The, "I'll pose for pics & sign autographs" B-day tour! WEEERE BAAACK!!!!

[stagemomx3]

I hope you are feeling better!

 

[Dizneydawn]

There are benefits to feeling icky...like I actually listened to a podcast in it's entirety without being distracted...and if my brain wandered on it's own...hmmm.can't blame the kids totally I guess... ... I just hit rewind and found what I was looking for...

The crew did their top Christmas in July re-cap...and I have a page of notes to figure out if I can squeeze into this trip...
#1 See Celebration all decorated and pretty...
#2 Mall of Millenia decorations are supposedly amazing
#3 When at Ice - go eat at the buffet that Bawb loved...Vila de Flora...
#4 Maybe eat at Mama Dello's while at Universal or Islands
#5 See Grinchmas and Twas the Night Before Christmas at Universal

Truthfully...had been so focused about Christmas at Disney...never paused to speculate that the other parks would have some Holiday cheer as well...dumb Dawn...duh!

So plans for today involve a Farmers Market locally...a few errands and then..more planning...what better way to feel better and be on target for my business than to get the final dollar total for this trip established...and see how broke I am needing to plan for...are we talking Enron broke...or maybe just enough cash flow for a small country to survive on for a year...that has little need for airconditioning...or food...or perhaps shelter...maybe just one citizen...

Maybe I can call Miley...she loves Disney ...and I hear she has a few dollars in her allowance bucket that is not accounted for yet...

 

[Dizneydawn]

I am SO sorry to hear this!



Please - take care of yourself!

We're looking forward to your next post...patiently.

I hope you are feeling better!

Thanks for the concern and well wishes...am feeling a bit better...and the benefit of not going to this college showcase...ended up being a Godsend after all...my kids father has a mother who is a loonatic...certifiable...at the last minute...they decided to come a day early to the town...with 3 extra kids (cause why would they want to just see their grandkids from this family...and expected to find a hotel room...

Let's see...2000 soccer teams and we had to book a room 30 minutes away over 4 months ago...yeah...

So the Beverly Hillbillies show up with 8 peole...find a casino with avalibility 45 minutes away at $300 a night per room...but when you are the Beverly Hillbillies and can all squeeze into 1 room...not a bad rate I guess...
4 adults (Parents plus 2 brothers) and then 4 grand kids ages 9, 6, 4, and 3...can you say I am glad for the fact I was not there to witness this...but maybe I am just being snarky cause I can't go...

Nope...not enough tea in Boston to make me want to deal with her again...

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hi all you fellow Dissers...

I am writing today to tell a story...a happy story of Disney and the Magic...in hopes of reminding myself that there is good in the world...and there is sunshine...and rainbows...and there is the Mouse...and the mouse...is the Magic...

Picture in your minds eye...(what exactly is that anyway?) Pizzafari at Animal Kingdom...the year is 2001...and a family of 5 is seated at a table...enjoying their carb laden goodness...that is slightly better than Tombstone...when all of a sudden...

A CM walks up to our table and asks the 3 children...

"Do you guys enjoy pin trading?"

Now you need to understand that at this point...we had avoided the pin trading money trap...

I could not afford it and they did not understand it...so it was a win win for us all...or at least me and if Mama is happy...you know the rest...

I interject and jump on the answer before the kids can open their cheese/grease filled trappers...

"No...with three kids...it is hard to budget with everything else they want...so we just enjoy looking at the pins...Not buying them..."

Silly her...she must have been new...she had not yet attended the training that specifically pointed out in line 4 page 897 sub section Z...that, and I quote:
"CM's are for Pixie Dust and Fairy Godmother Fluff...not to make young mom's feel like they are complete failures and are not worthy to be bestowed a card on Mother's Day..."

So although my one twitch eye that most adults get as the "Back off Bubba...you are on thin ice here...don't make me beat you in front of my kids..." was in full force...that Mary Poppins CM was just happy to be helpfull...

She proceeded again with...
"But wouldn't you guys like to pin trade...don't you think it would be fun?"

Of course she is looked at by my three kids as the Glenda the Good Witch...and I am her arch enemy AKA "The Witch of the West"...

Carsyn was looking at her glass of water...eyeballing it to see if it would be equivalent to a bucket or not.

I am not sure what to do at this point...my options were:

#1 Place her in a firm headlock and take it outside...
#2 Trip her and after she came to from her accidental faint...lean over her and whisper..."xnay on the pinay....comprehendo - eh?"
#3 Let her continue her exploration of pins and rip off the lanyard she had around her neck and tell the kids to make a break for it...

I choose option #3....

