DW has ridden it once and will probably never ride it again. The only reasons she rode it at all was because our young niece and nephew were teasing her.
We all enjoy Sci Fi. I stick to burgers and fries. I used to do milk shakes too but now I know that is just too much for me so the last couple of times I've done vanilla cokes instead of a shake. We love the atmosphere there and the burgers are good. I think a lot of the complaints from there are folks who try something else on their menu.
It isn't like everyone is waiting til the end of the day to ride all at one time.
Then on my oldest DDs first trip when I was about 6 months pregnant with #3 my friend took her on Goofy's Barnstormer. She LOVED it!!! Here was this painfully shy girl who wouldn't talk in preschool enjoying a thrill ride. She's been a thrill ride junkie ever since. So I had to start doing them because her Dad won't do them with her. I actually started to enjoy BTMRR, Test Track, Everest and Space Mountain. Tower of Terror and RnR were still a bit too much for me but the last few trips I've overcome my ToT fear and enjoy that now. It was definately the anticipation that killed me on that one. Last November I did RnR for the first time in about 5 years. I was in the last row. I didn't mind the upside down but my head was really bounced around. I felt like my Mickey earning were going to pop out. I have to conclude that I don't really enjoy it.
I can't even watch a video of it without feeling queazy. I think at 13 she's old enough to go on by herself.
), and we had FP for the last 2 rides we were planning to ride that day. So, after I thought about it - I didn't care. LOL But it was very nice of them to insist that we take our spots back. 
Don't like Space Mountain at all - too dark - too tight.
I was just surprised that I did it at all. Once I was on the elevator, and we had began the ride - I knew there was no turning back. However, my dd made it sound like the ride was really long (Splash Mtn long) and I was super surprised at how very short it was.
Love the photos in line for Buzz and Woody. We didn't try to see them because the line was too long and we were headed to the stunt car show. I chuckled at your picture of TSM scores! We had the same score!This was our first time on it and we loved it! I was so hoping you rode ToT! I rode it in 2008 and I was going to ride it again but my BIL wanted to ride it too, so I ended up taking the 3 kids with me to get FP for TSM. DH said it was worth it to take his brother as he screamed like a little girl the entire way down! He said it was even better than my reaction in 2008. (Nope, not gonna tell you what I did. Can't make me.) Can't wait to see your now and then pictures!
How fun that you tried TOT. I used to hate all thrill rides. Dumbo was about my speed.
He does love the sprinkler though - it's so funny!
Apparently on BLSRS once you get the high score you can't play anymore. I do NOT speak from experience -- my sister said her boyfriend reached the high score half way through the ride and then you can't play anymore (he was a sharpshooter in the army over 40 years ago!).LOL - Great score, huh? We love TSM - but I am so uncoordinated that pulling on the pull string doesn't work well for me, and my hand/arm gets so tired by the end. I prefer the trigger of BLSRS - however - then there's my problem of aiming.
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2012:
Despite the fact that it appears I am slackin' - I'm really not. Yah - they are a great thing (especially if you have a Target debit card and can get 5% off )... That and keeping track of them was sometimes tough, but it worked out in the end. For the most part, he is confined to the kitchen area - so if he has any accidents, they are very easy to clean up. The only time he is allowed in the livingroom (carpeted) is if we are all in there... Which, coincidentially, does not mean that we are all watching him. 
Short Version of lost post. . .Whipering Canyon at Wilderness Lodge server did the same thing! If you ask for it, they should go so far over the top that you'll never ask again; everyone else should just get the "lightweight" version. Just sayin'. . .this is Disney. . .the rebellious servers need to be removed. . .maybe a counter service restaurant would be just right!
Not sure how that happened, but I'll take it.
And it takes me a lot to get angry. I am not looking forward to going back today, thankfully it's only a 4 hour shift - so hopefully I can hole up in my lab and pretend to be busy. Then I have the weekend off. Oh, and to top it off... Probably one of the most frustrating things. Normally, I work 2-3 days per week... This week I was scheduled 4 in a row - which is fine - but they were so kind to schedule me for 3 shifts of 5.5 hours each - which means that I only get one 15 minute break all day long (over a lunch hour, as well) - so I have 15 minutes to shovel hot food into my mouth and rush back to work. It is so frustrating to me - considering - if they scheduled me for 6 hours, I would get a 30 min (unpaid) break, so payroll would cost them the exact same. 
