Childfree (by choice) Disney Lovers!

[maddhatir]

So, in other words, let them do what they want??

http://www.unschooling.com/library/faq/index.shtml#3

 

[KRIS10420]

to any of you recent additions I may have missed. Great to see so many new people on board.

So, in other words, let them do what they want??

http://www.unschooling.com/library/faq/index.shtml#3

You've got to be kidding!

This almost makes me speechless at the stupidity of it. Imagine what society will be like when these kids become adults

Today is my day off and I am sick, actually started yesterday (1st day off) but decided to start torturing me around midnight last night. It's very rare that I do get sick, which is good because IT SUCKS.

I have come to my whits end with my computer. It's an older desktop and it just can't keep up to the new technology. I could have it upgraded but I think I'd rather just buy a new one. I keep switching back and forth between getting a laptop or the desktop. Any suggestions? I am leaning a little more to the desktop as I want a large monitor. I was going to go browsing today but that's out so I'll have to go on my next days off.

For any of you disers going to DLR on or after June 11, check this out! I am so looking forward to seeing that.
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...june-11-at-disneys-california-adventure-park/

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

Small rant. One of my high school friends is about two months preggo, and posted on Facebook today that she should be able to take off a year at full pay to bond with her baby.

 

[maddhatir]

You've got to be kidding!

This almost makes me speechless at the stupidity of it. Imagine what society will be like when these kids become adults

Let's just let the little snowflakes decide for themselves what they want to do!

Today is my day off and I am sick, actually started yesterday (1st day off) but decided to start torturing me around midnight last night. It's very rare that I do get sick, which is good because IT SUCKS.

Feel better soon

Any suggestions? I am leaning a little more to the desktop as I want a large monitor. I was going to go browsing today but that's out so I'll have to go on my next days off.

I would not chose a desktop over my laptop. I love that I can bring it anywhere and not be stuck in one place. If/when I get a new laptop- I want a Mac.

Small rant. One of my high school friends is about two months preggo, and posted on Facebook today that she should be able to take off a year at full pay to bond with her baby.

Different subject, but just as frustrating, DH was telling me he knows someone who has 2 kids and they are getting a tax refund of 8 GRAND!!!!!!!! WTH!!!!??

 

[KRIS10420]

Small rant. One of my high school friends is about two months preggo, and posted on Facebook today that she should be able to take off a year at full pay to bond with her baby.

In Canada parents get a full year off, not at full pay but 65% of their wage. The time can be divided between parents but mostly it's the mothers that take the full year.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

In Canada parents get a full year off, not at full pay but 65% of their wage. The time can be divided between parents but mostly it's the mothers that take the full year.

I adopted a cat last August..

 

[zima-cheryl]

I adopted a cat last August..

Cats are neurotic enough you should get 2 or 3 years

 

[KRIS10420]

I adopted a cat last August..

Yup, hardly seems fair hey. I've got two of them, now if I could only list them as dependants on our health insurance and taxes that would be really helpful

 

[Shyvioletisme]

So, in other words, let them do what they want??

http://www.unschooling.com/library/faq/index.shtml#3

wow...I really have no words for this...this is really really scary

I adopted a cat last August..

lol..

Cats are neurotic enough you should get 2 or 3 years

shoot..I need a whole lifetime...my cat has more neurotic quirks and hangups than we know what to do with..lol


So I pinched or did something to my sciatic nerve yesterday and have been down since...I bent over to pick something up off the floor and bam..pain and I could hardly move for a while. luckily it's feeling a bit better this morning, I'm still shuffling around but I can move decently enough...just hoping it gets well enough I might be able to take a sub job tomorrow or at the very least I won't have to cancel my friday job!

 

[Bushmills]

Personally, I don't trust children (particularly babies) - they're shifty, always have an ulterior motive, and have the innate ability to kick the crap out of me in any chosen video game. Plus they eat my snacks.

ShyViolet - Sorry to hear about your injury - not fun. Hope you feel better soon.
Cheers,
Bushmills

 

[maddhatir]

Personally, I don't trust children (particularly babies) - they're shifty, always have an ulterior motive, and have the innate ability to kick the crap out of me in any chosen video game. Plus they eat my snacks.

ShyViolet - Sorry to hear about your injury - not fun. Hope you feel better soon.
Cheers,
Bushmills

And just WHERE in the world have YOU been!!?

hmmmm?

 

[Bushmills]

My apologies Maddi - I don't want to bore people with a diatribe of personal and medical issues, so I'll just admit to taking an extended vacation, and return here quietly, posting random gibberish. Suffice it to say, I'm much better medically and personally now (though the two issues were mutually exclusive). How's everyone been?

