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@Monykalyn Congrats on them getting into the college they want and also getting free parking! Not much, but every little bit helps. Hope you have fun in being solo at Universal even if it's for a few hours. Either way, sounds like you're having a good time.

@schumigirl I do not know which one is better Captain Jack Sparrow, or Frankenfurter. Sorry it's cold out, but at least you have the sun!

@Charade67 It personally wasn't my favorite decade for Disney, but they definitely had variety that's for sure. At least Cinderella saved the company in '50.

I hope all the homies have a good Friday and good start on their weekend!
 
Hi everyone, snow forecast for us today......3-6 inches possible.....:furious:.....wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t have to go travel in it, but I have a couple of meetings across town so anyways.....

We have a new restaurant opening not to far from us on Monday called Sickies Garage....yup that’s right Sickies, looks to be pretty cool advertising 50 burgers and 50 beers, will give it a go next week sometime!
 
Good morning. Today is a day of medical appointments for the family. B has a dental appointment and dh and I are both seeing a dermatologist. He's had his appointment scheduled for months. I was surprised to get an appointment in the same week that I called. Usually there is a 2-3 month wait.
After the dentist I think we will go to the campus bookstore. B starts classes on Monday. The books have been ordered and paid for. We just need to pick them up.

Schumi - Confession time. I have never seen Rocky Horror. It's just not my kind of movie.

MonyK - Congratulations to you daughter. Always great to get into your first choice. Enjoy your time at Universal. I loved my last solo trip there.

Disxuni - We we're watching The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Weird stuff.

DisneyLife - The restaurant sounds...uh...interesting. Hope the food is good. Good luck dealing with the snow.

Gotta finish getting ready for the day. First stop - dentist.
 
Nice weekend pics carole, i’ll Ad one into the mix
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Didn’t get my quiet day art work. I ended up staying an hour and a half later than I normally do.

Not much going on tonight. Dh is watching some classic Disney. They made some strange stuff back in the 40’s.
That’s the golden era, they raided grimm’s fairy tales and classic books. A strong antagonist is critical in telling a good tale
oh and middle got accepted to University of Minnesota his week! She really wanted this school so excited for her. Hope scholarship money follows!
Congrats! May the money tree shake it’s leaves down upon her :)
we left resort in bus at 6:18 and were through bag check and into park by 6:45 ish. Lines look crazy nuts but move fast. We did a Lyft Wednesday but didn’t really save much time.
For 7 am opening? Wasn’t thrilled to see that the 8 am times next week were moved up.

I’m worried re the app, it rarely works for me onsite at WDW. Doesn’t matter if using data or wifi. AAA & brand new phone btw.

No idea if GC inside will be open, maybe throw myself at them if so lol
We warned the poor solo rising kid what else were going to do, but he was ok with it. Don’t think I’ve laughed so hard ina while. Actually the 4 year old was a decent pilot and knew what to do when we said go up or down. He couldn’t quite reach the warp drive lever so his mom helped him with that. He had a ball!
Obviously, that child has been reared right, knowing how to play a hands’ on video game of sorts lol
Hi everyone, snow forecast for us today......3-6 inches possible.....:furious:.....wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t have to go travel in it, but I have a couple of meetings across town so anyways.....
May it be of the light, fluffy stuff vs the dreaded heavy wet gunk
Disxuni - We we're watching The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Weird stuff.
‘Weird’ is what makes them special to me lol. That’s the great thing about the disney library, something for every one.

Both thel short stories are classics, among my favorite tales that Disney adapted and thankfully didn’t PC dumb down. The characters’ flaws are what make them interesting, great cautionary tales hidden amid strong story-telling.

I mourned the ride being removed from the MK. Thankfully, it still is appreciated in DL and is going to be given an update, along with many of the other dark rides. Hope they strike the balance between paying homage to the existing formats & introducing new bells & whistles!

If truth be told, one if the reasons I do make the trek out to DL is for the ‘where it all began’ vibe, including the classic dark rides.
 


Charade.....RHPS is a classic! Funny, raunchy, risqué and downright just pure fun!! Each to their own.......

