Calling all Chicago DISers #3

[disneygal922]

Good Morning Everyone! Feeling mostly better today! Have loads of work to catch up on though here at the office. I blame my migrane on the fact i went to bed Monday night with a bad sinus headache which i think turned into the migrane... not a doctor but i think it may have something to do with it. maybe next time i should take some sinus meds before bed when it acts up...

ID ~ it was awful... i couldn't give turn the tv on or open the shades... i just layed there on the couch til about 1pm when i decided to microwave myself some frozen pancakes...

Mac ~ I agree with ID. I'm all for the tv listings, especially now that i have more channels and a dvr!!!

 

[macraven]

Good Morning Chicagoland Homies.......


it is great to sleep in my own bed again !!



since the vote is now 2 for the listings, i will start doing that again.
anything for my homies here.

i leave for the motherland on 9/29, will return 10/12 at night.
no listings during that time though. sorry.

my parental units, who i sometimes now call my children, live very close to me.

now instead of driving 6 hours to see them, it is only a 3 minute drive.

and they call all the time..............

some nights i have stayed overnight with them.......


going to see the 'rents in a few minutes.
will be back before sundown......

 

[geffric]

DG - glad you feel better today..

MAC - welcome home..glad your back and the 'rents are moved close to u.. one of the many things about the foot.. since i cant but weight on it yet.. is that i had to cancel the DIS trip for late sept/early oct.. boo hoo.. maybe next year.. boo hoo..

 

[macraven]

DG - glad you feel better today..

MAC - welcome home..glad your back and the 'rents are moved close to u.. one of the many things about the foot.. since i cant but weight on it yet.. is that i had to cancel the DIS trip for late sept/early oct.. boo hoo.. maybe next year.. boo hoo..

oh my goodness..........!!

cancel the motherland trip, and during the time i will be there...


slapping face and wringing hands while reading what youse said.....:eek:


since our paths will not cross this year down there, how about hitting up at culvers for grub sometime soon?

 

[geffric]

oh my goodness..........!!

cancel the motherland trip, and during the time i will be there...


slapping face and wringing hands while reading what youse said.....:eek:


since our paths will not cross this year down there, how about hitting up at culvers for grub sometime soon?

I know.. you were one of the people I was goig to meet.. seems to me it is all about the people there at a point in tme and there were gonna be lots of folks i know at that time... boo hoo.. plus i was gonna do the Mickey 5 K... boo hoo..

I would love to meet us with you once I can get into a car/van by myself and lift the foot roll about.. maybe went you get back I'll be free of all of this stuff..

are u home??

 

[disneygal922]

Good overcast but not yet raining morning everyone! I need advice! So I've been half-joking with Mike that I want to take a long weekend solo trip to Disney. Well, he's been telling me to go for it since I have all kinds of vacation days I could use. Yesterday I received a PIN code email for 30% a value resort on "For stays most nights 10/3/10–11/23/10 and 11/27/10–12/25/10." Well, I already have the monday, tuesday, wednesday before Christmas off and was thinking about adding the Friday before too. We have the annual passes from our wedding trip so all I would really need is resort, airfare and food. do you think i could do a trip on a budget that time of year? i mean... it wouldn't need to be the week of Christmas but I know all those dates are not 'value' season. i just don't know what to do... i want to go but feel i should just save the money... HELP!!!

Mac ~ glad to hear the parental units are able to be so close to you!

Geffric ~ i am feeling better (for the most part) major bummer you had to cancel your trip. hopefully you'll be back up and running soon!

everyone ~ hope you are all doing wonderful!

 

[geffric]

DG - GO anytime you can.. a solo trip is great fun... if you want to meet others.. a bunch of DISers are going in early Dec before the podcast cruise.. check out the podcast board..

 

[momto1]

I was wondering... have any of you been to Victoria and Albert's? Mike and I are considering going as our first anniversary gift to each other.

I hope you go! We are planning our 25th wedding anniversary there! That will be in the summer of 2012.

