DDA Chapter 5

[Blueeyes101817]

Guess what?!


Im going to colorado!!!!!!!

 

[mommykds]

Guess what?!


Im going to colorado!!!!!!!

Yay!! Did you get a good airfare?

 

[my3princes]

Guess what?!


Im going to colorado!!!!!!!

What's the occasion?

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Yay!! Did you get a good airfare?

Not really---but, my dad and i are going anyway! Things are nuts at work, i just got some money back from taxes and I just need to get away for a couple of days before i go nuts!

What's the occasion?

My cousin is getting married saturday--we just booked airfare around 4pm! This is so last minute for me..im usually packed by now!

 

[Glynis]

Ok, here's my weird story for the day.

Alan called me at 11:00 this morning and asked me to pack an overnight bag for him. He was being sent to St. George, Utah, to cover a story of a woman who had been scalped. That's all the information they were given. I threw some stuff in a bag, and met him at a rest stop by the freeway. Horrible thoughts raced through my head all afternoon about this horrible crime that had taken place.

He called me just a little while ago to tell me that the story was not as bad as had been feared. A woman with hair down to her knees was racing go carts with her husband. Her hair got caught in the motor of the cart, and literally scalped her from her eyebrows to just behind her ears. Her husband saw what happened, raced to her cart, and cut her hair leaving the scalp attached at the back. They got her to the hospital and were able to reattach her scalp. She looks like Frankenstein's monster, but she'll live!

 

[mommykds]

OMG Glynis!!! That is terrible!!!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

OMG Glynis!!! That is terrible!!!

wow!

 

[Tammi67]

Bernadette - He got the Minolta 70-210mm f4 to use on the Sony, and he also got a 50mm f1.7 to use on the Sony. We ended up getting them both on Buy It Now because we weren't getting anywhere with bidding. The prices weren't any worse than what some of the auctions were closing for, so hopefully both will be "excellent" condition as advertised.
He took both cameras to the lake to prove to me that the Olympus won't sit in a box for the next 50 years.

Tia - Good thoughts to Joe and his family.

DH had to take an online exam for his promotion. He won't know the results until next week. In the meantime he had to re-apply for his current position. There are 16 applicants and 11 slots. Keep in mind that most of these guys have routes they can stay on - DH does not. HOPEFULLY they won't shove him out of his current slot unless it is for him to move into the training program to go to the next level. Otherwise if he failed the exam he will be stuck bidding on whatever route is open (like 4 stores in the 'hood) and he'll have to do that until the next round of interviews for the promotion. He said the convenience store route he went on last week had NINETEEN stops on that ONE day. He said the guy has a total of about 70 stores to cover over a 5 day work week. He does NOT want to be a convenience store driver.

Princess is watching Tarzan on the Disney Channel. I don't think she slept more than about 10 minutes, which could make for an interesting afternoon. I already bathed her and put her in pajamas so we're just going to hang out.

for DH.

 

[Tammi67]

Jury's out on that one. Our first room was 4710. This room is on the end of the building, about 15 feet from the street. We decided to spend about 1/2 hour in the room before going somewhere and are glad we did. This room would not have worked for us. The whole room shaked everytime a bus went by (remember the 15 feet!). I called to see if we could get a different room - mind you I don't think I have ever in my life done this. I'm one that will just live with what I get. I just didn't think we could rest in the room for a week with a bus rumbling by every 15 minutes. Our second room was fantastic. It was 5524. This was right by the walking path to Downtown Disney (which I never took). No rumbling buses, the pool and laundry room right next door, and a dead end street. We really liked this room. However, it was a long way from the front.

In reviewing all the rooms at this resort, we're really concerned about the proximity to the main roads (internal to the resort and external). The road noise was too much for us. Remember I live in the U.P. out in the country.

We will probably stick with Saratoga Springs for our future week-long trips. For our short trips, we'll be trying different resorts.

We are really torn about our June trip. I'm considering seeing if we can change our reservation to Saratoga Springs. If we could get the same general area, we'd be fine because we'll be using the kitchen more and won't need to go to the Hospitality House.

I'm sorry you didn't have a great experience. The 2x I've stayed there I've never noticed a problem with the bus noise. We also had good bus service. I was really hoping you would be knocked over by it.

 

[Tammi67]

Our pass expired on 12/31, sorry Deb!

I really don't want Matthew and Noah to share a birthday, but since I'll probably be induced a week early again, that shouldn't be a problem. I'd like a 4th of July baby!

Today was Alyssa's parent-teacher conference. Her teacher used words like "patient" and "tolerant." She must use up all that behavior at school...poor Matty doesn't see that!

My MIL, FIL, and their adopted grandchild are headed to Orlando this weekend. Through a coworker, they have free accomodations , and all along, my MIL has been planning on going to MK for one day. I keep telling her she HAS to go in with a plan, especially since there are early extra magic hours EVERY DAY at MK and the park hours are 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. So yesterday, she decides to book one night at the Poly (3/18), with park tickets and dining for $750!!! Of course, now she has to book an ADR a week out, and she still needs a plan! As jealous as I am of their trip, I'm so glad I'm not going with them!

