Calling all Chicago DISers #3

[macraven]

Greetings happy wet afternoon ( at least it is not snow)

in the NW burbs, mid morning til 1 ish was not rainy but now.. it is pouring. I walked to Dominicks to get ice cream as we were out..
Got the car back yesterday, apparently this is very common in Dodge Caravans.. so prepare to hit the key as it will work and then go to the car place.. if I hd known that, i would have at least had a car for the weekend. Anyway, the ignition and cylinder have to come from the dealer and the dealer has to rekey the cylinder so it works with the key... At least I got a discount, My being laid off is good for something.. I am explaining I am out of work and asking everyone for a discount.


John and Carol - hope carol is feeling better. and John and the kids are clear too.. Sorry about your anniversary.. at least you were together and did a few fun things.

SLO how is your neck today?? Have you thought about a neckbrace for when you exercise??

Sk8Leigh - nice to hear what is happening at your side..

momto1 - I will just miss you as I am coming in 10/3-10/10. I am meeting MAC. She may be at WDW some of the time you are..

i saw the words went to get ice cream and thought to myself........

where are the diet police now.........



then i stopped reading.
i'll go back now and see if geffric got that ice cream for the dog or a neighbor......


but it's really ok geffric, i have only gained 3 lbs since i started my diet last month.......

 

[macraven]

Paint - What ADR's did you get? We did ours not 100% certain what we wanted. We are glad we did because we haven't been able to change the times on 2 and had a hard time adding one. When you are going in the fall? My mom and I will be there Sept 26-Oct2. It would be fun to meet up.

Hi to everybody else! Have a great day!
Lori

i don't know how i missed this.
i just reread geffric's post, the one where we are on a diet and she walked to get ice cream.
well, i should cut her some slack.
she did walk and it is raining.....

i'll be at the motherland sept 30 and move to the darkside oct 8th.

what schedule do you have so far?
would love to met up with you and see you.
but, if i am still fat, you have to not blab on the thread here.....



i'm meeting up with skinny geffric on the 3rd.
extend your trip and join us...


who else here will be at the motherland in late sept/early oct?

 

[geffric]

oh MAC it is even worse than that.. I walked to Domincks to get 1/2 gal of ice cream.. I am so bad.. but then I will be in shape for the dining plan food.. lots of Dole Whips and beaches and cream sundaes..

I am not skinny that must be someone else you are talking about..lol

 

[geffric]

i saw the words went to get ice cream and thought to myself........

where are the diet police now......... in hiding I hope!!



then i stopped reading.
i'll go back now and see if geffric got that ice cream for the dog or a neighbor...... nope all of the ice cream for me.. and the kids.. but it was diet ice cream does that count?? you know the kind that is 1/2 the calories of regular ice cream so you can eat twice as much.. LOL

I am addicted to ice cream. but it is milk so shouldn't it count as a dairy food??

 

[KimRaye]

Can't believe I have missed you guys for over a month! Subscription stopped on the old thread, and I just plain forgot to get the new link!

Busy, sick, busy, busy, sick , like everyone else.



all!

 

[macraven]

kimraye, glad you found us.
sorry you are sick.
note from home accepted....



i really do like the way geffric rationalizes ice cream and calories.
i'm going to try her diet.........



and, a very good cold, wet, windy wednesday morning to all the chicagoland homies...............

 

[slo]

So tired this morning!!!!!

I woke up very abruptly last night at approx. 2:30am to the electricity being off in the house (something went off, and I literally sat up straight in bad trying to figure out what was going on). Kevin woke up too, and we didn't go back to sleep because Kevin was worried about the sump pump, and I was worried about him not getting to work on time, or Stephanie getting up for school. The electricity came back on at approx 5:45am, so I was happy about that. I told Kevin though that I feel like it's really really early, like when we get up for Florida. I would love to go back to bed


Thanks everyone for caring about my neck issues. I know I sound like a broken record about it, but having pain is something I deal with it everyday. Sometimes I wish I could turn this body in for a new one - wouldn't that be nice


Carol Ann - So good to see you!!! I'm sorry you didn't have a good trip, and I'm glad to hear you are doing better now I hope you are able to go back to work tomorrow

Leigh - I"m glad you had a nice time downtown with your friend
**My girls are on Webkinz, and Kevin plays the games for them to earn them money (especially for Katie). He has fun playing the games, and I keep telling him to open his own account

geffric - Kevin asked me the same thing, and with him being an EMT, he has one. I did think about it, but I don't think I would be comfortable. If the walking gives me headaches and neckaches like last summer, than I'm going to have to find something that doesn't put stress on my neck - maybe pilates or yoga
**I'm glad you got a discount on your car That's great that you tell people you are out of work for a discount. If someone came into my store and said that, I would give them a discount too

Kim - Good to see you!!!

