Something About Nothing...........#8

[minniejack]

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Been going through a HUGE bunch oo'junk since late February. So my apologies for being MIA. Some with the community, but mostly with my family. What? I DO have a teenage girl, ya know ....seriously though. After alot of drama and some not so nice experiences, she is doing much better now.

My Father passed away on May 6th. That was a huge blow to everyone and especially the kids. My Mom is doing ok, keeping herself busy and trying to put together the pieces again. My brother and I are kinda worried about her - but she is strong. She will be 60 in September and we are thinking of a family vacation with her.

Jim and I go to Boston in 8 days. Going to watch the Phils and the Sox for the weekend

teenage girls drama, drama, drama--my own DD16 even cried when I picked her up from just a group lesson at tennis yesterday 'cause she wasn't playing well.... And I've decided that all girls other than my own. are just conniving monsters. She just commented that she doesn't have any true girl friends any more--seems like they're all chasing something that she doesn't want involved in...

Sorry to hear about your loss

Mac glad you're back for the moment--you must be exhausted--continuing to pray for you and your family

Donald

 

[keishashadow]

Safe travels mac, wishing u a stressfree trip (or as much as possible)

tracie, u've been missed here

so sad for you & ur familybe strong

2 trips, OMG how cool is that? we're OC regulars, never ventured up to Delaware beaches...how far of a drive for u?

donald stinx, nothing like sticking it to a longtime customer

mj i agree w/ur DD, most teenage girls I know r monsters when they want to be

my aging SUV (with only 70K miles) has decided to make up for all the years i didn't get socked @ inspection timei have no idea what (insert the proper name) coils do or sway bars or a laundry list of stuff i was handed yesterday...just know i hope the damage comes in under $1K.

 

[marciemi]

Safe travels mac, wishing u a stressfree trip (or as much as possible)

tracie, u've been missed here

so sad for you & ur familybe strong

2 trips, OMG how cool is that? we're OC regulars, never ventured up to Delaware beaches...how far of a drive for u?

donald stinx, nothing like sticking it to a longtime customer

mj i agree w/ur DD, most teenage girls I know r monsters when they want to be

my aging SUV (with only 70K miles) has decided to make up for all the years i didn't get socked @ inspection timei have no idea what (insert the proper name) coils do or sway bars or a laundry list of stuff i was handed yesterday...just know i hope the damage comes in under $1K.

I'll second pretty much everything Janet said! Except to say thank goodness our state doesn't have inspections because I guarantee you my minivan with close to 200K miles on it has more wrong with it than right. Just trying to make it through the summer with it - which is more than a bit annoying since it has no air conditioning (any more!) and we've had a lot of temps near 90! Although not today when it's currently 57 and raining. Won't be an issue today and at least the heat works (much more relevant in WI!).

SOOOOO much coming up soon here! Matt graduates on Sunday, then on Wednesday, him, GF and dad all fly out for their cruise out of Miami. Meanwhile (take a deep breath before reading this), my schedule is:

Fri (June 11) - drive Eric to Illinois for percussion camp; drive back to Milwaukee with Stephen to spend the night

Sat - Stephen flies (early morning) to Maryland for camp

Sun - pick up Eric in Illinois, drive back to Milwaukee with him

Mon - Eric flies (early morning) to Maryland for camp (are you seeing a trend)? Also Monday, the rest of the group gets back from their cruise, but of course 12 hours later so we can't coordinate airport times and all get to drive the 2 hours to Milwaukee!

Thu - drive to Milwaukee to pick up Stephen

Sat - drive to Milwaukee to pick up Eric

Then the following Wednesday (June 23) - Matt flies off to the Air Force Academy - for good! Sob. So right now I have 19 days left with my baby. Yes, I know, going to be harder on me than him!

So...I'm not sure if this is the kind of "fun" post Mac was referring to, but certainly a busy one.

 

[donaldduck352]

Another FRIDAY all.Hope everyone has a good weekend.

