Something About Nothing #3..........

[dolPhinlovEr83]

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!!!

Metro: Woke up pretty early, huh? Or you just never went to bed??

Lawrence: Sorry to hear about your aunt's passing.

And for the rest:

Here is a healthier breakfast for our health-nuts!

Let's see how much fighting goes on over this!
*Keep the cooties and crabs away from the food, please!*

 

[Metro West]

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!!!

Metro: Woke up pretty early, huh? Or you just never went to bed??


Here is a healthier breakfast for our health-nuts!

Let's see how much fighting goes on over this!
*Keep the cooties and crabs away from the food, please!*

Morning Patty and thanks for the healthy breakfast. I LOVE fruit and could eat it all day.

Didn't get to sleep until a few hours ago and then couldn't sleep.

And yes...let's have a cootie and crab free zone!

 

[tlinus]

I'm not too skeeered about turning 40 but my oldest baby turns 13 this month and THAT scares me! How did my baby get to be a teenager?Anyone have any helpful advice on how to accept this a little easier?
I'm sure it will be easier with the other kids but....wow....a teenager!

me too....she will be 13 on 4/23

I feel and at the same time

 

[ky07]

Good morning homies

 

[keishashadow]

can i come too?

Alison, good luck with the car search! I hope your sis can find you one for what you want to pay. Let us know!

I know the Acadia and Outlook are virtually the same, but here's the thing ... my first new car was a Saturn, and it was a POS and I hated it. That was back in 1995/6, and I know Saturns have come a long way since then, but I just can't bring myself back to Saturn. How stupid is that?!

Anyway, Mike and I get a small discount at GM (even on the Saturns). If you PM me exactly what you want on the Outlook, I can price it for you, and share the discount with you if you're interested. I forget what the deal is on Saturns, but I'd be glad to do that and see if it makes it worth your while. They still might have some 2007 models; I can check (was the Outlook even available in '07?). The discount is good at any GM dealer ... just PM me what model/features you want, and if it's worth it to you, I'll send you all the info. It's pretty painless.

what a homie! we're trying to hold off buying another whatever for awhile. Did see a woman from church pull up in "new" Saturn Vue; looked sharp to me. We had a rental of previous model a few years ago & it was very "cheap looking & rattled, etc."; they must've really amped it up a notch. I have a Buick Rendezvous, they've quit making them; new model is the Enclave - very luxe, very expensive. Think i'll wait awhile to see what gas tops out at...may wind up with another Suzuki We had one years ago, never had to put anything on it but brakes; ran for 10 years before the bottom rusted out & I sold it.

I got drowned.

nutz - doesn't sound like one of those gentle showers either, dry yet?

I picked the Tink name after our last horrible Disney vacation. I tearfully called a good friend who was a fellow die-hard Disney fan to tell her about it. She said I should post about it on the DIS board. I did and was encouraged by people who had experienced the same things to contact Disney about it. NONE OF US COULD FIND ANY WAY TO CONTACT ANYONE NEAR THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID!!!!!!! And I keep hearing similar things from other people a year later.


And now I've rambled on far too long.

no pixie dust for you ; shame bad customer service has made you so dissatisfied. I always say go to "the top" @ any company if you don't receive satisfaction with immediate management. PS @ Disney it's the Executive Offices in Celebration. The 800 # can give you the address. We had a horrid situation @ BCV when we were there on a recon mission to add points. Room full of roaches....you can call them palmetto bugs i suppose. No room @ the inn & we had to stay in the room, worst issue in my mind was the mgr NEVER had the decency to call me back after repeated late night calls upon returning to room. I had to go & make quite a fuss in the 'toney' lobby to get their word that the room would be fumigated the next day before we returned from the park. The Executive Offices both listened to my complaint and got back to me with results (mgr "...was disciplined-severely..." guess than means he had to ride Small World for a week )

Good morning homies

morning - btw, rather shabby treatment re uncle - rise above it.

busy day, see y'all later

 

[Metro West]

can i come too?

Of course...it wouldn't be the same w/o you!

