The Maelstromers... a FASTPASS!

[Loubon]

Lou:
ok ok ok do I need to go check the coffee shop apparently???

Yes. There is a birthday thread in your honor.

 

[GADISNEYGIRL]

Howdy howdy everyone!

When I'm not at work, I just don't have time to keep up with you guys... oh geez, do NOT tell my boss I said that!!

Glad everyone liked the pics. That was one of our most incredible Disney moments EVER!!!

You have no idea how Wesley feels about Aurora. Of course, he really believes that he IS Prince Phillip, most of the time, so maybe that's why. Doesn't matter how many times we see her, he always wants to see her again. Getting to meet the REAL Prince Phillip was just icing on the cake! And they were both so incredible with him. I don't know if you can tell, because the picture is smallish, but in the one with the whole cast, Aurora is still holding his hand. The other two who were SO awesome with him were Belle and my...err...her...Prince. Yes, AshClan, I got to meet him, up close and personal, and he's even better in person! And, a true gentleman. Belle told me so!! The others were also nice, but those 4 especially stood out. A week later, when we saw Cinderellabration, they were still calling Wesley by name. And one of the characters was in the parade in February and called him by name then...we found that amazing, that she could recall his name a month later!

Melonmom...no, Wesley doesn't yet know about melons (cause his mom ain't got ANY!!!), but I fear he will know much before I'm ready for him to! "Hottie", of course, is in his regular vocabulary. I shudder to think of all the things that could come out of his mouth during any given children's sermon... No need to wait 12 years, these two are already a handful!!! Oh, and Happy Birthday, by the way!!

Jamal, no I don't think it's "wrong" for us to share our experience, I think they just don't want people saying, Oh, here's how you can get to do so and so... Because it's not something that is really available to most guests. But too cool that you guys got to do it, too! Loved your pics, as well!!


Well, the kitchen awaits my cleaning. So...I guess I'll go do that. Sounds like fun, huh??

 

[jamal]

Lou Still learning; the coffee shop? I have so much fun on the yearbook pages.

GaDisneygirl It only took me till, like, yesterday to put together that you were Mark's wife. I had seen you both in each other's posts but to be honest, I have so many of all your names and sometimes faces in my head here, it took awhile for the old brain to connect! I feel I know you since I'm a TN girl who went to school in Ga

Horsegirl Oh yes, we do share the Mommy journey. Both A and E were adopted at birth. Lovelovelove these boys God saw fit to place in our care!

Wash dishes? Whew...dh called and offered to pick up takeout on the way home. Gotta go straighten up the place. Neighbors and my boys have been all over the house during tornado warnings this afternoon; the little ones played in the hall for an hour!

PS--I live almost across the street from a Chic-Fil-A and walk there with my kids

 

[horsegirl]

Lou Still learning; the coffee shop? I have so much fun on the yearbook pages.

Horsegirl Oh yes, we do share the Mommy journey. Both A and E were adopted at birth. Lovelovelove these boys God saw fit to place in our care!

the coffee shop is another place where alot of folks go to talk. There is a maelstrom thread there. It is lodge boards. Put those two words together. It is smaller and a little less stringent on language, etc. It's called the coffee shop, as we think the filter will block out its name...

How wonderful you got your guys from birth- for them and you! I'll have to catch up with you somewhere about this....

Maxie's mom-hugs to you too you lil' peach!

 

[HaleyB]

Lou you really are too funny with your picture posts, thanks for the giggles.

I was thinking about the food thing, I always think of Jewish Deli food when I think of the North East. And fiddle heads, do any of you know what those are? maybe it is just a Canadian thing though. Oh and don't forget chicken wings, those are a northern food and a darn good one too. Navy bean soup? maybe?



I think I am going to work on my Disney scrapbook tonight.

 

[skent10]

We were SHOCKED to see civil war monuments for the Southern Generals with no mention of the North. We crack up at the History books our kids use, because they cover events so oddly (the civil war for example).

That's nothing! Look in a Canadian history textbook to see who won the War of 1812, then check it out in an American history textbook to see what it says. For those of us who've lived on both sides of the border, that's the defining item as to whether you're a Canuck or Yankee at heart (and sorry, Southerners, I think most Canucks consider all Americans to be Yanks). That, and the winter Olympics once every four years. When the Canadians compete directly with the Americans, then it's time for the true colo(u)rs to reveal themselves!

