The DIS-Functional WonderPeeps are Triple-Dippin' Castaway Cay! 7/20 & 7/24, 2008

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Hey ya'll...I'm BA-A-A-C-K!!:goodvibes The weekend was nice enough I guess - VERY pricey...food not in my budget for this trip so we ate a box of those 'Little Debbie' Honey Buns in the room for breakfast yesterday then went "out" to lunch down the road at an Arby's ($6 for a bowl of oatmeal...$12 for a BLT...$14 for 2 egss....that is just SILLY! Just couldn't bring myself to do it!) We DID have a really nice dinner there last nite tho with the gang...of course they just wanted to divide the check equally so with us just being only 3 ppl it was another rip off for us - but that's just how that crap goes. We carried our cooler everywhere - I brought the Captain but then decided those little mini bottles of wine would be easier (no ice, no mixers). Cheri will love this - I took a 4 pack of Glen Ellen Pinot Grigio, a 4 pack of Fish Eye Pinot Grigio, 1 stray Beringer White Zin that I had laying around and a 4 pack of Fish Eye Shiraz plus a screw together plastic wine glass!:lmao: (Plastic wine glasses are hot tub friendly!:rotfl2: )

There was this couple there at the pool / hot tub that were SO-O funny...he had this Jesus look going on but except his hair was like a wig or something - and it was LONG - below his shoulders....and he had this gotee sort of thing going that kinda looked like it was a tatoo...then the wife - OMG! The wife had these huge collagen injected lips that looked like cartoon fish lips, bleached platinum hair and GRAPEFRUITS for u know whats! MAKEUP like Tammy Fay - IN the hot tub! It was a riot! Especially after about 3 little bottles of wine!:rotfl: We were all dying!

They had these huge outdoor fire places so we hung out outside last nite & made smores & drank & the guys burned up like 1/2 cord of wood...

Anyway, it was a very nice resort but I had other things on my mind (like Thanksgiving)... :headache: :mad: :scared1: We got home today & I realized that I forgot my PILLOW there!!!!!! I am so upset!! I called them and they had it in the lost & found...will send it DHL...but how will I sleep until I get it back?! Someone had also turned in a glove that DS lost so they will send that too. But OMG! I LOVE my pillow! It's one of those high density foam ones from the Select Comfort store....:headache: MAN!! I cannot believe I forgot my pillow!


Cheri - way to go on the homemade bread thing! I do not bake. DS thinks homemade cookies are all slice & bake! He has no idea that you can actually MAKE the batter yourself!:lmao:

CamColt - wild guess here...are you Italian? And I would not worry about the savanna room view at AKL - you will only be there for 3 n - and our first trip we also paid for a savanna view & saw like the same giraffe all week and that was it! The savanna's are all different - if you luck out and get the Arusha Savanna I think you have better luck - but not all savanna rooms are created equal!!! If the pool view is still available I'd just save the extra $ and grab that - they don't have very many of those so take it if it's there! I also wouldn't mess with switching rooms for just one nite!! You know you won't be in the room that much!

TRM - pics are CUTE - love the grapes! Pumpkins were adorable too!

Alright, gotta run - got "stuff" to do! Bought a 20 Lb turkey today...gotta clean house before I cook that bird!! Anyway, glad to be back!
 
Annie glad you had a good weekend! Welcome home. Now rest before Thursday!

Cheri - lets be domestic princesses together!princess:

Neil just left to go to airport to get my Dad. Baby is in bed. Ryan is brushing her teeth. Narnia to go into DVD player for the next 45 minutes and I get to clean up the kitchen and do a load of laundry.:woohoo: :laundy:

Tomorrow...Linden has 4 month checkup. Parents club meeting at school.:headache: And more laundry.:woohoo: :laundy:

Tuesday...fieldtrip with Ryan. Haircut. And, you guessed it, more laundry.

:lmao: We discuss laundry alot on this thread...
 
TRM - I discussed "going naked" with the the kids. You know, just until I get caught up with :laundy: (like Valentine's Day). Cassie was cool (:sad2: - doesn't bode well for her teenage years) and Timmy just rolled his eyes, "Mom, you are hill-AR-ee-ous. When's dinner?" Spoiled little offspring. Want clean clothes AND food! Next they are going to want cars and college edumacations - well, we hope for the college anyway.

Annie - you drink a wine called "Fish Eye" ? :crazy2: (Glad you had a good time though - but "Fish Eye" eeeew) I agree with you on AK. I would have much rather looked over the pool. From what I remember it was pretty nice.

OK, waiting to hear from Crouton's. I know they returned to Casa de Crouton with the G's last night. T and Johnny were IM'ing the minute she got in the door. She (and Bob and probably others) tormented T this weekend with pix from Disneyland. Now that's just mean. We'd never to that to anyone. :rolleyes1
 
Thankfully..my phone service was bad this weekend and I couldn't download any of the MANY pictures they kept sending me!

*whew!*
 

Thanks for the info on AKL, guys. I think Im going to wait it out a little longer and hope something comes up, but if not, I'll be ok with a standard view (I think...its still early so Ill change a few more times ;) ) .

And you are correct Annie...half Italian, half Irish. I seem to be the one in the family who cooks Italian though, so on the holidays thats usually my department (Easter I usually do Eggplant parm).

