TarzansKat
Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.
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Well, it's always sad to write those final thoughts, but so nice to dream of the next trip! I love the photos of the Treehouse Villas, they look intriguing! 

Well, it's always sad to write those final thoughts, but so nice to dream of the next trip! I love the photos of the Treehouse Villas, they look intriguing!![]()
I can't wait to see them live! DH and I were just talking about them last night with some friends, it will be such a fun trip to plan! Some surprisingly good traction on the job front this week so...we will see. I don't want to get my hopes up but....
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Wow! Good for you! Not one but two possible opportunities, and they sought you out. Something to be proud of, my dear. Good luck with everything.![]()
Digital Marketing Technology. .... LOL.....and I still can't even get my bouncing Mickey Pumpkin to show up, plus I screwed up my whole signature. I need to stay in Health Care.
So, Maybe Hawaii next summer? That would be nice. Such a shame that you can't take advantage of this fall's free dining. But with a group of 6 and then flights, well....free dining still adds up. Good luck deciding what you will do next summer. At least you have plenty of time to plan it.
I'm glad you have decided not to let soccer come first in the future. I still think Tink is too young to have soccer rule her life like that. In a couple years....yes. But now.....NO!
It sounds like you are getting ancy to get back to work. I have never had an extended period off from work (just two maternity leaves and several years of part time work when my kids were young), but never no work. I often wonder how I would handle being home. I think I would like it, but you never know. Good luck with the job hunting. I wish you much success.
Keep us posted about your future trips and your job search.
WELL!!! I just finally caught up on all the final posts the good the bad and the ugly reports on your trip, the "final words"!!!! Loved all the reflection! Great ideas and you really did a lot afterall, in my opinion!!!
We just returned after two weeks, mostly disconnected and really no time to DIS, but boy have I had fun catching up!!!!
Anyhow, I waved to you as we left SeaTak and headed to Palm Springs!!!! We flew from Bend Or to Palm Springs via Seattle not Portland, but Portland to Bend from DC. Anyhow, it was very HOT in central OR as well! AND hotter in Palm Springs, but if you spend most of the day in a pool.... well....
Glad to have read your TR and I really enjoyed it! I am wrapping mine up this week as well! I do have to get my act together though, ADR day is a month away!![]()
Well, we will see. One is definitely better than the other on the "coolness" factor but higher profile/risk as well. Of course the less cool company is moving faster! I'll have a 2nd interview with the less cool one later this week and hopefully will at least get a timeframe on the cool one.
Sending Serious good luck your way!
If rates stay the same, Hawaii would actually be cheaper! BUT I think WDW may win simply due to MIL guilt. LOL. Rates are out for 2010 and I priced it...GULP! But it's still a better deal then renting points due to FD. Wow...that's a hard choice, but I'd still stick with WDW. But that's just me. I'm sure quite a few people would think I am nuts
I would LOVE to go this fall but unless someone else is buying, it's not happening. Oh well. I do hope to get a way for a weekend with DH around our anniversary but WDW is too far to go for just a weekend, for us. 2-3 hour flight, ok. 5 hour+ the time difference, nope.Even with a 2 hours flight, its not worth it to go for a weekend. Our trip is 4 nights and that is one night too short, but with leaving the kids at home that's all we are comfortable doing.
I am actually working but it's a little funky. Long story short I was laid off in Feb 08 after 13 years with a company. I took 6 months off to just hang and try to write a book, and then went back to work on a part time contract basis and then went full time in the fall of 09. I've been with the company I work for now since then, so a little over a year. However they've moved my position to 100% commission contract (non-employee status) which really doesn't work for me. I can see why you are not loving that arrangement. Especially being home with the kids and trying to work. Sheesh!
So I'm looking but bringing in business elsewhere at the same time. And doing it from home with the kids underfoot. I do like telecommuting. I don't like doing it 100% from home with the kids home. They (and I) need camps and the like if I'm going to work from home but without the base salary....no camps.
If I had unlimited funds I could stay home but I'd need to do more volunteer work during the day, it gets a bit old being here all day. That said, I needed the break from the big corporate world and as much as I might think I want to go back to it, it seems like things are leading a different way so...we will see.
I think I'm just more antsy for a more regulated schedule.I can certainly understand that.
I don't actually create any technology...I just sell the services. LOL! And siggies and the like on boards are not the most user friendly thing out there. I swear, reading HTML code reminds me of DOS. It makes my eyes glaze over.
Please laugh now but we actually have a DOS order entry system at work. It is so ridiculous. We have no money to upgrade.
