4/29/06 Eastern Magic...We're Going!!!!!

[ohsodisney]

Here is the top McKenna liked for pirates night , I actually want one . I'm thinking now I may have to get something .,

 

[HeadGearPat2006]

Tom,
I check in every once in a while when my Syracuse "Manhattens" kickin' but what is all the fuss about Wlamart. Dude, did you look at their stock price? Better than the consulting firm I work for and we are in the top 5.

Anyway I guess you have rookie duty with the new sales rep. As I do with all new subordinates, I instruct them "light on the wax and please pay attention to the rims...."

Later..BTW..can you tell us uneducated folk where the hell Travese City is?

p.s. Pedro: Do you think people will vote for me?
Napoleon Dynamite: Heck yes! I'd vote for you.
Pedro: Like what are my skills?
Napoleon Dynamite: Well, you have a sweet bike. And you're really good at hooking up with chicks. Plus you're like the only guy at school who has a mustache.

 

[PhillyJen2006]

Ok- let the truth be told.....I do hate Wal Mart- just didn'twant to make any enemies. But we all have our differences right? I feel like I am lying to you all letting you think I like it! If you all hate me and don't associate with me on the cruise- I am ok with that. Really I am.....

PJ

 

[Belle&RellasMom]

Yeah, you're probably right...maybe we shouldn't associate anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Belle and Rella's Dad]

Patrick,

Traverse City is in North Western Michigan in the L. P. I actually have to be here not only this week, for some appointments and to meet the new guy and his wife, but next week for an insurance agents convention for two nights, and then again in two weeks for training the new guy for three nights. Needless to say I will be ready for the beach vacation, followed by the cruise 18 days later. I am luckey enough to have a Queen that puts up with all the travel, who loves you babe. Tell PJ, that I will still hang with the chick from PA, as long as her Pirate is making me a cocktail.

Tom

 

[Belle and Rella's Dad]

I know what we need to get this thing going tonight, click on this!!!!!

Let go everyone

 

[Belle&RellasMom]

Suzie...I'm glad you missed me! How was the nap(s)??? And the wings??? Did Tori end up having her party today?

CG...how is Quinn? Any progress on the wristband, bracelet things??? Loved the jokes...all of them...didn't send any love earlier because I, like everyone else on this thread, wasn't feeling the love today...just a day with not much to say! Plus Napoleon Dynamite wasn't on today!!!

HGP...nice you see you around...we heard about the kick a** dinner that you made last night!!! Did you enjoy your Valentine's Day present???

mketting...hope your night went better than your day did!

Night all...

Almost-Blind Corliss

 

[suziemva]

Tom, no, you did not just post that. Let me look again....yes, you did! Oh, I hate you! (*said with a smile on my face!) I will be singing that in my head all night! At least this time I knew when to stop!

Julie - yes, Tori had her party but I had to grocery shop and didn't get back in time to see it! I'm really bummed because her Valentine's box is missing and I'm not sure if her friends got her cards....I was told things were so rushed because today is bible class and music day. They just kind of tacked on the party because of no school Monday. They can't do it Friday because Dr. Al, the Kiddie pal (dentist) is coming.....

Wings were great - I think I ate 25 wings! OMG! Don't think I'll eat the rest of the week. I did turn down the turtle cheesecake (yeah for me!!) that my friend Heather and Ed decided to share.

Nap was good, but caught up on all my computer (this is my last checkup), all my tv shows (Jerome Bettis was really cute on Regis and Kelly!), printed Ed's boarding pass, got my glass of water and I'm off to bed!

Night all!

 

[partypat]

Partypat- HGP asked me tonight, after he brought me a bottle of Russian River Valley Chard. Every bottle of wine that I have had that was a Russian River Valley Chard(Clos Du Bois Reserve this time) that I have ever had has been excellent. Now they all say "Sonoma" on them...not that nasty 4 letter word. Anyway, he just asked me what makes the Russian River Valley wines so good? If you have an answer...we'd love to hear it!!!

PhillyJen, you asked about Chard. What I can tell you (and I'm no expert, I got it from a wine maker) is that the Chard that comes from the Russian River Valley has a tropical/melon flavor. It comes from the soil and the climate in this area. The Russian River runs thru my town (I posted pictures at flood stage in January) and empties into the ocean about a hour from here. Evidently, the rolling hills and sandy loam, along with the coastal fog that rolls in and out, which we call our air conditioner in the summer, make for a great white grape growing climate. Closer to the ocean (more fog) is Korbel, which makes for great bubbly. The fog has a lot to do with it, along with the rolling hills. By the way, Clos Du Bois Winery is in my town....they make some great red and white wines. Inland and farther from the river are where the reds are grown. At least that is what I seem to observe, and as I said I'm no expert.

