lovedonaldduck
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- May 19, 2009
Ditto what D~ said above, hope you are well.
Glad to hear Jennifer is doing better. I hope either the electric shock or the brace works for her.
Sorry to hear Mom was back in the hospital, but it sounds like your Dad might be seeing the light finally.
Charlie and I loved staying at POFQ and didn't want to stay anywhere else, but last year, he decided he wanted to try CBR . We absolutely loved it - except for the double beds. We have a king size bed at home and even though we are both short people, the bed was just too small. Luckily, CBR is supposed to be undergoing a refurb and queen size beds will be going in. I don't know the time frame on that though.
A September trip sounds lovely - I hope that if you do go, our times overlap!
Glad to hear some good news. But hope your Mom gets the help she needs!
Sept eh?
Sorry your mom had to go back to the hospital again. I wish they had answers for her so they could treat it. Hopefully in a couple of weeks water aerobics won't be so daunting for her. Glad you may be making headway with your dad on the assisted living front, it may be just what they both need.
We are looking at a free dining trip too! Actually, as soon as they release it to the general public I am booking a November trip and a December trip. Peyton has sometime off from school both months, and I can take up to 4 days off so we are going to make the reservations. POFQ is our first choice, but I don't have a second choice. I guess POR. Then, at the 45 day mark, hopefully my dad will know his schedule and we can keep the trip he'll be home for and cancel the other one. And, if DH gets the new job we'll be able to save for it by then and maybe still do a Spring Break trip!
So, I am home today with a very sick Charlotte (although she is now starting to perk up a bit). I took her to the doctor on Saturday and she has a double ear infection and strep throat. I thought she'd be better by today but she woke up about 3:45 this morning crying for me (first night in her big girl bed!) so I slept with her until about 5:30. I noticed that she felt very warm. Then when I got her up for school this morning she was burning up. Running a 103 degree fever. It's only down to 102.2 now. Poor baby!
Glad Jennifer is doing better. My DH had to do the electrocution for his Achilles tendon, he said it was very painful but it worked well for him. Hope Jennifer has good results too.
We are looking at a free dining trip too! Actually, as soon as they release it to the general public I am booking a November trip and a December trip. Peyton has sometime off from school both months, and I can take up to 4 days off so we are going to make the reservations. POFQ is our first choice, but I don't have a second choice. I guess POR.POR and POFQ were excluded from this free dining offer. We ended up having to switch to CSR to get it, but it saved us about $3000 so switcharoo!!! Maybe so many people have switched from POR with this time period that they will offer it there in Nov/Dec. Good luck!!!
I did see that AoA Little Mermaid rooms were NOT excluded this time. I believe that's a first. Not sure about the suites?
Oh LOIS!!! Sept sounds pretty good to me, like maybe the last week..........
That would be soooo great!!
Just stopping by to check in on you. I hope everything is OK.
D~
Thanks D~. I know I've been MIA. Update below.
Ditto what D~ said above, hope you are well.
Here to check in too.
Hope all is well!!!
Me too! Lois, where are you??????
Thank you all for checking in. I have totally been MIA.
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I've been MIA only because I've been so busy! Our DS and DDIL came for the weekend and we hadn't seen them since Christmas. And they only live 2 1/2 hours away!!! But we had a fantastic time with them while they were here.
I've also been trying to help out my Mom and Dad when they let me. They keep saying they don't want to impose and won't let me do meals very often or anything else for that matter. I guess it's nice they don't call me for anything and everything, but I do wish they would let me do more for them.
And lastly, I'm getting ready for a trip to Colorado to visit Emily, Charlotte and Caroline. Dan can't go because he's still working 12 hour days 6 days a week. He did just get a pretty nice raise, so that helps. And the end is in sight for him during the first week in June. I'm going for a week and then, because my flight stops in Dallas, I'm spending a couple of days with my sister. I'll get home on a Thursday and the next day Dan and I will leave for Virginia to celebrate Selah's birthday. Whew!
I'll be hosting Mother's Day dinner here on Sunday, but it will only be 9 of us, so that's no big deal. Dan is going to smoke ribs and chicken. Yum! And he always tries to get me not to lift a finger on Mother's Day, but it's next to impossible when you have a crowd over. He'll still try, bless his heart!
