AuburnJen

I know that camping gatherings are on hold until all this junk is behind us, but I still wanted to thank each and every one of you for sticking around and keeping the "dream" alive of one day getting together again.  On this day, 10 years ago, a couple of minutes after midnight, this forum began.  (I then, 10 minutes later, was unceremoniously banned from Voldemort, lol)
We recently had our Wild Womenz Weekend 2021, with COVID restrictions of course, and it was one of the best evah!  Some of our regulars couldn't make it at the last minute, but we knew they were there in spirit.  
COVID has been especially hard on teachers and being one, I have never, ever, been so swamped in my life.  We all know that life gets in the way for all of us and for anyone who is still really hurting from COVID, you are in my prayers.  
As I enter the twilight years of my education career, I am stepping up our focus on social media for FortFiends and beyond.  We will be moving forward with an Instagram and Ticktok page for FortFiends and this year renewing our trademark and applying for a logo mark (I think that is how you say it?  TCD?  help me out here) for Snarky, our mascot.   You may see in the coming weeks a tiny change to the bottom of the website.  Chris and I are merging the three businesses into one LLC.  FortFiends will be a DBA of Snarky Enterprises, along with the other two companies.  Nothing that you are used to will change, except names.  This will make things much easier come each tax season.  I will be updating the store to include our logo for the year and take out old and dated things and freshen up the look, with SuperGeek's help of course.  
Chris and I appreciate each of you and treasure the people who help behind the scenes.  They help in ways most of you will never know, but count on to keep things moving along.   Over the years, we have had many ups and downs, but all in all, I would say that my most treasured friends are fiends.  Fiends are the type of friends that just pick up where they left off, now matter how long of a time apart.  I look forward so much to WWW each year that if I dare say I am too busy to go, Chris will physically push me out of the door.  Even the girls know I am a squirrel and get distracted and call to make sure I am on the road.  You just can't find people like that in the normal universe.  They are friends you hold dear to your heart.
I challenge each of you, myself included, to make yourself get out of the house and go camping this year if you have been in hiatus. If you haven't, I challenge you to go more.   I also challenge you to invite people to this forum to discuss and share the love of camping.  We have regulars, yes.  We always need more regulars!  I plan on going camping more to just get out of the house.  We keep going virtual school then in person, then virtual and so on.  It is nice for a change and I know if I need it, so do you.  
If and when the world gets back to some kind of normal, we will be planning a 10th anniversary grand gathering.  I have no clue where or when because...COVID.  I do however seem to think it needs to be somewhere a little more affordable than the current rates at Disney.  Some of the WWW womenz have suggested a couple of new RV parks that will be opening soon around the area.  I will be checking them out for upcoming events.  I do know that WWW is expanding (hopefully) to a twice a year event.  Honestly, that makes me giddy!  Maybe the men can start to have a weekend without the women????
Please give a shout out to Monique, who is our trusted and love logo makers of all things Snarky, who designed our anniversary logo again.  We could not survive without her.
Until we meet again in person
Jen (and Chris, aka SuperGeek)

