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

[Holly Goheavy]

Jodie-we're having similair issues with my gma, my grandfather died in February and she lives alone in Cali and we're all on the east coast. Getting my dad's brother involved in settling affairs has been touchy, to say the least. You know in your heart you did the right thing with the best of intentions and I'm sure your mom will realize that soon as well. Family strife is always very stressful

Mac-how's your son?

Rose-still thinking about you, looking for a new job really bites hopefully something comes through soon!

We saw the fireworks from our room last night, DH has been sick so we were in early and had resigned ourselves to missing them (which kinda was disappointing since it was our "anniversary") but they were simply amazing. We turned off all the lights and lay on the bed 4 across and watched them. They had set up chairs on the piazza for people to watch and it was neat to look down and see a mass of people down there and sitting on the edges of the harbor as well, all watching the celebration.

 

[yankeepenny]

MAC MAKES IT RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[damo]

Prayers and well wishes to all those in need right now. Summer should be a happy time, not a worrying time. I hope things turn around quickly for you all.

 

[Dagny]

I am back Had a wonderful time, as usual. The Hard Rock Hotel was great fun yesterday with the 4th of July party around the pool. I definitely did not want to come home.

I was sorry I missed the DIS meet, but my son's plane was an hour late due to the horrible weather in Dallas. I hope everyone had a great time

 

[tlinus]

Major Hugs to all who need it.....here's a funny for you. Bean #2 is bored right now and wants to know if we can get on a plane and go to Universal for a day or two Yea, our kids are a little too used to vacationing now, 2 times in 6 months was a bit over the top I guess!!

 

[macraven]

Jodie-we're having similair issues with my gma, my grandfather died in February and she lives alone in Cali and we're all on the east coast. Getting my dad's brother involved in settling affairs has been touchy, to say the least. You know in your heart you did the right thing with the best of intentions and I'm sure your mom will realize that soon as well. Family strife is always very stressful

Mac-how's your son?

Rose-still thinking about you, looking for a new job really bites hopefully something comes through soon!

We saw the fireworks from our room last night, DH has been sick so we were in early and had resigned ourselves to missing them (which kinda was disappointing since it was our "anniversary") but they were simply amazing. We turned off all the lights and lay on the bed 4 across and watched them. They had set up chairs on the piazza for people to watch and it was neat to look down and see a mass of people down there and sitting on the edges of the harbor as well, all watching the celebration.

hope dh feels better today.

son has lost 6 lbs since the surgery on monday. he is on water, gatorade rain and popsicles still as of today. thanks for asking.

MAC MAKES IT RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

I am back Had a wonderful time, as usual. The Hard Rock Hotel was great fun yesterday with the 4th of July party around the pool. I definitely did not want to come home.

dagny, you have been missed a lot !!

are you going to share your trip report with us?
please do.
if i have to grabble for one, i will.......

Major Hugs to all who need it.....here's a funny for you. Bean #2 is bored right now and wants to know if we can get on a plane and go to Universal for a day or two Yea, our kids are a little too used to vacationing now, 2 times in 6 months was a bit over the top I guess!!

tell my bean #2 that i get bored too!
tell her to come here with me and we can be bored together..

 

[yankeepenny]

it finally rained last night. it was weird today, 70-75 and cloudy and windy. chance of storms all day. so.... I decide to make spaghetti and guess what?
it is sunny and horribly humid out......

now , if i had frozen that *&%$!@# sausage and not planned anything, it woulda poured shreks and donkeys......

 

[macraven]

check the rates for the on site hotels if you are going in the fall.
i just got the super saver rate for oct.
i had to switch from what i had booked in feb to what it is now.

do the checking on the loews site. it is not on the UO site yet as of right now.

 

[yankeepenny]

gosh i feel soooo much better talking things out with my fellow threaders.

 

[GemmaPixie]

What wrong with speghetti and no rain exactly??

 

[loribell]

What wrong with speghetti and no rain exactly??

I'm thinkin' she must make some homemade spaghetti, you know the kind that takes hours to cook. Not the kind I cook, straight out of a jar!!!

Oh and guess what? It is raining here AGAIN!!

 

[AlexandNessa]

check the rates for the on site hotels if you are going in the fall.
i just got the super saver rate for oct.
i had to switch from what i had booked in feb to what it is now.

do the checking on the loews site. it is not on the UO site yet as of right now.

hi mac. What did you get your rate changed to, if you don't mind me asking since we'll be there at the same time! I have a rate of $242.10, AAA, GV w/King Suite upgrade. On the website, it was only showing PV rooms available, and I don't think I'd save that much.

 

[the Dark Marauder]

PLEASE take the rain out of Orlando & Texas for the weekend. Plz. I'll pray to whichever gods/goddesses I need to.


Yes homies, I'll take pics.

 

[bubba's mom]

PLEASE take the rain out of Orlando & Texas for the weekend. Plz. I'll pray to whichever gods/goddesses I need to.


Yes homies, I'll take pics.

have a safe trip and a good time

yes, i AM reading and keeping caught up on the thread in between all that is going on here.....

will try to reply more later........

