January 2009. . . Calling all Snowbirds ~ Part I !!!

[Sarilas]

Okay, everyone, this will be my monumental 500th post, the one that finally makes me a DIS Veteran. I just wanted to share it with (as Peach3es would say)...all my Snowbird Peeps! Here's my party, you're all invited! No gifts, please.

500

Woohoo, Trixie!

I recognize a few of those things from my own bin o' tricks! I'll try to get a pic today if I can keep the girls out of my room for A MINUTE!

Everyone is wondering about the party atmosphere - I can tell y'all....it's my birthday!!!

Happy belated birthday! Today is my son's 13th... awe...

 

[BellaSoleil]

Wow! A big WELCOME to all of the new Snowbirds!

 

[tybrilinja]

Good Morning everyone!!! My eyes are like this from trying to read all your posts....I give up...lol.

I'm going to our local dollar store to see if I can find all the goodies on here....I hope so. Then the only challenge I have is keeping nosey kids out of my closet!!!

 

[tybrilinja]

Awwwwww...I'm sad, my bouncing pumpkin isn't showing up

I wonder what i did wrong??? Any suggestions?

I fixed it....thanks to spokanemom for her help.

 

[BellaSoleil]

WooHoo! My hubby is taking me on a lunch date!

Talk to everyone when I get back.

 

[CrystalCastle]

WooHoo! My hubby is taking me on a lunch date!

Talk to everyone when I get back.

Aw, have a great time!

Morning everyone! I can't help but check this thread several times a day. I think I'm obsessed!!!!!

 

[sharadoc]

Aw, have a great time!

Morning everyone! I can't help but check this thread several times a day. I think I'm obsessed!!!!!

I'm always disappointed when it's not on the main page as the most recent post! We should be proud of ourselves, we just don't know when to shut up!

Oh yeah, in PA not only do we measure distance in time, we also do it by landmark. Like, "yeah it's about a half hour, just go past the Acme, turn at the car dealership and then go 5 more minutes and you'll see it." Ask me the names of the streets, I have no idea!!!

CrystalCastle - you've been on the DIS since August 2006 and have 17 posts! We'll change that!!!! Speak up. Join in the - dare I say it - PARTY!!!!!



Plus maybe some Country Line Dancing today?

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Oh yeah, in PA not only do we measure distance in time, we also do it by landmark. Like, "yeah it's about a half hour, just go past the Acme, turn at the car dealership and then go 5 more minutes and you'll see it." Ask me the names of the streets, I have no idea!!!

So true!!

I don't particularly like Jeff Foxworthy, but these are hilarious. For all of the PA Snowbirds ~

Jeff Foxworthy on Pennsylvania:
>
>
>
> If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18
>
> inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim
>
> by, you might live in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights
>
> each year because Bradford is the coldest spot in the nation, you might
live
> in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you
might
> live in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the
>
> year, you might live in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work
>
> there, you might live in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his
>
> forehead, you might live in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live
>
> in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in
> Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who
>
> dialed a wrong number, you might live in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE Pennsylvanian WHEN:
>
>
>
> 1. "Vacation" means going up north past I-80 for the weekend.
>
> 2. You measure distance in hours.
>
> 3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
>
> 4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
>
> 5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging
>
> blizzard, without flinching.
>
> 6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including
weddings).
>
> 7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave all the
> doors unlocked.
>
> 8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to
use
> them.
>
> 9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
>
> 10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled
>
> with snow.
>
> 11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and
>
> road construction.
>
> 12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent.
>
> 13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a concrete statue of a deer next
to
>
> your blue spruce.
>
> 14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.
>
> 15. Down South to you means Pittsburgh.
>
> 16. A critter is something you eat.
>
> 17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed.
>
> 18. You go out to fish fry every Friday.
>
> 19. YOUR 4TH OF JULY PICNIC WAS MOVED INDOORS DUE TO FROST.
>
> 20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
>
> 21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
>

 

[tybrilinja]

So true!!

I don't particularly like Jeff Foxworthy, but these are hilarious. For all of the PA Snowbirds ~

Jeff Foxworthy on Pennsylvania:
>
>
>
> If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18
>
> inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim
>
> by, you might live in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights
>
> each year because Bradford is the coldest spot in the nation, you might
live
> in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you
might
> live in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the
>
> year, you might live in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work
>
> there, you might live in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his
>
> forehead, you might live in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live
>
> in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in
> Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who
>
> dialed a wrong number, you might live in Pennsylvania.
>
>
>
> YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE Pennsylvanian WHEN:
>
>
>
> 1. "Vacation" means going up north past I-80 for the weekend.
>
> 2. You measure distance in hours.
>
> 3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
>
> 4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
>
> 5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging
>
> blizzard, without flinching.
>
> 6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including
weddings).
>
> 7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave all the
> doors unlocked.
>
> 8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to
use
> them.
>
> 9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
>
> 10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled
>
> with snow.
>
> 11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and
>
> road construction.
>
> 12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent.
>
> 13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a concrete statue of a deer next
to
>
> your blue spruce.
>
> 14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.
>
> 15. Down South to you means Pittsburgh.
>
> 16. A critter is something you eat.
>
> 17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed.
>
> 18. You go out to fish fry every Friday.
>
> 19. YOUR 4TH OF JULY PICNIC WAS MOVED INDOORS DUE TO FROST.
>
> 20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
>
> 21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
>

OMG....you gals are a riot! I'm so glad I found this. Gotta love the SNOWBIRDS

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

OMG....you gals are a riot! I'm so glad I found this. Gotta love the SNOWBIRDS[COLOR="royalblue[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/QUOTE]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Yes, it takes very little to amuse us here and we even make fun of ourselves!! [/FONT]

 

[sharadoc]

Yes, it takes very little to amuse us here and we even make fun of ourselves!!

