D-Day Invasion- "Strange"-ly Imminent!! TRIP REPORT IS UP!!

[TarzansKat]

And here's the next thread! Alright, now I'm officially joining in and going back. 43 pages to read seems much more mangeable than 243!

 

[All7OfUs]

And here's the next thread! Alright, now I'm officially joining in and going back. 43 pages to read seems much more mangeable than 243!

SOOOOOOO glad you're back, Kat!!! I've REALLY missed you!!

Nope 43 pages is a piece of cake!!

 

[marvali]

Quick health related to Disney trip update:

I woke up this morning with the same pain (although a bit less, but still unnerving) on the other side. I have had these pains before and thought they were kidney stones. I have had 6 kidney stones in the past 15 years, but none in the last 5. Anyway...

Been there, done that too. No fun passing them!

I didn't even get the medicine filled because I already had $322 worth of medicine to buy yesterday (antibiotics), but this morning when the pain started again, I went ahead and got the new medicine filled and took one - and it worked! My pain subsided a lot!

$322 worth of medicine. Good news on the new one helping though. If you're gonna shell out that much cash for medicine, you at least want to see some positive results! Not a good thing to find out you have IBS, but that's a lot better than when they keep running tests and aren't getting any answers!

My brother said that it has lots to do with stress, so I should de-stress.

Road trip to Disney! Can't think of a better way to de-stress than heading to the "happiest place on earth!"

Wisely, I did NOT take a picture at the military road block that was at the junction where the road from Osh and Jalalabad came up. The machine guns were a bit overwhelming, and scary, and the pokey is not a place for me.

Too bad more people in this country can't experience what you have been through and are going through. Sometimes I think people forget just how good we have it here. Hopefully everyone will reflect on that as we celebrate Independence Day this weekend!

Just after that road block, through the canyon that leads back from Bishkek to the Lake, we traveled along “Tomato Soup” River- at least that’s what WE called it. I think it fits. I also think that rafting it would be a blast!

Looks like you picked a pretty good name for it!

After driving for 4 hours, we came to the border crossing- the only one open- and we heard rumors that around 45,000 refugees were trying to get out. Most went to another country, but a fair amount were trying to get through here too. When we arrived, the guy in front of us said from where we were it’d be at least 4 hours. Yeah, right, Buddy. Sure….

Well, ok, maybe.

And the bad part after all that waiting.......no EE, RnR, Space, Splash or BTMRR waiting on the other end of the line for your enjoyment!

WDW vs. Waiting on a border: There are near fist fights over places in line, but no one pees on the sidewalk.

Walt would be turning over in his grave!

WDW vs. Getting stuck on a border: I’d LOVE for them to tell me I couldn’t ever leave WDW!!!

What an awful story about the visas and the four day wait. I think we would all if a CM came up to us at the exit turnstiles on our next trip to WDW and say "We're sorry, but they just finished preparing the suite in Cinderella's Castle for you. This will now be your permanent residence.....ENJOY!"

Mike could only drive a couple hours before he became too tired to keep the car on the road, so another field it would be to rest. It was chilly, so we piled extra dirty clothes from our bags onto us, and slept until dawn. That’s when a cow woke us up.

Hope you didn't leave a window down and the cow only woke you with its moo-ing!

And now, my friends, it’s time to wrap up our tale of “there and back again”. I can tell you we did get home safely the next day after driving many hours. Our househelper had a huge pot of plov ready to eat, ice cold Cokes, and fresh bread. We were glad to finally be home, where we could begin the recovery process from…

the trip of a lifetime.

So glad you finally made it home safe! Hopefully the rest of your time there will go smoothly and pass quickly!

 

[All7OfUs]

Too bad more people in this country can't experience what you have been through and are going through. Sometimes I think people forget just how good we have it here. Hopefully everyone will reflect on that as we celebrate Independence Day this weekend!

Yes, I think there are a lot of folks who float through life, not really looking beyond the sit-coms on their TVs, and don't understand that life really sucks for a fair amount of the people of this world.

