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[helenabear]

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. Here I am taking a break from work. I don't mind too much. My supervisor is out on vacation for a while so life is good I played hookie on Friday so that I could spend a little time with DH and give him some moral support so I get to spend today catching up Luis is now working hard to get the house clean for our move into our home and we are very optimistic for his job search. If he makes $10.50/hr we are fine... and around here a temp usually can make that kind of money easily. So like I said we aren't worried (at least for the most part... I will admit it does creep in once in a while). I hope for more for his sake as well as mine (when he makes enough, I quit working... yippee), but as you can see we aren't destitute at all. We do have one bill that is going away soon so at that point he could make minimum wage just to help out Yes, Slightly Goofy, he thinks what you sent him should be able to help. So I do appreciate that soooo much. It is amazing what our friends are able to come up with to help us. So enough about the unpleasantries of life.

I have to stay away from the sun for a while. I got a little pink from Saturday at the fair. So I will have to sit in the shade and enjoy my wonderful lemonade while I read that book some more. I think you guys are right. The ones who read it aren't the ones who necessarily need it. I am all for improving myself and this is helping me little by little. One neat thought it brought up is something I used to believe couldn't happen. You can't change a person. Now I believe that you shouldn't try to change someone for your own good or that you shouldn't expect the changes, but I realized after thinking about my life that my DH has changed me. Subltly yes, but I have changed. We have grown closer towards the other in how we act and feel... and this seems to be a good part of the book as well.

Well I have rambled enough... so I had better call over one of our men to get me some more cookies Thank goodness I can't gain an ounce by eating them here I hope you all are having a great day.

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

Helenabear - I think I am the 'old lady' of this group and having been married for almost 30 years I can tell you that in a marriage both people change. There are many things I would never have done without my DH and many things he learned from me. We basically agree on the major things but those little ones can be killers. Just when I think we have this marriage thing down pat something changes and it is a while new ballgame. When the kids left home was one and now my DH's retirement. Ever evolving. I am so relieved that you are not up against the wall and do not need a major miracle but just a small one. You are smart people. Not owing money (or at least not much) gives you a freedom that is awesome.

Rider - Have you seen a doctor about your headaches? Those sinus things can be killers. If you let it go too long it can be harder to get rid of and cause some baaaaad problems. Please take care of yourself.

The reason I call myself the "Old Lady" is cause my son married a girl who had two wonderful boys. They lived together before they got married and my son who has this strange sense of humor (don't know where it got it GRIN) told them to call me "The Old Lady". I took care of the boys when DS and DIL went on their honeymoon. I sat the boys down and told them that they didn't have to but if they wanted they could call me Grandma. The oldest was 4 and he looked up at me and said "Does that mean you aren't old anymore?" I just roared and I think I hugged him so much that he can still feel it. LOL I had 3 days to come up with a wedding and reception for them when they got married. I do not get to see these grands anymore as their mom does not like MIL"s. It is not personal, she didn't like any of her other ones either. I worry a lot about those children. There are 2 wonderful little girls now also. They are homeschooled. My DIL does not brook outside 'interferrence'. Nuff "stuff'. Sigh.

My wonderful neighbor lent me a tile cutter to make my life easier. My oldest grand is coming after school to help me with it tomorrow. I will crank up the music and we will boogie on down and make a table full of memories.

Slightly Goofy

 

[helenabear]

Good evening everyone. I just got back from my scuba lesson... I have to admit with our instructor it is very hard to concentrate. Well the good news is today my DH was able to find 12 jobs to apply for!!! I know I am young but I have not applied for 12 jobs TOTAL in my life. So it sounds pretty promising to me. The other good news is that all so far have offered MORE than he made before... so I am more and more thinking this was a blessing in disguise

Thank you again Linda for your kind words. Yes PD is helpful and I appreciate all the good thoughts and wishes everyone has given us. I do like your outlook on life... I didn't used to think that way but now I do more and more. If no one changes then you will be stuck thinking, acting and wearing clothes like you did back in high school... for me that wouldn't be terrible (clothes wise at least... but I know for some )

We are moving September 1st so anyone who would love to help us move is welcome to come visit us Maybe I'll have to borrow some of our men from here to help me. So what are we all doing this evening. After spending so much time out in the sun, I think I will have to just lounge around here munching on cookies and watch the EWP from our room. I can see it now and I so look forward to just relaxing and enjoying the atmosphere. In the mean time my cats have decided to join me and steal some of my food from my plate. They are so sweet and I am glad they are here to join me in my relaxations I hope everyone is having a wondeful evening.


