Quarantine and chill and kindness chatty clubhouse: Jump in and join the conversation! All is welcome!

[Breezy_Carol]

@biancaandbernard, what a great picture!

 

[easyas123]

it was hubby's first trip to WDW on our honeymoon .... We stayed at Port Orleans Riverside

haha! We honeymooned at Port Orleans, then known as Dixie Landings in 1993, and it was my husbands first trip as well!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Good Morning Dis Family,

Lynxstch, you really post the brightest daily pictures thank you so much Thanks everyone for sharing your pictures with us as well.

Thank you for bringing back the QOTD, Carol. QOTD - Share a special memory from one (or more) of your trips to Disney. A fun memory for me was from my last DL trip in May, 2019. I had a candy cane in pen (for those who don't know these are shaped like a candy cane). I had asked Goofy to sign a postcard with it. Goofy did a wonderful job of pretending to take a bite from the pen first. He was such fun. I wrote in to DL as cast member compliment Way back in 2015, I spent a Saturday visiting and bench claiming with a fellow Disboard family as we waited for Candlelight. They were so kind. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting them so much. I remember how weird it felt at the end of the evening, leaving our bench!

I truly look so forward to one day post plague going back to DL with my Dad and simply and truly just enjoying the extra Blessing of being there, littler things and moments. I also pray to meet some of you (ideally part of that could be to view Candlelight).

Have a peaceful Wednesday friends.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

DH and I also honeymooned in WDW. We stayed in the garden wing of the Contemporary in 1984. Only MK and EPCOT then.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Our thread is really slipping!

Tomorrow night on HM&M is Christmas Next Door. Lol, I admit to not remembering whether I have this. Did any of you watch this movie and how was it? Friday's Christmas movie on Hallmark is USS Christmas. (I didn't get much into that one).

I sure hope all of you are having a good afternoon

 

[PollyannaMom]

Could just be a matter of adjusting the fit so the "line" is a different place. (I know there isn't a line but there is an area the prescription changes.)

I would definitely ask about that. You shouldn’t have to be looking over them, or what’s the point of expensive progressives over drug store readers?

haha! We honeymooned at Port Orleans, then known as Dixie Landings in 1993, and it was my husbands first trip as well!

My honeymoon was my first trip as well! (DH had been as a kid.)

Favorite memories are probably:

DS's first time there - just a day trip to MK (on a longer visit to Florida to meet his great-grandparents) when he was about a year and a half old. I have a picture I can’t get to right now (cat in lap) of him on the boat back to the TTC at the end of the night, and it just sums up the day perfectly..

Our most recent trip (Dec 2018 - Details) because it was the first time I’ve ever seen WDW at Christmastime. I remember my first view of the castle all lit up, the incredibly lucky feeling of staying at AKL, and the preciousness of family time before DS was “all grown up”.

 

[Snowysmom]

DH and I honeymooned at Disney. We stayed offsite as we could not afford the on site hotels. There was only Magic Kingdom at that time. That began my love of WDW. I loved our trip when we brought the kids for the first time. Oldest was 10 and younger was 6. We stayed at the Polynesian. They had so much fun and loved the rides. Younger DS wanted to go on TOT. He got more and more nervous as we got closer to the elevators. Then he burst into tears and wanted out. Ironically they take you down to the gift shop in an elevator. I wasn't sure I was going to get him on the elevator but he was fine. Older DS loved TOT and has the T-shirt to prove it. Now that they are adults, younger DS is the big Disney fan and older DS not so much. But, we all hope to go on our family trip in 2022. Older DS wants to see Star Wars Land.

dazedx3 I hope your DH is doing better. I am sure he appreciates all the help and care.

Tina I hope the nursing home situation resolves well. Insurance companies try to see what they can get away with. It should be the medical staff making the decisions, not the insurance company.

It is a cold dreary afternoon here. The sun was out for a bit this morning. It still beats getting snow.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I'm enjoying reading all of your Disney memories That is awesome your DS got to meet his great grandparents, PollyannaMom!

Snowysmom, I would not have gotten on TOT to begin with! I'm glad your son was okay and that he enjoyed the rides.

The only DL trip I ever took with kids was as a camp counselor one horribly hot day in August. It was really cool experiencing the park with their enthusiasm.

 

[sweetpeama]

Hopping on really quick to let everyone know that due to high winds my internet is out. Using my phone and mobile so will post longer replies later when I am not typing on my phones. Winds expected to last till 6 PM local time Thurs so it maybe Friday if the tower is down from these winds and needs repairs.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Stay safe Sweetpeama! I have never been a wind fan. When Champ was alive, he didn't much care for going out on windy days either!

Wishing everyone a good and cozy night.

