset about it. I feel for his family, I know exactly what they are going through & there is nothing I can do that will make it better.

[mommykds]

Janet,
I am so sorry.:hug:

[tmfranlk]

I'm so sorry, Janet. Prayers for their family and friends. :hug:

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Janet, how sad! Good thoughts for him and for his family and friends. :wizard:

[mommykds]

Is there anyone who has access to the AP site who can check a price for me? I dont get my ap til next week.
Contemporary MK view 10/28-11/2 with the dining plan.

Thanks.

[Disney Yooper]

On the AP site:

Passholders Enjoy Remarkable Savings on Fall
Room Rates

Now, a Passholder saves at least 34% on rooms at select Walt Disney World Resort hotels-turning the vacation of your dreams into a wish
you can make come true!

Select Disney Moderate Resorts

* Standard Room $99 per night, plus tax*
for stays most nights from 10/4 - 11/24/09.
That's 41% Off - A Savings of $71
* Standard Room $89 per night, plus tax*
for stays most nights from 11/29 - 12/17/09.
That's 40% Off - A Savings of $60
* Standard Room $124 per night, plus tax*
for stays most nights from 12/18 - 12/24/09.
That's 40% Off - A Savings of $85



Hopefully Chuck will see this and maybe decide that we could take a quick trip to Port Orleans Riverside in October! I am really missing my happy place.

[Disney Yooper]

Chuck bought a new riding lawn mower this week. We really needed one. There was a deal with no payments for 12 months. We are hoping to make payments every month and have it paid off by the end of the 12 months.

[PNO4TE]

Janet - :hug:

Terry - I am glad you all got a great deal. We would book now, but we don't have our APs yet and there is no Disney Store anywhere near us to get one! Might have to order one online. :(

[Tammi67]

Janet - I'm so sorry to hear about your friend.

Jen - A disney wedding! How cool!

Elizabeth - :hug: and :wizard:

Anne Marie - great shirts!

[Blueeyes101817]

I'm still upset about it. I feel for his family, I know exactly what they are going through & there is nothing I can do that will make it better.
I am so sorry..I would still be upset too :hug:

[bear74]

let me tell you it is not fun giving meds to a 21 month old. Any suggestions. At least she only needs the Tami Flu once a day for 10 days. Unlike Olivia and I we get it twice a day for 5 days. Thats right I got the Flu at WDW. The Dr. is 99% sure its Swine flu. Even though they dont do the confirmation testing any more to differentiate. But he said its too late in the year for last years strain of reg. flu and to early for this years strain.

[PNO4TE]

let me tell you it is not fun giving meds to a 21 month old. Any suggestions. At least she only needs the Tami Flu once a day for 10 days. Unlike Olivia and I we get it twice a day for 5 days. Thats right I got the Flu at WDW. The Dr. is 99% sure its Swine flu. Even though they dont do the confirmation testing any more to differentiate. But he said its too late in the year for last years strain of reg. flu and to early for this years strain.

I have no idea how to help you with Virginia's medicine taking, Jennifer. We used the "baby bird" method with Kristin and it worked well, but I don't know if it would work for you.

I have a friend who went to Chile to visit his family and he and his wife got Swine Flu there and were quarantined for two weeks. I hope you guys are feeling better much more quickly than that!

[bear74]

I tried blowing in her face, while squirting the meds in the back if her mouth. What exactly is the baby bird method?

[bear74]

I have no idea how to help you with Virginia's medicine taking, Jennifer. We used the "baby bird" method with Kristin and it worked well, but I don't know if it would work for you.

I have a friend who went to Chile to visit his family and he and his wife got Swine Flu there and were quarantined for two weeks. I hope you guys are feeling better much more quickly than that!

that stinks. I should be able to return to work on Monday.

[bear74]

okay headed to bed. After I give Olivia her meds.

[PNO4TE]

I tried blowing in her face, while squirting the meds in the back if her mouth. What exactly is the baby bird method?

We simply told her she was a baby bird and she would tip her little head back and open her mouth! Her sister came up with the idea and it worked!

[mommykds]

Jennifer,
I am sorry you all got sick..hope you are all feeling better soon!:wizard:

[my3princes]

Channon

http://www.zwani.com/graphics/happy_birthday/images/072.gif


:wave2: Good Morning

Sorry to be MIA. Life is super busy for me right now. I'm hoping to find time to visit with you all today, but my schedule is still pretty tight until Sunday night. All is well here, Know that I have been thinking of you all. :wizard::hug:

Elin, thanks for checking up on me yesterday, it is nice to be missed :goodvibes

[bear74]

Okay have been awake since 3am and just laying in bed coughing and having trouble breathing. So decided to play on the computer for a bit.

