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franandaj · Jun 16, 2018

pkondz said:
Another senseless victim of home renovation.
Or should that be another timeless victim?

Just wait until you see the next round of pictures! Of course I still have to take them. :rolleyes1

pkondz said:
That's the most painful type.

Not necessarily. Washing the windows and cleaning the toilets is no fun. But we're putting in brand new toilets, so that's a bonus!

pkondz said:
You could talk to them? I never have. Didn't want to disturb them.

Well Chef Sutton has known Fran and I for over 10 years now, ever since I did the cooking school with him, so the meal started with us chit chatting with him. Because he's super important now and has three restaurants to run, he had to rush off to the other restaurants, but he introduced us to the chef who was in charge before leaving. When they would put dishes up on the counter to be delivered to guests, we would ask what they were or about the ingredients and other prep type questions.

pkondz said:
Want.

Oddly enough, me too!

pkondz said:
You can? I've never tried. Ambitious.

Actually it's easier than making a Prime Rib. Back when I was young and poor I found a recipe very similar to this one. It only takes about half an hour to cook. I think I need to add this to my dinner rotation as well.

https://www.meilleurduchef.com/en/recipe/rack-lamb-parsley-mustard.html

pkondz said:
But it sounds like you don't need one.

No we really don't. Between the grocery stores and Costco, we have really good quality meat.

Captain_Oblivious said:
How can you stand it??

I'm having a hard time restraining myself.

Captain_Oblivious said:
Demolition is the most fun part of any job.

I bet, the contractor gets to do all that, we just write the checks.

Captain_Oblivious said:
Cocktails and then Guardians...sounds like a risky combo.

Actually, its quite a fun one!

Captain_Oblivious said:
50%! Wow, I didn't think Disney ever offered discounts like that. Nice to have the inside track.

He actually gets some pretty sweet deals, but most of them are last minute or only valid on weekdays. I think he got a 30%, 40%, and 50% off when he was hired. Plus he gets to go to the Company D store.

Captain_Oblivious said:
My general feeling throughout most of the photos of this meal.

I think you might be saying that about the next one when I post it too.

Captain_Oblivious said:
Probably a moon pie.

Captain_Oblivious said:
"They've had enough wine by now; they'll eat whatever we throw at them!"

Actually, we didn't even need the wine, we probably would have eaten anything out of that kitchen from the start!

franandaj · Jun 17, 2018

So just a little bit on real life updates. The renovations on our old place have been going full steam ahead. They've put tile in the kitchen, dining room, living room, hallway and bathrooms. Painting is underway and pretty soon they'll start to assemble the kitchen cabinets. Eventually carpet will go in the bedrooms and the bathroom counters will be replaced with the same countertops that will be in the kitchen.

I was going to show you some pictures, but the ones that I have from today are really not indicative of any progress as everything is covered right now for painting. Pretty much all you can see is paint drying and plastic tarps everywhere.

Berlioz has an appointment with the Super Vet next Saturday so we'll find out if the torture with the cat inhaler did him any good. Until then he seems OK except that now he has diarrhea. :faint:

I'm sure he's going to enjoy us giving him more oral meds.

Other than that, Fran is fighting off a nasty cough, most likely the result of being on a plane with someone with some kind of a bug two weeks ago. She has been miserable pretty much since we've been back from KC. I'm fighting off the same cough as well, but with not as severe symptoms. We've been trying something new for the past few days, Oregano oil, its it's a holistic solution for Bronchitis and other ailments. It's pretty nasty, but since the OTC and prescription meds haven't been helping much, we figured why not?

Here's to less coughing in the near future!

March 2-4

This weekend came together in kind of a funny way. Jenny had originally booked a villa for this weekend to celebrate her birthday, when it was announced that this weekend was also the start of the DCA Food & Wine Festival, I waitlisted a Villa which came through back in January. When Jill found out that we were both going to be there, and that I had an extra room on the couch, she hopped on a plane and joined us.

Even though we were celebrating Jenny’s Birthday this weekend, she had to work until 4:30 Friday night, Jill arrived early in the morning, but the room wasn’t ready when she arrived, so I think she went into the parks for a bit. We arrived at the Grand Californian around 3PM and our room was ready. And we scored some serious pixie dust on this trip, we were upgraded to the concierge lounge and were able to get snacks and beverages there throughout the weekend. We let Fran hang out in the room while Jill and I went down to sample some of the food booths.

