Space Mountain: Clothing Optional - All done and true even if it is April Fool's

[DONTMINDME]

Those were great pics of Carsyn I think it's her smile I notice first it lights up her whole face, Cory wants to move there and he says he'll wait till she's older.
Love the sausage, payback is a bch ain't it guys.

 

[MEK]

wow - Great pictures of Carsyn and her girlfriends. Ah, to be young! As others have said, she really is a beautiful girl!

 

[grumpyyoungguy]

For all those men who say, "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk free?"

Here's an update for you!

Now a days, 80% of women are against marriage.

Why?



Because women realize its not worth buying the entire pig just to get a little sausage!!!!

Well Since Marc and I now know what you are willing to pay ladies, we decided to have a sale.....

 

[Dizneydawn]

Would that be summer or Vienna?

Little Sizzler after mtg chomper!

Tell Carsyn I said "Hellllllloooooo Beautiful!" and that she sure travels with a cute group of girls!

They are like a cute flock!

Those pictures of Carsyn and her friends are amazing. I am so glad they weren't around when I went to school because dealing with all that beauty in one place might make me want to slit my wrists. Or theirs...I was always up for waxing the hotties eyebrows off! AND they look like a lot of fun on top of it all. Quite a combination. I know Carsyn is also really smart so if you tell me all her friends are too, I might have to go home and drink myself into a stupor tonight. Just saying. And I'm what? 20 years or more older than them? Like I need that kind of competition for the single men as soon as they graduate from HS.
They are all A/B honor roll girls, in sports and pretty active in the community...her class just has a great group and this is only a small smatteriing of them. I look at girls now and know that out of 200-300 in a graduating class only 10-15 looked like they had a clue and were put together. These days - all the girls look like they know more than me!
Oh, and thanks for that joke. I needed it after being on the phone all day long taking audition appointments. Gotta love actors. I'm just not sure why.

Ummmm...cause some are hot...and if they stink in the boudoir...maybe they can act their way through it!

Too funny Dawn, I can't wait to tell the girls at work this one. I work with some raunchy minded ladies who would totally get a kick out of it.
Let me know if they laugh!

beautiful pictures!

The corn cookies were so easy, it's an easter egg cutter.

Duh! That is so smart! I hear the cake lady needs someone to do cake since she is in catering mode...maybe she needs help with cookies as well!

Those were great pics of Carsyn I think it's her smile I notice first it lights up her whole face, Cory wants to move there and he says he'll wait till she's older.

How old is he again? She might need a prom date...I am taking applications!

wow - Great pictures of Carsyn and her girlfriends. Ah, to be young! As others have said, she really is a beautiful girl!

You are so nice for saying that! She looks different in her death stares on the road!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Foiled again! Drat!

 

[Leajess99]

Office main computer running again! Yeah Dan!

Here are some pics I told you about that Carsyn and some really good friends took over break. I think Carsyn looks great and for once she likes pics of herself as well and I know how critical she is of her pictures so for me that makes these even better! :

Dawn, you have a very beautiful daughter there.

 

[Normangirls]

How sick am I that I so love the PG-13 turn this has taken?



Miss Dawn, your daughter is just lovely.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Chapter Four - "Porta Crappers and Confederate Flags."

We moved as swift as dead, tired people could at 4 am in the morning to head out of Shannon’s and head to Treyner’s new school in Anderson, SC. It is usually a 2 ½ hour drive roughly from what I have been told but due to a major landslide a few months ago and a mountain needing to be moved off of a major highway, the drive now takes you around, over and through some mountain passes and back country roads and is almost 4 hours in good weather.

When we had arrived the night before, Shannon had said how rare snow was in the area. Our luck, it was supposed to be snowy and cold and freezing rain that morning so the rare, to our usual, happened.

Treyner and Carsyn showered in the kids bathroom and Dan and I showered in the Mother in Law suite so we would be in and out fast. Treyner was exhausted and I told him he could sleep in the van once we got him there. Shannon and her mom had been so nice and had set out bagels and cream cheese the night before so we just could grab our stuff and go.