Good morning homies

Morning Lawrence!

 

[ky07]

Of course...it wouldn't be the same w/o you!

Morning Lawrence!

Morning Todd

 

[marciemi]

Does anyone here have an '08 Accord? If you do, tell me what you think about it. My parents own an older Accord and they say it's the best car they've ever owned.

Again not someone with an Accord, but a Civic that we've been really happy with. Also worked for Honda for 4 years before we moved here and I'm pretty sure our minivan (which we're hoping to buy this summer) will be a Honda. Don't think you can go wrong with it. It would be interesting to see the 08's if they're bigger. When we bought the Civic, we compared the two and didn't think the difference in size was worth the difference in price (ie - 3 kids would be crowded in the back in either case).

Jodie...I've heard the same thing. Speaking of donuts, we used to have a place back home called Spudnuts that blew away any donut I'd ever had...except glazed KrispyKreme...hey...you can't mess with perfection right?

They CLOSED all the Krispy Kreme's around here! Is that nationwide, or just local? We can still buy them at the gas station and grocery stores, but of course it doesn't compare to the freshly made ones. And no Dunkin Donuts around here at all - enjoyed them on our trip out east. Boston uses them as direction givers (turn at the first Dunkin donuts, pass two more and then turn left!) because they're on every corner!

I love what Disney used to be. I've been more than 20 times in my life. If they ever bring back the old Disney, I'll go back again. But right now I feel it would be morally wrong to support thieves who are betraying the vision of Walt Disney. It's like a week long date rape to go there. We came to Universal expecting it to be nice, but less than Disney. Boy, were we shocked! We had no clue the DIS boards had a Universal spot, and frankly I had forgotten about them, so we went in blind. We were amazed that we had been so wrong in our assumptions that Disney World was so much better. Mark one up for their marketing! We loved absolutely everything about Universal and IOA, and it's obvious the key is the philosophy guiding their upper management.

Sounds like this is a good place for you to be hanging out! I'm amazed you weren't flamed more over on the Disney side because it seems like most folks over there don't like hearing things like this and always imply if anything went wrong on a trip, it must have been YOUR fault, not Disney's!

i am trying to figure out photobucket to show my pics on.

Mac, if I can figure out photobucket, anyone can! Trust me, I'm not the epitome of computer savvy!

me too....she will be 13 on 4/23

I feel and at the same time

Me too, except it's my BABY who will be turning 13 on 5/24 and then I'll have 3 TEEN BOYS in the house. No more kids - all teens!

Oh, and on the snow topic - here's where we are after 3 days of 50-60 degree temps:

Almost all gone. Spent awhile yesterday raking "snow mold" off the lawn. Nope, never heard that term before. Means all the matted down dead grass on top of the grass killed by the snow. But it was a BEAUTIFUL day - mid 60's yesterday. Got the porch swing out, went on a walk and did some biking.

Eric had a busy day yesterday. In the morning he had Wisconsin State History day - kind of a competition with a history theme - like a science fair. He'd done a website and had to present it, etc. Went okay, but kind of boring. We'll skip that one next year.

Then in the afternoon he had his audition for the State Honors Band. He did this last year if you remember on the tuba and he was really excited to try to get in it again - this time on percussion. Well, he was VERY upset to get there and begin his audition only to be told that he had the wrong music.

Apparently his teacher gave him all the audition materials from LAST year, which he didn't notice since last year he did tuba. The judges let him audition anyways, but he doesn't know how much this will count against him since he doesn't know if what he was playing was easier, harder, or similar. He thought he did well, but it's really frustrating now since he won't find out anything until June.

Even more frustrating was the fact that the girl before him who auditioned, FROM HIS CLASS, with the same teacher, had the correct music. Yep, I'll be writing a very unhappy email to the teacher (and the principal) tonight!

Anyways, it's been too nice to spend on the computer. The guys got a tee time for today (gonna be slushy!). Eric and Stephen went and played tennis yesterday and while the courts were okay, it involved a portage across a lot of water just to get to them! Can't imagine the fairways will be much better! We're heading off now to do some biking first and then I'll pick Stephen up (he's at a sleepover) while the others are biking and go find somewhere to eat lunch outside!

