2006 DVC Member Cruise - SSMC06 - October 22, 2006 Part 4

[curtdennis]

Just 35 short days and we will be ON THE WONDER!
Squid

35 days 8 hours 43 minutes & 25 seconds or there abouts
But again who's counting????

 

[curtdennis]

Oh so my cursing was comletely justified then!

I was actually very preoccupied with the car next to me in the turning lane. There was a kid in the back seat, I'd say maybe he was in kindergarden. The mother (I'm assuming it was his mom) was driving a pretty new Honda Accord and the kid was in the back seat hopping all around. I was staring in disbelief that first of all the kid didn't have a booster seat but I was thinking maybe he was older than 6 and was small, but he didn't even have a SEAT BELT on!!! She saw me staring and I think I even had my mouth open and must have told the kid to stop but I was amazed by the whole incident, so I probably wouldn't have noticed you Stacy anyway.

Here is something you don't see everyday -- The inside of a traffic cop's mind, once you get past the cobwebs and the KK deposits that is...

I don't live to write tickets, I don't have a quota, there are no contests (at least where I am) to see who can write the most. In some cases you feel bad writing a ticket, knowing full well that you have/had done this yourself some time in the past. So I don't write a lot of seatbelt tickets. The last one I DID write though was when a car blew a stop sign in front of me and as I pulled in behind to do the traffic stop the child in the back seat stood up, turned around and waved at me (granted using all of her fingers - you'd be surprised at how often that is NOT the case). Grandma got a warning for the stop sign and the ticket for the seatbelt violations. I had NO problem writing that coupon ($100 off your next paycheck).

 

[IleneF]

Amy have a great time today...how can you not

So FIVE weeks, eh? Yeah I'm soooo ready!

Scrapbooking question...if I want to put modpodge type stuff over my paint can to make it shiny and so the pieces stick down better, how do I avoid getting brush streaks? Do the foam brushes leave marks or bubbles?

Well it's off to the Grand Canyon this am. And I'm planning on watching Amazing Race tonight. I loved the first Survivor this past Thursday. Loving Survivor so far. I picked the winning team. Having it race based in the
beginning is very interesting to me. I think it will put some stereotypes to rest. The only thing I didn't like is that Hispanics, Asians and Blacks have some cultural similarities. Whites really isn't a cultural group that way, racial yes but not cultural. So it's not really good that way. The
white tribe is a very sad one I think. It will be interesting to see how it all
pans out. In the end it won't matter much because it's one on one but in the beginning I think the more solidarity in the culture the stronger the group will be. I know alot of you watch BB, do any of you watch Survivor or AR?

 

[RRBB]

Good morning everyone. Can you guess what my favorite number is this week? (I bet Cindy knows. )

 

[BCVOwner2002]

Thanks, all for the info about DQ. It sounds like Cameron would love it since many of the "adult" boys on here do. I brought the idea up to him last night and he said he'd rather do some type of fishing excursion so I'll have to look into that.

Has anyone gone fishing at WDW?

We saw this huge bass off the pier at VWL our last day there in August. The kids couldn't believe the size of it -- it's mouth was huge. So, I'm sure that's what he's expecting to catch.

Tom and Shawn went on a fishing excursion last year and had a good time. They did this at BCV marina and the guide took them to some "hot" spots. The one thing Tom recommends is getting an early time since the fish are more active earlier in the day. Also, this is a catch and release excursion so make sure you take a camera so you'll have a picture of their catch.

 

[BCVOwner2002]

Sheesh, I had 14pages to catch up on! This is a chatty post from me.

