Sept. 2009 @ WDW! Be a Pop Tart 2009~come share your(Bounce Back or NOT)Dates !!!

[wic0721]

Kathy, thanks for the update on Nancy. When you talk to here again, tell her she is in my thoughts also, as I am sure she is in everyones.

I'm waiting on my neighbor so we can go walking. I am sure from yesterday, but don't want to stop. It wore me out though. On top of the walk and then not sleeping, I layed down and had a 3 hour nap after picking up Jacob. And still had no problem sleeping last night.

Ok, I know I am married and don't ever plan on getting married again, but I still watch wedding shows. Did any of you see the one on WE about Disney weddings. Wow, maybe I can talk the DH into renewing our vows.

The DH emailed me and said it was snowing when he got of the Metro in DC this morning. Wish I was there. I know, all of you with snow are ready for it to be gone.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Friday!!!
Melissa

Hi Melissa,

I will definately let Nancy know you are thinking about her!

I am one of those people who want the snow gone! I live in Mass and we got more than our share of it this year! Seems lately we have a few days of really warm weather everything starts to melt, then it snows again, and we have to start all over again!

Well I'm off to start cleaning my spare bedroom out again, I can only do this when Kellie and Shawn are both out of the house, as they scrutinize everything I throw away...with them gone, I can freely toss what I want!

Have a good day.

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

WIC, wonderful news about Nancy. I have been worried. Such surgeries can be very problematic. Hopefully the swelling will go down soon. When I have surgeries I always start exercising my legs and arms as soon as possible, even laying in the bed, but am not sure if that is good advice with back surgery. Thank you for the update. Please pass on my good wishes to her as well. After decades of arguments over what to keep and what to toss I have won the fight. My secret? I simply told Tom that he could keep anything he was willing to take care of clean. Nuff said.

JM, if you want to renew your vows at DW I can hook you up with the Queen of Disney Renewals, Janet2K. I was there when she did so and saw the preparations and such. She held ONE of her dinners at The Great Movie Ride, it was a progressive dinner with the final course, dessert, being served in the Oz setting. Afterward there was a band under the Hat and then a private fireworks display. She invited us to attend some of her festivities but at the price per head I just could not bring myself to 'pile on'. We had a lovely evening atop the train station watching the parades which I shall always treasure. She is very special.

TB, I take three bags of frozen cauliflower and boil the heck out of it until it is soft, very soft, drain it extremely well, toss in a block of fat free cream cheese and make a big batch for those weeks when I am starving. A slice of my veggie filled meatloaf and a pile of green beans with these 'taters' make me feel like I am eating a real meal. I have added garlic and/or dry salad dressing mix to it. Butter, whatever you think mashed potatoes should have will work, just keep it low carb. When I get really hungry I put some of the taters in a bowl, sprinkle with sharp cheese, nuke it and enjoy! Tastes a whole lot better than a bowl of veggies, which is really what it is.

Timmie, you are telling me that all your DIS friends have paid the $75 for D23? You travel in different circles than I.

M&N, any news about moving? Have you checked out Realtor.com? I often walk through folks homes in the middle of the night. I am quiet and never disturb anything though.

I am a bunch better today. We are having Incredible Kid day today and I have a gob of letters to write to the Incredible kids in my life. Also have to edit a few more chapters of a book and make a dozen copies of a dvd that I make for our local museum to sell. I cannot afford to donate money like I used to but I can contribute what little skill I have. They are so impressed and between you and I it is so simple to do. Wears my finger out a bit when I have to make dozens of copies but that is all.

SG

 

[wic0721]

Nancy just called, she had a rough night, and has now come down with Pneumonia. She expects to be kept in the hospital for a few more days now, her leg and foot are still swolen and numb.

She needs all the pixie dust we can give her......

 

[jmskinner]

Well I'm off to start cleaning my spare bedroom out again, I can only do this when Kellie and Shawn are both out of the house, as they scrutinize everything I throw away...with them gone, I can freely toss what I want!

This doesn't work with Jacob. We were just having a discussion the other night about how he wished he could find this one Green Goblin figure he had. I know we threw it away 5 years ago. He almost started to cry. He does this with everything I try to get rid of. I have even explained how I gave some of it to Goodwill so some kids that normally wouldn't get to have those toys were maybe able to have them.

