You're good to help those that can't help themselves. I'm calling him Sandy (think hurricane and also orphan Annie's dog... Saaannndddyyy.... good ole' Sandy)...
Hello all! I hope everyone else who is in the path of Sandy is staying safe! It is pretty windy now and raining harder, but the worst isn't expected here until 5-6pm, and will last about 12 hours. Winds of 60 mph, gusts up to 110 mph possible, and extremely heavy, flash-flood causing, rains. I'm safe and sound inside now, and don't have any reason to leave until Wednesday!
I'm even heavy one extra cat. Actually, a 4 week old kitten!A woman found him in a box in her apartment complex late last night, and no one knew where he came from. She can't keep him (absolutely no pets of any type allowed there) so she took him to the local vet this morning to ask if they knew where she could take him. They happen to be my vet and know I foster, so they called. Picked him up around 10:30am and decided his name is Hurricane!
He is sweet as can be, not afraid of the dog or other cats, though he is being kept separated from them for now since he is itty bitty (fits in my hand) and needs kitten food only. Here is a pic of him!
He has a slight limp in his front right leg that the vet thinks is just a minor pulled muscle, but otherwise seems completely healthy. And he is eating great already. So glad he was found and is not out in this horrible weather!
Stay safe everyone on the East Coast, and everyone else, happy Monday to you!
DisneyDreamerMN said:Wohoo! ME stuff came! LOL DH e-mailed me to ask if it is OK that he opens it.
M&MGirl1 said:I love hopping and besides, I have to get my money's worth out of that rental car y'all talked me into getting
Umm.........5 or 6 attractions in 3 1/2 hours PLUS the 2 hours after our dinner ADR is meandering to me! Do you know how much I could cram into that time if I planned it full out commando??? And besides, sissy's lucky I remembered to schedule bathroom breaks into the touring plans this time (there might have been a slight meltdown during our April DL trip that went along the lines of my arguing that our half sister, who has no colon anymore due to cancer, couldn't go to the restroom when she needed to because I didn't have it scheduled and it would throw off the rest of the touring plan
I will say, I'm glad we're doing the DxDDP this time, but I'm not sure I'll ever do it again. All those TS ADRs really cut into park time! Oh well, we probably need the ADRs for breaks/down time, since I don't have any other rests scheduled, so I guess it works out, and I'm certainly not complaining about getting to try all these different restaurants!
Normally I would build in more down time, but we've only got 3 1/2 days of park time AND both sissy and I are educators (sissy's a kinder teacher, my current job is more admin), so we're off work through Jan. 2nd, which means we'll have a long time to recover from going full out for 4 days straight.
Mom is slightly worried we'll be "worthless" for the big family get together on Christmas Eve since our flight leaves at 6 am on the 23rd and we'll have to drive from St. Louis back to Kansas City after our flight lands. She's probably right, but Disney's more important than actually staying awake during Mass on Christmas Eve, right??? ::
Reading through some of these planning posts, doesn't make me feel so crazy for planning out each day now. My parents think I am nuts for saying oh we are going go here for dinner on this day and so on.The last trip we argued about where we would eat, why go through all that again.
M&MGirl1 said:They are West of the city - Maryland Heights area.
The one the Fox is getting this year that I'm hoping I can snag a ticket for is Book of Mormon. We'll probably get it in KC next year since it's so popular, but I'd definitely drive out to STL to get to see it this year! Wicked is FANTASTIC! The other one the Fox is getting this year that we've seen that was phenomenal is Million Dollar Quartet. If you haven't seen either of those yet they are definitely a treat!
Good point
! My church is in Maryland Heights and my brother in law is a sergeant in the Maryland Heights PD......
Wendimn said:Thank you!! I am just trying to pick the "best" days at the busiest time of year..lol. We of course want to do the big stuff at every park. We were there 14yrs ago..so I am calling this our first trip..We plan to be at rope drop for whatever park we are going to do that day. Get to the #1 ride on our list..then fastpasses for the other.
Oh, and I forgot to mention, ONE MONTH FROM TODAY!!!!
Thanks everyone, he knows he is cute too! Technically since he is so young he shouldn't be around the other cats since his immune system isn't fully formed yet, even with them being heathy. However, he is very lonely in his crate alone, so he is currently curled up under a towel on my lap. I had to give him a bath since he was kind of dirty, and I don't want him wet and cold all alone in his crate!
I've fostered literally hundreds of cats. In the past 5 years it's been about 300, mostly kittens but a couple dozen cats in there too. I have a 6 month old foster right now too that my aunt found on 4th of July (her name is Firework). She is taking some time as she loves other cats, but is very skittish still with people. She is getting better though and does allow pets as long as you are sitting still and she approaches you.
jwgm2012 said:
Wendimn said:
. On the upside, since it's 45 days out for you, you may have good luck booking some exciting ADRs if you are so inclined!!DH mentioned this weekend that we should pay attention to the temps in November, to make sure it is cool enough to go the week before Thanksgiving. I told him what a deal it would be if we get a bounce back in the room and upgrade our tickets to APs. I mean, practically free!! But no, he still doesn't want to go until 2015 or 2016.
And I forgot to tell you I had a Disney dream!!!! We were getting on TSMM and for some reason we were told we got to ride twice in a row without getting off. So the ride starts and it is completely different. These holography things are flying in your face and they are all scary monsters and ghosts and stuff. But really scary, not Disney scary. I am freaking out and screaming and upset because we have to ride it twice.
It's a lot easier to do sometimes...
PrincessAurora27 said:We have a shared Google calendar for that. We put in the ADR and in the notes put the Conf#s. We both have that synched to our phones.
I put the spreadsheets in Dropbox so we can share them. I also did one of DDP approved snacks from that thread. This way we can see them in the parks. I did sign up for Touring Plans and installed that app.
I make a lot of lists in the Notes App in my iPhone. I'll do that for things I HAVE to bring back. Like the shampoo from Basin and gingerbread for a friend.
DBF will just follow me. He won't go on EE or RnRC either. But he may wait in the queue with me and take the chicken exit or he might just hit the gift shops. He already agreed to hold my Vera Bradley backpack..
But this is as much his vacation as it is mine, so I'll make sure we will do things we both want. We made our ADRs together (except CRT that was all me!).
We'll have a laptop with us so it'll be easy enough to edit the spreadsheet at the end of each day. Or even in an app on his Droid.
I used to be an event planner. I tend to over plan everything.
