Something About Nothing.......#4

[KStarfish82]

Brookelizabeth: I actually live on Long Island, I like to go to the city during Xmas and when I go see Broadway plays.

 

[RAPstar]

I think you posted as I was.... Your nephew is a cutie...how old?? You look like you have a great time together!

He'll be 3 in May. He's adorable and in that stage where they have to question everything. H e was over this weekend and we were going to Wally World. My mom said "let's get in the car", he replied "what car?". "Mim's car" "what mim?" etc.

Brookelizabeth: I actually live on Long Island, I like to go to the city during Xmas and when I go see Broadway plays.

I want to go back to NYC. I lucked out and got to see the most recent revival of Sweeney Todd when I went for the 1st time. I got to see The Little Mermaid, but in Denver. Maybe I'll take a weekend trip out there sometime in the next 2 yrs. lol

 

[macraven]

Barb and Lori a BIG THANKS For the birthday wishes for Christine .

Mac Cliff notes are great .... I can always use the extra help.


Off to finish getting ready . This may be my last post till MONDAY . Don't yack to much I will never Ketchup then .


See everyone after our trip .

Mary

have a great trip!
i'll try to remember to do the cliff notes.......
i am going back to work so i'll be ketchuping at evening time also

Wow! Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes!!!!!!

And thanks for the compliments on my name(s), too. I have such warm fuzzies now. What a great group of homies you are! You made my day.

Lori, the topsy-turvy cake fits me to a tee! It's gorgeous and we will all enjoy the deliciousness of it. With all that food coloring, we may enjoy it twice.

Mary, hope your trip is wonderful!

Welcome to all the newbies! If you're just a little crazy, you'll fit right in.

Thanks again for all the birthday cheer!



Tamie, a.k.a. Tinker-Tude, Macadamia, Spaz
(And then there are the people sharing the apartment in my brain.)

i'm growing quite fond of tamie tude or tinker tude.........
it's so cutsey

Just got some pics developed. Just had to share this one of my nephew. Ok, and one of me and Sierra Boggess who plays Ariel in The Little Mermaid on Broadway. And the third is me, my lil brother and his golden retriever Annie.

all of you look so precious
great looking pics of all 3 of you and the dog.
love the boots on the little guy....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TAMIE!!!

and

HAVE A GOOD TRIP MARY AND HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY TO YOUR DAUGHTER!!!

me too and including the daughter christine this time.
16 is a special one.

to all the new homies.


Mary, have a fun & safe trip!

Thanks to everyone who asked about Kenny. He's feeling better, but not 100% yet. At least, the anxiety is gone, which is a blessing. That was a really bad experience for all of us.

i was just thinking about kenny and wondering how he was.
keep us posted on him

James got a speeding ticket the other day. 54 in a 40. He just turned 18, so I don't think he will lose his license. Keeping my fingers crossed.

it depends what your state laws are. in illinois, we have the graduated drivers license and any ticket before age 20 is an issue here.

contact the police department and see if he takes a special class on driving, it won't be reported to his insurance company.
i have one son that has had 3 speeding tickets over the years in wisconsin.
they told him when he was issued the ticket he could take a driving course at the local junior college and if he passed, the insurance company would not be notified.
therefore, lead footed david has not had any rate increase on his auto ins.

we live in illinois but just down the street is wisconsin for us.

TRIPPIES!!!!

uh....okay

i love it when you bring out the stick and poke.
it adds to what i say when you put in the pictures........

Oh no here we go DS is feeling the pain from the wisdom teeth being pulled
Gave him pain meds and bags of ice to hold on his cheeks and hoping it helps

give him the ice pack and a beer.
he'll forget the pain then.

Maine has an 18 month graduated license. But I think since he turned 18 years old he is ok. Won't have had his license for a year until mid March.
We insure 5 vehicles, one only liability, and we pay $500 a month. It makes me sick. I wonder how long it takes for the insurance company to find out he has a speeding ticket.



It's plain and simple Todd - you made too much money!! Our's is being reduced too.

sharon, i feel your pain with the car insurance rates.
we added one son at the age of 20 and ours jumped to $3200 a year.

