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

[crzyred]

Carrie....here's praying for safe flights for you and your family!!!
*Welcome home!!!!*

 

[MindyLuvsMickey]

Hey Snowbirds!!

Busy couple of days here! I've been baking cookies for DS's preschool program. I think I'm going to puke if I sample another cookie Seriously!! Just thinking of them is making me sick.

I get to meet with my TA tomorrow to pick up our travel documents. I am so excited

Things are going to be crazy for the next few weeks. Hopefully I'll be able to check in regularly.

We're going to be headed back to the Pittsburgh area on the 26th. I'll wave as I pass by you Pittsburgh Snowbirds.


Here's my updated countdown.

2 days til DS's holiday program at preschool
11 days til Christmas
12 days til Pittsburgh
16 days til DH's and best friend's b-day
17 days til Ddad's b-day
18 days til New Years and the Rose Bowl . . . We are PENN STATE!
22 days til we fly to Florida
23 days til DISNEY!!

 

[sarbah77]

There was another snowbird looking at cakes for a birthday at Disney...just wondering if anything was decided??? (I'm sorry I can't remember who it was...Monny? Sharadock maybe???) I was on the cake board earlier and someone posted a nice looking chocolate cake from Coral Reef for $21. That's about my speed but I haven't made a decision yet! Anyone, Anyone...?

I was also asking about it, too... My TA gave me the phone number and the cake thread told me what my options were. I'll have to call, soon, and see what we can get. My mom's birthday is 12/28 and mine is 1/4... and we figure we'll do the cake thing at dinner on 1/11. Close enough, right?!

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I can't decide if I'm getting better or not. I'm not nearly as congested, but I'm still run down. it could well be the holiday/winter blues, however, since we did go for much of the past week without sun and it is a busy time of year (and my best friend has been a total flake and my mom picked a fight and and and...). Of course, the reminder that I'm going to be somewhere warmer (okay, it hit 40 today) and sunnier (...probably!) in less than 4 weeks is certainly encouraging.

I didn't leave the house today, but it was kind of nice to kick back and relax (and really really sleep in). Of course, I made dinner, cleaned the kitchen, did the laundry... watched TV, practiced my Guitar Hero, and cross-stitched.

Especially since tomorrow's going to be a pretty busy day at work... hopefully the last, in terms of people being in and out of my office before the winter break. (This is the time when the staff starts mentally shoo'ing everyone away from the office )

But at this point, I am really really REALLY looking forward to Disney. REALLY REALLY. And I don't even know what park we're going to on our first day, yet!!!

 

[sharadoc]

There was another snowbird looking at cakes for a birthday at Disney...just wondering if anything was decided??? (I'm sorry I can't remember who it was...Monny? Sharadock maybe???) I was on the cake board earlier and someone posted a nice looking chocolate cake from Coral Reef for $21. That's about my speed but I haven't made a decision yet! Anyone, Anyone...?

I was talking about it a while ago. I believe I can order a 6 inch cake when we check in at Chef Mickey's- that's what we decided to do since there's only 4 of us. I definitely want to sing Happy Birthday and have a special moment with the cake, but DD won't expect anything super-special or personalized. Just having a cake will be great!

The prices for the really personalized or fancy cakes is just too ridiculous for my taste! Plus I'm probably going to get a supermarket cake for the room, too. She's ready to start peeking, so I'm going to cut it short!

 

[jenjolt]

Good Evening!! Just got back from our play...it went perfectly...well almost but nothing the audience noticed...I loved it, I really enjoyed my part.

Now I can breathe easy, one more week of school and then I'm off for two whole weeks.

I have to get cards in the mail and get gifts wrapped and sent but that feels doable now LOL and I have a Christmas party that my school organization I'm sponsoring is putting on for Big Brothers and Big Sisters but other than that a relatively slow week LOL!!!!

Hope you all have a great evening!

 

[Fantasmiss]

I've got a few questions about cakes (and allergies), but I can't find a wdw email address to send the questions to that actually works, so I can't contact them... Has anyone here emailed them? If so I'd be soooo grateful if you could give me the email address, the only one I found didn't work...

There was another snowbird looking at cakes for a birthday at Disney...just wondering if anything was decided??? (I'm sorry I can't remember who it was...Monny? Sharadock maybe???) I was on the cake board earlier and someone posted a nice looking chocolate cake from Coral Reef for $21. That's about my speed but I haven't made a decision yet! Anyone, Anyone...?

 

[mana_liz]

Evening, Snowbirds! It was a cold, windy, and dreary day here. The wind outside is just HOWLING!

We went to Disney on Ice last night -the 100 Years of Magic. Honestly, it was "ok". I didn't think the skating was all that great - definatly not up to the level I would think of Disney. DS liked it - he didn't know we were going and didn't figure it out until we got into the arena.

We hung around home today. Watched some football - watched the Colts BARELY squeak by a 0-12 team!!:scared1: Had dinner with some friends and are now getting ready to settle in for the evening - the Survivor finally is tonight!!


I'm so excited for everyone getting their magical mail. Can't wait to get ours. I'm thinking it'll be sometime this week. Our TA was on vacation last week - in DISNEY!!

That was the Lions...we were 0-13, now 0-14...glad you squeaked by...can't ruin our winless season...on our way to 0-16...

