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[dumbo_buddy]

they accepted our final offer of $415k. omg! we're buying a house. we are going to be so poor!

operation: get this house sold begins....now!

 

[mikamah]

Nancy-Congratulations!!! How exciting, and nerve wracking at the same time, but the extra room will be amazing. I know the small house world you speak of. Mine is 925 sq.ft. and my condo was 1050. Michael's room is tiny and L shaped, and will only fit a twin bed, but for just 2 of us, it's just fine. It's crazy how you pay for location. My brother is 2 hours away, and he bought his house around the same time as me, and it's at least twice as big with a huge yard, and it was at least 100,000 less than I paid. But I didn't want to leave the north shore. I could have gone 20 min further and gotten more house and yard, but the convenience of being 2 miles from my family is what I wanted.
I'm very excited for you and John!! I hope everything goes very smoothly.

Lisa-Yay for getting that run in!!! It is hard. My weight is down to 214, just up .4 from last friday, so I'm happy with that. It is crazy how swollen you get after a race. Now I can focus on that goal of One-derland!! Here we go!!! I'm setting a goal of losing 50 pounds by the time I turn 50. That would put me at 175 and it's 20 pounds per year. I did that before, and I know I can do it again. I saw the princess email, and did get a little misty. Where was the epcot pasta party last year?? I don't think we'll get to disney again til 2014, which is just a little over 2 years away, and the way time flies, it will be here before I know it.
Ah, the joys of boys. Hope the homework crisis was averted. I came on here after michael was ready and the back pack was packed, and started typing, and he was writing in the kitchen, and time got away and we heard the bus, so he ran and made it. It was a little early. I"m lucky it goes right by our house to the corner so he can run to catch it.

Lindsay- I hope your eye is better, and you were able to get some rest last night. A doctors office job sounds great except for all those snotty kids I'd have to take care of. Pedi nurses are a special breed. I probably could do it, but the serious stuff would make me so sad. I never did ER because I couldn't handle the kid stuff, and whenever something horrible happened nearby, I remember why I do adults. Football was rained out here last night, hope it was for you too. We watched the Flintstones movie instead.

Hello Maria, Rose, LisaL and all our other busy princesses.

Not much happening here. We had a nice relaxing evening. After the flintstones movie michael practiced his Sax for 30 min. I tried to listen from my bedroom, but he insisted i sit in the living room with him to get the full effect. It's not terribly painful, and he's definitely getting the hang of the whole blowing thing, so there's not too many high pitched shreiks anymore. One day I'll share a video on facebook for all to see and hear.

I never got on the BL thread yesterday, I headed over and read, and then checked my email where the disney store had a disney parks sale, so I perused the disney store online then found myself on amazon, looking for christmas presents, disney style. There's a cute redsox mickey figurine I might get for michael, but i ended up ordering nothing. Which was smart. Cause then i paid my bills last night. I spend too much money without thinking, and am trying to stop. We thought of going to see the Lion King, but it was only in 3d, my ticket would have been 14.75, his 11.75, and then 5 bucks for illegal snacks, and I thought 30 bucks here, 20 bucks there, and there's where my disney money is going. So I'm going to reign that in as well.

I'd say I did well shopping this week, because when I went to search for a junky snack last night, nothing appealled to me. I ended up with a bowl of lucky charms, which I bought for that reason. It's better than chips or ice cream. And I got some milk in.

I think I'll head over the BL thread again. Nice job coaching, Nancy.

Have a great day, princesses and Lisabelles!!!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Hey Pretty and Trusty !

I don't have a big window of time, but I'm determined to check in a little...

I ran 4M Wednesday and another 4M this morning. I didn't manage Thursday, I was too tense about not getting to work early enough. Then I decided I had to get some stress relief and running was definitely justified

My eating has vastly improved the last couple of days, hopefully that will stick

Kathy -- Not that I could get DS to see The Lion King with me, but I hear you on the theater ticket costs. It is crazy expensive to go the movies, and it's so much more comfortable to just stay at home...if it's for me, I pretty much only see Harry Potter-epic type stuff in the theater. If you do go to Universal and Sea World, you can use my not so secret Universal tip -- 10% off just about everywhere with your AAA card, even the food carts.

