VWL Lovers & Groupies Thread: Meese-ka, Mice-ka MOOSE-kateers

[eliza61]

The menfolk volunteer to cut Christmas trees for senior citizens every year so I have a rare Sunday free.... They love it! A bunch of trees and the opportunity to swing a deadly weapon, legally!!

 

[Granny]

Great pictures Eliza...thanks for sharing! And I hope your free Sunday was an enjoyable one.

Speaking of pictures, where's that Groupie breakfast meet picture from a couple of days ago. C'mon folks, you know how we love our photos!!

 

[blossomz]

I second Granny!

Thanks Eliza!

Anyone book the members only cruise? We will be on the 3 day in Jan 2013!

 

[MiaSRN62]

Ahhh....those VWL pic eliza....thanks !!!

Thanks also for the pic of the groupie meet Granny ! You all look great

Jimmytammy....great link

Hello and happy holidays to you Santa Ray !

 

[jimmytammy]

Happy Monday everybody!!

T and I went to the Panthers Falcons game yesterday. We almost won

Is everybody ready for Christmas? We still have a little shopping to do, but this year all family members are in agreement to either draw names, no gifts at all or give to charity. The economy is serving us in more than one way, IMO. As we draw our belts tighter, so too do we draw closer to our Creator.

 

[eliza61]

Happy Monday everybody!!

T and I went to the Panthers Falcons game yesterday. We almost won
Is everybody ready for Christmas? We still have a little shopping to do, but this year all family members are in agreement to either draw names, no gifts at all or give to charity. The economy is serving us in more than one way, IMO. As we draw our belts tighter, so too do we draw closer to our Creator.

Ooh that must have been fun. I enjoy going to games (football and baseball) even though I'm not a big football fan.

We're pretty much done, Dh's parents are from Lisbon Portugal so for much of the kids younger years we schlept overseas for Christmas or to my parents house. so pretty much my kids never really had holidays with lots of gifts. getting there was enough to keep our wallets light.

A little Christmas around the world moment.

In Lisbon, Santa claus is not the big Kahoona, gifts are brought from the 3 Wise men so generally kids will get 3 or 4 gifts. Christmas Eve is the more "celebratory" day. If you guys ever want to travel some where, where food is an integral part of the celebration than Portugal is your nirvana. Literally you start feasting on Christmas eve, have a major chow down on Christmas morning (folks will stay up after midnight mass and literally cook all night for the Christmas breakfast) and then you have a daily pigfest until January 5th. What we see as a traditional Turkey dinner is actually served during Lunch on Christmas with people sort of eating their way from house to house. the thought being that you're supposed to go caroling at night so some how afer eating non stop for 24 hours you're supposed to have energy to sing.

 

[jimmytammy]

Eliza
Interesting how other countries celebrate Christmas. Thanks for sharing

 

[suemom2kay]

So Sorry
Christmas time can be hard when we miss loved ones we have lost
I thinks esp our mothers.

Aww thank you. Very hard, but holding on to wonderful memories.

 

[suemom2kay]

suemom2kay ~ I'm very sorry that this time of year is very difficult for you due to your mom's passing. It's not easy. My father passed in December and it's still tough to deal with.

Thank you so much. I deal with death and dying frequently at work (ICU Nurse) and that has actually helped me in the last year. I miss her a lot, but have a cry here or there and move on to having a great time with family and friends. I would be in so much trouble with her if I didn't!

Love your screen name, BTW.

 

[stopher1]

Great pictures Eliza...thanks for sharing! And I hope your free Sunday was an enjoyable one.

Speaking of pictures, where's that Groupie breakfast meet picture from a couple of days ago. C'mon folks, you know how we love our photos!!

Sorry everyone - I have been on a cruise since the afternoon of that breakfast meet. At HHI tonight through early afternoon tomorrow - then head home. I thought for sure one of the others there might have uploaded something by now... but apparently not. I'll find them on the camera card, and get some uploaded.

 

[Inkmahm]

Sorry everyone - I have been on a cruise since the afternoon of that breakfast meet. At HHI tonight through early afternoon tomorrow - then head home. I thought for sure one of the others there might have uploaded something by now... but apparently not. I'll find them on the camera card, and get some uploaded.

I was just going to mention that you took pictures but I'd forgotten my camera for breakfast so I have none. How was the cruise?

 

[stopher1]

Here you go... from breakfast this past Friday at WCC... unfortunately they didn't put us all at one table (like last year), but rather two separate ones - so we kept the two family groups together at one table, and the rest of us were at the other one - of course the other table was still two family units and then me thrown in just because I was there. We never got a definitive, single shot like the night prior - but these still give an idea of the fun we had that morning. I'm sure when Di and Dad get home, he'll think about posting one or two (from work - since they still have dial-up at home out there in the "bermuda triangle vortex of no hi-speed service" in nothern Ohio) - since I did see him taking a shot or two of me "performance" before the entire restaurant.

