Gnomies Gone Wild

[ILuvCrush]

hmmmm I don't think I had mentioned to you (Jen and C) that I decided to bank my points and not use them for WDW in Oct... though I hadn't ruled out going and staying value.... (but probably won't), so carry on with your planning Wherever you pick to dine will be great.... they are all excellent choices.


Good news though for those of us who fly Southwest.... they are now partnered w/ Disney and we can check our bags at the resort...instead of waiting in the 45min line at MCO YAY!!

Sorry the man-friend thing is not so rosy right now C.

Glad your man-friend situ is working out Stacy!

Paula

 

[Lady Lallie]

Today is the first day that I feel better in almost all aspects. I'm still exhausted and I'm still having that severe shoulder pain on my right side. I'm convinced they dropped me in the operating room, right on my shoulder.

So I'm cruising through The Shopaholic Series by Sophie Kinsella. Do you any of have any book suggestions that are similar to those? I'm loving the British humor in them. I read another one of her books today, Remember Me? But I've requested a bunch of her books from the library so I'm waiting not so patiently for them.

 

[julezdisney]

Hi everybody! Oh Katie- PLEASE tell me that you will still go solo as I am most definitely GOING!

Hubby got a job! Starts Monday hopefully- and has been assured there's plenty of work!

And I also booked HIS flights today for Sacramento over Memorial Day weekend to go to his wedding so I will have TWO long weekends away from my....darling.... spouse!

AND I just booked through Hotwire using betterbidding.com as a guide and held my breath and got EXACTLY THE HOTEL I WANTED! Best Western Lakeside on 192, minutes from Disney, in the heart of the shopping/restaurants, and with a poolside cabana bar!

Oh joy rapture!

XOXO- g'night ladies- gonna update the PTR and get to sleep. Very expen$ive day today!

 

[MegansMom]

Julez...congrats on the job for your hubby!!! Trip plans sound GREAT!!!!

Katie...I am crossing everything I can that your SIL can join you...you guys would have a great time!

LL....thanks so much for the help with TGM...his info is WONDERFUL!!! I have never used him before, but I love the thoroughness of his commentary.

Do you guys want to know where I am thinking of heading for this possible trip in November??!?!!?!? BLT!!!! I think I have the clincher that will seal the deal with Tom....more on that later!

HAPPY WEDNESDAY.....or better said by one of my faves....."Happy WINDSDAY!!!" Gotta love Pooh and the Blustery Day!

 

[kschafer]

Thanks girls I'm still heartbroken about Beth. I've been preparing myself for this possibility but I feel so terrible for her! She was feeling good when we started planning this trip but took a turn at Christmas time and has just never recovered. She is so sick of hurting and most of her doctors are doing what they can but their hands are tied by insurance red tape. She said yesterday that is seems like everyone outside of this keeps saying "just 1 more week" "it's only 2 weeks" but to her that's like a prison sentence that just keeps getting extended 1 and 2 weeks at a time. She's lost so much already to this disease (taking care of her family, being the Mom and Wife she wants to be and once was) and losing this trip was just another in a long line of disappointment and frustration.

But I guess the good news is things with my SIL fell into place very quickly. I was able to recover some of the money from Beth's plane ticket and I can use it to purchase a good deal on a ticket for Shelby. She will be joining me on Sunday because she has a meeting on Saturday and there just aren't any flights late enough to allow her to comfortably make it to the airport.

So YAY Julez on your trip being back on! Do we still have a date on the 6th?

 

[sunny_stace]

Julez - I am so happy for you!!! I knew things would work out in the end! Yay!

Katie - Glad SIL was able to go and things worked out so easily!

P - Hope you'll still be able to go!

Have a happy Wednesday ladies!

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Hi girlies,

Stacy- glad to hear your beau is behaving. Meeting the family-- wow, big step! Mine may need a talking to but I don't think he'd take too kindly to that.

LL- glad you are feeling better. I certainly hope they didn't drop you on your shoulder! I also loved the shopaholic series. Did you see the movie? I was disappointed in the movie vs. the books but that happens a lot to me. Guess I just prefer my own imagination!

Paula- we haven't done hardly any planning. I wasn't trying to exclude you... just wasn't sure how your plans were shaping up. Sorry to hear you've decided not to come again later in Oct.

Julez- hurrah for a job for Jim and a trip!

Jen (MM)- intriguing about BLT.

Katie - I'm so sorry for Beth. I can't imagine what she's dealing with. Makes one step back and realize that some things (boy problems for instance ) aren't really all that important. So glad things have come together for SIL to join you!

