Smidgy and the Grump, Freaky Friday, 11-06

[lovebuzzandwoody]

thank you all for your support. I am very proud of him, he deserves this.

I completely and wholeheartedly agree!

(Is wholeheartedly a word? I used it in a sentence so it must be! )

I would be willing to bet that everyone here feels exactly the same way!

 

[dwheatl]

I agree too. And Smidgy, hugs to you as well. I, too, love a hardworking man with a disability. It's a challenge to both, and for the slightly twisted (by which I mean myself, of course), an occasional source of mirth.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

thank you all for your support. I just want to tell all you "nebofans" that Steve is the biggest "work ethic" person I have ever met. has been a wonderful provider for many years. (has worked 2 jobs so I could stay home with the kids when they were little.) has never looked for a "handout". Has always been the "man" , providing for his family.. and now was "man" enough to apply .. and was accepted! I am very proud of him, he deserves this.

and so now.. We must do the dance of JOY!!!!!

Doing the dance of JOY with you: !!!

 

[nebo]

This is crazy, it's FREEZING up here, in the middle of JULY! Really, not far from turning the heat back on! I'm beginning to think there really might be something to this "global freezing" thing.

Smidgy got me good the other day. As I was making a manhattan, I finished off one of those big 1.75 liter bottles of Black Velvet whiskey. Since she was in the room at the time, I sarcastically said out loud, "Well, looks like we have another dead soldier on our hands."

She glanced at the empty bottle and replied, "No, looks to me like you just wiped out an entire regiment!"

Thanks to all of you and your well wishes. Really appreciated. Yes, it does seem strange to "celebrate" being officially classified as disabled, but not being approved wouldn't change the physical defects, so this is the best of a not so best situation.

Could have called it Up your G.I., Joe.

From what I saw of the previews, I think a better movie would include a threesome with Barbie and a jealous Ken.

Hey!!!! You didn't change my na... Oh. never mind.

Haven't I changed your name enough times in this report J-D?

Watch out world, Nebo is learning to be technical. The computing world will never be the same again!!!!

Na, puting world is safe, I've already forgotten what it was I did.

Ethan and I went there 2 years ago because he didn't like 'Soarin (appostrophe trademarked)..... NEEBS, NOW YA GOT ME DOIN' IT TOO.... anywho. Ethan didn't like the hang gliding movie thingy so we went to see Circular of Life. We thought it was actually kinda cute.

I like the movie too, better then the France movie for sure.

NEVER mention that ride to my kids. They all immediately and in unison start singing the imagination song. Imagination happens to be one of their favorite rides.

I have seen some others say they like it also, I think Tiggerbell is one of them. But she also likes Sounds Dangerous, so you throw out that opinion too.



So, ya can't see in the light as well as in the dark huh?

Reminds me of a long time ago at the marina after drinking way too much Millers' one night, and stumbling around singing, "Blinded by the Lite."


It looked funny having Cherie wave right in front of the poor person sitting next to her as that person takes a bite of food. I think that person wanted to jab her with her fork.

That's why they invented foons.


You got all of us except Hunter. I think he's classified as Bashful.

I knew I was missing one, that's where James the Younger came in.

Headless or not, leave it to Evan to help an elderly man with his food. When he came back he said, "Dad, I helped a blind person read the labels of the food." Good kid huh?

Yes, very good kid. Looks like you and Cherie did a great job in the raising department.

Leaky soup. You must try drinking the water-in-a-collander technique. Eventually you get enough nourishment to wish you shouldn't have even attempted such a feat.

Before I knew what a collender was for I always just called it a "trick dribble bowl."

Although using Harry Potter characters really does describe my kids best.

That reminds me, I forgot all about calling Diane Dobby, I did that a lot two reports ago I think.




Cherie and Smig kept murmuring in quiet voices..... OK they were almost yelling at each other when someone mentioned the word pictures. OK. That's my cue. Camera out, turned on, ready, film loaded ( just kidding. We have a digital camera. No film), I am ready.

Waiting for Nebo. His head is down "looking" at the food on the table and rearranging it. Ok, keep watching. Cherie and Smig keep on smiling... only a few more seconds.... wait for it...... wait for it....... we didn't wait. Smig yelled, you put your head up, I took the pictures (ended up with some good ones) and then let you play with your food again

Like I said, I was planning on getting even with Diane. Dobby still needs to be punished.

I dunno, she might have taken some had you truly offered.

