The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 7

[bengalbelle]

I just ordered my MNSSHP tix for Oct. 19!

Yay!!

 

[Tammi67]

YIPPEE!! Again this year we will be at the same party

And the same resort this time!

 

[ReAnSt]

Congratulations, Elin!!!!!!!!!!

And I got Becky's screen name too, after she made a post a while back about her middle name. It clicked then, although I never bothered to make up a last name!

Kate -- if it makes you feel better before that, I thought of Re An Street

Jennifer,
I have had people tell me if I ever start an organization, business, etc it should got by the name ReAn Street.

 

[MidNite]

It's so nice to see you Midnite!

Why thank you!

 

[KMH1]

Heidi's birthday thread link:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=12544633#post12544633

Happy Birthday Heidi!!!
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[Tammi67]

Has anyone seen the commercial for Comcast with the 2 turtles on the bed??????????

 

[bengalbelle]

Heidi's birthday thread link:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=12544633#post12544633

Happy Birthday Heidi!!!
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Heidi!

 

[KMH1]

Good morning everyone! Thanks for missing me yesterday Vicki! In addition to work, Kevin had a three hour city meeting, so Alyssa and I had two playdates yesterday. The second one was at Chuck E. Cheese (just to play, not to eat) and I'm so mad at myself because I brought the camera with no memory card!!! Ugh this pregnancy brain!!!

Sending lots of and today to Kate and Nick, Rees, the Fig car, and all the Figs, and Jennifer's friend Alyssa too. And, anyone else I may have missed having a tough day ahead of them!

Paula, be nice to your thumb today too!

Dawn, I love the movie Love Actually too! Did you read the Lost spoiler thread yesterday about Sawyer and !!!!!! I can't wait to watch tonight!

It's supposed to hit 78 today in Cincinnati, but the only exciting thing planned right now is a trip to grocery store. 1/2 gallons of milk are 10 for $10 so we'll be stocking up on chocolate (for Kevin), skim (for me) and whole (for Alyssa). I don't think I'll be buying three different packages of Oreos though Jennifer!

Hey, did anyone else read or see that Tom Cruise has changed Katie's name to "Kate" now because Katie is a girl's name and she's a mother now? I read this in the paper yesterday and last night on Letterman he said "Kate" at least 10 times. I wonder if Katie Couric will discuss this issue with him anytime soon.

Hope everyone has a great day!
Amy

 

[Pooh67_68]

Hello Daddy,

Well today is my birthday and 20th anniversary, sure do miss you.


Love, Heidi

 

[Tammi67]

Happy Birthday, Heidi.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Kate -- if it makes you feel better before that, I thought of Re An Street

I did too.

 

[bengalbelle]

Good morning everyone! Thanks for missing me yesterday Vicki! In addition to work, Kevin had a three hour city meeting, so Alyssa and I had two playdates yesterday. The second one was at Chuck E. Cheese (just to play, not to eat) and I'm so mad at myself because I brought the camera with no memory card!!! Ugh this pregnancy brain!!!

Sending lots of and today to Kate and Nick, Rees, the Fig car, and all the Figs, and Jennifer's friend Alyssa too. And, anyone else I may have missed having a tough day ahead of them!

Paula, be nice to your thumb today too!

Dawn, I love the movie Love Actually too! Did you read the Lost spoiler thread yesterday about Sawyer and !!!!!! I can't wait to watch tonight!
It's supposed to hit 78 today in Cincinnati, but the only exciting thing planned right now is a trip to grocery store. 1/2 gallons of milk are 10 for $10 so we'll be stocking up on chocolate (for Kevin), skim (for me) and whole (for Alyssa). I don't think I'll be buying three different packages of Oreos though Jennifer!

Hey, did anyone else read or see that Tom Cruise has changed Katie's name to "Kate" now because Katie is a girl's name and she's a mother now? I read this in the paper yesterday and last night on Letterman he said "Kate" at least 10 times. I wonder if Katie Couric will discuss this issue with him anytime soon.

Hope everyone has a great day!
Amy

Yes I did and I can't wait either!!

I wish milk would go on sale here (it's price controlled or something like that). I pay $4.80+ for a gallon of milk.

I usually watch Letterman but if Tom was on last night thank goodness I fell asleep before it came on. I can't stand him anymore. YUCK!!!!!


Everyone send me good vibes that I make it through another crazy day. We will be rushing around from 12pm to 7-8pm. Yesterday I came home with elephant ankles I was so swollen. I've also done something to my foot so I'm hobbling around a bit.


and to all that need them!

 

[Pooh67_68]

Thank you for the birthday wishes.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Good thoughts and . Take care of yourself.

Everyone send me good vibes that I make it through another crazy day. We will be rushing around from 12pm to 7-8pm. Yesterday I came home with elephant ankles I was so swollen. I've also done something to my foot so I'm hobbling around a bit.

and to all that need them!

 

[babytrees]

Happy Birthday Heidi!!!

 

[babytrees]

Yes I did and I can't wait either!!

I wish milk would go on sale here (it's price controlled or something like that). I pay $4.80+ for a gallon of milk.

I usually watch Letterman but if Tom was on last night thank goodness I fell asleep before it came on. I can't stand him anymore. YUCK!!!!!


Everyone send me good vibes that I make it through another crazy day. We will be rushing around from 12pm to 7-8pm. Yesterday I came home with elephant ankles I was so swollen. I've also done something to my foot so I'm hobbling around a bit.


and to all that need them!

Hope the days slow down for you!!