Good Morning Elin and Tammi.

[Tammi67]

Oh Jennifer. I'm so sorry you are all sick! I have no suggestions for the meds. My kids took it good, because I was so firm about it. It wasn't an option, they had to take it, and it would make them better.

[Tammi67]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
CHANON!

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I hope you have a great, Goofy day!

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Good morning, DDA!

Happy Birthday, Chanon!!!

Jennifer, I hope you and the girls are feeling better soon! :wizard:

[PNO4TE]

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Happy Birthday, Chanon!

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA! :sunny:

[tinknme]

http://www.kcountry1057.com/happy_birthday_goofy.gif

Chanon I hope you have a wonderful day my dear friend!

[tinknme]

Thanks for the hugs everyone.

Jennifer hope you are all feeling better soon :wizard:

Elizabeth how is your eye today & how is Zazu doing?

Vicki yea for a new riding mower!

[tinknme]

Good morning :)

[bear74]

Oh Jennifer. I'm so sorry you are all sick! I have no suggestions for the meds. My kids took it good, because I was so firm about it. It wasn't an option, they had to take it, and it would make them better.

but its hard to reason with a 21 month old. Olivia she did not like the taste but took it.

[bear74]

okay after being awake for 3hrs I am starting to feel sleepy. Think I will try to go back to bed.

[PNO4TE]

I hope you can get some more rest today, Jennifer.

[PNO4TE]

It has been so long since I have been in this position I do not remember the answer! Bob and I will both have APs but I don't want to buy any yet if I don't need to. And I would very much like to book our Christmas trip! I know that if I want to go online to book AP rates I need an AP voucher or pass in hand. But, if I call CRO can I book an AP rate without one of those?

[Blueeyes101817]

good morning!
|
Chanon--Happy Birthday!!!

Im so happy its finally a beach day--now if the weather holds out, that would be perfect!

[PNO4TE]

Im so happy its finally a beach day--now if the weather holds out, that would be perfect!

I hope your weather holds out too, Jen! Have fun! :beach:

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

It has been so long since I have been in this position I do not remember the answer! Bob and I will both have APs but I don't want to buy any yet if I don't need to. And I would very much like to book our Christmas trip! I know that if I want to go online to book AP rates I need an AP voucher or pass in hand. But, if I call CRO can I book an AP rate without one of those?

I am almost certain you can. :)

Wow. The crowd levels per the UG are kind of scary now! :scared1: Aug. 4 jumped from a 6 to a 9. I saw the parks entended their hours here and there, and on one night MGM is closing 2 hours EARLIER. Weird.

Janet, when I spoke to the vet about 4 PM yesterday they said Zazu was doing fine. He will be home this morning.

My eye is, whatever. :rolleyes: I don't think it is any worse. It is a little itchy - makes me want to rub and poke it. If it starts to balloon up or turn purple I will go see the Dr. Until then she said to just use the drops and see what happens.

[PNO4TE]

If there is anyone on here with time and the inclination to help... I called CRO and was on hold.

I am looking to see if there is availability at AKL with an AP discount at Christmas. We would need one room 12/20-12/27 and another room 12/24-12/27. I would take Savanna view all nights, or even CL if it is available.

[Tammi67]

It has been so long since I have been in this position I do not remember the answer! Bob and I will both have APs but I don't want to buy any yet if I don't need to. And I would very much like to book our Christmas trip! I know that if I want to go online to book AP rates I need an AP voucher or pass in hand. But, if I call CRO can I book an AP rate without one of those?
Yes, I believe so. You will just need to have it when you check in, to verify the rate.

[Tammi67]

If there is anyone on here with time and the inclination to help... I called CRO and was on hold.

I am looking to see if there is availability at AKL with an AP discount at Christmas. We would need one room 12/20-12/27 and another room 12/24-12/27. I would take Savanna view all nights, or even CL if it is available.
Studio/Sav view is available for 20-27, but the rate jumps for the 24th and 25th. Going to check the other dates now.

[Tammi67]

24th through 27th available. AP rates only available until 12/24.