It just makes me mad, because they don't have much consideration for their employees, and almost enjoy working them to death... 
It was amazing and wonderful. If we would have been left to finish it on our own - it probably would have taken a few more weeks. We have some amazing neighbors! I am so thankful that we live in a community where everyone helps everyone out.
Have a great day despite working -- 5.5 hours isn't bad -- I work a full day tomorrow and on Monday I work 10.5 hours. I do get a lunch break, but my boss crams my schedule so tight that I get behind, so my lunch hour isn't always an hour. She wants to get her money's worth out of me -- and does!!!Interesting about BLSRS... Thankfully, I never have to worry about that.
I surely didn't have to worry about it either!
Thanks Chiara! Excited to hear about what you have planned for a bag for Miss C. Do you want me to add your name to my master list for September? Right now, I can take one more order in August, then I'll be starting to take orders for Sept. Crazyness!
Crazy yes! But awesome too! And not surprising. Disney is going to be inundated with your UPBs! So do you make AG dresses anymore? The nice thing about both of your major creations is one size fits all. That's why I like making totes for gifts.
IKR... I thought, for sure, I'd die on that ride. And then I thought about it a little bit - and I don't think anyone has died on that ride - so I'd probably be OK?
I know - I am super excited to show you all, and I wish I could. But they are super secret items for Disers who may (or may not) lurk here, so I have to keep them hush-hush until they receive them... Trust me, you'll all probably be bombarded with project pictures in the next week or so.
I'm excited to see the photos. I hope some people want some things you haven't done yet -- I always like seeing the new things you come up with. Do you have anyone requesting non-Disney?
ACK!!! Thanks... I look forward to the days of no carpet cleaner.
I'd like to look forward to the days of no carpet cleaner too, but then that would all my pets would be dead and I don't look forward to that. My little girl still wees in the house (at almost three years old!!!) and our 16 year old cat pukes everywhere. 6 is a good age -- our 6 year old cat is nonproblematic.
Just make due with the ones you do have. You can always make a point of it on the next trip. I was kind of surprised at how many I had between our 2008 and 2012 trips. On our 2003 trip, we were still shooting film - so our pics are crappy and very limited.
Half the problem was we only had 5 park days and the other half was Grumpy. We barely spent any time at DHS and we barely spent time at the world showcase either. All our time in Epcot was spent riding Nemo over and over and over again -- the cm started sending us to the handicap entrance.
However, there are a few from that first trip at places that I haven't been able to find again, or forget to look for - same difference right? So, I'd really like to seek those out on our next trip... And organize our then and nows from all our previous trips - you should see my Photobucket acct. - it's a hot mess. I thought all photobucket accounts were supposed to be a hot mess
LOL - Alli was the first one to get one... Her's was on clearance at Target for $4.48. Then about a month later, we came across them again, so I splurged on one for V and I - by that time, they were clearanced down to $1.98!
Awwww... I hope you're feeling better soon. I managed to get through the entire winter with out even a cold this year (knock on wood...)
Actually - it's the day everyone has been waiting for... Our favorite AK day!
Job rant: I had an awful day at work yesterday. I don't even want to go into details - but I was so angry when I left.
Hmmm, this does not sound like the greatest store on earth after all. Enjoy your speedy lunch!
I came home, and just wanted to crash... That didn't happen. You know how we pulled our garage down last fall? Well, with winter and Josh's surgery, we didn't get nearly as much of it cleaned up as we would have hoped. So, on Monday, Josh ordered a dumpster (our yard was finally solid enough to support it), and we've been working on cleaning it up as a family every night - making pretty good progress - but still a lot to do. Josh still can't do much of anything and has very limited ROM in his shoulder. Anyways, after I got home last night, a bunch of neighbors showed up and pitched in to help us clean it up. We had the dumpster almost full in about an hour!
Cool neighbors! Our neighbors here are garbage for the most part. We have a couple of nice ones, but we have some oddballs too. Way more oddballs than normal folks. We are like a melting pot here. I like dour neighbors in RI a thousand times better. People were so much nicer up there in general.
