So, you know how it can sometimes feel that a day or a week is a loop of a certain theme? For me, this week has been the week of the eye. It started with your pictures, went to my cat eye, to macular issues within your TR, and ended with the horror of today.
I walked innocently into the breakroom at work to be confronted by a co-worker who is out on medical leave due to a detached retina. Said retina has been repaired, but the eye is swollen and pretty red, some five weeks after surgery to correct the detached retina. The worst part was hearing how a detached retina is corrected, by removing the eyeball! He had to lay face down for several weeks post surgery to allow his eye to heal! I wear contacts and my eyes were watering just looking at his swollen eye with the pronounced redness, but the thought of his eyeball being removed just really made me feel ill.
I will have to get my DH to get a picture of my cat eye to post. I looked up Inger Stevens. Her eyes were really unique. Nice recall Nebo!
I'm hoping to skate through tomorrow with no eye encounters of the weird or disturbing kind.
That is weird how they can partly remove the entire eye.
Don't know how doctors don't get grossed out.
I had my first detatchment in '75, was in the hospital for a 2 days before he would do the surgery, I had to lie there the entire time with BOTH eyes patched, they had to totally be at rest for a long time to strengthen.
Then I spent another 4 days there still patched up on both eyes before the bandages finally came off, I still have that silicon buckle in my right eye.
Ten years later I had a detatchment in the left eye.
I left work early cuz something was wrong with my eye, he found the detatchment and using a 'COLD PROBE', took care of it right then and there in his office. I drove home an hour later.
Isn't it about time for an update?
Nebo said he would tell us about his ADR's.
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You are absolutely correct, Carrie
For spending 12 nights in studios with microwaves and toasters, we're eating out more than I would have liked to do. Especially when we aren't on the dining plan, but like I said before, this is a combo trip of congratulating ourselves on the quitting smoking and the making up for the crappy frigid December trip.
Our t able service ressies go thusly:
Planet Hollywood
Saana,,,, Sanaa,,,,Sanna,,,,Sonna,,,,
Biergarten
Tony's
Prime Time
Trail's End
Saana, Tony's and Trail's End will be firsts for us, like wanting to stay at every Disney resort, we also want to say we've eaten at every restaurant there, though I might send her on her own when it get's down to just Akershus.
Meal time will go something like this:
First night at CBR,,,,food court
next day,,,Planet Hollywood using the 15 dollar off voucher.
I do like the burgers there, big and messy.
Our last night at CBR will probably be sandwiches in the room, most likely Braunsweiger on rye bread, with buttter, a side of cottage cheese and chips.
First night at Bay Lake Towers we are taking a boat to Trail's End. They say it's the same chicken from Hoop de Do, which is excellent. Biergarten is the next day for lunch, always fun trying to walk around in the pitch black in there with a full plate and a bowl of soup.
I truly am an accident waiting to happen.
I'm sure sometime whilst we are staying there we'll try Contempo Cafe at the Contemporary.
Sunday we do lunch at Tony's, this was on our list last December but got axed at the last minute.
Not sure what the main meal will be tuesday, a resort only day. Wednsday at Epcot we want to try the counter service in the back of France, crap, I'm gonna have to try to spell it, aren't I?
Boulangerie Patiserie
Yeah, that one. We went in there in December just to warm up, and boy did the sandwiches look mighty fine, along with the pastries, unfortunately we were on our way to Japan so I could make a fool out of myself at Teppenedo at the time.
I can't remember when the res is for Saana, either check in night or a couple days later on a resort only day.
This is the dicey one for me: I'm not an adventurous eater,
for me I'm stepping out on a limb if I put relish on a hot dog. I'm probably going to take my chances with the short riribs, i've heard short ribs are like pot roast, we'll see.
Maybe I'll just walk around to other tables first when we get there.
"Hey, is that any good?"
"What is that?" "May I try it?"
"EWE, you aren't going to put that in your mouth, are you?"
Prime Time this time for the first time it's splitting time.
Time out.
