An Invasion of a "STRANGER" Kind.... NEW THREAD IS UP!! Go Thee NOW!

[maroo]

BIG, HUGE, SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS NEWS!!!​

We just got word that our son, is being offered an ROTC scholarship for full tuition, fees, books and a whopping stipend for both his top schools!!!! WOOT!

KaChing!!! ​

WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






And way to go MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jenbear123]

Wowzers! What an achievement for your son. That should take care of everything.... and leave you with more spare change for Disney

 

[Diamondintheruff]

So pleased for your whole family. Cause it took the whole family to make your son the wonderful person he has become.

 

[MKBekka]

It's awful that she gets to go and you don't...maybe she'll bring you back a nice souvenir.. Hint. Hint.

She's actually already asked me what I want!

Forget a future husband! I know a nice family in Pennsylvania that would love to have someone help to cook and clean. A daughter that is smart enough to be on the DIS and goes to school, cooks and cleans - Liesa you are a very lucky mom!

Ok, how much is the pay? would it include a trip to WDW?

I've got her covered! I can't, well, yes I can tell you what I had planned for her. We all, but especially Bek, were attracted to those beautiful masks in Italy. I am really hoping I can find a pin of one of the designs for her. Does anyone know if they make those?? Anyone? Anyone?

She is THE MOST wonderful daughter. I know she will make a very good homemaker and nurse someday. Now... how to pay for college... I know rent her out! She does a pretty mean choco cake and doughnuts to die for!

AWW! Thanks Mom! you could rent me out to jenb!

OOHH MAROOOOOO!! what gives? you've only posted once!! We miss you!

 

[All7OfUs]

I can't believe you are still up!

I know- it's insane! I managed to hit the hay around 2:30 and snuggled up with my little girl. She must have been having some funky dreams, because she at one point said, "Vermont". Vermont?? I don't even know where she heard that word?? Maybe White Christmas?? Monopoly?? Expept my kids call that "Vomit Ave."

TOTALLY AWESOME!

I guess we were thinking the same thing... that it is awesome!

Awesome is such and awesome word.

WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






And way to go MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Things really seem to be falling in place for him. Now he has to KEEP the scholarship by keeping a 2.0 GPA. Do people really fall below this??

Wowzers! What an achievement for your son. That should take care of everything.... and leave you with more spare change for Disney

or a computer for him, and community college for Bek, and actually, Mom is thinking of going back to school herself. I think I could get through nursing school in a couple of years.

So pleased for your whole family. Cause it took the whole family to make your son the wonderful person he has become.

You are right, it really takes a group effort in getting the kids ready to be out the door!

Ok, how much is the pay? would it include a trip to WDW?

AWW! Thanks Mom! you could rent me out to jenb!

OOHH MAROOOOOO!! what gives? you've only posted once!! We miss you!

That's MY girl!!

yeah, maroo!! Are you getting better?? Ready to tell us who you are??

 

[eandesmom]

I know- it's insane! I managed to hit the hay around 2:30 and snuggled up with my little girl. She must have been having some funky dreams, because she at one point said, "Vermont". Vermont?? I don't even know where she heard that word?? Maybe White Christmas?? Monopoly?? Expept my kids call that "Vomit Ave."

Awesome is such and awesome word.

Things really seem to be falling in place for him. Now he has to KEEP the scholarship by keeping a 2.0 GPA. Do people really fall below this??

or a computer for him, and community college for Bek, and actually, Mom is thinking of going back to school herself. I think I could get through nursing school in a couple of years.

You are right, it really takes a group effort in getting the kids ready to be out the door!

Vomit Ave



I would think he'd have to work hard to bring it down that low but then again...Taylor seems to be managing it with zero effort at all.



It does take a group effort to get kids out the door. Need to invest in cloning!

Nursing School? What a GREAT idea!

All of it. Is.

Awesome.

 

[jordanyosh]

BIG, HUGE, SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS NEWS!!!​

We just got word that our son, is being offered an ROTC scholarship for full tuition, fees, books and a whopping stipend for both his top schools!!!! WOOT!

KaChing!!! ​

wow! congrats!

 

[jordanyosh]

Saves you a grip o money! He must be smart.

 

[All7OfUs]

Vomit Ave



I would think he'd have to work hard to bring it down that low but then again...Taylor seems to be managing it with zero effort at all.
It does take a group effort to get kids out the door. Need to invest in cloning!

Nursing School? What a GREAT idea!

All of it. Is.

Awesome.

For some reason Baltic is now officially BLATIC and Kentucky is Kentuuuuuhky. Do you play with Free Parking that builds up in the middle??

wow! congrats!

Saves you a grip o money! He must be smart.

Thanks, Jordy! But as for smart?? Well, to get in is, apparently not that easy, but CHOOSING to go in--- well.... ????

 

[eandesmom]

For some reason Baltic is now officially BLATIC and Kentucky is Kentuuuuuhky. Do you play with Free Parking that builds up in the middle??

