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Deb - :wizard: for kitty.

Vicki - :wizard: for MIL. Get some well-deserved rest and drive safely tomorrow.

Chanon - You do have a great DH! Welcome home. Can't wait to hear/see about the trip.
 
Well, this weekend was strange and sad.

The one lady that I work with is just the sweetest person you would ever want to meet. She has worked here for over twenty years. She has seen a lot of changes in the child care system. She and I work well together. We can pick each other's brains and sometimes come up with the same idea at the same time. It is a pleasure to know she is there. Our office is very small but we get along just great and have it fixed up the way we like except for the walls. Just cannot do anything with grey bricks.

She gave birth to three sons. A set of twins. The one twin passed away eight years ago from an Asthma attack. Stephanie said she did not come to work for over two weeks. Would not answer her phone, did not get out of bed, she literally shut herself down. The other twin has diabetes and last year had a kidney transplant. He also needed a pancreas transplant. Unfortunately this weekend, he lost the fight. He apparently passed out and when they found him, they tried to revive him, got him in the ambulance, but he died and they did bring him back. At the hospital, they took him into surgery and determined he did not have a heart attack, but he was brain dead. Because of all of the surgeries and testing he needed, he was living here while having all of the surgery, but his wife and kids are in Florida. He had just gotten back from visiting his family in Florida. His wife managed to get up here yesterday morning and not much later he did finally lose the fight. Stephanie and another co-worker were there Friday night and yesterday before he passed on. I cannot imagine the sadness for all this week because all of us love A***** and knew her son and were all cheering for his success.

Friday night Hal and I went to a local baseball game. Quad A or triple AAA something like that. Lancaster Barnstormers. Stephanie came about an hour into the game and filled me in on what was happening. The game ended up with our team winning and then we saw some fireworks. Yeah--five minutes worth but it was a small fix. :lmao:

I figured I would go the hospital Saturday, but after sitting in those hard stadium seats, I could not move much yesterday. So, I thought I would go to visit A today but my youngest son came over and I thought, I needed to see him, talk with him, get lots of hugs and I managed to feed him supper!!!!

Yes Stephanie,,, don't fall off of your chair. We sat at the dining room table and had supper together. :love:

So our mission this week is to make sure we visit A and her family and make sure she eats and gets out of bed. This will be a very hard next two or three weeks. :sad2:
 
I am still following that thread about online ADRs on the dining board:

I just called Disney Dining and asked if there was any official word on reservations online and was told by the CM that it wasofficially opening tomorrow for the general public AND that it would open at 6am--not the 7am time when they open on the phone. He was very open with the information and sounded very knowledgable on the topic. So good luck to all--I will see you with the feedback in the morning! (MY day 90 is tomorrow)
Also, I had previously read that certain dining experiences would still need to be made via phone (HDDR, etc) but he told me when it goes live, that the only thing I wont be able to book is V&A. Good luck everyone! Heres to free dining!
 
don't know why there was a double post...
 

Well, this weekend was strange and sad.

The one lady that I work with is just the sweetest person you would ever want to meet. She has worked here for over twenty years. She has seen a lot of changes in the child care system. She and I work well together. We can pick each other's brains and sometimes come up with the same idea at the same time. It is a pleasure to know she is there. Our office is very small but we get along just great and have it fixed up the way we like except for the walls. Just cannot do anything with grey bricks.

She gave birth to three sons. A set of twins. The one twin passed away eight years ago from an Asthma attack. Stephanie said she did not come to work for over two weeks. Would not answer her phone, did not get out of bed, she literally shut herself down. The other twin has diabetes and last year had a kidney transplant. He also needed a pancreas transplant. Unfortunately this weekend, he lost the fight. He apparently passed out and when they found him, they tried to revive him, got him in the ambulance, but he died and they did bring him back. At the hospital, they took him into surgery and determined he did not have a heart attack, but he was brain dead. Because of all of the surgeries and testing he needed, he was living here while having all of the surgery, but his wife and kids are in Florida. He had just gotten back from visiting his family in Florida. His wife managed to get up here yesterday morning and not much later he did finally lose the fight. Stephanie and another co-worker were there Friday night and yesterday before he passed on. I cannot imagine the sadness for all this week because all of us love A***** and knew her son and were all cheering for his success.

