MOOvers - 2011 Edition

[Minnie_Moo]

Nabbie - Oh. My. Goodness. I feel so bad for that little girl What a tough thing to have to go through life with. Makes my toe injury pale in comparison . . .

Hubby called to let me know that he arrived in Atlanta. Biggest Loser on the big TV in the living room tonight. WOOT!!!

Pumba - I hear you on the doing wash during vacation issue too. Yuck! Did you see that the Beast's castle is going up in Fantasyland? Pretty cool. It will definitely change the look of the Magic Kingdom. And it'll be nice to have some new restaurant choices there too.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Nab, so sad about the little girl!

Well,we had our team outing this afternoon. Walked fast to Italy (from the cast lot where we parked in east Egypt and entered by Mexico). You sure miss a lot if you just walk along the promenaded without checking things out, I can see how people can miss the whole essence of WSC. Anyway, we did indeed share 2 mega mezzo pizzas for lunch. Huge but very thin (good though) I even managed to ear at least 4 pieces which is unheard of with normal dough. They also served mediocre cold bread with the most tasteless dipping sauce evah!! With the mega pizzas, you order a salad for $5 a person. I think 3 decided to get it, so they brought out a large bowl. A couple other people took some too. So they asked for a refill and were told that there is no refill, unless you want to pay an extra $5/person. Olive Garden this is not, LOL.

At the beginning we clearly stated that we wanted seperate checks. 10, to be exact. (Days of Disney paying for team outings is a thing of the past, sadly). Well, at the end, a manager came out and gave us this long spiel about how they dont split checks, and boss almost paid and leave it for later to sort out. Then the manager said they can do it, but don't complain if it takes a while (in roundabout terms). Then the waitress comes back and wants one payment. So we said, well, the mgr. just said you can split it. She huffed off and did. I ended up paying $9.50 after 20% discount, no salad or soda. The boss got charged $4 for pizza and a soda, one guy got charged $17.50 for the same. It took 47 minutes to get out checks, LOL, so we let that ride. Well, we were in no hurry and it was funny.

After that we decided to got to American Adventure as it was just starting right then and several people had never seen it. Then the thought was to check out a new admission gate at the main entrance that was being tested, but that was over, so a bust. Then we did SE, which I had never seen the new ending for. My pic looks like im 3 sheets to the wind

Then the boss bought us all ice creams, we did some game in innoventions about saving, rode the segways (not me), and by then it was like 5:30. My legs did NOT appreciate all the walking.... and my feet screamed to be out of sneakers.

I'm sure I'll sleep well tonight. zzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[monymony3471]

Hi!

I am winding down another crazy semester of school and this Saturday I take my MTTC (Michigan Test for Teacher Certification) I am taking the Cognitive Impairment and Early Education tests so I am highly qualified to teach both levels.

After I pass those on Saturday, because I AM PASSING THEM!!!! I can start subbing. No Child Left Behind requires that you are highly qualified to sub and that means passing the MTTC's in Michigan. Each person takes the one that pertains to their program. Before all you needed was 100 credit hours from an accredited University. I have two study guides that I wish I had more time to go through. One is 338 pages. The other is a few hundred. I put it together, things I got from my classes.

That means I can stop doing daycare and I put it out there that July 31 could be my last day. I am only registered for one spring class because finances won't let me take much more and I thought it would be nice to have August off with my kids for the first time EVER!

I am on my new laptop. My other one kept crashing and Best Buy had to issue me a new comparable computer under no lemon. My free laptop cost me 350.00 after adding virus protection, the warranty, and the set up fees.

There was no way I was walking out of that store without a warranty. Oh and I bought an external hard drive this time and I refuse to save anything to my laptop hard drive. Tired of losing my stuff.

Miss you all and hope life is treating you well. We lost a classmate from highschool this week, it really makes you reflect and appreciate what you have.

All the radio stations are broadcasting from FL this week. Wish we were going, nothing for a long while.

When is the new stuff going to open in Magic Kingdom? Maybe by then we can.

 

[Minnie_Moo]

Go, Mony, GO!!!!!!! I know you'll do great! And that's a great idea to take off the month of August The Fantasyland construction isn't slated to done until "late 2012" and the openings will be phased.