 

[Belle&RellasMom]

Here are a couple for you today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ohsodisney]

Good Morning

Is anyone going to dress up for pirate night , not meaning the kids ? I have searched for a pirate costume and I have to say many of them seem quite hoeish . We would like to dress up but I'm sorry I don't think I can walk around the ship looking like I should be walking the Las Vegas Strip

 

[castlegazer]

AWESOME countdown - thank you!

I have to tell you all that in high school, remember during this story that I went to a girls boarding school, we called the middle weeks of February the *****y season. We had tunnels that ran from building to building on campus so there was no need to go outside and get fresh air or sunshine. We also, as all girls, would place our palms on the push areas of the doors and this transfers hormones to each other, making that special time of the month for women also start coinciding with each other. So get the mental image here - all girls, all *****y, all having a visit from Aunt Flo - yeah, times were good.

I have so much to respond to this morning and you all didn't put up that much here, but it was chocked full of info. Sorry I was absent, my husband was making some snide comments about me being on the computer the night he was home, and I decided to take the hint. We watched Lost together, which, Yes, was AWESOME.

ohsodisney, you first, because I woke up at like 3 am andhad a ton to say to you - no idea why, but it all just was in my head at that time - you're (or maybe I am) lucky I didn't get right on here at that minute. Be careful about judiging distances for travel using mapquest or other mapping stuff - To get from Gettysburg to DC takes a hell of a lot longer than 60 minutes. You haven't said exactly where your husband will be located but if it's in the district just be careful about judging travel time by miles. I don't know why this woke me up, but it did and I was suddenly worried for you.

As for Pleasure Island, it's not for our April trip that I am asking about it - it's for next week. I go down to Orlando for four days on business travel and am flying in on Friday night. I will be going Friday night to Pleasure Island and then Saturday to Epcot prior to some early evening meetings. I got a two day ticket so if on Sunday I had some time I could go check out Expedition Everest at AK too. I am more than a little excited about this.

SUZIE - YOU ROCK!!! That is exactly the site! Thank you! But gotta say - 25 wings!!!!! Holy cow, girl!!!!! That is a LOT OF wings!!!!! I peeter out around 10 and that was in the good ol days of college - now it's more like 8. But, I should not throw stones as I was so bad at that barbeque place - they have these cheesy garlic potatoes that aren't mashed, just left in chunks that I had about three servings of. They also had boneless ribs on the buffet line that I helped myself to three servings of too.

PAT - That was a great lesson and I love those flavors so I will be off to find some wine now.

TT - (this really is just for Tom, so anyone can read it, but you may get bored so feel free to skim and skip if you want) We will have lots to talk about at Grills. Paul and I met when were both Chief of Staffs for committees in our state legislature, the General Court, and I was a COS to the Commerce and Labor Committee. I specialize in commerce policy and wrote the brownfields legislation for the state to help small businesses. I now use some of that to coordinate our lobbyists for my company, but most of it is now long fallow in my repertoir of skills. My husband on the other hand came out of the legislature to become a Vice President for our city's chamber of commerce working on government affairs. He now is the CEO for a non-profit economic development advocacy organization for a region of the state that sorrounds Boston - he works with businesses to help promote transportation, housing, water resource, and other business needs to the Federal and state government. They have a great staff and work closely with the Massachusetts Retailers Association, but they are mainly focused on non-retail issues for the huge companies that line that area with their headquarters or major campuses.

I on the other hand now work for the evil big box retailer - but I spoke up and advocated strongly against a policy we were implementing of squeezing out the small grocer. We still seem to be doing that in some aspects but I think it's less about our inlfuence and more about an unwillingness on the grocers part to change their business model. The most successful grocers in our area and the ones who are expanding astronomically are the specialized grocers - Whole Foods, Hanafords, etc. But, if it helps at all, we are cognizent of the impact we have and we try not to squeeze out businesses - our business model is not based on that but on being the best we can be for the small residential user (Costco focuses on business users, Sam's focuses on well, just being Wal-Mart of the warehouse clubs and it shows or just trying to one up Costco rather than defining themselves in a different model).

I do shop Wal-Mart, but I really feel icky when I do and it's only for small items like Airborn or halloween candy. I mean how low can you go for prices? Who is making this stuff? Where is it coming from? Well, we all know the answers and it's soooo not good for America.

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OK - that'e enough of that riff.

Anyway I guess you have rookie duty with the new sales rep. As I do with all new subordinates, I instruct them "light on the wax and please pay attention to the rims...."

