Something About Nothing ... #12

[macraven]

Well boys-n-gurls, seems like this NYr's trip was never meant to be. We booked, rebooked and rescheduled several times but I finally gave up yesterday and "canceled" everything. We have all had horrible colds with wall-shaking coughs and even with meds and SHOTS-(you know I was desperate to get SHOTS!)- it is just so slow to leave our systems. Flights, WD and USO rooms,-(with AP rate to boot!), TS ressies rental cars ...everything. Even had "free" house-sitters set up for the next 10 days. Such is life sometimes. Good news is,as soon as I can lift a hammer, I'm headed to South Texas to do some work at Mom's house and hopefully give her a little TLC.
Spring break trip maybe? Mar 9-17...or thereabouts...Anybody going then?

Makes me want to cry reading your post

Sad that your trip is off as you and the fam were looking for a fun together time

But, you can rebook for early spring and weather will be better in Orlando

Agree that it would be crummy to do a trip with many sickies
You would probably not be able to enjoy the vacation With many feeling lousy

Hopefully you will be able to snag good room rates for March!

Helping mom is so good of you !

 

[Chuckers]

I just bought the soundtrack to The Greatest Showman and I can't stop listening to it!

I may do something really stupid this weekend... go to Six Flags for the end of the Christmas Celebration... it's supposed to be in the single digits temperature-wise.. and some of the coasters are open.. The park is open from 2 pm to 9 pm from now to 1/1. I *will* freeze my butt off if I do go... but then I can say 'I've done it'

 

[Chuckers]

Actually, I just looked at the Six Flags Website.. good thing I did.. 'Due to the cold temperatures, Six Flags is closed for the season'

 

[Chuckers]

Well, NOW I feel like I am ready for my vacation.. I just made a dining reservation for 4:30 on Sunday at Mythos. Just can't get that WDW planning out of my system.

 

[Lynne G]

Sorry to hear NYC trip off, but a spring trip sounds just as good to be with USO.



Eek, heard closing Express line after we got in it. Over 300 minutes for stand by and arihnd 35 to 40 for us.

 

[macraven]

At least you got in the line before it was closed off!

 

[Charade67]

Dh has bought furniture that we have to assemble. (HELP ME!!)

Schumi - I did the conversion and we are having roughly the same temperatures. Still too cold for me though.

Buckeev - So sorry you had to cancel your trip. Hopefully everyone will be feeling better soon.

Chuckers - Smart move to make a reservation. When we arrived at Mythos there was a 40-45 minute wait. (We had a reservation.) I watched in amusement as people were getting angry and frustrated. Hmm...this is only the #1 rated theme park restaurant in one of the busiest weeks of the year. What do you expect without a reservation?

Lynne - Is that Kong? I don’t think that ride is worth a 300 minute wait. It was 130 when we were there.

Gotta get back to the furniture.

 

[Charade67]

We have a TV stand. The TV should arrive on Wednesday.

 

[Chuckers]

@Charade67 I don't think it would be a real vacation with out at least 1 ADR

 

[Lynne G]

Yep, it was Kong and I agree Charade.

Well, it is our last full day.

Last night saw the parade so tonight going to brave the castle light show.

I may do a trip report just on the parade. Is that okay Mac?

We have been having fun , even if the weather has not been the warmest.



Wake up homies it is Saturday!

 

[macraven]

Yep, it was Kong and I agree Charade.

Well, it is our last full day.

Last night saw the parade so tonight going to brave the castle light show.

I may do a trip report just on the parade. Is that okay Mac?

We have been having fun , even if the weather has not been the warmest.

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Wake up homies it is Saturday!

Sure!

Love to see you do a report on the parade

Trip report forum is for all types of trip sharing

 

[Robo56]

Morning everyone .



Morning Mac and Lynne.

Lynne hope you and your kiddos have a great last full day at Universal. Would love to see your trip report on the parade.

Buckeev sending Mummy dust your way so everyone gets well soon so you all can plan another trip to Universal.

Where’s Chuckers with his morning countdown?

Have been busy this Christmas season. Trees are coming down slowly now and other decorations are getting packed to put away. I love the Christmas decorations. They make the house so bright and cheerful. Oh well. Will trade them for the Florida sun in a few days.

Off for an appointment.

Hope everyone has a great Saturday.

 

[schumigirl]

Hey Robo.........lovely to see you post......it`s been a while......hope you and all your family had a wonderful Christmas........


Been a funny old day today.......went out early to get some grocery shopping so we don't need to go out for the next few days.......stores were empty.....was a real pleasure to shop for what little we needed.......

Got house all tidied and cleaned what was needing doing.......

