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I apologize to the gals setting it up if it seems like the directions are set for morons, but Fran made me spell EVERYTHING out, so there was pretty much no questions.

This is pretty hardcore buffet planning. I'd be lucky if all the food actually got on a plate and then on a table. At some point you'd just be asked to find whatever you want in the fridge.

I have discovered that I have so much Disney in my blood that even my bruises come out Mickey shaped.

Sorry for the pain, but the bruise is pretty awesome!
 
Love the buffet schematic! I am all over that! I missed the where on the 65 dollar pedi but can assume it's at Mandara? Sigh. I hate the differential between a spa pedi and the cheap place around the corner. I don't mind paying for the extra wraps, creams, paraffin or massage but do often find the spread is just too large to justify it, not to mention the fact that the chapter ones seem to last longer on me!

Still, it's your birthday and you should so whatever the heck you want!
 
Thanks for the link! I am now going back to read and will report back once I am through. :flower:
 
Enjoy your beauty sleep.

Thank you. I have been!

What a blessing, send prayers for strength and recovery. :hug:

Thank you! :goodvibes

The bruise is a hoot !

Love the buffet arrangement - a little OCD ? Me too !

Well, I want to relax, during the set up process, not stress out and be asked a thousand questions. This way I can sit back and help out, but not feel like I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off.
You. Are. A. Jewish. Mother. :lmao: We have a similar food floor plan so to speak that we use when planning the kiddish luncheon following the bar/bat mitzvah services. :woohoo: Its even more detailed. :faint:

So glad your dad is home and doing well. :goodvibes

I figure this way it will go the way I want it to and I don't have to behave like (and I haven't heard this term in forever and you brought up the Jewish part.... :rolleyes1) a Jewish American Princess! :rotfl2:

Glad to hear your dad is doing well!

I love the diagram! Can't wait to see everyone! 3 days of work and 4 more sleeps until Cali!

Jill in CO

Now we're down to two more sleeps until you guys get here! :banana:

I am glad that everything went well.

Corinna

Thank you! :)

That is great news to hear that your dad is doing well.

It sure is!

$65 for a pedi? That's outrageous....even for Aussie pricing.

I've been MIA for a bit...so I think the weekend is even closer now! Have a great time. I am so envious!

Fantastic bottle.

Yeah, that's GCH pricing for you, the treatment that I'm getting would normally be around $125 at Burke Williams, but I think its like $200 at the Mandara. Crazy.

Glad your Dad is well!

And hope that Mickey bruise is fading.

My Dad is doing better, but no, the bruise is only getting deeper. I will probably still be sporting it at my birthday.

Wow! That certainly is detailed. It looks like you've got your i's dotted and t's crossed for this one. It should go pretty smoothly!

I'm hoping so! Plus I have some great help!

Ouch. I guess if you're going to have a bruise there are worse things it could look like! :rotfl2:

:lmao: :rotfl2: :rotfl:

Wow - I missed everything with your dad...glad to hear things came out OK. Brought back memories of my (step) dads recent rush to the hospital, which didn't come out OK. So very glad your dad is doing well.

Thank goodness everything did come out OK. I'm sorry yours didn't work out as well.

Also - the Mickey shaped bruising is taking your fandom a little too far. :scared:

:rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl:
 


So before I get to responses, Dad is home now and everything went fine. He is a little sore and very happy to be at home again. It will be great to see them on Wednesday!

This is such great news! :goodvibes

So I'm at a loss of what to post, there is nothing new since my father is home and healthy. I can't defrost any of the meat yet nor make the strawberry soup, I've purchased stuff at the grocery store that we don't need from Costco as I don't want to have visit a grocery store before we go, but there isn't a lot to report. So here is my diagram for the buffet. I have specific instructions to go with it. I apologize to the gals setting it up if it seems like the directions are set for morons, but Fran made me spell EVERYTHING out, so there was pretty much no questions.


Woah!!! This will definitely help those that will be setting up everything, so there's no confusion. Great idea Fran!

And for those of you who are not FB friends, I have discovered that I have so much Disney in my blood that even my bruises come out Mickey shaped.

http://s915.photobucket.com/user/franandaj/media/Mickey bruise.jpg.html

Cool! But ouch :rotfl2:


And another totally random thing, I noticed that my permalinks in the TOC post are working even though I've changed my title a few times. Ye haw! I'm going to go post a few more permalinks, after I get some beauty sleep!

