Can't believe it took me this long to find you !
I am from Southern NB, Canada, and have a DW, DS (17) and a DD (12).
We are going next Sunday. I am the planner in the family and this is our 4th trip. We've done Christmas (my favourite), Summer (HOT) and early fall (still Hot).
My son is a horror show freak. I thought aboyt taking him too MNSSHP (done that b4 as well), but somehow he found out about HHN. Guess where we are going?
He's graduatung, I am 40 and feel 60 (darn arthritis). Love to golf, but only get out occassionally. Daughter is in that " Daddy can I have..." stage. (I will resist, I will resist, I will resist..I never resist ) Easier toi give in then deal with demon daughter.
Hope to be able to join the club!
Chris
My wife is due at the the end of October (she has been on bed rest since may) so at least she will be able to help me a little more soon. Of course we will have a new born on our hands so I'm thinking it's not going to get much easier soon. I am praying for a healthy, good sleeping baby boy.
Funny thing happened last night. We are at the dinner table which faces the back yard and we were having a nice conversation about what DD learned in school that day. Well, right in the middle of my sentence I happened to see something running across the back fence... it had a rather large pine cone in its mouth. Without even thinking... and without skipping a beat... I said "Look! Squirrel!" And after everyone was done looking at the squirrel we all turned to each other and had a good laugh!
I could use some of Fed's happy pills today. My hip is about 3 shades of purple, blue and black today. I had a softball game last night and I play first base. I was one of the last batters the prior inning, and we had the 3B dugout, so I just stayed to coach first. I was talking to a guy on the other team when another player walked by me carrying a bat. All of a sudden I feel a sharp pain on my hip. I thought the guy who walked by hit me with the bat. Just as I'm starting to turn around to say something I see a softball on the ground near me. About that time their second baseman starts apologizing and I hear somebody in the dugout say "Holy $@&%, what did that hit? It sounded like it hit a wall!" It hurt like Beverly, but after hearing that I wasn't about to let on that it hurt. I just picked the ball up and tossed it back to the guy.... then I went home and got the ice out. We won the game, but it probably helped that they had Chuck Knoblauch playing 2B.
Wow the opp might be coming to get in on some Disney Stock, with the stock market taking a tumble Dis stock is down to $29 and change, compared to over $40 a couple months ago
I would love to get in for 1000 shares at like $20 a share, the way things are going it might happen, and with all the things happening with Dis in the next couple years, IMO it will be a good payday
This is a very good investment at the current price, imo. DIS pays 40 cents/share currently, so getting in at under $30 gives you a 1.3% return on your investment in cash (regardless of paper gains/losses), which is better than you're going to find on any savings/mutual fund (and most bonds) at current. With the market at a low, and DIS at the low end of its 52 week avg. you're also in good shape for a big appreciation when the market turns.
Great that it is Friday but it is even better that tomorrow is Saturday. Snacks are purchased, the couch is ready and the batteries on the remote are changed. A number of great games are on tap tomorrow. The Gators are playing the first road game of the year at Kentucky. Hopefully it will be a good outcome.
Update on DD. She wore the patch to school and is coping well. When I picked her up on Thursday, I asked her how it went and she said, "Do you know how many bad pirate jokes I heard today?" One of her friends that saw her "pirate pic" on her Facebook page, brought her a sword. Today she comes down and tells me, "I shouldn't have worn this." She was in a black school tee, shorts and boots. "I look like a pirate. Shouldn't have done that."
Of course I was my sympathetic self, pointing out that my earlier kidding was to toughen her up for school. Don't know why but she didn't appreciate my parenting skills.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Morning Dads! Time to go to football............in the rain.
Good morning guys . I got back late last night from Minnesota. Unfortunately with a cold.
Welcome to all of the new dads
Great that it is Friday but it is even better that tomorrow is Saturday. Snacks are purchased, the couch is ready and the batteries on the remote are changed. A number of great games are on tap tomorrow. The Gators are playing the first road game of the year at Kentucky. Hopefully it will be a good outcome.
Have a great weekend everyone.
WISDOM NEEDED FROM THE GROUP
Guys,
I've droned on and on about my trials with our scout troop here before, and now I'd like some advice. I received the following email from our Scoutmaster last night. After finishing laughing and resisting the temptation to respond immediately, I've put extensive thought into this, and I'm pretty sure how I'm going to respond (really no differently that my previous discussions with this guy, but I'd like to hear your thoughts as well. Plus it'll give me an opportunity to vent without doing it publically.
Hi Chris --
I heard indirectly ... at least 3rd hand ... that you remain very concerned about bullying among the boys in Troop [XXX]. I'd like to talk with you again on this topic.
How are we defining "bullying?" Do we think it's intentional?
Is there any pattern regarding who is doing the bullying and who is being bullied?
Bill
What do you think?
How do we define bullying? Translation - Do you really know what you are talking about?