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Please let that rumor come true!:rolleyes:

Please let that rumor come true!:rolleyes:

Please let that rumor come true!:rolleyes:


Since we are paying out of pocket for 10 days that would be so awesome!
 
Here is a really funny trip report for your reading pleasure.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1899615

Here is an excerpt:

~~~~Flashback

Grandpa (then just my Dad) was driving me home from college for the break. Maybe he was driving me back. I do not remember. Mother was not along for the ride. I had consumed an enormous amount of soda. Was I drinking right out of the liter? It is possible. I was a wild cannon.

Now Dad, he is one of those guys that was not really interested in stopping for restroom breaks.

Now me, I was the kind of girl that wanted a break the minute I thought I might start to think about maybe using the potty. :drinking2

Conversations went like this:

Me~”Dad, I have to pee”
Dad~” Oh, for God’s sakes, We stopped two exits ago!” Exasperated sighing.

Poor dads. Us daughters have a secret weapon. Silence. We wait. And no matter how loud the dad sighs, no matter how high he throws his hands in despair. He is going to stop. Because he is a good guy. I am actually surprised how much fight he still had in him by the time I got to college. Three crazy woman were his life’s work.

So, needless to say, I was thrilled that we were stopping for lunch. Which could be a meal and a potty.

I was in the danger zone. You know when every bump feels like a giant is pinching your bladder like an engorged tick on his favorite dog? You can only see yellow?

I scrambled to the restaurant before Dad had even come to a complete stop. I fly to the restrooms.

There are three one seat toilets. A Men’s, a Woman’s and a Buffet (Man/woman/baby/handicapped). I try the ladies. Locked. I try the Mens. Locked. I turn and look at the restaurant. It is packed. And it is boring. No ambience music. Nothing to look at.

Except for the frantic blond trying the doors like I am in Mission Impossible looking to get away from Tom Cruise. I look at my last option. The buffet. I am not a fan of using the buffet. It is not right to clog up a handicapped bathroom with an able butt. I wait. I tap. What in God’s name are these people doing in these bathrooms. The giant squeezes harder. That is it. I have to buffet it.

I bust in the door and shut it behind me. The door could not be any flimsier. It was the negligee of doors. I think two pieces of paper glued together would be thicker than this door.

I push in the lock. Don’t you love when you can’t tell if it is clicked? I want my locks to be definite. Unlocked it should look like an outtie belly button. Locked it should look like a innie bellybutton. This lock was an inbetweenie. Damn it.

I finally see the potty. The answer to my prayers. The bathroom was the size of a football field. For Crap’s sake, when you have a flimsy inbetweenie locked bathroom door you want to be seated close, so if the door accidently flies open, you can smack it with your super fast hand. There is no faster hand than the “I can reach the door from the potty and oh crap it is opening” hand. It is like a miracle of speed and ferociousness. I love that hand.

I take the trek to the potty. I am required to hire a Sherpa and spend some time at base camp. Oregon trail wagons mosey by on my way to the toilet.

I sit down. Heaven. I watch the door like it is a bear riddled with rabies. Watchful. I could feel it coming.

The paper thin door busts open. I am now sharing the buffet with an older man I have never seen before.

Isn’t that an awkward moment? Staring into the eyes of a stranger from the toilet.

And Thank God. Although the bathroom is huge, cavernous, colossal, Every stinking person in that crowded, quiet, bored restaurant had a great view. And they knew. They knew this old dude was going to bust in on me. They saw me choose the buffet. Even though I did not meet the requirements of the signage. I bet they were thinking “See? Karma. That’s what happens.”

So the old dude is staring at me staring at him. I have time on my hands now. I find myself praying. “Dear God, I know I deserved this, considering the signage, but please, please, let this man close the door behind him when he leaves.”

I will never forget what he decided to do next.

He looked at me. Then he looked at the signage. Then he looked at me again.

Then we shared another awkward moment.

Later, when I had moved on my life, I often wondered what he was trying to gather from the door. Did he think he had any options? If it had said “Men’s Room” was he allowed to bounce me out like a fighting patron in a bar?
I finally spoke up. I decided to go with the obvious. “Occupied”. He stepped out and, thank you Jesus, closed the door.