What do you mean funny! I once measured fabric for two different women at a Wal-Mart because no one was actually working in the department! It's all true!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

What do you mean funny! I once measured fabric for two different women at a Wal-Mart because no one was actually working in the department! It's all true!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

I know it's all true. . . that's the funny part!!

And yes, I can drive 65mph through a raging blizzard and not even flinch!

 

[tybrilinja]

oh, I will so fit in here. I'm all of the above....silly, crazy, talkative and a little bit

I was reading previous posts last night and was laughing loudly, DH woke up, looked at me, shook his head and muttered....DIS again....

My new "home" is in this thread....hee hee.

 

[trixiequilts]

And yes, I can drive 65mph through a raging blizzard and not even flinch!

Wanna drive me to the Detroit airport in January? DH just informed me yesterday that he WILL NOT drive our car there in the snow. So I guess we'll be car shopping...again.

 

[nala87]

The some of the PA traits could be reused for Northern Wisconsin. If fact a lot of them are!

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Wisconsin.

If your local Dairy Queen and A&W are closed from November through
March, you might live in Wisconsin.

If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you might live in Wisconsin.

If you may not have actually eaten it, but you have heard of Lutefisk, you might live in Wisconsin.

If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live in Wisconsin.

If you have either a pet or a child named "Brett", you might live in Wisconsin.

If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Wisconsin (for sure).

If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Wisconsin.

If you know how to say Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Menomonie, Kaukauna, and
Manitowoc, you might live in Wisconsin.

Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.

"Vacation" means going up north past Hwy 8 (Tomahawk) for the weekend.

You measure distance in hours.

You know several people who have hit deer more than once.

You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.

Your whole family wears Packer Green to church on Sunday.

You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.

You see people wearing camouflage and/or blaze orange at social events. . including weddings.

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

You think of the major food groups as beer, fish, and venison.

You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.

There are 7 empty cars with their engines running in the parking lot at Mill's Fleet Farm at any given time.

You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.

You refer to the Packers as "we."

You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.

You can identify a southern or eastern accent.

You have no problem pronouncing Lac Du Flambeau.

You consider Minneapolis exotic.

You know how to polka.

Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.

You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.

Down South to you means Illinois.

A brat is something you eat.

Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn.

You go out to fish fry every Friday

Your Memorial Day picnic was moved indoors due to frost.

You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.

You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."

You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Wisconsin friends and family

 

[tybrilinja]

Well, I'm not going to say what I think it looks like.......


Sorry girls! I'm usually not vulgar! All this partying has gotten my mind in the gutter.

I was thinking the same thing when I saw this pic......I just might have to sit ON it....oops I mean in it.

 

[coffeehousemom]

nala87 you beat me to it!! was going to say the same thing!! I have lived here for 10 years now & I stilll can't pronounce Oconomawac (or spell it).

Doesn't everyone plan their Halloween costumes around winter coats? Corwin is wearing his Jedi robe from DHS this year I will make him the pants & tunic from the original movie & he can be Luke. very easy to layer that costume. Morgan is going to wear my old Princess Leia costume the white dress way too big on her but she can wear her coat under it then i will just hem it up.

 

[nala87]

I was thinking the same thing when I saw this pic......I just might have to sit ON it....oops I mean in it.

Someone is in the gutter


So, stupid NWA just changed my flight, so instead on arriving in MCO at 4:30 we won't be landing until 6:30 and I really want to see the osborne lights before they come down the next day. They better not make it any later or cancel all together.

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

Hello fellow Disney obsessee's!! We are getting ready to EVACUATE!! Well, as many of you remember from Gustav-our area was also under manditory evac--we stayed & were so glad-we got about 5 minutes of light showers the second evening.But, Ike is coming in closer to Galveston,so all counties south of us are manditory-ours is still up in the air. But, even if we do leave (we will more than likely lose our power and it's still too hot here to be without it for days on end), we won't go until tomorrow--the highways are packed. It's crazy.

But-----Mike said today that he wished we hadn't cancelled our October trip and pushed back to January!!! he wants me to see about changing back to Oct. Not good for my planning-obsessive-self. AND right in the middle of all this evac!!!! So, I suggested we do go in Oct and get annual passes and keep our Jan plans. Wouldn't that be awsome!!! Hopefully he'll tell me something QUICK!!! I gotta do this tonight before we lose computer-power tomorrow night---that's when it'll probably go. So...I'll let you all know what I find out. So,,,if after tomorrow you don't here from me for a while- it's because we have no power. But, I 'll try to find a way!! Dh will probably bring his laptop, so I'll try to keep chattin'!! This hurricane thing is starting to rattle me!!! Mercy! Several of our gas stations are already empty. Have been since before lunch and they just called for the Man. Evac at 6 this morning. aaaarrrggghhh!!! Say a little prayer for us!
And for all my Texas friends---ya'll stay safe and drive carefully!!