Yeah I am feeding him stuff like warm cream of chicken soup and pudding
He got mad at me earlier cause I fixed other ds chicken nuggets and he went thru the house saying stupid pulled teeth

ok, maybe not a beer.
try jack daniels.
it takes the pain away from everything.

except for the next morning headache.

 

[brookelizabeth]

Brookelizabeth: I actually live on Long Island, I like to go to the city during Xmas and when I go see Broadway plays.

I want to go back to NYC. I lucked out and got to see the most recent revival of Sweeney Todd when I went for the 1st time. I got to see The Little Mermaid, but in Denver. Maybe I'll take a weekend trip out there sometime in the next 2 yrs. lol

Broadway...sigh...won't be done this year due to DS being 8 months old. I saw Sweeny Todd while living out there - dark show, but so good. And to see Patti Lupone come out playing the tuba-PRICELESS!

 

[macraven]

Thanks for the warm welcome you gave our newest homie, Brook. You all are a great bunch.

Been home sick today with the stomach flu. Feel like cra...

Talk to ya soon.

sending you mummy dust to get over the flu.
it is no fun being a mom and busy with everyday life to have the flu and feel icky.

i was about to do the MIA listing on you homie.

and brookelizabeth is a sweetie.
she needs some advice and i will pull up that post of hers in case others have not seen it. sometimes our post requests get pushed aside when many pages are past it .

everyone is welcomed here.

we haven't seen princess di aka R2D2 aka something else which has slipped my mind right now....oops..

last i heard from her she had a tragedy in her family.
i wish her well and hope she comes back to play with us very soon.
kick her in the butt and tell her to drop back in.

crap, of course they're now mia



fairy came when i had a molar pulled a couple years ago , think i got $5



aw, how nice of you...game cube

now i hesitate to say i like jason ; not sure why....probably because he sang the hallelulia song & it reminded me of Shrek
paula needs a new stylist, what's up with her?


maybe the officer won't show up for court



i use it often, they've got a new product out in smaller container...bit more "oomph"

ps avon sells sim product as jergens...there's doesn't smell as funky and they have one that insists it reduces hair growth on legs...i don't think so



indeed, no insurance hikes!!!

if legs turn yellow peeps may think you're jaudiced/contagious and they may get outta your way @ WDW lol

yinz peeps need to know how to reduce your AGI , if they're a-giving, i'm a-taking . we got notification that we're getting something, not the whole thang though guess it gets phased out, yadda, yadda.

janet, i loved your land shark.........

Some advice for when you get a ticket, from personal experience:

Got one for running a stop sign about 4 years ago. It was the first one I'd had in at least a decade, and DH has this legal benefit at work, so we contacted them and they said I wouldn't have to even appear in court - to just send the ticket to them and they'd get it bargained down. And they did - got it changed to something like a parking ticket instead, which wouldn't result in any points and all I had to do was pay the (now much lower) fine.

Always good to remember to do this. Before a couple months pass, and you get a notification that since you didn't pay the ticket, it has now reverted to the original citation (running the stop sign), plus the fee is now DOUBLE that higher price since you didn't pay it, PLUS you get cited with a civil ticket for ignoring the ticket so you get an extra fee, PLUS now you have points and your insurance rates go up! I bet you can guess how happy DH was with me over that!

Then I went and got a ticket a couple months later for speeding. Yeah, some example I am! But it's been almost 4 years now and I'm being much more careful!

speedy gonzalez marcie.............i bet if you and i did something together, we wouldn't be late for it, eh...........

i never buy a red car. it's too obvious when i am speeding down the highway.


oh and st L...........don't let son suck on a straw like the other homies told you.

it can cause a dry socket. that is very painful.
you don't want that to happen.

 

[macraven]

No problem! Yep, doing WL and thinking about tacking on a few days to a week to do Universal and Islands of Adventure-taking advantage of that 7 day ticket for $80. My main questions right now are these...

1) I REFUSE to drive on vacation. I hate driving and DH cannot due to being legally blind. Therefore we are looking for a hotel that has a shuttle to the parks.

