Something about Nothing, come join in........

[bubba's mom]

Everyone please join Alison & Tim Friday nite w/ comp toast to us

Tracie....will wave back!!

loribell...your trip will be here before you know it (guaranteed)

and to whoever was wondering....yes...Bubba was 8 this past January.....so, he fits right in there (as long as the girls don't try to "hit" on him....girls are still icky)

well, finished eating....putting the last things in suitcase......will get back to ya's when I can....try not to miss me too much


....oh, and don't get too crazy...this thread can accumulate posts and before ya know it, i'll have to catch up on 100 posts!

l8r homes........

 

[t-and-a]

Allison, have you guys been getting lots of rain? It is now to the rediculous point here and we have rain in the forcast every day this week with predictions of huge rainfalls three of those days. DH'scousin is a huge wheat farmer here and they can't get in the fileds long enough to get it all in. They have been trying for over three weeks, every time it dries out enough to get the equipment in the fileds they get about a half day in & then the rain comes.

Yes, we have had a lot of rain off and on since about April or May! It's raining right now and the wind was terrible driving home from work. I kept looking up at the sky to see if there was a funnel cloud....it was blowing that hard!

 

[marciemi]

Bubba's Mom - have a great trip! I'm nowhere near ready for mine so can't say I envy you right now because I'm stressed with just over a month left! But have a blast and be sure to give us every detail!

Lori - glad to see you back! Looking forward to hearing from you between your "dealing with the add-ons" stress!

I've spent the entire day packing my son for camp, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense since he doesn't leave until 2 weeks from tomorrow. But we leave this Saturday for a week (and I won't have internet! ) to go visit family near Detroit for a couple days, and then up north camping in the boonies (in a small, isolated, electricity-free cabin on the shores of Lake Michigan) for 6 days. Then we get back Sun night, Monday night he has like 10 things to do (golf, piano, band, dentist & ortho) and I have a doctor appointment, then he leaves the next morning! So I have to get ahead even though I haven't started packing for our week trip yet! AAUUGGHH!

We just got back from a weekend at Wisconsin Dells. Were extremely disappointed with Mt. Olympus (haven’t been there before) – it was SO crowded, the coasters were SO rough (and we’re huge coaster fans!), the go-carts all had about an hour wait (even immediately after opening) and were run by the most uninterested, unmotivated employees I’ve ever seen. Oh, and the wave pool was FREEZING – really, it was painful just to walk in it! We were there before opening and left around 3 having done very little and enjoying none of what we did!

Yesterday we went to Noah’s Ark (went there last summer as well) and were again impressed and had a blast (if you've watched the Travel Channel show with Best Waterparks including BB, you've seen this one). Got there before opening, rode the Black Anaconda (Crush N Gusher type at TL) 3 times and all the slides in front, still had time to play in the wave pool (more comfortable temperature) before the back of the park opened at 10 and we hit all the rides there. Did the lazy river with literally no one else, played mini golf, saw the new SpongeBob 4D movie (incidentally, the 4 part just means you get sprayed with water a bunch!) and made it back to breakdown the camper and eat lunch by 2. Completely different day – we like this park so much more!

We camped at a local campground (state park) which was much nicer than we were expecting for $17 a night. Anyways, because I'm always thinking of you guys, we took a bunch of pics for you! I'll include a couple in each post because I'm not sure how many I can link at a time?!

First of all the campground! We stayed at a place called Mirror Lake - can you guess why?

The boys had a blast climbing out over a tree that stretched nearly across the lake - amazingly enough, no one fell in the murky water!

 

[marciemi]

Okay, more pics! DH got a new digital camera recently so took thousands of pics - but you guys only get stuck watching 8! Anyways, he learned the timer to take this shot of us in our DIS look:

A friend sent us all Disney shirts last week (from the Disney Store - we don't have those here) so we wore them to Mt. Olympus:

 

[marciemi]

Okay, now on to Noah's Ark! This water park is so much fun! The "boys" on the family raft ride:

And using our TGM/DIS touring strategies had us through all the big rides several times and relaxing on the lazy river before anyone else had found it yet!

 

[t-and-a]

Great photos marciemi! It looks like you guys had a good time for the most part. It's too bad that Mt. Olympus wasn't that great....we can't make it to US/IOA or WDW this year and had thought about a Six Flags that's about 3 hours away and I just can't get myself to buy tickets because I just know it won't compare and the family would be disappointed!

 

[marciemi]

Okay - last bunch! My boys always loved this type ride at BB:

And the classic underwater shot! Don't I look wonderful?

Thanks for following along everyone! If you think this is too much, just let me know and I'll scale them down in the future!

 

[t-and-a]

Thanks for following along everyone! If you think this is too much, just let me know and I'll scale them down in the future!

Never too many for me! I LOVE to see vacation pics!

 

[loribell]

Looks like you guys had a great time Marci. Where exactly is Noah's Ark? It looks like a lot of fun. Sounds like you need a nice relaxing vacation, not the fun filled, action packed one you have coming up! You are going to be exhausted by the time the summer is over. I'm thinking maybe some of us need a girls only trip!!!!!!

Bubba's mom - You never know, girls might not be icky any more by the time we can pull it off. Have fun!!!!!!

Allison it is now pooring rain again. We have a huge covered porch and with the wind the rain was hitting the front door. Geez, enough is enough!

 

[GemmaPixie]

But don't you love being inside when it's rainy outside??

What time is it where you are btw?

 

[t-and-a]

But don't you love being inside when it's rainy outside??

What time is it where you are btw?

Lori and I are both in the Central time zone and it is 5:12 PM here now.

 

[GemmaPixie]

wow it's 11.13 here at night. It's all rainy outside and windy but I'm all tucked up in my bed all cosy- I love it!!

 

[loribell]

Well, I like it when it is rainy outside if it hasn't been raining at least every other day. A couple of weeks ago the weather had a graphic up where it had rained 28 out of the past 48 days. It has rained almost every day since then.

I do love to curl up in a blanket on the couch during the rain every once in a while though. I just need to see the sun occassionally. Of course with all the rain, when the sun does come out it is going to be very hot & muggy!

So how long are you going to be in Orlando? We will be there July 27ty - August 12th.

 

[GemmaPixie]

Ill be there 24th July-7th August. Can't wait!!

 

[loribell]

I hope you have a terrific trip. Maybe we will cross paths somewhere.

 

[macraven]

a new homie stopped by.......




GemmaPixie



by the time the rest of the homies here have dinner and go online, you might be asleep.........


come back and play more whenever you can!

 

[SpideyHulk24]

Hello to all! Just droppin' by to say Hi. It's been a while since I posted. I've missed you all!

 

[the Dark Marauder]

WWE fans, Chris Benoit & his family were found dead in their home at 4pm today.

 

[KStarfish82]

WWE fans, Chris Benoit & his family were found dead in their home at 4pm today.

My god, I heard it about an hour ago. I mean the entire family??? Too weird, but most of all tragic. I fell outta the WWE about 2-3 years ago, but I watched Chris for years. Eddie died about 2 years ago and now Chris, so sad.

 

[AlexandNessa]

Hello to all! Just droppin' by to say Hi. It's been a while since I posted. I've missed you all!

Hi Spidey! Didn't you just get back from Universal around Memorial Day? How was it?