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donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Gabe1 said:
Here then, to go along with your post on TWDC, here is an added bonus
TDS-Dress in a fancy bag just like the baby pageant young ladies carry.
@StarWarsGirl this is the Premium Belle dress.
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and the drumroll.....price......????

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Good grief!!!!! :confused:
If I remember correctly, most of our regular dresses when I worked at the Disney Store were about $39.95-$44.95.
We also carried some more intricate ones that were about $69.95.
And, at one point, I do remember us having the ones that came in a nice bag like that (I specifically remember Belle) that were $99.95.
I remember thinking how crazy-expensive that was at the time, but, I don't remember any of them being over $100.
I quit working at the Disney Store less than 4 years ago. If those dresses are of similar quality, that is one heckuva' price increase in that time period...!!! :cyclops:
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Gabe1 said:
I'm the same way to a lesser degree. Demographics I guess. I sleep well in chilly temps. The other day my house hit 80 and it was nasty, sweaty. Yet outside in 80 I was fine. I think it it more the lack of ventilation. Still my allergies haves been haywire this week and it has been on the cooler side for July. As I am going to sleep I just pushed down the AC to a cooler temp. Sleep better.
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Yes, there is almost always a least a little air moving outside. Inside, not so much. I sleep with a small fan on my side of the bed year 'round, no matter what the temp. I just sleep better with the circulating air. Plus, I think the white noise hum of the fan helps too. :)
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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figmentfan423 said:
add lysol and wet wipes to your park bag. Most dollar stores have them in a small flat resealable bag. I'm hardly a germaphobe but I have been known to wipe down qs tables some of them are......... even after a cm wipes them down
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Yea, I'm sure those wipe-down rags are used on several tables before they "rinse and repeat".

This reminds me of a story (I believe it was one told by John Hench in his book "Designing Disney: Imagineering and the Art of the Show") I once heard.
John Hench was with Walt in Disneyland one day. Walt noticed a bus boy at one of the outdoor dining venue tables doing a bunch of scraping, and combining, and dumping this into that, and making a bunch of noise while doing it, before he started to clear the table.
Walt approached, and when the guy realized who he was, he was startled. Walt didn't act angry with him. He just simply asked him to clear the table and do all that other stuff backstage in the kitchen from now on because the guests didn't need to see all that and hear
all that racket.
Amazing the attention to detail that man had...all for the Guests.
I remember we were eating in a Subway sandwich shop just down the road not long after hearing that story. Right in the middle of our meal, an employee comes out to the nearest trash can and, loudly, plops a box of trash bags on the floor. Then yanks the top off the can and drops it on the floor. He pulls out the full trash bag, then drops it on the floor to tie it off. Then, you know what comes next...
Taking out a new bag and flapping it several times to full before putting it in the can, and then noisily slapping the lid back on...!!!!! :hilarious:
It looked like he was maybe havin' a bit of a bad day, but, it was just a bit ridiculous, and kinda' funny at the same time...! :D
I'm pretty sure Walt woulda' had that little b u g g e r by the short hairs...!!! :oops: ;)
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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Songbird76 said:
I have to share this story...so sweet. But you need some backstory first. My husband has this joke...he kept eating leftovers from the fridge for breakfast and then I'd go to get them out for lunch and they would be gone. So then I'd be like "Where's the meatloaf?" and DH would be like "Um....the leprechauns ate it. I tried to stop them." So that's the standard excuse now, and it extends to anything DH scarfs...I'm not much of a chip eater, but I buy them for him and he'll say "You might need to get more chips tomorrow....I think the leprechauns are munchy." So...DS has been on a Dorito kick lately and I've been giving him a handful as a snack in the afternoon, so the bag was open, but DH got munchy last night and polished off the rest of the bag. He tells DS not to rat him out, to tell me that the Leprechauns ate them, because then I wouldn't be mad at him and I'd buy another bag. DS tells him no WAY is mommy going to fall for that! DH says "She does!! She falls for it every time!!" DS informs him that Leprechauns don't really exist...I'm not going to believe Leprechauns ate the Doritos. DH tells him I will...I believe in Leprechauns. So last night, DH picks me up from work and tells me about this conversation and tells me to play along when DS asks me to buy more doritos because the leprechauns ate them. He wanted me to know it was not DS who ate them all. So this morning, I'm getting DS some breakfast and he doesn't mention the Doritos at all, even when I bring up snacks. So I look over where we keep the chips and say "Hey! Where are the Doritos? They were right here!"
DS: Daddy ate them all.
Me: Daddy did?
DS nods.
Me: Oh...ok...I thought it must have been the leprechauns again. Usually it's the leprechauns that get into the food.
DS: You mean like....mice?
Me: No...mice are too small...they can't eat that much. Leprechauns are bigger...they can eat a lot.
DS looks at me like I'm nuts. Then: Maybe Snow White has been bringing the dwarfs over to get food.
Me: Maybe....

