Calling all Chicago DISers #2

[irish dancer]

Hi guys! As expected this has been a busy week and I can't believe tomorrow is Thursday already! Tomorrow we are down to single digits!!! I feel like I still have so much to do.......(kids still have no idea)

disneygal - wow, that sounds like some juicer
*Your birthday dinner sounds wonderful!

slo - we DVR to skip the commercials too, it's hard to watch regular TV and sit through those commercials, lol.
*I hope Sophie is feeling better, what did the vet have to say?

Tiggerrn - can't wait to read up on the TR, I love reading about others trips.

Bunchkin - Happy Belated Birthday to your DH!!
*I don't really have anywhere to hide the suitcases not to mention they're wearing their shorts/tees. I'm going to leave that to the middle of next week. Since we have a washer/dryer in our villa I only bring about 4 outfits each so the packing should be quick, I hope.

sarcasticblonde - Welcome!! Hope you come by often.
*We watched the Milwaukee game on TV that Zambrano pitched, exciting!
**We'll be down in WDW around the same time as you, we leave in 10 days.

PrincessMonkey - Welcome!! Come visit often!

"Cinder"Ella'sMom - Welcome!! Hope you come by often!
*We're going to our first MNSSHP during our trip, only 10days until we leave!!

DMM - We want to do the Jelly Belly tour too! Saw the billboard when we were coming home from BILs cabin by Manitowoc.

momto1 - only 2 days left til you leave!!! Have a great trip!!

mac - thanks for the Jelly Belly tips, I'll have to check out their site before we go.


Ok, guys I'm going to get back to my park touring plans. I want to have those done this week so I can print and pack next week.

Have a great day tomorrow everyone!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

ooo thanks for the info on the site! off to check that out before bed!

 

[Tiggerrn2]

Hey guys I hope everyone is doing good. A while ago someone gave me a link that had the size of the door and the room number plaque. I'm tring to find it again. If anyone can help me I would appreciate it.
Thanks
Mike

Hey bigben, how've you been? Which door/plaque are you referring to? DMM usually decorates her door when she's there so she might be able to help you.
Have you kept up with any of your friends from FatMarch?
We've missed you around her.
Come by more often.

Bunchkin, thanks for coming by my TR. It was feeling a little lonely. Tell Tony I said Happy Birthday, in case I forgot that earlier this week.

Got my Photopass book in the mail today! I love it!! It really did turn out nice.

DMM hope you have a great weekend. Seems a lot of you all take these nice weekend trips to WI. The little anklebiters here always have stuff going on to occupy our weekends. And insert soccer smiley here.
Well, better get off to bed. Night all.

 

[slo]

My ticker today says 1 month!!!!
The more I'm thinking about staying off property, the more excited I'm getting about it. I feel like we'll be alot less rushed, because I'm not making an ADR for breakfast all the time, and I know we'll be alot more comfortable, since we will have a lot more room. It'll be so nice to have a mini home for the week


Thanks to all for you nice thoughts about Sophie
She's on 2 medicianes, and she's already starting to do better. The vet sent her stool sample off to be checked in a lab, and if there's something wrong with that, they'll call me today (I"m hoping I don't get that call).


Tiiiiiigern - I will have to read your TR while I eat my lunch today - thanks for the link!!
**I love to see that Photopass Book sometime - I bet it's nice!!!

Cinder Ellas Mom (CE's Mom for short) - Thanks for coming by!!! Please come by often and visit - we would love to get to know you!!!!

DG -

piglet -

DMM - Have fun going to the Jelly Belly factory this weekend. I didn't know that was so close to us. Kevin and I will have to take the girls to that sometime

FWDWCEO - Thanks for your review of the Jelly Belly factory. I bet that store at the end has alot of yummy treats!!

momto1 - Wow, you are leaving tomorrow!!!! Have a great time!!!!

Bunchkin - I got your email - thanks!!!!

HERSEY - We never got a drop of rain. Isn't it funny how we live so close, and sometiimes the weather is so different.

bigben - So good to see you!!!! I don't know what you are referring to, but please come by more often. We always love having you!!!!

Mac - I"m glad you said where that Jelly Belly place is, because it gives me an idea of how far the drive would be for us. Would we be able to do the tour, and go to Gurnee Mills in the same day? Or does the tour take a long time?

