June, July, August PLANNING thread

[EEyorelover22]

Hi Ladies. Yes, I am done! I didn't think I'd make it, but I did. There were way too many fires in the final days. It was probably one of the most hectic ends of the year I can remember. I brought NOTHING home either. I almost always do and I left it all there. If I'm not ready for the first day we'll play Disney trivia games!

I've started in on the big projects already for the summer. I feel so far behind. The shrubs, the house, the cars, oh my!!

I moved two rooms around in the basement...WHAT A JOB!! Due to me not sleeping well we had to move the bed to the room without the sump pump. what a lot of work! Now I'm cleaning like a mad woman. Dust never goes away.

23 Days. I hope we are ready! getting DD and DS packed this year will be like moving a mountain that's all I know

We do not have a Disney Store in the state anymoreI guess that's good. I have too much from Disney anyway....

 

[tripplanner2]

Tomar: Yes, we are SICK SICK SICK of this weather. All of the fun stuff for the kids is being cancelled or reworked. It has been a disappointing week for the kids. Field day postponed until next week and the forecast is still calling for rain. Hopefully Saturday will be nice, we are having a pool party/BBQ for DD5's birthday. After that we will finally be done celebrating. Her getting sick really messed things up. This week has been working out much better than the first week of June. Things seem to be looking up.

Glad the blotches turned out to be something simple. The vitamin D is the reason, right?

Anybody ever go to Breezes Montego Bay? DH and I were thinking of running away for a couple of days. It is really cheap so we are a bit scared. As long as we won't have company sleeping with us I will be fine. But I worry about it being gross and dirty.

EE22: I am a bit jealous of your free time. I am in need of a break from life. It has been a bit much lately.

MKY: Swine Flu seems to be running its course through our school district. It was all over the news today. Grandparents were calling my house like crazy.

 

[EEyorelover22]

Be careful what you wish for TP2I have more free time than I can ever remember because I live with two teenagers. I have a feeling I'm going to look back on this era and it won't be one of my favorite times.

I know what you mean though...no schedule and just getting things done is nice for a change. I never thought life could be more hectic but it has. It's never ending during the school year and it's pedal to the medal till the very end with finals. Just crazy!

I thought the other night...when the kids are gone...who knows when that will be...I won't know what to do with myself during the summer. I've never had a summer off...I was either working on my master's or taking care of the kids. The summer DS was born was the closest as he was born the middle of August, but I was getting ready for his arrival.

Not sure how I'll do...maybe plan more trips to the World

Don't know anything about the place in Montego Bay. My step mom and dad were married there and so was my cousin, but I don't know where she stayed.

 

[EEyorelover22]

mky...when I wasn't sleeping last night I was thinking about your post about EMH. Do you come in on the 11th or the 12th.

On the 11th there are no EMHI just looked
ther 12th is MK

 

[TOMAR@SSR]

Good Morning Ladies !
Well, if you look at my countdown timer....it OFFICIALLY SAYS .....
29 DAYS !!
I am officially.....PACKING right now !! WHOO HOO !

EE22 and MKY- I hope you guys are getting a chance to start packing as well

TP2- Good thing I have the opportunity to pack now....or...... Id be very bummed about this weather....it`s disgusting !!!!....Last night the skys opened up .....all night long....thunder and lightning too......ick !
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY" TO PRINCESS DD 5

Candi- looks like your weather is not so different from ours right now.....if this goes on alittle longer ....we may need an ARC soon !!!

 

[tripplanner2]

Tomar: We have the EXACT same weather. I was up with the thunder and lightening too last night. I wound up getting up at 6:30am and started laundry, ironing, straightening up. Never ending.

So I guess this house thing is not over yet because we got a call last night that a deal fell through and a house we were bidding on accepted our offer of $35k below asking price. I mentally gave up the whole thing so I am having a hard time jumping back in but it is almost too good of a deal to give up. I was resolved to our lower morgage and more Disney trips!

