Coffee on the Verandah -The Last Slide, Recap & Souvies 5/29 - Link to Aulani TR 5/31

[natebenma]

That's actually Evan. Eric is the baby in my arms turing away from Buzz. They were only 1 and 2 at the time.

Sorry about that!

I think I got the cat wrong, too!

 

[DisMomAmy]

Holy moly! I can't believe everything you had to do that last day!

I think I need a vacation just from reading all of that!

Soooooo glad you finally made it!

 

[eandesmom]

Holy cow, I'm exhausted just reading this!

It wasn't that bad...other than wrangling cats.

Ha! What kind of person would screw up applying sunscreen?

I can't imagine.

I like the evil green eye. Looks like the villain from Bolt.

Only when directed at the other cat or if he's hungry. Beyond that he is the biggest fraidy cat that ever lived. A rescue kitty and he's got some trauma in there for sure.

Immediate family learns that more quickly. If momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

Well, you'd HOPE they'd learn.

How does that usually manifest itself? I do the eye thing, myself.

As my kids age, the evil seems to be losing some impact. As a result the snarl factor seems to increase proportionately.

I would totally have agreed and taken credit.

Well, I didn't NOT take credit.

Just woke up rom the nap I needed after being exhausted from the frenzy.

The Hurling cat, the work blow up and trying to squeeze a number of extra random things in before you leave.

Sound similar to my last tip.

After reading your intro, it most certainly does!

Funny about the voucher comment. My DD has called me magic before when I can get things done easily or really just follow directions.

The DME line always amazes me. I am always to walk on by and say to myself - see ya suckers.


You are on Property, You are on Property, You are on Property.

I don't get that line, I really don't! Just being on the bus is a pretty happy spot.

Have mercy woman! I'm tired just reading all you went through on departure day. I laughed outloud at the "baggage clam". Something like that sticks in your mind forever and you can never ever let the person who said it live it down.

Nope. In fact it's kind of funny, had we not had the magic gate check of our bags we couldn't have even made the joke about going there as we'd have been hauling our stuff straight to DME. Which I was eternally grateful that we didn't have to. Did I mention how heavy Kendall's bag was?

So I love how you open your update with a beautiful, calm, tranquil photo before you hit us with the craziness of your departure day! Seriously, I think I would have hit a point where I was in the fetal position on the floor begging to be left alone

I didn't think about it that way! Although having had a little bit of tranquility before all of that probably helped quite a bit. That and hitting the gym each night and Jeff being out of town. As a result, mentally I was up for it thank goodness.

Sorry you had so many annoying people on your flight. You would think everyone would be trying to sleep on a red eye! Of course that wouldn't have helped with the guy with the flatulence problem.......

No but I was grateful his system calmed down after a bit (heck, it could have been a her). I was really surprised. We've done a 10:30 red eye before and that one I understand but one that leaves at 12:50am? It seems incredibly rude to be watching a movie at that hour and tapping, crackling away.

Cynthia, I will admit I read your update last night when I got in bed before I went to sleep. I was exhausted after I read of your travel day.

My TR...a sleep aid.

I'm glad you finally arrived safely, and I can't wait to read where you ended up at OKW and what you thought (and we can't wait to be there in 29 days).

You are just around the corner!

 

[eandesmom]

Hi Cynthia, it seems I'm back from vacation just in time!

Katharina! I hope you had a wonderful vacation too!

The passengers on your plane reminded me of our return flight: I was sitting for 11 hours (take-off was delayed after boarding for an hour) between my husband and an Italian American who was traveling to Italy via Frankfurt. After about two hours on board he asked me whether I was was allergic to cats, which I am, but it's a mild allergy. He then revealed that he was traveling with his cat, the poor thing had so far been sitting in a kind of bag under the seat in front of him. I told him as long as the cat stays on his lap, I should be okay, and it was okay. What I didn't think of, was cat food. I love cats, but I hate the smell of tinned cat or dog food. Of course the cat had to be fed, twice...

UGH. I don't think anyone likes that smell and it's not something that clears the air quickly. 11 hours. YIKES!

Poor cat too, I've flown with mine and it's not fun at all.

Magdalene will hava a laugh (I haven't told her this yet), because the last time I flew home from SFO was 20 years ago with her, and I ended up sitting next to an funny smelling Italian couple who manicured their nails for several hours. I guess, I will avoid SFO in the future...

