Sleeping in is alwyas good. I have to get up in the morning to make sue my girls are up and moving as well as braid Dani's hair most mornings.
Do you have a picture of the redone nails?
I have had a slightly crazy with since Dh is out of town on business. Doing twice as much. Sydney went back to the orthop on tuesday. They care calling her elbow a contusion since the only spot that they thought was a break wasn't where it was hurting her. She doesn't have to go back to dr but supposed to be no sports till next tuesday. Of course she wanted to play volleyball in gym yesterday.
Last night she played all of instruments. I'm not sure if she lost the chance to be first chair in the winter concert or not? SHe was supposed to have a sight reading test against one other girl but she couldn't because of her elbow.
My other daughter also got a 99 on her seating auditions, but i have no clue what happened with it since she doesn't play her clarinet like Sydney plays her flute. There are also more clarient players. They are in 2 groups unlike the one flute group.
Yes - I understand - I have to get up too to make sure V makes it out the door on time... which is sometimes a feat unto itself.
I don't - sorry... They look exactly the same, except a few of the dots on the nails that were redone are a bit small imo. Otherwise - they all match, since I only had 4 nails redone.
Well, hopefully it all works out, and the girls get their chance to play and experience their proper chairs.
Hopefully Sydney is feeling better soon and back to being active again!
Good luck to both of them in both of their concerts!
From what I've read here on the DIS you are a early bird. So it's a little hard to believe that you over slept
What a bummer that the owner wasn't there to do your nails. I'm glad to here you're fine with the job one of the other girls did on your nails.
Here the temperatures have been around 41ºF the last week. We haven't seen any snow here yet.
I had my new car at the garage on Tuesday. I drove to my therapy riding class yesterday, but since I had my riding shoes on it was difficult to feel if what they had done with the floor was good enough. Today I was out driving again and it feels like the floor is good now. It also looks like they managed to fix the back door so it opens as it should every time I try to open it.
Now I have to start practicing driving my electrical wheelchair. I haven't used it since I got the joystick adjusted. It's so scary to drive the electrical wheelchair out of the car. I know I really have to do just that a lot of times so I get used to it and it isn't scary any more. The scary part is to drive backwards out on to the lift. I'm so scared that I miss the lift and one of the wheels of the wheelchair go out side of the lift.
Hahaha... Yes - it is hard to believe... Typically it happens if I can't sleep during the night... I almost always fall back to sleep at about 4am, and then I can't get up.
Yes - she did an OK job on my nails... I would still much prefer that the owner does them, but these will work.
There was some bad weather here on Friday - but we missed it all. We did get a bit of rain though - but as of now, no snow cover. It's coming, that I am sure of.
Hopefully everything is good to go with your car now... Yikes about the lift and your wheelchair - I can understand why that would be so scary... Is there something that cane be put there, so you can't drive off - some sort of safety feature?
I hope you are able to get a lot of practice, so it's something you are comfortable with.
UGH. My DIS is SO glitchy today!!!! Hopefully this response posts because it's the 3rd time I'm trying! Yay for getting your nails fixed, keep the Disney spirit alive I can't believe they're predicting snow for this weekend!! Today, it's supposed to be 72 in Chicago! We're heading to Purdue University for a cousin's weekend and supposed to go to the game on Saturday. I'm hoping they're wrong on the weather!! We shall see.
Thanks for continuing to try - I hate it when the Dis is acting up. LOL
I hope you had a great weekend! Did you ever get any snow? We didn't - it missed us, however, we did get some rain - which we needed. I am sure the snow is coming - and it will probably come with force since we don't have it yet.
Popping in to catch up and say hi! Looks like a fun day at Universal...I want the ice cream you had!! Sorry you guys weren't feeling the best...but you did get all the important stuff done!!
Hi there!
We did - and yes, I HIGHLY recommend the ice cream - it was so delicious! I should just plan, from now on, to not feel well in Universal - since every time I am there - those rides do me in. LOL That was my goal though - was to get the important stuff done... Like ice cream.
It's good to sleep in once in a while. The phone woke me up at 6. It was an unavailable number. Then I got a bunch of weather alerts on my phone because we had a freeze or frost.
I'm glad you enjoyed the ts at Shades of Green.
We used to single rider line for Gringott's. I rode with my son-in-law and my daughter got sent to they version of fast past line. I offered to switch but she didn't want to. We did get to see the dragon shoot fire.
My garage door cable broke yesterday. Luckily I was out shopping and my car wasn't in the garage. The repairman is going to stop by sometime today. I don't have to be here for that. He can call me at work and let me what's going on.
I'm able half way done piecing my quilt.
Have a good day
Liz
It is - I thoroughly enjoy it - however, it does throw off my routine... So I always feel like I am spending the day trying to catch up.
We love staying at SoG - it's such a great resort!
I didn't see the single rider lines as an option while we were there... We definitely would have taken advantage. Next time I will ask.
Yikes!!! I hope is it all fixed now!
Wow!!!! You are making great progress on your quilt - it will be done in no time!
Thanks! Same to you!
Look at you with the personal chauffeurs!!
