***The VWL Groupies & Trivia Thread*** Chapter 2!

[50 years Too!]

I hope all Groupies are enjoying a wonderful Labor Day weekend with those they love.

And speaking of things we love, anyone up for a nice morning sunrise over Bay Lake?

Absolutely gorgeous! Can hardly wait to be there in 46 days!
Ahhhh.....

Deb

 

[Dodie]

Good morning, Groupies! I have to keep reminding myself that it's Tuesday. It sure feels like a Monday.

I went to my first DIS meet on Saturday (after 10 years on the boards)! It was here in Indy. ADP (Aaron) put it together and it was amazing. We had 80 people in attendance! It was great to put some names with some faces and I got to meet some DIS "oldtimers" like me - particularly Dan Murphy and Towncrier. I've wanted to meet Dan for a long time and, just as you would suspect, he is as nice in person as he is on the boards.

It was a pitch-in and there was wonderful food there - including some Disney recipes and a beautiful 3 layer cake! The topper had to be DOLE WHIPS!!! MenashaCorp (Jason) rented a softserve machine and bought the mix to make real, actual DOLE WHIPS! It was so neat.

Here's a link to a thread with some pictures, if you're so inclined:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1937254

Now - on to VWL topics. Barring any interference from newly named tropical storm Ike , DH and I will be at the Lodge a week from tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

P.S. As parents of only furry children also (2 German Shepherds and a Maine Coon Cat), I am SHOCKED to see the cost of tuition these days. Wow. Puts things in perspective. Good luck to those of you funding higher education for your "young-ins."

 

[Muushka]

What it is with Groupie's pets and my pet envy of their pets (does that even make sense???)

DODIE, you have a Maine Coon Kitty!!!!! Picture please!!!!

PS thanks for the bouncing Mickey

 

[Dodie]

DODIE, you have a Maine Coon Kitty!!!!! Picture please!!!

Abby - 8-year-old Maine Coon Cat:

And - to be fair and not to exclude any of the furry children:

Maya - 7-year-old German Shepherd (my "baby"):

Greta - 7-month-old White German Shepherd, i.e., the TERROR!!! (DH's "baby"):

 

[Muushka]

DODIE!! You do the same thing I did with my pets, human names!

They are sooooo cute. Being partial to kitties, Abby is the cutest!

 

[DiznyDi]

DODIE
Thanks for the Mickey! How's it look?

WOW, VWL a week from tomorrow.... you're the envy of all the Groupies.

Thanks, Granny for the picture...so serene. What a lovely way to start the holiday week-end!

College tuition: I'm sure glad that's behind us! That's why we added on at Wilderness Lodge! Gotta do something with all that extra cash!

Have a good week, everyone!
Di

 

[MiaSRN62]

Granny ! What a gorgeous photo of the sunrise over Bay Lake !!!
You sure do get up early !!!!

Muushka says : Yes, I am so grateful that Loretta, my home-schooled cat, has no desire to attend college.

OMG Muuska.....too funny !!!! Loved it

DLI...thanks so much for the explanation of where and what Black Hills in SD is. Sounds like a beautiful place.

DODIE !!! First of all....the DIS meet sounded awesome. I always enjoyed Dan Murphy's and Towncrier's posts too. Sounded like a really fun day.
And happy countdown to VWL stay !!! Whoo-hoo !

 

[eliza61]

I went to my first DIS meet on Saturday (after 10 years on the boards)! It was here in Indy. ADP (Aaron) put it together and it was amazing. We had 80 people in attendance! It was great to put some names with some faces and I got to meet some DIS "oldtimers" like me - particularly Dan Murphy and Towncrier. I've wanted to meet Dan for a long time and, just as you would suspect, he is as nice in person as he is on the boards.
Here's a link to a thread with some pictures, if you're so inclined:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1937254

Now - on to VWL topics. Barring any interference from newly named tropical storm Ike , DH and I will be at the Lodge a week from tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

P.S. As parents of only furry children also (2 German Shepherds and a Maine Coon Cat), I am SHOCKED to see the cost of tuition these days. Wow. Puts things in perspective. Good luck to those of you funding higher education for your "young-ins."

DODIE
Thanks for the Mickey! How's it look?



College tuition: I'm sure glad that's behind us! That's why we added on at Wilderness Lodge! Gotta do something with all that extra cash!
Have a good week, everyone!
Di

DODIE
Thanks for the pictures. Deb willis over at allearsnet always has a big meet in PA once a year, I'm making a plan to go in 2009. Maybe I can kidnap Mia & Bloosomz to go also. Have a safe and wonderful trip, you know the drill- we like loads of pictures and details. Digging through some seriously old records for a little "Proud Mary" maybe some Tina can keep Ike away. (Have to go kill the Demon child, he just ask me what the heck my LP was?)

Di,
You mean there's actually life after college tuition. It may be the one & only time in my life I'll actually be a size 2. Not eating for 8 years may just be the diet that finally works. I am so going to be a burden to these kids in my old age.

 

[Granny]

Granny ! What a gorgeous photo of the sunrise over Bay Lake !!!
You sure do get up early !!!!

Okay...time to fess up. I didn't take the sunrise photo. I stole it off of the WL thread over on the Resort Board.

Hey, I never claimed that I took the picture!! Forgive me for taking the credit for that beautiful photo.

And as long as I'm showing off stolen photos, here's another....

 

[Muushka]

Granny, I was so proud of you getting up so early!

You 'borrow' great pics!

