Something About Nothing..........#11

[macraven]

JK, we went to dinner at Chili's. Gotta love there email club with free appetizers every week.

i haven't been to a Chili's in years.
don't remember if i liked them or not.


i'll have to pull up their menu to jar my memory.

 

[Bluer101]

i haven't been to a Chili's in years. don't remember if i liked them or not. i'll have to pull up their menu to jar my memory.

Lol

 

[Niki Andiokno]

Yes Mac, we need to meet in Waukegan. I will be there a week from tomorrow. I will get my schedule straight and pm you.

So glad to hear about Bula's. Last time I went there it was closed for renovations. That always scares me because it might re open as something inferior.

Beautiful day in downtown Chicago today. Have a great day Homies.

 

[zebsterama]

Officially 2 months to go until our surprise trip!

We're telling our young ones that we're catching a flight to Chicago to visit friends -- hence the packing, the suitcases, the passport renewal for my daughter, etc. -- but I swear, those children of mine, will go (at least they BETTER go!! ) ballistic (in a good way) when we tell them it's 8 nights in Club at HRH and Universal.

My only fears:

1) First Universal Trip for a Disney planner freak .... ugh ... "what do you mean I don't have to make reservations 6 months in advance for lunch and dinner?" ... and ... "create an itinerary for which rides to attack in order"

2) Diagon Alley - and its impact; more specifically, how it relates to Fear number one ... see above --- . How bad, oh how bad will those crowds be .... I wonder ??

I suspect, like many others that frequent the DIS boards, I have this strange need for control, so that every experience can be maximized, every vacation moment perfect -- hence the strange, almost nervous dedication to plan, plan, plan.

Why am I writing this post? Shouldn't I be planning right now?

Ok, I'm done; sorry about that .... I will save the rest for therapy .

Cheers,
Zebsterama

 

[macraven]

we have another canuck to add to our homie list.
glad you are joining us.

zebsterama


can you wait that long before you spill the beans to the kids?
good luck in keeping it a surprise.


don't waste your money on therapy.
come here and bare your soul.
we will make you feel happy...

 

[macraven]

Yes Mac, we need to meet in Waukegan. I will be there a week from tomorrow. I will get my schedule straight and pm you.

So glad to hear about Bula's. Last time I went there it was closed for renovations. That always scares me because it might re open as something inferior.

Beautiful day in downtown Chicago today. Have a great day Homies.

WONDERFUL............

i have a restricted time period for next friday.
i have to leave my house for McHenry around 4:00 as one of my son's is having his wedding rehearsal and dinner starting at 5:30.

make your schedule before that time period if at all possible.

i really want to meet up with you.

 

[kittengal13]

Just popping in to say hello! Have been extremely busy with work and exams but my last exam was today wooooo! Hope everything is well!

 

[marciemi]

Got the last day of the TR up:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=51495786#post51495786

Heading to Colorado tomorrow so I'll catch you all in a week unless I have a chance to post a quick pic or two!

 

[macraven]

marcie, i posted on your trippie.

i beat the homies to it......




kittengal, now that you are all educated for the year, you can relax and enjoy your summer.


have any trips lined up soon?

 

[goofyfigment]

Sitting in the airport on my way to baton rouge to see my daughter and the bayou country superfest. Feel bad for all these people who are leaving Orlando and going home

 

[Mrs bluer101]

Happy Friday everyone! Hope everyone has a great 3 day weekend.

 

[ky07]

Good morning homies
Hope everyone is doing well
Only 23 more sleeps until orlando and now we are just waiting on oldest DS to find out if he can go cause he just started a new job and doesn't know if he can go and hope he can cause DW will be heart broken if he can't
On the home front Simba has doubled in size and loves to walk in between my legs instead of beside me lol

 

[keishashadow]

She did not come home.

u kidder u

JK, we went to dinner at Chili's. Gotta love there email club with free appetizers every week.

also haven't been there for many moons...do they still have the tequila chicken thing?

Got the last day of the TR up:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=51495786#post51495786

Heading to Colorado tomorrow so I'll catch you all in a week unless I have a chance to post a quick pic or two!

will drive by, enjoy!

STL soon u'll be in single digits. who's going to watch the pooch while your away?

Sitting in the airport on my way to baton rouge to see my daughter and the bayou country superfest. Feel bad for all these people who are leaving Orlando and going home

have fun down on the bayou. don't talk to any swamp creatures. the plane ride home is always a different vibe than the one down...

speaking of arriving in MCO, my magic # is 5

possibility I might be doing all the driving this trip. since the mr has a CDL his DL renewal has to be processed via snail mail. dawned on me this week the camera card didn't come in...his BD is in 5 days. Called penndot who said it was mailed 24 days ago. They won't mail out another unless it's been 30 from date of issuance, stating Dept of Homeland Security regs. Fingers crossed it's in the mail & received by Tuesday.

