11/10-11/12 The Limeys Invade Virginia; Well, Maybe It Was More Of A Recon Mission

[Princess89]

The Waffle House?? I went for the first time on the way to FL and not a thing on that menu appealed to me. There we go again, yes hard to please!! But the passion you have for it, well its quite scary!

 

[crossfamily]

LMAO OK now I can add my version......

Now when I started to help put together this meet of our fellow limeys there were lots of people going to come. Well about a month and a half before I head to meet my limey pals my ds9's hockey teams decides to have a hockey fundraiser the friday of my weekend away! ok now what to do? I had planned to drive with the kids but now there was no way I was going to be able to. So I call my mom and ask her to watch the kids because dh had to work. She said i'll keep the boys but I'm NOT watching "M". Ok talk to dh and he says to get a flight out for the 2 of you then. OK well I want to go so bad I have no choice. I book our flights......
Ok back to the friday night of the big weekend.... I am at a bowling fund raiser so I am doing lots of and keep in mind I don't usually drink.. So after we close down the bowling alley I lay down to get a couple of hours of sleep before I go to the airport.. Well I hear this noise at 6:00am and i freak out. My plane leaves in 1 hour and 15 minutes. UGH!! DH wake up you have to drive us to the airport quick....... Ok jump in the and go... Now I am usually yelling at dh to slow down but this time I'm yelling at him to go faster. We make it in record timing and I get there check in my bags and head to security.... UH OH!!! I forgot to take out the bottle my dh put in my purse last night... Sorry Captin' Morgan ya gotta go... Sure the security guard enjoyed it that night.... Ok I grab "M" and run to our gate... I am in my boots which have heels on them but I manage to get there just in time for the final boarding call.. YEAH!!!!
We had a pretty smooth flight out of Detroit and landed in Philly on time... Then we have to take a bus... and no I don't mean a

. We get to the other terminal and find our gate and I sit down and turn my phone on and Kathy has called wanted to know where I was and if i was ok? I tell here I am doing fine and getting ready to board my plane to see you guys... Hung up with her chased "M" around for a bit and then boarded my plane and headed to VA!!
I land in Richmond and call Kathy as soon as we hit the ground and she said they were on their way. By the time i found my way to the rental car counter and get my car Kathy is calling to say they are almost there and asked where i was and I told her. By now i am loading up "M" and our bags and in the car and pull out and she says they are in the garage and I look in my review mirror and see them. They catch up to me and i tell them to lead because I am already lost and we haven't left the garage. I tell them i am starved and need to eat.. Kathy mentions some place and Waffle House (RER I need your waffle house sign) Well being from Michigan we don't have a Waffle House around here so Waffle House was a MUST. So since I am following RER I let him lead the way to the Magic of the Waffle House...
We get out and I say to myself he looks much better in person than in the pics I seen of him on myspace (yep a little birdie told me about that) I also finally get to meet KAW...
sidenote:When i first joined the disboards KAW was one of my first friends... She went out of her way to get me info on Sesame Place. So I was really excited to finally get to meet her in person...
We go in and the place was busy so we cram in a small booth and RER gets a chair and sits on the side. I order a diet coke and then remembered I was in the south they had SWEET TEA I had a sweet tea and a waffle and some hashbrowns.. Since we were on a budget "M" had to eat butter.... Yep thats my kid...
Now we go back to the hotel and its a long and I mean loooooooooooong drive for me.... My perfect daughter whom is 2 thought she could go without a seatbelt.. I am gonna strangler her in a minute if she doesn't sit in her seat and keep belted. OK where are you taking me Kathy???? I really don't need a tour of the city now I need to put my kid down for a nap...... Ok just when I am gonna lose it I see KAW get out of RER's car and run into mine!!! YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS back up!!! Well KAW being a mom too knows what its like so she lets my daughter show her how to use her camera. Yes "M" taught KAW that her camera could play music... next thing I knew it was pure silence... Miracles happen "M" fell asleep.. and you guessed it we pulled into the hotel parking lot.. Ok we go up to the room and Kathy's keys don't work so yes you guessed it "M" woke up... We finally get our keys fixed and head up to our room and I say we might as well get ready and go to Target because I so need some summer clothes... Its hot here.... I left MI it was suppose to snow that day....
We get there and all split up... Shopped a bit and met up again... RER and I want some adult beverages to do some this evening... We go to a grocery store and they look at us like we are liquor at a grocery store.. OK now RER and I think these locals are Ok now Kathy tells us to go to this other place and all they have is wine... OK is this a DRY state? We finally find a place get our goodies and head back to the hotel.. YEAH!!
Of course what do disers do when they get to a limey meet we get on our laptops and dis....
Like RER says we finally get ready and head to MilePost 5
Stay tuned........................