Lori

 

[natashag76]

Hi everyone! I hope you all are enjoying the autumn weather - I guess summer is really gone now!
School has begun, DD and DS are in a new school this year and my younger DS started preschool. It's hard to believe!
Take care everybody!!

 

[Crissup]

Yes, the thread dropped off big time when Slo and Bunchy stopped posting. I just got back from yet another trip to London. Seems the only month I didn't end up travelling to London was August, and I ended up in Boston for a week that month.

Wouldn't mind all the travel if I had time to do the tourist stuff.

 

[macraven]

New Disney Related Show - A new Food Network Challenge will be shown
Sunday Sep 26 at 8pm. "Disney Beauty and the Beast Cakes". More info
below. I don't know if the show was filmed in one of the parks (it
likely was), but these shows are always entertaining.

This week's listings have been posted to http://www.bartlett-sloan.net/tv

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Please Note - All times listed are for the Eastern Time Zone. Adjust
accordingly.

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On Thursday September 23, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM on the Food Network is

Food Network Challenge - Disney Classics Cakes
In order to win $10,000 and a gold medal, four cake artists race
through Disneyland in search of a client to design the perfect cake
for.

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On Sunday September 26, 2010 from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM on the Food Network is

Food Network Challenge - Disney Beauty and the Beast Cakes
Four professional cake artists battle it out to recreate
characters and scenes from a classic Disney movie, turning the fairy
tale into an artistic cake, and the winner of the competition takes
home a grand prize of $10,000. (TVKirby note - sometimes these
contests take place at a Disney Park. I don't know if this one does or
not, but these are always fun to watch)

This show will repeat
Monday September 27, 2010 from 03:00 AM to 04:00 AM

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Visit Mike's Disney Podcast Directory at http://www.disneypodcastdirectory.net/
The Disney Podcast directory is an UNOFFICIAL directory of Disney podcasts.
It contains both fan created and Official Disney Podcasts

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[geffric]

good to see you post again MAC.. thanks for the listings..

Me not much here.. just waiting for the 8 weeks from surgery so I can bought pressure on my foot.. but I am getting a lot of reading done..LOL

 

[disneygal922]

Happy Monday everyone! normally i hate mondays BUT today my dad comes home from London! He's been there for 10 days with a friend. Also, today is the season premiere of one of my fave shows, Chuck, so I'm excited. Not much new here, I'm still debating taking a solo trip in Dec.

Mac ~ thanks for the listings! I saw them last night and set the DVR right away... well, mike set the dvr b/c i haven't quite figured it out yet regardless, thanks!

Geff ~ thanks for the tip about the podcast group! I really want to go but feel bad leaving mike at home.

momto1 ~ I'll definitely let you know what I think of it if we do go!

Crissup ~ that's a lot of traveling you do!

Everyone ~ :wave2 hope everyone is has a marvelous day!

 

[macraven]

i can't believe it is morning time already.......


the men with the chainsaws started early at my place this morning.

i am having 2 trees taken down.


when they said it would be an early start, they were not kidding....



i'm glad to help out the chicagoland homies and list the disney tv shows!

 

[Stitchfans]

Hi all. have been living a nightmare for the past several weeks. For a short while life was good. hectic busy but good. our neighbor's tree back north which has been dead for quite some time had a big branch brake off during a bad storm. there was quite a bit of damage done to our garage so on. a big mess._


DH is bi polar which I am sure I mentioned. he was not medicated properly which I found out the hard way since he has been on a spending spree for nearly 3 wks. debt galore. police here tried to help but could not due to the system fighting us. a counselor I found also tried. ended up where I had to have him picked up for domestic violence since he shoved me.

he is now in jail since this Thursday getting his meds. got an offer on our house up north but so low it is high way robbery. would only pay for this house and a few bills once done and over with. I can not find a job. can not afford to move back. so many horror stories of what has gone down here lately. I have been praying steadily and crying constantly.

not sure what step to take next. feels like someone is really playing a really bad joke on me. oldest DD is living here and putting additional stress on me won't go into that. my grandson from her is due near Christmas day. why is life such a big mess??? no matter what I do to try to improve it nothing works.