 

[mana_liz]

I donated my hair 2 years ago...14 inches went to Locks of Luv. I'm starting to grow it again...should be long enough this summer. I just get a trim every couple of months. I usually wear it in a ponytail...when I first cut it I wear it down...but I really don't want to be bothered with having to do my hair...very low maintainence.

 

[trixiequilts]

Is this a record? 9 hours without a post? Wow!

 

[trixiequilts]

Still nothing.

 

[sarbah77]

Is this a record? 8 hours without a post? Wow!

Egads! Definitely the busy time of year!

My DH called his parents last night. It was -3 at their house (and we were at 44). My mom emailed me last night... no school for her again today, as one of the towns in her district still doesn't have power and the main road through another town is impassable.

Almost makes tomorrow night/Wed am's predicted 2-4" of snow seem do-able! And the fact that it was 50 when we got up at 37 when we got to work seem Not So Bad.

 

[sarbah77]

Still nothing.

I like the Rudolph in your sig file!

 

[trixiequilts]

It's 17 degrees here, wind chill is -2! Sustained winds between 20-30 mph, with a ton of lake effect snow. Lovely. It was 49 degrees when I went to bed last night!

 

[sarbah77]

It's 17 degrees here, wind chill is -2! Sustained winds between 20-30 mph, with a ton of lake effect snow. Lovely. It was 49 degrees when I went to bed last night!

Your side of the state is beautiful but the snow would make me bonkers!!

It is depressing to get up at 50 (6:30am) and make it to work at 38 (8am) with a good stiff breeze.

The current track of tomorrow night's storm is such that it will screw up morning rush hour on Wednesday. Good thing I live on a bus route - I'll get to work whenever the bus can slide its way there!!

DH was complaining about how January's are always so cold and how he's not looking forward to it. I did remind him we'll be in Florida for a week and even if it's not super-balmy, it sure beats a week in Michigan in January!

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

Good Morning Everyone!!!! Wow!! Busy weekend!!!! Well I had kids over for Friday and Saturday, then my little boy suddendly got a runny nose,coughing and tad of fever. Could it be that we got SNOW, 30 and 40 degree days and the next day it was 71 and humid? Hmmmm...YEAH I even feel kinda stopped up now.Texas. What weird weather we have!!
Well, me and dd worked on our goodie tins yesterday. I did 2 pans of fudge and tooooonnnnss of cookies! We have 22 tins to deliver today!! Man, I am seriously thinking of not doing it next year!! It took us 2days off & on to do it.Especially since we had kid company!!
Our church play yesterday went wonderfully!! I am so glad-very moving!!I must say I did well-I didn't fall off the steps going up the platform or anything, so I was hyped!!
I really gotta get my packing list/snack list organized and start getting a few things here and there. If not it'll seem like lots of $$$$ to do at once--and the kids will be curious. So...that's what I have to do this week-also, I have some reading I want the kids to do. They are on break-but just about 20 minutes a day in their History.So, we'll see how that goes Hope you all have a blessed day. Hey!! Is Carrie here yet?!?!? Wasn't it today. I know her times are way diff from ours, but I just wondered if she is on state soil giving it a kiss yet?!!!!

 

[trixiequilts]

Your side of the state is beautiful but the snow would make me bonkers!!

I try to remember my beautiful beach during the summer at times like this!

DH was complaining about how January's are always so cold and how he's not looking forward to it. I did remind him we'll be in Florida for a week and even if it's not super-balmy, it sure beats a week in Michigan in January!

I had to remind my DH of that yesterday when he heard it was 40 degrees at night when our friends were at Disney!

Does you DH run outside in the winter?

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Good morning Snowbirds. Wow is it slow in here!

It'a a yucky rainy morning here. But hey at least I don't have to shovel it!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.

 

[Dancegrl624]

Good morning! It's 52 degrees here, but very windy. It rained all night, so all the snow is gone. My DD was mad about that. I told her not to worry!

Carrie- I hope that you and your family have a safe trip back to the States! How exciting!

Speaking of hair, I've never cut my DD's hair and she's 6! She's never even had a trim. She's been asking for one and my DH thinks I should just go and get it cut. I told him he's crazy! Her hair is very curly (like spiral curls) and it's long. When it's wet, it pretty much touches her bum. My hair was the same way. I didn't get a full out hair cut until I was 10 yrs old and I cut it into a bob! My mom cried as did my hair dresser (my mom's best friend). I'll probably take her to get a trim soon. I'm talking like 1/4 of an inch. I LOVE long hair! There have been times I get sick of my hair and I'll cut it right above my shoulders. However, being on a dance team, you pretty much need long hair. We wear it down and glamorous!

 

[sarbah77]

I try to remember my beautiful beach during the summer at times like this!

Does you DH run outside in the winter?

He does! He ran a 10K race in Holly (near Flint) on Saturday and then ran 16 MILES yesterday. It's kind of a good thing for the Disney marathon to be in earlier January... sure, it's snowIER now (we get not a huge amount of snow over here) but it's warmer than January. We do run weeks of temps under 20 and windchills of less than zero during Jan.

This year, let's just say I've boiled more water for hot chocolate and had more towels waiting at the door for his return. Last week, he did a 21 mile run in *sleet* after a day of snow. Runners are crazy, man!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

10 Sleeps until Christmas!