Something About Nothing ... #12

Oh and Mac, I have a TA rate for the mouse, if you need a night, let me know, the agent I have is good, and may be able to help you. I found his prices better than my military rate. Granted I am staying at POP, with QS plan, and military 4 day ticket.
 
Thanks Lynne but I just spent 90 minutes on the phone with disney.
I saw the enchanting escape ddp offer and canceled my ressie I made 6 months ago and did a new one with the special offer.
For only a $149.50 from what I originally booked, I have the free ddp now.


Sweet as I have 6 table service adrs made months ago.

Took a bit of time to have IT correct my tickets I have in my disney account but finally it was accomplished.
All my table service reservations still in place.
 
Awesome Mac, even though took a bit of your evening. I only have two ADRs, so not worried about paying OOP for them. Last year, I still had lots of snack credits to burn, so limiting the sit downs I am doing. Did the dessert parties last year, not this year. Was way too much food for me last year. Still waiting to see when D23 is doing their Epcot day. Everything else is planned, including picking up my ticket the day before FP day.

I need to go to bed. Sweet dreams to all the homies, and no stealing my cheesecake. :rotfl:
 

Kiddo back in fine form, need to scoot off to gym to watch her bounce around for a bit. Just got a new floor trick that makes me inhale deeply. I’m a worry-wart.



Why is it your trips seem to fly by so fast? Seems like you just left. Is this your first July trip there? I find it surprising so many decide to visit when it’s so hot & humid, but could be due to work/school obligations I suppose.

Hmmph, silly local. You cross ‘da pond. If she’s keeping count each trip should count X10.

I find myself getting annoyed when I’m asked how many times I’ve vacationed in a year. I usually fluff it off saying “not enough”, just to see the look on their face(s). I’d like to respond MYODM but my momma raised me better. Rarely, does the person asking not have an axe of some sort to grind. It’s different when a close friend/intimate family inquires.

I appreciate being fortunate enough to travel to amazing places. However, I do work within a budget and diligently save-up for my play time. It helps to have an indulgent DH :). Many of my family & friends are in hock up to their eyeballs with their ostentatious discretionary spending but still consistently boo-hoo they can’t afford a nice vacation.

Glad little one is doing better........yes, how can such a little tummy produce so much when they’re ill!!! I hear you on watching with heart in mouth!! When Kyle did karate I couldn’t watch some of the stuff he was doing........he got to Black belt and then his back problem started.........so had to give it up.

That was the year we went in July Janet........2012 as Kyle was having back surgery in the August before starting University in the September........very stressful time to watch our 18 year old boy having such major surgery.........but all worked out in the end!

So, yes that’s the reason we went in July that year.

It does go past quickly, but this time although it was only a week in Orlando, which isn’t enough anyway......it felt longer as we didn’t have the almost 20 hours being awake to get there.........coming in from NY was fabulous.......but wouldn’t go back in July again I think. We are used to less folks........although it wasn’t as bad as we thought and the heat was fabulous!!

Yes, I recognise fake when I see it.........and this woman was fake all over as soon as she spoke........I thought long and hard about mentioning it but after thinking about it, Tom finally convinced me it was indeed jealousy.......and yes, an hour or two away is very different to the cost and time it takes us to get there.........I fail badly to understand jealousy and folks who feel they have to compete or belittle others for travel choices.........

I’m with you. Travel as much as we like and stuff the opinions of others..........yes, friends are different........but when someone asks personal questions when you’ve never even met them before???? Wow!!!

I curtailed my tongue to some extent..........

Yep, would never question someone about money or costs........very crass.

Oh I know folks who get into “hock” too for trips..........silly. Love your response the naysayers though.......lol.......and yes, we do both have amazing husbands who indulge us well!!! Carry on traveling Janet......

Off soap box.........:D

Robo, glad you and DH are doing well.........good to hear!

And continued good wishes to our friend Wendy...........


Too many posts to respond to..........



So, forgot how bad jet lag can be.........

Been awake since around 3am after only being able to stay awake till 9.30 last night.

So, laundry all finished and another few loads hung out as it is hot here!!! Sticky and humid through the night.......thank goodness for portable air con unit as regular air con just isn’t a thing over here in homes.

Back to reality for a few weeks..........but, least we have this heatwave to enjoy for a little longer..........

Had good flight home, left on time and arrived early which is always good..........gotta love the jet stream!

But hear everyone on the diet plans.......we have put on so much weight it’s shocking!!! Too much good living apparently...........:P

Trip report will be around at some point........although not sure this one will take long.........

Happy Friday all.............
 
Carole welcome home. Vacations can surely take it out of you I bet Kyle was thrilled to see you both back home
Beached whales, with 2 giant clam shells filled with food, and a half pound of coleslaw — all left over from our meals, and a loving large piece of cheesecake also toted home, waiting for tea later tonight or tomorrow morning. Always good food there.

