DDA Chapter 27

[ReAnSt]

Elin- It could have been insurance. Sometimes it doesn't always all hit at the same time. I recently received a check in the mail for a test I had done because I had now overpaid due to another payment from insurance.

I am also signed up for the half marathon in January. I need to get started training. Between work and storms I haven't started training yet. I need to do that. Or I will never be able to do the half.

I hope you are all doing well.

 

[Disney Yooper]

The 5K is Friday January 6. Stephanie and I are doing that. Then Sat and Sun are the half and full marathon and we will be cheering those two. We would have time to get together and would love to!!

I am signed up for the full marathon. That is being run on Sunday. I need to decide whether I want to run the 5k on Friday. Still making plans.

 

[Disney Yooper]

Elin- It could have been insurance. Sometimes it doesn't always all hit at the same time. I recently received a check in the mail for a test I had done because I had now overpaid due to another payment from insurance.

I am also signed up for the half marathon in January. I need to get started training. Between work and storms I haven't started training yet. I need to do that. Or I will never be able to do the half.

I hope you are all doing well.

Wonderful! I have someone I know personally to cheer on in the half. I figure by the time it comes around I'll have lots of people that I've met online to cheer on.

 

[Disney Yooper]

Have you ever stayed AKV? I had talked myself into doing a 1BR at Kidani for your family trip this summer instead of BWI but they didn't have any available at a discount so we are booked at BWI again. I enjoyed my 2 AKL stays much more than I expected to.

Ooh, someone else to personally cheer for in the half. Yes, we have stayed at AKV and really enjoyed it. We want to try to stay concierge but know it will be trouble to book it at the 7 month window.

We ended up purchasing 25 points at Wilderness Lodge. We have not stayed there yet but we have checked it out. It is our style and has the amenities that we look for and many of the others don't have them. We'll see how it goes. That means we have 50 points to use because we got the 2010 points as well.

 

[lovesdumbo]

We will be there through there through the 7th, but we'll spend a partial day on the 7th in the parks, I'd love to see you again if we can set something up!

I don't have airfare yet but we are hoping to arrive on the Thursday (or before). Would love to see you again!

I am also signed up for the half marathon in January. I need to get started training. Between work and storms I haven't started training yet. I need to do that. Or I will never be able to do the half.

Me too! My friend that I signed up is doing really well. We are walking and I think she's already at a 16 minute mile. I can one in 18 minutes. I have to get moving. I should have gone out today but I'm still getting over my cold. I have to get out tomorrow and then we have the parade on Monday. I won't be walking fast but at least I'll be walking.

Ooh, someone else to personally cheer for in the half. Yes, we have stayed at AKV and really enjoyed it. We want to try to stay concierge but know it will be trouble to book it at the 7 month window.

We ended up purchasing 25 points at Wilderness Lodge. We have not stayed there yet but we have checked it out. It is our style and has the amenities that we look for and many of the others don't have them. We'll see how it goes. That means we have 50 points to use because we got the 2010 points as well.

When I went to AKL for Emma's 7th birthday in January 2010 (we arrived the Wednesday after Martin Luther King Day) there was a single woman on the sunrise safari with us that was staying in a 1BR CL because she had "points to burn". She had just booked it before the trip. So there is hope.

Congrats on the WL purchase!

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

 

[Tammi67]

Good morning and Happy Memorial Day.

Nicholas has strep so I'm not sure what we will do today. I was planning on going to the pool, as it's going to be a hot one here, but I'll have to wait and see how he feels. He did tell me last night that I could take Alyssa and go and he would stay home, that he didn't want to not have fun. I love that boy!

Last night he and I watched some of the PBS broadcast of the National Memorial Day concert at the Capitol. Man, that is so moving. We were both crying, and he kept telling me to turn the channel because it was too sad. I told him this is what Memorial Day is all about and why we have it. It was a great teaching point.

Have a safe and Happy Memorial Day!

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

 

[PNO4TE]

OK... this is really weird... I read Tammi's post #948 and then posted mine. Hers is time stamped at 7:48 a.m. I then posted mine (now listed as post #947 and time stamped as 7:07 a.m.) but it is really 8:15!

ETA: *** The DIS just put this one before hers too!

 

[Tammi67]

You are just ahead of your time, Elin.

 

[tinknme]

Good morning

Happy Memorial Day!

Tammi I hope Nicholas feels better soon

ETA: Yep the boards are messed up!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Morning !
Tammi-I hope Nicholas feels better today!

 

[bethbuchall]

Good morning, DDA!

There is so much I should be doing and absolutely no motivation this morning. And now I've wasted most of the morning.

Not too much exciting going on around here, but there are a lot of things happening with the end of school nearing.