 

[bigsis1970]

OMG what a fun installment !!!! the butter thing must have something to do with the letter "M" I love butter as well (ate sticks when I was little every chance I got haa) and Hum Ronnie - myspace Can't wait till you get the next one installment up!! Michelle

 

[rer1972]

stinkerbelle's mom I may be in the minority when it comes to the ole waffle house, but it still holds a special place in my gut. Soaks up that really well.

Va-bear Hey Boo Boo, she's not your average bear!

kaw1218 TAG

Princess89 You picky!! I don't believe it!! I know Waffle House=

crossfamily Okay, who's next??? I think Kaw was gonna Tag-In tonight. I'm sure she has some good stuff to add (psst I'd only believe half of what she says).

I forgot about you holding M while they were trying to open the door. I was thinking, Geez could ya hurry there I think her arms are gonna fall off!

I'll get to our search for in the next installment.
bigsis1970

 

[katlas&kids]

freaky mirror!

And it was right beside the bed. You could give yourself a heart attack or some real bad nightmares waking up and seeing your early morning self in it!!

 

[Princess89]

RER I let him lead the way to the Magic of the Waffle House...
We get out and I say to myself he looks much better in person than in the pics I seen of him on myspace (yep a little birdie told me about that)....

Ahhh yes, the myspace....saw it too A little birdie told me about it too!

 

[katlas&kids]

[kaw1218 you needed to give me the password before I got there. Thank gosh!! Yes the mirror combined with Kathy was very blinding . So, I guess that means you're off the hook?

You better mean this in a nice way. Remember, I have the pictures that you don't and you may not like them being posted here!!

 

[katlas&kids]

Oh, Siberia is such a nice place. RING The ice, the snow, the boots ! RING Do you hear a phone ringing? RING Are there phones on this frozen tundra they call Siberia ? Hold on a sec Bootsanova. “Hello? No, there is no sunshine here. Yeah, alright buddy I’m going back to sleep. Why don’t ya hassle someone else about sunshine and breakfast?”. Hmmm, was that supposed to be my wake up call for breakfast ?

I am not sure we needed to know about this dream..so glad he didn't share it there! And when did SE Virginia become the frozen Tundra? Sure Richmond gets snow, but not 1 hour and 15 min or so south of there! And yeah...breakfast is breakfast and since you kept us up late, we needed to make sure we got some before you did! She was being nice to make sure you could get your fill before we delegated you as designated driver!

Well, I didn’t get a Mickey or Stitch wakeup call this morning SIDE: this was not told to us or we could have stitched him all over the place!( somehow I did end up with a nickname though). It was Kelly asking about breakfast. I really can’t remember anything I said when she called except,” It’s not 9:15. Why are you calling me if it’s not 9:15?”. Other than that I am drawing a blank. So, Kelly, if I said anything bad during that call I am sorry. You just don’t mess with a ducks scheduled wake up time

.

