Bunnies and mooses and groupies, Oh my!!! The Wilderness Lodge groupies thread. 4.0

[Disney loving Iowan]

I'm behind as usual....last week was FSU Parent's Weekend...got home on Monday from a great trip with dd. She is doing alot better. Back to working the night shift and my sleep patterns are totally messed up.
Maria

Hey Maria! I was thinking about you last night and wondering how you have been! Glad to hear that everything is going better for your DD! I hope you adjust to your new sleeping pattern quickly. I know that would be hard for me.

Afternoon groupies...

Thanks for all of the well wishes..I'm feeling a little lodge-itis though...

Me too!!!

 

[lisah0711]

Happy Sunday, Groupies!

Came by for a little VWL fix because in just 60 short days we will be arriving!

The Merry Mixers will be on Thursdays in December for those of you who will be there then -- there is a thread with the info. Doing our Merry Mixer on 12/24.

 

[twinklebug]

Happy Sunday, Groupies!

Came by for a little VWL fix because in just 60 short days we will be arriving!

The Merry Mixers will be on Thursdays in December for those of you who will be there then -- there is a thread with the info. Doing our Merry Mixer on 12/24.

Christmas Eve, How fun! Enjoy - I've heard they're great. We hit the last 5-10 min of it last year and most everything was done and over with, so get there early.

I was down with "the Flu" last week and although I tried to work, I kept getting distracted by sleep & of all things, the Disboards (that's how I found time to recover those lost pics, hehe). Now, I'm later-than-late with my project and a new one is starting, Eeek. Looks like less time here for a bit. Hey, anyone have a time machine so I can go back to Sept?

 

[DiznyDi]

Hi Groupies

WELCOME to nmmom95 and TuckandStuiesMom. Come back often. Sometimes we get a little carried away and OT, but we always manage to find our way back to the lodge.

Oh blossomz so sorry you've been Glad to hear you're feeling a little better.

Loved the new graphic Maria You find the cutest ones! Also glad to hear that your daughter is doing better. Sorry about the night shift.... I hope that 1) you are able to adjust quickly or 2) this is temporary and you'll be back to days soon.

Thanks lisah0711 for the info on the mixer. I had read that it may not happen this year and was so disappointed . We arrive on the 3rd and will get there if we can, but will definitely be to the one on the 10th.

Eliza daughters wedding is on the 24th. Only 6 more sleeps! This promises to be a very busy week! We have relatives coming in from Germany whom we haven't seen in nearly 2 decades. Unfortunately our son will not make it home for the wedding. We knew when he deployed in January that the chances of him getting home in October were slim to none. How we'll miss him.

Wish I had a time machine for you twinklebug Do you work best under pressure? Good luck with the projects!

Has anyone heard from Dory lately?

 

[twokats]

*The removal of water analogy:

Take a bucket of water.
Remove a cup of water from it.
Watch what happens.
The remaining water quickly fills in where the cup was removed.
That is how much you will be missed.

In college one of our instructors printed that out for each of us to remind us that you shouldn't think that you are irreplaceable when you get out into the workplace. It may sound mean, but I have often thought of that analogy (in the workplace), but I find in the real life, where people are important, it does not apply!

Sorry, I think I had too much coffee this morning!

I don't think you had too much coffee at all. You always know that you are replaceable at your job, but as you said with the ones you care about. . . there will be a big piece missing.

Hi Groupies

Thanks lisah0711 for the info on the mixer. I had read that it may not happen this year and was so disappointed . We arrive on the 3rd and will get there if we can, but will definitely be to the one on the 10th.

Eliza daughters wedding is on the 24th. Only 6 more sleeps! This promises to be a very busy week! We have relatives coming in from Germany whom we haven't seen in nearly 2 decades. Unfortunately our son will not make it home for the wedding. We knew when he deployed in January that the chances of him getting home in October were slim to none. How we'll miss him.

Hope the wedding is all ya'll have planned for.

I hope to make the Merry Mixers on the 3rd since I will have to leave for the airport on the 10th before it will start.

Welcome to the newcomers and get well wishes to those who have been under the weather.

I need to ask for some prayers and pixie dust from all my new friends here. My Mom's cancer has returned and we will be going through surgery a month before DD and I are due to arrive in WDW. I do look forward to joining everyone at the meet and getting to see all the Christmas decorations around the world. Thank ya'll for all the neat pictures and reports that keep the love of the lodge alive.

 

[nmmom95]

Kathy-
I'll keep your mom in my prayers. to you and your family.
Angie

 

[twinklebug]

Wish I had a time machine for you twinklebug Do you work best under pressure? Good luck with the projects!

Thanks! I usually do work well under pressure, but I'm still sloggish from last week and I'm totally lost and ready for a melt down. Oh well, I'm human and I can do only what I can do.... though it would be nice to be wonder woman - wow - just for the body alone

I hope to make the Merry Mixers on the 3rd since I will have to leave for the airport on the 10th before it will start.

