Chicago area Diser's - check in here Part 4

[Tiggerrn2]

Good evening all!!! Just dropping in on my way to my PTO site to type up tomorrow night's agenda. Really, I'd like to go to bed.
DMM so glad to hear Roman is doing a little better. Hope all continues to go well and that he is soon home in his little bed.
Bunchkin, great to hear from you. What a great idea for Lauren with the signs!! And to answer your question, yes I am volunteering at both schools. Not so much at the new one. There are plenty of volunteers there, but when it involves doing something with the kids in their classes, then I will.
CarolAnnC, best of luck to you!!! Hope you get the job offer soon.
Donna thanks for checking in on Kyle. No phonecalls from school. No fever either all day. Kid just has no voice. He whispers what he wants. He is my talker from the moment he rolls out of bed til his eyes close for the night, so this is quite a shocker. I hope it's nothing serious and I might be missing something.
Well, better get on with my PTO junk. Talk to you all in the AM

 

[paintnolish]

Hi everyone! We finally have internet at home! I have so much DISing to do, I might not leave the house for a week! Actually, I won't be full fledged posting until I get a router. Right now I am using df's laptop, connected to the wall! He needs to take it to work in the a.m., though.I know there is no way I can catch up, so I will try to jump back in. I quit the coffee shop in favor of a waitressing job. I make tons more money and like the people I work with. I am also registered for school for next semester and booked a location for the wedding. The kids are doing great and so is df. That is the simplified version of things 'round these parts!
DMM- Sorry to hear about your little guy! I am sure he will be better soon.

 

[slo]

Am I the only one having a hard time adjusting to this colder air?
I hate it!!!!



Michelle - Thanks for the update on Roman. I'm still keeping him in all my prayers (and you and Sal too). The nebulizer is easy to use, it's giving it to him every 4 hours that's sometimes difficult (like in the middle of the night). At least they don't have to be awake to use, so that's nice. If he is crying while using it, don't be stressed, it's actually better for them. While he takes that big suck of air to cry, make sure that mediciane is there, so it really gets in his system (my Pediatrician told me this, and it does make sense). Continued hugs for all of you!!!

Tigggggggggern - How is Kyle today? I hope he's better than yesterday Thanks for telling me about the craft fair, and I wish I could go, but Kevin, Katie and I (Stephanie will be with my mom at a baby shower) are going to the mall to get the girls Christmas dresses, and to shop for a Christmas tree and decorations for the store. Between home and work, I'll have 3 trees to put up this year

Bunchkin - Hi there, I missed you!!! Laurens outfit sounds like it was awesome!!!! I bet little Hunter looked fantastic too (Mater is my favorite character in Cars). Tell the kids I said "hi"!!

Mac - How did the cleaning go yesterday? I need to do a super cleaning too

Donna, HERSEY -

Carol - Continued good luck and PD for this job you are interviewing for I pray that everything works out well for you. Keep us posted!!

Amy - I"m sorry I haven't PM'd you yet. Every time I want to, something comes up and I have to leave the computer. Please PM me anytime!!! Good luck with the car hunting I love my mini van, and I bet you would love it too

paint - Yeah for internet at home!!! Alot has happened with you - new job, location for the wedding and school that's awesome!!!!!




Well, I gotta run and get ready for work. We have to leave early today because it's voting day in our town, and I only have time to do it before work. Have a good day today!!

 

[2sweetangels]

Good morning! I have a lunch date at McDonald's today, I figured I would take the girl's to an indoor park instead of an outdorr since its only suppose to be in the high 40's today.

Slo- I know what you mean about something always comes up, LOL

 

[Tiggerrn2]

Good afternoon.
Nope, Slo. I hate this cold.
Kyle is now mending and talking once again.
Kellie came home from school today with a headache and low-grade fever. She was napping for a while and is now watching (what else) Hannah Montana lying on the couch.
Paint, welcome back. Good to hear from you. Sounds like you are doing well.
Well, just wanted to pop in for a quick hello. Off to fix a bite for dinner and then to the PTO meeting.
Later all.

 

[slo]

Wow....what a slow day here on the Chicago Thread. I hope that means that everyone was having a fantastic day yesterday


Amy - I hope you had a nice afternoon with the girls yesterday
How's the baby doing?

Tiiiiiiiiigern - That's good about Kyle, but sad about Kellie How is she feeling today? I hope she is feeling better

Michelle - How is Roman doing? I'm still thinking of you all, and praying for Roman to get better soon

Sam - You should be in Grand Cayman today - I hope your trip is great so far

To everyone else -


Have a great and wonderful day today!!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

I arrived to quite a surprise today and I am happy to say that my baby is HOME!!!!!! We have ALOT to keep on him with. (Nebulizer, Inhaler, medicines, suction...) but I am soooo happy!!!!!

Thank you Thank you Thank you!

 

[roseprincess]

Michelle- so glad to hear little Roman is doing better and home!!
He's still in my prayers to recover from RSV
Prayers for you,too



Hi to all

 

[Sk8Leigh]

I arrived to quite a surprise today and I am happy to say that my baby is HOME!!!!!! We have ALOT to keep on him with. (Nebulizer, Inhaler, medicines, suction...) but I am soooo happy!!!!!

