DIS Dads The DIS Dad's Club VI - Man's Room

[that's nice]

Tim, do you have alot of snow still on the ground, with the warmer days and rain we've had her it's finially almost gone Now it;s just snow plow aftermath

Some more melted today but we still have well over 1 ft on the ground with a lot of snow piles. My mailbox isn't covered anymore though!

 

[stopher1]

Stopher....hope things settle down in your life soon. I'll say something to the big guy upstairs on your account as I've been talking to him much lately as well.

My Uncle, at age 53, died of a Heart Attack today while shoveling snow out of his mother's driveway. And two weeks ago, my sister attempted to take her own life (and thankfully didn't succeed). She's been battling an addiction to pain medications for 6 years and was trying to take the easy way out.

Your prayers would be much appreciated as our family has been asking a lot of questions from Him lately as to why these things are happening.

Thanks in advance....

Scott

Wow Scott - praying for you and your family.

stopher & scott - prayers going out to your families

On the same note, my 90 yr old Grandmother broke her hip last week and had a hip replacement Monday, today she went to the rehab center At that age it's got to be really hard, she was always a on the go person, about 15 years ago she beat breast cancer, last year she beat colen cancer, I hope she is strong to beat this too

Christopher.. still praying for you and your family. You know we are here when you need someone to talk to or just listen.

Ron, Tim - and Steve earlier... thanks.

She was about to be taken in to surgery this evening, but then at the last moment they called it off. Something about her enzymes being too high. I'm not sure what that's all about. Maybe has to do with her heart - I don't know. I'm waiting for my cousin to call me with more information. He said perhaps tomorrow on his FB post. I don't know.

Just spent a could hour and a half totally immersed in frivolity - which totally helped. Shared "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" with our boys for the first time... it was great to laugh hard. And to hear them laughing hard too. My wife and I were refraining ourselves as much as we could from reciting dialog along with the DVD. Awesome stuff. I haven't laughed so hard in a while - my sides ache, and I was in tears several times, in a good way. Now I'm beat and need to hit the sheets - but I did want to say again how much I appreciate you guys.

 

[AJRitz]

Question about the podcast. I read in previous posts about a skype podcast, but I don't have a webcam. Do you need skype or can I join up just by using my microphone?? I really would like to take part, but DW was sick as a dog last night with a high fever and I just couldn't make it. Let me know, and if I need to get a webcam, or even download skype, then I'll see what I can do for a cheap cam this weekend and, if needed, will work on getting skype downloaded and running. Hope ya'll have a great weekend. It was one more tough day at school today (one of the toughest in recent memory), so you better believe that I'm gonna enjoy it.

Yes, you need Skype.
No, you don't need a webcam. We record audio only. So while Skype is capable of handling video calls, we only use it for audio. So far, we've discovered that a USB microphone works better than a microphone that plugs into the mic input on your computer. The mic input routes the microphone audio through the soundcard, which seems to introduce more extraneous noise.

Thanks everyone for the prayers. I haven't yet heard today if my grandmother had her surgery or not. I'm hopeful that if she did it went well... but until I hear from someone out west... I'm kind of just stuck waiting, and waiting, and waiting...

On my FIL front, DW bought an airplane ticket last night - but is fully prepared to change it if needed. She opted to push it out as long as possible, and went for a trip in mid-May... but it's on Southwest, so fully changable with no fee if she needs to go sooner. At this point she now wants to wait to see how chemo treatment #2 goes for him before she ventures out there. When she does - it'll be for 12 days, or longer if need be - so having it closer to the end of the school year is good by me. I would handle that again if needed, but I'd rather not have to if at all possible. That was crazy last time doing work, as well as teaching, and the cooking and the cleaning, and the driving hither, thither and yon... ...it's been a crazy few days/weeks/months.

