Laurie - Instead of 'fine dining' at WDW, we have been trying some more casual places and been happy with those.
We like to have lunch at The Sand Trap at Osprey Ridge/Eagle Pines Golf Course. The food is good, you usually get seated right away and there are generally no wild screaming kids tearing around. When we can't get into theme park restaurants we go to the Captain's Grille in the Yacht Club. We go to the food court at Port Orleans FQ because it's usually not crowded and you can use the Tables in Wonderland card there.
We have found that most restaurants now offer the same menus with maybe one or two different items. I blame the
Disney Dining Plan. If we want variety, we go off property where you have more choices for your money.
Good ideas, Lisa. We should have tried some of these these last two trips. We kept getting lost on the last trip but I did see the raod to the Sand trap.
I have heard good things about Captains Grill. I did not know that the TIW card worked at the POFQ food court. Makes sense as there is no table service restaurant there.
Another that we like is the Japanese restaurant at EPCOT. DH is not fond of it but my girls are.
Got a call this morning from our state representative. She actually called herself instead of her aide. Her family bought a house about 3 doors down from us about a year ago.
Her office contacted DD19 about the Tulane legislaturer scholarship which is a 100% scholarship for tuition. DD19 wrote her last year but it was already promised to an upperclassman who must have finished.
We did not fill out the form with Tulane (missed the cutoff) so they might not allow her to give it to DD19 anyway. Lots of students write letters (we did the past two years to every state senator and representative. She told me she wanted to give it to someone in her distrioct. I am trying not to be too optimistic since there are so many candidates.
Also, I feel a little guilty as she already has two other academic scholarships that cover about 75% of her tuition. I don't want to be greedy, but I guess those scholarships would just go to another deserving type.
I am just glad she is in the running. I thought most of the scholarships were given to the politically connected. I guess there is alot I just don't know.
Got some nice flowers at Lowe's and a local garden center. DH is trying to clear the dead gardenias. Quite a job. So fun picking stuff out. We got a lot of so called perienials. They always seem to die on us. We do better with the bulbs. Oh and I got two amazing hanging baskets that are variegated ivy type geraniums, called the stars and stripes.
Oh my goodness I love them.
DD14 received her letter from the Catholic high scholl. She was put in honors algebra rather than regular algebra or honors geometry. She had it this past year but it was not her best subject so it is probably better she is not going straight to honors geometry. For some odd reason the girls school does not offer regular geometry for Freshmen, while the boys high school does.
She did get in to honors English, honors civics, and honors physical science.
She will be more than challenged, even without the honors geometry, with 4 honors courses.
She is at an all day youth rally today. I hope she is not disappointed with her courses when she gets back home, I actually think she will be satisfied. I was given a reprieve from chaperoning this event. I think they saw how tired I got last Saturday and had pity. ARRGGHHH!
DD19 handled the honors geometry and the honors biology her Freshman year at this school. She was and is a very high achiever. I can't say she really enjoyed it though. No wonder she begged to move to the magnet school. Sophomore year was even worse. She took some but not all honors at the magnet.
I think you can get way too burned out in high school. There are problems with anerexia and other stuff in the high schools around here. I remember working hard but also having a lot of fun in high school. There was no AP back then, but I too went to a smallish magnet school. My class had 33 out of 100 in the total class named national merit finalists, which is not the norm around these parts., especially with public schools.
LMP, hope that letter comes today.
Ann, which color did you pick?
to everyone
. I told him its easter soon etc. We will see.
What great news!
Does not matter if the kids are with us or not. We kinda "let it be."
