Welcome to the Ya Ya Club Med!!!

[lvs_eeyore]

Awwww thanks boo. It was just one of THOSE days at the office. The boys were all nestled in their beds watching Harry Potter 3 so mommy thought she would have something nice. It is very very good. I got the recipe from the Tambu Lounge at the Polynesian. Dont feel bad boo that recipe got me at first when I got it in email. It wasnt until I read the directions that I caught on.

 

[dizneenut]

That's my kind of recipe.

Jeannie, boys all decided not to go to the movie tonight. So, we'll go some other night. They are all locked away in different rooms playing video games.
I so wish there was a Ryan marathon. I did see Josh awhile ago in the new Gap commercial. *sigh*

Sorry you had a bad day Karen. A Blue Hawaiin sounds wonderful.

 

[lizdotcom99]

Boy! What a busy day!!!! I too have been running around all day today!! And the funny thing is, I have no idea what I accomplished!!!!

Started out the day returning the UGLIEST 50" Dancing Mrs. Claus that my mother sent me. I am still trying to figure how she could *think* that I *wanted* something like that! Not even gonna try to figure it out. Just returned it andwent on my happy little way with a Sears gift card in my purse!! Next stop was at the Cingular phone kisok......not on purpose mind you....I was summond! Such a deal they had for me....yep I bought it...hook, line and sinker!! Actually, it was a very good deal....Greg and I can split my minutes and actually have more minutes collectivley than we have ever had before, and pay about $50 less a month on our cell phone bill. And to oboot, we got 2 free phones out of the deal.....and bonus.....we only had to sign up for a year contract........and since they bought out AT&T my recently renwed 2 year contract is null and void!! So I am a happy girl...and Greg will have a nice Christmas surprize......but of course i will give it to him before Christmas. I called about his current plan and it is awful! I think he has 300 anytime minutes, no roaming or long distance for a little OVER $50 a month!! Goodbye Verizon...but he can't get rid of that account till April, so I guess he will be a man with 2 phones for a while. I also downloaded a nice little picture of Buzz on his phone and a few Disney ringtones to choose from. I think I am going to go and grab his phone out of the car and program all the stuff into it. That way he will have a new phone with all his info in it! He is terrible at programming phones!! I am thinking that is a nice present! Hope he likes it!! Of course when I got homeform the store, I found the battery did not work...so I tried charging it and headed back to the store 2 hours later!! Ugh!!

On my list of things to do was a stop at the bank. I made a CASH deposit and got my little account balance thingine in the envelope and just put the envelope in my purse.....only to find later in the day, there was $$$ and my depsoit thingie!! Normally, this would not be a big deal....but this has happend like 3 times in the past few months!!! It wasn't a great deal of money, but it was enough to screw up somebody's drawer.

Went grocery shopping...that was very uneventful....kind of!! Discovered the money in my purse and headed to the bank to return it. Then left the bank and was driving home and out of nowhere comes a HUGE SUV barreling out of a side street!! So I slam on my brakes and the eggs that are sitting on the front seat go flying!!!! Picture if you will, flying eggs, honking horn and flailing arms!!! Good thing it was dark or the lady might have seen a flailing finger!!! Why can't people pay attention to others? OK, vent over!!!!

So all the groceries find their way home and get put away. Greg even made dinner!! Only a few of the eggs are broken and dripping in the bag.....almost all is well with the world. All this talk of cookies made me feel sorry for the girls (Greg's nieces) who have been begging me to make cookies, so I caved and made some Peanutbutter Kisses! (However, I cheated!! I bought slice and bake dough and kissses!! Just rolled the dough into balls, red and green sugar and added the kisses when they were done)! I will deliver them tomorrow...if i don't eat them all!!

Also managed to get the rest of Greg's shopping done!! Yankee Candle store has some GREAT deals!!! They have gift *baskets* for buy 2 get one free!! I got 3 great baskets that looked like tophats and were filled with a snowman tart burner, 3 tarts and a box of tealight candles for $60. They sohuld have come to $90, but with the buy one get one free it was a great deal! And they are just too cute!! They had baskets in all price ranges!! If you need any last minute gifts, our store had lots to choose from and lots of price ranges too!

Happy Anniversary Pam!! Hope you ahve a wonderful evening!!! You will have to tell us all about it tomorrow! I can also send your stripper friend over if you would like!!!