It's always difficult to lose classmates. Sorry to hear about that

Marita - Hope you got a good night's sleep after your adventures at Epcot!!! That pizza sounds delicious. It's going to be a while before I get to try it

On a more positive note, I finally got to telecommute today! It was nice being able to relax and work from home, especially since the price of gas increased so much.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

YAY for being almost done, Mony! I honestly don't know how you do it all, im exhausting just reading it, LOL.

Moo, I actually went to bed at 11 last night, almost unheard of, LOL. However, for some reason I kept waking up just about every hour all night for no reason.. So I think it may be another early night.

Good for you to get to telecommute, I dont get that chance anymore, sigh!

 

[NAB]

Mony-- You deserve Aug. off. Glad your almost done and can soon teach.

Marita-- I am sometimes in bed by 10, don't know how you can stay up so late and go to work. I know you've always been a night owl.

It rained off and on all day yesterday but today looks promising but cooler.

Have to take in Hannah's colouring contest Easter Bunny picture to the newspaper today. She wants to win a 2 foot chocolate Easter Bunny.

But must get them off to school first....

 

[babynurse1]

Twink et al: I HAD to pop in and share some baby names with you. I swear it was odd and bizarre baby name week.


1. Tyranny: When you don't have quite enough chaos in your life, give your kid a name that means absolute power, especially when exercised unjustly or cruelly.


2. AND if that is still not enough chaos how about naming your child Riot Mayhem? Yep, you heard it hear first. Riot. Mayhem. What? The? Heck?

and last but not least.....

3. If you are not even sure where to begin, and have no clue as to what name you should choose out of the thousands and thousands of names how about something like Maybe. Maybe she will get a name and maybe she won't?

 

[Minnie_Moo]

bbn - Wow, I am just speechless over those baby names!

Marita - The only time I ever go to bed by 11 is if I'm sick I could NOT get to sleep last night so I felt yucky this morning and ended up going in late. Urgh.

Hubby took an earlier flight home from his meeting today and was here when I got home from work. I kinda had a feeling he would, LOL! So much for having another night home alone

 

[NAB]

Not much to report here...

The weather went back to freezing out there. Back to the winter coat today. Suppose to be a rainy cold weekend too.

Moo-- To bad you can't have another night of the TV. I hate watching our small one in the bedroom. Mind you it is usually hubby that doesn't get to watch on a bigger tv.

Babynurse-- Those are some names. Poor kids when they get to school.

We just got some of our investment papers today in the mail and for some reason we have a strangers name as a benificiary if I die....hubby asked if I was having an affair who was Ted.... So now we have to phone and see what happened there. Good thing he reads those papers that come in. I just pile them on the desk thinking my fiancial advisor is doing his job.

 

[TwinkieMama]

Twink et al: I HAD to pop in and share some baby names with you. I swear it was odd and bizarre baby name week.

You should have texted these names. They are dooozies alrighty. If texting can be done in the Vatican, then shirley you could do so in the hospital while babynursing with one hand tied behind your back

1. Tyranny: When you don't have quite enough chaos in your life, give your kid a name that means absolute power, especially when exercised unjustly or cruelly.

OH. MY. I love it!! Little sisters are Felony and Acrimony perhaps???

2. AND if that is still not enough chaos how about naming your child Riot Mayhem? Yep, you heard it hear first. Riot. Mayhem. What? The? Heck?

I would have totally gone with Mayhem Riot.

and last but not least.....

3. If you are not even sure where to begin, and have no clue as to what name you should choose out of the thousands and thousands of names how about something like Maybe. Maybe she will get a name and maybe she won't?

Didn't you watch Arrested Development? One character was Maybe.
I didn't like it at first but it is something we re-watch. And quote. But not in public cause we don't want people to know we are looney tunes. They already suspect.


Hi Mony! Good luck on the big test.

Hi Marita- always love hearing the office politics.

Hi Moo- how are you? still kettlebelling?

Hi Nab- I think we have your cold weather or you have ours. Either way I was ready for spring and now I am freeezing

and a big shout out to everyone else

 

[pumba]

morning..
It is in the 30's here but we still opened the window for a bit and let that nice fresh smelling air in...Megara loves to sniff it too.....hahaha..

