Chatty Hyena Thread (Everyone's welcome)

[eatmypixiedust]

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[funnygarcia]

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She's good!

I gotta kick out of her "Chill Pill".. I want those!!

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[AZMickeyfans]

 

[staley7580]

Boooooo... Everyone left! Well, it is late.

 

[staley7580]

Am I a bad mom if I buy Graco car seats instead of Britax? The price difference is about $110 per seat...

Should we trade our car in for a minivan? I mean YES. We are going to need one, no matter what. But do we trade in our Matrix, which we LOVE... and buy dh a beater to drive back and forth to work in. OR... Do we buy a gently used minivan and keep the matrix? I am totally going to need a safe ride for toting around all those beasties in, but i REALLY LOVE the matrix. Its a freaking 07!! Its practically brand new! I wonder if we can get a third row bolted in the back of that puppy.

 

[Mkgaapril]

Staley, if you have only paid on the matrix for a year or so you may end up upside down on the loan by trading it in...if you like it and can afford it..keep it and find a gently used mini van.......

 

[AZMickeyfans]

Am I a bad mom if I buy Graco car seats instead of Britax? The price difference is about $110 per seat...

Should we trade our car in for a minivan? I mean YES. We are going to need one, no matter what. But do we trade in our Matrix, which we LOVE... and buy dh a beater to drive back and forth to work in. OR... Do we buy a gently used minivan and keep the matrix? I am totally going to need a safe ride for toting around all those beasties in, but i REALLY LOVE the matrix. Its a freaking 07!! Its practically brand new! I wonder if we can get a third row bolted in the back of that puppy.

Nope, I never had a Britax car seat. My kids lived.

Explore diff options on the car like Gina said. We were upside down on our van and it wasnt pretty. Still isnt pretty but luckily we are almost done paying that bad boy off.

remember mini vans are sexy!

 

[funnygarcia]

Am I a bad mom if I buy Graco car seats instead of Britax? The price difference is about $110 per seat...

Graco is all we had when my kidlets were portable sized.. then again, it's not like there were many choices in the early/mid 90's compared to now.

J was brought home in the old fashioned bucket style infant seat, heavy bugger and no handle. But it was a freebie loaner from the local children's hospital.

I've read that it's worth it to buy the double stroller that comes WITH the car seats as a combo set, cheaper than pricing it all out single if buying new.

I know for my sis, since he was teeny tiny.... and chances are with twins they will be on the low side for poundage.. she was limited to certain seats that could be sized smaller and he had to be tested in hospital to make sure he could breathe well at whatever angle the seat was at.

He's such a little peanut, just this year able to face front He will be three in December, district wanted to send him to preschool this fall-- she was like ummm NO!

.. can you imagine this little tiny guy that looks like an 18 mo old in the same class as almost 5 yr olds??

 

[eatmypixiedust]

She's good!

I gotta kick out of her "Chill Pill".. I want those!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqYp1wUWWZY

Yeah, the chill pill was hilarious! She is one of the most popular on you tube but her vids are funny!

My bf and I are stuck on the fwy at Carmenita. We have a PS at Blue Bayou in 6 minutes. I called disney dining earlier and they said it's ok if we are late and she made a note in their system. What an awesome CM

 

[staley7580]

Luckily we arent upside down in the car.. We put a HUGE down payment on it when we bought it. But still.. We love that car. Frelan thinks that we should keep it, and get a used minivan. Because I will just be driving around town, and We arent exactly going to be doing a lot of traveling at first, you know? But he will still have to drive the 40 minutes to work every day. Oh well... We have a while to worry about it.

 

[funnygarcia]

I called disney dining earlier and they said it's ok if we are late and she made a note in their system. What an awesome CM

wooohoo, alwyas nice to find a CM that cares about the guests.

boo on being stuck in traffic, we avoid rush hour and certain parts of 35W like the plague now.. but it should get better soon! the bridge is 100 days ahead of schedule and should open in late October or November


We went to the Mpls Farmer's Market, fun to crawl along with the several hundred other people up and down the aisles.. but the parking is a B!


I told hubby they need Disney parking CMs to help direct traffic and assign spaces. People were going the wrong way and screwing up the flow in and out of the parking lot. It's basically a flat area under the highway, used for downtown commuter parking during the week. but they had slots on the sides, parking down the middle and very narrow area to drive up and down.