I laid in bed for another 15-20 minutes, and finally got up, got dressed, and headed down for some free breakfast (in no way is this like free dining). I didn’t get a picture of the breakfast, but if you’ve ever seen half a bagel with cream cheese and half a bagel with peanut butter then you know what it looks like.

Side: You know I honestly think peanut butter goes with just about anything. Bread, Chicken, Veggies, Fruits, Cheese, Crackers, Jelly, and so on. I'd like to change the Cambell's Soup song so it goes... "That's what PB is, Mmmm, Mmmm, Good". I wonder if Cambell's would mind?

Have you asked them to make a PB soup yet?

So, I go back up to my room, throw everything into my monster rolling suitcase (you’ll find out later why I brought the monster rolling suitcase on such a short trip), and head over to my new room in the other building.

See we did give him time alone!
Please note here that this suitcase was the size of a small house. Kelly and I both took a suitcase too, and we did drive to Richmond, but both of ours could have fit in there with room for the we picked up! A sure sign that men pack more!! I will say that he dressed very nice and Disney like in his Disney polo's though! And he does have nice hairy legs in his shorts!

After finishing getting settled in for the second day in a row I headed over to the 2K’s room. At this point I got the rundown on today’s schedule. We would hang around here for a bit (good time to Dis, and I brought my laptop), then head to the airport around 11:00 to meet Crossfamily(Teresa) and her DD. We wouldn’t be picking them up or anything. Nope, we would just be doing some convoy duty. So, the three of us sat around in the hotel room and watched cartoons and Dissed.

This is mainly cause I needed something to stay awake with. NOT being technically advantaged, IE: no laptop of my own (christmas suggestion to my family...again), I had to not so patiently wait my turn to see if I could post anything. And I could have slept again with no problem at all, which would have been bad cause I was the only one who knew where to go! To get Teresa guys, not anywhere else!

Then Kelly and I picked a radio station we could torture Kathy with, but she seemed to actually enjoy it. It was like that old Life Cereal commercial, “She Likes It! She Likes It!”.

Kathy listens to contempary Christian radio, so some of the ummm... newer noise is unknown to me

Side: I need say something about The Waffle House; I love this place . It is the travelers Mecca. Those black letters in the yellow squares

just call to weary travelers. It reminds me of vacations with family, traveling (the few times I did) with my parents, coming back to Baton Rouge after a long night in Nawleans . The bar counter dining with the spinning stools, the mini-booths you can’t fit all your friends into , the jukebox , and the greasy food. The name just doesn’t say enough about the place. It’s not just waffles. Its hash browns with everything on them, chili, steaks, hamburgers, fries, and iced tea (for those that can’t get the real stuff). The only problem is the closest I can get to a Waffle House is Houston, TX . If I see one anywhere that I visit I try and make a stop at The Waffle House.

IE: a single man's place to eat. fun things to play with, the chance to get squeezed against your date, grease.. well did I call it or not Ladies?

So, we pull in and we all amble out of our cars. I get my first glimpse of Teresa and her cute DD (who I will call M from here on out). Seems like good folk too. We all cram into a mini-booth; well, I pulled up a chair. MY SIDE: to scared to figure out exactly which limey lady to sit with and definitely not the type to want to wear butter, not even pre-licked butter! I think the timing was just right because I was already getting hungry; I think the 2K's were too cause they ordered as well. I ordered the bowl of chili and a diet coke. I think Kelly had a breakfast plate, Kathy had hash browns,[COLOR=Teal] Scattered stuffed covered ect hashbrowns!! [/COLOR] and Teresa got a waffle for herself and some butter for M. Unfortunately, I don’t have pictures of the food, but I do for some reason have a shot of me and one of M at the Waffle House. I think Kathy took these.

Good thing the flash didn’t reflect off my head to badly. Hmmm, is that lady behind me holding a pitcher of OJ or is she trying lock her car from inside the restaurant?

Mmmmmm, M loves that butter. She even had a bit of waffle with her butter.

