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

[dlbbwu]

Good morning everyone! Thanks all for the help on my upcoming Spring break (08) trip to Disney. I spent the most time with Mac....wow, what a great help. If anyone else needs help or advice, she is the one to turn to. So far all I have is a package reservation from March 21 - March 29 with tickets and dinning. I STILL have no email confirmation and will call today to get it (kinda scares me not to get one). Hopefully they have been too busy to send one. Thanks again everyone. The only thing I am working now on are flights from Louisville or Nashville to Orlando around the dates above. With gas going down (during the weekend in Cincinnati, we saw $1.73) we may suck it up and drive the 14 hour trip . God I hate to, but the cost difference is too much to ignore.

 

[loribell]

Dave driving is fun! We won't be flying again. Glad Mac was able to help so much.

Katie one of those dangerous deer sideswiped my van while I was driving home from my parents a little over a year ago. If I had hit it head on Ally & I could have been hurt. Fortunately I just have a few dents in the side of my vehicle. But you are right, they are very cute.

Tricia great new tag.

Alison congrats to your dh. Mikey is coming to visit!

Marcie great pics. Stephens gf is very cute.

Howdy to everyone! Hope you all have a great week!

 

[RVGal]

tricia - ohhhhhhh. um well, i like the tag but not knowing what you had to go thru to get it

Yeah. I think we can consider this a sacrificial tag.

TRICIA!!!!!

Yay - you're another person I've been wondering about! I'm so happy to hear from you back here. And I'm so sorry to hear about your sister. I've been wondering about you and your entire family a lot lately. I hope the rest of you are hanging in there.

Please stay around here - I enjoyed all your "Christmas in warm weather" pics from last year and really look forward to any pics you have of your boys now! It's been so long!

Thanks for the welcome back Marcie. Here is a picture of the boys to tide you over.

Yep. They've been sick all weekend. Joshua had laryngitis so bad on Friday and Saturday he couldn't really talk at all. I can't tell you how much fun it was to try and communicate with him.

 

[marciemi]

Tricia - so sorry the boys are sick. I swear I'm going to take a picture of our sofa for you because I swear we have the exact same one, in the exact same color! Is yours a "This End Up" brand? We've had ours forever, in several different colors. The white/cream was what we started with, which we quickly replaced when we had kids a few years later. Have had blue, green, and a pink/green pattern over the years. When we moved here a couple years ago we got a new family room set and put the old sofa in the living room, with the cream color just for a change of pace since our kids are now old enough (sometimes!) to not totally trash it! (Just looked through my pics and couldn't find any so I'll have to take one some time!). Anyway, I hope the boys are getting better!

Dave - I was just checking Air Tran for a friend and they have some really good fares for January at least, which doesn't help you or me. But I found actual $49 fares from Detroit to Orlando over MLK weekend for a friend. Of course Milwaukee is twice as much (and we don't get MLK off anyways!).

Tracie - my youngest still isn't much into girls. Actually he isn't much into people at all these days. Only Rubik's Cubes. He's still in the "oblivious to the world" situation so basically if people call him, talk to him, text him, or invite him places, we can usually convince him to go (talk, etc.). But he never initiates it and seems perfectly content to just stay home. Being in high school next year hopefully will get him a bit more involved.

 

[roseprincess]

Hi all-

Ok, need to vent....
About a supposed friend(thought was a friend). Not about anyone that posts here, but reads here sometimes that I know. Have to say this person is a total jerk, an ***, and a womanizer Don't want to see and talk to this supposed friend anymore. I have been too nice for too long to this person. That's all. Vent over
I will not answer any questions about this, as this is a vent.
Back to regular programming



Thank you all for being good friends here, all you homies


Tricia- I enjoy the pics of the boys on the couch
Hope the boys get better ((hugs))

Marcie- enjoy the pic of your DS with the gf

Hi to all

 

[donaldduck352]

All this talk about hunting. I think Raven was talking about my husband and his 12 point. I sent her a picture. Yesterday morning, the first day of modern gun season here in Arkansas, my DH killed a 12 point.

We forgot to get the "real" camera out before we started skinning it. Thank goodness he took it by and showed they guys at his job. One of them took his cell phone and snapped a picture:

It's hard to see all the points in the picture, but it is a 12 point.

Great looking deer.They donnt get that big down here.Kids had no school today so i took the day off to do more hunting.We did get a wild hog this morning(85lbs boar)nasty bugger!!I let my son take the shot,40yards with one shot!!
The bad part DW has the digital camera in her car at work,so now its on ice..
Still good eats!!!