BTW...
CONGRATULATIONS ON 4000 POSTS SHANNON!!!

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

Now Elaine, it would not be a huge drive to come and help you move but since I can barely breathe I don't think I would be of much use. I could sit in a chair in the middle of the LR and point to where I want our gallant glamerous gents to put things. I see myself on a t hrone with a scepter so I could point with grace and authority. LOL I have a feeling that you guys will have a bunch of friends to help you out. A tip, if you have not already thought of it. Write on the outside of the box in which room you want it deposited and have one box with the basics of what you need for your first night's stay, bedding, coffeemaker etc. I hope it all goes well. What an adventure you have in front of you. Is this your first home? We bought this one over 25 years ago and I still don't have everything done!

Luis is just going to have to have an auction with all those people bidding on his services. What a wonderful feeling he must have. I have seen so many very talented people trapped in jobs where they were not appreciated but they were afraid to go somewhere else cause they did not know anything else. What am I bid? $12 an hr, 14, 17 in the corner, 20 on the phone. Who will give 25? I have $24 in the back. Going, going, gone!!! $24 an hour with full benefits and 3 weeks paid vacation and free child care when needed. Yeah, Luis!!!!! Hey, if you're going to dream might as well make it a big one. (grin)

I see you found the Jam Thumbprint Cookies. So nice of you to get me an iced tea. You are too kind to me. I think I will join you in watching the EWP. There is a new detail to notice each time it goes by.

Slightly Goofy

 

[helenabear]

Well all I had to pop in to say hi and give the good news. My DH already has an interview for tomorrow. Now it doesn't mean anything except that he is already getting a call. So this is a step up in happiness so please send my DH PD tomorrow at around 1:00 PM EST.

Otherwise life is pretty good. I should head back to work but I wanted to share the good news.

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

Helena, thank you so much for keeping us apprised of your DH's job hunt. It sounds as if you will not have your 'housemaid' much longer. Would it be good if I root that he does not start his new job until after your move or is that being just a bit too greedy of me, on your behalf?

That Pixie Dust will be bombarding Luis tomorrow around 1 but I hope it will not be so much that he can't get out of the driveway! LOL

Slightly Goofy

 

[IASW Rider]

Lots of good luck to Luis on his upcoming interview, Elaine! I will also be sending some pixie dust in your general direction at 1:00PM tomorrow! I'm sure that everything will go wonderfully!

And I enjoyed reading your moving / packing tips, SlightlyGoofy! We can use some of those, as well, as Frank is now in the process of packing up his house and I am in the process of cleaning mine out, in anticipation of his moving in, in October! I also enjoyed hearing about your son and DIL and her children - it's just sad that you aren't able to see them or your other grandchildren more often. Do you at least get to see them on holidays? You are very understanding and thoughtful!

Sorry that I haven't been around as much as I would like to be, lately. I am going to see an ENT specialist about my sinuses on Thursday - I'm still getting these horrible headaches! UGH!!! I started yet another series of medications for them, yesterday. Hopefully, these will work. In the mean time, I have enlisted our staff to find me a private conceirge / nurse to assist me until I'm feeling back to my old self. Bo Dacious came up with a friend of his - one Marv Elous - to do the duty! Marv started this evening, and I must say that he's doing a fine job, so far! I especially enjoyed his reading poetry to me while simultaneously rubbing my feet! As soon as I am feeling better, Marv has promised to stay on and act as an assistant to our regular cast of gentleman helpers! I'll just be staying in the Suite, tomorrow, in attempt to recover, so everyone go out and do exciting things tomorrow, then come back and tell me about them!

Have a great night!

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

I just never know what you people are going to get up to next. Marv Elous indeed. I hope my DH never finds out about what goes on here. (giggle)

Rider, I am glad you found something of interest in my moving tips. I love giving advice. Now, mind you I also don't mind if people don't take it.

