Belly Up to the Bar With Bendy and Her Friendies!!! Button Pics & New Thread Started!

[oybolshoi]

testing ...

 

[TigerKat]

I like a challenge.

LOVE it, going in my sig!!!!!!!

 

[oybolshoi]

I just needed to quote myself quoting Mr. Burns to adequately convey just how excellent this is!

 

[2xcited2sleep]

It is VERY cool!

 

[oybolshoi]

The night just keeps getting better ...

IFC is showing Raising Arizona!

 

[TigerKat]

Catherine - You are incredible at creating this artwork!

 

[ChelleinNC]

I like a challenge.

OMG you are amazing!

 

[TDC Nala]

thanks. I make all my own sigs.

 

[robinm1215]

Hi there and welcome aboard! I'm glad you've enjoyed our reviews ... please jump right in and join the fun - everyone here is wonderful!


Congrats on the October trip! As for F&W ... the rumor is that they will be releasing program information sometime next month and will begin taking reservations for those events on August 11th. Depending on your schedule and your budget, food & wine pairings are a nice way to dip a toe into the special event programming ... we also really liked our French Regional Lunch last year at Bistro Paris (a little pricey at $135pp, but worth it).

You'll get all kinds of advice from the friendies here ... lots of F&W veterans.

Thanks for the warm welcome. I am definitely looking forward to the October trip. Hopefully we can meet up!

I really love F&W, hence my excuse for another trip this year. That and I can get one more trip in on my annual pass! It's great making excuses for more Disney trips.

This will be my 4th time at F&W and I've never done any of the special events. I will definitely look for the info sometime next month, thanks for the heads up. I looked at last years events and it sounds like the food and wine pairings might be a good choice. I really hope booking starts on Aug 11 -- on Aug 12 I will be on a plane on my way to Disney!

Hi Robin, and welcome!! Its lots of fun to read and plan about the F&W events. The hard part is waiting until the list comes out. At least we're all waiting together!

Thanks! And I'm definitely looking forward to the planning!

Here is my recipe for Open House Punch; there are many of them out there but this is my favorite. It can also be made with good bourbon!

Open House Punch

2 1/2 c. Southern Comfort or good bourbon
6 oz. can of frozen OJ (thawed and undiluted)
12 oz. can of frozen lemonade (thawed and undiluted)
2/3 c. lemon juice
3 liters of lemon lime soda
ice
mint sprigs
lemon slices

Combine liquor and juices stirring well. Add soda and ice and garnish (if desired). We put the first 4 ingredients in a pitcher in the refrigerator and chill very well. Then, when we are ready to drink we add the chilled soda and no garnish. (We are too busy drinking to make it pretty...)

Vodka Slush

6 oz. can of frozen OJ (thawed and undiluted)
12 oz. can of frozen lemonade (thawed and undiluted)
12 oz. can of frozen limeade (thawed and undiluted)
1 cup sugar
3 1/2 cups water
2 cups vodka
2 liter bottle of lemon-lime soda

Combine first 6 ingredients, mixing well. Freeze for 48 hours, stirring occasionally. For each serving spoon 3/4 cup frozen mixture into a tall glass; fill with soda. Serve at once!

Those drinks sound great -- nice and refreshing! Now if only the weather here would get above 70 degrees maybe I would be in the mood for something frozen! Actually I would just be happy if it stopped raining! Hope you are having nicer weather than here in NJ!

I like a challenge.

That is awesome!!

 

[TDC Nala]

actually the greatest thing I think I ever did was create a perfume for Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

 

[Tink rules]

(I was at the Supreme Court the Day that Sandra Day got a new Doo.... )

(My comment was NOT appreciated by my then law school boyfriend...he has no sense of humor anyway... )

 

[Tatania]

I feel like one of those runners who limps over the finish line of a marathon race, more dead than alive. I made it to the end of my symphony season, but thanks to complete exhaustion I've ended up with some sort of ghastly bronchitis and a throat raw from coughing.
What really sucked was that I started to come down with it on Sunday - the day I was shooting the audition DVD for Celebrity Cruise Lines as an enrichment speaker. I was woozy, headachy and croaky and couldn't string two sentences together for the life of me. My mind was just a complete blank. Unfortunately the camera crew and location was all booked so I had to muddle through it. I'm just hoping something can be salvaged in the editing process!

On top of all that I adopted two kittens last week, and one of them had a dodgy stomach. I took him to the vet and the poor little guy practically died from an allergic reaction to Flagyll (I think it's a kind of penicillin). He was a limp fur rag and barely breathing when the Adoption Society dropped off some homeopathic remedies very late at night. I stayed up the rest of the night giving him the herbs every 30 minutes and couldn't believe my eyes when - 4 hours - he actually stood up and went to get a drink! That's one life used up!

Toby grooming his sister Lilo.

Toby and Lilo - 2 good Disney names. Both kittens were rescued and brought over from Maui.

Bendy, I've heard that shingles manifests when your immune system is low - usually from stress and exhaustion. Have you been able to have any rest and is the condition improving? I guess you have your job interview today. Looking forward to seeing how that went.

I'm sorry to report that I failed in my recipe mission I did check with guest services and they referred me to my waitstaff but when you have 8 women at a table at meal times, it got too crazy. I'm sorry

No problem whatsoever. I'll be reading your report in the next week. Took me hours to get caught up here, LOL, and it's now 3 am - your report will be my next read.

I can't say that I'm thrilled with my blog ... I don't know squat about HTML and that's how everything is formatted there. :

I do web sites and on the Web Master boards Word Press is recommended as very easy software to use and it makes good looking sites. Is this what you use?

