~How TWO trips became...who knows? ~ It's a TRIP! and an upgrade.... 4/22

[eyor44]

Grandmother is walking!!!!!

 

[maroo]

GRANDMOTHER WALKED TODAY!!!!!!!!!

I want to do a big ole happy dance for you all! I'm so happy, she must be so pleased!!!

Feel free to do a happy dance for us!!! We are so excited.

Your grandmother's progress is definitely something to celebrate!


I thought I had already shared this picture with you, but I guess not. Here's the Hippo Meet picture that was taken with Jill's camera.

I hope you let us know whenever you come through Nashville again.

Thank you so much for sharing this pic!! I just got the pics Liesa sent me today...so I am going to do a mini TR to share with you guys and post it on the "Strangers" TR...but I will post a link here, too!

It was SOOOO cool to meet you guys!

That's so wonderful!! So glad to hear some good news.

Thank you for posting.

We are really excited!

Grandmother is walking!!!!!

I just got home from the rehab hospital where they still have Grandmother and she seems to be in good spirits.

She will go to live with Lauren and her family this Wednesday and continue with her therapy and such there. Thankfully their house was built with an extra guest suite in anticipating of someone helping Lauren in the future (give someone not in the family a place to sleep), so they have a place to stay that should be comfortable for them and sort of separate from the rest of the house if they want some peace and quiet.

Anyway... that is the update on all of that.

Thanks for hanging in there with us and following Lauren and her family.

 

[TarzansKat]

I'm so happy to hear about this wonderful progress, Maroo. Thank god!

 

[twinmum]

I'm so happy to hear that Grandmother is walking, and that she'll be able to stay with Lisa and family as she continues her recovery!

Alison

 

[KathyRN137]

I'm so thrilled to hear about Grandmother walking!!

She'll be so happy to get out of the rehab facility and back with family, I'm sure!! It will be so good for her, mentally!

Kathy

 

[maroo]

I'm so happy to hear about this wonderful progress, Maroo. Thank god!

We are thanking God every single day for all of her progress!!

I'm so happy to hear that Grandmother is walking, and that she'll be able to stay with Lisa and family as she continues her recovery!

Alison

We are hoping that the move will be good for everyone... Grandmother will be able to help at Lisa's house and do things that she would not be able to normally do before her spinal cord injury. We are very thankful!

I am also very thankful Noah is doing so well!!

I'm so thrilled to hear about Grandmother walking!!

She'll be so happy to get out of the rehab facility and back with family, I'm sure!! It will be so good for her, mentally!

Kathy

You are so right! It will be a great boost for everyone!

 

[maroo]

And the confusion continues...

Did you like my title change? Did any of you guys laugh at me? Or did you all just shake your head?

Let me tell ya what happened....

I listen to Disney podcasts...several. DIS Unplugged (from this site), All About the Mouse and WDW Today mostly. And some others. And I have listened to these guys and gals so much that they definitely feel like celebrities to me. Radio personalities, if you will. If I met any of these people I would be a little nervous...do you know what I mean?

So, last night there was a "live show" for the podcast WDW Today. They open "real" phone lines and allow folks to call in and ask questions about Disney. And they open a chat window so that people can listen to the brave people who actually call in and ask questions...and we just chat with each other while the show is being taped. Occasionally the guys that run the podcast (Matt Hochberg, Mike Newell, Mike Scopa, Len Testa, and Annette) will actually refer to the chat room and talk to us.

Anyway...I was in the chat room for the first time and talking to some people that I actually know from the DIS - which was really cool. Everyone is very nice over there.

On the live show they did an auction. They were auctioning off a lot of stuff - mainly tickets to something they are calling Magic Meets. Magic Meets is an annual event where Disney fans from online communities gather to share their interest in all things Disney. And they were doing it for a good cause - Breast Cancer research.

My mom is a breast cancer survivor and I work at a cancer clinic. So I started bidding. At first I just wanted to bid so that the people bidding would have to donate a little more. (Is that mean?) It was all for the research, people!

Can you see where this is going?!?

Yeah...I won the auction. Which is great - because I get a lot of cool stuff and I am now planning ANOTHER trip that is Disney related...but not to Disney.

So...does it count...as part of my TR...if I am going to a Disney meet in PENNSYLVANIA?

