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

[crzyred]

I WANT DISNEY NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's snowing and cold and yucky and gross and I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE!!!!!!!

29 days from right now (5:11am) I should be just about to the airport for our 7am direct flight. (***and if there is any snow that day, or really anything to cause a delay, someone is going to pay for it***)

"Happy" Tuesday.

 

[dundeehunter]

I've been up since 5:00am checking the TV for school closings...yes! My DD's have off and I called in and said I was not attempting to drive out of my driveway (1/4 mile long). My DH HAD to drive into work, but he has a 4WD truck....so, I'm here in 10" deep of snow with it still snowing outside. My cards have been all made and mailed out!!! We tried to put up our tree last night. Most of the lights that were on it when we bought it 5 years ago now do not work...too us an hour to take off 1 strand.

QOTD yesterday: A Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase. Brings back so many memoried growing up in the 70 & 80's... I also love ELF and Christmas with the Kranks.

I'm waiting patiently for my Magic Mail. Seeing all of this snow just makes my trip to WDW that much more exciting. I too worry about the airport delays. Last time we flew out of Milwaukee, we were driving in a snowstorm to get to the airport and then were delayed 2-3 hours..hope that doesn't happen again!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Good morning!

6 WEEKS until Disney!!!

6 weeks from right now I will be at the airport!!!

It's 38 here today already. Must have gotten warmer through the night because it wasn't even close to that warm yesterday. I hope all of you Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Snowbirds don't get anymore snow! Sounds terrible up there. Stay safe!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Victoria and Albert's

$125 per guest
Wine Pairings $60 per guest

Amuse Bouche (lobster prepared three ways, non-seafood was squash three ways)

Smoked Alaskan Salmon with Blood Orange and Hearts of Palm Salad, Aged Balsamic
Duck with Pickled and Roasted Beet Salad, Beet "Air"
Iranian Golden Osetra Caviar with Traditional Garnish ($150 for 1/2 ounce, $300 for 1 ounce)

New Zealand Elk Tenderloin with Braised Red Cabbage and Mustard Spaetzle
Ballotine of Poulet Rouge with Chicken Consumme, Hedgehog mushrooms and Black Truffles
Pan Roasted Foie Gras with Fuji Apple Bread Pudding and Mostrada di Cremona ($15.00)

Alaskan Halibut with Petite French Lentils, Winter Corn and Saffron Foam
Sumac Crusted Maine Scallop and Bok Choy and Coconut Emulsion
Seared Wild Turbot with Toasted Capers and Meyer Lemon ($30.00)

Niman Ranch Lamb en Croute with Rainbow Swiss Chard, Salsify and Tomato Lamb Jus
Kurobuta Pork Tenderloin and Belly with Banana Squash Ragout
Marcho Farms Veal Tenderloin with Braised Veal Cheeks and Burgundy Poached Sweet Breads
Australian "Kobe" Beef Tenderloin with smoked Garlic Puree ($35.00)
Japanese Wagyu Strip Loin with Oxtail Jus ($80.00)

Colston Bassett Stilton, Monte Enebro and Fourme D'Ambert Fondue
White Chocolate Gelato with Micro Orchids and Tableside Shavings

Tanzanian Chocolate Pyramid, Hawaiian Kona Chocolate Souffle, and Peruvian Chocolate Ice Cream and Puff Pastry Berry Gateau with Mango Yogurt Pannacotta
Camaralized Banana Gateau
Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee
Grand Marnier Souffle
Hawaiian Kona Chocolate Souffle

"Celebes" Coffee, Tea, and Friandise

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Congrats on everyone getting mail, docs, etc.
Chicken and dumplings... My mom the best! Could you bring me some, no one here likes them. I have to go to the cracker barrell to get some.

I love Cracker Barrel! We only have one remotely close to us though and it is nearly 40 minutes away.