All around I think everyone enjoyed their food very much; especially M and her butter. We then split the check and headed on out to the cars. Both cars pull out of the Waffle House and drive off towards the Hotel with me in the lead . Now Teresa said she wasn’t too sure how to get around here SIDE: and neither was Ron, but I digress so I made sure to keep an eye on the rear view mirror so I wouldn’t get to far ahead. Well, were going along, the 2K's chatting away, and me checking the mirror every so often. Things were going well till we got to about the second stop light. That’s when I looked in the mirror and saw Teresa looking in the backseat and telling M something . I’m sure it was, “Sweetie you really do need to stay in your seat belt so mommy can drive us both safely to the hotel” (right Teresa ). The light changed and I start to drive, but Teresa is still working on the back seat situation. I slow down so she can catch up and she starts to move; good I think. The next time I look back she is driving, but turned all the way around facing the backseat again. Oh #@&* ! I swear she was driving the car with her tennis shoes on the steering wheel. There must be a special driving course just for mothers cause I don't remember this technique in drivers ed; which explains how my mom was able to reach around and smack me from the front seat when I was a kid. And it took you just how many years to find out that we as moms can do things that you as a male can't? At this point I mention to Kelly and Kathy that at the next light someone might want to jump out and get into Teresa’s car to help her out. Kelly was volunteered for this mission, and as we stopped at the light she asked me if the coast was clear. I checked the mirror and saw no cars coming, “go for it!”, I said, at that point another car came into view. Before I could give out a warning she was in the back seat of Teresa’s rental car (another teleporter?). Whew .

The reason that Kathy hunched down in the front seat and didn't run to BFF Teresa's aid is that BFF convience Kathy to leave her kids at home to have a real adult vacation and Kathy just wasn't up to wresteling one after a not so great night of sleep and her no children weekend! I did apoligize to her though!

Now that Kelly was watching the kiddo the convoy made its way smoothly back to the hotel. We all arrived and planned our next mission. We were going to rest up a bit, and then head over to Target so Teresa and M could get some warmer weather clothes . We would search for some we could put in the rooms fridge for later that evening, then head over to the main mission objective of the day: Dining at Milepost 5. Now that's a battle I wanted to win !

Dining fans and History Channel buffs please come back for the next installment as I detail the latest battle in Richmond: Part 7 Spiders, Crab Claws, and Frisbees Yum!!! or Where Is That Bear!

 

[crossfamily]

Hey RER your slacking where's the next post? And please don't tell me your waiting on KAW.

 

[kaw1218]

Hey RER your slacking where's the next post? And please don't tell me your waiting on KAW.

yes...please don't tell us you are waiting on KAW.....she's been MIA recently

(sorry ya'll)

 

[rer1972]

yes...please don't tell us you are waiting on KAW.....she's been MIA recently

(sorry ya'll)

Working on it.

 

[kaw1218]

Oh, Siberia is such a nice place. RING The ice, the snow, the boots ! RING Do you hear a phone ringing? RING Are there phones on this frozen tundra they call Siberia ? Hold on a sec Bootsanova. “Hello? No, there is no sunshine here. Yeah, alright buddy I’m going back to sleep. Why don’t ya hassle someone else about sunshine and breakfast?”. Hmmm, was that supposed to be my wake up call for breakfast ?

Well, I didn’t get a Mickey or Stitch wakeup call this morning (somehow I did end up with a nickname though). It was Kelly asking about breakfast. I really can’t remember anything I said when she called except,” It’s not 9:15. Why are you calling me if it’s not 9:15?”.

Well, since I didn't sleep, and Kathy was awake...we decided to go to breakfast a little early. I'm sorry that we felt the need to be polite and let you know our change of plans.....








ok...I fess up.....It was just plain old fun

Other than that I am drawing a blank. So, Kelly, if I said anything bad during that call I am sorry. You just don’t mess with a ducks scheduled wake up time

.