Glad you had a good time, Annie. Jesus and his wife had me in hysterics. :lmao:

If the gang is home, where are they? No time for sleeping! We want DL updates. :goodvibes
 
OK all of you domestic divas.... Who among you has an awesome, finger lickin', lip smackin' good recipe for cranberries that doesn't involve needing a food processor or similar apparatus?! I usually just follow the cooking instructions on the back of the Ocean Spray bag as I don't have a food processor...but I've had some really good I guess they're called cranberry relishes before....I've avoided making them tho since I can't "process them" like that...any other ideas out there?!:confused3
 
my grandmother's recipe is awesome!!

i will post it later when I get home and have the exact recipe..you just boil until they pop, add sugar, crushed pineapple and pecans..YUM!!!

it cools and is thick..like you processed it, but it is just boiled
 
Thanks Betsy - sounds like a plan! Last year after they cooled off a little I threw in a handful of miniature marshmallows & a small can of mandarin oranges. Just looking to make it colorful & sweet but EASY!!:goodvibes
 
ok...

Ma's Cranberry Conserve
1lb fresh cranberries
1 c water
1 c chopped pecans
2.5 c sugar
1 c crushed pineapple

Drain pineapple and reserve juice. Bring cranberries to boil in water until they all pop (10 min). Add sugar and pineapple juice and bring to boil again. Stir well and allow sugar to dissolve. Add pineapple and nuts and heat for a few minutes. Cool and store in fridge.

I usually cut this in half because it makes alot. about 2 qts..but then again..if you are like Rick..he likes it spread on his leftover turkey sandwiches!
 
Betsy - there seems to be a bug in your camera lens!:confused3

Annie here is our house in PA!! Note the window swags!! Can't see the window candles though. And also note one bad thing about winter in PA I do not miss SNOW. And all those trees, so lovely in the summer. Sticks in the winter.:sad1: Not pretty.

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gee...I had a thought last night!

I hope that wasn't one of my grandmother's "secret" recipes!!
 
Betsy - Grandma's recipe is safe with me!:goodvibes Thanks! I thought I posted last nite too but I don't see it....hummm?! Brain fart I guess.

I am taking tomorrow off to start "the dinner process" so I will run over to the store to pick up the pineapple & pecans in the AM. We have a center where we drop DS in the AM's to catch the bus - so I'll have to drop him over there early - then I'll just head straight to the store before they get busy. I am making redskin mashed pot. & I when I went to the store on Sun. I forgot that I also wanted to add some garlic, sour cream & fresh chives to those so I needed to go for those things too....so it works out. 2 1/2 c. sugar huh? THAT my friend is a LOT of sugar! Holy Cow!!! DS will be bouncing off the walls like a ping pong ball after he eats some!:)

TRM - nice digs ya'll had up thar in PA.;) Nice wooded lot! Looks like a lot of driveway to shovel / plow too! I hate the bare trees too. So gray all winter long. It is very hard to find lots that big around here...they're out there - but it will cost you dearly! I think the fire code here is something like 8' or 10' between houses & that's mostly how they build 'em if the builders can get by with ppl buying them on lots that are that small:sad2: They usually start adding "lot premiums" onto lots once they go over about 6,500 SF I think. Anyway, isn't it funny how the architecture differs from the east coast to the west coast to the south? It's so funny. I much prefer the "look" of homes elsewhere - but you just don't see them built like that here....

Who else has been keeping up with Heroes? :confused: Last nites episode was pretty good...but what's this with the season ending in 2 more episodes?! That's screwed up!! "Two more episodes to save the world" - it wasn't cancelled was it? It doesn't sound like it's 'cuz of the writers strike to me either. They're gonna piss me off like LOST did.....
 
Ok people...IT SNOWED TODAY!!!:eek: I am so not ready for this! Of course when I ran to the supermarket there was no brush in the car yet, so I had to sit with the rear defroster on for about 10 minutes. :headache: DH took the car with the rear windshield wiper. But it's stopped now, and just a little is left on the grass. I'm ready for Florida!


Or better yet....8 MONTHS!!!!
 
Ok people...IT SNOWED TODAY!!!:eek: I am so not ready for this! Of course when I ran to the supermarket there was no brush in the car yet, so I had to sit with the rear defroster on for about 10 minutes. :headache: DH took the car with the rear windshield wiper. But it's stopped now, and just a little is left on the grass.

Oh I HATE when that happens! (Mental note - find YOUR brush and put in the truck Annie!) Snow before T-giving is just WRONG!!

Have to finish cleaning this evening (MUST clean DS's bathroom before Mom & Dad come to stay!!:eek: :rotfl: ) I'm really OVER this whole house cleaning thing already!!:headache:
 
Oh I HATE when that happens!


CamColt - SNOW?!!:eek: That is wrong. Be careful!

Annie - do not hurt yourself cooking or cleaning! And I missed Heroes last night but will watch it at friends - she has tivo! But how can there only be 2 episodes left?:confused3 oh me oh my can't wait to see it now.
 
Annie - do not hurt yourself cooking or cleaning! And I missed Heroes last night but will watch it at friends - she has tivo! But how can there only be 2 episodes left?:confused3 oh me oh my can't wait to see it now.

There could be some kind of toxic waste in DS's bathroom!:scared1: It's a bit scary in there!:eek: I COULD possibly be overcome by some sort of fumes or something and have to be carted out of there!:rotfl2:

I don't know what is going on with Heroes - but the previews say only 2 episodes left!:mad: It was really good last nite....YOU MUST GET TIVO (well, as soon as you pay for the cruise next summer)!!:thumbsup2
 
Ok...

Y'all wanted Crouton/Gennaro pics?

Here ya go.

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Here's the Crouton family at Disney's California Adventure...

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And 'Da Gennaros!
 
And here we are today in the Sequoia National Forest.

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Cute, no?? :goodvibes

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