Then DH comes home from work...gives DS a hard time for ratting him out. "You were supposed to tell her it was leprechauns!! I TOLD you she always falls for it!"
DS: But I'm always supposed to tell the truth, aren't I?

Can't argue with that. So sweet...he didn't want to lie to me, even if it got daddy in trouble. And he thought I was way too smart to fall for a stupid excuse like mythical creatures breaking in and stealing our food. So sweet that he doesn't realize I'm in on the joke.
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Awesome storytime!

StarWarsGirl said:
Honestly, my parents taught me how to grill and some baking...I just kind of picked it up by observation. And Youtube. Don't forget Youtube.
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Rule #1 Don't forget YouTube for anything. From Math homework, to unplugging a bathtub drain. I learned to operate a drill from YouTube years ago and how the heck to release the catch on a vacuum. Don't forget YouTube
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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figmentfan423 said:
@DisneyBound2017 if you're going to any of the night time shows pick up some glow necklaces and bracelets from the dollar store. Disney charges a fortune for them:greedy::greedy::greedy::greedy::greedy::greedy::greedy:
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Those things are awesome!
When our kiddos were little, there was a couple (I've mentioned them before - Dave and Judy - he fought in Vietnam and his wife was an Army nurse. She was retired, and he was still full-time National Guard at the time) that lived right across the street from us.
They loved giving the military-grade ones to us when they could for our kiddos. Break and shake and they would last way longer than they needed to. Even longer, if you were able to get them away from the kiddos and put them in the freezer overnight...! :)
Plus, I may have thought they were pretty cool myself, actually... :cyclops: ;)
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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donaldtoo said:
You should have called them, or gone to their door, and asked them nicely to please come clean up their mess instead of being so passive aggressive...!!!!! :hilarious: :D ;)
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I like @ajrwdwgirl 's approach. The reason is that I think it would freak out the people even more who lived there, wondering which one of the neighbors sent them a "message" . . . as that might mess around more with their heads, than the direct, ring the front doorbell, and get in their face approach.

Then again, your approach is equally effective, just in a different way. (It may also depend on the actual neighbors--whether you're comfortable approaching them or not.)
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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The good thing about taking one or more of the guys grocery shopping, I carry nothing and don't load or unload the car:joyfull: The bad thing is they tend to buy more than I had intended:banghead: Yesterday snow peas and bean sprouts wound up coming home with us:hungry: Seeing bean sprouts really don't keep well last night we had stir fry again:eek::banghead::brb::hungry: but:banghead:, I really wanted zoodles, oh well tonight I'm putting my foot down:D
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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figmentfan423 said:
The good thing about taking one or more of the guys grocery shopping, I carry nothing and don't load or unload the car:joyfull: The bad thing is they tend to buy more than I had intended:banghead: Yesterday snow peas and bean sprouts wound up coming home with us:hungry: Seeing bean sprouts really don't keep well last night we had stir fry again:eek::banghead::brb::hungry: but:banghead:, I really wanted zoodles, oh well tonight I'm putting my foot down:D
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Don't think I'd care much for zoodles. But I do like these (real noodles!!) --

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DryerLintFan

DryerLintFan

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donaldtoo said:
Those things are awesome!
When our kiddos were little, there was a couple (I've mentioned them before - Dave and Judy - he fought in Vietnam and his wife was an Army nurse. She was retired, and he was still full-time National Guard at the time) that lived right across the street from us.
They loved giving the military-grade ones to us when they could for our kiddos. Break and shake and they would last way longer than they needed to. Even longer, if you were able to get them away from the kiddos and put them in the freezer overnight...! :)
Plus, I may have thought they were pretty cool myself, actually... :cyclops: ;)
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Now there's a thought! We have a couple of those she can play with on fireworks night!
 

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