Has this always happened since the DIS got upgraded?? Cause i've been changing the name of my title also, while adding links to my ToC too. So I have to go back and check my links is what you're saying?! :faint:
 
This is pretty hardcore buffet planning. I'd be lucky if all the food actually got on a plate and then on a table. At some point you'd just be asked to find whatever you want in the fridge.

I tend to be pretty hardcore when it comes to food planning. I don't know why but it really irks me when a buffet line is poorly set up, like when they put utensils at the end instead of the beginning, or salad is after the hot food. :rotfl2: I sound like a crazy person!

Sorry for the pain, but the bruise is pretty awesome!

I just can't believe that it formed so perfectly like that.

Love the buffet schematic! I am all over that!

It's pretty simple. As far as I see it everything should be in the order that normal courses of dinner. Appetizers, salad, soup, hot food/meat, side dishes, dessert.

I missed the where on the 65 dollar pedi but can assume it's at Mandara? Sigh. I hate the differential between a spa pedi and the cheap place around the corner. I don't mind paying for the extra wraps, creams, paraffin or massage but do often find the spread is just too large to justify it, not to mention the fact that the chapter ones seem to last longer on me!

Yeah the $65 was at the Mandara. I have an appointment at 3:00 at a local place today for $24. We'll see how that goes!

Still, it's your birthday and you should so whatever the heck you want!

I plan to!

Thanks for the link! I am now going back to read and will report back once I am through. :flower:

:welcome: I'm glad you made it over here!

This is such great news! :goodvibes

My Mom and I are going to chat tonight, so I'll find out how he's doing. He was grumpy about it when we talked Saturday, but that's par for the course for him.

Woah!!! This will definitely help those that will be setting up everything, so there's no confusion. Great idea Fran!

She's good with the ideas!

Cool! But ouch :rotfl2:

Yeah, you'll probably see it first hand this weekend. It's still darkening. :headache:

Has this always happened since the DIS got upgraded?? Cause i've been changing the name of my title also, while adding links to my ToC too. So I have to go back and check my links is what you're saying?! :faint:

@MEK was mentioning this in her TR. I did notice that I had to fix my signature after the upgrade. When I started putting chapter links in the second post, I stopped putting links after I read they weren't working. I just put post numbers. I need to go back and put in the links now that they work.
 
2 more sleeps until DL! This is going to be an epic weekend. I'm so happy you invited me to be a part of it!

Jill in CO
 


Post a pic of your toes after!

I agree with Jill. Its going to be such a total blast and I am happy to be included. P.S. @jedijill we are still hiding your phone. :lmao:
 
The bruise might look cute, it still looks painful!

I love the buffet diagram. I think that is a great idea: delegating only works if you are good at giving instructions. So, what better way to give instructions than a diagram. When my sister @nodnol first moved in with her DH she put a diagram on the inside of the kitchen cupboard door where they stored their pots so that he knew how to put the pots in after doing the dishes. :idea: I thought it was a very smart idea!

However, I had to laugh when you said that you hate it when the utensils are at the end of the buffet line. I am the total opposite. Why should I have to hold on to my fork and knife while holding a plate and trying to put food on it. Far easier to just have the plate to worry about and once all the food I want is on it, I can go and pick up the cutlery.
 
@MEK was mentioning this in her TR. I did notice that I had to fix my signature after the upgrade. When I started putting chapter links in the second post, I stopped putting links after I read they weren't working. I just put post numbers. I need to go back and put in the links now that they work.

Mine have seemed to work all along, I know @MEK had a bunch of issues but hopefully that is resolved? Lucky her, she gets to update the TOC on that TR. Which is a good thing or there would never be updates.

Post a pic of your toes after!

I agree with Jill. Its going to be such a total blast and I am happy to be included. P.S. @jedijill we are still hiding your phone. :lmao:

Yes! Toe pictures. I painted my own tonight. Does that count?

Ok, I am missing something....why do we have to hide @jedijill 's phone?

However, I had to laugh when you said that you hate it when the utensils are at the end of the buffet line. I am the total opposite. Why should I have to hold on to my fork and knife while holding a plate and trying to put food on it. Far easier to just have the plate to worry about and once all the food I want is on it, I can go and pick up the cutlery.

Ok this is funny. Jeff wants it at the beginning as otherwise he will entirely forget to grab them. I like it at the end for your reason above.

Of course I might still forget to grab it! What I dislike more than anything is if it is in a separate area than the food and plates, like a side table as you walk out.

When my sister @nodnol first moved in with her DH she put a diagram on the inside of the kitchen cupboard door where they stored their pots so that he knew how to put the pots in after doing the dishes. :idea: I thought it was a very smart idea!

