EWP group?

[IASW Rider]

OK - I'm "in"! And since we have no children (other than of the furry variety) that is not an issue for me! We'll have an all-women's WDW getaway!

Wish I really COULD join you, Linda! I definitely understand what you mean about not wanting to "chance" sharing a vacation with someone(s) whom you don't know well, in terms of their temperaments, priorities, and what they would want to do / how they would want to plan and pace their trip, ESPECIALLY at a place like WDW, where there is so much to do and so many places to see. That's why Frank and I always avoid the proposals of our various local friends who want to "come along" to WDW with us or have us be their "tour guides". I've learned that traveling - even with some other friends or family members - could cause tensions, if everyone has their own idea about how they want their vacation to be. So we'd rather not risk friendships by planning those trips with our friends and risk being either bossed around the entire time or held "accountable" for everyone else's good time! It's different meeting up with you Suite Ladies and other DIS pals at WDW - because we all KNOW the place and respect one another's preferences and schedules / priorities! I would much rather meet up with any of you Suite Ladies at WDW than plan a WDW trip with any of our local friends! All this to say, Linda, I definitely understand why you wouldn't want to "risk" a vacation by involving even the best-intentioned person or people whom you don't happen to know very well!

Thanks for checking in with your trip report, Colleen! Great to see you here, as always!!! And please don't forget to keep the Suite posted about your upcoming summer trip to Florida, WDW, and the Keys!

Hi LL! Hope that you (and your DH!) are feeling much better, by now!

Linda - which Pooh's wedding will you be celebrating? You're not talking about Faith from Miami, by chance, are you? If so, I didn't realize that she was getting married! Your trip plans sound very exciting - definitely something great to look forward to! You will have a great time, even if you DO wind up going solo! I certainly had a great time on my own, the one time that I went solo in 1999! I definitely kept busy and enjoyed setting my own pace and "schedule"!

So sorry to hear about your friend's passing. I hope that that will be the only piece of sad news for a long time to come.

Just wanted to say "hello" and to wish everyone a great weekend! Talk to you all, soon!

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

Lisa, as usual you are so wise. I am a late bloomer and just now getting to where I am not trying to please everyone all the time. The saddest thing about sharing a vacation is when both folks do things they do not want because they think the other wants to do it and they are both miserable. I have one friend who wants a ride down to Orlando where her family would pick her up and then bring her back when it was time for me to head home. That might be my best option. Many others, including gobs of DISers have offered to either drive me down, pick me up and take me to the airport, share a room etc. etc. I am most flattered and overwhelmed but I would not want to interfere with their vacations either. I am making some plans to get together here and there with different folks occcasionally though.

It is Poohbear67 who is getting married. She is a fellow Hoosier and quite a hoot and a sweetheart of a gal. A couple of DISers are going to be her bridesmaids. I met her at the Mojito Monkey party at Pop last year, along with lots of other folks.

My friend's passing was a blessing. He had lost one leg, then another, and then so many other ills came along. Many articles have been written about him and the words that will long echo is that our town was his hobby. True. People like him are what makes this a special place to live.

Tom's tests came back and his aneurysm is fine but he has developed a hernia. It is usually out patient surgery and I am making arrangements at our favorite big city hospital with a surgeon who has lots of experience so all should be well soon. I do not anticipate any problems making him 'take it easy' afterward.

Love, your Suite Friend, Linda (if anyone wants to sneak away for awhile I would not mind sharing a room with any of you, bring your own shades as I watch TV late at night tho)

 

[IASW Rider]

Hey Everyone!

Hi Linda!

I'm sure that you will have a wonderful time at WDW - whether you and Tom go together or whether you wind up going on your own and meeting up with all of your friends! I think it's so nice that you are all getting together to celebrate Poohbear's wedding! That is so nice! I also think it's wonderful that so many DIS'ers have offered to travel with you, drive you, help you make arrangements, etc. That just reaffirms what a great bunch of people are on this site!

We will be meeting up with many, as we're planning to attend (and help out with, as we do every year) the big MagicMeet in Hershey, PA in July. We weren't able to attend last year (for the first time in 3 years) because the weekend of the Meet took place when we were cruising the Mediterranean on the Disney Magic! But we are really looking forward to going, this year, and seeing all of our old pals from these Boards, as well as Deb Wills from AllEars and Lou Mongello from WDWTrivia! There is a big Hershey Park Meet after the MagicMeet, but we're not sure that we're going to go, yet. We'll have to check out the current Hershey Park attractions (as neither Frank nor I have been there in years) to see if it would be "worth it" to do so, since I am NOT a big roller coaster rider (and if the park is now mainly coasters, there wouldn't be anything that I could "go on"!)! Anyway, it's sure to be a fun weekend and we always meet so many great DIS'ers there!