I got that feeling too, just didn't have any more with me.



I really enjoyed the time we spent. It felt like greeting friends we haven't seen in a while.

Yeah, sitting at the Hoop de Doo would have been a blast!

hmm never been to the western side of the state huh? I live in WI but I own a coffeehouse in Galena IL which is 20 minutes away. You can be in 3 states within a 15 minute of each other.

I honestly don't believe I have ever been to Galena, probably cuz it's not on the way to Florida. We have been to the brewery in La Crosse though, came close to getting "Blinded by the Old Style."

Congrats on your retirment/disability.............I'm not sure if congratulations is traditionaly a sentement associated with dissability.

I have several family members who have gone through the pain in the rear that is getting qualified for disability, so I know how amazing it is you got it on the first try!

Money "issues" stink because it can take over your life worring about it. I'm glad you two can relax a little now.


disneyworld is the perfect way to celebrate!

Thank you, now I don't feel guilty. I have a friend in constant pain and two major back surgeries, and he has been denied twice, hoping the third time is the charm and it's already been over two years. And I didn't apply until last March.

AWESOME news, Nebo! I'm very happy for you and Smidgy!
I will do that, just for you, in September and report back

She's talking about checking out the dumplings verses the butter. Just remember Lisa, leave the sunglasses on to simulate the same effect I get.

thank you all for your support. I just want to tell all you "nebofans" that Steve is the biggest "work ethic" person I have ever met. has been a wonderful provider for many years. (has worked 2 jobs so I could stay home with the kids when they were little.) has never looked for a "handout". Has always been the "man" , providing for his family.. and now was "man" enough to apply .. and was accepted! I am very proud of him, he deserves this.

and so now.. We must do the dance of JOY!!!!!

Oh NO! Anything but the dance of joy! Thanks, wife.




I mean Dobby.

What wonderful news!!! smidge, you're a lucky lady to have a man who's strong enough to take care of his family AND strong enough to realize when he needs help. There's not much better than that.

Enjoy your August adventure!

Shannn, do I know you? You mean it took a disability chapter to get you out of lurkdom? Geesh! Cominig up, Nebo talks about his appendectomy!
Actually, thank you. I think this August will be the best trip ever!

I agree too. And Smidgy, hugs to you as well. I, too, love a hardworking man with a disability. It's a challenge to both, and for the slightly twisted (by which I mean myself, of course), an occasional source of mirth.

Yep. That's me, one of the three wise men. The other guys brought gold and frankensence, I was the one that brought mirth.

There was a time when I was much younger, that I was extremely sensitive to all the bad eye jokes and hearing jokes and being made fun of. Now I freak everybody out and beat them to the punch. For one thing it then knocks out any superiority thing they might have been trying to establish, and shows them that on the inside I'm a whole lot tougher than they knew. As most of you all know, from the very first trip report to the last chapter I have no problem making light of all my ailments and problems, from, "The Incredible Amazing Weather Foot", to falling down stairs and eating soup with a spoon.

By the way, I'm also hoping to be able soon to get some decent hearing aids. Don't want to leave that out either. At least then I'd be able to turn Smidgy off when needed.

Oh shoot. I forgot.

She comes with closed captioning.

Doing the dance of JOY with you: !!!

Again with the dance of joy.

And I saw that edit, Marita!

 

[TyRy]

thank you all for your support. I just want to tell all you "nebofans" that Steve is the biggest "work ethic" person I have ever met. has been a wonderful provider for many years. (has worked 2 jobs so I could stay home with the kids when they were little.) has never looked for a "handout". Has always been the "man" , providing for his family.. and now was "man" enough to apply .. and was accepted! I am very proud of him, he deserves this.

and so now.. We must do the dance of JOY!!!!!

Smidgy - that was so nice what you wrote about Nebo . And congrats to both of you that some of your worries may now be lifted. Also, great news about the trip...looks like we'll miss you guys by about a week...unless you end up extending again

 

[Backstage_Gal]

And I saw that edit, Marita!

Now here is a horrible thought.............. If you move to Vista Del Largo, there wont be anymore trip reports!

 

[Bee]

Steve and Diane,

Thank you for directing me to the trip report. I guess I have some reading to do......

I have always kept up with them, but my life got in the way.

I am happy.... that you are happy.. Takes a big load off...

My work friend lives in Orlando and she is taking me the 1st week of August...
I say taking me... but it will be a cut out on a popsicle stick... lol I guess that is as close as I can get... She said she would take pictures, I have made a few special requests.... we will see if it turns out like I want it to...


