Originally Posted By murfsmom yeah !! doing the happy dance(very carefully ) i was getting a little lonely for a while there LOL!! how many days till DL ??
Originally Posted By Ursula Let's see here: 1. Are close to our age and lack of height. Height-check Age-Well, I'm 19 (ha!) 2. Live somewhere between Santa Nella and Sacramento. I live somewhere between Santa Maria and San Diego. 3. Be willing to make bi-monthly pilgrimages to DL. check. 4. Be willing to ride each and every attraction in both parks and watch all shows, parades and the fireworks. check. 5. Enjoy DL in the rain. check-check. Best time ever to go. 6. In addition to DL, must be willing to sacrifice the body at other theme parks. Special consideration will be given to coaster junkies. check for me, sometimes for DH 7. Be willing to go out to dinner at least one a week and also know what phở is. (Fluency with Sporks and Chopsticks not required but highly recommended.) I own two sporks and wear chopsticks in my hair. I enjoy eating food, too. Isn't phở 3.14? 8, Be willing to veg out bi-weekly, on a Friday or Saturday evening, eat pizza and watch a video or 2 at home , at least one of which is Disney. Oh, I don't eat vegetables. I do like pizza. 9. Have a Disney Shrine in their house and understand that this is perfectly normal. This assumes ONE shrine. HHHm, not sure if this is up to my standards. What does your office look like? 10. Have a car that can fit 4 adults comfortably for joint trips of longer than 20 minutes. Our S10 and Firebird have been a point of contention. I will upgrade with next vehicle purchase. check. We also rent larger cars as needed for comfort on special trips. 11. Be willing to share grandkids until such time as we have our own. Wait, we don't even have out own kids. May we borrow yours? 12. Own a highly energetic long-haired dachshund that welcomes us excitedly when we visit. We do own a white Molly named Bruce 2. He does get excited when people approach his tank. Well, I don't see a 100% match here. I think we are geographically undesireable and we fear the dog will eat our fish.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Oh, Ursula....I'm trying SO hard to get off LP and start working (actually working) at work, and here you go and make me laugh uncontrollably! Oh my gosh! LOL! Love your fish's name. Oh adorable is Bruce!?!?! I think that Shiva & Tinkeroon would be honored to claim you as Clones, geographically-challenged or not. xoxo
Originally Posted By Shiva Ursula, you also have other qualifications which give you a decided edge. You are the only other LP'er that is "known" by her Ears and your sis and niece are already family to us. Multiple Disney shines also raises the score. Tinkeroon and I do not have grandkids nor a doggie (except the "x01" posts here on LP.) As far as I see it, the only major disqualification is geographical and as we spend so much time at DL, even that is not a huge issue. I'd have to say that you're #1 in the running right now.
Originally Posted By Ursula I win. It is all about me. (don't tell threeundertwo). (Bruce 2 is the perfect fish. He is large for his species, and he is all white with a tint of orange. Bruce the First was also large and had a green tint. Naturally, when one has tropical fish and the male dominant is so incredibly dominant, he is named after Jaws. Well, Bruce 2 lives up to his predecessor's looks, but is more like Bruce from Finding Nemo.)
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Could you post Bruce 2's pic? I'm sure he'd like to join the LP family. Hopefully his tint isn't from Nemo... Our son had a beta named Beta Fett. That's about it for our clever-name department.
Originally Posted By murfsmom i think shiva and tinkeroon need to move down here closer to dl !! they spend so much time there and with the price of gas these days he could retire with the money he would save !! i was thinking, i guess i could add to the qualifications: i don't have a dog but my cat thinks he IS a dog ! would be really happy to see you ! have a 60 chevy, that we filled with 7 kids and 2 adults for a couple years and the BEST one "JAYNIE" i know she would not have a problem being your "adopted" granddaughter !! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb <----sadly disqualified, as a single and not a double who also lives between Santa Maria and San Diego. :-( Also my nearly 17 year old cat will only sleep in your general direction as you enter the house rather than greet you with the enthusiasm of a long-haired dachsund. As a side note, I must tell you that my boy makes a wonderful and loving grandchild.
Originally Posted By JazzCat 1. Are close to our age and lack of height. Check~yes 2. Live somewhere between Santa Nella and Sacramento. If I put a ruler vertical on a map, we are directly above Mexicali, Baja Mexico. If I angle the ruler the way the United States curves, we are directly above Merced. I believe that qualifies us as you didn't specify WHERE between Sacramento and Santa Nella we needed to live. 3. Be willing to make bi-monthly pilgrimages to DL. It wouldn't be for lack of trying. Perhaps long weekends if we fly. 4. Be willing to ride each and every attraction in both parks and watch all shows, parades and the fireworks. Without a doubt. 5. Enjoy DL in the rain. We would enjoy Disneyland if it were snowing (real snow!) and 30 degrees! 6. In addition to DL, must be willing to sacrifice the body at other theme parks. Special consideration will be given to coaster junkies. Did someone say coaster??? We are so there! 7. Be willing to go out to dinner at least one a week and also know what phở is. (Fluency with Sporks and Chopsticks not required but highly recommended.) We can go out to dinner once a week, but unfortunately we won't be with you! 8, Be willing to veg out bi-weekly, on a Friday or Saturday evening, eat pizza and watch a video or 2 at home , at least one of which is Disney. We can do that too but again, unfortunately it won't be with you two. 9. Have a Disney Shrine in their house and understand that this is perfectly normal. Have we mentioned we have an entire room devoted to Disney? 10. Have a car that can fit 4 adults comfortably for joint trips of longer than 20 minutes. Our S10 and Firebird have been a point of contention. I will upgrade with next vehicle purchase. On our last vehicle purchase one of our priorities was having a four-door. 11. Be willing to share grandkids until such time as we have our own. That will never happen as we don't have children of our own, but we will be happy to have a cat-exchange program with you. 12. Own a highly energetic long-haired dachshund that welcomes us excitedly when we visit. With five cats that will never happen either. Sorry! How'd we do????