We went to Citrus Grove where I got a Ginger Mule. This was one of my favorite beverages of the Festival. It had a great kick and was tasty too! I had a few of them throughout the course of the festival.

We also got a serving of the shredded pork and I believe that they had just run out of the Lemon Macaron (something that would continue throughout the festival). The pork was great! I had this again as well!

Then we went on to the Strawberry Patch booth. They had a strawberry frushi but since it was coated in coconut, I said “no way”. But we did split this little pie and got one each of the strawberry wine smoothie. It was all good!

We took a spin on Guardians of the Galaxy. Don’t remember what song we got.

We could tell that it was going to start raining soon so we headed inside to check out the lounge and have some snacks.

It was around this time that Jenny finally arrived and joined us. They were making chocolate covered strawberries and you got to pick the toppings that you want on them.

Jenny’s with coconut touched mine and I had to have them make me another one. It sat on it’s own lonely plate.

Dessert came out a little later and we enjoyed this as well. Tonight was when we met our new BFF Mitchell! He brought us wine and beer all night and when the desserts came out he brought us cordials. There was some killer hot chocolate and we all had some, with a little Baileys mixed in!

We all went back to our rooms and found these cute little Macarons.

After scarfing them down, I went to sleep, but both Jenny and I would wake up in the middle of the night to regret drinking the hot chocolate.

Saturday

When we woke up that morning, we all wanted to go to visit some of the F&W booths, but they didn’t open until 11AM so first we went on Guardians.

Once the festival opened, our first stop was the cheese booth.

We got the Goat Cheese Fromage Blanc Tartine and the Brie Toast. I liked the Brie better, Fran liked the Goat Cheese better so we each finished our favorites.

We also got a Mimosa Flight, Pineapple Mimosa, Raspberry Mimosa and Strawberry Mimosa.

Then we went to LA Style. We got the Korean BBQ Beef Short Rib Tacos, Chicken Teriyaki Slider, and the Mexican Chocolate Custard. I liked the slider the best, and didn’t care for the Chocolate Custard at all.

By this time it was time that we needed to head to a special presentation on the Oscars and Disney Animation (this was the weekend of the Academy Awards). We had a few beverages while listening to the fascinating talk. No pictures were allowed of the presenters or their presentation.

I had a couple Cosmos

Fran had a Margarita, big surprise there!

Jill had a hurricane.

And we split an order of onion rings.

It was a very interesting presentation and focused on the animated portion of Disney movies, we learned all sorts of things among them was that oftentimes animated characters of the same species are rarely reinvented, but based off a predecessor. One example was Nick Wilde from Zootopia who was loosely based off the fox in Robin Hood. They had lots of neat and interesting tidbits that I don’t recall because I didn’t write it down immediately afterwards!

Following the animation presentation, we decided to take a ride on Space Mountain before our 4PM demo.

Then had a demo which was outside and it was unseasonably cold that weekend.

Last year we really enjoyed Chef John State as he made sausages, potato salad and cabbage.

This year he was making a salmon gateau with hard boiled eggs and crepes. As Jill and I are not fans of salmon, we could tell this wasn’t going to be our favorite demo.

Other people in attendance had a different take on it. One of my friends who was there thought it was a very educational demo as it taught a few different techniques, making crepes, hard boiling eggs, making a vinaigrette, and other techniques. We were cold and thought it went on a little too long.

After the demo, Fran went back to the room while the rest of us met back up with Jenny, her friend, and her DH and we enjoyed wine, beer and spirits for the remainder of the evening. Mitchell our new BFF brought us all kinds of fun beverages all night. Jill and Jenny ordered triple Baileys and Jenny made hers into a decaf Bailey’s and coffee.

Eventually we stumbled back to the rooms….

On Sunday I’m pretty sure we all packed up our stuff and headed out. JIll took an Uber or Lyft to the airport, Jenny drove herself home and Fran and I left without incident. I’m pretty sure it took me weeks to unpack the suitcases.

dizneeat · Jun 17, 2018

Fran, get well soon! Sorry about the cough, ladies - it can be nasty. Have been battling one nearly all of spring myself.

Poor little Berlioz. Treatment and now more treatment for his diarrhea. Poor little thing having to suffer - poor Alison and poor Fran having to deal with it.