So sorry to hear about Tom's hernia! It's great that you have already arranged which hospital and surgeon will take care of it. I'm sure that it will go well and smoothly. My father had a hernia operation a few years ago (it was outpatient, as well) and it was fine and his recovery was fairly quick. So hopefully Tom's will be the same! And glad to hear that his aneurysm is all right - thank God!

Well, I'm at my in-laws' and using their computer, so I'd probably better hop off in case someone else needs to use it! Hope that all is well with all of you and hope that you're all having a nice weekend!

P.S. I watch TV late at night too, Linda! See you in the Suite!

 

[lunabkat]

Magic Meet...Hershey Pa....July...

Where have I been?

Where do I find the info for this, in case I can convince the girls to go?

Sounds like fun!!!

 

[JoiseyMom]

Hey ladies!! Linda, enjoy that trip!! What I wouldn't give for a trip sans kids and DH. Wow...talk about a vacation!!! LOL.

It's weird, this is the first time since they have started free dining that we aren't going!! I mean we are hopefully doing DL and DCL, but it's still strange.

Hey, I have some news to share. I graduated from CDK, College of Disney Knowledge!! I am now an official Disney Specialist .

 

[IASW Rider]

Hey Everyone!

The Jersey Girls are out in full-force, this week!

Hi LL! The MagicMeets started as the Central Jersey DIS Meet in 2004. The first Meet was so successful that the second and third Meets became sort of "tri-state Meets" with attendees from the DIS Boards as well as many other Disney Fan online communities. Now it has grown so large that it's sort of a national Meet! It's held every July, usually somewhere in PA. Unfortunately, this year's has already sold out. But you can check out the web site and get yourself on the e-mail list for future Meets and related events at: www.magicmeets.com! Maybe we'll see you there, next year!

Hi Joisey Mom! Great to hear from you! And congratulations on graduating from the College of Disney Knowledge! Where IS this mystical educational institution and how does one apply or enroll? When will you be going to DL and / or on DCL?

Hope that you're all having a nice week, so far!

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

After I do my more mundane morning chores I settle down with a can of V-8, low sodium of course, and my newspaper as I am a knowledge kind of gal. What should to my wondering eyes appear this morning but a 6 page spread on our Becki! No wonder we do not see nearly enough of her these days. She is saving the world, one girl at a time. Along with raising her own fantastic kids she is running a group home for troubled girls. Wonder if she would take ME in?

If I can get my scanner to working right I might send it to those of you that I have emails addys for.

Joisey Mom. my grandson continues to study at that illustrious institution himself. he once averred that he knew EVERYTHING about Disney while I knew everything else. Poor deluded child. Might I also inquire as to the location and requirements for your diploma just in case I might qualify as well?

LL, you have been faltering in your DIS time. I can tell cause you do not know about the big PA meet. Shame on your for letting little things like holding down a job, raising your children and keeping hearth and home from being condemned by the health department. BTW, you might contact someone and see if you could be put on the stand by list because I am certain that there has to be some last minute cancellations.

Lisa, next time you decide to make a solo trip let me know and we can share a room even if I am not able to hang out with someone as fast moving as you. We probably watch the same TV shows too. I often have 3-4 VCR's taping away while we are on vacation. I am obsessive. I am having a hard time planning my trip as I know that I need some much needed sleep/rest but so many wonderful folks want to meet up. Now if I can just find another slow moving person with a warped sense of humor that likes to watch late night TV so that we would not drive each other crazy(ier).

I have to mow the yard today, first time of the season. Hope the lawn mower starts up, hope I do too.

Love, Linda Lou

 

[JoiseyMom]

Hi Joisey Mom! Great to hear from you! And congratulations on graduating from the College of Disney Knowledge! Where IS this mystical educational institution and how does one apply or enroll? When will you be going to DL and / or on DCL?

The mystical educational institution is made available to those in the Travel industry. I am now a TA!! I answered an ad in a local paper for a host agency who needed more outside sales agents. I qualified and was able to do the training .

We are booked on the EB Panama Canal cruise for this August, and if we do go (still not sure yet..the economy just stinks), we will do at least one day at DL. We we also get to visit our older DS who lives in CA!!

We are also booked for a 7 night Western in August of 09!! As much as I love WDW, cruising is just a great way to vacation and relax with kids .

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

Joisey Mom,. congratulations!! I know another Disney TA, maybe your paths will cross. I hope not though cause she is a giant pain in the Spanx. My sister is friends with her and she puts up with her in order to get cheap/free trips. I would rather walk myself.