ID - Lets all do the single digit dance for you!!!
I bet you are getting excited!!! I love the last week before we leave - there's somthing so exhilerating about it!!



Well, I'm off to go workout, since I couldn't yesterday.
Plus, I finally got a good nights sleep with Sophie better
Have a great day!!!!

 

[disneygal922]

Good Morning everyone! just a quick HI, lots to do!!! Have a wonderful day!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Morning everyone

Sandy, the tour is 35 minutes! SO pretty short depending on how much time you spend in the gift shop! haha!!

We just spent too much 2 weeks ago at Gurnee mills at the Disney Store! I love that place!

Have a good one everybody!

 

[futureWDWCEO]

FWDWCEO - Thanks for your review of the Jelly Belly factory. I bet that store at the end has alot of yummy treats!!

Oh...does it ever. IMHO, you just can't beat the Buttery Popcorn Jelly Bellys. But there are quite a few that take a close 2nd.

 

[Bunchkin]

Hi all!!



Congrats to all of you who leave soon for WDW!!!! You all must be sooooo excited!!!




Tiggerrn Don't feel lonely!!!!.......you have friends here!
I'd like to see your Photopass book too!!!



slo Good to hear that Sophie is doing better.


Hersey Not a drop of rain here last night.


irish dancer That is so great you'll have a washer and dryer. I've always hated, in a way, having to take the time to go do laundry at WDW. Granted the kids got to have pool time then, but it's till a hassle.


bigben Nice to see you stop by!! How have things been since the "March" ended? What door are you talking about?




Have a great night all!!

 

[HERSEY]

Good morning all!

I hope this weekend weather is as good as they are saying. I'm going to try to do a garage sale with a neighbor. I put an add on craig's list we will see.
I hope lots of people come and buy this stuff. I should call and set up an appointment with someone to come get the leftover stuff.

So did everyone watch Grey's and Survivor? How was it? I fell asleep this cold is getting annoying.

Well it is finially Friday.

Mac How are you doing?

 

[Tiggerrn2]

Morning all.
I loved watching Survivor Gabon. It was like the Animal Kingdom. And I was glad the 60 year old nurse was voted off. She was giving me a bad name. I would've gotten up the hill myself!
And ER made me bawl my eyes out!
Well, I'd better get to moving.
Congrats and have fun to all those leaving shortly for Bigger and Better Dreams!!
Later all.

 

[paintnolish]

Ack!?! You guys are too chatty on here! All these trips and new and returning people! I'll just say "Hi" then!
Busy here, as usual. I have to go upto the 'burbs for my dsis' wedding shower on Sun. and am trying to get out of work Sat. night. A coworker said he'd pick it up, I made plans, then he backed out. Iam still hoping,but it isn't looking good. I just need to be independently wealthy!
Tig- Read your tr! BC looks awesome- so relaxing!
dmm and other day trippers- Ever been to Fair Oaks Dairy Farm? It is a working dairy farm- you get to tour the facility, see calves born, learn all kinds of neat stuff, and the best thing? Very fresh ice cream and cheese!
slo- Sophie better? What was wrong? I have a coworker who just adopted a shelter pup. It got parvo and had to be put down a week later. So sad!

Better wake the kiddies. Sometimes, that takes time! TGIF!

 

[slo]

Hey all........


I FINALLY HIRED SOMEONE!!!!!

You have no idea how releaved I am!!
She's a 16 year old girl, who acts much older than 16. She is very bubbly and friendly, and she is so excited to work at the store. She must have thanked me 20 times for hiring her. She starts today It won't be until after Christmas that I'm able to leave her alone, but that's okay, I'm just so glad to have someone to train before Christmas comes. I think she's going/hoping to work out great!!!!!


Sophie is doing so much better
The animal hospital never called yesterday, which means her stool sample came out normal - thank goodness!!!! So she must of had a bacterial infection that could of come from anything (probably all the worms she's been eating - yuck!!!!! ) Speaking of worms, did you all have a lot of earthworms after the big rain a couple of weeks ago? We had tons and tons and tons. After the rain, they all dried up and stuck to the driveway, that's why Sophie has been eating them. I can control her when it's light out, but when it's dark, she's able to grab them w/o me seeing before it's to late - NASTY!!!!! I told Kevin that she likes worm jerky


Tonight is a fair at my church, so I am taking the girls to that - they are very excited!!!! I hate spending money on those crappy rides, but the girls do have fun. I always have a fun time at these things too, because we know so many people in this town, that I always run into many people I know - so that's nice!!!!