The plan was that Sam would park Treyner’s jeep in the backyard for a few weeks and then Treyner would fly into Knoxville before school started back up, pick up his jeep and then head to Anderson. I will forever be grateful to Shannon and her family for helping us out with this because I have no idea what else we would have done. Leaving his Jeep full of all his belongings at an empty school parking lot for 3 weeks was not an option.

Shannon did wake up and see us off. Laughing at Dan and Treyner as they tied and rigged the car carrier and Treyner’s bags to the roof of the van. Treyner had put a heavy, plastic bag over his bags and was sure they would not get wet. We hugged her goodbye and left. Plan was to be at Anderson before 10 am. Needed to leave Anderson by noon to be in Orlando to pick up Baylor from the airport by 9 p.m. No problem. Why was I panicked?!

Once we hit the detour on our Mapquest route, Dan and I were sad that it was not light out. You could tell you were in the mountains but could not see squat. The kids slept forever

and missed some unique towns and passing Marshall (from the movie, “We are Marshall” ) and some car lots that had one car and one school bus.

It was foggy and drizzled but not bad roads. We were making good time and then…we hit this:

It was like a switch had been flipped and for a moment it was fine and then, not so much. The town of Ashville, NC with its beautiful home of Biltmore, was the line between heaven and hell and we were just about to enter the demon himself. Here are some pics of the road conditions at 7:45 a.m. Rush hour.

Next stop: Gotham City.

No kidding. We hoped this may be a good sign and rolled down the windows looking for the bat signal to guide us through the snow. Apparently Batman was cruising the Greek Isles or busy sleeping because there was no help that day.

I mean if Batman is not busy fighting crimes, the least he could do is hitch a plow to his bat mobile and freakin plow. Lazy @ss. Crime fighters these days I tell ya. Union teams and contracts now take precedence over helping little old ladies cross the street and helping every day citizens get their kids to college.

I thought it could not get worse. I was wrong.

I have seen ice before. I have seen snow before. I also live in MN where the plows go 4 wide staggered down the freeway. I had never seen inches of icy mix and know there was not prayer that it would be better up the road because there was no signs of road crews at all. I looked at the clock and started to panic about the time. I woke up Treyner and he called the coach, got no answer. In fact where we were had no signal and we were at the top of a mountain pass heading down.

About 2 minutes later, we came to a very sudden halt as cars were sliding everywhere and the semi’s going up the mountain, were not going anywhere. It was a 4 lane highway with dividers and the line of cars backed up behind the semi’s was miles long. I would not have felt safe being behind the semi’s stuck on ice. I mean if they let go, you are stewed. So what did these people do?

Get out of their cars and assess the “sitchiashun.” Like Bubba in his Ford and Billy Bob in his Chevy might we able to wench ‘em up the road a bit. There had to be 40 people out of their cars standing around and ponderin the mess.

A few miles farther down there was sheriff cars pulling random people over and bringing the side we were on to a one lane highway vs. 2. There was a car next to us that had 2 young, barefoot girls in it and they switched drivers, while driving. They had to be about 18 at the most and I am assuming the one originally driving did not have their license. Treyner assumed they were needing to ditch some drugs. Both of our cars were not flagged over but we did see a TV crew

and more sheriff officers re-routing any traffic thinking they were getting up the mountain. Cause they were not. I had no idea how the tow trucks trying to get to the semi’s were going to get up, past the cars stacked behind the semi’s.

Then. Just as quick as the bad weather happened, it was gone.

Like a snap of a finger. There was hardly no gradual slowing of snow to sleet to rain. It was just clear. Weirdest thing I have ever seen. Treyner was happy he would make it to Anderson at all.

Treyner tried the coach again and then got a hold of the athletic secretary to let her know we were in the storm, now out but running about 40 minutes late. She asked our coordinates and Treyner looked out the window to the right and said we just passed a souvenir “shop of the south” with a confederate flag the size of Rwanda flying out front. He was alarmed and quite shocked. She said she had no idea where we were.

Awesome…That made 5 of us.

The next big town we came to, we asked someone where we were. Tried to gage who was sober and who might not shoot us. We tried to talk to someone when they were not busy.

Ya know at a stop sign.

