The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 8

[Glynis]

Glynis have a wonderful Disney trip! You truly deserve it!!!!

Aw, thanks! Thanks everyone for the good wishes! I'm so looking forward to this. The kids are all packed to go to my sister's tonight, and I'm all packed (except for my "in the car" bag). Now, I'm working on getting the kitchen tidied up (the other couple we're going with are going to have breakfast here in the morning before we leave), then a few errands. We're going to try to work in a trip to the pool this afternoon, but I don't know if it will pan out. Alan is trying to finish up a freelance job before we go, and my glasses decided to break last night. So, I'm hurrying to the eye doctor for a new prescription (after 6 years it's time for a new exam) and then to the store for some new glasses. Yikes, so much to do, so little time left!

I've got my list of things to get, so hopefully I won't forget anything. If you've asked me to get you something, PM me a reminder so I can check my list again.

I'll check back in before we leave tomorrow morning, so I'll talk with you all later!

 

[bear74]

Finally, some pictures!

This is my new niece Taylor! She is nine months old. I was so happy to meet her, but Alyssa didn't like me holding her too much. It should be interesting to see her reaction when Matthew gets here!

Here is my brother being silly with his beautiful daughter!

This is Cousin Becca...she's a year and a half older than Alyssa, but she towers over her!

cute nieces

 

[Glynis]

Vicki, hope you get answers for Chuck soon. I'm sorry you had to cancel and he's hurting so much.

Tia, glad today is looking sunny for you, even if the radar is green!

Tammi, have fun doing girly stuff. That's so much fun.

Morning to everyone else. Off to BK's recital in a while. It's a 2.5 hour show, so we won't be back until tonight.

Denise - I won't be around for Rees' surgery, but I want you to know that I'll be praying for him (and all of you) and sending good thoughts your way!

I hope BK has a wonderful recital! Tell her how proud we are of her! I can't wait to see pictures of her in costume!

 

[bear74]

To avoid destroying grandparents' homes, we spent a lot of time at different parks this past weekend. As a result, Alyssa got to swing on all types of swings!

Here's my dad pushing her in a "baby" swing:

She also likes "big girl" swings now (that outfit should look familiar Kate! ):

And she loved this cool hollowed-out-tire-like swing:

The slides were very hot, but as you see, I took the brunt of the heat on this trip down:

looks likeAlyssa was having fun

 

[Glynis]

Hi everyone - I think summer may finally have arrived here as it's toasty warm and sunny out Looks like we might finally get to go out into the garden that DH slaved so hard over the other week - we've got to go pick up some garden furniture tomorrow and we're all set

I've just got back from town - I was trying to find some cropped trousers for work and have a ton of vouchers that I've been saving up for the department store in town... what do you know - I couldn't find anything I liked! I did manage to pick some up from another store but I had to "pay" for those! Just typical :

I'm thinking about heading out into the garden with my book... it gets the pm sun though so it's a tad bit warm at the minute... but hey I shouldn't be complaining should I?? It's June and we only just got past the rain and the cold

Sounds like you have a nice day planned. There's nothing better than curling up in a pool of sunlight with a good book! Wish I had time for that today, but I don't. Do it for me, will you? Hope it's good!

 

[Glynis]

we will be leaving any minute hopefully--planning to get there tonight..the ride starts at 730am! hopefully its a little nicer than it is now!

Have a wonderful time! I hope that the bike ride goes well! I can't wait to hear all about it when I get back!

 

[bear74]

Hey, there are new smilies!

opcorn:

cool new smilies

 

[bear74]

For all the "bump" requests, here's my big belly and HUGE butt!!!

Amy

I see an adorable pregancey belly.

 

[bear74]

Who me???????????????????

36,000 yes you Denice congrats on a milestone as disneydda

 

[bear74]

Hello my DDA friends. I have not been on in a few weeks. I have still not got my house straightened out. How can anyone have so much stuff? I am organizing a neighborhood yard sale and it will be June 26 so I will be getting rid of some of this stuff/junk. Whenever I get my office put together I will post pics.

I got my Castle picture back and it is awsome. My husband who is not crazy about disney even said it looked classy.

good luck with the yard sale glad to see you

 

[bear74]

I had my knee surgery today and it was a breeze. We have a new surgery center and they had me in and out in less than 21/2 hours. At the hospital two years ago when I had this same surgery it took almost 5 hours to get in and out.

They also used some differnt kind of anesthesia and i felt great and very alert when I awoke from surgery. I was very impress.

I will be on crutches until Sunday afternoon adn then will be able to walk normal.

I had a torn meniscus and that part was removed. Everthing went great. I am on pain med as I am typing this so if I sound strange please excuse me. LOL

Delinda

for a speedy recovery

 

[mommy2emmersNmo]

Vicki, hope you get answers for Chuck soon. I'm sorry you had to cancel and he's hurting so much.

Tia, glad today is looking sunny for you, even if the radar is green!

Tammi, have fun doing girly stuff. That's so much fun.

Morning to everyone else. Off to BK's recital in a while. It's a 2.5 hour show, so we won't be back until tonight.