I have missed you both....


Write on my friend.... write on


Always your faithful internet friend...

Bee aka Belinda

 

[Sandy321]

thank you all for your support. I just want to tell all you "nebofans" that Steve is the biggest "work ethic" person I have ever met. has been a wonderful provider for many years. (has worked 2 jobs so I could stay home with the kids when they were little.) has never looked for a "handout". Has always been the "man" , providing for his family.. and now was "man" enough to apply .. and was accepted! I am very proud of him, he deserves this.

and so now.. We must do the dance of JOY!!!!!

I'll take a spin on the Dance floor with y'all





The 4 days at the CBR!! If you need any ideas on how to fill the time - just let us know!!

I couldnt agree with you more - I think God is messing with the air conditioning up here - not that I'm complaining! It is keeping me from using the a/c mind you!!

There are lots of great options in the hearing aid department - just good luck in finding a good audiologist that doesnt want to steer you to the most expensive - they can be rude about that!! Phonak makes some great aides - so DS tells me! Good luck on that journey! Hope your eyes continue to see the world humoursly (did I make that word up? I just like the way you see things!!)

Have you followed Delswife's adventures btw? (they moved to Florida, and have just now moved back to Maine - they are renovating a 'home' to live in - they missed the cold - go figure -eh?!!)

 

[coffeehousemom]

This is crazy, it's FREEZING up here, in the middle of JULY! Really, not far from turning the heat back on! I'm beginning to think there really might be something to this "global freezing" thing.




I honestly don't believe I have ever been to Galena, probably cuz it's not on the way to Florida. We have been to the brewery in La Crosse though, came close to getting "Blinded by the Old Style."


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yes it was crazy cold here this weekend record low 48 sun night. We do have several breweries around here & several wineries too. So how about a "drunk in Galena road trip report?"


congrats on everything working out for you. Can't wait to hear about Aug trip.

 

[jcc0621]

I have managed to pull off the impossible and on the first try, without any appeals, I have been declared officially disabled. And not because of my foot, but from my "visual field". Or lack there of. The last few months have been spent seeing many doctors and specialists that Social Security has sent me to see, but it's the eye thing that wowed them.

Time to celebrate!

Damn DIsney!

Starting on Aug. 22, 4 nights at CBR, water view, for 114 a night, then 8 nights at Pop on the free dining plan. And at CBR no park tickets, just relax, relax, and probably go back to Vista del Lago and look at some more homes, and hopefully this time remember to take some pictures!

I am going to miss you by 4 stinking days

Janet, I didn't hate UP, but wasn't crazy about it either. Honestly, I have been disappointed in the last few Pixar movies. Even before Up, Wall-E didn't do a thing for me, I won't even buy it. Same for Ratatoulie. Before that, Cars was just ok, I did like the Incredibles a lot though. So, in my mind, Pixar has gone steadily pretty much downhill since Nemo.

We like Cars and the Incredibles. Jimmy was Mr. Incredible for Halloween one year. Wall-E, Ratatouille, meh...

 

[TigerTown]

Hi Nebo,

So glad to hear you are doing well. We have had a busy summer and work has been brutal. I guess I shouldn't complain but man I need a vacation. Speaking of which, the wife and I are headed on a Caribbean cruise this weekend. We were going to do Disney but I felt guilty going without the kids. This is strictly a Mom and Dad vacation

Hope all is well...I'll keep reading

Kyle

 

[ChelleinNC]

Great news about the disability rating! You're absolutely right that the physical problems won't go away if you don't get rated "disabled"

So did you book the Pirate room or not? 4 days without parks sounds wonderful! I'm sure you'll have a wonderful and I hope you find your house while you're there

Now, any chance you may finish this trip report before you leave for the next trip????