Looks like you picked a pretty good name for it!

It was thick as Grandma's pudding.

And the bad part after all that waiting.......no EE, RnR, Space, Splash or BTMRR waiting on the other end of the line for your enjoyment!

You know it! Now, let's order these okay??

EE, Splash, BTMRR, Space, RnRC . Anyone else care to rank them best to good?

Walt would be turning over in his grave!

Indeed he would!!!

What an awful story about the visas and the four day wait. I think we would all if a CM came up to us at the exit turnstiles on our next trip to WDW and say "We're sorry, but they just finished preparing the suite in Cinderella's Castle for you. This will now be your permanent residence.....ENJOY!"

I think I might break the rule of no peeing on the sidewalk!

Hope you didn't leave a window down and the cow only woke you with its moo-ing!

Nope, it was his chewing, and tramping through the bushes.

So glad you finally made it home safe! Hopefully the rest of your time there will go smoothly and pass quickly!

Me to, Marv! Me too! Now, we're just praying for safety and health for our last 40 something days. We've been through 10 years of a few (VERY) near misses, and I'd hate to biff it now!!

 

[JPFamilyMom]

ugh is all I have to say. well guess not

that river of tomato soup looked awful. good name for it though.

and again ugh, for the day of sitting and waiting and getting through checkpoints.

 

[that's nice]

Thanks! You know I had this PTR in mind when I took every one of them. Well, except for the hike- I wasn't invited on that.

AWWWW no hike for you. I bet you were just itching to go on that hike with the guys.

That's some nutty hours, Tim!! Yikes!! But hey, every dollar earned, is another dollar for Disney.

And to pay my mortgage!

YES! YOU NEED TO FINISH!! After all that cake drama, we need a change of pace.

And you KNOW we all want to follow Ana's MAW PTR!! I can hear your frustration! I wish you could get some clear answers so you can start planning!

I know... I have all the pics for my next update uploaded. Now I just need to write it!

Tim - get back over to the wish trippers' thread and ask about extending the trip.

Our granter told us that the CT chapter doesn't extend trips anymore. I donno... I guess I can just not show up for my scheduled flight home or ask MAW for a 1 way ticket to FL.

 

[marvali]

You know it! Now, let's order these okay??

EE, Splash, BTMRR, Space, RnRC . Anyone else care to rank them best to good?

Wow, I'm not sure I could put them in order exactly, and I didn't even include MS, Soarin', Tot, TT, Dinosaur........

EE and RnRC are my two absolute favorites, but please don't ask me to pick which one if that was all I could do. That is why I always try to stay long enough on each trip to take them all in multiple times. I'm thinking FPs again for our December trip since I am planning for us to go back again next June as soon as school is out! That means multiple days going to multiple parks just to ride all the ones listed above additional times!!!

I think I might break the rule of no peeing on the sidewalk!

I don't think you would be the only one!!!

Me to, Marv! Me too! Now, we're just praying for safety and health for our last 40 something days. We've been through 10 years of a few (VERY) near misses, and I'd hate to biff it now!!

Here's an to watch over the rest of your stay, and your next great adventure!!!

 

[All7OfUs]

AWWWW no hike for you. I bet you were just itching to go on that hike with the guys.

Nah, I figured I'd let them "scratch" their way to top all by themselves.

And to pay my mortgage!

Ah, yes, I guess there's always that too...

I know... I have all the pics for my next update uploaded. Now I just need to write it!

Well then, my friend, write like the wind!!

ugh is all I have to say. well guess not

that river of tomato soup looked awful. good name for it though.

and again ugh, for the day of sitting and waiting and getting through checkpoints.

UGH! Is right!! Good description of what a lot of our trip was.

Wow, I'm not sure I could put them in order exactly, and I didn't even include MS, Soarin', Tot, TT, Dinosaur........

