The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[wdwfan4ver]

Wait . . . you had co-ed gym class? Talk about a progressive school--our school's gym classes were always separate.

Mine was not separate, but it was caused by the nature of the gym class. I grew up with very poor motor skills. My coordination was so bad that I had to go to a gym class that students had coordination disabilities also. When I was in high school, most of my classes were in regular ed except for a small amount that included gym.

I do know the gym class I was the only gym class that wasn't separate.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

@ajrwdwgirl , those were some very nice photos you took at the lovely Arboretum, and it sounds like you two had a fun day together. By the way, I like her hat--cute!

Thanks for the compliments! We all had a great time! Kapono was a little upset that she got left behind at home, but she enjoyed getting snuggles from all three of us when we came home!

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

DisneyWorld question:
Weeks or even months ago I booked all my Nov. DW dining reservations on the first day of eligibility. I booked online at My Disney Experience. I reserved something at AK and Epcot I liked but "Be Our Guest" was not available.......seemingly already booked. Now that our Disney vacation is getting closer(early Nov.) my wife is starting to think about it. She texted me: "Can we eat at Beauty and the Beast Castle for lunch or dinner?" I texted back that "I know my wife....I know that is what you hope for....and on the first day I was eligible to book I tried "Be Our Guest" first but it was all booked up." She texted back w/ an emoji
#1 Can people still book the old fashion way?.....with the representative on the phone?
#2 If yes....Would there be any point for me to call every once in awhile in case there are CANCELATIONS? Any chance I could still swap my Tony's Town Square reservation and slide into a lunch or dinner spot at Be Our Guest????

I am sure this was answered, but yes, keep checking everyday. People cancel all the time.

 

[donaldtoo]

OK, final port of call on cruise last month...
Cozumel...!!!

Breakfast on the boat that mornin...grapefruit, and an omelette and sausage...!!!



Carp! Hit post reply instead of attach file, so just went back to attach the 2 pics so folks aren’t lookin’ at a post goin’ “WTH?!?!?!”

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

We went on a 350 mile road trip yesterday. All new places for both of us!

Crazy how it’s like a different world in Southeast Ohio.. yet only a few hours away. We went to Portsmouth and then a scenic, very long, way back to explore some river towns.

I have so many photos.. so I’ll try to pick my faves.. I’m a city/beach girl.. this stuff was fascinating to me.. there was areas where I didn’t have any phone service, drove an hour without seeing a gas station.. never saw any retail stores besides a Dollar General or Family Dollar.. no fast food or chain restaurants thru most of it.

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Very pretty. There are veggie stands like that by me. Quite a few actually.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Bethel, OH

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I love all the pictures, especially the last.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Another abandoned house.. and animals!!

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That must have been a lovely house at one time. Poor animals. At least they have lots of grass to eat.

 

[93boomer]

These look delicious! I have made peach crisp before, but hand pies never occurred to me.

They are so easy and yummy!!

 

[CoreNovawarAMM]

A little update on my weekend with my niece, who is 13 years old.

I picked her up on Thursday and we took her to dinner to the bar in our town. She loves their food and it was taco night and she loves tacos. After dinner we just hung out and had an early night.

Friday morning we all got up early and headed to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. We wanted to beat the heat and the crowds. She loves the Arboretum almost as much as we do. We even took her on the bog walk.

A few Arboretum pictures.
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My niece and I watch the swamp.
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Such pretty pictures!

 

[Cesar R M]

DH is driving me nuts!! We have such different planning styles. The Harry Potter package JUST opened up for 2019 dates on the Universal site...I've been keeping an eye out, because that's the one we wanted to do. So I checked today, and it was up. So I price it out, send it to DH and tell him what it includes, and tell him we need to figure out what dates exactly we want. And now our whole plan is wonky again. He doesn't want to splurge on staying at the Poly, even for a night, and he thinks there's got to be a way to get Magical express to the airport without having a flight so we can rent a car there instead of at Disney, so we wouldn't need to go back to Disney after Universal Studios.
And he doesn't think the photo package is worth it for the HP package, so we're not doing the HP package. And he doesn't want to pay much for a hotel between our Disney and Universal stays...we're taking a few rest days. So now he's looking at cheap hotels. Last time he did this, we ended up in the carp hotel in Cologne. But this will be 4 nights instead of just one, and if the place he picks isn't decent, there won't be anything else available last minute, so we'll be stuck there.
The thing about hubby is that he has a really high IQ...he's very smart and logical. But he's also much more of an "efficiency" planner, where I'm more emotionally motivated...I choose things because they MEAN something to me, or because I want a certain experience. HE chooses things because of how inexpensive and convenient they are. So now my carefully researched and thought out plan to cover all the bases has been thrown into the wind in favor of saving some extra money. But at what emotional cost? We PROMISED the kids we were going to stay at the Poly for one night....now he's decided that staying at Universal's version of the Poly is an acceptable replacement. So now -I- get to tell the kids in the morning that we don't get to do that after all. I think I might actually make HIM break that promise himself. It's his decision, he can deal with the consequences.