The table is beautiful. I tried to take a picture with my cheapie digital camera but I am not sure I have it plugged in right and I am too darn tired to take everything apart to check it tonight. I will try again tomorrow. My 10 year old grandson put me to shame. I had him come to 'help' me. I showed him how to do it and he was putting things in their right places and wiping up the messes as he went. When his mom came to get him he went over to the tile cutter and asked if he could play with some scraps. We had just done mostly the while tiles today and I was going to cut the others tomorrow. He started cutting out small pieces and fitting them together in a pattern to fill in the empty sides. It was so pretty that I told him that I would go get a couple of colored tiles tomorrow and he could have at it and finish the sides. I am so proud of him.

No, I have not seen my Fab Four since before Thanksgiving. I had taken birthday presents for my youngest granddaughter and was informed that they might not come for Christmas Eve. It came and went with no call or anything. They do not return my calls. I saw my DS at a family party but he came alone. His wife has some funny ideas but I have tried to go along with her and always did whatever she asked me to but she just plain doesn't like me and there is nothing I can do about it. I would if I could. I am worried about them. I want this marriage to work and I want the kids to be loved and wanted and happy. I seem to be good at taking care of others but not my own sometimes. I don't think we h ave to be clones of each other to get along. If everyone was alike this world would be very boring. I am concerned about abuse though. Long story. Too long, too sad.

Please let us know what the doctor says about your headaches. You should not have to be feeling like this, especially for so long. If Marv cannot be there tomorrow just let me know and I will fluff up the pillows on the sofa, put on your favorite videos and fix you anything you want to eat or drink. Works for my grands. (smile) Until you feel better here are some big old fluffy {{{{{hugs}}}}} for you and all my other EWP buddies.

Slightly Goofy

 

[IASW Rider]

Thanks, SlightlyGoofy - you are very kind to offer to take care of me! Lying on the couch with pillows and videos sounds very good to me, right about now.....a lot better than being at work, which is where I actually am! Oh well.......it's much more fun to be in the Suite, so.....


I am here enjoying a relaxing morning in our Suite's parlor room. It was so nice of Marv to bring me that wonderful omelette for breakfast, as well as some Kona coffee from the Poly's Kona Cafe! He also brought along videos of some of my favorite movies, "The Way We Were", "Saturday Night Fever", and "When Harry Met Sally". Anyone is welcome to keep me company, watch some movies and have some popcorn, if you happen to be drifting through the Suite!

I can't believe that you and your grandson have completed the tiling of your table, already! WOW! I'm sure that it looks wonderful - I hope that you are able to upload some pictures of it to show us! It's great that your grandson is so creative and helpful!

I'm sorry to hear about the situation with your son's family - I hope that you don't think that I was prying! Maybe somehow things will change - maybe your son will be able to reason with your DIL and make her see how important it is that their children be a part of your life and vice versa. Regardless, you are amazingly strong and understanding and it seems as though you have a very rational view of this situation. It's unfortunate that things have to be that way. But you never know.....maybe some day, things will be different......!

Have a great day, Everyone! Go out there and have some adventures in WDW for me, then come back to the Suite and tell me about them!

Lots of pixie dust coming your way, Elaine and Luis!

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

Rider, did I tell you that my oldest grandson is only 10 years old so it is especially wonderful that he was able to come up with the mosasic idea and be able to cut the pieces so perfectly. He has an eye disease called Nystagmus and has a lot of trouble with schoolwork and learning to read. I am so lucky that I get to spend so much time with my daughter's boys. I think I am a great help to her but I do not feel put upon at all since I just plain love kids, especially my grands. I have to be calm about all the other chaos. I have been through some rough times with my kids and at times was almost suicidal and now I am older and I have decided that I cannot control everything in the world. All I can do is do the best I can to try to treat people as well as I would like them to treat me and pray for the best.

