HA! I wish! Work and vacations are not considered excused. Maybe next summer we'll be able to schedule something but he can't as an incoming freshman
It's not part of the regular course work so it's their way or the highway. We may do a very short weekend depending on my dh' crazy schedule leaving Friday night and getting home late Sunday but even that may not work out with my dh I may be spending a lot of time at the pool by myself with an adult beverage or 3
Somebody still has to transport the not so little to and from the schoolWhy take the kids
Somebody still has to transport the not so little ****** to and from the school
A kids area that will include a movie/video game space, multiple game tables, and down a half level (the main level of the house will drop off substantially at the back with the topography) to an area that will be for tumbling and gymnastics and such. A pool that will have a spa (of course), a beach, a jumping rock, a splash area somewhere near it, a grotto where you can sit and see the backside of water
That only works for the regular class schedule
We only had a semi finished basement. By semi I mean it had a ceiling and the floors and walls were nicely painted because once a year no matter what my parents did we seemed to get an inch or so of water in a small part of the back half, so that was as finished as it got. . It was always gone the next day thanks to the pump and fansWow, those kids will have a dream house. Had to smile, though, as I thought back about my siblings and me (4 of us) when we were kids. We had a (finished) basement where we'd play on rainy days. There was a large wooden box (about the size of a steamer trunk), that all our toys were in. Some toys were in good shape; others were older and had broken/missing parts, but still ended up in the toy box.
Yet, since we didn't have all the most expensive toys, it actually spurred us on to be more creative with what we had. So in that sense, I'm kinda glad we didn't have a trophy play area.
. The furniture was yard furniture and everything was up off the floor just in case and my dad built a shelf for the television. I guess we were ahead of the curve having a mounted tv
That works if you're paying
And it's vegetarianNo, you misunderstood--I figured you'd be paying. But, not to worry--
Here's a another idea for you. I think you have a large enough back yard while he's not transporting your kids.
Oh joy another mouth to feedNo, you misunderstood--I figured you'd be paying. But, not to worry--
Here's a another idea for you. I think you have a large enough back yard while he's not transporting your kids.
VeganAnd it's vegetarian
Is that not something from startrek ?Vegan
It is crazy what some people can afford. I don't begrudge them any success, just wonder what the heck do they do and what degree should my husband and me have gotten instead?It was an interesting gig and a true learning experience! No two ways about, it was work, and we worked our tails off. Anyone that was hired thinkin' it was gonna' be all Pixie Dust and sparkles all the time didn't last very long. But, we also did indeed create a lot of Disney Magic for guests of all ages and abilities, both individually and as a team...!!!
I remember, more than one time, a child entering the Store when I would be greeting and exclaiming "Disney World!!!!!!!
I remember when they sold cells, too.
I actually own 5 Disney pieces (although, not cells
I have 2 original (not copies of the photostats) Donald Duck model sheet photostats used by imagineers back in the early '40's, as well as one of Pluto, and one of Cleo's (the goldfish from Pinocchio) bowl, table/stand and partial Geppetto's house interior. The 5th piece is an original partial animation drawing of Donald Duck from a 1982 cartoon.
Thanks about that last part!
I sure hope they keep walkin' through our firms doors wantin' those multi-million-dollar compounds...!!!
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It's gonna' be pretty off-the-chain.
Just a few highlights...
2 guest suites that are essentially multi-room apartments. A kids area that will include a movie/video game space, multiple game tables, and down a half level (the main level of the house will drop off substantially at the back with the topography) to an area that will be for tumbling and gymnastics and such. A pool that will have a spa (of course), a beach, a jumping rock, a splash area somewhere near it, a grotto where you can sit and see the backside of water
It's just nuts the stuff we're doin' these days
My kids would love a room just for tumbling. I drag our plain tumbling mats into the family room so my 6 year old can practice.
How in the heck did you get that? Pretty amazing!!!! I remember reading a blog from someone on Allears that as a kid he grew up near DL in the 50's. He saw many tossed animated cells in a garbage and wanted to take them but his mom said no. He regretted that in the article. I guess back then they saw cells as garbage and not art.Just for grins, a shot of one of my Donald Duck photostat model sheets from 1941...!!!
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Interesting how so many of us see movies differently. Inside Out is not a favorite of mine but I did like it. I didn't take it as a film that was made for education on mental disorders. I remember seeing an interview with Pete Docter and he said it was based on his daughter and how she was changing from little kid to a teen. I saw it just as a film that highlighted the changes kids go through during puberty and all the confusion during puberty. I also saw it as the way kids stop just being kids and start losing their childhood as they transform into adults. That is what made me cry during it. I can get sad thinking of my kids leaving the nest. When your kids are babies, and you are living it, you feel like babyhood and the sleepless nights, and the days of making sure there is nothing tiny on the floor will last forever and then boom they are a few years from college.
As I remember it, and I may be wrong, the company that owned Children's Place was running the stores. Disney didn't like how it was being run and then took them over. Then a few years back they went through a whole redesign where it seemed that princesses had just taken over. That was the last time we had been in one.Yep, the Stores are definitely a shadow of their former selves. I could go into details of the decline in just the 4+ short years I worked there, but, there's no point.
Just sad.
But, although it's not nearly like it used to be, there's still a little bit of Disney Magic/fix there...if ever so small compared to what it used to be...
Sympathy like. That stinks, but for the pool. Hoping we have a super hot summer so you can enjoy it.I'm a bit upset. It seems between chorus and band we won't be able to get away for even a long weekend this summer
They don't get out until the end of June too in NJ right? My SIL is a teacher in Clifton and she said their last day is in the 20's. Forget which day but here in PA they are done Memorial Day weekend. Public schools don't get as many holidays here. You would think though that they would give a week reprieve for the kids so families could go on a vacation.I wish they're in rehearsal every weekday except July 4th all summer. We were thinking about going to DC for July 4th leaving on Friday and coming back late on the 4th and even that won't work because they have to be at the school on the 3rd
What she said.