I totally agree with you about cruises being the best family vacations. Everyone's lives are so hectic nowadays and on a cruise you can actually be forced to slow down and take it easy and the kids and yourselves can even have a bit of fun and safe alone time. Win, win for everyone!!

I hope the Panama Canal locks are working when you go through and I am looking forward to seeing where else you get to go!!

SG/Linda

 

[IASW Rider]

Hi Everyone!

Congratulations to you, Joisey Mom! That is WONDERFUL news about your new position - very exciting! Lots of good luck with your new career and enjoy it!! AND enjoy all of your cruise plans, as well! May I ask - which line(s) will you be cruising with? We enjoy cruises, as well - particularly those that we've taken with DCL..........and of course, particularly the Mediterranean cruise on the Magic, last summer! But I've cruised with Royal Caribbean, as well, in the past, and thought that they did a nice job, too!

Hi Linda!

I don't move all that quickly - believe me! I think that we would be great roommates! And I know that everything will wind up working out well with your upcoming August / September trip!

That's great news about the newspaper article / coverage of Becki and all the great work that she's been doing! Please send her our regards, if you speak to her, and ask her to drop by the Suite, if she has a chance! And I'd love to see that article, too, if you happened to have had a chance to scan it!

We're busy getting ready for Passover (which starts tonight) here, so I have to run! I just wanted to stop in and wish you all a great weekend! Talk to you soon!

 

[lunabkat]

Hi All!

Well, happy Passover Lisa, don't know if that's appropriate, i thiink adding happy or merry to everything is just the "christian" in me

How about just a plaiin old "happy day"!!!

Just plain silly over here today, had today off for a change and was outside inthe beautiful day with my crazy kids just livin' life. Hope you all had such a great day too!!



LL

 

[IASW Rider]

Thanks very much, LL! And yes - it's definitely appropriate - thank you for your kind thoughts!

Wasn't the weather AMAZING on Friday and Saturday? It really felt like summer, here in Central Jersey (and hopefully it did for all of you out in Indiana, as well)! Definitely a great day to be enjoying time with your family, outside, LL! Yesterday was not quite as warm.......but at least we didn't get the rain that they predicted, and it was still pretty nice!

The holiday here was nice - lots of great food! And my father and uncle seemed to have a nice time, which was good. Passover is a fun holiday - lots of singing and traditions - it brings back nice memories of my childhood!

Speaking of my childhood, I recall that my last childhood trip to WDW (ie: the last one that I "went on" with my mother, as opposed to friends or spouse(s!)) was taking place exactly 30 years ago, this week! (We stayed off property for the first time ever, that year - we stayed at the big "color coded" Hyatt in Kissimee.) I remember that the big MK parade then was "Mickey Mouse's 50th Birthday Parade".........and this year he turns 80! Pretty wild!

Hope that you all had a great weekend!

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

As the old broad of the bunch I will tell you what I have learned.

Most anything is correct if said with the right intention. My best friend and I talk to each other just like family and folks who do not know us well would think we are fighting. She asks the most private questions and I do not resent it cause I know her heart is pure and she cares.

I just have not had any time to play with my scanner but I still have the article on Becki on my desk so I shall get round to it one of these fine days.

Colleen, is busy getting ready to spend another, nearly entire, summer at The Villages. Not quite DW but close enough to visit quite often and make some other side trips, lucky gal!

I was thinking of Angelina today because there was an article in our paper about that town being one of the best for walking paths and the town that Angelina lives in was listed as well. I hope to get there one fine day. I have checked it out on the internet and I think you all would love that town as well.

I picked up a couple more cards for the camera today as many parties are planned and I want pictures of everyone but do not want to lug my laptop along. I spend too much time on the comuter now and plan to spend time with real live people while I can.

Happy, Merry, or whatever you all want, it is fine by me and what I hope for. Linda

 

[JoiseyMom]

Hi Everyone!

Congratulations to you, Joisey Mom! That is WONDERFUL news about your new position - very exciting! Lots of good luck with your new career and enjoy it!! AND enjoy all of your cruise plans, as well! May I ask - which line(s) will you be cruising with? We enjoy cruises, as well - particularly those that we've taken with DCL..........and of course, particularly the Mediterranean cruise on the Magic, last summer! But I've cruised with Royal Caribbean, as well, in the past, and thought that they did a nice job, too!

Hi Linda!

I don't move all that quickly - believe me! I think that we would be great roommates! And I know that everything will wind up working out well with your upcoming August / September trip!

That's great news about the newspaper article / coverage of Becki and all the great work that she's been doing! Please send her our regards, if you speak to her, and ask her to drop by the Suite, if she has a chance! And I'd love to see that article, too, if you happened to have had a chance to scan it!

We're busy getting ready for Passover (which starts tonight) here, so I have to run! I just wanted to stop in and wish you all a great weekend! Talk to you soon!

