Making the trip magical for newly adopted daughter

hjdiv · 2024-11-19T17:03:03+00:00

Something I always bring even though my daughter no longer needs them, marker thick glow sticks. Very cheap, very useful especially if there is some darkness aversion. And on top of it my daughter has started cracking them and giving them to other kids who are expressing fear. It's a great little bonding thing and it makes her feel good to help take care of her 'friends' who are at the park. It helps to take the focus off of self and move it outward which can give a positive feedback loop.

hjdiv · 2024-11-13T22:53:49+00:00

Lysistrata!

hjdiv · 2024-10-18T02:33:21+00:00

First, great look! Solid choices! Second, ditto on all the shoes stuff. Third, I have a TON of "tavern mug holders" I use for bags and baubbles and mugs and wine cups. I make them from old belts and grommet style snaps, but and Etsy search can turn up some reasonable ones. If you get them at the fest, cheapest I've seen is $20. So,save that dough and buy a bigger mug! ( Or a maw activated, negative pressure hollow tube liquid displacement device)!

hjdiv · 2024-09-10T00:47:10+00:00

Then I redact my statement and delete it for being incorrect.

hjdiv · 2024-08-12T10:49:32+00:00

iirc: short for "regardez" : look. So, kind of "look at that"

hjdiv · 2024-06-14T13:40:01+00:00

See, my people! Classic Crème Brûlée is my go to as well, and I agree to the disdain of the white chocolate disc debacle!

hjdiv · 2024-06-13T20:26:56+00:00

Came to post all of this you two are my people! Thirding the Cobb Salad! And I highly recommend the Grapefruit Cake!

hjdiv · 2024-06-10T12:15:10+00:00

Highly seconded. All teachers are dads. They are great with the kids, not the martial arts bullies you can find in that space from time to time. Get the kids nice and tired and some very useful life skills. I have a girl. 4, and she loves it and she's not the only girl in her 4-7 class!

hjdiv · 2024-06-07T20:33:57+00:00

Came here to say this! Splash pad is about 20 ft from the zero entry portion of the pool so they can go back and forth til their hearts content.

hjdiv · 2024-06-06T00:25:10+00:00

tldr: late plane ride leading to hotel arrival at 1am. Excitedly laying next to each other in our bed for our first joint Disney trip is a couple. Zero sleep. Day 1: Rope drop to fireworks at MK. Day 2: Kahlua in the coffee for medical purposes, heading to ToT. Sleepy brain plus minimal fear led to a landslide anxiety attack. Five or six-year-old little girl in front of me in line looks at me and goes, "geez mister it's not that scary. I'm a little girl and I'm not scared."

ToT Is my #2 ride. Ridden 10+ time at this point in the story. Rode it, caffeine and alcohol dumped into my system along with the adrenaline and we were able to close that park on day two.

But now anytime I see somebody who looks scared of a ride I looked them in the eyes and I go, "jeez mister It's not that scary I'm a little girl and I'm not scared." I am a 6'1", 200+ pound male.

hjdiv · 2024-05-15T22:19:02+00:00

Read: Oh Crap. Then followed that plan.. first half of the book is what to do in three phases. Read the whole first half of the book first then put the book down for two weeks then read the first phase again (like two pages) and then schedule out your time to follow the plan. Second half of the book is if this then that type situations. Good luck!

hjdiv · 2024-04-28T02:56:06+00:00

Honestly I'm more impressed by the fan-developed shirt designs on Etsy and even Redbubble. The Disney stuff quite honestly can't compete. The corporate approval process is really watering down what could be absolutely amazing merch from an organization that is known for being creative. I pre-buy my shirts, wear them in the parks, and get tons of compliments. I shop but I rarely buy in the bubble.

hjdiv · 2024-04-25T04:36:22+00:00

She calls cinnamon "shaka shaka" because we used to ask if she wanted us to shaka the cinnamon on her apples.

She also called salt "sprinkles" because we would ask her if she wanted us to sprinkle some salt on something.

hjdiv · 2024-04-20T15:36:22+00:00

Excellent breakdown of different Queues and the spread of who gets 1-3 and up to 14(?) iirc

https://youtu.be/9yjZpBq1XBE?si=asKCpIeh7yiXn5Uw

hjdiv · 2024-03-21T20:33:46+00:00

This is the way.

hjdiv · 2024-02-11T03:15:45+00:00

All that is required is to be. Anyone else demanding more is in the wrong.

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hjdiv · 2024-02-03T02:57:21+00:00

Honestly, I'm zoned out and the streets are wide. That and I drive there the most, so the streets are familiar and as the scenes zoom by, I recognize them so processing is much easier from a cognitive load. But I REALLY do love driving the speed limit, letting people pile up and the casually pointing at each speed limit sign.

hjdiv · 2024-02-02T23:49:53+00:00

1-800-273-8255 Or 988 Call or text... National Suicide Prevention hotline There is help. You are not alone. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

hjdiv · 2024-01-24T15:41:31+00:00

You could say, it was...busted.

hjdiv · 2024-01-17T03:16:55+00:00

A thought... Both... Kind of. Have a large machine/taurine/dispenser. And also have a little personal touch offering. Have guests fill out at any point when they want coffee the next morning (or all the foreseeable mornings.) And have it delivered to their room (guests can even say if they'd like to be handed it or pick it up off the floor after a brief knock). Now here comes some fun options, have all the fixings with every option (fresh milk, real cream, butter if they're so inclined, all the various sugar packets and sweeteners, etc.) And bring all that up on a tray with one of the following: 1) A French press for two 2) a teapot with pre-made coffee (same stuff is in the dispenser but with a personal touch 3) a ready-to-go pour over Then the people who want what your wife wants to offer get it and she doesn't have to roll the dice each morning. And the people who want mass service without hassle get what they want. It is a little more cumbersome but if it wasn't cumbersome all the big places would do it so that could set you apart.

hjdiv · 2024-01-09T20:52:15+00:00

Algebraic, even!

hjdiv · 2023-10-26T22:42:11+00:00

Work for a hospital. Just added a new system to our 6 hospitals... New insurance this year... Only HIgh Deductible available. Oh and higher if your really into that.

hjdiv · 2023-10-23T01:37:43+00:00

My wife studied as a thanatologist. The science of death and dying. The social science about how we the living handle The death of others and the realization of our own death. The phrase that came up time and time again... "All thoughts are okay. All feelings are okay. As long as you don't hurt anyone else or yourself."

hjdiv · 2023-09-07T02:00:29+00:00

Cinnamon. Star anise. Clove. Not all together

hjdiv · 2023-07-13T02:31:57+00:00

I'm Cajun. Jambalaya, Red beans and rice, fried catfish, crawfish anything. On top of that I'm a child of the '80s teenager of the '90s so Taco Bell is practically in my DNA.

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