Took us 20 minutes to just find a spot.

bought peppers, new red potatoes, green onions and a new Welcome sign for my collection -- this one is a northwoods theme with short wood pieces spelling out the "WELCOME".

We also bought two grilled corn on the cob to snack as we strolled-- mmmmmm.

Got done and drove thru Uptown, down Lake Street to Midtown Gobal Market. It's an indoor marketplace of various shops/restaurants. It's been compared to Pike Place Market, but on a smaller scale. http://www.midtownglobalmarket.org/

We had Gyros at Holy Land Bakery.. "biggest tasiest gryo in town" is their slogan-- it's HUGE.
http://www.holylandbrand.com/

Bought some banana gum for the boys at the Mexican candy stand.

I wanted to get some horchata.. but was too stuffed and hubby was getting tired.

ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzoooooooooooooooom back to suburbia. Stopped at our fave surplus/junk store for some velcro... and a stop at the umm naughty store


Where I clung to hubby, trying to avoid the creepy guys looking at DVDs in the back.

 

[AZMickeyfans]

Luckily we arent upside down in the car.. We put a HUGE down payment on it when we bought it. But still.. We love that car. Frelan thinks that we should keep it, and get a used minivan. Because I will just be driving around town, and We arent exactly going to be doing a lot of traveling at first, you know? But he will still have to drive the 40 minutes to work every day. Oh well... We have a while to worry about it.

Yeah like 227 days to worry.....

 

[staley7580]

Yeah like 227 days to worry.....

It seem like SUCH a long time, doesnt it?

 

[AZMickeyfans]

It seem like SUCH a long time, doesnt it?

Ok it does but it will fly. I got a wakeup call on how fast time went today. When I first booked the WDW vaca the Disneyworld.com site said my next vacation was like 482 days away. Now it just says 47 days away!

Crap. I'm working on a Pre Trip report because I'm just so darned excited I want to share and dh is not here enough for me to share with.

 

[AZMickeyfans]

I need Gina. Lately I have been wanting to barf too. Then a went off in my head and I remembered one of the major side effects of Topomax was nauseusness. I think she had it. As soon as I put a piece of food in my mouth I get queasy. This could be very good for weight loss but bad for maintaining any sort of eating habits at all.

Strange that it does it though because I've read Topomax is used in treating Bulimia.


Oh and Morgan made JR Company as expected. She is with the 4th graders!

 

[staley7580]

Im sorry your sick. That just blows. But is the medicine helping out the old headaches?

YAY!!! for Morgan!

 

[AZMickeyfans]

Im sorry your sick. That just blows. But is the medicine helping out the old headaches?

YAY!!! for Morgan!

Yes, It has wiped out my headaches. I took this before but not this high of a dosage. I'm hoping it will pass.


Ooooh, I took Morgan to ger her haircut at a new salon and day spa by our house and they lady cut her hair so cute. We will not be going to Lollilocks anymore. This looks so much better on her.

anyway, they had this cranial massage thing for people with headaches there. I might have to try that someday. It was $75 but if it works then its worth it.

 

[staley7580]

Yes, It has wiped out my headaches. I took this before but not this high of a dosage. I'm hoping it will pass.


Ooooh, I took Morgan to ger her haircut at a new salon and day spa by our house and they lady cut her hair so cute. We will not be going to Lollilocks anymore. This looks so much better on her.

anyway, they had this cranial massage thing for people with headaches there. I might have to try that someday. It was $75 but if it works then its worth it.

That is awesome! Im glad you arent getting the headaches, that just sounded so scary.

AWESOME!! I am going to take Mikalah to my salon to get her hair done. It starting to get way out of control, and not just anyone can tame that beast she has growing on her head.

It sounds nice... you should totally get that massage.

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Hello,

I'm waiting for my Billies to start. We ate Blue Bayou and they seated us water side! I was so happy because this is the 2nd time they have seated us by the water. We were close to the loading dock of POTC. We didn't ask to be placed there. Food was really good today

Shawna- I saw a pin of Handy Manny by himself.

I got a pin of Stitch in lederhosen riding Matterhorn and got one for my older sister. She got me pins from Animal Kingdom so I wanted to get her some. I saw a pin of a storm trooper holding a mickey ice cream bar and it says: Taste the Dark Side

 

[AZMickeyfans]

Hey pix! Have fun at DL.

I have a confession to make. My handy Manny Crush is going away. Its sad but true. It was a spring/summer thing. Now that school is back in I am back to my Colin Firth and Owen Wilson love interests.