DIS Dads DDC XXIX: We’re Over 750 Dads, With A Disney Problem!

[budamacdvcr]

Good morning gents! A morning full of meetings so folks can hear themselves talk . Luckily it is Friday and a casual weekend with still celebrating DS birthday hang on the patio or porch with a beverage, a little golf, nice family dinner at local steakhouse for DS and then wrap up the weekend with smoked Turkey legs on the grill - just like Disney.

Was streaming MouseRadio on the computer at home today (trying to get the little one off watching his PBS shows, I think he's getting a little too attached to wanting the tv on) and he got curious about the park music. So I queued up some POV videos of the parks (Innovations ride, Splash Mountain) and he was bouncing up and down with excitement. He's only 6 months, and I think Figment is his new best bud now.

Awesome story, be proud as it sounds like you have a DIS Jr already

I've decided to cave and tell the DW that I'm plotting to take the family to WDW next summer. Should I go for the last 2 weeks of August and hope for discounts, or go for 2 weeks in the middle of Sept, figuring that if everything stays as it has the past few years score the free dining.... also, my parents are coming down from NY to visit next weekend (first chance they've had to see their 1st grandson in person) and I'm going to try to talk them into going with us next year... you know, so they can spend quality time with their one and only grandchild

Look at September, cooler temps for the parents, easier to cover a sleeping baby in stroller at night than to be trying to fan 'em off.

To my son....

Happy 9th Birthday SETH!​

Happy Birthday Seth
​

 

[mm1971]

Ugh, I still have to get thru tonight and tomorrow night, I work Tue-Sat, so my weekend doesn't start until 7am Sunday

But you don't have to despise Mondays like the rest of us.

Morning...

Enjoying a bit of quiet, girls are still sleeping, and I can't seem to fall back asleep. DW left early for work, with the Molson Indy on this weekend, the road closures in Toronto (were she works) is horriffic, took her over two ours to get to work yesterday, when it normally takes 45 minutes.

Only 4 days left of Staycation I, already feeling the twinges of dispair that I go back to work Tuesday

Just remember, only 4 weeks to Disney. It makes the working think more tolerable.

To my son....

Happy 9th Birthday SETH!​

Happy Birthday to Seth!!! Hopefully you got him something good. At age 9 they never let you forget it if you don't.

A Very Happy Birthday to your son. You can't go wrong with Star Wars and Disney.

Adjusting to the new schedule is fine, so far. Ask again in a few days

I've decided to cave and tell the DW that I'm plotting to take the family to WDW next summer. Should I go for the last 2 weeks of August and hope for discounts, or go for 2 weeks in the middle of Sept, figuring that if everything stays as it has the past few years score the free dining.... also, my parents are coming down from NY to visit next weekend (first chance they've had to see their 1st grandson in person) and I'm going to try to talk them into going with us next year... you know, so they can spend quality time with their one and only grandchild

I would do September if missing school is not an issue. From what happened this year in August, I think discounts are going to be limited moving forward in August. Plus you have a little better shot of lower humidity and the crowd calendar will be less than 5.

Mine tends to be somewhat low stress other than the budget issues over which I have no control and the politics which you get everywhere. Pays better than some but not when you consider I spent 9 years in college and then a 3-year postdoc. Giving up a dozen years of earning potential isn't something I can ever make up in this field. The best benefit is it tends to be somewhat flexible so I have time to spend with the kids. No cash to do anything but at least we have time.

And that is the most important thing! Time with the kids. That's why I stay where I am and make a little less $$. The flexibility allows me to coach the kids in sports and do a lot of things most dads can't do. Let's just hope they remember our sacrifices when we are old and the roles are reversed.​

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Happy birthday Seth!

Mine tends to be somewhat low stress other than the budget issues over which I have no control and the politics which you get everywhere. Pays better than some but not when you consider I spent 9 years in college and then a 3-year postdoc. Giving up a dozen years of earning potential isn't something I can ever make up in this field. The best benefit is it tends to be somewhat flexible so I have time to spend with the kids. No cash to do anything but at least we have time.

And that is the most important thing! Time with the kids. That's why I stay where I am and make a little less $$. The flexibility allows me to coach the kids in sports and do a lot of things most dads can't do. Let's just hope they remember our sacrifices when we are old and the roles are reversed.

I also came to the state so that I could have more family time. Also, the state pension is a big benefit. I give up the earning power now in exchange for better earning later. Sometimes it's hard to stay focused on the long term, though.

