going to disney&uni again! Sep 2011

[bumbershoot]

I have a big head and won't wear hats because of it. I get headaches when I wear them.

I normally have an average sized head, but I have so much hair right now (it's long and when it's hot I put it up or pull it back) that it is messing with my hats. I just redeemed some Disney Movie Rewards points for a cute and rather juvenile bucket hat (but in an adult size), and with my hair in a ponytail it just barely fits! Augh.

And now I'm thinking AGAIN of cutting my hair off. Added to that reason...E watched Night at the Museum 2 the other day, and Amy Adams' hair in that movie is SO cute....

I could probably definitely donate to locks of love now, which is an added bonus to lopping off the hair.

 

[kaoden39]

It's nice that E is ready to move on to the next book. And it gives him something to keep him busy.

 

[kaoden39]

Oh Amy Adams hair is absolutely adorable. I like her better with her hair like that.

 

[Brady's Mom]

My family laughs at me about my hair. Not that it looks bad - just that I'll grow it out, then hate it, then cut it off, then grow it out, then hate it.....you get the picture. Instead of that cycle anymore I found a girl who does a great short a-line bob and she gives me some nice blond streaks - perfect! It keeps me from looking old and drawn and brightens up my whole outlook on life! BUT, it is not a haircut that looks good with hats and I flat iron it every day. Sometimes that pony tail is so nice - but if I didn't have to do my hair every day - I wouldn't do my hair everyday. I'd just wear it in a pony tail....you can see the vicious cycle that happens to me!

DH tries to talk me into hats since I burn so easily and he worries, but I just can't stand them. Something about them just gives me a headache - I think it's the brim because I'm constantly moving my eyes up to see what's there in my peripheral vision. And they make me sooooo hot! Ughhh....

 

[bumbershoot]

Oh, the long hair cycle, I know it well.... And the ponytail is so seductive! And yet ponytails are really NOT seductive, LOL, at least on me. I probably should cut it.


The hat convo last night.

"What hat(s) do you want?"
"I don't look good in hats."
"You don't look good in hats for mere mortals, these hats will fit. And I don't want you to have to take growths off your head from the sun later in your life."
"That won't happen."
"OK, two growths-IN-your-brain-boy... (so I didn't say that but I could have) I just stared at him instead.
"I have so much hair."
"Yes, and so do I, and I've gotten my head sunburned, it HURTS."
"But it's black, so it doesn't get hot."
"Uh, I think you've got that exactly the opposite of how things work."

And he finally gave up. And instead of getting the panama hat I thought he'd get, he got a bucket hat and a baseball cap. Strange.

 

[kaoden39]

I am the same way with my hair. I grow it out because I don't like the haircut I let it grow until there is no sign of the last haircut. I do the ponytails and haircombs anything but get it cut. Then when this has worn me out I attempt a new hairstyle that I find cute and the whole viscous circle begins again.


That conversation sounds like one I would have with Scotty. The man drives me nuts sometimes.

 

[bumbershoot]

Silly males.

Eamon, on the other hand, chose to open the dryer today, pulled out his clothes, and FOLDED THEM. Yay!


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Someone who grew up in my area of San Jose started a Facebook page all about living in the area. It's wild (700 members in under 2 days). First...I don't remember a lot of what they are talking about. Second, it's really showing me how *drastically* innocent and naive I truly was. I have always known that I'm clueless as to how things were back then...but it's even worse than I thought. My goodness the people around me were seriously up to naughtiness!

 

[kaoden39]

I think that although when I was in high school I was terribly naive and sheltered I know that when I got out I was anything but. I don't regret having been "wild" for a while because I certainly have all sorts of life experience to honestly answer my kids questions.


When Loren was younger like E he was a wonderful help with everything. Now he is not like that as much anymore. He is more helpful than his friends but he isn't aas much as he was before the big "P" hit.

 

[bumbershoot]

I don't even want to think about puberty. Such a frightening thought, that a lovely sweet child might very well become a demon!

