A Wigdout trip report, DISmeets, Flashing Jelly Rings and Manpris, Oh MY!

[wigdoutdismom]

You are a bad influence!!!! Sick days personal days.... shoot I have to be sick for three of my 6 days this coming week.... BUT no kids in session so I don't feel so guilty. My annual leave doesn't kick in for the next year until July 15!

RE the CRUISE.. Wow. All I can tell you is that when we went a few years ago, BC (before children ) It was devine! Castaway Cay is SO cool. The boat was AMAZING....

Since you are taking three "sick days", I hope you are "feeling better" soon! Somehow I think it will be a very speedy recovery, is the diagnosis "Disney Fever"?

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Oh yes, ours too, but it is hard to enforce en masse... and it is comical to see them try and climb stairs

Climb stairs or run.......

With the elementary crew the nurse ties the back two belt loops together, the boys look very deflated when they come back with their pants up where they ought to be....

 

[Happydog]

Since you are taking three "sick days", I hope you are "feeling better" soon! Somehow I think it will be a very speedy recovery, is the diagnosis "Disney Fever"?

OH most definitely!!! I have a very high fever right now!

And I just finally caught the rest of your updates thus far and of course think it is SO cool that you met LL and CP and your Brown Derby lunch looked fabulous. I can't wait to book there in December!!!

 

[Charleston Princess]

You get four personal days!?! We get two, and if we choose we can trade two sick for another personal day........

No, technically we have two -- I don't know what I would do about the other two. I guess I could develop Cruise Fever.

Or just pay the higher summer prices -- which is what we will end up doing.

 

[shannn]

We went in October 3 years ago and loved it then! The reason we go every 3 years is because we're staying at the Poly, Concierge, & DxDP..... what can I say? I love to be pampered on vacation.

I'm a teacher too. We have a 2 day fall break; I'm taking my 2 personal days; AND I'm taking 1/2 day without pay because we got a flight that was too good to pass up and decided to fly instead of drive. I'm also taking my kids out of school (bad mommy! I swore I'd never do that, but October is just Such a wonderful time to go! And and and...it's my BIRTHDAY!)

I have no idea what my principal is going to say. Probably start laughing, but what can he do? I won't be there, so he'd better get a sub!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

OH most definitely!!! I have a very high fever right now!

And I just finally caught the rest of your updates thus far and of course think it is SO cool that you met LL and CP and your Brown Derby lunch looked fabulous. I can't wait to book there in December!!!

HBD was so yummy that I'm planning a mother/daughter lunch there in December!

No, technically we have two -- I don't know what I would do about the other two. I guess I could develop Cruise Fever.

Or just pay the higher summer prices -- which is what we will end up doing.

Marc and I used two personal days tacked onto a comp day for conferences and a weekend for our MNSSHP trip last October, and our principal was so nice about it.
With a new principal this coming year there is no way I would even ask.

 

[wigdoutdismom]

We went in October 3 years ago and loved it then! The reason we go every 3 years is because we're staying at the Poly, Concierge, & DxDP..... what can I say? I love to be pampered on vacation.

I'm a teacher too. We have a 2 day fall break; I'm taking my 2 personal days; AND I'm taking 1/2 day without pay because we got a flight that was too good to pass up and decided to fly instead of drive. I'm also taking my kids out of school (bad mommy! I swore I'd never do that, but October is just Such a wonderful time to go! And and and...it's my BIRTHDAY!)

I have no idea what my principal is going to say. Probably start laughing, but what can he do? I won't be there, so he'd better get a sub!

We took our son out too, he told us that he couldn't believe that we would so such a thing since we are both teachers. I told him he could stay home and go to school if he wanted. Well, he chose to go........
How in the world can you eat sooo much food? Congierge, DxDp, they would have to roll me out.....
I can't think of a better way to spend your birthday! Mine is on the 5th of July and with the crowds from the 4th I doubt that I will ever experience a Disney birthday.

