DDA Chapter 8

[Tammi67]

beautiful Deb!!

Wow, Deb. You all did an amazing job. It might just be the angle of the pictures, but your living room looks HUGE now!

 

[Tammi67]

Robyn - the soccer cake is gorgeous. How did you do the ball??

 

[Tammi67]

I got up and got the lawn mowed before we have any thunderstorms this afternoon. Now I need to spend some time at the studio to finish getting ready for summer session which starts on Monday. Where, oh where, did my 2 week break go?!?!?

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Well you weren't there when we walked by. By the way, if you see a big face print on the window, that's Alyssa.

 

[Tammi67]

I had lunch on Thursday with another DISer (BoosGram). I admit it... I strayed from the DDA...

Joanne lives here in Fredericksburg and we have been trying to get together with Tammi and another person none of us knows for a few months. We finally decided to just go by ourselves and get to know one another. I am lucky enough to have found another friend! She is a couple of years older than I am, but her life experiences very much parallel my own. We had a lot to talk about, and most of it was not Disney!

Tammi - you will like her a lot. We need to find a time to get together.

I'm free all week.

 

[Tammi67]

Dare I admit that I almost didn't figure out our plan last night? I was so tired, but thankfully I got a second wind around midnight, and got it all figured out. I forgot that our trip last year was the exact combination of days-of-the-week, so I was able to utilize my stuff from last year to figure out what parks to do each day, since TGM is falling down on the job.

I was really impressed with last year's narrator list, but this one just has me going "eh." We saw Monique Coleman last year (was supposed to have been Phylicia Rashad!), and she actually did a much better job than I was expecting, and my young nieces got a kick out of seeing her. Our options this year were her, "TBD", or Chita Rivera. We're going to roll the dice and hope "TBD" is someone outstanding! I love the CP so much, though, so as I told Jonathan, there's no way we're not going to do it one night!

I hope your class prep goes well today. Glad you had fun at your lunch, and found a new friend!

We get Patti LaBelle. Last year we had Steven Curtis Chapman.

 

[Tammi67]

I swear I am being shot out of the saddle at every turn today! I decided to see if MAYBE we could get a 1 bedroom villa for those 4 nights. Nope. Unless I want to stay at SSR!

For the price of a rental car we could BUY a car, take the depreciation hit, and sell it back at the end of our stay and still come out ahead.

Exactly why do you have to have a car? Did I miss something?

 

[Pooh67_68]

OMG!! I am really hoping that the storms are over.

 

[PNO4TE]

Hi everyone. We've had a busy and fun few days. Last night we went to our local dinner theater and saw Grease. This was Bob's fday present and the tickets were at will call, so I couldn't really wrap anything up for him. The name of the place is Riverside Dinner Theater, so I google image searched and printed out a picture of a river, a slide -L, a set dinner table and a theater. The last picture was the cast picture of Grease with Olivia Newton John and John Travolta. I put these in individual envelops and he opened them one at a time. Sorta like a Rebus puzzle. He finally got it and appreciated the time and thought I put into it. We had a really fun time, the show was great, and the kids LOVED it. The girls were in love with the guy who played Danny. Today we got up and went downtown to watch the Soap Box Derby. I believe it is billed as the largest derby in the world. We stayed and watched awhile and then headed to the center of town to participate in our Itty Bitty City Scavenger Hunt. There are 20 pictures posted in the paper and you have to go around town locating the objects. They might be a signpost, a unique door knocker, a rooftop, etc. Nicholas did pretty good spotting some things. We got not quite half today so we will go back later this week and try to finish up. After that we were all quite warm so we went swimming for a couple hours. Now the kids just left to go with their father, and the storm has moved in. Guess I'll have a nice quiet evening to myself.

Sounds like a great day! I am surprised Kristin and I didn't see you all downtown. We were there a lot today too! Let me know if you get really stuck on any of the picture clues... I know a little bit about downtown F'burg, you know.

That was quite a storm that just blew through!