EE and RnRC are my two absolute favorites, but please don't ask me to pick which one if that was all I could do. That is why I always try to stay long enough on each trip to take them all in multiple times. I'm thinking FPs again for our December trip since I am planning for us to go back again next June as soon as school is out! That means multiple days going to multiple parks just to ride all the ones listed above additional times!!!

I know, I was just going off the ones you HAD listed. IF you'd put in ToT, that'd have been AT THE TOP!!! Hands down best ride on prop!

Long trips are the only way to go, unless you can't go at all or stay only a day or 2. Did that make sense at all??

I don't think you would be the only one!!!

I'm glad there's something that would get a lot of folks that excited!

Here's an to watch over the rest of your stay, and your next great adventure!!!

Why thank you! You never know what could happen in a flash. One time a couple years back, Anara was running around with a PVC pipe marshmallow shooter and ran into Zach. It went ramming down her throat, darn near cutting off her tonsil and seriously gouging her upper palate! IT BARELY missed her carotid!! She bled like the Fountain of Nations, and all we could do was pray. It could only go one way...

 

[All7OfUs]

OK folks, I'm going to have to sign off now for the weekend. We've got family movie night, peanut butter popcorn and Cokes to look forward to, and fellowship tomorrow.

Have a safe and WONDERFUL 4th- contemplating all that's right and good in the US! Be thankful, and may your dogs be juicy and your buns be large.


"See" you all Monday my time.

 

[englishrose47]

Liessa I don't know how you and your family do it !!??? I can just imagine my spoiled american grandchildren absolutely spazzing out with any of your ordeals !!! Life in the states is gonna be such an adjustment for all of you!!All I can say is WOW!!!!!

 

[All7OfUs]

Liessa I don't know how you and your family do it !!??? I can just imagine my spoiled american grandchildren absolutely spazzing out with any of your ordeals !!! Life in the states is gonna be such an adjustment for all of you!!All I can say is WOW!!!!!

I think our kids think most of what we do is one, big adventure. To them, travel is part of who they are.

 

[maroo]

I have/had IBS (which is how I know how the barium tastes, bleh!) lol.

At any rate, a lot of it is stress related and foods definitely trigger it.

If you can start keeping a food journal it will really help a ton as you can then isolate your triggers.

For me IBS was actually one of the best things that ever happened to me as it actually forced me to learn how to better manage my stress. I changed my eating habits to avoid my triggers and have found, over the last decade, that I don't need to avoid them like I used to as I manage the stress so much better. Too much of any of them and I will get some symptoms but too much of anything is bad anyways!

I hope you can get to the triggers soon and am thrilled that the medication helped so quickly.

I definitely think it is probably a lot due to stress. But I have also started Weight Watchers again, so I am hoping that food journal may help me some, too. I will put notes in there about this junk, too, I guess.

Maroo - glad you are doing better! My mom had Crohn's until she got colon cancer and had a bunch of intestine taken out which "cured" it. So glad that you don't have it - though IBS is certainly no walk in the park. With my mom's history, I will have the joy of a colonscopy soon! We were at Hersheypark today and I thought of your visit there!

Aw! I wanna go back to HersheyPark! I am wearing that shirt right now!

Maroo- glad you are feeling better and have some answers. Food is always the root of some problem don't you think? I know having a special diet for my son has helped a ton. He doesn't have IBS, he has autism, but had stomach issues since he was an infant.

I am very glad to have some answers! Food seems to be the root of many evils.

Maroo is IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome .??? I remember my mom was told to avoid vegetables and fruit and see her doctor well she did the avoiding but did Not see th doctor !!!!!Years later she had blind spots in her vision from a vitamin deficiency!! One doctor I told this said the condition was more common in AlcoholicsMom drank about 2 glasses of Sherry a year

That is crazy - alcoholics?? Hmm...that doesn't apply to me, that is for sure. I have maybe one drink a year.

Those are the very same glasses that will help me look cool on the Poly slide and POR slide too!!! Watch out- cool alert.

