04/22/07 April 22nd Wonder

[CNC1010]

Wow! With everything going on in your world... from Fridge fritz to going to finding "ALien Snot Green Mickey Heads"... where do you find the time?!? PLEASE SHARE YOUR SECRETS!

I completely understand about the # of times needed when asking hubby questions or requests! We got back from grocery shopping yesterday. I left him in the kitchen to tend to our daughter who was throwing a fit (couldn't get something at store - her fit went the entire length of trip home. "CRUISE" is my montra! I digress...). After daughter settled, I started load of laundry, minor clutter organizing and came back to find hubby watching NFL network...FROZEN FOOD WAS STILL ON THE COUNTER!!!! Did I mention my montra??? Maybe he needs a vacation too?

 

[LJC1861]

Brandie,

Thanks for getting the Mickey Heads. I checked at our locak Home Depot and they had non left. There must be more DIS'ers in Asheville than originally thought as the man working in the paint department said that they disappear quite quickly....LOL.

So, where is everyone staying the night before the cruise?

Lisa and I are at Country Inn and Suites. We are driving down from Asheville starting on Friday. We will stay with her Dad friday night and then head on down Saturday. We are going to time it so that we can stop in Savannah in time for lunch at "The Lady and Sons", Paula Deen's restaurant and then continue to the Port.

Have a great Sunday afternoon everyone.

Linda

 

[LadyShiva]

Wow! With everything going on in your world... from Fridge fritz to going to finding "ALien Snot Green Mickey Heads"... where do you find the time?!? PLEASE SHARE YOUR SECRETS!

I completely understand about the # of times needed when asking hubby questions or requests! We got back from grocery shopping yesterday. I left him in the kitchen to tend to our daughter who was throwing a fit (couldn't get something at store - her fit went the entire length of trip home. "CRUISE" is my montra! I digress...). After daughter settled, I started load of laundry, minor clutter organizing and came back to find hubby watching NFL network...FROZEN FOOD WAS STILL ON THE COUNTER!!!! Did I mention my montra??? Maybe he needs a vacation too?

Kiddo was asleep in the truck (and the angels sang Hallelujah! ), so I ran into Home Depot while Huber stayed outside and chuckled at "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me." He's very nice about waiting with her outside. That's how I was able to get groceries today.

I sooooo understand the store frustration... and the frozen food frustration. *argh* Huber could tell you about his frustration going clothes shopping with me... Oh vey. He'd much rather buy only one pair of pants than the 5 I insist on getting (He does dishes, I do laundry). We have 50 jillion glasses and 2 sets of silverware. One is from his college days (which he only uses) and one is my inherited set from my grandmother that I prefer to use.

We are so tooky.

So about the fridge... I'm going to hire a moving company to swap the fridges. We can't get the new, non-working fridge moved. It's just too heavy. And that's even with all the shelves out and the doors off. You'd think if it was that heavy, it'd be sturdy, but I think they just filled the back with rocks and called it good. *sigh* *grin* Don't buy LG.

Brandie

 

[LadyShiva]

Brandie,

Thanks for getting the Mickey Heads. I checked at our locak Home Depot and they had non left. There must be more DIS'ers in Asheville than originally thought as the man working in the paint department said that they disappear quite quickly....LOL.

So, where is everyone staying the night before the cruise?

Lisa and I are at Country Inn and Suites. We are driving down from Asheville starting on Friday. We will stay with her Dad friday night and then head on down Saturday. We are going to time it so that we can stop in Savannah in time for lunch at "The Lady and Sons", Paula Deen's restaurant and then continue to the Port.

Have a great Sunday afternoon everyone.

Linda

Heya, Linda...

I found some of the tiny mailing labels in my filing cabinet, so I can also bring those, too. They're white, though.

We're at the Airport Marriott. We get in at 11 pm, so I figured that would be easy. We traded in some points for a room, but I think it would have been $135.

I envy you the meal at "The Lady and Sons." Please have a slice of pie and send me the calories.

*wave*
Brandie

 

[LJC1861]

Brandie,

What kind of pie would you like?

As for the calories, I had heard that just like on the cruise, there are no calories in anything served at the Lady and Sons.

Last time we ate there I practically had to roll myself out the door. Hopefully we will have time to walk it off around town before getting back in the car for the rest of the trip to the Port.

Linda

 

[LadyShiva]

Brandie,

What kind of pie would you like?

As for the calories, I had heard that just like on the cruise, there are no calories in anything served at the Lady and Sons.

Last time we ate there I practically had to roll myself out the door. Hopefully we will have time to walk it off around town before getting back in the car for the rest of the trip to the Port.

Linda

As this is a multiple choice test, I choose D) All of the above. Seriously, whatever looks best to you would still reduce me to drooling. I have a lovely memory of watching Paula's cooking show with my Gram before Gram passed this summer.

I haven't had good chicken dumplings since we left Mississippi. *sigh*

*wave* Bath time for the munchkin. Gotta go.
Brandie

 

[LadyShiva]

I finally 'fessed up to the hubby that I wouldn't be happy with any hotel for the day after the cruise unless it was AKL. I've been driving him bonkers with all the "but this hotel has this, and this hotel has this, and I don't know if it's worth XYZ, but you know... and then...." etc etc etc... So I price it out, and find out it is actually doable, seeing as we're changing points for the night before the cruise (so that's free, right???) and the hotel rooms are $130-200 per night, and AKL, pool view, is $300 or so...

AKA, I bothered him enough to let me spend the money to get a room for a night. I'm just too cheap to pay $400 for a night, so what I wanted has always been too rich for my blood... until I could justify it...