While I'd like to concentrate and get my TR's finished - all of this has kind of put my DIS-desire on hold for a bit. I open it up, take two minutes to look around and just go "bleh" and sign off. I want to be on here and chat - but I don't. I'm drained and kind of in a funk too, not really wanting to do anything, and can't really focus on a lot either. I've tried to keep up on various TR's but have fallen too far behind and have just kind of given up. It's so strange right now, I've even ... ... gasp ... found myself thinking that I am not even sure I want to do down to Florida at the beginning of April and we might just cancel our trip. I even went so far as to suggest that week to my DW to head west for her trip. And the pressures at work have increased the past month or so too, which isn't helping either - a key VP left at the beginning of January, so all of her work has been parcelled out to the rest of us to step up and cover. So much is just topsy turvey right now - that I'm kind of just traipsing through each day, looking forward to going to bed each night more than the day before. I know, it sounds kind of strange, but that's where I am right now. So if you don't see me on here for a while, that's why.

Thanks for listening and caring though... I appreciate it.

We're always here for you to vent to. Seems like there are a lot of us feeling extra pressure at work these days, and the health issues in your family are just kicking it up another notch. Good mood or bad though, we're here for you.

Stopher....hope things settle down in your life soon. I'll say something to the big guy upstairs on your account as I've been talking to him much lately as well.

My Uncle, at age 53, died of a Heart Attack today while shoveling snow out of his mother's driveway. And two weeks ago, my sister attempted to take her own life (and thankfully didn't succeed). She's been battling an addiction to pain medications for 6 years and was trying to take the easy way out.

Your prayers would be much appreciated as our family has been asking a lot of questions from Him lately as to why these things are happening.

Thanks in advance....

Scott

Thoughts and prayers headed your way too Scott. That's one hell of a month.

 

[Disney Commando]

Some more melted today but we still have well over 1 ft on the ground with a lot of snow piles. My mailbox isn't covered anymore though!

The front end loader that did our area tried to do a good job at the time it was great, he took a foot of dirt of everyones lawn, all the corners have a massive pile of dirt, fences are crushed, landscape ties are ripped to shreddes, pavement from alot of diveways are ripped up, It looks almost like a war zone

 

[that's nice]

The front end loader that did our area tried to do a good job at the time it was great, he took a foot of dirt of everyones lawn, all the corners have a massive pile of dirt, fences are crushed, landscape ties are ripped to shreddes, pavement from alot of diveways are ripped up, It looks almost like a war zone

Wow.. that's crazy. They didn't break too much stuff here.. the piles were too big to get close to anything.

 

[Disney Commando]

Wow.. that's crazy. They didn't break too much stuff here.. the piles were too big to get close to anything.

That's what we thought here too, a front end loader can pile it high, it took 2 months to see the damage it caused, I can't blame the guy, he was trying to do a good job, he spent 18hrs doing a 4 sqaure block section

 

[theduck619]

We are going in May, Google says approx. 17 hrs. That seems longer than I thought. Does anyone have any tips on where to stay if you split the drive?



Member #188

 

[dvczerfs]

Thanks everyone for the prayers. I haven't yet heard today if my grandmother had her surgery or not. I'm hopeful that if she did it went well... but until I hear from someone out west... I'm kind of just stuck waiting, and waiting, and waiting...

On my FIL front, DW bought an airplane ticket last night - but is fully prepared to change it if needed. She opted to push it out as long as possible, and went for a trip in mid-May... but it's on Southwest, so fully changable with no fee if she needs to go sooner. At this point she now wants to wait to see how chemo treatment #2 goes for him before she ventures out there. When she does - it'll be for 12 days, or longer if need be - so having it closer to the end of the school year is good by me. I would handle that again if needed, but I'd rather not have to if at all possible. That was crazy last time doing work, as well as teaching, and the cooking and the cleaning, and the driving hither, thither and yon... ...it's been a crazy few days/weeks/months.

While I'd like to concentrate and get my TR's finished - all of this has kind of put my DIS-desire on hold for a bit. I open it up, take two minutes to look around and just go "bleh" and sign off. I want to be on here and chat - but I don't. I'm drained and kind of in a funk too, not really wanting to do anything, and can't really focus on a lot either. I've tried to keep up on various TR's but have fallen too far behind and have just kind of given up. It's so strange right now, I've even ... ... gasp ... found myself thinking that I am not even sure I want to do down to Florida at the beginning of April and we might just cancel our trip. I even went so far as to suggest that week to my DW to head west for her trip. And the pressures at work have increased the past month or so too, which isn't helping either - a key VP left at the beginning of January, so all of her work has been parcelled out to the rest of us to step up and cover. So much is just topsy turvey right now - that I'm kind of just traipsing through each day, looking forward to going to bed each night more than the day before. I know, it sounds kind of strange, but that's where I am right now. So if you don't see me on here for a while, that's why.