As for the Tom Cruise thing...he's been trying to change Katie's name to Kate for almost the entire time they've been together. He's an odd duck and the people he fired that kept him from looking so odd should be paid miracle pay.

 

[Tinkaroo]

I found out late last week that I am changing jobs again, and with the new job I will be going to Colorado in a couple of weeks to train. Theresa, how far are you from Fort Collins?

Anyway as background to all of this, I feel a need to spill my story, feel free to ignore if needed. My work life over the last several months has been extremely stressful. DH and I both work for Kodak in Rochester, NY. Rochester is Kodak's headquarters. At it's peak, Kodak employed over 60,000 people in Rochester in the early 1980s. This year Kodak employment in Rochester is less than 14,000 and falling.

Last August, 2005 they announced that they would be closing down the traditional photographic paper manufacturing operations in Rochester, where both my DH and I work. Everyone was being laid off, but they would be keeping 2 machines running and transferring them to a new division. Anyone that wanted to continue employment with the new division had to apply for any jobs they were interested in. Fortunately for both of us, the 2 machines they were keeping were the 2 machines we worked for, and both of our jobs would be continued, but we had to apply for them, and if selected, interview for them.

We were both very fortunate, and secured our own positions. Over 80% of the people in our division weren't so lucky, and about 400 people in paper manufacturing were laid off at the end of October, 2005, including most of our friends. We went for about 2 months not knowing for sure if we would be employed, but ended up relieved to both have jobs, though sad for what this means to Kodak, and to US manufacturing in general. We have been through anywhere from 1 - 3 layoffs/year for the last 15 years or so, so it has been stressful for years, but this was even worse, with closing down our whole manufacturing area.

So a week later, after everyone who was laid off left the company, they called us all together and told us that the machine I had been supporting would now be shutting down at the end of March, 2006. They told us that they would let us know at the end of January if they had positions for us. So I had a total of 1 week feeling good about having a job before they put me into limbo again for another 3 months.

Because of the uncertainty, I had my resume up to date and out on Monster.com. I would occasionally get calls from recruiters, but was not actively pursuing any new jobs. Then in January I got a call from a recruiter regarding a job that sounded really good to me, and I decided to go on an interview, since Kodak wouldn't tell me if I definitely would have a job or not. Well, 3 days before I had the interview, Kodak informed me that they were going to keep me and move me into a new posiition. At that point I decided to go on the interview anyway, since I had already made the arrangements, including flying out to Madison Wisconsin later that week.

Well the good news is that the interview went great, and I got offered a really good job, with a huge increase in pay. So DH and I spent many hours discussing the pros and cons of moving to Madison, WI and me taking this job. All of our families were very supportive of us going, since they have seen all the stress we have gone through with Kodak. In the end, for a number of reasons, we decided to stay at Kodak in Rochester. Not so much because of Kodak, but because of family. So of course we have been waiting to see if we made the right choice.

There are no guarantee's, but last week another girl announced that she would be leaving to take a job with another company. They decided to offer me her job. It is a much more interesting and exciting job, and there is more job security with it, as long as Kodak doesn't decide to shut down completely of course. So for the short term anyway it seems like my decision to stay isn't so bad, and I'm glad that I was patient. I will be working longer hours through some big challenges in the next few months as we start up a new manufacturing machine, but it will be much more interesting than the last several months of downsizing and shutting down and laying off.

I just wanted to share that little piece of my life. Maybe I can look forward to a year of no threat of losing my job. We'll see.

for you. My FIL has been through a lot of uncertainty re: his job for years, so I can empathize on how emotionally and physically draining all this uncertainty can be on you and your family. I will be praying for your and your DH's job security.

 

[MinnieMouseMom]

I love Park Hopper Radio on Live365. Unfortuantely, I can't use it at work. Luckily, though, someone on TheMouseforless gave me some URLs (the number kind) for Subsonic that I can pull up through Media Player. Now I get my Disney parks fix all day when I'm stuck at work. It definitely makes the day a little happier and go a little more quickly. And for Paula and Glynis' sake...I love that this station seems to have a lot more DL stuff than Park Hopper Radio does.

Oooh, I just went and found Subsonic. Didn't know it existed, thanks!!!

 

[Tinkaroo]

Sorry, this happened to you Lindsay. At least she told you she was quitting, unlike my new employee that just stopped showing up and is uncontactable. What is it with people just up and quitting.

Sending lots of that you will find someone who works out well for you, so you can still go on your trip.

BTW: What do you do? I am sure I read it before but can't recall.

Thanks for the well-wishes, everyone. It was a bit of a shock when it happened, but it might end up being better in the long run. As one of my lawyer friends said to me when he heard what happened, but that our old asst. would be temporarily coming back - "well, that's like losing a $1, but finding a $10!"

Becky - I'm the legal recruiting manager of a law firm, and one of my main responsibilities is running the 14-week summer clerkship program for law students.

 

[Tinkaroo]

For those of you have seen Fantasmic at WDW and DL, is it the same or is it different? I am guessing it is different but have not seen the DL verision, so I am curious. Thank you in advance.

This may have already been answered, but I found them pretty similar - the only difference is that the Pocahontas scene in the WDW version is a scene from Peter Pan in the DL version (also using the real Columbia sailing ship). Overall, I liked the Peter Pan scene better, but then, I'm partial to that movie.

And, of course, it's also different in that the DL version is performed right in DL on the Rivers of America, while at MGM it has it's own ampitheater.

There is a dessert package that gets you private seating on the balcony of the Disney Gallery in DL so you can see things without obstruction, while also not having to jockey for a space around the waterfront in FrontierLand. While expensive, I'm glad we did it.