Friday night Hal and I went to a local baseball game. Quad A or triple AAA something like that. Lancaster Barnstormers. Stephanie came about an hour into the game and filled me in on what was happening. The game ended up with our team winning and then we saw some fireworks. Yeah--five minutes worth but it was a small fix. :lmao:

I figured I would go the hospital Saturday, but after sitting in those hard stadium seats, I could not move much yesterday. So, I thought I would go to visit A today but my youngest son came over and I thought, I needed to see him, talk with him, get lots of hugs and I managed to feed him supper!!!!

Yes Stephanie,,, don't fall off of your chair. We sat at the dining room table and had supper together. :love:

So our mission this week is to make sure we visit A and her family and make sure she eats and gets out of bed. This will be a very hard next two or three weeks. :sad2:

:hug:How tragic for A and her family. I hope that you can be part of her support system and that she can come to terms with this without shutting down. My God be there for all of you
 
Colby's pants are shortened. Both of the boys have given Daddy a little fashion show. They are both thrilled with the outfits they created :goodvibes Hunter saw Colby's outfit and told him he looked awesome:goodvibes:goodvibes

I need to head to bed soon. Didn't sleep well last night and I need to be up at 4 PM. I see no naps in my future this week.
 
Terry - what a horrible ordeal. Lots of :wizard: for the family.
 
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Elin - did you enjoy the movie?
 
Bernadette - I'm glad you enjoyed the Kim Possible adventure. We saw an Disney Channel thing about it the other day and Terra is hoping it will still be there in Feb.
I would think it would still be there-it must have been expensive to set it all up.

Bernadette you captured some lovely photos! My favorite are the castle shots during fireworks, beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks! I thought those were pretty cool-I never would thought of it on my own but it was the only place I could find for Joe to sit.


Bernadette Jo looks so cute in all the outfits you made him. I really liked your photos. The fireworks with Walt and Mickey are so creative. Kudos to you. I also liked the one from One Man's Dream of Joe, Walt in a doorway and the shadow of Mickey.
Thanks! Joe says One Man's Dream is his #2 attraction in all of WDW only behind Carousel of Progress. I had to back the next day and take photos of him in his Mickey shirt too.

yes I also want to know what you thought of it.
I know I already posted but just to restate.....the kids really enjoy it and I think the adults are surprised enough by the technology to enjoy it too. Joe only wanted to do 2 countries on our 2nd day at Epcot-I could have done more.

We ate at Beaches and Cream and of course Bill had to have his "No Way Jose.

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YUM!!!

the party was deemed and success and I had no idea 4 girls could eat that much bacon:lmao:

it was supposed to be overcast today....it's beautiful...but I still see a nap in my future:rotfl:

Josh came over for just a smidge last night...in that time I found out that the damage his parents did to their house last weekend was enough to send them to a hotel (which there aren't any really locally) and he doesn't have proper pants for graduation....:headache: this kid just doesn't seem to be able to catch a break.
Glad the girls had a great time.

Poor Josh. Sounds like he'll be better off on his own.:sad2:

Bernadette,,your pictures were really fantastic.
Thanks!

I'm home from work. It kind of sucked, lot of Canadians and they did not tip well at all :sad2: oh well.
:confused3I always tip well in Canada?????

Sooo...

I am nearing completion of the laundry. DS has 32 pairs of shorts. :rolleyes1 There are 4 more pairs in a Nordstrom bag that I think I will take back to Nordstrom. They were expensive, and it now appears that we do not NEED 4 more pairs of shorts. They will be on clearance by the end of July so I can buy them then if I think he needs them.

I also ran across a shirt I bought at Ross for myself that I think I will return. And I have a shirt from DS that needs to go back to Marshall's because it was too small. Good thing Ross and Marshall's are next door to each other.

Speaking of Marshall's, we found some "Life Is Good" T-shirts for DH. One was marked down to $5! The others were $10 and $13. Very nice quality, great for WDW. :)
32 pairs????? I thought I had gone overboard with 8 pairs for Joe.


