Girls Trip~OLD THREAD (see first post for link to new one)

[mommaU4]

Everything is better when Disney is involved!

Normally I'd agree with you, but when it comes to flying.....I don't know about that.

I will admit, I don't think even flying to Disney would make me OK with it!! I never want to step foot on a plane again. And if I do, I will be medicated starting 6+ hours prior to takeoff.

The last flight I took was in 2006, and it was actually the return flight home to Michigan from the Ladies Only WDW trip. It was at night, and the plane was mostly empty. We hit awful turbulence, the flight attendants weren't even allowed to get up and serve drinks, and I was sitting there all alone, no other passengers in the rows closest to me, in the dark, freaking out. I haven't set foot on a plane since then.

Yep. Quite a few times. I actually didn't mind it as a kid. I flew with my grandmother to Washington a few times. This was ages ago and once they told a flight attendant that I was nervous to fly and I got to sit in one of the pilots chairs. I've also flown to Florida, Texas and Colorado a few times each. My anxiety just got worse each time and ever since I started having my panic attacks it's just not happening. Flew out to Colorado not long after my first one and the ER visit and had a full blown attack during the flight and I never want to go through that again. I flew out to Texas a couple summers ago and was medicated - even got my the dosage upped and started taking it the second I wokr up that morning (it was an afternoon flight). Even with all that I still wouldn't want to do it again if I don't have to. Flying terrifies me. And most of all is the thought of having another attack as bad as the one that landed me in the ER.

Aww, that's awful. I'm so sorry that happened.

We used to fly a lot too. Back and forth from CA where we lived, to MI to see family. It never bothered me. Even as an adult after I was married and had kids, we took some trips to WDW and back to MI with no problem.
But somewhere along the way, something changed and I just don't think I could do it again. I fear I'd end up like you, with a full blown panic attack mid-flight.

And flying is so unpleasant these days. Good grief everything you have to go through before you board (necessary, I get it, but still not fun), the delays, no food, no movie, cramped seats, and fees up the wazoo!

It makes me sad because one day I'd love to see Ireland. It's always been a dream of mine. But I'm just not sure I can convince myself to get on a plane, especially for such a long flight!

 

[21yankees]

I do like how Prince William really stands up for her. She seems to have much more support than Princess Diana ever did.

I think that's because of how Princess Diana raised him and his brother. She wanted them to have as much of a normal life as possible and stand up for what they believe in.

I think they make a very nice couple.

 

[Queenbillabong]

I think that's because of how Princess Diana raised him and his brother. She wanted them to have as much of a normal life as possible and stand up for what they believe in.

I think they make a very nice couple.

I agree on both. They were just in Canada and I think LA. I loved them at the Calgary Stampede

 

[Queenbillabong]

So Carousel will be $109 + tax per night for our Diva's that stay there; and just like this year, each room will get two free breakfast sandwiches per day (these come in voucher form). We will get the party room free when we have Quizno's cater. I hope that helps ladies!

Jen - are there any special conditions with the Divas rate? Meaning would we pay one night when we reserve, can't cancel past a certain time frame, what have you? I think there were some conditions this year, right?

 

[MrsPinup]

Sounds delish! Although I had to Google "naan". I had no clue what that was.

Naan bread is fantastic with this garlic artichoke spread I found at the weekly farmers market by my house. Tastes just like pizza!

Jen - are there any special conditions with the Divas rate? Meaning would we pay one night when we reserve, can't cancel past a certain time frame, what have you? I think there were some conditions this year, right?

I am not sure, but I will check!

 

[Belle Ella]

Morning everyone!!

I start work an hour later today but for some reason I still have to be up at the same time. Oh yeah, it's so I can beat everyone to the shower.