2) I don't want to pay a lot for a hotel-I'm actually looking for one of those "attend a timeshare conference, get a cheap room" deals, and hoping there is one close to property so #1 above is a reality.

3) We have a baby who will be 1 by our trip. Is there enough family friendly rides at Universal and IoA to make it worth it? Or should I take advantage of the 7 day, non-expiring ticket deal and do it when DS is older?



I'll be in Chicago on May 9, driving down from Minnesota. Then flying out to NYC on the 10th, then will be in Chicago again on the 17th. On the 9th it's my brother's graduation (he lives in my childhood home, Bolingbrook) from college, so we will be having a party for him, but DH and I had planned our NYC vacation the following week, so we are just flying out from there. Then we fly back into Chicago, crash at my brothers or aunts house and drive back to Minnesota. So in all, we probalby won't even go into the City really...but visit family and the airport! I bet it will still be chilly there...it's still is in Minnesota!



Thank you! Please see questions above.



Thank you!

And Happy Birthday Tamie!
(even though I have no idea who you are....yet!)​

homies, this is the request brookelizabeth posted quite a few pages back.
put on your thinking caps and share the mummy dust if you will please.


i think i can pull up the old thread on what to do with a little at UO.

we did that one about 2 years ago. i'll try to search for that one.


homies, help me out here

 

[macraven]

bonny....................

 

[brookelizabeth]

and brookelizabeth is a sweetie.
she needs some advice and i will pull up that post of hers in case others have not seen it. sometimes our post requests get pushed aside when many pages are past it .

everyone is welcomed here.

homies, this is the request brookelizabeth posted quite a few pages back.
put on your thinking caps and share the mummy dust if you will please.


i think i can pull up the old thread on what to do with a little at UO.

we did that one about 2 years ago. i'll try to search for that one.


homies, help me out here

I feel all warm and fuzzy. Thank you in advance You guys are great-I've never had such a welcome to a board before.

 

[macraven]

homie brookelizabeth.
i am so glad you feel at home here.
we want everyone to feel welcomed here and be one of the homies with us.

we have only one rule on this thread and that is to play nice.

everyone has followed it and we have not had any harsh words in the past year since the thread was born.


all of us here really enjoy universal.
and also here are many that enjoy disney also.

we don't compare the two, we accept them for what pleasure they give us.


some threads on the dis side just tolerate us.
i guess they feel competition of the parks is a necessity.

i know when the potter portion of the UO park is opened, many disney only fans will come check it all out.

since we are on the universal forum, we generally have more talk about the UO parks. if someone comes with a disney question, a lot of the homies here can also answer those questions.

many of us have the tag of Proud Redhead.
one of the homies here added to the "we are the step children of the dis"
with her input.
she says it as : we are the red headed step children of the dis.

the tag fairy came to the uo forums and our thread.
she dipped all of our head in red paint and created the tag.
the few that were not posting at that time or the few days prior, did not get the tag. they have listed it themselves hoping the TF will colorize it.

if you see posters with the redhead tag, that means they are a homie from here.


no one has to be a redhead to post and play with us.
just thought i would mention why so many of us have that tag.


again, let me say i feel really good that you feel really good about coming here.

we'll try to help you with your request.

please kick off your shoes and stay awhile.

 

[RAPstar]

Mac, you're smarter than me. What do you think would be smarter: going to SeaWorld one day (cheaper, cool roller coaster, a lot of sea animals), or going to Epcot one day with the possibility of making a quick hop to DHS to try the new ride (a lil more expensive, still get to see sea animals, a lot more to do (IMO) than SeaWorld)?

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

bonny....................

Hi Mac!!

Have you gotten in touch with our favorite VIP tour guide yet for Oct??

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

Mac, you're smarter than me. What do you think would be smarter: going to SeaWorld one day (cheaper, cool roller coaster, a lot of sea animals), or going to Epcot one day with the possibility of making a quick hop to DHS to try the new ride (a lil more expensive, still get to see sea animals, a lot more to do (IMO) than SeaWorld)?

Hope you don't mind my 2 cents ...