 

[dundeehunter]

I was searching some other Dis threads and came across the Year of a Million Dreams...a family was "stalking" the dream team and made a video of it. It's hilarious and I'm such a sap. I'm sitting at my counter and crying as I was watching the video...tears of happiness for this family I have no clue is! Boy do I have problems!

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

I had to laugh when I read your post. I too just got back from Wally World. However my car said it was 71* AT 7:45 AT NIGHT!!!! And boy is it ever humid! Like you stepped into a shower! I thought of all you frozen birds and wished for a little of your snow to make it's way down here.
And then I thought that since Houston weather is very similar to Orlando weather this might be a little taste of what was to come. I am now thinking of packing shorts. I can't even believe it myself!

Stay warm all you shivering birdies.....very soon you all be in the warm Flordia sun!!!

YUCK is the word! We are sooo humid right now! I got Blue sweaters for all my kids for the pic on our Christmas card---I am going to have to wait till the rain stops and hopefully it'll cool down. Or they are gonna pass out!!!

Charlie Brown Christmas has to be the only Christmas show that can get away with quoting Luke 2 from the Bible! That scene is just amazing! I tear up when the circle around the tree and sing Hark the Herald Angels sing...what a beautiful scene. I miss the genius that was Charles Schultz

Too true!! I love it!!! I actually bought my hubby a card from the kids for Christmas with Linus on the front and you open it and his little voice, quoting Luke 2 is in there!! SWEET!!

Hello all...just spent the whole entire evening at a car dealer trading in my car. Got a 2006 Chevy Equinox which will be wonderful on our drive down in 47 days!!! Nice and roomy. I guess we got a decent deal. WHO KNOWS!!! All I know is my car was at 120000miles and needed new brakes and several other little things, so we dumped it while the dumping was good, and we weren't TOO upside down on the pay off. I just HATE car dealers and the whole "game"! Glad it's over and my payment didn't go up too much!

Yeah for you!! I have a sub--which I dearly love, but have considered trading it just cause nows a good time-its 2 years old and nothing is wrong with it, but if I can get a new one for about what I have owing--why not!!! Of course, I haven't even mentioned this to Mike yet!!!

I was searching some other Dis threads and came across the Year of a Million Dreams...a family was "stalking" the dream team and made a video of it. It's hilarious and I'm such a sap. I'm sitting at my counter and crying as I was watching the video...tears of happiness for this family I have no clue is! Boy do I have problems!

I do the same thing-Mike thinks I am crazy.

 

[BellaSoleil]

Goodmorning everyone! I caught a little bit of Charlie Brown last night, but I was busy doing dishes and chasing my child around.

Hello all...just spent the whole entire evening at a car dealer trading in my car. Got a 2006 Chevy Equinox which will be wonderful on our drive down in 47 days!!! Nice and roomy. I guess we got a decent deal. WHO KNOWS!!! All I know is my car was at 120000miles and needed new brakes and several other little things, so we dumped it while the dumping was good, and we weren't TOO upside down on the pay off. I just HATE car dealers and the whole "game"! Glad it's over and my payment didn't go up too much!

Take it easy on the car dealers! Things are VERY hard on them right now. My dad has a great job with Volvo and went from making a nice amount (trying not to be too tacky) each paycheck to $700 on his last paycheck and he's well above the dealers. When my mom told me I just wanted to cry. Not because of my own parents, but because I can't imagine what the people underneath him made. They are mostly young families and it is Christmas. It's very sad to me!

 

[BellaSoleil]

V&A's intimidates me so much. I would feel lost as a goose trying to eat there.

I'll take the HoopDeeDoo, thank you very much!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

V&A's intimidates me so much. I would feel lost as a goose trying to eat there.

I agree. Plus that is WAY too much money for food.