Glad you were able to sit with friends for a while and relax! Pretty amazing you had that whole pool to yourself! Wow! very cool!!
Bed early much needed especially after having a nasty headache for as long as your holding onto this one!
Well, I really dislike depending on my friends for rides in WDW - I am really uncomfortable with inconveniencing people - so this was really hard for me to do... However, I am very grateful for them and very thankful that they were able to help me out!
Yes - it was relaxing! I don't think we had the whole pool to ourselves - there were other people there - I know that for sure.
Maybe some of the kids had just gotten out or something? I don't remember lol.
Yes - it was very nice to crawl into bed on this night - both V and I needed it.
Wow! $25 is great for both trees! A tree on your porch sounds very nice! Looking forward to seeing what you do with everything!
Hoping you don't get snow! We have barely gotten any in NY yet, and I'm hoping it stays like that for a little while longer!
Yes - it was a great deal!!! But even at $25, I hated paying it, because I'd just be storing them for a year... But now that it's coming time to put them up - I am very excited to have them stored. LOL
I am excited to get everything set up!
We missed out on the worst of the snow - we ended up with rain... I am sure the snow is coming and it will come fiercely. LOL It sounds like you may have gotten some of our storm this weekend?
I really want to go to the HP stuff at Universal but I get such bad motion sickness that I'm really not sure I would be able to ride anything! LOL But the theming looks absolutely amazing and I'd love to try butterbeer and some of the specialty food items and explore the shops.
I'm sorry you weren't feeling well on that day and had such a bad headache.
I'm trying to figure out if I'm going to get my Christmas stuff out next weekend (I normally decorate on Black Friday and the next day) or wait until all of my company leaves. I'm not sure yet.
Sleeping in just means that your body needed more rest.
I'm glad you were able to get your nails redone! I just broke two of mine trying to open my silverware drawer. *Sigh*
Have a great day!
Yes - it's definitely fun to look around - the theme is excellent... However, I am not sure the price of the ticket is worth just that?
The motion sickness is REAL there - so if it's something you are very sensitive to, then I would definitely avoid it.
I am trying to sort out when I want to decorate for Christmas too... Our Thanksgiving plans are a bit different this year. Typically - we decorate the weekend after Thanksgiving... However - this is the first year I have really decorated for fall/harvest - so I am trying to figure out when I want to take that all down - clean - and then set up Christmas... I feel like I should keep the fall up until Thanksgiving for sure - even though we aren't having Thanksgiving here.
I do plan on getting a few boxes this week though - so I can pack up and store my fall stuff - I did accumulate much more than I thought I did this year. LOL
True... It was nice to sleep in - but then I always feel like I am running late all day. I am such a routine driven person!
Yikes!!! I hate it when I break nails! Hopefully it wasn't too painful.
Thanks! Same to you!
Oh see, I only have Missouri Octobers to compare Florida October temperatures too lol. It was definitely nice in the mornings but I think the humidity was high too. That's usually what kills me.
Wow, we're supposed to have record highs close to 80 today but I think it's down to 45 on Saturday. I have started Christmas shopping & listening to Christmas music though. I'm okay with snow being late lol.
LOL - yes... In that case, I can see where this was hot. Trust me... I am not sure that I could ever do another August trip - it's tough!
Yes - we had some beautiful weather last week, until Friday... Thankfully we didn't get any of the snow or bad weather - just lots of rain.
It's coming though - I have no doubt. It's super hard to get excited and decorating for Christmas without snow though.
I have a couple of very small gift for the girls - otherwise I have not started shopping for anyone yet. I don't even have a clue of where to start or what to get any of them. I might go easy and go with cash this year.
My Christmas decorating dilemma is that I have a full size refrigerator in my living room in the place that I usually put a Christmas tree, (We are remodeling our kitchen.) At least I don't have to cook Thanksgiving dinner this year.
That looks like an awesome slide. I bet it is popular with the kids in the summer.
That's too bad that you had a headache for such a long time. It was a good thing you had a rest day planned.
LOL - I can see where that could be an issue... Decorate the fridge this year, maybe? LOL Put a star on top... Some garland on the doors? :scatchin
I am sure it is?? SoG just put this slide in last fall - so it's new to the resort... They just did an extensive remodel of both pools - I was happy to see that they had kept the Mickey head pool though - so that was cool... It's one of the few "Disney" themed items that remain from when it was a Disney resort.
Yes - that headache was a toughie... I had a few hours here n' there where it was gone - usually right after I took a dose of ibuprofen/tylenol... but otherwise - it hung on for days - it was quite annoying actually. The rest day did help a lot!
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Well, happy Monday everyone!!! I hope you had a nice weekend??? I am looking forward to a fun holiday week here - I cannot wait to eat turkey, spend some time with family, spend some time with the girls, Black Friday shopping and Christmas decorating!
It promises to be a FUN week!
Those of you who are friends on Facebook know that Josh and I escaped for the weekend... I know I mentioned here about Matt playing hockey for the Alaska Aces... Josh and I had been talking about going to his games in Wichita, KS - and we had been planning to do so, as long as he was on the flight to go. On Wednesday night, Josh got a text from Matt that he was on the flight... So, we quickly booked our hotel for the weekend, purchased our game tickets and planned our little get away.