Gave the universal signal for roll down your window and help me out Bub!

Well he did, turned down his music and when I asked where we were, his exact line was:

“In the middle of Butt Fu***** Egypt.”

Awesome again. Great start to the day. Can you be a bit more specific. Are we at the top of the crack or a bit farther to the bottom? Is the Nile run through this part of Egypt or should we take a left at the Sphinx?


He then realized we had all our belongings bungee corded to the roof and I was serious.

He pointed straight ahead and said we indeed were in Greenville and Anderson was about 25 minutes farther down the road.

Sweet Jesus we were almost there.

Then we passed the biggest Port A Crapper holding facility I had ever seen. It was bigger than the lagoon at Epcot. We all stared in awe at the sheer amount of @sses it would take to fill every seat in the place. Some cities have garbage dumps smaller than this place.

Acres of pottie poopers I am telling you. Acres. It is called Messa Waste Services and they are the largest vendor of porta potties around I guess. I have tried to find an aerial footage but none exist. Crazy huge.

I have also found out there is more than one type of cr@pper.

Here is the bevy of choices you would have...they even have a VIP one for Shocker.

Unit Rental Types
Standard Porta Potty
Standard Restroom w/ Sink
Deluxe Restroom - Flushing w/ Sink
ADA & Wheelchair Accessible Toilet
VIP Self-Contained Restroom
Standalone Portable Sink Station
Large Holding Tank
Mobile Shower Trailer
Mobile Restroom Trailer

Then, within that 20 minutes, just as predicted from Cedric the Entertainer, we were in Anderson.

We found the college and the coach and he laughed at Dan.

Cause I forgot to mention earlier that Dan was in shorts.

I might have thought the weather had said it would be warmer out than it was but I am not his Mom. He can look outside ya know!

I mean he did have a winter jacket on though so he did not freeze! ( This is dan's face when he is not finding me laughing at him funny in an ice storm. - He is not intoxicated - just apathetic!)

We had 1 ½ hours at Anderson in which the majority of time was spent talking to the coach and his assistant and popping into the admissions office and explaining that no, we had no time for the three hour tour and really did not care what a dorm room looked like. Is he in or not and Coach, what are you like as a person? That is what we had time for.

Treyner asked if Fast Food places were open past 6 p.m.

The coach and I both looked at him puzzled and he explained that in Durango - all the fast food places closed at 6 p.m. and so if you were hungry late at night or even 8 p.m. ish - and had no place to cook food - you were stewed.

Typical worry for Treyner and he was relieved to know that here, in the land of fried foods and greens, you could clog your arteries almost round the clock!

Can I say I love the new coach?

He is nice and talked with Carsyn a bit and was completely at ease and you just got a sense he took his soccer seriously but also took his role as mentor for these boys just as serious.

I was really glad we got to see the school even for a moment and I felt so much better about where my son was heading and knowing he was going to be alright and not totally entering blind his next school already.

At 12:15 we left and swung through Sonic for some grub before hitting the freeway south through Georgia and into Florida.

It started to rain hard about 10 miles south of Anderson and never let up until we got to Florida. Not even exaggerating an ounce.

The storm that gave white out conditions as it traveled North a day later, was solid rain for us. Sheets of rain and blowing winds and it was not going to let up anytime soon.

Treyner’s bag - on the roof - covered in plastic…was not going to be unscathed. There was no way his stuff would not be soaked!

We stopped for Gas a few times and to potty but other than that, drove straight through. The rain though, delayed us a bit. We were going to be late to Orlando by about 15 minutes.

I had talked to Baylor throughout the day. I had found out he had made it to Minnesota from Colorado and had made it to his connecting plane. In fact I had him triple check that he was indeed heading to Orlando not Oregon or anywhere else.

At almost 14, I know he can take care of himself. He is responsible and has his head on most times. I mean the kid kept his cool while on fire, jumped in a pool to put himself out and kept calm for over an hour until help was called. I respect him more than almost anyone I know and if there ever was a situation that called for calm, he is the go to guy.

I just did not want him in any other place but Orlando at the end of the day and that was more about my anxiety and my fear then his. In a “Home Alone” in NYC movie - he would be just fine.

