DDA Chapter 27

[Glynis]

Elin - That is FANTASTIC!!! I bet you both feel good about that! You definitely deserve to go, relax and enjoy being together at your happy place!

Anne Marie - I'm so glad she's ok. It can be really scary when they're so young. Sorry about the vet bill, though.

 

[PNO4TE]

Thanks, everyone. We are pretty excited about the weight gain. Kathrin called him "lardo" when he texted her the news!

 

[tmfranlk]

Well it's a good news bad news kind of day. Deva's check up was good and we can get her immunizations at the county health office for much cheaper. On the down side, my van's leaking coolant and apparently that's going to cost me about 900. Blech! Luckily it shouldn't hurt anything for our trip though I did remind the tech that he must forgotten the part where I instructed them to find just a small hose leak. I just reminding myself that we're still ahead versus the price of other van's I'd looked at.

On the plus side too, Phil's old manager has offered him a job if he wants/needs it. So if Target doesn't end up being permanent for some reason he's got a back up. Or he's got a part time job if the Target hours fall off. Sone of the old Borders people who are working for this place say it's great, plus his former coworkers there have full time and benefits so there's hope!

 

[bethbuchall]

My heart goes out to you, Beth, as you miss your kids (especially Laura). It is a hard change in life to deal with.

Beth - I'm so sorry you are missing your kids. I hope that things start looking up for you! I don't know what I'll do when Katie leaves. We fight quite a bit, but I really will miss her!

Thank you both! I love Matthew just as much, but it's different. Plus, it's two away and one at home, and that is a lot more noticeable than two at home and one away. I'll survive and grow and change along with them. It's the way life is supposed to be. It's just really hard right now.

We will, Glynis, thanks!! On top of that, Bob and I had a goal we had set for this trip and he met it today: He now weighs over 140 pounds. He was 116 when he came home in April.

Congratulations to you both! That is a great achievement!

I just got her home. She is bouncing with energy!!! You would never know she was so sick. I got my face licked clean!!! LOL All is good except for the vet bill. ugh!

So good to hear that Elin! Hope you have the best time!

I am so happy to hear that she is well and happy! I'm sorry about the vet bill, though.

There is some major drama going on at work right now. Thankfully, I'm not directly involved yet. The third teacher is trying to drag me into it, but I'm hoping that it can be handled without me. It's too much to go into, but my co-teacher and I are on the same page. I only work two days a week, and my co-teacher teaches with this third teacher on the other three. Apparently, though, I am a witch with a capital B. (No, it wasn't said directly as far as I know, but it was most certainly implied in the e-mail that I saw.) I am staying professional above all else.

 

[bethbuchall]

Tia, yeah for the good news! I'm sorry about the van. Why is it always so expensive to get them fixed?! I'm glad that it won't impact your trip and that Phil has some options in the workplace.

To add to my day, I lost my Mickey cell phone charm. I don't know where he fell off. I told my husband that was a sign that we needed to go back, but he's not buying it.

 

[my3princes]

I feel so out of the loop. Life is super busy, but what's new.

Bernadette I'm sorry to hear about your MIL
I hope you figure things out for Lizzy. Our school does not allow trapper keepers or the like. It is individual notebooks and folders for each class

My MIL is in the hospital with a staff infection. Chris called her on Sunday night as we were away over the weekend. She apparently cut her finger on a knife and got an infection in it. She had surgery over the weekend and they were going to try to stitch it up yesterday. He hasn't called again so not sure how it went.



Vicki, I'm glad things are going well. you need to get a job in the UP, you are so much happier up there.

 

[frzndaqiri]

Hey everyone - just popping round to give my introduction.

I opened a thread with a couple of designs and hope to do more and put up some that I created for my most recent trip.

I figure it's a great way to keep the pixie dust going until my next trip and support the awesome boards we have.

I'm just past 30 - hubby is a year younger - and we both REALLY got the Disney bug after staying at CSR this past January.

I do tech support by day, and graphic design / photography for freelance. Hubby is a freelance programmer / game designer.

Thanks for having me!

 

[my3princes]

Hey everyone - just popping round to give my introduction.

I opened a thread with a couple of designs and hope to do more and put up some that I created for my most recent trip.

I figure it's a great way to keep the pixie dust going until my next trip and support the awesome boards we have.

I'm just past 30 - hubby is a year younger - and we both REALLY got the Disney bug after staying at CSR this past January.

I do tech support by day, and graphic design / photography for freelance. Hubby is a freelance programmer / game designer.

Thanks for having me!

Hello Nice to meet you.

 

[Disney Yooper]

My MIL is in the hospital with a staff infection. Chris called her on Sunday night as we were away over the weekend. She apparently cut her finger on a knife and got an infection in it. She had surgery over the weekend and they were going to try to stitch it up yesterday. He hasn't called again so not sure how it went.

I'm so sorry to hear about your MIL. Prayers for her.

 

[PNO4TE]

frzndaqiri!

Deb - Hope Chris' mother is doing better

 

[tmfranlk]

Baseball tonight is driving me crazy! Trying to stay awake to see how the Sox and Rays play out. One more Sox strike but gotta the Yankees to take out the rays for me. okay make that tied game for the Sox. Damn it. I've got to go to bed before this kills me and I'm a mess tomorrow. Lol.