On a brighter note.
Your F&W weekend looks super good! Love all the photos of the yummies and love the ride photos and fun poses even more. You made my day!

tiggrbaby · Jun 17, 2018

Feel better ladies!

Hope the appointment with the kitty goes well!

Nice score on the upgrade! Fabulous eats!

Dis_Yoda · Jun 17, 2018

I need that T-Shirt in my life as Whiskey is typically my answer for most things.

I hope the oil helps the coughing. I tried that once and I just couldn't get through it after that again.

Looks like ag good opening weekend! That brie toast looks so good and that mimosa flight is up my alley! That presentation about the Oscars and Animation seems really interesting! Wish we had those types of events in WDW!

pkondz · Jun 17, 2018

franandaj said:
Just wait until you see the next round of pictures! Of course I still have to take them.

Okay! Looking forward to it.

franandaj said:
Not necessarily. Washing the windows and cleaning the toilets is no fun. But we're putting in brand new toilets, so that's a bonus!

So then you'll have a place to sit after washing windows and cleaning the toilets.

franandaj said:
Well Chef Sutton has known Fran and I for over 10 years now, ever since I did the cooking school with him, so the meal started with us chit chatting with him. Because he's super important now and has three restaurants to run, he had to rush off to the other restaurants, but he introduced us to the chef who was in charge before leaving. When they would put dishes up on the counter to be delivered to guests, we would ask what they were or about the ingredients and other prep type questions.

Ohhh. That's really great, though. Seriously.

franandaj said:
Actually it's easier than making a Prime Rib.

Really!
And thanks for the link.

Doubtful that I'll make it though. I'm the only one who would like it!

franandaj said:
I'm having a hard time restraining myself.

franandaj said:
I bet, the contractor gets to do all that, we just write the checks.

Annnd… we're back to the least favourite part of it again.

pkondz · Jun 17, 2018

franandaj said:
The renovations on our old place have been going full steam ahead. They've put tile in the kitchen, dining room, living room, hallway and bathrooms. Painting is underway and pretty soon they'll start to assemble the kitchen cabinets. Eventually carpet will go in the bedrooms and the bathroom counters will be replaced with the same countertops that will be in the kitchen.

Lots getting done! Are you pleased with the progress?

franandaj said:
Pretty much all you can see is paint drying and plastic tarps everywhere.

What?!? No pictures of paint drying? Actually, a video would be better.
Perhaps one that's about 2-3 hours long.

franandaj said:
Until then he seems OK except that now he has diarrhea. I'm sure he's going to enjoy us giving him more oral meds.

Poor kitty. Hope the vet visit provides the answers you want.

franandaj said:
Other than that, Fran is fighting off a nasty cough, most likely the result of being on a plane with someone with some kind of a bug two weeks ago.

Ugh. Tell her I hope she feels better soon.

franandaj said:
I'm fighting off the same cough as well, but with not as severe symptoms.

Oh, no. Hope you are feeling better soon, too.

franandaj said:
When Jill found out that we were both going to be there, and that I had an extra room on the couch, she hopped on a plane and joined us.

Nice!
I should do that. Just hop on a plane and pop down for a quick weekend visit.
Oh wait.... there's the $1,000 and 8 hours (or more) of travel... each way.

franandaj said:
And we scored some serious pixie dust on this trip, we were upgraded to the concierge lounge

Excellent!!

franandaj said:

When I first glanced at that photo, I thought the plant was coming out of your drink. A very large garnish.

franandaj said:
We also got a serving of the shredded pork

That looks really good.

franandaj said:
They had a strawberry frushi but since it was coated in coconut, I said “no way”.

Of course. Why would anyone eat that?

franandaj said:
But we did split this little pie and got one each of the strawberry wine smoothie. It was all good!

I want that strawberry wine smoothie. Yum!

franandaj said:
we headed inside to check out the lounge and have some snacks.

Wow! That's a great assortment of snacks!

franandaj said:
They were making chocolate covered strawberries and you got to pick the toppings that you want on them.

Huh. I've never heard of that. Toppings on them, I mean. Usually it's like your later photo. Either just dipped in one chocolate or dipped and then drizzled with another.

franandaj said:
Jenny’s with coconut touched mine and I had to have them make me another one.

I should hope so! :snooty:

franandaj said:
Dessert came out a little later and we enjoyed this as well. Tonight was when we met our new BFF Mitchell! He brought us wine and beer all night and when the desserts came out he brought us cordials. There was some killer hot chocolate and we all had some, with a little Baileys mixed in!

