DDA Chapter 19

[mommykds]

Thanks, Anne Marie!

You're welcome.


& yes its is dark outside!!!!

 

[mommykds]

We had the inspection on the NC house Friday & got the report yesterday. Only minor issues need to be addressed. We gave our realtor the list of 4 things we would like the seller to repair & we are waiting for that response.

Our buyers had their inspection of our house on Saturday. That report should be coming in today or tomorrow. My house was built in 1948 but it is very good condition but I am sure the inspector has to find something.

It was a beautiful weekend. We took Daniel & Sophie to the park. They had so much fun running around & playing with the other kids. Katie sat on a bench listening to her ipod.

Dana mentioned taking his mom & mine on a cruise. He spoke with his mom last night & he is sad that she is getting older & not in good health with her diabetes. He said time is ticking & we should do something with them. His mom wants to go back to Italy so I priced the 11 night DCL Med cruise. Over $10,000! for one cabin! Hmmmm, I can't see that happening! We'll have to figure something else out. I think its very sweet of him to want to do this for her (& my mom) considering all the rotten things she has done to him & continues to do. (too much of a long story) lets just say she is a pip.

 

[PNO4TE]

OK... If we had a MYW base ticket with more than one day on it and upgraded to an AP, would we get the full value of those days if we upgraded at the end of the firts day of use? Or would we need to wait until the end of the stay to upgrade?

 

[PNO4TE]

We had the inspection on the NC house Friday & got the report yesterday. Only minor issues need to be addressed. We gave our realtor the list of 4 things we would like the seller to repair & we are waiting for that response.

Our buyers had their inspection of our house on Saturday. That report should be coming in today or tomorrow. My house was built in 1948 but it is very good condition but I am sure the inspector has to find something.

It was a beautiful weekend. We took Daniel & Sophie to the park. They had so much fun running around & playing with the other kids. Katie sat on a bench listening to her ipod.

Dana mentioned taking his mom & mine on a cruise. He spoke with his mom last night & he is sad that she is getting older & not in good health with her diabetes. He said time is ticking & we should do something with them. His mom wants to go back to Italy so I priced the 11 night DCL Med cruise. Over $10,000! for one cabin! Hmmmm, I can't see that happening! We'll have to figure something else out. I think its very sweet of him to want to do this for her (& my mom) considering all the rotten things she has done to him & continues to do. (too much of a long story) lets just say she is a pip.

Good luck with the inspection report!!

Sounds like a fun way to have spent the day yesterday. I am not surprised that Katie was plugged in all day either. That generation seems to be plugged in all the time!

I think it is wonderful for Dana to want to do something spectacular for your mothers... but there has to be a cheaper way to do it!

 

[mommykds]

OK... If we had a MYW base ticket with more than one day on it and upgraded to an AP, would we get the full value of those days if we upgraded at the end of the firts day of use? Or would we need to wait until the end of the stay to upgrade?

If you use the ticket (on your first park day) you will get full value of the the entire ticket. So you could upgrade on day 1 & get full value for however many days are on the ticket.

However last time I upgraded to an AP, I had a 10 day MYW with dining ticket & the CM told me I had to wait til the 10th day to upgrade so I wouldn't loose my dining credits. Sounded wierd but that is what I ended up doing. Someone on the codes board said that if you have dining too to ask for your park ticket separately at check in so you do not have the park & dining on the same card.

 

[mommykds]

Good luck with the inspection report!!

Sounds like a fun way to have spent the day yesterday. I am not surprised that Katie was plugged in all day either. That generation seems to be plugged in all the time!

I think it is wonderful for Dana to want to do something spectacular for your mothers... but there has to be a cheaper way to do it!

Thanks!


Yes, Katie's always plugged in! It came out of her ears for mass so at least for 1 hour yesterday she was unplugged!

Yes, we have to find a cheaper alternative to this whole idea of going to Italy. I have no desire to got to Italy right now.

 

[PNO4TE]

If you use the ticket (on your first park day) you will get full value of the the entire ticket. So you could upgrade on day 1 & get full value for however many days are on the ticket.

However last time I upgraded to an AP, I had a 10 day MYW with dining ticket & the CM told me I had to wait til the 10th day to upgrade so I wouldn't loose my dining credits. Sounded wierd but that is what I ended up doing. Someone on the codes board said that if you have dining too to ask for your park ticket separately at check in so you do not have the park & dining on the same card.

