My mom's friend, a woman in her late 50's told me a story similar to this recently. She had a daughter in college who came home for a school break and went to Indy with some friends. She called her mom saying she was stuck on the side of the road with a flat tire and needs help. Her mom told her she has a spare, change it. She replied that she didn't know how. Her mom told her to call AAA. She didn't have the card or know the number. Mom told her she was on her way... she gets to the car and finds her daughter, another girl and 2 guys. You'd have to know this lady to understand how she is, but I can definitely see her doing this... She gets out of her car and changes the tire on her daughters car, the whole time, absolutely ripping into the 2 guys for not knowing how to change a tire. She told them if they were going to sit around watching a middle aged woman change a tire, she was going to make sure they never had to watch someone else change a tire ever again. I'd have seriously been humiliated to be one of those guys, especially knowing how relentless she is...
I sure would have loved to have been there to watch though!
Hey guys... just popping in quickly to say hi. Nice to see the thread is moving right along with another 8 or 9 new pages.
We made it safely yesterday and are enjoying being here. Had a few glitches along the way with the travel part, but that's okay. We enjoyed the resort last night, and had a great time playing games.
Today it rained, quite a bit of lightening and thunder, with downpours throughout the morning and into the early afternoon, which definitely plays well with hanging out at the resort. We enjoyed a movie, played a bunch of Wii, played cards, and DD and I played hide and seek (this room is ginormous... if you have stayed in a 2 BD at OKW before then you'll know what I mean); made three awesome meals in the room - even ate one of them out on the balcony after the rains had stopped... and when it stopped and cleared up around 2ish, we went over and played some mini-golf at Winter Summerland. Never done that one before, only Fantasia Gardens previously. It was neat. Just like Blizzard Beach, it has some great contradictions in theming. Loved it. During the rain we ventured over to the Community Hall for Pin Trading; while there we were treated to button making. I took some pics and will post them later. Normally that is an activity-for-a-fee, but today is was gratis due to the rain. We each made one, my daughter made 3. Mine was Goofy. I should have added my number for something to it, but only thought about that now as I was typing. One son ventured over to DTD to find a present for his sister, the other ventured over to the resort shop, and in the evening DD and I ventured over to the main pool.
Tomorrow is DD's birthday, and we go for the first of our 2 table service meals. We'll breakfast at Whispering Canyon Cafe, followed by a trek over to Typhoon Lagoon, then pool hopping after that. (and yeah, I know - it's a park, just not a "theme" park. But it was the kids' request, so we're honoring it - and it IS DD's birthday, so a little honoring is called for I guess...)
We still aren't sure what Thursday or Friday will bring. We're living on the edge here... but having a marvelous time. The rest of the week has no more rain in the forecast, so hopefully that plays out to be true.
I'll post some pics and such when I get home again.
Have a great week guys... I am.
My mom's friend, a woman in her late 50's told me a story similar to this recently. She had a daughter in college who came home for a school break and went to Indy with some friends. She called her mom saying she was stuck on the side of the road with a flat tire and needs help. Her mom told her she has a spare, change it. She replied that she didn't know how. Her mom told her to call AAA. She didn't have the card or know the number. Mom told her she was on her way... she gets to the car and finds her daughter, another girl and 2 guys. You'd have to know this lady to understand how she is, but I can definitely see her doing this... She gets out of her car and changes the tire on her daughters car, the whole time, absolutely ripping into the 2 guys for not knowing how to change a tire. She told them if they were going to sit around watching a middle aged woman change a tire, she was going to make sure they never had to watch someone else change a tire ever again. I'd have seriously been humiliated to be one of those guys, especially knowing how relentless she is...
I sure would have loved to have been there to watch though!
Myrtle Beach Vacationers...
Radd Dew's BBQ in Conway...
sounds like heaven! Unfortunately I have to be "super dad" and get the fast passes for space mountain while they run to big thunder! I just finished reading "The Hidden Magic of Disney" it's pretty good. They stress slowing down and absorbing the little nuances that make Disney what it is! All the small things that your mind notices but you don't necessarily acknowledge.thanks for sharing!
There are Doofenshmirtz shirts in the Dis Dads Commissary Amazon-affiliate store. And no madhouse to fight to get to them. Just a thought - http://astore.amazon.com/disdads-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=6