JM, if you want to renew your vows at DW I can hook you up with the Queen of Disney Renewals, Janet2K. I was there when she did so and saw the preparations and such. She held ONE of her dinners at The Great Movie Ride, it was a progressive dinner with the final course, dessert, being served in the Oz setting. Afterward there was a band under the Hat and then a private fireworks display. She invited us to attend some of her festivities but at the price per head I just could not bring myself to 'pile on'. We had a lovely evening atop the train station watching the parades which I shall always treasure. She is very special.

SG

Wow, that would be cool. They showed a wedding rehearsal dinner at the WS. Dinner finished with Illuminations.

Nancy just called, she had a rough night, and has now come down with Pneumonia. She expects to be kept in the hospital for a few more days now, her leg and foot are still swolen and numb.

She needs all the pixie dust we can give her......

I am so sorry to hear she has gotten sick. Please let her know I am sending some pixiedust her way.

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

WIC, I told you that I wanted some good news about Nancy. I will forgive you this once but please try not to do it again. Honestly, thank you for keeping us up to date. It is hard when one of your cyber friends gets sick and you do not know what is going on.

JM, my dh has a form of autism and I have come to understand that it comforts him to have stuff. He had nothing when we got married and he was like a small child in delighting in tiny trinkets we bought at flea markets and stuff. It was important to him to have lots of stuff and the shinier the better. I only know this after looking back through the years and being a lot older and wiser than I was then. This last redecorating I did to suit me, and any potential buyers, so our home no longer looks like a brothel. I would suggest that you allow your son to keep what he wants within a limited confine but I tried that and my husband packed the room so full that no one could get in or out and it took me truckloads to empty it out. I chose what he could keep and not and kept the things that I felt he might actually look at some day. BTW, he has not went upstairs let alone in that room for over 8 years.

They have wedding planners that will give you suggestions or you can ask about things you want, and as long as you have the money, they can arrange most anything at DW.

Nancy, special pixie dust for you today and in the coming days that you get well soon and get home sooner. Just think of DW and how badly you want to be there and it will give you incentive to get on the road to recovery!

SG

 

[angwill]

SG,
Remember my description of my DH domain the garage and basement. I wish it was just a bunch of cheap shiny trinkets. No my DH thinks he has money and buys big shiny expensive things. He has no mental differences either.

Then there is my DS who is a collector of everything including empty wrappers. lol Seriously this kid picks up anything he sees off the ground. When he was little it was rocks, not pretty ones either, just rocks. In his pockets in his shoes ugly little rocks all over my house. Now that he is older he has moved up to smooshed lipstick tubes, little tiny pencils that can no longer be sharpened, pen and pencil pieces that are unusable. Anything a teen throws in the hallway or on the school grounds he comes home with in his pockets. I think his goal is to be a garbage man. lol DH and DS can be like Sanford and son after I run away.

TB,
I love broccoli too and do sneak it in here and there despite that I shouldn't have it.

Wic,
Did you decide to go to the unemployment classes?

As for Nancy the doctor does blood tests before they put any patient in surgery and pneumonia takes time to develop so there is no reason why the doctor shouldn't have caught an infection before the surgury and cancelled it.

Hello to everyone else hope your weekends are going well.

Ang

 

[jmskinner]

That's what I can start calling them. When we moved to TX 5 yrs ago, my DMIL went with me househunting. We decided on building a house. It wouldn't be finished until 3 months after we arrived, so it would be apartment living those months and all of our stuff would have to go to storage. We spent an hour trying to calm my DH down, all he kept saying was, "What about my stuff?" "I don't want my stuff in storage." It all worked out and he was very happy to have the house once he saw it and thought it was worth it.

By the way SG, since you said I should allow Jacob to keep whatever he wants within a limited confine, he has two rooms. A bedroom to sleep in and a playroom. Oh, and the husbad has his office, which my computer is in. Guess I shouldn't complain, I collect Boyds Bears (I don't buy anymore because I ran out of room) and they fill the guest bedroom. Guess we are all a little nuts.

Ang, Jacob brings home rocks also. He came home the other day with his backpack full. He got mad that I through one away. It was a piece of concrete block. One whole end of the thing. Memories!

Wic, guess you haven't heard from Nancy. Hope she is on the way to recovery.

 

[angwill]

Melissa,
I have had the rock fight with DS too and the backpack full. He constantly argued that it was a pretty rock or a fossil. A plain old gravel rock. I still can't figure out how he could walk with the bottom of his shoes filled with pea gravel every day.

Kids and husbands gotta love them. lol

 

[wic0721]

That's what I can start calling them. When we moved to TX 5 yrs ago, my DMIL went with me househunting. We decided on building a house. It wouldn't be finished until 3 months after we arrived, so it would be apartment living those months and all of our stuff would have to go to storage. We spent an hour trying to calm my DH down, all he kept saying was, "What about my stuff?" "I don't want my stuff in storage." It all worked out and he was very happy to have the house once he saw it and thought it was worth it.