I fear that our kitty may have a brain tumor. He is still having difficulty standing, one eye is watering and he has totally lost his hearing. Today I noticed that one side of his face is very swollen. On the bright side he has started eating better :confused3 I'll call the vet tomorrow to run everything by her.
Poor kitty!

Well today wasn't as relaxing as I thought it was going to be. It was productive though. After church I went to the mall. I had to return a couple things that didn't fit the kids. I FINALLY found a pair of brown sandals (with a backstrap (stupid school rule)) for Alyssa that 1. actually fit and 2. she likes. I have been searching for over a month. I also got myself 5 new tops and 3 pair of shorts. $150 later, but all is good because I RARELY buy anything for myself, mainly because I can't find anything that fits right or that I like. I've started to shop in the juniors section and seem to be having better luck. Misses clothes seem too frumpy for me.
Congrats on shopping success!

We stayed overnight with Chuck's mom Friday night. I put a filing system together for her. It was totally disorganized. We were supposed to come home after dinner last night. Instead we took her to the emergency room at dinner time. She couldn't put any weight on her left foot. She was diagnosed with cellulitis (infection of the tissue or something like that) and gout in her foot. She is totally bruised on her ENTIRE right side from the catheter when she had her pacemaker installed. I mean ENTIRE. I sure hope that she turns a corner soon. We came home this morning. We got here a little after noon. I'm going to get up at 4am and head to Lansing. I'll be there by noon.
Sorry to hear she's still having problems. :wizard:

Hi everyone! :wave2: Back home safe and sound to no dishes in the sink and all the laundry done! (Don't I have a great husband??) :teeth: I'll post pics as soon as I can get them uploaded.
Welcome home! LOVED your photos!

Well, this weekend was strange and sad.

The one lady that I work with is just the sweetest person you would ever want to meet. She has worked here for over twenty years. She has seen a lot of changes in the child care system. She and I work well together. We can pick each other's brains and sometimes come up with the same idea at the same time. It is a pleasure to know she is there. Our office is very small but we get along just great and have it fixed up the way we like except for the walls. Just cannot do anything with grey bricks.

She gave birth to three sons. A set of twins. The one twin passed away eight years ago from an Asthma attack. Stephanie said she did not come to work for over two weeks. Would not answer her phone, did not get out of bed, she literally shut herself down. The other twin has diabetes and last year had a kidney transplant. He also needed a pancreas transplant. Unfortunately this weekend, he lost the fight. He apparently passed out and when they found him, they tried to revive him, got him in the ambulance, but he died and they did bring him back. At the hospital, they took him into surgery and determined he did not have a heart attack, but he was brain dead. Because of all of the surgeries and testing he needed, he was living here while having all of the surgery, but his wife and kids are in Florida. He had just gotten back from visiting his family in Florida. His wife managed to get up here yesterday morning and not much later he did finally lose the fight. Stephanie and another co-worker were there Friday night and yesterday before he passed on. I cannot imagine the sadness for all this week because all of us love A***** and knew her son and were all cheering for his success.

Friday night Hal and I went to a local baseball game. Quad A or triple AAA something like that. Lancaster Barnstormers. Stephanie came about an hour into the game and filled me in on what was happening. The game ended up with our team winning and then we saw some fireworks. Yeah--five minutes worth but it was a small fix. :lmao:

I figured I would go the hospital Saturday, but after sitting in those hard stadium seats, I could not move much yesterday. So, I thought I would go to visit A today but my youngest son came over and I thought, I needed to see him, talk with him, get lots of hugs and I managed to feed him supper!!!!

Yes Stephanie,,, don't fall off of your chair. We sat at the dining room table and had supper together. :love:

So our mission this week is to make sure we visit A and her family and make sure she eats and gets out of bed. This will be a very hard next two or three weeks. :sad2:
So sad. Prayers for A and her family.
 
So I survived camp this weekend. I am exhausted but know right now I could not sleep. I gotta work on getting to the sleeping point.