Yep! Though we haven't played in eons....

 

[All7OfUs]

Let' start off your day with something tasty. This is what dinner looked like when I started writing:

MMMMmmmm... BBQ Chicken Pizza!

Ever walk into a room and just KNOW? Know you fit in and belonged?? Sensed that those in the room could totally relate to your life and dreams and goals and style? After sharing a little bit, you discover you share many of the same passions, pastimes, and worldview?

It was just like this the first time Soldier #1 met Soldier #3. It was instant friendship, that began as Mike (DH) and I joined a Bible Study group. It started off with a few dinners at each others’ houses, but grew into the kind of friendship in which included daily phone visits, weekly lunches and annual camping trips. We still laugh over the time when we were camping and discovered Bek eating someone’s leftover beans off of the grate where campers poured their waste water!! Oh, the stories I could tell!

She was at the birth of #3, she watched my kids when #4 got his thumb cut off, she and her husband (our pastor) visited us here on the Steppe, and she drove the boat for the lot of us at Priest Lake when we vacationed together. If you were to put her 5, and my 5, on a time line, we discovered that they are timed so evenly that one mother could have had them all. Perfectly staggered.

Then we left. We don’t talk as regularly, but the friendship is just as strong. Since then, she’s gone back to work full-time, and was elected a school board member. 2 of hers have gone off to school, and 2 of mine are also about to leave the nest. Life is not the same as when we said good-bye the first time, but we can still call each other and laugh at the same jokes, and wrestle through our issues together.

Last year when I was pondering who would be the perfect person to share a Disney vacation, LeeAnn was the first person to come to mind. She loves to stay up late, wants as much out of every day as I do, doesn’t love parades or shopping (we will a little), and is flexible and game for just about anything. When I called around Christmas of last year, there was no doubt in her mind that she would love to go, and immediately said yes!!

Coming up with a 3rd person was a bit harder. Several names came to mind, but there was always something that whispered no. One is kinda a whiner about her marriage, another doesn’t like to stay up late, and still another couldn’t leave her kids. I am not looking for perfection, but some of these were big enough issues to stand in the way of asking. I finally settled on a dear friend of mine named Julie, but they are in the middle of turning their large piece of acreage into a Christian retreat center and event place, for things like weddings and parties. She initially said yes, but after a month or so, had to back out. Her business venture just wasn’t pulling in enough money to swing a trip to Orlando.

What to do? What to do?? Who shares the same passion for spending a week at Disney and likes to tour somewhat like me? The same little voice was whispering, “how about maroo??” I had been following her TRs for quite some time, and had come to really admire her great big heart and the way she brings her faith and enthusiasm into all she does. So, on a whim, I PM’d her, and said I was looking for someone to spend a week with us next fall. She wrote back and sent her phone number, and the next day, we talked for quite a while on the phone. It was the same thing- like walking into a room, and “just knowing”. She pretty much told me within a week that she’d love to go with us, and that was that. To date, I believe Maroo and LeeAnn have only “met” once through e-mail. But both trust me that the 3 of us will get along famously.

The rest is history- and history in the making.

And now you have the long story of how Strangers have, and are, becoming Friends.



Ready to eat??!! (Of course not, you're just waking up! But this is what we just sat down to:

Click here for: Another Ranking Upgrade- The Colonels of the Belle Battalion

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Sooo..does every update have to make me get teary?

If I don't get back today....Blessings on your day!

(BTW, when is your day...what is the time difference, please?)

 

[All7OfUs]

Sooo..does every update have to make me get teary?

If I don't get back today....Blessings on your day!

(BTW, when is your day...what is the time difference, please?)

NO! Only once in a while! Sometimes they will make you laugh until you leak!

It depends on where you are, but from Central Time, it's exactly 12 hours. Have a super-duper day!!

 

[MeMom]

Congratulations to your son! That is HUGE!

I know what you mean about a good friend. I have a friend who I worked with at McDonald's when we were teenagers. We've remained friends for about 35 years - through marriages, seven kids between us, one divorce and one almost divorce, and a couple of moves to other places. Because of our different schedules, we might not talk for many weeks, but when we do, it's just like family. She's the only friend I would share a room with in Disney World, because I would never let anyone else hear my snoring. She's used to her husband's snoring, so mine doesn't bother her. It's nice to have those kinds of very special friends.

As for Maroo, I think she would be fun for you to travel with at any time. I just know she's as down-to-earth and kind as anyone you'll ever meet. And she kind of likes Disney.

 

[Millie12591]

Hey Mama! I'm up early, but not up late. I actually went to bed at midnight but was up at four, laid in bed until about 5:30 and finally just got up. Oh well, what do you do? Tonight I think I'll take half of a sleeping aid and see if that helps with staying asleep.
I don't get why I didn't stay asleep?! I only had about 3 and half hours of sleep from the night (technically morning ) before and about a two hour nap during the day (had to I was about to pass out)....Oh well, it is what it is.

