The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 25

[tinknme]

Thanks Terry, I know this group. Guess the initials threw me off lol

Creedence Clearwater Revival

really great group. love their music

http://www.classicbands.com/ccr.html

 

[tinknme]

Hi Chanon, welcome back! Love the pictures of the flowers. look forward to hearing about your trip.

Evening everyone!!! Here's a quick teaser - flowers from the Desert!

 

[Tammi67]

Tammi - how was lunch with Nicholas? Thanks once again for checking my passes for me and buying the GOH badge for my nephew.

It was good, aside from the fact that my 5 yr old isn't even IN school yet and she had 1st graders giggling and flirting with her. One of Nicholas' friends said she was hot! After Nicholas got home I clarified what "hot" meant to a first grader and he said it meant she was pretty. Oh I am so not ready for this............

You are very welcome. I hope the badge is okay. I don't like the fact that it is dated, but they have discontinued all badges except that one and the princess one. I guess it's a ploy to get people to buy new ones for each year?

 

[Tammi67]

Evening everyone!!! Here's a quick teaser - flowers from the Desert!

Beautiful, Chanon!

 

[Tammi67]

Good morning, DDA!

Elizabeth - congrats on finally making a decision! I hope your day dealing with Momboss isn't too horrific.

 

[tinknme]

Yes I see alot of boys chasing her in the future

Them boys wasted no time!

It was good, aside from the fact that my 5 yr old isn't even IN school yet and she had 1st graders giggling and flirting with her. One of Nicholas' friends said she was hot! After Nicholas got home I clarified what "hot" meant to a first grader and he said it meant she was pretty. Oh I am so not ready for this............

 

[PNO4TE]

I don't think that it hurts that I mention my "crush" every time I see a POC commercial. I also have an insane crush on Hugh Jackman. My guess is that if POC3 wasn't coming out right at our anniversary, he would have rented Kate and Leopold to watch with me!

Thanks! It's always amazing to me that it's been 17 years! I still picture us the way we were 17 years ago, so it's kind of a shocking number to me!

I like Hugh Jackman too, so we agree on that one. I totally understand your disbelief on the length of your marriage. In July it will be 34 years of marriage for Bob and me, and since we started dating in high school we have been a couple for 39 years. I remember cooking steaks and lobsters for my parents' 25th anniversary and thinking we would never make it that long...

 

[tinknme]

Good morning

 

[PNO4TE]

Evening everyone!!! Here's a quick teaser - flowers from the Desert!

absolutely stunning, Chanon.

 

[PNO4TE]

It was good, aside from the fact that my 5 yr old isn't even IN school yet and she had 1st graders giggling and flirting with her. One of Nicholas' friends said she was hot! After Nicholas got home I clarified what "hot" meant to a first grader and he said it meant she was pretty. Oh I am so not ready for this............

You are very welcome. I hope the badge is okay. I don't like the fact that it is dated, but they have discontinued all badges except that one and the princess one. I guess it's a ploy to get people to buy new ones for each year?

Well, she IS hot!

And the badge is perfect with the date on it. In fact, when I showed it to Kristin I said I loved the fact that he would always remember what year he first went to WDW. That prompted Kristin to go get her GOH badge out of her dresser drawer. We can't remember which trip we bought it! Remember the days when they put your hometown on them?

 

[PNO4TE]

Hi, Janet!

Good morning, DDA!

 

[tinknme]

Hi Elin!

Hi, Janet!

Good morning, DDA!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Good morning, DDA!

Hi Chanon, welcome back! Love the pictures of the flowers. look forward to hearing about your trip.

Welcome home, Chanon! I hope the trip was terrific!

Tammi - 2 of the little girls in kindergarten used to fight over DS. He liked a little girl named Annie the best. But I don't recall ever hearing him say any girl is "hot", ever! You definitley have gorgeous children. You should probably get a nice stick so you can ward off potential suitors.

I need to get inthe shower. I want to be nice and clean in case I get fired today!

 

[tmfranlk]

I just heard of something that one of our movie theaters is starting this summer: Movies for Mom's. One morning a week (this will be year round), in one of the 17 theaters in the complex, a movie will be shown where mom's can bring their babies. It will be a discounted "second run" showing of a "chick flick", and they are saying that strollers, playpens, nursing mothers, etc., will all be welcome. Each mother will be given a head set to wear so they can hear the movie, and kids will be allowed to play, etc. If I had little kids, I might be tempted to do this. I think it's a great idea!

Some of our theaters in Boston did this and I always wanted to go. They served OJ and bagels and even had someone from Gymboree come in and lead an activity for the kids before the movie. The headset idea is a great one! Those theaters just played the movie over the speakers, but adjusted the volume for little ears.

 

[tinknme]

Hope mom boss has cooled off!

I need to get inthe shower. I want to be nice and clean in case I get fired today!

 

[marcij]

Well, I was on the phone the entire day today. I talked with 3 of my friends who are long term nannies, I talked with the placement agent, I talked with DH. DH said there is just something about the job that pays all that money that he can't quite place. Somethign that makes him a little uneasy. The more I thought about it, the more I thought that as the time to start that job approached the more apprehensive I would feel. I really wanted the job with the little girl. I hemmed and hawed, and I finally called the agent and told her that I am just not comfortable and I don't think that job with all the money would be s good fit for me long term. Obviously she was not happy to hear that, but at least she wasn't ugly. Then I called the mom with the little girl and told her they win! They are the family I want to work for.