I'm here in AZ! The weather is fantastic and I have free internet..YAY! I really wish they'd do this at Disney already but it's $10/day there :-( Time change has caught me off guard, I've been up since 2am but didn't get online until 4:20..call it self control, LOL! I had a sad day yesterday though. I came into Phoenix and rented a car to head to Jerome. Jerome is a little artist type community built into a hillside..nice yarn store and "haunted" hamburger joint was the main attraction for me,. I'd been warned about the road up..I have a fear of heights and bridges but I'd been able to do a similar road (I thought) two years ago. So I start up the road, made it into the city limits of Jerome and almost to the top when....I FROZE...literally. I could not press on the excelerator and my heart started to pound out of my chest. I almost cried. I had 4 cars behind me. I waved them passed me and then I did the only thing I could, I inched the car around and headed back down. What got me was the last turn was a hairpin cliff, just the site of it sent me into a full blown panic. I'm dissappointed in myself. I like to conquer my fears but I couldn't do it this time :-( Darn it. So I spent the rest of the day at Talpapque in Sedona then headed out the LONG way to Flagstaff because the short way is another "scenic" cliffy road. But I'm here and I treated myself to a nice meal at Olive Garden, lonely but yummy. They have a new dessert, a chocolate gelato with chocolate chunks and carmel sauce..YUP I devoured it!

Sorry to hear you couldn't make it to the top. You were smart to turn around though because if you made it to the top you may not have been comfortable to drive back down and that would've been even worse for you.

When I was in high school, I went to New York with the school. We went to the Statue of Liberty to climb the stairs to the top. We got about halfway up and someone in front of us passed out from fear of heights. Needless to say, the fire department had to be called and everyone who was behind this person had to turn around and go back down. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to go back up so I never made it to the top!

I've never been to AZ but it's on my list of places to visit. The new dessert at Olive Garden sounds G-O-O-D!! I just found out there is an Olive Garden in Stoughton. I think Tom and I need to go there for lunch one day!

 

[ohanafamily]

Here is something you don't see everyday -- The inside of a traffic cop's mind, once you get past the cobwebs and the KK deposits that is...

I don't live to write tickets, I don't have a quota, there are no contests (at least where I am) to see who can write the most. In some cases you feel bad writing a ticket, knowing full well that you have/had done this yourself some time in the past. So I don't write a lot of seatbelt tickets. The last one I DID write though was when a car blew a stop sign in front of me and as I pulled in behind to do the traffic stop the child in the back seat stood up, turned around and waved at me (granted using all of her fingers - you'd be surprised at how often that is NOT the case). Grandma got a warning for the stop sign and the ticket for the seatbelt violations. I had NO problem writing that coupon ($100 off your next paycheck).

Best story all week!!!!

Where was I when I had to bite my tongue, Oh yes, last Thursday I was getting some blood work done (Oh, and my boot is gone too) there was a lady waiting for a Glucose test that had a 3YODS with her, was preggers, and was just reaking of Cigarette smoke. I told the blood sucking nurse, she said that they were forbidden from commenting, and that If I said something it wouldn't do any good...



PS, Why are my socks in the shape of a number 5???

 

[BCVOwner2002]

I went to the eye doctor earlier today. I've never had my eyes dialated before, so it was quite an experience. I'm still wearing my sunglasses as it helps to shield me from the glare. It's a beautiful day in our neck of the woods. Gary's off to get some sod for the side yard where we had some bushes taken out. Now we need to fill the area in and it's the perfect time of year to do that. I'm hoping I can help when he gets back.

Anyway, let me tell you about my new reading glasses. The ultimate Disney colors red & black. I told Cameron that they look like the Disney ships. If that's not enough for me to get a Disney fix, I don't know what is. If I have to wear glasses, at least I'll be happy with these.

I commented to the tech that they must not have many Disney fans when she told me the black/purple combination were more popular. And, that lead us right into about a 1/2 hour discussion about Disney. Turns out she just returned from a trip with her 6 year old and we compared notes on what we like, favorites, tricks & tips. They are not DVC members but who knows, maybe I sparked enough interest in her to check it out.

Cindy - your glasses sound cool!! I "see" a DVC referral in your future! You should stop by and drop off one of the referral coupons we recently received in the mail!

I had to edit since I'm still catching up on posts. It appears great minds think alike!