Catch you all later!

 

[Metro West]

They CLOSED all the Krispy Kreme's around here! Is that nationwide, or just local? We can still buy them at the gas station and grocery stores, but of course it doesn't compare to the freshly made ones. And no Dunkin Donuts around here at all - enjoyed them on our trip out east. Boston uses them as direction givers (turn at the first Dunkin donuts, pass two more and then turn left!) because they're on every corner!

Morning Marcie. I think that's a corporate decision. They used to have a HUGE store back home and it was only open a little over two years before they locked it up. Don't you just love corporate America?

 

[ky07]

Is it me cause what kinda question is it to ask can you take a child into a bar in florida and if I am not mistaking thats not allowed in any state

 

[t-and-a]

Again not someone with an Accord, but a Civic that we've been really happy with. Also worked for Honda for 4 years before we moved here and I'm pretty sure our minivan (which we're hoping to buy this summer) will be a Honda. Don't think you can go wrong with it. It would be interesting to see the 08's if they're bigger. When we bought the Civic, we compared the two and didn't think the difference in size was worth the difference in price (ie - 3 kids would be crowded in the back in either case).

Hi Marcie!
We took the kids Tuesday evening to look at an Accord and it has about as much room in the back seat as the Chevy Trailblazer that I was driving. The back seat leg room is only about an inch less than the front seat on the Accord. You ought to go look at one! The kids and I sat in the back seat to test it out, since normally we take our nephew with us who is 15(and my behind is wider than his!). DS14 (Zack) is about 5'9" and he fit comfortably in there. DH is 5'11" and he sat back there comfortably. So it looks like 3 boys will fit comfortably back there. I think your two older boys may be taller than Zack, but you ought to go to a Honda dealer and take them with you to try it out. I was really surprised!

They CLOSED all the Krispy Kreme's around here! Is that nationwide, or just local? We can still buy them at the gas station and grocery stores, but of course it doesn't compare to the freshly made ones. And no Dunkin Donuts around here at all - enjoyed them on our trip out east. Boston uses them as direction givers (turn at the first Dunkin donuts, pass two more and then turn left!) because they're on every corner!

We have never had Krispy Kreme stores here, but they are available in our local WalMart. Our WalMart also has a bakery and they sell their own donuts....kinda strange....

Sounds like this is a good place for you to be hanging out! I'm amazed you weren't flamed more over on the Disney side because it seems like most folks over there don't like hearing things like this and always imply if anything went wrong on a trip, it must have been YOUR fault, not Disney's!

Me too! It's safer over here!

Mac, if I can figure out photobucket, anyone can! Trust me, I'm not the epitome of computer savvy!

Yeah MAC, Marcie is right! Photobucket is easy and we want to see your Hawaii pics!

Me too, except it's my BABY who will be turning 13 on 5/24 and then I'll have 3 TEEN BOYS in the house. No more kids - all teens!

Bless your heart! I've got one teen (14) and a tween (10, will be 11 on May 11). The 10 year old is growing up way too fast. He's trying to keep up with the 14 year old and I think he may even want more than the 14 year old. He wants everything the 14 year old gets and then some.....i.e. cell phone, 14 year old doesn't even want one, but the 10 year old tells me that everyone at his school has them, even the nerdy kids! I just don't think he could keep up with one and he has not proven that I can trust him to follow whatever rules I set for him. I'm scared I would have a $300 cell phone bill!

Oh, and on the snow topic - here's where we are after 3 days of 50-60 degree temps:

Almost all gone. Spent awhile yesterday raking "snow mold" off the lawn. Nope, never heard that term before. Means all the matted down dead grass on top of the grass killed by the snow. But it was a BEAUTIFUL day - mid 60's yesterday. Got the porch swing out, went on a walk and did some biking.

Do you normally get snow in April? My mom said it actually snowed here last week for a little while, but it's been way to warm to stick here.