 

[Bo Duke]

I got a bunch of Swiss Chard with my CSA box this week. I was thinking "What the heck am I going to do with this bitter veggie?" Then I figured that everything goes better with bacon.

Make your salads like this and that Chard will go a long way and you won't notice the bitterness too much.

 

[BigTex71]

I've decided to cave and tell the DW that I'm plotting to take the family to WDW next summer. Should I go for the last 2 weeks of August and hope for discounts, or go for 2 weeks in the middle of Sept, figuring that if everything stays as it has the past few years score the free dining

September! Usually good discounts or free dining and much lower crowds. And it will be a little less steaming than August.

 

[Bo Duke]

So i am sitting in my chair last night when out of the blue i hear my wife ask our sons, "What would you guys think if mom and dad go to disney alone for our 10th anniversary?"

Now I was shocked.

This is the woman that thought i was crazy when i had her watch the disney planning videos when i got them in the mail. It has now officially become where she is into disney just as much if not more than me now.

So i didn't say anything and just listened. She has this whole thing planned out it sounds like. Her and i go, our boys stay with her mom who will be able to drop them off to school before work. They go to a friends after school until her mom can pick them up.

I don't know when she is planning for us to go but I don't really want to go near our anniversary. April 24th isn't that great of a time to go. Not bad but there are better times to go.

If this is a go i guess that means i will have to start looking into romantic ideas of things to do. We shall see.

 

[BigTex71]

We found out that my wife's best friend of the past 20 years' daughter died in a car accident the night before last. She was 16 years old. It is so heartbreaking. We will be driving down to College Station this afternoon so we can be with them this weekend, since we can't miss work Tuesday for her services. Please pray for their family - I can't imagine having to go through that.

She was riding with her boyfriend, who was bringing her home. They got off the highway and were on the feeder road when her boyfriend saw a bunny rabbit in the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the rabbit and strayed off the road toward a ditch. He jerked the steering wheel the other way to try to get back on the road and over-corrected. They shot across the road and the car rolled down in a ditch on the other side. He survived and is really torn up about it. My wife's friend is so strong through this and keeps consoling him.

My take from all of this is to just hit the damn animal. No sense risking the lives of yourself and/or others in the car to save the life of an animal that shouldn't be in the road in the first place. I may have swerved also in his situation, but I learned this lesson in a hard way.

My prayers go out to their family and to the boyfriend who will have to live with that for the rest of his life. It is so saddening.

 

[scott2997]

Morning all! What's up today?

Hi Chris!

 

[Bo Duke]

We found out that my wife's best friend of the past 20 years' daughter died in a car accident the night before last. She was 16 years old. It is so heartbreaking. We will be driving down to College Station this afternoon so we can be with them this weekend, since we can't miss work Tuesday for her services. Please pray for their family - I can't imagine having to go through that.

She was riding with her boyfriend, who was bringing her home. They got off the highway and were on the feeder road when her boyfriend saw a bunny rabbit in the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the rabbit and strayed off the road toward a ditch. He jerked the steering wheel the other way to try to get back on the road and over-corrected. They shot across the road and the car rolled down in a ditch on the other side. He survived and is really torn up about it. My wife's friend is so strong through this and keeps consoling him.

My take from all of this is to just hit the damn animal. No sense risking the lives of yourself and/or others in the car to save the life of an animal that shouldn't be in the road in the first place. I may have swerved also in his situation, but I learned this lesson in a hard way.

My prayers go out to their family and to the boyfriend who will have to live with that for the rest of his life. It is so saddening.

That is terrible. I don't know why they don't push that more when they teach driving. Sooo many accidents because of swerving to miss an animal.

Our family just went through a similar thing last year. One of my sisters best friends who lived in Florida was rear ended buy a lady who was 2x the limit and i think they said she was on something else too but don't remember. Anyways, rear ended my sisters friend. Being the friend was at a stoplight she was killed instantly. Drunk driver drove away. Now her parents live near mine and both have been fairly close since my sister passed away. Sounds like they are still in denial and are telling themselves she is still somewhere in Florida. Never went down to gather her stuff either. It is all in how a person deals with it though. I could not imagine loosing a child. Have heard it pretty much guts a person.

Prayers sent.

 

[mm1971]

So i am sitting in my chair last night when out of the blue i hear my wife ask our sons, "What would you guys think if mom and dad go to disney alone for our 10th anniversary?"

Now I was shocked.