 

[jenharring]

I finally updated my tr. I am going to do another update tonight, but I think im going to close out the one im doing and redo it in the right place. Ill send ya a link.

 

[wigdoutdismom]

I finally updated my tr. I am going to do another update tonight, but I think im going to close out the one im doing and redo it in the right place. Ill send ya a link.

Are you going to post the link in your siggie?

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Hi again, Wigdout! I've been lurking, because I've been speechless with all the banter between BlessedDaddy and Shocker - (I think they speak Southern ) I am enjoying your TR very much! The pic of Baylor with the "gas attendant" is so funny! I'm glad to hear you liked HBD so much. I loved it when we were there, and I hear so many disparaging remarks about it - DH liked it too, and he's usually a meat and potatoes eater!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Hi again, Wigdout! I've been lurking, because I've been speechless with all the banter between BlessedDaddy and Shocker - (I think they speak Southern ) I am enjoying your TR very much! The pic of Baylor with the "gas attendant" is so funny! I'm glad to hear you liked HBD so much. I loved it when we were there, and I hear so many disparaging remarks about it - DH liked it too, and he's usually a meat and potatoes eater!

I connived the rest of the trip to get back over there for a Cobb Salad.......

 

[bentleygirl22]

great trip report can't wait to read more

 

[jenharring]

Are you going to post the link in your siggie?

I did I did, it is there now.

 

[shannn]

How in the world can you eat sooo much food? Congierge, DxDp, they would have to roll me out.....

Easy-- concierge for breakfast (we are not big breakfast eaters anyway), 1TS for lunch, 2TS Signature places for dinner. It also helps that we're going to be there 5 full days but only 4 nights at the poly. (We're staying our first and last nights at ASM.) So, we can spread our credits out some too. I'm not one of those people who feels the need to worry about making it "worth it." If we don't want something, we just won't order it. It's all about making our vacation "all inclusive" so I never have to take out my wallet while we're there.

 

[MeMom]

We took our son out too, he told us that he couldn't believe that we would so such a thing since we are both teachers. I told him he could stay home and go to school if he wanted. Well, he chose to go........

I can't think of a better way to spend your birthday! Mine is on the 5th of July and with the crowds from the 4th I doubt that I will ever experience a Disney birthday.

Good choice, Baylor!

This teacher skipped school, too, for a short trip in October for Jill's birthday two years ago. Both of my principals knew where I was going and gave me their blessings. I'm lucky that I had two very family oriented administrators at the time.

You should think about taking a birthday trip sometime - just a short one, maybe. Even though it is crowded, you just go in knowing that. Just plan to do a very few things and make it more of a hanging out and relaxing trip. Those Fourth of July fireworks are well worth seeing in person! It was also cool to see all the flags and the red, white, and blue decorations, along with all of the red, white, and blue that guests were wearing.

And there is no 'funner' place than being in Disney World on your birthday! I did it for my 50th, and I'm getting ready to do it for #52 in 30 days!

Put it on your bucket list, wigd!

 

[Blesseddaddy]

We took our son out too, he told us that he couldn't believe that we would so such a thing since we are both teachers. Did I say how PROUD I was of my SENSIBLE Disnephew??? I am just beaming with PRIDE at what a good, good, young man he is!!!!!I told him he could stay home and go to school if he wanted. Well, he chose to go........Did I say what a SMART, SMART Disnephew I have??? Such a SMART, SENSIBLE, LEVEL HEADED young man!!!

You and Shocker are doing a fine job, raising that boy!!! and he seems to be doing a fair job at keeping the two of you grounded!!!

 

[wsushocker]

Hi again, Wigdout! I've been lurking, because I've been speechless with all the banter between BlessedDaddy and Shocker - (I think they speak Southern )

How To Speak Southern

Afar: In a state of combustion. "Call the far department. That house is afar."

Ahr: What we breathe, also a unit of time made up of 60 minutes. "They should've been here about an ahr ago."

