Back to where we started from~~Arainging my daughters marriage and other fun stuff

[winkers]

Um... That Norman Bates motel... SCARY!! The closest we've come to a place like that was the Rodeway Inn in Jacksonville, FL. This place didn't even have a clock in the room! But it was clean, at least. Glad the next place was nicer.

Jelly Bellys!! How cool! We love 'em, and would love to take the tour someday.

I could handle no clock if the room was clean.

 

[glennbo123]

Hey, for a free hat it and a few pounds of "irregulars" it sounds like it was well worth the stop!

I'm glad your luck with hotels has improved.

Whoa, sorry to read about the spell (for lack of a better word) you had in church. Take care of yourself Cherie!

 

[winkers]

Hey, for a free hat it and a few pounds of "irregulars" it sounds like it was well worth the stop!

I'm glad your luck with hotels has improved.

Whoa, sorry to read about the spell (for lack of a better word) you had in church. Take care of yourself Cherie!

I'm afraid those irregulars are going to be hard as rocks before we can eat them. After about 2 days of gorging on them D.Jay and the kids haven't had any since.

 

[MAGICFOR2]

We rarely stayed at "nice" places. We just looked for safe and clean.

A bunch of kids with "some" adult supervision was not always welcome at most places.
Think cheerleaders, popwarner and brazilians.

that is what my nightmares are made of!!!

I have been the "adult supervision" on many a nightmare trip like that! I guess I should apologize for all those groups of kids having so much fun at the expense of the other guests. I always booked for our groups, because Jim was always coaching, so I found great rates at Comfort Inn most times.

ants...in the bed????

I guess you haven't lived till you've stayed in a scary hotel.

We actually just stayed in one in Eugene this past weekend for the DUCKS game - There was nothing else available for less than $300 a night, so we settled. At least the bathroom was clean, but the bedspreads and throw pillow and furniture had many many scarey looking stains that I do not want to know about. I guess we can just be thankful God heard my prayers about the bedbugs.

Last sunday started out as a normal sunday and everything was great untill I woke up wedged underneath and between the pews, with no idea how I got there. I think maybe the sunday school teacher was so good that the spirit moved me...right out of my seat.

Of course everyone around was freaking out and much to my horror they called 911 because D.Jay wasn't there. He had stayed home because of his shoulder pain.

As I got up and hobbled to the loby with the aid of a friend all I could think about was wether my skirt had stayed down, or if I'd just managed to moon half the congregation.

The emt's came and checked me out and urged me to go to the e.r. but I'm stubborn and since this is a problem I've dealt with since I was 14 there was no way in hel.....since I was at church maybe..heaven would be a better word......Anyway...no way in heaven or hell that I was going for my own sprecial ride in the red truck.

Once D.Jay got to the church he informed me I was going in wether I wanted to or not...So we went, I was put in a "c collar" aka "cone of shame" , poked, proded, x-rayed and generaly picked over, all so they could shrug and say what every other doctor has...they had no idea what happened.

Yesterday, D.Jay had shoulder surgery to shave off some bone spurs and repair a tendon....fun.

So, that's what I've been up to this week.....just a normal week in the winkers household.

OMG - I'm glad you were okay, and so sorry you had to experience it at church. Hope DJay is on the mend quickly.

Looking forward to DLR!!!

 

[GreatBiscuit]

Glad to hear your tumble wasn't a cause of major injury. It could be worse, you could have your name spread throughout the world for using your rear end to commit a crime. Like say, this woman did.

 

[nebo]

With the option of the Bate's Hotel or lookling elsewhere...we picked elsewhere. It was around 6 by this time and the natives were getting restless. We grabbed dinner from a BK drive thru and then parked in a near by Starbuck's parking lot to use their free wi-fi.

I remember in olden days when you pulled over on road trips to look and use restrooms. Now it's for Wi-fi.

I'm sure that when Einstein defined insanity as repeating the same thing but expecting different results, he had me in mind. So, it should come as no surprise that I was on my laptop looking up the nearest hotels on hotwire.