I found my father sitting at a table blissfully unaware of my horrible moments. We proceeded to eat lunch. I kept my eyes on my plate and refused to look up.
 

I think that I have read other reports of hers in the past.
 
I love a good fair! We ALWAYS attend the Topsfield Fair in early October....it's the nation's oldest agricultural fair, and it is DELICIOUS! --- oops, I mean FUN! Heh. With Clydesdale weight pulls and carnival rides hosted by scary toothless people, and a giant pumpkin contest! Not to mention the plethora of people watching opportunities!!!!! Really, what's not to love? Can't wait to go! :hyper:

Hee...did I ever tell you that Crazybossman pronounces wikipedia as "why-kee-pedia"? :rolleyes: And Wii is pronounced as "W-2". What a doofus! :lmao:

I can not wait to go to the fair :yay:
I also love, Love, LOOOOVE to people watch! This is weird, but I also like to watch people who are people watching! Like men at the gym people watching the ladies...:cool2: So entertaining!

Wendy - THAT is worth venting over! :scared: :scared: Ugh. Hope you have a fun girls night out!!! Does SpongeMama play bunko too?

I have never had a Mojito. I'm not really a mint person.

We talked with Mari tonight. We took Cash to the vet today and had to let her know what's going on with him. Apparently he tore a bunch of ligaments in his hind leg jumping over our fence :sad1: We can either see how much he heals on his own or spend $450 for surgery within the next few weeks that likely will not give him back 100% use of his leg. He can get around OK on 3 legs, but he is just so pitiful at times. Poor gimpy boy. I think he misses his mama. But at least she finally got a chance to see some of the sights in DC yesterday.

The mint is very subtle. You may like it!
Poor gimpy puppy!!!!! :sad1:
I turned the convention on just in time to see Palin's speech. I think she is doing a fantastic job! Introducing her family and actually telling a bit about them, instead of just spouting platitudes like the Dems! I LIKE her! Can we vote for her for President instead? Pretty please? She's got more experience than Obama!
I KNOW! I was ALL set to vote for Obama too. I still prolly will, but I AM a registered Republican. Sarah ROCKS! Plus her glasses are cute. :rolleyes:

You have those kinds of parents too? Let me know how it goes. Usually those kinds I just wait it out and things work out in the end anyways. They usually get fired or can't afford me anymore. Have you thought of raising your rates, just for her?:rolleyes1

Did I ever tell the story of the kid I watched who was always dropped off in his zippered up jammies with no coat in winter, drenched in urine, no underwar/diaper, not potty trained, I had to bath every morning?

Yes, it's true and once when I unzipped those rancid jammies there stuck to his chest was a smooshed jelly donut?

Mom worked for Tim Hortons at the time. Guess what they had for dinner at night?:rolleyes1

I should have known better when we were on the phone interviewing and she lost her son and found him asleep on top of her refridgerator.
Oh MY! So fun to co-miserate with you!
I STILL don't have the ....spine to confront her even though it's a financial hardship for my family! The $400 MORE she should be paying is very missed.

Big L - That crazy bossman is the craziest! Sometimes I think you really work for Michael Scott. Are you Pam in disguise?


Oh no! Poor Cash! Poor Mari not being with him! :sad1: I know you're taking good care of your grandpup, but I'd feel so guilty for not being there.
Riley! No jumping over fences, no trying to go to the mailbox!!!
I'll be home tomorrow!


O. M. G.

Which brings up another question.
Once your kids are potty trained and are wearing pajama bottoms, do you put underwear on them?
To me it's uncomfortable - so I don't expect the kids to wear them.
plus you have the dilemma of deciding if they are clean or dirty in the morning.
but hayden and camden both wear underwear to bed with their pajamas.
Now if they are wearing a nightgown, I'm all for panties - cuz I don't wanna be flashed.
Opinions?
Hayden said I was weird because I wasn't wearing underwear with my pajama bottoms.
Ha.
You know? I'm not a fan of panties under jammies either.
I think Lynt is Pam too!!!! :lmao:

:rotfl:

We shower at night. I never allow the children, or Chad to get into beds dirty. So the undies that we put on after showers remain clean until morning and then are worn until showers that night. One of my boys sleeps in nothing BUT his undies. :laughing: When he spent the night at a friends we had to tell him it wasn't normal to take all his clothes off to sleep and he had to stay dressed. :rotfl:

Do you wear new pajama bottoms every night? If not, :scared:

I can't stand pajama bottoms, it's to stinking hot. So undies are a must. :laughing:
Last edited by MommyPoppins : Today at 06:59 AM. Reason: Mama ain't ready for another baby.