Nancy -- Congratulations! With your growing family, you are going to be thrilled to have more space. I know you will love your new home. It sounds to me like the chat with mom went as well as it could. Talking (about anything), is not a bad thing.

Lisah -- I am so proud of you for getting that run done, no matter what! I'm just starting to watch this week's BL, and one of the themes is working out at different times of the day. This is a good lesson for me, I'm so determined to only work out in the morning. I need to believe I can do it after work, and then actually make it happen.

Lindsay -- I really hope your eye is better today. I have been wearing contacts since I was 15, and sometimes there are issues. I had a terrible time with too much bacteria last summer, and I'm just now feeling like I have that under control (knock on wood!).

Rose -- I hope your trip is going fabulously, despite a few hiccups. I know you are ready for the big event! I hope you feel like eating afterwards this year!

Lisa -- I have to go on FB and check out your pics, I bet they are awesome. I never like myself in photos, I just accept I don't look like I think I do

Ok, so I have 5 projects completely done, 5 ready to be reviewed, 3 I'm waiting for more information on, and 1 that I can't do anything with until the Department of Housing and Urban Development fixes their system. All but one are due Monday or Tuesday. I feel confident I will meet all my deadlines, I'm just going to have to be patient with myself and not rush into work Monday, because nothing is magically going to appear over the weekend. I have plenty of time to workout before I start my work day. Tuesday might be more dicey, but I bet I will still have enough time.

I have decided there is no point in coming in tomorrow or Sunday, so I'm going to spend my weekend getting in a couple of runs, catching up on the house , getting ready for my trip (I leave for Vegas Wednesday!), and watching the 800 hours of Tivo I have waiting

I plan to try to catch up on some DISing (ok, pretty much just with you guys ) too.

Everyone have an awesome weekend!

Maria

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Hi Ladies.

Yesterday my eye went from bad to worse as the morning went on. I got into an opth. at 1130. My mamma was so nice to take the afternoon off to give me some TLC...well be my driver too. Apparently I have a corneal ulcer and a corneal abrasion. I found glasses yesterday for 200$. It only took them an hour so as we were waiting my mom treated me to lunch at olive garden. We had the soup/salad/breadsticks deal. That definitely made me feel better. The Dr gave me drops to put in every 30 min for the first 5hrs and then I have been doing them every hour since. That little bottle of drops cost me 40$. I had to go back for a recheck this morning and the abrasion is healed but the ulcer looked worse. I have to go again tomorrow. He doesnt have hours but is meeting me at his office. That has me worried. I mean this must be worrisome if a dr would do that right? Idk. Anyway each time I see him its 30$. I have another appt for mon too. I probably will need another bottle of drops until all this is done too. So as long as nothing else occurs my grand total for this problem will end up being. 400$. It is more than fixing my car. All for a darn eyeball.

I did make it in to work today and as the day is going on my eye is feeling a tiny bit better so hopefully its on the mend. I have a flu clinic going on at my office tomorrow and i am nervous about having to leave for an hour to get my eye ck'd but im sure they will be ok.

Then we have ryans game at 430 and we are going to my uncles house for birthday cake for his bday after. It is suppose to rain all wkend so who knows what will really end up happening.

Sunday I am suppose to go on a bus trip benefiting my high schools bball team. The coach they have now was my city league youth bball coach. I love him he is such a great guy. My dad was originally suppose to go but my grammy who has alzheimers has been acting up lately so he didnt want to leave the area. I told my mom I would tag along. It is going to atlantic city casinos. Just where I need to go after all this money I spent this paycheck. Yeah well its a day away right. I will miss the kiddos but Im sure they will love spending a football sunday with their daddy.

Nancy- woohoo on the new house. I cant believe the difference in prices. Our house is the same size and we paid half that. I bet if you moved here you could live in a mansion. I guess thats why so many people live here and commute huh. Anyways good luck selling your house. We moved with a 2 year old and I was 5 months pregnant. So not fun.

Maria- Glad everything is going well at work. I hope you get some nice relaxing time this weekend.

Kathy- I cant wait to see the video. I played the clarinet for awhile and Im sure my parents wanted to buy ear plugs. Im glad he is picking it up quickly.