 

[Lynne G]

Good morning homies
Hope everyone is doing well
Only 23 more sleeps until orlando and now we are just waiting on oldest DS to find out if he can go cause he just started a new job and doesn't know if he can go and hope he can cause DW will be heart broken if he can't
On the home front Simba has doubled in size and loves to walk in between my legs instead of beside me lol

Hope your DS does get the time off. So nice to have family vacation time.

Glad to hear Simba is getting bigger. Yep, wait til he's full grown. My male lab really liked to be underfoot, so one day I tripped over him coming down the stairs and split my nose open on the corner of the curio cabinet. He was a big, lovin' dog though.

Goofyfigment - safe travels. Hope it's not too hot.

Keisha, vacation is so close. I'm still in the high double digits. However, according to my calendar, we have 222 days until the end of the year. I can't believe it's almost June now.

Bluer - patriotic week-end - any picture to celebrate this start to the holiday week-end?


Safe and enjoyable week-end to all!

 

[Bluer101]

Here you go.

 

[Bluer101]

Keshia,

I have not seen that on the menu lately or really looked, lol. We are there atleast once a week. They give great coupons every week through their email club. At our local Chili's if you go during happy hour (you know we don't drink but it's still happy) and sit in the bar you get free chips and salsa. Then if it's just DW and I we will split a burger with the free app coupon and get our if there fit under $15 with tip. Hey the more you save the more you can do.

 

[pcstang]

let's call it 12 more wake ups.

no one sleeps much the night before a vacation.........!!


do you prefer RPH over HRH?

Thanks for the welcome!

Well then...11 more sleeps it is! Don't post often here but, I do enjoy reading the universal forums every day. Especially as a vacation gets closer!
We've stayed at RPR many times and did HRH in March. I do prefer RPR over HRH and probably won't stay at HRH again. We had a good time at HRH but I didn't like how small it was and it felt very sterile. I did enjoy the Kitchen restaurant and went when they were doing a kids eat free deal which was really nice. Thought we would give PBR a shot as we have never stayed there. We have checked it out a little and took the kids to get ice cream last year.

 

[ky07]

u kidder u also haven't been there for many moons...do they still have the tequila chicken thing? will drive by, enjoy! STL soon u'll be in single digits. who's going to watch the pooch while your away? have fun down on the bayou. don't talk to any swamp creatures. the plane ride home is always a different vibe than the one down... speaking of arriving in MCO, my magic # is 5 possibility I might be doing all the driving this trip. since the mr has a CDL his DL renewal has to be processed via snail mail. dawned on me this week the camera card didn't come in...his BD is in 5 days. Called penndot who said it was mailed 24 days ago. They won't mail out another unless it's been 30 from date of issuance, stating Dept of Homeland Security regs. Fingers crossed it's in the mail & received by Tuesday.

If the oldest DS goes a friend of his said he would if he is not in the reserves that weekend and if that doesn't work out then I guess maybe a coworker of my DW said he would

 

[keishashadow]

If the oldest DS goes a friend of his said he would if he is not in the reserves that weekend and if that doesn't work out then I guess maybe a coworker of my DW said he would

nice to have friends! I didn't know ur son was in the reserves, what branch?

bluer not big on Mexican food in general but now I'm getting hungry for salsa & chips lol.

lynne it'll be your turn before you know it.

 

[schumigirl]

Hey all........

Manhattan was amazing.....again.......loved every second

My faith in humanity was restored....BIG time.

Lost my purse in a cab in centre of Manhattan....money.....credit cards....drivers licence....personal stuff........total panic set in.

Hotel staff were so good, calmed me down and helped as much as they could.......let me call UK from our hotel room for free to get my husband to cancel cards and just cry!!!! I assumed it was never going to be found. My poor mother was in a worse state than me, bless her.

Long story short....I get a call in the room an hour later.....a very honest guy had found it......didn`t hand it to the cab driver as he wasn't sure I would ever see it......checked for info and found my aunt`s details......called her and called hotel to find me. I broke down when he told me on the phone he had it and would meet me at the 42nd St police office to give me it back

What a wonderful guy.......he even apologized for going through my purse to find out if I had any personal details in there!!!! I told him I was so grateful on the phone and when we met him......I am the luckiest person that walked the planet to have a very honest person find it and take the trouble to meet me to hand it back I will never forget that guy.

That glitch aside.....we had a blast in Manhattan........think we saw and did nearly everything......and then some. Wicked was just amazing again, Empire State Building is still very tall..........

Love the buzz of the city........even Times Square has it`s charm!!

Back in Long Island now and ready to celebrate Memorial weekend in The United States

Off to dinner........catch you all when I`m back in the UK..........will miss NY.....but can`t wait to see my guys again......only 3 months to Orlando

Hope you all are doing good