From L to R: Dynaguy, Inkmahm, Dizny Dad & Dizny Di

From R to L: Disney Loving Iowan, MR. Disney Loving Iowan, Disney Loving Iowan's Aunt Jan, and a nice gentleman related to Disney Loving Iowan, but I feel terrible because I don't remember his name

From L to R: Katie, two Kats, Clay (Katie said that she will start posting on the boards... - both Dad and I gave her a big when she told us that.


And just to prove that I was there, I'm throwing this one in as well

and this one too...

Here's one of the ketchup tower that I made, along with my "non-breakfast" drink in the oversized, pitcher-like glass

We NEVER even asked for ketchup, either. A server from a completely different table came up offering us ketchup since her guests were leaving, and really before we could even reply, there the kids were with all that red stuff. And of course this just irritated Sidekick Sue. She just kept griping about it each time she'd stop by the table. Finally after she made me get up and sing for the restaurant, I made her get rid of it all. She then called for all the kids to come and get some ketchup and send it away to other tables. That was fun. Di and I just kept handing bottles off to little kids to distribute amongst the tables.

 

[stopher1]

I was just going to mention that you took pictures but I'd forgotten my camera for breakfast so I have none. How was the cruise?

Wonderful. I didn't want to get off the ship. Wished it were a 7, 10, 12 or longer trip. Can't wait to go again...

I'm not sure exactly how many shots I took just yet... but I will say that there were probably somewhere between 300 - 800. Rough guess.

You all were commenting on my nice camera, which again, is new. Got it about a month ago. I wasn't sure what it could do exactly (despite all of the fun shots I've been taking) - until I captured several of these. The first I've played around with the panaroma feature before - but this one is specifically for Di and Dad, since they love SSR too.

With my other camera, the point & shoot variety, I could never get anything like these next ones I'm about to share. The only thing I ever captured was a white blur such as this one

or a relatively small dot such as this one.

But these next ones just really show what the zoom & aperture settings can do.

I'm thrilled with it for so many shots I've gotten over the past week and a half.

 

[jimmytammy]

Great shots Stopher! Thanks for sharing

 

[Inkmahm]

Wow! Great pictures, Stopher. Even the one I took came out great and that isn't always the case!

Did you like the cruise as much as a DCL cruise?

Today we're off to Animal Kingdom, another DIS meet at BCV and then the airport. Boo hoo. Time to get Dynaguy to get moving!

 

[horselover]

Stopher - thanks for all the great pics. I love putting faces to names. Those moon shots were awesome!

1 week from today I'll be checking into the Lodge!!!!

 

[Granny]

Stopher...thanks for posting the pictures. Looks like another successful Groupie meet in the books!!

Eliza...thanks for sharing your "Christmas Around the World" insight. It's amazing how this event is celebrated so differently in the various parts of the world. Even traveling around the EPCOT countries was fascinating as the various storytellers told the Christmas stories from their homes.

 

[Dynaguy]

Enjoy those next two meals today! And enjoy the rest of your stay.

Thanks, we did!

Mount Dora! I have always wanted to visit there (and no, I'm not kidding!)

We went there to do a segway tour. The town is friendly to electric vehicles. It also has a lot of antiques.

I should probably give some backround info. At breakfast we were comparing notes about breaking up the winter with Disney trips, and Disney Di expressed a wish to retire to Florida.

Disney Dad was explaning about some complications in fees spiraling for a location near the World on acount of a high number of defaults brought on by a bad economy.

I brought up Mt. Dora as one of the few places we'd been to in Florida that we wouldn't mind actually living in ( at least in a non-hurricane season month ) and thought that the real estate was still within reason.

 

[jimmytammy]

Note to DynaGuy, Inkmahm, DiznyDad and Di

If you folks move to FL, dont forget all of us groupies. We like to visit...a lot

Seriously, folks we know who have relocated to FL say people who never visited before when they lived elsewhere, all of a sudden want to visit

 

[Muushka]

Thanks, we did!

We went there to do a segway tour. The town is friendly to electric vehicles. It also has a lot of antiques.

I should probably give some backround info. At breakfast we were comparing notes about breaking up the winter with Disney trips, and Disney Di expressed a wish to retire to Florida.

Disney Dad was explaning about some complications in fees spiraling for a location near the World on acount of a high number of defaults brought on by a bad economy.

I brought up Mt. Dora as one of the few places we'd been to in Florida that we wouldn't mind actually living in ( at least in a non-hurricane season month ) and thought that the real estate was still within reason.

DDad and I were both looking at Celebration (if I remember correctly). But like you said, the HO fees are ridiculous.
I had heard about Mt Dora about 20 years ago as being a very nice town. When we lived in S FL I kept bugging Mr Muush to take me to Mt Dora, but he never did. And when we go to FL, it never seems to be high on our list. I think I need to do my own Mt Dora excursion! I checked www.zillow.com and their real estate situation is not as dire as a lot of FL cities. That in itself is encouraging. Looking good! Maybe we will be neighbors some day!

JimmyTammy, of course you can come and stay for a visit!

And now, another birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Mickeymorse!!!!!!​