11/28/2009 - 12/5/2009 - The Nana's Ride the Seas Again #4

[jollyg]

Make it stop! Make it stop! 5 to 12 inches again today of that blasted white stuff!

Good Morning! Heading out the door to do a few errands and then come and get snowed in again!

Have a great day!

I don't know about you, but we're snowed in!!

It dumped 8 inches of new snow Sunday night and then the winds kicked up to around 40mph yesterday!! Almost all the road are drifted in.....I can't even get out of my own driveway....yet!!

Once I get the snow blower started I'll get my driveway cleared, but then we'll have to wait for the plows to come by before we can go into town.

Janel almost didn't make it home from work yesterday. I told her to stop what she was doing and head for home or she wouldn't make it. The drifts were already 3-4 feet high!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

ATTENTION ALL BANANAHEADS


YOUR GRAND TOTAL FOR BANANAS SO FAR ON THIS THREAD IS:


222,225 bananas.

That is an all time record and this thread still has 103 pages to go.
we should easily make 300,000 if everyone keeps up the good work!



AWESOME JOB BANANAHEADS !!!

I knew you could do it

Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Headed for the big 300,000

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Feeling s bit better today, at least my head doesnt hurt so bad today.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

All my family is socked in with snow & ice but we arnt.
So we cant get to them for the holiday. It will just be us and the dogs this year for the holidays. Maybe we can see them at New Years.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

TOP FOR ME !!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Dawn,
hope you dont loose power too. Keep warm and stay in.
No point in sliding all over the place on the ice and snow.
They say we may get mixed rain and snow showers tomorrow and Christmas but not much.
I was so close to my first white Christmas this year.
My family will have one, but not us.
Next year we should be back in sunny Florida, so this was my only real chance of it. Darn it!!

TOP FOR ME !!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Well I think this is #5 for me this morning, so I at least made my quota for the day.
I will come back later to do another 5 to make up for someone who doesnt post their nanas today.
Hope you will do the same.

TOP FOR ME !!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi Greg,
it sounds like you need to just stay in and bake some cookies or something with the kids. Too much snow to go out in right now. I think Portland area will be sending more your way soon and for several days.

Kathy

TOP FOR ME !!

 

[jd99]

Kathy - A question about the parks at WDW around Christmas. we'll be there from the 28th til Jan. 2. Will they be as crowded as Thanksgiving for the whole time or just on the holidays themselves (NY Eve and NY Day). We're expecting packed to the gills the whole time we are there and are planning to take it easy most days and do things both inside and outside the parks - enjoy the pool as it will be warm, hit the boardwalk, maybe downtown disney...do lots of Epcot World Showcase, etc.

Just wondering from the expert what we should expect!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Kathy - A question about the parks at WDW around Christmas. we'll be there from the 28th til Jan. 2. Will they be as crowded as Thanksgiving for the whole time or just on the holidays themselves (NY Eve and NY Day). We're expecting packed to the gills the whole time we are there and are planning to take it easy most days and do things both inside and outside the parks - enjoy the pool as it will be warm, hit the boardwalk, maybe downtown disney...do lots of Epcot World Showcase, etc.

Just wondering from the expert what we should expect!

Hi Jeff,

well if its like the past few years you will be like a sardine, packed in tight

The economy may have some effect on the crowds, not sure.
But the normal crowds are the worst at Christmas and New Years when we have been. Worse than summer crowds.

Maybe you will luck out and the economy will slow it down some.
If your going to hit a park, I would just be there when it opens , run for fast passes and do what you can early, then go back and relax at the pools.
water parks are usually crowded in the afternoons too.

So if you go to them, again be there at opening. Run to the sldies first and save the main pool area and lazy river for the afternoon while the slides are lined up.
They start thinning out again around 3 p.m. because they close by dusk.

Have fun, wish I was there with you!!! I would love some warm weather and Disney magic about now!!

