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My daughter, Sarah, and I are sitting in the terminal in Hartford, waiting to board our flight. WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!! So psyched!
GREAT NEWS. ENJOY!!
My daughter, Sarah, and I are sitting in the terminal in Hartford, waiting to board our flight. WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!! So psyched!
That's wonderful! DW & I have had many good trips with our DD who has developed into a wine snob. She steers us away from the ordinary
That's ok 'cause you can bump at Disney with grandchildren!
Hi citizens of ALDIO! Hope to see everyone check in, it has been pretty quiet for a while. Nothing of great interest report but all is well.
I'm up next!
I wish to pose a question. Humour me!
So... recently I viewed an Archie Bunker rerun. It involved Archie waking Mike and wanting him to dress quickly. Archie was miffed as to how Mike dressed! So.. got me thinking. How do YOU put your socks and shoes on?
Both socks first, then both shoes or One sock, one shoe, then dress the other foot.
Yeah, it's been quiet around here!
Hi Jane! This is the kind of thought provoking topic we so sorely need around here. I've recently converted to both socks first/shoes last to one sock/one shoe, then repeat. I usually get dressed in the master bath and on my last day of both socks first, I slipped on the flooring and fell hard, landing on my left arm and hitting my head on the closet door on the way down. No major injuries but I was dazed for a moment figuring out what happened, and the arm I fell on was sore for weeks. There was nothing on the floor (with grandkids you never know) but my socks just hit a slippery spot and down I went. Because I'd rather not repeat that episode I've altered my footwear process. Or I could just go to anywhere else in the house where there's carpet to don my shoes & socks.
So how did Mike get dressed that irked Archie so much?So sorry about your fall... yikes! I've recently made a change to one foot fully dressed. It had occured to me that this may be the safest bet for me too.
So how did Mike get dressed that irked Archie so much?
Ugh that sounds awful. Hope things have improved since you've been initially dealing with it.It's 6:30'ish here and the light is so dimmed by the smoke it seems more like 9:30 pm. Here's a screen shot of the conditions:
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I'm so sorry to hear about all the stuff that's been going on Why things have to stack upon each other is beyond me.Living in a bushfire prone area sucks for a multiple of reasons. I hope they get it under control soon I know some of our firies are over there as I type giving extra assistance.
I am freezing. We’re currently relying on heat from the split system in one area of the house and my electricity bills are insane. Friday I got on the phone and negotiated a 40% pay on time discount for a guaranteed 12 months so should ease it a bit. We’re not using the coonara as we’ve just managed to get my sons asthma under control and I neglected to get the flue cleaned prior to Winter. I’m counting the days down to Spring.
It’s been a tough few months here, my dad has been quite ill and suffered two strokes which has seen him in and out of hospital. He’s just been allowed to start driving again, very short distances. But he still has a way to go. As we don’t live nearby I’ve been running up and down the highway more than usual, solely to give him the standard daughter dad lectures of not climbing up on ladders waving a chainsaw around at a gum tree. Lecture fell on death ears.
I’m here because I’m procrastinating, I have 8 pages of data to analyse which is hanging over my head like the sword of Damocles.
Hope all is well in ALDIO land
Glad to hear the trip went well!Just dropping in to say hello ALDIO disers. We just returned from a bus tour to Windsor, Ontario across the border from Detroit, USA. We went last winter and returned in a snow storm! So... this trip was more enjoyable.
Please tell us how the trip wentMy daughter, Sarah, and I are sitting in the terminal in Hartford, waiting to board our flight. WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!! So psyched!
lol my mom calls my husband and I beer snobs now....because we don't want to drink Bud Light when we can drink other stuffThat's wonderful! DW & I have had many good trips with our DD who has developed into a wine snob. She steers us away from the ordinary
Yay! Another Disney trip within the group!Doing OK. After the first (always crazy) week of school, I'm hoping things fall into a nice routine. I'll be subbing sometimes on Mondays and Fridays, and watching my honorary niece and nephew on Tuesday/Thursday mornings and on Wednesdays.
It's gotten cooler here, but I'm not getting that "I love fall" feeling yet - because it's also been really grey.