 

[Bushmills]

Okay, either this thread is slow today, or I'm bored (or a combination of both, more likely). So here are some random questions:

1. Who's been to the new Margarita bar in Mexico?
2. What kind of margaritas do they have?
3. What's your favourite one?
4. Why do all of my questions revolve around alcohol in one form or another?
5. What is this itchy rash I've developed, and why is it shaped suspiciously like a grassy knoll?

Cheers,
Bushmills

 

[Bunless]

So, in other words, let them do what they want??

http://www.unschooling.com/library/faq/index.shtml#3

I would have LOVED that for myself in high school.

Today is my day off and I am sick:sick:, actually started yesterday (1st day off) but decided to start torturing me around midnight last night. It's very rare that I do get sick, which is good because IT SUCKS.[COLOR="red"] Hope you're feeling better![/COLOR]

I have come to my whits end with my computer. It's an older desktop and it just can't keep up to the new technology. I could have it upgraded but I think I'd rather just buy a new one. I keep switching back and forth between getting a laptop or the desktop. Any suggestions? I am leaning a little more to the desktop as I want a large monitor. I was going to go browsing today but that's out so I'll have to go on my next days off. [COLOR="red"]I got a MacBook Pro last summer after being a PC user the last 15 years. The MacBook has changed my life, for the better. I am an apple convert[/COLOR]

For any of you disers going to DLR on or after June 11, check this out! I am so looking forward to seeing that.:cheer2:
[url]http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/04/the-date-youve-been-waiting-for-world-of-color-water-spectacular-debuts-june-11-at-disneys-california-adventure-park/[/url][COLOR="red"]DH and I are really, really excited for this, especially since we were seeing the slow, steady building out of it all last year.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]

[quote="maddhatir, post: 36342225"]
Different subject, but just as frustrating, DH was telling me he knows someone who has 2 kids and they are getting a tax refund of 8 GRAND!!!!!!!! WTH!!!!?? [COLOR="red"]I wonder what kind of tax refund the Duggers are getting.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]

[quote="KRIS10420, post: 36343861"]In Canada parents get a full year off, not at full pay but 65% of their wage. The time can be divided between parents but mostly it's the mothers that take the full year. [COLOR="red"]This I agree with, I think it's better for society as a whole. A full year at full pay? Eh, not so much. And not for the reasons of "I want to bond with my baby" but for the reasons you need to take care of the baby and yourself so that everyone survives, especially in the US which has such a high infant mortality rate. [/COLOR][/QUOTE]

[quote="Shyvioletisme, post: 36348917"]

So I pinched or did something to my sciatic nerve yesterday and have been down since...I bent over to pick something up off the floor and bam..pain and I could hardly move for a while. luckily it's feeling a bit better this morning, I'm still shuffling around but I can move decently enough...just hoping it gets well enough I might be able to take a sub job tomorrow or at the very least I won't have to cancel my friday job! [COLOR="red"]Oh! I know that one, so not fun. Does going for an easy walk help? I went through a spell a few years ago where that happened to me a couple of times. Going for a walk, getting the pelvis/sacrum moving was hard, but by the end of the walk things were a lot better. And, of course, followed by a chiropractic visit and massage.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]

[quote="Bushmills, post: 36350180"]Personally, I don't trust children (particularly babies) - they're shifty, always have an ulterior motive, and have the innate ability to kick the crap out of me in any chosen video game. [COLOR="red"]Never, ever play a video game against a child. Instead, get them to help you when you're confused by your IPod.[/COLOR]Plus they eat my snacks.
[/QUOTE]

[quote="Bushmills, post: 36351871"]Okay, either this thread is slow today, or I'm bored (or a combination of both, more likely). So here are some random questions:

1. Who's been to the new Margarita bar in Mexico?
2. What kind of margaritas do they have?
3. What's your favourite one?
4. Why do all of my questions revolve around alcohol in one form or another? [COLOR="red"]Because you have to deal with the fact that you don't have children, you poor, unfortunate soul.[/COLOR]
5. What is this itchy rash I've developed, and why is it shaped suspiciously like a grassy knoll? [COLOR="red"]Shingles![/COLOR]

Cheers,
Bushmills[/QUOTE]

 

[Shyvioletisme]

I would have LOVED that for myself in high school.

yes...I have been going out walking. Yesterday it was just around the house. today it is the small loop around our neighborhood(it's 1/3 of a mile)...took it slow and easy and it felt good. My back feels better this afternoon, still not near 100%, but better.Still hoping I can feel well enough to take a sub job for tomorrow, but we'll see.

