Hi all! It was a tough week at work going back after 20 days off. I haven't had that many days off since I was on maternity leave and never took that many off before that. I need to go in tomorrow to work on some month end August stuff. Then I really need to get rolling on the budget stuff.
Loved all the back to school photos! I'm still fighting with my Mac so I can't upload any new photos.
Jennifer-Loved all the photos of the girls.
They are so precious! Lots of prayers for Joel and his wife.
Denise-safe travels!
Janet & Elizabeth-I haven't ordered my photopass CD-I can add your chef mickey pictures to my account.
Glynnis-nice to hear things are going well for you & your little peanut.
Karen-Watkins is adorable! Hope his test results are negative.
Tom-Glad you're feeling better-hope you continue to improve! My DH one day forgot it was an early release day and Lizzy (1st grade) got off the bus and found noone home. Thankfully she had enough sense to go next door and DH was home shortly-but he felt horible. Good luck with airfare!
Amy-hope you can get some rest/relief soon! Good luck to Kevin!
Elizabeth-good thoughts for your Mom!
I could have sworn we same at least some of them when we went to SSR in August. I must be losing my mind
I think you might be losing your mind (or maybe I am....) but I didn't think you were in FL in August.
One day we started the day at MGM then took the bus to POR then the boat to DTD for lunch. They were already building the new tree houses when we went by them.
You'll like this one too - we had a client call on tickets from Cleveland to Knoxville. One way BASE price (before taxes and fees and fuel surcharges) was $77. When you add all the taxes and fees and fuel surcharges, the ticket went up to $378.
Unfreakinbelievable.
(ETA: That's the final RT cost...so that's at 189 for a one way flight. More than doubled.)
YIKES! I guess I did pretty good booking Jet Blue flights for my Feb trip. I wanted to go the first week of Feb but the flights for the weekend were too expensive ($219 one way) and I couldn't use frequent flyer miles. So I booked Wed 1/28 with miles and paid $94 for the flight home on Tue 2/3-I paid $5 for the "free" tickets and $209 for the 2 $94 flights with fees.
Janet.....the schools around here have major peanut moratoriums..they have designated tables for peanut free zones...so they would NEVER serve that for a student lunch....I have never heard of that with chili...I wouldn't be opposed to trying it though
We have MAJOR restrictions here. My kids are often in peanut free rooms so must bring peanut free snacks and if they aren't individual packages you need to sent a copy of the ingredient list-the kids have to leave your backpacks in the hall so the school nurse can inspect them before they enter the room. For birthdays they celebrate once a month for that month and the parents of those kids provide "approved" snacks. NO homemade snacks can be brought in for the class-no store bought cupcakes.
Sooooo...
You know how I said we wouldn't do concierge next summer? I lied.
Today is our 11 month mark if we fly in on Thursday night. In all probability we won't go until Friday morning, but just for kicks I called to see if I could book a concierge studio for 7 nights. And I COULD!
Now I just need to call next weekend and try to add the last 3 nights. Once I have it secured we can hem and haw about which day to fly in and I can modify our arrival date if I need to. I figured it was a sign that I should book since I called almost 3 hours after they opened and they still had a concierge room available!
Since we have to move our trip up now I am rethinking where we might stay. POR was great this trip but I would like to stay somewhere else next time. We have the AS suites booked but Bernadette's review made me think again. I like to give the Poly another try...Dana says CR is "too sterile" but I would like to stay there just once..I guess I will see what discounts are available when the time comes.
Really? What did I say (it must have been in my funk). I LOVED the room!!!! I had a few "issues" with the busses but you won't need to worry about that and I had some "issues" with them making us walk all the way around the building during a tropical storm but if I had my own car I would absolutely stay in the family suites again.
I LOVE the Poly! Easy access to both MK and Epcot. I thought the rooms were beautiful at CR but they weren't very practical-I hated the sinks there.
That is SO cool! I need to share that with some folks at work who think I'm crazy.
The ring bearer pillow is done!
She did an amazing job:
This...
Front:
Back:
...came from this:
...which was actually what my grandmother wore for her first communion too.
So I now have my something old.
Beautiful!
that all goes normal while putting out the fire.
Hey, it was the only way to be sure I had my share of the cooking done. I fell down on the job this past week and I don't want to have to stop and get any fast food over the next couple of weeks.
for getting your room booked for next year!