Okay...not really...

but what did happen was wonderfull...

this was pre-Dream Givers...so I was not expecting what unfolded...

She said that their staff had been watchig our table and we were selected as the Family of the Day...that the kids were so well behaved and acted so polite to the staff...that they wanted to do something magical for us...

She proceeded to take of that lanyard...chock full of pins that were CM only distributions...and were told that they could share these...trade for the rest of the trip...and love pin trading and the interaction with the CM like they were intended to do...

I was floored...speechless...and started to cry...there were literally 20 pins on that lanyard...

My kids did enjoy the trading...they were explained that the value of some were higher than others etc...and they all...especially Carsyn...got very good at mastering the swoop and conqure approach of pin trading...

FF to the airplane home... and there is turbulance...

Carsyn is in the bathroom on the plane when the "Get your happy tukkuses to your seat" announcement came on...

She did...and then...realized she had left the lanyard in the restroom...on a shelf...because she was afraid of a Chris Farley moment (member when his tie gets caught in the blue toilet on the plane?) and did not want to sit with that lanyard around her neck...

So after we can get up...I go back there...

and you guessed it...

that lanyard was gone...

someone else had gone in after her and taken it...probably worth $300 in pins...by this point of trading and buying a few...

The plane was filled with Disney Families...many with kids with pins...

I reported it to the stewardess and they were lost at what to do...we knew what pins were on there ...but they were not willing to strip search people...

slackers...

We get home..all 3 kids are down...esp. Carsyn...

I call the Pizzafari Restaurant ...because I wanted to know what value at all to place the special CM pins at...if it was worth turning into home owners insurance or not...and they said...they would send me a price list...and asked for my address...

2 days later...a huge box from Disney World arrived..and in that box...was not a letter of value...but a letter of appology on behalf of them for someone being so crappy as to steal a kids lanyard...

And an explanation that they did not want this to stop the Disney Magic from following the kids home...

Plus....3 lanyards...full of pins...with the explanaton that the kids could trade back and forth at home until they got back to the Mouse...

I knew that the DVC was a great choice for our family...but that moment sealed the fate of our childrens great-grandchildren...that the House of the Mouse is not just a House...it is...

A Home!

So we are a Disney Family...and we are proud to be a part of that kind of Magic...aren't you?

 

[karenell]

Thanks for the concern and well wishes...am feeling a bit better...

Very glad to hear it!

and the benefit of not going to this college showcase...ended up being a Godsend after all...my kids father has a mother who is a loonatic...certifiable...

Hmmm...We've been happily married for 28 years, but this does make me ponder. If I did get a divorce, I could get rid of the MIL ... (oops. did I just type that out loud? My MIL is a lovely woman. Just lovely. Really. And closing in on 81- so not much longe - oops again... Sorry. Carry on...)

So the Beverly Hillbillies show up with 8 people...find a casino with availability 45 minutes away at $300 a night per room..

BWAhahahaha!! My sister does this - three couples AND their children in one hotel room with two double beds. I just don't get it! Not only do we value our privacy - we won't share a room with our OWN kids - let alone several other people and theirs - but I have to wonder - WHERE does everyone sleep? Do you put blankets in the tub? Out on the balcony?

A wonderfully touching story that ended with:

2 days later...a huge box from Disney World arrived..and in that box...was not a letter of value...but a letter of appology on behalf of them for someone being so crappy as to steal a kids lanyard...

And an explanation that they did not want this to stop the Disney Magic from following the kids home...

Plus....3 lanyards...full of pins...with the explanaton that the kids could trade back and forth at home until they got back to the Mouse...

I knew that the DVC was a great choice for our family...but that moment sealed the fate of our childrens great-grandchildren...that the House of the Mouse is not just a House...it is...

A Home!

So we are a Disney Family...and we are proud to be a part of that kind of Magic...aren't you?

OK, so now you've gone and set off my PMS. It's been a very long time since I've both laughed out loud and cried while reading a post. And now I can't stop crying.

Thank you for a touch of the . I think.

I'm really looking forward to reading more!

No really.


I am.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Very glad to hear it!

Thank you very much...
Hmmm...We've been happily married for 28 years, but this does make me ponder. If I did get a divorce, I could get rid of the MIL ... (oops. did I just type that out loud? My MIL is a lovely woman. Just lovely. Really. And closing in on 81- so not much longe - oops again... Sorry. Carry on...)
I bout peed myself...it is a heck of a trade...almost like a blue light special from the Big K...