 

[MiaSRN62]

I second what Muushka said ! Feel free to borrow and share any time !!!!

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Does anyone else not see all of Muushka's signature at the bottom?

 

[50 years Too!]

Good morning, Groupies! I have to keep reminding myself that it's Tuesday. It sure feels like a Monday.

I went to my first DIS meet on Saturday (after 10 years on the boards)! It was here in Indy. ADP (Aaron) put it together and it was amazing. We had 80 people in attendance! It was great to put some names with some faces and I got to meet some DIS "oldtimers" like me - particularly Dan Murphy and Towncrier. I've wanted to meet Dan for a long time and, just as you would suspect, he is as nice in person as he is on the boards.

It was a pitch-in and there was wonderful food there - including some Disney recipes and a beautiful 3 layer cake! The topper had to be DOLE WHIPS!!! MenashaCorp (Jason) rented a softserve machine and bought the mix to make real, actual DOLE WHIPS! It was so neat.

Here's a link to a thread with some pictures, if you're so inclined:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1937254

Now - on to VWL topics. Barring any interference from newly named tropical storm Ike , DH and I will be at the Lodge a week from tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

P.S. As parents of only furry children also (2 German Shepherds and a Maine Coon Cat), I am SHOCKED to see the cost of tuition these days. Wow. Puts things in perspective. Good luck to those of you funding higher education for your "young-ins."

Oh Dodie, what fun! Wish there was something like that in OR E GUN!
My daughter almost went to college in South Bend, I could have made a trip out for a visit during meet times, darn!

Ike can't keep a groupie away!!!

Deb

 

[Dodie]

Does anyone else not see all of Muushka's signature at the bottom?

I think it depends on your settings for your computer. I can't see all of some signatures at work where my settings are 800x600 but can see everything on my widescreen monitor at home where the settings are 1920x1200.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

I think it depends on your settings for your computer. I can't see all of some signatures at work where my settings are 800x600 but can see everything on my widescreen monitor at home where the settings are 1920x1200.

Dodie!!! Thanks for the explanation! I am computer challenged!

 

[Muushka]

Does anyone else not see all of Muushka's signature at the bottom?

I need to clean it up a bit. thanks!

 

[Happydinks]

Okay...time to fess up. I didn't take the sunrise photo. I stole it off of the WL thread over on the Resort Board.

Granny - the pics are great anyway - makes us even more anxious to get "home" again!

We had a "funny" experience at Costco on Sunday. We pulled into a parking spot and right across from us was a mini van with a Disney license plate bracket "Been there, done that, going back" (same as ours). The plate read LUV OKW - and had a mom, dad, and daughter disney window decal on it. Couldn't help it - had to leave a note on their windshield! "Proud DVC owners at VWL! From the blue Prius parked across from you!" Hope they weren't offended!

Hope everyone had a good Labor Day weekend. All we did was "negotiate" for a new fridge (used a lesson I learned from The Last Lecture!) and ended up with a good deal!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Does anyone else not see all of Muushka's signature at the bottom?
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I had to adjust my signature too.....I noticed several people on the boards are having their siggy's cut off ? I wonder if the mods changed the parameters of how much is allowed in each person's signature ?

The plate read LUV OKW - and had a mom, dad, and daughter disney window decal on it. Couldn't help it - had to leave a note on their windshield! "Proud DVC owners at VWL! From the blue Prius parked across from you!" Hope they weren't offended!

I'm sure they weren't happydinks. I'm an OKW owner and I wouldn't be offended. That was cool that you spotted them. I read that PA is one of the states with the largest population of DVC Members yet I think I've only seen one car indicating they're a Member in all the years I've been a Member. I guess alot of people just don't advertise it here in PA ?

 

[MaryJ]

Good morning, Groupies! I have to keep reminding myself that it's Tuesday. It sure feels like a Monday.

I went to my first DIS meet on Saturday (after 10 years on the boards)! It was here in Indy. ADP (Aaron) put it together and it was amazing. We had 80 people in attendance! It was great to put some names with some faces and I got to meet some DIS "oldtimers" like me - particularly Dan Murphy and Towncrier. I've wanted to meet Dan for a long time and, just as you would suspect, he is as nice in person as he is on the boards.

It was a pitch-in and there was wonderful food there - including some Disney recipes and a beautiful 3 layer cake! The topper had to be DOLE WHIPS!!! MenashaCorp (Jason) rented a softserve machine and bought the mix to make real, actual DOLE WHIPS! It was so neat.

Here's a link to a thread with some pictures, if you're so inclined:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1937254

Now - on to VWL topics. Barring any interference from newly named tropical storm Ike , DH and I will be at the Lodge a week from tomorrow. Fingers crossed!

P.S. As parents of only furry children also (2 German Shepherds and a Maine Coon Cat), I am SHOCKED to see the cost of tuition these days. Wow. Puts things in perspective. Good luck to those of you funding higher education for your "young-ins."

I heard about the meet in Indy, but I was on the repo cruise at the time. If they have another one next year, I'll try to make it.

DD & I are hanging out at the AKV until Friday morning. I miss the ORIGINAL lodge though. Thank goodness we'll be there in January! Went to Epcot and Studios today. Rode the redone Spaceship Earth and Toy Story Mania. Going to AK tonight for extra Magic Hours and maybe PI tonight for one last trip to the Adventurer's Club.

 

[Muushka]

Mary J are you back from the western repo cruise? If yes, DETAILS!!!!