Something About Nothing ... #12

[tinydancer09]

Daughter and I LOVED Ohio's weather. It was 63 and breezy!

I do have family in Ohio.... they just built a pool. hmmm

 

[tinydancer09]

Ohh... all of those sound really good but the reason we were going to cabana bay is cause we went there last year for HHN and loved it. To repeat this year but budget is OK by us.

As for the big trip next year I'm afraid I'm going to get all Disney on you. I might loose my universal "Street cred". Haha.

Plan is to fly London to LAX, go to Disneyland for 4 nights (Never been) and then fly to Hawaii for 10 nights in Aulani. It will be the most expensive trip we've ever taken but it won't be till at least 4 months after the wedding. So lots of time to save.

Carol, thanks for the advise. I often take the same view. We are but youngish and childless once... grab life by the horns. Right?

The price I got was booking everything separately. I've got multiple spreadsheets (nerd) comparing packages etc and that's how it worked out cheapest.

I have spreadsheets for my spreadsheets. I love spreadsheets. My crowning jewel from college was a complex spreadsheet that all intertwined into each other. It was highly impressive.... well to a business and/or spreadsheet person. Most my friends though I was a bit bonkers.

Cute cats! I'm not a cat person, but I don't mind when other people have them. We have a neighbor cat that keeps all the lizards at bay. Very useful.

 

[Monykalyn]

Oh, shutter buttons sounds fun. But what do you get the moving picture as? A video file for the computer?

yes-and DVD with a nice case. Pricey yes, but it was our "big family trip" (after the big family trip the year before LOL-DH got roped into 2 years in a row.)

I love cats and especially Cat people!!!

Did you see the study out where correlations were found with the smartest people?-being a cat owner was one of them. Actually my oldest DD hit all of them (think there were 8?) except the recreational drug use (!!) one and having a cat-she loves cats though.

And @BagOLaughs - go for the trip I need to live vicariously through others this year (and i expect trip reports LOLOL)

I have no words for the Orlando tragedy- having lived and worked there at Disney I absolutely cannot imagine losing a friend that way. We did some crazy things and never once did I feel unsafe. Can't say it's the same now which is just SAD and makes me angry!

Sooo-have been researching a quick Disneyland trip this fall. Would love to take my middle kid for her birthday month. Surprising reasonable (in comparison to many other trips/destinations-like HHN in Orlando). Just have to talk DH into it-----however we are redoing our deck and some other remodeling this summer and have a kid off to college so if it happens may not be til last minute-which will likely cost more then...but it still cheers me up. I'm crazy I think

oops-lunch break over-TTFN!

 

[pcstang]

Looks like there is a fire at the construction site for volcano bay from what I've read it's out now but there was damage. I think it was actually at a storage area closer to W&W.

 

[Sparkly]

Hmm..just watched a ride through of King Kong. I'll have to give it a actual ride next September, maybe youtube videos aren't doing it justice.

 

[macraven]

Pcstang have you read any more about the fire ?

 

[schumigirl]

Pcstang have you read any more about the fire ?

According to my mate, he said it was the holding area near wet and wild. Just in a field but held slide pieces and some construction items.

It was out in less than an hour.........no injuries apparently thankfully.

Edit........Just googled it........yep, near car park at wet and wild.

 

[schumigirl]

Sooo-have been researching a quick Disneyland trip this fall. Would love to take my middle kid for her birthday month. Surprising reasonable (in comparison to many other trips/destinations-like HHN in Orlando). Just have to talk DH into it-----however we are redoing our deck and some other remodeling this summer and have a kid off to college so if it happens may not be til last minute-which will likely cost more then...but it still cheers me up. I'm crazy I think

oops-lunch break over-TTFN!

Disneyland trip with DD sounds lovely........especially for a birthday....hope it pans out for youse......

 

[macraven]

Thanks schumi on the info

MonyK hope that trip you want to do does happen


Tell Mr monyk that you all can cut back on other things so the trip will be affordable then

 

[cbsnyber1]

Yes, have your fun before the rug-rats drag you downtheir wants tend to get more expensive the older they get.

As Jimmy Buffett once said about kids, "bury them at 12, dig 'em back up at 21".

 

[keishashadow]

Golf's US Open is back at nearby Oakmont Country Club. Fancy, old money town. Apparantly, they got tired of all the people driving/parking, clogging up their picturesque haven. Passed an ordinance that forbid residents from being gauche and selling parking spots on their sodded front lawns.

Consequently, this year, the parking has been off-sourced to our town's shopping area.

Cordoned off most of mall's parking spaces and large portion of same at nearby strip mall & WM & Sam's, why they chose sections closest to the actual stores is beyond me Cannot remember the last time I saw so many school buses, cops & traffic stops in our smaller town. Guess I'll be taking the long way anywhere & by-passing that section of town for the next week.

 

[cbsnyber1]

Golf's US Open is back at nearby Oakmont Country Club. Fancy, old money town. Apparantly, they got tired of all the people driving/parking, clogging up their picturesque haven. Passed an ordinance that forbid residents from being gauche and selling parking spots on their sodded front lawns.

Consequently, this year, the parking has been off-sourced to our town's shopping area.

Cordoned off most of mall's parking spaces and large portion of same at nearby strip mall & WM & Sam's, why they chose sections closest to the actual stores is beyond me Cannot remember the last time I saw so many school buses, cops & traffic stops in our smaller town. Guess I'll be taking the long way anywhere & by-passing that section of town for the next week.

Buck up little camper - it's only Thursday through Sunday (well, and practice rounds today and Wednesday).

I feel for ya - a handful of years ago we went to Oakmont for the US Amateur tournament, which draws maybe 10 - 15K crowd per round. Parked in a field about five miles away, seemed like it anyway, had to shuttle onto the course. There is little on site parking at Oakmont, and they'll draw about 40K per round for the Open. Gotta stick them somewhere. I remember saying at the time "I sure wouldn't want to be living around here right now".

 

[macraven]

mini golf i can do.
real golf, can not do.

no skills and too much walking without having a park ride to get on at the end of that long walk....

and it is easier to cheap at mini golf than real golf.

 

[Robo56]

Just saw on breaking news that a two year child was pulled into lagoon at Grand Floridian by alligator. Anyone else see this?

 

[tinydancer09]

Just saw on breaking news that a two year child was pulled into lagoon at Grand Floridian by alligator. Anyone else see this?

I've seen multiple reports of it. Terrible. I used to live on a canal and that was one of my worst fears.

 

[SharkyGoddess]

mini golf i can do.
real golf, can not do.

no skills and too much walking without having a park ride to get on at the end of that long walk....

and it is easier to cheap at mini golf than real golf.

Same here. I'm more of a Happy Gilmore golfer.

 

[macraven]

Just saw on breaking news that a two year child was pulled into lagoon at Grand Floridian by alligator. Anyone else see this?

wow, i have been sending out some pm's so missed this info.
hope someone on the CB has a thread on it...

 

[macraven]

Same here. I'm more of a Happy Gilmore golfer.

and you are probably not naked when you do mini golf...

 

[SharkyGoddess]

and you are probably not naked when you do mini golf...

I might actually win that way... no one would be looking!

 

[macraven]