Nancy, that recipe with the vodka is just too funny! I saw that last year and forgot all about it! Of course it had NOTHING to do with my trying to make it!!! Thanks for the Christmas card......and the mess!! I should know better by now!!

Sherry, sounds like you have a nice and quiet evening in store for you! Hope that works out!! Any big plans for the weekend? How ya feeling? Any word on Jr's MRI? Keeping my fingers crossed for some good news!!

Hi Tina! How is the weather out by you? How are you feeling these days? I hope all is will with you are yours!! Last question.....how do you like a Christmas without snow? I think I would hate that!!!!! I do love the seasons....at least for a week of two!!

Karen, hope you are able to find your papason chair and chill! Sounds like a hectic day for you!! Don't you miss the snow too? Or were you born and raised in Florida?

Boo. let me know how those cookies turn out!! My guess is they could very well be gookies.....just a thought!! SO are we gonna move before all the other yaya's get back? I will leave that up to you Boo!!! You seem best fitted for that job!!

Alan, can't beleive you had to hear all that nonsense from Lainey!! I ahve had a few phone calls myself this week. There seemed to be some chatter about lovely weather and having a great time!! I tried NOT to hear all that! But I DID hear that tonight JRKaren will be doing her nekkid ritual dance....at JellyRolls!!! I heard there will be video and photos!! It sohuld be a good time to be had by all!!

Kimmar, are you really thinking Memeorial Day Weekend for the Yaya meet? Won't it be horribly crowed then? Just thinking out loud....sounds like fin though!!

Todd...could not agree with you more!!
Nancy--quit it!
You're making me hungry..
Time to raid the fridge...

Amanda, I have misplaced your recipe......bad me!!!! Could you send it again? Thanks!!

Manda, any update on your family? Hang in there!! Good thoughts headed your way!


Well that is it for now!! If I missed anybody.....sorry!! Myy mind is mush, but my phone is totally programmed!!

Oh, newflash, I also stopped at the Disney store and found 2 new toppers!!!
There was a Nemo one and an Incredibles one!! (Nancy, I got one of each just for you!!) If anybody else needs one or the other or both.....let me know!!

OK, now I am really done!! Mad, mad, mad love to all....and to all a good night!!!

 

[Meriweather]

Thanks for thinking of me with the toppers Liz.

Off to read I go. We're going to see Lion King tomorrow....been waiting forever for it.
Then to Cheesecake Factory to check it out for possibley a rehearsal dinner.
See ya all tomorrow.

good night

 

[shep]

Happy Anniversary Pam!!!

 

[shep]

Liz--you were a busy body today...
I'm tempted to get a new phone plan..
They just hiked up an extra $13 for some unknown reason.. ..

The weekend is finally here and we will probaly have NO time together...
Amanda is working saturday..I will be taking the girls shopping..
We are doing a church youth outing at the festival of lights at the zoo at 4...
Sunday there is church & I HAVE to watch football...Bengals Vs. Patriots..
If we win we could have a eensy chance of getting to playoffs...
I'm still stressed about that stupid phone bill.. ..Need to quit worrying about things so much..

 

[dizneenut]

Morning all!!

Liz, what a busy day you had. Congrats on your new phone! Have fun with it. Junior will find out about his MRI on the 16th, when he goes back to the dr. I'm feeling a bit better. I have an appt. on Monday morning. Came home yesterday from running to the store and Junior had made it for me. He knows I hate the dr. and wouldn't of made it myself. We have a surprise party to go to tonight for my SIL. Might go see a movie this morning, and I have to stop by my brother's and drop off his b-day card.

New toppers? Oooh! TDS is at the mall that is on the way to my SIL's. Might have to pop in.

Nancy, enjoy Lion King. I would LOVE to see it.

Todd, enjoy your weekend. Hope you and Amanda have some time together. Good luck to your Bengals. Our Browns suck.

 

[helenabear]

Before I say anything else, Happy Anniversary Pam & Mr. Pam!!!!

Hi all! I am home!!! The flight home wasn't the best in the world and we left 2.5-3 hours late due to bad storms across the eastern part of the US. I'd say for a while 80-90% of the flights out of our area were delayed at least an hour... one was delayed about 6 or so

Anywho... we got in late last night and I just didn't feel like firing up the computer to say hi I will admit I did something very stupid, I sort of blew my diet this week... we did walk about 60 miles (Luis has a pedometer) so that didn't really hurt, but my stomach isn't used to all that kind of food so by about Weds it wasn't too happy... last night I felt awful so I didn't sleep all that well. At least I have the weekend to recover!!