Have a great weekend!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mikamah]

Lindsay- I hope everything goes well this morning at the doctoe, and he sees improvement in the ulcer. Of course it makes you worry, but with eyes, there is always someone on call for emergencies, and he is probably the doc on call, so by seeing you this morning, he's hoping to see improvement, or change treatment and avoid things getting worse. And he makes you think he's a great guy for getting you in, when he'd probably have to go for any calls anyway. How's it feeling this morning? I hope the drops are helping and the bills will not go any further. It sucks to pay so much for medical stuff, but what are you going to do? You must take care of yourself. You'd not give it a second thought if it was for your kids or dh. Sending good wishes there is big improvement today. And good luck at the flu clinic. Sounds like a blast, all those screaming kids coming for shots.

Maria-Nice job getting those runs in during this crazy week. I'm waiting to hear on a friend if she can run, if not, I'm going to do some wii fit. It's not raining yet, but the weather isn't too promising. I hope all your proposals work out ok. It's got to be frustrating having to wait on others to get your work done. Thanks for the tip for universal. I really don't think I can swing it in january. I'll see what my sil and brother book, and do the numbers, but without any extra hours right now, it's not looking too good. But if I don't use it for january, maybe august.

I started vacation planning again. I thought next summer my second week of vacation we would go see the red sox at another stadium, baltimore or chicago, but when I checked their schedule, they are in Anaheim the week before Labor day which has always been my second week where michael and I go somewhere just the 2 of us. I'd love for my brother to come too, if they could, but their school starts earlier than us too, but we'll see. So now at least I have a virtual vacation to investigate, and after the winter, and with the tax refund, maybe it will happen. It's too soon to price airfare for that week, but for the week before, airfare with hotel for a week at a doubletree was only 1800 on expedia. I'll see. Maybe we'd do anaheim, disney, universal, and then drive up the coast to Oakland where the sox play labor day weekend. Either way, I'll have fun planning, even if we don't go. It is amazing just to be thinking about it really put me in a good mood yesterday. I think barring any major appliance disasters, I will make it happen.

We have a low key day. I've just started with some laundry, and need to clean the bathroom. Michael's friend has a football game at 10ish, so he'll come by after lunch. With the rain, we may go see Dolphin Tale.

Hello everyone else!! Hope you all have a fun, relaxing weekend.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Rose, good luck tonight with your race! You are going to rock it and we can't wait to hear reports of onion rings, adult beverages and your race!

Maria, so nice to see you! And so very nice to hear your busy week is going smoothly at work. Way to get out there and do those runs, too!

Do you have any exciting plans in Vegas? My parents honeymooned in Vegas -- at the Stardust -- and we went there many times over the years in the 60's and 70's.

Lindsay, so sorry about the eye. It's serious stuff when things are going on with your eyes and, as Kathy said, you wouldn't think twice if you were having to spend money on any of the men in your life. Hope everything is improving again today!

Kathy, a trip to Disneyland!?! Hmm, if you took Michael to WDW for the Princess and then went to DL at Labor Day, you could get your Coast-to-Coast medal next year . . . just sayin' . Check out the rates for Howard Johnson's on Harbor Blvd. It is the best place to stay offsite at DL. Close to the freeway so you could drive to Universal and other places. You might want to explore getting a cheap flight to Oakland because it is a long drive -- like 400 miles, including scary California traffic. Sounds like a wonderful, wonderful trip!

Liesel, can't wait to hear your pre-trip report for your trip to DL soon!

It is cold and rainy here this morning. I think I get to go on a hot date to Lowe's this morning. I will keep my fingers crossed that the weather improves so I can do my 4 miles tomorrow. If not, I will go to the indoor running track. Robert is feeling better, no homework, and a few home projects. It's shaping up to be a nice week-end!

Have a great week-end!

 

[mikamah]

Thanks, Lisa. I knew you'd have some great advice on your DL!!

