2006 DVC Member Cruise - SSMC06 - October 22, 2006 Part 3

[cgcw]

and those of you in Northeastern ILL. A big ole green, red, orange and yellow radar blob of weather is coming our way. Winds in excess of 70 mph heavy rain, the whole shebang! That USUALLY shuts the cable down in this hamlet so I may be offline for a little while.

I will check back in when I can.

Squid

Doesn't it figure!

Not only did we soak the garden for about 3 hours this morning, but rain will definately put a "damper" on our outdoor plans for tomorrow.

Steve, you and Coleen stay safe, it seems like the storms out by you are always more intense than by us.



Stacy, we've been to the Field Museum several times. We'd love to go tomorrow and see the King Tut exhibit but it looks like we're a little late to buy tickets as they are sold out from what I can tell. I'm not sure Walker would appreciate it enough so it might be a trip to take with just Cameron. At $30+/per ticket, I'd like to be able to see it to it's fullest.

I was just thinking about this today. One of the last times we went to the Field Museum, it was raining cats and dogs. We had brought my Mom along with us to spend the day. My Mom is handicapped and uses a wheel chair to get around. So, it's raining like the dickens when we got down there. Gary dropped me and the kids off and we ran to the door. We're waiting and waiting for Gary, my Mom & her caregiver. Finally, they show up and all of them are completely soaked. Apparently, they found a rather large pothole that Gary happened to push my Mom into and tossed her out of her wheelchair. So, there they are, in the parking lot, with my Mom laying in a huge puddle and the two of them trying to get her back into her wheelchair.

As if that isn't enough, we can't figure out how to get into the museum via the handicapped entrance. So, by the time we finally walked almost all the way around the building and got inside, we were all soaked. After we made sure my Mom didn't need any medical attention, the museum must have taken pity on us because they gave us free admission that day. Since we were all soaked and cold, we didn't stay long.

Good thing now parking is available at Soldier Field across the street now. How things have improved. I do know the pot hole was fixed on 9/11 as I received a phone call that day from the park district asking me to describe exactly where the pot hole was so they could take care of it and make sure that no one else fell into it. I remember thinking at the time there were much better concerns than a pot hole at the Field Museum but the man told me he was assigned to take care of it that day.

It's funny now but at the time, it certainly wasn't.

 

[cgcw]

I'll have him get on and post tonight, he's out vacuuming the pool with Emma.

Speaking of vacuuming, does anyone own a Roomba? I so want two of these -- the sweeper version and the floor mopper versions. But, at almost $300 a piece, I'd like to hear first hand that they truly work as advertised. I would love to be able to set it to clean my floors every night. The idea of waking up to them being clean is almost as good as the idea of a cleaning service. With the daycare, we have so many crumbs around, if it works well, it would be worth it's price in a second.

Anyone?

 

[fireplug]

Almost over ...........50 mph winds and some rain were all we got. Hopefully it will not be worse up north.

Squid

 

[rsschneck]

Needed to try the new features

pretty cool

Thanks Mary

 

[Bruce the Shark]

Thank you for the Happy Birthday Wishes Everyone!!! See you all in October.

 

[sanddune]

Happy Birthday Bruce!

 

[sanddune]

Cindy I love my Roomba! I only have the vacume one.My two dogs are litter trained. So all the cat litter needs to be cleaned all the time.They seem to drag that litter all over the house! Plus with the 3 boys ,I need roomba!

 

[sanddune]

Ilene - what Message Editor Interface are you using? If you go to User CP (up on the red bar on the far left) then go to Edit Options (4th choice down on the box on the far left). Now scroll down to Misc. Options. You can change your option to Enhanced Interface and it brings all the color, font, and size options right into your response box. Much easier than trying to use code.

Hope this helps.

Thanks Mary!! I didn't know this either!

 

[rsschneck]

Cindy I love my Roomba! I only have the vacume one.My two dogs are litter trained. So all the cat litter needs to be cleaned all the time.They seem to drag that litter all over the house! Plus with the 3 boys ,I need roomba!

Too funny! Our dog is litter trained too. People look at us funny when we tell them. We use the dog litter though, it is recycled paper that breaks down when wet. Not very messy because it is very different from cat litter. You might try it!

 

[WDWLVR]

Good morning Member Cruisers
- we sail in 18 weeks!






Woo Hoo ! We are another week closer to cruising!


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[WDWLVR]

Happy Father's Day to all our DIS Dads!
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[MaryJ]

Big surprise, I didn't know that either.

But, now where did the smilies go? They are no longer just "there" on the right side? Wait, I see them up there.

This must be a PC problem....I use a Mac and the smilies are still on the side.

 

[cgcw]

Cindy I love my Roomba! I only have the vacume one.My two dogs are litter trained. So all the cat litter needs to be cleaned all the time.They seem to drag that litter all over the house! Plus with the 3 boys ,I need roomba!

Thanks, Chris.

The more I think about it, the more I think it would do wonders in our house.

I'm glad to know you like it!

 

[cgcw]

This must be a PC problem....I use a Mac and the smilies are still on the side.

I have learned that I can have another window set up with just the smilies in it so that I don't have to reopen them everytime.

I have a little smilie face up in the box at the top. Now, the difference is that when I click on one of the smilies it shows up right away -- not the html code for it like it always did without the enhanced view.

 

[cgcw]

18 weeks!!!!


Anyone want to bet this is Robin's new favorite number?




Time for me to hit the shower. I can't wait to see everyone at breakfast this morning. Just a little Disney fix!

 

[WDWLVR]

I forgot to mention. All the circle journals I had are done so I'll be passing off all 3 to Cindy things morning.


I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at breakfast as well. We're heading out to church.

See you all soon!

 

[alikat99]

Good morning, everyone!!! We got home from Orlando late last night, and after getting through over 700 emails, I just didn't have the energy to read the thread.

We had fun at WDW and SeaWorld. We decided that while we like SeaWorld, I certainly wouldn't get annual passes. By the end of the day, the girls were done seeing shows. Emily wanted to ride rides at MK, instead. We figure that once or twice a year to SeaWorld would be plenty.

Emily and my niece Kailey did the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique on Friday, and I have to say that it was the best money spent. They both loved it, and they looked adorable. I'll have to post a picture later.

 

[alikat99]

Happy Belated Anniversary Ilene & Murton!! ​

 

[IleneF]

This must be a PC problem....I use a Mac and the smilies are still on the side.

YEE HAW! MaryJ, I'm a Mac person too! My smilies are in a drop down menu with Firefox at least, haven't tried Safari yet. I use both browsers interchangably. Didn't have to worry with the last round of "new graphic"
virus that went around either Gotta LOVE Macs.

 

[alikat99]

Since we have so many mom's on this thread I thought I would bring this to your attention. This is written by Mike (ohiomickey) who many of you may remember from SSMC05 (his wife Karen - ohiominnie is now on the waitlist to cruise with us). Mike does a great job on these articles and I thought you would find them helpful. He changes the topic every week.


www.pediascribe.com
current topic: The Swimming Ears of Summer

Thanks Mary!! I actually read Mike's article last week, since Karen had mentioned it when I ran into her at Epcot last week. What a cool source of information, and the Swimmer's Ear topic will come in handy now, since the girls are swimming SO much lately.