 

[donaldduck352]

A disclaimer:

My family has been hunting for a long time and I feel like its my responsibility to pass it on to my son like my father did me and my grandfather and so on.

Deer and wild hogs can take over a forest in only a few years.Depleting food soarces cause of too large of herds have killed more deer then all the hunting and car accidents combined.They run out of food and venture into the suburbs.I've seen my share what a deer can do to a car going 55mph.Not pretty!!

Much less the destruction they can do too farms and your back yard garden..

I know alot ofpeople think its wrong,but it is a natural thing that we have been doing since the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock---much less the natives that have been doing it for centrys..

Just my opinion!!

 

[roseprincess]

A disclaimer:

My family has been hunting for a long time and I feel like its my responsibility to pass it on to my son like my father did me and my grandfather and so on.

Deer and wild hogs can take over a forest in only a few years.Depleting food soarces cause of too large of herds have killed more deer then all the hunting and car accidents combined.They run out of food and venture into the suburbs.I've seen my share what a deer can do to a car going 55mph.Not pretty!!

Much less the destruction they can do too farms and your back yard garden..

I know alot ofpeople think its wrong,but it is a natural thing that we have been doing since the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock---much less the natives that have been doing it for centrys..

Just my opinion!!

I don't have a problem with hunting. Hey, even Sarah Palin hunts Moose!


Have a good day everyone

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

Afternoon everyone ...

... deer hunting (as well as moose, elk & even bear) is big up here ... it's a normal everyday thing for us Mind you, I could never do it myself

 

[Tinker-tude]

Good morning everyone! Thanks all for the help on my upcoming Spring break (08) trip to Disney. I spent the most time with Mac....wow, what a great help. If anyone else needs help or advice, she is the one to turn to. So far all I have is a package reservation from March 21 - March 29 with tickets and dinning. I STILL have no email confirmation and will call today to get it (kinda scares me not to get one). Hopefully they have been too busy to send one. Thanks again everyone. The only thing I am working now on are flights from Louisville or Nashville to Orlando around the dates above. With gas going down (during the weekend in Cincinnati, we saw $1.73) we may suck it up and drive the 14 hour trip . God I hate to, but the cost difference is too much to ignore.

I know your wife usually does all the napping. Would she be opposed to drinking one of those energy drinks? My husband nas tried them all, and we really like the Monster drinks the best. All of the others seem to have a not so nice taste. If she will drink one of those, you could catch a good nap.

Taminator

 

[Sharon G]

I don't think I ever posted pictures of move in day for James at college. It was tons of fun trying to avoid the rain from Tropical Storm Fay. They actually closed the campus and would not let the kids move in for two days. That presented huge problems for most of the parents as we all had tickets to fly home that now had to be changed along with trying to find a hotel with vacancy. It kinda felt like camping, as we were constantly wet and all the families in the hotel who only packed clothes for a few days (including us) had to fight over the one washer and dryer! All I can say is thank goodness there was a bar!

Move-in day! The one and only time I have seen James push a shopping cart!

James in his partially decorated room. Note the quilt that I made him a few years ago out of his old hockey jerseys and t-shirts from tournaments. I was pleased he wanted to bring it!

James putting together his CD and pencil holder out of K-Nex. He had to take them apart to pack them. What a geek!

 

[macraven]

that quilt is marvelous!!


you have a hidden talent sharon.

i don't even sew buttons on shirts.
i make one of my son's do that job.


great pics of your son and his new place at school.
just think, he'll be back for thanksgiving break very soon.

 

[Sharon G]

It bothers me a bit that he is on the 5th floor and there are no bars on the windows. I live in a small college town and last year a student fell to her death after perching on the window sill to smoke. Two weeks later there were bars on the upper floors windows.

 

[roseprincess]

Vent and message to supposed friend that reads here that doesn't post here, as I'm not supposed to contact this person at home(just found out the home part) or work. What is up with the double standard?? And you better tell Mrs. so and so at you know where, about you have been using a go-between to call my house lately. In fact I told her this morning. So you better confess that to her.
I do not want any more phone calls from Mrs. so and so.
I expect a big sincere apology from you on Thurs afternoon, face to face, no go-betweens and no running away from it Then I will maybe take back what I said, and that's a maybe.
Vent over and I will not write about this anymore and no questions or comments



Sharon- enjoyed the pics

It's nice my kids didn't have alot of homework today
I'm guessing they will have alot tomorrow and not looking forward to it.