By the way SG, since you said I should allow Jacob to keep whatever he wants within a limited confine, he has two rooms. A bedroom to sleep in and a playroom. Oh, and the husbad has his office, which my computer is in. Guess I shouldn't complain, I collect Boyds Bears (I don't buy anymore because I ran out of room) and they fill the guest bedroom. Guess we are all a little nuts.

Ang, Jacob brings home rocks also. He came home the other day with his backpack full. He got mad that I through one away. It was a piece of concrete block. One whole end of the thing. Memories!

Wic, guess you haven't heard from Nancy. Hope she is on the way to recovery.

I wasn't home much yesterday, so I'm not sure if she or Mike called me or not.
I did see an Ohio number on my caller id, but I didn't recognize who's number it was.

I plan on calling Mike today and find out what's going on.

 

[wic0721]

SG,
Remember my description of my DH domain the garage and basement. I wish it was just a bunch of cheap shiny trinkets. No my DH thinks he has money and buys big shiny expensive things. He has no mental differences either.

Then there is my DS who is a collector of everything including empty wrappers. lol Seriously this kid picks up anything he sees off the ground. When he was little it was rocks, not pretty ones either, just rocks. In his pockets in his shoes ugly little rocks all over my house. Now that he is older he has moved up to smooshed lipstick tubes, little tiny pencils that can no longer be sharpened, pen and pencil pieces that are unusable. Anything a teen throws in the hallway or on the school grounds he comes home with in his pockets. I think his goal is to be a garbage man. lol DH and DS can be like Sanford and son after I run away.

TB,
I love broccoli too and do sneak it in here and there despite that I shouldn't have it.

Wic,
Did you decide to go to the unemployment classes?

As for Nancy the doctor does blood tests before they put any patient in surgery and pneumonia takes time to develop so there is no reason why the doctor shouldn't have caught an infection before the surgury and cancelled it.

Hello to everyone else hope your weekends are going well.

Ang

Hey Ang,

Yes, I went to the classes...waste of time in my opinion. They showed us how to write a resume and how to interview. I updated my resume the day after I was laid off. I was also an account manager, I was on the phone talking to people all day long, so talking to people during an interview does not intimidate me. It did however, help alot of the manufacturing guys who operated the machines at work, as none of them ever needed a resume before. I'm thinking about going back to college and possibly going into something in the medical field, and seeing that unemployment will pay for my tuition...perk! My wonderful husband however, keeps telling me I'm too old to start a new career (hello I'm 43 years old...IMO I'm not OLD)!

As far as Nancy is concerned, I have absolutely no reason not to believe her...if her doctors are telling her she is coming down with Pneumonia, who am I to not believe her, she is currently really sick in the hospital and has nothing to gain by lying about her recovery. I don't think any of us are doctors on this thread, and I know for a fact that none of us are at the hospital where Nancy is right now...so we don't know what is really going on. I know that some people on this thread have an agenda now to discredit anything Nancy has to say because of a stupid huge misunderstanding over what happened last September, it's in the past..get over it, she's bent over backwards trying to apologize to everyone who was involved in it! Nancy is a very nice woman, and would give any one of us the shirt off her back if we needed it, the snide comments or one worded replies to her posts really need to stop, this is supposed to be a fun thread!

So "block" me away too if some of you really feel you need to, I've got big shoulders...I can handle it, it won't hurt my feelings, but I really feel that it's about time someone here stuck up for Nancy for once!

Kathy

 

[angwill]

Hey Ang,

Yes, I went to the classes...waste of time in my opinion. They showed us how to write a resume and how to interview. I updated my resume the day after I was laid off. I was also an account manager, I was on the phone talking to people all day long, so talking to people during an interview does not intimidate me. It did however, help alot of the manufacturing guys who operated the machines at work, as none of them ever needed a resume before. I'm thinking about going back to college and possibly going into something in the medical field, and seeing that unemployment will pay for my tuition...perk! My wonderful husband however, keeps telling me I'm too old to start a new career (hello I'm 43 years old...IMO I'm not OLD)!

