January 2009. . . Calling all Snowbirds ~ Part IV !!!

[MAGGIED]

Seriously, I try to stay away from the WDW site as much as possible - I can't find anything there! I just use my favorite search engines - Shelly, Wendy or Remmy - they're a lot nicer, too 'cause they don't slow down my computer.

 

[MAGGIED]

Good morning Snowbirds... I have another busy day in paradise... off to a meeting with my boss at 9 am... Maggie to the doctor at 11 am.. then two contracts to try and get together this afternoon.... then Daniel has a basketball game at 5:30....

my house is a disaster.... still have all the Christmas decorations up... and that is a chore... I love Christmas and decorate EVERY room in the house... we have a 10 ft tree in the family room, a 7 foot tree in the living room, a five ft tree in our bedroom, and smaller trees in the other three bedrooms... plus a 12 foot mantle that has ... I don't know...about 100 ft of garland and stuff.... I think you get the picture.... looks beautiful but I dread taking it all down..... maybe tomorrow.....

I do want to get those suitcases up from the basement to start airing out.... maybe tomorrow....

well friends off to the shower and then my meeting.... have a great morning...

 

[sarbah77]

I have FOUR DAYS left! Woohoo! Of course, I'm working a full day on Friday before we hit the road/skies.

Tomorrow night into Wednesday, we're supposed to get 4-6 inches of snow. I start going "ACK" but then I slip into my happy place, thinking "Disney is not going to have snow. Disney is not going to have snow!"

Also, my countdown? I'm done, I have nothing left to count!

However, I'm debating the merits of a new bathing suit. I don't swim often (or hardly ever, really). I bought my current suit when I got married (8 years ago, yikes), and while my weight has yo-yo'd, I'm apparently still the same size (DH and I were hoping it would be too big) (also, I am using paranthetical remarks a lot today) (and one last to say I tried the suit on yesterday, and it's as flattering as any suit will be, I guess!).

Should I go to the mall today and see what they have? Knowing that I may not get the chance to use it at Disney? Or should I stick to the one I bought 8 years ago, having used maybe a handful of times?

Otherwise, my packing has thus far consisted of: finding the rain ponchos, the sunblock, and the power cables for both my cameras.

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Good morning Snowbirds!

My house is so quiet now that the kids went back to school!

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Well we're off to dinner. We have a gift card for O'Charley's (I remember we had a conversation about that place on here ), but we want to use it before we leave. Have a great evening.

How was dinner?

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

Seriously, I try to stay away from the WDW site as much as possible - I can't find anything there! I just use my favorite search engines - Shelly, Wendy or Remmy - they're a lot nicer, too 'cause they don't slow down my computer.

 

[Momof2Disneyboys]

I'm going to Disney in 15 days!!!!

 

[crzyred]

How was dinner?

It was alright. We had a really slow waitress team (the one girl was training). We got our soup/salad put on the table and literally looked back up and there were our entree's. And we never got any dinner rolls. It took me like 10 minutes to get a refill on my water. We've never had service that slow there, plus with the new girl training, so we just marked it up to a one time event.

Ok it's currently -1 but feels like -13. COME ON FLORIDA!

Anyone wanna go to work for me? Anyone? I have a feeling today and tomorrow are going to go very slowly....

Oh well. Everyone have a great day.

In 48 hours I will be in the air!!

 

[Dancegrl624]

Good morning! It's certainly strange with my DD back in school today. The bus was a bit late, so we froze a bit. I'm just about to head out the door to get some yummy breakfast with my DH. Then, it's off to the grocery store. I totally could not sleep last night. Part of it was due to the fact that I'm all congested with sinus junk. Also, I started thinking about packing. Well, that sent my mind racing! I had to stop because I got myself in a bit of a panic. I guess I should start making a packing list to get it all out of my head!

 

[jenjolt]

Good Morning Snowbirds!!

