The happyhaunts' Rooms Without a View! Chapter 'o soup ~ Pg.40!

[Turtle]

Too funny! The snake looks like it's just a Black Racer though. Harmless. Though I'm no expert.

 

[LISAMWDW]

 

[1000thhappyhaunt]

Too funny! The snake looks like it's just a Black Racer though. Harmless. Though I'm no expert.

I think maybe you are, Mon.

 

[1000thhappyhaunt]

You had me at uvula!!!

THIS.


This comment. Made me laff SO HARD. Not b/c it sounds dirty, either. I laffed hard. Is what I'm sayin'. And, at the same time, it made me feel like a total goober.


NOpeanut.


B/c I freakin' sweated out a whole freakin' chapter. Sweatily. Which took an hour of blood, sweat and tears. Along with a lil snack of cheese and crackers.


And...


"You had me at uvula!!"


DED.


I got you. THANKFULLY. With the Very Last Word!!!! In the whole chapter.



Whew.


I'm glad. Tho.


Cheers, Mel


P.S. Roll tide, honeybun.

 

[HaleyB]

What? No burps?!

*slurp*
*slap*
*slurp*
*slap*
*slurp*
*slap*
*cowbell*

 

[ZZUB]

First of all, Georgia, you can't get cheese steaks at PORiverside anymore. The health conscious food nazis are making sure of that. Heaven forbid people have a calorie on their vacation. Not when Big Brother can make certain we all avoid the most pressing evil to threaten our generation. Not Al Queda. Transfats.

Hoping that I'm not the subject of someone else's GROSS TL PIC!

Too late. I’ve seen a pretty disgusting TL picture of a woman wearing character ears of some kind. Which makes no sense at TL, but then again, neither does wearing a man thong.

"CALVIN! At my signal, unleash hell!!!! TABLE!!! 9 o'clock. Your time."

Daylight Savings or Standard Time?

Mel, you're pretty funny when you're sober. Too bad it's only 15 minutes a day.

 

[1000thhappyhaunt]

Mel, you're pretty funny when you're sober. Too bad it's only 15 minutes a day.

ZZUB, you're pretty funny when you're funny. Too bad it's only 15 minutes a day.

 

[ncseric]

It took a while to get caught up with this trip(e) report again. I've been having some pre-Disney Schadenfreude, but now we're under 90 days until we leave, so it's a little easier to get back into DIS-ing.

Hey ZZUB -- doesn't having a signature violation notice in your signature violate the signature rules too? I'd say that's worth at least 20 points against Mel. I put it in the same category as people with VCRs that are still blinking 12:00.

 

[AshClan]

Okay, so HERE's where the little bird was. The little bird that told Kitty about ZZUB's new trippie, I mean.

Mel, I am so DED. This chapter was frickin' NOF HEE-LARRY-US (NOHilary! - that was for you Z)

 

[1000thhappyhaunt]

For seconds before I started this chapter I wondered if I had another one of these in Me(l). Is there anything left to write about?

The cast is the same. Yet some of us are...errr... different.

The location is both the same. And yet, also, different.

The food was still freakin' bloody expensive.

And, yet, I knew what this chapter wouldn't be: A metaethical journey of self-awareness.

I don't have the time.

Or, frankly, the resources.

What it would be is more of the same: Meta-chunder.

In a pool by your feet.

In front of a bathroom in the Magic Kingdom.


Heh heh.


Now... let's stop plagiarizing better writers. And move on.


After my hair turned white and I developed a nervous(er) tick in my brow... due to the snake incident. We swam a little more.

And peed twice in the pool to avoid the path to the bathrooms.


Heh heh.


Obviously I'm joking. No one peed in the pool.


I think.


The happyhaunts headed back to our room with the upgrade view.

To chill for a minute or two. And get freshened up for dinner.

We threw the kids through the shower.

And told them to brush their teeth. Afterwards.

Beth was first.

Only b/c she has the most hair.


That's how we do things in our household. BTW.


The people with the most hair get first dibs on everything. NOZZUB.


It's my rule. And it works for the men in the family.


Namely... Beth and I.


Heh heh.


Then Mellyman and I headed out to look at the garbage bins and assorted dirty linen. Bags.


Which reminds me of this one DVC perk. Which came with our room.

