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

[Muushka]

I apologize for not being able to post since DD and I returned from WDW in December.
I loved going at that time of year and it gave Kati and me such a fantastic Mother/Daughter time.

In what I have had time to catch up on. . . when ya'll were discussing occupations. . . I am an accountant and the office manager for a local church. So needless to say, I am knee deep in W2's and 1099's right now.

Also, I made our summer reservation for our family trip (including grandchildren). We will be there July 11-17 at VWL. I am so happy to be able to share this fabulous lodge with my son and his family.

To those that have followed our saga with my mother's cancer. We had another surgery on Jan 6. It was a precautionary surgery that the pathologist requested. She did great, but she has a lot of tubes attached now and it is going to be a long slow recovery. We hope this has bought us a little extra time, since we have found out it is a cancer that is aggresive and is known to return.

Prayers to everyone's family and friends that have suffered loss, accidents and are job-hunting. Hope 2010 is a great one for all.

Got your dates and prayers for a speedy recovery for your mom.

Ok Muush,
Finally got our vacation plans finalized. Feels really weird not have a wdw plan in place but I'm posting just to see my name some where. I'll probably get more excited closer to the date, but I'm inching to try and squeeze a weekend in at the lodge.

Anyway 5/24- 5/31 Paris/DLP

E.

How cool will Paris be???????? Squeeze in a weekend in Dec!!

 

[Muushka]

Fun

Howdy Judge

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Just wanted to say happy weekend groupies. I have to go back and read a few pages to catch back up. Was an extra busy week and didn't get much free time on the computer. Hope everyone is well and warm.

 

[blossomz]

Good Saturday evening to all the groupies! Hope everyone is feeling a bit warmer now!

 

[wildernessDad]

Good Saturday evening to all the groupies! Hope everyone is feeling a bit warmer now!

Unfortunately our furnace is broken. B G & E home is on their way now.

 

[horselover]

Unfortunately our furnace is broken. B G & E home is on their way now.

Sorry to hear that WD. Hope it doesn't cost too much to get it fixed.

 

[wildernessDad]

Furnace is fixed. We have a service and pay monthly for it. It was some corrosion and needed to be cleaned. The pilot light was out. We are now warm again.

 

[Muushka]

Furnace is fixed. We have a service and pay monthly for it. It was some corrosion and needed to be cleaned. The pilot light was out. We are now warm again.

That is good news. I'm glad it was nothing too expensive.

 

[eliza61]

Unfortunately our furnace is broken. B G & E home is on their way now.

Furnace is fixed. We have a service and pay monthly for it. It was some corrosion and needed to be cleaned. The pilot light was out. We are now warm again.

Glad to hear every one is warm and toasty again. Why is the law of nature such that the furnace will always blow when the temperature hits freezing and the air conditioner will wait until it's 90 F and 80% humidity before it quits.

 

[blossomz]

That's good news WD!

 

[Granny]

Glad to hear every one is warm and toasty again. Why is the law of nature such that the furnace will always blow when the temperature hits freezing and the air conditioner will wait until it's 90 F and 80% humidity before it quits.

Murphy's Law is a powerful force not to be trifled with!

 

[twokats]

Good Saturday evening to all the groupies! Hope everyone is feeling a bit warmer now!

It is finally back to what we are used to around here. We are actually supposed to get in the 70's for the next couple of days. That will be heaven!!!

Hope all are having a good Monday!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

We've been enjoying some pretty nice weather although there was some rain yesterday. But now we're waiting for The Big One! Actually the weather people don't have a clue. DH heard maybe up to 21 inches of rain. This morning I heard 3 feet of snow up in the mountains and unknown amounts here in the valley. The scariest was when they said it may be similar to 2005. That was the year our dogs were walking out of their dog run and I was getting concerned that the horses would also!

How many points would it take to stay at the lodge from Dec-March?

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

It is finally back to what we are used to around here. We are actually supposed to get in the 70's for the next couple of days. That will be heaven!!!

Hope all are having a good Monday!

This is me being green with jealousy.