Thank you Thank you Thank you!

Yay Roman! I'm glad he's doing better. Keep us posted.

 

[Sk8Leigh]

Ok, let's see how much I can get done of my TR, Part 6:

Sunday, my last day, I had a trail ride scheduled at Ft. Wilderness. Luckily the WL has a bus that goes there (I probably wouldn't have done it if I was staying elsewhere.) so I got up and got on the bus over there. I was the only one on it, and I almost got off at the wrong stop. I got confused because at the first stop (the Settlement) I saw a stable, but luckily the driver asked me where I was going and told me I needed the Outpost (which I knew--I had just gotten mixed up). Ft. Wilderness totally confuses me. Apparently the stable I had seen was their main stable where they keep all the horses for MK and such, and the one I needed was for the trail rides. I didn't realize there were two.

So I stayed on the bus for what seemed like forever, passing all these campsites, as more and more people got on it. Finally I made it to the Outpost and followed the signs to the kennal, and found where to check in for my trail ride. There were a few people in there already (a British family), and the CMs said we were all coming in order of our reservations. Sure enough, the ones after me were next in line.

So I checked in and then it was time to get on our horses. They gave us our helmets if we wanted them (I did--seemed like a good idea), and then they brought out a horse and said that was mine. (I don't know how they determined that.) So I walked up some stairs to a platform so that I was at horse height, and then one of the CMs showed me how to get on the horse. His name was Koda. Then she walked the Koda and me over and tied him up to the fence. Then she had me stand in the stirrups, and cut the leather on the stirrup and turned it, so that it would be higher up for me, since I'm short. I was like, sorry you had to break the saddle. She was like, you'd be surprised how much we've had to do that this week. Does that really break the saddle or can they fix that? That seems really bad if it really breaks it, but I have no idea. So then I sat there on Koda, and they continued to put more and more people on the horses and tie them up around the fence, in order. (I was second.) As I sat there, I started to wonder, what am I doing on a horse??? What if the horse starts to run? I don't know what to do! But there were children there, and if they let children do it, then it must be ok, right?

The mane was way different that I would have thought. I guess I just hadn't really thought about it. It's like it's normal hair, and then all of a sudden it continues on and changes to the thicker, darker hair. It was weird.

Then Koda starts to get antsy and tries to undo the gate so he could get out! I don't think he could have, but he seemed pretty smart.

Finally everyone was on their horse and the leader CM headed out of the gate while the other CM who was at the rear released the horses one by one. We were moving! I was third in line, after the CM and one other rider, who seemed to have some experience with horses. (I had none.) They had given us instructions, pull back on the reins to stop, obviously, and pull from side to side to steer, for lack of a better word. And they said that if they tried to eat the plants on the side (esp. the right side, and esp. Koda, who was a spoiled little boy ), to yank them back to the left, that they get plenty of food and aren't supposed to eat it. So we headed out and just kind of ambled along. We made it to a street, and the CM in the rear came up and stopped traffic (and they told pedestrians to stop well back from us), and we crossed. Then we walked on a trail through the woods. It was really just the horses following one behind the other, so there wasn't really much skill involved. The horses are very well trained before they can do the trail rides.

We rode for about 45 minutes, and Koda did try a few times to eat the plants. The first time I didn't do it right, but then the rear CM came up and showed me that I should only be pulling on the left rein instead of both of them, and that did it. Three times my horse just stopped, right in his tracks. One time I could get him going again by kicking him, like they said, but the other two times the rear CM had to come up and yank him to get him moving. They were like, he's trying to get out of work! He totally had a mind of his own! The last time, I was trying to kick him, and they were like, harder!, but I said that I'm kicking him as hard as I can! And when I was, my right foot kind of slipped off the stirrup, since it was turned funny. I never could get it back in the right place, so it kind of made my foot tired, but luckily that was near the end of the ride. The little girl behind me (the British girl) kept having a ton of trouble with her horse, and finally the rear CM ended up basically riding beside her.

We saw a deer with a baby deer. That was cool. They didn't seem really spooked by us. I think they're used to it.

As we headed back to the stable, one of the horses (with another girl, maybe about 12) started trotting ahead, trying to cut in line! The front CM really freaked out, I think because it worried her that he was doing something he shouldn't have, since they need to be so well behaved. Instead of letting him cut, she took him back in the line. So finally I got off of Koda, and I could hardly stand up! Wow, it really does a number on your legs!

Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of me on the horse, because my camera had to go in a locker. If it would have been smaller (I have digital SLR so it's huge) I could have just carried it with me and gotten a picture, like one group did. I did get pictures of the horses and stable.

So then I got the bus back to WL. I had called the day before asking for late check-out (thinking noon would be good), and they had given me something like 1pm. So I went back and packed up, and then went to store my luggage and went over to WCC for my lunch. (I had made an ADR.) I apparently had the menus all mixed up, or else they had recently changed it, but I thought I would get nachos; however, they didn't have nachos, and I ended up getting chips and salsa and queso. It was good, nothing excellent, but ok. Then I got chocolate cake, which was, well, chocolate cake. Can't really go wrong there. WCC, itself, was ok, although I think it's really much more of a place for families. I wouldn't go there again by myself, but I can see why kids would love it.