On another (Orlando related) subject, I think I mentioned a few weeks ago DD got a good job. It will be so fun to be able to enjoy WDW with her in the coming months/years.

Congrats on that! I wish my son would get a job in Orlando - actually - anywhere would be nice

you guys wanna hear something funny?

my camera has a "cuisine" setting and I had no idea.

I could only think how fitting that was.

Hi all.....my name is Heather and I'm a long time lurker on what seems like's everyone here's reports. I just came across this thread while re-reading Brenda's F&W review from last year and was immediately sucked in!

Brenda, I had shingles two years ago, and I feel your pain! I had to stick to Advil for the pain though, as the prescription pills they gave me made me so sick to my stomach. All I could think of was the girl in that commercial telling everyone how she takes Valtrex so her boyfriend doesn't get her herpes!

Shingles is the same kind of virus as herpes isn't it? It's not genital but it's the same family.

Bendy-Friendie Bad Booze Alert!!!

I desperately wanted some Irish Cream, but not any cream would do. I wanted O'Mara's (thanks alot Epcot ... it's all your fault!).

I found something Friday that I thought might fit the bill and since it was only $10 I took a risk and brought home a bottle of Irish Manor Irish Cream Liqueur. According to the label not only is it imported from the Emerald Isle, but it's Legendary.

**End Bad Booze Alert**

Thanks for the warning Bendy. Cheap booze is tempting but not when it;'s so bad it can't even be used as a mixer.

Oh, to live in a world where I could say something like this! My version of this would be more like "the kids and I have been on the road to Target and the grocery store. Enjoying the chicken nuggets and juice boxes!"

Best line of the night!

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

Congrats on your new fur babies. I'm glad to hear that they are both doing well and thriving now. They're such cuties!

 

[whogirl'smom]

Angela, the kitties are so cute!!!! The orange one looks like our Morris when he wandered into our lives at about 5 months old. Glad you made it back from your travels, but it sounds like you need some well-deserved rest. We'll all keep our fingers crossed on the video.

Brenda, I love the Homer sig art! That's exactly what I was picturing when you described it. You have to get that made into a t-shirt--I can tell you how. That's the sign of a true Disney freak, you know, making your own matching t-shirts! I'm toying with the idea of trying to make us the mickey head spiral tie dyed ones for Disneyland.

 

[ChelleinNC]

I feel like one of those runners who limps over the finish line of a marathon race, more dead than alive. I made it to the end of my symphony season, but thanks to complete exhaustion I've ended up with some sort of ghastly bronchitis and a throat raw from coughing.
What really sucked was that I started to come down with it on Sunday - the day I was shooting the audition DVD for Celebrity Cruise Lines as an enrichment speaker. I was woozy, headachy and croaky and couldn't string two sentences together for the life of me. My mind was just a complete blank. Unfortunately the camera crew and location was all booked so I had to muddle through it. I'm just hoping something can be salvaged in the editing process!

On top of all that I adopted two kittens last week, and one of them had a dodgy stomach. I took him to the vet and the poor little guy practically died from an allergic reaction to Flagyll (I think it's a kind of penicillin). He was a limp fur rag and barely breathing when the Adoption Society dropped off some homeopathic remedies very late at night. I stayed up the rest of the night giving him the herbs every 30 minutes and couldn't believe my eyes when - 4 hours - he actually stood up and went to get a drink! That's one life used up!

Toby grooming his sister Lilo.

Toby and Lilo - 2 good Disney names. Both kittens were rescued and brought over from Maui.

Bendy, I've heard that shingles manifests when your immune system is low - usually from stress and exhaustion. Have you been able to have any rest and is the condition improving? I guess you have your job interview today. Looking forward to seeing how that went.




No problem whatsoever. I'll be reading your report in the next week. Took me hours to get caught up here, LOL, and it's now 3 am - your report will be my next read.



I do web sites and on the Web Master boards Word Press is recommended as very easy software to use and it makes good looking sites. Is this what you use?



Congrats on that! I wish my son would get a job in Orlando - actually - anywhere would be nice



I could only think how fitting that was.



Shingles is the same kind of virus as herpes isn't it? It's not genital but it's the same family.



Thanks for the warning Bendy. Cheap booze is tempting but not when it;'s so bad it can't even be used as a mixer.



Best line of the night!

Oh honey, you sound like you need a vacation Hope you feel better and I bet the audition tape is better than you think

Angela, the kitties are so cute!!!! The orange one looks like our Morris when he wandered into our lives at about 5 months old. Glad you made it back from your travels, but it sounds like you need some well-deserved rest. We'll all keep our fingers crossed on the video.

Brenda, I love the Homer sig art! That's exactly what I was picturing when you described it. You have to get that made into a t-shirt--I can tell you how. That's the sign of a true Disney freak, you know, making your own matching t-shirts! I'm toying with the idea of trying to make us the mickey head spiral tie dyed ones for Disneyland.

Yep agree the kitties are adorable and that you're a true Disney freak I've worn the matching t-shirts, but never made them

 

[dizneykid]

thanks. I make all my own sigs.

And they are totally amazing!!!! I love the Ego one, so did my husband!

Hey, what does your Pam Smith one say, it getting cut off?

 

[D&R love Disney]

testing ...

I love it

Okay, Homer didn't come through but it's a great logo, I think I need one!

 

[D&R love Disney]

I like a challenge.

This is great, I put it in my siggy line too!

 

[D&R love Disney]

I booked my flight down
Arrive on Friday the 16th at 10:15 am!!!!!

 

[blissventure]

actually the greatest thing I think I ever did was create a perfume for Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

You have a fantastic sense of humor!!
Is it OK for me to work on popping the Just try and stop us-Food and Wine
in my siggie?