Something About Nothing..........#5

[coastermom]

Mac ... thanks for the info .. I am thinking of getting it . WE love about 10-15 photos and to order them alone is more then ordering the CD. I think it is a great deal since we have about 150 photos on there .


Thanks for the help ..Off to sleep now ... BTW how do you feel about Farve being a JET ? MY DH and Father are so thrillled ... I am not a big football fan so it doesn't really matter to me . I just don't get it .

 

[macraven]

i'm a bears fan.
think that says it all.


marci is the packer fan.

 

[RAPstar]

i'm a bears fan.
think that says it all.


marci is the packer fan.

I root for Gryffindor. Sorry random Potter reference. I don't really like sports.

 

[macraven]

andy, i have no idea what you are talking about.
i'm not the parry hotter fan here.

when that island portion of the park opens at ioa, i'm just looking forward to a few kewl rides.

heck, half the people that do the rides at universal have never ever seen some of the movies and they still enjoy them.

 

[RAPstar]

andy, i have no idea what you are talking about.
i'm not the parry hotter fan here.

when that island portion of the park opens at ioa, i'm just looking forward to a few kewl rides.

heck, half the people that do the rides at universal have never ever seen some of the movies and they still enjoy them.

True. I've seen I think all of them thought. Cause I'm cool like that. Shoot, I think I even watched Jaws 3 (formerly 3-D) one day.

 

[macraven]

it's late.....locking up.

the sun will be coming up in about 3 hours.
wonder if donald will be here then.

if he is, maybe he will whisper so i can get more sleep until at least 6:30....

 

[donaldduck352]

Good morning all...
Its Monday already.Time for work
Weekends are never long enough.

 

[dlbbwu]

Good Monday Morning all....

It seems like months since I have posted anything. Sorry . I have been busy with every minute doing something for tennis. I do it for the love of the game, I suppose, for I can't be doing for the money.

Since I have returned from my Unicersal trip, I have been a tennis official, somewhere. mostly Indianapolis, Indiana, just got back from Cincinnatti, OH this past weekend. Next weekend I am off and hopefully can catch up on household chores. I apologize for my tardiness and hopefully can keep up with everyone.

 

[macraven]

Good Monday Morning all....

It seems like months since I have posted anything. Sorry . I have been busy with every minute doing something for tennis. I do it for the love of the game, I suppose, for I can't be doing for the money.

Since I have returned from my Unicersal trip, I have been a tennis official, somewhere. mostly Indianapolis, Indiana, just got back from Cincinnatti, OH this past weekend. Next weekend I am off and hopefully can catch up on household chores. I apologize for my tardiness and hopefully can keep up with everyone.

welcome back!!

i figured you were out doing tennis since it still is the season and warm

have not found any tennis things at the disney outlet store near my house. have been twice and will hit it again this week. it's a hit or miss thing on what they have on the day i am there.

i'm gonna look at a sports store when i am out there this week, thinking they might have something with a mickey with it.

if anyone is watching the olympics, what'd think of the usa basketball team?
it was good.........


and a very good morning to all the homies here today.

just think, once it is 5:00, only 4 more work days this week.

 

[marciemi]

Thanks for the optimistic outlook Mac! Yeah, this week's going to be horrible at work - just love coming back after vacation! Congrats on the Packers' tickets too. I think DH is grieving for Favre, so I'm not even sure he'd want to go to a game quite yet. Swear he spent the entire vacation providing hourly updates about the situation "Now he's boarding a plane. Now he's getting changed." You get the idea! I don't get the whole situation either though!

Mary, we stayed at the cabins a couple times before and they're great, but they've gone up so much in price that I doubt it will happen again. When we stayed there I think we paid $109 the first time and $119 the second. Now they're closer to $300. If you went with another family and split it, maybe. The cabins have a whole upstairs loft area in which you could probably sleep 6 kids (plus two double futons and a double bed). The cottages we've seen, but never stayed in. Also, both have individual water heaters (unlike a hotel), so if you have anyone who takes long showers (or just a lot of people), you'd have to wait for the hot water to re-heat between showers. But they're fun too if you can find a discount.

 

[coastermom]

Morning ...

Added more to the trippie ... even a photo ...

We are having some storms so this will be short. My AOL is only working on one computer and well it is annoying and I really want to get some scrapping done today . I figured it a good day since the weather is crummy .

Lots of weird stuff going on in my little world here . Since we left and returned from our trip there have been TWO fires and a fist fight on this block. We have NEVER had any issues here and now all this in a two week span. I think there is a young teenage kid on our block that is trouble and has instagated more then he can handle . Someone is out for him i am sure of it. It is very scarey though . Worried about my house and car .. God forbid they hit the wrong house ... . MY Dh grew up on this block and all the older people here are nervous too . We have four people over 80 that have houses here . I am getting crazy but I wanna move to the south ... OK my Dear Friend is in South Carolina and I wanna move there .. DH not going though so here I sit on CRAZY street.

OK off to clean , get moving and see what the day brings.

 

[the Dark Marauder]

I root for Gryffindor. Sorry random Potter reference. I don't really like sports.

Gryffindor is overrated. Hufflepuff FTW!

