DDA Chapter 11

[mommykds]

PM me your email. Has it changed?

I received it today!!! Very nice pictures & nice to see Debbies too!

Anne Marie love your pictures! I just realized our Chef Mickey pictures weren't on our photopass pictures

Oh no! There is a section in the photopass site where you can fill out a form for Disney to find your pictures..I am so annoyed as some of mine are missing too.

Tom,


Jen,
Congrats on your class!!

 

[mommykds]

It's been a heck of a day here. While the girls were at school, Daniel & I ran errands & went to lunch. I get a call from Katie's school that she is not feeling well 10 minutes before I have to go get Sophie. I was like a woman posessed getting to K's school & then over to S's school. She said she had to throw up but it is just nerves..I think the whole day was overwhelming to her. More supply lists came home on top of the supplies we already spent $70 yesterday so we ran & got those & labeled everything.

Finally everyone is showered & headed up to bed when Daniel runs to me with a nose bleed...he has never had one before so I am concerned...he's watching Spongebob & I am watching him.

I knew I did not want to come home from Disney.

Thanks for the good wishes on NC. Dana got in touch with the head of gifted & talented in NC (Raleigh) so she seems to be a good source of info. Things are chugging along..looks like we will be moving over Christmas break which is good because the kids have 2 weeks off then. I will keep you alll posted if & when we make the "final" decision. Thanks!

I am going to sit with Daniel..have a good night.

 

[ReAnSt]

Well, so far I would say it is an affordable house!

I think we just need to find a few foreclosures or an apartment building, condo complex or old hotel. I'm in I need 1 room year round. Maybe we could buy and finish the unifinished section at Pop.

 

[tinknme]

Stephanie and I are in double digits

 

[Tammi67]

Hi guys! I feel like I am out of it physically and mentally lately. I also got the "Worst Dad of the Year" award yesterday.

This sinus thing is just not going away. Even with the round of antibiotics I got, it is still in full force. My whole face hurts. Any tooth that I have had any work on in my life is zinging with pain. I am having a hard time concentrating on anything!
This heat and humidity aren't helping either! Work has been miserable with temperatures reaching close to 140 degrees in the plant. The vents that used to bring in fresh air were closed a couple of months ago because they found a few mold spores near them. So it has been really crappy lately.

Since Monday was a holiday and no school, I got very little sleep. Leighanna is used to her new schedule and promptly woke me up at nine. I had about 2 hours sleep in a 48 hour time period. Yesterday after dropping Leighanna off at school I promptly fell asleep and forgot to set the alarm. Of course I didn't have the phone nearby and I overslept, leaving Leighanna at school all by herself.
The school did get in touch with my wife who desperately tried to wake me via the phone. But I just slept through it. She ended up posting a sign on her door at work and ran home to wake me up. I quickly got dressed and ran to the school. I was only about a half hour late, but I still felt like such a failure.
We still beat the bus home though.
Leighanna wasn't upset, but I sure was!
I haven't dropped off the face of the Earth, but I sure do feel like it!

Don't beat yourself up over it, Tom. We've all been there one way or another. Get yourself back to the doctor! I hope you start getting better soon.

 

[Tammi67]

Here are our first day of school pictures. Matthew and Laura were a little grumpy about the whole idea of having to have their pictures taken, but I was able to get a couple of Miles.

They didn't look grumpy! Beautiful family. I hope there day was good.

 

[Tammi67]

Beth - Nice pics! I hope everybody had a good first day back!

DS said they watched a marketing video for the DC trip today. Grrr. I was just doing a little research. A hotel room (a WHOLE hotel room, not a quarter of one) is about $145 on Travelocity. The Smithsonian and the National Zoo are FREE! A day tour of the city with some of the places the school trip covers is under $70. Airfare is $400. HOW does this add up to $1500?!? It's not like they are doing 5 star dining, and even if they were, DS wouldn't eat the food! I think I will have to tell the teacher it is WAY less expensive to patch together my OWN trip to DC. DS said the parents will have to watch the marketing video when we go to "meet the teacher" night. Great. So instead of hearing about the curriculum I get to see a commercial for a trip my child is NOT going on!

Why don't you call the school and ask them to use Elizabeth's Travel Planning Service. Explain that you can't understand why their price is so high because of what you just posted. Guarantee them a better rate, and more student involvement, since it will be much cheaper. Then add on 10% fee for yourself.