I am glad you enjoyed the videos. They are some of my favorites also. I enjoy musical type movies. One of my favorites right now is "The Full Monty". People look at me funny when I say that but it is NOT a dirty movie. It has a wonderful theme and is so funny and so sad in some spots. It is funny to see men go through what women usually have to go through. Of course, GWTW is my most favorite of all time. Anything by Rogers and Hammerstein. Oh my, I have too much work to do to get to pining for laying around watching old movies. Anybody else want to tell us about your favorite movies? How about some of those visitors to this thread stopping long enough to introduce yourselves and give us some new insight into your Disney dreams?

Rider, I will be thinking of you and waiting to hear how your doctor's appointment comes out. You need to relax and not expect so much from yourself. Life is too short to worry about 'things'. Things do not love you back people do. Spend the time with people not things?

Slightly Goofy

 

[helenabear]

Hi all... I decided to take my lunch break here and eat some wonderful sweet & sour chicken then our staff whipped up for me and I am drinking a nice cold lemonade The weather at home is gorgeous today and I am so glad it carried over to here as well.

IASW Rider, I do hope your headaches go away soon. I have had sinus trouble myself in the past and I completely understand how you might feel. I will have to join you for watching When Harry Met Sally as that is one of my favorites as well. I am such a picky eater and I completely relate to how Sally orders her food. I guess that is why I like it here so much... they make me wonderful food just the way I like it I hope as we watch the movie they will put extra butter on the popcorn for me...

Slightly Goofy, I am so sorry to hear about your DS & his family. I never can understand how things like that can happen and I only hope that things will improve. I am a firm believer that something good always will come out of the bad. I truly hope that this happens in your case. Do you live far away from your grandchildren? I could understand not seeing them much if they lived far away, but still, not a call for Christmas? My grandparents really didn't care much for my mother so when my dad married her they didn't even help with the planning (but they sure could help my dad's cousin when they were getting married) so I grew up living about 5 miles or less from them and hardly seeing them, by their choice. My other grandparents moved so they could see us more often. Now I don't expect everyone or anyone to do that but it showed how much they loved us even after they moved away again. Now I hardly have a relationship with my dad's side of the family but a great one with my mom's side. It's really sad that they don't care as much for me and I don't really know a whole side of my family all because they labled my mom as a "foreigner"... So I hope things look up soon and in the mean time make sure your grandkids always know you love them

I will let you know how the interview went as soon as my dear calls me. Things are looking good as he has gotten two more call backs as well. So we will see. We need to buy a fridge for our home and luckily Sears is having a one year same as cash deal so we will probably be buying from there. Anyone have any good suggestions? We are looking for a simple top freezer fridge. Well I hope you all have a great day and I'll post how the interview went later

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

Helana, I will join you for a visit but cannot share your food with you. I cannot eat anything that has a lot of sugar in it. Makes me veeery sick. The company would be great t hough. I am cleaning house today (yawn).

I would check out Consumer Reports as to what kind of refrigerator to buy. I think Amana was the top brand last time I checked. When I bought mine there were two brands to choose from and I picked the one with wire shelves. I like wire shelves. That way I only have to clean the bottom shelf!! LOL I am kidding, mostly. I just have so much to do that I try to pick things that make my life easier. Don't save a few bucks and get a refrigerator without options that you will later regret not having as you will, hopefully, have the refrig for many years. All my 'good' advice comes from all the mistakes I have already made. (grin)