 

[keishashadow]

Janet - I wasn't saying that Castaway Bay or Great Wolf were better than Kalahari - from what I've heard Kalahari is the best. I was just saying that I'd never found any discounts there, unlike the other places. But we've only gone during the winter when there wasn't other stuff to do as well so it was fun to go to a nice warm indoor waterpark.

i didn't read that , really wanted to stay @ the trailers/cabins? by the water...just we three so not this time...think it'd be great to hear the waves lapping on the shore . booked Kalahari this am, military rate ; you should check it out next time...approx 1/2 off . think it's nice when they include ALL vets not just active or retired.

mary - missed ur report, off to read. Perhaps ur neighborhood needs a block watch program? otherwise, bug the hell out of the PD & call in everything that looks suspicious...keeps the boys in blue busy

yea! to mr mac...pac is back.

Had to laugh when i found out DSs girlfriend got him tix to steeler game vs cincinnati...away game . Evidently, she thought it was much closer than it is from PIT....they'll be driving most of the day to & fro .

taking ma out to eat for her BD today. didn't know what to buy her, got a russ bear that has some internet access thing to name a star...know it's something she doesn't already have.

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

Afternoon all ...

Happy Monday!

mary, i did buy the disney photo pass cd 2 years ago.
at that time it was under $100 for it and worth it.
i had over 250 pics on it.

pics are very clear.

Our experience has been that for the most part the pictures are very clear, however, it all depends on the photographer ... we've had pictures that were blurry and even had some pictures on our latest CD that were of other families. When I emailed Photopass to tell them this, their response was "if you don't want the pictures, just delete them" ... no concern that these poor families are missing some of their memories. That's why we always give the photographer our camera to take a picture as well ... that way you'll have a back up

I root for Gryffindor. Sorry random Potter reference. I don't really like sports.

I just think Quidditch is kewl.

Of course, being from Canada, I gotta cheer for our hockey team the Oilers!!

 

[minniejack]

[/QUOTE]taking ma out to eat for her BD today. didn't know what to buy her, got a russ bear that has some internet access thing to name a star...know it's something she doesn't already have.[/QUOTE]


Hey it is my DS, Luke's, 13th bday today, too. We went to Benihana 's, Pitts, yesterday, to celebrate.

Happy B-day all Leo's out there!

 

[KStarfish82]

Hello everyone!

Only 4 days til vacay!







And not to mentions post 1000....

 

[the Dark Marauder]

Awesome @ 1000.

But are you going to make your way over to the Universal side this time?

 

[KStarfish82]

Not this time around...

Just going to chill around the hotel and do some of the Disney Water Parks (annual passes). Maybe check out some wedding stuff

 

[coastermom]

Ok bit the big one and ordered the Disney Photo Pass CD . I know there is at least one photo that a photographer took that didn't come out on my Photo pass . I bet someone else has it . But I had him take my camera and if you saw my trippie so far it is the photo infront of MK with the train in the station. Have to get an 8x10 of that it is so nice. I really like the whole family in that photo.

Off to the park it is actually CHILLY out today . It is August right ? Soon we will be thinking of ... But NOT YET ...

 

[marciemi]

So...some thoughts about the trip while I wait for dinner to get ready. Vent ahead first, so if you want to skip it, feel free! Okay, you were warned! Here goes:

Am I the only one with parents who drive them crazy? As much as I love them and want to go home, I just cannot stand the way they act like toddlers. It's like if they don't get their way they just pout. Primarily my dad, but then mom goes into the martyr act and suddenly everyone's fighting. We're only home a few days out of every 6 months or so - you'd think they could drop it, but now that we don't live there anymore it's like they save up all the guilt trips until we're there.

Every minute we don't spend with them or want to do our own thing they just whine about. We stayed at the cabin so we could have some time to do things we wanted - go to the beach (which the boys loved), do some mountain biking (which Royce and I love and the boys complain loudly about), sleep in, etc. But any time we wanted to do any of these things basically all we heard was how selfish we were. We (and the kids) wanted to visit some of our old friends. Each time we did that we were rushed the entire time because the folks were waiting and grumbling about why we weren't there yet. Add that because of construction and the PGA Tour (which we, having avid golfers in the family, should have been aware of!) the drive between the cabin and their house took 45 instead of 25 minutes and the whole visit was just frustrating.

We're not sure in retrospect what we should have done. We had fun at CP away from them. I know spending the 5 nights at their house instead of the cabin would have been a disaster. But I don't think I wanted to spend that long in a hotel room with the 3 boys (the 3 nights we did that driving to, at, and home from CP were more than enough), which although closer, would have cost much more. What other option is there?

The best thing that I can come up with at this point is that next time we go for a length of time (not Thanksgiving when we only have a few days), we won't tell them the entire time we're there. Maybe we'll stay at their house for 2 or 3 days and spend the whole time with them (then the kids will have some space too). Then spend another 2-3 days at a hotel (or even the cabin again) but tell them we're going somewhere MUCH further away. And take our time visiting friends and going to the restaurants WE want (without being told that they're stupid) and not dealing with the temper tantrums!

Sorry - but at least I have that out of my system!