Canadian Buffoon's Sweet 16 Celebration - Update 01/28 - The End

[franandaj]

Ugh. Just back from a weekend at Disney with gal pals, and a lot of fun and alcohol was involved. I need to recover, and hope to comment on your TR.....message coming as well....

 

[pkondz]

To be totally fair, it sounds nothing like the Liesa I've gotten to know...but you're a good sport for being the butt of the joke either way!

Also to be fair,
I wouldn't be teasing her
if I didn't think she wasn't
an amazing, fun person.

And to think, I've always been using that acronym wrong! Well, now don't I feel embarrassed!!

Live and learn!

Oh dear.

I'm also no good. Just better than Nathan and my other family members.

And that's all that matters.

Or at least good at sabotaging them. I'm not above a little elbow jabbing to make my way to the top...

All is fair in love, war and TSMM.

 

[pkondz]

See?!?!

SEE????

I’m not the only one who elbows their way to the top... or front. Lololol!!!!

Okay! You're not alone!

 

[pkondz]

whew! caught up again. did you get any ice cream while out on your walk? Tiffy's has amazing ice cream.

Oh, sure! Now you tell me!

 

[pkondz]

Ugh. Just back from a weekend at Disney with gal pals,

Oh the horror! You poor thing!

and a lot of fun and alcohol was involved. I need to recover,

Need to recover?
You did have fun!

and hope to comment on your TR.....message coming as well....

Standing by!

 

[orangecats2]

You're going back to DL? Already? Anyone going with you?

 

[pkondz]

You're going back to DL? Already? Anyone going with you?

Wellllll... sort of.

I'm actually going to Long Beach
to see the Long Beach Grand Prix.
(A long time bucket list item.)

But since I'm there,
I'll pop over to DL for a day.

I'm taking Me, Myself and I.
Terrible company,
but light travelers.

 

[Terra Nova guy]

Enjoyed the last update, just having a busy week, trying to clue things up at work so I can take Christmas week off. So far I think I can do it.
Nice seeing the submarine ride. It's one of the things that stand out in my memory of my trip to WDW when I was 9 years old. Still a little sad it's gone from there, but I do like the new Fantasyland.

 

[Mrs T 2009]

Thank you.

Yeah, not much going on here
for a little bit.

That should change.


Or not.
Christmas is coming!

That is good.. Haha, true. I am done shopping, but have nothing wrapped. lol

Happy Christmas and Merry New Year if I don't post on here before then!

 

[pkondz]

Enjoyed the last update, just having a busy week, trying to clue things up at work so I can take Christmas week off. So far I think I can do it.

Good luck!
Hope that works out for you.

Nice seeing the submarine ride. It's one of the things that stand out in my memory of my trip to WDW when I was 9 years old.

I was a bit older than you
when I rode it.

But... while even then,
I found it a bit cheesy,
I loved seeing the subs.
They were so cool looking!

Still a little sad it's gone from there, but I do like the new Fantasyland.

The Newish but Not So New Fantasyland
is pretty nice,
but I still miss my subs!

 

[pkondz]

That is good.. Haha, true. I am done shopping, but have nothing wrapped. lol

Shopping (well, gift shopping) done.
Wrapping... just done
as of a few minutes ago.
Baking.... er.......

Happy Christmas and Merry New Year if I don't post on here before then!

Same to you Mary!

 

[franandaj]

Oh, I had all the photos preloaded,
ready to put prose to.
But...

I can't find a way to start.
I wonder if this is writer's block?
But then how can I be writing this?

My hope is that if I just... start...
the words will start to flow.

See and this proves that you are far more of a skilled TR writer than myself. I just tell it matter of factly and rather dry, so no writers block there....

We left with plenty of time to do the
two hour journey.

Stop laughing!
How was I supposed to know????

Yeah, yeah... I was warned.
But... how bad could it be?

I did try to tell you, but I suppose I should have mentioned the thing about if it's 5PM you might as well just stop and chill where you are. The traffic will dissipate in a couple hours. Besides I thought for some reason you would be leaving Universal more like 8-10PM.

Our two hour drive became three.
And then four.

Yeah, in a perfect world, the drive should take about an hour, but the only time that would be happening is in the middle of the night. You could make it in two hours during work hours (10AM-3PM), but the four hours on either side of the work hours time frame are nightmare traffic hours. A 40 minute drive on Tuesday night's takes us two hours. Do you remember the route that you took?