Thanks for listening and caring though... I appreciate it.

man you got alot on your plate. hang in there. were praying for you and your family. you know were to reach us if you need.

 

[dvczerfs]

We are going in May, Google says approx. 17 hrs. That seems longer than I thought. Does anyone have any tips on where to stay if you split the drive?



Member #188

i dont come down to florida from your direction but google never works for me, i guess they assume im going to drive the speed limit. i drive 1100 miles one way and it takes us 16 1/2 hours and were coming out of the northeast. google tells me 18 hours.

 

[dvczerfs]

wow, almost page 233!!! looks like were getting ready to wrap this one up!!! wow, i also noticed im coming up on my 3 year aniv. on the dis.

 

[theduck619]

i dont come down to florida from your direction but google never works for me, i guess they assume im going to drive the speed limit. i drive 1100 miles one way and it takes us 16 1/2 hours and were coming out of the northeast. google tells me 18 hours.

I kind of think I can do it in one day. Do you drive non-stop?

 

[MiJo]

:its a good thing they didnt have those books when i was little, my mom was a 4foot 9 inch italian lady who had 5 kids. the only thing that book would of done for her was give her something to throw at me.i think my dad had stock in a wooden spoon company!

Ha! The old wooden spoon! My Mom loved to whack us with hers. Once, when my bro and I were teenagers, she came after us with it for something. We grabbed it from her and chased her around the house laughing our butts off. That spoon made some great spaghetti sauce!

Stopher....hope things settle down in your life soon. I'll say something to the big guy upstairs on your account as I've been talking to him much lately as well.

My Uncle, at age 53, died of a Heart Attack today while shoveling snow out of his mother's driveway. And two weeks ago, my sister attempted to take her own life (and thankfully didn't succeed). She's been battling an addiction to pain medications for 6 years and was trying to take the easy way out.

Your prayers would be much appreciated as our family has been asking a lot of questions from Him lately as to why these things are happening.

Thanks in advance....

Scott

Done, Scott!

Actually, our family can use some prayers. Our grandson (1 1/2 yo) started vomiting on Thursday. Yesterday, he had a 104 fever with it so off to the hospital they went, as per the doc. They gave him some fever reducing meds and nausea meds and sent him home. After a few hour nap, he had another fever and within an hour or so it was up to 105.5! Back to the hospital. We went over and they gave him 3 bags of saline water within a few hours. Still no urine (a whole day of none), only diarrhea, and the fever started to climb again. They put him in the ped unit for an overnight visit. We haven't heard anything since 11:00 PM so we're hopeful he's doing better. We'll be heading over soon.

 

[theduck619]

Friends, I have a new request for you, if you would, please.

Just in tonight, news from California that my 93 yr old grandmother fell today and broke her left hip. It's a pretty severe break at the joint, and surgery is pending probably on Friday... though the doctors are very concerned as apparently she's been having heart troubles as well. (No one in the family knew this prior to her falling apparently).

Plus, my uncle, her son, has had a bad spike in his EKG score and is facing a bit of concern from his doctors as well. He had a stent put in back in Septebmer the last time his numbers were this high. My grandfather died of a massive heart attack at 63 back in '79 - and my uncle is 65, so naturally he, my dad, and my aunts are concerned. (Side note - my dad, who is older than my uncle - praises his birthday each year since he adds a year to "beating" his dad. We laugh each time he says it, but it is so very true).

So if you don't mind, and I know you don't, some heavenward conversations would be appreciated when you have some time to share. Thank you!

Stopher, We will keep you and your family in our prayers.

 

[theduck619]

Hello fellas !

I just joined the disboards, but have been reading them for awhile. I stumbled across your dad's group and had to try and join.

