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21stamps

21stamps

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
There is as much space if you don't include the master bedroom. The cabin may be wider and the bathroom in the cabin is wider for sure as there is a full size tub and a nice big sink counter. The bathroom was the biggest sticking point. We had our toothbrushes in a glass on the counter, but kept the sundries container in our room on the window ledge. It worked fine. Ds wanted an actual bed next time not in the living area. If the other bedroom had 2 sets of bunk instead of a loft on one side, it would have been perfect. We had the pull out open the whole time so that decreased on living space. It was too complicated to pull it out and put back together everyday. In the cabins we would put the pull out away everyday because it was so easy to do. It just had comfort issues for me because it is a 2 part mattress. DH said if we do cabins again then we could buy a mattress topper. Next time I check for rv rentals, I will see if we can have a room where all 4 can stay in one room. We liked it overall though. It was in a perfect site. Right near a comfort station, and right across from the Mercantile and pool. So even if the bathroom wasn't perfect, we could use a toilet in the comfort station. I know they were cleaned multiple times everyday because I would use them maybe twice a day, and the second time the toilet seats were all up again. They really do a great job with cleanliness there.
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I wonder if they make some with double bunk beds on one side, and the master on the other. That would work perfectly for your family.
 
21stamps

21stamps

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
@21stamps I showed ds the meccano robot and he already knew about it. He said it had bad reviews. He also went into a rant on how meccano was bought by Spin Master and now a lot of their parts are plastic, and then somehow he got into Lego again where he said Mega Blocks is now making the Sponge Bob sets, where Lego had been making them. Then he went back to Meccano and just said they are a shell of what they used to be. Oy, what have I created?:hilarious:
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Ha ha ha!! I’ll have to find out why it has bad reviews. I don’t have any past experiences with Meccano to compare. It was 4 Star reviewed from customers on Toys R Us.. but here’s something odd- It was listed at $159 at Toys R Us.. I bought it during a Christmastime sale for $79.. I just googled it, and I see retailers selling it for $50???? I thought I got a good deal :(

The pieces are a combination of metal and a very hard plastic. It’s a lot more labor intensive than the LEGO sets because you have to use a screw driver every few minutes.

I about had a heart attack when I opened the box.. sooooo many small pieces turn into a programmable robot?!?!?!! Not a problem in itself, but they’re almost all the same color. Which also happens with a lot of the SW LEGO sets though, especially the Death Star.

I hope the programming/movements/interaction is “cool” for T. He has a programmable R2D2 (received for Christmas 2016) that I think he’s played with a grand total of twice.
 
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MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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figmentfan423 said:
I love cinder blocks for herbs. The legal type. Gee I miss @betty rose and our dearly departed cousin Finn:(
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I wish @betty rose would find a way to come on back.
21stamps said:
I wonder if they make some with double bunk beds on one side, and the master on the other. That would work perfectly for your family.
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Since I reserved late, I didn't have many choices. I think they have one with 2 bunks. And @Cesar R M I can truly say that the master bedroom bed was very comfy.:)
 
21stamps

21stamps

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
Can't like your weather. We went from having a cloudy and cold winter to a cloudy spring with too much rain.
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T is on his way to tryouts now.. look at this :(

I don’t know what’s going to happen if tonight gets cancelled, especially if tomorrow does too. Families (mandatorily) wait to take vacations until tryouts are over, this will hurt a lot of people who are scheduled to leave this weekend.


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MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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21stamps said:
T is on his way to tryouts now.. look at this :(

I don’t know what’s going to happen if tonight gets cancelled, especially if tomorrow does too. Families (mandatorily) wait to take vacations until tryouts are over, this will hurt a lot of people who are scheduled to leave this weekend.


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Oh my gosh!!! Kids should not be out in that. They should postpone.
 
Songbird76

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Goofyernmost said:
This topic reminded me of a childhood incident that I had at a very early age. It was at least two years before I ever started school so I'd have to guess around 4 years old. I remember it vividly, but, not for the reasons one would think. My mother was a very insecure person and she was sure that no one would care if she was even missing. With that thought in mind one day she decided that she wanted to see how I would react if she just disappeared. She wasn't very far away, in fact she was hiding in the closet, but she wanted to see if I would panic. To give you some idea about how I am who I am, I remember getting up after a nap and looking for my mother. I never panicked that she was gone very far so I sat on a high stool and just watched out the window waiting for her to come home.