Welcome, frzndaqiri! Great to have you along!!

Deb - your mil will be in our thoughts. Hope she's recovering ok.

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

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[Blueeyes101817]

Morning! I have the day off today so Im looking forward to just relaxing a bit..im exhausted! Ive been reading but not posting but Im back

 

[Glynis]

Morning, all! Does it seem to anyone else that morning is coming earlier and earlier??? Maybe I just need to get to bed earlier, huh?

Welcome to our newbie!!! Hope you stick around and get to know us. We're a fun bunch!

 

[tinker1bell]

Hi everyone!!! Just getting ready to go wine tasting with my SIL. Having a great time here. Weather is great.

 

[Disney Yooper]

Anyone seen anything about whether there is going to be a passholder's christmas gathering this year (or was it DVC). I'm talking about the little party they had at Epcot where you got Christmas ornaments. We are not currently passholders but will be buying them when we get there.

 

[tmfranlk]

Stumbled upon a little extra trip savings yesterday. Bought a Disney gift card while I was at Target buying other things with Phil's discount card and my Target debit that takes another 5% off. Low and behold they took the discounts off of the gift card too so I saved 14% off of my gift card.

Another good bonus today, went to the Walgreens clinic to get my eye checked out. When she told me it was a sty, Terra asked what that was. I answered, "something we can't really treat that I just paid a lot of money to hear about." The nurse heard me and asked if we had insurance. When I said no, she said that she wasn't going to charge me for the visit. I about cried since I shelled out a LOT of money on the car yesterday and it was killing me that I was going to pay $80 for the 15 seconds it took her to diagnose the sty.

In other news, my one charge's mom had her twins on Tuesday. She went to the doctor with the 3yo in tow and they told her she wasn't going home! Daddy had to find a way there in time for the babies to come and grandma made it just in time to take the 3yo. She's been spending the night with me the last couple of nights while Mom's in the hospital and Dad's trying to get everything ready since this was 3 weeks ahead of the scheduled c-section. Everyone is doing well, though! The boys were 5lb9oz and 4lb9oz and are doing well. Everyone should come home on Saturday or Monday.

 

[babytrees]

Stumbled upon a little extra trip savings yesterday. Bought a Disney gift card while I was at Target buying other things with Phil's discount card and my Target debit that takes another 5% off. Low and behold they took the discounts off of the gift card too so I saved 14% off of my gift card.

Another good bonus today, went to the Walgreens clinic to get my eye checked out. When she told me it was a sty, Terra asked what that was. I answered, "something we can't really treat that I just paid a lot of money to hear about." The nurse heard me and asked if we had insurance. When I said no, she said that she wasn't going to charge me for the visit. I about cried since I shelled out a LOT of money on the car yesterday and it was killing me that I was going to pay $80 for the 15 seconds it took her to diagnose the sty.

In other news, my one charge's mom had her twins on Tuesday. She went to the doctor with the 3yo in tow and they told her she wasn't going home! Daddy had to find a way there in time for the babies to come and grandma made it just in time to take the 3yo. She's been spending the night with me the last couple of nights while Mom's in the hospital and Dad's trying to get everything ready since this was 3 weeks ahead of the scheduled c-section. Everyone is doing well, though! The boys were 5lb9oz and 4lb9oz and are doing well. Everyone should come home on Saturday or Monday.

We don't have the Disney GC's at my Target...sorry thought you knew the 15% came off all gc's but store ones. (What I didn't know is the 5% is post tax versus pre...love that!!)

Been quite a busy few days for you!!

 

[tmfranlk]

Yeah, definitely buying the rest of our trip payments that way! Too bad we didn't start selling them earlier. Still happy to save what I can on the last payments an what we need on site.

 

[bear74]

Stumbled upon a little extra trip savings yesterday. Bought a Disney gift card while I was at Target buying other things with Phil's discount card and my Target debit that takes another 5% off. Low and behold they took the discounts off of the gift card too so I saved 14% off of my gift card.

Another good bonus today, went to the Walgreens clinic to get my eye checked out. When she told me it was a sty, Terra asked what that was. I answered, "something we can't really treat that I just paid a lot of money to hear about." The nurse heard me and asked if we had insurance. When I said no, she said that she wasn't going to charge me for the visit. I about cried since I shelled out a LOT of money on the car yesterday and it was killing me that I was going to pay $80 for the 15 seconds it took her to diagnose the sty.

In other news, my one charge's mom had her twins on Tuesday. She went to the doctor with the 3yo in tow and they told her she wasn't going home! Daddy had to find a way there in time for the babies to come and grandma made it just in time to take the 3yo. She's been spending the night with me the last couple of nights while Mom's in the hospital and Dad's trying to get everything ready since this was 3 weeks ahead of the scheduled c-section. Everyone is doing well, though! The boys were 5lb9oz and 4lb9oz and are doing well. Everyone should come home on Saturday or Monday.

wow on getting the discounts off the gift cards. I don't have a target debit card. Maybe I should think about getting one.