The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 24

[my3princes]

Stephanie - I SO hope that things work out so you can stop feeling worried and stressed!!
Thank you for your advice, and for keeping me in your thoughts! Somehow this will work out. I wish the best for your friend! How wonderful for the "right" thing to happen and him to be able to recognize it! That is what I want. I want to recognize the right thing, because I don't want to regret the choice I make.

Glynis - Congrats on your shirts! I already admired you, but the shirt project really puts you over the top!

Lindsay - I hope Jonathan feels better soon! I am sure I will love my new charges eventually. I loved Brother & Sister after about 3 months, and I have loved them more each day since then. The thought of leaving Brother gives me literal chest pains. I think that is why it is so important for me not to leave before September unless it is for the best job EVER.

Chanon - I must figure out how to post a picture of Aurora. She is furry, but she is also FAT. DH loves orange kitties. He would like to have one.

Elizabeth. Those children are a part of your life right now, but I'm sure that you will quickly attach to your new charge or charges just as easily and you will love them and watch them grow just as you have brother and sister. It is the nature of the job to grow attached and if you didn't you wouldn't be such a great nanny. We all take care of the ones we love just a bit better than ones we merely like whether we want to admit it or not.

Good morning, DDA. Today is so sad around here. We are all trying to get in touch with friends and people we know to make certain all their children are OK. It is a very hard contact to make. How do you ask someone if their child is alive? I am dreading the announcement from Tech with the list of names.

I will check in later with you all. Have wonderful mornings and hug those beautiful children of yours very hard. If they ask you why.... tell them I wanted you to.

Elin, I can't imagine what you, your friends and families are going through. Perhaps Theresa has some advice since she was close to the Columbine shooting and probably knew some that were involved (that's just a guess based on her location). The prayers of the country and of the world are with those in virginia

I've been trying to find a fall wedding cake with colored leaves - but I just don't seem to like them as much...here's one (sorry it's another cake Elizabeth, but you don't have to click if you don't want too!) but I like the white one still, then the chocolate one more than this - and I have no idea why! http://www.dianescakesandmore.com/fall_leaves_cakes.htm

I think that the white cake has a more classic elegance that one associates with a wedding. The ones with the colored leaves lose some of that "wedding" nature and the cakes could be associated with an upscale harvest celebration or the like. I know exactly what you mean, it is just hard to put into words.

 

[Pooh67_68]

nope!! nothing!! nada!! zip!! zilch!!! and I have a nasty headache and the start of an asthma attack...I am hoping to stave that off.

 

[Tammi67]

Morning everyone!

Tammi-LOVE your countdown!!

Me too!!!!

 

[Tammi67]

I've been trying to find a fall wedding cake with colored leaves - but I just don't seem to like them as much...here's one (sorry it's another cake Elizabeth, but you don't have to click if you don't want too!) but I like the white one still, then the chocolate one more than this - and I have no idea why! http://www.dianescakesandmore.com/fall_leaves_cakes.htm

I like the one from last night the best so far, too.

 

[Tammi67]

Good morning!

Elin

Lindsay, yay for a tax refund! Hope Jonathon is feeling better

Roybn your pictures were great, thanks for sharing!

Stephanie & Tammi how many more days

10 days and we leave for the airport hotel to spend the night. 11 days until we leave for WDW!!!!

 

[Tammi67]

Chanon I like the white cake.

Ellen on 116,000

Tammi I did the pick a pearl in Downtown Disney. They will try and sell you the most expensive setting, just tell them what you want. I waned a ring but for a cheaper setting she suggested a necklace instead and it didn't come with a chain that is extra.
So for $50.00 I got the pearl she drilled a hole in it and set it in the charm. When I got home I used a chain I had.

I was reading up on this last night (I think I found the thread Chanon mentioned) and they had some cute ideas. Someone posted a cute butterfly pendant. Most people just got the settings and then bought the chains at home. Thanks for the info. I think we will be doing this.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Hey Theresa, you just never know, a baby may just be what you need.

 

[Tammi67]

Elizabeth. Those children are a part of your life right now, but I'm sure that you will quickly attach to your new charge or charges just as easily and you will love them and watch them grow just as you have brother and sister. It is the nature of the job to grow attached and if you didn't you wouldn't be such a great nanny. We all take care of the ones we love just a bit better than ones we merely like whether we want to admit it or not.

Very well said, Deb.

 

[tmfranlk]

NO!! You should not be saying congrats to Cassidy.....but I gotta say I admire my kid...he's a senior...she goes after what she wants.

She goes straight to the top, huh? Well congrats to her even if it is more stress for Mom. The big question....is she going?

 

[Pooh67_68]

Good Morning.

 

[Pooh67_68]

I am listening to MouseWorld Radio on live365.com, sure is making me homesick.

Stephanie and Tammi have a wonderful time. Stephanie please try and bring back some warm weather.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Must go fold some and put another load in the dryer and washer. Talk with ya all later.