Wouldn't you like to know what you said.....maybe I should tell anyone that wants the good version to PM me ? Naw...you were a total gentleman....Sunshine!

So, I go back up to my room, throw everything into my monster rolling suitcase (you’ll find out later why I brought the monster rolling suitcase on such a short trip),

It was HUGE!!! I had less luggage for 10 days in Disney!!

So, we’re watching cartoons (maybe the 2K's remember which ones) till about 11:15 when we head down to the parking lot. After “volunteering” to drive, the three of us settled into the Chrysler and pulled out of the parking lot with Kathy giving directions and Kelly in the backseat. Boy Richmond sure looks different in the daylight. It’s a whole lot easier to get around too. The 2K's were chatting along and I’d throw my 2 cents in here and there. I think Kelly was even taking pictures out the windows. Of what I have no idea.

Hmmm...I don't even remeber the cartoons. And we considerately gave the man control of the vehicle...of course it was his.We definately got the tour this time. I would have jumped on a major road...wasn't 95 around there somewhere? and I wasn't taking pictures...I was just trying to get a picture of the 25ft smilie face....that would have been a good photobucket addition.

Then Kelly and I picked a radio station we could torture Kathy with, but she seemed to actually enjoy it. It was like that old Life Cereal commercial, “She Likes It! She Likes It!”.

In all fairness... we did pick 'How to Save a Life' by the Fray....pretty tame compared to what we could have sprung on Ya Kathy!

We call Teresa again to ask what she is driving. We find her blue car and pull in front. Teresa tells us she would like to stop for something to eat so we recommend the Waffle House or some other place I never heard off.

Hmmm...we 'found her'? I think we were creeping through the parking garage like stalkers.....


Oh...this is where we all merge....

I land in Richmond and call Kathy as soon as we hit the ground and she said they were on their way. By the time i found my way to the rental car counter and get my car Kathy is calling to say they are almost there and asked where i was and I told her. By now i am loading up "M" and our bags and in the car and pull out and she says they are in the garage and I look in my review mirror and see them. They catch up to me and i tell them to lead because I am already lost and we haven't left the garage. I tell them i am starved and need to eat.. Kathy mentions some place and Waffle House (RER I need your waffle house sign

) Well being from Michigan we don't have a Waffle House around here so Waffle House was a MUST. So since I am following RER I let him lead the way to the Magic of the Waffle House...
We get out and I say to myself he looks much better in person than in the pics I seen of him on myspace (yep a little birdie told me about that) I also finally get to meet KAW...

Yeah!! That's me!!!!

sidenote:When i first joined the disboards KAW was one of my first friends... She went out of her way to get me info on Sesame Place. So I was really excited to finally get to meet her in person...

awww......it gave me and the kids a REASON to go to Sesame....of course we never really needed one before

All around I think everyone enjoyed their food very much; especially M and her butter. We then split the check and headed on out to the cars. Both cars pull out of the Waffle House and drive off towards the Hotel with me in the lead . Now Teresa said she wasn’t too sure how to get around here so I made sure to keep an eye on the rear view mirror so I wouldn’t get to far ahead. Well, were going along, the 2K's chatting away, and me checking the mirror every so often. Things were going well till we got to about the second stop light. That’s when I looked in the mirror and saw Teresa looking in the backseat and telling M something . I’m sure it was, “Sweetie you really do need to stay in your seat belt so mommy can drive us both safely to the hotel” (right Teresa ). The light changed and I start to drive, but Teresa is still working on the back seat situation. I slow down so she can catch up and she starts to move; good I think. The next time I look back she is driving, but turned all the way around facing the backseat again. Oh #@&* ! I swear she was driving the car with her tennis shoes on the steering wheel. There must be a special driving course just for mothers cause I don't remember this technique in drivers ed; which explains how my mom was able to reach around and smack me from the front seat when I was a kid. At this point I mention to Kelly and Kathy that at the next light someone might want to jump out and get into Teresa’s car to help her out. Kelly was volunteered for this mission, and as we stopped at the light she asked me if the coast was clear. I checked the mirror and saw no cars coming, “go for it!”, I said, at that point another car came into view. Before I could give out a warning she was in the back seat of Teresa’s rental car (another teleporter?). Whew .