It's all just spinning around in my head, but if I hit the lottery, a coast to coast it is, but without the lottery winnings, I'm afraid it will be just one trip. It's fun to plan, and now I can spend endless hours on the internet with a new focus. I did think of the DL half, is it on the monday of Labor day? I forget. But I don't think I'd do it anyway. Oakland is a thought. I envisioned us in a convertible driving up the coast with beautiful sunsets, not sitting in california traffic. Wonder if it's like boston traffic. Or new york. Now new york is scary. I actually like not driving at all. If we stay near DL, do a shuttle to Universal, maybe a hollywood tour, and taxi to Angel stadium, I don't need to drive. Such decisions, decisions. Now to make them all happen.

Oh, and I thought of braces too after the talk on the bl thread. Hoping michael's teeth havent' come in enough to need them yet. that will throw a wrench in the whole plan. Actually he goes to the orthodontist in november, so I hope that appt is before the time we need to put in for our flex spending money.

Have a really fun date at Lowes, but don't do anything I wouldn't do.

 

[lisah0711]

I got so excited about Kathy's trip that I almost forgot something very important . . .

Good luck to Princess Corinna as she runs her first marathon tomorrow!

Also, I had a 4 pound "whoosh" so started off the month in my goal range after all! Hoping for a really good week this week!

 

[mikamah]

Wow, congrats Lisa on the whoosh!! 4 pounds is awesome, you're going to be shrinking away!!!

Good Luck Rose and Mike tonight on the W&D half!!!!!

Good luck Corinna on your first Marathon tomorrow!!! You're our first BL princess marathoner!!!! Whoo hoo!!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Hello and !

I skipped my run this morning, just didn't feel like doing it and still trying to get more rest. I've slept 10 hours the last two nights, so hopefully I'm making progress on that front.

I'm getting out all our Halloween decorations while I watch the Steelers/Texans game. I don't really care about the game, but it's nice to have background noise.

I told dh this morning I think I've been bit by the cruising bug. We haven't been in 5 years. He responded by telling me we have $8 in our vacation account -- a direct result of me doing the Princess in a few months, so I cannot complain He's also talking more seriously about marathon weekend in 2013, so I'm not going to push my luck. I really want to have him come back and do another Disney race with me!

Corinna -- I hope you are enjoying a fabulous first marathon, it's PR time!

Rose -- congratulations on W&D! I can't wait to hear all about it!

Lisah -- Great job on the "whoosh"! I don't have any big plans, I'm just going to walk the Strip at night. I know that sounds bad -- I mean after my sessions end (if I don't find some folks to hang out with) I will entertain myself by checking out the hotels and shops. I'm definitely going to the Earl of Sandwich in the Planet Hollywood hotel. I think there are some salads with my name on them!

Kathy -- Nothing wrong with vacation planning! My latest scheme is I'm going to check out short cruises out of Tampa. We could visit my SIL, cruise, and go back to SILs before going home. It's probably still out of our price range for the upcoming year, but I'm going to check it out nevertheless.

Lindsay -- I hope you enjoy the bus trip! I am so sorry for the difficulties with your eye, but you know what a precious resource that is, and you have to do whatever you have to do to take care of your sight

Nancy -- Any idea when you will be closing on the new house? You might want to carefully time your labor I can't believe Bronxbaby is going to be here before we know it -- I predict another handsome young man with a great set of lungs

Ok, gotta get back to decorating and getting ready for tomorrow. I'm trying not to think too hard about everything I have to do. I will get it all done, I'm just going to be a limp dishrag when I finish. That said, I am getting on the TM before I go anywhere

Maria

 

[dumbo_buddy]

blergh, i'm exhausted after a really busy weekend. i really want to chit chat on here but still have a few things to do before i can sit down. and when i can do that i think i may just hit the sack.

but i HAD to come on here to congratulate ROSE on her fabulous race! can't wait to hear all about it

ttyl!! xoxo friends!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Hello Ladies.

Horray for Corinna doing her first marathon!!!! We would love to hear about it if you are still reading along! Great Job

Rose- Yippee you made it. Cant wait to hear how it went. I hope you are having a wonderful trip.

Nancy- I hope you get some time to relax tomorrow after your busy weekend. You should be in a recliner with your feet up eating bon bons right? hahahah we know that is so not reality.

Kathy- I hope you enjoyed your low key weekend. Did you get to see dolphin tale. The boys want to see it but I wondered if it was to over there age level.