I like to look at the mountains, without climbing up them. They are just as pretty to me from down below. And stars do the same thing for me. Out on the steppe, you can see billions of them, and you have to wonder , "How could they not know?".

A 4th part!!?? Please NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

4th part...the rate this one is going!!!

Wow! What a view! Looked like a fun vacation. (except for the food....)

Tim - get back over to the wish trippers' thread and ask about extending the trip.

Yeah, Tim! Get back over to the wish trippers thread! (I would tell you there is a link to my siggie...but I am making one very valiant last ditch effort to see if they can win some grant money!

And here's the next thread! Alright, now I'm officially joining in and going back. 43 pages to read seems much more mangeable than 243!

back!!

$322 worth of medicine. Good news on the new one helping though. If you're gonna shell out that much cash for medicine, you at least want to see some positive results! Not a good thing to find out you have IBS, but that's a lot better than when they keep running tests and aren't getting any answers!

Yeah...funny thing is it is now causing $$$ stress. But at least I found meds that will help and an answer! Answers are very good!

OK folks, I'm going to have to sign off now for the weekend. We've got family movie night, peanut butter popcorn and Cokes to look forward to, and fellowship tomorrow.

Have a safe and WONDERFUL 4th- contemplating all that's right and good in the US! Be thankful, and may your dogs be juicy and your buns be large.


"See" you all Monday my time.

AW!! I missed you!

My computer about died today. I was downloading something and evidently my computer was full, so it did not appreciate the download.

At any rate...

Your update....was....amazing! I can not believe you were at the border crossing that long. What a story to tell!!!! And some crazy people along the way! I hope you write a book one day.

 

[TarzansKat]

SOOOOOOO glad you're back, Kat!!! I've REALLY missed you!!

Thanks to you and Maroo for the warm welcome!

Nope 43 pages is a piece of cake!!

It's on my to do list for this weekend!

 

[eandesmom]

So.

WOW.

All I can say, as I was reading this is that HE was watching you, providing you with 4 days of faith, rest and restoration (and water slides) to get you though that crossing.

It makes me want to buy you a Kitchen Aid myself!

The dough paddle is the bomb. I don't make bread mind you but for pie crust dough? And many many other things....

 

[burly]

I N C R E D I B L E
Simply, incredible.
all of it, the mountains, the relaxation, the stress of borders.
wow wow wow.
thanks so much for sharing that with us, spoiled rotten folks.



Oh and seriously, get a Kitchenaide stand mixer. I love mine. Asked for one for xmas for 3 years. Finally went out and bought one myself!

KIM

 

[All7OfUs]

While you're enjoying your fireworks, I"ll be putting up new stuff later today

Enjoy your 4th, All!!!

 

[All7OfUs]

Music and cadence have long been employed by militaries around the world in various capacities. Rhythmic drumming and chanting serve as a means of focus for the troops, act as signals from one side of the battlefield to the other, and can be a way to intimidate the enemy or confuse them. One need look no further than the famous Battle of Jericho where trumpets (and God’s power, of course!) were used by Joshua to rout the enemy totally.

For centuries, maybe even millennia, African tribes have used various drum rhythms during attacks on neighboring kingdoms, the ancient Greeks and Romans both used brass instruments and drums on their battlefields, and more recently the Colonial Bluecoats used the fife and drum to muster the troops and to advance in position. Ask any training regiment today, and they will tell you they chant as they exercise on their training fields.

Of course, soldiers have always used music around their camps to soothe themselves from the fatigues of war, inspire one another to victory, or to simply pass the time. Examples of music written during wartime are The Battle Hymn of the Republic, by Julia Ward Howe, and the Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key. As you can see, the drama of war can be inspiring and moving!

As I look to the upcoming siege of Disney World by the Belle Battalion, I myself am inspired by the music of that place, and have spent the last MANY months collecting music from every corner of our battlefield. I have found great solace and comfort in immersing myself in the tunes from the various places, envisioning just how the various battles might play out- me being victorious in every one, of course!