And I have to tell you that getting an email. In my inbox. From Deb Wills and Mike Scopa... has been a little surreal. These people are famous. Len Testa wrote the book that I used to research Disney, people. Unofficial Guide? Anyone? Deb and Mike...Allears.net. Yeah. Famous people.

Mike Newell and Matt Hochberg. They wrote on my FACEBOOK wall tonight.

So...do you even want to hear about the planning for this trip? Am I allowed to do a mini-TR when I come back? It is not "DISboards" related...at all...just Disney fans hanging out.

What do you guys think? Does it count? Or did you all just hit unsubscribe?

 

[Sandy321]

Grandma!!

Totally do a Trip Report!!

BTW..

CONGRATULATIONS!! ITA about "meeting" the celebrities!!

 

[TarzansKat]

I didn't shake my head.

I didn't laugh.

I thought...did she change the title? Wait...is that the same title or is it different? Am I losing my mind? Wait, it says update 6/29...that's today, right?

Forgive me, tie dye paint fumes must have gone to my head. Little project I'm working on tonight.

Sure, I figure if it's Disney related even if it's not to Disney, you can talk about it! Heck, this PTR has changed so many times, WHY NOT???

 

[tiggerbell]

ABSOLUTELY tell us about MagicMeets!!! I have never been able to swing a trip to it. That's so cool that you won.

And I know what you mean about the podcasters... I made John Magi laugh. More than once. That made my year!

 

[TarzansKat]

ABSOLUTELY tell us about MagicMeets!!! I have never been able to swing a trip to it. That's so cool that you won.

And I know what you mean about the podcasters... I made John Magi laugh. More than once. That made my year!

Maroo, I'm sorry to interrupt here.

Tiggerbell, I LOVE your avatar! All the dressed up Jack Sparrows are a hoot!!!!

 

[tiggerbell]

Maroo, I'm sorry to interrupt here.

Tiggerbell, I LOVE your avatar! All the dressed up Jack Sparrows are a hoot!!!!

Maroo, forgive me for a moment.

TarzansKat, Thank you! Those were their Halloween costumes for Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party 2 years ago. And the one on the right is named Stan.

 

[TarzansKat]

Maroo, forgive me for a moment.

TarzansKat, Thank you! Those were their Halloween costumes for Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party 2 years ago. And the one on the right is named Stan.

I love, love, love it! What a great idea.

 

[maroo]

TK and tiggerbell...

If you guys have not "met" you should... you would be friends on the DIS.

You both write great TR's!

carry on.

I am going to bed. lol


More about Magic Meets tomorrow.

I can't believe Matt Hodgeberg and Mike Newell wrote on my FB page?!?

 

[TarzansKat]

TK and tiggerbell...

If you guys have not "met" you should... you would be friends on the DIS.

You both write great TR's!

carry on.

I am going to bed. lol


More about Magic Meets tomorrow.

I can't believe Matt Hodgeberg and Mike Newell wrote on my FB page?!?

Have a good night, hon! Thanks for the shout out. I'll have to scurry on over to her TR.

And woot on FB!!!

 

[If U Had Wings]

We definitely need a trip report!

 

[maroo]

We definitely need a trip report!

Ok! I am sure I can handle that!

I thought...did she change the title? Wait...is that the same title or is it different? Am I losing my mind? Wait, it says update 6/29...that's today, right?

Forgive me, tie dye paint fumes must have gone to my head. Little project I'm working on tonight.

and you have to share with us your little project... I bet it involved tie dye Mickey heads!

Sure, I figure if it's Disney related even if it's not to Disney, you can talk about it! Heck, this PTR has changed so many times, WHY NOT???

It would be even funnier if it was not so TRUE!

ABSOLUTELY tell us about MagicMeets!!! I have never been able to swing a trip to it. That's so cool that you won.

And I know what you mean about the podcasters... I made John Magi laugh. More than once. That made my year!

Awesome!

You made the genius laugh, huh! Pretty cool, tiggerbell, pretty cool!

Now...go back to finding some better zebra heads for me, will ya?

 

[All7OfUs]

That is such awesome, rock on news about Grandma!! What a huge sigh of relief and collective happy dance everyone at Lisa's they must be doing!

Wow! Another trip!? They must think you are over-the-top nuts at work, eh?

 

[eyor44]

congrats on the new trip and MagicMeet.

 

[KathyRN137]

I'd love to hear about your Magic Meet!!

Who knows? You may pick up some valuable intel for your upcoming trips!!


Kathy