Have a great day ladies. Half way through the week!!!!

 

[jenjolt]

Wow so much to catch up on and comment on!!

Julez - YAY I'm so glad you are going to be able to go now!! That is great news! I hope you have a great trip! And YAY for hubby getting a job!!!

Katie- Sorry to hear about Beth but I'm very happy that Shelby is going to be able to go with you!! YAY!! I hope you have an amazing trip you are going to have a great time going I just know it!! I will be excited to lurk around with the TR!!!!

Paula- Aww...sorry you won't be able to come in October you will definitely be missed!!! Hope you are having a great week!!

Leslie- Glad to hear you are on the mend and reading like a fiend! But I must tell you I miss you at work LOL!!!

C - Sorry to hear about the guy! I hope it will all work out!! I'm so excited about our ADRs can't wait to see what we get WOOT!!!!

Jen (MM)- A Thanksgiving trip sounds like a lot of fun...Happy planning!

 

[julezdisney]

Hey guys - thanks!

Katie, that's AWESOME that your SIL can go! And we are sooo on for the 6th! I say we text and call each other while in FL to keep tabs on one another so we will get 2gether in MK that day.

Jen-interested to hear this scheme for Tom...lol

LL- glad you are feeling good
JenO- What do you mean you miss her at work? Do u 2 naughties IM all day?! lol

C & Stace- I don't envy your seperate men quandries (being A$$ and meetng Parents)... lol Ah... love

Paula- I wish *I* had points to bank! someday...sigh

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Thanks, Julez. I think I prefer a$$ to the meeting the parents quandry!

So ladies, I think I mentioned previously that I've taken a new job (within the same larger company) that now allows me to work from home several days a week. Ironically I end up working more b/c I log in as soon as I wake up and don't log out until I go to bed.

But that's not why I'm writing. With such proximity to the kitchen, I am forever snacking. And I am in need of ideas for some healthy, low-fat snacks. What are your favorites???

 

[Roxychica7]

I apologize SO SO much for my absence girls! I have been desperately trying to skim the thread and have gotten so lost, so in a lump some:
surgery, job losses, job changes, job hunting (still), new trips, ADR booking, spring break, new boyfriends...I miss you all Gnomies!

I have 2 weeks left of class. A 20 page paper and my final exam.

Biggest bummer? I'm not graduating in May. After all that.
My stupid advisor emailed me back after I emailed him my rought draft saying "There are several theses, proposals and projects ahead of you, I will get to yours ASAP, but at this point finishing by April 16th is highly optimistic (very unlikely)" So...that was over a week ago and still have not heard back from him, so with my project needing to be finished in 2 days, I'm not going to finish. Everyone keeps trying to tell me, you'll finish, your class will be done, you can't graduate until next May now anyway. But the thing that's getting me is that I'll probably be finished and have my stuff handed in before graduation which is on May 22nd, yet I can't graduate, because the deadline for it is a month before graduation. Does that make any sense to anyone else?


Oh well. Trying to stay positive, just want to be done this class and done my paper sometime within the next month so that I can enjoy my summer for once, I have so much reading, organizing, projects and scrapbooking that I want to catch up on.

Blake mentioned to me last night, "I really think we need a Disney break soon" unfortunately not sure how "soon" is, but it's nice to know that I'm not the only one thinking about it all the time! Enjoy your planning girls, I think just Katie and Stace?

 

[Lady Lallie]

C - 100 calories packs of almonds. Delicious. And even if you eat 2 it's only 200 calories.

Jess - Sorry to hear that you are not graduating in May.

I think I overdid it today Gnomies. I'm so sore today. I think I've been doing too much. Today was the first day since Saturday that I had to take pain medication during the day. (I've been taking it at night to go to bed still).

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Sorry about the graduation news, Jess. That's a tough pill to swallow. I think it is great Blake is thinking about a Disney get-away.

LL - don't overdo it!! You have to take it easy!

It's official. My beau is an a$$. I don't want to write too much about it here b/c you just never know but basically I think it boils down to I care more than he does. Hate that.

 

[kschafer]

LL, take it easy girl!

Jess, so sorry about the graduation. I remember how stressful finishing up can be. I delayed graduation by a semester and almost 2 except the grad college extended my thesis deadline by a few weeks since it was the last thing I had to complete. I turned it in 2 days before graduation instead of 5 or 6 weeks. Yes, it's a bit crazy it has to be in so early but they have so many to check over and approve by the credit deadline.