Ok, your edit line struck me as cute and funny! I sooo think you are the bestest mama ever!
Interesting topic there cel. Undies? lack of undies? fyi, all people under the age of 18 must wear undies at all times in the bbn house. All people over 18 have the option to do what they please whenever the mood strikes.:upsidedow

Thanks for all the prayers you guys. My mom is doing as well as to be expected.:hug:
Good to hear about your mama! :hug:

and...:upsidedow
 
I'm in the underwear and t-shirt camp. Can't remember about the kids when they were small, that was too long ago.

I hope none of this ever gets on Dr. Phil or some other public medium.....
 
Hey all. Off to the airport. again.
But I sign my quit claim deed today! woo hoo!
then it's off to the breadman's for the weekend!

be good!

(or if you can't be good, try not to commit any felonies)
 
I have 2 little girls on my crapper list this moring since it started at about 4am.

Poor Tim has meetings and needs to drive over an hour to get to them. I made sure the coffee was extra strong this morning.

I have a very lite day today, only 4 day care childrens.

Zach's first football game is tomorrow and they got their game jerseys yesterday. It might as well have been off the back of Bret Favre, however you spell, cause I'm no fan of his.

It was gently placed, smoothed out on the dresser last night so he could wear it to school AND he woke up an Hour early this morning. He was too excited to sleep.

We will be traveling long distances to these games every saturday and some mornings our travels will start as early as 6:30 in the morning.:scared1:

BBN: Glad to hear your mom is better.

Ok, have a great Friday.
 
Good Morning everyone.....we miss you in the mornings Lexi

Moo the kids load the bus at 4:30 and he got there at 5:15ish so the ride was about 45 mins. or so...its kida late but it gets parents time to get home and seems ......the preschool is the last to go home.
 
MommyP - There is virtually NO availability the second week of December :( I even called AAA last night to see if they might have some rooms left in their block. No luck.

No availability for discounts, or none at all? I know the FL Res discounts were very spotty the first couple weeks of Dec. Which I think is really crappy of them.

I wish we could make a trip up to see Twinkie(If you want to make a trip to the gulf beaches they're nice in Dec. It's just 2 1/2 hours from Disney to our house, 3 hours with kids. :laughing: ) But Chad has nothing in the way of days off. :headache:

I'm dreaming up an imaginary over Christmas trip. Since he'll have Thursday off for Christmas and maybe we can get Friday off without pay. But I'm still about $1000 short, so when I come up with a way to raise that amount I'll bring the offer to him. :laughing:

He was making decent money when he first started. But in the last month our checks have been between $350-$500. He works like 70 hours a week(plus mandatory school)for that. Sometimes he's only making like $5.00 an hour. :mad:

The boys haven't seen him 3 days now. :sad1:

All this could help me in my argument of why we need to spend some money and go away every once in awhile. :teacher:

I really need to get to the store today. I just don't feel motivated to drag them all out today. :guilty:
 
Morning all,

It is sunny so far but I know that rain Moo was speaking of is coming our way, it is really windy out to blow those dark clouds our way.

I am trying to get my kids to walk to school now with out me but Hannah still wants me to walk her there in the morning. Even Nicholas who is in grade 6 doesn't care if I still walk with them. :confused3 I really don't mind, it is exercise for me. Just don't want other kids teasing them that I walk with them. Getting them after school is my favourite because they are excited to tell me about their day and I get to socialize with other mothers while I am waiting for them to come out.

Marita-- funny trip report thanks for the link. I remember Mr King from the trip reports.

Mony-- don't you just love kids sports. I was lucky most of our ball games were in town this year. Is this his first year playing?

Mommy P-- I should be out food shopping too, you have you hands full with all the boys. Do they help you shop in a good way, or are they like my kids and take thing off knowing I will tell them to put that back. :sad2:
 
Nab - Oh no. They know not to touch. Before we leave there are threats all around. Threats from me, threats from Chad. Our biggest problem is keeping them in line so we aren't taking up the entire aisle. Last week I worked out a system that seemed to go smoothly. I carry Isaac, Kaleb sits in the cart and the other boys walk behind me in age order. Each time we turn a corner I peak behind to make sure they're all still there. If I move away from the cart, they are to stay in line behind the cart. Never break formation. There is nothing worse than constantly having to apologize for my kids being in EVERYONE'S way.

