VWL Lovers & Groupies thread: It all started with a Moose

[stopher1]

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Just 5 more sleeps til my DD & I hit the World for a few. I can't wait!...I'm almost as giddy as she is right now. But I haven't packed & re-packed my bag yet as she has done...three times already.

 

[Granny]

Dodie!!!


Have a great day!!!

 

[jimmytammy]

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Just 5 more sleeps til my DD & I hit the World for a few. I can't wait!...I'm almost as giddy as she is right now. But I haven't packed & re-packed my bag yet as she has done...three times already.

I'm excited for you!

 

[jimmytammy]

She had me up until Chucky Cheese. I gotta tell you, generally I'm slightly on the budget side of life UNTIL I went to Las Vegas, specifically the mall at the Venetian Resort. I'm telling you the old guy had to tranquilize me with a dart gun ala Marlin Perkins and mutual of Omaha's wild kingdom. I've seen it reduce the most frugal of women to tears.



Happy Birthday Dodie. Have a magical day!!

Eliza, you crack me up!! I can see you goin down now in that Mall, ala Marlin Perkins, course Marlin would have been back at the studio where its safe, Jim would have been doing the dirty work

 

[eliza61]

I'm now an offical student of the Restaurant school at Walnut hill College in Philadelphia PA. I've always had this secret alter ego fantasy where I was pastery chef/bakery owner by day (and Agent 99 from Maxwell Smart by night but I can safely say that ship has sailed. ).

Anyway it's a really good school and I half applied on a lark not really expecting much to come out of it. Classes start 9/16. so I'm excited. It's been an easy 25 years since I graduated so this should be very, very interesting.

 

[horselover]

I'm now an offical student of the Restaurant school at Walnut hill College in Philadelphia PA. I've always had this secret alter ego fantasy where I was pastery chef/bakery owner by day (and Agent 99 from Maxwell Smart by night but I can safely say that ship has sailed. ).

Anyway it's a really good school and I half applied on a lark not really expecting much to come out of it. Classes start 9/16. so I'm excited. It's been an easy 25 years since I graduated so this should be very, very interesting.

Wow Eliza how exciting! Good luck & keep us updated on how it's going.

 

[Muushka]

I'm now an offical student of the Restaurant school at Walnut hill College in Philadelphia PA. I've always had this secret alter ego fantasy where I was pastery chef/bakery owner by day (and Agent 99 from Maxwell Smart by night but I can safely say that ship has sailed. ).

Anyway it's a really good school and I half applied on a lark not really expecting much to come out of it. Classes start 9/16. so I'm excited. It's been an easy 25 years since I graduated so this should be very, very interesting.

Back to school!! You go girl!!! Full time? Wow! Good for you.
When we have our meet 12/2011, can we expect that you will be baking for us?

Stopher, how is your father-in-law doing?

 

[Granny]

Eliza...awesome news! Way to chase your dreams!

 

[Nicoal13]

Eliza - that is great! Good luck to you!

Stopher - enjoy your trip with DD! Can't wait to see pictures.

No new offer on our house yet. The showing went well and the open house gave us good comments from the other realtors. Now we wait some more.

My DS starts 4K tomorrow. Can't believe he has to go to school already. He is excited and I'm dreading it, but excited for him at the same time.

 

[eliza61]

Thanks guys,

Muush, are you on Hurricane watch? Jersey shore has had some rough storm surges but it should be a rather mild storm.

 

[ransom]

Congratulations, Eliza. I'm glad you're pursuing your dreams.

 

[twokats]

Dodie

Way to go Eliza

Hope all the groupies have a wonderful Labor Day holiday!!

We are in a down time with Mom's chemo. She is very weak. But we only have 3 more major treatments. If everything stays on schedule we have six more weeks.

 

[stopher1]

I'm now an offical student of the Restaurant school at Walnut hill College in Philadelphia PA. I've always had this secret alter ego fantasy where I was pastery chef/bakery owner by day (and Agent 99 from Maxwell Smart by night but I can safely say that ship has sailed. ).

Anyway it's a really good school and I half applied on a lark not really expecting much to come out of it. Classes start 9/16. so I'm excited. It's been an easy 25 years since I graduated so this should be very, very interesting.

That's awesome eliza! Congrats on taking that step and good luck.

Stopher, how is your father-in-law doing?