BWAhahahaha!! My sister does this - three couples AND their children in one hotel room with two double beds. I just don't get it! Not only do we value our privacy - we won't share a room with our OWN kids - let alone several other people and theirs - but I have to wonder - WHERE does everyone sleep? Do you put blankets in the tub? Out on the balcony? Ya know..I have been broke...I am broke after that hospital stay...but they have money...she just does not cut a cord and understand that her umbilical is not multi-generational...2 years ago...Treyner was in choir...their winter concert was when his sides's famdamily Christmas reunion was....and if Treyner missed it...he failed...

Ex called the MIL to say that he and the 2 kids were coming...I and Treyner had to not make it due to a school function...and she e-mailed my son's principal...to ask why Treyner could not miss the concert to come...which menat getting the choir director involved...and meanwhile...all this was happening without my knowledge...

I wanted to shoot her when I found out...tazer the principal for even responding to someone who is a nut job and not a emergency contact or guardian for my son...

The 5 letters beack and forth were pathetic...him explaining he understood...that he has family in the military that can't be at the holidays and that is hard...yada yada...stupid man...you cannot reason with a kook...you simply have no choice but to put her in a straight jacket...

and...when I did get her on the phone...she asked to talk to Chad...she called knowing he was at work...and then told me I had no idea who I was messing with...taking her grandson from her on Christmas... I told her to bring it on and I would slap her better looking...

I swear...she and my ex-stepmother..whom I call Big T!ts...are 2 people I would not urinate on if they were to combust into flames before my very eyes...

Not that I could cause I am the worst at farm/woods peeing there is...some girls can cop a squat...me...I get a nice mess on my Keds...

But I digress...If I could...I would not!


OK, so now you've gone and set off my PMS. It's been a very long time since I've both laughed out loud and cried while reading a post. And now I can't stop crying.
It sounds like you may have indulged in some moonshine...er I mean medicinal beverages...you may wanna look into that...research if ya will...
Thank you for a touch of the . I think.

I'm really looking forward to reading more!

No really.


I am.

We have to meet someday...you are sooo funny!!

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

I've read to page 8 so far and I'm lovin' this!

 

[Dizneydawn]

I've read to page 8 so far and I'm lovin' this!

Thank You for joing us...you are a welcomed guest at the table of the nutty and deranged...be carefull...we are addicting I hear!

 

[karenell]

Thank You for joing us...you are a welcomed guest at the table of the nutty and deranged...be carefull...we are addicting I hear!

Indeed!

Love the new avatar, btw!

 

[Dizneydawn]

karenell - Thanks for the compliment on the new avatar... I thought it was funny...and no mtter how old the 3 kids get....I feel some days like they are right behind me...waiting to peck me to death!

 

[karenell]

Ya know..I have been broke...I am broke after that hospital stay...but they have money...she just does not cut a cord and understand that her umbilical is not multi-generational...2 years ago...Treyner was in choir...their winter concert was when his sides's famdamily Christmas reunion was....and if Treyner missed it...he failed...

Ex called the MIL to say that he and the 2 kids were coming...I and Treyner had to not make it due to a school function...and she e-mailed my son's principal...to ask why Treyner could not miss the concert to come...which menat getting the choir director involved...and meanwhile...all this was happening without my knowledge...

Yeah...you've got a real firecracker there!

Mine's much more passive aggressive. Like 'quietly' telling my three younger daughters about their inheritance. And when they questioned why certain things weren't going to my oldest daughter they were all informed that my oldest daughter wasn't a 'real' member of her family.

Hmmm...the adoption papers say otherwise... (Had the oldest when I was a teenager. DH adopted her when she was 2. He's the only Dad she's ever known and until this came up, none of us had any idea MIL felt the way she did!)

I would not urinate on if they were to combust into flames before my very eyes...

Not that I could cause I am the worst at farm/woods peeing there is...some girls can cop a squat...me...I get a nice mess on my Keds...

But I digress...If I could...I would not!

I'm withya sista! Have never figured that little maneuver out myself. Last time I tried got my pants soaked. Somehow I guess you're supposed to remove them, not leave them around your ankles directly in the line of fire - but I'm not comfortable even exposing this portion of my anatomy to the elements - so completely removing, and therefore making any kind of 'quick coverup' impossible is out of the question!

 

[karenell]

Double post. Sorry. Internet is acting bizzaro today - so I thought it hadn't posted...

And now I have to say SOMETHING here because I can't seem to figure out how to DELETE a post...

Carry on.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Warning: PG13 Mature Content: Some viewers may find the subject matter disturbing. Parental Guidance is Advised.