We had plans to meet a fellow Disser who lived right near the Airport that week and she had said she would stop by and say hi when we got to the airport as well.

So I called her and told her we would be a bit late and she offered to meet Baylor at security and sit with him until we got there.

Baylor arrived, called me and I told him we were 15 minutes away and that a couple was meeting him. I of course gave him the lecture of not leaving the airport without us blah blah blah…and he was laid back as usual.

15 minutes later we pulled up to meet them and get Baylor from the drop off area and again, I have to say that the people here are some of the nicest in the world. Baylor would have been okay for 15 minutes but they went out of their way to be kind and set me at ease more than him!

So we chatted and planned on meeting Sunday and then we were off to CBR. In the van Baylor talked a mile a minute about his trip, the kids and snowboarding. He showed us pictures and is already planning on next years trip again. We were laughing at him and he did not care because we were all in a great mood.

We were heading to our resort. Finally. It had felt like forever but in 2 ½ days had combed the country in search of a college, 2 missing kids, one missing adult and now, we were all together and finally heading to the best place on Earth.

To the house of the Mouse and four days of fun.

I had never been so happy to see that Entrance to WDW in my life…partly because Dan missed the exit and we went the wrong way for 10 minutes…but what mattered the most is we had made it. So I am not a shallow enough person to rub salt in the wrong direction dude’s open wound. I mean I get how it’s easy to miss 10 million signs and a mouse, duck and dog that point to Disney.

I am sure that people have done it before. Even if they have been there a few times in the past. It is humanly possible…plausible even…and Dan knows I am laughing now just as much as I was then.

Cause I was.

He wasn’t.

But I was.

And whose the Mama now! Ka Chow!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Dawn, you have a very beautiful daughter there.

I know...I just wish she did!

How sick am I that I so love the PG-13 turn this has taken?


I did not know we had ever been anywhere but PG - 13...They should rate these though...so you can enjoy some tawdry humor or not and know what you are getting into!
Miss Dawn, your daughter is just lovely.

She can have the best or worst photos...Lucky! I end up only in the worst category!

 

[SoonerGirl]

Dawn, I'm seriously exhausted after reading that last update! What a mess with the crappy weather! Glad you all arrived together safe and sound though - even if you did have to take a little detour, those signs are hard to see....

 

[princess_momma]

WOW!! That was quite the drive!! Isn't it so crazy how fast the weather can change, especially while driving though? Blows my mind!

That guy who said you were in BFE cracked me up. I can't believe he had to see your stuff on your van to know you were serious though. Did he think you just enjoyed asking people where you were because it's a neat hobby?

I'm glad you got to Anderson and everything went great there. The coach sounds like a really good guy. I will pray that things go so much better here for Treyner. Please keep us updated. I'm so happy that he can clog his arteries around the clock too. I could see the dilemma with that opportunity being shut off at 6. I had no idea Durango was like that. For the record, the rest of CO is not that crazy. We may be fatter but also more sane!

I'm laughing with you at Dan missing the exit for Disney World. He was probably preoccupied with wondering how he could delete the shorts picture you took of him before you put it up here! I probably would've been wearing shorts too. I'm like the first one in CO to start wearing shorts after winter even when it's still only like 50 degrees outside. And I wear open-toed shoes when there is snow on the ground. So I can't really put any jabs at the shorts part. So I'll stick with the missing the exit!

 

[manntra]

Wow...Shann is the BEST!
That was some crazy weather!! And I never realized how lazy Batman was! Yeesh!!
OKAY......I never realized there were so many portapotty choices! Flushing? Where does it go? ugghhhh I feel queasy right now
on missing the exit!

Tracy

 

[Dizneydawn]

Dawn, I'm seriously exhausted after reading that last update! I am exhausted writing it! What a mess with the crappy weather! Glad you all arrived together safe and sound though - even if you did have to take a little detour, those signs are hard to see....

The best part is I am the worst with directions and I can't tell you how often I have us on the wrong road here in MN because I am 1 highway to the east off!