[Tammi67]

Is there anyone who has access to the AP site who can check a price for me? I dont get my ap til next week.
Contemporary MK view 10/28-11/2 with the dining plan.

Thanks.
$2936

That's using Daniel as an adult and Sophie as a child. I didn't know where they fell on the age levels. I think I got it right. ;)

[mommykds]

$2936

That's using Daniel as an adult and Sophie as a child. I didn't know where they fell on the age levels. I think I got it right. ;)
:worship:
Thanks very much TammI!!

Yes he is a Disney adult now. :eek:

[mommykds]

CHANON

HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:goofy::goofy::goofy:

[PNO4TE]

Studio/Sav view is available for 20-27, but the rate jumps for the 24th and 25th. Going to check the other dates now.

24th through 27th available. AP rates only available until 12/24.

Thank you!

So all my dates are available but AP rates stop on the night of the 25th. Did any of the Club Level rooms come up or just Savanna? And we are talking rooms, not villas, right? Second question (if I may be so bold....) how much per night for the Savanna AP rate? I know rack rate for those rooms is $485 on the holidays...

[Tammi67]

:worship:
Thanks very much TammI!!

Yes he is a Disney adult now. :eek:
You're welcome!

[Tammi67]

Thank you!

So all my dates are available but AP rates stop on the night of the 25th. Did any of the Club Level rooms come up or just Savanna? And we are talking rooms, not villas, right? Second question (if I may be so bold....) how much per night for the Savanna AP rate? I know rack rate for those rooms is $485 on the holidays...
Yes, no AP rates for the 25-27. I only checked Savanna view, and yes, room not villa. Let me go back and look.

[marcij]

The guy that we previously rented from & are now buying our house from stopped in work today to talk to me. He has been battling cancer for a while now(one of the reasons he wanted to sell the house to us) & they thought it had all cleared. He went in for a check up last month & it has returned & spread. The Dr's told him there was nothing else they could do & gave him 9 months.

He talked about how at least he had time to get his affairs in order & make sure everything is set for his wife. He also said he wanted me to know that all would be fine with us buying the house. He gave me a big hug & told me that just in case he does not see me again that it has been wonderful knowing me all these years(17 at least).

Of course I started crying. He seemed so calm & I was falling apart, it is just so sad :sad1:

I'm still upset about it. I feel for his family, I know exactly what they are going through & there is nothing I can do that will make it better.

Oh my -- I'm so sorry. Sending a big hug to you and prayers for his family.

let me tell you it is not fun giving meds to a 21 month old. Any suggestions. At least she only needs the Tami Flu once a day for 10 days. Unlike Olivia and I we get it twice a day for 5 days. Thats right I got the Flu at WDW. The Dr. is 99% sure its Swine flu. Even though they dont do the confirmation testing any more to differentiate. But he said its too late in the year for last years strain of reg. flu and to early for this years strain.

Oh no. With my luck, I'll pick it up and be quarantined on the boat. :rolleyes:

I hope you find a way to get Virginia to take her meds. I think you had problems with Olivia, too? Here's to you all feeling better soon and Jeff not getting it. :wizard:

[Tammi67]

Here are rates for savanna view:

Date Rate per Night
Sun, Dec 20 $ 309.00
Mon, Dec 21 $ 309.00
Tue, Dec 22 $ 309.00
Wed, Dec 23 $ 309.00
Thu, Dec 24 $ 309.00
Fri, Dec 25 $ 485.00
Sat, Dec 26 $ 485.00

Club level isn't available any of your dates. They are available at BW though.

[marcij]

party:party:Happy Birthday Chanon! party:party:

Today is my Dad's birthday too. :goodvibes

[PNO4TE]

Here are rates for savanna view:

Date Rate per Night
Sun, Dec 20 $ 309.00
Mon, Dec 21 $ 309.00
Tue, Dec 22 $ 309.00
Wed, Dec 23 $ 309.00
Thu, Dec 24 $ 309.00
Fri, Dec 25 $ 485.00
Sat, Dec 26 $ 485.00

Club level isn't available any of your dates. They are available at BW though.

Bless you!!! :worship: :goodvibes :love:

[Tammi67]

Today is my Dad's birthday too. :goodvibes
Mine too!

Happy birthday to our dads too!

[Tammi67]

Bless you!!! :worship: :goodvibes :love:Good luck!