 

[theostwalts]

Hey Guys!!!!

Adding my posts for the day!!!!

 

[theostwalts]

Kathy, glad you are feeling better. Sorry you will not get a white Christmas, looks like it will be clear here too.

 

[theostwalts]

Make it stop! Make it stop! 5 to 12 inches again today of that blasted white stuff!

Good Morning! Heading out the door to do a few errands and then come and get snowed in again!

Have a great day!

I keep telling you to send some of that snow down here!!!! We will take it!!!! Usually snow is alot of fun here because it shuts everything down for a day or two and you get to enjoy it. Then it warms up and it goes away!!!

 

[theostwalts]

Kathy - A question about the parks at WDW around Christmas. we'll be there from the 28th til Jan. 2. Will they be as crowded as Thanksgiving for the whole time or just on the holidays themselves (NY Eve and NY Day). We're expecting packed to the gills the whole time we are there and are planning to take it easy most days and do things both inside and outside the parks - enjoy the pool as it will be warm, hit the boardwalk, maybe downtown disney...do lots of Epcot World Showcase, etc.

Just wondering from the expert what we should expect!

You should just take it easy, take lots of pictures, and post a lot of trip reports back here for us!!!

 

[theostwalts]

Staci is out finishing up our shopping today. The malls around here have been packed. The news says shopping is down, but it still looks like a lot of people are out shopping. I will still have to slip out at some point and get a few last minute gifts. Every year I am out on Christmas Eve getting something

 

[Dixielady908]

Afternoon 09ers.....

Well all I have to say is this........yesterday we were in the minus catagory...
its been snowing here since 730am......we are expecting between today and tomorrow 8-12 inches.....at times today it looked like a white out and I will be here at work until 4:30pm......and driving home will take forever......then I get to get up and do it all over again tomorrow.......!!!!!

Did I say how much I miss being on that ship with that wonderful weather!!!!
I need another cruise NOW!!!!!


Well know that I have vented about the weather......I feel soooo much better

have a good one all

 

[jd99]

Hi Jeff,

well if its like the past few years you will be like a sardine, packed in tight

The economy may have some effect on the crowds, not sure.
But the normal crowds are the worst at Christmas and New Years when we have been. Worse than summer crowds.

Maybe you will luck out and the economy will slow it down some.
If your going to hit a park, I would just be there when it opens , run for fast passes and do what you can early, then go back and relax at the pools.
water parks are usually crowded in the afternoons too.

So if you go to them, again be there at opening. Run to the sldies first and save the main pool area and lazy river for the afternoon while the slides are lined up.
They start thinning out again around 3 p.m. because they close by dusk.

Have fun, wish I was there with you!!! I would love some warm weather and Disney magic about now!!

Thanks Kathy. I figured that. I was just hoping that maybe the weekdays between the holidays (like Monday the 29th and Tuesday the 30th) we might luck out. Oh well. Crowds are fun too when the weather is warm and you are at disney.

 

[dsparks]

Knock on wood we haven't lost power yet Greg, I feel your pain! We were snowed in Friday and Saturday. Up to a sustained 40 mph wind--we had blizzard warnings along the lake shore. Kalamazoo is on the snowbelt and gets the same as the lake shore Cleaned up Sunday. Got it again Sunday night into Monday morning. Should have did my errands yesterday afternoon. Now we are getting it again!

Jaime, Alexis also has a stocking!

Jeff, When I worked outside the home, we always went to Florida during Christmas break. I would expect it to be packed. Do the early morning and evening. Just leave midday and enjoy the other stuff! In fact, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day mornings I always found to be super slow. Everyone is looking to stay up late or have stayed up late!

Elizabeth would NOT even get close to Santa! She wanted me to sit with her beside Santa. Her picture is with her screaming at the top of her lungs--mouth wide open! That will be a memorable picture! We didn't expect for her to sit on his lap but she wouldn't even get in the picture without crying!