Okay, so update for our possible Disney trip: There isn't going to be one. And it was totally my call. We could do one, but I have been saying to Dan for years that we'll do a cruise and we just keep going back to Disney. He's the one who wants to cruise, not me. So, I figure it's time for me to plan a vacation he's been wanting, which is a cruise to Alaska. We've been saving for it, but then I get that itch for Disney and they offer something great and we spend the money that way. Dan loves Disney too, so it hasn't been a hardship for him either. I sooo wanted to go and it would have been the end of September so there would have been some awesome DIS meets going on too. I try not to think about it.
Anyway, I thank you all for checking in with me. I've missed my DIS friends and will go now to check in on all of your reports. Have a great day!
A cruise sounds awesome! We had planned to do a cruise to Alaska a few years ago with Jim and Gwen, but we just could not swing the price then. Charlie left the decision up to me, but I just could not justify spending the money at that point.
We are hoping to do a cruise next spring, but that is still up in the air right now. Too much going on between now and then to worry about it just yet, but it will be a Caribbean cruise more than likely.
Enjoy your Mother's Day! I plan to spend the day with my oldest dd Kate at the Orioles game and then dinner out.
A cruise will be fun! DH and I were just talking about our ideal annual vacation schedule - a trip to Vegas for he and I, a family trip to Disney, and a family trip to somewhere new. Unfortunately our vacation budget isn't usually quite big enough for that - probably because every time we have the money, we go to Disney.
You are so busy! And traveling all over the place. Hope you enjoy your time in Colorado and Dallas - how fun to get to see your family.
I'm glad that what has kept you away is family!!! That's always a great reason to miss out on DIS time!!
Awwwww, that sounds like a great plan. You guys are so thoughtful of each other. I think the alaska cruise will be wonderful!!
Well, as hopeful I was to see you in September...I see the appeal of an Alaska Cruise. DH refuses to do Cruises - he has it in his mind he'll feel "cooped up" and stuck. I did go on one in HS, and it was OK, but it was to the Bahamas and I'm just not a beachy type person.
Ohhhh A cruise!
Ya know the Disney cruise line does go to Alaska... Just sayin.............
we were thinking about a Disney cruise next year.. maybe.
Glad to hear things are going well!!! Hope you had a wonderful Mother's day!!!
Have a great trip to Colorado! Spoil those gds too!
Yes, Kate is an avid Orioles fan - so much that when she lived in NYC, she would go to Yankee Stadium when the Orioles were playing there -- in her Orioles gear! Since she moved back to Baltimore and lives within walking distance of Camden Yards, she joined a group called the Orioles Advocates - which is an official organization that does fund raising and other activities that promote the Orioles organization. They also hand out the give-aways at the games, which is what we did yesterday. They gave away hats to all the women over 18. You would not believe the number of men that tried to get one!
Sadly for me, Kate is probably going to be moving back to the NYC area (actually in New Jersey) by the end of the summer.
MMMMM...sounds like a wonderful Mothers Day for you! Even if you didnt get to SEE all your kiddos
Sorry you didn't get to see the kids in real life! one of the best things about facebook you keep in touch every day with people!
yet your Mom's day sounds like the BEST FOOD EVER!!!!
Enjoy your grandkids and have a great time!!!!!
Glad you had a great Mother's Day. We did not, my mom was actually hospitalized on Saturday. Apparently she had several small strokes last week. She is home now but has some physically therapy in front of her. She is doing very well considering. Prayers and good thoughts are greatly appreciated. I didn't even get to see Peyton until past her bedtime on Sunday, I was at the hospital before she even woke up. I owe my girls a do-over on Mother's Day.
We love to go to Vegas! We've been going since we were newly engaged, although we took short breaks when I was pregnant with each of the girls and when they were new babies. The last couple of years, we have gone over Super Bowl weekend. We saw George Strait in concert Saturday night and went to a Super Bowl party on Sunday. We also do a couple of restaurants that we love each trip. We spend some time gambling in the different casinos, sight seeing, and being responsibility free for a few days. It is DH's Disney World. We've gone in the past when it wasn't Super Bowl and seen some different shows and had some nice dinners. We've done spas and the pool and DH has gone to an indoor shooting range to shoot machine guns. We've probably stepped foot in every casino on the Strip. We really love it for a grown ups only vaction!
We may do a cruise and park trip at some point. It would be nice because DH and I would both get to do what we want.
Enjoy the granddaughters, daughter, and Colorado!