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[wendow]

Some pictures from our last show

I'm sure you are gonna miss your band. Remember where you are headed! Your dh's dream job and your dream climate

 

[Haley R]

I'm sure you are gonna miss your band. Remember where you are headed! Your dh's dream job and your dream climate

Oh I’m way more excited about Florida lol.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

Friendly reminder to check your point balances often and track them in some fashion. A comment on r/churning today indicated somebody used their Hilton points on Amazon. I know we’ve also seen some fraud with our own folks here. I’d guess that the sooner you catch this stuff the better AND if you don’t keep track of how many points you have via a spreadsheet - how will you know any are missing?

 

[WVMomof3]

Back from a long 2 days in the car getting DD. Just wanted to say Happy Mother’s Day to all my CC friends and any P2’s. Hope you all have a great day.

@Andysol so sorry for the loss of your pup. Ours is almost 13 and definitely seeing her have more bad days lately. It’s hard.

 

[WVMomof3]

Friendly reminder to check your point balances often and track them in some fashion. A comment on r/churning today indicated somebody used their Hilton points on Amazon. I know we’ve also seen some fraud with our own folks here. I’d guess that the sooner you catch this stuff the better AND if you don’t keep track of how many points you have via a spreadsheet - how will you know any are missing?

I am really bad about this. And I don’t think I could even guess most of our balances within a 50% margin.

 

[WVMomof3]

Some pictures from our last show

What is up with the head on the drums? Freaked me out a little. Lol

 

[Haley R]

What is up with the head on the drums? Freaked me out a little. Lol

Lol this place we played at had it sitting on their swing outside so I stuck it on my drum set. It’s super creepy looking

 

[palhockeymomof2]

Thank you! So it would look different if I logged in using my CIP instead of CSR. That makes sense. I knew someone would know the answer. The board moves so fast, its easy to miss stuff, lol.

SO, if I have to change my reservation, how soon will they return my UR so I can re-book? Is it instantly?

For me...Twice it was instant, once they Were not,so I called the next day and they had to put a ticket in for them to be refunded...which they were 2 hours later

 

[palhockeymomof2]

Sorry I haven’t had a chance to address you and @Lain. We put our 13yr old Lab down today, so it’s been a tough one.

I completely agree with your and m16p’s assessment. I would not use that (Although I wouldn’t have used them in the first place before this data came out).

So sorry about your lab...such a hard choice for your family

 

[calypso726]

Small off topic first world problems rant here: In a few months, we will be going on the Japan ABD and are also doing the ABD 2 night post stay package at Disneyland Hotel in Tokyo. We are adding an additional 2 nights on our own. Last night I participated for the second night in a row, the stressful, anxiety ridden, frustrating, nail biting horror show that is booking a Harbor View room at MiraCosta in Tokyo Disney Sea. This involves making sure you already have a valid registered an account with TDR Calling your credit card and letting them know you will be making a purchase in Japan Using a MC over Visa in case the website prompts you to call for verification Doing a practice run before your booking window opens up so you know what to expect Copying the URL from your practice run, putting in a text generator and changing the date in the URL to your real date to get to the page faster Being on your computer and ready before 11 am Tokyo time Entering your edited URL Clicking refresh at the exact moment the time turns from 9:59 pm ET to 10 pm ET Doing this EVERY night you wish to stay in this room type because it can ONLY be booked ONE. NIGHT. AT. A. TIME.

I am happy to say that I was successful in securing the first night of the on our own stay in a MiraCosta Harbor View room two nights ago. Last night, I was able to pull up the room immediately and when I hit reserve the next screen would give me a not available to book zero results pop up. This happened a subsequent FOUR separate times over the span of an hour and a half of refreshing all FOUR times

Luckily, my TA/BFF was up booking rooms at Disneyland Hotel for other friends of ours traveling with us. Between her and DH scrambling we were able to get a reservation for that night, just not at MiraCosta. Instead it is back at the Disneyland Hotel in a Alice in Wonderland character room. So now, we have 2 nights with ABD at Tokyo's Disneyland Hotel, then we get to spend one night at the much coveted MiraCosta Harbor View Room, then we have to go back to the Disneyland hotel ... like a peasant

For those wondering why anyone would go through this, here is Fantasmic filmed from our room last year. https://tinyurl.com/y3uhojrh

 

[Andysol]

AND if you don’t keep track of how many points you have via a spreadsheet - how will you know any are missing?

I’d go as far as saying- If you don’t have a spreadsheet, this hobby isn’t for you. Annual fee dates, opening dates, when/if bonuses posted, etc etc. Spreadsheets are vital to prevent mistakes. Like Woody says about moving buddies: “If you don’t have one, GET ONE!”

