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

[blossomz]

Morning all!

Great news DizneyD!

It is going to be miserable here in York, PA too...

Guess I'll have to spend my day indoors planning for our upcoming trip! One can never be too planned I say!

 

[Muushka]

I hope everything works out for you Maria, as far as moving. You are lucky that you are an RN. In my field (medical technologist) I had to take the state of FL's own personal licensing exam, even though I had 2 other licenses. Ugh, graduated in 1976 and had to take a registry exam in 1990! But hopefully the state has remained kind to RN's and accepts your license.

I would love to move back to FL (and I kept my license active so I won't have to sit through that exam if I went back to work!). But not to the area I lived. I would love to go to a woodsy area, rolling hills, not a bazillion people!


I am gazing out on Bay Lake. It is 74 degrees. And yes, it is a river in Egypt!

Happy weekend Groupies! And another warm welcome to all new Groupies.

 

[Dodie]

Groupies in the east, be careful what you wish for. In Indiana, we had the 90 degree heat the past couple of days, but what's followed is even worse! Depending on where you are in the area, we've had between 6 and 10 inches of rain since midnight! Even some interstates are closed!

I'm assuming this weather will be coming your way too after the heat wave.

 

[MiaSRN62]

DODIE !!!!!!

Yes....we have had some nasty weather, and been under two tornado warnings in the past 7 days. One day this week ----think it was Wed----got tons of rain in a short time and had flash flood warnings. When I drove home from work at 8 pm, a main road near my home was a complete small lake. Some cars went through it.....some around it......they are predicting t-storms for Tues/Wed and my dd graduates high school on Wed. It'll be outside on the football field. Rain date is Thurs.


Muushka......thanks for the info and advice. I have not even begun looking into RN licensing in the state of FL yet. My dream job would be to work at the Lodge !!!!

 

[blossomz]

DODIE!


I'm a special ed teacher...we too have to go through all of the different state license stuff! I hold certificates in MD and PA. But I'm hoping that in about 10 years I can retire and work at the Lodge!

 

[Muushka]

Yeah, I can see all of us working at the Lodge. Of course we would have to pass the special licensing exam given by Ranger Stan!

I better go study.....

DODIE!!!, stay dry....

 

[eliza61]

DODIE !!!!!!

Yes....we have had some nasty weather, and been under two tornado warnings in the past 7 days. One day this week ----think it was Wed----got tons of rain in a short time and had flash flood warnings. When I drove home from work at 8 pm, a main road near my home was a complete small lake. Some cars went through it.....some around it......they are predicting t-storms for Tues/Wed and my dd graduates high school on Wed. It'll be outside on the football field. Rain date is Thurs.


Muushka......thanks for the info and advice. I have not even begun looking into RN licensing in the state of FL yet. My dream job would be to work at the Lodge !!!!

DODIE!


I'm a special ed teacher...we too have to go through all of the different state license stuff! I hold certificates in MD and PA. But I'm hoping that in about 10 years I can retire and work at the Lodge!

Yeah, I can see all of us working at the Lodge. Of course we would have to pass the special licensing exam given by Ranger Stan!

I better go study.....

DODIE!!!, stay dry....

Ok since we're all going to be working at the Lodge after retirement, we're going to have to have special "villa" uniforms. I'm a research chemist in RL (think CSI with nowhere near the glamarous folks on TV) so I'm going to have to think up some thing I could do. Maybe serve really cool drink concoctions at the pool bar.

Mia, congrats on your Daughters graduation. Sid is graduating from 8th grade. next friday.

Who knows what the weather will be up to. I was going to head for the Jersey shore but the water temp is still in the '50's, talk about freezing your antlers off. So I'll hang out in the air conditioner.


shout out to DODIE

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

DODIE !!!!!!