Sorry to miss ya too Tink. I am thinking of last week of September with the mouse next year, then first week with RPR. RPR already reserved.

Keisha, yeah, when I booked RPR next year, it disappeared from my account. When I got my cc card statement, they did charge me the one night. A call to the hotel got me two emails, conformation of the next year booking, and this year’s one, and that one, the guy helping me, seemed somewhat annoyed that he could not see my rate (well yeah, as booked with a TA, since I could not, over 12 months before, get any discounted (SMSM) rate, and the rates just kept getting higher). He said they were using new confirmation numbers, and on a new system. Whether he was full of bull or not, don’t know. Either way, happy to know both reservations are on RPR’s books. The only one I see in my account is my PBR for next month. That I did get a SMSM rate, never saw a lower AP rate, and now not even the room selection I have is now available. Glad I have the express passes.

Lol never thot to ck CC Jik I’m charged twice for nothing. On to do list.

The dual/duplicate # thing started llast half of ‘17
Thanks Lynne but I just spent 90 minutes on the phone with disney.
I saw the enchanting escape ddp offer and canceled my ressie I made 6 months ago and did a new one with the special offer.
For only a $149.50 from what I originally booked, I have the free ddp now.


Sweet as I have 6 table service adrs made months ago.

Took a bit of time to have IT correct my tickets I have in my disney account but finally it was accomplished.
All my table service reservations still in place.
There’s a room only escape offer too. Before tix had use by dates know u could book a pkg and hold onto ‘new’ tic that came with it for future trip Not sure how that plays out these days

Never heard of them letting u book the pkg use without paying for minimum tix requirement! You must’ve been a fast talker lol
 
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Glorious day to you all homies, well, from a foggy start to the this Friday (thanks Keisha, nice of you to share). A cool 72, with light wind, felt refreshing. Yeah, before the heat pump starts pushing out hot and humid, so humid that thunderstorms, carrying hail, will arrive around dinner time and leave by 1am tomorrow. A guest that stays too long. LOL

Saw abandoned theme park new for HHN. Interesting. Toying with doing the unmasking tours.

Yes, Schumi, it's Friday, and glad to hear you made it home safely, and already back to routine, with thoughts of the fall setting in.

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Oh yeah, in case you did not think I was happy it is Friday,

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With that, tea is ready, and that quite lush cheesecake is ready to be nibbled on.

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Good Friday morning homies!

Welcome back Schumi !

Keisha I’ll explain the ticket loophole to you later once I’m on my iMac

I bet everyone is looking forward to the weekend

Wendy, heal soon and feel better
 
Ok so here's the **UPDATED** list of the Sept/Oct travelers:

Tink: 9/18-9/25 UO; 9/25-9/27 WDW

Ckmiles: 9/23-9/28

Mac: 9/26-10/12; first 4 nights Motherland

Me: 9/27-10/6

Keisha: WLV 9/29- ; RPH 10/4-10/7

Robo: 9/30-10/11

Lynne: 10/1-10/4 Disney; 10/4-10/12- UO

Tgrgrl: on-call in area for meets!


Still need dates for:

Schumi

Did I miss anyone?

Very exciting!!
 
Thanks for the welcome homes gals.......nice to be home.........for a short time.......lol......

Yes Janet, Kyle was glad to see us home.........everything was tidy amd clean as usual, although fridge and freezer contents were somewhat depleted.........even the freezers and fridges in the garage were somewhat lacking in basics.........he had a nice time while we were away!


Never slept through lunch before.........

We are having massive thunderstorms still........thankfully as the land needs it........managed to get my washing in before it started this morning, went grocery shopping and then said I was going to shut my eyes for 5 minutes around midday.......woke up at 2pm :laughing:

I needed that.

Had a wrap for lunch and now being handed a cup of tea in my new minion mug..........

Still got that darn ironing to do. I can procrastinate a little bit longer............:cheer2:

Now to not have something nice with our mug of tea.
 
:umbrella: Ooh Schumi, tea does need a go along. Like pound cake, cheesecake, donuts, well, you know, a not too sweet, sweet.

Hey Patty, thanks for the update, and :woohoo: For the day off. And don't eat too many hot wings! :blush:

:wave2: Mac, glad to hear you got a "loophole", but hey whatever it takes to get a good price on what you want.

Agavegirl, sending lots of gentle hugs that you are feeling good, and your surgery went even better than expected. Healing mummy dust is being pumped your way.

Robo, I hope this finds you enjoying a nice cup of coffee in your HHN mug, and feeling stronger every day.

Tink, if you had to work today, hope it goes fast, and hope you had a nice coffee to start the day as well.