Ok that was a serious coffee spewing moment! I have a very scary mental image...how can one spend hours on nails? I would never do that on a plane. Ok, trim and file maybe but not polish which is very stinky, or remover. Still, though, hours?

Makes me think of the Ripley's Believe it or Not photos of the guys with the long curling nails...ick.

Wowza!

What a day you had! I'm exhausted just reading about it...good thing you were at Disney at the end of all the insanity!

That makes everything better doesn't it? That and a giant Starbucks the minute you get off the plane.

can you repeat what you did from the 3:32 to the 5:38 time frame please i was a little hazy on that leg of the pre trip plans.

ran around like a chicken with my head cut off. There, that covers it.

the fouler reminded me of our trip to hawaii...not an actuall stinker, but when i was in the great state of Oregon and at there airport on the way out...before i boarded we were grabbing lunch

well i saw a great stand fo mountain brats or something like that.

so venture over and get a brat.

sir do you want sour kraute well of course what is a brat without kraute.

so about 30 minutes laters when we are on the plan and i unwrap that bad boy...a huge waft comes out and travels down the plan with sour kraute.smell.

the wife wasnt too happy with me on that one.

ohh well, i loved it.

LOL! I bet Candi was NOT thrilled at all. Nasty. Major party foul my friend.

2 Month Dance

59 days!!!!!!!!!!!



I am so excited! And happy we've tightened things up, it is going to be a GREAT trip!

WHAT a day!!! That must have been the longest flight!! So glad you arrived safely with everything in order! I can't wait to see your villa!

Well it was two flights, the first one felt long at 1am to 4 am Seattle time but the second not so bad other than being tired. In some ways I think the 2 shorter flights was a little better even with the layover, at least that way we could regroup, stretch and then try to sleep again. Added about 2 hours to the trip due to the delay but still not all that bad for non direct. I couldn't wait to see my villa too, I'd never actually seen one "live" yet. I'd stayed in a DVC studio but that was it.

 

[eandesmom]

I feel like I just drank a gallon of coffee after reading your frenetic pace that afternoon.

Which is what I did once we landed at MCO. LOL!

BTW I am going to steal your "moms home " rules -- adding only "let mom pee" to it.

And add "don't talk to mom WHILE she is peeing" to it as well.

I so know that those two minutes of walking in, emptying my hands and using the bathroom are the difference between a good evening and a bad one.

but i digress

You ARE INDEED a super mom.

It makes a HUGE difference. Not that they seem to remember the rules on a regular basis.

I love love love reading your trip reports. Even though I am detail oriented and actually a decent writer, I am certain that I will NEVER compose a trip report of this magnitude.

Aw, thanks, that is so sweet! I really enjoy writing them.

Sheesh, after that departure day, you deserve a vacation. I'm glad you included your cats. Pets are always good for a laugh. Can't wait to hear more!

It was such a nutty week, I was just hoping that it had packed all of that into the pre-vacation drama and there wouldn't be any left to happen on vacation. The cat wrangling really was funny, like a skit on a tv show. Still amazed I didn't snag my dress.

There was cat hair flying around my car though.

Wheew! And I thought this morning's run was draining! WOW!

Glad you managed to get everything done, kids ready and made it to ME!

They were ready, the biggest challenge is getting Eric out of the pool in a decent amount of time. He will take a ridiculously long shower at the gym, then dry his suit in the machine. It takes him FOREVER. But...they needed showers before we left so I tried not to get twitchy while I waited and warn them with enough time so I could just be doing a few more weights and stretch and not count the 30+ minutes an 11 year old needs to change at the pool.

Coffee on the verandah sounds so lovely! I am definitely in. I am really enjoying the way you write, so fun and detailed! Thank you for sharing! Can't wait for more.

Hi and

It is one of my favorite things to do, year round, but on vacation verandah's, lanais, balcony and decks are generally a room/condo requirement for us. Even though we might have those things at home, we don't take the time to enjoy them as we should. Vacation allows us to soak it up. Thank you for the nice compliments, I really enjoy writing TR's!

Sorry about that!

I think I got the cat wrong, too!

Well you get a pass on both. Not like I've shown much pictures of the E's at that age. Plus it's the back of Evan's head in all the pics. I'd bet you could tell if it was the front and I"ve been a bad cat mama and didn't include them in the intro's. Hank is the tabby, he's "my" cat, I got him while pregnant with Evan. My ex MIL wanted a cat for her dog (long story) and I went with her to the shelter. Hank reached his paw through his cage and petted my face.