Yeah...you got a real firecracker there! That is a nice way of putting it - you are much nicer than I am - When my ex was 23,married to me and we had one child and one on the way...he was in his SR year of Football at college...had a short mullet...(Yes it was 1993) and she hated it...he liked it...we were visiting them....she told him to cut it...he said no...and she slapped him accross the face for telling her no...I should have packed my bags and ran at that point...but remember...he doesn't need counseling to deal with his emotions over her!

Mine's much more passive aggressive. Like 'quietly' telling my three younger daughters about their inheritance. And when they questioned why certain things weren't going to my oldest daughter they were all informed that my oldest daughter wasn't a 'real' member of her family.
Nice...can we spell classy.....
no...I think not...
and you are not trying to poison her? Hmmm...I would be making a trip to the hardware store for some strawberry jelly mix.... that is a joke...I do not believe in poisioning very many people....

Hmmm...the adoption papers say otherwise... (Had the oldest when I was a teenager. DH adopted her when she was 2. He's the only Dad she's ever known and until this came up, none of us had any idea MIL felt the way she did!)



I'm withya sista! Have never figured that little maneuver out myself. Last time I tried got my pants soaked. Somehow I guess you're supposed to remove them, not leave them around your ankles directly in the line of fire - but I'm not comfortable even exposing this portion of my anatomy to the elements - so completely removing, and therefore making any kind of 'quick coverup' impossible is out of the question!

Thank goodness I am not the only pathetic pee-er...sad really...just like spitting...if I try...get something gross in my mouth while driving..I cannot make it out the window and not on the car...my sons want to diss-own me... (I appologize for the graphic nature of this eppisode of the Discovery Channel)

 

[dannyandkristi]

Hi! I stumbled across your PTR while reading another (stagemomx3) which linked to the story of the water slide/rollercoaster...I should preface by saying that I hope everyone is okay and recovered! I'm a big gal too, so I can totally relate, and I don't know when I've laughed quite that hard! You gals are a riot, and I'm going to come back later and finish reading!!! Thanks for the great story!

 

[stagemomx3]

Hi! I stumbled across your PTR while reading another (stagemomx3) which linked to the story of the water slide/rollercoaster...I should preface by saying that I hope everyone is okay and recovered! I'm a big gal too, so I can totally relate, and I don't know when I've laughed quite that hard! You gals are a riot, and I'm going to come back later and finish reading!!! Thanks for the great story!

I think I need to go re-read that story. It is the funniest tale of woe ever.

See how much readership I bring you Dawn!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hi! I stumbled across your PTR while reading another (stagemomx3) which linked to the story of the water slide/rollercoaster...I should preface by saying that I hope everyone is okay and recovered! I'm a big gal too, so I can totally relate, and I don't know when I've laughed quite that hard! You gals are a riot, and I'm going to come back later and finish reading!!! Thanks for the great story!

Stage Mom is getting 100 feet of tripple ply Charmin with aloe vera (cause I spoil people like that) per every loyal fan she brings here so I promise she is being rewarded with a soft bottom...!

She and I are quite the giggle sticks and we have turned down numerous offers from Disney for going to Florida to take over an adult orientated Hoop De Do called...Hubba Do Hubba Loo...all laughs all the time...and the chairs will be toilets! What a riot that would be...hit your flusher for a light to appear for wait staff...(actaually that would be funny..)

I did want to start a biz a while back...home cleaning..and planned on calling it "Hags with Rags" and yes I have pattened it so no stealing my name...sukkas!

Oh yeah...after my deluge of blabbering...I almost forgot to welcome you!!!

I think I need to go re-read that story. It is the funniest tale of woe ever.

I actually just said to myself I need to go back and re-read the whole thing...I may want you to get me a copy of your itenerary pick of the litter...I will probably be having surgery before we go...so I may need help...

!
See how much readership I bring you Dawn!

Thanks honey...
Anyone ever get T-shirts made for their familys here? How exactl do I do it...I think I need to approach some people on the crafty board...the Dis needs a "I am so pathetic...how do I thread needle?" board!

 

[karenell]

Anyone ever get T-shirts made for their familys here? How exactly do I do it...I think I need to approach some people on the crafty board...the Dis needs a "I am so pathetic...how do I thread needle?" board!

Here's how I do it!

 

[stagemomx3]

Here's how I do it!

That's how I do it too Karen. Actually I did make a few iron on ones too.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Here's how I do it!

That's how I do it too Karen.

Ahemmm...this is the Dis boards correct??

Sickos....I mean Pam Anderson may get away with posting such shananigans...but you two! I am shocked and awed...

okay...not so much

 

[stagemomx3]

Ahemmm...this is the Dis boards correct??

Sickos....I mean Pam Anderson may get away with posting such shananigans...but you two! I am shocked and awed...

okay...not so much

You have a sick mind.