To everyone else -




Well, I must go wake up Stephanie. Her clock is all messed up, and her alarm isn't going off.
Have a good day!!!

 

[Sk8Leigh]

**My girls are on Webkinz, and Kevin plays the games for them to earn them money (especially for Katie). He has fun playing the games, and I keep telling him to open his own account

I have like 16K in Kinzcash. The only thing I really buy much of is food, and it's cheap.

My squirrel got sick the other night. I had to take him to Dr. Quack. I felt bad.

 

[paintnolish]

Carol and John- Sorry to hearabout the trip but glad Carol is on the mend. It is terrible being sick far from home. Nothing feels better than your own bed!
slo- Don't know what exercise you cn do if even walking bothers your neck! Swimming? Hopefully it will be pool season soon. Besides, are your headache/neck issues better in summer?
sk8-DCs play Webkinz a lot. I'm addicted to Animal Crossing on the Wii, tho!
mac and gef- Fall trip is up in the air. My sister, her MIL and SIL are going. Now my mom is going. She was going to share a room with me but is going to stay with sister (don't get me started). Anyway, not sure if I can afford another trip so soon without splitting it. We'll see. Free dining might push me over the edge. We'll see if it is offered!
momto- Tentative dates would be 9/25-29. Maybe, if I go, we can meet up!
ID- Want to join us at Akershaus on the 14th? Let me know! I am ordering cake!
DGal- DD loves DWTS. Inspires her to dance for me. I just got a production set to the music from the new Tinkerbell movie!

ADRs- CR, Sci Fi, Prime Time, Akershaus lunch, LC (lunch), O'Hana bfast, HDDR, T Rex, LTT (wanted Tony's but am going to change to The Wave) CP dinner, Boma dinner

Thoughts on dinner at CP? How about The Wave? DS is excited about T Rex...since we are going to eat with the princesses, I figured he'd like to go to a "boy" place. Technically, I need to call back about HDDR today. I didn't know it needed to be paid in full, so I am calling back with my mom's CC today.

Have a great cold, but sunny, day!

 

[paintnolish]

ADR Vent! So, my mom is over and I called to book HDDR with her cc. After waiting and switching and holding...they can't take a third party cc. It's a system "glitch" that could be fixed in days or up to a month. I don't have a cc. I only use debit and wasn't planning on $300 right now. The cm says she'll put us down as using ddp and we can pay oop when we get there. I said, "No. We want tier 1 seats. That's why we're paying oop." She says, "Oh, you're right." Then, we decided since my mom has her own reservation, we'd just put it under her name. Oh, no, wait...she's not arriving until the 12th, not the 6th like us. She can't make her adr now. I politely expressed my displeasure. What a pain! So, we have no adr yet!

 

[momto1]

Hi gang! Almost the end of the work day and I don't feel like walking with my co-workers tonight. We'll see if they talk me into it!

Slo - I hope you get a better nights sleep tonight. It is so frustrating when sleep is interrupted.

Mac and Paint - Maybe we will have to make plans to get together since our days overlap. Paint - I hop you get to do your Fall trip! Any suggestions? I have never met up with anyone at WDW before.

My mom might think I am nuts meeting up with people I have only met and know from the internet!

Paint - GRR.. on the ADR's. It sounds like you have good ones. I can't offer an opinion on CR or The Wave - never been. Better put them on my to-eat list!

Kimraye - Welcome Back! Glad you found us!

Better get back to work! Have a good evening everyone!
Lori

 

[geffric]

Greeting.., happy sunny and cold weather to you.

SLO Thanks for the CD

Paint - I can't offer an opinion on CR or The Wave .. I have been to Chef Mickey's though. LOL Crystal Palace and Boma are wonderful but Dh doesn't like Boma as they have "funny" spices.. sci fi is okay..