Dammit Janet.......:rotfl: and it created one of the most fun dances ever........who doesn’t love to get down with The Timewarp.........:thumbsup2

I remember some religious folks trying to ban it being shown in our town way back when........they soon got short shrift........hate folks like that...don’t like it....don’t watch it! But don‘t try and spoil everyone else’s fun!!


Monyk.....congrats to your daughter........very happy for her!!


Janet.......dammit thats a cool picture........lol......did you see what I did there.......:duck:




Decided against meatballs.......made up spicy beef burgers instead......making potato wedges and I have some roast honey parsnips to cook too......

I’m sure I’ve forgotten something..........better go start cooking.....::yes::
 
:wave2: Making an afternoon stop in. The boss is away...so everyone can play :thumbsup2 and it's a slow week here. Hopefully this cold snap creates some work as once things freeze, people get back to work here - Oil and gas in the middle of nowhere need frozen conditions to get to work.


Pumpkin, when is your snow season over?
That's a loaded question. We have had big snowfalls in April around Easter where we would have to pull out the shovels again, even though most of the snow had already melted. And we usually will get once more blast here around our long weekend in May. It doesn't last more than a few hours...but it can sure make a mess.
And YES....we have a snow blower. We finally bought one a few years ago after a winter of record snowfall. Our two boys do the bulk of the snow removal. And with the snowblower, it takes less time - especially when it's super cold and it's harmful for skin and lungs to be outside for long periods of time.
Sitting in my favorite chair this morning with a big mug of coffee. It’s pretty windy this morning. Palm trees are swaying sun has come up.
What a great way to start your day! Even with the wind...it must be nice. Probably better than the - 25F with a wind we are experiencing right now.
Gotta finish getting ready for the day. First stop - dentist.
Ugh....my most hated thing to do. I am NOT a good patient...and am in the process of finding a new dentist who is willing to work with my high anxiety of them. Just thinking about it, makes me want to pull out my hair and run away screaming.
Decided against meatballs.......made up spicy beef burgers instead......making potato wedges and I have some roast honey parsnips to cook too......

Yum!!!!! I wish I could be a little ant that could live in hiding somewhere in your house so I eat all your food. Your meals all sound lovely!!!!

Not sure what we have planned for the weekend. I was hoping to go out for a meal and maybe a movie...but I think we will be sitting at home not doing much this weekend. Our temps have risen again in the last 12 hrs...and of course...it's snowing again. But tomorrow they are supposed to tank to the lovely dangerous temps where skin freezes and burns your lungs when you breathe :crazy2: :cold: But it's January in Santa Land.

I hope everyone has a great day!!! I hope to hop on again soon!
 


:wave2: Making an afternoon stop in. The boss is away...so everyone can play :thumbsup2 and it's a slow week here. Hopefully this cold snap creates some work as once things freeze, people get back to work here - Oil and gas in the middle of nowhere need frozen conditions to get to work.



That's a loaded question. We have had big snowfalls in April around Easter where we would have to pull out the shovels again, even though most of the snow had already melted. And we usually will get once more blast here around our long weekend in May. It doesn't last more than a few hours...but it can sure make a mess.
And YES....we have a snow blower. We finally bought one a few years ago after a winter of record snowfall. Our two boys do the bulk of the snow removal. And with the snowblower, it takes less time - especially when it's super cold and it's harmful for skin and lungs to be outside for long periods of time.

What a great way to start your day! Even with the wind...it must be nice. Probably better than the - 25F with a wind we are experiencing right now.

Ugh....my most hated thing to do. I am NOT a good patient...and am in the process of finding a new dentist who is willing to work with my high anxiety of them. Just thinking about it, makes me want to pull out my hair and run away screaming.


Yum!!!!! I wish I could be a little ant that could live in hiding somewhere in your house so I eat all your food. Your meals all sound lovely!!!!

Not sure what we have planned for the weekend. I was hoping to go out for a meal and maybe a movie...but I think we will be sitting at home not doing much this weekend. Our temps have risen again in the last 12 hrs...and of course...it's snowing again. But tomorrow they are supposed to tank to the lovely dangerous temps where skin freezes and burns your lungs when you breathe :crazy2: :cold: But it's January in Santa Land.