So much for any sun, it's quite gray out now. Sniff, tree leaves are once again upside down. Yep, rain is a comin'. It's soon going to be a what's for lunch. You'd think I would not be hungry now. Um, breakfast was before 7am, just saying.......

I definitely need more tea. AC you are not needed to work so hard.:cool:

:coffee:
 
Love some pound cake with a cup of English Breakfast Tea.

I iron everything.........well, not quite everything.......my mum irons socks! I don’t.


Had some more thunder and lightning this afternoon........hopefully gone now out to sea.......still hot as heck though which is lovely......if rain stays off it’ll be sitting in the garden time tonight.

But, laundry all done for now.

Friday night.........no plans though.
 
Good Afternoon-

Running terribly behind today- I blame my stupid job .....

I had a wonderful time at the lecture yesterday- the NYC Library of Performing Arts is an amazing place! (they curate all artifacts relating to theatre, movies, music, etc) Their collections are breath-taking. It was a great afternoon weather wise to walk around the city- I dont spend much time on the west side- so it was fun.

waving hi- to Lynne, Patty Schumi, MAC, Keisha, Bobbie, Robo!

Im so ready for the weekend!
 
Hi everyone It's Friday YAY! My six flags plans got cancelled today. We are expecting some bad storms and I hate being in the park up there with that. Plus our six flags will close the entire park for a storm. I don't understand it. I live about 45 minutes so really didn't want to go up and turn back around. I told the teens we will plan for Tuesday. All 4 teens are here again today! However, I told them it is an easy dinner night. Hamburgers, hash browns and corn. I feel bad because these teens don't have good meals at their houses so they look forward to the cooking. I feel bad when I can't do it all the time. I know they understand they are great teens.

I got a call from my furnace guy who we became friends with. He has been cleaning my furnace for about 16 years. He owns a boat and invited us to go out tomorrow. We are looking forward to it. We haven't been on a boat in years like his. I believe it is a sail boat. The teens are looking forward to it now I just have to hope the storms stay away.

I am looking at the list for the fall and I wish we could be on it. We committed to going to Cedar Point for Halloweekends already. We are trying to get more use of our pass. I will be there hopefully next year one way or another. I hope you guys have a great time and meet up.

Schumigirl I am glad that you are back home and settling in. I think laundry is one of the worse for me when I get back. I did get lucky this trip and was able to do some at my family's home before we left. I forgot what my iron looks like!
Macraven, Lynne and Keishshadow I hope your Mother land plans keep going well for you. It's so much fun planning a trip but so much better when you have it go the way you want.
Robo and Wendy hope you continue to feel better.
ckmiles It sounds like you made a good time out of a lecture day! I love going to New York we are only about an hour but it seems I just don't put it on the to do list.
pattyw hope you and Kyle had a great time.
Saying hi to anybody who posts after me. I hope you are having a great start to the weekend.

Have a good night:goodvibes:goodvibes
 
I had a wonderful time at the lecture yesterday- the NYC Library of Performing Arts is an amazing place! (they curate all artifacts relating to theatre, movies, music, etc) Their collections are breath-taking

Sounds like a wonderful place to visit!

waving hi- to Lynne, Patty Schumi, MAC, Keisha, Bobbie, Robo!

:wave2:
He owns a boat and invited us to go out tomorrow. We are looking forward to it. We haven't been on a boat in years like his. I believe it is a sail boat. The teens are looking forward to it now I just have to hope the storms stay away.

Hope the weather holds out- a sailboat ride will be lovely!

Bobbie- maybe we can skype with you when we meet so you can join us this fall!!

pattyw hope you and Kyle had a great time.

We had a great afternoon! Nice to have some one on one time with him before he leaves!
 
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Hi Mac, Schumi, Lynne, Keisha, ckmiles, bobbie68, pattyw, Monyk, tgrgrl :wave2:

Welcome home Schumi

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Add me to the list for a meetup :wave: we are at Universal 9/18 - 25 and WDW 9/25 - 27.
Wish we were staying later since it looks like I'll miss Robo, Lynne and keisha again :sad2:


Sorry to miss you again too Tink


Robo, glad you and DH are doing well.........good to hear!

Thank you


But hear everyone on the diet plans.......we have put on so much weight it’s shocking!!! Too much good living apparently...........:P

I like to think of it as responsibly eating.........LOL.....:laughing:.......I feel like when you reach a certain age you should have what you want to eat within reason for sure.


Robo, I hope this finds you enjoying a nice cup of coffee in your HHN mug, and feeling stronger every day.

Yep, had my big mug of coffee in my HHN mug. It does bring a smile to my face. Today was a good day. Thank you Lynne.

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waving hi- to Lynne, Patty Schumi, MAC, Keisha, Bobbie, Robo!

:wave:


Robo and Wendy hope you continue to feel better.

Thank you.



Big hugs and get well prayers being sent to Wendy

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