As far as Nancy is concerned, I have absolutely no reason not to believe her...if her doctors are telling her she is coming down with Pneumonia, who am I to not believe her, she is currently really sick in the hospital and has nothing to gain by lying about her recovery. I don't think any of us are doctors on this thread, and I know for a fact that none of us are at the hospital where Nancy is right now...so we don't know what is really going on. I know that some people on this thread have an agenda now to discredit anything Nancy has to say because of a stupid huge misunderstanding over what happened last September, it's in the past..get over it, she's bent over backwards trying to apologize to everyone who was involved in it! Nancy is a very nice woman, and would give any one of us the shirt off her back if we needed it, the snide comments or one worded replies to her posts really need to stop, this is supposed to be a fun thread!

So "block" me away too if some of you really feel you need to, I've got big shoulders...I can handle it, it won't hurt my feelings, but I really feel that it's about time someone here stuck up for Nancy for once!

Kathy

Wic,
Too bad you didn't get anything out of the unemployment class. I however feel nobody is ever too old to go to college. So go and enjoy the experience.

As for Nancy all I meant was that she might want to ask her doctor why her blood tests did not show an infection if he is telling her she has pneumonia a day after sugery.

I have no reason to discredit Nancy but I do take what she says with a grain of salt due to her need for attention. That is ok if you don't agree with that as it is my opinion after getting to know her. There are people like that in the world and that is just the way it is.

No I am not a doctor but I do have a medical background both educationally and work related. Taking blood tests to check for infection is a simple thing that anyone who has had sugery would know so no need to be a doctor to know that.

As for last September and the big misunderstanding unless you were there you really have no clue. You are only hearing Nancy's side of things and that is ok with me if you choose to do that. You are her friend so it is understandable. I was there and I tried to talk to her about things when we got back to make things better and let her know that nobody was mad at her and that I was sad that she left. When I talked to her she never apologized she just got more and more upset trying to make herself right and everyone else wrong. In fact, I was the one who apologized to her for anything I did that made her uncomfortable because I thought it would make her feel better and understand that I was not upset with her. It only made things worse because fact is Nancy is a very emotional person and she is very determined so once she has an idea in her head she refuses to listen to anyone elses side of things. She also holds on to things and will not let them go but she will read into everything she sees as a dig against her even when it has nothing to do with her. Kind of like what you did with my post above. She will make a point of looking for anything that she can to cry foul even if she is trying to dig that info up from other sites and blogs to do it. She has been upset by things that other posters that are not a part of this group have written and would not let go of that either as I am sure you are aware of. Again that is who she is and if that works for her then so be it.

Honestly, after talking to her after September I made the decision to hold her at arms length and try to be nice and wish her well. Lately, I have tired of all of her woes and decided not to say anything. My post about the pneumonia was honestly so that she or Mike could as informed patients ask the doctor why it was not caught before sugery. I tried to make it plain and simple so that nothing else could be misconstrued about it and now you are misconstuing it so I am done. I will not post any more replies to anything either you or Nancy say if that will make you both more comfortable. I am truely glad that you and Nancy can be friends and understand one another and I hope you many more years of friendship.

I have many other people on this thread that I appreciate and enjoy conversing with list who I hope are not offended by things I say so I will continue to reply to them.

I hope that seeing how open and honest I have been in this reply that Nancy and you can let this go because I let it go many months ago and moved on but again it has been brought back up.

 

[angwill]

To everyone else on this thread I am truely sorry if I made you uncomfortable in any way by bringing personal stuff to the thread. I think it best if nothing more is mentioned about it. Now who wants some pop tarts? lol

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

Yep, men folk do tend to pick up things, very seldom useful, but they like things. Why not? They do not usually have to take care of them afterward. Sort of why they like pets more than females tend to.

I think that many of these government services to help us out are more to get more folks on their payroll than to do anything useful. Note that while jobs are drying up round the country there is a shortage in Washington DC.

Wic, I would honestly tell you to check into government programs in your area that are hiring. With your experience and YOUTH you should be a shoo in.

Thanks for the update on Nancy but I sure wish there would be some better news. I think that Ang is right that the doctors should have been more careful though.

SG who hopes that everyone is having a good weekend and that everyone is well and healthy soon!

 

[wic0721]

Yep, men folk do tend to pick up things, very seldom useful, but they like things. Why not? They do not usually have to take care of them afterward. Sort of why they like pets more than females tend to.

I think that many of these government services to help us out are more to get more folks on their payroll than to do anything useful. Note that while jobs are drying up round the country there is a shortage in Washington DC.

Wic, I would honestly tell you to check into government programs in your area that are hiring. With your experience and YOUTH you should be a shoo in.

Thanks for the update on Nancy but I sure wish there would be some better news. I think that Ang is right that the doctors should have been more careful though.