 

[paintnolish]

gef- Funny spices! My dh is not an adventurous eater, but we went to Boma before and he liked it...prime rib and sausage! I ate the funky stuff! Sci-Fi is only okay. I've been twice, but the kids love it! It is nice to be in the cool, dark in the FL summer! I heard you can get the burgers and fries at dinner. That's what I want!
momto- I hope I get my trip, too. I'm just a little miffed...I was going to share the room with my mom if BIL went, too (that would put them at 5 in a room). He's not, so I feel like they don't "need" me to go!
Meeting people from the internet...I met my bff on a Central, IL thread for moms at babycenter.com, and I met dh on match.com! My mom was worried about me going on a date with someone from the internet, too. His email, though, was a school email (teacher), so I knew in order to be a teacher, he would've had a background check!

 

[momto1]

Paint - Too funnny about the background check and your then future dh! A friend from work met and married her dh from match.com, too.

When we first did our Illuminations Cruise and shared a cruise with someone from DIS, I was like a little wierd about it. We didn't tell any family member until after the cruise was over - just in case! I finally justified it to myself by reasoning that no one would kill us under the bridge in Epcot with 3 million people watching! We have shared this cruise twice with DIS folks!
Lori

 

[Sk8Leigh]

Paint - I went to the Wave for lunch, and it was pretty good, but pretty expensive, and pretty "fancy" food. I would say that it's just ok.

 

[macraven]

Mac and Paint - Maybe we will have to make plans to get together since our days overlap. Paint - I hop you get to do your Fall trip! Any suggestions? I have never met up with anyone at WDW before.

My mom might think I am nuts meeting up with people I have only met and know from the internet!



Lori

your mom would think i was really nuts if she knew i actually called people i met on the dis.

me: hey you want to talk instead of sending pm's?
diser: ok

me: what's your phone number?

diser: it is xxxxxxxx

me: ok, call you in a few

 

[slo]

This is my last day of work this week
I just love it when my college employee is home


Leigh - I didn't know they got sick. Now I'm curious if Stephanie's ever got sick.

paint - I"m sorry to hear about all the issues with making your HDDR ADR - I would be mad too!! I hope you are able to get what you want when you call back in a couple of days

momto1 - Did your friends talk you into walking? That's nice that you have a group to walk with, because they will help keep you motiviated

geffric - Your welcome about the CD I meant to let you know that I sent it, but I forgot Sometimes I would forget my head if it weren't attached

Mac -




Well, I gotta run and get ready for work - I"m going in early today.
I have a lot to do, since I"m not there tomorrow
Have a good day!!!

 

[disneygal922]

Good Morning Everyone! Boy did I wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning! I was all warm and cozy in my bed and then the alarm goes off.... boooo. then i get up and realize I didn't have a shirt (that was ironed) to wear with the suit I'm wearing today. So I dug through all my drawers and raided the closet looking for something, causing me to run late. Then, I was putting my lunch together and dropped my can of pop (fortunately it didn't explode). then as i was picking that up i dropped my fruit cup (again, very fortunate that didn't explode either). All of this dropping made me extremely irratated and resulted in me stomping around like a 2 year old. I'm much better now and apologized to my dad for not taking the dog out. (no worries, it's not like he was begging to go out. he just always goes out in the morning when we are getting ready). I got on the train (which i missed the 7:28), lucky enough to get a single seat on the top, and closed my eyes.

Slo and Leigh ~ these webkinz you speak of, are they kind of like beanie babies that have their own website?

Slo ~ have a nice long weekend! Enjoy the time off, relax, feel better, eat some ice cream! mmm, ice cream.

Paint ~ good luck with your ADRs. The only place on your list I've been is Prime-Time! I love that place. Wait I take that back, I've been to Sci-fi too but it was like 13 years ago so i'm guessing they might have changed their menu hope you get your HDDR ADR problem fixed!

Mac ~ "your mom would think i was really nuts if she knew i actually called people i met on the dis.
me: hey you want to talk instead of sending pm's?
diser: ok
me: what's your phone number?
diser: it is xxxxxxxx
me: ok, call you in a few" You're too funny!

Everyone else ~ hope you have a good day!

 

[geffric]

your mom would think i was really nuts if she knew i actually called people i met on the dis.

me: hey you want to talk instead of sending pm's?
diser: ok

me: what's your phone number?

diser: it is xxxxxxxx

me: ok, call you in a few

LOL too funny.. but yes I am guilty of talking and meeting my DIS friends..

 

[Sk8Leigh]

Slo and Leigh ~ these webkinz you speak of, are they kind of like beanie babies that have their own website?

Exactly. And you can buy clothes for them, and little figurines, and other things, too. And it all gives you something in the game. $$$$$$$$$