Oh! That is good to know! I wouldn't have thought about the dining credits potentially being lost. But I would think that Lobby Concierge could pull up the fact that your credits hadn't been used, wouldn't you??

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Good morning, DDA!

Thanks to the time change and a 5 PM cup of coffee yesterday I managed all of about 3 hours of sleep!

Hope everybody has a great Monday!!

 

[mommykds]

Oh! That is good to know! I wouldn't have thought about the dining credits potentially being lost. But I would think that Lobby Concierge could pull up the fact that your credits hadn't been used, wouldn't you??

Yes. They should be able to know that, but I know that I am going to ask for dining & park tickets to be separated at check in anyway. I was nervous last time about waiting til our last day, I thought I'd forget or something.

 

[PNO4TE]

Yes. They should be able to know that, but I know that I am going to ask for dining & park tickets to be separated at check in anyway. I was nervous last time about waiting til our last day, I thought I'd forget or something.

That sounds like a good plan. I would like to have my ticket on a separate card too. Room key and Dining on one makes sense since they would expire at the same time.

I am also toying with the idea of purchasing tickets through Undercover Tourist again and upgrading those after we use the first day. They really have some good discounts through Mousesavers' emails and you get full WDW value for the ticket regardless of what you paid for it. That would help budget a little better too. The one day MYW tickets left on our room keys would then be usable for the girls at Christmas.

 

[PNO4TE]

Elizabeth - I hope you can make it OK through your day with so little sleep! How is your eye this morning?

 

[bethbuchall]

Good morning, all! This time change sure has thrown me for a loop. I couldn't fall asleep last night, and getting up this morning wasn't easy. We were just getting to the point that it was light outside at 6:00 am, and now it's pitch black again. I really wish I were a morning person like I was when I was a kid.

Miles is sick and won't be going to school today. He has had a fever and cold symptoms all weekend. I was hoping he'd be better today, but his temp is still 100 axillary (the thermometer was making him gag). Matthew has a similar cold but not as bad (and no fever).

A friend of a friend told me that there is a listing for a library assistant at the elementary school near us. It's a full-time position. I need to get a resume ready, because it sounds like a good opportunity to move up into full-time employment. I know that I should have an up-to-date resume, but I don't. That's what I'll be working on today. There will probably be hundreds of applicants, but I need to at least try. Being in the school system will give me similar hours and breaks as the kids, and the commute is minimal. If I could get this job, I would have less worries about helping with college costs, and I could go to WDW in August, 2010.

 

[PNO4TE]

Beth - I hope Miles gets to feeling better later on today. And get to work on that resume, Missy! That sounds like the perfect job for you!

 

[Tammi67]

We are having a snow storm now. The roads are covered so it could be a slick ride to work. I guess I'd better get moving.

Its been raining and cold here, but of course more snow is in the forecast for the weekend.

Wow. My kids wore shorts to school today!

 

[Tammi67]

Anne Marie - good luck finding the right vacation, for a much better price!

Beth - for Milles.

 

[yellowfish78]

Help me decide on my Epcot dining. Any reason we should eat in Mexico or China? For those of you that have eaten at Morocco, France or Italy, which do you recommend and why? I'm trying to hit new places that we haven't tried before.

China is China. It was nothing specatular to me. I'll be the odd one out with saying when I ate in Mexico last, two out of three of us enjoyed the meal...they got steak - I got the "real" mexican food and it was terrible. So if you go, eat the steak. I've eaten in Morocco and Bob and I really enjoyed that one. There was only one part of the meal we didn't like but there was enough food to make up for that. You can also ask for a quieter table which is what we did and it wasn't too bad. We ate in France in December (right?) and the food was great. We'd do that one again.

Morning DDA! It finally stopped raining here after 3 days of nonstop rain. My sump pump needs a break (and I need some sunshine)!

 

[yellowfish78]

What race did Becky and Jennifer run? I found Vicki on the results, but not the other two so I wasn't sure if they ran the Family 5K (no results) or the Half...

 

[PNO4TE]

What race did Becky and Jennifer run? I found Vicki on the results, but not the other two so I wasn't sure if they ran the Family 5K (no results) or the Half...

I thought I knew the answer to this question, but I was wrong! Looks like our DDA friends all ran!!

 

[PNO4TE]

Looks like my day to be missing tickers!

 

[yellowfish78]

Thanks Elin! And I see your tickers...