Well I am back at work!! We don't have students today, so I have entered all my grades (actually finished last night), working on powerpoints, a welcome back letter, and a syllabus!!! I'm enjoying so far that we haven't been called down to any faculty meetings LOL (knock on wood)

Well I'm getting so excited...I'm at 10 days today I believe...tomorrow I can start the single digit dance!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jenjolt]

Good morning! It's certainly strange with my DD back in school today. The bus was a bit late, so we froze a bit. I'm just about to head out the door to get some yummy breakfast with my DH. Then, it's off to the grocery store. I totally could not sleep last night. Part of it was due to the fact that I'm all congested with sinus junk. Also, I started thinking about packing. Well, that sent my mind racing! I had to stop because I got myself in a bit of a panic. I guess I should start making a packing list to get it all out of my head!

I can totally relate...I actually got my first aid kit packed this morning!! But I will get to thinking about all the things I need to get packed and I start to get really nervous about it!!! I know its silly, but that's how it goes for me!!!!

 

[dklam]

Well, I'm back at school today, too. It has been so nice being off for almost 2 weeks. But, the next two weeks should go by fast, and then we have MLK day off and I work for 2 days and then off to WDW!!

DD just called and said my TA called and said our documents were ready to be picked up. She woke her up (still on college sleep schedule - LOL), but she didn't mind when she found out it was about the trip. She has decided to go back to school next week to work and then come home again a few days before we leave. She has been home almost a month and is getting pretty bored . Her summer job didn't have any hours to give her while she was home, but she works in her college admissions office and they are really busy this time of year so she can go back and work while on break. She is very lucky because her college runs a January session, so the dorms are always open as well as all of the dining halls. Gives her a chance to be at school, not have to do any school work, and make some extra money.

Have a safe trip to everyone leaving this week and let's hope that we all have great weather when we are down there!

 

[Kazooie01]

I have FOUR DAYS left! Woohoo! Of course, I'm working a full day on Friday before we hit the road/skies.

Tomorrow night into Wednesday, we're supposed to get 4-6 inches of snow. I start going "ACK" but then I slip into my happy place, thinking "Disney is not going to have snow. Disney is not going to have snow!"

Also, my countdown? I'm done, I have nothing left to count!

However, I'm debating the merits of a new bathing suit. I don't swim often (or hardly ever, really). I bought my current suit when I got married (8 years ago, yikes), and while my weight has yo-yo'd, I'm apparently still the same size (DH and I were hoping it would be too big) (also, I am using paranthetical remarks a lot today) (and one last to say I tried the suit on yesterday, and it's as flattering as any suit will be, I guess!).

Should I go to the mall today and see what they have? Knowing that I may not get the chance to use it at Disney? Or should I stick to the one I bought 8 years ago, having used maybe a handful of times?

Otherwise, my packing has thus far consisted of: finding the rain ponchos, the sunblock, and the power cables for both my cameras.

Go for the new suit! I just got a new one about a month ago for the trip. I haven't had a new suit since... well before our daughter was born. I know I’ll use it at least a couple of times when we're down there in 16 days. If it's above 70 any of the days (it was 85 for a day or two last year) we'll take the kids to the pool. There are great deals out there. My Husband found a Nike shortini for me that was normally $85.00 for $30.00.

 

[MAGGIED]

need to vent......

one meeting down... a few more to go... as with everything ....my company is cutting commissions.... I only lost 5% from what my commission was last year but that makes it down 15% from what it was two years ago.... rrrrrrr... sometimes I really don't like my job..... I also stressed to my boss that I didn't get enough company referrals and that I expected more this year to make up for the difference.... I sound tough don't I.... not really... but she got my point.... I do a really good job for them and I don't think they would be happy if I left.... as I was in the top five in the company this past year.... we will see......


off the box and done venting now...

