New Year's Eve 2008 12/27/08 SEE POST#1 FOR LIST

[grimgrinnin]

BWV are really popular with DVCers...

have you stayed there? Grim, you and Dede have, haven't you?

Nope, we haven't stayed there. Always wanted to with a Boadwalk view though...


grim

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Working hard today Brenda?

I have classes at two and a little economics homework to do before I go...John is now able to drive himself to therapy

He's slowly getting better, the pain level is still too high for him to be comfortable all day yet. He's scheduled to go back to work on the 25th of March~

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Nope, we haven't stayed there. Always wanted to with a Boadwalk view though...


grim

HI GRIM!

I thought the same thing the last time Adrian and I were over there...

it's such a gorgeous area~

 

[CADZNYCHC]

Working hard today Brenda?of 'couuuurrrrse' i am
I have classes at two and a little economics homework to do before I go...John is now able to drive himself to therapy

He's slowly getting better, the pain level is still too high for him to be comfortable all day yet. He's scheduled to go back to work on the 25th of March~

wow....that seems so early - is he 'physically' ready?

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Yeah...he needs to go back to work....

His job is more trying on his brain and his feet...the company put an extra helper in the parts dept to work with John and Bruce for awhile. Bruce has had his hip replaced (he's alot older) and with John not being able to lift, I am VERY happy they put someone over there to help out.

 

[CADZNYCHC]

Yeah...he needs to go back to work....

His job is more trying on his brain and his feet...the company put an extra helper in the parts dept to work with John and Bruce for awhile. Bruce has had his hip replaced (he's alot older) and with John not being able to lift, I am VERY happy they put someone over there to help out.

oh that's good....i bet he is going a little 'stir crazy' - i know i would be! Have fun at school today!

 

[Aisling]

Hi all...

Aisling, it looks like you have the night flash setting on the darker shots...they turned out cool ~

Here is my little bit of advice ...

the flash is going off but the lens stays open longer to let in more light (because it's dark out.) Since you do not carry a tripod, try using your elbows to keep your arms still for an extra split second or put the camera on something, like a trash can or the car to keep it steady. The only reason you have blur is cause you moved while the shutter was still open~

I like the style of the archway and building he is coming out of and the pose he gave you in the second one was priceless

Tig, I don't think John would be too keen on this idea, but I wish you'd consider coming up to the city with your camera, and spending the night. You can even bring the kids, as my kids would take them out for a night on the town, and you can have a chance to get some awesome photographs. You can stay at my house...we have a lower apartment, total privacy, bathroom, beds, etc. , that's basically unused. If you spend the night, you can do some magic with your photography that's even more awesome than during the day. Don't be shy, we're really down-to-earth people, and I know you'd be comfortable for an overnight. Think about it, ok?

I'd even pick you up and take you home; you know how much I love driving around.

 

[DDeb4evr]

Happy Monday Magic Mateys,

I hope you all had a good weekend. Jeff and I had a pretty good weekend. I got my baby fix at Jeff's BF's. I love being able to hold and rock babies and then hand them over for feeding and changing.

Aaron seemed was being plesant last night and this morning so I'm hoping we have a good week with him. I think to keep my sanity I'm going to plan on visiting my older son this weekend. I love going and having time to myself and time with him.

 

[Aisling]

hi Deb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tiggerwannabe]

oh that's good....i bet he is going a little 'stir crazy' - i know i would be! Have fun at school today!

Tig, I don't think John would be too keen on this idea, but I wish you'd consider coming up to the city with your camera, and spending the night. You can even bring the kids, as my kids would take them out for a night on the town, and you can have a chance to get some awesome photographs. You can stay at my house...we have a lower apartment, total privacy, bathroom, beds, etc. , that's basically unused. If you spend the night, you can do some magic with your photography that's even more awesome than during the day. Don't be shy, we're really down-to-earth people, and I know you'd be comfortable for an overnight. Think about it, ok?

The thought is always there my friend...TBH, he has a trip planned to go visit Dad and drive back here with him, that would be the best possibilty for the moment of a visit from me. It would be only me tho-Adrian is supposed to go with him, his mother should be moved out by then (I made John promise not to go til she's gone) so I'd need Britt to stay home and watch my doggies.

Happy Monday Magic Mateys,

I hope you all had a good weekend. Jeff and I had a pretty good weekend. I got my baby fix at Jeff's BF's. I love being able to hold and rock babies and then hand them over for feeding and changing.

Aaron seemed was being plesant last night and this morning so I'm hoping we have a good week with him. I think to keep my sanity I'm going to plan on visiting my older son this weekend. I love going and having time to myself and time with him.

 

[CustardTart]

Happy Monday one and all! Hope everyone has a great day. My DH is at home this week (he has some vacation days to use up before he becomes head of research) so he's asked me what jobs I want/need him to do!!! I'm a little scared to show him the list but, hey, he did ask...

Samuel breaks up from school tomorrow and is at home for a month which will be fab - I love just hanging out with him, watching him play on the Wii and chatting with him whilst he plays his guitar... I know he'll have some work to do as he's due to take a couple of major exams in May but, apart from that, he'll be relaxing...

Just thinking this thread will be locked soon - we must be approaching the limit...

Catch you all later...