To let you know what I am up against with my dil I will tell this story in all it's boring (to everyone but me) details. This is just one instance that might show my situation a bit better. We went to my son's house ,after calling several times to see when it would be convenient, to take a granddaughter some birthday presents. We were invited to eat (surprising as often they eat while we sit in the living room). The youngest baby was about 6 months old and sitting next to me. She touched a hot dish and started crying. I have seen a basketball get bounced off her head and she hasn't cried so she is not in the least a fussy child. I naturally reached for her to comfort her and my dil said in a very mean voice "You had best not do that". I hesitated thinking one of them would pick her up and finally when they didn't I did take her out of her seat and soothe her and I put her back as soon as possible to avoic any problems. My dil looked daggers at me and said"Think you are smart, don't you? Just for that she doesn't get anything to eat". I was in such shock that we ate quietly and left as soon as possible. I don't know who I am more ashamed of, my son for doing nothing or me for not saying anything. In my defense I have tried since they got together to not get involved or say anything MIL like cause I knew it would mean I would not get to see the kids anymore and I felt that they needed me. My dil met my son when he was about 14 at a summer camp and he fell for her in a big way. He wrote, called and even ran away to see her. She got married right out of HS and it about killed our son as he thought she was his girlfriend and he did not know she was seeing anyone. About 3 years ago she called out of the blue and wanted DS's phone number. She was going through a divorce and had 2 children. Anyone here old enough to see what was going on? I knew but had hoped that his love for her and maybe her appreciation for him would make a good marriage anyway. We gave them a wedding and paid for a honeymoon and have done everything we can to be available whenever they have asked for anything, babysitting, presents etc. etc. I am heartbroken but most of all worried to death about the kids. My DS is 30 and is fully grown and should be able to take care of himself but it seems that neither of them seem to really care for the kids in a way that most parents do. The police have been called twice since they have been married and now our Dil has decided to homeschool the kids to keep them out of the system. There is my life story. I will not bore you with the details anymore but if you would like to send some pixie dust to my Fab Four I would surely appreciate it. They are in my heart and prayers hourly. They only live about 15 minutes from here. I don't care how my dil and son treat me I just want the kids to be loved and cared for. I wish I had the wisdom to know how to help my dil as I know she had a very hard life.

Helena, I hope you can post a message soon (maybe today) announcing a new position and wonderful benefits and salary for your DH. I am in need of some good n ews today. (grin) Have you gotten the wallpaper and such all picked out for your new home?

Slightly Goofy

 

[jstmee]

SG I will keep the Fab Four and most importantly you in my prayers and send Pixie Dust to all! What a sad situation. Live tends to be that way.........However, with time, we pray that things will all work out.

Helenabear, sounds like a job will be coming very shortly.

......and everyone else... I'M BACK, I didn't go to WDW, but I did go to South Carolina to visit a friend for 4 nights. I really needed it and had a wonderful time. Now i'm back to reality, it's good to be home and even good to clean, that won't last long. Kiddo's go back to school tomorrow, so this was a quick hi, see ya all soon..........Wendy, jstmee

 

[bashful64]

Hi everyone. Just dropping in to say a quick hi and that I have been thinking about all of you. I hope all is well with you guys. I'm too tired to even have a fantasy vacation today so I will say have a goodnight and I will catch up with you all tomorrow.

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

Poor Bashful, too tired to even have a fantasy vacation? Oh my, we will have to change that. (grin) I do my best dreaming when I am exhausted. Well, maybe not best but definitely the strangest. Last night I dreamed my DD had turned my house into a restuarant and there were messes everywhere. Now, you have to understand that the main reason I bought a breadmaker is not that I don't know how to make bread. Have been doing that on an almost daily basis for years - but I can't stand the mess that the dough and flour makes on my counters. I am truly sick. (lopsided grin) What are you up to that is wearing you out? Here join me on the balcony. There is an empty seat right next to me and I will fetch you a drink and snack and hear your tales of woe. I would rather hear them than tell them. It helps to vent a bit now and then. It keeps you from exploding. (smile)

Thank you so much Jstmee, for the kind thoughts for my Fab Four. They are a great gang of kids. Willie is so serious and sweet, Danny is just my little Pooh Bear and is as cuddly as one, Katie is a wild child and ornery as they come, Alliza is granddad's girl. She loves men the most, already. I don't have a bad kid in the whole gang. Course, I have never met a bad kid yet. (grin)

We go to Myrtle Beach from time to time and I hope you enjoyed your SC visit. Us land locked people enjoy just sitting and watching the ocean. The main thing I enjoy about Myrtle Beach is that there is basicially just one main road so I can't get lost. Well, I CAN go in the wrong direction and then have to turn back around but at least I know where I am lost AT!!

I know the feeling about being so happy to be back home that cooking and cleaning even looks good. I hope you are enjoying your first day of freedom with the kids off to school. Ain't it great?

I am thinking of going to check out the refurbished Indiana Jones show. Haven't seen it in awhile. Harrison Ford is my idea of a dream man. Good looking, great personality with a bit of dry humor, rich, talented AND he is a carpenter. Swoon!!!