That guy who said you were in BFE cracked me up. I can't believe he had to see your stuff on your van to know you were serious though. Did he think you just enjoyed asking people where you were because it's a neat hobby?
He was dead pan and just put it out there like, "I hate my life and why are you in it too."
I'm so happy that he can clog his arteries around the clock too. I could see the dilemma with that opportunity being shut off at 6. I had no idea Durango was like that. For the record, the rest of CO is not that crazy. We may be fatter but also more sane!
Half the time there soccer practise ended after the dining hall was closed so what are they supposed to eat? Ramen noodles were a staple!
I'm laughing with you at Dan missing the exit for Disney World. He was probably preoccupied with wondering how he could delete the shorts picture you took of him before you put it up here!
I warned him to smile and he was giving me all these stupid faces - there are worse ones...believe me!

Wow...Shann is the BEST! Amen!

OKAY......I never realized there were so many portapotty choices! Flushing? Where does it go? ugghhhh I feel queasy right now
Tracy

The website is like the history channel on the discovery of poop and where to put it.

In all reality - I am glad they have them with antibacterial pumps now and I know they are donating hundreds of them to the Haitian relief effort so they are awesome!

it was just astounding to see them, and go around a clover leaf entrance and still see them and then be 1 mile down the freeway and still be side by side with their property...I can't imagine the flinging of porta potties if a tornado blazed through there. They are all out in the open so I would imagine easy to ruin if the wind was right.

Next summer I hope I don't see this:

Anderson Soccer player mamed by flying Porta crapper from 30 miles away.

News at 11.



I crack myself up!

 

[DisneyJo]

wow is all I have to say I still can't get over you drive that far but then I'm a wimpy Brit

Glad you all finally arrived safe and sound and it sounds as though you're very pleased with Treyners collage

 

[whogirl'smom]

I have laughed my way all the way through to page 21! Oh, the smilies!!!

 

[bluechic03]

Just found your TR and caught up! cant wait to read about your antics in WDW

 

[Dizneydawn]

wow is all I have to say I still can't get over you drive that far but then I'm a wimpy Brit
We just found out we can rent a conversion van for our spring break trip...I see another Road Trip adventure in our horizon but with luxury accomodations!
Glad you all finally arrived safe and sound and it sounds as though you're very pleased with Treyners collage

He is loving it!

I have laughed my way all the way through to page 21! Oh, the smilies!!!

Hurry and you won't miss out on anything!

Just found your TR and caught up! cant wait to read about your antics in WDW

hi! Welcome! I see you have a baby in your future! I want a baby...then I look at how old my kids are and know I just have to hold out for grandkids! But there are times I still think...maybe...

Do you know what you are having? Any names picked out? If you read the banter between chapters you will know I am the name Czar so let me know if ya need help!

 

[Stacybaeasm]

Stupid Batman. Just like a man, never around when you need him. But Wolverine may have been the better superhero to have that day - you know just put his claws into the semis and haul them up the hill. Ok, why do I know so much about superheros????? I swear I haven't read a comic book (excuse me graphic novel) in like 10 years. On the flip side, Hugh Jackman can come haul me up a hill any old time he wants.

If I had run into that weather, I think I would have cried. But I love the fact it just ended. It reminds me of when I lived in Florida. It would be pouring rain at my house and I would get about 2 blocks away - no rain, no wetness, all sunshine, nothing to indicate WHY I was soaked to the skin from running to my car.

I'm glad to hear that Treynor is liking his school and that you like the coach. If you hadn't, we would have had to form a Dis group to start hunting down the coaches you don't like and that could land us in a world of trouble. Keep the updates coming. I need them when I take a break from answering the same questions from actors 50000 times in 1 day.

 

[Baloo]

Getting caught and enjoying it!!!

I have been on those back roads off of I-40...it is a beautiful drive... and oh my goodness you are so brave taking them in the winter!!!So glad y'all made it in time!!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

On the flip side, Hugh Jackman can come haul me up a hill any old time he wants.
Is that what the youngins call it these days?

Getting caught and enjoying it!!!
Is that a Freudian slip? What are we getting caught at my dear? Hmmmmmm.....

Off to make some spaghetti and meatballs - homemade meatballs...and a nice salad!