And as far as soccer ruling Tink's life, lets be honest. Her Mom is ruling Tink's life and her mom wants soccer to rule it so....it is what it is. Don't get me wrong, Tink loves it but...her mom definitely pushes things and I suppose, in all fairness, is not the most psycho about it of the parents we know. No, its not. But a family vacation at her age is more important that soccer 24/7.
It was a little freaky when in conversation she started comparing Tink to Montero but...whatever. It's more sad than anything. Definately freaky!
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As you can see I was just too lazy to cut and past.
Please laugh now but we actually have a DOS order entry system at work. It is so ridiculous. We have no money to upgrade.
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Thanks for the good luck vibes!
I'm torn on the Hawaii versus WDW. Greedy me wants both so just need to figure out how to to make that happen! LOL! I don't think you are nuts for choosing it over Hawaii...plus it's a lot closer to you. It's equal flight time for us.
Ideally it'd be spring break in Hawaii, August at the world. A girl can dream, right?
I'd do 5 nights for an adult only tripI have a hard time leaving the kids for more than 3, something always seems to happen while we are gone!
I just finished reading your final updates. Great job! We need a crowd cherring emoticon around here! Loved all the summaries and final thoughts. I hope your job search goes well for you!
Please dream! And keep us all posted so we know AS SOON AS your next trip is planned. I loved following along with your family's adventures!!!!!!
5 nights....perfect for an adults only trip. I wish I has one more night in September, but I think my trip is only a month away now.I'm going to need to start packing soon, being the obsessive compulsive packer that I am.
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Hey! Just wanted to check in and tell you good luck with the job hunt. I hope you find clarity in the direction to take.![]()
hey...I'm subbing on...late to the party but better late than never...
...I've just read the first two pages...so I have a bit of catch up to do...
First- you are from the Pacific Northwest...well based on your photo-that's where heaven must be located...absolutely lovely...I haven't been further up the Pacific coast then a little above San Francisco and I feel in love with that -the blue of the ocean on one side and the redwoods on the other...I'm jonesing to get to Vancouver...
Also love the looks of the cabin at FW...had no idea what they were like inside...I haven't done a lot of camping...have stayed at some camps in CA near Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara that are know as glamping-glamourous camping because the cabins have beds w/ linens-bathrooms and little kitchens...but that sounds at bit like the cabins at FW also...(haven't done "real" camping but might be since my 7 year old is joining Cub Scouts...)
I have a friend with 4 sons...but they are all in the same school...each 2 years apart...so I can only begin to imagine what it is to be coordinating 4 in different schools...
Wall-e wanders huh? I don't have a wanderer per se but he is sort of in his own time-space continuum at times...so I have to keep an eye on him...
Well back to reading...who knows what's happened in the last 26 pages...![]()
that is EXACTLY what causes Wall-E to wander...it is not deliberate...he is just lost in his own world.his own time-space continuum
OK I just finished page 5 but had to post a couple things/?s before I forget them...
BTW-I am loving your trippie...
Thanks for the carmel tip-DH is a huge carmel fan...I order stuff from Rechutti (sp?) a couple times of year because it is really good and it reminds me of the Ferry Bldg. but I will have to give Woodhouse a try...
The Grand Floridian looks just like the Coronado...When we were in San Diego and drove by it...I think I said "look-It's the Grand Floridian"...I didn't read far enough so I don't know how your weekend went yet...
I love the comment about Steven...when I first had my DD who will be 15next month...I remember thinking that 15/16 year old boys looked kind of surly/menacing too...but now as she has brought home these 14/15 friends who are boys...they really don't seem so menacing anymore...it's all just posturing...I also think it must be hard for them sometimes...they get this big growth spurt and the hormones and stuff but in so many ways they're kids...it must be confusing...
Your review of Teppan Edo was great...has in TE different than Tokyo Dining?
Just keep reading...just keep reading...![]()
Ok I've finished...hmmm...lets see...
Congrats to Goofy on his black belt and his 10th birthday...His BD looked like a lot of fun...
Seattle is my list of want to go to s also...
(I'd love to take the Ferry from Seattle to Victoria-but I'd have to tie down DD and fill her with dramamine first...)
The Black Belt-that is a great accomplishment...my 7 year old guy just started kenpo karate last year-it's been great for him...he is still at the white belt colored stripe phase-he's up to the 5 stripe -blue-I think...
But back to the Black Belt-Kudos to him...that's a lot of dedication for a 10 year old......(I agree with you on the parent front-nice example some people set for their kids...how about the lets work some more and try again...
It sounds like you really had quite a fab trip-i got here just in time to say good bye to this TR and get in over on your new one......see you over there...