The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[MySmallWorldof4]

Ha! Bermuda. Will always have a special spot in your soul.

Wilderness was lovely this year x2 and yes since we normally had will stay at moderates it was our treats for a very long 2017.
Honestly I'm going to price out some of the nicer hotels on Hotel Blvd since they are going to receive Park benefits etc in 2018. I've stayed at the Hilton and it is a very nice resort.

I booked us for The Cabins again with a pin code I received, but I cannot say that I haven't been tempted to look at Hotel Blvd., specifically the Double Tree. The price is under $200 a night. That could save $1000. I was thinking of the Hilton, but the reviews are that the rooms need renovation. I thought they were renovating it 1 year or 2 years ago. We stayed for 1 night there and the room and building we were in smelled musty. It definitely needed a remodel. I could book and see if a Passholder discount would be better when it comes out for The Cabins. Avoiding the TTC is big for us. It is so nice to just take the water craft right to MK, or WL, or Contemporary. There is also the resort fees and parking fees for the other hotels. Lots to take into consideration.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Sympathy like

We got 2 inches of the white stuff over night. Still snowing although a weather conglomerate says it should be stopping soon.

We almost flew once and even adding the cost of a rental car and parking it would have worked out way cheaper

We haven't flown in 9 years. So much cheaper to pay for gas and an overnight hotel stay if needed.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Glad you like it. I assume you must have a large room to fit something that big. (We have a tiny room.)

Yes, that is true. The master is very large.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

I don't think that was it because at that time, Christmas wasn't really celebrated here the way it is in the States. In fact it's STILL not celebrated that way. WE celebrate it because I'm American and it works out better with our schedules because of birthdays and all that, but at that time, we didn't have the kids, so there was no Sinterklaas celebration and Christmas wasn't a huge affair. I'm sure it was passive aggressive, but I think it was more of a message for me..a reminder that it was not MY house and not MY room and they were in charge. That was brought up a LOT while we lived there...like "It's OUR house, so you need to do things OUR way. We'd like you to do your homework downstairs where we can keep an eye on you and correct you so you'll learn faster. You don't need to hide up there in the bedroom." or "We've decided that the dinner table will be exclusively Dutch....you are not allowed to speak English when we are at the table. This is OUR house, and we want to speak Dutch." and "We'd like you to spend your evenings with us downstairs, not up in the bedroom. If you are going to live in our house, then you need to be a part of the family. And that means sitting with us and watching TV, and we're going to watch Dutch programs because dad doesn't understand English and so he won't enjoy English programs and you'll learn Dutch faster by listening to it in the evening." (and then they shushed DH whenever he tried to translate something for me because they couldn't hear.) So I think it was more to remind us not to get too comfortable and remember whose house it was.

You were a saint for having moved to another country for your dh and putting up with all that, but not having close family here, I can see why you did.

 

[DryerLintFan]

Honestly, I think for us, it was better to transition early. DD was just over a year, too, because I was due with our son in 6 months and we needed the crib for him. We wanted to make sure she really had time to get use to a real bed. It went so well, and then I think DS was about 2, because we were going to Disney that summer and knew we needed him to get used to a bed because we wouldn't have cribs everywhere. We were going to my brother's wedding and staying with friends and family on the whole trip, and none of them had little ones, so we needed to transition him. Never had a problem, and I hated having to pull them out of the crib as they got bigger...the side didn't lower, so you had to pull them out over the top and man was that hard when they got heavier!! What is it that you like about the crib? I honestly couldn't wait to get them OUT of the crib!

I had all the same issues with the crib (the cribs with the side that lowers is illegal here) but I liked how safely confined the crib made her. She took to the toddler bed pretty well, and even now at almost three she stays in bed, but I had so much more peace of mind when she was in a crib.

And I had a place I could put her and walk away when I was feeling overwhelmed. I miss that. The older she gets the less I need it because I can reason with her now, but my husband travels a lot so I single mom a lot, and I could have used that for at least another half a year.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Just been so long since i have seen the sun lol

Sympathy like. I would be happy to ship our snow to you. Cloudy and snowing here right now. Considering the temperatures won't be above freezing for close to 2 weeks, I will probably not see any green grass for a while, as this white stuff will probably not melt.

 

[DryerLintFan]

Can't really explain it, but there's certainly enough room for 2 adults in a full or double, whatever you call it nowadays. (I never actually measured the mattress, but it might be that the sizes could slightly differ in a hotel mattress, versus a home one.)