 

[Kirby]

When the question was asked about a special memory at WDW my first thought was our first trip in 1987. The kids were 5 and 7. We had lunch at Cinderella's castle. Peter Pan was there and the kids thought he was something else. Peter sat down beside DD and told DS that "she was such a girl". I have a picture of that.

The grandkids started preschool this week. Lil Joe goes three days a week and Lou Lou two. They are with me all day on Mondays and Fridays. They are having a good time and come home tired. We may try a nap afterwards tomorrow.

I signed the paperwork for my mom to be on hospice this afternoon. The nursing home called me today and said that her condition had gotten to the point that she needed to be in the hospital or enter hospice. I chose hospice, she would not want to be in the hospital. She'll stay in the nursing home and hospice will see her there. The hospice nurse told me that the nursing home was taking very good care of my mom. I already thought so but it was comforting to hear it from someone else that sees all sorts of environments on a daily basis.

Has anyone heard of Kalahari Resorts and Conventions? I found out today that one opened up in Round Rock just north of Austin. It looks amazing! Not that I plan on going anytime soon.

 

[dazedx3]

for you and your Mom.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Stopping in one last time this evening to also offer and much prayer to you and your Mom, Kirby. I am so glad you get to see both of your grandkids and that they get to go to school as well.

 

[AuntieMe3]

QOTD - Share a special memory from one (or more) of your trips to Disney.

Going through some boxes a week or so ago and we came across this picture.


It was our first year having APs at Disneyland and we really took advantage of them and went all the time. DD would wear a certain costume each time and we'd try and get pics with each character. This time we had been waiting in line at Minnie's house in Toon Town for awhile and they announced Minnie would be taking a break and it would be about 10 more minutes before it would be our turn. As she was starting to walking away she saw DD(6 at the time) in her dress, she walked over to us, grabbed her hand and took her back to where she was taking pics. Minnie was really fawning over DD in her dress(might be kinda hard to see but she had ears and gloves on too...) and she loved it. It was the cutest thing. The only time I ever paid for a photo pass picture...

And then this one was about 10 years later, probably the last year all three of us had APs. Since we went so often we knew where all the ride cameras were so we would make funny faces or poses everytime we rode. This one DH and I are pretending to be terrified.... DD was going for angelic, maybe....lol Didn't know the two people behind us so I covered their faces.

 

[AuntieMe3]

I signed the paperwork for my mom to be on hospice this afternoon. The nursing home called me today and said that her condition had gotten to the point that she needed to be in the hospital or enter hospice. I chose hospice, she would not want to be in the hospital. She'll stay in the nursing home and hospice will see her there. The hospice nurse told me that the nursing home was taking very good care of my mom. I already thought so but it was comforting to hear it from someone else that sees all sorts of environments on a daily basis.

Thinking of you and your family at this time, Kirby!

 

[sweetpeama]

We were able to get our internet running again at least for now so I can type on something that doesn't require two fingers-which I am not good at doing. Almost 16 year old and I are guessing that we ended up with the router and devices connection being set off when we lost power for a while Wednesday.
Almost 16 year old decided she needed to make me feel like trash again with telling me everything that I do wrong as a parent. When I dared to ask if there was anything I did right I got that I am not having this discussion because anything I say will not make you feel better stomp off and slam the door attitude. Is it bad that I am counting the days till she can legally move out and am at the point where I don't even care if she moves out as soon as she is 18 and doesn't wait till she graduates from high school.
DH should be home from work soon as he answereed when I called him to ask if he could get the mail so it means he was off the clock. I am going to talk with him about her attitude towards me and hopefully he can do something about it.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

@Kirby: Praying for you and your mom. Big hug for you!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

@Kirby. Such a difficult thing to do. We’ve been in that situation twice in the past 15 months, too, unfortunately - with both my mother and FIL. So glad your Mom is getting good care at the nursing home.

And a special for Tina and her Mom, too.

@sweetpeama One for you, too, as I’m sure we’ve all been there as parents.

@TazDev I’m sorry to hear about your son’s friend.

Been praying for our nation, and hoping that everyone’s loved ones here stay out of harm’s way.

 

[PollyannaMom]

When the question was asked about a special memory at WDW my first thought was our first trip in 1987. The kids were 5 and 7. We had lunch at Cinderella's castle. Peter Pan was there and the kids thought he was something else. Peter sat down beside DD and told DS that "she was such a girl". I have a picture of that.

I wanted to like this part of your post but then I read the rest.

on your mom. My family's experience with Hospice was that they are wonderful, but it it's still sad. More

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Good morning, Quackers. (Quarantine, Chill, Kindness Greetings in case anyone is unsure what that is!)