I just read all of Mrs. the Kings TR. (Thanks Marita)

I have even less motivation to get to the store now.
 
Nab: He's played Flag football, but this time it's tackle. We joined a league the 2nd year in its infancy and it's targeted for all ages. What's nice is what they are using and teaching our district is what the middle school and highschool coaches are using.

It's Thumb area football, which will take us all over the thumb of Michigan. We have 1 home game.
 
Happy Friday, Moovers! It's crazy warm and sunny here today! So warm that that the kids will actually be able to swim after school today. Life is goog!


NAB, when the kids go grocery shopping with me, I give one my list and a pen. That person scans the list to see what we need from the aisle we're in, and the other child gets the necessary item(s) and puts them in the cart. Then the list person crosses out that item. It keeps them busy so they're not scanning the shelves for junk that we don't need. :rotfl: Otherwise, I'd end up with $40 of unnecessary carp!


Zach's first football game is tomorrow and they got their game jerseys yesterday. It might as well have been off the back of Bret Favre, however you spell, cause I'm no fan of his.

We will be traveling long distances to these games every saturday and some mornings our travels will start as early as 6:30 in the morning.:scared1:

How exciting for Zach, Mony! This is Boris' first year in the Travel Soccer league. They are scheduled to have their first game tomorrow, but I am thinking there's a chance it'll be canceled, since the remnants of that storm (Hannah?) are creeping up the East Coast and are expected to hit us tomorrow morning with torrential rains. :sad2: Boris will be disappointed. We just got his uniform last night after practice. The Travel players get complete uniforms instead of just jerseys and socks like the In-Town league players. Luckily, our earliest game this season is 9:15!
 
Still over an hour until I leave.
Argh!
I've eaten at Harry Caray's.
I've done homework.
I've done ACTUAL WORK WORK! Can you believe it?
I've read parts of City of Bones.
I've texted and talked to Breadman.
Argh!
Resisting drinking is so hard!
But I can do it!
I'm trying something new.
Which my friend Laura says is a true sign of an alcoholic. But whatever.
I only drink ONE drink when I'm with breadman.
and he can convince me I don't need another.
just ask my mom.
even with my dad calling me crazy at dinner last week, breadman convinced me one margarita was enough.
He let me have a little of his beer though.
 
I'm in the underwear and t-shirt camp. Can't remember about the kids when they were small, that was too long ago.

I hope none of this ever gets on Dr. Phil or some other public medium.....

Yeah- like a public discussion board with other 100000 members and who knows how many lurkers. :rolleyes:

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I wish we could make a trip up to see Twinkie(If you want to make a trip to the gulf beaches they're nice in Dec. It's just 2 1/2 hours from Disney to our house, 3 hours with kids. :laughing: ) But Chad has nothing in the way of days off. :headache:

I'm dreaming up an imaginary over Christmas trip. Since he'll have Thursday off for Christmas and maybe we can get Friday off without pay. But I'm still about $1000 short, so when I come up with a way to raise that amount I'll bring the offer to him. :laughing:


I would love to take my kids to a gulf beach. However, I am not even going to see my grandpa in Tampa. You see Disney is Brilliant with the Magical Express... I am literally trapped at WDW. Renting a minivan is astronomical plus then I would need to haul or rent FOUR CARSEATS. :faint: But on the bright side, we will keep vacationing at WDW for the next few years (if we vacation at all) because everytime I price something else it ends up being the same or more and I like Disney.

I hear you on the no vacation days. Fortunately he didn't use many last year so we can go this year. However I bet we are going to come back from vacation to a letter saying "his services will no longer be needed" :guilty:

it is the ol' catch 22. If we have money, we don't have time to go. No job, then plenty of time, no money.
 
:hug: to twinkie and mommyp (and the respective dh's) for job woes.


argh!
this waitress needs to hurry up!
I've got to potty!
 
Hi, we finally got some beneficial rain today...thanks Gustav it hasnt rained in weeks here and my yard appreciates the moisture
 
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