Right, Einstein would have Room Saver coupons instead.

There weren't a lot of options so we decided to drive to Redding that night. I booked what looked to be a promising room and headed off on what, according to the GPS said, would be about a 3 hour drive.

Isn't it supposed to be, "Five passengers set sail that day for a 3 hour tour, a 3 hour tour?"

We enjoyed driving down the coast line to Eureka and then headed west into what turned into being 3 hours of winding and tiny roads through mountains, in the dark. It was an interesting drive.

Ok, please work with me here.
You are on the west coast heading south, then you decided to go and head west for 3 hours? You did take that 3 hour tour didn't you? So, how was it staying at Alcatraz? Or Azkaban?




In the morning we enjoyed a free breakfast in the Hotel's restraunt....it even included little cheesecakes......I LOVE cheesecake.

Cant argue there, even Sara Lee cheesecake works for me.



We had a fun tour through the factory and enjoyed the gift shop...of course! We still have 3, 2lb bags of "irregulars" that we bought. I think we'll still have them in 10 years.

Yes, I think six pounds of Jelly Bellies will make anyone "irregular."


We were relieved to not find any over sized appendages on the Jelly Belly...thing.

Do you mean,, um,no, not touching it, leaving it alone.





As much as I've always wanted to visit Solvang, which is a town decked out like a Danish village, but by the time we got there things would be closing up.

Solvang is very high on all midwesterners trip bucket lists out here by me.


I don't know how anyone deals with the traffic on a daily basis, it's enough to make me need a drink....and I don't drink.

From what I have seen, you don't need to.


The kids headed to the pool, d.jay went to pick up dinner and I unpacked and said a silent prayer of thanks that MIL had decided not to go with us.

Sniff, the poor, lonely MIL.


Ok, Nebo....next chapter I'll get to Disneyland...just for you!

So THAT"S why you went. Psst, for even more brownie points, you could bring me with next time, eh, you know?

thanks for a great chapter Cherie, tell D-Jay hope his shoulder is better, and i hope you don't have too many more fainting spells, that can't be good. Are you sure you haven't been watching too many Mr. Bean episodes when he's in church?

 

[winkers]

I have been the "adult supervision" on many a nightmare trip like that! I guess I should apologize for all those groups of kids having so much fun at the expense of the other guests. I always booked for our groups, because Jim was always coaching, so I found great rates at Comfort Inn most times.



We actually just stayed in one in Eugene this past weekend for the DUCKS game - There was nothing else available for less than $300 a night, so we settled. At least the bathroom was clean, but the bedspreads and throw pillow and furniture had many many scarey looking stains that I do not want to know about. I guess we can just be thankful God heard my prayers about the bedbugs.



OMG - I'm glad you were okay, and so sorry you had to experience it at church. Hope DJay is on the mend quickly.

Looking forward to DLR!!!

Have you ever seen one of the news shows where they look at the bedspreads and carpet under black lights? I carry lysol with me!

D.Jay is doing good...off the goofy meds.

Glad to hear your tumble wasn't a cause of major injury. It could be worse, you could have your name spread throughout the world for using your rear end to commit a crime. Like say, this woman did.

I would absolutly DIE!!

thanks for a great chapter Cherie, tell D-Jay hope his shoulder is better, and i hope you don't have too many more fainting spells, that can't be good. Are you sure you haven't been watching too many Mr. Bean episodes when he's in church?

ooops, that would be we headed EAST!

Maybe I should go by "MRs. Bean"? Some days I feel about that intelligent.

 

[smidgy]

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Ok, Nebo....next chapter I'll get to Disneyland...just for you!
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um.. Harrumph!! I said first that I wanted t hear all about disneyland... but NO.. Nebo gets the shout out!!!
I see how it is!

 

[winkers]

um.. Harrumph!! I said first that I wanted t hear all about disneyland... but NO.. Nebo gets the shout out!!!
I see how it is!

Sorry! But you know what they say..."the squeaky wheel gets the oil".

 

[englishrose47]

Sorry! But you know what they say..."the squeaky wheel gets the oil".