Slightly Goofy

 

[IASW Rider]

Hi Bashful64 - Welcome back! Come join us in the Suite and relax for awhile - don't work too hard!

Hi Jstmee! Welcome back! Hope that you had a wonderful trip! And lots of good luck to your children for the new school year!

Helenabear - Any NEWS?????!!!! It sounds like your DH has lots of great prospects! And I'm sure that you will find a great fridge - I agree with SlightlyGoofy - check Consumer Reports and see what they say! And Sears always has a great selection - I just bought a new washer and dryer there, a few months ago!

SlightlyGoofy - Thank you for sharing your story with us. That is just awful, and I'm sure that it is very difficult for you to keep yourself from becoming involved with your son's family. But you are doing the right thing by staying out of it and letting your son and grandchildren know that you are there if they need you. I'm sure that it is hard not to contact them when you want to or not to be as close with your Fab Four as you would like to be. But maybe some time in the future - maybe when they are older - they will be able to spend more time with you. Maybe somehow your DIL will come around and get over what ever her "issues" are. She should consider herself very lucky to have your son, who is obviously a devoted husband and friend to her and father to their and her children, in her life, much less to be part of a warm and caring extended family. Maybe she will see that, some day, and will realize how many years she wasted, not being a part of your family "to the fullest" and denying their children the opportunity to spend time with their grandparents. Lots of pixie dust to you and yours!

Helenabear - I'm sorry to hear about your grandparents, as well. It's so sad when things like that happen in families. I don't understand why some parents won't give their children-in-law a chance and "do not approve" from the start (unless there is a very valid reason, like the future child in law is a hurtful person). It's too bad that you don't have a closer relationship with your father's side of the family. But it's great that you are close with your relatives on your mother's side of the family and are able to enjoy them!

I have sort of the opposite situation - my mother doesn't stay in touch with her family, so I never really knew anyone on her side, but I know everyone on my father's side of the family! My mother has lots of "issues" - too many to bore you with, here - some of which I probably don't know about. But she has a habit of just cutting off communication with people for no good reason - she'll get all "huffy" after an argument and just stop talking to people - hence her lack of relationship with her family......and the fact that she has barely said a word to me since the night after we got back from WDW on June 10th. And we didn't even have a "fight"! She just started making judgments about me and the way that I live my life (unsolicited) and I disagreed with her (the WORST thing to do with my mother) and she just started screaming at me and calling me names and then stopped talking to me. This is a trend - any time something good happens in my life, she tries to tear me down and make me miserable. My father wants me to suck up to her and apologize to her....I refuse to apologize to her, because I didn't do anything wrong! My father has always been afraid of her - at this point, I don't know why, since she is 100% physically dependent on him for everything from bathing to sitting up. It really stinks, but I refuse to let her get away with trying to make me feel badly and intimidating me, like she always does. At this point I figure "if she doesn't want to talk to me, fine - her loss". I need to think about myself, for a change, and not let her ruin this happy time for me.

OK.....so there's my family story of woe! (SlightlyGoofy is probably napping, right now - she's heard this sordid tale, before!)

OK - on to happier topics! I also like those classic movies, like GWTW and all of the great movie musicals, SlightlyGoofy! I also like movies of the 40's and 50's like "All About Eve" and "Now, Voyager". Among my other favorites are "Steel Magnolias", "Moonstruck", "Swing Shift", "Pretty Woman", and most of Mel Brooks's and Woody Allen's movies! I also liked "The Fully Monty", and I did find something sad about it, even though it is a comedy. You know, there is a Broadway version of the film, now - it was even nominated for Best Musical! I know people who have seen it and really enjoyed it!

Anyway, time to get back to work - I'm leaving early today to go to the Dr. Now, I'm beginning to worry that these headaches are not sinus-related at all......and are really migraines.....since neither of the antibiotics that I was or am taking seem to work - UGH!

Still lazing about and watching videos in the Suite......just sent Don out to pick up a raspberry souffle from the California Grill for me - does anyone want anything, while he's out?

Have a nice day!

 

[CathyCanada]

Hey EWP gang!
I thought I needed to check in once I saw we have a new "guy" Marv, he DOES look like Harrison Ford, doesn't he?