I was just watching the news and the oil spill has hit Florida beaches in the Pensacola area. Praying it don't come any further east!What a mess.I hope they don't just get a slap on the hand over this!!!!!

 

[donaldduck352]

Oh I did want to say,mac we will keep a ear to the phone.Safe travels and we love ya hun.You have been a very good friend since we met you.Joyce and I think about you all the time.

MH,I hope ya'll hook up down in the Lou.mac is a very speicial person to us and you seem to be also,although we never met I know your heart is in the right place dude!!

Like mac wanted,lets keep this SAN thread going..

We need all the regualers checking in.I'm glad that Rapster checked in,you have been mia for awhile.Now we are missing afew others like,Lawerance or Ky07.We all would love to hear from you.

Please,like mac said,keep posting!!!

 

[donaldduck352]

So HEY all!!!!

been reading up on alot that has happened....glad to see everyone here....MAC, I am sorry to hear what you are going through. My thoughts and prayers are with you and if you need me - I think you still have my number.

Been going through a HUGE bunch oo'junk since late February. So my apologies for being MIA. Some with the community, but mostly with my family. What? I DO have a teenage girl, ya know ....seriously though. After alot of drama and some not so nice experiences, she is doing much better now.

My Father passed away on May 6th. That was a huge blow to everyone and especially the kids. My Mom is doing ok, keeping herself busy and trying to put together the pieces again. My brother and I are kinda worried about her - but she is strong. She will be 60 in September and we are thinking of a family vacation with her.

Jim and I go to Boston in 8 days. Going to watch the Phils and the Sox for the weekend

In July Jim, me and the kids are going on our first trip to Rehoboth, DE. staying for a week at my boss' beach house.

I gotta go poke around here a bit more.....so have a great afternoon all!!!!

I'm so sorry to hear about your fathers passing.

Take your mum on a vacation to help her out to let go of the pieces for allitle.

You also got alot on your plate also,The boss seems like a very understanding person giving ya'll the beach house.There is nothing more soul stirring to see the beautiful sunrise on the beach!!!!

 

[keishashadow]

Another FRIDAY all.Hope everyone has a good weekend.

I was just watching the news and the oil spill has hit Florida beaches in the Pensacola area. Praying it don't come any further east!What a mess.I hope they don't just get a slap on the hand over this!!!!!

breaks my heart to see the pelicans soaked in oil

there's quite the scary scenario out there that if it gets into 'the loop' it will could hit the east coast of FL in less than a month...might even skip it entirely & come ashore in myrtle beach/virginia/ocean city thought of such far ranging destruction makes me sick.

did u see BP CEO whining "...i'd like my life back...".what about the guys working the platform who died??? (their employer has already filed court docs to limit their survivors claims)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTdKa9eWNFw

marci - so many life changes for you & your familyit's hard to watch the 1st one 'leave the nest' hang in there. I was wondering if it was near cruise time, let us know how it goes.

 

[tink1957]

Good Afternoon Homies!

In response to mac's request to keep the fun going....woohoo!It's my 1000th post and I can't think of a nicer group to share it with.

I'm almost over my post vacation lag and would like to share some things about our trip.

The good...AP discounts were awesome, RPR is now my favorite onsite resort, we had a park view room, WWOHP is a wonderful addition to IOA, it was so cool to watch animals from our balcony at Kidani, the food at Jiko was delicious.

The bad...window broke in DD's car on the ride down & it wound up costing $250 at the Car Care Center in WDW, the long hallways at Kidani...we were stuck almost at the end of a mile-long walk.

The ugly....the gratin potatos that come with the lobster at Narcoossee's...even the thought of them makes me want to gag, nasty stinky cheese...yuck.

