October 20th 2007 Western Magic Part 3

[goofyfreak]

so you are a Gemini too....good in Math, loves music, mood can change quickly (and does!)

Happy Birthday!

i am also a gemini. 6/14/73. The describes me to a tee!!!!

 

[MinnMick01]

So last March Kristin applied for her passport on 3/13, Stacy 3/16, Tony 3/23 and Jesse sometime in April.

Kristin, Stacy and Jesse's all show up as being processed but nothing is found on Tony's. Do you think we should be worried yet? Funny that Jesse's is being processed and he went the week after Easter for his.

None of the passports were received yet.

Edited: All checks were cashed already...weeks ago.

We applied for Kelsey and Kyle's in December and just got them in April. I would give it some more time. I think they are just overloaded.

 

[MinnMick01]

Just bumping before going to bed. Goodnight.

 

[Karen Mouse]

This is one of my faves. It is of my mother and Mackenzie sharing a drink for my moms 60th b-day. It was back in Nov of last year.

What a fab photo. She's a real beauty

 

[cntkg1]

Where is everyone lately? Jeff? The Virginia duo? Rose? Abby? Cheryl? Paige? Steve?, Walt? Victoria? Robin/Mike? (OK, Robin did check in lately but we want to hear more funny stories Robin).

Tina=WDW
Brenda=WDW
AFEG=be back Thurs
Heather=cruising in Alaska


Let's see, if we were betting people we say we hear from...(insert name here) first. Anyone want to play this game with me?

 

[cntkg1]

Fine..make me go and ride my bike.

 

[goofyfreak]

Good morning. this half of the Virginia duo is back from the weekend in the Smokie Mountains. We had a great trip until Harrison got sick the last day and it was a LONG ride home. I am home from work today with him. His tummy still isn't any better.

 

[cntkg1]

Let's see, if we were betting people we say we hear from...(insert name here) first. Anyone want to play this game with me?

I pick goofyfreak!! Did I win, did I, huh? huh? Did I?

 

[cntkg1]

Good morning. this half of the Virginia duo is back from the weekend in the Smokie Mountains. We had a great trip until Harrison got sick the last day and it was a LONG ride home. I am home from work today with him. His tummy still isn't any better.

Good morning Lori, so sorry to hear the little guy is under the weather. Good thing about 1 year old's is that they bounce back pretty quickly. Hope he feels better soon.

 

[Karen Mouse]

Good morning. this half of the Virginia duo is back from the weekend in the Smokie Mountains. We had a great trip until Harrison got sick the last day and it was a LONG ride home. I am home from work today with him. His tummy still isn't any better.

Poor little Munchkin - hope he feels better really soon.

 

[AverysMommy]

We know all about rude french people when we visit Disneyland Paris - they simply havent learnt the art of queuing

I know nothing about Montreal - more facts please. Look what a good effort Jeff produced once prodded - You'll go to the top of the class if you can give me few more facts.

Montreal is a great city to visit. Its probably the part of Canada that has really kept its European roots. Small Cafes, people are very fashionable, great restaurants. Its got lots of great entertainment (such as Jazz and comedy festivals in the summer).

However - many people in the whole province of Quebec (where Montreal is) fights for its rights to have the French language/culture recognized as equal to English. You have to remember that when Canada began, the French and the English were equal partners in developing this great country. But the English is not just the primary language in Canada now but pretty well in the world - and the French have never forgiven the English for becoming the more dominant culture.

So every few years, the french/english debate will become a major political issue - and most of the rest of Canada are tired of the debate.

This does not take away from the beauty of the Province/City.

But I have never lived there - just visited several times.

 

[AverysMommy]

When we moved here to Calgary in 1982, my Dad took the bus one day and when he got on the bus the bus driver said "Hello!" My dad almost had a heart attack! He had this dumb look on his face and the bus driver asked him if he was ok, cus I guess he was just in shock...he just wasn't used to politeness having grown up in Montreal!



LOL! Top of the class? Nah, I don't like it there...then there's no room for improvement!