Linda, I am sorry to hear about the Fab Four and know you must miss them terribly as they must miss you. I pray it all works out in the end.

Wendy, I haven't been to Myrtle Beach for a long time but always loved it there. I'm another who could sit and watch the ocean for hours.

Bashful hope you are feeling more rested today.

Elaine, any news on the interview??

I could use a cyber hug from my bestest friends. Had a heated discussion with a dear friend who wanted me to be honest but didn't want to hear what I had to say and it didn't end up well. I am hoping this is not beyond repair.

I wish you all a happy day.
CC

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

Dear Webmaster CC

Big old fluffy {{{{{Hugs}}}}} to you. I can imagine how you feel. I think it will work out. Sometimes when people are very close and care a lot about each other their feelings are very easily hurt. You friend asked you for the truth cause he/she trusted that you would do just that. After he/she has a chance to think about it I bet things will be better than ever. If not for real friends how would we ever get through life and real friends tell the truth no matter how much it hurts. I have heard the truth a few times in my life and it always made me a better person (I hope).

I am so anxious to hear from Helenabear. I hope they are just too darn busy celebrating to contact us. Champagne does tend to cloud the mind. LOL

As much as I love Disney World I am finding my mind wandering over to the suite we stayed in at Myrtle Beach on our last trip. Something about watching water just relaxes you. Love Restaurant Row also. There is a place there called "Dicks Last Resort" that is a hoot. It is an insult place. They pick on you from the time you come into the door until they 'kick you out'. Last time I was there they brought me a job application. Think they were trying to tell me something? (grin)

Indy outran the ball again. I would love to see the stage up close and see the marks where he has to stand to avoid all those sharp knives. Seems you would want to practice a lot to avoid becoming a tenor.

Slightly Goofy

 

[bashful64]

Good morning everyone.

*phew* finally a moment to sit down and just relax. I am so glad that I have this beautiful suite to come and relax in (ice cold lemonade in hand) and such wonderful friends to enjoy it with. This summer has been soooo busy! My DH and I have our own company and we have been working like crazy these paste couple of months. That's great income wise but when you don't have anyone to pass any of the work onto it can also get very hectic. Then on top of all that there was swimming lessons 5 days a week for the kids (they want to learn how to swim before our trip to WDW so they can go on the waterslides ), golf lessons for 2 weeks (which included having my nephew live with us for those 2 weeks) and other assorted summer activities...I'm worn out.

CC sending you loads of {{{{HUGS}}}}. I hope that things with your friend smooth themselves out once they have time to cool down and think about the situation.

SG....I'm sorry to hear about the fab four situation. I may not get a long really well with my in laws but I would never deny them access to my children. Maybe one day your DS will "see the light" and things will change.

IASW...I hope that the doctor can help with the headaches. You take it easy and get better!

Heleabear...any news yet? I hope that no news means good news. I'm keeping everything
crossed for Luis that I can (not as much as I could in younger days but I can still manage to cross a few things )

Oh SG I meant to thank you for catching me on the way to River Country the other dead.....all I can say is ick!

Well is anyone up to a stroll along the boardwalk? I've been closeted in my office too long and can't wait to take a stroll in the sunshine.

 

[IASW Rider]

Don't worry, WebmasterCC! We have all been through situations like yours with your friend, and I'm sure that you did the right thing! Your friend would want you to be honest, even if that means not hearing what he or she wanted to hear. I'm sure that once your friend thinks about what you said, he or she will really appreciate your straightforwardness and your taking the time to say how you feel. We are here if you need us!

It sounds like you have been having an action-packed summer, Bashful64! Sounds like it's time for a vacation! You'll be back at WDW in no time at all!

SlightlyGoofy - I enjoy the Indiana Jones show, also! For some reason, though, I haven't gotten around to seeing it, on my past few trips. The last time I saw it was 10 years ago! Wanted to see it in June, but we didn't have Fastpasses and it seemed that every show was Standing Room Only! Oh well - we'll have to make a point of seeing it next year!

While bringing my raspberry souffle from the California Grill, Don was kind enough to bring over several dessert sampling trays, as well! Help yourselves, ladies!