 

[CADZNYCHC]

Happy Monday one and all! Hope everyone has a great day. My DH is at home this week (he has some vacation days to use up before he becomes head of research) so he's asked me what jobs I want/need him to do!!! I'm a little scared to show him the list but, hey, he did ask...

Samuel breaks up from school tomorrow and is at home for a month which will be fab - I love just hanging out with him, watching him play on the Wii and chatting with him whilst he plays his guitar... I know he'll have some work to do as he's due to take a couple of major exams in May but, apart from that, he'll be relaxing...

Just thinking this thread will be locked soon - we must be approaching the limit...

Catch you all later...

Have fun with DH's "honey-do" list & hangin' with Sam! WOW - a whole month off...how fun! Ry gets 6 days - beginning Good Friday - DH is going to take a few days off next week so he can go to his baseball tournaments etc. that they have scheduled during the day
lock our thread????? nooooooooooooooooooooo - but of course, like our others, we'll just start a new one

 

[ohioworkingmom]

What does "lock our thread" mean?

 

[ohioworkingmom]

This is totally off topic here, but here goes. Our flight back to Ohio does not leave MCO until like 7:15, so we are renting a car for the day. If we wanted to eat lunch at one of Disneys restaurants, which one would you recommend? We have never eaten at any of them. We were thinking of doing Downtown Disney, but since we have a car, the thought of maybe trying to eat a lunch at another Disney property sounds interesting. How do you go about making these and do we need to ask for anything in particular? Can you do this if you are not staying on the property? Thanks much for any advice you can give.

 

[CustardTart]

What does "lock our thread" mean?

There's a limit to how long a thread can be and I think 250 pages is it. Then we just start a new thread...

 

[CustardTart]

This is totally off topic here, but here goes. Our flight back to Ohio does not leave MCO until like 7:15, so we are renting a car for the day. If we wanted to eat lunch at one of Disneys restaurants, which one would you recommend? We have never eaten at any of them. We were thinking of doing Downtown Disney, but since we have a car, the thought of maybe trying to eat a lunch at another Disney property sounds interesting. How do you go about making these and do we need to ask for anything in particular? Can you do this if you are not staying on the property? Thanks much for any advice you can give.

Wow!!! There's so much choice. I think I'd go for an on-site restaurant as there are so many good ones and lovely resorts to look round. My advice would be to take a look at the resort menus on here and work out which one you look the best. Then, you will be able to make advanced dining reservations (ADRs) at 180 days before the booking. You can definitely do this even if you're not staying on property.

FWIW, I'd choose somewhere themed like Wilderness Lodge which is a beautiful resort and maybe book the Whispering Canyon Cafe as it's an experience in itself...

Good luck...

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Maybe if you start with a theme?

Do you want fancy, elegant, loud and friendly or exotic?

for example...if you want; you may want

Fancy/Elegant - Narcosees, Artist Palette, Wolfgang Puck
Exotic - Jiko, Ohana, Rainforest
Loud and Friendly - Whispering Canyon, Chef Mickey, Boma

 

[Aisling]

Maybe if you start with a theme?

Do you want fancy, elegant, loud and friendly or exotic?

for example...if you want; you may want

Fancy/Elegant - Narcosees, Artist Palette, Wolfgang Puck
Exotic - Jiko, Ohana, Rainforest
Loud and Friendly - Whispering Canyon, Chef Mickey, Boma

Great advice!

 

[CADZNYCHC]

morning...yep way toooooo early to be up...but couldn't sleep....so doing laundry. ryan had a little 'accident' yesterday & his car is now in the body shop with an undetermined amt of damage. Fortunately he is OKAY....quite shaken up of course - as it was his very first incident...but the car may not be worth repairing....we won't know till they lift it up & check out the frame...we'll just have to see once they get that estimate. This is just one of those things that no one likes to deal with or needs - whether it's to repair that car or get him another - not even sure we'd do that....we had really hoped a 9 yr old acura would get him thru HS.

 

[Aisling]

morning...yep way toooooo early to be up...but couldn't sleep....so doing laundry. ryan had a little 'accident' yesterday & his car is now in the body shop with an undetermined amt of damage. Fortunately he is OKAY....quite shaken up of course - as it was his very first incident...but the car may not be worth repairing....we won't know till they lift it up & check out the frame...we'll just have to see once they get that estimate. This is just one of those things that no one likes to deal with or needs - whether it's to repair that car or get him another - not even sure we'd do that....we had really hoped a 9 yr old acura would get him thru HS.

Oh Brenda, I'm so glad to hear that Ryan is ok. How scary. A big hug to you both!!

I was thinking about formal night on the cruise, yes I'm obsessed, and I decided that I'm not going to wear a long gown afterall, and my men aren't going to wear tuxes. I have a few beautiful dressy dresses to choose from, and my guys have dark suits, and to keep costs down, I've decided to not buy any formal clothes and just use what we have. Yesterday a friend who I haven't seen in a while asked me "are you losing weight?", and that made me feel so good, my new eating style is working slowly but surely. So that means I won't be wearing that red tent of a gown that I wore on our last cruise! It's too big now! So I'll be selling it on Craigslist.

I have some housework and banking to do today. I have my crock pot on, so dinner is cooking for tonight. I'm meeting a couple of girlfriends for lunch, but I have to be careful, as they like to "drink" their lunch, if you know what I mean.

I have my camera, so if I see anything interesting, I'll take some pics and post them.

I'll check back in later, and I wish you all a good day.