You guys are making out pretty well!

franandaj said:
both Jenny and I would wake up in the middle of the night to regret drinking the hot chocolate.

Oh dear. Why did you assume it was that instead of the myriad of other things you had? Do you sometimes have trouble with hot chocolate?

franandaj said:
We got the Goat Cheese Fromage Blanc Tartine and the Brie Toast. I liked the Brie better, Fran liked the Goat Cheese better so we each finished our favorites.

Man those things look rich... but good!

franandaj said:
We also got a Mimosa Flight, Pineapple Mimosa, Raspberry Mimosa and Strawberry Mimosa.

Yum!

franandaj said:
I liked the slider the best, and didn’t care for the Chocolate Custard at all.

The slider does appeal to me more than the taco. But what about the custard turned you off?

franandaj said:
And we split an order of onion rings.

Whoa! Those look amazing!

franandaj said:
It was a very interesting presentation and focused on the animated portion of Disney movies, we learned all sorts of things among them was that oftentimes animated characters of the same species are rarely reinvented, but based off a predecessor. One example was Nick Wilde from Zootopia who was loosely based off the fox in Robin Hood.

Huh! Really! That's pretty interesting considering the time gap between the films.

franandaj said:

Love Jill's shirt, too.

franandaj said:
This year he was making a salmon gateau with hard boiled eggs and crepes. As Jill and I are not fans of salmon, we could tell this wasn’t going to be our favorite demo.

Interesting menu item though.

franandaj said:
Other people in attendance had a different take on it. One of my friends who was there thought it was a very educational demo as it taught a few different techniques, making crepes, hard boiling eggs, making a vinaigrette, and other techniques. We were cold and thought it went on a little too long.

Hmmm... I'd probably find the techniques interesting as well. Might know some of them, but still.

rentayenta · Jun 17, 2018

Mitchell.

superme80 · Jun 18, 2018

Loved the update! Wish Fran all the best and pixie dust!

Pinkocto · Jun 19, 2018

Your make-up Valentine’s Day looked fabulous! Great picture of you all together

Poor little Berlioz! Hopefully soon he’ll be all better.

Sounds promising on the apartment. Can’t believe its already been 4 years in the new house. Time sure does fly.

What a fun birthday weekend. Those club level yummies look A-MAY-ZING!!!

Speaking of lemon macarons, that little stand in DTD have the BEST I’ve ever had. On our last night there mom and I each had a couple and keep comparing every other one we have to those. popcorn::

franandaj · Jun 19, 2018

dizneeat said:
Fran, get well soon! Sorry about the cough, ladies - it can be nasty. Have been battling one nearly all of spring myself.

tiggrbaby said:
Feel better ladies!

Thanks ladies! We saw the doctor today and she did some hocus pocus on us that will hopefully make us feel better!

dizneeat said:
Poor little Berlioz. Treatment and now more treatment for his diarrhea. Poor little thing having to suffer - poor Alison and poor Fran having to deal with it.

tiggrbaby said:
Hope the appointment with the kitty goes well!

Thanks! His appointment is this Saturday at 1PM.

dizneeat said:
On a brighter note.
Your F&W weekend looks super good! Love all the photos of the yummies and love the ride photos and fun poses even more. You made my day!

We had a great time that weekend. Lots of yummy food and a balance of rides and good company.

tiggrbaby said:
Nice score on the upgrade! Fabulous eats!

We had some great food!

Dis_Yoda said:
I need that T-Shirt in my life as Whiskey is typically my answer for most things.

I could see you wearing that one!

Dis_Yoda said:
I hope the oil helps the coughing. I tried that once and I just couldn't get through it after that again.

I could only do it for a couple d0ays and then I couldn't take it anymore.

Dis_Yoda said:
Looks like ag good opening weekend! That brie toast looks so good and that mimosa flight is up my alley! That presentation about the Oscars and Animation seems really interesting! Wish we had those types of events in WDW!

I think the fact that it's only an hours drive down I-5 from the studio that it lends itself to more presentations.

franandaj · Jun 20, 2018

pkondz said:
Okay! Looking forward to it.

Well since you asked I'm going to post them.

pkondz said:
So then you'll have a place to sit after washing windows and cleaning the toilets.