Ar: Possessive pronoun. "That's AR dawg, not yours."

Baws: Your employer. "The baws may not always be right, but he's always the baws."

Braht: Dazzing. "Venus is a braht planet."

Bud: Small feathered crature that flies. "A robin sure is a pretty bud."

Cawse: Cause, usually preceded in the South by the adjective "lawst" (lost). "The War Between the States was a lawst cawse."

Cayut: A furry animal much beloved by little girls but detested by adults when it engages in mating rituals in the middle of the night. "Be sure to put the cayut out-side before you go to bed."

Clone: A type of scent women put on themselves. "what's that clone you got on, honey?"

Daints: A more or less formal event in which members of the opposite sex hold each other and move rhythmically to the sound of music. "You wanna go to the daints with me Saturday night, Bobbie Sue?"

Deah: A term of endearment, except in the sense Rhett Butler used it when he said to Scarlett O'Hara, "Frankly, my deah, Ah don't give a damn."

Didn't go to: Did not intend to. "Don't whip Billy for knockin' his little sister down. He didn't go to do it."

Dollin: Another term of endearment. (darling) "Dollin, will you marry me?"

Dreckly: Soon. "He'll be along dreckly."

Effuts: Exertions. "Lee made great effuts to defeat Grant."

Everthang: All-encompassing. "everthang's all messed up."

Everhoo: Another baffling Southernism - a reverse contraction of whoever."Everhoo one of you kids wants to go to the movie better clean up their room."

Fahn: Excellent. "That sure is a fahn-lookin' woman."

Farn: Anything that is not domestic. "Ah don't drink no farn liquor, specially Rooshin vodka."

Fetchin': Attractive. "That's a mighty fetchin' woman. Think I'll ask her to daints."

Fixin' to: About to. "I'm fixin' to go to the store."

Fummeer: A place other than one's present location. "Where do we go fummeer?"

Gawn: Departed. "Bo's not here. He's gawn out with somebody else."

Gone: Going to. "You boys just git out there and play football. We gone make mistakes, but they are, too."

Gummut: A large institution operating out of Washington that consumes taxes at a fearful rate. "Bill's got it made. He's got a gummut job."

Hahr: That which grows on your head and requires cutting periodically. "You need a hahrcut."

Hod: Not soft, but meaning stubborn or willful when used to describe a Southern child's head. "That boy's so hod-headed it's pitiful."

Hot: A muscle that pumps blood through the body, but also regarded as the center of emotion. "That gull (girl) has just broke his hot."

Hush yo' mouth: An expression of pleased embarrassment, as when a Southern female is paid an extravagant compliment. "Honey, you're 'bout the sweetest, best-lookin' woman in Tennessee. Now hush yo' mouth, Jim Bob."

Ignert: Ignorant. "Ah've figgered out what's wrong with Congress. Most of 'em are just plain ignert."

Innerduce: To make one person acquainted with another. "Lemme innerduce you to my cousin. She's a little on the heavy side, but she's got a great personality."

Iont: I don't. "Iont know if Ah can eat another bobbycue (barbecue) or not."

Jack-leg: Self taught, especially in reference to automobile mechanics and clergy-men. "He's just a jack-leg preacher, but he sure knows how to put out the hellfire and brimstone."

Jewant: Do you want. "Jewant to go over to the Red Rooster and have a few beers?"

Ka-yun: A sealed cylinder containing food. "If that woman didn't have a kay-un opener, her family would starve to death."

Kerosene cat in hell with gasoline drawers on: A colorful Southern expression used as as evaluation of someone's ability to accomplish something. "He ain't got no more chance than a kerosene cat in hell with gasoline drawers on."

Kin: Related to. An Elizabethan expression, one of many which survived in the South. "Are you kin to him?" "Yeah, He's my brother."

Klect: To receive money to which one is entitled. "Ah don't think you'll ever klect that bill."

Laht: A source of illumination. "This room's too doc (dark). We need more laht in here."

