DIS/DISUnplugged/Dreams December Event Info – DISapalooza (continued)

[katscradle]

DP complains that I spend too much time playing silly games like FarmVille....I am going to show him this to prove that I could be wasting far more time than I currently do...

I saw that this morning and wondered who has time for that!

 

[kimisabella]

Yes! We woke up that morning (October 30th!) to 2 inches of snow! Phillip said it was because it was an indication that "He## had frozen over" because he was getting married.

LOL....tell him that was the best day of his LIFE!!!

 

[scarlett873]

DP complains that I spend too much time playing silly games like FarmVille....I am going to show him this to prove that I could be wasting far more time than I currently do...

Yep...I've seen some pretty awesome looking farms lately...I like my little farm...I even have a not so hidden Mickey!

 

[firsttimemom]

today is our anniversary. Sixteen years ago we were married (by a judge who sounded just like walter cronkite) in the living room of our home in front of a small group of our friends and family. But later that night, we had a great halloween costume party as our wedding reception!

happy anniversary!

 

[exwdwcm]

I just started listening to the Email show and am listening to Tracey's group.

woo hoo!! i had forgotten about it!

Good Morning all from somewhere on 95 south (John says we are somewhere in SC but not sure where, great he is driving ).

Just 75 miles to go to reach the 1/2 point.

I wont be on line much now until we return so this is a geat starting point for you to begin the DAP Navigator Todd Can't wait to read it.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week, I will peek in if I can.

Love you guys and will miss all of you!!

have a great time!

Hey! The Tag Fairy Visited me last night!

awesome and well deserved!!!!

Thanks,
We had to record it a couple of times, as I had only had my Iphone a couple of days before my trip, so I hadn't fully figured out all of the features yet.

thanks for recording and submitting Tracey, it was great fun, well other than the awful waiter on his first night!

so my fairly new HP dv7 won't power on. got a new battery, new power supply and the darn thing won't power on at all. but the three lights in the bottom left are blinking. i need to call HP support i guess. i don't remember when DH bought it, but i think it was within the last year, so hopefully still under warranty. i'll miss out on my DIS time at home since DH is on the desktop all the time playing WOW upstairs. the laptop is my connection to the DIS. help!

 

[k5jm]

I love the decorations, but do have to ask for the story behind the chandelier.

The chandelier....hmmm....well my DW was doing a tasting at a winery in Comfort, TX and their chandelier caught her eye. Christy is a great "lover of the grape juice". I can still hear her voice, "Honey, I would really like one of those. I know you can figure out how to make one." My first thought was to go up and ask the guy upfront "How much?" But my engineering mind kicked in and said, "I can take some pictures and recreate this." (What was I thinking??)

I then had to hunt for a French, Wine Bottle drying rack. Christy's mom and I were at a HUGE antique sale in Central Texas and I found, for $250 (yikes), a galvanized French, wine bottle drying rack that was 3feet taller than the one we had seen in Comfort,TX.

So I had the structure, now I need bottles and lights. Christy's job was getting bottles. Christy was loopy for months. Actually, since she is from the Texas Wine Country (Hill Country), she was able to procure many of the bottles we needed from relatives and from her Mother's B&B (the customers leave their wine bottles on a very tall shelf in the Kitchen).

I had to hang a 600lb test chain in the attic and attach it to the beams (with a safety rope). So, I hoisted this monstrosity up in the air until the bottom of the Drying Rack was 12 feel above the floor (we have a 22 foot tall entry hall). I then had to tie it into the electric and put Christmas lights in all 150 bottles (I only lost one to the tile below and their is one Dom Pérignon bottle up there, also). I also put rope lights around every rung.

The whole thing weighs between 400 and 500lbs and I have a set of double pulleys in the attic so I can lower it to change bottles or lights.