 

[sierranevada]

Morning everyone! And a big



to all the newbies! I will reintroduce myself also. My name is Bridget and my screen name is my first golden retriever who passed away 3 years ago. Our current one, Kona, is 3 years old and is my avatar. I have been married for 18 years, have one son who will be a sophomore in High School. Hubby is a DL muggle BUT will go every few years when we stay in a villa at the Grand! My son is another DL fanatic and has been going since he was 2 years old. My husband and I own our own event planning company for almost 20 years here in the Silicon Valley. I love walking, all animals, gourmet food and wine (especially with friends), and am a traveling nut! I was a newbie last year and had the best time. Once you start posting on the thread and come to one trip, you feel like you have make friends for life!! I am excited to be on the Scavenger Hunt committee this year and am looking forward to another awesome trip!

Well, off to New Orleans with my sisters, cousins & aunt - can't believe 95 degrees and almost 100% humidity! Yuck!

 

[tinkermell]

I have never had an issue with flying.. my first time I was like 20 and flying from WI to WDW. Maybe that is the reason??? Everything is better when Disney is involved!

Well that is a good attitude to take!

I will admit, I don't think even flying to Disney would make me OK with it!! I never want to step foot on a plane again. And if I do, I will be medicated starting 6+ hours prior to takeoff.

Youza!

The last flight I took was in 2006, and it was actually the return flight home to Michigan from the Ladies Only WDW trip. It was at night, and the plane was mostly empty. We hit awful turbulence, the flight attendants weren't even allowed to get up and serve drinks, and I was sitting there all alone, no other passengers in the rows closest to me, in the dark, freaking out. I haven't set foot on a plane since then.

Turbulence is noooooo fun. Had that happen flying back from Florida to Texas. Everyone (attendents included), had to stay put the whole time. The pilot kept coming on to tell us he was doing everything he could to get out of it. No go. After we landed, Dave, (who flies alot more than me,) said he had never been in turbulence that bad before. LOL...he didn't want to share that with me while we were still in the air.

So needless to say, "me no likey' flying either. I will do it, but only because I have to.

I think that's because of how Princess Diana raised him and his brother. She wanted them to have as much of a normal life as possible and stand up for what they believe in.

I think they make a very nice couple.

I think so too!

Naan bread is fantastic with this garlic artichoke spread I found at the weekly farmers market by my house. Tastes just like pizza!

I am not sure, but I will check!

Hmm! That sounds good. Which by the way, my pizza turned out yummy. If any loves bruschetta like I do, it makes a great pizza topping. Just coat your dough with olive oil, sprinkle with mozzarella, top with the bruschetta(drained) and dust with parmesan.

Morning everyone! And a big



to all the newbies! I will reintroduce myself also. My name is Bridget and my screen name is my first golden retriever who passed away 3 years ago. Our current one, Kona, is 3 years old and is my avatar. I have been married for 18 years, have one son who will be a sophomore in High School. Hubby is a DL muggle BUT will go every few years when we stay in a villa at the Grand! My son is another DL fanatic and has been going since he was 2 years old. My husband and I own our own event planning company for almost 20 years here in the Silicon Valley. I love walking, all animals, gourmet food and wine (especially with friends), and am a traveling nut! I was a newbie last year and had the best time. Once you start posting on the thread and come to one trip, you feel like you have make friends for life!! I am excited to be on the Scavenger Hunt committee this year and am looking forward to another awesome trip!

Well, off to New Orleans with my sisters, cousins & aunt - can't believe 95 degrees and almost 100% humidity! Yuck!

LOL!
Did you fly straight from Paris to New Orleans?

 

[DizNee Luver]

Morning ladies.....My family is participating in the Autism Speaks walk in Portland on August 27th. Our team is : Eck-stra Special Strollers!! Message me if you'd be interested in donating to Autism Speaks.

Thanx so much!!!!

 

[groovygirl927]

Growing up my dad worked for PSA (there airplanes had the smiley face) and we flew standby to visit family. But as I have gotten older flying has gotten harder on me. I will still fly but I get extremely nervous before each flight. Last time I flew was a year and a half ago to New Mexico for my brothers wedding (that was because I only had a couple days off to go) Usually I drive when I go.