This is the woman that thought i was crazy when i had her watch the disney planning videos when i got them in the mail. It has now officially become where she is into disney just as much if not more than me now.

So i didn't say anything and just listened. She has this whole thing planned out it sounds like. Her and i go, our boys stay with her mom who will be able to drop them off to school before work. They go to a friends after school until her mom can pick them up.

I don't know when she is planning for us to go but I don't really want to go near our anniversary. April 24th isn't that great of a time to go. Not bad but there are better times to go.

If this is a go i guess that means i will have to start looking into romantic ideas of things to do. We shall see.

Good luck. Hope it all comes to be.

We found out that my wife's best friend of the past 20 years' daughter died in a car accident the night before last. She was 16 years old. It is so heartbreaking. We will be driving down to College Station this afternoon so we can be with them this weekend, since we can't miss work Tuesday for her services. Please pray for their family - I can't imagine having to go through that.

She was riding with her boyfriend, who was bringing her home. They got off the highway and were on the feeder road when her boyfriend saw a bunny rabbit in the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the rabbit and strayed off the road toward a ditch. He jerked the steering wheel the other way to try to get back on the road and over-corrected. They shot across the road and the car rolled down in a ditch on the other side. He survived and is really torn up about it. My wife's friend is so strong through this and keeps consoling him.

My take from all of this is to just hit the damn animal. No sense risking the lives of yourself and/or others in the car to save the life of an animal that shouldn't be in the road in the first place. I may have swerved also in his situation, but I learned this lesson in a hard way.

My prayers go out to their family and to the boyfriend who will have to live with that for the rest of his life. It is so saddening.

Very sad tragedy. Prayers going out to both families.

I usually do what I can to avoid all the critters in the road(s). I guess we'll have to start thinking twice about the dangers involved.

 

[BigTikiDaddy]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SETH!

Brent did the flooding have any impact on the Molson Indy? I thought some of the streets were under water.

I think the issue was the infrastructure couldn't handle the amount of rain that fell, so everything backed up. As far as I know things are back to normal. I don't think it helped that the concrete barriers they use for the tracks were already in place. I know that was the issue here in Mississauga.

I've decided to cave and tell the DW that I'm plotting to take the family to WDW next summer. Should I go for the last 2 weeks of August and hope for discounts, or go for 2 weeks in the middle of Sept, figuring that if everything stays as it has the past few years score the free dining.... also, my parents are coming down from NY to visit next weekend (first chance they've had to see their 1st grandson in person) and I'm going to try to talk them into going with us next year... you know, so they can spend quality time with their one and only grandchild

Go with September, to be honest, they really haven't been rolling out fantastic discounts in August the past couple of years

Just remember, only 4 weeks to Disney. It makes the working think more tolerable.

It helps I have Staycation II -The Sequel snuck in there too...

 

[BigTikiDaddy]

We found out that my wife's best friend of the past 20 years' daughter died in a car accident the night before last. She was 16 years old. It is so heartbreaking. We will be driving down to College Station this afternoon so we can be with them this weekend, since we can't miss work Tuesday for her services. Please pray for their family - I can't imagine having to go through that.

She was riding with her boyfriend, who was bringing her home. They got off the highway and were on the feeder road when her boyfriend saw a bunny rabbit in the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the rabbit and strayed off the road toward a ditch. He jerked the steering wheel the other way to try to get back on the road and over-corrected. They shot across the road and the car rolled down in a ditch on the other side. He survived and is really torn up about it. My wife's friend is so strong through this and keeps consoling him.

My take from all of this is to just hit the damn animal. No sense risking the lives of yourself and/or others in the car to save the life of an animal that shouldn't be in the road in the first place. I may have swerved also in his situation, but I learned this lesson in a hard way.

My prayers go out to their family and to the boyfriend who will have to live with that for the rest of his life. It is so saddening.

Prayers to the family, tragic...

 

[Goofy + 3]

September! Usually good discounts or free dining and much lower crowds. And it will be a little less steaming than August.

Agreed. And for non-existent crowds, it's tough to beat September. Although you stand a good chance of having a few good rides getting refurbed.

 

[Goofy + 3]

We found out that my wife's best friend of the past 20 years' daughter died in a car accident the night before last. She was 16 years old. It is so heartbreaking. We will be driving down to College Station this afternoon so we can be with them this weekend, since we can't miss work Tuesday for her services. Please pray for their family - I can't imagine having to go through that.

