DDA Chapter 3

[Tammi67]

Looks great Tammi,

to angle the picture you select the picture, then go to edit, transform, and then rotate.

Where did you find the Christmas kit, I love the photo corners.

Thanks. Got it.

 

[Tammi67]

Tammi - in Clare's flickr album, view them as a slideshow. You can then click in the middle of the picture (an "i" will appear), and info. will pop up as to any designs she used. Very cool!

But look what you've already done! That's fabulous!

Thanks, for both.

 

[Tammi67]

Debbie - from where did you get the WDW scrapbook stuff?

 

[MrsHeg]

Debbie - from where did you get the WDW scrapbook stuff?

I went to the scrapbooking thread here on the DIS, they list several scrapbooking sites. I just scraplifted some of the things that I liked and used Photoshop to add them to the page.

 

[PNO4TE]

Elin, congrats on your trip being booked! Have you guys done Segways anywhere?


We're doing pretty well here. Today Kyle is on call (30 hours + overnight), but it's his last 1.5 shifts on his current rotation! This has been the longest 35 days we've had in a LONG time. Next month is only slightly better (but better! I'll take it), and then he goes back to Pediatrics, where at least our days off fall on the weekends together (if and when he gets them). The last 4 months, his 3-4 days off per month are almost always during the week, which is no help at all! He's cracking me up lately. I swear about 3 times a week, he says "So when are the babies coming, I want to play with them"
I keep telling him he needs to exercise a little patience, and that it's still going to be QUITE a while

I have gone over a week with very little vomiting, very little Zofran use... which is thrilling. I still have ZERO energy, but we're managing. Thankfully work has slowed down a bit, although there's still a pretty large task looming over my head about figuring out a plan for when I leave. Oh, well.

I hope you all are doing well! I will certainly be back on, but in case I forget to say anything, I'll be in Tampa from Thursday-Sunday for meetings, with little to no free time. What the heck company makes meetings over the weekend (and without compensating anything extra for it, mind you?)

Have a great day, DDA!

Jennifer - we have never done a Segway Tour before, in fact we have never been on a Segway! It ought to be interesting, to say the least!

I am glad you and Kyle are still in good spirits despite odd hours and lack of sleep and no together time! Enjoy the time in Tampa... has to be warmer than Ohio, right?? And, continue to feel better and better and better!

 

[PNO4TE]

That's a heartwarming story, Debbie.

I think the scrapbooking page is great!

I agree 100%!! To both things!!

 

[PNO4TE]

Well here is my creation. I'm just starting to play around with things have haven't really read any tutorials. Hopefully I will get better.

I am duly impressed, Miss Tammi! A job very well done.

 

[PNO4TE]

I'm thinking there is a new glitch in their system. I have always received e-mail confirmations from them, and I made a 1-night reservation at ASMu the other night, and I still don't have an e-mail (but can view the reservation on their website, so I know it exists!). Even if my e-mail address reverted to my work one, I should have still received it.

You think with all their $$, they could get a system that works!

Well, CRO is driving me crazy too. I called back this morning to double check that all was well with my reservation and I got the NASTIEST CM I have ever encountered! She was so rude I almost ended the conversation before we really got started.

She told me that they had already sent out an email confirmation on January 27, and I had to have it... must be in my spam folder. I explained that it was not in my spam folder and that was why I was calling them back. She kept interrupting me to tell me it had already been sent on January 27. I finally stopped talking altogether. After a pause she said, "Is that all you want?" I asked if she could check if there were any AAA discounts available for the room we had booked and she said nothing at all to me. Just hung up the phone!

Unfortunately for me and every other unlucky soul who is going to get her on the line, I could not understand her name at all... none of the three times I asked her to repeat it or spell it. I was also WAAAAY too mad to speak to her supervisor. I cut my losses this time. But if I ever get her on the phone again (and I WILL recognize her voice) I will ask for her supervisor immediately or hang up without explanation.

Oh, and I STILL don't have that email confirmation!

 

[PNO4TE]

Boston is lovely. And it's only 2 1/2 hours from me Even closer to Bernadette. Make sure she packs all of her warm clothes though, winter's in New England are bitter cold.

I love Boston too and my brother and his family live there so that make her mama feel a little better. Since I know Boston well, I cannot, for the life of me, firgure out why someone who was born and basically raised in the south would really want to go where it is so cold!