 

[tink2020]

Oh yeah, but I usually have a headache at some point each day anyway. Allegies suck. I'm not sure if todays is different than any other though.


Wow. Very impressive.

I hope it wasn't too bad! I know I get an AWFUL headache with caffeine withdrawal, that's different than my norm.

Hi guys! I feel like I am out of it physically and mentally lately. I also got the "Worst Dad of the Year" award yesterday.

This sinus thing is just not going away. Even with the round of antibiotics I got, it is still in full force. My whole face hurts. Any tooth that I have had any work on in my life is zinging with pain. I am having a hard time concentrating on anything!
This heat and humidity aren't helping either! Work has been miserable with temperatures reaching close to 140 degrees in the plant. The vents that used to bring in fresh air were closed a couple of months ago because they found a few mold spores near them. So it has been really crappy lately.

Since Monday was a holiday and no school, I got very little sleep. Leighanna is used to her new schedule and promptly woke me up at nine. I had about 2 hours sleep in a 48 hour time period. Yesterday after dropping Leighanna off at school I promptly fell asleep and forgot to set the alarm. Of course I didn't have the phone nearby and I overslept, leaving Leighanna at school all by herself.
The school did get in touch with my wife who desperately tried to wake me via the phone. But I just slept through it. She ended up posting a sign on her door at work and ran home to wake me up. I quickly got dressed and ran to the school. I was only about a half hour late, but I still felt like such a failure.
We still beat the bus home though.
Leighanna wasn't upset, but I sure was!
I haven't dropped off the face of the Earth, but I sure do feel like it!

Oh, Tom! I hope you aren't beating yourself up as much today. These things happen, especially when working nights. I was left at school once or twice, and - for the most part - I turned out all right

Well my first day is over! it was not as bad as i thought and i do feel better now that day one is over Ill be back with details and pictures later!

One day under your belt! : I'd love to see your classroom!

I am sorry, I have read along but I've just been brain dead and busy so it's going all in one eye and out the other.

Jennifer-were the twins keeping you up last night?? Are their stomach issues not getting better??

Yes, and no, not really.

Your commented (bolded) had me cracking up!

So, I think my sister and I have figured out what we and our two brothers will be giving my parents for Christmas. Dad is springing for our Disneyland trip again this coming June. 5 day hoppers for everyone, hotel rooms, and a character lunch at Ariel's Grotto. We always have a great time, and this year won't be any different. We decided to surprise them with a breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen on the day we leave. This way, they get to see their grandkids with more characters, and we can start our trip home with a fun memory instead of the dreaded Disney withdrawal. What do y'all think? It would be a HUGE group. I think there are going to be about 30 of us going. Each family will pick up the tab for their own people, and we'll split the cost of mom and dad, plus the photo package.

What do you think?

I think it sounds like a wonderful gift, AND a great new tradition! I don't know, however, that anything totally cures Disney withdrawal!

Can someone repost the orange bread recipe? I thought I had saved it!

I will repost tomorrow, if nobody does before then!

 

[Tammi67]

My surgeon had a theory about the whole soda/weight loss thing. There is no evidence to corroborate his theory, but it's interesting. We are told to not drink carbonated beverages after gastric bypass, because the bubbles have the potential for stretching out the new opening to our stomachs, causing more food to be able to enter. His theory is that carbonation does the same thing to a regular stomach; bubbles stretch the stomach increasing it's capacity. It makes a bit of sense to me! I always open my diet coke first thing in the morning, and by lunch it's flat and I can drink it.

So does he think that if you eliminate carbonation that the stretching will reverse itself, or is it once it's stretched it stays that way?

 

[tinknme]

Anne Marie for Katie & Daniel & for you.

 

[bethbuchall]

That could be a dangerous assignment! For me, it would depend on how happy I was with the child at the time the assignment was given! Luckily for you, your boys seem to be awesome all the time. Nice assignment. I know that for my kids there's no way I'd hit the million!

We had an assignment similar to that a couple of years ago. At the bottom of my note, I attached a photo of Laura and wrote, "Since a picture is worth a thousand words..." That helped up my "word" count.