DD is soooooo slow.... just waiting for her so I can take her to the doctors... she doesn't like to drive into the city.... which is okay because she is a really bad driver anyway...lol.... I think we will stop by the mall and go to the Disney store and see what kind of deals they might be having.....

okay.. gotta run..... bye

 

[EPCOT is a verb]

Tomorrow! We leave tomorrow! I checked the forecast, and I think I should throw in extra shorts. I packed for cold weather, and it is looking alot warmer.

I printed boarding passes, stopped the mail, made one last Walmart run...ready to roll! I suppose I could finish cleaning up the house. I hate to come home to a less-than clean looking house.

 

[figmentfan0724]

Good morning snowbirds! I had a very productive day yesterday! we finally got our office put together so now I don't necessiarly have to type from our couch! I can sit in my big comfy office chair at a desk and type and scrapbook and all that jazz! I am getting ever so closer to my trip and today I am still goin to be working on laundry and getting the house clean as today is my last day off until we leave for vacation so I would like to get a lot done. I am also suffering from a serious cold! GRRR I just need to knock it out before sunday!

 

[jenjolt]

Tomorrow! We leave tomorrow! I checked the forecast, and I think I should throw in extra shorts. I packed for cold weather, and it is looking alot warmer.

I printed boarding passes, stopped the mail, made one last Walmart run...ready to roll! I suppose I could finish cleaning up the house. I hate to come home to a less-than clean looking house.

I don't do shorts, but I'm starting to think I need to bring my capri's with me now...I'll have to see if I can figure out where I put those LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Pluto_fan]

Good morning Snowbirds!

I've missed you! I thought life would slow down a little after Christmas, but no such luck. Now I'm about 50 pages behind on this thread, and I haven't even read about Shelly's big Reveal! I may not ever catch up, so I hope everyone is doing well and ready to go see Mickey! I know I missed Sarah's birthday yesterday... hope you had a good one! My sweet baby girl turned 1 yesterday! Where does the time go?

I finally made a countdown calendar yesterday, starting with 15 days to go! DH and the boys were impressed with the clever use of Home Depot paint chips. DIS gets the credit for that!

But now Disney has me totally re-thinking my plans! They just came out with a special ticket offer for military folks...it's a great deal, but it's only good on 5-day tickets (not upgradable). We already purchased 7-day hoppers, which we could save for another trip someday, but I'll need to re-plan this trip with only 5 "major" park days. I hope that doesn't sound whiney--I love saving money so I'm excited about the deal! Here's a question...what can we use "water park fun & more" on? Pleasure Island is closed, Typhoon Lagoon is in rehab. We're thinking of Blizzard Beach, but I'm afraid it will be too cold. I'm sure the boys would love DisneyQuest (which I've never told them about since we've never had time for it). Anything else I'm forgetting? Did they add one of the mini-golfs to it? I suppose I could go look it up.

Totally off topic, but I'd appreciate your prayers for my dear friend Janet. Her baby Benjamin arrived on his due date just after Christmas, but he had died earlier that day. DD and I are flying to Denver on Wednesday to attend his memorial service. I don't know what to say to her but hope I can offer some support and comfort.

 

[coffeehousemom]

Hello Birdies...

Well yes we did get that ice storm Sat night. About 1/2 an inch of ice & freezing rain. Turned everything into a skatingrink. I tried to drive into work Sun & ended up turning around after a mile. Too slick & windy. So I got all the decorations put away, suitcases out, & started packing!!! Got out all the clothes I think I want to take. On tue I will go through & narrow them down a bit. Have a ton of errands to run also. Hopeing to get them done before we get with the snow they are calling for.

Good news DH is finally getting excited about the trip!! He went back to work today & I stopped in first words out of his mouth..... can we check in any earlier than Sat? YES!!! So I am mow hoping that maybe he will want to leave Fri afternoon instead of 4am Sat.

 

[MelXThree]

Shelly, I added another ADR - T-Rex Cafe Jan 26 @ 12:30. My oldest is going to freak out He loves Dinos

Just so everybody who wants to get reservations there knows. They started taking them today and the guy on the phone told me that it has been crazy!
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