Something About Nothing ... #12

[kohlby]

Kholby your day out sounded fabulous. ICE at GP is something my nephew and his girlfriend are doing this week again sometime........she's like me and despises the cold, so never looks forward to it.......lol.........keep trying with the butterbeer.........Did you enjoy Antojitos? Hear very mixed reviews on that place..........
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Yes- we enjoyed it!

Might have a good reason to go back to FL soon. My daughter applied to FSU and was accepted while we were away She got her ACT score back today and it may qualify her for a full out of state tuition waiver Will have to send that score over today and if that's the case a visit to the school will be in order

Good luck! Do you mind me asking what types of scores are needed for that? My eldest is only a 9th grader, though he took the ACT last year for the first time and did well considering his age. Since we may lose our FL residency status during a possibly China stay, I should probably start looking into this. (He can't take the ACT in China so I should probably figure out soon about prepping for it. He'll take the ACT this year too but I haven't pushed studying for it yet).

 

[Lynne G]

Nice Mom3. Congratulations.
We have one in college, and one that will be in 2 more years. Saving money is always good. Yep, told younger one, Hawaii sounds good. Actually, she may stay in our state, as cheaper, as her older sibling has done. We'll see. Hoping for scholarships or whatever to help with the costs.

 

[keishashadow]

Not a happy camper to come down with gosh awful cold. Throwing off my schedule lol. First day out of the house since Saturday. Cannot wait to go stand in line @ bank, post office, two stores for returns and the hoagie shop lol

View attachment 210770 Hello all, here at RPR now We left Atlantic City Nj airport 6am Fri and temp was 16 and bitter wind on top of that The FL weather is Beautiful and I'm starting to worry about coming back to the cold Mon at midnight. We are heading to MK for the MVMCP tonight. Having lunch at Wilderness Lodge so we can check out their decorations and stop at Poly and Grand Floridian to see theirs on our way over to MK. Send some mummy dust for us bc Weather Channel still has 80% rain in the forecast We were able to spend a few hours at the pool yesterday of course having nachos and drinks before heading back out to the parks. Found Forbidden Journey was open before schedule so that was nice and my daughter and I went to Toothsome to get milkshakes. Line was about 20 min to order then waited 25 more to get them. Best dinner ever

WL is my fav Orlando resort @ Xmas, such perfec theming and the decor just ups the ante. Make sure to report. Back on how you liked MVMCP

Marcie sorry to be on the mark, all good now?

Lynne - driving by to wish you a wonderful trip!

 

[tink1957]

So sorry to hear about your friend Squirlz I was happy to hear from an old friend and coworker who I had lost touch with this week but sad because her son had just passed away, he was only 36. Life is precious, hug your loved ones and say what you need to today.


Hi cieli welcome back!

Lynne, the first time we visited the darkside was offsite at the Doubletree Universal during Christmas 2007, it was blissfully uncrowded...sure do miss those days. We went for new years in 2010-11, post HP and stayed at the Holiday Inn across from Universal...super crowded but doable...single rider line is your friend. Have a blast and soak in the holiday vibes

We went to Antojitos a few years ago and haven't been back, it was good but pricey. We discovered Cowfish and it's become our go to place at CityWalk.

I'm sitting on the couch trying to get motivated for my Christmas baking frenzy. I think I'll just do Chex mix today, don't want to start too fast and burn out baking 10 kinds of cookies. Speaking of cookies, I just realized that I didn't answer keisha's question about monster cookies...they have a little bit of everything...chocolate chips, oatmeal, peanut butter, m & m's, etc. Yum...I need to make more.

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday

 

[pcstang]

Might have a good reason to go back to FL soon. My daughter applied to FSU and was accepted while we were away She got her ACT score back today and it may qualify her for a full out of state tuition waiver Will have to send that score over today and if that's the case a visit to the school will be in order

Congrats to your daughter. FSU is a beautiful campus and is consistently ranked in the top 10 nationwide. I'm a huge Seminoles fan so I'm a little biased!

 

[Mom3girls]

Thanks everyone I just wish FSU was closer to Universal so I would have an extra excuse to use these APH passes we all now have!! She took them on a whim without studying and got a 30 out of a possible 36. She might decide to take them again if it means more merit aide. Haven't even gotten the acceptance package in the mail yet. She received an email on Friday right after we arrived in Florida...perfect timing to start off the trip

 

[Mom3girls]

I will definitely report back on our Universal stay/MVMCP road trip. Went to bed at almost 2am, slept in AND took a short nap already. Getting ready to pick up our 1 yr old black lab, Zeus, from the kennel.

 

[tink1957]

Cute pup mom and congrats to your dd!

 

[Mom3girls]

Cute pup mom and congrats to your dd!

Thank you

 

[Lynne G]

Aww cute Zeus. We had two yellow labs and they are still one of my favorite breeds.

Well, Keisha needs to know what day it is:

Yep, it's Wednesday, hump day.

and that means for me:

So, hang in there all, the week-end is slowly coming into sight. And on the week-end, we'll be swimming with the dolphins and hanging with Shamu, right after partying with Mickey. Oh yeah, and it's Christmas.

 

[Lynne G]

 

[marciemi]

Marcie sorry to be on the mark, all good now?