 

[disneygal922]

Good Afternoon Everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in a couple of days. Mike's favorite Aunt passed away so last night was the wake and today the funeral. He did all the music and it was a beautiful service. Wednesday was my bday. It has been a rough week but Mike made my bday wonderful. He sent me an edible arrangement to work, took me to my favorite dinner, surprised me with an ice cream cake and got me all kinds of disney fun (3 vinylmations, a cutester hoodie, and a D23 membership)! It was very nice. I think I have decided to go on a solo trip to WDW for a long weekend in December!

Stitch ~ sorry to here about your hard times. I hope things start to look up for you soon! I'll keep you in my thoughts.

Everyone else ~ hope you are all doing well. Anybody gonna be in the world in Dec?

 

[geffric]

i went to the dr friday and he said i could walk a bit with the boot and gave me exercises.. yeah!!!

so yesterday i walked, it does hurt but i did it, a bit but then i swelled up and that was it.. but a little bit each day..

 

[geffric]

stitch - i keep thinking about you..if it was me, and if i had made a committment to stay down south, i would take the offer on the house as the next one may be next spring and i couldnt pay two mortages that long.. i would just wanna be out from under it..
id make DH take back what he bought with your help and get those things returned so i could lessen debt..
finding a job is very difficult for all of us.. i work 4 part time jobs and that doesnt even come close to what i used to make but i feel that i have to do something.. i know a lady that just sits at home and doesnt help herself.i just cant do that. why G-d helps them that helps themselves so maybe you can do something. i also found that thru volunteering that i could get some pt jobs..plus i am able to give back for all the help i have gotten over the years..

good luck and you are in my prayers

 

[disneygal922]

Good Evening Everyone! :flower3 I have officially decided to go to WDW in Dec. I will be meeting up with a few other Disney Brides! I'm super excited so if any one will be down there Dec 9 - 13 let me know!

Geff ~ glad to hear the doc said you can start walking a bit. bummer it hurt and swelled a bit good luck!

 

[Stitchfans]

Thanks for the kind words, advice and encouragement Geffric. Right now I am trying to get DH out of jail and see if he can possibly come home. They say he has to stay away from me and the house. They said I can not bond him out.

He is a mentally ill middle aged man that was off of his meds not a criminal.

I wish I could get him home so we could possibly return some of the items and plus open up an account at the bank with two checks we received from State Farm. Since it has both of our names he has to be there in person to deposit it into the bank even though I have his signature on them.

Right now we do not even have a bank account. Peoples Bank out here told me they do not want me as a customer any more and closed out my accounts. All because an officer from our town came in to see if he could talk them into letting me deposit the checks so we could survive. Now every penny I own is sitting in our home hidden all in cash. Not much left. Very little so it would not make much sense to open up another account.

I am now buying money orders with what I have left to pay bills. Either that or putting the bill on a charge card that I am wondering how I am going to pay off. To sell the house up north I need DH's signature. He refuses to sell it for what has been offered. We are not suppose to be in communication with each other but messages are passed between us by his sisters and other people he talks to.

My life is such a nightmare. I am so frightened that I may not be able to continue to pay rent on this house down south if I can not find a job or sell that house up north. Like I said I am paying larger utility bills with a credit card.

What really irks me is the fact that his family is holding his inheritances from his mother's estate. They want the money to grow so they are investing it. One of his sisters is in dire need of the money just like us. Three other sisters and his brother is doing fine so they do not care about the money.

In the past no one from his family even offered us a slice of bread when he was ill and continue not to care. They just judge. My family helped but are unable to this time. I know what I have to do when this is all done and over with but do not want to think about that right now.

I just wish this would end and all go away!!