You'll notice that all of my bad stuff comes from WDW...our experience at Universal was great this time, so much so that we added a night to our stay, we would have added 2 if the window motor hadn't broken. My son had to launch an air biscuit when we were only a few miles into our trip...turning our car into the land of incredible stench...so we let the window down...and it wouldn't come back up Thankfully, we were staying at Kidani with the only covered parking at WDW or the car would've been soaked during all the afternoon thunderstorms. Thank goodness for the Car Care Center, they drove us back to Kidani while the car was being fixed so we were able to enjoy our vacation without having to wait, we just took the bus to MK when it was time to pick up our car, then took the monorail to the Poly & had a Dole Whip at Capt Cook's while we waited to be picked up. It was a relatively painless experience except for the bill(which was reasonable, just unexpected)

All in all...it was a wonderful tripwish we were still there.

 

[minniejack]

air biscuit--that's a new one for me

nothing new here...just watched my husband trying to hit golf balls at the range and getting nowhere...he was getting more frustrated by the minute and I'm thinking someone needs a pro to tell them what they're doing wrong for Father's day...then he came home and tried a new driver and here the other one must've been broken...now I just hope that he doesn't take out one of our neighbor's windows

tomorrow is promotion for my baby--he'll be a high schooler....Finally out of that middle school--you guys have no idea how happy that makes me...

DS and DD didn't fare too well in their tennis tournament this weekend--don't know what's going on with their game--to me it's just a little yellow ball going back and forth

and I'm with you Janet about the poor animals. What a complete devastation.

 

[keishashadow]

Good Afternoon Homies!

In response to mac's request to keep the fun going....woohoo!It's my 1000th post and I can't think of a nicer group to share it with.

I'm almost over my post vacation lag and would like to share some things about our trip.

The good...AP discounts were awesome, RPR is now my favorite onsite resort, we had a park view room, WWOHP is a wonderful addition to IOA, it was so cool to watch animals from our balcony at Kidani, the food at Jiko was delicious.

The bad...window broke in DD's car on the ride down & it wound up costing $250 at the Car Care Center in WDW, the long hallways at Kidani...we were stuck almost at the end of a mile-long walk.

The ugly....the gratin potatos that come with the lobster at Narcoossee's...even the thought of them makes me want to gag, nasty stinky cheese...yuck.

You'll notice that all of my bad stuff comes from WDW...our experience at Universal was great this time, so much so that we added a night to our stay, we would have added 2 if the window motor hadn't broken. My son had to launch an air biscuit when we were only a few miles into our trip...turning our car into the land of incredible stench...so we let the window down...and it wouldn't come back up Thankfully, we were staying at Kidani with the only covered parking at WDW or the car would've been soaked during all the afternoon thunderstorms. Thank goodness for the Car Care Center, they drove us back to Kidani while the car was being fixed so we were able to enjoy our vacation without having to wait, we just took the bus to MK when it was time to pick up our car, then took the monorail to the Poly & had a Dole Whip at Capt Cook's while we waited to be picked up. It was a relatively painless experience except for the bill(which was reasonable, just unexpected)

All in all...it was a wonderful tripwish we were still there.

vicki - only cure for post vaca blues is start planning another one. Certainly nice to hear positive report for WOHP after all the negative posts (pre trip no less) ive been reading here. Who knew Car Care did repairs, least u could enjoy the park vs hassle of finding somebody offsite to handle. don't be hating on my taterswonder if they changed the recipie? i've only had the dreaded long walk back to the room a few times @ disney, did u request to be near an elevator/certain section? They usually do their best. imo nothing is worse than the walk from the front of AS Mu/bus stop back to jazz/country area...takes forever.

mj why weren't u out there swinging away too? i rarely finish more than 9 holes (slacker i am) but found it was only way to avoid being a golf widow in family of dudes. I go fishing too, draw the line @ hunting

have a good week all

 

[tink1957]

vicki - only cure for post vaca blues is start planning another one. Certainly nice to hear positive report for WOHP after all the negative posts (pre trip no less) ive been reading here. Who knew Car Care did repairs, least u could enjoy the park vs hassle of finding somebody offsite to handle. don't be hating on my taterswonder if they changed the recipie? i've only had the dreaded long walk back to the room a few times @ disney, did u request to be near an elevator/certain section? They usually do their best. imo nothing is worse than the walk from the front of AS Mu/bus stop back to jazz/country area...takes forever.