Well, not quite. Youngest had not one, not two, but 3 cancelled flights. Didn't make it in on Saturday to see both the other boys. Or Sunday. Had to take a connector through Chicago on Monday and we managed 5 minutes and 17 seconds with my middle son in the Orlando airport as we walked from one side of security to the other. So we didn't get the family time in the park or any time with all of us together. But he is here finally (although the other two are gone). Did Christmas with them on Sunday before the oldest flew out and I guess we'll do it again as much as possible with the youngest this weekend. Just kind of a bummer because no optimism we'll ever get them all together again (at least in the near future). But I have him until Monday, although he's by far my least-interested-in-Disney kid. Dragged him to Epcot yesterday and trying to convince him we'll do one more park either tomorrow or Friday (we'll be at MK on Christmas Day of course and hopefully my husband will have surfaced from Amazon-chaos and can join us!).

Hope you're doing better and at some point want to send you a review of the Oasis! Remind me once the holiday chaos passes!

 

[Mom3girls]

Aww cute Zeus. We had two yellow labs and they are still one of my favorite breeds.

Thank you!! He's my second lab. We had a choc lab named Angel that lived to be 13 Have a great trip, I miss it terribly already and it's only been maybe 36 hrs?!?!?

 

[Mom3girls]

Lynne, don't know if you might be able to help a fellow Diser, Shellee999, out or not...http://www.disboards.com/threads/of...ckey-christmas.3476594/page-150#post-56874156

 

[Mom3girls]

Marciemi so sorry your boys all couldn't be there together With my girls getting older and their busy school/bf schedules I know how difficult it can be to get everyone together at once. Makes the moments we are all that more special

 

[schumigirl]

Marci......glad you still have the one at home right now......always nice to see them even if it is for a short time.......

Lynne.......have a fabulous time.........



Was thinking when Cielei posted yesterday that we haven't seen a few folks for a while......StL, goND, Monykalyn, Kivara and where on earth are Sharky and KFish...........

Hope they're all ok..........

Shortest day.........it's fairly dark here already and it's only 3.30.........been in bed all day.......bit of a 24 hour bug but feeling bit better now........always know when I feel hungry I'm on the mend.......

Will let DH do dinner tonight when he gets home........he'll be thrilled

Can't believe it's so close to Christmas..........

 

[keishashadow]

Ah Marcie that stinks, you are handling it well. I dread when the last chicken will leave the roost here. Yes, I look forward to reading your oasis review...someday I'll hit it just right and book that bad boy. We did jump on that 3 day DCL Fantasy sailing mid May when first rolled out recently. Rehab will be done sooner than normal & they wanted to squeeze out some more $ lol. Nice itinerary we've done before, double Castaway Cay stops. Even better the mr is gifting it to me as anniversary present woohoo!

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So sorry to hear about your friend Squirlz I was happy to hear from an old friend and coworker who I had lost touch with this week but sad because her son had just passed away, he was only 36. Life is precious, hug your loved ones and say what you need to today.


Hi cieli welcome back!

Lynne, the first time we visited the darkside was offsite at the Doubletree Universal during Christmas 2007, it was blissfully uncrowded...sure do miss those days. We went for new years in 2010-11, post HP and stayed at the Holiday Inn across from Universal...super crowded but doable...single rider line is your friend. Have a blast and soak in the holiday vibes

We went to Antojitos a few years ago and haven't been back, it was good but pricey. We discovered Cowfish and it's become our go to place at CityWalk.

I'm sitting on the couch trying to get motivated for my Christmas baking frenzy. I think I'll just do Chex mix today, don't want to start too fast and burn out baking 10 kinds of cookies. Speaking of cookies, I just realized that I didn't answer keisha's question about monster cookies...they have a little bit of everything...chocolate chips, oatmeal, peanut butter, m & m's, etc. Yum...I need to make more.

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday

Cookies sound very good. I cheated and bought a large bag of chexmix at Sam's club. How'd u like the doubletree? Have read mixed reviews. Tossing around making snickerdoodles, nobody likes but me = dangerous situation unless I freeze them right away in small portions lol.

Thanks everyone I just wish FSU was closer to Universal so I would have an extra excuse to use these APH passes we all now have!! She took them on a whim without studying and got a 30 out of a possible 36. She might decide to take them again if it means more merit aide. Haven't even gotten the acceptance package in the mail yet. She received an email on Friday right after we arrived in Florida...perfect timing to start off the trip

Find myself thinking of splash mt and possums for some strange reason lol Always made me wonder how many other Easter eggs in the various attractions I've missed. An exciting time for your daughter.

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So, hang in there all, the week-end is slowly coming into sight. And on the week-end, we'll be swimming with the dolphins and hanging with Shamu, right after partying with Mickey. Oh yeah, and it's Christmas.

I am lovin how you casually toss out the Weekend plans. Hope the weather cooperates nicely...leave a light on for me.

 

[buckeev]

Marciemi so sorry your boys all couldn't be there together With my girls getting older and their busy school/bf schedules I know how difficult it can be to get everyone together at once. Makes the moments we are all that more special

We are currently here at MK....and will be also at the Last MVMCP tomorrow night. My connection has been "hit-or-miss"... (mostly miss!). If someone would send a PM to Shelle and have her email me to confirm what we can best do, that'd be awesome. My phone locks up when I try to PM....Mac also has my cell #.

Robert
Email buckeev (at sign) aol (dot) com

 

[Squirlz]

Sorry to hear about your friend squirlz

Thanks. He was a very cool British guy that I spent lots of time and shared many a pint with. He was a fixture at the Microbrewery I used to work with. He had so many stories. Friends have created a Facebook page for him if you'd like to check it out.

https://www.facebook.com/Remembering-Ron-Brown-339083369809288/

 

[macraven]

Sorry you lost a dear friend
Read the link and he was right
Real men do wear pink

Had a busy week
Of course not as productive as I wished it could have been

Lynne, safe travels for your trip
I know you will enjoy being outbid winter cold when you are in Orlando

Are you all ready for Christmas ?