We got home last night from our trip, 5 nights at BCV followed by 3 nights on the Wonder. We're exhausted but it was great! Never made it to Jellyrolls, but we did manage to drink an awful lot

 

[smidgy]

I guess we're "just missing" quite a few people. the thing is, we avaoide the free dining time we like best... Sept.....cause both our grandkids birthdays are in sept. (how inconsiderate of our kids to not check our disney schedules when planning their kids!) we first booked this is oct. (even though we thought we wouldn't be going, anyway), catch the food and wine festival, but oct. is regular season, end of august was cheaper.
I hope the crowds aren't too bad.. OI know scholl doesn't start yet for a lot of people, but we read end of August wasn't too bad.

when trying to explain disney resorts to our non-disney friends, I have often said that you could spend a whole week at a resort and not even go to the parks. well, now we will have a few days at Carribean to do just that! (yes, we still have some plans... you think Nebo could NOT plan? vista del lago, as he said, plus a ressie at T-rex (love it), and Nebo owes me a visit to Jelly rolls (from the Feb. trip when we were RIGHT there(at boardwalk), and didn't go. oh, we are thinking they might let us use our mini-golf voucher a few days erarly, since we we be staying on disney property.... hye! what happened to "relaxing"?

 

[tiggerwannabe]

It is so nice that Neebs doesnt have to worry about a futile job hunt anymore, too bad you arent going the beginning of August cause Aidz is headed back down with my Mom and his girlfwend.

Congratulations on your retirement!

 

[scrap4u]

Great news Nebo that you qualified for disability! At least now people won't think you're making all this stuff up.

It sounds like we will miss you by a few days too. We arrive on 9/4. Too bad. It would be fun to meet you and Smidgey in person!

 

[jcc0621]

end of august was cheaper.
I hope the crowds aren't too bad.. OI know scholl doesn't start yet for a lot of people, but we read end of August wasn't too bad.

We always got at the end of August, this year we actually moved up a week. The crowds are never that bad

vista del lago

Wave hi to mom and dad for me

as he said, plus a ressie at T-rex (love it)

Going here arrival night. Can't wait!

what happened to "relaxing"?

You can relax when you get home. At least you know it will be hot enough for pool time

 

[Jinxy]

Wow am I behind, it's my busy season and between that and the trip to Connecticut I took to see my family. I have sorely neglected the DIS boards.
It's nice to see that the disability worked out and things are heading in the right direction for you.

Well Jinxy, we are in Carpentersville, as you know, just north of Elgin, what are you doing down in Georgia?

Well it's sorta a long story. I'm a huge Disney fan, but I'm also a HUGE sci-fi fan. To the point that my business is pretty much based on sci-fi fandom. I got to a lot of cons around the country and happened to hit Dragon Con one year. Met this really good looking guy out in front of my hotel while I was trying to smoke. He found out I was from Chicago and took me out for the best Chicago style pizza I've had since I left home. Four months later I had sold my condo and moved to Atlanta, we got engaged not even a year later, and married a year from then. 4 weeks after the wedding we went to Disney for our honeymoon.

 

[smidgy]

You can relax when you get home.

not me! we get home on a friday early afternoon, and I have to be at work at 4 pm and work the whole weekend! (by the way, if you haven't been there yet, Trex is really very cool!)

Well it's sorta a long story. I'm a huge Disney fan, but I'm also a HUGE sci-fi fan. To the point that my business is pretty much based on sci-fi fandom. I got to a lot of cons around the country and happened to hit Dragon Con one year. Met this really good looking guy out in front of my hotel while I was trying to smoke. He found out I was from Chicago and took me out for the best Chicago style pizza I've had since I left home. Four months later I had sold my condo and moved to Atlanta, we got engaged not even a year later, and married a year from then. 4 weeks after the wedding we went to Disney for our honeymoon.

Jinxy, your story is so romantic! Nebo and I didn't even know each other a year when we married!

a sci-fi nut, huh? so, I suppose you love those papier-mache (sp?) rocks on the original Star Trek?(lke Nebo)

 

[OhMari]

Okay,
Seems I really missed a lot.

I'm glad you qualified for DISability, I know lots of people that try and get turned down, buy I'm sad, that you have eye problems.

I can't believe you guys are going down in August,
believe me, the weather will totally make up for the time you guys froze your donkey butts off in January. I don't want to hear one ounce of complaining either. I'm just going to advise you to bring lots of extra underwear, because as my boys say, "man it was hot today", and "I got swamp butt." I usually answer by saying, "thanks for sharing".

 

[smidgy]

Okay,


I can't believe you guys are going down in August,
believe me, the weather will totally make up for the time you guys froze your donkey butts off in January. I don't want to hear one ounce of complaining either. I'm just going to advise you to bring lots of extra underwear, because as my boys say, "man it was hot today", and "I got swamp butt." I usually answer by saying, "thanks for sharing".

if Nebo complains about the heat, I'll make him actually go in the pool, not just lie by it!!

swamp butt?? eewww!