AZ JazzyJ
<font color=teal>The Talented One<br><font color=p
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Ok, so you all know me and how conservative and restrained I am and how I am usually pretty quiet and careful about what I say. So given that description, what I am about to say is very out of character for me.
As a family we were sitting in the living room the other night and I had just turned on the television to check the news. ESPN was reporting on the upcoming baseball season and I wanted to make sure I had accounted for all the players in the major leagues (this should not come as earth shattering news, I am sure everyone watches Sports Center as their sole source of current events). Anyways, I had just gotten new batteries for my remote control and I was testing it out. So every time Trina started to talk I was pressing the volume button and when she stopped talking I pressed the volume button again. I swear, the remote was upside down. I really did mean to lower the volume when she was talking and raise it when she finished (thats my story and I am sticking to it).
So right after I got smacked the side of the head with a pillow and an empty battery box (luckily it was AA and not car batteries I was changing), she said, You didnt hear a word I said at which I replied, I did too, I distinctly heard you use the word the so dont tell me I didnt hear a word. So she then asked, what are we going to do about Mallorie? At that point I looked up and all the kids were staring at me waiting for me to say something about something. So I said, The temperature in Orlando was 82 degrees that is not nearly as hot as it was in September. The kids began jumping up and down and dancing around the room. I had no idea that my kids were such weather fans but I felt good that I had brought happiness to their lives. That night as I was getting ready for bed and fixing the couch since I would most likely be sleeping there after the whole upside down remote business, (I have half a mind to write a letter to the Pioneer Electronics Company telling them that they need to manufacture their remotes with a label showing which end of the remote is the top. Either that or they need to include a more comfortable sofa sleeper with the purchase of a television.) Trina comes up to me with one of those dont you dare replace my nativity set with Diamondbacks bobblehead figures looks and asks, So when did you plan to tell me you were taking the family to Walt Disney World? Well I have no idea what she is talking about and I cant find my remote control so I am completely helpless here. It seems that what I missed in the earlier conversation is that our second daughter Mallorie wanted the family to take a vacation together before she goes to college. Trina was asking if we should take the kids camping and I gave them the weather in Orlando. So now I find myself in the planning stages of a family excursion to Walt Disney World. This is where I need your help. I need to find activities for the whole family and I thought who better than the members of the DIS?
So here are the specifics. We are taking four children to Orlando in May (the fourth through the twelfth) Mallorie (17), Tiffany (13), Whitney (10) and Dakota (6). Mallorie and Tiffany have been to WDW once and that was nearly 12 years ago. The other two have never gone. I would like to hear what types of things you would recommend to make this a magical experience. And I have already been vetoed when I suggested we could use this as an excuse for a pin meet.
Jeff
As a family we were sitting in the living room the other night and I had just turned on the television to check the news. ESPN was reporting on the upcoming baseball season and I wanted to make sure I had accounted for all the players in the major leagues (this should not come as earth shattering news, I am sure everyone watches Sports Center as their sole source of current events). Anyways, I had just gotten new batteries for my remote control and I was testing it out. So every time Trina started to talk I was pressing the volume button and when she stopped talking I pressed the volume button again. I swear, the remote was upside down. I really did mean to lower the volume when she was talking and raise it when she finished (thats my story and I am sticking to it).
So right after I got smacked the side of the head with a pillow and an empty battery box (luckily it was AA and not car batteries I was changing), she said, You didnt hear a word I said at which I replied, I did too, I distinctly heard you use the word the so dont tell me I didnt hear a word. So she then asked, what are we going to do about Mallorie? At that point I looked up and all the kids were staring at me waiting for me to say something about something. So I said, The temperature in Orlando was 82 degrees that is not nearly as hot as it was in September. The kids began jumping up and down and dancing around the room. I had no idea that my kids were such weather fans but I felt good that I had brought happiness to their lives. That night as I was getting ready for bed and fixing the couch since I would most likely be sleeping there after the whole upside down remote business, (I have half a mind to write a letter to the Pioneer Electronics Company telling them that they need to manufacture their remotes with a label showing which end of the remote is the top. Either that or they need to include a more comfortable sofa sleeper with the purchase of a television.) Trina comes up to me with one of those dont you dare replace my nativity set with Diamondbacks bobblehead figures looks and asks, So when did you plan to tell me you were taking the family to Walt Disney World? Well I have no idea what she is talking about and I cant find my remote control so I am completely helpless here. It seems that what I missed in the earlier conversation is that our second daughter Mallorie wanted the family to take a vacation together before she goes to college. Trina was asking if we should take the kids camping and I gave them the weather in Orlando. So now I find myself in the planning stages of a family excursion to Walt Disney World. This is where I need your help. I need to find activities for the whole family and I thought who better than the members of the DIS?
So here are the specifics. We are taking four children to Orlando in May (the fourth through the twelfth) Mallorie (17), Tiffany (13), Whitney (10) and Dakota (6). Mallorie and Tiffany have been to WDW once and that was nearly 12 years ago. The other two have never gone. I would like to hear what types of things you would recommend to make this a magical experience. And I have already been vetoed when I suggested we could use this as an excuse for a pin meet.
Jeff