[my3princes]

I'm sorry to have you all worried. I've been super busy and the DIS refuses to cooperate at 4 AM. I've worked the late shift at the restaurant twice this week which means I didn't get to bed until midnight and had to be up at 4 AM for the pool. I'm hoping for a long nap this afternoon, but it will have to wait until after Colby's speech class.

I'm taking the boys to Santa's village tomorrow (they have no idea) then Chris will bring the camper and meet us at the campground which is about 1/2 way between here and Santa's Village. I haven't found any time to pack. I mean I have nothing ready. Todya we need to pack, clean the house and grocery shop. Of course the boys have their leadership group tonight so Chris will have to handle the logistics of that.

The weather here is still cold and rainy. Apparently we aren't going to get a summer this year. The bright side is that it looks like Chris and I will be taking a trip to Cancun next month. We haven't booked anything yet as I'm still waiting for confirmation that our passports will be here by then.

[Pooh67_68]

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Chanon

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Marci - Love your fun new siggie!! :goodvibes

Our sweet Zazu is home. Hopefully he will settle back in quickly. DH said Arabella is hissing at Zazu. Probably because he smells like the vet's office. She missed him while he was gone. On the other hand, he needs to take it slow for a few days, so if she leaves him alone that's not entirely bad.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Deb - Have fun this weekend!

Marci & Tammi - Hope your dads have terrific birthdays!

[PNO4TE]

Good luck!

I talked to my travel companions and we opted to look into moderates. The additional cost for AKL just didn't make sense to us at this time. We have also been kicking around the possibility of eating Christmas Eve dinner at Victoria & Albert's and if we do that the money saved will pay for that meal!

We also discussed how much fun we had last Christmas at POFQ. So, we are booked there for 12/19-12/27. Thanks for your help this morning! :goodvibes

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Elin, you did a split stay last year, correct? I remember you having decorations for both motifs. :)

DH made a comment about wishing we could go in December, but since his schedule is different now he can't take his days off back to back like he could before. It would be lovely to go in December again. Maybe next year when he has 3 weeks of vacation.

I wish the work day would hurry up and end so I could go home and see Zazu. I also am curious to see how DH has progressed with his packing. :rolleyes1

He was fussing at me this morning because I have too much of my stuff in his quart bag. I told him his deodorant does not need to be in the bag, so it is FINE. I think he doesn't believe me. I suppose if they take away his deodorant he will have to share DS's Axe deodorant. :rotfl:

[bear74]

come on you guys I am bored and their is nothing to watch on TV. I have no one to chat with. I have no energy to go very far from the bed. At least I am not throwing up.

[tinker1bell]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/pooh67_68/HappyBirthday.jpg
Chanon

Love this--so cute scraplifting (thanks Heidi) :goodvibes

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHANON

[tmfranlk]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHANON!!!! I hope that you are feeling well and had a great birthday!

Elin - Sounds like a good plan for your Christmas trip. That would be a great way to spend Christmas Eve.

Elizabeth - Hope Zazu heals quickly and is back to his crazy self soon. Okay, maybe not quite so crazy. ;)

Deb - I hope you get some good down time this weekend to recover from your crazy schedule.

[tmfranlk]

Originally, we were supposed to have a crazy busy day. Fun, but lots of running. By 8am when I was finishing up at Walmart that had become a completely empty day. So, we took advantage of the beautiful day today and went to the zoo. The animals were enjoying the weather as well and it was a nice outing. I had the baby with us as well while her mom had an interview (she's has another one tomorrow so fingers are crossed that something works out). I forget how much babies change in a short time. Between not seeing her for about 3 weeks plus her having gotten her first haircut, I couldn't believe the changes.

Now we're just chilling after a yummy dinner of homemade pizza. That alone totally made my night, but so does the quiet surrounding me. Guess it's a good time to get some computer work done.

[lovesdumbo]

Happy Birthday Chanon!!!

Jennifer-wecome home! Sorry things didn't go well with your Mom & nephew. So sorry you all got sick. Hope you recover quickly.:wizard:

Janet-so sorry to hear about your landlord. So sad.:hug:

Elizabeth-hope you can find some quick relief for your eye.:wizard::cool2: Hope Zazu recovers quickly!

Anne Marie-love your shirts!

Jen-a Disney wedding sounds great! One of my coworker's daughters is getting married at Disney next June-I may have to go to help her out!

Vicki-hope you can book an October trip!:wizard:

Deb-have fun at Santa's Village!