Have fun at the recital, and I most definetly want to see pictures.

 

[mommy2emmersNmo]

Originally Posted by Pocohantasfan
OMG, those designs are awesome!!! I love the Happy Halloween and Haley one (my DD's name). But what's going on? Was someone not being so nice? I didn't even know this thread existed, but how great!!

Welcome

I missed this, but

 

[mommy2emmersNmo]

Hi everyone - I think summer may finally have arrived here as it's toasty warm and sunny out Looks like we might finally get to go out into the garden that DH slaved so hard over the other week - we've got to go pick up some garden furniture tomorrow and we're all set

I've just got back from town - I was trying to find some cropped trousers for work and have a ton of vouchers that I've been saving up for the department store in town... what do you know - I couldn't find anything I liked! I did manage to pick some up from another store but I had to "pay" for those! Just typical :

I'm thinking about heading out into the garden with my book... it gets the pm sun though so it's a tad bit warm at the minute... but hey I shouldn't be complaining should I?? It's June and we only just got past the rain and the cold

Clare, I have the same luck when it comes to shopping. Glad to hear summer arrived. Enjoy your outside reading time.

 

[bear74]

I am OK...Jonathan graduates on Sunday (the same day that Kirsten turns 7) so I am running around like crazy...I can't wait for next week to end. These end of the year activities are killing me!

Bill is good (thanks for asking) The moms are, let's just say fine (for the moment).

****s are back to normal..I think Bill misses it though!!

Congrats to jonathan on graduation

to kristin

 

[mommy2emmersNmo]

I will finish catching up later. We had Emma's soccer game, and they won 5-4. We don't keep score so it is an unofficial win but this was the first game we played like a team. We are now on our way to a birthday party.

Glynis, Have fun on your trip. I will check back in later. Happy Saturday everyone!

 

[julia & nicks mom]

Steve and I are going to a wedding - so I won't be back until tomorrow

GLYNIS - have a great trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Vicki - I hope Chuck gets some answers soon - sorry you had to cancel your plans!!


Have a great weekend everyone!!!

 

[bear74]

Just wanted to stop in and say HI! I will be back on to update everyone on what's been going on and where I've been. I know I will have A LOT to catch up on! Missed Everyone!!

welcome back Gina.

 

[Glynis]

Steve and I are going to a wedding - so I won't be back until tomorrow

GLYNIS - have a great trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Vicki - I hope Chuck gets some answers soon - sorry you had to cancel your plans!!


Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Have fun at the wedding! I'll check in with you on Thursday! I'll miss you all!

 

[bear74]

Hey everyone! Thanks to my FANTASTIC husband, I had a few minutes to catch up!!

The NCLEX is done at least I'm pretty torn on it. I mean, I think I passed for one (fairly safe assumption) reason. It cut off at 75 questions. You can most certainly fail in 75 questions, but I'm told it gives you the beneft it of the doubt and lets you keep testing until you REALLY prove you're incompetent if tha'ts the case. Most people that stop at 75 pass. However..... the questions sucked. You know when you get something narrowed down to two choices and guess? Well that was like 70 of the 75 questions It didn't take an hour even though, so that was nice. I'll let you all know when I find out (in the next few days).

As far as the other thing going on, DDA prayers are reigning it in a bit anyway. Continued thoughts would be greatly appreciated, but I feel confident enough to at least tell you what's up, with one thing happening already this morning!




In mid-May ..... we bought a house!!! I didn't mention it here because of all the bumps we hit along the way with the mortgage. I was terrified something else was going to go wrong, so I didn't really want to focus on it much (anymore than I already was IRL). Even until today, we hadn't got a straight answer on our closing information. Pretty much, people are stupid. When we set a closing target date (June 9th), it was suggested by the people involved, knowing darn well about our trip. Now all of a sudden they are freaking out that we won't be accessible up until the day before.... so I'm a little nervous.

We did finally hear this morning that we have an appointment set up for the 9th at 10:00am. My mortgage guy was working his butt off to have everthing finalized a week early (today) so that he would not have to contact us at all during the cruise (and make us spend even more money and time trying to communicate via email). We're still waiting on his call, but I know he's doing his best. And the financing was preapproved, so there shouldn't be any problems... but it will be nice to know it's 100% completed and awaiting our return.

So I'm supposed to have my entire house packed, plus the cruise stuff (and hope they don't get mixed up), plus take this test this morning, take my sister's homeschool team to their Olympic day (which thankfully got rained out and rescheduled ) so I was pretty much pulling my hair out yesterday.

But while I was gone, Kyle got up early and packed virtually EVERYTHING here for the house!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's great So I have a few errands to run, and need to double check the cruise stuff, but then I should be all set.

So if you want to continue praying, just pray that we have no surprises waiting for us when we come back. It's still a little scary knowing that we come back less than 12 hours when we're supposed to meet, and who knows what could happen before then!!!! We're pretty thrilled about the house though.

So that's that. I'll check in again either later tonight or tomorrow morning before we leave. Talk to you then!

wow Jen no wonder you have been so stressed. hat everything went or goes well.