 

[maddhatir]

My apologies Maddi - I don't want to bore people with a diatribe of personal and medical issues, so I'll just admit to taking an extended vacation, and return here quietly, posting random gibberish. Suffice it to say, I'm much better medically and personally now (though the two issues were mutually exclusive). How's everyone been?

Glad to hear you are doing better and back on the Dis! But we would not mind if you came here to talk about it

Okay, either this thread is slow today, or I'm bored (or a combination of both, more likely). So here are some random questions:

1. Who's been to the new Margarita bar in Mexico?
2. What kind of margaritas do they have?
3. What's your favourite one?
4. Why do all of my questions revolve around alcohol in one form or another?
5. What is this itchy rash I've developed, and why is it shaped suspiciously like a grassy knoll?

Cheers,
Bushmills

It has been quiet here lately. I know for me, it is work that is keepng me away. I have stopped slacking off

Are you talking about the Margarita bar- or is it a Tequila bar?? I have not been to either....YET- but, I am making it a point to be there in Oct!

The rash? You are on your own

 

[Kennywife]

You guys don't want to do what I'm gonna have to do soon.....

Get a root canal. I think it will need one. I'm going to see if I can get in this week and get it done. Ick. I hate it. Thank goodness I can do payments on it. (My dental kicks in 6 months from now...isn't that always the way?)

Madd, I'm going in to get something done with my fibroids. I'm sick of them bothering me and they keep interfering with AF, causing me pain, etc. I can have them taken out by lap or the dx said they may be able to shrink them. I'm waiting on my insurance to go in.

Kenny and I are going to WDW/DCL this fall for our 10 year anniversary!!!!! We're thinking of doing a split stay wiht CSR or CBR/Poly for 6 days prior to the cruise.

So, what's new with you guys?

Anna

 

[maddhatir]

You guys don't want to do what I'm gonna have to do soon.....

Get a root canal. I think it will need one. I'm going to see if I can get in this week and get it done. Ick. I hate it. Thank goodness I can do payments on it. (My dental kicks in 6 months from now...isn't that always the way?)

Had root canal about 2 years ago and had a cap put on. It didn't hurt and I am the biggest baby at the dentist. I did however have a lot of problems with that tooth for about a year afterwards. He had to go back in and drill through the cap just to check and see if he got all the roots the first time. He said he did not see any that were left behind, but whatever he did, the tooth felt better afterwards. He said we will just thank the "dental gods" for that.
Just pop some Xanax or Ativan before you go

Madd, I'm going in to get something done with my fibroids. I'm sick of them bothering me and they keep interfering with AF, causing me pain, etc. I can have them taken out by lap or the dx said they may be able to shrink them. I'm waiting on my insurance to go in.

I also had this done. I had an embolization in 2005 to shrink them- didn't work But, it is worth a try before cutting if Ins will pay.

 

[Bushmills]

Excellent advice Bunless - but what hurts is that it's typically ME helping people with their iPod (a geek hates to be "out-geeked").

Alas, you're right here too - no children for us. No pitter patter of little feet waking us up at 6:00 on a weekend morning. No Screaming, crying and general carrying on during each and every shopping trip. No dragging around over-tired, albatross like miniature people during every trip to our beloved Disney. I'm sure there must be something positive we're missing, but a couple of whiskey sours quickly abolishes any of those thoughts.

Hmmm, I don't think it's shingles. But I did have a severe case of the Pringles once - it was the most delicious disease I ever had.

 

[Bushmills]

Glad to hear you are doing better and back on the Dis! But we would not mind if you came here to talk about it



It has been quiet here lately. I know for me, it is work that is keepng me away. I have stopped slacking off

Are you talking about the Margarita bar- or is it a Tequila bar?? I have not been to either....YET- but, I am making it a point to be there in Oct!

The rash? You are on your own

Thanks Buddy, it's nice to be remembered and welcomed back.

Stopped slacking off?? We'll need to put an end to that - you're no quitter!

Good question - is it technically a margarita or tequila bar? The new one in the Mexico building. You're going in Oct?? Awesome! What are you plans (hotel, parks, etc)?

The rash is clearing up nicely, but is developing a bit of a personality, causing me to name him "Rashy". He's a good guy, but I wouldn't depend on his decision making, as he tends to be (wait for it)..............

RASH. Bahahahahahahahaha!

Sure you guys wanted me back?