Hi Lisa and Maria!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok I will try to make this update quick..... I just got back from Atlantic City and it was a fun day. I didnt win any money but played on a small amount for quite awhile so that is ok. Yesterday Ryan had a football game and the boys won again. They are still undefeated!!!! Ryan had another great game and had 6 flags. He is really getting the hang of it now.

Ok big update on my eye and needing lots of prayers for this.

Yesterday I went to my eye dr. He said the ulcer actually got just a little worse so he wanted me to see the corneal specialist. That dr called and got me in a few hours later. He explained that the concern was that on a strong antibiotic my ulcer is still progressing rather than clearing. He said the concern was a resistent bacteria causing the problem such as MRSA or some of the other "super bugs" that are now around. So he encouraged me to let him culture it. I had to let him use a blade to scrape cells off of my eye. So not fun!!!! Then he started me on 2 more drops. These drops were made special by the pharmacy and were made from IV antibiotics. Of course they cost a fortune but at this point who cares right. So I have now been using 3 drops every hour. He originally wanted me rechecked today but then ok'd me to go on my trip. I am going to see him tomorrow at 1130. I am praying that this thing is getting better. Next step if it is not is going down to will's eye hospital in philly to get done god knows what. I dont even want to know. I think it feels much better although I thought yesterday it was getting better too. So I am really scared and anxious right now.

I will let you know how I am doing tomorrow after my appointment.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Lindsay -- You have my prayers and a big ol' Eye problems are so scary, we're all hoping everything looks much better today. I'll make sure I think of you and send up a couple of little "prayerlets" today when you have your appt.

I got up today and did 4M of intervals. I haven't done intervals in a really long time, and it made me feel quite accomplished when I finished. I'm scarfing down some eggs and getting a load of in, then it's off to begin the crazy-busy day. It helps that as I go I will take a few minutes here and there to read what's going on with you guys. I realize I am not the one having the ookiest day, and I need to be grateful I get to do this job I I love.

I'm also grateful the more I think about it the more things I remember for my trip. I just recalled I need to pick up a disposable razor. I'm sure they have them in Vegas, but I like to be as prepared as possible. I haven't figured out what I'm packing in or what I'm taking as a carry-on yet. I have decided I'm going to buy my breakfasts. They are included in the conference, but they're pastries, muffins and some fruit. I'll plan to eat the fruit, but I also plan to arrive already having eaten some eggs. I'm also skipping the midday snack cookies and ice cream. I am going to bring my pre-portioned almonds, and I will have a plan to grab some whole fruit from that breakfast pile and eat that with the nuts for a snack. Everyone keeps telling me I have to try the pastries at the Paris. I've made a deal with myself -- if I manage to avoid most of the naughtiness, I can have one Friday night after my conference time is over.

Oops, gotta get movin'!

Everyone plan for an awesome week, new month, new us!

Maria

 

[mikamah]

Lindsay-I'll be thinking of you today and praying for good news at the doctor. Hang in there, take some slow deep breaths, watch some mindless tv till 11:30, if you aren't going into work. I hope you get some good news today.

Maria-You have a great plan for your trip. Remember how good you did on your princess trip, and I know that you can do the same in vegas. Remember those pastries have been sitting out at these conference too long, and are all dried out anyway. They're not worth the calories. Wait for the paris pastry. I like your plan, new month, new us!! We can do it!! A cruise sounds great, my brother and sil leave today on a 5 day out of miami, I think, for her 40th b-day. Their dd is 9, and they've not left her for more than a weekend, so they are both very excited. I love vacation planning.

Nancy-Hope your busy weekend was a good one and fun too. You must have lots to do to get the house ready for sale. Unless you're one of those fanatical housekeepers and your house is immaculate, and then it should be easy. It would not be easy for me. Hope you got a good nights sleep.