 

[exwdwcm]

oh and Happy Anniversary Dodie and Phillip!! love the pics

and Brandie- hope you feel better soon.

it is a busy day today- lunch with friends in an hour, then have to run to day care at 2:30 to do cookies for DS bday (they won't allow cupcakes unless no frosting and i couldn't find any or had time to make them! I guess frosting and 10 toddlers don't mix well!). Then taking DS back to work with me for trick or treating here. He is Captain Hook! then back to day care for his fall festival at 5pm. he is going to be worn out!

so what are your kiddos (or you) for halloween?

 

[jeanigor]

Great story! Loved the photos. Especially the pulley animation. Simple machines in motion are a good thing.

it is a busy day today- lunch with friends in an hour, then have to run to day care at 2:30 to do cookies for DS bday (they won't allow cupcakes unless no frosting and i couldn't find any or had time to make them! I guess frosting and 10 toddlers don't mix well!). Then taking DS back to work with me for trick or treating here. He is Captain Hook! then back to day care for his fall festival at 5pm. he is going to be worn out!

so what are your kiddos (or you) for halloween?

Sounds like an exhausting day!! He is quite a debonair Captain!

We're going out. I'm dressing up. Everyone I am going with are party poopers and wearing street clothes. B-O-R-I-N-G.

 

[spaddy]

oh and Happy Anniversary Dodie and Phillip!! love the pics

and Brandie- hope you feel better soon.

it is a busy day today- lunch with friends in an hour, then have to run to day care at 2:30 to do cookies for DS bday (they won't allow cupcakes unless no frosting and i couldn't find any or had time to make them! I guess frosting and 10 toddlers don't mix well!). Then taking DS back to work with me for trick or treating here. He is Captain Hook! then back to day care for his fall festival at 5pm. he is going to be worn out!

so what are your kiddos (or you) for halloween?

I love that photo!!! My son also has that costume.

I posted photos on FB, but my son was Woody, Simon (from Alvin and the Chipmunks), and Jack Sparrow yesterday. He really likes to dress up.

 

[hideeh]

That is amazing Mike! Very, very cool.

 

[tlcoke]

woo hoo!! i had forgotten about it!


thanks for recording and submitting Tracey, it was great fun, well other than the awful waiter on his first night!

No Problem - I had fun meeting each of you that evening. Fun time had by all despite our waiter problems.

Forgetting happens when they don't have a Email show for a couple of weeks since we recorded it.

 

[kimisabella]

Mike - for the home-made fixutre!! And here I was so happy that my husband was able to put in some ceiling fans and two chandeliers (bought from the store!!)

 

[tlcoke]

it is a busy day today- lunch with friends in an hour, then have to run to day care at 2:30 to do cookies for DS bday (they won't allow cupcakes unless no frosting and i couldn't find any or had time to make them! I guess frosting and 10 toddlers don't mix well!). Then taking DS back to work with me for trick or treating here. He is Captain Hook! then back to day care for his fall festival at 5pm. he is going to be worn out!

so what are your kiddos (or you) for halloween?

Cute Picture. All the sugar he ingests today will keep him going.


I thought about coming to work dressed as the Tacky Tourist, but decided against it. So I came as a UofL Cardinal fan - Wearing my Red & Black outfit.

 

[mikelan6]

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Wow ... that looks just like the chandeliers in the atrium lobby on the Disney cruise ships!

 

[kimisabella]

oh and Happy Anniversary Dodie and Phillip!! love the pics

and Brandie- hope you feel better soon.

it is a busy day today- lunch with friends in an hour, then have to run to day care at 2:30 to do cookies for DS bday (they won't allow cupcakes unless no frosting and i couldn't find any or had time to make them! I guess frosting and 10 toddlers don't mix well!). Then taking DS back to work with me for trick or treating here. He is Captain Hook! then back to day care for his fall festival at 5pm. he is going to be worn out!

so what are your kiddos (or you) for halloween?

How cute he is!! I have my daughters school Halloween parade today at 1pm.
Kimberly is going to be a goth school girl (don't ask????), and Isabella is going to be Tinkerbell.

