Mixed Marriage 2: The Conversion Continues..... now complete

[luvmyboys]

Welcome home Twinkies! Glad you had a good time, and can't wait to hear all about it! I'm sure carrying your lovingly made basket, in all its lime splendor went over well with airport security. TSA officials are known internationally for their sense of humor, don't cha know!?!

 

[princesslibby]

I'm glad you're back. Hope you and TD had a fantastic time.

2 new installments. Yippee.

 

[TwinkieMama]

PrincessLibby: I think it is yippee but don't worry... any errors will be caught and fixed by ZZUB.

Luvmyboys: Well there is an airport security vs TwinkieMama story but it will have to wait for the report of that trip..... no title yet, coming soon to a disboard near you

chucklhd:Yes! We are also bitter about Pooh. Actually, I just miss Mr. Toad.... DH calls for an all out Pooh boycott. As for clothing... or the lack thereof... I am am a laid back gal but after 6 days in Disney in August I wanted to scream "Please control your bra straps!!!! They belong under the shirt!" I am not talking about teenyboppers.... I am talking about grown women pushing strollers and at least a couple of grannies sporting the pratically see through white blouse over a black bra. But at least they were wearing underthings..... others were not. I get that it is hot... but wouldn't a sleeveless shirt or light colored tee be just as cool as layering 3 spaghetti strap tanks of different colors over a bra? sorry about the rant.... and again wardrobe lunacy is expected of teens butI am not talking about the young gals... though just the fact of being 17 doesn't mean that every style is flattering.. .anyway I got to wondering if these people dressed this way at home??? Do they go to walmart and church and the junior league dressed such that we can all see, not London or France, but bra straps and underpants???

Utahmama- Please don't call me when you are on Millionaire... I want you to win! Then you can hire me to follow you around Disney and take notes on your Big Fat Disney Vacation. I know a lot about a very limited set of things and sure enough the question would be about how to use a glue gun (I am clueless!) or fry chicken (I am against it on principle) or sports (I call the uniforms "costumes" because it never fails to raise TwinkieDaddy's blood pressure... I also ask how long until "intermission" )

the rest of my DISpeeps- thanks for missing me I am trying hard to wrap up this trippie because school starts this week which will seriously cut into my DIS time....

 

[tinkerbellang]

Glad to have you back TwinkieMama - leaving in 5 days for a romantic Disney get away myself!!

Now for the wardrobe malfunctions - if you've ever heard of Chonda Pierce (Christian comedian) you must listen to her new CD. I just did and she talks about the wardrobe malfunctions - did any of you know that they call the flesh sticking out from above the low riders "mushroom top"???

Don't want anyone seeing my mushroom top!!! Keep that ugly part covered right up!

 

[TwinkieMama]

I heard someone (Letterman?) call it Muffin Top. Which cracks me up. Too many muffins leads to Muffin Top. I teach biology labs which means my students sit on stools at lab benches. And they are freshmen. Which means they still dress to impress the opposite sex as if they are going to meet Someone in Biology Lab. Lots of club wear at the old bio lab. So these young, not heavy , would be attractive if their clothes fit gals wear their low rider jeans and then sit on a stool and lean over the bench. Not a good look on anyone. Even tanned coeds that have not had twins. I have seen more cleavage, tatoos and muffin top teaching than I ever saw back when I was of clubbing age.

 

[TwinkieMama]

For you newbies, the area that is now the queue to Soarin’ was formerly an audio-animontronic show about healthy eating. I loved it back when it was Kitchen Kaberet…. The chorus was something like “don’t forget the Veggie, Veggie, Fruit Group”…. In fact this became family lore, much like the spirit of NorVAY, we always tried to get in all our servings from the Veggie Veggie Fruit Group. I even tried explaining this to my husband and child which resulted in DS’s first joke. I was singing the veggie veggie fruit group song to him one night when he decided to change the lyrics to Veggie, Veggie Fruit Dip…. Which was hilarious only he didn’t know why. Now I wish I had some Veggie Veggie Fruit Dip. Oh well, I guess you had to be there. Anyway, after Living with the Land we headed over to Kitchen Kaberet only to find out that it had been revisioned since I had last been there and now “Food Rocks”…. I guess Disney got tired of trying to keep up with the ever evolving food groups that eventually morphed into a food pyramid and then we as a nation collectively gave up and decided to pretend there were healthy choices at MickeyDs for all of our Veggie Veggie Fruit Group needs. I was somewhat apprehensive about the Kaberet taking on a Rock theme. However all my fears where put to rest when I heard (to the tune of the Police’s Every Breath You Take):
"Every bite you take,
Every cake you bake,
Every milk you shake,
Every egg you break,
Will be part of you!..."Yes- we were being entertained by dancing vegetables with names like Pita Gabriel and Neil Moussaka. Think about what would happen if Weird Al had to design an educational show about the food groups…. And had Tone Loc host it….. in his alter ego, Fud Wrapper
“there's a box, a can, a bag,
A package on the table,
Before you rip, have a bite or sip,
Check the contents on the label."
It was PDF (pretty darn funny)…. We laughed, we sang along,….. and we went right back in and watched it again. And I am glad that we did. We loved it and never imagined that all too soon it would be crammed full of people waiting to ride Soarin after bogging down our beloved Living with the Land ride while waiting for their fastpasses.