Lisa-Did the weather cooperate and allow you to get out for your run this weekend? It ended up being not a bad weekend here, but yesterday's forecast was periods of sun and downpours, so we didn't plan much outside. I did spend some time researching your beloved DL. Are you a member of club 33? That looks amazing, I wonder what it costs. There was a trip report that someone went there. My thoughts right now, luckily i have 11 months to plan, are to do 4-5 nights in anaheim, disney, universal and the redsox game, then maybe 1-2 in san diego for seaworld and the zoo. All would be on the citipass too. I figure one of our 3 dl passes could be a red sox game day too. Anyway, it's fun to plan, and I'm happy to have my own little dl expert just a pm away.

Rose- COngratulations on your race and your awesome time!! I hope the leg and foot are feeling good and you're having a wonderful time!!

Corinna- Whoo hoo!! COngrats on your marathon!! You are just amazing!!

We had a fun weekend. Football sunday am in the drizzle, and then I ran/walked with Karen 3.4 miles. It was slow, and I definitely need new shoes, but I've been putting it off. Next month I"ll get my christmas club, and treat myself then. Her groin was sore last weekend during the half and it started to bother her, so we walked more yesterday. Which was fine for me.

My friend called her and her dd were going to see the Lion King, and I hemmed and hawed, and we decided to go. It was really good in 3d, and michael and I both were expecting the elephants heads to spin around like in the circle of life show at epcot. We've seen that a few time since we last watched the Lion king, so it was funny.

We may go to the fair tonight, weather permitting, if not wednesday. I already have the tickets, so we will go but just not sure when.

Have a great day princesses and tinks!!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Maria, good luck on your busy day today! Once you get through these applications, it's leavin' on a jet plane for you. Good plan to walk with folks on the strip. It is crowded down there but there are some scary people, too, you don't want a walk like Dennis' in Montreal! I'm sending you some to help you through your ooky day!

Nancy, hope that you had a nice week-end! Sorry it was so tiring. Hopefully you and Thomas can take it easy today. You should enjoy these quiet, peaceful days while you can.

Lindsay, sending lots of prayers and to you today with your poor eye. Hopefully the culture will be back and they can tailor a treatment to it. Please be sure and keep us posted because we worry about you.

Kathy, I did get to do a little run this week-end. I have my two short runs this week and then a 10K on Sunday. Then I will be in week 4 of the 20 week Tink training plan so it all works out.

Sorry I'm not a member of Club 33 but if you figure out some way to get in there, I will figure out a way to join you. Even in the 60's and 70's it was impossible for us regular folks to get in there. It is incredibly expensive and I've heard they don't even put names on the waitlist anymore, it is so long. There is talk of a new Club 33 like place in Caifornia Adventure with all this remodeling but, of course, it would not be same as being in New Orleans Square above Pirates of the Caribbean! Liesel will also be a good DL resource for you!

Have fun at the fair!

Rose, loved the Facebook posts and pics! I'm so happy you had a good race and can't wait to hear all about it. I thought your outfit was cute! And I'm glad that you got your Zebra Domes!

Had a great time yesterday watching Corinna in her first half marathon. You could track her the whole way and there was a live video feed at the finish. She looked happy and strong!

October is going to be a busy month. I have my 10K next week-end as well as the finishing touches on fall cleanup and getting ready for my MIL and BIL to visit for a couple of nights. Then it is their short visit. The following week-end I am flying to Seattle to spend a couple of nights with my Mom and sister to celebrate my Mom's birthday. The plan was to take the ferry to downtown Seattle and have lunch at the new Hard Rock Cafe by the Pike's Place Market. But my Mom is having furniture delivered on the only day available so we will hang out and wait for that and go to eat in Gig Harbor. Bless her heart, my Mom has a knack for bad timing on things.

Have a wonderful day Princesses and Belles!

 

[liesel]

Rose Congratulations on the W&D half! I can't wait to hear all about it! I'd love to do that half someday.

Corinna Congratulations on your first marathon! Your DL half report from last year was the first race report I read here on the boards when I joined last year's fall challenge (Rose's first half report was my second!) and I was so amazed by what you've accomplished. You both have inspired me!

Nancy Congratulations on the new house!! I hope you are able to sell yours quickly.

Maria Have fun in Vegas, its an interesting place. We were there for a day during our road trip last summer. There are still lots of people there, and some wear some pretty interesting outfits for a night out on the town. Good luck with work.

Lindsay Sending lots of pixie dust your way for your eyes. Congrats to Ryan for being undefeated!