 

[horselover]

It is finally back to what we are used to around here. We are actually supposed to get in the 70's for the next couple of days. That will be heaven!!!

Hope all are having a good Monday!

It's making me green with jealousy too! We had snow, sleet, & slush overnight & today.

We've been enjoying some pretty nice weather although there was some rain yesterday. But now we're waiting for The Big One! Actually the weather people don't have a clue. DH heard maybe up to 21 inches of rain. This morning I heard 3 feet of snow up in the mountains and unknown amounts here in the valley. The scariest was when they said it may be similar to 2005. That was the year our dogs were walking out of their dog run and I was getting concerned that the horses would also!

How many points would it take to stay at the lodge from Dec-March?

Oh dear! I hope all is well & the weather is not as bad as they expect.

We did our Disney Give a Day of service today. It was great. Just so happened to work out that it was at the middle school in the town where I'm a crossing guard. It was the MLK day of giving event. The whole family participated (minus the dog of course!). We made dog toys for the local animal shelter, activity books for homeless children, fleece blankets for a local charity called Cradles to Crayons, care packages for cancer patients & then I went to give blood (DH did other activities with the boys while I did this). I've given blood many times before but today for some reason it really drained me. I felt fine after, but I've never given blood so fast. I filled my bag in 4 1/2 min. The nurse was surprised. I had to take a nap this afternoon because I just could not keep my eyes open. While I was sitting at the table after drinking juice & eating a snack another donor passed out cold. One minute she was fine the next week she was slidding out of her chair & landed face 1st on the floor. Very scary. It took them a few minutes to revive her, but she was ok. All & all a really good day.

 

[Muushka]

Poor HL! So good of you to donate, hope you feel better soon.

Reminds me, I forgot to say what I did for a living. I am/was? a medical technologist. Yup, body fluid analysis . I have worked for a blood bank (where we screened donor blood for diseases), private labs, state newborn screening and doc offices.

We finally warmed up also. It got up to 70 yesterday!!!

 

[Dizny Dad]

I couldn't beleive it . . .this thread was at the bottom of page one, just ready to flip over to page 2!

Took the day off and took DS (home from Hawaii for a few weeks - block leave), DD (no SIL) and DiznyDi shopping and to have some family time. Sounds like another wedding coming up sooner than we thought!

Good thing I still have mints . . . .

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

We did our Disney Give a Day of service today. It was great. Just so happened to work out that it was at the middle school in the town where I'm a crossing guard. It was the MLK day of giving event. The whole family participated (minus the dog of course!). We made dog toys for the local animal shelter, activity books for homeless children, fleece blankets for a local charity called Cradles to Crayons, care packages for cancer patients & then I went to give blood (DH did other activities with the boys while I did this). I've given blood many times before but today for some reason it really drained me. I felt fine after, but I've never given blood so fast. I filled my bag in 4 1/2 min. The nurse was surprised. I had to take a nap this afternoon because I just could not keep my eyes open. While I was sitting at the table after drinking juice & eating a snack another donor passed out cold. One minute she was fine the next week she was slidding out of her chair & landed face 1st on the floor. Very scary. It took them a few minutes to revive her, but she was ok. All & all a really good day.

That is great that you got to do that. Oh that poor woman that passed out! That is my fear. I gave blood once and had a hard time afterward. Felt really dizzy and felt bad the rest of the day.

Good thing I still have mints . . . .

 

[stopher1]

So we checked in to the Lodge tonight, and all I can say is WOW. I knew it would be wonderful, but wow. I'm loving this. Wish we had more nights to stay here for this trip, but thankfully we'll be back in March. We're on the 5th floor. Didn't arrive over here til after dark - can't wait to explore in the a.m.!

 

[horselover]

So we checked in to the Lodge tonight, and all I can say is WOW. I knew it would be wonderful, but wow. I'm loving this. Wish we had more nights to stay here for this trip, but thankfully we'll be back in March. We're on the 5th floor. Didn't arrive over here til after dark - can't wait to explore in the a.m.!

Yay another convert! Have a great trip & have exploring all those nooks & crannies WL/VWL have to offer!