I am so excited that all of your trips are coming up so soon. I went through those bins I have been filling since last summer. I am up to 3 now so I guess you can say I am semi packed!

29 days

 

[TOMAR@SSR]

TP2- This is soooo funny....I was gunna get up and start to do things around the house this morning as well....but... I decided to go back to sleep, as I went to bed at 1am packing last night !
Yep, you are officically semi-packed since you already have 3 bins full of Disney trip things ! ......
Very exciting about the house offer being accepted !!
Do you have a buyer for Your house yet ?...
OK....so it looks like the sun is Struggleing to appear this morning here in New Jersey.....but from all the weather reports its gunna be short lived !! I went out to mail some bills just now...and yoiu can cut the humidity with a knife... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[tripplanner2]

Tomar: We have 2 buyers that were ready last week and 2 more that need more time. The whole thing has been a mess. My real estate agent just called me back and said that their agent accepted our offer but the homeowners want $17k higher than that. It makes it easy for us. The house has some issues and for the low price we were willing to take a chance but for more money, no way.

The humidity here is exactly the same and funny thing is when I read your post there was no sign of sun but all of a sudden I see a brightening in the sky. I need a nice day for tomorrow. We can survive inside but it will be so much nicer if we can just hang out outside.

 

[mkymouse4ever]

Hiya everyone! 1 month to goooooooooo!!!!

EE22, We get in about 11:30 am on 7/12, sunday. They are supposed to be open EMH till 1am? I thought. This is one of our shortest trips cause we fly home on Sat afternoon. Not too happy about that. Glad your out of school.

And its some BaD timing cause: Sunday [7/12] is my 90 daymark for our October trip. I can see me at midway or in the limo making adr's. Or, might just wait till we get there. When we check in > the 1st thing I want to do is make a ressie for the bounceback offer if I can get it. They will still be bringing our luggage, and I will be on the phone.

Tomar, Glad you got an answer for you blotches etc. Hopefully you will be in tip top shape in 1 month.

TP2, Sorry about the house. Something will work out. No, never been to breezes. I would throughly research on the web. Try posting on the community board here with your question, maybe someone has been there.

You two, got that weather directly from us. Storming, and lightening > then terrible humidity with heat, > now its sprinkly all morning and and sunny in the afternoon. Starting to get hot tonight again. Work has been slow and if the weather stabilizes, we might have a nice quiet weekend.

Candi, yes we are still seeing swine flu. Nothing bad, so far in our unit. But I think chicago had 1 death so far from it. Complicated with pregnancy the tv said.

Happy friday, we are all so close! mky

 

[TOMAR@SSR]

Good Morning Ladies !

MKY- My countdown is saying 28 more days .....and....we are leaving the same time as you guys !
Your gunna be very busy talking with Disney that day ....that`s for sure .....I hope you get the bounceback you are hopeing for !!

EE22- Are you PACKING ??!!!

TP2- Looks like the sun wants to come out today.....I hope sooooo
Good luck with the house situation....I know it can be daunting...we went through the exact same thing .......I know it can be frustrating !

Candi- Hope your weather is improving too !!

Happy weekend everyone !!

 

[candizfan]

Wow TP2 - makes me very happy we have never tried to sell our house and move. We are still living in the first house we bought in 1990 when we were still newly married....

MKY - EE22 and Tomar all in Disney in less than a months time. Sounds like a great time for everyone. Only wish you could add a Candi to the list.

I slept through the storm that kept the rest of you up. If we get a big storm, I will wake up for all of 10 seconds but if I am not having trouble sleeping, I can sleep through a lot of noise. I think it comes from my dad being such a heavy snorer. And my husband is too.

Today was cool but nice. The Red Bull Air Race is going on here this weekend so I got to see a bunch of the Red Bull planes and some old planes fly over the house all day because we are in the flight pattern for our small airport. I loved it!