My parents are having a Halloween party tomorrow night and I have two possible costumes. They are total opposites of each other. One is the "Vampiress"(sp?) with a really beautiful red/black long gown and I have a black/red wig. The other is called the "sexy princess" - I'll leave it at that!! I tried both on and everyone agrees on the Princess... we'll have to see, I'm a little worried it's too over the top, but, I guess that is what Halloween is about.

Vinny has two costumes as well, one is funny and the other is scary. I'm not sure which one he is going to wear.

 

[katscradle]

the chandelier....hmmm....well my dw was doing a tasting at a winery in comfort, tx and their chandelier caught her eye. Christy is a great "lover of the grape juice". I can still hear her voice, "honey, i would really like one of those. I know you can figure out how to make one." my first thought was to go up and ask the guy upfront "how much?" but my engineering mind kicked in and said, "i can take some pictures and recreate this." (what was i thinking!!)

i then had to hunt for a french, wine bottle drying rack. Christy's mom and i were at a huge antique sale in central texas and i found, for $250 (yikes), a galvanized french, wine bottle drying rack that was 3feet taller than the one we had seen in comfort,tx.

So i had the structure, now i need bottles and lights. Christy's job was getting bottles. Christy was loopy for months. Actually, since she is from the texas wine country (hill country), she was able to procure many of the bottles we needed from relatives and from her mother's b&b (the customers leave their wine bottles on a very tall shelf in the kitchen).

i had hang a 600lb test chain in the attic and attach it to the beams (with a safety rope) so i hoisted it up where the bottom is 12 feel above the floor. (we have a 22 foot tall entry hall). I then had to tie it into the electric and put christmas lights in all 150 bottles (i only lost one to the tile below). I also put rope lights around every rung.

the whole thing weighs between 400 and 500lbs and i have a set of double pulleys in the attic so i can lower it to change bottles or lights.

wow!!!

 

[katscradle]

oh and Happy Anniversary Dodie and Phillip!! love the pics

and Brandie- hope you feel better soon.

it is a busy day today- lunch with friends in an hour, then have to run to day care at 2:30 to do cookies for DS bday (they won't allow cupcakes unless no frosting and i couldn't find any or had time to make them! I guess frosting and 10 toddlers don't mix well!). Then taking DS back to work with me for trick or treating here. He is Captain Hook! then back to day care for his fall festival at 5pm. he is going to be worn out!

so what are your kiddos (or you) for halloween?

He is so cute!
Little Johnny is going to be a skelation this year!
Kenny is going out as Batman!

 

[katscradle]

Just thought I would post Johnny's bad/good luck.
The bad luck he lost his bbm meter yesterday when he was outside playing.
No money for him this week.
He has been trying to save his money, b/c if we drive in November (last weekend) so we can be at WDW on December 1st.
He wants to buy a WDW train set, which we can't take home on the plane with us.
Not enough room, and breakage.
Good Luck!!!!
BBM just called and the lucky little duck just won $100.00
Wait till he comes home from school and I tell him, he is going to be beaming from ear to ear.

 

[Dodie]

Hey - DIS Facebook experts. I have a bizarre question for you.

Is there anyway to introduce one of your Facebook friends to another one of your Facebook friends using the technology? Without being too "obvious" about it?

See, I have this one Facebook friend who I honestly don't know well, but he is a handsome DISer, and is apparently single - but I don't want to ask too many questions because I only know this person through the DIS and don't want to seem like a wacko.

I also have this other Facebook friend who is a friend and coworker in IRL. She's beautiful and perfect and an amazing person, but just hasn't met Mr. Right yet. She's not "desperately seeking" or anything, but, from the little I've been able to figure out about him, I think they have a lot in common and might get along great - in spite of the great distance between them. I even think they are about the same age.

Should I...

1. Forget this crazy idea altogether because aforementioned guy will think I'm a wacko and I don't really know him IRL in the first place?

2. Forget this crazy idea altogether because it's a meddlesome, foolish thing to do?

3. Figure out how to give it a go?

Maybe it's the romantic in me coming out because it's my wedding anniversary.

 

[DVCsince02]

Corey added DAP logo stuff to Cafe Press!