Hanging in there. Each day presents its' own struggles. DW tells me that he has lost about 35 pounds and can't keep much down. She was talking with him last night and it was a good day. She could actually understand him. (His meds have made his speech somewhat slurred). From what she said, solids are the real culprits, but he's had some success with softer stuff like smoothies and the like, but not all liquids stay down. So she's trying to figure out some stuff to make for him when she goes west. He's been moved out of the hospital, and is now in a convalescent home, but even that may not be where he is when she gets out there. The talk is that they'll be sending him home and providing daily hospice type care for him there. So DW thinks that'll be where they are when she gets there. Not really sure though. They still haven't provided results of the test to determine whether chemo would work or not... and we're kind of figuring they just don't want to put a lot of emphasis on that given his age and the apparently advanced stage he's in. Similarly, the docs have started talking end of life issues with my SIL - i.e. making sure his health directives and power of attorney are in place, etc. That was a real wake-up call for her this past weekend, even though I'd asked about it myself more than a week ago. At that time when I had DW ask the question, she was basically rebuffed by her sister that that was something to think about in the future... apparently not. Even DW has started seriously thinking he won't be around at Christmas when we all head out there based on the various things she hears from her sister and brother.

So in a nutshell - similar but different. Slipping and sliding, but not falling yet.

Thanks for asking. I've shared with several different circles, both physical and virtual, and don't always keep track of who's heard what.

Stopher - enjoy your trip with DD! Can't wait to see pictures.

Thanks. It should be a good time.

Thanks guys,

Muush, are you on Hurricane watch? Jersey shore has had some rough storm surges but it should be a rather mild storm.

Hope it turns away from all of you east coast folks and only sends a trickle of what it could be.

 

[stopher1]

We are in a down time with Mom's chemo. She is very weak. But we only have 3 more major treatments. If everything stays on schedule we have six more weeks.

Continued prayers for you both twokats!

 

[Muushka]

Oh Stopher, I am sorry he is not doing well. But as you probably already know, Hospice is wonderful.
I hope that his days are joyful with his family.

Thanks guys,

Muush, are you on Hurricane watch? Jersey shore has had some rough storm surges but it should be a rather mild storm.

We are inland, but those hurricanes have been known to come right to us! Best wishes for Jersey. Hey, remember that Queen Mary 2 cruise I was dying to take? Well it leaves from NY this Friday! Talk about divine intervention! I am so grateful Mr Muush didn't want to sail out of NY. We would have had Earl with us all the way up the coast!

Eliza - that is great! Good luck to you!

Stopher - enjoy your trip with DD! Can't wait to see pictures.

No new offer on our house yet. The showing went well and the open house gave us good comments from the other realtors. Now we wait some more.

My DS starts 4K tomorrow. Can't believe he has to go to school already. He is excited and I'm dreading it, but excited for him at the same time.

Awww. I am not a mom, but I can imagine that feeling.

Dodie

Way to go Eliza

Hope all the groupies have a wonderful Labor Day holiday!!

We are in a down time with Mom's chemo. She is very weak. But we only have 3 more major treatments. If everything stays on schedule we have six more weeks.

Hugs for you and your mom. I hope she is feeling better soon.

 

[jimmytammy]

twokats and Stopher

Continued prayers being lifted in you and your loved ones behalf, Gods will being asked for each situation.

Eliza
Great news! Go at it with gusto( but remember, let someone else be the class clown, you just keep sharing those funny stories with us)

 

[Nicoal13]

Question for you VWL experts. I know this is pure speculation, but maybe some of you have experience with this.

I'm planning an early May 2011 trip for myself, DH, DS and my parents to VWL. I only have enough points for a one bedroom and of course we need a 2 bedroom. So my Dad insists on paying for the extra instead of borrowing points from my next UY.

What I'm wondering is if there is a good chance of getting 2 nights in early May for the cash discount? I'd be booking at the 7 month window. Or maybe it would be better to rent or get a transfer of points to cover those 2 nights. I want to be able to link the reservations so we don't have to switch rooms. Any thoughts?

 

[Granny]

Nicoal...I think your chances of getting a cash reservation in early May would be pretty good...that's a pretty slow time generally.

Also, I don't know how many points you would need for a 2 BR but you can "buy" up to 24 points at $15 per point. If that would give you enough points I'd probably do that instead of a cash reservation.

And I guess borrowing points is out of the question? Just looking at all the angles. Good luck.

 

[Nicoal13]

Nicoal...I think your chances of getting a cash reservation in early May would be pretty good...that's a pretty slow time generally.

Also, I don't know how many points you would need for a 2 BR but you can "buy" up to 24 points at $15 per point. If that would give you enough points I'd probably do that instead of a cash reservation.

And I guess borrowing points is out of the question? Just looking at all the angles. Good luck.

Yep, Dad refuses to let me borrow points and insists on paying for part of the stay. I have 201 points and need 318 for a week in a 2 bedroom. I already banked some of this years points for it. I only have a 160 point contract. So I think we will try for the cash discount for the weekend nights since those are the most points anyway.

 

[jimmytammy]

85 days to go til we are HOME!!