It ended up raining for a period of time Saturday during activities. Then it poured overnight. Then got down to the 30's overnight. I ended up staying both nights. As one of the leader's ended up with a sick daughter.

I just have to survive Relay for life which is June 12-13th and then my life might slow down a bit.

Somebody asked about Kim Possible at EPCOT. I did it during my trip. It was neat and had you explore areas of the parks you might not look so closely at normally.

I need to clean out my car there are so many random things in my trunk, I have no idea what is hiding.
 
Tammi the shower joke had me :rotfl2:

Deb sorry about your cat :hug:
 
I fear that our kitty may have a brain tumor. He is still having difficulty standing, one eye is watering and he has totally lost his hearing. Today I noticed that one side of his face is very swollen. On the bright side he has started eating better :confused3 I'll call the vet tomorrow to run everything by her.

I am sorry to hear about Riley:hug:

The pool is opened, now we just have to wait for the chemicals to kick in and the water to clear up. The kids are already dying to go in, but it is so cold around here. Colby, Nick and I went shopping this afternoon while Hunter and Chris worked on wood. I managed to put together outfits for the boy's concerts and Nick's usher functions. He went with a couple of black shirts to go with his gray pants. He also found a black and white pinstripe hat and ordered shoes to match. He's calling it is mafia look. Colby's outfit is similar as he wants to be like his big brother.

We also picked up groceries while we were out. Now Nick is mowing the lawn. I really need to get out my sewing machine to shorten Colby's pants as I won't have time other than tonight.


Sounds like a productive day!!
Well today wasn't as relaxing as I thought it was going to be. It was productive though. After church I went to the mall. I had to return a couple things that didn't fit the kids. I FINALLY found a pair of brown sandals (with a backstrap (stupid school rule)) for Alyssa that 1. actually fit and 2. she likes. I have been searching for over a month. I also got myself 5 new tops and 3 pair of shorts. $150 later, but all is good because I RARELY buy anything for myself, mainly because I can't find anything that fits right or that I like. I've started to shop in the juniors section and seem to be having better luck. Misses clothes seem too frumpy for me.

a backtstrap??? geesh school rules make me scratch my head sometimes. Glad you found clothes for you!!


We stayed overnight with Chuck's mom Friday night. I put a filing system together for her. It was totally disorganized. We were supposed to come home after dinner last night. Instead we took her to the emergency room at dinner time. She couldn't put any weight on her left foot. She was diagnosed with cellulitis (infection of the tissue or something like that) and gout in her foot. She is totally bruised on her ENTIRE right side from the catheter when she had her pacemaker installed. I mean ENTIRE. I sure hope that she turns a corner soon. We came home this morning. We got here a little after noon. I'm going to get up at 4am and head to Lansing. I'll be there by noon.

cellulitis is very painful...sorry for your MIL. :hug:

Travel safe!!

Well, this weekend was strange and sad.

The one lady that I work with is just the sweetest person you would ever want to meet. She has worked here for over twenty years. She has seen a lot of changes in the child care system. She and I work well together. We can pick each other's brains and sometimes come up with the same idea at the same time. It is a pleasure to know she is there. Our office is very small but we get along just great and have it fixed up the way we like except for the walls. Just cannot do anything with grey bricks.

She gave birth to three sons. A set of twins. The one twin passed away eight years ago from an Asthma attack. Stephanie said she did not come to work for over two weeks. Would not answer her phone, did not get out of bed, she literally shut herself down. The other twin has diabetes and last year had a kidney transplant. He also needed a pancreas transplant. Unfortunately this weekend, he lost the fight. He apparently passed out and when they found him, they tried to revive him, got him in the ambulance, but he died and they did bring him back. At the hospital, they took him into surgery and determined he did not have a heart attack, but he was brain dead. Because of all of the surgeries and testing he needed, he was living here while having all of the surgery, but his wife and kids are in Florida. He had just gotten back from visiting his family in Florida. His wife managed to get up here yesterday morning and not much later he did finally lose the fight. Stephanie and another co-worker were there Friday night and yesterday before he passed on. I cannot imagine the sadness for all this week because all of us love A***** and knew her son and were all cheering for his success.