 

[PNO4TE]

I love how you speak about your daughters. You are all so blessed. I hope I have that kind of relationship with my children as you do now. Sometime with Katies mood swings I wonder!

Oh, Anne Marie... I remember those moody years vividly. In fact, one of my lovely daughters (who will remain unnamed for this conversation) STILL has huge mood swings from time to time. Her sister just rolls her eyes and calls her Eyore.

But seriously, I would never have imagined that Bob and I would be blessed with two special young ladies in our lives. I count those blessings each and every day.

I know that you will have the same in years to come, Anne Marie. Look at how well they are turning out already!! You just have to get through those nasty years with a firm resolve and a short leash!

 

[PNO4TE]

time for lunch! talk to you all tonight. Hope your afternoons are terrific, everyone!

 

[MrsHeg]

It's time for me to stop playing and head to the grocery store, (YUCK), gotta stock up on the Diet Sunkist.

Check ya later1

 

[mommykds]

Well, CRO is driving me crazy too. I called back this morning to double check that all was well with my reservation and I got the NASTIEST CM I have ever encountered! She was so rude I almost ended the conversation before we really got started.

OMG! That IS nasty!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, Anne Marie... I remember those moody years vividly. In fact, one of my lovely daughters (who will remain unnamed for this conversation) STILL has huge mood swings from time to time. Her sister just rolls her eyes and calls her Eyore.

But seriously, I would never have imagined that Bob and I would be blessed with two special young ladies in our lives. I count those blessings each and every day.

I know that you will have the same in years to come, Anne Marie. Look at how well they are turning out already!! You just have to get through those nasty years with a firm resolve and a short leash!

I like that Elin, thanks!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tinkaroo]

Well, CRO is driving me crazy too. I called back this morning to double check that all was well with my reservation and I got the NASTIEST CM I have ever encountered! She was so rude I almost ended the conversation before we really got started.

She told me that they had already sent out an email confirmation on January 27, and I had to have it... must be in my spam folder. I explained that it was not in my spam folder and that was why I was calling them back. She kept interrupting me to tell me it had already been sent on January 27. I finally stopped talking altogether. After a pause she said, "Is that all you want?" I asked if she could check if there were any AAA discounts available for the room we had booked and she said nothing at all to me. Just hung up the phone!

Unfortunately for me and every other unlucky soul who is going to get her on the line, I could not understand her name at all... none of the three times I asked her to repeat it or spell it. I was also WAAAAY too mad to speak to her supervisor. I cut my losses this time. But if I ever get her on the phone again (and I WILL recognize her voice) I will ask for her supervisor immediately or hang up without explanation.

Oh, and I STILL don't have that email confirmation!

I am so sorry you had to deal with that. I've had a few "unmagical" (or just downright misinformed!) CM's in the past, but never anyone like that! That is inexcusable! She's probably purposely garbling her name, so no one can report her!

I just called back to see if they could send me my confirmation. Guess what - my e-mail is still wrong. Seriously, it's just becoming funny at this point. The CM assured me she saved it in the right place this time (that's what they all say!), so I'm not holding my breath. Maybe I'll be surprised, though!

I hope she didn't ruin your day!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Well, I started calling the insurance office at 8:30 AM. They didn't turn their phones on until nearly 9:15. I got the head guy, told him I had a problem with a bill, and he passed me on to the little girl who handled our refinance. She is all of 20 years old and I don't know if she knows what she is doing or not.

I told her the bill is completely WRONG and somebody needs to fix it. Well, of course the billing isn't done in their office, it is done in some big central billing office and she couldn't tell from pulling up our account what they have done. Perfect. And she hasn't called back.
She did say that the premium they originally quoted us for DH's life insurance was a "preferred" rate. That infuriates me because he has a pre-existing medical condition that knocks him out of preferred and they KNEW that. They NEVER should have presented the rates for preferred because he doesn't qualify for them! That almost feels like bait & switch since they KNEW he didn't qualify and the policy that was ending was NOT issued as preferred.

I had DH call the Nissan automated system and the car still isn't paid off. It looks to me like maybe State Farm is going to drag their feet until we HAVE to make the February payment because the payoff amount from Nissan won't be valid anymore. So now our savings over the course of the loan is down to $267 and we won't get the Feb. payment back because we will actually OWE that payment to Nissan.

We had "gap" insurance through Nissan that can only be canceled IN PERSON at the dealership if we want a refund on that. And I am willing to bet DH has to be the one to go because the Nissan paperwork is all in his name.