DONE.

Melvin on the other hand, aka Hank's nemesis, was Evan's 10th birthday present. A fact that Jeff regrets agreeing to, to this day. So he says. He's a big fat liar but the cat does whine a bit and definitely has some PTSD. He's also a rescue kitty and is pretty sweet and sure loves Evan. And sometimes Hank too, they have a love/hate thing going on.

Holy moly! I can't believe everything you had to do that last day! I think I need a vacation just from reading all of that!

LOL, isn't everyone's last day like that? I swear, I need evening flights to allow for that kind of thing, early morning is a problem for me. Oct should be ok since it's just me but wrangling the whole family for an early am one? Not THAT stresses me out.

Soooooo glad you finally made it!

Me too!!!!!!

 

[winkers]

Holy Heck! I'm tired just from reading about your last day!

 

[GreatBiscuit]

Thanks for the shoutout, can't wait to see panoramic shots!

That was a crazy last day! Hopefully you were able to relax on the trip.

 

[eandesmom]

Holy Heck! I'm tired just from reading about your last day!

I'd hoped it would make me tired for the plane but really should have had my headphones out, I'm sure I'd have dozed off more that way. Next time! Not that I have a red eye planned for anytime soon though.

Thanks for the shoutout, can't wait to see panoramic shots!

It's a neat little app, not perfect but pretty fun to play with.

That was a crazy last day! Hopefully you were able to relax on the trip.

A normal last day for a trip around here, I've had far worse that's for sure! I did relax. Probably the most I have EVER relaxed on a family trip. Which as fun as they are, aren't relaxing in nature.

 

[rentayenta]

Drug of choice? What time was your layover? We did a red eye with a layover. Once. Never again. Maybe the kids were too young but they did not appreciate Hotlanta at 3 am. And I didn't appreciate them. Man were they grumpy!

We're getting charged for luggage on the way home as we're flying United. Hate them. However we had some vouchers and with flights from MCO to SLC for $125 per person I would have been hard pressed not to use them even with their horrific customer service. As long as we land in one piece, it was an amazing deal. we're flying SW on the way out and they give two free bags each. I'm torn with wha to do. I'm not sure we can manage to check only one or two bags total. I was thinking one each but that's $35 x 6. Still making our flights $160 pre-voucher which ain't bad especially now when all I'm seeing are price increases. Our flight to MCO has gone up over $100. I'm so glad I bought them when I did.

That's nice that your mom will watch the cats. We have to kennel our dogs for the low low price of $30 a night. Times that by 12 and that's a fun to spend. Not really. But they are an amazing kennel. It's a couple and his brother who live on the property. Its an old horse stable so the dogs have a huge yard to run in and no cages. It's really nice. They seem to enjoy it but since they can't speak you never really know.

Can't wait to read more more more!!

 

[eandesmom]

Drug of choice? What time was your layover? We did a red eye with a layover. Once. Never again. Maybe the kids were too young but they did not appreciate Hotlanta at 3 am. And I didn't appreciate them. Man were they grumpy!

Well, it was about 6am in Minneapolis when we landed, so 4am our time. They were pretty good. Our layover was supposed to be an hour and given that it was a haul to the new gate, even with the delay I don't know that we were sitting there longer than an hour, tops, probably closer to 45 minutes. I am glad we had snacks with us though, that did help kill the time. They were quite good actually! It wasn't their first red eye though. I'd do it again in a heartbeat, it saves the entire day of travel!

We're getting charged for luggage on the way home as we're flying United. Hate them. However we had some vouchers and with flights from MCO to SLC for $125 per person I would have been hard pressed not to use them even with their horrific customer service. As long as we land in one piece, it was an amazing deal. we're flying SW on the way out and they give two free bags each. I'm torn with wha to do. I'm not sure we can manage to check only one or two bags total. I was thinking one each but that's $35 x 6. Still making our flights $160 pre-voucher which ain't bad especially now when all I'm seeing are price increases. Our flight to MCO has gone up over $100. I'm so glad I bought them when I did.

Ugh on United, that was my back up for the outbound and they are notorious for time and schedule changes which I did not want.