I hope everyone's week is off to a good start. and to all!

Sounds very scary!

 

[mommykds]

Elizabeth,

for DH!!!!!

 

[Tammi67]

Guess what?!


Im going to colorado!!!!!!!

 

[Tammi67]

Ok, here's my weird story for the day.

Alan called me at 11:00 this morning and asked me to pack an overnight bag for him. He was being sent to St. George, Utah, to cover a story of a woman who had been scalped. That's all the information they were given. I threw some stuff in a bag, and met him at a rest stop by the freeway. Horrible thoughts raced through my head all afternoon about this horrible crime that had taken place.

He called me just a little while ago to tell me that the story was not as bad as had been feared. A woman with hair down to her knees was racing go carts with her husband. Her hair got caught in the motor of the cart, and literally scalped her from her eyebrows to just behind her ears. Her husband saw what happened, raced to her cart, and cut her hair leaving the scalp attached at the back. They got her to the hospital and were able to reattach her scalp. She looks like Frankenstein's monster, but she'll live!

That is just !

 

[Tammi67]

Well we got Nicholas' science fair project set up at school. Tomorrow morning is the actual fair and judging and then we get to go to the school in the evening to look at all of them.

Soccer practice started tonight too. It was cold! My toes still haven't warmed up.

 

[Tammi67]

This time change is kicking my butt. Have a good night everyone!

 

[UP Disney]

I'm sorry you didn't have a great experience. The 2x I've stayed there I've never noticed a problem with the bus noise. We also had good bus service. I was really hoping you would be knocked over by it.

Thanks. I was hoping the same thing. The second room really was fantastic. I think part of the problem was that the girls were joined at our hip. Don't get me wrong, we had a nice trip but we couldn't shake them. If we had been closer to the Hospitality House they might have gone off on their own more. It didn't help having a studio. We figured we stayed in a regular room at POR so a studio would be fine but with the girls getting older we all need more space. We'll make sure we have a one-bedroom if all four of us go again. We'll see how it is with the 2-bedroom in June.

We might have been oversensitive to the noise because of the first room. I mean it really was about 15 feet from the road which was a corner so the buses would put on their brakes going around it.

I have to say that I also missed the short walk to Downtown Disney from SSR. That surprised me. I was worried about the noise of being so close to DTD but the noise didn't bother us at all.

 

[my3princes]

Ok, here's my weird story for the day.

Alan called me at 11:00 this morning and asked me to pack an overnight bag for him. He was being sent to St. George, Utah, to cover a story of a woman who had been scalped. That's all the information they were given. I threw some stuff in a bag, and met him at a rest stop by the freeway. Horrible thoughts raced through my head all afternoon about this horrible crime that had taken place.

He called me just a little while ago to tell me that the story was not as bad as had been feared. A woman with hair down to her knees was racing go carts with her husband. Her hair got caught in the motor of the cart, and literally scalped her from her eyebrows to just behind her ears. Her husband saw what happened, raced to her cart, and cut her hair leaving the scalp attached at the back. They got her to the hospital and were able to reattach her scalp. She looks like Frankenstein's monster, but she'll live!

 

[mommykds]

Well after stressing

about it & giving myself an ulcer I switched our resort to Boardwalk Inn for April. I have been looking on the AP site since the rates came out & all I kept seeing was the FW cabins. I looked today (after giving up & not checking for over a week) & there was the BWI for $259 a night! $111 off rack. I ran it pass Dana & he said it was worth it not to deal with the buses. We are ending almost every day in Epcot so we can walk home each night. I wanted CR but I am sooooo happy this was available!!!

 

[PNO4TE]

You are much better than me!

I agree with Bernadette - it would solve your TS dilemna! (What did you decide on that, BTW?)

Adding on a trip would make it worse! I would have even more to worry about.

That's a bummer to hear, Vicki, but I'm thankful that your 2nd room was a great improvement! Seems like I read somewhere (thought it was on the member site, but can't find it - maybe it was in the latest Disney Files?) that they were instituting some booking categories at OKW, but that was more for proximity to the Hospitality House. However, if you're fine being away from that, maybe they could note your specific requests. for whatever you decide.

This is good info. to have. I've never really driven around OKW much, so I didn't realize the OKW villas could be so close to the road. Seems like most of SSR is set back from the roads by either landscaping, or at the very least there's the buffer of the parking lots. I had a studio facing the parking lot at SSR once, and we didn't hear any noise.

I never thought we would like OKW... never appealed to me. But the one time we stayed there we had a very quiet room and never had to wait for buses, except the one day it rained and we opted to try to use the internal bus system. That took a while so we ended up walking in the rain.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Tammi-time change is messing with me too...
i just ran around like crazy and packed most of the stuff..i have a few things to pick up tomorrow and im set..this is way too soon

have agreat night all