rosie
17-10-2004, 13:00
Sun Oct 10th
Only 2 days left and still no furniture and a few things to add to the snag list for the builder. The dishwasher wasn't working, the bath tap drips, the loft hatch doesn't fit properly and still no key for the owners closet. Not much we can do today as most of the builders have gone home for the weekend.
First stop this morning was the Market St Cafe at Celebration for one of their delicious omelet’s, yummy, then a quick wander round the Sunday Market. We got talking to a couple of the stall holders and swapped phone numbers etc, with a promise we would bring one of them some double decker bars over with us when we come back.
So it’s off for a bit of retail therapy (the shopping I have done so far has been for the villa so doesn't count ;)). While driving along the 192 I remembered they were building a new Super Target up near Xanadu, so purely in the interests of research we had better pull in and check it out. There were quite a few cars pulling in, so many in fact; the local sheriff was there to stop the traffic on the 192 to allow the cars to turn in.
Very nice store, all bright and shiny, we hadn't realized it had only opened today. Got ourselves a trolley and picked up a few things. Not as cheap as Wal-Mart though but still better than the prices at home.
Next it was off to Pinch-a-penny to price up the pool cover and roller, I'm sure this place used to be an IHOP restaurant a few years back? Al had a long chat with the man in there about pools and solar heating and said we would be back to buy all the bits we needed in Dec.
It was still only 1pm and we had been looking for a unit to put the DVD player, VCR etc on, beside the TV, for a few days so thought we better try and find something. Back up OBT, stopping once more in all the furniture shops with no luck. The only ones we liked were ridiculous prices, typical, Al says he swears I could walk into a shop with no prices and always manage to pick the most expensive item in the shop :D.
After 5 hours we gave up and started to make our way back home, stopping only at Dunkin Donuts long enough for Al to give a pretty good impression of Homer Simpson (mmmmm, donuts).
Spent the evening having a leisurely swim in the pool, chatting, and playing board games.
Mon Oct 11th
Walked off to find the building supervisor with my new list of snags and met up with a lady due to close on her house on the Weds. We got talking as you do and after saying where we lived in the UK, she mentioned her brother lived very near us. When she told me the address I was stunned. Not only does he live 2 doors away from Al's sister but he was the chippy who did all our woodwork when we remodeled our living room. What a small world indeed. We exchanged phone numbers and promised to keep in touch.
On the way back from the site office our new neighbours across the street where unloading furniture so we got talking to them as well (yes, ok I know, I talk a lot [chatter]). They are from Pennsylvania and intend to use the house once a month except in the summer so would be happy to check up on our house when they were there. Again we swapped details and had a quick look round each others houses.
The rest of the day was spent unpacking boxes and waiting around for various people to turn up and fix the snags. Still no key for the owners’ closet and we go home tomorrow.....
Tues Oct 12th
Last day.....
We had packed our cases last night and headed off at 8am to check in at Downtown Disney in order to leave it as late as possible to get to the airport. Got the seats we wanted for the return flight and went off to The Earl of Sandwich for a bacon and egg roll for brekkie.
Since we had hardly bought anything for our grand kids we wandered in the World of Disney shop to pick up a few bits. With a 6 year old who adores anything to do with Disney Princesses and a 3 year old who feels the same about Buzz Lightyear, it was fairly easy. In fact stopping spending was the hard part.
Outside to the pin trading stands to pick them up a couple of n
Only 2 days left and still no furniture and a few things to add to the snag list for the builder. The dishwasher wasn't working, the bath tap drips, the loft hatch doesn't fit properly and still no key for the owners closet. Not much we can do today as most of the builders have gone home for the weekend.
First stop this morning was the Market St Cafe at Celebration for one of their delicious omelet’s, yummy, then a quick wander round the Sunday Market. We got talking to a couple of the stall holders and swapped phone numbers etc, with a promise we would bring one of them some double decker bars over with us when we come back.
So it’s off for a bit of retail therapy (the shopping I have done so far has been for the villa so doesn't count ;)). While driving along the 192 I remembered they were building a new Super Target up near Xanadu, so purely in the interests of research we had better pull in and check it out. There were quite a few cars pulling in, so many in fact; the local sheriff was there to stop the traffic on the 192 to allow the cars to turn in.
Very nice store, all bright and shiny, we hadn't realized it had only opened today. Got ourselves a trolley and picked up a few things. Not as cheap as Wal-Mart though but still better than the prices at home.
Next it was off to Pinch-a-penny to price up the pool cover and roller, I'm sure this place used to be an IHOP restaurant a few years back? Al had a long chat with the man in there about pools and solar heating and said we would be back to buy all the bits we needed in Dec.
It was still only 1pm and we had been looking for a unit to put the DVD player, VCR etc on, beside the TV, for a few days so thought we better try and find something. Back up OBT, stopping once more in all the furniture shops with no luck. The only ones we liked were ridiculous prices, typical, Al says he swears I could walk into a shop with no prices and always manage to pick the most expensive item in the shop :D.
After 5 hours we gave up and started to make our way back home, stopping only at Dunkin Donuts long enough for Al to give a pretty good impression of Homer Simpson (mmmmm, donuts).
Spent the evening having a leisurely swim in the pool, chatting, and playing board games.
Mon Oct 11th
Walked off to find the building supervisor with my new list of snags and met up with a lady due to close on her house on the Weds. We got talking as you do and after saying where we lived in the UK, she mentioned her brother lived very near us. When she told me the address I was stunned. Not only does he live 2 doors away from Al's sister but he was the chippy who did all our woodwork when we remodeled our living room. What a small world indeed. We exchanged phone numbers and promised to keep in touch.
On the way back from the site office our new neighbours across the street where unloading furniture so we got talking to them as well (yes, ok I know, I talk a lot [chatter]). They are from Pennsylvania and intend to use the house once a month except in the summer so would be happy to check up on our house when they were there. Again we swapped details and had a quick look round each others houses.
The rest of the day was spent unpacking boxes and waiting around for various people to turn up and fix the snags. Still no key for the owners’ closet and we go home tomorrow.....
Tues Oct 12th
Last day.....
We had packed our cases last night and headed off at 8am to check in at Downtown Disney in order to leave it as late as possible to get to the airport. Got the seats we wanted for the return flight and went off to The Earl of Sandwich for a bacon and egg roll for brekkie.
Since we had hardly bought anything for our grand kids we wandered in the World of Disney shop to pick up a few bits. With a 6 year old who adores anything to do with Disney Princesses and a 3 year old who feels the same about Buzz Lightyear, it was fairly easy. In fact stopping spending was the hard part.
Outside to the pin trading stands to pick them up a couple of n