She was riding with her boyfriend, who was bringing her home. They got off the highway and were on the feeder road when her boyfriend saw a bunny rabbit in the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the rabbit and strayed off the road toward a ditch. He jerked the steering wheel the other way to try to get back on the road and over-corrected. They shot across the road and the car rolled down in a ditch on the other side. He survived and is really torn up about it. My wife's friend is so strong through this and keeps consoling him.

My take from all of this is to just hit the damn animal. No sense risking the lives of yourself and/or others in the car to save the life of an animal that shouldn't be in the road in the first place. I may have swerved also in his situation, but I learned this lesson in a hard way.

My prayers go out to their family and to the boyfriend who will have to live with that for the rest of his life. It is so saddening.

Horrible. Every parent's nightmare.

 

[wasnotafan]

We found out that my wife's best friend of the past 20 years' daughter died in a car accident the night before last...

That is tragic. Prayers for all involved.


I don't aim for them (unless it is a snake on the road) but the only animal around here that I will try to avoid is an elk and will teach my kids the same when it is time (though not the snake thing).

 

[IndyDisney]

We found out that my wife's best friend of the past 20 years' daughter died in a car accident the night before last. She was 16 years old. It is so heartbreaking. We will be driving down to College Station this afternoon so we can be with them this weekend, since we can't miss work Tuesday for her services. Please pray for their family - I can't imagine having to go through that.

She was riding with her boyfriend, who was bringing her home. They got off the highway and were on the feeder road when her boyfriend saw a bunny rabbit in the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the rabbit and strayed off the road toward a ditch. He jerked the steering wheel the other way to try to get back on the road and over-corrected. They shot across the road and the car rolled down in a ditch on the other side. He survived and is really torn up about it. My wife's friend is so strong through this and keeps consoling him.

My take from all of this is to just hit the damn animal. No sense risking the lives of yourself and/or others in the car to save the life of an animal that shouldn't be in the road in the first place. I may have swerved also in his situation, but I learned this lesson in a hard way.

My prayers go out to their family and to the boyfriend who will have to live with that for the rest of his life. It is so saddening.

Condolences and prayers. Terrible ordeal.

 

[DisDadDoc]

We found out that my wife's best friend of the past 20 years' daughter died in a car accident the night before last. She was 16 years old. It is so heartbreaking. We will be driving down to College Station this afternoon so we can be with them this weekend, since we can't miss work Tuesday for her services. Please pray for their family - I can't imagine having to go through that.

Awful story. Another tip: wear your seat belt.

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

Prayers, John!

We found out that my wife's best friend of the past 20 years' daughter died in a car accident the night before last. She was 16 years old. It is so heartbreaking. We will be driving down to College Station this afternoon so we can be with them this weekend, since we can't miss work Tuesday for her services. Please pray for their family - I can't imagine having to go through that.

She was riding with her boyfriend, who was bringing her home. They got off the highway and were on the feeder road when her boyfriend saw a bunny rabbit in the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the rabbit and strayed off the road toward a ditch. He jerked the steering wheel the other way to try to get back on the road and over-corrected. They shot across the road and the car rolled down in a ditch on the other side. He survived and is really torn up about it. My wife's friend is so strong through this and keeps consoling him.

My take from all of this is to just hit the damn animal. No sense risking the lives of yourself and/or others in the car to save the life of an animal that shouldn't be in the road in the first place. I may have swerved also in his situation, but I learned this lesson in a hard way.

My prayers go out to their family and to the boyfriend who will have to live with that for the rest of his life. It is so saddening.

 

[mm1971]

Paying $14K in advertising bills with the Disney card today. $280 more Disney Dollars for August.

 

[declansdad]

So i am sitting in my chair last night when out of the blue i hear my wife ask our sons, "What would you guys think if mom and dad go to disney alone for our 10th anniversary?"

Now I was shocked.

This is the woman that thought i was crazy when i had her watch the disney planning videos when i got them in the mail. It has now officially become where she is into disney just as much if not more than me now.

So i didn't say anything and just listened. She has this whole thing planned out it sounds like. Her and i go, our boys stay with her mom who will be able to drop them off to school before work. They go to a friends after school until her mom can pick them up.

I don't know when she is planning for us to go but I don't really want to go near our anniversary. April 24th isn't that great of a time to go. Not bad but there are better times to go.

If this is a go i guess that means i will have to start looking into romantic ideas of things to do. We shall see.

We did this in 2008, we still haven't told DS where we really went.