I hope you do make it - it sounds like you could use some cider & a dance with Mickey The kids & I will be arriving that evening, far too late for the Mixer Just my luck.

I need to ask for some prayers and pixie dust from all my new friends here. My Mom's cancer has returned and we will be going through surgery a month before DD and I are due to arrive in WDW.

I'm so sorry to hear this Kathy. I hope the surgery & treatment all goes well for your mom. Cancer stinks. I know you said she's been through this before, but remember: it can't take away love, hope, family or the spirit.

 

[DVCGeek]

Welcome to all the newcomers!

Whispering Canyon is the first restaurant I took my now DW to on our first trip to WDW together. We love the Lodge and have a picture of it in our living room we bought on our honeymoon. I've stayed in the hotel once, she never did, and this coming FRIDAY is our first stay for either of us in a DVC villas, and fittingly enough it will be @ VWL!!!

Get well and prayers and best wishes to all those who are sick themselves or who have family and friends who need them!

And BTW, the Octoberfest Moose is hilarious!

 

[blossomz]

Oh Kathy...so sorry to hear...lots and lots of love, prayers, and pixie dust coming your way.


Disney Di...can't wait to hear about the wedding!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Kathy (twokats)....so sorry about your mother. I hope all turns out well. Thoughts and prayers to you all.


Maria

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

I'll also extend a welcome to the newcomers! This is a great group that shares a love for a great place!!

And a Welcome Home to some people that haven't been around for awhile. That's a great graphic Maria!

DiznyDi (and Dizny Dad) - GOOD LUCK with this next week!!!! And have a wonderful time!

I'll be thinking of you twokats and praying that your mom's surgery goes well.

I feel your excitement DVCGeek! Hope you have a wonderful trip. I can't believe it but it's only 3 weeks and my head will be resting on a pillow at the lodge. Ahhhhhhhh! Finally - the first trip home to our "main" home.

 

[eliza61]

Let's fire up the brain cells today.

How many words can you make from the following?

SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS

3-5 Not bad
6-9 Pretty good
10+

Name the Disney movie where you find this word, the year released and who stars in the movie.


On this day...

In 1989, the golden-domed Wonders of Life Pavillion opens on Epcot's west side with physical fitness as its central theme. Plans for a health and physical fitness pavilion had actually been drawn up prior to Epcot's opening, but there was no interested corporate sponsors then. Finally an agreement with insurance giant MetLife allows the pavilion to open at a cost over $100 million!

 

[Muushka]

twokats , prayers for your mom. I hope all will be well.

And may health fall quickly on all who are not well.

Welcome to all the newcomers!

Whispering Canyon is the first restaurant I took my now DW to on our first trip to WDW together. We love the Lodge and have a picture of it in our living room we bought on our honeymoon. I've stayed in the hotel once, she never did, and this coming FRIDAY is our first stay for either of us in a DVC villas, and fittingly enough it will be @ VWL!!!

Get well and prayers and best wishes to all those who are sick themselves or who have family and friends who need them!

And BTW, the Octoberfest Moose is hilarious!

Awwwww, what a magical time you will have at our beloved!

 

[Muushka]

SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS

DO
SUPER
FRAGILE
US
SO
A
SOLSTICE
CAR
TO
TEE
TOP
CAR
FOR
SOAR
SORE
POD
GOD
ROD
SOD
COD
LID
LOUD
SOUR

TOO MANY WORDS!!! I QUIT!!!

Mary Poppins starring Julie Andrews and Rob Petrie, 1964

 

[Dizny Dad]

Let's fire up the brain cells today.

. . . . . . . . . .

Name the Disney movie where you find this word, the year released and who stars in the movie. . . . . . . . .

What was the father's screen name in the movie?

The name was used again in a movie I think DiznyDi and I are now living.

5 days out . . . . . .

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Christmas Eve, How fun! Enjoy - I've heard they're great. We hit the last 5-10 min of it last year and most everything was done and over with, so get there early.

I was down with "the Flu" last week and although I tried to work, I kept getting distracted by sleep & of all things, the Disboards (that's how I found time to recover those lost pics, hehe). Now, I'm later-than-late with my project and a new one is starting, Eeek. Looks like less time here for a bit. Hey, anyone have a time machine so I can go back to Sept?

Sorry you were sick. I hope you can get caught up quickly.

Hi Groupies
Eliza daughters wedding is on the 24th. Only 6 more sleeps! This promises to be a very busy week! We have relatives coming in from Germany whom we haven't seen in nearly 2 decades. Unfortunately our son will not make it home for the wedding. We knew when he deployed in January that the chances of him getting home in October were slim to none. How we'll miss him.
Has anyone heard from Dory lately?

Sorry your DS can't make the wedding. I had some friends who's DS couldn't be at their DD'S wedding and they did something really cute. They enlarged a picture of him and cut out his head and posted it on a stick and held it in some of their pictures. It was pretty funny and it showed that they were thinking of him.
Dory and Dodie have been MIA for quite sometime now. I wonder where they are.