 

[castlegazer]

Good Morning

Is anyone going to dress up for pirate night , not meaning the kids ? I have searched for a pirate costume and I have to say many of them seem quite hoeish . We would like to dress up but I'm sorry I don't think I can walk around the ship looking like I should be walking the Las Vegas Strip

Julie posted a link to the thread she started on this a few pages back. To some extent I think you will find most of us will be doing something - me, I think it will be just a big blouse tied off with a red scarf and eye patch. I don't know how much my kids will dress up for it - my son is scared of pirates a little.

 

[ohsodisney]

CG , he would be working in Gaithersburg. I just talked to DH and he said that his boss has the whole Jack Sparrow costume , so he is all set , guess this means I have to find something , but I would prefer it to have some material to it. . So I'm offf on the internet costume hunt .

 

[castlegazer]

http://www.raglanroadirishpub.com/


Check it out!

Oh, I am excited! They did this for two pubs in Boston and it's soo cool! They brought the whole thing over from Ireland in crates - we all joke, half joke that is, that those crates may have been bound for Boston with a wee bit more in them than just bar ware as the IRA has their USA headquarters here too.

 

[castlegazer]

Forgot to answer you all about my son, he is sick, sick, sick - it's the rotovirus. I actually got super mad at one of his teachers this morning and let her know it because she has a daughter in the infant room with my daughter and her daughter got this, but prior to knowing she had it, she brought her down into the pre-school room to visit ALOT - well, now my son will be out of school for at least 6 days with it, God forbid if Catrina gets it. My MIL is home with him today for the full day as I have to get some stuff done here at work.

Back on my riff for a minute, and this is for Jen: for all the grief I jokingly gave you, we actually all really respect Costco around here - we're super competitors, but it's a very healthy competition and deep respect for how well they do this business. It's like an athlete looking up to a mentor - we would like to beat that mentor, but we truly respect their skills. Sam's is a completely different matter alltogether. We loathe them and we acutally beat them wherever we go in head to head with them. We clean their clocks. Theirs is a hollow business model - no soul.

 

[suziemva]

ohsodisney - (don't take any of this the wrong way, please!!!)(sounds bad to start out that way, doesn't it?!)Gaithersburg is in Montgomery county, just the other side of VA. Gettysburg, PA is a bit toooooooo far in my opinion.....I would consider moving in much closer.....

We live in Woodbridge (15 miles south of DC) and it's one of the places people will look at last for housing because of the commute to DC - all the way up 95 is no fun!!! (Ed leaves at 5:10 in the am to be at work by 6:30.....if he left later, he would have to HOV-3 it/pick up slugs, go back roads - 1 to 1/2 hours commute on a lucky day- or go up 95 - count on 2-3 hours travel time) Especially with the construction at the Mixing Bowl! Check out any of the "95 construction" posts on any Disney wesbite....on the weekends with construction it can back up 10-15 miles! That's just 95 and the poor slobs that didn't know about the construction....all other roads (Rt 1, 123, etc) all back up from the locals and ones in the know....

What I'm trying to say is that the map may look good but you really need to know the traffic pattern for where you live and where you work and all that it takes to get from one to another. IMHO your best bet is to come to the area and check it out. Talk to realtors. I'm not fond of MD to live in (and have lived there!!) and I don't think the school systems are that great. Crime is a bit out of hand, too...but that's mostly Prince Georges county....there are some pretty places in MD (my aunt lives in Columbia) but it's really all in what you want, what you can afford, and what is the maximum commute you want....I don't mean to scare you guys off, but it is a huge shock to people when they move to the area. You do end up getting used to it but such a pain!

That said, good luck on what you find! Would love to have you guys around!!!

CG - yeah the wings killed me this morning. Bad heartburn!!!! They were very good though but even amazed myself eating all those!!! WHAT A PIG!!! But the craving is gone for a while and with no wing night next week (friends gone on travel, etc.) hopefully I get over the crazy craving....

Partypat - I miss you, sweetie! Where are you??????
SteveMed -
Inthemood, The Roses, .....BLBCB.....and the list goes on and on and on
Geez, everyone! Where are you?? Tom, you're excused because of your travels but I guess everyone else is too busy or cranky.....did my computer send the cranky virus to everyone?!?! So sorry if it did!

Okay, I'll give you guys time to wake up and smell the coffee . Tori has a playdate at Uncle Donalds (McD's) with some friends from school. Chat later!!

 

[Belle&RellasMom]

Okay everyone...TIME TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT!!!!!!!

 

[castlegazer]

because I have promoted her trip report before, you all have to go check this new stuff out from Timon:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1032016

 

[suziemva]

Forgot to answer you all about my son, he is sick, sick, sick - it's the rotovirus.

OMGoodness! I am sorry to hear this.... what do you do to treat this? Heard of it but don't know alot....oh, honey! Sooooo sorry!