The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[betty rose]

Again sympathy like.

I'm getting so excited for "our trip". Woo hoo, for you!

 

[betty rose]

She has to come home, or we can't start our arm chair traveling!

 

[betty rose]

We only had to deal with a wheelchair once in WDW, my DD was maybe 70 pounds, she took a bad fall in the AKL because of those stupid legs that jet out on their beds. I was surprised too even though she was light the different muscles you use pushing them up the hills in Epcot and AK and the ramps. My DD was also in a wheelchair for a couple months a few years later with a weird break of bone in her foot. I learned Woodfield ramps are nasty.

I should have not been surprised though cause I pushed strollers up the ramps at the monorails. That wasn't fun. Worse when there was a queue on the monorail ramps and you had to stop and pause. My guess is this why the electric carts have become more popular.

She is, I just saw her pictures.

 

[Gabe1]

My public service announcement for the day:

My fellow Illinoisans, Mirai Corn is now at local farmers markets.

http://www.twingardenfarms.com/farm-market/

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Good morning from California Adventure today waiting for rope drop here. Here is a bad picture of our ice cream sundaes last night from Disneyland for those of you wanting food pictures!
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And my view last night before going to the hotel for sleep.
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Hope everyone is having a great day!

Ooo pretty! And the castle looks nice too.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I'm glad that I am the main planner on this trip. Everyone else a a relative newbie.

My dad and I plan the trip together now. Back when I was a kid, he did all of the planning, but he now shares the responsibility with me. He basically lets me do all of the FP+ reservations after he found out at the end of one of our trips that I went in the system and changed everything around. And when during one of our trips, he and my mom were fighting with the MDE app to change a FP, I quickly changed them around on my computer to what they wanted...while they were still fighting with it. My dad just tells me where our dining reservation is and lets me change it. He also asks for our input when planning, which is nice.

A few years ago I took my long-time friend with me to WDW. She let me handle the planning and just went along with it. Now I'm taking the same friend to Disneyland, and she's basically just letting me plan it and going along with it. I guess she figured it worked out the last time, so she'll let me do the same thing this time.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Think long and hard about trying to do it in a wheelchair. The year we went after DH twisted his ankle, I finally realized how many ramps, inclines, etc. there are in that place. I couldn't have pushed him all day. And then, when we got off the monorail at MK. I guess I would just yell, Look out below! and hoped for the best. Whee!

Absolutely. Even some ramps for rides (IASW comes to mind) need a good push up.

 

[Figgy1]

I'm so glad we didn't book the Plaza. The chicken strawberry salad and turkey sandwich are both gone Last time I got a wonderful salad sans animal products with assorted greens, tomato and enough berries for a meal my dh loved the turkey sandwich not heavy but filling. The nice "fancy" salad has been replaced with a wedge salad with ranch dressing

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I want to personally thank you for all the beautiful sunsets. I look forward to them every day. xoxo

You're welcome and I know you do.

 

[Cesar R M]

My public service announcement for the day:

My fellow Illinoisans, Mirai Corn is now at local farmers markets.

http://www.twingardenfarms.com/farm-market/

whats so special about this brand? its tastier?

 

[Goofyernmost]

I love ice tea, but with kidney stones, it's not allowed. I miss ice tea very much.

Why, what's the connection to kidney stones? They never told me to cut back and they knew that I was an Iced Tea freak. Puzzled!! Don't kidney stones require some kind of calcium to form? I don't know of anything in tea except the 99.5% water that seems like it should be beneficial to keep stones away.

 

[MouseDreaming]

Quick question as you know we're also going to UNI and Kennedy do you want pics of those but be careful what you ask for it's going to be our first time at UNI and my boys LOVE Potter so there will be lots and lots of pics, both food and sights. Kennedy will just be the sights the food there is horrid!

Pictures, please!

 

[MouseDreaming]

My public service announcement for the day:

My fellow Illinoisans, Mirai Corn is now at local farmers markets.

http://www.twingardenfarms.com/farm-market/

Maybe you have to be native to Illinois, but this stuff never appealed to me. And it has been at my local farmers mkt since the first one. Which always makes me wonder, where the heck did it come from?

DH and I took the trip up to a local farm Sunday, even though it was hotter than, well, hot. Best corn, zucchini to make zucchini lasagna, and grapes. Oh, and Southern Illinois peaches. Yum.

 

[MouseDreaming]

I'm so glad we didn't book the Plaza. The chicken strawberry salad and turkey sandwich are both gone Last time I got a wonderful salad sans animal products with assorted greens, tomato and enough berries for a meal my dh loved the turkey sandwich not heavy but filling. The nice "fancy" salad has been replaced with a wedge salad with ranch dressing

I saw an article that said the new menu was not so great. I will have to look at it.

 

[MouseDreaming]

whats so special about this brand? its tastier?

I have tried it, and I still don't know. It is more expensive, and I think not as good as "regular" corn. But, I know a lot of people disagree with me.

 

[MouseDreaming]

And now that is what ketchup looks like:

Ta-da! All caught up! (For now).

 

[FutureCEO]

Only a few more days of 90 degrees then back to normal

 

[MinnieM123]

45,000 animals adopted out by the Clear The Shelters campaign this weekend. I love this photo where one shelter in Texas adopted out all of their animals a day early, all 310 of them. Then they posted this:

Thanks for posting that. Very uplifting to learn that over 300 pets will now have a loving home.

 

[BAChicagoGal]

I am back from the doctor. Thankfully, I did not receive any earth shattering news. I wasn't happy when I asked the doctor if he had looked at my X-ray, and he said, "What Xray?" He then left the examining room, and had my X-ray on a laptop computer. He showed me my bone spur, and said that that is not causing my pain. He actually could not pinpoint the reason for the pain that I was having. Basically, I injured my foot by overdoing, and I need to rest it, and ice it, as much as I can. He did not say anything about pain medication, but I haven't been taking anything stronger than maybe one advil gelcap a day anyway. Bottom line, I got a better pair of insoles, for my shoes, from the doctor, and I have to see him again in three weeks.

It is good to know that I don't need any kind of surgery, and a cortisone shot would not help me at all he said. Did I waste my time going to the doctor. No. It's good to know what I don't have, and don't need. Now some good old common sense will help me along the way, and see how I feel in three weeks.

 

[MinnieM123]

Only a few more days of 90 degrees then back to normal

Horrible, isn't it? I'm dying. Summer can't get over fast enough for me.