I am so mad about this that I am ready to cancel ALL of our policies and start over with a new insurance co. I don't know what sort of underhanded billing practices they are engaging in, but I refuse to pay an extra $150 that nobody can seem to explain where it came from.

So there you have it.

We had swimming today. Princess is in a class now with 3 other little girls. Those little girls have been in class together for 3 semesters, so they are quite the tight little clique. And one is a TERROR. The mother just sat there, too. Never made anything that even resembled a serious attempt to correct the behavior. The poor swim teacher is obviously uncomfortable getting really stern since the mom is RIGHT THERE.
I ended up not getting in the water today, which was fabulous, but I may leave there with my tongue bleeding every week if I have to keep biting it to keep from saying something ugly. If Princess starts to misbehave because that other girl is being naughty then I am afraid I will say something, to the girl and to the mother. The mom was saying how she is applying to a particular private school and I was very tempted to tell her the child will NOT get in unless she learns to FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.

Princess was VERY well behaved and sat on her little mat unless it was her turn in the water. I was very proud of her.

 

[mommykds]

Well, I started calling the insurance office at 8:30 AM. They didn't turn their phones on until nearly 9:15. I got the head guy, told him I had a problem with a bill, and he passed me on to the little girl who handled our refinance. She is all of 20 years old and I don't know if she knows what she is doing or not.

I told her the bill is completely WRONG and somebody needs to fix it. Well, of course the billing isn't done in their office, it is done in some big central billing office and she couldn't tell from pulling up our account what they have done. Perfect. And she hasn't called back.
She did say that the premium they originally quoted us for DH's life insurance was a "preferred" rate. That infuriates me because he has a pre-existing medical condition that knocks him out of preferred and they KNEW that. They NEVER should have presented the rates for preferred because he doesn't qualify for them! That almost feels like bait & switch since they KNEW he didn't qualify and the policy that was ending was NOT issued as preferred.

I had DH call the Nissan automated system and the car still isn't paid off. It looks to me like maybe State Farm is going to drag their feet until we HAVE to make the February payment because the payoff amount from Nissan won't be valid anymore. So now our savings over the course of the loan is down to $267 and we won't get the Feb. payment back because we will actually OWE that payment to Nissan.

We had "gap" insurance through Nissan that can only be canceled IN PERSON at the dealership if we want a refund on that. And I am willing to bet DH has to be the one to go because the Nissan paperwork is all in his name.

I am so mad about this that I am ready to cancel ALL of our policies and start over with a new insurance co. I don't know what sort of underhanded billing practices they are engaging in, but I refuse to pay an extra $150 that nobody can seem to explain where it came from.

OMG, what a nightmare!!! Sounds like you need a new insurance company.

 

[tink2020]

Debbie and Tammi, I love the pages! Keep doing it... even after a while, some pages you'll like better than others. I love the choices you both made, though!

 

[tink2020]

Tammi, when the picture layer that you want to rotate is selected, you can move your cursor towards any corner of it... when the arrow turns into a circular looking arrow, you can click and rotate the picture freehand as well. I hope that makes sense!

Elin, I hope you love the Segways! We love them so much we have planned trips to a couple of cities just to do the segway tours they offer. Kyle thinks we should open up a tour in Cincinnati. I say we just move to Celebration, FL and buy our own!

 

[tink2020]

Elizabeth, how frustrating! I can't believe how much trouble this has been already!

 

[Tammi67]

Well, CRO is driving me crazy too. I called back this morning to double check that all was well with my reservation and I got the NASTIEST CM I have ever encountered! She was so rude I almost ended the conversation before we really got started.

She told me that they had already sent out an email confirmation on January 27, and I had to have it... must be in my spam folder. I explained that it was not in my spam folder and that was why I was calling them back. She kept interrupting me to tell me it had already been sent on January 27. I finally stopped talking altogether. After a pause she said, "Is that all you want?" I asked if she could check if there were any AAA discounts available for the room we had booked and she said nothing at all to me. Just hung up the phone!

Unfortunately for me and every other unlucky soul who is going to get her on the line, I could not understand her name at all... none of the three times I asked her to repeat it or spell it. I was also WAAAAY too mad to speak to her supervisor. I cut my losses this time. But if I ever get her on the phone again (and I WILL recognize her voice) I will ask for her supervisor immediately or hang up without explanation.

Oh, and I STILL don't have that email confirmation!

I'm sorry for all the aggravation. But look on the bright side.....you are going to WDW!