I'll have to finish up my TR later. Got to go back to work. But it's almost done! Just two things left.

 

[Becky2005]

Michelle -- I'm so glad to hear Roman is home!

Leigh -- I loved the horse trip report! My DH & DD took the trail ride too when we went. I stayed back wtih the boys (and did laundry! How exciting! ). DH was completely confused how they had them get up because I think it was the left? side and normally you mount a horse on the right, something like that (or vice versa -- basically they do it opposite).

Anyway, from the story I got. I know DH was in the front right behind the front CM and basically they pretty much let let him just do his thing with controlling the horse. All I know is DH told me that the CM just did a "oh you know what you are doing". DH took horseback riding stuff in school so has gotten to the galloping point with horses -- the trail ride was nothing for him. I did make absolutely sure he made sure DD had a helmet though (I think it's required for the younger riders anyway), she has experience too through GS camp but not that much. I think I would freak on a horse because I would be afraid they would decide to start going off on their own or get spooked & I would have no clue how to control the horse...I'd be in for a ride of my life.

 

[2sweetangels]

Michelle- Great news on Roman, so happy for you guy's

Slo- it went well yesterday, I just didn't like what Katelyn told me. Hayley was really sick, low grade fever, and a nasty cough and she wasn't happy, just grouchy. Ashley was happy and awake the whole time.

 

[DonnaW]

Michelle...GREAT news! Please continue to keep us updated.

Hersey...yes, I usually watch the Amazing Race. I have the episode from Sunday recorded, though & haven't had a chance to sit down and watch it, yet.

I do *not* like this colder weather...makes me want to go to Florida...like NOW!

A shout out to all, have a good evening, everyone!

 

[rmom50]

DMM & ROMAN:

SK8: great trip report!

hi everybody

 

[Sk8Leigh]

Donna Did you watch Amazing race. I missed it I thought it came on at 8:00 but it was all over when I turned on the Tv at 9. Oh well I have it set up to record next week.

I missed this before. I love the Race! I watched it. That blond girl Shana is Ryan Seacrest's girlfriend (on/off, but I think they're on right now). He didn't even know she was doing it. She just told him that she was going away to do a travel show.

And a girl in my office said yesterday that her brother knows that guy who is on it with his grandfather. The grandson is a pilot (he's only 23), and he's from Chicago.

 

[HERSEY]

I missed this before. I love the Race! I watched it. That blond girl Shana is Ryan Seacrest's girlfriend (on/off, but I think they're on right now). He didn't even know she was doing it. She just told him that she was going away to do a travel show.

And a girl in my office said yesterday that her brother knows that guy who is on it with his grandfather. The grandson is a pilot (he's only 23), and he's from Chicago.

Wow I had not heard this news. Wait till tomorrow when I share this with my coworkers.

Michelle That is great news about the baby.

 

[paintnolish]

Tigger- Hi there!
Dmm- I am so glad Roman is back. There are lots of nasty bugs going around right now. Everyone around me has a horrible cough!
Slo- Yep. My life has been pretty crazy but really good! I look forward to catching up with everyone on here.
I hate this cold weather! I am one of those people who is always freezing anyway, so it is just worse now! Guess I should move to FL!
What is everyone doing for Thanksgiving? With everyone's schedules, it is easier for us to get together on Friday. They are coming to my house! My mom is bringing the turkey and her homemade stuffing. I am making evrything else. Hopefully, df's parents will be able to come. This will be the first big parents meeting.

 

[HERSEY]

Paint Glad to have you back again and all seems good with you.

I can't believe we are taking about thanksgiving already. It seemed we were just talking about our fall trips, what happened? Did I blink to long?

Leigh I finally had a moment to read your trippy. I laughed when I read about your horse. My one horse riding experience was on an old jumper. They kept telling me to steer him away from the jumps but that was easier said then done.
My meal at WCC was good, it remember having the apple pie it must have had a pound of apples in it.

Donna I think it's time to start planning a warm vacation.

 

[HERSEY]

Have you all heard about the Aqua dots? How unbelievibly scarey. I am so glad legos and video games seem to be safe so far.

Ok I really have to get ready for work I'll be back later.

 

[slo]

How is everyone this fine day???


DMM - That is such wonderful news about Roman!!!! I continue to keep him in my prayers to get better soon

Leigh - I'm loving your TR Horseback riding sounds like fun!!

Amy -

Donna - I want to go to Florida now too

paint - Everyone comes to my house for Thanksgiving (both sides of the family), and for every holiday actually The only time we seperate the family is at Christmas - Kevins parents always celebrated on Christmas Eve, and mine always celebrated on Christmas Day.

HERSEY - What are Aqua Dots? I've never heard of them before

To everyone else -



Well, I gotta run - lots to do before I go to work
Have a good day today