We left as soon as V boarded the bus for school on Friday morning - barely escaping the blizzard/winter storm that was about to pound MN... We drove for 10 hours, through Iowa, Missouri and part of Kansas - arriving in Wichita about 3 hours before the puck dropped. Which gave us just enough time to check into our resort and find dinner.
We stayed at Water Walk Hotel - we had a great room rate of $79/night for a king suite with a kitchen and living area... Which also included a free, made-to-order breakfast each morning and a free shuttle within a 3 mile radius... It was fantastic! Breakfast was amazing and the shuttle was super convenient. I would definitely recommend anyone staying there if they ever make it to Wichita.
Matt didn't play in Friday night's game - which a sort-of a bummer for us... but he was able to visit with us during the game for a little while - so that was nice. Sadly - Matt's team lost Friday night. It was VERY awkward for us to be in the crowd with the opposing team's jersey on... As I am sure you can imagine... Not many people make the trip from Alaska. In the crowd on Friday night - there were exactly 3 of us cheering on the Aces - our only ally was across the arena... It was pretty quiet.
We did get a great picture with Matt though...
On Saturday, Josh and I got up... Enjoyed our amazing FREE made-to-order breakfast of omelettes and Belguin waffles... Then we decided to explore the Old Town area of Wichita... We ended up at a little museum...
It was a neat museum and something I tend to get into... I love learning about local history and things like that. However - this museum is more of a broad history museum, which spans from B.C. to modern times - and world wide... Not really the local history I get into - but it was still fun...
The had a little spot dedicated to Jesse James... I know a lot of history around the capture of the gang, considering that it happened nearby in Northfield, MN... So, it was kind of fun to see some of the other part of the spectrum of the gang and the family, since they were originally from that area...
And to keep this post on a Disney topic... These two beauties were displayed in the museum...
But perhaps, the most interesting and coincidental display in the museum was that of the Berlin Wall... See - it just so happens, while Josh and I were having our first get-away in years... Around the world, Brian and Myrthe were also having their first get-away in years... As we were driving to Kansas, Brian and Myrthe were flying to Berlin.
So, as Josh and I were walking through the museum and we stumbled upon a piece of the Berlin wall, I took a picture of Josh and sent it to Myrthe... About 10 minutes later, Myrthe responded back with a picture of Brian standing next to the Berlin wall... Two brothers, a world apart, at the same moment on the same day... Just a cool coincidence...
We finished up at the museum a little before lunch... I decided that I needed to search out Starbucks - as I wanted a "you are here" mug from Kansas... After finally finding a Starbucks - I was sadly disappointed to find out that they don't even make one for Kansas, and the closest thing I could get was a Starbucks ornament with KS on it...
We were able to connect with Matt at this point - so we picked him up from his hotel and we all went out for a nice lunch. It was fun to visit with him and catch up. He was on the list to play that night, so we didn't stay to eat long, as we all wanted to nap and rest up for the game... We were very excited to see him play again.
We arrived at the arena to lines going out to the street - a huge difference from the night before... Personally - I wasn't looking forward to being only 1 of 3 cheering on the opposing team in a packed arena... I hiked up my big girl panties and went in. We found our seats - in the same area we were in the night before... Many of the opposing team's crowd recognized us from the night before and I must say, Wichita is a very welcoming community - we were welcomed and thanked for attending the game on several occasions on both nights - which was very nice. I am not sure if it was because we traveled so far to cheer them on? I do know that I a few of them were a little disappointed that we had only come from MN, vs. Alaska - LOL...
Saturday's game was much better - we won a shut-out game 5-0... Matt was on the ice for 4 of the 5 goals, which was awesome! A really fun game and a really fun night! It was awesome to be able to see Matt play again and at this level. (This photo is NOT from Saturday's game...)
Sunday morning - we checked out of the hotel... Had our made-to-order breakfast and we were on the road headed towards home at 9:45... We made a stop for lunch in Kansas City, and met my cousin Jessi there... It was nice to see her again - I saw her briefly at the wedding last weekend, but we didn't get a chance to visit - so it was nice to meet her near her home and have a quick lunch together. We were on the road again an hour later... Making several stops along the way. What took us under 10 hours on the way there, took us almost 12 to get home... But we made it safely, both directions, with no issues either way. I am always so grateful for safe and uneventful trips!
The girls were happy to see us, the dogs were happy to see us and we were happy to be home. We went straight to bed, and here we are.
Today - I will be working out right away, as usual. I didn't have a terrible eating weekend... Well, actually - I did... I tried to off set the high calorie meals with only 2 meals per day rather than 3... So, I don't feel too terrible.
Then I will be working upstairs all day - I have a lot to get done this week with only a few days to work with the holiday in there - so I need to stay on top of things.
I was hoping for a TR update today - but I don't think that will happen, as this took me so long to write... Sorry about that. Plan for tomorrow though.
I hope you all had a nice weekend! Sending prayers and pixie dust out to all of you!!!
D~
I guess I like to be part of the Disney bubble lol. The most I got at Shades was a coffee one morning.