So I don't fly much but if I had the opportunity to go to Australia, Hawaii, Costa Rica or to WDW I would make myself get on a plane but most our trips involve road trips which can be fun. I am one of those people who will make stops along the way and explore. First time I went to San Francisco (which is an 8 hour drive) It took me two days to drive up. we had fun on that drive.

 

[tinkermell]

A new Singer sewing machine arrived by UPS to me today as a bday present from my mom Now to pull out the projects!

Why o why does February have to be so far away?! All this planning talk and discriptions of food sound amazing!

What do have planned for your new sewing machine?

Yeah for the new sewing machine! What model is it? You will have t let me know, I am in the market for a new sewing machine myself (but don't tell my husband that )

Happy humpday to yall - Tonight is the start of my 7 days on/7 days off at work. I am going to love having 7 days off but I am not so sure about working 7 12-hour nights in a row. Oh well, after my husbands flight benefits start, I could just run down to DL for a couple of nights on my days off. Too bad the school would frown on me taking my kids out of school all the time. Humm, maybe I should look at homeschool. LOL. J/K.

I have a Bernina, which I do love! They are quite pricey though. I bought mine when I got married some years ago, , so it didn't hurt as much. LOL.

I think Costco might have a decent Brother right now, that might be nice to look into.

What, praytell, will qualify you as that? What is the "official" age these days? I think it should be 80 unless it means I can get a discount.

Exactly.

I made non member reservations in Jan for a 1 bd in August. I think if rooms come available 60 days out they can be put out for cash but to me really, really expensive. Only way I can do it.

Jack

Thanks for that nice piece info Jack!

Now, if only we could fast forward the calendar to make it all get here sooner!!!

Morning ladies.....I know a lot of you are on FB with me, but for those that aren't or don't check there often.......My family is participating in the Autism Speaks walk in Portland on August 27th. Our team is : Eck-stra Special Strollers!! We're looking for donations & any amount would be greatly appreciated. Here's the link if you're able to help us out:

http://www.walknowforautismspeaks.o...9772=3F5E1546CC4C4C3185CB29F7DDEFA739&login=t

You can search by name or by our team name.

Thanx so much!!!!

I will check that out Laurie! Good luck!!

 

[tinkermell]

Growing up my dad worked for PSA (there airplanes had the smiley face) and we flew standby to visit family. But as I have gotten older flying has gotten harder on me. I will still fly but I get extremely nervous before each flight. Last time I flew was a year and a half ago to New Mexico for my brothers wedding (that was because I only had a couple days off to go) Usually I drive when I go.

So I don't fly much but if I had the opportunity to go to Australia, Hawaii, Costa Rica or to WDW I would make myself get on a plane but most our trips involve road trips which can be fun. I am one of those people who will make stops along the way and explore. First time I went to San Francisco (which is an 8 hour drive) It took me two days to drive up. we had fun on that drive.

I am a road trip lady too!! When we go on trips, we always try to change things up and explore!! Part of the fun of road trips is the planning on where to stop along the way! Food, museums, antique stores, scenery, places of interest and the list goes on!

 

[kelmac284]

Morning all.

Mel I am glad to see you on the boards. I had a question about the shirts. Are we supposed to get a shirt and mail it to you or how does that work. You can send me a pm. But I wasn't sure how that worked. This is for the castle shirts by the way. And I guess probably same question would apply for the new shirts as well. Just wondering so if we need to get one I can start keeping an eye out.

Funny you mentioned road trips. I like them as well and we are just about to start one. I am really excited about ours!! I like them because you can stop and explore versus going on a plane and kind of being stuck in one spot. I am another who HATES flying. Terrified of it but like some of you I do it when I HAVE to. I don't mind the little short flights too much to LA but the longer ones to FL and such really get to me. I REALLY have to distract myself because the turbulance REALLY gets to me.

So this morning we went and dropped Katy's stuff off at the fair. I was so nervous about everything working out since we are leaving but everything is in now so that is a big weight off.