 

[bethbuchall]

All this talk of Treehouse Villas.... did you see this today? (unrelated to Disney's version! )

Treehouse

Very cool! I was in Onalaska, WI this summer.

 

[bethbuchall]

Ok, sorry to bust out all the video links apparently!

This is totally random, but I had to share with someone! If you're bored, check out this "trailer" from a friend of mine's wedding. The videographer hasn't finished yet because he has "too much good footage" (rough problem to have, no? ) but I think it's going to be ridiculous!!! I want to plan a wedding again!

Anna and Dave

That is phenomenal, and the couple is gorgeous!

 

[Tammi67]

Jen you are special & now you have 22 children that will realize this as well

If you count Robyn's and Tom's kids, that's 26!

 

[Glynis]

I think it sounds like a wonderful gift, AND a great new tradition! I don't know, however, that anything totally cures Disney withdrawal!

Well, my dad loves to see all his "little princesses" with the big princesses, but we've felt that the boys kind of get left out. Don't get me wrong, they enjoy seeing the ladies, but just kind of feel out of place. Not to mention all the daddies in the group who get uncomfortable. So, we thought Goofy's Kitchen would let Dad do the princess thing for his girls, and we could let the boys have fun with the characters at Goofy's with grandma and grandpa watching on! I know the girls will enjoy it, too, especially Mary and my sister's daughter, Olivia. Have I mentioned her before? She's like Mary, wants to be a boy, and is insisting that her kindergarten teacher call her Oliver! I know those 2 would love to see Pluto, Goofy and Mickey along with all the rest.

I'm getting quite excited about it. I know that one of my brother's will have no problem with this, but I'm not so sure about the other one. He just got married last year, and they don't have any kids, so he may balk at it, but oh well! He can just deal! It will be 3 against 1! So there. If I could find a smilie sticking out it's tongue it would go perfectly here!

I agree with you about nothing really taking care of the Disney withdrawal! However, this would be a fun way to end the trip! We don't even need a hopper for that day, since GK is at the DL hotel. We can hit breakfast, and then shop at DD until we are ready to leave.

 

[tinknme]

I will repost tomorrow, if nobody does before then!

Thank you!

 

[Glynis]

So does he think that if you eliminate carbonation that the stretching will reverse itself, or is it once it's stretched it stays that way?

I'm not sure. My guess would be it would depend on how much soda you drank before stopping. I've noticed that since I now drink them flat, I just can't stand the thought of carbonation.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

If you count Robyn's and Tom's kids, that's 26!

o very true!

 

[Tammi67]

It's been a heck of a day here. While the girls were at school, Daniel & I ran errands & went to lunch. I get a call from Katie's school that she is not feeling well 10 minutes before I have to go get Sophie. I was like a woman posessed getting to K's school & then over to S's school. She said she had to throw up but it is just nerves..I think the whole day was overwhelming to her. More supply lists came home on top of the supplies we already spent $70 yesterday so we ran & got those & labeled everything.

Finally everyone is showered & headed up to bed when Daniel runs to me with a nose bleed...he has never had one before so I am concerned...he's watching Spongebob & I am watching him.

I knew I did not want to come home from Disney.

Thanks for the good wishes on NC. Dana got in touch with the head of gifted & talented in NC (Raleigh) so she seems to be a good source of info. Things are chugging along..looks like we will be moving over Christmas break which is good because the kids have 2 weeks off then. I will keep you alll posted if & when we make the "final" decision. Thanks!

I am going to sit with Daniel..have a good night.

I'm sorry you had such a hectic day. I hope Katie settles down a bit and starts to enjoy middle school. I have no advice on the nosebleed though. In my house it would have started because a sister hit him.

 

[bear74]

So, I think my sister and I have figured out what we and our two brothers will be giving my parents for Christmas. Dad is springing for our Disneyland trip again this coming June. 5 day hoppers for everyone, hotel rooms, and a character lunch at Ariel's Grotto. We always have a great time, and this year won't be any different. We decided to surprise them with a breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen on the day we leave. This way, they get to see their grandkids with more characters, and we can start our trip home with a fun memory instead of the dreaded Disney withdrawal. What do y'all think? It would be a HUGE group. I think there are going to be about 30 of us going. Each family will pick up the tab for their own people, and we'll split the cost of mom and dad, plus the photo package.

What do you think?

sounds great