 

[PNO4TE]

Well you weren't there when we walked by. By the way, if you see a big face print on the window, that's Alyssa.

I will look for it. By the way, the thank-you notes from the kids came today. I absolutely loved them! Please tell Alyssa I miss her too.

I'm free all week.

That is so exciting for you! I am not free all week, unfortunately... but I am free Friday. We ought to work something out. With the kids if you want.

 

[PNO4TE]

OMG!! I am really hoping that the storms are over.

Well, our severe alerts are over, but it still looks pretty bad in your area, Heidi.

ETA:

 

[Tammi67]

I will look for it. By the way, the thank-you notes from the kids came today. I absolutely loved them! Please tell Alyssa I miss her too.



That is so exciting for you! I am not free all week, unfortunately... but I am free Friday. We ought to work something out. With the kids if you want.

Sorry they took so long.

We could do that.

 

[Tammi67]

I just ordered 27 Dresses on PPV. Don't get all chatty on me now.

 

[PNO4TE]

Sorry they took so long.

We could do that.

You have no reason whatsoever to apologize. Your kids know they are supposed to write them, that is what counts.

OK... where should we go?? where to take them??

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Well you weren't there when we walked by. By the way, if you see a big face print on the window, that's Alyssa.

Exactly why do you have to have a car? Did I miss something?

We don't have to have one exactly. But if we add 4 more nights at SSR and cancel WL we will want a car. SSR is so remote and the buses are apparently showing up randomly or not at all. But the money we would save on the room at WL would be dumped right back into a rental car. So now we are back on the fence, waiting for AP rates and wondering how stupid it would be to borrow points not knowing what will happen with my mom.

Well, our severe alerts are over, but it still looks pretty bad in your area, Heidi.

ETA:

Congrats, Elin!!!

Heidi - I hope the storms wrap up soon and don't cause any damage!

 

[PNO4TE]

Food Network has an "Unwrapped" show on WDW food. It is not new, but fun, nonethless.

 

[my3princes]

Interesting tid bit that a friend emailed me: I had no idea

> I never noticed until I got this email. It's a must share unless you already
knew. Read on to see what I'm talking about.
>
>
>
>
> I didn't know this, did you?
> Checked my boxes today, and lo and behold, there it is!
> I've been using
> aluminum foil for more years than I care to remember. Great
> stuff, but
> sometimes it can be a pain. You know, like when you are in
> the middle of
> doing something and you try to pull some foil out and the
>
> roll comes out of the box. Then you have to put the roll
> back in the box
> and start over. The darn roll always comes out at the wrong
> time.Well, I
> would like to share this with you. Yesterday I went to
> throw out an empty
> Reynolds foil box and for some reason I turned it and
> looked at the end of
> the box. And written on the end it said, 'Press here to
> lock end'. Right
> there on each end of the box is a tab to lock the roll in
> place. How long
> has this little locking tab been there? I then looked at a
> generic brand
> of aluminum foil and it had one, too. I then looked at a
> box of Saran wrap
> and it had one too! I can't count the number of times
> the Saran wrap roll
> has jumped out when I was trying to cover something up.
> I'm sharing this
> with my friends and hope I'm not the only person not in
> the know.

 

[my3princes]

Work was busy tonight, but I was the hostess so I didn't profit from it It was nice to see the place full though. I'm holding out hope for the future

 

[Blueeyes101817]

We've been at our preschool for 6 years-2 years for each child. It will be wierd for us not going there anymore. When do you find out about that position? Next Wednesday? Good luck!

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The board meeting is wednesday--so hopefully it will be on the website thursday!

 

[PNO4TE]

Work was busy tonight, but I was the hostess so I didn't profit from it It was nice to see the place full though. I'm holding out hope for the future

sorry you didn't share in the tips, Deb. But I can see that it would be encouraging to see your restaurant full again.

 

[PNO4TE]

The board meeting is wednesday--so hopefully it will be on the website thursday!