Hi folks! Now before we get to feeling too bad for Lainey, let me mention that she has called me, not once, but two different days while she was on Splash Mountain to let me know how short the lines were and let me hear the music.

She just casually mentioned the great weather, of course.

Now listen here, Bama Boy!!! First you are supposed to be my cabana boy, so talk like this is against all you should be doing But most importantly, the 2nd time I called from Splash, I didn't do it so you could hear the music (that was just an added bonus)... it was to rub it in that we not only walked on to it, had a whole log to ourselves, but also that they let us ride it 2x in a row
The weather on Friday wasn't *that* great though.

Pity Elaine?--isn't this (at least) the 2nd time shes went this year?

And then Todd comes in with this one??? Wow I soooo feel the love!!!!

Oh Jeannie... I did catch that about the pink bows... but with Antonio's coloring, I don't think pink would work..... maybe a nice shade of blue would work.

I did have a great time and having Luis there was wonderful. He was a teeny bit crabby the first 2 days due to something else, but after that... well... let's just say I am thrilled he bought himself an anual pass

I know I am totally blowing off everything that went on this week, but love, hugs and prayers for all who need it.

There was one final downer thing that happened... and fortunately my dad didn't tell me until last night. I know I hear about the shooting at a club in Ohio in Florida on national news, so some of y'all might have heard about this. Well from what I understand, some crazy man went in and shot a former Pantera member at a club earlier this week, and then opened fire on the crowd. 5 people total died... that I had heard myself in Florida. What I didn't hear is that it happened in Columbus and that one of the 5 who died was an old friend from school/church I was glad my dad held off on telling me that until we were headed home...

might try to get more sleep today and unpack and get a few things ready to ship off... have a great day everyone!!

 

[dizneenut]

Welcome home, Elaine. Hope you can rest up this weekend and that your tummy feels better.
That shooting in Columbus was terrible. So sorry to hear one of the victim's was a friend. Its been all over the news all week. So sad.

 

[believe]

Liz--you were a busy body today...
I'm tempted to get a new phone plan..
They just hiked up an extra $13 for some unknown reason.. ..

The weekend is finally here and we will probaly have NO time together...
Amanda is working saturday..I will be taking the girls shopping..
We are doing a church youth outing at the festival of lights at the zoo at 4...
Sunday there is church & I HAVE to watch football...Bengals Vs. Patriots..
If we win we could have a eensy chance of getting to playoffs...
I'm still stressed about that stupid phone bill.. ..Need to quit worrying about things so much..

You forgot to mention Jacob's birthday party on Sunday

 

[Meriweather]

Good morning.

Welcome back Elaine.....sorry about the tummy, but that's what vacations are for (well, eating well, not getting sick over it)
Sorry about your friend....it's been one of those weeks
The funeral for Emily is Tuesday. Dave went and visited Gavin last night. He is still in denial So sad!!

Gotta get the kid up and out.....last early morning for her. The mall starts being open until midnight, so she has a lot of LATE nights coming up.

 

[helenabear]

Wow, Amanda & Todd, I didn't think someone could fit one more thing into that weekend!!!

Thanks Sherry & Nancy... kind of shocking.

Nancy, I am pretty sure I forgot to post when I read about Emily... how very sad My thoughts are with all hurting.

And I know I forgot to post about Manda.... to you and your family. I hope everything will settle down soon!

Way behind in PMs, e-mails, and mail from home. I got some great things in the mail while I am gone... I have to sort through them all!

Tummy is doing a little better. I think actually taking the Pepto make me feel worse for a short while last night. Tried it again today and feeling like I normally do after I take it. I didn't eat more than I usually do at WDW... at least not the last several times I went, I just didn't realize how much my eating habits had changed since last time. I'll remember that for the future and skip the desserts we had next time.

Off to check v/m and work on Christmas cards!

 

[DaveH]

I am sorry I didin't post yesterday. I made it home fine. I talked to Beth this morning. She had a great time last night. She is one tired YaYa today. LOL

 

[helenabear]

Hi Dave! Glad to hear you made it home safely!!!!