 

[skent10]

skent10 - remember Butter Tarts..........yyyyyuuuummmm!!

Is that pee-canz or puh-cons?

Oh, I remember butter tarts all right. I never really liked them because my mom always makes them with raisins, and I'm not a huge raisin fan (and I don't like Chess pie much either--too sweet for me) but I have a recipe for butter tart muffins that's out of this world!

And it's "pee-canz" to me. I've never gotten anything but strange looks for pronouncing it that way in the South, but it's how I learned it.

I also learned to pronounce Appalachian (the mountain range) as "ap-pa-LAY-shun" but decided that those who actually live there should know how to say it better than my Grade 10 Geography teacher in Toronto. It's now "ap-pa-LATCH-un" to me.

 

[skent10]

I did NOT know that whoopie pies are a northern thing. I've never been so proud to be a Yank! Yeah, I forgot about lobster. yuk.

I grew up on Whoopie pies, too. But my dad's an islander, so maybe that's where my mom got the recipe (that's Prince Edward Island for those who don't know). And I remember being on the island for lobster suppers growing up as a kid. My dad HATES lobster and crab with a vengeance--when you have it 4 or 5 times a week growing up, you can eventually despise it, I guess (and when he was growing up, lobster was a poor man's food)!

 

[skent10]

I was thinking about the food thing, I always think of Jewish Deli food when I think of the North East. And fiddle heads, do any of you know what those are? maybe it is just a Canadian thing though.

Ooh, fiddle heads sauteed in butter! Yum! I don't think that's even a Canadian thing, though. I think it's a Maritime thing (although I did find some frozen ones in a grocery store in TO once).

Why am I only replying to the posts about food?!

 

[HaleyB]

Ooh, fiddle heads sauteed in butter! Yum! I don't think that's even a Canadian thing, though. I think it's a Maritime thing (although I did find some frozen ones in a grocery store in TO once).

Why am I only replying to the posts about food?!

We discovered them while living in Halifax, so you may be right. I wish I could get some down here, yum.

Where is everyone tonight? Maybe at the lodge?

 

[ndelaware]

Wow, page 2??? Can't have that!!!


MAELSTROM!?!

 

[SoNotAPrincess]

is a FASTPASS?!?!?

 

[GeorgiaAristocat]

and then immediately BACK on page 2 again?

It's the weekend everyone - lots of family time - see you on Monday! (Today, amidst the raging thunderstorms, we have my husband's department's easter cookout and egg hunt. The kids will be soaked and covered in mud - they'll love it!)

Amy

 

[RNLUVSDISNEY]

Good morning. I just made an ADR for O'hana for our next trip. We were going to skip it this time, but everyone keeps talking about it and how wonderful it is, and I agree, and I guess I just don't want to skip it anymore after hearing everyone talk about it. That means we will have to cancel Spirit of Aloha. Anyone think I'm making a bad choice, that SOA is better than O'hana?????

 

[kpk89]

That's nothing! Look in a Canadian history textbook to see who won the War of 1812, then check it out in an American history textbook to see what it says. For those of us who've lived on both sides of the border, that's the defining item as to whether you're a Canuck or Yankee at heart (and sorry, Southerners, I think most Canucks consider all Americans to be Yanks). That, and the winter Olympics once every four years. When the Canadians compete directly with the Americans, then it's time for the true colo(u)rs to reveal themselves!

aaaah! You just reminded me of a knock-down, drag-out, hair-pulling (ok not that) argument that my FIL and his elderly aunt got into once over the fact she was insisting that Canadians are American (because they're in North America) and he was equally insistent that they're not. OR maybe it was the other way around. FUnny thing is that that whole family originated in Canada, so it's not as if it's a difference in heritage.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