 

[EEyorelover22]

Hi Ladies...after I packed the bathroom stuff, I haven't done much else although I washed up all the Disney shirts. DH is pretty much organized...he's easy. I have most of my shirts although I am going to have to go through them as over time they have lost length...I hate that!

DD will be the troublesome one. Mickey needs to give me strength.

We have a college visit and a track meet before we hit Disney so we are busy. I've been cleaning like a fool. I have the house about done. The cars need a cleaning and the yard scares me with all the rain, but last year it rained all day everyday and I know I didn't do the bushes till we came back from Disney. I want to try to get it all done this week so I can rest my old bones before the trip.

MKY: call from the airport for dining. You'll be there for 2 hours waiting. I called on our June 06 trip on the bus one morning for our Dec 06 trip...still at 180 days then

Yes, there is EMH at MK that night. DD and I will be thereI think we are going to see Spectro and Wishes that night. Come join us!

Fast trips are okay really...just more packed into a few days, but you're a veteran so you'll be fine. We were there only 4 days in December. It was such a bonus trip and one of our best times there except for being trapped in BTMRR!!

Good luck with the house TP2. We haven't moved since August of 1987 I'm blowing this place up when we do move too!!!

Bought a new bed for DS yesterday. Expensive! but the old bed is from 1987 and a bit worn out. We moved him to the basement where it's cooler for the summer months. He likes the cave. I freeze down there!

Candi...when is your next trip?

21 days for us
edit: one counter says 20 days and one says 21...must do it differently with the number of hours left since we leave at 6 pm

 

[WDW Enabler]

We don't have much longer for a 4th of July trip to Saratoga Springs and then a trip in Sept with one night at the new Bay Lake towers a 7 day cruise and then a one night at new AK to end the trip. Our 4 year old keeps asking is it the day we get to go to "Mickey's House" and have to keep telling her not today.

 

[mkymouse4ever]

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Work was slow. We closed our unit for the first time this season. Hoping to get cancelled tommorrow. If I don't have to take call >> working on closet and organizing to start packing plan. ** high hopes** & big ambitions [at least for tonight].

EE22, We will keep our eyes open on the 12th. Problem is bug never [or rarely] lets me see the parades. Doesn't like to seat and wait. Then the crowds get bad and people being rude [she kept getting wacked with a light saber on mainstreet] then the parents didn't take it away from the 6yr old.
A college visit, that sounds exciting. Have fun! Good luck with the packing! Thanks for the info about a shorter trip. I am hoping for some much needed R&R, wdw is just an added bonus.

Candi, I can beat you, we move here when I was in 4th grade. I barely remember moving. Don't think I would know how. If I moved to florida, I would leave everything here and shut the door > then start over.

Tomar, I know I think my counter is off somehow. Are you supposed to count the day you leave or the last day you work? Are you stopping off to see the during your trip?

TP2, Hope everyone is feeling better now. Any changes on the house this weekend?

Happy sunday, mky

 

[tripplanner2]

Hey MKY: DD5 is better but DD10 is sick. We think it is a migrane but I am unsure. She was complaining of a headache last night and went to the nurse last week in school for a headache. But then last night she started complaining that her belly hurt and she woke up vomiting. I finally got Motrin in her and the vomiting stopped. No fever, so I am ruling out the flu but she is miserable. In bed most of the day. And now complaining of back pain. Gotta add that to the google search.

No new news on the house front. We are ready to just buy a boat and forget the whole thing. Scary to see some of the stuff out there. And the thought of moving is scary to us too. I am always getting rid of stuff but still, we have a lot. I never thought the process would be easy but it is a little ridiculous.

Tomar and EE22: I really can't wait to get down the luggage. I paid off our trip. So now we are waiting on our luggage tags. I guess I have about 3 more weeks before they will show up.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

 

[candizfan]

TP2 - I hope 2210 feels better soon.


