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

[roseprincess]

Mac-
Praying your son gets better. Please PM me if you want. I'm here for you. We all are here for you

 

[Fan2CSkr]

Mac, I'm so sorry to hear your son is in the hospital. I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[Figment22]

Mac,
You and your son are on my prayer list.

 

[damo]

More well wishes coming from me. Be strong.

 

[the Dark Marauder]

I made it to Denver.

Delayed flights suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

 

[bubba's mom]

well DM....better late than 'not at all'


hey Fan2CSkr....you're back! sooooooo.....how was "home"??? Do tell

 

[Fan2CSkr]

well DM....better late than 'not at all'


hey Fan2CSkr....you're back! sooooooo.....how was "home"??? Do tell

Hi ya Bubba's mom! Our trip 'home' was good. I'm thinking about doing a mini TR. Lots of different issues that we never had to deal with before and some changes to policies lessened my usual ultimate experiences. BUT I'm thinking I've been spoiled and most wouldnt have noticed the changes that we did. We brought my Mom and Dad along this trip (their first visit) and I wanted them to see it the way we usually do. A few bumps in the road but overall lots of fun! The biggest drawback was the express lines. I have NEVER seen them longer than the regular line, ever! I have seen phamtons posts on groups in the parks in May and I have to say I will never return during the first 3 weeks of May ever. The impression I got was that the Express Pass was being over sold in a big way. I'm curious to see if this is a taste of whats to come or we just hit it wrong. I hope its the later. Oh! AP May appreciation month is bogus! We gave up day two after we had to fight to get the perks, just too frustrating. I will write more in a TR and add the many pics I took!

Oh and we ate at Bubba Gumps after seeing your pics we just HAD to! Had an amazing meal there!

 

[macraven]

so darkie is now in denver..............

you know we expect a trip report even when people go there...


can't sleep and i am doomed for tomorrow.
have to get up at 4 in the morning.
taking mr mac and his friend to downtown chgo at 4:30 this morning as they are riding in a bike event in downtown chi town. streets will be blocked off for this event.

i drop them off then come back home.

can't go back to bed as i go to church on sunday morning.


someone pass the melatonin to me......

 

[AlexandNessa]

Hi ya Bubba's mom! Our trip 'home' was good. I'm thinking about doing a mini TR. Lots of different issues that we never had to deal with before and some changes to policies lessened my usual ultimate experiences. BUT I'm thinking I've been spoiled and most wouldnt have noticed the changes that we did. We brought my Mom and Dad along this trip (their first visit) and I wanted them to see it the way we usually do. A few bumps in the road but overall lots of fun! The biggest drawback was the express lines. I have NEVER seen them longer than the regular line, ever! I have seen phamtons posts on groups in the parks in May and I have to say I will never return during the first 3 weeks of May ever. The impression I got was that the Express Pass was being over sold in a big way. I'm curious to see if this is a taste of whats to come or we just hit it wrong. I hope its the later. Oh! AP May appreciation month is bogus! We gave up day two after we had to fight to get the perks, just too frustrating. I will write more in a TR and add the many pics I took!

Fan, I hope you will elaborate as I felt the same things ... we did have some issues with long Express Lines as well, though I didn't really mention them in my TR. My impression was that they sold too many of them as well and definitely needed to raise their prices Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to curb demand. It seemed many, many had bought the passes, and I'd say the paid express was outnumbering hotel keys 3-to-1 in the express lines.

Also, as I mentioned, we too had trouble with the May Appreciation Month perks for AP holders. I really should have printed a copy of the newsletter and taken it with us everywhere we wanted a discount. It's one thing to advertise seemingly good perks, but quite another to then not have any of the venues know what you're talking about. Not well communicated at all, IMHO. I should write an email to the AP office, but given their history of responding to me in a timely fashion, May Appreciation Month will be over before they respond and take care of the problem, even though the discounts are extended till Mid-June.




mac, I hope everything is OK. I have been thinking about you and hoping for the best. Sorry you can't sleep.

 

[macraven]

tell me about those long lines for the ep lane...........

at hhn, they oversell the ep pass for that event........

last year the ep line was 30 minutes
the regular line was over 2 hours.........


wait, maybe the ep was better after all.






what are you doing up this late jodie.?

you need the melontonin also or however that crap is spelled

 

[damo]

so darkie is now in denver..............

you know we expect a trip report even when people go there...


can't sleep and i am doomed for tomorrow.
have to get up at 4 in the morning.
taking mr mac and his friend to downtown chgo at 4:30 this morning as they are riding in a bike event in downtown chi town. streets will be blocked off for this event.

i drop them off then come back home.

can't go back to bed as i go to church on sunday morning.


someone pass the melatonin to me......

So, did you get up okay or did you not go to bed?

 

[the Dark Marauder]

so darkie is now in denver..............

you know we expect a trip report even when people go there...


can't sleep and i am doomed for tomorrow.
have to get up at 4 in the morning.
taking mr mac and his friend to downtown chgo at 4:30 this morning as they are riding in a bike event in downtown chi town. streets will be blocked off for this event.

i drop them off then come back home.

can't go back to bed as i go to church on sunday morning.


someone pass the melatonin to me......

I'll post a trip report of some kind. Honest. Just give me Time.

 

[macraven]

So, did you get up okay or did you not go to bed?

well.............i did catch a few zzzzz's of about 2.5 hours after i got off line.

i drank lots of coffee.
didn't go back to bed when i got back home this morning.


i guess if i stop drinking coffee now, i could sleep tonight, eh........

 

[macraven]

I'll post a trip report of some kind. Honest. Just give me Time.

pinkie swear???