At approximately 4:30 am everyday... we'd all be awakened from our slumber by this:


BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP. BEEPbeepbee...P


As the garbage and laundry service trucks backed up outside our room to load up all the crap.


It was ANOTHER MAGICAL DISNEY MOMENT.


Worth. I think. Paying the freakin' $brazillion dollars... Canadian. To join. For fifty years.


I wouldn't be complaining. Even now. But my DVC Member Welcome Gift Knapsack is starting to rip. And I want a new one.


To smooth my feathers.


And make my socks go up and down.


Where was I?

Oh yeah. Mellyman and I were sittin' on a dock by the crap.


Wastin' time.


Sittin' in the afternoon sun
I'll be sitting when the garbage come
Watching the bins roll in
And then I watch 'em roll away again

I'm sitting on the dock by the slop
Watching the rats run and hop
OOO, I'm sittin' on the dock by the slop
Wastin' time.



We wasted time until Beth came out through the door and gave Me(l) the heads up that the boys were rendering her dyspetic. Ish.


I told Mellyman I'll handle the dirty work.


As usual.


And headed in to the sight of my two smallest children. Wearing nothing but underpanties. NOCalvinandTommy.


Foolin' around by the sink.


Tommy was wrapped in toilet paper. His head and arms.


Calvin's face was covered with 1/2 tube of toothpaste foam.


What UP?

Dogs?


Tommy ~ I'm a mummy!
Calvin ~ Nothing's up. Why do you ask?
Tommy ~ CALVIN HAS RABIES!
Calvin ~ I'm just brushing twice.
Tommy ~ I'M A MUMMY!!!!!!
Me(l) ~ And I'm a ghost. With a butt-seeking shoe missile. NOW!!!! Clean up. Get dressed. And scrape the toothpaste off the carpet. Capish?!
Tommy and Calvin: Yes sir.


I went back outside and told Mellyman that everything was cool and the boys were colouring pictures for him.


I'm a double agent. Double O Mommywife.

Then Mellyman and I got ready while the kids watched some tube. And Beth's hair dried.


We decided to take the boat to dinner.


Which was to be at 'Ohana. As tradition dictates.


We try to do either our first night at Disney or our second at 'Ohana.


Where I pay my respects to the memory of my Dad. And Disney trips of old.


I have other places where I also pay my respects to the memory of my Dad. They are special, personal and important to me. Yet... this is the only place I can do it and also get... All-You-Care-To-Eat.


It's all good.


And I have to do it. Whether or not the service or the food sucks.


As is oft claimed on the Restaurant Board.

We haven't had that experience tho. I'll have to say.

Oh here's another tip: Ask your CM server to slow down the whole process.


Or you'll kill him.



It works for us. And we've never had to kill anyone. Yet.


And we always tip big for the CM's slower service. And stress. Level.


Anywho... it's been all good for us. Service wise.

It's always been good. I'll say it again. But it's never been Mellyman's favourite.


Maybe he sees the whole experience differently than I do.


He does it happily tho b/c the kids seem to love it as much as I do.

And he knows how much it means to me.

And it helps that he's cut from the selfless cloth.


We arrived on time. For a change for our ADR.

Waited about 15 minutes to be seated and were ushered in.


I was feeling pretty happy.


With my lot in life.

As you can see.


Before our food came Calvin asked to say grace for dinner.


Calvin likes to say grace. And he's pretty creative.


This was his grace that night. I know it word for word b/c it was a good moment.


Calvin: Dear God. Bless this chow we're about to receive. Bless it to our bodies and our minds. Please look out for my family and my cat. His name is Pupils. That's his nickname. Also... please forgive me for being a bully. B/c I'm about to beat up on a BUNCH OF SHRIMP! Amen.


Word.

And then we went around the table and shared things that we were all thankful for.

And I share a lot here. Sometimes, I think, too much. And this I'm not going to. It was all pretty personal and emotional. And one or two of us might or might not have shed a tear or two.

It was a perfect start to our traditional 'Ohana dinner. Tho.


That's what I'm sayin' here.

THEN...


We chowed big time!!!!


The kids played the games and I even got called up to celebrate my June birthday with a couple of other people.

Which I claimed was my 49th.


Just to look good.