Oh no, we always bring in folding chairs and a card table, along with our cleaning supplies and such. Fran drags this process out so much that we end up doing this for almost a week, we end up ordering lunch most of the days we're there and need some place to chill out and break up the long days of perpetual cleaning.

pkondz said:
Ohhh. That's really great, though. Seriously.

It's nice to have friends in high places!

pkondz said:
Really!
And thanks for the link.
Doubtful that I'll make it though. I'm the only one who would like it!

That's too bad. I think I'm the only one who really likes it too, but Fran puts up with it. I need to add that to the dinner rotation. Maybe after the 4th of July.

pkondz said:
Annnd… we're back to the least favourite part of it again.

Well, I still don't like the toilet cleaning part.

pkondz said:
Lots getting done! Are you pleased with the progress?

I guess so far. I need to go over there again and have a look. It's been three days now.

pkondz said:
What?!? No pictures of paint drying? Actually, a video would be better.
Perhaps one that's about 2-3 hours long.

I'm working on it. Resizing the pictures inbetween responses here....

pkondz said:
Poor kitty. Hope the vet visit provides the answers you want.

I just hope we can clear up that collapsed lung.

pkondz said:
Ugh. Tell her I hope she feels better soon.

Well we saw our doctor yesterday and she did some hocus pocus on us, so hopefully it's all better soon.

pkondz said:
Oh, no. Hope you are feeling better soon, too.

Thanks, I keep popping Vitamin C.

pkondz said:
Nice!
I should do that. Just hop on a plane and pop down for a quick weekend visit.
Oh wait.... there's the $1,000 and 8 hours (or more) of travel... each way.

Yeah, then there's that too.....

pkondz said:
When I first glanced at that photo, I thought the plant was coming out of your drink. A very large garnish.

pkondz said:
That looks really good

It was, you will see in a later update from the festival....

pkondz said:
Of course. Why would anyone eat that?

Exactly!

pkondz said:
I want that strawberry wine smoothie. Yum!

It was rather tasty!

pkondz said:
Wow! That's a great assortment of snacks!

pkondz said:
Huh. I've never heard of that. Toppings on them, I mean. Usually it's like your later photo. Either just dipped in one chocolate or dipped and then drizzled with another.

Well they were being creative I guess.

pkondz said:
You guys are making out pretty well!

This is why I like to stay there so much!

pkondz said:
Oh dear. Why did you assume it was that instead of the myriad of other things you had? Do you sometimes have trouble with hot chocolate?

Anytime I have hot chocolate that is really really good, I usually end up paying for it later in the night.

pkondz said:
Man those things look rich... but good

Actually they were quite light.

pkondz said:
The slider does appeal to me more than the taco. But what about the custard turned you off?

I think it had a spicy component to it, like they added cayenne or something. I don't remember now, but I took one bite and was done.

pkondz said:
Whoa! Those look amazing!

And they're off the menu now. :sad2:

pkondz said:
Huh! Really! That's pretty interesting considering the time gap between the films.

They don't discard anything. I think there were examples of going back to Cinderella for inspiration, maybe it was Gus and Jack were somewhat reincarnated in the Rescuers...no notes, so I don't remember well.

pkondz said:
Love Jill's shirt, too.

It is pretty funny!

pkondz said:
Interesting menu item though.

He kept saying "Gateau" and it wasn't until the end of the demo that I realized he wasn't making a "Ghetto". :laughing:

pkondz said:
Hmmm... I'd probably find the techniques interesting as well. Might know some of them, but still.

If it wasn't so dang cold outside, I might have enjoyed it more. You would have been fine in just a T-shirt though.

rentayenta said:
Mitchell.

Mitchell... :love:

superme80 said:
Loved the update! Wish Fran all the best and pixie dust!

Thanks!

franandaj · Jun 20, 2018

Pinkocto said:
Your make-up Valentine’s Day looked fabulous! Great picture of you all together

It was nice, I can't wait to do something like it again!

Pinkocto said:
Poor little Berlioz! Hopefully soon he’ll be all better.

I sure hope so!

Pinkocto said:
Sounds promising on the apartment. Can’t believe its already been 4 years in the new house. Time sure does fly.

I know, just last week was 4 years in the new house!

Pinkocto said:
What a fun birthday weekend. Those club level yummies look A-MAY-ZING!!!

They were! We were in heaven!

Pinkocto said:
Speaking of lemon macarons, that little stand in DTD have the BEST I’ve ever had. On our last night there mom and I each had a couple and keep comparing every other one we have to those.

