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

[bubba's mom]

TR notes , i needs a fix.

i will do my best to do Day 3 tonite.....(i know, been a week since the last Day... ...sorry...can you forgive me? ...don't really want to give you all 6+ days at once....what would you live for then? )

 

[loribell]

Oh, and does anyone wat to see the villa I'm staying at?? It's really nice but I hate staying in villas- your always in eachothers face! Grrrr, I've told my mum that if she is going next year then I don't want to go unless staying onsite at Universal!! She said we could do a week at RPR or HRH and a week at Crowne Plaza (her friends are staying there) so YAYYYYYYYY. Universal 2008 here I come!

But I don't realy count- i'm not staying onsite, WAHHHHHHHH!!

I really really wish I was, however it will be the first time with kids so I can't wait to see their faces when they go!! I just know they will love it!

Went out shopping there for an hour and got some snap cards fr the plane and some disney light up pens. Also got this Disney height chart for the boys to measure themselves for the last time before we go. We've been measureing them every Sunday for the last few months and telling them they have to always eat their dinner and they will grow- never seen them such angels!! Well more the older one, the younger one doesn't really understand lol.

Would love to see the villa you are staying at. And of course you count. You don't have to be staying onsite to enjoy the parks and share that with us. It will be so much fun being with the boys being there for the first time.

 

[GemmaPixie]

now that we have all our ducks in a row...

lori & marci w/a mini-meet

gemma needs to show us the villa. - I've stayed offsite @ Sheraton Vistana before, it was quite spacious & very nice...least you won't be bumping into eachother! How long of a flight is it for you?

Not bumping into eachother but for the 2nd week there will be 13 of us living in the villa!!!

Heres the link to the villa...http://www.1stfororlando.com/fvv/Seasons3.htm

It looks quite nice!!

 

[xmattodx]

It looks quite nice!!

It would be hard to drag myself out of the house

 

[RVGal]

Goodness Gemma... what a place!

That is way beyond my definition of a "villa". We stayed in a 2 bedroom/2 bath "villa" for our vacation in May.

That, in my definition is a very nice house. With all those bathrooms, you won't be bumping into each other often!

 

[xmattodx]

I know when DH and I were in Saudi during the first Gulf War, we really missed stuff that you'd never think of like cold cuts, cheese, pizza (made without mangoes or prawns on it!), and ice in soda! What'd you miss the most? (Besides DW, obviously! ) Hope you have a great time at Universal - we'll be there about a week or so before you. Are you staying onsite?

Saudi during the first Gulf war! Wow, what were you doing there? We actually missed good old fashioned salad quite a bit. I was lucky enough to have my wife by my side. We are both in the same profession so we were both able to work there. We are staying on site (PBH) for 4 nights and off site for 7(?).

 

[Metro West]

Greetings on another HOT and HUMID Florida Wednesday afternoon.

 

[GemmaPixie]

Thank you for the comments on the villa. I'm in the fourth master bedroom which means I get my own en-suite (a girl needs one!) But I have to share with a 5 year old for the first week. His mum doesn't want him in his own room, shes still freaked out about what happened to poor Madeliene McCann. Not like I could keep in safe- someone once stood on my head while I was asleep and I still didn't wake up!

 

[bubba's mom]

Greetings on another HOT and HUMID Florida Wednesday afternoon.

here too....at least you're IN FLORIDA....pennsylvania sux

 

[bubba's mom]

Not bumping into eachother but for the 2nd week there will be 13 of us living in the villa!!!

Heres the link to the villa...http://www.1stfororlando.com/fvv/Seasons3.htm

It looks quite nice!!

what a beautiful home! of course, something needs to be done about the Mickey and Minnie in the one bedroom.....I think Shrek and Donkey need a bed too

 

[marciemi]

xmattodx - DH and I were both in the Army. He worked in Transportation; I actually ran what was like a mobile convenience store. Built shelves into a truck (an army truck but about the size of a UPS truck), drove 3 hours into Riyadh or into Dhahran (depending on who had supplies) twice a week and turned over about $20,000 in cash on each trip. Drove around to soldiers and sold "personal" items - biggest sellers were cigarettes (surprise!) an definitely next potato chips and oreos!

DH went over in August of 1990 - right after everything started. I was actually pregnant then and had a miscarriage a couple weeks later. The army in its infinite wisdom then sent me over 6 weeks later. We were both there then until May. At first (when we were down by Dhahran) we were about half an hour apart and since I was on the road all the time I could stop in and see him at least a couple times a week. Then my company moved up north (by the Iraq border) about a month ahead of his. At this point we no longer had the mobile store, and our job turned to processing Iraqi POW's. When he came north for the last couple months, we did manage to see each other a couple times but it was usually briefly.