Let's see...

Montreal is the second largest French-speaking city on Earth (after Paris).
It has great food! Montreal is known for:
Smoked meat sandwiches, crusty sesame bagels, pizza, pea soup and Poutine. (It's a good thing I don't live there anymore, I might be 400 lbs!)

Elevation: 118 feet/36 meters
Average Annual Precipitation: 37 inches/94 centimeters
Average January Temperature: 14 degrees F/-10 degrees C
Average July Temperature: 70 degrees F/21 degrees C

Ethnic Mix: 18% Anglophone ( English ), 23% Francophone ( French ), 3% Italian, 2% Aboriginal, 54% German, Ukranian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Chinese, Arab, Irish, Scottish and Haitian

Major Industries: Aerospace, Biotechnology, Tourism, Pharmaceutical

Host of Expo '67 and Summer Olympics 1976


There! How is that?




Come in June/July/August when temps run from about 15 to 30 degrees Celcius! The Rockies really are gorgeous!




LOL! She can't even sit or crawl yet (although we are working on the sitting part! If she were 2 or 3, Rob would have been in the backyard with her building snowmen at 7am I think!

I guess I shoudl have kept reading before i responded. Timon gave a much more accurage description of Montreal - I will have to do some research and do one on Toronto/Markham

 

[Timon]

Mornin Not usually up right now. Normally I take my little back to bed and nurse and snuggle but I think she is done with nursing. She no longer wants it.

My teeth are bothering me this morning, got two small cavities filled yesterday and they don't quite feel right Grrrr...now I am gonna have to go back AGAIN and get them fixed.

Anyone else grumpy this morning???

 

[goofyfreak]

Mornin' Cass. Not too grumpy here just trying to keep up with Julia and hold Harrison at the same time. And clean vomit out of the van. Fun, Fun, Fun.

 

[goofyfreak]

Was that TMI?

 

[Karen Mouse]

Was that TMI?

The joy of motherhood strikes again

 

[JLDSMD]

Has anyone here gone to the Pirate and Princess party at MK?

Just looking at possibly sneaking in a trip to Orlando over Labor Day Weekend (first weekend in September for you non-USers).

We have a couple of waterpark days left on our park hopper passes that we bought several years ago. I figure we could do Blizzard one day, Typhoon the other, do the party that Friday night (DS is off school that Friday - unlike the other WI students, he starts before Labor Day), and just relax at the hotel pool on the last day.

Flights down are only $203.

Can't remember if the free food thingy is going on at that time. May look into a package deal in that case.

 

[JLDSMD]

Was that TMI?

O.K., I'm an ignorant male, what is TMI? (sorry Chris if I opened up another female discussion)

 

[disgrits]

TMI=Too Much Information

 

[JLDSMD]

I must have a rash - a Disney rash. This itching for a weekend trip down over Labor Day is really getting me going now.

We can get a Mod Resort for $116 + tx using AAA ($65.60 at AS-Movies, but we've never been to a value and not sure if we'd like it).

The airfare will allow us to get a flight in and earn miles before the flights for Aug '08 come up on Midwest (want to use FF miles for one-way tickets for the front end of the Repo cruise - can't do open-jaw. Suz and DS are just shy of where we need to be for 3 free tickets).

Pirate and Princess Party is going on that Friday night, so no need to buy park tickets, that ticket will suffice our need for the MK.

I looked into the free dining program, but it isn't calculating out to be a good deal. I must be doing something wrong. For PO-Riverside, it is coming up at $1,105 total. That included 1 day park hopper ticket. Even if I use the non-AAA discount for the room, I only come up with $835 ($145 x 3 + 12.5% tax = $489, plus one-day park hopper tickets = $346 total). Not sure what else is getting thrown on there. If I use the AAA room rate, it would drop to $737. If we go for the AS-Movies, it would be down to $567 with the AAA room rate.

I put a call into my AAA rep. I need to xfer my cruise anyways to her, so I thought I'd pick her brain on this one.

Not really getting any work done today now.