I should do that! Jeff has to put the dishes away and after 10 years in this kitchen...there are still things he puts away wrong or simply leaves out for me to do!

I was just speaking of @nodnol the other day. My folks are planning to go to Berlin late summer/early fall (I forget the exact dates) and I was hoping between the two of you to give them some tips on where to go!
 
2 more sleeps until DL! This is going to be an epic weekend. I'm so happy you invited me to be a part of it!

Jill in CO
My parents arrive tomorrow and then you all Thursday! :banana:

Post a pic of your toes after!

I agree with Jill. Its going to be such a total blast and I am happy to be included. P.S. @jedijill we are still hiding your phone. :lmao:

There's something about that. :rolleyes1

::yes:: Definitely hiding the phone.

I love the buffet diagram. I think that is a great idea: delegating only works if you are good at giving instructions. So, what better way to give instructions than a diagram. When my sister @nodnol first moved in with her DH she put a diagram on the inside of the kitchen cupboard door where they stored their pots so that he knew how to put the pots in after doing the dishes. :idea: I thought it was a very smart idea!

That is a good idea!

However, I had to laugh when you said that you hate it when the utensils are at the end of the buffet line. I am the total opposite. Why should I have to hold on to my fork and knife while holding a plate and trying to put food on it. Far easier to just have the plate to worry about and once all the food I want is on it, I can go and pick up the cutlery.

I guess everyone is different!

Oh, and I hope you will love your feet after the pedicure!!

:rolleyes1

I'm so glad everything went well with your dad, that's fabulous news!!!

::yes::

Mine have seemed to work all along, I know @MEK had a bunch of issues but hopefully that is resolved? Lucky her, she gets to update the TOC on that TR. Which is a good thing or there would never be updates.

Yes! Toe pictures. I painted my own tonight. Does that count?

Sure that counts!

Ok, I am missing something....why do we have to hide @jedijill 's phone?

Because she has been bribed by Captain Oblivious and cj9200, plus PIO to post incriminating pictures of us once the alcohol starts! :rotfl2:

Ok this is funny. Jeff wants it at the beginning as otherwise he will entirely forget to grab them. I like it at the end for your reason above.

Of course I might still forget to grab it! What I dislike more than anything is if it is in a separate area than the food and plates, like a side table as you walk out.

I like it at the beginning so that I don't forget it as well!
 
Hey, in my defense, PiO offered to cook me a meal when I visit her in Australia!

1 more sleep! I actually started packing my suitcase last night!

How was the pedicure Alison? I got mine last night and it was fabulous.

Jill in CO
 
Hey, in my defense, PiO offered to cook me a meal when I visit her in Australia!

She would cook you a meal regardless! :rotfl2: Didn't you see her TR when she visited me and cooked all the meals in and out of my house! :lmao:

1 more sleep! I actually started packing my suitcase last night!

My parents arrive today and you and Jenny tomottow.

How was the pedicure Alison? I got mine last night and it was fabulous.

I'll try and get pics up today and an explanationwhen Fran isn't looking.
 
It's nearly here, you must be getting excited! May Day is my Brothers birthday too I will be sure to have a glass of wine in your honour :-)
 
I'll try and get pics up today and an explanationwhen Fran isn't looking.

Had to laugh about this one. So Fran would not approve of you posting pictures of your feet??? :goodvibes

I am pretty sure Michael would also think that I have totally lost it if I started posting pictures of my toe nails! :faint:
 
It's nearly here, you must be getting excited! May Day is my Brothers birthday too I will be sure to have a glass of wine in your honour :-)

I am getting excited!!!!

Had to laugh about this one. So Fran would not approve of you posting pictures of your feet??? :goodvibes

I am pretty sure Michael would also think that I have totally lost it if I started posting pictures of my toe nails! :faint:

She doesn't care what I post pictures of, she just gets mad at me for spending time on the DIS. She is constantly saying, "get your head out of the phone" or "can't you stay off your computer?" Now keep in mind I'm not the one draining our savings accounts with online purchases, but evidently keeping up with friends is not an acceptable use of time. :rolleyes1
 
Pedicure deeeeets are needed! :hyper:

I am debating getting my nails done. I don't want a manicure but would like shellac.
 
Now keep in mind I'm not the one draining our savings accounts with online purchases, but evidently keeping up with friends is not an acceptable use of time. :rolleyes1

Ah, sorry... :hug:

At least you will have plenty of friends around in person as of tomorrow, so you can enjoy their company without having to look at a screen. Fran should be pleased about that! ;)
 

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