Thank you for both asking the QOTD, and sharing your stories! I enjoyed reading all of them! I love that so many of you honeymooned at Disney! If anyone lives close by to any of the Disney parks, how lucky you are!

I had a hard time deciding which to share, we have so many.

DH and I were latecomers, having never been to Disney growing up. After we bought our home, most of our vacation time was used doing projects around the house, or taking a local trip somewhere for a few days. Until 2001 when Disney was running a special where kids “fly and play for free”. I still remember the day my mother, who lived with us, came walking into our kitchen with a full page ad about it from the newspaper. Which, really, was remarkable because she was not a big vacation person at all. She told me we should go. My first thought was how will we afford this? But we decided it was worthwhile to try, so we booked it. We gave up take out pizza and drive thru coffees that year and realized it wasn’t really all that hard to put some money aside for a trip if we set our minds to it, so we became super excited about it, and so did our kids, who were, at that time, almost four years old. We learned everything we could about WDW, but really had no idea about the magnitude of it until we actually got there. But I digress.

Ten days before our first trip, 9/11 happened. We weren’t sure we would be able to go. People at that point were still terrified to fly. I’m not a very good flyer anyway. We thought about driving but we didn’t have enough time off for that; we’d just booked a 3 night trip! I even called the resort to see what was going on and the CM told me they had a lot of cars from MA in their parking lot. But we decided we didn’t want to disappoint the kids, so we got on the plane and went. A woman behind me vomited most of the way. I understood and wanted so badly to help her, but I was barely holding it together myself, and had the kids to worry about. Everyone loudly cheered when the plane landed, and I was never so relieved! Then off to the rest of our vacation and it really was magical! We recently watched our video from driving to WDW from the airport on that first trip, and it’s amazing what newbies we were! But we were singing and in awe of every little thing we saw, it was so much fun! And once we started in the parks and resorts we realized how much there was to see and do, and decided we would definitely need to go back again. However, we were able to add on one more night to that particular trip and we were so happy to be able to do that.

One of our best memories about that trip was putting the kids to bed after a bustling day in the pools and parks, each carrying a sleeping kid up three flights of stairs along with all the crap we‘d bought, lol. Exhausted and exhilarated, we flopped down outside, sitting up against the wall on the outdoor corridor at the All Star Music Calypso building right above the guitar pool, with some cheap wine coolers we’d picked up somewhere. There was a light rain, but it felt good, and we were just in awe of all the people coming back from the parks that night through the main building. Hundreds. All carrying lots of bags or pushing strollers, and seemingly having a great time. It blew us away! So many families of different generations, babies and young children, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, etc. We realized this was something maybe we could all enjoy together for a long time to come, too, and that was the beginning of it becoming a thing for us.

The following year was a big birthday for me, and DH asked me if I wanted a party, etc. I said no, but I wanted to go back to Disney again! So we booked a room in the Contemporary Tower facing the monorail, as I thought that was just about the coolest thing I’d ever seen, lol. Shortly before our trip, Disney called to say they had to move us over to the Polynesian, but were upgrading us to a Lagoon-view Concierge room in the Hawaii building facing the castle! Omg for us newbies! So we’d found something we loved, and kids were enamored with every little thing. DH later teased them when they became teenagers and had their own ideas about doing things, saying it was a lot easier when you were younger and you just went with the flow! I remember the first time they went off on their own, before I was quite ready for that - I wound up a little down and teary, in a gift shop. When I came out, DH, who always makes me laugh, had them in a bilateral, playful head lock, saying, “Honey, I found them!” and we all still chuckle about that to this day. We invited a lot of friends and family with us on our trips and Disney cruises, etc., so lots of great, memorable times that, in retrospect, helped us get through the nitty gritty and daily grind of life for the past two decades. (Realizing just now it’s 20 years this year since our first trip!)

We were fortunate to actually bring my mother twice before she passed. She’d never wanted to join us but I couldn’t leave her alone anymore, and we’d run into some problems with others watching her for us, so we said just come with us, and she finally did, wheelchair, walker and all. When we got off of Soarin’ the first time, I realized she had tears running down her face. I asked her why, and she said she’d never seen anything so beautiful, and couldn’t imagine who’d dreamed something like that up! She’d always loved amusement rides but this apparently so exceeded her expectations that she just couldn’t contain her emotions, and she did it on other rides, too! So that was fun for all of us. She was 92 on her first trip and 93 on her second! Some people think we’re a little nuts for going to Dishey so much (as I’m sure they do for all of you too), but I don’t regret even one minute or one penny of any of our trips, as they’ve helped us stay close as a family and give us something to all get excited about; even still, together. The memories and the laughs and good times we’ve had are absolutely priceless and I thank my mother for getting us started.