I need to ask for some prayers and pixie dust from all my new friends here. My Mom's cancer has returned and we will be going through surgery a month before DD and I are due to arrive in WDW. I do look forward to joining everyone at the meet and getting to see all the Christmas decorations around the world. Thank ya'll for all the neat pictures and reports that keep the love of the lodge alive.

Sorry to hear this. She will be in my prayers and so will you.

Mary Poppins starring Julie Andrews and Rob Petrie, 1964

Too funny Muuskha! I can't believe we can't say his name! Good job on coming up with all the words!

 

[Happydinks]

Afternoon Groupies!

2 more sleeps - then a 4 am alarm -- in Disney by 10 am Wednesday!

JT..so glad you've been in touch with Stan. We will miss him sorely.

I was home most of this week..caught the bug from the germ factory...aka school!

Sorry to hear about catching "the crud"! Hope you are feeling better now. Been drinking Airborne everyday to "help build my immune system" for going to WDW. Don't know if it really works - but it doesn't hurt to drink it!

We'll get to see Stan before he retires! We're going to try and be a flag family - but have never had any luck to-date. Maybe this time will be the charm!

I'm behind as usual....last week was FSU Parent's Weekend...got home on Monday from a great trip with dd. She is doing alot better.

WELCOME to the newbies in our group :
thesupersmartguy, nmmom95, and TuckandStuiesMom

Maria - so glad to hear that DD is doing better. That must ease your mind quite a bit.

We second the big welcome to all the newbies! (Maria - you do the best graphics!)

I was down with "the Flu" last week and although I tried to work, I kept getting distracted by sleep & of all things, the Disboards (that's how I found time to recover those lost pics, hehe).

Hope you are feeling better!

Hi Groupies

Eliza daughters wedding is on the 24th. Only 6 more sleeps! This promises to be a very busy week! We have relatives coming in from Germany whom we haven't seen in nearly 2 decades. Unfortunately our son will not make it home for the wedding. We knew when he deployed in January that the chances of him getting home in October were slim to none. How we'll miss him.

Has anyone heard from Dory lately?

DiznyDi and DiznyDad - Best wishes for DD wedding - we hope that you enjoy every moment of it! Weddings are wonderful celebrations.

I have heard from Dory, briefly, a couple of weeks ago, and she's been very busy helping DH with his business. I gave her the link to the new thread -- and that was the last I'd heard.

I need to ask for some prayers and pixie dust from all my new friends here. My Mom's cancer has returned and we will be going through surgery a month before DD and I are due to arrive in WDW.

Our prayers for your Mom and family. Cancer is such a "stinkin' disease" - and we don't know of many people who haven't been touched by it in some way. Someday, it will be a thing of the past - but for now all we do is pray for everyone affected by it.

SUPER
FRAGILE
Mary Poppins starring Julie Andrews and Rob Petrie, 1964

Too funny Muuskha! I can't believe we can't say his name! Good job on coming up with all the words!

Er, um, do we mean Julie Andrews and Dick VanDyke - or - have I missed the joke?

Does anyone bring their refillable mugs on their trips? Last year, we saw a family walking around with "the original" Wilderness Lodge mugs so we thought they had made a return to the design. We stopped the Dad and he said no, that a CM told him that they could always use their mugs, so they brought them back each year. We didn't know if it was worth packing them or not? Any thoughts on this?

 

[DVCGeek]

Does anyone bring their refillable mugs on their trips? Last year, we saw a family walking around with "the original" Wilderness Lodge mugs so we thought they had made a return to the design. We stopped the Dad and he said no, that a CM told him that they could always use their mugs, so they brought them back each year. We didn't know if it was worth packing them or not? Any thoughts on this?

No, we don't. Maybe the very first mugs were valid for each year (though I doubt it), but all the ones I've purchased over the last few years (and I have one of the generic 2007 design ones here on my desk at work right now!) read "Free refills available at our Resort Beverage islands until the end of the stay in which the mug was purchased".

 

[Muushka]

Snip.....

Er, um, do we mean Julie Andrews and Dick VanDyke - or - have I missed the joke?

Does anyone bring their refillable mugs on their trips? Last year, we saw a family walking around with "the original" Wilderness Lodge mugs so we thought they had made a return to the design. We stopped the Dad and he said no, that a CM told him that they could always use their mugs, so they brought them back each year. We didn't know if it was worth packing them or not? Any thoughts on this?

Dick Van ****

That is why I called him Rob Petrie! (Need a space between the Van and the other word)

We always bring our refillable mugs to VWL and use them proudly.

Have a wonderful trip HD!

 

[Happydinks]

Dick Van ****

That is why I called him Rob Petrie! (Need a space between the Van and the other word)

We always bring our refillable mugs to VWL and use them proudly.

Have a wonderful trip HD!

You are so bad!