So anyway, two minutes after I get told to just book the darn thing and stop pestering and babbling to him about it, he gets a call saying he has a check waiting on him at the office when he goes in tomorrow from the wrong W-2 mess.

For the exact amount I had been debating.

He doesn't find that as funny as I do. He says this cruise had better be good, for all the torture he's going through about it.

Had to share... Figured you guys would find it funny, too.
Brandie

 

[LJC1861]

Brandie,

I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason....and it sounds like it did just that for you! Congrats on the AKL decision. Lisa and I stayed there several years ago and it was truly one of the best hotel stays we have ever had. We had a Savannah view with lots of animal action at all hours of the day and night.

Unfortunately for us, we have to head right back to NC after the cruise. It is killing me to be so close to WDW and not be able to get there. I used to work for the Disney Store in NYC and got very used to visiting several times each year. Now that I no longer do it is much harder to visit, even though I live an 8 hour drive away. I wish I could get there more.

For me this year the cruise will have to be my Disney fix.

Have a great evening!

Linda

 

[LadyShiva]

Brandie,

I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason....and it sounds like it did just that for you! Congrats on the AKL decision. Lisa and I stayed there several years ago and it was truly one of the best hotel stays we have ever had. We had a Savannah view with lots of animal action at all hours of the day and night.

Unfortunately for us, we have to head right back to NC after the cruise. It is killing me to be so close to WDW and not be able to get there. I used to work for the Disney Store in NYC and got very used to visiting several times each year. Now that I no longer do it is much harder to visit, even though I live an 8 hour drive away. I wish I could get there more.

For me this year the cruise will have to be my Disney fix.

Have a great evening!

Linda

That's exactly what I was thinking, too... The timing was pretty amazing. Especially with his HR department being such pains over the whole mess.

It stinks you have to leave so quick!

Have a great evening, too. Take care!

Brandie

 

[mousebrat]

Sorry that it has taken me so long to respond about the nametags. I too picked up about 20 Mickey's at Home Depot. They are kind of small... We didn't make it to the dismeet on our first cruise because I was pregnant and tired by the time that we had the meet. So, I took a nap instead. So, I'm not sure what kind of nametags that they did. I know that we pm'd our name, city and state, as well as ages to the coordinator for nametags. I'm not sure if we could cut the Mickey Head's out and put them on some other nametags. I'm going to do some looking if that's okay with everyone. Or, if we just want to bring sharpees and write our names that's okay too. Please, give me your thoughts.

 

[LadyShiva]

Sorry that it has taken me so long to respond about the nametags. I too picked up about 20 Mickey's at Home Depot. They are kind of small... We didn't make it to the dismeet on our first cruise because I was pregnant and tired by the time that we had the meet. So, I took a nap instead. So, I'm not sure what kind of nametags that they did. I know that we pm'd our name, city and state, as well as ages to the coordinator for nametags. I'm not sure if we could cut the Mickey Head's out and put them on some other nametags. I'm going to do some looking if that's okay with everyone. Or, if we just want to bring sharpees and write our names that's okay too. Please, give me your thoughts.

As small as these things are... I wonder if the Sharpie would be legible... Heck, I wonder if the printed LABELS woud be legible!

I would appreciate your effort if you kept looking.

Thank you!
Brandie

 

[mousebrat]

I'll get my creative juices flowing and figure something out. It shouldn't be that hard to do something interesting. Do we have any idea how many of us there will be?

 

[LadyShiva]

I'll get my creative juices flowing and figure something out. It shouldn't be that hard to do something interesting. Do we have any idea how many of us there will be?

I don't... So far, I think I've seen 4 logins consistently posting here. Is that right?

Brandie

 

[mousebrat]

Okay. I'm really cranky after watching American Idol and seeing who didn't make it into the top 12. So, to keep my mind off icecream, I'm working on this. I made a spreadsheet for who all has been on this thread. I have 7 posters who have signed in. I think that I will PM everyone for their info and I can go from there. I've found some cute ideas out there for nametags but I will keep looking. Does this sound good so far?

 

[LadyShiva]

Sounds good to me!

Talk more later....

Brandie

 

[Dawn414]

Can you believe we are only 38 days out?! I remember when it was like 9 months! Getting excited!!!

Dawn McG

 

[mousebrat]

I'm excited too. We actually talked about it this morning. We have a few big things to look forward to until then (like seeing Josh Groban in concert Monday night) and Easter but I cannot wait to see Mickey. I'm sure he's missed me.

Has anyone heard from Roveer and Jessica76? I've pm'd them and no response for nametags.

 

[LadyShiva]

I'm excited too. We actually talked about it this morning. We have a few big things to look forward to until then (like seeing Josh Groban in concert Monday night) and Easter but I cannot wait to see Mickey. I'm sure he's missed me.

Has anyone heard from Roveer and Jessica76? I've pm'd them and no response for nametags.

1 month, 1 week, and 1 day! Wooo Hoooo!

Roveer posted a while back about chancing no passports on another thread, but I haven't seen Jessica76.

*smile* *wave*
Brandie

 

[tigerfan1]

My wife and I are taking our kids on their first cruise at this time...daughter age 5 and son age 3.....it will be my wife and mine 4th disney cruise.... we have category 9 on deck 2

 

[mousebrat]

Welcome aboard!

We are having a DISmeet at 3 pm at the Promenade Lounge on the first day of the cruise if you want to join us. Please PM me your names and hometown if you want to attend so I can make your nametags.