Tomorrow is the Jam/jelly show so we are going to watch the judging. I asked and they said it could take several hours. It starts at noon and the gal said she has seen it last up to 6:30 at night! EEK!!! I don't know if we will wait THAT long. Hopefully they will judge the kids stuff first and the only way we would wait around is if Katy got a 1st because then that would qualify her for the next category. If you get first in any category then it makes you eligible for best of ie first in class makes you eligible for best of class. Best of class makes you eligible for best of division and so on. She also was made eligible for the C&H sugar contest since she used that to make the jam. So not sure how that works with the special contests but it will be fun to see how it all works.

Then the pickle show isn't till monday so we will have to go online a few days afterwards to see the results of that.

Anywho right now I am at work and I have pretty much everything wrapped up but we are waiting to go to lunch for one of the gals who is celebrating a birthday and then we have to run out and do a few more errands and then tonight is the girls LAST swim practice of the season. There is still another week but it will be "their" last one.

Anyway hope everyone is having a great day!

 

[Belle Ella]

 

[Hazyone101]

Thanks for all the info regarding the villas, much appreciated.

 

[Hazyone101]

Where can I see the T-shirt design? I keep looking but I don't see it.

 

[Hazyone101]

Sorry, I had to have posted at least 10 posts to post a link to my photo and I was at 8 posts, so I had to create two before this one. *snort*

Now, I am off to meet Donny and Marie Osmond, how weird is that? - Heather

Not weird at all. I've always liked them. How are you meeting them?

Donny and Marie Osmond brought their Las Vegas show to Toronto for a couple of weeks. You could buy a ticket where you could meet them (I got hugs! ) talk to them, get autographs etc. I sat in the front row. It wasn't as good as a Donny concert, it was more of a variety show, but still good.

 

[mommaU4]

Hello, ladies!!

Steph, I agree with you. I think Princess Diana did a great job of raising her boys. So sad she wasn't able to see them fully grow up.

Theresa, did you get to see the royal couple when they were in Canada?

Jen, that garlic artichoke spread sounds so good! I love just about anything with garlic in it. As long as the person I'm with is eating garlic too! lol

Bridget, enjoy your time in New Orleans! Although I have to say, the 95 degrees and almost 100% humidity you mentioned does not sounds like much fun! Try and stay cool!

Laurie, good luck with your Autism Speaks walk!!

Kelly, good luck to Katy! Hope her products do well at the fair.

Hi, Jess!

 

[mommaU4]

Where can I see the T-shirt design? I keep looking but I don't see it.

Front page. Under the t-shirt info. If you ever get lost as to where something is, which can happen easily in this thread, most likely you can find some info on it if you check the first page.

Donny and Marie Osmond brought their Las Vegas show to Toronto for a couple of weeks. You could buy a ticket where you could meet them (I got hugs! ) talk to them, get autographs etc. I sat in the front row. It wasn't as good as a Donny concert, it was more of a variety show, but still good.

What a great photo!! Is that you with Donny? (I'm guessing the answer is yes, but I don't want to assume anything. If it is you, look how pretty you are! I love your glasses, too. ) Sounds like a fun show! Yay for getting hugs.

 

[mommaU4]

Oh, I almost forgot, Melody and Monica, I am a road trip kinda gal, too!
I just love them. We drove cross county from California to Michigan and back. I had so much fun, and we got to see sights we never would have otherwise.

The Mall of America, Mount Rushmore, the Corn Palace, Wall Drug, Badlands National Park, the Oklahoma City bombing memorial, the St. Louis arch, the Cadillac Graveyard, World's Largest McDonalds, Largest Cross in the World, and on and on.
Just all sorts of fun, quirky American road side stops that you normally wouldn't see otherwise. (Because who's going to book a flight just to see the Corn Palace?? LOL!!)

Ruben and I used to love watching a show called California's Gold with Huell Hoswer because he would take off on these road trips and end up in the funkiest little out of the way places. It was neat to see.