The rest of the weekend will be productive.
Tomorrow I work all day, because my other highschool girl has her homecoming dance, and then Sunday I am working outside all day. I have a lot of flowers that I stopped watering, that now need to be pulled out. We also have alot of work to do in order to get the yard ready for winter. It seems early to be doing this, but I like to get it done while it's still nice out. I hate working in the yard when it's damp and cold


Question.......
I thinking about planting some fall mums - do they need alot of watering?
I've never planted them before, and I won't if you all say they need a lot of water. I can't be bothered with watering anymore - I'm tired of watering flowers.


Well, I gotta run and get Stephanie up for school
Have a great day today everyone!!!!

 

[paintnolish]

slo- Ew! Dpup is doing the same thing! We were enjoying the weather, doing ds' homework on the porch, when we noticed Cosmo playing with something on ds' backpack. It was a big, bloated worm! Gotta love what they get into! Ds was screaming outside one day because the pup was eating a cicada. Its wingswere sticking out of his mouth and it was buzzing so loudly. Nasty...

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

dmm and other day trippers- Ever been to Fair Oaks Dairy Farm? It is a working dairy farm- you get to tour the facility, see calves born, learn all kinds of neat stuff, and the best thing? Very fresh ice cream and cheese!

Oooo Where can we get more info on this? sounds great!

Sandy, mums usually only need the rainfall once they get growing (as long as it's not a big drought! haha), however freshly planted ones do need to thouroughly watered every now and then. You don't have to be too right on about them though. My dad planted some at my grandmothers grave stone and he's a weekend visitor and he would water then and my grandfather would visit mid week and water them then and they did just fine You also don't need to fertilize if they are planted in the Fall until next spring
Hope this helps!

 

[paintnolish]

http://www.fofarms.com/
They have so many cows and babies are born several times a day. DD thought it was cool, but it grossed ds out!

 

[disneygal922]

Good Morning Everyone!

Slo ~glad Sophie is feeling better!
my dad and i just planted some mums last weekend! They don't need all that much work/water at all.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Dinner was an amazing Chicken Curry tonite, that I can't believe I had in me! hahaha!!! So now i'm just vegging out!

Have a good night and weekend everyone

 

[macraven]

a quick ketchup here.


slo, jelly belly tours last maybe 15 minutes.
it's a quick one.
last year they debated of adding a few things so it might be stretched a few minutes more.

you ride around in a seated cart.
you make a few stops inside the warehouse and the host yaks about it.

they give you a paper jelly belly hat. think of 1950's soda jerk hat..
kids like them.

when you circle around inside of the warehouse. the visit is all inside the building in an oval shape. use your imagination when on the tour.
you are given a sample packet of jelly bellys. it empties out into the store area. many cute things you can buy there.

it would take you about 20 minutes from there to gurnee miles maybe.
if you take the highway south from kenosha, it is quick.

i got tired of the debates on tv and decided to check out the homies here.
hope all goes well for all of you this weekend.

 

[slo]

It's going to be a great weather weekend!!!
I hope you all have something you can do outside


I started to watch a replay of the debate when I went to bed (it was on originally when we were at the fair). I didn't make it very long - I fell asleep. So I"m going to have to pay attention to the news this morning, and see the highlights.


My new girl started yesterday, and she's a nice kid!!!
Stephanie really likes her, which is good, because Stephanie is at the store everyday.


paint - It really is gross what puppies eat Oh well, we still love em' anyway!!!

DMM & DG - Thanks for the info on the mums!!!

Mac - Thanks for the info!!!!


Well, I gotta run and get ready for work
Have a great day!!!

 

[paintnolish]

Hurray! I got someone to cover my shift, so dd and I are off to Woodfield today! We are going to shop until we drop! Dh is going to stay home on puppy duty.
Slo- Glad you found somehelp for your store. Wish I lived closer. I need a custom frame for one of my wedding pics.
dmm- I you are "crock pot crazy", so I'll have to find a chicken curry recipe I made in the crock pot. It was so good. And you'll have to try that Mexi-Chick recipe I posted. It was so delicious!
Hersey- I used to watch both of those shows, but I am too busy. I only watch The Office and Lost. I need a dvr. Then I canwatch more tv!