Elin-congrats on booking POFQ!

Terry-congrats on the AP rate!

Tia-the zoo sounds fun! My SIL invited us to come visit her in St Louis and go to the zoo.





The kids had a great time on the Cape! I think my MIL had a great time too and that is what really counts! We were sort of there to celebrate her 90th birthday in September but this is the only time we could all get together. It wasn't easy corralling 12 people but it was still fun. The weather was lousy Tuesday but nice yesterday. I came back early with my SIL-she dropped me off at my office. Gene and the kids stayed with the others and had a nice day despite more rain. He said it was only 49 miles from Sandwich to my office. We played mini golf last night. Joe got 3 hole in ones included the 18th so he got a free pass for the next time-I guess we have to go back now!

The Inn was nice enough but the room was on the small side, the beds were lousy and the bathroom was tiny. I mention to DH that the room cost as much as I paid for Poly in January and he said the Poly rooms are MUCH nicer.:thumbsup2


I've got a ton of work to do at work in the next 3 business days and several meetings to keep me from doing it.....

I'm not packed and I want to make a few things.....

Maybe it is good we're planning a "relaxed" trip.....

[tmfranlk]

Bernadette - You should definitely come visit her! We'll take you out for ice cream! Good luck making it through the next few days of work. I'm sure you'll be more than ready for your trip. In case we miss each other before then...have a great trip!!!

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Bernadette - Even on a relaxed trip you should not be naked. YOU MUST PACK!!! :scared1:

[yellowfish78]

Thank you for all the birthday wishes everyone! We've celebrated starting at 10pm last night - I was up late reading kinda half sitting in bed and my book is resting on my belly and suddenly it starts moving...someone had the hiccups! First time it was really noticable and must have gone on for about 5 minutes. Really really neat. :love: Then at 5AM someone decides to attempt to stand up in my uterus. I was getting punched on both sides and it even woke Bob up. He just laughed at me. Work had an ice cream cake log for us and now I'm home relaxing. (Hoping for socks for my birthday!) :teeth:

[Tammi67]

Thank you for all the birthday wishes everyone! We've celebrated starting at 10pm last night - I was up late reading kinda half sitting in bed and my book is resting on my belly and suddenly it starts moving...someone had the hiccups! First time it was really noticable and must have gone on for about 5 minutes. Really really neat. :love: Then at 5AM someone decides to attempt to stand up in my uterus. I was getting punched on both sides and it even woke Bob up. He just laughed at me. Work had an ice cream cake log for us and now I'm home relaxing. (Hoping for socks for my birthday!) :teeth:
I remember those hiccups!!! How thrilling for you. Well, thrilling now. Soon it will become just annoying. And in case you are wondering, holding YOUR breath in an effort to try to get rid of BABY'S hiccuping doesn't work. :rolleyes:

[Tammi67]

Bernadette - I'm glad you had a fun time. WTG, Joe. I've never gotten 3 holes in one in one game ever!

Elin - I'm glad to see that your Christmas plans are coming together.

Elizabeth - I'm not Elin, but she originally had AKL planned last year, but then they changed their plans and spent the whole trip at POFQ, I believe. It was the whole economy thing. Hard to believe that this has been going on almost a whole year.

[my3princes]

Goodnight Ladies.

We are leaving early in the morning so we're off to bed. Have a great weekend.

[PNO4TE]

Elin, you did a split stay last year, correct? I remember you having decorations for both motifs. :)

DH made a comment about wishing we could go in December, but since his schedule is different now he can't take his days off back to back like he could before. It would be lovely to go in December again. Maybe next year when he has 3 weeks of vacation.

I wish the work day would hurry up and end so I could go home and see Zazu. I also am curious to see how DH has progressed with his packing. :rolleyes1

He was fussing at me this morning because I have too much of my stuff in his quart bag. I told him his deodorant does not need to be in the bag, so it is FINE. I think he doesn't believe me. I suppose if they take away his deodorant he will have to share DS's Axe deodorant. :rotfl:

Elizabeth - we didn't do a split stay last year. We were originally booked at AKL CL but decided on POFQ because of finances. We really had a great time there and the girls and Bob told me today that they don't see any reason to spend more than twice the money on AKL, so we are back at POFQ again this year. One good thing... all the decorations are still packed in my second suitcase!