Yes....we have had some nasty weather, and been under two tornado warnings in the past 7 days. One day this week ----think it was Wed----got tons of rain in a short time and had flash flood warnings. When I drove home from work at 8 pm, a main road near my home was a complete small lake. Some cars went through it.....some around it......they are predicting t-storms for Tues/Wed and my dd graduates high school on Wed. It'll be outside on the football field. Rain date is Thurs.

We moved to Iowa from Reading Pa. 12 years ago and when we lived in Pa i never remember having any tornado warnings. Hope we aren't sending them to you all!

Ordered my snowglobe while at the logde and it came already!!! Way excited!

Oh and by the way...Dodie!!!

 

[MiaSRN62]

We moved to Iowa from Reading Pa. 12 years ago and when we lived in Pa i never remember having any tornado warnings. Hope we aren't sending them to you all!

We've actually had small tornados touch down in my general local TV viewing area in the last several years. We only get the small F1/F2 ones....thankfully.........but even they can be bad. I recall one----maybe 2 years ago----about 10 min down the road from me. Picked up a person's patio table and flung it in their pool......
On another note.......
Philly today and tommorrow is warmer than several southern citiies (an excessive heat advisory has been issued for my area ) :

Statement as of 3:47 AM EDT on June 08, 2008


... Excessive heat warning now in effect until 8 PM EDT Tuesday...

The excessive heat warning is now in effect until 8 PM EDT
Tuesday.

A large Bermuda high will remain over the region into next week
providing the region with hot and humid weather. Temperatures each
day through Tuesday will be well into the 90s. These temperatures
combined with a humid airmass means heat index values will reach
close to 105 each afternoon.
Even at night, it will remain warm with temperatures bottoming
out in the 70s. In Center City Philadelphia, it may not get below
80.

Find a happy place.......find a happy place...............

 

[Corinne]

We are also feeling the heat here in MA. It is 88 degrees right now and it is only 10:00AM. I am not complaining, like Maria, I HATE the cold! Our youngest graduates next year from HS, but I still cannot see us leaving here for good (even though I often threaten to)! The dream is to have a little place in FL so we can spend the winter there.

 

[MiaSRN62]

I am not complaining, like Maria

Just for the record......I hate the cold more too. I am only saying this because our AC is broke ! My dh is outside in 105 heat index trying to put in a new compressor and burned out wiring right now. Because he's been working on the AC for 3 days, our pool has not yet been opened either. It is so unbearably hot in our house, that I am on the brink of booking a nearby hotel room for the kids. Our thermostat in our house was reading 85 degrees last night. Very hard to sleep with no AC.

It is 88 degrees right now and it is only 10:00AM.

When I drove home from work last night (1 am), the bank was showing it was 84 degrees. This was 1 am. My house was actually hotter than it was outside.
So believe me.......I don't usually complain about the heat, but this is an unusually oppressive heat wave. The humidity is so high everything in my house feels wet (sheets, floor, rugs). Once my AC gets fixed and my pool is open then I say "bring on the heat" !

 

[Muushka]

Poor Maria. That is too hot for no A/C. I hope it gets fixed soon.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Thanks Muushka........dh is "feverishly" working on the AC now......I can only daydream about sitting on the beach at WL with a Pina Colava in hand and feeling the gentle breeze off Bay Lake.......

 

[Granny]

I can only daydream about sitting on the beach at WL with a Pina Colava in hand and feeling the gentle breeze off Bay Lake.......

Looks like there are plenty of chairs available...enjoy!!

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

We've actually had small tornados touch down in my general local TV viewing area in the last several years. We only get the small F1/F2 ones....thankfully.........but even they can be bad. I recall one----maybe 2 years ago----about 10 min down the road from me. Picked up a person's patio table and flung it in their pool......
On another note.......
Philly today and tommorrow is warmer than several southern citiies (an excessive heat advisory has been issued for my area ) :


Find a happy place.......find a happy place...............

Wish we were in our happy place last night at 2:30 a.m.! Had a tornado warning ourselves! Not fun.
Still have to get my pictures uploaded to the photo thread. I'll try to do that this evening if I get the chance. If so I'll let you know.