Lar: One who tells untruths. "Not all fishermen are lars. It's just that a lot of lars fish."

Layin' up: Resting or meditating. Or as Southern women usually put it, loafing. "Cecil didn't go to work today 'cause of a chronic case of laziness. He's been layin' up in the house all day, drivin' me crazy."

Let alone: Much less. "He can't even hold a job and support himself, let alone support a family."

Lick and a promise: To do something in a hurried or perfunctory fashion. "We don't have time to clean this house so it's spotless. Just give it a lick and a promise."

Mahty raht: Correct. "You mahty raht about that, Awficer. Guess Ah WAS speedin' a little bit."

Make out: Yes, it means that in the South too, but it also means finish your meal. "You chirren (Children) hadn't had nearly enough to eat. Make out your supper."

Mind to: To have the intention of doing something. "Ah got a mind to quit my job and just loaf for a while."

Nawth: Any part of the country outside the South _Midwest, California or whatever.If it's not South, it's Nawth. "People from up Nawth sure do talk funny."

Nekkid: To be unclothed. "Did you see her in that movie? She was nekkid as a jaybird."

Nemmine: Never mind, but used in the sense of difference. "It don't make no nemmine to me."

Of a moanin: Of a morning, meaning in the morning. "My daddy always liked his coffee of a moanin."

Ownliest: The only one. "That's the ownliest one Ah've got left."

Parts: Buccaneers who sailed under the dreaded skull and crossbones. "See that third baseman? He just signed a big contrack with the Pittsburg Parts."

PEEcans: Northerners call them peCONNS for some obscure reason. "Honey, go out in the yard and pick up a passel of PEEcans. Ah'm gonna make us a pie."

Pert: Perky, full of energy. "You look mighty pert today."

Pick at: To pester and annoy. "Jimmy, Ah told you not to pick at your little sister."

Purtiest: The most pretty. "ain't she the purtiest thing you ever seen?"

Quar: An organized choral group, usually connected with a church or school. "Did you hear the news? The preacher left his wife and run off with the quar director."

Raffle: A long-barrelled firearm. "Dan'l Boone was a good shot with a raffle."

Rahtnaow: At once. "Linda Sue, Ah want you to tell that boy it's time to go home and come in the house rahtnaow."

Ranch: A tool used to lossen or tighten nuts and bolts. "Hand me that ranch, Homer."

Raut: A method of getting from one place to another which Southerners pronounce to rhyme with "kraut". Yankees, for reasons that remain shrouded in mystery, pronounce "route" to rhyme with "root". Or worse still, "foot."

Restrunt: A place to eat. "New Yorker's got a lot of good restrunts."

Retard: No longer employed. "He's retard now."

Sass: Another Elizabethan term derived from the word saucy, meaning to speak in an impertinent manner. "Don't sass me, young lady. You're not too old to get a whippin'."

Shainteer: Indicates the absence of a female. "Is the lady of the house in?" "Nope. Shainteer."

Shudenoughta: Should not. "You shudenoughta have another drink."

Spell: An indetermined length of time. "Let's sit here and rest a spell."

Stain: The opposite of leaving. "Ah hate this party, and Ah'm not stain much longer."

Supper: The evening meal Southererners are having while Yankees are having dinner. "What's for supper, honey?

Take on: To behave in a highly emotional manner. "Don't take on like that, Brenda Sue. He's not the only man in Lee County."

Tal: What you dry off with after you take a share. "Would you bring me a tal, sweetheart?"

Tawt: To instruct. "Don't pull that cat's tail. Ah tawt you better'n that."

Thank: Think. "Ah thank Ah'll go to a movie tonight."

That ole dawg won't hunt no more: That will not work. "You want to borrow $20 when you still owe me fifty? That ole dawg won't hunt no more."

Tore up: Distraught, very upset. "His wife just left him, and he's all tore up about it."