I think you should give DH is deodorant back. I do think it needs to be in the bag. And you don't need all that stuff, anyway! ;) :rotfl2:

[PNO4TE]

Elin - I'm glad to see that your Christmas plans are coming together.

Elizabeth - I'm not Elin, but she originally had AKL planned last year, but then they changed their plans and spent the whole trip at POFQ, I believe. It was the whole economy thing. Hard to believe that this has been going on almost a whole year.

::yes:: and the AP rate was only $124 a night! That was such a great break on the cost. Things are somewhat better this year (right now, anyway) but we decided to take the money saved and book an extravagant dinner. I know you are all surprised by that... :teeth:

[tmfranlk]

Well, I have suddenly crashed into a wall labelled "tired". No need to wake early in the morning that I can think of so that's good. Just have to take Phil to work at 9. Then, tomorrow night we're headed to see The Music Man at the Muny. Should be a good show and we know a couple of the kids involved so that's always neat.

Have a good night everyone!

[lovesdumbo]

Bernadette - Even on a relaxed trip you should not be naked. YOU MUST PACK!!! :scared1:
:rotfl2:Well.....I do find doing laundry rather relaxing on vacation so I don't have to pack too much AND....I have laundry soap & deodorant in my Owner's Locker.:laughing:

I just want to make a couple of things before I pack.....

Thank you for all the birthday wishes everyone! We've celebrated starting at 10pm last night - I was up late reading kinda half sitting in bed and my book is resting on my belly and suddenly it starts moving...someone had the hiccups! First time it was really noticable and must have gone on for about 5 minutes. Really really neat. :love: Then at 5AM someone decides to attempt to stand up in my uterus. I was getting punched on both sides and it even woke Bob up. He just laughed at me. Work had an ice cream cake log for us and now I'm home relaxing. (Hoping for socks for my birthday!) :teeth:
Lizzy had hiccups all the time-even during birth. She had them a lot as an infant too.

Bernadette - I'm glad you had a fun time. WTG, Joe. I've never gotten 3 holes in one in one game ever!

He was really good. He'd be unbeatable if he'd just slow down-if he didn't get it in just 1 or 2 shots he was about 10 or 15. Of course Emma was crying at the end because she didn't get any holes in one and Lizzy was complaining about how unfair it was because she was older. Lizzy did beat Joe overall. We didn't add up the scores but I'm pretty sure my SIL Gail won. I think Gene got 3 hole in ones too but not on the 18th. Gail only got one but she gots lots of holes in just 2 shots.

[Tammi67]

Good morning. :)

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[Tammi67]

Elin - did you know that you can make ADRs for Kouzzina today?

[Pooh67_68]

Bernadette you are to dang busy at work, I say just skip making anything this trip.

[Pooh67_68]

Elin picking POFQ for your entire Christmas stay is good. :thumbsup2


Now convince me that staying BLT, will be just as nice.

[Pooh67_68]

Its probably gonna be a hard ADR to get.


Elin - did you know that you can make ADRs for Kouzzina today?

[Pooh67_68]

Deb and family have a nice time.

[Pooh67_68]

Elizabeth will there be any pin trading this trip?

[Pooh67_68]

Morning.

[my3princes]

Deb and family have a nice time.

We've decided not to go to Santa's Village today. The weather forecast changed from a potential storm at 10 AM to heavy rains through 2 PM :sad2: No point in driving all that way to stand in the rain. Most things would be closed anyway. I'll have to plan to get the boys there another day. We will still be going camping this weekend, but we won't be leaving until Chris gets out at 5 PM. I guess I now have plenty of time to clean my house.:thumbsup2

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Elizabeth will there be any pin trading this trip?

Some. We are each going to bring a small bag with about 50 pins. We aren't going to wear the lanyards every day, though.

Chanon - I am glad you are enjoying the baby's antics! :goodvibes

Elin - I think you will LOVE dinner at V&A!
DH's deodorant isn't liquid or aerosol, so there is no reason it should have to be in the quart bag. Mine isn't in my quart bag, and neither is DS's. DH just likes to start trouble. ;)

Bernadette - We bought those Purex 3-in-1 sheets for laundry. Guess we'll see how it goes! Good luck getting you creations finished! :wizard:

Zazu is doing pretty well - he is eating, drinking, using his litter. Arabella is still being horrible to him. DH said it is like she completely forgot Zazu in the 24 hours he was gone. I have been holding him and petting him to try to get my scent on him, but she hisses and runs if he gets within 6 feet of her! I expected her to hiss when he FIRST came home, but now her behavior seems kind of odd. They played together ALL the time, so I hope she gets used to him again soon.