I am from Missouri, I have 5 kids. a 7 year old girl, 4year old boy girl twins and 1 year old identical twin girls. Yep back to back sets! We stay busy, and get lots of funny looks when we get out all the strollers at the mall.

Took them all to Disney for the first time 3 weeks ago, and are planning our return trip this november ( if I can talk the little woman into it).

Anyway thanks for letting me in (hopefully)

Welcome. As the father of twins I know it can be hectic. With two sets you should be promoted to Grand Poobah

 

[theduck619]

Where can I fond more info about the Dad's Club Podcasts?

Member #188

 

[AJRitz]

Where can I fond more info about the Dad's Club Podcasts?

Member #188

Go to our little online clubhouse at http://disdads.com/

We just recorded the first one last week. prattpak is working on the editing now. We hope to have it released at some point next week.

 

[afwdwfan]

Stopher....hope things settle down in your life soon. I'll say something to the big guy upstairs on your account as I've been talking to him much lately as well.

My Uncle, at age 53, died of a Heart Attack today while shoveling snow out of his mother's driveway. And two weeks ago, my sister attempted to take her own life (and thankfully didn't succeed). She's been battling an addiction to pain medications for 6 years and was trying to take the easy way out.

Your prayers would be much appreciated as our family has been asking a lot of questions from Him lately as to why these things are happening.

Thanks in advance....

Scott

stopher & scott - prayers going out to your families

On the same note, my 90 yr old Grandmother broke her hip last week and had a hip replacement Monday, today she went to the rehab center At that age it's got to be really hard, she was always a on the go person, about 15 years ago she beat breast cancer, last year she beat colen cancer, I hope she is strong to beat this too

Wow, some tough situations going on around here recently. Definitely saying a few extra prayers for all of you.

We are going in May, Google says approx. 17 hrs. That seems longer than I thought. Does anyone have any tips on where to stay if you split the drive?



Member #188

I live in Shelbyville and it typically takes anywhere from 14 to 16 hours from here. I've only done it in 14 hours once and if I'd have crossed a radar anywhere along the way, it would have been pretty expensive.

We have done it a few ways... for the 14 hour drive trip we left at 6 pm on a Friday and drove straight through just stopping for gas and to eat a couple of times. Otherwise we typically leave early morning and drive to about Lake City, FL. Atlanta is close to halfway, so that definitely doesn't split the drive in half, but it gives us a relatively short drive on day 2, so we can get to WDW mid to late morning and start having fun. The biggest variable aside from construction is always Atlanta... we always try to time it so that we miss rush hour.

 

[AirGoofy]

Driving home from basketball practice, my 9 year old says that the tail lights on a car looked like a vampire or a snake. I said they looked like a venomous duck (Bob & Tom Show Reference. She said, "it doesn't look like a venomous duck".

 

[DH-2-mamaduck]

Greetings all DisDads...it has been a while so I though I would check in and say hello.

Scott & Stopher, sorry to hear, my prayers are with you. Always dislike hearing the news - my uncle has cancer and not doing so well and my neighbor just shattered his femur, so I have been helping him taking care of his dog. He is back home now and has his dog back, but once a day, I bring him over to play with my dog.

On a happy note, on Novenber 24th, I added the 4th addition to the house, little Piper

Beginning of Feb. we did make it down to Flordia: Orlando for a day then off to Daytona Beach for my 8yo's Gymnastics Competition.

While we made it to Universal-IOA, our WDW plans have been postponed and trying to figure out when. June was too hot, October was nice...but would really like to do Christmas there.

Have a good day all!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

CRUD

Boy, I go to a snooze-inducing seminar for one day and miss a lot.

stopher, Scott, Mijo, Commando: I'm sorry to hear all the bad news. I'll pray for your family members. And Christopher, I know how you feel about being run-down and burnt out. Glad you were able to get some laughs the other night. I've been feeling overwhelmed with bad news lately (mostly job-related and economically), and it's amazing how much laughter and people with a sense of humor can help. Don't lose that Disney spirit...daydreaming about vacations helps, too!

Tim, Doc: Glad you got to meet up! And I'm thrilled to hear that Juliana's scan was clear.