Thanks!! Currently I have only cruised DCL and that was 2x last year. We have 2 more DCL booked. THe host agency I work for books for all cruise lines.

How did your Sedar go? We went to the in-laws for the first night!

 

[IASW Rider]

Hey Everyone!

Hi Joisey Mom! Happy Passover to you! Our seders went very well, thanks! Yummy food, as always (I always loved this holiday!) and everything was nice. We hosted both seders at our house - we just had my father and uncle over to join us. So it was nice and quiet - we enjoyed the weekend!

Which DCL cruises have you taken, so far, and which ones are you scheduled to take in the future? In addition to the Mediterranean cruise on the Magic last summer, we've done the 3-night Bahamas cruise on the Wonder (as a relaxing end to the beginning of the week at WDW) 3 times! We've never taken the Eastern or Western Caribbean cruises on the Magic, though, nor have we done any of the other special trips, like the Panama Canal or the Western Mexican route. We ARE, however, determined to get on the innaugural cruise of the first of the 2 new DCL ships in 2011, though! We don't care what its itinerary will be or where it will be going - or even where its home port will be - we are just determined to get on that cruise, as soon as they announce it and start booking it!

Hope that all is well with all of you and hope that you're all having a nice week!

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

There I was, deep in thought, wandering through our local Big Lots in search of an elusive hose holder when I came upon a professional looking lady with her hair all on top of her hair and she was deep in thought also. Without the long flowing mane of hair and usually present smile I almost did not recognize our Becki! We had a short visit as she was in between appointments and I had a bit of time until time to go pick up Tom. She said to tell you all "Hello" and she would drop by when she recovers from all the many changes in her life. They are headed back to DW very soon as school will be out soon.

Joisey gals, both, I would love to join you on a Panama Canal cruise myself. Cruising is not usually my thing but that one would be interesting to me, history freak that I am.

They have moved Tom's surgery up to early morning on Thursday. I figure it is better to do it when the doctor is fresh rather than when I am at my best. The strange thing is that he turns out to be a local boy and might have been one of my students way back when. Go figure!! He is an IU graduate as well. I knew most of that as I had researched him well before we got there.

I had to take Tom for a pre op test today and am just about done in. Does not take much.

Hugs, grins and any old thing you want or need, Linda

 

[lunabkat]

lookie lookie, i got tagged! yea, i have waited so long and the boom tagged twice in one night, thank you tag fairy, whereever you are...

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

LL, congratulations!! I think I am a bit jealous as I have nary a tag and I am sure that in all my verbosity I have said 'something' worth tagging. Might be a good thing though as there are a few things that I would just as soon forget.

Getting ready for the prom couples to arrive. My yard has been picked as the best backdrop for all their finery as it is all abloom. I will try to post pictures of the finery and all.

SG/Linda

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

I am glad to report that Tom's surgery went extremely well. The man started eating the minute they brought him back to the room and I had to make TWO stops on the way home and then I had to go in the kitchen and whomp him up a big meal. He only took two pain pills and that was at my insistence the first day but when I saw how easily he was able to move around, not that he does a whole lot of that, I stopped.

I made my ADR's for my September trip today and got most of everything I wanted. Lots of folks have requested to eat a meal or two with me so I will have lots of company.

Called the electrician to have the new DR light fixture put up and having a few new plugs added around, the most important ones being for the new HDTV and Wii that are supposed to be our Christmas gifts this year, if medical bills do not eat up all our money!

We vote tomorrow. A whole lot of party switching going on here. Lesser of three evils? sigh

Hugs, Linda Lou

 

[IASW Rider]

Hey Everyone!

So sorry that I fell so far behind with my posts, again!

So glad to hear that Tom's surgery went smoothly and successfully, Linda! Thank God for that! Hope that he is continuing to recuperate well and is feeling better!

How did the prom go? Can't wait to see pictures of your handsome grandson!!

And glad to hear that you got all of your ADR's in order for September, too! I've already started checking to see when the F&WF schedule will be posted, so that we can start making our preliminary plans for October! I'm sure that we'll make some "regular ADR's", too, at our traditional favorites: Kona Cafe, Brown Derby, our "new favorites": Cape May Cafe, Spoodles, and some places that we've wanted to try (any of the restaurants in Swan and Dolphin).

In the mean time, we're trying to pull together a last-minute trip to Las Vegas in August, to visit our former WDW CM friends who now work for Cirque du Soleil, out there!

Glad to hear that you were tagged, LL! I have NEVER been tagged in any of the 8 years that I've been here, on the Boards! Twice in one night is quite the accomplishment!

Hope that all is well with all of you and hope that you all had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend! Take care and talk to you soon!