That's nice that your mom will watch the cats. We have to kennel our dogs for the low low price of $30 a night. Times that by 12 and that's a fun to spend. Not really. But they are an amazing kennel. It's a couple and his brother who live on the property. Its an old horse stable so the dogs have a huge yard to run in and no cages. It's really nice. They seem to enjoy it but since they can't speak you never really know.

Can't wait to read more more more!!

It is my dad watching them, mom tolerates it for him. LOL He really needs a cat but they travel SO much it wouldn't be fair to the cat. Mine do ok at the kennel but it's like $28 per cat and adds up FAST.

Working on an update but am going to have to stop, have a date with my hubby and better get in the shower or I will be in trouble! While I upload CD's from our FE...they are SO fun! Great DISing (and summer) music.

 

[rentayenta]

Enjoy your date.

 

[Angies1274]

Wow! What a busy day! I'm tired now just reading about everything you had to do!!

Sorry about all the annoying passengers. Glad the kids were able to get some sleep. Too funny about chocolate! I guess it does make a great pillow!!

Yay for arriving! Nothing better than seeing the Walt Disney World sign.

 

[eandesmom]

Enjoy your date.

Thanks, I did! Dinner and a movie, finally saw Dark Knight Rises. Really fun night complete with some nice chatting and agreeing/planning for future trips lol!

Wow! What a busy day! I'm tired now just reading about everything you had to do!!

The good thing about departure day is you are running on adrenaline so honestly I felt fine. My only 2 real stress moments were getting the cats dropped off and to the chiro in time and then when Evan wanted to peruse at the Library. LOL!

Sorry about all the annoying passengers. Glad the kids were able to get some sleep. Too funny about chocolate! I guess it does make a great pillow!!

Ah to be small enough that you can lean over and use a tray table for a pillow. Lucky little men. I was bummed that neither of the outbound flights had the wings on the headrests, those help a lot at night.

Yay for arriving! Nothing better than seeing the Walt Disney World sign.

There really isn't anything better than that sight is there!

 

[elphie101]

I'm here! That is QUITE the travel day! I feel like you always think you have more time free to get things done..........till all of a sudden you have two hours and NOT enough time at all.

Can't wait to see some more!

 

[eandesmom]

I have to share a funny story before I start this update. I did actually take trip notes but forgot to even look at them for the first few chapters. A funny story about our departure day. As I'm sure most of you do, we try to clean out the fridge before a trip. The kids know this and we ate accordingly for the last few days, which made for some creative meals. Apparently, after Evan had been at the lake all day swimming and boating with his cronies on a very sunny and hot day (and didn’t eat or drink much apparently other than frozen yogurt) he thought it would be a GRAND idea to eat up all the bacon we had left as a “snack”. He hadn't eaten much since breakfast and all that activity understandably made him hungry. Sometimes I will buy the party pack of pre-cooked bacon at Costco. It is great for breakfast sandwiches, BLT's and other things and easy for the kids to make. However it is not like it would have gone bad. Using it up was not even on my radar. As I went to make dinner (grilled ham and cheese) Evan informed me he wasn't hungry. Which surprised me, he loves grilled ham and cheese. Upon asking he said he'd had some bacon before they went swimming and that's why he wasn't very hungry. Then he told me he didn’t feel well.

How much bacon did you eat?

About 12 pieces.
I wanted to use it up.

Brilliant. Just brilliant. And then he'd gone swimming again for an hour after that. I gave him some tums and told him if he threw up he'd get no sympathy from me. Nice mom aren't I. I also made him drink water, which he didn't want but the kid was pink. Evan, Mr. “I don’t burn” had not reapplied during the day and was definitely pink. My guess is it was as much dehydration as it was the bacon but I can tell you, for much of the trip he had bacon phobia. Thankfully the tums worked and the crises was averted and the pink turned to brown by the next day.

Another funny story. Unlike the first flight with the crackler, the fouler and the tapper, we had the mean mom behind us. Not really. A mom and her 2 kids on their way to WDW.

“I will take a picture of you on vacation if I want to”. As she snapped in flight pictures of them
“Suck it up, I'm taking pictures, get used to it, we are not starting our vacation out this way”.

I loved this woman even if she didn’t know it. They were headed to Orlando and were playing a board game on the plane, clearly having fun. I can't recall what game but somehow we started chatting. They had decided they weren't "park people" and I think were on their way to a cruise, but not a Disney one.

Ok. Now for an update.

