Something About Nothing ... #12

[KStarfish82]

Hi all! Back from vacay! Will try and post some pics of the boys later (if they give me a chance),

 

[macraven]

Hooray

The Kfishes are back home safe and sound


No hospital visits for dad this year
That was so scary when you shares that with us last time


Looking forward to seeing our guppies and rest of the family having fun on vacation !

 

[RAPstar]

Hello from Seattle! I'm at a restaurant drinking apple habanero cider. Weeeeeeeeeee!

 

[Kivara]

Sounds tasty (and spicy!) Robbie

 

[macraven]

yum yum robbie!

 

[KStarfish82]

Hooray

The Kfishes are back home safe and sound


No hospital visits for dad this year
That was so scary when you shares that with us last time


Looking forward to seeing our guppies and rest of the family having fun on vacation !

Thanks Mac! Can't say that Dad hasn't had any hospital visits this year, but at least not any incidents on the way home from FL! I will try to post some photos tomorrow....too tired from the long ride home and now my mind is totally spinning after watching Game of Thrones (and if any of you are fans, you know what I'm talking about).

 

[buckeev]

I'll be at the motherland last week of September before I switch to the motherland

I booked wdw the day the end of school promo came out
They had free dining as a choice based on which package you chose

I took a pass on the free dining package as I don't need the tickets
Booked room only

When I go solo there, free dining is not the best way for me economically

You on the other hand, it is like a gift or winning the power ball

Exactly! Especially considering how crazy expensive the Gage's mandatory character meals are!!!
I still have a bounce back deal booked for the Christmas week, but am probably gonna cancel it since I snagged the Free Dining gigs! It went live at 4:03 am Monday, and by 4:06 I had it in my shoppin' cart! I then proceeded to get the other room within 5 minutes.
As for the tickets, since several of us usually have APs, I book the minimum ticket requirement and then have the friendly CMs at Guest Services pull those off my reservation and print me hard tickets to use or upgrade at a later date. It's a pert-near full time job being a family travel planner dude!

 

[macraven]

what do you mean nearly....
it is a full time job when you have to get rolling and book a package.


or rather i should say, wait for the release and drop everything when you see that specials have been released..


all the years i have gone to orlando for the motherland and darkside, i always avoided any dates that could have snow in the North.
one exception was two years ago for a trip from january 2nd to the 14th....
only dates one son could get time off his job so i booked everything 6 months out and prayed for no snow in january......
turned out no snow so no issues for flying.

but once at MK, we needed gloves, hat, and heavy jackets.
temps there were in the upper 30's.....

but, we managed the really cold days fine in the long run.

 

[tinydancer09]

what do you mean nearly....
it is a full time job when you have to get rolling and book a package.


or rather i should say, wait for the release and drop everything when you see that specials have been released..


all the years i have gone to orlando for the motherland and darkside, i always avoided any dates that could have snow in the North.
one exception was two years ago for a trip from january 2nd to the 14th....
only dates one son could get time off his job so i booked everything 6 months out and prayed for no snow in january......
turned out no snow so no issues for flying.

but once at MK, we needed gloves, hat, and heavy jackets.
temps there were in the upper 30's.....

but, we managed the really cold days fine in the long run.

Oh gosh I think I remember that year. I felt so bad for all the fruit farmers. Those cold snaps are so hard on the strawberries. Think we mostly had California berries that year. People make fun of us when it gets that cold and start complaining... They don't realize a lot of what we do depends on the weather. Heck, during snow pocalypse most all of our houses had pipes burst and we realized that none of the older houses had emergency heat hooked up. Anyways I'll get off my random cold weather rant. I actually love it just hate it for all the farmers.


Looks like it's going to be an extreme summer and just my opinion.. extreme winter too. We shall see....

Hello everyone! Happy Monday! Remember it's one Monday closer to your next vacation!

 

[schumigirl]

KFish.........hope you had an amazing trip......looking forward to seeing new pics of the boys.......

Robbie/Andy........wonders where you were last few days............habanero cider sounds like a fun place to get lost in......... Hope you're having fun.........