 

[RRBB]

Oh look, only 3500 post to go to reach our goal. That's just 100 posts/day or 6.6 pages/day. At the rate we've been chatting lately I don't think we'll have any problem hitting 20000 before cruise day!

 

[cgcw]

All right ladies be gentle now....................Coleen and I went to Micheals and used our friends and family 25% off coupon tonight. AND I bought an
8 x 8 mickey album to use for the CJ. So as long as no ones makes too much fun of the pages I do I will participate!.

SQuid

You will do great, I've seen your work and it's far better than mine.

 

[cgcw]

Oh I wonder if we have the same album! I'm looking forward to next year's journal!!!

How do we know how many pages to put in?

Yeah!!!

Another participant. Julie, have you said before that you were joining us and I missed it, or am I just showing my age.

 

[cgcw]

35 days 8 hours 43 minutes & 25 seconds or there abouts
But again who's counting????

Oh, not you!!

No nanoseconds today???

 

[curtdennis]

Oh, not you!!

No nanoseconds today???

That was ****Minnie - You know nice lady from that state south of here.

 

[BCVOwner2002]

Is anyone else on the Ghiradelli email list? I just got an email from them and it had a coupon for $1 any specialty sundae, through 10/31. If anyone wants one, let me know.

I used to be on their mailing list but I guess no longer since I didn't get this one. I'd love a coupon! Thanks!

No, we just buy the basic Coach package that has hair & makeup. There are Photopass photographers there taking their pictures while they are getting made-up. Then, you can bring them over to the "scrapbook" store in Downtown Disney and they have a little photo studio where they take pictures too. Then, those go on your photopass too. Last time, we had combined a WHOLE bunch of pictures from a couple trips on our photopass and we just purchased it on CD for $99. But, you can just buy individual photos too.

How did you like the photopass cd?
I've read different things about it on the threads but was curious for your opinion. I was thinking of hitting EVERY disney photographer on this trip to get tons of pics and getting the cd.

I never thought of purchasing the photo pass on CD. That's a great idea!

 

[BCVOwner2002]

The girls had their first mini-meet today at gymnastics and did really well. They both made their cartwheel on the beam so they were happy. The coach wouldn't tell them all their scores so they have to wait until Monday for that. They each got to pick one score that they wanted to see and Brooke got a 9 on floor and Jessica had a 8.55 on beam. Those are great scores so everyone was happy. We went to Olive Garden after and now just watching the Michigan football game.

Wow! That's great. I love watching gymnastics.

How about a weekend GTKYFKK question. Just out of curiosity and to see if there are any other "twilight zone" moments.

What is the street number of your house?

Our is 1437.

I know for certain that there is one other person on our cruise with the same exact street number in their address. How weird is that???

I'm curious to see if, by chance, there are any other duplicates.

Okay! I'm still catching up on posts but if AnnMarie and Tom live at house number 8 this will be another TZ moment! There are only three houses on my street. I can't really call it a street. We live on a dirt road but it's call a "lane".

Mine is 20. Is that the lowest? I've never lived in a house with more than 3 digits in the number, and I even lived in a house that was 1.

Looks like I beat you for your current residence.

 

[cgcw]

Here is something you don't see everyday -- The inside of a traffic cop's mind, once you get past the cobwebs and the KK deposits that is...

I don't live to write tickets, I don't have a quota, there are no contests (at least where I am) to see who can write the most. In some cases you feel bad writing a ticket, knowing full well that you have/had done this yourself some time in the past. So I don't write a lot of seatbelt tickets. The last one I DID write though was when a car blew a stop sign in front of me and as I pulled in behind to do the traffic stop the child in the back seat stood up, turned around and waved at me (granted using all of her fingers - you'd be surprised at how often that is NOT the case). Grandma got a warning for the stop sign and the ticket for the seatbelt violations. I had NO problem writing that coupon ($100 off your next paycheck).

Only $100. Too bad, it's not a $1000 offense. Maybe then some parents would take it more seriously, at least in their pocketbook.