Are you still living in the glow of your baby boy? I know I would! Ty got in to one of the colleges he applied for, but we haven't hear back about the two biggies he really wants......well, he really only wants to go to one because of the business school there. He wants to go into international business. Whew! It wears me out just thinking about all the languages he'll be learning, but for him it's up his alley....he loves learning languages.
Mmmmmmmmm, looks yummy!!! How hard was it to get the cheese?

 

[jenb1023]

Ok, how much is the pay? would it include a trip to WDW?

AWW! Thanks Mom! you could rent me out to jenb!

Well, I don't know how much the pay would be but my DD has been to WDW four times in 2 1/2 years (Apr 07, Jan 08, Nov 08, Oct 09) so a trip is a given. Plus, if you like rides, we live about 20 minutes from Hersheypark and get season passes every year. It's no WDW but we enjoy it.

Liesa - I think your choice of trip companions sounds perfect. I am sure everyone will get along famously. And, having also met Mary in person, I will affirm that she is good people and will be an easy touring companion.

 

[glennbo123]

Lookit the mound 'o cheese on that pizza!

I guess it took me longer to read through that post than I realized, because when I was done, the pizza was cooked.

I know you three will have a great time together.

 

[MRYPPNS]

I'm days and pages late but I'm here!!!

 

[All7OfUs]

Congratulations to your son! That is HUGE!

I know what you mean about a good friend. I have a friend who I worked with at McDonald's when we were teenagers. We've remained friends for about 35 years - through marriages, seven kids between us, one divorce and one almost divorce, and a couple of moves to other places. Because of our different schedules, we might not talk for many weeks, but when we do, it's just like family. She's the only friend I would share a room with in Disney World, because I would never let anyone else hear my snoring. She's used to her husband's snoring, so mine doesn't bother her. It's nice to have those kinds of very special friends.

As for Maroo, I think she would be fun for you to travel with at any time. I just know she's as down-to-earth and kind as anyone you'll ever meet. And she kind of likes Disney.

A close friend is a beautiful thing! I really am blessed to have one that I can call at any hour and share from my heart. maroo is becoming like that too! Except I woke her up the other morning- sorry, sweetie!!

I hope I don't snore! But if I do, hmmmm.... ?? We haven't thought about that.

I'd say anyone with a TIW card and an AP "kind of likes Disney".

Hey Mama! I'm up early, but not up late. I actually went to bed at midnight but was up at four, laid in bed until about 5:30 and finally just got up. Oh well, what do you do? Tonight I think I'll take half of a sleeping aid and see if that helps with staying asleep.
I don't get why I didn't stay asleep?! I only had about 3 and half hours of sleep from the night (technically morning ) before and about a two hour nap during the day (had to I was about to pass out)....Oh well, it is what it is.

Are you still living in the glow of your baby boy? I know I would! Ty got in to one of the colleges he applied for, but we haven't hear back about the two biggies he really wants......well, he really only wants to go to one because of the business school there. He wants to go into international business. Whew! It wears me out just thinking about all the languages he'll be learning, but for him it's up his alley....he loves learning languages.
Mmmmmmmmm, looks yummy!!! How hard was it to get the cheese?

You sure need to get some more sleep! I really hope this whole thing will turn around for you very soon!

Yes!! I am def. very excited for him!! There is so NO way we could pay for him to go to school at a full price, and we are thrilled that he won't have to take out any loans.

I guess some schools don't give acceptances until pretty late. We actually called a few times about his status, and they just told us over the phone. It might be worth a phone call to ask about the status of his appie.

Well, I don't know how much the pay would be but my DD has been to WDW four times in 2 1/2 years (Apr 07, Jan 08, Nov 08, Oct 09) so a trip is a given. Plus, if you like rides, we live about 20 minutes from Hersheypark and get season passes every year. It's no WDW but we enjoy it.

Liesa - I think your choice of trip companions sounds perfect. I am sure everyone will get along famously. And, having also met Mary in person, I will affirm that she is good people and will be an easy touring companion.

Hmmmm..... she does make awfully good doughnuts (which we're going to fry up right now). I'm not sure I want to let my resident doughnut maker go.

We're all pretty easy-going, and that makes for a good partnership.

Lookit the mound 'o cheese on that pizza!

I guess it took me longer to read through that post than I realized, because when I was done, the pizza was cooked.

I know you three will have a great time together.

I like my pizza extra cheesy!! And we always put our cheese on top, with all the goodies neatly tucked underneath like little babies at 8:00.

I'm days and pages late but I'm here!!!

Hooray!! Heidi is here!! By the way, I borrowed one of your pictures for my wallpaper this week. The one of the cart in France with the bottles and jars of goodies. (that was yours, right?)

 

[If U Had Wings]

Congratulations to your son! That's a fantastic achievement.