Been watching Despicable Me 2 in the background this afternoon......better than we remembered it........

No plans tonight........it`s cold, but not freezing.....quiet night in again........

Hope your Saturday is a good one..........

 

[kohlby]

Hello all. Not much going on right now - today's plans revolve around cleaning up a bit. The post-Christmas clutter is in full force. Hubby decided to do some painting so there's more clutter than usual too. We are seeing School of Rock tonight in Orlando. Hoping tourist traffic isn't too bad over in that direction.

Lynne- We haven't made the parade ourselves yet. We tend to go late morning and then are ready to leave before the parade. Or, we go after work which means missing the parade. I'm hoping to catch it this year but am not sure if we'll have the chance. I'd love to read your parade report. Good luck with the parks today. Dec 30th was my worse park day for crowds ever - far worse than when I did the parks this year on the 28th. Sounds like your express is helping you out quite a bit. Now they just need an express path to walk through the parks and you'll be set! (Hmmm . . . and an express bathroom line and express to get food . . . )

Buckeev - I hope y'all get better quickly. On the plus side, you'll likely have better weather for your rescheduled trip.

 

[Chuckers]

Happy Saturday All!

@Robo56 My countdown usually doesn't happen on weekend.. plus since I am not at work, I'm not bored and have things to do But don't fear.. Next post

@schumigirl I love the Despicable me movies. Even the third one was good... Mostly because of the Minions

@kohlby Tell me how you liked School of Rock. I may see it if it comes up to Boston.

 

[Chuckers]

8!

• The atomic number of Oxygen
• All spiders have 8 legs. Orb Weaving Spiders, of the cosmopolitan family Areneidae have eight similar eyes
• On most phones, the 8 key is associated with the letters T, U, and V, but on the BlackBerry it is the key for B, N, and X.
• A byte is 8 bits
• There are 8 furloughs in a mile
• A true gazebo has 8 sides
• There were 8 people on Noah's Ark
• In Islam, there are 8 angels carrying the throne of Allah to Heaven
• The Eight Immortals are Chinese demigods
• In the 8 Queens Puzzle, the challenge is to arrange 8 queens on a chess board so that no queen may overtake another
• In cooking, there are 8 pinches to a teaspoon

I can't WAIT to eat at Mythos in 8 days!

 

[Robo56]

Hey Robo.........lovely to see you post......it`s been a while......hope you and all your family had a wonderful Christmas........

We had a great Christmas celebration with all the family Christmas Eve. Always nice to see the family all together. Lots of good food and laughter.

I was going to say, I hope your family had great Christmas, but I know they did. Your a great cook, wife, mum and hostess. Has been easy to arrive at this opinion by reading your posts and trip reports and meeting you last year. It is very easy to see the love and happiness in the smiles on your face, Toms and Kyles in your pictures.

Christmas is such a joyful time. I hope all our Sans family had a nice Christmas. Prayers for you all that the New Year blesses you and your families with good health, happiness and prosperity.

Been a funny old day today.......went out early to get some grocery shopping so we don't need to go out for the next few days.......stores were empty.....was a real pleasure to shop for what little we needed.......

Got house all tidied and cleaned what was needing doing.......

Getting things orderly here slowly. Have a few more days to get things packed up and put away. The house seems so quiet after all the littles where here running around last week.

Keisha I scanned quickly back through a few posts and I think I remember reading that you had some family members who where ailing. Hope all are doing better now? I know in your posts you put on big shindigs for the holidays. Hope you had a lovely Christmas with your family.

 

[agavegirl1]

It is Saturday and the end of December which means I go to full time work starting Tuesday. I will still be able to read posts but cannot sign in as our computers will block any unauthorized sites. For those who don't know, I am a semi-retired CPA that currently does taxes for vacation money. I am feeling a bit melancholy today. I have been reading here to lift my spirits and lift them you did.

Charade, love the car and you did a great job on your "some assembly required" TV stand.

Schumi, if you think -1 c is cold, I am at -9 f here. BTW your trip report is awesome.

Chuckers, your single digit "happy dance" is a tradition with DH and I. We put on our Charlie Brown Christmas CD every year and imitate the dancers. That is his "signature move" and yes, we are old.

Lynne, it sounds like a wonderful albeit busy holiday trip.

Robo, nice to see you pop in.

Wishing all of you a Happy and prosperous New Year as I go quietly into overtime mode. Gotta pay for that mega 16 day Orlando vacation somehow.

Wendy

 

[Chuckers]

@agavegirl1

This is my other favorite dancer:

 

[agavegirl1]

@Chuckers I like to imitate the girl with her hands up moving her head side to side. We ar weird, I know.