Uhmewzin: Funny, comical. "Few things are more uhmewzin than a Yankee tryin' to affect a Southern accent, since they invariably address one person as 'y'all when any Southern six-year-old knows 'y'all is always plural because it means 'all of you.'"

Usta: Used to. "Ah usta live in Savanah."

Vaymuch: Not a whole lot, when expressed in the negative. "Ah don't like this ham vaymuch."

Wahn: What Jesus turned the water into, unless you're Babdist who is persuaded it was only grape juice. "Could Ah have another glass of that wahn?"

Wars: Slender strands of coated copper that carry power over long distances. "They're puttin' telephone wars underground now."

Wawk: A method of non-polluting travel by foot. "Why don't we take an old-fashioned wawk?"

Wear out: An expression used to describe a highly-effective method of behavior modification in children. "When Ah get ahold of that boy, Ah'm gonna wear him out."

Wender: A glass-covered opening in a wawl. "Open that wender, It's too hot in here."

Yat: A common greeting in the Irish Channel section of New Orleans. Instead of saying "hey" in lieu of "hello" the way most Southerners do, they say, "Where yat?"

Yew: Not a tree, but a personal pronoun. "Yew wanna shoot some pool?"

Y'heah?: A redundant expression tacked onto the end of sentences by Southerners. "Y'all come back soon, y'heah?"

Yontny: Do you want any. "Yontny more cornbread?"

Yungins: Also spelled younguns, meaning young ones. "Ah want all you yungins in bed in five minutes."

Zit: Is it. "Zit already midnight, sugar? Tahm sure flies when you're having fun."

Taken from "More How To Speak Southern" written by Steve Mitchell

I do NOT speak Southern!​

 

[wigdoutdismom]

great trip report can't wait to read more

Hi there! Glad you are here! I will be writing more, and more, and then some more.

I did I did, it is there now.

I found you!

Easy-- concierge for breakfast (we are not big breakfast eaters anyway), 1TS for lunch, 2TS Signature places for dinner. It also helps that we're going to be there 5 full days but only 4 nights at the poly. (We're staying our first and last nights at ASM.) So, we can spread our credits out some too. I'm not one of those people who feels the need to worry about making it "worth it." If we don't want something, we just won't order it. It's all about making our vacation "all inclusive" so I never have to take out my wallet while we're there.

It is nice to have it all paid for, we have done that before with the dining plan too. Now we go with the Tables in Wonderland card, it works better for us.

Good choice, Baylor!

This teacher skipped school, too, for a short trip in October for Jill's birthday two years ago. Both of my principals knew where I was going and gave me their blessings. I'm lucky that I had two very family oriented administrators at the time.

You should think about taking a birthday trip sometime - just a short one, maybe. Even though it is crowded, you just go in knowing that. Just plan to do a very few things and make it more of a hanging out and relaxing trip. Those Fourth of July fireworks are well worth seeing in person! It was also cool to see all the flags and the red, white, and blue decorations, along with all of the red, white, and blue that guests were wearing.

And there is no 'funner' place than being in Disney World on your birthday! I did it for my 50th, and I'm getting ready to do it for #52 in 30 days!

Put it on your bucket list, wigd!

Baylor had won the perfect attendance award in third grade so for a minute he did have some misgivings about missing a couple of days of school but quickly saw the light.
After reading your post about my birthday I have totally changed my mind, it is indeed on my bucket list. Perhaps a little bounce back couples trip for Marc and I one of these years. We have finally learned to relax when we are there and can enjoy our resorts much more now.

You and Shocker are doing a fine job, raising that boy!!! and he seems to be doing a fair job at keeping the two of you grounded!!!

He is quite the character and does indeed keep us grounded.
Hey, I've been missing you the past couple of evenings........

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Shocker, Thanks, I think, for the lesson in southern language.............

 

[wsushocker]

Shocker, Thanks, I think, for the lesson in southern language.............

Don't thank ME, it was an inspiration from my brother!