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Okay I have posted some pictures on the WL photo thread. I will try to post more tomorrow. It takes forever to download them on to photobucket or I would have posted more today.
BTW we did search for Lodgeloafer but never saw him.
Hope you enjoy the pictures.

 

[Muushka]

Thanks, Granny. We needed that.

Okay I have posted some pictures on the WL photo thread. I will try to post more tomorrow. It takes forever to download them on to photobucket or I would have posted more today.
BTW we did search for Lodgeloafer but never saw him.
Hope you enjoy the pictures.

LodgeLoafer! I forgot all about that furry critter! Oh my. I hope he/she is all right!

I will go check out your pics on the 'other' lodge thread.

 

[mickeymorse]

Good morning groupies. I didn't get on the computer for 3 days and had some catching up here.

Sorry to hear about your A/C Maria. Hope that hubby was able to get it going. Its been in the low 90s last three days here as well. I couldn't imagine no A/C. We had tornado watches here yesterday evening but just nasty Tstorms rolled through. Calliing for more of the same this afternoon. Hope Grannys pic helped.

DLI, i haven't been to the other thread yet but will be heading over there shortly. Can't wait to see new pics.

Do we get to call our jobs now? If so, I want to apprentice under the expert tutelage of Ranger Stan and maybe be his assistant. I couldn't ever fill his shoes.

Rob

 

[ransom]

Hi Groupies!

Sorry I wasn't able to get online the last couple of days. I had the usual weekend stuff to do (cleaning, fixing, etc. the house) plus the darned weather interfered. We were more fortunate than some of the surrounding areas, and only got about 4.5 inches of rain from Saturday P.M. to Sunday PM. But we also got some tornado warnings. The sirens went off, and we were told to seek shelter immediately.

So DW and I were down in the basement, under the stairway, huddled down with the Christmas ornaments and such. We distracted ourselves by thinking of being at the Lodge when it's all decorated for Christmas the last two years, and wondering whether my parents will get to see it that way this year in November.

I didn't get to sleep until 1 AM last night because of all the commotion, so I'm just about zonked out today. Hoping to get to sleep early tonight...

 

[Muushka]

Hi Groupies!

Sorry I wasn't able to get online the last couple of days. I had the usual weekend stuff to do (cleaning, fixing, etc. the house) plus the darned weather interfered. We were more fortunate than some of the surrounding areas, and only got about 4.5 inches of rain from Saturday P.M. to Sunday PM. But we also got some tornado warnings. The sirens went off, and we were told to seek shelter immediately.

So DW and I were down in the basement, under the stairway, huddled down with the Christmas ornaments and such. We distracted ourselves by thinking of being at the Lodge when it's all decorated for Christmas the last two years, and wondering whether my parents will get to see it that way this year in November.

I didn't get to sleep until 1 AM last night because of all the commotion, so I'm just about zonked out today. Hoping to get to sleep early tonight...

Oh my Rob. What a distressing time for you and your family. I hope all will be well.

Good morning groupies. I didn't get on the computer for 3 days and had some catching up here.

Sorry to hear about your A/C Maria. Hope that hubby was able to get it going. Its been in the low 90s last three days here as well. I couldn't imagine no A/C. We had tornado watches here yesterday evening but just nasty Tstorms rolled through. Calliing for more of the same this afternoon. Hope Grannys pic helped.

DLI, i haven't been to the other thread yet but will be heading over there shortly. Can't wait to see new pics.

Do we get to call our jobs now? If so, I want to apprentice under the expert tutelage of Ranger Stan and maybe be his assistant. I couldn't ever fill his shoes.

Rob

I've been think that I could always lend my blood knowledge to all of us aging Groupies.
And Maria could give us nursing advice.
And Eliza could create new drinks.

I will talk about any result other than elevated cholesterol (cholesterol conspiracy theorist here)