Allow me, my fellow officers, to spend some time listing out the various themes and songs I have so enjoyed these many months of training. Indeed, they have been played while creating war documents (ie. making the Mickey and the Minnie), during physical training (ie. jogging around the track), while chronicling our battle plans (ie. posting updates), and even while making sure the troops are well nourished (ie. looking at the menus on allears).

When I began my collection, I had a master plan in mind. I wanted to have at least some music from every park, and as many resort as possible. And within each park, I wanted to collect samples from each “land” or area. So as I could play virtual “tours” and pretend I was really there, breathing in the scents, hearing the happy sounds, and seeing the wonderful smiles on the faces of smiling children and adults alike. I have a long way to go, but let me share what I have over the next few days. I think you’ll like what you see. Some were downloaded from Amazon or iTunes, some I found free in the net, some I put into “tour’ from the Disney CD of park Tunes, some are just short sound clips, some are entire BGM loops, ALL are WONDERFUL!! If you’re interesting in building your own collection, start with Amazon and iTunes, Parktunes.com for lists, and searches on the net. Enjoy!

Today, I’ll share what I have from the MK:

Main Street:The St. Louis Rag
The Castle House Rag
George M. Cohan Medley
The Welcome Medley, incl. the Trolley song

Tomorrow Land:
Buss Lightyear Entrance Spiel
Stepping Stars by David Arkenstone (played as BGM)
Space Mountain/ Star Tunnel music
Space Mountain entrance music
Tomorrow Land Complete Loop – 40 minutes of BGM
Inside the Sky by Steve Haun
Carousel of Progress Theme (Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow)

Need: TTA Spiel

Fantasy Land:
Peter Pan’s Flight Queue Music
Pooh’s Playful Spot music
It’s a Small World

Need: A lot!

Frontier Land:
Woody’s Roundup
Theme from Silverado
The Ballad of Davy Crockett
Bear Country Serenade
Splash Mountain

Liberty Square:
Haunted Mansion Welcome
Haunted Mansion Loop

Need to add: Something patriotic for President’s Hall, some fife and drum that I’ll use for EPCOT too, maybe some “boat sounding” stuff for Columbia Harbor House

Adventure Land:
Bora Bora Tahitian Drumming by The Polynesians
Caderas (Jamaican steel drum music)

Wishes

MNSSHP tracks (Villian’s Ball music, Hallowishes, PoTC loop, HM loop, The Oogie Boogie Song)

Main Street Electrical Parade Loop

 

[Flossbolna]

That's wonderful list! I did somthing similar in 2008 and had a lot of fun with it! But I think my list includes more movie songs as well...

It's a shame that you don't take a road trip to WDW - that would be the perfect opportunity to use your battle music!

 

[All7OfUs]

That's wonderful list! I did somthing similar in 2008 and had a lot of fun with it! But I think my list includes more movie songs as well...

It's a shame that you don't take a road trip to WDW - that would be the perfect opportunity to use your battle music!

I LOVE my tracks!

My movie collection will show up when I get to DHS. Hang on...

I KNOW, but a road trip there, means less TIME there. Tis okay, I've had LOTS of listening time here- like one gigantic road trip sort of.

 

[All7OfUs]

Most of you know how I feel about litter after litter of puppies coming through our family. They are a gigantic pain in the butt (and hand too). They have to be cared for to a certain degree, food mixed up and given (while keeping my pig dog away), poop scooped, yard fenced off, etc... I hate it- every time. I am ready to go to a place where someone ELSE takes care of the carp, and I simply get to enjoy.

HOWEVER, having said all that, they are pretty cute. Even if destined to a life chained up 24/7, too little food, and inadequate shelter. Here are the 6 little darlings that are (one of) my last battles before my Victory Trip to WDW!









Of the lot, there are 4 boys and 2 girls, which is great because boys are far easier to give away.

We suspect the single brown one has a different father?

One runt is still hanging on.

And the 7th is buried in the garden.