Have a good evening everyone

 

[roseprincess]

It bothers me a bit that he is on the 5th floor and there are no bars on the windows. I live in a small college town and last year a student fell to her death after perching on the window sill to smoke. Two weeks later there were bars on the upper floors windows.

THat is sad about the girl. Hope they put bars on the windows at your DS's dorm.

 

[Sharon G]

Dave - Did you call Disney today about your reservation?

 

[Tinker-tude]

Sharon, what a great idea for a quilt! I collect t-shirts for everything. I have more t-shirts than I have hairs on my head, and I hate to get rid of any of them because they all remind my of important parts of my life. I need to have my MIL teach me how to quilt. Or just give her the shirts and tell her to have at them. Poor MIL, like she has nothing else to do.

I'm starting the real pre-trip planning now. Less than two months to go!
I rebooked the HRH suite with the AAA discount and saved $100 a night.
We have tickets to Blue Man Group in the center section, center seats.
Days are loosely planned and I will be going over all the notes and advice about everything.

Day 1: Arrive at HRH in the evening, eat dinner, unpack, go to bed.

Day 2: UO at opening, b-fast there in the park on our way to Mummy, MIB, Simpsons, etc. Lunch at Lombard's or Finnegan's, whatever we're in the mood for. Ride, see, and play until the park closes. Dinner at The Kitchen.

Day 3: IoA at opening, character b-fast with Spidey and Seuss gang for Jared and Jonathan. Go through the regular queues on the recommended rides. Snack. Ride, play, see, do. Late lunch at Mythos. Ride, play, see, do.

Day 4: Catch things we missed or repeat faves at UO. Take boys to room and meet babysitter. Go to Blue Man Group and dinner at Latin Quarter.

Day 5: Sunday, family devotional time AM. Pool, lunch, spa at Portofino, shopping, relaxing.

Day 6: Catch things we missed and/or repeat faves at IoA.

Day 7: Drive home with enough new t-shirts to fill a small suitcase.

Five lovely days in UO/IoA!!!!!!!!!!! And two nice days of driving. Really, we love the driving part, too. I want to pack already, but I still have to sort through all the clothes and box up the stuff the kids grew out of two months ago. And then find the Universal Homie Ts, character Ts, etc. that still fit. So the packing bug has to wait. My high anticipation may just squash him.

Taminator

 

[Sharon G]

Great looking deer.They donnt get that big down here.Kids had no school today so i took the day off to do more hunting.We did get a wild hog this morning(85lbs boar)nasty bugger!!I let my son take the shot,40yards with one shot!!
The bad part DW has the digital camera in her car at work,so now its on ice..
Still good eats!!!

Congrats to your son! Waiting to see the photo. We don't have wild boar here in Maine, but plenty of deer. I agree with what you said about having to control the herd. I'd hate to see them starving and sick.

We have one deer that loves to run alongside vehicles coming up our private way. Scared the crap out of us the first few times. She's been with us for a few years now. I don't know why she hasn't been shot as she is so tame. Guess she must not venture far from our house. We have the 40 acres around us posted, not because we are against hunting, but there are some crazy fools out there who will shoot at anything, so it's for our protection.

 

[Sharon G]

Sharon, what a great idea for a quilt! I collect t-shirts for everything. I have more t-shirts than I have hairs on my head, and I hate to get rid of any of them because they all remind my of important parts of my life. I need to have my MIL teach me how to quilt. Or just give her the shirts and tell her to have at them. Poor MIL, like she has nothing else to do.

Thanks, it was easy, not really quilting. If you can sew a straight line your all set. The backing is just a twin size sheet. My mom makes the real quilts. She does such a beautiful job that I've never wanted to try.
So I did something different!

I'm starting the real pre-trip planning now. Less than two months to go!
I rebooked the HRH suite with the AAA discount and saved $100 a night.
We have tickets to Blue Man Group in the center section, center seats.
Days are loosely planned and I will be going over all the notes and advice about everything.

You saved $100 a night? WOOHOO!!!! When my kids were small, I found that "loosely planned" while at the parks worked the best. You never know day to day (or hour to hour)what they are up for or who's going to have a meltdown!

 

[Sharon G]

It's nice my kids didn't have alot of homework today
I'm guessing they will have alot tomorrow and not looking forward to it.

Have a good evening everyone

They have school on Veteran's Day? Around here it's a day off. A big thank-you to all the veterans and soldiers out there.