No, we've eaten here a few times, and the chicken here is also incredible, so are the onion rings but we never come close to finishing our meal so why not split it? Not sure how you split mashed potatoes but she can have the nasty green beans they always put on y9our plate.
I guess that covers all the reservations meals.
Some counter services we want to or probably will hit:
I mentioned France,
maybe Columbia Harbour House in MK,
DEFINATLY want to hit my favorite attraction in Animal Kingdom, Flame Tree Barbeque, the ribs are pretty good and I love getting a table next to this lagoon and watching all the animals and birds try to rip off other people's food.
Let's see, I mentioned the CBR food court and Contempo,
I'm sure we'll eat at Mara at least once, we'd also like to
try a Black Forest ham sandwich we've heard is good from
Starring Rolls at the Studios.
This exciting chapter now comes to the shopping list segment, here's what we will be eating in our room, more than likely after a day in the parks since a lot of our meals are for lunch only.
I mentioned the Braunsweiger on Rye, C'mon, sing with me, "Braunsweiger, how come you taste so good?" which was the last good song the Rolling Stones made, I liked the flip side too, I believe, although I can't type the name here, rhymes with "witch".
Sorry, I strayed.
We'll also have white bread for baloney and salami sammiches, butter, mustard and mayo.
Yes, I'm hesitant to type that word in my trip report, nowadays most people see that in one of my reports and they immediately think, Mayo Clinic.
We will also have when we're at the studio with the toaster and microwave:
tuna on toast with mayo,
cans of Chicken ala King on toast,
Beef stew
Ravioli
Johnsonville Beddar with Cheddar, smoked sausage, oh, it is so good,
Polska Kielbasa
our sides will consist of cottage cheese and macaroni salad,
for snacks,
Doritos, Cheetohs, peanuts, cheese and crackers, maybe chips, (Ruffles), a small tube/roll of summer sausage,
Twinkies, and Planters Nut Bars.
The day before we leave, I will probably grill up some burgers and hot dogs that will then go in storage bags in the cooler. We've found something like that to be a great snack inn the car, yes, no buns necessary, or needed, a cold cheeseburger or hot dog can really hit the spot.
Boy, that really sounds like a lot of food now, doesn't it?
I suppose not if you think I'm talking about for 18 days total.
Oh, and I usually pick up a couple of sub sandwiches from Subway the day before we leave to eat the first night on the way down to Disney:
a BMT or something like that I think for her and a Cold Cut Trio for me.
I have also had an elusive item I've wanted to get in the past but never gotten too, it seems like everybody has something like this. Even though we kept meaning to, I don't think we ever got our first Dole Whip until our tenth trip or so.
And first it was corn dogs, the only place you could get them was at Casey's Corner and only in nugget form on the children's menu. Now there's a stand in Frontierland, a stand at the Boardwalk, Downtown Disney and not sure where else. My problem is I'm not spending over 4 bucks for a corn dog, and the one time I did at MK, it wasn't all that great.
But this time I'd like to get my most recent nemesis that has been eluding me, a vanilla/orange sherbet swirl, kind of like a Dreamsicle ice cream bar.
i've been trying for the last 5 trips or so.
Ok, throw out the December trip, the only thing I was looking for then was hot chocolate or coffee, but before that
I was told it was at the Enchanted Grove, went there but uh uh, they didn't have them.
Next trip they said that Sunshine Terrace had them,,uh uh, "Did you try Sleepy Hollow?"
This time I'm told they are at Aloha Isle, along with the Dole Whips,,,,, we'll see. By the way, we both thought the Dole Whips are overrated.
Well, i guess that about covers it on the eating front and don't worry, even though I didn't mention them, Slim Jims will be there also.
Happy Dance 
Still crunching numbers. Just know it'll be onsite for sure (see siggie). Thinking of ASMu family suite, POR, WL bunk bed. We'll see.
!) but we are looking at maybe March or April, which is really close to our usual July family trip - so I am not sure what is gonna happen. We are the last minute let's go to Disney type - so really anything is possible!
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