Hell, no, make your Husband tell the kids.
His changes, his responsibility!

Throwing all the "blame" to you for the kids is bad in my eyes imho.

 

[21stamps]

Amish Country..

 

[Cesar R M]

I'm sure that's true. I am optimistic that if I persevere, eventually I'll be able to snatch up a Be Our Guest spot.

Thats the spirit!

 

[donaldtoo]

OK, Cozumel: post 1 take 2...!!!!!

Pulling into port, and LOVE that water...!!!!!




We then got off the boat and perused the nearby shopping district for a bit (more of that after our excursion), and then caught a cab for our return visit south to Playa Uvas...all inclusive, buffet etc., and I forgot to get pics of the friggin’ buffet...!!!!! But, I didn’t forget to get pics of what was “all-inclusive” drinking (and no, I didn’t stumble back to the boat)...!!!!!
Modelo Especial and Patron Tequila...!!!!!



Some shots of the establishment and beach, including at least one of DS in his bright red bush hat...!!!








And, again, the flip flop pic...!!!!!!!

 

[21stamps]

More Amish Country and a not-Amish farm visit in the middle of it. We bought more produce and watermelon here, also a beautiful antique store in a barn, but I didn’t take photos of that.

 

[Cesar R M]

At the Arboretum we wandered through the many gardens including the rose gardens, the Japanese garden, and the Chinese garden. Early on we didn’t see many other people which was a major benefit of going so early in the day by the time we left it was getting more crowded. For lunch we stopped at Portillos, I have included my meatball sub, brad got the beef sandwich and my niece got chicken parmigiana.

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The chinese area looks a bit empty? are they just starting to build it?

Also that sub looks messy! was it tasty?

 

[Cesar R M]

Friday finished up with our towns festival’s horseparade, takeout Chinese (we picked it up after Portillos), and the movie Eddie the Eagle.

Saturday morning was a lazy morning with pancakes and bacon. Then we went down to Main Street to check out what was going on for the festival. We looked at crafts, voted on a pickle making contest, votes on the quilts in the quilt show, and ate some
Good BBQ chicken. We also played Bingo and I won two tens of dollars ($20)! That night we watched the tractor parade, cooked pizza at home. Oh she also made banana cream pies for our church for the pie and ice cream social the next day. While she did that I premade sloppy joes and Mac and cheese for Sunday lunch, I let her help with the Mac and cheese. Then she picked the movie for the night, it was Sound of Music and our town also had fireworks that night and we just had to walk to the end of the block to watch.

Sunday was the main parade that we watched with her parents and some friends of mine. Hubs had to be in the parade but joined us for dessert later. It was a good but busy weekend. We also played a lot of Skip-bo (it’s a card game.).

In this stack is a winning board!

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Hubs float, notice his shirt it is a Frontierland one. The theme of the parade was western.
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I actually laughed at the horse stick in the parade XD

 

[21stamps]

Shawnee State Park.. hiking and driving a scenic trail exploring the forest. Saw several hippy communes, but I couldn’t take photos of them. We waved and they waved back.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

@figmentfan423

 

[donaldtoo]

Whew! Glad all turned out well for him, despite the wrong boat. (Of course, I had just assumed it was you who picked the wrong boat. )

By the way, I loved the photo of him with the turtle. The look of wonder and joy on his face was so heartwarming.

Thanks, Minnie...!!!
Yes, he very much loves nature, science, history, etc....hell, he just loves life, and is an inspiration...!!!!!

 

[21stamps]

Very pretty. There are veggie stands like that by me. Quite a few actually.

Oh that’s so neat!!! We met some farmers who were getting ready for a Fall Festival, they showed us around their farm, part of it anyway. I commented how in awe I was over the stands.. she said “Life is a lot different out here in the country. We trust people.” Everyone we met was so friendly! Although someone did chuckle at me when I asked where the nearest Starbucks was. I never saw a Starbucks from the time we left one early afternoon.. NOT ONE!!!
Seriously, just such a different world.. so far from everything. Tristan said “Mom, you could never live here. You would die without Starbucks.”

That must have been a lovely house at one time. Poor animals. At least they have lots of grass to eat.

Ohh I made a mistake on that comment.. I meant “and photos of animals” lol. Not abandoned animals. I see how that looks like what I meant though!