Yesterday we had winter coats back on too....but I DO have GREEN GRASS and buds on the lilacs...they are small buds but they are that....

I still think my friends grandson's name is a little different......Captain Moxie...and then insert a last name...I see this little boy going to school and having people say...where is Captain???...I know not as bad as some of BN's baby names.....

We are in a lull here......getting things ready for the Bunny visit and then we have to get our stuff together and meds refilled and leave in a few weeks...well two from today actually we will be landing in DC in a few ...I love virtual air traffic....hahaha.

I dont usually tell anyone when we are going ...but you guys are the good guys.....and not the ones that dislike moderators..

I guess clothes to be washed and dried and put away is on the agenda for today....change the bed and vacuum and dust......regular stuff..

have a good day my friends

 

[Minnie_Moo]

50 degrees and rainy in my neck of the woods today . . .

Pumba - Yay for your vacation being so close!!! It'll be nice being where it's warm. Our hot weather last Sunday was such a teaser.

I need to get busy and send an Easter care package to my daughter.

Hiya, Twink! I have not kettlebelled for a couple weeks. My smashed toe is still healing and I didn't want to put any pressure on it. Hopefully I'll be able to work out next week.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

BBN, love the names, LOL

Twinkie, always good to see you pop in.

Pumba, you'll have to tell me how you like FQ upgrades. I read a very funny trip report update about the beds there recently

As part of our monthly meeting of the MVP region (Value/Mods) we toured the Allstar yesterday. Saw a family suite and old and new rooms (they just started rehab there). Nice update to the rooms, I have to say. Oh, and we get to see the model rooms for Art of Animation May 13, that should be cool.

Nothing much happening around here. This week Khaki and I are hosting the meeting for all the Resort Analysts and Associates and will show the model rooms for Magnolia Bend and Alligatour Bayou (or just one, probably, not enough time) with all the other updates on the agenda.

My Montana tickets went from ~$600 ea to $883, ouch! Glad I booked when I did.
I was looking forward to eating my leftover Fettucini today, but DD ate it! Guess I'll have to get some tacos again.........

Have a great weekend!

 

[NAB]

It is raining really heavy here today and the wind it crazy. They are even talking about getting snow over night not liking that forecast.

Pumba-- your trip is getting closer...how exciting.

Moo-- I need to get moving on filling my plastic Easter eggs for their hunt. I am most wish I never started this tradition it a lot of work to hide over 100 eggs and fill them. But the kids love it and all is well on Easter morning watching them is so much fun.

Marita-- I know , isn't it crazy the way flight jump up closer to the date. Still waiting for a good flight for Jan. I believe the kids will be out the first week of January so we can go on your Dream cruise.

Nothing on TV tonight. I think I will have to read instead. I am on the third of the series I have been reading. The Girl that Kicked the Hornest Nest. Hubby is watching Hockey and the kids are playing video games. Very peaceful so far.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

well nabby, i got something to report... i am not dead!

ha! i can retire. the thing is i feel too young for that. weird feeling,
since i been working for such a long time.

fyi, well, well , sick! did you read bout this year ncaa basketball
tourney & some of the games being thrown, for gambling? now it
seem like they are just ignoring / hoping to sweep it under the rug?

[ of course, you all heard a lil'-about it before it broke. see, "reality
orientation" can be used toward any human activity...& it works! ]

also , while i know most here are not sports fans, is irrelevant to
the real subject matter----"human dynamics". & doing things right
will always be worth the investment. my biggest influence come
from knowledge that most already have. from their families, parents,
schools, & churches. many having difficulties- have left the road
or are lost. i can't tell how many good results have come, just
showing others, why the "old-wise tales" can get them back-
where they want to be.

do something good for your self! remember vampires have no
connection to reality? why is that "good" to bear in mind? because
a person's blood is not a food source but a transportation system.
and that means, doing/maintaining oral hygiene is an easy &
effective measure for "heart prevention."

yes i know the world have plenty of mental problems & scary things.
but the good news....the counter measures are
just as easy & effective in turning bad things around. there's something
very encouraging in our ability to process hope?

speaking of, one of our workers had a new baby girl. she's a cutie!
it reminded me what i used to tell new mothers a long time ago.
" a baby ', is mankind best sign that God want life to continue."


i still very much believe in this.