It is NOT less money, it is more, just not as MUCH more as the other family. But this little girl loves to go out and do things like Chuck E. Cheese which DS also loves and would have been off limits in that other job. So I was really happy. Until...

Momboss came home and I told her I chose a family and I will start either June 18 or 25. She freaked out on me and told me that I basically stabbed her in the back and that tomorrow will be my last day. She said we had a deal. Um, yes. The deal is that if I find a job before the end of August that I will TAKE IT and give them as much notice as I can. I think a MONTH notice is pretty generous, considering my written contract says two weeks. But this is an at-will employment state so if she wants me to be fired tomorrow then that's that. I told her it is a MONTH away and that I don't think she really wants for me to leave like this, but she was FURIOUS and said that I have to do what's best for my family and she has to do what's best for hers. So, leaving the kids alone after tomorrow is best? School is over! Or bringing in a stranger to temp for them is best for her family? Or treating me like dirt when I have NEVER concealed any of my interviews or intentions is best for her family? Hmm. OK.

Dadboss came in just as she told me to get out. So I very calmly and politely explained to Dadboss that I did choose a family and that I would let the new family know I couldn't start before June 25. He thought for a second, said that gives them more than a month to find a replacement and that will be fine. And he congratulated me. He was very nice and didn't yell at me or tell me I am fired. So we'll see what sort of greeting I get tomorrow. I told Momboss to call my friend who said she will help out, but I almost think she doesn't WANT a solution - she wants to be mad at me.

CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so glad you made your decision and are confident about it. Isn't that the job with more vacation? Hopefully their salaries will rise so yours can too each year!

Sorry about momboss. Although I assume she never apologizes, she's probably had time to realize she flew off the handle and will "make nice" for the rest of your contract. At least that's what I hope for you!

I would have begged, borrowed and bribed you to help me out for the two weeks before Andrew and Jake's camps start if dadboss hadn't stepped in to calm momboss down. It looks like my two will be coming in to the office with me some, and I'll be working from home some for the two weeks at the start and end of their school break. My SIL also said she'd help.

I'm feeling a bit better now, but had a nasty stomach thing earlier this evening I'm hoping that I am 100% in the morning.

Since I had no energy this evening I decided to sit in front of the computer and printed the rest of the autograph book pages that I have designed. I still have more to design, but at least the ones that were done are now on paper and ready for the trip. My weekends between now and our trip are really filling up so the more I get done now the less stress I'll have later.

I hope you are feeling better! Wow -- you still managed to accomplish quite a bit even though you weren't feeling well.

I'm off to Jake's awards ceremony soon. Andrew did manage to get his last soccer game in before the floodgates opened and the storm blew in. I'm so glad soccer is over for him for the season! They got second place and very nice trophies. Jake is supposed to have one more make-up game, but I hope they end up not playing it. He's in a participation league where they don't keep score, so hopefully they'll just blow it off -- they did get their trophies last Saturday.

Andrew's baseball game may have been rained out by last night's rain, or possibly the rain we are expecting today, so I might actually get some things done for our summer trip.

Have a great day, DDA!

 

[tmfranlk]

I am done with elementary school!!

The kids did a great job....sang some songs......teachers talked way too long.

Glad it went well! Did Abi want to go all out for it? Rachel already talked Mom into a new outfit. Luckily, they found a top and skirt (or maybe they are gouchos) that she can wear a lot more as they went looking for a dress. This morning she asked me if I could go out and look for some red fake nails to wear as well. There was also the call Kristi got last night as Rachel was insisting that they needed to crimp her hair last night before bed for the ceremony tonight. We managed to convince her to wait until this afternoon, but she and her friends are all going crazy over getting ready for tonight.

 

[tmfranlk]

I've been waiting for car rental rates to drop for July/August, but they are going up. right now I have a midsize SUV for just under $600 for 22 days. I figured I'd better have a plan just in case no last minute deals pop up. I will have to check the name your price sites once we get closer. that is the last piece that I need to put in place reservation wise.

I don't remember what you've mentioned about this before, but have you tried all of the various codes on Mousesavers? It takes some time, but I've managed to find some better rates by going down the list of companies and discounts there.

 

[my3princes]

Good morning. I still have this stinking cold. I think my lungs must be full as I gained 7 lbs over the weekend. It couldn't all be from eating poorly could it? While I'm feeling better I'm still weak. Thankfully I can just hang out today and take a nap with the little guys. I do need to grocery shop tonight as I won't have another chance this week, but hopefully I'll feel up to it if I rest all day.

The sun is shining and we haven't seen that in a while. Nick has a track meet for his grade today. I think it is part of PE as he isn't on a track team. Not much else going on here.

 

[my3princes]

I don't remember what you've mentioned about this before, but have you tried all of the various codes on Mousesavers? It takes some time, but I've managed to find some better rates by going down the list of companies and discounts there.

I've tried every combo possible, but rates are simply higher right now. I've still got 60 days or is it I only have 60 days?