Had first DS15 9 months after the return - he was an Operation Desert Stork baby (as they referred to them at Ft. Bragg where he was born)!

Changing the topic entirely, if anyone wants to look at OUR villa (well, that we're renting), the website is:

www.ourvilla.net

Guess whenever I was thinking of villa Gemma I was also picturing a 2 bedroom condo, not a 6 bedroom mansion! Ours is only 4 bedrooms, but it will just be the 5 of us so we should have plenty of space! At least I won't have a 5 year old in my room!

 

[GemmaPixie]

what a beautiful home! of course, something needs to be done about the Mickey and Minnie in the one bedroom.....I think Shrek and Donkey need a bed too

I agree, trust them to make a Disney room and not a Universal room!! I want a gorgeous pug frm MIB in that room!! Eugh, it's discrimination you know!!

 

[loribell]

Beautiful house Gemmapixie! So how long will your flight take?

 

[GemmaPixie]

Sorry Lori- totally forgot to answer that!! It will take 9 hours. I should get into Orlando at 3.30pm but the airline I'm using is always delayed- and I mean always!! So who knows what time we could get in at! Going to have to entertain the kids for that long when all I wanna do is read my harry potter book!! lol

 

[RVGal]

I have been on the computer for most of the day catching up on bookkeeping for the business. I married into the job. It was one of those brilliant ideas of DH. "Hey, you know how to add and all that. Why are we paying someone else to keep the books? YOU can do it!"

If he knew what my grades were in math when I was in school, he would probably have never suggested such a thing.

I have also, slowly, been catching up with laundry in my NEW dryer.

I think I have done all the damage I can do for one day. There should be no bill collectors at our door and Uncle Sam can rest easy for another month/quarter. Sigh.

I'm off to sit very still and think of nothing until bedtime.

You guys have a good evening!

 

[Metro West]

here too....at least you're IN FLORIDA....pennsylvania sux

Hey Barb...I think I learned my lesson last weekend @ IOA...No parks for me in the summer...at least during the day. I might hit CityWalk at some point this weekend...should be fun!

 

[loribell]

Sorry Lori- totally forgot to answer that!! It will take 9 hours. I should get into Orlando at 3.30pm but the airline I'm using is always delayed- and I mean always!! So who knows what time we could get in at! Going to have to entertain the kids for that long when all I wanna do is read my harry potter book!! lol

I have always had lots of snacks, coloring books, crayons, movies/dvd player, etc for the kids when we fly and it makes it easier. Of course mine have never flown for 9 hours. But it hleps in the car too and we are driving this year, 20 hours on the road! I would love to leave out about 6:00 pm and drive straight through taking turns sleeping but DH doesn't want to. Of course if I pushed it that is what we would do.

How long are you staying this time? We will be in Orlando for 15 days.

 

[GemmaPixie]

Thanks for the tips Lori. Im borrowing a dvd player to bring because I want to watch Little Miss Sunshine- I wanted to see this since it came out but restrained myself so I could watch it on the plane and the time would fly in. However, O and R's mum says it would be better to bring Fireman Sam or Power Rangers for the boys to watch- huh!? not fair!! Ill put them to sleep then watch it- lol I sound like the evil babysitter!

Im staying for 2 weeks but my family are doing this holiday weirdly. Ready for this? Try and keep up. ok...

This tues- me, my mum, my dad, oliver (5 yo), reuben (2 yr old), their mum (nicola) and their dad (andrew) are all flying over.

next tues (a week later)- my big bro, my wee bro, my cousin, my wee bros friend, my godmother and my godfather are coming over

the following week (2 weeks after I came)- me, nicola, andrew and reuben are going home

and the week after that (3 weeks since i went)- my mum, dad, cousin, bros, wee bros friend, godparents and oliver are coming home

so were all going for 2 weeks except for my mum, dad and oliver who are staying for 3!

told ya it was strange.

 

[loribell]

That stinks! You should be able to stay for three too!

 

[keishashadow]

gemma - very digs, wonder if the screen around the pool is to keep bugs or gators out jk...lived in tampa for a while as child; parents were always warning us about the gators in the swamp out back. Only time we saw one was when swimming @ a state park (they had nets to keep them on the other side - good idea lol).

ps i need my ipod, soduko & game boy for Tetris or DS for Mario, and it's only a 2+ hour flight for me; not one to travel light.

lori - may the force be with you, 20 hours straight thru - you are the woman! Our drive would be 23 hours or so. I'm at the point where I hate to drive more than 10 hours a day. DH feels the same & he has a CDL; think we've just had our fill of road trips over the years. Of course, if airfare goes much higher, we may have to rethink our strategy.
barb - as much as i enjoy traveling, i do luv Pittsburgh have i mentioned (recently) it made the #1 city list? Now, if SW would only throw some of those $49 fares our way, i'd be set.