(Well... movie stars, perhaps.
It's California. Don't they litter the
streets with celebrities there? )

Oh yeah I see half a dozen every day!

We pulled up beside her and I rolled
down Kay's window.
"Liesa?" I called.

See?

The CM asked if this was our
first visit and gave us
buttons to wear too.
I mentioned that it was Kay's
birthday (well... we were celebrating)
and they gave her a birthday
button too.

Actually, it wasn't a CM who gave you those buttons... A little fairy godmother picked them up the Sunday before at the Chamber of Commerce in DCA.

Hmmm... odd.
No castle.
Wait... Is that it??
It's so... tiny!

Shut up. All you WDW folks ridicule Walt's little masterpiece.

Liesa blithely hopped over the rope,
elbowed her way past some
angry parents and joined us.
I studiously avoided the glares
of the people behind us.

That doesn't surprise me! She can be pushy like that!

OK be back later to finish going in a treatment room now.

OMG! We're about to be
swallowed by a giant whale!!!

Agggghhhhh!!!!
Turn around!
No! I don't wanna die!

Here! Uh... Liesa!
Why don't you sit in the front!
Better pictures from there.

Perfect. Let her be whale bait first.

I was ready to fight Kay on this,
but... she plays dirty.
"Dad. It's my birthday celebration.
You have to."

And when Liesa rejoined us,
(apparently she came out fine in the end)
she insisted I ride it as well.

Two against one.
Totally unfair.
I decided to capitulate first
and regurgitate after.

Had I been there I would have been on your side!

Hah! Joke's on them.
I'm married.
I'm used to women
yelling at me.

How many women are you married to?

And if you look around enough,
you can see the magic.
You just have to know it
when you see it.

It's everywhere.

Do you see the magic?
(Why yes. Tell me. For bonus points.)

Of course I see the magic. And the pretty pink blooming trees aren't bad either.

We arrived back at city hall,
and I had to take a photo
of the lamp burning in Walt's window.

I love that little touch.

Me too!

It turned out I didn't need to get
a locker as Alison had a large bag
on the back of her scooter.
I gratefully accepted her offer
of being my personal pack mule.

I was more than happy to oblige.

I'll have to finish the rest after I get back home and have a chance to quote some more.

 

[pkondz]

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Well said!

 

[franandaj]

Well said!

Dang it! I multi quoted about a third of your TR last night. I pasted the multi quotes in on my computer and saved the draft, hoping that while I was waiting at the vet I could at least get started on replying. Evidently one of the cats walked across my keyboard and posted my reply, because here I am, just sitting down at the vets office and made no reply and instead you have made a smart a$$ remark back at me.

Please excuse me as I go back and edit my reply while I wait for the kittens to be seen.

 

[pkondz]

Dang it! I multi quoted about a third of your TR last night. I pasted the multi quotes in on my computer and saved the draft, hoping that while I was waiting at the vet I could at least get started on replying. Evidently one of the cats walked across my keyboard and posted my reply, because here I am, just sitting down at the vets office and made no reply and instead you have made a smart a$$ remark back at me.

Please excuse me as I go back and edit my reply while I wait for the kittens to be seen.

Oh, Alison.
I didn’t mean to offend you. I realized that you had accidentally posted.

No offense meant.
I apologize.

 

[franandaj]

Oh, Alison.
I didn’t mean to offend you. I realized that you had accidentally posted.

No offense meant.
I apologize.

I guess my witty sarcasm doesn't come through well in writing. I should have put one of these at the end so you knew I was just giving you a hard time for giving me a hard time. It takes a lot more than that to offend me!

 

[lisaviolet]

I'm actually going to Long Beach
to see the Long Beach Grand Prix.

Oh SO jealous. Vroom. Vroom.

And Alison too? Doubly jealous if so.

 

[franandaj]

Oh SO jealous. Vroom. Vroom.

And Alison too? Doubly jealous if so.

Actually, we try to leave town on Grand Prix weekend. I'll be at Disney while he's watching the race. But we have arranged for some time to meet up outside racetime.

 

[lisaviolet]

Actually, we try to leave town on Grand Prix weekend.

Blasphemy!

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Have fun Alison!

 

[pkondz]

I guess my witty sarcasm doesn't come through well in writing. I should have put one of these at the end so you knew I was just giving you a hard time for giving me a hard time. It takes a lot more than that to offend me!

Okay.
<phew!>

Thought I'd ticked you off.