The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Gabe1]

Guys, my brother just got home from his LAST EVER deployment. He wasn't supposed to be home until mid January, narrowly missing the birth of his second child, but now he's home in time for Christmas!!

How awesome is that!!!! Amen he is home safe and sound. Blessed.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

I need to take a Google tour of your island.

Won't take long.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Won't take long.

I'll wave as I pass.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Won't take long.

How do you avoid people you don't like? I assume everyone knows everyone.

Darn. Google didn't drive there. Lucky you.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

How do you avoid people you don't like? I assume everyone knows everyone.

Darn. Google didn't drive there. Lucky you.

It is awkward at times. Bearing in mind my island is about 1/2 the size of wdw.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

It is awkward at times. Bearing in mind my island is about 1/2 the size of wdw.

Benefits and negatives to living everywhere.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I'm hiding Grandma got run over from the boys. I'm sure I'll find the dvd by Valentine's Day

I think I've watched that about a dozen times in the past week.

 

[Gabe1]

Went out to lunch with one of my friends. She had said she wanted to go to WDW in February at the same time as us, but then stuff happened, including her WDW roommate dropping out. I told her she was more than welcome to tag along with us (she doesn't have family in this area and has sort of used mine as a surrogate kind of family, so it's actually not uncomfortable to be hanging around my family for us). But she didn't book it and didn't say anything to me, so I just assumed it wasn't happening.

Then today: "Oh, yeah, I still want to go, I'm booking it on Friday." I'm glad she can come because I've been dying to take her around, but this should be fun ADR and FP wise... Thankfully my dad had a BOG one he was going to let me use and I just looked and he still has it. Thank. Goodness.

We were missing several FPs and checked many times a day until we could find the ones we wanted at the correct time including flight of passage. It is pretty easy to find a single FP for most attractions with the 80 minute window of what a FP stretches for.

Over the years we've had to add in DS to ADRs. The concierge at the resort ALWAYS just added a person for us or if they were a more reasonable restaurant unlike Prime Time or Boatright staff (grrr) they'd tell us to add one when checking in with host staff. Sometimes we'd have to wait a few more minutes and once we had to say the concierge at resort OK'd it but we were never turned away. My bet is your Dad is a convincing gentleman.

 

[Gabe1]

.,.,

It's the last full day of school, so how am I spending my last day of quiet

Spoiler

cooking and baking

I don't bake well. My DD who has talent for such has been creating a bakery of her apartment. Smells so dang good in her apartment 24/7 now.

 

[Gabe1]

Finished my Christmas cards!! Finally. My hand hurts.

About 15 years ago I stopped sending Christmas Cards. Between my business being on overload at the holidays and all the merriment of the month plus shopping, wrapping and cooking....I let Cards go. Now a smaller demographic I send Happy New Year cards too.

Curious though. What do you folks do with all those family photo Christmas Cards? Yeah I like seeing most but really don't want to keep them...but the guilt of throwing pictures in the trash...so what do you do with those?

 

[Gabe1]

This drives me nuts about my friends on a regular basis. Most of them are so indecisive about everything. I'm very much the type A personality of "Make a plan, tell me what it is, stick to it." I don't like indecision. I don't like not planning. I don't see how anyone can go through life like that.

That, and I will make this an age thing here, but so many people my age have no clue how to manage money, with the exception of those of us who went to college for business. It drives me crazy when I have to explain to my friends why no, they should not use their debit cards everywhere, and no, if you use PayPal credit and pay off that airline ticket in 6 months with no interest, it will not hurt your credit...but how can you fault them when we were never taught this stuff in school? That was part of the issue with my friend, trying to manage her money and get it together before the trip was an issue.

My DD is your clone. My DS is not. She wasn't a business major, mathematics and statistics. Oddly my DS has to build multi-million dollar budgets from Capital to 250 employees he has. So the all the above works in his professional life. Planning for personal life...he delegates, he is really an easy going go with the flow type.

 

[Gabe1]

One of our dogs licks the silverware when I load it. Very annoying.

Walter Just stood ontop of the open door and shoved his head into the dishwasher to look for the most appealing stuff.
He wasn't a fan of the top third rack drawer addition when I got a new dishwasher. That was where all the good stuff laid flat, spatulas, mixing spoons etc. The real gunky stuff.

 

[Gabe1]

Yeah, as if my dad doesn't spoil that one enough!

"She's hungry!"
"She just ate."
"You must not have fed her enough."
"She's fat. She doesn't need any more."
"Well, she runs around, she'll burn off the calories."

Ha! I bet his colleagues would love to see a video of those conversations.

 

[Gabe1]

That looks so delicious. Always pass by that kiosk and never get anything. Assuming they are all alcoholic?

This one just opened after Food and Wine ended late this fall. It is per-ty.

“Choza de Margarita.

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...t-world-showcase-at-walt-disney-world-resort/

Great Pictures

http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2017/...choza-de-margarita-in-epcots-mexico-pavilion/

 

[MinnieM123]

gift bags, tissue paper and some ribbon. You'll be done in no time. I stopped wrapping a couple of years ago

I like doing both --some wrapped, some in bags. My life is just so exciting.

 

[MinnieM123]

Panda poop is yellow!?!?!?! I didn't know this!

Glad you're broadening your intellectual horizons with us. This is the Mensa thread, you know.

 

[MinnieM123]

About 15 years ago I stopped sending Christmas Cards. Between my business being on overload at the holidays and all the merriment of the month plus shopping, wrapping and cooking....I let Cards go. Now a smaller demographic I send Happy New Year cards too.

Curious though. What do you folks do with all those family photo Christmas Cards? Yeah I like seeing most but really don't want to keep them...but the guilt of throwing pictures in the trash...so what do you do with those?

Throw them out.

 

[MinnieM123]

Walter Just stood ontop of the open door and shoved his head into the dishwasher to look for the most appealing stuff.
He wasn't a fan of the top third rack drawer addition when I got a new dishwasher. That was where all the good stuff laid flat, spatulas, mixing spoons etc. The real gunky stuff.

Dog brain: gunky equals mega yummy!!!

 

[Gabe1]

Good, beautiful, exciting, ahhhh . . .

Or, we could also go this route--very Currier and Ives, or very Thomas Kinkade . . .

Sorry, the snowless Kinkades are far more beautiful.

 

[Gabe1]

Dog brain: gunky equals mega yummy!!!

Walt would lay outside on the patio atop his cushioned rug and lap-up ants and they'd walk past his head. Walt....