 

[macraven]

hi mac. What did you get your rate changed to, if you don't mind me asking since we'll be there at the same time! I have a rate of $242.10, AAA, GV w/King Suite upgrade. On the website, it was only showing PV rooms available, and I don't think I'd save that much.

jodie, i posted that info so the others could get the same deal as i did.
i left as soon as i put that message on this thread.

you have to call to get it since you already booked.
the 4th is at $191 and the rest of the days since the season rate changes is $215. they do a daily rate average to make it per day $209.
you have to add taxes of 12..5 % to this.
the total would be $940..50 with tax on 4 nights.

the supervisor has to over ride this super saver so you still get the platinum amenitites. upgrade to king, welcome gift, newspaper, late check out, etc.

i have a credit on my account now as i paid more with the AAA rate than the 4 night super saver rate.

call tonight jodie and get this deal.

it is not on the uo site yet, just the loews site.
they are limited on the number of rooms with the ss


they are completely out of king suites for our time period now.
you have to go thru reservations to have it switched to the same rate as mine.
you keep the loews first amenities when you switch with your present ressie

 

[macraven]

PLEASE take the rain out of Orlando & Texas for the weekend. Plz. I'll pray to whichever gods/goddesses I need to.


Yes homies, I'll take pics.

ok, i'll do my rain dance and clear the skies for you darkie..
you have a great trip to texas and be sure to take pics of some good tex-mex food for me.

i have that craving of spicy food.

 

[tlinus]

no rain for darkie, no rain for the northeast......we have our fill of it right now!

Jodie - trust me when I say its better that gma's care comes out now rather than after she passes on....my Mom took care (he was self sufficient until the day he had a major stroke) of my Grandpa and he lived with her. Once he was gone, all of the other 4 kids started coming around for their "due" if you KWIM? My Mom is the one who makes the second lowest annual salary of the 5 kids It got pretty ugly. So stepping up now is a good thing. Mom will get over it.....trust me!!!

Hope everyone else had a great day!!

mac - trust me - with b#2 you would NEVER be bored!!!!

 

[macraven]

i would never get bored with beanie 2.......

she might get bored with me

 

[macraven]

did all you homies poop out on me again tonight?


i'm in training for orlando!
up all day
and
up all night......well until at least 1 am that is

 

[roseprincess]

Hi all-
Thanks for all the well wishes, prayers and mummy dust again, for DH to find a job. He has been diligently looking on the internet, applying thru careerbuilders.com and monster.com. He got one call today. He has another appt with another recruiter for Monday, from this call he got. Gotta keep the faith he will get something soon. This is why I haven't been on the boards much, DH needs the computer, the kids want to play their computer games etc, as we only have 1 computer to the 4 of us.

We went to the fireworks last night at a nearby town. Today I colored my hair, as I was going very gray I'm so glad DH was home so he can watch the kids while I colored my hair
We also went to a Wake this afternoon. A former co-worker of DH's, her mom passed away the other day, so we went to the wake. This fomer coworker of DH's is a very nice person.
I also know a distant relative of my family also passed away recently and that Wake is tomorrow. I won't be going to that Wake, my mom will be going tho. I have known too many people that have passed away since Feb.(relatives and friends parents) of this yr. Don't mean to be morbid, but it's so weird. I'm probably not making sense here, but it's just too weird.

I, DH, DD, and DS are going to visit my FIL tomorrow. He lives 2 hrs away. So I won't be able to be on the boards tomorrow.

Hope everyone had a good 4th!


Mac- continued prayers for your DS is getting better. He has one good mama


Jodie- to you and your mom, for taking care of your grandma.
Should I guess your gma lives with your mom or alone in hte house? I might have missed that info. Sorry. I'm glad you contacted your aunt to help out We have a similar situation here with my grandma. Tho my grandma lives in a nursing home, she's 91 yrs old and is wheelchair dependent.
My aunt(my mom's sister and who is closer to my age) begged my mom to get gma in a nursing home where we live. This was about 5 yrs ago. GMa lived with my aunt and uncle for about 18 yrs. BAck then ,grandma could walk with a cane. Once grandma started going downhill, as of walking, my aunt begged my mom to get her in a nursing home by us. My aunt and uncle lived in southern Missouri. Once grandma got transfered here in the nursing home, aunt and uncle only came once a yr to visit, that was it, they wouldn't come more than once a yr, only over a weekend to visit once a yr.. My mom would get angry they wouldn't come more often, like twice a yr to visit. My mom gives the guilt trip to my aunt. Aunt makes up excuses she's always taking college courses, etc, so can't make it, etc. Aunt already has a Masters degree in her job career, so I don't know what these courses are, maybe basket weaving? I don't know
Anyways, grandma can get quite demanding for stuff at the nursing home and my mom has ran into issues with grandma with her behavior, etc. It can be quite draining dealing with grandma's behavior at times. I know my aunt and uncle have taken care of grandma for a few yrs before they shipped her here. But back then when she lived with them, grandma cooked and cleaned for aunt and uncle, so they didn't have it so bad.
To me and my parents, it's a shame my aunt can't come a little more often to visit. Aunt does call grandma tho, once a week on the phone. I don't mind my grandma here at all, at the nursing home.
So, I know how you feel somewhat, your mom doing all the work for grandma.

Sorry I've been rambling.....

Prayers to all that need the rain. Prayers to all that don't need anymore rain.
Welcome back to all who came back

Gotta get off computer now.