EE22 - I have to wait all the way till March for my next Disney fix. Really don't know if I can hold out that long. If a $49 flight comes up then DH might find himself at home for a week. Ssshhhh don't tell him I have been looking online.

I am so desperate to go that I am considering going during huricane season to get DD13 in for her birthday for free.

MKY - We moved into the house my mom and dad still live in when I was in grade 2. I remember the move. Before that I was an army brat but don't remember any of the other moves since my dad left the service when I was 2 years old and they moved across the country. Imagine 6 kids in one car from the coast of BC to Quebec

All of our posessions fit into one small UHaul trailer. And to top it off......we CAMPED on the way!!!!

To think no one was tossed out the open windows (no AC) is amazing

I slept in the wheel well of the old cadillac where the floor vent (a door you opened) would blow on me to keep me cool. I think I had the best spot on the trip. My brother got sun burnt sleeping in the back window Oh the stories my mom can tell.

 

[mkymouse4ever]

Happy monday!

I did it! Got through the closet and 2 chest's. Got cancelled today YES and no call. Guess, they did finally open the unit at 3 am this morning. I started around 9am, and finished about 3pm. 5 bags to good will, sitting on my living room floor. I am officially off tommorrow, so don't plan on doing too much. Got things lined up for vacation, packing should not be too bad.

TP2, could be migraines. Migraines definately have a GI [gastro] component. And everyone, has a little bit different type of migraine. Or a little variation of what the migraine is too them. There is really not a test, they just go by your symptoms. I used to do a clinic with a pediatric neurologist from loyola [chicago]. He would come down twice a month. Was alot of fun. [still do a clinic with a ped cardiologist, from rush pres. st. lukes, chicago] anyway, whenever; someone would come in with strange complaints, even as odd as a possible seziure, he would tell me, probably migraines. Kinda, the same thing when your kids are sick, and the ped md tells you "virus". Migraines, are actually alot of work. Kinda like asthma. you figure out triggers, causes, what to or not eat, diary foods, activities, then you start figuring out treatment. What works, what doesn't. I like a dark room with the tv just for slight noise [no light on tv]. Ice bags to back of neck, and forehead. bug likes an extremely tight bandana [ala brent michaels] Just what ever works. Good luck. If they tell you it is migraines, I would recommend seeing a ped neurologist. At least for opinions, and till they work out your plan.

Candi, you should write a book "cross country " the life of a military brat.

Happy monday 3 weeks and counting..................

mky

 

[tripplanner2]

MKY: Thanks for the info. She wound up with a fever today so I took her to the doctor. Upper respitory infection but her lungs are wheezing and ratteling. So she is on Zithromax. I thought it was Swine but her fever went down after taking Motrin. Was told flu won't react to Motrin. Doctor is concerned about pnemonia again. Wants her home all week and an easy weekend.

Glad you got your work done. Seems like everyone is tackeling some big chores.

Wow! 3 weeks! That means we are so close too. I am just ready for school to be done.

Hope everyone has a great week.

 

[candizfan]

MKY - The book would be far better if my mom wrote it! Life with six military brats ..

TP2 - I hope DD is feeling better.

3 weeks - wow you must be happy to be heading out of there.

Have a great week everyone.

 

[EEyorelover22]

mky...DH has had 3 Goodwill runs with the car PACKED!! I have another load started too. I have the house cleanstill have the cars, the deck, the siding and the shurbs. I think I'll rest though and decide what to pack I am tired and very sore. My list keeps growing.

I have the shorts...just need tops.

I am not the Fashion Queen that Tomar is so it doesn't take me as long.

Tomar: you look like I do for work when you visit the parks. Must be your fashion design and east coast influence. Same with Mr. Tomar. I just hope DH stays clean for dinner time

TP2: I hope DD is doing well soon. What a bummer at the end of the school year.

Candi: they have $29 flights here...you never know.