I know that camping gatherings are on hold until all this junk is behind us, but I still wanted to thank each and every one of you for sticking around and keeping the "dream" alive of one day getting together again.  On this day, 10 years ago, a couple of minutes after midnight, this forum began.  (I then, 10 minutes later, was unceremoniously banned from Voldemort, lol)
We recently had our Wild Womenz Weekend 2021, with COVID restrictions of course, and it was one of the best evah!  Some of our regulars couldn't make it at the last minute, but we knew they were there in spirit.  
COVID has been especially hard on teachers and being one, I have never, ever, been so swamped in my life.  We all know that life gets in the way for all of us and for anyone who is still really hurting from COVID, you are in my prayers.  
As I enter the twilight years of my education career, I am stepping up our focus on social media for FortFiends and beyond.  We will be moving forward with an Instagram and Ticktok page for FortFiends and this year renewing our trademark and applying for a logo mark (I think that is how you say it?  TCD?  help me out here) for Snarky, our mascot.   You may see in the coming weeks a tiny change to the bottom of the website.  Chris and I are merging the three businesses into one LLC.  FortFiends will be a DBA of Snarky Enterprises, along with the other two companies.  Nothing that you are used to will change, except names.  This will make things much easier come each tax season.  I will be updating the store to include our logo for the year and take out old and dated things and freshen up the look, with SuperGeek's help of course.  
Chris and I appreciate each of you and treasure the people who help behind the scenes.  They help in ways most of you will never know, but count on to keep things moving along.   Over the years, we have had many ups and downs, but all in all, I would say that my most treasured friends are fiends.  Fiends are the type of friends that just pick up where they left off, now matter how long of a time apart.  I look forward so much to WWW each year that if I dare say I am too busy to go, Chris will physically push me out of the door.  Even the girls know I am a squirrel and get distracted and call to make sure I am on the road.  You just can't find people like that in the normal universe.  They are friends you hold dear to your heart.
I challenge each of you, myself included, to make yourself get out of the house and go camping this year if you have been in hiatus. If you haven't, I challenge you to go more.   I also challenge you to invite people to this forum to discuss and share the love of camping.  We have regulars, yes.  We always need more regulars!  I plan on going camping more to just get out of the house.  We keep going virtual school then in person, then virtual and so on.  It is nice for a change and I know if I need it, so do you.  
If and when the world gets back to some kind of normal, we will be planning a 10th anniversary grand gathering.  I have no clue where or when because...COVID.  I do however seem to think it needs to be somewhere a little more affordable than the current rates at Disney.  Some of the WWW womenz have suggested a couple of new RV parks that will be opening soon around the area.  I will be checking them out for upcoming events.  I do know that WWW is expanding (hopefully) to a twice a year event.  Honestly, that makes me giddy!  Maybe the men can start to have a weekend without the women????
Please give a shout out to Monique, who is our trusted and love logo makers of all things Snarky, who designed our anniversary logo again.  We could not survive without her.
Until we meet again in person
Jen (and Chris, aka SuperGeek)

I know that camping gatherings are on hold until all this junk is behind us, but I still wanted to thank each and every one of you for sticking around and keeping the "dream" alive of one day getting together again.  On this day, 10 years ago, a couple of minutes after midnight, this forum began.  (I then, 10 minutes later, was unceremoniously banned from Voldemort, lol)
We recently had our Wild Womenz Weekend 2021, with COVID restrictions of course, and it was one of the best evah!  Some of our regulars couldn't make it at the last minute, but we knew they were there in spirit.  
COVID has been especially hard on teachers and being one, I have never, ever, been so swamped in my life.  We all know that life gets in the way for all of us and for anyone who is still really hurting from COVID, you are in my prayers.  
As I enter the twilight years of my education career, I am stepping up our focus on social media for FortFiends and beyond.  We will be moving forward with an Instagram and Ticktok page for FortFiends and this year renewing our trademark and applying for a logo mark (I think that is how you say it?  TCD?  help me out here) for Snarky, our mascot.   You may see in the coming weeks a tiny change to the bottom of the website.  Chris and I are merging the three businesses into one LLC.  FortFiends will be a DBA of Snarky Enterprises, along with the other two companies.  Nothing that you are used to will change, except names.  This will make things much easier come each tax season.  I will be updating the store to include our logo for the year and take out old and dated things and freshen up the look, with SuperGeek's help of course.  
Chris and I appreciate each of you and treasure the people who help behind the scenes.  They help in ways most of you will never know, but count on to keep things moving along.   Over the years, we have had many ups and downs, but all in all, I would say that my most treasured friends are fiends.  Fiends are the type of friends that just pick up where they left off, now matter how long of a time apart.  I look forward so much to WWW each year that if I dare say I am too busy to go, Chris will physically push me out of the door.  Even the girls know I am a squirrel and get distracted and call to make sure I am on the road.  You just can't find people like that in the normal universe.  They are friends you hold dear to your heart.
I challenge each of you, myself included, to make yourself get out of the house and go camping this year if you have been in hiatus. If you haven't, I challenge you to go more.   I also challenge you to invite people to this forum to discuss and share the love of camping.  We have regulars, yes.  We always need more regulars!  I plan on going camping more to just get out of the house.  We keep going virtual school then in person, then virtual and so on.  It is nice for a change and I know if I need it, so do you.  
If and when the world gets back to some kind of normal, we will be planning a 10th anniversary grand gathering.  I have no clue where or when because...COVID.  I do however seem to think it needs to be somewhere a little more affordable than the current rates at Disney.  Some of the WWW womenz have suggested a couple of new RV parks that will be opening soon around the area.  I will be checking them out for upcoming events.  I do know that WWW is expanding (hopefully) to a twice a year event.  Honestly, that makes me giddy!  Maybe the men can start to have a weekend without the women????
Please give a shout out to Monique, who is our trusted and love logo makers of all things Snarky, who designed our anniversary logo again.  We could not survive without her.
Until we meet again in person
Jen (and Chris, aka SuperGeek)

We went over to look today, but they closed at 3pm, so we will have to go another day this weekend.  We did see the older pony running around in the outside pen.  The mom of the new pony was in her stall eating.
 