he,he,ha...he..ha? mel must be tied up? with family..oh,boy! this
should be good for a few weeks of stories...when she back. and
it means sneaking a few comments in. just an observation..there's
alot of speedos on this site? seem like it to me...there always a
few bragging on passsing fast? were you the exras on the movie
..what was it?..when was it?...hot rods to "where"..the devil place..
oh, now iam totally off the board...sneaky in an universal reference?
beetlejuice,beetlrjuice, or is that juice the beetles? [paul,ringo,george,
and john..or was it little john?..or johnboy].i guess that ok..i am old
enough to claim dementia///where's oh- [hans] where our melly girl
gone? let's not think a family reunion but rather a ..beetle concert?
which fits her personality...i could be wrong..but calivin antics probabbly
genetics?..we need someone to be a volunteer and alot of sneaky-ness
[no,no..i didn't say squeakness..so all you guys put your hands down!]
someone..willing/able [not too smart would help] that can visit ...melly
[oh,was it her that changed her name to melons/just from one trip
to the groceries store?] melons girl, oh where oh where could our melons
girls [ noticed catch all reference?] be? ..she left us today ..off enteraining
for..closure? got to say what a cute bunches of..fresh fruit?? wanta
bet that 'll git alot more guys lurking??? maybe jimmy b. understood more
than we ever know? ...[it needs to be say that if the shoe [equipments]
was on the other foot/"chest"..guys would be working it in an all differnent
manner of speaking/-ok i know iam alot more experienced [what age/love
got to do with it?" [mel]...] but think bout it. for the guys..it is all bout
"gitting it" when they're still young enough. did i hear some squeak,squeak,
or squeaking nosies in the back ground? oh, that's a melly-ody reference.
girl? let's me think if there were any songs to remind us of our departed
friends..."hey,baby they're playing our song..you know..the one when we
use too....[no! not the who but the right country!]...listen!..when we
used to "git" jiggy and when we got a long....so [to all the melon girls
out there keeping..it fresh...{fantasy dj}]...if you want it / come & git
it..because it may not last... back to reality..anyone like some free lady
bugs? by the sake of buckeyes..are there any ohio players in the
house? if so, "send me down an angel"..one that i can...*i like to make
it clear that i did not buy their records just because they featured
real..bare naked ladies on the cover. just to prove it..i also have sly &
the family stone. whew! i feel better gititng that off my chest....sorry
..foghat. well i used to be an outlaw..or was that fan?..see there are
some benefits with memory lost. i've told my wife if i git too bad and lost
..most likely lookit,lookiting for me at our local grocery store. that seem
to have confuse her but those on this site knows exactly where...
at the melons section or freah produce. enough! lookit what i've
done to the "mel"..[ or is it neon] cantil [isn't that over in animal
kingdom] section when the mel girl been out [circulation]... i'll
never tell and by the time she'll back..it will be bury by 30 pages...
well no one ever excused me of being a melon, melons, or even
"mel" [thank goodness]-ancholy. but a beast is a different story.
oh,honey..what we going to do today?..psst that's a secret!

 

[MOMOFMNM]

lil grumpy...

excuse me if I seem a bit confused...

but are you refering to melons...or MEL-ons??? just needed to know if I should respond to your produce coment...


on a more humerous note:
the other night in the chat room, I was talking to my good buddy steve AKA NEDELAWARE....I think is his screen name...

anyway in true blonde w melon fashion I ask him

"where are you from?"


he responded very poilitely

"NE Delaware..."

whoda thunk it...

I think everyone went to the beach with lala this weekend and forgot to invite a few of us...

now I am miffed...she goes to Destin without me but invites a few other hundred people....

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

.....almost forgot [well i'm getting older...distinguished/wishful thinking]..
any way, a volunteer to do what? sneak over to the general's house and
into mel girl's old room..for her old diary? that would most likely shed
some light [lighthouse/one fine morning] on calivin. maybe posing as
some sort of fresh fruit inspector..and when her back is turn..,let
the cat outside while running & grabbing? didn't she said where she left
it?.....talkin' maelstorm on the weather channel

rnluvsdisney...we have done both... and liked them both. soa has
alot of culture elements in it...educational. my wife thought the
salad they served was special. we were very glad we went though
it rained. however, we were just under canopy so we became the
front row. if you have "dancers" in your family, they would enjoy
it. me? i like eating food so it came out a tie.

good idea gadisneygirl..wonder who i could get to do my wife's
dishes/ [noticed i gave all of them to her?]..where my boys!

 

[pongoperdigirl]

Maelstrom!!

I hope that everyone has a great weekend!!!

 

[Frickles]

You gotta just love those blonde moments don't you melon?!?! That truly was funny.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!! Lil Grumpy you sure do have a lot to say today!