I hope everyone has a great day!!! I hope to hop on again soon!

Good to see you pop in Pumpkin......

It’s one of the reasons I’ll never be slim Pumpkin ......I love cooking and cooking meals from scratch......and that includes very healthy non calorie full fat ice cream........:rolleyes1 Wouldn’t that be lovely If it was no calorie!!:o

Hope you have a lovely weekend whatever you do....I’d stay in if I was you with temps going down like that!!!



Rain tonight for us.......have to go out tomorrow for fresh ginger as I’m having stir fry tomorrow night......not sure what Tom is having, maybe make him Teriyaki same as Kyle as he hates ginger.

Think I’ll be having an early night tonight......been up since 5am this morning.......doubt I’ll see 11pm.

No plans this weekend......think this is the quietest January in years so far.....

But, bacon for breakfast....always look forward to that!
 
Morning to all! Moved over to Disney springs Hilton yesterday. Disney didn’t charge me for the one night of parking we had with rental car either, Small things I guess. Mousesavers deal here parking is comped. Animal kingdom morning yesterday, was up early as I got hungry, so did laundry while I had coffee and beignets before packing up. Afternoon DH had his conference show thingy- the people who got us in (we were going to skip it) got me a badge too, so I went in to say hi to the folks I know too. Fundraising for schools is rather a small world like any profession I guess. People move companies but you see them at stuff like this. Got to meet the boss and the CEO of one of the two companies DH does business with - was nice. But now the owner of that company specifically asked DH to come to a meeting with them this am. DH is always on phone with them giving them updates and suggestions on how to make things more efficient, many of which the company has adopted. It started out as a smaller company, but growing now and outlasted a few competitors. However that means a solo morning for me- gonna go to Universal for a few hours I think.
oh and middle got accepted to University of Minnesota his week! She really wanted this school so excited for her. Hope scholarship money follows!
we left resort in bus at 6:18 and were through bag check and into park by 6:45 ish. Lines look crazy nuts but move fast. We did a Lyft Wednesday but didn’t really save much time.

Wednesday we headed towards sunset so we could get in RnR first thing. That line also looks nuts, as they have ripe queues outside the ride first thing to keep people organized. Took about 2o minutes just to walk all way through queue and on ride - even walked straight thru preshow without stopping. Posted wait said 40? Minutes I think. Definitely not that long! We did ST then headed over to MK. Got there right after park open, did several rides with little or no wait then our FP then BG called so headed back over to Studios. Ride had been down and just came back up so empty queue and walked right into first part. Skyliner over to EPCOT for lunch. Then was nap time. Did make it back to MK for evening EMH, castle still all icicles- so pretty.
I read the whole series. Really enjoyed it. The author died before washed could finish the alphabet though.
I’ve now been all three positrons, definitely more fun when you’ve got a group you know riding, I think the last time was best as hubs dd and grandson were pilots. We warned the poor solo rising kid what else were going to do, but he was ok with it. Don’t think I’ve laughed so hard ina while. Actually the 4 year old was a decent pilot and knew what to do when we said go up or down. He couldn’t quite reach the warp drive lever so his mom helped him with that. He had a ball!
Yes! For milestones it should be celebrated with a** in sand toes in water and cold drink in hand!
I’m trying! If oldest ends up in grad school in Florida we need to co-sign on a condo for her! I’ll move down here bit by bit :rotfl2:

Sounds amazing! Not sure if I can hold out til I hit the parks but I want a cinnamon roll now!
My oldest at home has been sending me videos of the chickens and doggy getting to know each other- actually they’ve been chasing him off if he gets to close or runs too close to them. He wants to see what they are doing pecking in grass, but one puffs all the way up (and she’s a smaller bird-5-6#) and warns him then flaps wings and chases him. It’s hilarious!

It’s Friday right? Happy Friday!