Heh heh.


I'm lying.


Obviously I said I was 29. And holding.


(Cue ZZUB)


We indulged in the best of all Disney desserts:

And rolled out of there.


But not before we finished the night.


As only the happyhaunts can do...

Cheers, Mel.

 

[pongoperdigirl]

Heh heh

Nice one Melly

You have a great family

 

[Turtle]

I lof your Dock of the Bay parody! Major props.

 

[Tanya90210]

There's just something so... .wrong... about that last picture.... funny... but wrong.... lol

 

[mlill]

Awwww! You guys are too cute! Sounds like another great night at 'Ohana! Don't you just love those Disney traditions we make for ourselves?

Well, it looks like you need to buy an add-on to get a new DVC Member Welcome Gift Knapsack. Just think! Then you would have even more opportunity to get dumpster view upgrades... and maybe even stay in a 2-bedroom villa! (OK, maybe a 1-bedroom...)

BTW, the snake thing... that's nothin'. Did you see this...

Gator found last Friday under car in GF parking lot !

They do it right over at the GF! I'm just sayin'...

-Michelle

 

[ZZUB]

I just got off the phone with the General. Which is odd. I didn't know she knew my number.

The General, "I think my daughter has problems."
Me, "You and the rest of the civilized world."
The General, "I don't think I'm coming off very well in her Trip Report. She makes me sound mean and cranky."
Me, "I wouldn't worry about it. Most people assume she's making up this crap anyway. We just assume you're really very sweet."
The General, "I AM VERY SWEET, DANGIT! YOU TRY RAISING A CROSS DRESSING, CAT STEALING, FOUL MOUTHED, POTTY MOUTHED PLAGARIST!"
Me, "Ma'am?"
The General, "WHAT?!"
Me, "I'm on your side, ma'am. No need to shout at me."
The General, "Sorry. I'm just a little dyspeptic today."
Me, "I get that a lot."
The General, "You're actually very nice yourself. Not at all like the raving lunatic, jerkstore my daughter says you are."
Me, "Well, let's remember we're talking about Mel."
The General laughed herself silly. Then her laughter turned into a hacking, wet sounding cough. It sounded like her diaphram exploded.

But it was all good. Until she put the lamp on the phone to talk to me.

 

[wdwdreamin2]

Zzub, she got ya with the 15 minutes of funny...

However, I am pretty sure that post took more than 15 minutes to write...

Hmmm...maybe you're better than I thought. 10 maybe....

Anyway,

Y'all are DARN funny.

Or are you?

 

[nicolemarie]

ZZUB - I'm not a sucker NOR a Canadian, but I think the bread pudding at Ohana is one of the BEST desserts at Walt Disney World. Unless you've tried it, I'd refrain from comment. Because if you ever have it, you'll be eating your words with every bite. It's flat out awesome.

Great installment, Melly. We had the crappy view last week at YC. Faced the parking lot/valet area. No beeping garbage trucks, though. We had worse.

The white truck that's unmarked and carries luggage - I assume - from the airport.

Guess what? It unloads luggage day and night. Night and day. All the time.

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

Right outside our window.

Strangely enough, at Disney it didn't bother me. Anywhere else, I would have come unglued.

Mellyman and I were sittin' on a dock by the crap.


Wastin' time.


Sittin' in the afternoon sun
I'll be sitting when the garbage come
Watching the bins roll in
And then I watch 'em roll away again

I'm sitting on the dock by the slop
Watching the rats run and hop
OOO, I'm sittin' on the dock by the slop
Wastin' time.

DED. Deddest ever.

Keep it rollin', Mel.

 

[ncseric]

Calvin: Dear God. Bless this chow we're about to receive. Bless it to our bodies and our minds. Please look out for my family and my cat. His name is Pupils. That's his nickname. Also... please forgive me for being a bully. B/c I'm about to beat up on a BUNCH OF SHRIMP! Amen.

Now that's just funny, I don't care who you are. I actually laughed out loud. That's pretty rare on a MellyTripe.

 

[Yzma and Kronk]

Loved the chapter!

Loved the song!

Too bad Canadian Idol is over - you could have stole it from Brian with that rendition

Keep it coming!

 

[OhMari]

Nice to see a picture of you and your husband.