[PNO4TE]

Elin - did you know that you can make ADRs for Kouzzina today?

::yes:: but, thanks! I am headed over that direction after I catch up here. I had NINETY TWO (yes, I am yelling) emails to deal with and have been at it for over 2 hours. What a waste of a perfectly good morning... :rotfl2:

[PNO4TE]

Elin picking POFQ for your entire Christmas stay is good. :thumbsup2


Now convince me that staying BLT, will be just as nice.

I thought you might like it, Heidi. ;) :goodvibes

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA! :sunny:

[PNO4TE]

Our school is closed next week so I suppose I am "officially" on vacation. However, I have about 20 compositions from the last two weeks to finish up before I feel like there is nothing hanging over my head. I also finished up my class schedule for fall and will start on private lesson scheduling this coming week too. So... I guess that means I am having my own little version of a staycation! ;)

[Blueeyes101817]

Good morning!
Yesterday was so much fun at the shore--it rained ALL day long, but itw as nice sitting with my four closest friends at work--we chatted for hours and didnt realize it had gotten to be 8:00--We had over an hour drive home to my house and one of the teachers had an hour ride from my house! But it was a great day

Today,I have alot of errands and running around to do..TGIF :)

[tinknme]

I remember those hiccups!!! How thrilling for you. Well, thrilling now. Soon it will become just annoying. And in case you are wondering, holding YOUR breath in an effort to try to get rid of BABY'S hiccuping doesn't work. :rolleyes:


Really :lmao:

Chanon, Riley had the hiccups constantly I loved it!

[tinknme]

Goodnight Ladies.

We are leaving early in the morning so we're off to bed. Have a great weekend.

I know I missed you, but hope you all have a great weekend!

[tinknme]

Good morning. :)

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I am very happy beings I have a 3 day weekend :cool1:

Nothing planned, but that could always change!

[tinknme]

We've decided not to go to Santa's Village today. The weather forecast changed from a potential storm at 10 AM to heavy rains through 2 PM :sad2: No point in driving all that way to stand in the rain. Most things would be closed anyway. I'll have to plan to get the boys there another day. We will still be going camping this weekend, but we won't be leaving until Chris gets out at 5 PM. I guess I now have plenty of time to clean my house.:thumbsup2


Well bummer! The weather this summer has been really wonky. The rain I could do without but I will not complain about the cooler temps :thumbsup2

[tinknme]

Zazu is doing pretty well - he is eating, drinking, using his litter. Arabella is still being horrible to him. DH said it is like she completely forgot Zazu in the 24 hours he was gone. I have been holding him and petting him to try to get my scent on him, but she hisses and runs if he gets within 6 feet of her! I expected her to hiss when he FIRST came home, but now her behavior seems kind of odd. They played together ALL the time, so I hope she gets used to him again soon.

Glad to hear Zazu is doing well! It will take a little time for Arabella to warm up to him again, cats hate the scent from the vets office!

[tinknme]

Good morning :)

[PNO4TE]

Saw this elsewhere and I didn't get an email about it. Sorry if you all already knew about it.

New Disney Visa Free Dining Offer! - Disney Visa cardholders booking a special Magic Your Package at a WDW Value Resort can receive the Disney Quick Service Dining Plan FREE! Moderate resort guests and above can get the Regular Dining Plan Free. This offer is limited and valid for travel from 09/27/2009 to 12/17/2009.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Elin, thanks for posting! We did NOT get that e-mail, even though DH and I both have a Disney Visa! Sooooo tempting. :sad2: Airfare is about $200 round trip. I looked at it last night. Sigh. I wonder if the free dining is a better deal than a room discount?

[PNO4TE]

Elin, thanks for posting! We did NOT get that e-mail, even though DH and I both have a Disney Visa! Sooooo tempting. :sad2: Airfare is about $200 round trip. I looked at it last night. Sigh. I wonder if the free dining is a better deal than a room discount?

AP room discounts are running about 40% so I think it would take a handy dandy calculator and some time to decide.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Well, for pool view at AKL the AP rate would be a little higher than rack rate minus the cost of the DDP for the 3 of us. Hmmmm. :rolleyes1

Is there a code listed? I just looked at the Chase site and I can't find it.