Next time you come, I'll have to introduce you to Reynaud's. It's a French pastry shop inside an upscale market in Long Beach. Their macarons are better than the Kayla's Cake cart in DTD and cheaper!

franandaj · Jun 20, 2018

OK folks, you can blame @pkondz for this update. He's the one who wanted to see paint dry. Now mind you that things have probably changed quite a bit in three days since I took these photos.

I'm showing you the "Before" and "During" shots as we haven't reached "After" yet.

So here's a shot of the living room, just a few days before they started work on it.

And here it was last Sunday.

This was the kitchen.

And on Sunday. Those boxes in the middle of the room are the cabinets that may have been installed in the last two days.

These are the built in cabinets in the dining room, they were too scratched up to keep the wood finish so they're being painted.

This was Fran's bedroom in High School. She designed the cabinet system and her bed fit right in the middle. They had to remove some of the cabinets when we put the door in that led to the other apartment (where Olga lived). Those cabinets were drying in the kitchen in one of the previous pictures. They'll be put back up and the door has been completely sealed now.

This is the main bathroom off the hallway.

The contractor added a shower to make the property more marketable to families and such.

Back when we put the door in to combine apartments 1 & 2, we also added a washer/dryer so that we didn't have to use the common one with the other tenants. This will be a bonus for renting the place now.

They put tile in there so it's much safer in case of a leak or other problem.

And one more look from the hallway out the front door.

pkondz · Jun 20, 2018

franandaj said:
Well since you asked I'm going to post them.

yay!

franandaj said:
Oh no, we always bring in folding chairs and a card table, along with our cleaning supplies and such. Fran drags this process out so much that we end up doing this for almost a week, we end up ordering lunch most of the days we're there and need some place to chill out and break up the long days of perpetual cleaning.

It's that word "perpetual" that sticks in my craw.

franandaj said:
It's nice to have friends in high places!

Yes it is.

franandaj said:
Well, I still don't like the toilet cleaning part.

Not one of my favourite activities.

franandaj said:
I guess so far. I need to go over there again and have a look. It's been three days now.

I couldn't stay away that long.
And I didn't when our house was being built.

franandaj said:
Well we saw our doctor yesterday and she did some hocus pocus on us, so hopefully it's all better soon.

I hope so! :hug:

franandaj said:
Yeah, then there's that too.....

Yeah... but worth it? yes.

franandaj said:
Well they were being creative I guess.

Did you like it better? worse? ambivalent?

franandaj said:
This is why I like to stay there so much!

I can see that!

franandaj said:
Anytime I have hot chocolate that is really really good, I usually end up paying for it later in the night.

Ah. Voice of experience.

franandaj said:
I think it had a spicy component to it, like they added cayenne or something. I don't remember now, but I took one bite and was done.

Oh, okay. That'd do it for me too, then.

franandaj said:
He kept saying "Gateau" and it wasn't until the end of the demo that I realized he wasn't making a "Ghetto".

pkondz · Jun 20, 2018

franandaj said:
OK folks, you can blame @pkondz for this update.

You're welcome!

franandaj said:

Oh! Even changed the windows.

franandaj said:
The contractor added a shower to make the property more marketable to families and such.

Good call.

Thanks for all the photos/sneak peek. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Captain_Oblivious · Jun 21, 2018

franandaj said:
Berlioz has an appointment with the Super Vet next Saturday so we'll find out if the torture with the cat inhaler did him any good. Until then he seems OK except that now he has diarrhea.

Ew. When it rains, it pours.

franandaj said:
Other than that, Fran is fighting off a nasty cough, most likely the result of being on a plane with someone with some kind of a bug two weeks ago. She has been miserable pretty much since we've been back from KC. I'm fighting off the same cough as well, but with not as severe symptoms.

Yuck. Hope you two feel better soon!

franandaj said:
We arrived at the Grand Californian around 3PM and our room was ready. And we scored some serious pixie dust on this trip, we were upgraded to the concierge lounge and were able to get snacks and beverages there throughout the weekend.

Nice! That's a truckload of pixie dust.

franandaj said:
We took a spin on Guardians of the Galaxy. Don’t remember what song we got.