If you've never done Seaworld, I'd say do it at least once ... whether you do it this trip or next ... the sea life at Seaworld is definitely different than at Epcot

 

[RAPstar]

Hope you don't mind my 2 cents ...

If you've never done Seaworld, I'd say do it at least once ... whether you do it this trip or next ... the sea life at Seaworld is definitely different than at Epcot

I've done SeaWorld before. But that was way before Kraken or JTA were open. I'm leaning more towards Epcot so I can get my Disney fix in, and do Mission:Space, which I haven't done, same with the World Showcase (Epcot is the rest of my family's least favorite park).

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

I've done SeaWorld before. But that was way before Kraken or JTA were open. I'm leaning more towards Epcot so I can get my Disney fix in, and do Mission:Space, which I haven't done, same with the World Showcase (Epcot is the rest of my family's least favorite park).

Then my advice - do EPCOT ... Seaworld will be there when you go to Orlando again ...

We love EPCOT ... it's one of our favorite parks

 

[macraven]

Mac, you're smarter than me. What do you think would be smarter: going to SeaWorld one day (cheaper, cool roller coaster, a lot of sea animals), or going to Epcot one day with the possibility of making a quick hop to DHS to try the new ride (a lil more expensive, still get to see sea animals, a lot more to do (IMO) than SeaWorld)?

i have done both and find that epcot is more of a full day as the hours are longer there than at seaworld.
i found dining at seaworld more crowded as there aren't that many great sit down places.

if you go to seaworld and staying at universal, they offer free transportation from the hotels.

it would be cheaper to do seaworld if you are staying at universal.

a one day ticket for disney is now up to $71 plus tax.

i think you can get a discount for seaworld. i might have a coupon for sw

Hi Mac!!

Have you gotten in touch with our favorite VIP tour guide yet for Oct??

i started the email tonight.
will polish it up and get it out later.

i'll keep you posted.

I've done SeaWorld before. But that was way before Kraken or JTA were open. I'm leaning more towards Epcot so I can get my Disney fix in, and do Mission:Space, which I haven't done, same with the World Showcase (Epcot is the rest of my family's least favorite park).

more to do at epcot for sure.
if you like disney, then do epcot. it will cost you more for transportation and ticket and food if you stay at uo and get a cab or car service.

cheaper at seaworld shorter hours than epcot, no transportation costs from uo hotels.
food is just ok, or it was when i went.

i suggest you read the sea world forum for more details from others that have gone there.

gonna catch some zzzzz's now.
have to get up at 6 for work tomorrow


smells ya later.....

 

[macraven]

i have done both and find that epcot is more of a full day as the hours are longer there than at seaworld.
i found dining at seaworld more crowded as there aren't that many great sit down places.

if you go to seaworld and staying at universal, they offer free transportation from the hotels.

it would be cheaper to do seaworld if you are staying at universal.

a one day ticket for disney is now up to $71 plus tax.

i think you can get a discount for seaworld. i might have a coupon for sw



i started the email tonight.
will polish it up and get it out later.

i'll keep you posted.




more to do at epcot for sure.
if you like disney, then do epcot. it will cost you more for transportation and ticket and food if you stay at uo and get a cab or car service.

cheaper at seaworld shorter hours than epcot, no transportation costs from uo hotels.
food is just ok, or it was when i went.

i suggest you read the sea world forum for more details from others that have gone there.

gonna catch some zzzzz's now.
have to get up at 6 for work tomorrow


smells ya later.....

came back to add, if it were me, i would do epcot. more to do there and you can always hit dtd for a bit.


you can take mears for transportation from dtd to sw i believe.
i know mears does wdw to uo for $14 pp roundtrip.

 

[RAPstar]

came back to add, if it were me, i would do epcot. more to do there and you can always hit dtd for a bit.


you can take mears for transportation from dtd to sw i believe.
i know mears does wdw to uo for $14 pp roundtrip.

Cool! Thanks again for the info Mac (and Bonny!!). With the Southwest Airline code, Seaworld is $50ish. But I will most likely do Epcot. Any opinions about the Wonder Works? My friend Chip discovered their website last night and it piqued his interests.