ETA- think I've corrected the errors- typing on iPad in bed
Well you’re certainly working all the transportation modes! Can’t wait for our CBR stay and try out the Skyliner.
How are you liking the Disney Springs Hotel? Hilton is quite convenient for walking over to DS. I’ve been looking at the Hilton across the street with the lazy river, keeping it in mind for future visit maybe.
Congrats on middle getting

@Pumpkin1172 thats when I got a snow blower, after a year of unprecedented snow storms. Gave it to Mr for his birthday (FEB). But he had to wait 3 yrs to try it out lol. After the snowmegeden we had no snow for 3 yrs!
Today he texted that we got 2 inches that will soon be washed away with more rain.

@schumigirl I’ll have some stir fry, I love ginger!

Today was my cousins funeral in Miami. It was only 6 family members so we had a graveside service. I hope I’m done with funerals for awhile. Afterwards we all went out for lunch. We’re meeting up tomorrow too. It’s so rare we’re all together with me in B.C., one cousin in L.A. And the other one who lives here. My brother couldn’t get away.

The best weather day here was Wednesday when I arrived. Yesterday had big winds up to 35mph. Today too, and periods of rain. I was going to take a walk when I got home today along the ocean walkway, but got half a block and turned back, between the gusts of wind and a blowing fine mist of rain I gave up. Hopefully tomorrow will be better and I can get an ocean walk in before I go meet everyone for lunch.
 
At least it is now over @Sue M. I hope you do not have to do any funerals anytime soon. I personally have avoided them most of my life. I’ve only forced myself to go for a couple of them. On a more lighter note, you’ll enjoy your stay and the Skyliner want you try it when you go! It is a lot of fun.

Thanks for the bacon, homies! I haven’t had some in awhile. Hope everyone is having a good morning and eventually afternoon!
 
BACON.......

set an extra plate for company

Always!!! It was lovely.....and all served up with supposedly unhealthy white toast and real butter.…...can`t be beaten!!!



Saturday......and we have extremely high gales today! It is wild, but very warm.....well, for the time of the year....so....decided not to go out today either......

All ironing done, so nothing to do the rest of the weekend except some baking today I think.

Going to try a new recipe I was given for Apple crumble loaf cake and an old favourite lemon drizzle cake, along with some chocolate chip cookies. And change of dinner plans tonight...….now making smoked maple bbq chicken tonight with rice for us and Kyle is having a pizza I think....

Roasting off a couple of peppers again to be skinned and then chopped through some cold pasta with diced chicken breast and avocado with a honey mustard dressing......one of my favourite lunches.....the roasted peppers ad so much extra flavour!!

Food does seem to be on my mind on a day like today...... ::yes::

Have a great Saturday.......





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Good morning. It is a gloomy, rainy day here today. We have decided to spend the afternoon at university basketball games. Dh has free tickets for both the women's and men's games today. I'm not much of a basketball fan, but it's something to do, it's indoors, and it's free.
I picked up all of B's books yesterday. There aren't too many since a lot of classes are going to online and downloadable sources. The dorms opened yesterday, but I think she will move back in tomorrow.

I mourned the ride being removed from the MK. Thankfully, it still is appreciated in DL and is going to be given an update, along with many of the other dark rides.
Unfortunately I never rode it in all the times I have been at MK, and we skipped it at DL too. Hopefully we will get back to DL sometime in the near future.

Charade.....RHPS is a classic! Funny, raunchy, risqué and downright just pure fun!! Each to their own.......
Raunchy and risqué and two reason I have avoided the movie. I generally just don't watch R rated movies at all.

Ugh....my most hated thing to do. I am NOT a good patient...and am in the process of finding a new dentist who is willing to work with my high anxiety of them. Just thinking about it, makes me want to pull out my hair and run away screaming.
I'm the opposite. I really don't mind going to the dentist. I have been very fortunate though. I have never had any problems with my teeth. Not even cavities.

Good news : should have a 70 temp by 4 pm tomorrow

Bad news: heavy rains predicted from 4-7 tomorrow
Similar weather here. Not quite as warm, but plenty of rain.

hope I’m done with funerals for awhile.
I hope so too. I hope your next trip somewhere will be a fun trip.

I hope you do not have to do any funerals anytime soon. I personally have avoided them most of my life. I’ve only forced myself to go for a couple of them.
I have only been to a few funerals. All but one have been for family members.