Before leaving the land we did some shopping… I found a gift for our friend (a distant cousin, remember we are in the deep South baby…. We call her Cuz) who was picking up our mail and the perfect souvie for me. A plate with Pooh watering his garden in greens and purples with a border of Pooh, Tigger and leaves. This is perfect because I love dishes. I feel about them the way some women feel about shoes. It also matched my kitchen perfectly (hunter green cabinets, pine pergo floors and a purple dining room with a fruit border…. Sounds bad, trust me it was good… not decorator good but unusual and fit my personality perfectly) and I love plants and it was Disney… and not a t-shirt! Since it was breakable and so was the mug we bought for Cuz., we decide to take advantage of our resort privledges and have it sent to the room. Remember have until recently been living on gas fumes and ramen noodles…. We are not resort people. We are still amazed that we are actually on a Disney vacation. We have never had a bell hop or reason to tip one (do you tip per Walmart bag or per handful??????) so along with other areas of ignorance, we didn’t know that it takes days for the items to magically appear in your room. It is the evening of our last day. We are checking our tomorrow so waiting to buy our breakables was not a good move. We inquire into when we should have bought our fragile items in order to take advantage of this on site perk. Three days ago. So Disney is discriminating against poor folks who only take 3 day Disney vacations. Sigh. So we get our goods wrapped. Double wrapped. Boxed and bagged and head out to watch the Tapestry of Nations while protecting our treasures.

 

[stinkerbelle's mom]

Welcome back TM!!! Wow 3 updates in 1 day! Hope you had a great time, we missed you!

 

[cjhinch]

Welcome back Twinkie!! We all missed you.........but I am so excited because now you have ANOTHER trip in the books you can entertain us with!!

 

[idofabric]

TM- just remember that there is no such thing as a "low fat" Muffin Top... if only people would when dressing. And have you ever seen such young women/girls, otherwise thin, with such pot bellies? I know we all gave up girdles in the 1960s, but what ever happened to holding in your tummy and mucel tone? I do say this as a Pooh size female, who still holds in her tummy, even if no one can tell!
And what did/do you think about the oh-so-tacky "clear" bra straps...

You all know, we need a DISboard, Other Then Disney Destination Guide, (OTDG) for those of us that have to go to other places for a few days for vacations... I know, it does happen...!
Then we could take advantage of all the folks we meet online.. .if we want!
Come to Charleston, SC. It would be a great excuse for me to get out of work/laundry!

Glad you had a great time on the latest WDW trip, TM! Only 17 days till I get back down! Whoot!

 

[GOOFYsince71]

Welcome Back Twinkiemama!!!
I broke down and bought some Twinkies yesterday cuz I was missin'
y'all.
Here's an idea,,,,,,just thought of it..
When any of us (Dissers) are at WDW.......we should leave little messages, or just our Dis Name on a Mickey Paint Sample and tape them to the bottom of chairs or tables all around the "World" Maybe obscure places like Under a drawer in the room, next to the T.V. under the sink!!! Somewhere no one else would look. Kinda like a scavenger hunt!
The first one to find one,,,,,,,,post a New LIMEGREEN MICKEYHEAD
Thread for others to read,,,with the day and place you found it....
Do you think it will be fun?
Maybe you would rather take Twinkies in celebration of Twinkiemama,and then at least get a nice little treat!!!!

 

[S.Poppins]

I am still trying desperately to catch up reading this post. But I just finished the part where UM does the Jungle Cruise. Great stuff. Okay, I know I am way behind. I need everyone to cease posting for 24 hrs. so I can have a chance to catch up!

 

[S.Poppins]

I did it! I finished the thread! I was closer than I thought to the end. Okay, everyone can post again and I am ready for TM's next installment. Tomorrow!

 

[TwinkieMama]