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

Cool! Thanks again for the info Mac (and Bonny!!). With the Southwest Airline code, Seaworld is $50ish. But I will most likely do Epcot. Any opinions about the Wonder Works? My friend Chip discovered their website last night and it piqued his interests.

Isn't that the building that's upside down on International Drive? We've driven by it but never stopped in ...

... and that's all the advice I have for the evening

... heading off to bed

G'night all

 

[Tinker-tude]

I
Oh good! I went back and forth several times trying to find the perfect cake!

I wanted to give you this too:

Cause ya know "sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't"!

Thanks to you again! I'm alwasy a nut, unless I'm so tired I fall on the couch in a mound. Do you like coconut and chocolate? If so, you MUST try the little key lime coconut patties they sell at HRH in the HR store. They're made by Anastasia Confections in Florida. They were so good I looked up the website on the package and ordered a whole bunch of candy. They also have the best salt water taffy.

Okay, speaking of cakes, did anyone catch the special on one of the cooking channels last night with the girl who went to the show (cake decorating) for her Make-A-Wish trip? She was probably about 12 or 13. She chose to make a 4 level rainforest cake and it turned out really cool. It was fun seeing her have fun with them. Stephen enjoys watching all these cooking shows, but I'm sorry, I don't know the name!

I really like those shows, too. It's not like it's on every week! I love the cake competitions, the pastry chef competitions, the gingerbread houses, etc. I don't have the hand dexterity to do any of that stuff, so I just watch and drool.

jr's home, tons of laundry & he brought tons of spending money back too ; bought him the new Mario Racing game for Wii as reward for not going hog wild buying junk. Head's up, he sez it stinks big time...hates the controller...have a feeling i'll be selling it on eBay in a week or so....shame-the other racing games were cool.

Wow, he came home with money? Good kid! My husband has been planning on getting a Wii for a long time, we just never get around to going shopping. Are they as great as the hype? We've already got a game cube, Xbox, Xbox 360, and a bunch of handheld thingymabobs for car trips.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Tamie

to all our new homies/redheads

Happy Birthday Tamie!

Tamie​

Thanks to everyone who asked about Kenny. He's feeling better, but not 100% yet. At least, the anxiety is gone, which is a blessing. That was a really bad experience for all of us.

Thanks again for all the birthday cheer, everyone! You people ROCK!!!!!

Nope no tooth fairy cause he is too old for her (16) and besides I can't afford his prices

Poor kid, I hope he recovers okay. Tell the Tooth Fairy to stop taking the money out of YOUR wallet. What is she, a mugger?

Thanks for the warm welcome you gave our newest homie, Brook. You all are a great bunch.

Been home sick today with the stomach flu. Feel like cra...

Talk to ya soon.

Hope you feel better soon, Blue Eyes. May your flu bugs die quickly without any posterity.

Andy Robert, great pics.

Tricia, hope things are looking good for the kids' health and future RV sales. Are you doing a show in MS anytime this year?

Mac, it's just SOOOOOOO good to have you back.

Marcie, welcome back to you, too.

And our lovely NY Dolphin and Starfish sisters, it'll be nice to hear all about your trip. Hint-hint.

Tammie, glad Kenny is feeling better and not planning his eventual death of a brain tumor.

I can't remember who asked what the Bday plans were, but here it is in a nut shell. DH knew he'd have to work really late tonight, so we had the party on Saturday. We went to lunch at a nice restaurant and then opened presents. He went to an antique store and got me two porcelain statues, one of Blue Boy the other of Pinkie. He also got a porcelain ballerina doll that was made in 1923. I was very happy! I never would have bought anything like that for myself, but they are things I love. We had cake tonight and just relaxed after he got home from a 14 hour day. He probably fell asleep in front of the PC while doing his internet classes. I should get us both to bed.

Thanks again to everyone for the Birthday wishes, and to everyone I left out of this installment of the thread, YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tamie

 

[fan of the TTA]

hey all, morning.

as usual, can't be bothered to trawl through the whole thread. it's a nicer day here today (for the moment, ) but think it may rain later.

not really any plans, but we have some friends of ours for dinner tonight. roast lamb