Lisa Sorry to hear Robert was sick last week. My DD was sick over the weekend, I hope she is better because I sent her back to school! I hope Tink training is going well.

We haven't planned much for our trip, as DH pointed out over the weekend. I countered with "we are going to CA, we can do this in our sleep," which he agreed with. We are not making any dining reservations since we are buying APs and we like to do just counter service on the AP buying trip to save money, especially since all our Disney reward dollars are going to the APs. There are 2 new CS places in DCA and several places have changed their menus since we have been there so I am excited to try the new food and figure out what I want to eat Tink weekend. POTC is down for refurb, which is a bummer, but it should be running in January. I want to ride the Matterhorn in case it goes down in Jan for its long rumored refurb. I also can't wait to ride the new Little Mermaid and Star Tours. A friend of mine might join us for a day so I need to figure that out. DL has short hours the whole time we are there so no late nights for us!

Kathy I hope you can make it out to CA next year. We have been deciding between labor day weekend and the DL half and our fall break in October next year. I think we are going to do October so we can spend more time there and visit the inlaws. We are getting APs on our trip in 15 days (!!) so we will go just before they expire. I also recommend the Hojo's. Its a short walk to the parks, has good rates, and a fun little water park area. You can check out www.hojoanaheim.com. They are also listed under my likes on my FB page, so I can keep up with their entertainment rate specials. They don't serve breakfast, but we just get stuff from the grocery store and eat in the room.

DL is nice and compact, with DL, CA Adventure, and DTD all right next to each other. If you stay at a hotel within walking distance, its so easy to get around! No waiting around for buses! Next year at DL should be fantastic, Carsland is opening in the summer, so it should be open by the time you visit. I don't have any Club 33 connections, but a good friend of mine has gone there twice and absolutely loved it. Definitely check out the DL section of the boards, that and WISH are the friendliest places on the DIS!

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So I didn't have a great long run on Saturday, my shin splints suddenly started acting up after I thought I was all healed. I did wear my old shoes for all the muddy hiking in Hawaii and then was walking around in flip flops a little too much when I got back. I am now being good about wearing my nice new running shoes when walking to and from the kids' school. I took yesterday off and am going to go to the gym and use the elliptical today. I'll try a short run tomorrow and see how I am doing. I am trying not to go too fast or push too hard, but I am also stressing about getting my mileage up for this training program.

I had a huge post vacation loss last week, so I only have one pound of vacation weight left to lose. I'm trying to be really OP since we have another vacation coming up so soon (then Thanksgiving, then the Christmas holiday eating season!). Have a great day everyone!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

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wanted to let you all know that i am doing ok. the ulcer is a tiny bit improved. The doc thinks it is a really really bad bug but so far the culture is coming up negative. He said that since I was on the antiobitic drops before the culture this could happen. So we might not ever know what this really is.

The way he put it was that its a really bad army of bugs but this current regimen of drops is slowly bringing them to their death and eventually they all will throw up the white flag and surrender. He is quite a guy but knows how to make his explanations plain and simple.

The good news is he thinks I am out of the woods for anything to go majorly bad. I asked what would have happened if It wasnt better and getting worse and he said...corneal transplant. Very scary. So thank you all for your prayers because I am so thankful that this seems to be on the mend.

I am needing to continue the drops every hour and I will see my regular opth tomorrow again. But for now all is good.

Thank you all for caring so much. I love you ladies.

 

[mikamah]

Lindsay-Glad things seem to be improving. Thanks for updating us. I was thinking about you all day. So scary. pixiedust and prayers you are out of the woods now, and those bugs surrender completely soon. You doctor sounds like a hoot.

Disneyland Lisa's!! thanks for all the good dl advice. I checked out the dl board over the weekend, and read a great trip report where I heard about the club 33. I didn't realize it went back to the 60s. I am sure it's quite a bit out of my league, so I won't get my hopes up. After all I'm a value type girl.

I had a fun afternoon at work. The doc I work with just got back from his first wdw trip with his 4 and 5 yo, so I got to live vicariously through him. I set his computer up with a castle screen saver before he came in. He had an absolute blast, of course. He's so easy going, we knew he would. There are two other docs who are a bit anal and impatient, and they both went once each and hated it, so I love to share my disney magic with them, even though they don't get it.