We have a couple of college visits coming up for DS, and a college fair/financing seminar tonight at his school. I think he's alternately excited and nervous about it all.
We also have a Disney trip coming up in December, and I'm immersing myself in little details!
Good questionI'm up next!
I wish to pose a question. Humour me!
So... recently I viewed an Archie Bunker rerun. It involved Archie waking Mike and wanting him to dress quickly. Archie was miffed as to how Mike dressed! So.. got me thinking. How do YOU put your socks and shoes on?
Both socks first, then both shoes or One sock, one shoe, then dress the other foot.
Yeah, it's been quiet around here!
OMG Ron I'm so sorry to hear that! I tend to not wear socks in the summer time but when I am wearing socks I get a little cautious. I took some good falls growing up at my mom's house. She didn't really wax the hardwood floors in the living room (which was the room you entered into from the front door) but somehow they were always so slippery. The bedrooms were up a few stairs from that living room (her house is a split level/tri-level) so when you came down from the bedroom area you had to be very careful. We have engineered hardwood in our home and I don't feel like it's as slippery as my mom's hardwood floors were.Hi Jane! This is the kind of thought provoking topic we so sorely need around here. I've recently converted to both socks first/shoes last to one sock/one shoe, then repeat. I usually get dressed in the master bath and on my last day of both socks first, I slipped on the flooring and fell hard, landing on my left arm and hitting my head on the closet door on the way down. No major injuries but I was dazed for a moment figuring out what happened, and the arm I fell on was sore for weeks. There was nothing on the floor (with grandkids you never know) but my socks just hit a slippery spot and down I went. Because I'd rather not repeat that episode I've altered my footwear process. Or I could just go to anywhere else in the house where there's carpet to don my shoes & socks.
Bud Light is to beer like grocery store sushi compared to something served in a restaurant. It's "technically"beer, but you're missing out on a lot.lol my mom calls my husband and I beer snobs now....because we don't want to drink Bud Light when we can drink other stuff
Yeah I haven't worn socks all summer, but the fall happened when I was getting ready to go out for a walk. It'll have to get really cold before I'm wearing socks around the house. See what I mean @NFLDERS Jane? This is exactly what this thread needed !I tend to not wear socks in the summer time but when I am wearing socks I get a little cautious
Bud Light is to beer like grocery store sushi compared to something served in a restaurant. It's "technically"beer, but you're missing out on a lot.
Dang just poor luck for you!Yeah I haven't worn socks all summer, but the fall happened when I was getting ready to go out for a walk. It'll have to get really cold before I'm wearing socks around the house. See what I mean @NFLDERS Jane? This is exactly what this thread needed !
That is so funny. I love the different scenarios they came up with
So the Appleton Rum Estate was quite neat. They are not stingy at all with their drink samples lol. You also did a rum sampling of the lower end rum, mid-range rum and higher 'sipping' rum. I couldn't finish the 'sipping' rum one as I was getting tipsy haha. We got to try sugar cane which we hadn't done so before.
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They gave us these souviners (200mL amount) of their lower end rum:
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Here are some other photos:
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So the other news is that Aaron is likely going to have to go to CA next year for at least 6months (but likely longer) for a start up position for one of the two powerplants being built there. He would be living just outside of LA and would come home every 2 weeks just like he did when he was in TX and MD. The good news is I'll probably get to go to DLR!!! I haven't been there since I was a few years old and I don't have any memory of it I'd love to be able to go twice with once being before Star Wars opens up. He hasn't signed the paperwork yet as they are working out just when they would send him out there so it's not official just very very likely.
Sorry for the ramblings lol
Thanks! We do wish we could have had our room ocean front like we did in Hawaii but the 7mile beach in Negril most of the resorts because of the little space they actually have they opt to put their restaurants, pools, etc near the beach and the rooms towards the back closer to the roads. We went during the low season and boy was it really low. We normally would have the restaurants to ourselves. It was quite nice to be eating with the ocean just steps from us. We're excited to see other islands in the future.I loved your trip report. The ocean scenes make me want to visit a tropical destination asap. It will be awesome for you to go to DLR!