The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[StarWarsGirl]

The cup holders are what I miss most about my Yaris. That thing had cup holders everywhere. I've never seen another car with such convenient cup holders!

I hate the cup holders in my car so much. I got into the Camry and was likeb "Yup, like this." And there's a water bottle holder in the door too. Awesome!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

You've worked hard you've saved, if this is a goal I'd say go for it. Best to have the car before you buy the home. My two cents.

From a credit perspective, that's what I'm thinking. If I have a history of paying off a car regularly, that will look good for paying off a mortgage. Considering I'm not planning on paying rent or anything before that, just credit cards.

My friend has basically the same car as me (GMC Envoy, mine is an Oldsmobile Bravada, you get in and they are exactly the same) same year but with more mileage, and hers just had a major issue, so she's also getting a new car. Her parents will take the payments while she finishes her last semester of college, then she'll take over. Yet another reason why I'm just giving up on this car.

 

[Gabe1]

I started a trip report if anyone wanted to read it. I know we don't normally link in here but y'all were so helpful to me in planning so I thought I'd mention it

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...like-the-very-first-time.936820/#post-8010701

Thanks. We do tend to link in here for trip reports as we are all friends and many of us don't wander the whole site.

 

[Cesar R M]

Time to go explore what the heck is happening at Animal Kingdom Lodge....

Wait, whats going on with the AKL?

 

[Gabe1]

From a credit perspective, that's what I'm thinking. If I have a history of paying off a car regularly, that will look good for paying off a mortgage. Considering I'm not planning on paying rent or anything before that, just credit cards.

My friend has basically the same car as me (GMC Envoy, mine is an Oldsmobile Bravada, you get in and they are exactly the same) same year but with more mileage, and hers just had a major issue, so she's also getting a new car. Her parents will take the payments while she finishes her last semester of college, then she'll take over. Yet another reason why I'm just giving up on this car.

Different era of credit but my folks bought my car outright after college and I payed them off every two weeks and had my new Mustang paid off in a year. The following year I bought my condo as rent was a waste in my mind. Worked for me.

 

[Gabe1]

Wait, whats going on with the AKL?

Not a clue. Just saw that one photo. That is a great deal of police cars absent of any fire or ambulance equipment. I'm curious too.

 

[Gabe1]

Awe. I saw Mimi Kaboom passed away. Way too young.

 

[Cesar R M]

Awe. I saw Mimi Kaboom passed away. Way too young.

I'm super disconnected wow, who is mimi kaboom?

 

[Gabe1]

I'm super disconnected wow, who is mimi kaboom?

A street performer at the Studios. If I'm grasping it was untimely.

 

[Gabe1]

DH and I discussed it..we're more than happy to take the reigns next year, but then WE get to decide what to cook and how to cook it..she will be banned from the kitchen.

Not a bad idea, not a bad idea at all. Is there a Inn anywhere nearby you can stick the inlaws?

 

[Gabe1]

I just can't "like" this--too many veggies and too many colors. It almost looks like a Mardi Gras pizza!

 

[Gabe1]

My MIL is, in general, a lovely person. But she is pretty particular about her household...how things are cleaned, cooked, etc. We lived with them the first 3 years I lived here and it was very difficult for me. One the one hand, she wanted everything done her way and wouldn't even show me how to use the washing machine (all the settings were in Dutch, which I didn't speak yet) because I guess she thought it was too complicated for me to comprehend. On the other hand, she was getting angry at having to do all the laundry herself. The day she announced that I was going to have to start doing my own laundry because she couldn't keep up, I was like...THANK GOD. But she would go behind me and change the settings while my clothes were in. I always wash on cold so there's minimal shrinkage and color bleeding. She'd wait until I had the load going and went back to my room or downstairs and go turn it to hot. Same with the cooking...we offered to help cook, but no no..she couldn't let go of the reigns in the kitchen. Finally, she announced that weekends would be our responsibility to cook. Great! So we'd be cooking and she'd come through and turn up a burner when our backs were turned...suddenly my spaghetti sauce is burned to the bottom of the pan and I look at the burner and it's gone from the lowest setting to the highest...you ask her why she did that and it was "Because it wasn't boiling." It wasn't SUPPOSED to!!! She once burned the potatoes for one meal THREE times...didn't put enough water in and left them "boiling" for over an hour....came back and they were all black and stuck to the bottom of the pan. So she had to start over...and did the exact same thing. Started over again and was fixing to make the same mistake a 3rd time when DH smelled something and went and added water to it and dug out the bits that we no longer edible. I love her, but I can't work with her when it comes to cooking and cleaning. And holidays are just so stressful. Usually, when she gets on my nerves, I volunteer hubby and I to go get whatever she has inevitable forgotten at the grocery store, but on the holidays that doesn't work because the grocery store is closed. And there's no snow to shovel.

I hate snow and I felt Blessed to shovel my Moms snow on Christmas Eve. I love my Mom Dearly but Oy age is making it very difficult. I know it is an age thing, I know this was how she was with my Dad who was a pickle himself the last 10 years, just not use to be on the receiving end of all that even with understanding what aging is doing, she is a lot to keep up with now.

As for your MIL I get the love, still she too seems like a pickle. Is the FIL more easy going?

 

[Gabe1]

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Well... We survived our very first Disney trip during the most crowded week if the year. The crowd really wasn't that impactful. The only two times it got overwhelming were when we were trying to leave Magic Kingdom Christmas morning and everyone else was coming in, and when we were walking through the Peter Pan/ iasw area. That bottleneck is no joke. We're on our way home this morning!! I cannot wait to see my dogs and sleep in my bed. Without my toddler. A full sized bed is way too small to bed share with a toddler

Yep. When mine were small the moderates still had full sized beds. (not sure why Disney put Fulls in any of their resorts ever) I got kicked upside the head by my DS when he was small many a time. He was a bed spinner, rotated like a clock. As time went on my Dad got the boy I got the girl. So happy when queen beds came to be...every few inches counted and I was blessed, when DD fell asleep she didn't move. The boys well they deserved each other...know where the manchild's bed spinning gene pool came from.

 

[Gabe1]

That woman in the wheelchair/scooter in the left corner is like, "*** are you people doing here."

My thought was keep your eyes on the road in front of ya woman! This is how you run people over in those carts.

 

[Cesar R M]

nope lots of police cars though

photo Erik Hanka Facebook

Weird.. unruly drunk person? suicide? thievery? D:

 

[Cesar R M]

A street performer at the Studios. If I'm grasping it was untimely.

wow, so thats 2 CMs who died recently, including the mayor.. D:

 

[Gabe1]

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This four hour before your flight magical express pickup is for the birds. We're here with over three hours to spare, but we're so tired we tried to pay for our Starbucks with our magicbands

Yeah, we did that earlier this month. It is making the entire airport nutsville, too many travelers for way too long, it isn't built to house that many fliers. Like hello Fire Marshal.

 

[Gabe1]

Very!! I'm exhausted. If we do Disney again for a longer trip, we're definitely scheduling a no park day in the middle!!

It gets easier as they age...until 5 years later when ya have another one and the cycle starts again.

 

[Gabe1]

I wonder if he got the idea of these famous Russian and Scandinavian scientists..
Who used to go NAKED into the freezing water near the north pole and then get into a sauna.

Up here we have nut jobs doing polar plunges in the coldest and snowiest times of the year. Why? Just Why?

 

[Gabe1]

My dad tried to suggest no Disney in 2019. I think there was almost a riot.

Was he trying to pick a fight? He'd do what with his points? Or his great European adventure or Cruise for 2019?