Off to check the weather and decide on the fair. It's looking a little iffy.

Have a nice evening everyone.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

lindsay - an ulcer.....in your eye.....??? omg! ouuuuuch! you poor thing! i'm glad to hear the doc say it's getting better but ouch! that just can't feel good at all. please kill that bad army of bugs! ewww!

and wahoo for ryan's team being undefeated! how exciting! glad he's enjoying it! did nick decide on any activity that he wants to try?

kathy - a trip to DL sounds fabulous! i have to say that i totally was thinking, "get that coast to coast medal!" but i get too that the running trips are totally different than the regular vacation trips. plus, the $$ is a big factor too. you'll just have to come down in 2013 to florida so we can see each other for a race then! i saw a pic of michael and his team on the field. tough lookin' group! (ok, i actually though, "aw, how cute!!")

rose - love your FB pics but need more! specifically, i want a medal pic and an onion ring pic!

lisa - ah, furniture delivery, that always seems to mess up your plans. and i hate when they give you a delivery window of like, "between 8 and 2" and then show up at 5pm. grr. where is the 10k this weekend? you are a running fool and i love it! hopefully the 10k will seem "easy" compared to the half you just ran.

maria - ooo i love vegas! and i'm not even a gambler i looooove the people watching there. it's almost as good as at disney!

liesel - hiya! sorry about the shin splints but nice job on losing that vacation weight so quickly! i usually hang on to that for a loooong time!

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busy weekend, busy day. and i'm tired. so basically ....same poop, different day. friday we discovered that the dog has fleas. awesome. and the best part is that somehow it's my fault. which is funny because john is the one who is in charge of her. he hasn't put frontline on her in MONTHS and i can't tell you how many times i've been like, "hey you should put that stuff on her." so, saturday morning we drove up to petco to get her a flea bath. from there up to westchester for thomas's soccer practice. left there early to go to rockland (across the tappan zee bridge) for a birthday party. after the party we came back to petco to pick the dog up. got home for thomas to take a nap around 2:30. i laid down for about an hour then cleaned for a few and my parents came around 4.

parent visit was....ok. thomas was a perfect child. so sweet with them. how could they not want to see him more?? we hung out a bit, went for a walk to show them the new house (just the outside, owners weren't home), and came back here. we basically had to force them to go out to eat with us. and then WE had to pay. they offered to split it with us. SPLIT! here we are, one income, one kid and another on the way and we had to pay. whatever, i guess they didn't want to go out in the first place so it's ok. during dinner john invited them to disney with us in may where we will be staying at the treehouse villas. most people when invited somewhere, even if they have no desire to go say, "oh wow, thank you. let us think about it and get back to you." not them. they stared at john like a deer in headlights. it was as if we had asked them to join us in a death march. came back to the house and had cupcakes that my mom made. then my uncle eddie and aunt mary came over. at the door i heard eddie say to mary, "whoa, your brother is here." lol. i LOVED that they dropped in - it kind of showed my parents how they are missing out because they love to see him all the time. and they had all these stories to tell about him. and they could see how much thomas loves them.

sunday was a bad day. just a bad day all around. john and i fought like cats and dogs. just alot of stress and john just can't handle stress well at all. it's going to be awesome when this baby arrives, let me tell you!

anywho, that's my long story of the weekend. on a happy note, my mom called today and invited thomas and i to go apple picking with her on friday. that's two visits in one week! maybe they really did get my message when i didn't speak to them??

 

[dumbo_buddy]

I had a fun afternoon at work. The doc I work with just got back from his first wdw trip with his 4 and 5 yo, so I got to live vicariously through him. I set his computer up with a castle screen saver before he came in. He had an absolute blast, of course. He's so easy going, we knew he would. There are two other docs who are a bit anal and impatient, and they both went once each and hated it, so I love to share my disney magic with them, even though they don't get it.
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it's always so nice to talk to someone who LOVES disney, right? how fun you got to hear about his trip! did they do any special events or anything? i bet going to disney with a 4 and 5 year old would be super fun...and super tiring! lol!