We set out to watch Better Than Sliced Bread aka Tapestry of Nations. Here is where memory once again fails… the first time we watched it (just the day before yesterday) we saw the early (first? Only?) parade as it was daylight at the start and finish. This day there must have been 2 showings and we caught the second one- because as we staked out our spots (Strategically in the UK area) dusk was falling (does dusk fall?... anyway it was the time before twilight). This was harder than it sounds. First of all, everyone in the know was also trying to get a spot in the UK. (Didn’t DISboards have about 50000 members in 2000? They were all hanging outside the Rose and Crown. Except for the ubermembers who were sipping lagers on the patio) Secondly we had breakables- including a dinner plate. And no stroller. Which would have been useful to park over the packages. Because people do not tend to walk into strollers because they may have sleeping babies in them. Or poopy babies. Whatever. People walk around strollers parked on the side of the road during the pre-parade gathering. Apparently people do not walk around short women of predominantly Italian descent that are parked on the side of the road during the pre-parade gathering. Because once again we (??? Why did I agree to this??) decide that the me part of we would hold all the packages and secure our spot from the invading hordes while the boys went in search of restrooms. And maybe a spinny toy. Or just some time to window-shop. Since waiting for a parade is a waste of Disney time. And kind of boring when your family leaves you and you are too shy to strike up a conversation with the people running over you and your breakable souvenirs. (The other problem is that I am just not good at this sort of thing… you know not getting fingerprints on pictures, not wrinkling my clothes, doing my hair (oh wait you already know about that)……In fact on our honeymoon in a desire to prove what a good helpful wife I am I loaded the car while DH checked out as a surprise for him. Boy was he surprised when he opened the trunk to see his cream jacket was on top. And caught in the door. And frayed. And stained. With grease. Which my mother-in-law fixed as soon as we got to her house which was our next stop. Please go easy on me- I was a child bride. And I might add that maybe it was a blessing since that jacket was never quite the same. Why did a 30 year old man have a white jacket in 1997? Duh. He owned Miami Vice pants. He is a Southern Belle. Which means he opened the door for me while he told me what an idiot I was to get a grease stain on his white dinner jacket.) So I am in a position of high stress. Trying not to lose our spot or break our fine china. I must look friendly. Or small. Or easy to take down in a street fight because people are always taking my parade spots. Even if I put an extra jacket next to me. And tell them that my husband is coming right back. My big tall husband. So there I am sweating- not because of the heat but because I am worried about losing our spot.
But it was totally worth it.
Because as Dusk fell so did a hush over the crowd. The sweaty sunburned crowd sat silently like a group of small children expecting a fairy tale from a master storyteller. We sat expectantly…. And then…. the torches flared. And the lights dimmed and then came back up. And the Tapestry of Nations began. I cried during the music. Again. It was beautiful. The best part was when it was over we felt reverent and happy and had just enough time to slowly find a spot that was better for viewing Illuminations. By this time I am tired. Sitting still has reminded me of what a toll a Disney vacation takes on you… I was so tired that I wanted to sit down during Illuminations. But I am short. And to really appreciate Illuminations you need to see globe. It was so packed that we couldn’t find a really great spot for Illuminations. DH put DS on his shoulders and I contented myself with leaning against him and enjoying the music and the fireworks. And protecting the breakables. Which was still my job.

 

[kpk89]

Welcome to all the new friends- Kpk so good to see you here. Your first trippie was the first I read after a very long DIS break... because my DH has always called me "Mean Mama" so I knew we would have something in common. Where is this top secret Viking union? I am certainly long winded enough to fit in... also I rode Maelstrom twice on my most recent trip, both times using a Fastpass and both times bypassing large crowds... and singing the soundtrack to Veggie Tales "The Pirates Who don't Do Anything" CD which is currently recieving a LOT of play time in the TwinkieMobile.

Hi TM, welcome back!! You can find the Viking hideout HERE

Don't even try to "catch up." Just go to the last page and jump in with both feet. It's a very nice bunch of pillagers. Hope to see you there soon!

I'm off to catch up on the rest of your report.

and PS ... we LOVE the Pirates who Don't Do Anything. Here. Did you know they are working on a full-length feature of them? Yep!

 

[Glendamax]

TM welcome back! Apparently, I am VERY late to the party, and VERY confused. The Tapestry of Nations parade you mentioned - was this from years ago? Or have they started this back up? Sorry to ask what is probably a stupid question, but in addition to going to work, keeping the house, ducking UtahMama and attending 3 parties on this board, I'm a little behind!

 

[TwinkieMama]

Glendamax- don't worry, ducking UtahMama is a full time job- I know!... anywho to answer your question, unlike some trip reporters who are working on last year's trip I am still stuck back in 2000 which explains why Food Rocks and Tapestry of Nations is still going strong....
sorry for the confusion

 

[MomPlanner22]

TM -- don't you ever sleep???? I know -- who am I to talk, it's not even 5:00 am and I am up DISing.

So glad you are back and eager to read the rest of this saga and hear all about the other Twinkie Trips to WDW!!

 

[Fizban257]

I think Jeff Foxworthy said it best:

"Belly shirts should only be worn by people who don't have one."

 

[UtahMama]

Why did a 30 year old man have a white jacket in 1997? Duh. He owned Miami Vice pants. He is a Southern Belle. Which means he opened the door for me while he told me what an idiot I was to get a grease stain on his white dinner jacket.

Poor TwinkieDaddy!!!!! Bless his heart!!!!
(you can make fun of people or gossip just as long as you are not mean and always say bless his/her heart)

Hey! This is a 50-pager!!!

 

[jamal]

T-Mama!! This Mama likey very much!! Right back atcha on the catchin' up. Why does your TR bring out the Southern typist in me???

And this???

Since waiting for a parade is a waste of Disney time.

Baby, I am with ya on that one!!

I lost ya on this, though...

And kind of boring when your family leaves you and you are too shy to strike up a conversation with the people running over you and your breakable souvenirs.

cause I have NEVER met a stranger.

I love me some dishes.

Keep it up! You're on a roll!!
Jami