Thanks everyone for your well wishes. I’ve made an effort over the past 6 months or so to not answer “good” whenever someone asks how my day is going. I have tried to answer truthfully, even to a stranger. I’m a generally upbeat guy, so even on bad days I don’t sound like Eeyore.
I found myself answering the question “it was a hard day, but not as hard as most others in the world”. My life is still blessed beyond measure, so all things in perspective, I’m good. The place will just be a bit quieter not hearing his snoring and nails clacking on the floor and I’ll now have to pickup food off the floor instead of it magically disappearing. He’ll be missed.

 

[3 DD love princesses]

Is the inquiry going to hurt my chances with Chase? Credit Karma shows I’m red now due to all the inquiries.

Someone might have already replied but I’ve had 13 inquiries due to car loans and Rv loans. Didn’t affect chase approving new cards.

 

[havaneselover]

@Andysol I’m so sorry about your dog. Btdt

Dd got her schedule yesterday for lifeguarding through the middle of June. First job. So happy she’s entering the workforce

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms. I’m going through a very tough time with my 14 year old so just hoping for the best.

 

[GlamMistress]

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms here - I'm seeing my mom for lunch where I'll be paying using my Hilton Ascend, working toward that free night award, lol.

I've had a crazy busy couple of days. We are spring decluttering. Yesterday I sold a few items and netted closed to $900 bucks. I am planning on selling a DSLR on Tuesday if the camera store nearby makes me a good offer. I just don't need it anymore. Interestingly we are tossing around the POSSIBLE idea of maybe buying a condo next year and downsizing from our fancypants house... that've we've owned for 5 years. It's just so big. This would really push us to FIRE much faster. In short, we'd be done in 2 years. But we're still not sure. This means, of course, I'd have to watch the credit apps because of mortgage apps - I would get a new mortgage while carrying the fancypants house. I vowed I would never sell, move to a rental, then buy every again. I refuse to move that many times in a short time span like last time. I moved house twice in six weeks 5 years ago and it was awful. So we will see what the future holds.

@Andysol I am sorry for your loss.

 

[Tikitoi]

I'm sure this discussion is over as I'm trying to catch up.

pizza and bagels are a must when you go. I look forward to you amending your statement that papa John’s is good lol

Taking a break from our vacation just to chime in that I so agree with this. As well I am also not a fan of Papa John's. But when we go to NYC that's a time I don't mind carb loading. And not sure what goes on when you get bagels from Starbucks or Panera because I can't stand they just throw it in a bag with butter and cream cheese in their packages. I guess I'm just spoiled from our local bagel place where they put the butter and cream cheese on it. Then it all melds together...Awesome.

And while not NY looking forward to trying some Giordano's pizza when we get to Chicago in a couple days.

 

[3 DD love princesses]

So, I just redeemed some AA miles and used my latest card's $250 travel credit for actual flight and car through the AAvacations site. I didn't want to do it because I need all that for WDW but it's a situation where better to do it than pay cash and actually better flight options on AA portal.

Long story short - my MIL went for a shot in her back about 6 weeks ago. To help with back pain. Doctor nicked a nerve and she immediately lost all feeling below the waist. Had to have emergency surgery to relieve a hematoma in her spine. Hasn't been able to move her legs or any feeling below waist since. Was in ICU for 3 weeks, then moved to a rehab facility and in a few days is moving to a different one. They are going to have to sell their 4000sqft 2-story and get a small ranch. My dh needs to go back to help his dad in about 10 days.

Was super thankful to have the miles and travel credit. SOOOO much cheaper than cash for flight and car!

Oh. I I hope she gets feeling back. Had a patient that happened to years back. It took him 3 months to get feeling back. Hoping your MIl gets hers back.

 

[3 DD love princesses]

There are a lot of states where you can not buy it in the grocery store.

I wish we have to go to the liquor store. Would be nice to get it at the grocery store especially with the freedom right now

 

[bigmochick]

How far in advance does Chase announce its next quarterly bonus categories? Will we not know until July 1st or do we have some planning time?

 

[speedyfishy]

And not sure what goes on when you get bagels from Starbucks or Panera because I can't stand they just throw it in a bag with butter and cream cheese in their packages.

This! The first time I got a bagel from Panera with butter I was like what the heck I paid extra for butter and now I need to butter it myself?

 

[CyndiLouWho]

See this is why I hang out here where we are all nice. I posted on the cruise section to ask about whether a soccer game is likely to be televised on board while we are sailing. DSs favorite team is playingin the UEFA Championship & he’d love to see the game. I get a snarky reply that it would be a shame to miss the beauty of Alaska for a soccer game. Because we’re supposed to sit on deck watching the beauty of Alaska 24/7. No movies, no shows, no sleeping. We might miss some of the beauty. (Don’t get me wrong, I am looking forward to seeing Alaska. Just reality that we do other things as well.)