I hope Bethie gets to sleeping soon

 

[lvs_eeyore]

Hey Everyone,

Elaine WELCOME HOME!!!! Im sorry you had such a bad flight home and that your tummy was messed up. Im glad to hear it's feeling better. I am so sorry to hear about your friend. You are in my prayers sweetie.

Liz what a busy busy day for you. Enjoy the phones. Did I understand you right on the Cingular/ATT thing in that if you signed a contract with ATT for two years its now void?? I am actually hoping that's true because we may very well change. We have ATT and they have messed up my bill or my account every month since we signed with them in May!

Liz I was born in Buffalo New York but moved to Florida when I was 9 so I have been down here for 33 years. I do miss snow a lot though. It kinda makes me sad that my boys have never seen it.

Amanda and Todd WOW what a weekend you have planned. I don't know how you could get one more thing into that schedule!

Nancy enjoy the Lion King. Sorry Christin has to work such long hours.

WELCOME HOME DAVE!!! Hope Bethie gets some more sleep. When does she come home?? Tomorrow?? If you talk to her tell her I said Howdy!!

It has and will still be a wicked crazy weekend for us. We had kids choir this morning...it did NOT go well and the play is next week....and then we helped work on some of the sets. After that we went shopping for stuff we needed for the sets....10 bags of fluffy batting and 18 yards of tulle later we left Joannes fabrics. Went to the christian bookstore and I found a study book I have been looking for. What I found weird that we couldnt find there was a nativity scene. They had some but they were in a stone arch instead of the traditional stable. They didnt have them at Joannes fabrics and crafts either so off to Target we went. I found a beautiful one there that we THOUGHT was on sale. It rang up at regular price and I mentioned the sale. She said NO I work in that department and it is the SANTA nativity scene thats on sale. SAY WHAT???????? A SANTA nativity scene??? Could we take Christ out of Christmas any more than that???? We paid the regular price for it and I ran off to Claires to see about a pair of earings for my second holes. Im having a terrible time with earings for them because the backs are so loose on most pairs that I have lost one earing to three sets of earings. I bought a pair that they use for piercing the ears because the backs on those are super super tight and they are hypoalergenic. We are finally home and trying to relax and eat something. Tomorrow we have Church, the surprise tape for Ms. Marybeth who is retiring from Kids Church, Kids Church, and then a Childrens Ministry volunteer luncheon. Thankfully after all that is over we can come home and relax....after I clean and dh does the lawn LOL!!!

 

[DaveH]

Bethie called me a little while ago. She sounds better now. She is awake. LOL!! She spent the afternoon window shopping at World Showcase. She plans on resting a bit and heading to MK for Wishes. Her flight is due in around 6PM tomorrow night. She more than likely be able to get on until much later tomorrow night or Monday.

 

[TLinden16]

I'm home and I'm tired. 'Nuff said.

Karen

 

[shep]

ditto on what Karen said..
Time for bed..
Had a good time tonight...
Have a good night everyone..

 

[Meriweather]

Welcome home Dave.
Welcome home Karen.
Glad Beth is having a good time.

Lion King was FANTASTIC!! I wish I could afford to go see it again. It surpassed by expectations......think one kid would mind if I took their ticket for the 30th?

Didn't make it to Cheesecake Factory....well made it, but didn't eat there.....1 1/2 hour wait!! Have to check it out another...less busy time. It looked very nice inside though and was quite large, so it might work out.

Off to feed the kitties.

 

[lvs_eeyore]

Morning Everyone!!!

Busy day today. We have church, kids church, a luncheon and tonight a concert LOL. Somewhere in there I need to stop back at the christian bookstore and try and exchange the Christmas CD I bought yesterday. If you didnt know the tune you could not even tell what these people are singing. It is soooooooo bad. I was gonna get the Clay Aiken CD but there were just too many secular songs on it. I was looking for something that had all religious christmas songs on it. The CD I bought is that if you could only understand the words. We swore they were singing in a different language but no it was english because you could make out one or two words on it LOL.

Welcome home Karen!!! Im glad to hear you had a great time!!! Jellyrolls will probably never be as lively as when you were there. Im so glad you got to see Scotty and Ray!!

Nancy I am so glad you liked the Lion King. I have heard wonderful things about it.

Uh Oh Ping and Pong are at it again. I better go break up the fun before they hurt each other LOL!!!