 

Gretchen,
 
We found the issue.  It is all taken care of!  😀

I guess the thing that got me aggravated more than anything is that he and the printer took a week to get me a quote.  He then decided to share with me that his subcontractor was only doing this as a favor.  So, I barked back at him...
 
Some favor dude, your price is double of my other quote and I get it in the same time frame.

https://insidethemagic.net/2020/06/its-a-small-world-diy-flower-ky1/
 

Mine arrived yesterday, they look great.  Thanks for the quick service and the time spent creating them and getting them made.

https://blogmickey.com/2020/06/cinderella-castle-repainting-update-6-9-2020/
 

Look what the UPS man just delivered!!!!
 

I’m not a crafter but am a buyer, start posting stuff people 😂

Since many of us around the country are still grounded, I would like to offer up a helping hand.  If you make craft items, handmade items, or have something to sell, please consider listing it in our buy and sell forums.  I know most of the time, we have only had RV related things there and I would like to expand it.  I know many of you are doing things at home and selling them online.  There will be NO COST to list items and NO COST to sell items here.  It is very much a community sale.  You make it, you sell it.  All I ask is that you and the buyer use a service to protect each of you, like paypal.  I am not an affiliate of paypal but I do know that, from experience, they are very fair.
There are NO restrictions except things that you would not want your kids to see.
Questions?  Let me know.  (yes, I know I am changing my mind about some things, just be Elsa and let it go.)

I got a notification last night that the magnets will be here TODAY instead of tomorrow.  As soon as the box gets here, I will take pictures and post them here.  I will then start to send out invoices to those who have expressed interest.  Once it is paid, I will do my best to pack them up and ship out the same day.  If you know of anyone that would like a magnet, please let them know of the update.  I will be invoicing via email on paypal through goods and services so everyone is protected.  I do have cash app and venmo, but I would like this to be straight business transactions.  This way the money goes straight into the FF account and I don't have to play transfer games. 
If y'all are interested in having Snarky do appearances on magnets for a holiday, I am sure Monique can be persuaded (paid) to get us set up with some artwork.  She is da bomb.

Since many of us around the country are still grounded, I would like to offer up a helping hand.  If you make craft items, handmade items, or have something to sell, please consider listing it in our buy and sell forums.  I know most of the time, we have only had RV related things there and I would like to expand it.  I know many of you are doing things at home and selling them online.  There will be NO COST to list items and NO COST to sell items here.  It is very much a community sale.  You make it, you sell it.  All I ask is that you and the buyer use a service to protect each of you, like paypal.  I am not an affiliate of paypal but I do know that, from experience, they are very fair.
There are NO restrictions except things that you would not want your kids to see.
Questions?  Let me know.  (yes, I know I am changing my mind about some things, just be Elsa and let it go.)

Yes, the magnets will be here hopefully before the 10th or very soon after.

Pictures of Tri Circle D Ranch completion.
https://wdwnt.com/2020/05/photos-first-look-at-new-tri-circle-d-ranch-at-disneys-fort-wilderness-resort-campground/
 

Yes, the magnets will be here hopefully before the 10th or very soon after.

I don't think that guy who was camping was sane, lol
 
Flor duh man

If you know of people who would like the magnets or a set and are not a fortfiends member, they can send a message to either one of the pages on Facebook.  Remember, we have a business page and groups page.
Business page
Groups page
we of course would rather them being here and sharing, but I’ll take orders from anywhere to get a count.  I should have a delivery date tomorrow.  I am waiting on the two companies I have narrowed it down to.  Hopefully sometime this year, we will have a large latex ink plotter/cutter so we can do more neat things like this.
We couldn’t have done it without Monique.  She is the bomb dot com.

I would like to order a set. Thanks, Jason for sharing the link. I would have missed it. 

Glad I could help

http://www.thedisneychef.com/2012/06/moms-meat-loaf.html
 

http://www.thedisneychef.com/2012/06/moms-meat-loaf.html
 

We made this in the air fryer.  It was AWESOME!
12 minutes on 350 degrees.

If it is the same page I am thinking of, that TA has a staff of five people and they spent almost every minute of those days on the phone and computer.  Because of this fact, I use TAs now and let them do the work because I just don't have that amount of time.  I understand they get paid to do that, but if I want to go on a busy time, I don't have the patience either to deal with the show.