Me, I was always moody, but still helpful most of the time. My mom has already gotten me back by not letting me nap even though DS did (I didn't nap as a baby or child), having a talkative kid (I talked nonstop, not like anyone on the Dis can tell or anything), by getting to nurse Eamon SO long (I went until I was 4 when she tried to wean me at 2).... Hopefully she'll just let me have a peaceful kid all the way through adulthood.... (why I think my mom is hanging out in the ether, changing the way my kid is, I don't know...)

 

[kaoden39]

I call it the mother curse. Our mothers tell us all through childhood that they hope we have one just like us. I can tell you it works. Kacy was born on my moms birthday and she even looks like my mom, through all ages. Kody is just like me, my faults are too many to name. And Loren he is combination of my dad and Scotty. I have not to this date openly cursed my children with said curse. I have thought it, but never vocalized it.


Loren is a good kid he really is. He helps far more than his sisters do he just has a firecracker temper. He blows and then is immediately contrite. I know that deep down inside he is still the little boy who started cooking and doing every chore he could when I was so sick. He tried to grow up to fast.

 

[bumbershoot]

The things I find on my desk.



A MultiCare pamphlet flyer thing, with the following written on it (by me):

pot pie
liberty tavern

vegan
huge

 

[kaoden39]

I do that all the time. Make little notes for myself and then have no clue what they mean. I am always sure when I write them down that I will remember what it means. One of these days I will learn to not do it.

 

[bumbershoot]

I know that deep down inside he is still the little boy who started cooking and doing every chore he could when I was so sick. He tried to grow up to fast.

 

[kaoden39]

Thank you, he is still such a doll and I think any girl that gets him better appreciate him. I have had a head for a couple of days that I cannot kick and he informed me that he would be cooking dinner. I told him that I would be cooking but I really appreciate his help.

 

[bumbershoot]

Did I mention that I saw Harry Potter 7 part 2 yesterday? Oh WOW, what a movie. I started crying inside of 2 minutes. Well, just tears welling, not crying-crying, but still. And 4 distinct times I thought "I can't be here, I can't do this, I can't watch it, it's too much, it's the end, I can't take what's going to happen".

 

[kaoden39]

I was weepy eyed through a great deal of it. I was pleased on a whole with the movie but I was not pleased with how they dealt with the deaths of Fred, Tonks, or Remus.

 

[bumbershoot]

After seeing it with my own eyes, I personally am OK with how they dealt with it. If they'd gotten into it further I might have simply died from grief. (and my goodness, Ms JK, to have written such characters that grown adults feel that way...well, good work)

We're arranging for Robert to see it tomorrow and I'm all jealous.



My cousin hasn't figured out what they are going to do about tickets, so I'm working on a list of things to do without going to the parks. Though...cousin and I PROMISED each other that we would say what we mean and mean what we say, so I *have to* believe her when she says, IF she does continue to say, that she wants us to have fun at the parks and then we'll all meet up, if they don't get tix. So there might be some early mornings at the parks, then meet up in a few hours, days.

miniature golf
archery at Ft Wilderness
tea-time at Grand Floridian!
boys could go to espn zone
waterpark
disney quest
wet 'n wild?
the organic brewery in orlando.
outlet shopping!

 

[kaoden39]

I agree about JK. There are not many authors that I will read their books over and over. She is one of the few. My favorite author is Tamora Pierce and I recommend her books highly. There is another author whose books you may want to read aloud to E and it is Brian Jacques. I love his series Redwall. I find it the most endearing story and I read those over and over. I was so sad when he died recently.

The wonderful thing about WDW versus Disneyland is there is so much more to do there on the resort. What about bicycle rides too? I know they have bicycles you can use there on the resort and that there are trails.

 

[bumbershoot]

Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[kaoden39]

The thing with Brian Jacques is that it is written in an old English type of style that my kids scoff at and I find charming. If you like that sort of thing I think you might like the books.