 

[Disney Mommy 3]

Just wanted to add about the car dealers---I have known some really great guys that try to help you out and make you happy with what you are getting. On the other hand....my brother is a car 'dealer' and I shudder to think at the lies I know he's told people. He's not an honesty-is-the-best-policy kinda person anyway. He really has kinda went to the gutter---loooong story---he's at a very low point in life. It's very sad-he's got a wife that adores him (even tho he's so bad to her) and a precious little boy(my only nephew) and he's not available to them-EVER. So, I know what you are saying about the car dealing game. Some guys are awesome, some are very shady!!! You have to be careful!!!!! I do feel for the ones that are feeling the $$$$ crunch right now--especially right here at the holidays. God bless 'em.

Bella~ Hopefully things will pick up for your Daddy soon!!!

 

[dundeehunter]

Is or has anyone gone to DTD to see La Nouba? I haven't bought my tickets yet...and wonder if I should "wing it" and buy tickets when we get to WDW? As I'm on the CS meal plan, we have no ADR's, no plans on what parks on what days. I guess I don't want to committ myself to a day until I get there....BUT what if I can't get a ticket to the show? My family really wants to see it, but we also want to hit Fantasmic one night, but that will be in the regular line..no "fast pass"

 

[trixiequilts]

So we were all prepared for a horrible storm and now it's...raining! I'm hoping the rain will melt all the snow in my driveway so I don't have to shovel. My DD9 was devastated that she had to go to school today. Things are closed both north and south of us, I told her we were just lucky!

 

[snykymom]

Hey everyone! I am a very busy little beaver as of late! Not too much time to sit around and chat! Just wanted to let you all know that I am alive and well and thinking of you all and hoping that you are happy and warm! 42 days for me! No disney mail yet, hopefully soon though! My 45 day mark just passed last Friday so I expect them relatively soon! Any word from Wendy yet? Will she be in the hospital for a long time?

Wendy's home recuperating. Hope you get your mail soon!

Good morning!

6 WEEKS until Disney!!!

6 weeks from right now I will be at the airport!!!

It's 38 here today already. Must have gotten warmer through the night because it wasn't even close to that warm yesterday. I hope all of you Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Snowbirds don't get anymore snow! Sounds terrible up there. Stay safe!

We were at 16 for a high yesterday; today they're predicting highs in the 40s, and tomorrow in the 60s! While I don't like the really cold weather too much, I wish it would just make up its mind so I'd know how to dress in the morning!!

Victoria and Albert's

$125 per guest
Wine Pairings $60 per guest

Amuse Bouche (lobster prepared three ways, non-seafood was squash three ways)

Smoked Alaskan Salmon with Blood Orange and Hearts of Palm Salad, Aged Balsamic
Duck with Pickled and Roasted Beet Salad, Beet "Air"
Iranian Golden Osetra Caviar with Traditional Garnish ($150 for 1/2 ounce, $300 for 1 ounce)

New Zealand Elk Tenderloin with Braised Red Cabbage and Mustard Spaetzle
Ballotine of Poulet Rouge with Chicken Consumme, Hedgehog mushrooms and Black Truffles
Pan Roasted Foie Gras with Fuji Apple Bread Pudding and Mostrada di Cremona ($15.00)

Alaskan Halibut with Petite French Lentils, Winter Corn and Saffron Foam
Sumac Crusted Maine Scallop and Bok Choy and Coconut Emulsion
Seared Wild Turbot with Toasted Capers and Meyer Lemon ($30.00)

Niman Ranch Lamb en Croute with Rainbow Swiss Chard, Salsify and Tomato Lamb Jus
Kurobuta Pork Tenderloin and Belly with Banana Squash Ragout
Marcho Farms Veal Tenderloin with Braised Veal Cheeks and Burgundy Poached Sweet Breads
Australian "Kobe" Beef Tenderloin with smoked Garlic Puree ($35.00)
Japanese Wagyu Strip Loin with Oxtail Jus ($80.00)

Colston Bassett Stilton, Monte Enebro and Fourme D'Ambert Fondue
White Chocolate Gelato with Micro Orchids and Tableside Shavings

Tanzanian Chocolate Pyramid, Hawaiian Kona Chocolate Souffle, and Peruvian Chocolate Ice Cream and Puff Pastry Berry Gateau with Mango Yogurt Pannacotta
Camaralized Banana Gateau
Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee
Grand Marnier Souffle
Hawaiian Kona Chocolate Souffle

"Celebes" Coffee, Tea, and Friandise

I agree. Plus that is WAY too much money for food.