How sad that people don't realize the impact an accident can have on their children. I've had parents tell me that their child fights them to get in the carseat. I've gone through it myself when Cameron was about 2. But...then that amazing vehicle knew exactly what NOT to do. It just doesn't start until everyone is buckled up.

Two summers ago, I was driving down the road with my daycare, going about 45-50 miles an hour. Walker says, "Mom, Justin unbuckled". I could not believe my ears. I immediately pulled over and strapped him back in. He was in one of the booster seats which used the regular seat belt to strap them in. No more. When we got home, I changed it out to be the booster seat which is permanently strapped into the seat and the kids use the 5 point harness to strap in, because I knew he couldn't do that to me again.

That night, when his Mom picked him up, I told her what happened, thinking that I'd forwarn her to watch he didn't do that same thing to her. Know what she told me, that he did it to her about a week prior but she never thought he'd do it to me. I couldn't believe that she didn't mention it to me. That little boy sat in the 5 point harness until the day he left my daycare, and still now, when he comes to play with Walker, he sits in the 5 point if we go in the car.

I just don't take chances. Period.

I also once knew a daycare provider who when I said lets go have our carseats installed professionally told me that she "didn't want to know" if they were not installed correctly. Okay, whatever. I hope someones child doesn't suffer from your stupid thought process.

I have had fire fighters tell me that the thought of rolling up to my vehicle if it's ever in an accident is a frightening one to them. Being it's lettered as a daycare vehicle, they tell me they hope my kids are 1. strapped in, 2. strapped in correctly, and 3. all okay. I hope I never see that day.

 

[Copper3]

When it comes to a car, the bottom line is what's right for you, not what people may refer to the vehicle as.

When we got the first of the twin cars, we researched all the vehicles in the category of mini suv, then narrowed it down based on what information on options, safety and the like on each of them, then the final test was to go to the auto show and check each one out in person. The one that met all of our needs was the Forester and have been absolutely content with that choice for us, and we'll be roadtripping in it in about 5 week now. Your choices are yours and what fits best for your needs, don't let some public opinons color your judgement in that, it's your car, and you're going to be the one driving it.

This is so true. Same here when I was looking for a new car and wanted an SUV I went to the auto show in NY a year before buying. I found three cars that were comfortable to sit in and researched them online. When I test drove each of them I found what I drive now to be my favorite I have ever driven, the Toyota Matrix (Pontiac Vibe is the same car different maker). I have taken a lot of heat for buying it because it's not what a single guy should be driving especially in Florida, they say I should drive a convertible, but I'm perfectly happy with that car. Noone complains when I can stuff four more in after a night of drinking or need a bigger car to help move stuff in. Bottom line is I'm happy with it and am real happy now with gas prices where they are, it's a 4 cylinder wagon that comes in 2 or 4 wheel drive but is slip and grip.

 

[cgcw]

Good morning everyone. Can you guess what my favorite number is this week? (I bet Cindy knows. )

Hmmm, wild guess.

5????

 

[cgcw]

Tom and Shawn went on a fishing excursion last year and had a good time. They did this at BCV marina and the guide took them to some "hot" spots. The one thing Tom recommends is getting an early time since the fish are more active earlier in the day. Also, this is a catch and release excursion so make sure you take a camera so you'll have a picture of their catch.

Thanks!! I did find the info on the Disney World website and plan to call to book it for our day there. It sounds like the same one. I'm glad the guide had the hot spot. That makes a fishing day even better.

Catch & release is all my kids ever do --- we cooked a crab (not even a fish) in Hilton Head this past summer and once it was done, no one could eat a bite of it, knowing that it was alive just a couple minutes ago.

And.....I'm not the type of have fish hanging on my walls at home.

 

[BCVOwner2002]

Amy have a great time today...how can you not

So FIVE weeks, eh? Yeah I'm soooo ready!

I think the more solidarity in the culture the stronger the group will be. I know alot of you watch BB, do any of you watch Survivor or AR?

Count me in as a Survivor and Amazing Race fan! I'll be watching too.