 

[Tammi67]

I will be calling the bakery today to order a cake for CRT on Alyssa's bday. Any suggestions?

 

[mommykds]

Good morning, DDA. Today is so sad around here. We are all trying to get in touch with friends and people we know to make certain all their children are OK. It is a very hard contact to make. How do you ask someone if their child is alive? I am dreading the announcement from Tech with the list of names.

I will check in later with you all. Have wonderful mornings and hug those beautiful children of yours very hard. If they ask you why.... tell them I wanted you to.

I have no words for this..its just too horrible.

 

[mommykds]

Chanon,

I love the white cake with the leaf design..very elegant & wonderful for a fall wedding.

Robyn,
Beautiful pictures of the girls.

Last religion class for the boys tonight..whew..gottta go do some more preparing & errands..check back later.

Have a good day.

 

[babytrees]

Good morning, DDA. Today is so sad around here. We are all trying to get in touch with friends and people we know to make certain all their children are OK. It is a very hard contact to make. How do you ask someone if their child is alive? I am dreading the announcement from Tech with the list of names.

I will check in later with you all. Have wonderful mornings and hug those beautiful children of yours very hard. If they ask you why.... tell them I wanted you to.

 

[babytrees]

Elizabeth. Those children are a part of your life right now, but I'm sure that you will quickly attach to your new charge or charges just as easily and you will love them and watch them grow just as you have brother and sister. It is the nature of the job to grow attached and if you didn't you wouldn't be such a great nanny. We all take care of the ones we love just a bit better than ones we merely like whether we want to admit it or not.



Elin, I can't imagine what you, your friends and families are going through. Perhaps Theresa has some advice since she was close to the Columbine shooting and probably knew some that were involved (that's just a guess based on her location). The prayers of the country and of the world are with those in virginia


I think that the white cake has a more classic elegance that one associates with a wedding. The ones with the colored leaves lose some of that "wedding" nature and the cakes could be associated with an upscale harvest celebration or the like. I know exactly what you mean, it is just hard to put into words.

I was in MT at the time but I did have ties still here in CO at the time. Elin just PM me if you need anything. It seems that between Columbine and the shooting last year I have experience in something I never, ever wanted to have it in.

 

[babytrees]

She goes straight to the top, huh? Well congrats to her even if it is more stress for Mom. The big question....is she going?

after much discussion.....................................and Ama saying no(as Cassidy said...but Ama isn't here she's in Maryland) ....................yes she's going as long as he is able to take her out before prom and I talk to his parents and we find a dress.

 

[Glynis]

Good morning, DDA. Today is so sad around here. We are all trying to get in touch with friends and people we know to make certain all their children are OK. It is a very hard contact to make. How do you ask someone if their child is alive? I am dreading the announcement from Tech with the list of names.

I will check in later with you all. Have wonderful mornings and hug those beautiful children of yours very hard. If they ask you why.... tell them I wanted you to.

Done, Elin! And my kids are sending you hugs back!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Good morning, DDA!

Elizabeth -- I've worked with WDW via phone/mail in exchanging a shirt I got my Dad when I was there in December. When I first called, they told me they were out of the shirt -- the computer showed no stock. I asked them if I called a specific shop and found it if they would get it. They said that normally they wouldn't, but to let them know. I called the GF, where I bought the shirt, and they had another one in the correct size. I did end up getting the correct size, so I hope you do as well.

More for your job search. You are smart to be proactive and start the process.

Hi, Marci! I am glad you got the shirt you needed! Part of my worry stems from not having a sales receipt since the shirt was a gift. I spoke to 2 different CMs and listened to the recording about exchanges, but I am still worried. I just sent the shirt back to them with a letter requesting a bigger one. Hopefully they will send back a shirt, or call me if they don't have it. They did say I can call and verify that they received the package, but they wouldn't have had time to get it and log it in yet. I'll call in a couple of days.

I like the one from last night the best so far, too.

Chanon, I still like the white one from yesterday, too. Like I would actually skip the link to the cakes! Right!

Deb - The problem is that when I left my other 2 nanny jobs I was READY to leave. I was irritated enough that it wasn't that hard to go on to the next one. This time I don't want to leave, and they don't want me to go, it is just the way the schedule has worked out. So hopefully I will find a beautiful, roly-poly baby to take the sting out of the transition.

I ordered that T-shirt for DS from that Blue Turtle Kids website on Friday morning. I keep checking "order status" on their website, and it just shows that I was charged for the item. Yeah, I know that! How about SHIPPING my purchase that I have so graciously been charged for? I will give them another couple of days, then they are getting an e-mail.

Brother set the microwave on fire last night, so I think we are going OUT for lunch. Apparently he slipped into the kitchen undetected and decided to make popcorn. When I walked in this morning the whole house reeked of smoke, and he announced that he set the microwave on fire! How he got the popcorn from the high cabinet and managed to put it in the microwave (which is also up high) is a scenario I prefer not to envision. At least nobody got hurt! (And the smoke detectors work pretty well, apparently!)