Going to try a new recipe I was given for Apple crumble loaf cake and an old favourite lemon drizzle cake, along with some chocolate chip cookies. And change of dinner plans tonight...…
Those all sound good especially the lemon drizzle cake. I think lemon is my second favorite dessert flavor next to chocolate.

Now I am just waiting for dh to get home from the gym so we can get some lunch before the basketball games.
 
Raunchy and risqué and two reason I have avoided the movie. I generally just don't watch R rated movies at all.


Those all sound good especially the lemon drizzle cake. I think lemon is my second favorite dessert flavor next to chocolate.

Honestly? You avoid them. Fair enough......it is such a fun movie though....

We love em.....each to their own.......now I have the Timewarp in my head.......:banana:

I adore lemon......from tea, to cakes to cooking with lemon any chance I get.......spicy lemon and ginger chicken stir fry is my favourite dish I think....with added pineapple of course.......



I want to watch Rocky Horror now........:thumbsup2

Howling gales have calmed down slightly.....still quite windy but hopefully it’ll be better by time we go to bed....

Going to watch a movie on the big screen tonight......might be RHPS first.....where‘s Dammit Janet when we need her.......:rotfl:

But, fancy a scary movie later....one we haven’t watched for a while.....maybe glance through Prime or a Netflix which we apparently still have......I thought we’d got rid of it. They sometimes have some good movies we haven’t seen.....

Chicken is simmering in the sauce.....all I can smell when I walk through to the kitchen is smoked maple........lush!!!

Time for wine I think.......it’s after 5........:thumbsup2
 
I had to get gas for the car earlier today and was shocked at the prices in my area.
($2.37 gal)

Many stations had increased their prices except for BP.
Ended up with them for $2.25 a gallon.

Just a week ago it was $2.10 a gal.
 
Storm hit where I am and power went out 45 minutes ago

Found two candles in the house so I could at least read for now

Had just finished cutting up a chicken to bake for an hour
Well that’s not going anywhere as I have all electric appliances
Lol

Instead of conserving what time I have left on my iPhone until power comes back, thought I would catch up on threads ...
 
Storm hit where I am and power went out 45 minutes ago

Found two candles in the house so I could at least read for now

Had just finished cutting up a chicken to bake for an hour
Well that’s not going anywhere as I have all electric appliances
Lol

Instead of conserving what time I have left on my iPhone until power comes back, thought I would catch up on threads ...

Glad you found candles mac.......we’re almost like a Catholic church here....candles everywhere......lol.......

Shame about the chicken.....but reading threads sounds perfect.....



Winds have died down here, but Monday has to bring more storms, not looking forward to that.....

Didn‘t watch RHPS after all......can’t find the disc. I think we lent it out to someone and they haven’t given it back.......guess they loved it too!! Tom cannot remember who asked us for it.....

So, opened a rather nice bottle of Pinot Noir and watched Basic Instinct.....haven’t watched that in years......Michael Douglas was quite the looker back then.......

Now watching an old Scottish tv detective show.......from the mid 80’s.....dated, but good stories.

Rain is on and quite heavy.......

Bacon again tomorrow Mac..........am I setting an extra plate....... :thumbsup2
 
:wave2: Hello Homies!!!!

Not much happening here in Santa land today. It must be that first lovely weekend after all the holidays ..because it's just icky here. Typical for a birthday weekend. It's very cold and still snowing...how does that even happen???? We have over a foot of snow again to move..and the boys and DH are heading out to move it all quick before dark and before it gets really cold. Forecast is for -40 or colder tonight. I wanted to go out for supper tonight ..but it's just too cold. We will order in and watch movies.

Finally finished up the sisters quilt. I just have to complete hand sewing on the label. I personalize each quilt I give with a special poem, number of the quilt and the quilt pattern. This is quilt # 10 I have made some someone. Considering I only started quilting 3 yrs ago...and have a second job... that's pretty good. I will be happy to part with this one. It was supposed to be easy...but everything just didn't go right with it.

Well...I should. and it some water on to heat up so I can make the snow movers some hot chocolate after moving snow when it's almost -40 outside. Hopefully another check in tomorrow IMG_20200111_165829.jpgIMG_20200111_165852.jpg
 

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