Also, I know some of you wanted a Josh update... He has been doing pretty well. He still experiences pain. He also still has very limited ROM, he can't lift his arm above his shoulder at all, and he can't lift any ammt. of weight with that arm either. His incision is almost completely healed, there is just a little spot that still scabbed over, but it's not a deep scab or anything. We are still not sure if he will ever be able to use his left arm for much of anything. He will start PT in the next couple of months - and they might be able to help with some of his ROM and strength.
I'm surprised they didn't start pt sooner. Hopefully it will make a difference.
I've been working on a fun project, in my sewing room, as time permits this week - I can't wait to show you all... Again, it will be a while.
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I also have a really fun one scheduled for next week that I can't wait to dive into.
I better go check in on all the TRs/PTRs I've been neglecting this week... Have a great day everyone!
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We live in a subdivision too!Funny thing about neighbors....we tend to completely ignore most of ours. We know a few by sight, the ones on each side of us, the two across the street. The rest, not so much.
We have lived in our subdivision (notice I did NOT call it a neighborhood!) since it was first built a little over 9 years ago. Only a small hand full are still the original neighbors. They are the ones that saw the accident, the ones that couldn't get in or out of the subdivision for several hours until it was cleared up. They are the ones that drove the hour plus to the hospital to check on us (based solely on the information on the side of the ambulance) Some of them made it to the hospital before we did.
During those dark weeks they fed my husband, kept the lawn looking nice and dropped off gift baskets for my daughter.
Slowly they moved away....and stopped coming by. The only time we speak to any of our neighbors now is when they have a problem...they see a police car parked in the driveway and come over with their problems for my husband to fix...
It really is sad. But I guess I can't complain...I haven't been much of a neighbor to them either.....
D~ enjoy your great neighbors...they are a commodity that makes you have a neighborhood instead of a subdivision...I am very jealous right now!
Nini <------------- who is seriously trying to decide if I think I could carry one of your bags....(and might order one just because I love them...not that I would ever do anything like that...
Thanks Chiara! Excited to hear about what you have planned for a bag for Miss C. Do you want me to add your name to my master list for September? Right now, I can take one more order in August, then I'll be starting to take orders for Sept. Crazyness!
Job rant: I had an awful day at work yesterday. I don't even want to go into details - but I was so angry when I left.
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Are you serious??? You would think that they would be nicer at 50's... I was actually thinking of dong WC on our next trip (I really wanted to squeeze it in on this trip...). I think the secret is, to play dumb. Next trip - I am not gonna request a thing - if they ask if we've eaten there, I'll just say no.
LOL - Alli was the first one to get one... Her's was on clearance at Target for $4.48. Then about a month later, we came across them again, so I splurged on one for V and I - by that time, they were clearanced down to $1.98!
Actually - it's the day everyone has been waiting for... Our favorite AK day!
Job rant: I had an awful day at work yesterday. I don't even want to go into details - but I was so angry when I left.
I came home, and just wanted to crash... That didn't happen. You know how we pulled our garage down last fall? Well, with winter and Josh's surgery, we didn't get nearly as much of it cleaned up as we would have hoped. So, on Monday, Josh ordered a dumpster (our yard was finally solid enough to support it), and we've been working on cleaning it up as a family every night - making pretty good progress - but still a lot to do. Josh still can't do much of anything and has very limited ROM in his shoulder. Anyways, after I got home last night, a bunch of neighbors showed up and pitched in to help us clean it up. We had the dumpster almost full in about an hour!
Also, I know some of you wanted a Josh update... He has been doing pretty well. He still experiences pain. He also still has very limited ROM, he can't lift his arm above his shoulder at all, and he can't lift any ammt. of weight with that arm either. His incision is almost completely healed, there is just a little spot that still scabbed over, but it's not a deep scab or anything. We are still not sure if he will ever be able to use his left arm for much of anything. He will start PT in the next couple of months - and they might be able to help with some of his ROM and strength.
I've been working on a fun project, in my sewing room, as time permits this week - I can't wait to show you all... Again, it will be a while.
I also have a really fun one scheduled for next week that I can't wait to dive into.
I better go check in on all the TRs/PTRs I've been neglecting this week... Have a great day everyone!
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I get that the servers don't have to do every little thing that you ask, but they are paid to PREFORM, and if they don't want to, then they should just not without giving you lip. /rantover 
