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

[ky07]

Yep, they been running the crap out of Universal commercials down here.

Yeah they have been here too and use to be very rare to see them on tv here in ky

 

[keishashadow]

commercial all over the place here, even national channels

I've been doing nothing much than hacking and sitting on couch watching the tube, still not much of a voice. I'm told I sound like a Tusken Raider. Speaking of Star Wars...hey, best segue I could muster...snagged FP+ to the MGM Star Saga for our last day of upcoming trip (my man Billie Dee Williams and Mark Hammil unless they give him his own show. Thinking he's a bit of a prima donna as he won't be signing autograpsh lol. The mr even agreed to the last flight out of dodge to make it so. If it's delayed I'm toast since he has to work the next day.

how do i really know it is wednesday since janet has not posted the camel.........

or other creature like last week.

hmmm what creature was it?

don't make me post my current pic I'm obsessing over of the goblin shark caught in the gulf of mexico

bluer - yet another great Wednesday pic, what a roll

lynne u will have such a great time!

marci - haha a pic of our famous defacto leader. you didn't buy the pyramid did you?

 

[macraven]

well.............is everyone snoozing at this time?
i wish i had the power to go to bed before midnight and fall asleep.



someone wake me up at 8 in the morning.
wait, don't wake me up.......

at the rate i am going, i might sleep until noon.

 

[schumigirl]

well.............is everyone snoozing at this time?
i wish i had the power to go to bed before midnight and fall asleep.



someone wake me up at 8 in the morning.
wait, don't wake me up.......

at the rate i am going, i might sleep until noon.

Lol.......I had to double check the time on the email this morning!!

If you sleep till noon I'll just be about to eat dinner when you get up......this time difference sucks!!

Glad I'm not the only one that doesn't like Jack...........there is another Jack I really like though ...........would love to see him back at HHN this year

Got my last minute bits and pieces this morning for next week.........very importantly ......hard fruity sucky sweets (candy) for the planes taking off........saves the old ears from bunging up!

I'm packing tonight. Well, maybe. There's always tomorrow.

Happy Thursday folks

 

[Bluer101]

It's Throwback Thursday Universal style!

When I was younger!!

 

[keishashadow]

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[schumigirl]

Hope you`re feeling back to normal now Janet.........getting the voice back is always good

 

[keishashadow]

Hope you`re feeling back to normal now Janet.........getting the voice back is always good

I'm Abby Normal. still a congested, a snorfling hot mess. I think I need to quit cooking & cleaning for at least a week to recover.

 

[schumigirl]

I'm Abby Normal. still a congested, a snorfling hot mess. I think I need to quit cooking & cleaning for at least a week to recover.

lol.........Tom sometimes calls me Abby-Noxious.......whatever can he mean

Yeah housework is not all it`s cracked up to be!! Get your feet along the settee and "retire" from all household chores for at least a week

Do you the world of good And a little JD helps too.....although I`m a wimp apparently as when I`m poorly I have it with honey, lemon and lemonade all warmed up........yuk.....but it works



Gripe of the day................

Don`t you just hate when you give someone the answer to their questions and they don`t even say Thank-You!!!! Rude.



I should be packing

 

[marciemi]

Great to see you Mac – yes, I serve a great breakfast buffet. Assuming you’re good with PopTarts, Froot Loops and Frozen Waffles.

Timeline is fairly quick, although it’s been moved back some since the original plan. We’ll head down the week after July 4th. Trying to figure out how to get two stupid cats down there who won’t do well on a plane or in a car for a 2 day trip. Had been hoping to check them as baggage and not have to deal with them personally but the temps will preclude that. We’re thinking right now Royce will drive the minivan down alone (hate to do that!) over a 3 day period and Matt & I will fly down with the cats (each of us with one as a carry-on). SW would allow us to put both in one carrier (then two folks could drive down) but one of our, um, “hefty” cats will probably make this impossible.

We’ll be in Corporate Housing (http://leasevictoriapark.com/ if anyone cares) in Davenport for around 3 months. Our goal would be to move into a house sometime in September, while my youngest is home for a month before he heads to England for the year on exchange. Just so we have some manual labor to help. Worst case is we have to be out of the housing by Oct. 4 or so. We are looking primarily in Davenport and Clermont (and really, primarily in Rental Communities not far from Disney) so you all would be welcome to join us and stay whenever you come down (once we’re out of the apartment which won’t have any extra space when we have kiddos home!). Looking at pool homes so really, it’ll be nice, despite the crummy breakfast choices.

Looking at buying Uni passes too at some point (although not until we’re actually residents in Sep/Oct) so maybe I can meet up with some of you on your October trips (although that will NOT be for HHN as we’re building up the courage to go to MNSSHP!). We did already buy the Disney passes though (and obviously used them this trip!). Anyone interested in my (brief) trip report can check in here:

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3274419

Hope to see you all in person this fall!!