DD thought the taters were the lobster guts (they were an off shade of brownish gray-green)so she didn't even try them. I was renting DVC points and I had the owner request the Sunset Savannah, which is close to the lobby. I got the Red River Hog Savannah, which is the longest walk from the lobby. Oh well, at least the view was good, we saw lots of animals. I will try to post pics when I can talk DD into uploading them.

 

[Mad Hattered]

MH,I hope ya'll hook up down in the Lou.mac is a very speicial person to us and you seem to be also,although we never met I know your heart is in the right place dude!!

Thanks, DD! Appreciate that.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Today I am the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything. Yep, another year has passed. I wish I was spending it at Universal instead of work, heck, I'd even rather be at the MotherLand!

But, maybe I can avoid all the really annoying tasks and spend more time on the DIS today

Maria

 

[Mad Hattered]

If you know everything today, Maria....where did I leave my car keys?!

Back from a trip to KC this weekend and thought I'd drop some more pics....

Sooooooooooooo....we went to see a Banyon tree in Lahaina...

This whole tree stems from this base

And then we found a Moose Mcgillicuddy's there too!

We then proceed to drop the Harley off....get home, showered and head to a Luau at the Marriott.

It wasn't nearly as boring as Kernyn made it look afterwards.... But then again...we DID get up at 3:30 am today... :blink:

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Oh, I didn't say I know everything, I am just the answer! It helps if you're a sci fi fan...

I do know that your photos of Hawaii are amazing, the Banyan Tree is incredible!

I'm going to buy our plane tickets to Tampa today. I hope they don't run out of frozen butterbeer, because I promised some to ds!

Maria

 

[keishashadow]

MH lol she looks passed out w/the drink in her hand! curious re the harley rental...DH is licensed & had considered trying different port (never followed thru as not sure if our insurance would cover it or included in price of rental? do u recall?

DD thought the taters were the lobster guts (they were an off shade of brownish gray-green)so she didn't even try them. I was renting DVC points and I had the owner request the Sunset Savannah, which is close to the lobby. I got the Red River Hog Savannah, which is the longest walk from the lobby. Oh well, at least the view was good, we saw lots of animals. I will try to post pics when I can talk DD into uploading them.

lobster guts You think they'd have come up with better name than red river hog savannah. I've heard mixed reviews re Kidani, never strayed over from Jambo house...pics i've seen of pool area not a fit with my family (no young kiddies would've liked to seen a BC-YC/SAB type)

Today I am the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything. Yep, another year has passed. I wish I was spending it at Universal instead of work, heck, I'd even rather be at the MotherLand!

But, maybe I can avoid all the really annoying tasks and spend more time on the DIS today

Maria

im not sure whether to wish u happy birthday or not

jik

& you

 

[Worfiedoodles]

im not sure whether to wish u happy birthday or not

& you

I'll take it! I didn't realize I was being so cryptic! I guess this confirms I am a total sci fi geek!

Maria

 

[keishashadow]

I'll take it! I didn't realize I was being so cryptic! I guess this confirms I am a total sci fi geek!

Maria

ha, naw, im right there with u, just down a couple cups of coffee & not firing on all cylinders yet

 

[Mad Hattered]

I assumed it was Maria's BD but didn't want to be wrong.

Keisha...as far as the Harley insurance goes....it all depends on your personal insurance coverage. In his case rentals aren't included and he had to buy it with the rental. He said it was only $30/day which doesn't seem that bad to me.

Also, to anwser and earlier question you had....yes there is a current when diving on a seawall. It's also very spooky in my opinion. But when in Rome, right?

 

[keishashadow]

i embrace my state of wrongness

glad to hear im not the only one who gets creeped out by the odd current when snorkeling. Hopefully, wearing vest & flippers (which i usually skip) will help, now to decide whether to book the 7:45 or 11:45 am excursion...leaning toward latter, determined to sleep in once for a change! I've gotten mixed input as to whether snorkling later in day equals less sealife on the reefs