Due to my supreme awesomeness, Old Key West was the first stop on the Magical Express! I don’t even remember what other stops the bus was going to I was so excited! This would be our first trip “home”. My first view actually, of a villa. True, I'd stayed DVC with MEK on our Flower and Garden trip, but that was a studio. Definitely a bit bigger with a couple more amenities than a regular room but still, a studio. I had never seen even a model room of a villa and did buy sight unseen. Unless of course you count the hundreds of photos, and floor plans, I'd looked at! We have rented a lot of condos over the years and stayed in several other time shares so I had a pretty good idea of what to expect. Heck, we've lived in condos. LOL. We walked into the lobby and I sent the kids over to relax while I got us checked in. My pictures show we went by the sign at 12:42 so I’m guessing I was at the desk by 1 at the latest. Given our flight had run a good 30 minutes late and the fact that we’d gotten on DME about 12:30, pretty darn good!

I had made a rather detailed room request for our villa. A few weeks before the trip I’d found out that our booking, which was in the Hospitality House area which had seemed perfect, actually wasn't so perfect. It only had one way into the bathroom. Through the master bedroom! That wasn't going to work. So I rebooked, this time Non- HH and sent in the following request.

Buildings 30 or higher to ensure the 2nd access door to the bathroom. Upper floor preferred. Preferred buildings (in order): 62, 63, 64, 45, 46, 55, 56, 37, 43, 44.

Overkill? Probably but hey, you don't get if you don't ask. And I did try to ask them in order of priority. LOL! As this was going to be a resort only stay, I really wanted to be able to enjoy the resort, our verandah, and not be a million miles away from HH. Once I realized I likely would be a million miles away (as 62,63,64 are HA buildings so my chances of those were close to zero) I focused on 2 things. Building that would have a water (versus golf course) view and were close to a quiet pool, walking path and/or bus stop. Overthinking. Definitely. What else is new? I studied those maps like no ones business!

There was no line as I approached the desk, score! I had a CM earning his ears. I don't recall his name but he was from Spain. Very very sweet but as expected a little (a lot) bit slow. No real clue what took so long as almost immediately he told me our villa was ready. 2nd score! Still, it took a good 10 minutes, maybe more it seemed, to complete the check in process. During which I heard from Jeff that he was on DME. As it was my first DVC check in, I'd assumed I would need my member card but all they wanted was my ID and of course a credit card for room charges. All of that settled, with charging privileges only to the adults we finally had our key cards and welcome home packet. Since it was my first one, of course I had to take a picture of it.

Well actually I took the pictures once I got home lol. It didn't really have anything different in it from a standard resort check in packet but still, it said “welcome home!” I could see him write on our key card packet. This is what I saw.

Now to me, that meant (I thought) building 55. Which I knew was on my wish list.

Imagine my surprise when he handed me the map and had circled building 53.

53 was nice and close to the bus stop but would most definitely be a golf course view. Still, I was pretty sure either he was wrong on the map based on the room number, or he'd gotten our room number wrong. I debated about asking him to clarify but figured we'd just head out there and see what we found. So I circled 55 just in case. LOL! It could be risky as if he had the numbers wrong, I really didn't want to go around and try every door but the poor guy was struggling as it was. I had never (obviously) been to OKW before and I admit, despite my map zeal, I hadn't really done any homework on the internal buses, other than knowing they existed.

For those that haven't been, the bus does a bit of an interesting route. If memory serves, it leaves Hospitality House, then goes to Millers Road, then backtracks, hit Peninsular Road, then South Point and then Turtle Pond. Getting off the bus it took me a minute to get my bearings. As I walked by building 53 it didn't appear that there actually was a room 5323 (which was the closest I could figure if he had the room # wrong) so we kept going to 55. As we approached 55 my hope grew. It was a wonderful location and upon finding 5523 it became very clear that the room would definitely have a canal view and very possible a quiet pool one as well.

Would the key work?

Why yes, yes it would!

I admit, I dropped stuff in the kitchen and went straight to the verandah

Is that pool I see?

Canal?

Approaching watercraft?

Why yes, yes it was! To all three!!!!!!!!!

I could NOT believe my luck. My supreme awesomeness was confirmed over and over by the E's. They were pretty funny about it. I have to say that I love the fact with DVC you can email the room request in, versus doing it over the phone. For some reason doing it that way, getting an email back confirming receipt and it's been added, gives me greater comfort that the actual request as silly and detail oriented as mine was…will be in there.