Originally Posted By JazzCat I have an addition to #7. Thanks be to Google, I do know what Pho is. Also, we can both use a spork, but neither one of us use chopsticks.
Originally Posted By cmpaley Drat! Much like most of the good paying state jobs I could apply for, we don't qualify. We live too far away. On the other hand, Nico and I are absolutely willing to be the Los Angeles branch. When the Shivas are down, it is our pleasure and honor to go out to dinner and spend a day or two at Disneyland!
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove So, now that we've met, it's time to re-visit this lovely (yet heartbreakingly sad) topic: 1. Are close to our age and lack of height. Yes! I'm right in there, as you could tell! (And TinksGuy is just a little older and a little taller, so it's all good) 2. Live somewhere between Santa Nella and Sacramento. I do believe the Phoenix, AZ area qualifies nicely, don't you? 3. Be willing to make bi-monthly pilgrimages to DL. Easily. Monthly would be sweet, but I would deign to reconcile for bi-monthlies. 4. Be willing to ride each and every attraction in both parks and watch all shows, parades and the fireworks. Always. Forever and ever, amen. 5. Enjoy DL in the rain. ♫Oh, how I love the rainy days, walking DL with the ones I love♫ 6. In addition to DL, must be willing to sacrifice the body at other theme parks. Special consideration will be given to coaster junkies. We shall have to negotiate at some point...ply me with enough chocolate and I'll do most anything. TinksGuy...it's all child's play to him after his Army adventures, so he's up for it. 7. Be willing to go out to dinner at least one a week and also know what phở is. (Fluency with Sporks and Chopsticks not required but highly recommended.) Thanks to JazzCat and Google, I could do the pho now that (a) know what it is, and (b) see that it involves meat. Yum. Sporks? Check. Chopsticks? I will be delightfully messy and yet lean by the time I master them fully. 8, Be willing to veg out bi-weekly, on a Friday or Saturday evening, eat pizza and watch a video or 2 at home , at least one of which is Disney. Oh, but of course. Vintage Disney? Are we talking Swiss Family Robinson here? Old Yeller? Pepperoni? Lots of cheese? Ovaltine, perhaps? 9. Have a Disney Shrine in their house and understand that this is perfectly normal. But of course. 10. Have a car that can fit 4 adults comfortably for joint trips of longer than 20 minutes. Our S10 and Firebird have been a point of contention. I will upgrade with next vehicle purchase. Well, we have matching 2009 Vibes. One for us and one for you. We can chug along quite nicely as Heimlich does in his Chew Chew Train. (Actually, they have quite a lot of pep) 11. Be willing to share grandkids until such time as we have our own. ♫You want thingamagrandkids? I've got 20♫ 12. Own a highly energetic long-haired dachshund that welcomes us excitedly when we visit. *sniffle* Grew up with a short-haired red dachshund since I was 6 months old. Got a replacement dachshund in high school. Other than that, we also have 2 cats (Rhett and Scarlett) that will also sleep in your general direction like another candidate's does. Thank-you for your consideration, there may be additional questions asked during the personal interviews. Oh, I hope so! xoxoxo {{{the iamsallys and ShivaThRoons}}}
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains <ply me with enough chocolate and I'll do most anything? Geez you make it soo easy...
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Helplessly ROFL! Villains!!!!!! Do you just exist to point out my foibles??? Oh, my gosh! LOL! You would've had a field day with me in high school....heck, I guess even now...
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Just trying to keep you on your toes... When you were in High School I was what in kindergarten --- I think you would have been safe!!
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Oh.....dagger to the heart, little girl! Where's your henchman, O Queen? I'll just hand him my heart so you can eat it! LOL! *clutching chest and falling out of her Jazzy Chair and shawl*
Originally Posted By Disneyland55 1. Are close to our age and lack of height. We are the same age at heart, me thinks. 2. Live somewhere between Santa Nella and Sacramento. Ummm. No. DANG IT! 3. Be willing to make bi-monthly pilgrimages to DL. I WISH. 4. Be willing to ride each and every attraction in both parks and watch all shows, parades and the fireworks. A thousand times YES! 5. Enjoy DL in the rain. A thousand and one times YES! 6. In addition to DL, must be willing to sacrifice the body at other theme parks. Special consideration will be given to coaster junkies. OMG, you are my kind of people. 7. Be willing to go out to dinner at least one a week and also know what phở is. (Fluency with Sporks and Chopsticks not required but highly recommended.) Well we would be if we met requirement number two... I do like phở. There is a restaurant near me called "What the phở" and another called "phở Kim." 8, Be willing to veg out bi-weekly, on a Friday or Saturday evening, eat pizza and watch a video or 2 at home , at least one of which is Disney. That would be AMAZING. 9. Have a Disney Shrine in their house and understand that this is perfectly normal. I have to admit that now? Ok, YES! 10. Have a car that can fit 4 adults comfortably for joint trips of longer than 20 minutes. Our S10 and Firebird have been a point of contention. I will upgrade with next vehicle purchase. Well, yes, but we still can't get past requirement number two! 11. Be willing to share grandkids until such time as we have our own. Dang it, I guess that is another strike against us. We'd have to have KIDS before we could have GRANDKIDS. 12. Own a highly energetic long-haired dachshund that welcomes us excitedly when we visit. We have a highly energetic beagle and a highly energetic golden retriever... huh, huh???