in all my adventures in life, i can't even begin to tell how bless i am.
but if you ever ask why me?, i am even more puzzle. i think my words
might give you the idea i think nothing about details. however, nothing
could be further from the truth. all my life, i live it with my feelings
first, and then doing what i thought was right, based on my
values that were given by my parents, & all the things mentioned
above. i never questioned my "lots" except i had no expectations
the world is fair. just liked when the legal system was manipulated &
tried to get me to take the easy way out. no way! i knew even if
the truth wasn't victory, it still was important to stand. the biggest
surprise, was how many others were helped by "me" helping myself.

why ramble this? for you see, i know as i can see, how special you
all have here, just be your self & standing up for one another.
many posters could avoid emotional stressors if they would follow
the examples here. [ & you really don't need me pointing out
anything].

me? let me share some of my old "psychiatric principles" that i wrote/
share with patients . [ wow! they are nearly 20 years old.] i was
a youngster back them- ha! ha!- " happiness requires sharing for it
to exist. ". a philosophy is nothing more than an opinion you believe in.
" the first sign of healing is when yuo are able to start caring for
others."

ha!that makes sense since my wife thinks i am a big baby when i am
sick,

now, here a very interesting observation about human ways of
being. there are several "states" we know from science of
matter can exist. solids, liquids, and gas. do you know we all have
those 3 states going on all the time we are functioning? think
about the "mind" power behind life is something most impressive.
we should be!

all the greatest minds on earth believes the creation of life as
the greatest thinking ability. and though i am "into" very
simple ways of thinking [ to a fault even], i beg to disagree.
it is the second level. the first to me, is creating all the things
necessary to sustain life through time. after all, isn't "time"
the primary element in life & living?

and if these things are true, the most important "idea" behind what
we can learn is hope can change our future toward recovery ,
no matter the challenges or illnesses one faces. especially if we
pass it on.

life is worth living....but it does requires participation & just
a lil' appreciation. [ fyi, my lil' sweetie pie, is still sweet as ever. &
our lil' is quite beautiful, red hair & all. ]

 

[monymony3471]

It is very strange not having any homework to do, but come May 9th, it'll start back up again.

Well I took my tests. The hard one I know I passed. The easy one, it's a toss up. I didn't know that I had to know art, music, and economics concepts. Elementary education. Really?

At least I know what I have to study if I don't pass. And if I have to take anymore, I will definitely take the ASD one (Autism) and get another endorsement on my certificate. The COE doens't have a study guide for ASD and they tell their students to just study the CI one because they are so similar. How hard could that be? It should be doable for me.

Guess what? Time to live up to my title and make pierogies! Got some kraut cooking on the stove. I hope tomorrow to start making them.

 

[pumba]

morning..

Got up and put the trash out....waiting for my Ava to come....I HATE MONDAYS...wish we could start on a .hmmmmm Wednesday and have just those next two days....but then I would start to hate Wednesdays..right???

Marita......I am going to call and ask for bld 5 close to the hot tub.....I like to be able to see if there are to many people in that before we venture down to sit in the hottie....Hubbies favorite thing to do ...after a long day or short day at the parks...

Its overcast here but it is in the 40s ...so not to bad......Megara is already snoozing in the big chair...

Today is our princess Megan's birthday......she is our youngest grandbaby.....she is 5........cant believe that......seems like yesterday.....

Hope you all have a great day and see you later gators

 

[NAB]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLIE!!



HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT ONE !!

 

[MommyPoppins]

Guess what? Time to live up to my title and make pierogies! Got some kraut cooking on the stove. I hope tomorrow to start making them.

I don't know why you feel the need to tease us every year it's time for pierogies.

Speaking of teases. Less than 3 weeks before we head to Disney...for SEVEN days!

 

[babynurse1]

Twink: I did watch "Arrested Development" and thought of that reference, but c'mon IT"S A KID!!! I also knew a dog named Maybe. Go figure.

Mony: Hopefully you did great on both tests!

LilG: You can retire? I thought you were just a pup.

Marita: I am jealous of all these WDW adventures you are going on.

Pumba: Happy Birthday to your

Nab: Who is TED?!?! Lol

Moo: Hope your toe is feeling better.

MommyP: Can't believe your trip is almost here. How exciting.