Squeak Squeak!!!

 

[smidgy]

Sorry! But you know what they say..."the squeaky wheel gets the oil".

sigh.. I understand.. when nebo whines he does sound somewhere between an oboe and a bagpipe.. I would want to make that stop too...

oh, sorry honey, did you hear that?

 

[winkers]

Squeak Squeak!!!

sigh.. I understand.. when nebo whines he does sound somewhere between an oboe and a bagpipe.. I would want to make that stop too...

oh, sorry honey, did you hear that?

 

[Rozz]

Nearly to Disneyland! I haven't checked for an update in awhile. So glad you're posting again. Sorry to hear about the misadventures and hope you and DJay are doing well.

I'm caught up and have read most of the chatter too since it's almost, not quite, but almost, as good as the trip updates! The hotel debacle sounds like one of our experiences. Run the other way or bring out the major Lysol!

Your telling about Blue, irregular jellies, moldy hotel rooms, and all; you have me cracking up! Your optimism and humor is catching! Love it! Looking forward to Disneyland updates! Take care!

 

[Blueyed Girl]

Ooh how fun that you got to tour the Jelly Belly factory! This is why we like driving, you can detour any time you want. Although, now that DH is traveling so much for work, I think it's time for me and DS to also get on a plane and for me to get over my fear of flying. I laughed out loud at your little prayer about your MIL deciding not to go. Glad your next hotel ended up being a great one! Yay for hotwire!! Can't wait to read more!

 

[winkers]

Isn't there a song about it never raining in Calinornia? or is it arizona? Any way, we proved that theory wrong.

We woke up bright an early monday morning to pick up our tickets and get in line for rope drop.

I've only been to Disneyland once before but it was also in Feb. with low's in the 70's and hardly anyone at the parks.

When we stepped outside our hotel it was a shock to see clouded skies and raindrops. But I wasn't worried because it would soon warm up.


At rope drop I was surprised by the number of people there and the fact that it was still drizzling off and on.


I don't know why but for some reason I really wasn't "feeling" the whole disney thing. Maybe because this was a last minute trip and I hadn't had a year to plan and obsess, or it could have been the weather and larger than expectecd crowds...or the fact that I wasn't feeling well.

What ever the reason, I just wasn't in my groove.

We headed for BTMR which is a family favorite and a good way to get Ethan warmed up for space mountain.

I'm finding it's a little more difficult to remember every thing from a trip when you take zero notes and wait almost a year.

Like I said before, I just wasn't into my groove and we kinda roamed aimlessly most of the day.

We ended up at the Tiki Room, which I like better than the WDW version.

The men found a nice urinal to rival the one in Morocco

By noon-ish the park was really packed so we headed out so the kids could swim.

It was still sprinkling off and on and my head ache was getting worse b y the minute. I think we were all really tired also from 2 days of driving, so it was nice to just relax at the hotel the rest of the day.



Wow....this is one pathetic chapter !! I promise it will get better.....or will it? [ insert dramatic dun..dun...duuunnn}

 

[smidgy]

wow! those are some really green eyes!!! I like green eyes.

love the urinal shot. I want to hear so much more about disneyland!!! did you go to the new cars land? what about the indiana jones ride? I hear at space mt. you dsit side by side .. I wold like that much better. I would feel safer with nebo's arem around me.

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Glad to hear your tumble wasn't a cause of major injury. It could be worse, you could have your name spread throughout the world for using your rear end to commit a crime. Like say, this woman did.

OMG! That's my mom's hometown!Please don't tell my DH - I'll never hear the end of it!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Have you ever seen one of the news shows where they look at the bedspreads and carpet under black lights? I carry lysol with me!

I have! That's why the bedspread, bolster pillows (well used? ) went on the floor and we did NOT sit on the furniture!


Too bad you didn't have your Disney on for your first park day - that happened to me last time, too. I think we were just looking forward to our cruise and it felt like a "time to kill" kind of day instead of a destination.

 

[englishrose47]

To all my Dis Friends

 

[Poolrat]

Merry Christmas To the whole Winkers clan