Ok....yeah Ronnie was nervous.... but then again..I was watching him from the backseat....I think he was looking past me more then he was looking in front of him!!! And its definately a talent to be able to drive with your knees.... hmmm....a mom thing? I don't know about that....My mom used to just pull over and....well I won't finish that one
And I won't tell ya'll how I can jump from car to car without being detected.....

Now we go back to the hotel and its a long and I mean loooooooooooong drive for me.... My perfect daughter whom is 2 thought she could go without a seatbelt.. I am gonna strangler her in a minute if she doesn't sit in her seat and keep belted. OK where are you taking me Kathy???? I really don't need a tour of the city now I need to put my kid down for a nap...... Ok just when I am gonna lose it I see KAW get out of RER's car and run into mine!!! YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS back up!!! Well KAW being a mom too knows what its like so she lets my daughter show her how to use her camera. Yes "M" taught KAW that her camera could play music... next thing I knew it was pure silence... Miracles happen "M" fell asleep..

I think she's gonna be a photographer....such nice pictures she took!!!

We get there and all split up... Shopped a bit and met up again... RER and I want some adult beverages to do some this evening... We go to a grocery store and they look at us like we are liquor at a grocery store.. OK now RER and I think these locals are Ok now Kathy tells us to go to this other place and all they have is wine... OK is this a DRY state? We finally find a place get our goodies and head back to the hotel.. YEAH!!
Of course what do disers do when they get to a limey meet we get on our laptops and dis....
Like RER says we finally get ready and head to MilePost 5
Stay tuned........................

Now that Kelly was watching the kiddo the convoy made its way smoothly back to the hotel. We all arrived and planned our next mission. We were going to rest up a bit, and then head over to Target so Teresa and M could get some warmer weather clothes . We would search for some we could put in the rooms fridge for later that evening, then head over to the main mission objective of the day: Dining at Milepost 5. Now that's a battle I wanted to win !

well...I have nothing else to say.....except what about the steel plate and shiny pennies!!!!!!!

 

[bigsis1970]

Oh I can't wait to get more of the story - it sounds like you all had a BLAST !!!

 

[kaw1218]

Oh I can't wait to get more of the story - it sounds like you all had a BLAST !!!

It was 36 hours full of laughter for me...... It was nice to know that there are other normal people out there like me

 

[kaw1218]

hmmmm...I was just looking back.....we forgot VAbear!!!! I was just adding on to Ronnies report...I forgot he didn't get to meat VA friday night....hmmm. I guess I will have to go back in time......

 

[kaw1218]

You better mean this in a nice way. Remember, I have the pictures that you don't and you may not like them being posted here!!

like these???

It's always good to have some blackmail pictures handy!!

 

[rer1972]

It was 36 hours full of laughter for me...... It was nice to know that there are other normal people out there like me

Cough

Cough

Did you say crazy as you or as crazy as you.

I keed I keed

 

[rer1972]

hmmmm...I was just looking back.....we forgot VAbear!!!! I was just adding on to Ronnies report...I forgot he didn't get to meat VA friday night....hmmm. I guess I will have to go back in time......

Wow, you can teleport and go back in time. Your gonna be Kathy's newest bestest all time friend for good now.

 

[kaw1218]

Cough

Cough

Did you say crazy as you or as crazy as you.

I keed I keed

you may interpret that anyway you want!

 

[kaw1218]

Wow, you can teleport and go back in time. Your gonna be Kathy's newest bestest all time friend for good now.

the things one learns at the home depot....they do have those learning clinics every week!