I'm starting to think this is the only ride you go on at Disneyland anymore.

franandaj said:
After scarfing them down, I went to sleep, but both Jenny and I would wake up in the middle of the night to regret drinking the hot chocolate.

franandaj said:
When we woke up that morning, we all wanted to go to visit some of the F&W booths, but they didn’t open until 11AM so first we went on Guardians.

Must be a day that ends in "y". :rotfl2:

franandaj said:
It was a very interesting presentation and focused on the animated portion of Disney movies, we learned all sorts of things among them was that oftentimes animated characters of the same species are rarely reinvented, but based off a predecessor. One example was Nick Wilde from Zootopia who was loosely based off the fox in Robin Hood.

Interesting. I guess that makes sense. No sense re-inventing the wheel.

franandaj said:
Following the animation presentation, we decided to take a ride on Space Mountain before our 4PM demo.

Hey, there's a different ride! Nice photo. :thumbsup2

franandaj said:
OK folks, you can blame @pkondz for this update. He's the one who wanted to see paint dry.

@pkondz goes straight under the bus. Got it.

franandaj said:
The contractor added a shower to make the property more marketable to families and such.

Smart move. A wise investment.

franandaj said:
Back when we put the door in to combine apartments 1 & 2, we also added a washer/dryer so that we didn't have to use the common one with the other tenants. This will be a bonus for renting the place now.

Also smart. Looks like a pretty extreme makeover going on. Looking good so far!

pkondz · Jun 21, 2018

Captain_Oblivious said:
@pkondz goes straight under the bus. Got it.

I'm there so often, I feel I should start charging for it.

franandaj · Jun 21, 2018

pkondz said:
It's that word "perpetual" that sticks in my craw.

Yeah, that's how I feel when she keeps pointing out what we still have to do to get it ready. I kinda liked it better when she didn't feel good enough to check the places out, or they were on the second floor and she couldn't get up there.

pkondz said:
Not one of my favourite activities.

I still make my helpers do it. I don't touch feces. :snooty:

pkondz said:
I couldn't stay away that long.
And I didn't when our house was being built.

I would like to get over there, but Fran demands a lot of assistance and I just don't have that much time and energy. Especially with our currently busy band schedule.

pkondz said:
Yeah... but worth it? yes.

As long as you have a spare $1000 laying around.

pkondz said:
Did you like it better? worse? ambivalent

Kind of ambivalent. I'll take my strawberries however they serve them. Even without chocolate.

pkondz said:
I can see that

I need to book next year for F&W.

pkondz said:
Ah. Voice of experience.

Unfortunately. :sad2:

pkondz said:
Oh, okay. That'd do it for me too

Yeah, I asked Fran and she didn't remember either.

pkondz said:
You're welcome!

pkondz said:
Oh! Even changed the windows.

No they were always like that. You couldn't see the cross bars or mullions in the before picture because the blinds were covering them. The windows were covered with paper so that when they painted the mullions they didn't get paint on the glass.

pkondz said:
Good call.

Thanks for all the photos/sneak peek. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Me too. I'm sure they have done a lot since I last saw it. I wish I had time today to go over there.

pkondz · Jun 21, 2018

franandaj said:
Yeah, that's how I feel when she keeps pointing out what we still have to do to get it ready. I kinda liked it better when she didn't feel good enough to check the places out, or they were on the second floor and she couldn't get up there.

Time to install some stairs outside the front door.

:rolleyes1

franandaj said:
I still make my helpers do it. I don't touch feces.

What about the litter boxes?

franandaj said:
I would like to get over there, but Fran demands a lot of assistance and I just don't have that much time and energy. Especially with our currently busy band schedule.

I know.

Oh!!! Speaking of band... I did see (very briefly while quickly scrolling) that you did your march (accompanied by a certain flag bearer).
How did it go? And how did you feel afterwards??

franandaj said:
As long as you have a spare $1000 laying around.

Oh, pffffttt... Who doesn't. $10.00? Probably got that in my pocket right now.

Whoops! Stupid decimal. Nevermind.

franandaj said:
Kind of ambivalent. I'll take my strawberries however they serve them. Even without chocolate.

franandaj said:
No they were always like that. You couldn't see the cross bars or mullions in the before picture because the blinds were covering them. The windows were covered with paper so that when they painted the mullions they didn't get paint on the glass.

Oh! I was sure they were different. Okay, disregard previous statement.

franandaj said:
Me too. I'm sure they have done a lot since I last saw it. I wish I had time today to go over there.

You'll get there!

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