 

[macraven]

got up at 10:50 this morning marcie so i'll read your report later.

btw, i love frozen waffles once they have had a couple of hits in the toaster.
and syrup, plenty of that on them.

take notes on that as i claim the bedroom that has a water view.....
do you require rsvp's when unnanounced company is on the way???


i don't know how you do all this moving with ease marcie.
wisconsin, indiana and now florida.
has practice made perfect?


Bluer, you are a hoot!
love the pics and i am a huge fan of the ghostbusters.

schumi, yes, rude people suck.
one more sleep and you are off on the trip!
have oodles of fun.


keisha, just by reading what you posted, you "sound" better...........
well, i mean you are here this morning.

cooking and cleaning is highly overrated.
if you ignore all that, it will go away.

 

[rowan555]

I know I'm not part of the "something about nothing" club, but I just had to post. I'm so happy I'm about to burst. Three wonderful things are happening for me right now and I need to share!

1. My daughter and I will be heading to Orlando Saturday for a week long trip - we'll hit Universal Studios AS SOON AS we make it to town!

2. After ten years of complaining about our carpet, my husband agreed to have our flooring replaced while I'm out of town, so I'm coming home to shiny new floors. AND we filled out a little raffle ticket at the flooring place and won the big annual prize - $2500 in flooring! They actually had to refund me 2/3 of my deposit because the flooring was only $3000 total!

3. I just passed my screening and interview phases to be a volunteer counselor for the Trevor Project, who work with at-risk LGBTQ youth. I train for a month in July and begin in August! I think I'm more excited about this than about #1 and #2!

Anyway, I had to share my happy day with everyone. Can't wait to walk through the gates of Universal in 2 days.

 

[macraven]

we finally are having spring weather.
i was starting to believe it was a myth that May would have it.



nice to see Mr Sun out today.

 

[macraven]

I know I'm not part of the "something about nothing" club, but I just had to post.

rowan, this is not a club at all.


it is a thread where all are invited to join us!
you have posted here before didn't know that is how you felt.



this is one thread that is welcoming to anyone that is a member of the Disboards.
the more, the merrier!

no one has ever been shunned or excluded here.


i don't want a newbie just browsing around the darkside threads to think we have a club here and are not welcome.


nice news that you came to share over here.
i'm glad you are here to tell us about your excitement.

 

[rowan555]

Oh, man, I didn't mean that to come off sounding that way - my apologies! I just don't post often here and know there's a tight knit group of regulars, so I almost hated to jump in with a random post.

 

[macraven]

everyone is welcome to post here.

this thread is a continuation of one started years back.
we have peeps that come and go but most usually drop in from time to time.
and then there are the ones that you see post regularly.


our fish lady even came back recently to show off her little fish.
Kfish is the homie i am thinking of.
we knew her as a single lady, then engaged lady, then a married lady.
oh, and also as a prego lady......

a lot of homies get busy with their lives and we might not see them for a year.


well, marcie always comes back when she moves or one of her sons go off to school to share that and pictures with us.
thank you marcie!

this is just a chat thread that started with our love for the darkside.
we do have motherland talk here but more yakking about the darkside or our daily lives.

i have been on other threads where i have felt like an outsider and i can tell you, it is not fun.
i hope that anyone that posts here never has that feeling.


btw, did you get to pick out the color and type of flooring or leaving that for Mr Rowan to decide?

 

[macraven]

kfish, while i am on the topic, i never did get the wedding invite...........
just saying........

 

[rowan555]

I let him pick - and I'm sure glad I did - the flooring I preferred that was in our price range was at Lowes, and the flooring he liked was at the local business where we ended up winning the raffle. Can you imagine my horror if I'd spent $3500 at Lowes only to win a $2500 gift certificate at the other company we didn't go with? That would have been terrible indeed!

 

[marciemi]

Welcome rowan!! And hope you have a great trip!!!

I'm more of an "irregular" but I'm hoping the move to Orlando changes that some - please let us know about your trip as I'm excited to be going to Universal again for the first time since 2007 (which was when/why I joined this group in the first place).

 

[rowan555]

Thank you! My daughter and I went for our first time last August as a "one time mother daughter trip" and well, see how that turned out? I bought an AP for myself to get a resort discount, and I sure wish I'd gotten her a power pass - would have saved us $150 on this unexpected repeat trip! We knew it would be fun...but we had NO IDEA just how much fun it would be.

We're doing a night on site to have two days of EPs, then we'll go back a third day without the EP and catch the shows and other rides with manageable lines. We got a GREAT deal - 4 nights at Extended Stay for $145 with tax - it was too insane to pass up! We'll also be doing Aquatica and Fun Spot. I'm just so excited I feel like I'll burst. I'm dreading the 10 hour drive, but knowing how much fun we will have will make it well worth it.