Friday night Hal and I went to a local baseball game. Quad A or triple AAA something like that. Lancaster Barnstormers. Stephanie came about an hour into the game and filled me in on what was happening. The game ended up with our team winning and then we saw some fireworks. Yeah--five minutes worth but it was a small fix. :lmao:

I figured I would go the hospital Saturday, but after sitting in those hard stadium seats, I could not move much yesterday. So, I thought I would go to visit A today but my youngest son came over and I thought, I needed to see him, talk with him, get lots of hugs and I managed to feed him supper!!!!

Yes Stephanie,,, don't fall off of your chair. We sat at the dining room table and had supper together. :love:

So our mission this week is to make sure we visit A and her family and make sure she eats and gets out of bed. This will be a very hard next two or three weeks. :sad2:


I am so sorry A has had to deal with this trauma but I am glad you and Stephanie can and will be there for her!!:hug:
 
We stayed overnight with Chuck's mom Friday night. I put a filing system together for her. It was totally disorganized. We were supposed to come home after dinner last night. Instead we took her to the emergency room at dinner time. She couldn't put any weight on her left foot. She was diagnosed with cellulitis (infection of the tissue or something like that) and gout in her foot. She is totally bruised on her ENTIRE right side from the catheter when she had her pacemaker installed. I mean ENTIRE. I sure hope that she turns a corner soon. We came home this morning. We got here a little after noon. I'm going to get up at 4am and head to Lansing. I'll be there by noon.

Vicki I pray that things turn around for mil soon :hug:
 
Hi everyone! :wave2: Back home safe and sound to no dishes in the sink and all the laundry done! (Don't I have a great husband??) :teeth: I'll post pics as soon as I can get them uploaded.

Welcome back Chanon!
 
We had the last recital of the spring season today:cool1:...poor Abi gives me the giggles...she gets nervous and fidgets even while playing.

We then went shopping to find Josh pants.....I know why the boy hates getting new clothes...he has an extremely hard to find size 33x34. We got him a new shirt and found pants at ARC that I will have him try on tomorrow...can't have the boy go nakie to graduation. :rotfl: I am not sure what his "parents" did to the house to flood one/two floors but they flooded it....I am trying to make sure he doesn't have extra to worry about (he needs to get his car working or he won't be able to keep his job once he moves in with his sister).

We then had fatburger and came home....why is it something you think won't take long takes forever??:confused3

Chanon-welcome home and your pictures are so cool!!
 
I need to head to bed soon. Didn't sleep well last night and I need to be up at 4 PM. I see no naps in my future this week.

Me thinks this should be plenty of time to sleep :lmao:
 
Terry sorry to hear about your friend, prayers for her :hug:

Great pictures Chanon!
 
We had the last recital of the spring season today:cool1:...poor Abi gives me the giggles...she gets nervous and fidgets even while playing.

We then went shopping to find Josh pants.....I know why the boy hates getting new clothes...he has an extremely hard to find size 33x34. We got him a new shirt and found pants at ARC that I will have him try on tomorrow...can't have the boy go nakie to graduation. :rotfl: I am not sure what his "parents" did to the house to flood one/two floors but they flooded it....I am trying to make sure he doesn't have extra to worry about (he needs to get his car working or he won't be able to keep his job once he moves in with his sister).

We then had fatburger and came home....why is it something you think won't take long takes forever??:confused3

Chanon-welcome home and your pictures are so cool!!

Theresa, How fantastic of you to help Josh. He will remember your help for many years to come.

Flooded????:confused3:confused3 gotta be a story in that.
 
Terry - what a horrible ordeal. Lots of :wizard: for the family.

Good thoughts for your frined, Terry! :wizard:

Vicki I pray that things turn around for mil soon :hug:

I hope your MIL's foot is better soon! :wizard:

Welcome back Chanon!

Welcome home, Chanon! :)

Well, DS was officially "discharged" from orthodontic treatment on Thursday. He has to wear the retainers at night forever, though. So he just dropped one in the sink and it snapped in half. :headache::headache::headache: I wonder how much the new one will cost? :sad2:
 
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