Every single thing I'd asked for, had happened!

Magic

Pixie Dust

And one VERY happy mama!

I sent the E's off to swim, K wasn't really up for it (tired I think, just kind of crashed in the chair in the living room) and I called bell services to have our groceries delivered. I didn't know if the boys would need a key card for the pool or not but as it was literally next door it was hardly an issue. I went to take a couple of pictures of the villa and use the facilities.

I didn't get far! I swear the minute I hung up the phone, the groceries showed up. Fastest bell services in the west. Or east. Or anywhere I have ever seen. And he was tipped accordingly! At the same time, the head of housekeeping to see if we needed anything and if it was clean (a sticky island but that was all I'd seen though we had barely gotten there), and Jeff. I got to unpacking the food and to making lunch. While doing so, at first it appeared a couple of things were off. I booted up the computer to check my list to make sure. Nothing worse than complaining when you are the one who actually blew it!

Nope, everything was there, I had asked for sourdough, not specifying sliced and she'd gotten us a lovely loaf that was whole. Slicing it seemed like a pain so I checked but I hadn't specified sliced and the reality was that this was probably better bread as a result. However, there was one MAJOR concern. We had ordered a pound of a very specific coffee. Which meant she'd had to get it at an actual Starbucks instead of the 12oz version they sell in the aisle at the grocery store. A 12 oz might not last us for all the days we needed for the overall trip and I knew a pound would. Unfortunately it was whole bean, not ground. The villas do not have a grinder. I checked my order and I had definitely specified ground. I emailed her about the issue. I heard back within about 30 minutes I think. She was so sorry, she had specifically asked for it to be ground when buying it but hadn't double checked after they gave it to her. She offered to replace it with a new pound or bring me a grinder to use. Whatever was easiest for her was good with me. I offered to take the whole bean to bell services so she could return it to Starbucks for a refund but she said to just keep it. To say that I was impressed with the service is an understatement. So I got busy making lunch.

Which we enjoyed on our verandah!

And I have to say that sourdough bread was SOOOOO yummy! Top notch quality as was the fresh deli meat she'd gotten. I've had the deli meat and cheese from Garden Grocer and it was definitely the standard thin cut stuff. This was all from Target and exactly what I'd asked for. Delicious!

I took this opportunity to give the kids their trip surprise. Which isn't so much a surprise anymore, they kind of expect the Souvenir Gods to give them some money but still, it's fun.

Eric agreed.

Evan liked his new pins!

Kendall too, though it doesn't really look like it in the picture

This is a sample of what each of them got, about 12 pins for the E's. Only 5 for K but she got a complete set which she loved (of cats lol). A "check" from the Souvenir gods for $$ to spend, that was to be held by the bank of mom on their behalf and a baggie with quarters and pennies to make pressed pennies with a little note explaining. I copied that idea from Julie (mousescrapper) and it was a huge hit and a new twist!

Jeff had a trip present for me too, from the airshow. Actually it was from his dad.

Lunch complete, happy bellies and supremely satisfied so far, it was time to head to the pool. The BIG pool! Off to the bus we went.

Did I mention I hadn't done my bus homework?

Next: Donde esta el autobus?

 

[emma212010]

I love that bathroom!! So pretty!! It's so cute!

I think that grocery service sounds amazing even with the coffee mishap! How nice of them to correct the mistake!

I love your trip packages for the kids! That is so cute!

 

[jedijill]

Love OKW and agree that building 55 is fantastic! Impressive service from your grocery delivery service as well.

Jill in CO

 

[DisMomAmy]

I'm very impressed with your supreme awesomeness! And even more impressed that it was recognized by the boys!

I think it's so funny that you were so detailed with your request. I often feel like I want to make such requests, but restrain myself. I'm impressed that you pulled it off! And I love that you can email it. I always feel like a bit of a pain when I have to give a detailed request over the phone.

By the way - what was the name of the grocery service? I've only ever used GG but it would be nice to have a second option.

 

[pooksma]

As I bow down to your supreme awesomeness,
(sorry, no bowers, just jumpers) let me say how much I love your room.

GREAT JOB!

 

[winkers]

uhoh......you not doing bus homework sounds so not like you and a like it might make for some "fun" times ahead.

I hadn't realized how big OKW is! I'm glad all your planning paid off!