Thanks for the menu! I guess we're some of the crazy folks who are willing to pay that once in a blue moon for a wonderful meal (I'll let you know how it turns out!) We're real foodies!

QOTD (can I play even though we don't celebrate Christmas?) - I love old movies & old movie musicals, so I have to say "White Christmas" and the movie which introduced that song, "Holiday Inn" (and also inspired the name of a hotel chain). Great choreography in both, from Vera Ellen and Danny Kaye in the former and Fred Astaire in the latter. And who can complain about Der Bingle?

 

[BellaSoleil]

Thanks for the menu! I guess we're some of the crazy folks who are willing to pay that once in a blue moon for a wonderful meal (I'll let you know how it turns out!) We're real foodies!

I would be willing to pay that much for a once in a blue moon experience. I would just need a real foodie there to talk me through the experience. You up for the job? You explain, I pay.

We will have to wait for me to win the lottery, of course, but as soon as I do. It's my treat!

 

[snykymom]

I would be willing to pay that much for a once in a blue moon experience. I would just need a real foodie there to talk me through the experience. You up for the job? You explain, I pay.

We will have to wait for me to win the lottery, of course, but as soon as I do. It's my treat!

Are you kidding??? You've got a date! Especially since we'll be there the same time! I'll even go Dutch!

 

[Lil'Mermaid75]

QOTD - I just LOVE A Christmas Story. My sister and I attended Warren G. Harding Elementary School!! I also really like the Santa Clause movies - they so help with the "magic" of Santa!

ON car dealers - I had to laugh about the "honesty". My DH applied once at our local Saturn dealership - he went through the testing they have and was told he didn't fit or something laong those lines. We figured he was too honest!

It's rainy here today. I got soaked on the walk in to work (I walk 2-1/2 blocks from my parking garage to my office). I just don't like it when it's chilly and rainy - just chills you to the bone. I almost would prefer snow. Okay, there's my complaint for the day!

 

[trixiequilts]

QOTD - I just LOVE A Christmas Story. My sister and I attended Warren G. Harding Elementary School!!

Did you have to write lots of essays? Did you ever get an A+++++++++???

 

[dundeehunter]

It's rainy here today. I got soaked on the walk in to work (I walk 2-1/2 blocks from my parking garage to my office). I just don't like it when it's chilly and rainy - just chills you to the bone. I almost would prefer snow. Okay, there's my complaint for the day!

Well I have about 6 inches exta of snow if you would like. The DD's were going to go out and play in it, but WW3 broke out and they could not agree on gloves, so now they are in cleaning their bedrooms. I'll give them an hour or two to cool off and they can have another try at being sisters again

 

[Monny2AE]

Morning Snowbirds! Here's my family.... STILL!!!!!!! Ugh when will it end.

It's cold and damp here- not raining yet but I'm sure it will be in no time. I'm hoping to run to the store and get my baby some Pedialyte before it does start. I can't wait for the warm sunny FL weather. I just hope we're all healthy by then.

Onto happier things.... I'm calling in a little while to make the BIG payoff! 46 days according to Disney but 45 to me- I count the day of driving before we arrive in my countdown too. Hey it's still part of the excitement isn't it? About how long between the payoff and the arrival of Magical Mail? I can't wait!!!!!!

Hubby and I were lying in bed last night talking Disney and finances- or lack thereof- and I said that perhaps we shouldn't have planned it this year or not told the kids just in case and he said we need to go to Disney- who knows what next year will bring and the kids will be older and it won't be the same as going right now when our son is sooooo into the magic! I would have kissed him for saying that but since we're all recovering from the stomach bug he had to take a raincheck!

Hope all my Snowbird friends are staying healthy!!!!