SG who hopes that everyone is having a good weekend and that everyone is well and healthy soon!

Hey SG,

I'm looking at all my options right now, seems that the medical field and the federal prison systems are about the only professions that aren't getting slammed in this economy.

I am definately thinking about going back to college though, one of my former co-workers told me on friday that my bosses told everyone the day I was laid off that it's their number one priority to get me back to work there...I told her I wouldn't go back even if they called, because if the ecomony slowed down again, I'd be the first one to get canned again....don't feel like walking around with a big ole bullseye on my back. It's definately time for a new career. But I'm kinda liking this whole stay at home mom thing I've got going on right now...but shhhh don't tell my husband that! Plus I've been working since I was 15 years old...that's holy crap a whole lot of years, I think I've earned a little sanity break right now! We just dropped Kellie off at a girl scouts event, and on the way home Shawn asked me when I planned on getting a job, so he wants me working. He also asked me if I thought we could go to Disney this year, which of course I said yes to....I got a really good severance package and then I'll be getting unemployment, it's not like I'm going to be penniless! I need my Disney fix, going to Disney will help me get over the shock of being laid off....yeah, yeah that's it..I need to go to Disney to help me feel better! Think he'll buy it???

Hopefully now that Nancy is in ICU the doctors will be able to figure out why she's getting so sick.

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

WIC, I am contemplating on which area would be the least stressful, prison or medical.

Is there some sort of help for retraining/college that you are eligible for in this economy? If so, I would opt for the education as there are not a whole lot of jobs to be had and probably not very well paid if so. Then when the economy comes back you will be girded for the fight and able to go great guns!

I remember enjoying being a SAHM for the first couple of years but looking back I regret it. Of course things could have turned out differently if I had been allowed to work and I could have a good job and my kids could be no good bums living off my paycheck.

It would great to be able to have it all.

Back to work for me, no paycheck though.

SG

 

[jmskinner]

Wic, I vote for school also. If unemployment pays for it, and you can make it on just Dh's salary, you can't go wrong.

I'm am trying to stain a table at the moment. Part of it got stripped a little more than others, so I'm not sure how it will come out, but it has to luck better than it did. It's warm out there right now.

Hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday! Three weeks until Spring Break and another break from homework. Is that sad that I look forward to the times that there is no homework.

Melissa

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

JM, are you using a rag for the staining? It works so much easier and better than a brush. I have a bunch of dining room chairs that need attention, you are welcome to come and do them for me. I will help with the homework. I actually miss not having grandkids to teach much anymore. My youngest grandson has gone all gonzo on sports and has changed greatly, not for the better either.

Spring break is next week here and no one has called to give me a schedule so I do not know if I will have a grandchild or not or when. He will have to go with my flow if so.

Got all the dvd's done and cover art put on for the museum. They looked pretty good, if I do say so myself.

SG

 

[jmskinner]

SG, congrats on getting all of the DVD's done.

Yes, I am using a rag. I'm doing something right. I have never done this before, but we will see. Staining the top and painting the bottom black. This was a coffee table we found in my parents barn, we needed one, and they were going to throw it out. Belonged to one of my stepbrothers that stored it in there. We've had it for four years now and I finally decided to give it a try. Wish it were taller, but I can't find anything else I like or want to spend money on that could be used for Disneyworld. Priorities! I want to surprise the DH so I am trying to keep my big mouth shut about it.

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

JM, you are doing a whole lot right. I like the sound of stain on top and black on the bottom. Trust me, you will enjoy that piece of furniture a whole lot more than one you bought and had to pay payments on. The only problem with you all getting this smart is that I will have more competition for the cheap stuff I have always done. Oh well, at my stage in life I pretty much have all the STUFF I want already any old how. Your hubby will be proud of you and you will be proud of yourself.

It is possible to buy new legs for it but that would probably cost more than a new coffee table. How much taller do you want it to be? Could you add more of a top?

Almost done for the day. I made a hamburger cabbage casserole for dinner and have some fancy bread for Tom. Cantaloupe for dessert. Might finish off with a nice big hot cup of cocoa later. Chocolate is a necessity ya know.

SG

 

[angwill]

Melissa,
Your not alone my favorite times are when Will doesn't have school. Summer vacation is my favorite. I know of others who look forward to vacations. The homework load is a major pain especially when you have a child that needs help and then tells you the teacher said to do it a way that doesn't make sense. lol

I stained something one time and never did again but it didn't turn out so good.

SG,
I bet you are looking forward to having the GS during vacation. Do you read at the CC during break too?