My parents also had a full/double mattress for many years. Queens and kings became more popular down through the years, but quite a few people still use a full/double. (Neither one of us is tall either, so maybe two people who were 6 feet each, might need a queen or king mattress.)

I think personality comes into play. We have a friend who is well over six foot tall and he's broad and muscular. He can sleep in a full with his wife comfortably because they like to snuggle. They sleep all wrapped up in each other.

My husband and I have a California King because neither one of us likes other people touching us when we sleep. And because we usually have a least one dog crawl in with us. We could never comfortably sleep in a full.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

I had all the same issues with the crib (the cribs with the side that lowers is illegal here) but I liked how safely confined the crib made her. She took to the toddler bed pretty well, and even now at almost three she stays in bed, but I had so much more peace of mind when she was in a crib.

And I had a place I could put her and walk away when I was feeling overwhelmed. I miss that. The older she gets the less I need it because I can reason with her now, but my husband travels a lot so I single mom a lot, and I could have used that for at least another half a year.

Our crib was bought in 2001, and the sides went down. We used it for all our kids, even when the powers that be said they were unsafe. We never had an issue with the side. I used it when kids were out of sorts as well. It was their safe place and when they acted that way it was because they were tired anyway. I never worried about them climbing out. Just lucky I guess.

 

[DryerLintFan]

Sympathy like. If it makes you feel better it's lightly snowing here

We got 2 inches of the white stuff over night. Still snowing although a weather conglomerate says it should be stopping soon.

We haven't flown in 9 years. So much cheaper to pay for gas and an overnight hotel stay if needed.

We got a few inches last night!! Nobody was expecting snow so when it started we were all like well that's nice we'll get a dusting.... But by the time I went to bed everything was covered with at least two inches. My friend was flying out tonight and was stuck in the runway for five hours

 

[MOXOMUMD]

2 days until 2018!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

We got a few inches last night!! Nobody was expecting snow so when it started we were all like well that's nice we'll get a dusting.... But by the time I went to bed everything was covered with at least two inches. My friend was flying out tonight and was stuck in the runway for five hours

When I checked the weather this morning, it said snow will stop in 29 minutes. I have been up for close to 2 hours now. It is still snowing, so I checked the infallible weather website again and now it says, snow will continue for 120 minutes. What the heck??? We will end up with 3 inches out of this. It was supposed to be a dusting. Well that is why those forecasters get paid the big bucks, huh!

 

[DryerLintFan]

When I checked the weather this morning, it said snow will stop in 29 minutes. I have been up for close to 2 hours now. It is still snowing, so I checked the infallible weather website again and now it says, snow will continue for 120 minutes. What the heck??? We will end up with 3 inches out of this. It was supposed to be a dusting. Well that is why those forecasters get paid the big bucks, huh!

I'm grateful my husband put the car in the garage when the snow started!! It's certainly more than a dusting here, too!!

I think the forecasters in Ohio just throw darts and "predict" whatever weather they land on

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

I'm grateful my husband put the car in the garage when the snow started!! It's certainly more than a dusting here, too!!

I think the forecasters in Ohio just throw darts and "predict" whatever weather they land on

Sounds about right. Long term forecast is showing 3 days of snow for the last week of January here. They cannot predict weather from one day to the next, so why try and forecast weather more than 3 weeks from now?

 

[DryerLintFan]

Sounds about right. Long term forecast is showing 3 days of snow for the last week of January here. They cannot predict weather from one day to the next, so why try and forecast weather more than 3 weeks from now?

Right?! Might as well start predicting weather for June, guys, since we'll be wrong anyway...

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Right?! Might as well start predicting weather for June, guys, since we'll be wrong anyway...

Well, they are getting close. They have a forecast through the end of March up right now.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I am more in awe of the amount of EMTs that are on stand by for the Polar Plunge.

I must admit I did not go to watch him, only watched the video later. It was much too cold outside for me. He said there was plenty of help around for getting out of the water though.

 

[Go.Nijntje]

Hi everyone,

I hope everyone's Christmas has been as wonderful as mine.
It is still very busy with my niece and nephews visiting but a lot of fun. I haven't had time to read how everyone else's Christmas has been but I will try to catch up once my brother and his family leave.
Since we have kids staying there is no sleeping in so I got this picture of the sunrise in Breda yesterday.

 

[Go.Nijntje]

Our Christmas dinner of gourmetten was a success. The kids loved it and it was fun for the adults as well.