C, sorry about the jerky man! It sucks to think about but if you care more than he does, I say let him go. You deserve a guy who is crazy about you!!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Stupid jerky guy. To him I say....PFFFFT!

So I'm being driven slowly insane by the rash that is all over my stomach. I can't wait to show the surgeon tomorrow. I'm going NUTS. I feel like a giant itchy hive.

Do any of you watch Ugly Betty? The series finale was tonight and I need to chat about it!

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Thanks for the sisterhood support on jerky.

LL- I used to watch a long time ago but haven't recently. How did it end? Did Betty and Daniel (is that his name?) end up together? What happened to "evil" Vanessa Williams? And her assistant and that b*tchy blonde? Fill me in!!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Thanks for the sisterhood support on jerky.

LL- I used to watch a long time ago but haven't recently. How did it end? Did Betty and Daniel (is that his name?) end up together? What happened to "evil" Vanessa Williams? And her assistant and that b*tchy blonde? Fill me in!!

I'll fill you in......

WARNING IF YOU WATCH UGLY BETTY AND HAVE NOT SEEN THE FINALE...SKIP WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY!


Vanessa Williams aka Whilemina = Became the only editor at Mode after Daniel decided to find his own path. She also found a way to get Connor (her true love) out of jail so they could be togther.

Marc (her assistant) = I actually like. Helped Betty's nephew deal with coming out as gay the last few episodes. Whilemina is giving him more duties at Mode.

*****y Blonde (Amanda) = Finally found out who her real dad was and started her own business as a stylist.

Betty = Sigh. She took a new job in London and at the end you can see her all fabulous working hard and looking pretty. Daniel comes to London and asks her out to dinner but the way he was looking at her could be seen as him making the moves. I don't know. I think it was very vague that way if you didn't want Betty & Daniel to be together in your mind you could say they weren't. I wanted a kiss or a hug or SOMETHING.

 

[Charleston Princess]

Good morning, Gnomies. It has been a crazy week around here. Despite the fact that I felt all rested returning to work on Monday, I still have ended up with that strained look around my eyes. At least it is Thursday.

Julez -- so glad you still get to go on your trip!

Katie -- you are so close! Like I said on your PTR, I am glad your SIL was able to take Beth's place at the last minute.

Jen (MM) -- a stay at BLT would be so much fun especially since you tend to spend a lot of time at the Magic Kingdom!

Jen (JJ) -- how's school going?

Jess -- what a bummer about not graduating in May! School rules sometimes seem so arbitrary to me. Like it would really kill them to make an exception? Grrr!

LL -- hope the doctor is able to give you something for the rash! It sounds horrible!

Christine -- sorry your guy turned out to be a jerk.

Paula and Stace -- hi!!!

 

[MegansMom]

Wow CP....you did a great job of commenting back to everyone...just like I was going to do, so I will just say "DITTO TO WHAT CP JUST SAID!!!" Hee hee hee!!!

Can I just say now that I LOVE my hubby dearly, but some days, his inability to make a decision and his wishy-washy changing mind drive me insane?!?!?!?!?! UGH! Last night at dinner, he started talking about the November trip....which was great! Meg's school recently sent out an email to all parents with the 2010-2011 calendar on it, and he goes, "I thought you said they would have off the entire week of Thanksgiving...not just Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday????" I said, "Seriously??? When have I ever said that, and when in the world have you ever heard of a school taking the whole week off?" So then he starts to say he doesn't know how he would feel taking Megan out for two days.........which I personally don't have too much of a problem with---it is only two days, and with such a shortened week, there is NO way they will be doing that much in class. I am sure she could easily make that work up before or after we left. ANYWAY, so as I am explaining this all to him he says, "Well, she doesn't start until the 18th and we got all those pin codes for August, could we go then?!?!?!!" Seriously.....he is driving me CRAZY!!!!!! In a good way though I guess..........

Now I am off to price out an early August trip with all the discounts out right now....wish me luck!

 

[jenjolt]

Jess - I'm so sorry about graduation, that just stinks!!!

C - Sorry about your guy!! Want me to come beat him up for you LOL!!

Leslie- Hopefully the doctor will be able to get you something to help with that rash, doesn't sound fun at all...ewwwwww...

Jackie- School is going okay, going by fast this week, of course we're getting closer and closer to the end so that always makes things go by faster!

Jen(MM) - Happy Planning...hope you can find a good deal for early August!