 

[bubba's mom]

Hi ya Bubba's mom! Our trip 'home' was good. I'm thinking about doing a mini TR. Lots of different issues that we never had to deal with before and some changes to policies lessened my usual ultimate experiences. BUT I'm thinking I've been spoiled and most wouldnt have noticed the changes that we did. We brought my Mom and Dad along this trip (their first visit) and I wanted them to see it the way we usually do. A few bumps in the road but overall lots of fun! The biggest drawback was the express lines. I have NEVER seen them longer than the regular line, ever! I have seen phamtons posts on groups in the parks in May and I have to say I will never return during the first 3 weeks of May ever. The impression I got was that the Express Pass was being over sold in a big way. I'm curious to see if this is a taste of whats to come or we just hit it wrong. I hope its the later. Oh! AP May appreciation month is bogus! We gave up day two after we had to fight to get the perks, just too frustrating. I will write more in a TR and add the many pics I took!

Oh and we ate at Bubba Gumps after seeing your pics we just HAD to! Had an amazing meal there!

Glad you enjoyed BG's.... (i wouldn't want someone to eat there and have a bad experience on MY recommendation ) I am very curious to read and see your TR...make sure to let me know when it's done.... I may not get over to check it out on my own (busy holiday weekend here....we just finished pulling almost everything outta the attic for yard sale next weekend! )

Jodie---too bad you didn't think to bring printout w/ you about the AP Apprec. Mth....might have been a good idea!

And i will not go in May cuz of the crowds y'all are talking about..... you guys are freakin' me out w/ the wait times of EP!!!! (We never waited more than 5-6 minutes and we go the end of June!)

mac....hope all is getting better....and you get some sleep tonite.....NO CAFFEINE!!!! for you

anyhows....back to "work".....gggrrrr....catch up w/ ya's tonite!!!

 

[bubba's mom]

I need to ask yous a question......
We've pulled down most of our attic and I'm pricing stuff for yardsale. One problem....I've NEVER HAD a yardsale, so i'm not sure how to price stuff. (okay, i confess....I'm a yardsale virgin ) How does $2 for each item of clothing sound? (I have ALL DS's baby/toddler clothes/toys/furniture) I found an "ugly" bowl someone gave us for a wedding gift and I was going to sell it for $1..until DH looked it up online....turns out to buy it online was $124!! (apparently finer china and discontinued)...I think we'll hold on to THAT for awhile longer
I have some Tiggers I didn't know I had and a bunch of Blue Clues stuff ...oh, and a red Disney backpack....plain w/ "D" logo on it.... not sure how much to sell it for (still in bag)...or if any Disney fans want it.....
I have soooooo much crap to go thru.....good thing I took off Tuesday ( i might get done by then )
So, tomorrow I shall spend pricing the rest of my stuff and slowly move it to the garage.....(the garage we cleaned out a few weeks ago and can finally walk around in...but not for long ....not w/ the yardsale stuff going in it!)
Well...TIA for the help.... i have a feeling we'll do real well ....now where to spend the money we make... ....hmmmmm

 

[Fan2CSkr]

These websites will help LOTS! Doing a quick online check for item values is a great idea too! Ebay! Its so much work to get ready for a garage sale...I've been planning one for over 10 years! I'm pretty sure I'll just be getting a dumpster soon instead! I save everything. When is the yard sale?

http://www.garagesalesource.com/articles/garage_sale_pricing/
http://www.yardsalequeen.com/yardsale.htm

 

[bubba's mom]

thanks for the linx...chekin' them out

annual community sale is supposed to be Sat. June 2nd...rain date Sun. June 3rd

 

[loribell]

Sorry I can't help. I do not do garage sells. People around here don't want to pay anything for your stuff so it is not worth my time.

Good luck with yours! I hope you make a ton of money!!!!

 

[marciemi]

Hi Lori - glad to see you back here - I was getting worried about you! Looking forward to hearing from you and we still haven't seen those rattlesnake pics!

I'm a garage sale expert, but in going to them, not having them. I really hate the hassle too for the money you make so I'm a big fan of freecycle.org. We'll probably do one this summer when our block has one, but wouldn't bother otherwise. I have a TON of boys' clothes, but still probably normally price things 25 cents for most clothes, $1 for anything nice (that I would hang up - dress shirts, hooded sweatshirts or polartecs, brand names). As a shopper, I hate it when I go to sales and they have everything priced like $5 per shirt. I just leave. Personally, especially for baby stuff, I'd say about $1 each, but that might be for here (and wouldn't be for things like Gymboree, etc.).

Hey, Mac, spent the weekend in your part of the world at 6 Flags. Park was empty Friday night and we got to ride nearly everything. Saturday we made a few hours before the rain, then spent the rest of the day at the hotel and Gurnee Mills. Today we hit a few big coasters, then the waterpark (which for some reason was empty since it was 65 degrees at the time!).

Big news though was Friday night. DS12 (who just turned 12 on Thursday) wanted to play some games. We had some coupons with our season passes for free games so he played the stupid game (I'm sure you've all seen it) where you throw a ball and try to knock down all 3 cups on one throw. Well, believe it or not, he did it! And believe it or not, won a BIKE!

Had his choice of a Chicago Cubs or Bears bike - being from Green Bay decided the Bears might not be the best option so went with the Cubs. 20" bike - came unassembled in a huge box. Bad news was that we'd walked from the hotel to the park (to save the $15 parking fee) and had to walk(about a mile) carrying the box (maybe 4 feet by 2 feet by 8 inches) all the way back! Now we get to assemble it tomorrow! Bet not a lot of people have won a bike at 6 Flags before!

He and DH went to Chicago Saturday and did the Segway tour. They had a blast (you only have to be 12 there compared to Disney's 16) and got through about 3/4 of the tour before the storms moved in. I'll post some pics when we download them!

Happy Memorial Day all!