 

[mommykds]

Good morning!
School is winding down here & we are all glad!!!

 

[bethbuchall]

Good morning!
School is winding down here & we are all glad!!!

Good morning!

We all wish school was winding down. Laura, though, only has 10 more class days, because the high schoolers don't go during Regents week (which is really a week and a half) unless they have exams. Laura took mostly AP courses this year, so those exams are done. They are having local finals in the courses, but I think she has them all during regular class time, not exam week.

Miles spent a period and a half in the nurse's office yesterday trying to get cool. It was near 90 and humid yesterday, and they went outside during science to play a game that involved running around. By the time he got back into the building, he was pale and nauseated and had a headache. There is no air conditioning in his building except in the main offices. His homeroom teacher was worried about him and sent him to the nurse during his lunch, and he ended up staying through part of English, too. It's hot and humid again today, so he told me he was going to be sent to the office as much as possible. Silly boy! His last day is June 25th, but he has a 3-day trip to Frost Valley YMCA camp in there. All the 6th graders have been going for a long time, and they work in curriculum while they are there. Because of the budget, this is going to be the last year.

Tonight is Senior Awards Night and next week is the orchestra concert that pays tribute to the seniors. I'm not sure I'm really ready for all of this, but I guess I'd better be.

Have a great day, DDA! We have another hot and humid one but storms will once again be rolling in later in the day; they will cool things off quite a bit for tomorrow and Friday.

 

[Glynis]

Hi, everyone! We had a great Memorial Day trip to my dad's. We visited my mother's grave, and my grandparent's graves. This weekend, we'll take flowers to Alan's father's grave and some others, as well.

School ends here this Friday. Well, I guess it technically ends Thursday afternoon, since they are only at school from 9:00-10:45 on Friday. Don't ask my why, I've never understood it.

The kids and I are planning out our days for this summer to include a lot of walking. A new park opened here in our town, and it is about 1 1/2 miles from our house. We figure it would be easy to pack a picnic lunch in the stroller with Timothy, walk to the park, eat and play, then pack up and walk home. Good exercise, and some fun to boot!

Katie and Jacob are going on a Pioneer trek with our church at the end of June. They will dress as pioneers, and push handcarts for 3 days at Martin's Cove, Wyoming. It's quite an experience for the kids, but they will be walking about 10 miles each day. We're trying to get them ready for that.

Congrats to all of you who are doing the marathon weekend! I sure wish we were going this year. Unfortunately, it just wasn't in the budget, but I'm hoping for 2012. My niece wants to do it, as well, so we're thinking of me, Alan, Marina and her dad going to do the half, and my sister and dad would come cheer us on. Let's just hope finances pick up so we can afford to do that!

 

[PNO4TE]

You are just ahead of your time, Elin.

Well, we already knew that!

 

[my3princes]

We are super busy here. The kids don't get out of school until june 16th. LAX is finishing up, Nick was done last week, and Hunter tonight. Colby has 3 games next week. At some point I need to organize the end of year picnic. The new job is going well. I started 10 hour days yesterday which means that I now have 3 day weekends. We camped last weekend. It was a nice trip and there was no cell coverage or internet access so I guess we were roughing it. Hopefully I'll have more time to check in over the next few days.

 

[Tammi67]

Good morning and happy Friday.

It sounds like marathon weekend is shaping up nicely for some of the DDA.

Four exams and 2 weeks of school left here!

My parents are coming down tomorrow and then we are heading to Eastern PA to visit my cousin, and they will stay with me through the next weekend to be here for Alyssa's Spring Show (dance). In two weeks Nicholas has the DARE picnic one day and the 5th GRade Fling (send-off to middle school) the next, both of which I volunteered to help with. lI'm ready for school to be over!

I hope Bernadette and Kathrin weren't anywhere near the tornados up in Mass.

 

[tmfranlk]

Good morning all! Day camp is only a few days away so I'm winding down to there. Gotta go collect my dozen or so tubs of equipment today so I can finalize our shopping list and hit the store this weekend. We also have recital dress rehersal tonight, recital on Sat and bowling field trip on Sat. Mom was hoping to do Fathers Day on Sun before Dad goes to Ukraine but they've got "new pastor" stuff at church and I've got to get things out to camp so we'll see. At least after all of this we'll have a few days off as we're going to Branson part of the next week. It will be a much needed break.

Good luck to all those finishing up school stuff.

Oh yeah, AND I was able to get all of our ADRs for our trip! We got everything except Fantasmic at Mama Melrose and the Candlelight package. I haven't done Fantasmic package since it first started, but I'm thinking that with only 3 showings in our trip it might be a good idea. Any thoughts?