She was not mad, but, upset about the fact that not only did I not panic, I was sitting there singing and swinging my feet in a very casual manner. I really do remember how I was feeling and what I was thinking. I did wonder where she was and how long it might be before she returned, but, I wasn't at all upset. Time really meant nothing to me as I couldn't even tell time at that point. She mentioned that situation many times in my youth. I guess it was an early start on my path to independence, but, I wasn't scared about it at all, just curious about where she was. That little experiment sort of backfired on her. She never tried it again.

That story is true and I'm afraid that it didn't paint a very positive picture of her, but, rest assured she was always loving and caring to both myself and my sister (even though I didn't consider my sister to be a necessity) and my Father. To her nothing was better, more talented or smarter then her family, not herself, but, she was sure proud of the rest of us. She never had a good reason to feel that way about herself, she was a wonderful person and a great mother.
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Well, at least she didn't really leave. I can't imagine sitting in a closet waiting to see if my kid would panic. But, I know my DS would, because he did. He's 10 and we're trying to get him to be a bit more independent, so we will leave him for short periods....like, when my husband drives me to work...he's gone for about 20 minutes. Or I'll go to the grocery store, which takes about 30 minutes. He's fine if he knows where we are and he has our phone numbers so he can call. The problem is that when he panics, he forgets he can call. So I told him one day I was going to the store, he said ok, and I left. I came back and could hear him screaming from the street. I opened the door and he was pacing from the stairs, across the hallway, to the living room, and back. He saw me and FLEW at me and hugged me and I asked him what happened and he said he didn't know where I was. It had not registered when I told him where I was going, so he completely freaked out. So now we have to ask him where we're going after we've told him, and we got a whiteboard where we can write it down so he can see it if he forgets.

And I may have told this story before, but I don't know. When I was 3, I was sick and my mom needed to go to town to get groceries. We lived on a ranch about 40 miles from town, so it wasn't exactly a quick trip. Normally, my mom took us with her, but because we were sick, she couldn't do that. She asked my dad if he was going to head out to do chores or if he would be home. He told her he'd wait to do chores. So she left. She came back to an empty house and assumed that my dad had changed his mind and taken us with him....she was a bit miffed as it wasn't good for us. But then my dad came home with my brother and of course, I was not with them. My mom asked where I was and my dad said he had decided he needed to do the chores and I hadn't wanted to go with him, so he left me home....alone....at 3.

I did not, of course, remember the circumstances that led to me being home alone, I just remembered looking out the window and I knew they had told me where they were, but I couldn't remember if I was supposed to meet them somewhere or if I was supposed to stay put, I couldn't remember where they were, when they'd be home....I saw a pickup out in the pastures, but I was pretty sure it wasn't OUR pickup and it was really far so I knew by the time I walked there, it would be gone, and I'd have to walk all the way back, and I didn't want to get in trouble if I wasn't supposed to leave the house. So I went and crawled into my bed and pulled the covers over my head because I was scared and didn't want anyone bad to be able to find me. I thought I had dreamed it because my mom would NEVER have left me home alone that young and my dad never watched us.

Now, I was a tiny little thing....I was 3 and wearing 18 month old clothing, so with the covers up over my head, I was pretty much invisible...there wasn't much of a bump under the covers. So when my dad showed up without me, my mom called every neighbor and friend to find out if I had been spotted walking through the pastures of any of the neighboring ranches, or on the roads there, etc. She had a whole search party out looking on the buttes for me. Anything could have happened....bitten by a rattle snake, trampled by cattle, dragged off by a coyote, fallen down one of the buttes, etc... So when no one could find me, she was livid with my father and devastated and scared. Something possessed her to check my room one more time, and that's where I was found, sound asleep with the covers pulled up over me. Needless to say, she was relieved, and never left us in our father's care again until mandated by the courts after the divorce. But she would magically show up in places where we were....people would call her to tell her the babysitter left us at the pool alone again, and she'd come and "visit" us. (My father was supposed to have us during the summers) It probably explains her over-protectiveness of me in particular as I got older.
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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Goofyernmost said:
I was thinking about betty just yesterday. Has anyone heard from her? Is she alright?
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No. We all thought she would get cable and internet when she moved. I remembered they also had a Disney trip planned for February. I hope she still will use the DVC. It will be good for her family. Of course grief takes time and it is different for everyone.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
No. We all thought she would get cable and internet when she moved. I remembered they also had a Disney trip planned for February. I hope she still will use the DVC. It will be good for her family. Of course grief takes time and it is different for everyone.
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I have to admit that I was a little concerned. Her reaction to her husbands sudden death seemed a little strange or perhaps an effort to show strength. Holding in that shock and grief can cause a lot of problems. I truly hope that she is alright and working her way through that tragic situation. I guess we may not ever know.
 

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