Eric had a busy day yesterday. In the morning he had Wisconsin State History day - kind of a competition with a history theme - like a science fair. He'd done a website and had to present it, etc. Went okay, but kind of boring. We'll skip that one next year.

Then in the afternoon he had his audition for the State Honors Band. He did this last year if you remember on the tuba and he was really excited to try to get in it again - this time on percussion. Well, he was VERY upset to get there and begin his audition only to be told that he had the wrong music.

Apparently his teacher gave him all the audition materials from LAST year, which he didn't notice since last year he did tuba. The judges let him audition anyways, but he doesn't know how much this will count against him since he doesn't know if what he was playing was easier, harder, or similar. He thought he did well, but it's really frustrating now since he won't find out anything until June.

Even more frustrating was the fact that the girl before him who auditioned, FROM HIS CLASS, with the same teacher, had the correct music. Yep, I'll be writing a very unhappy email to the teacher (and the principal) tonight!

Anyways, it's been too nice to spend on the computer. The guys got a tee time for today (gonna be slushy!). Eric and Stephen went and played tennis yesterday and while the courts were okay, it involved a portage across a lot of water just to get to them! Can't imagine the fairways will be much better! We're heading off now to do some biking first and then I'll pick Stephen up (he's at a sleepover) while the others are biking and go find somewhere to eat lunch outside!

Catch you all later!

That's terrible that the teacher gave Eric the wrong music! I know he was terribly upset!

Good to hear you've been having some pretty weather; you deserve it!

 

[AlexandNessa]

Marcie .. who is that? Did Eric get his hair cut?

 

[t-and-a]

Marcie .. who is that? Did Eric get his hair cut?

I think Marcie left, that's Stephen. (the middle child)

 

[Metro West]

Yeah MAC, Marcie is right! Photobucket is easy and we want to see your Hawaii pics!

I have all my online photos at Photobucket. You can do it Mac!

 

[RVGal]

Morning. Okay, it's afternoon. Give me a break.

Beautiful day here today. We'll be getting out in it soon.

Glad to see you guys are melting some Marcie. I've never heard of snow mold either, but I doubt it would be a problem here. When we get snow, it doesn't stay on the ground for more than 24 to 48 hours at the most.

Lawrence, where did you see the question? If it was someone from the UK, that would make sense. Kids can go everywhere in that part of the world. I'm not sure what the rules are state by state here. We can take the boys to Dave & Busters, where there is a bar... we can sit at a table beside the bar... we just can't sit AT the bar. Depends on the location, I guess.

As for donuts, I love to go to Krispy Kreme. The new kids pack with a donut and milk is great. Not only that, you get to watch them make the donuts... so, no fear of Jodie's friends getting spit on my donut.

 

[loribell]

Hi all! Won't be around again today. Inlaws family has left now have to run to my families for a get together. Cousins dh just returned from iraq and we are going to see him.

Have a terrific day everyone!

 

[t-and-a]

Hi all! Won't be around again today. Inlaws family has left now have to run to my families for a get together. Cousins dh just returned from iraq and we are going to see him.

Have a terrific day everyone!

Hey Lori!
I hope your cook-out went well last night! Have a good time today!

 

[dolPhinlovEr83]

Krispy Kreme stores all closed over here too! Even though they do carry them in some other stores, they just aren't the same as when you get them fresh...especially the HOT ones

For all of those with beautiful weather today, enjoy it! We've got overcast and rainy weather over here...

Not many takers on the fruit, huh? Metro, looks like it's all yours!!

 

[Tinker-tude]

i'm still here bonny. BTW loved the pics from HHN

DO you people NEVER sleep? Oh, to have your energy.... I'm a night owl myself, but after a long day chasing kids and dogs, 1 AM is about all I can handle anymore.

 

[Tinker-tude]

(performing in Disney's Beauty and the Beast).

How fun! I used to perform with community theaters. Very rinky-dink, but still a lot of fun. I need to do a show again when my youngest is in school. I miss it.