Buckeev..........people sometimes ask how I pass my time as I'm a lady of leisure by choice, think they think I do nothing .......you've given me a great idea..........I can say I plan trips!!! Not totally untrue as I'm helping friends plan right now........only trouble is my planning for ours takes about 2 hours all in.......although is menu reading considered planning??? I'm definitely a planner then if it is.........

Mac........in 2010 we left Orlando November 5th.........it was freezing! Went to do Downtown Disney luggage drop early am........we were shivering! Walked out of RPR and stared at each other..........had never felt cold in Orlando before. All the Virgin Atlantic staff had Coats and gloves on.......one gave me a blanket while we waited to check in luggage as I had the thinnest top possible on.........that year they did have an exceptionally cold one too. Think after we got back to RPR we just ended up in the mall rest of the day till it was time to leave for airport as it was too cold to do anything else...........



Rain has stopped but it's blowing a gale outside..........typical bank holiday Monday.........

Not sure what we're doing today.........will get up soon and think about it then........

Have a great Monday..........

 

[macraven]

Monday again.....

Morning homies

 

[schumigirl]

Monday again.....

Morning homies

Just popped home for lunch before heading back out to visit my friend who is 50 tomorrow..........ended up going into town after all........mobbed as weather was dreadful. Got what we needed and left.........torrential rain all the way home.........

Sun is shining now, and it's fairly warm........yay! 60F...........

 

[Lynne G]

Kfish - glad to hear vacation was awesome and safe ride home. Long drives are tiring, with small kids, more tiring. So nice if you post some pictures. Very cute kids.

Robbie- drink in hand, visiting the place you'll soon be living, life is good.

Mac, I'm with ya too, no free dining for the motherland. I can get a military ticket, so room only for me. If I was with my kids, or whole family, free dining would be more of a draw. My DS is still a teen, and eats like a teen boy. Teen girl, well, picky, but can also eat well when a good steak is involved.

Great news for Buckeev. Yep, my DH is not the vacation planner, so I do all the scouting and reservations.

Man, that rain and 45 degree weather just made watching the race and game not fun at all. Even with an umbrella, the wind was blowing, so I was wet, maybe not as wet as DD, but wet. Poor DD, ran a 10 mile race in the rain, then played soccer in the rain. The referee was not keeping track of the time, so the first half of the soccer game was 10 minutes longer. That was a long game. Both of us took a hot shower when we got home. With the heavy traffic and 40,000, yes 40,000 people in the race, made traffic heavy. Stop and go on the highway for several miles. What a first day of May. They said it might be close to 70.. Nope, day never got above 50. Miserable.

But that rain was good for the flowers and grass. Bought a new rose plant, as our 50 or so year old one did not survive the winter last year. I like the tea roses, so I am hoping this new one grows as big and lives as long as my old one. I may not have to water every day, as a shower, or heavier is listed for every day this week. And a very cloudy, cool start to the day.

Schumi, sounds like the weather has improved. Not much is fun in the rain, when it's cool.

Yep, and cool enough, I'm enjoying a large cup of tea. May need several. Caffeine in any form is welcome this morning.

and a funny:

and for Schumi, minions in Manhattan:

 

[Bluer101]

Monday stinks.

 

[tink1957]

Good morning...thanks for the minions Lynne...coffee time for me

 

[goNDmay9]

Ugggh. Monday.

@KStarfish82 welcome back!

 

[pcstang]

I know I'm not the only one here that feels like it's been forever since my last trip "home." It's only been two weeks but feels like forever. My wife just rolls her eyes at me when I say I'm ready to go again....

 

[Lynne G]

Rub it in PC! Long time before I'm home. Think the summer will fly by, as both kids are working this year.

Ahhh, it's still Monday?

 

[schumigirl]

I know I'm not the only one here that feels like it's been forever since my last trip "home." It's only been two weeks but feels like forever. My wife just rolls her eyes at me when I say I'm ready to go again....

Time you were back then.........that is a long gap.........

 

[tinydancer09]

I know I'm not the only one here that feels like it's been forever since my last trip "home." It's only been two weeks but feels like forever. My wife just rolls her eyes at me when I say I'm ready to go again....

I've been on UOR website looking at single day trips. I'm thinking I'm going to run away to Orlando one random day in May. Can't stomach the thought of not being back until NOVEMBER.