April 26 - May 3, 2008 Caribbean Crazy Cruisers

[WDWLVR]

We're home from a very wet Irish Fest. Rain, rain, rain the whole way home. Hopefully next weekend will be better as we have very special guests coming in. :)

Never played Euchre but I'd love to learn.

[zerog]

I've only played Euchre a few times.

Anyone here play Spades? :scratchin

[speakupjc]

OK we will have a Euchre Meet on a sea day if everyone is in agreement. Does anyone suggest a day? My husband and I will teach those who have never played before and want to learn to do so before the meet.

As far as spades yes we do play spades. Does anyone want to have a spades meet as well on a sea day? If so which one?

[wdwluvrs]

I can remember playing harts in the Navy. I think spades and euchre is along the same idea. had one of those I hate it when that happens situations about 1/4 of the way through grilling chicken and I run out of propane

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone! Happy Monday!

Keeping everyone in the path of the storms in our thoughts.

Lots of rain in our area as well. We are wet, wet, wet!

[daisy112878]

We need that rain down here in Georgia!! Everything (grass, flowers, trees, etc) is dying b/c we have not had hardly any rain for months now. Plus it would be nice to have some cooler temps down here.

Off to walk the doggies then to work!

[dreamcometrue]

never even heard of Euchre but would love to learn!

Today is my last day of summer break! :sad1: I am going back to work tomorrow. Had a mani/pedi today, my hair done and I am going to go out shopping in a bit for some new clothes. I dread going back because it will be SO busy...with enrollments, etc. School starts next Wednesday (29th) so we'll be very busy until then! I really shouldn't complain though, I have the best job...who else gets the whole summer off? Of course, the downside is no paycheck, I am looking forward to getting paid again! :banana:

[ohiominnie]

We need that rain down here in Georgia!! Everything (grass, flowers, trees, etc) is dying b/c we have not had hardly any rain for months now. Plus it would be nice to have some cooler temps down here.

Off to walk the doggies then to work!

It's rained most of the day here today. Thanks to Erin. But that didn't stop us from trying out our new Sonic here in town (Mary, it's right near Wal*mart and Bob Evans) They have some speed bumps to work out as does any new place that is slammed with a crowd. But all in all it was good. :)

[daisy112878]

The only time I (dh hates fast food) go to Sonic is when I'm craving tater tots or slushes!!! The only fast food we eat regularly is Chick-fil-a. It's a staple food group here and the only fast food adam will eat. Now i'm hungry and the lasagna still has 20 minutes.

[WDWLVR]

It's rained most of the day here today. Thanks to Erin. But that didn't stop us from trying out our new Sonic here in town (Mary, it's right near Wal*mart and Bob Evans) They have some speed bumps to work out as does any new place that is slammed with a crowd. But all in all it was good. :)

The only time I (dh hates fast food) go to Sonic is when I'm craving tater tots or slushes!!! The only fast food we eat regularly is Chick-fil-a. It's a staple food group here and the only fast food adam will eat. Now i'm hungry and the lasagna still has 20 minutes.

Sonic & Chick-fil-a YUM! We don't have either around us here but we'll be hitting both in 9 weeks on our road trip.

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Tuesday!

So sad to see the destruction Dean is causing. Especially with memories of some of those places. Everyone is focusing on how it might be missing Cancun and Cozumel now but that means it is hitting Costa Maya. While it wasn't one of our more popular ports it is a shame to see think of that little port area getting pounded by this storm.


A morning UTOP!

PDFG and all who need it especially those in the path of Dean.

[dreamcometrue]

back to work for me today!

Praying for all that are in Dean's path! It's sad, because most of the Caribbean islands are pretty poor and their buildings are just not meant to withstand hurricanes, so they pretty much get wiped out. :(

[dreamcometrue]

just read on cnn that Dean has weakened to a cat. 2. That's good news! It was a cat. 5 before!

[ohiominnie]

just read on cnn that Dean has weakened to a cat. 2. That's good news! It was a cat. 5 before!

That's because it's gone over the land of the Yucatan Peninsula. It's going to go back over water in the Bay of Campeche and gain strength again, most likely (they say it'll have about 15-18 hours to ramp up before hitting land again)

[dreamcometrue]

That's because it's gone over the land of the Yucatan Peninsula. It's going to go back over water in the Bay of Campeche and gain strength again, most likely (they say it'll have about 15-18 hours to ramp up before hitting land again)

oh, that's not good! You can tell I don't know a whole lot about hurricanes, although I am watching more this year because we'll be visiting some of these islands next year.

I'll take my earthquakes any day over a hurricane. I can't even imagine what these poor people are going through! My SIL and family live in Florida, and had to evacuate one year. They drove all the way to Colorado to stay with her inlaws. That was the first year they lived in their brand new home. She said it was horrible not knowing whether or not the house was still there. Phone lines were down so they could not reach anyone in the area to check on their house. They didn't know anything until they got back!

[ohiominnie]

Here's what it looks like when you just get your braces off (and you're being goofy wearing a stretchy bracelet around your neck)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b98/ohiominnie/IMG_2025.jpg

[WDWLVR]

Here's what it looks like when you just get your braces off (and you're being goofy wearing a stretchy bracelet around your neck)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b98/ohiominnie/IMG_2025.jpg

OMG - she's beautiful! She looks much more grown up than the last time I saw her. Can't wait to see that beautiful smile in person. Only 3 more days!

[speakupjc]

Beautiful smile on a beautiful girl!!!

[dreamcometrue]

beautiful smile! I remember when I got my braces off...I was in 7th heaven! :cloud9:

[daisy112878]

Your daughter is very pretty and has a great smile!!

Well it looks like I got the crap that Adam had over the weekend. He also gave it to his next door deskmate at work. So got to try to work from home but when the fever goes on working just doesn't happen. Oh and I got the short end of the deal. No one to get my lunch or dinner - dh has had meetings and a special dinner today - so not fair :sad1:

[dreamcometrue]

I had no idea that they are naming the hurricanes ahead of time...let's hope it doesn't make it to letter K this year, but if it does, we'll have to deal with hurricane...KAREN!

[ohiominnie]

I had no idea that they are naming the hurricanes ahead of time...let's hope it doesn't make it to letter K this year, but if it does, we'll have to deal with hurricane...KAREN!

Oh my! Well, I checked the list....In the next 5 years of hurricanes, our entire family is named!!! Mike said, "let's have a contest and see whose hurricane is the worst!" :lmao:

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Wednesday!

Karen - too funny about having a hurricane contest. I think Nick would win. :lmao:

[ohiominnie]

Good morning everyone - happy Wednesday!

Karen - too funny about having a hurricane contest. I think Nick would win. :lmao:

You think? I'd go with KT. :) She's the live wire in the family.

[dreamcometrue]

cool! :thumbsup2 I just checked the Budget website and our car rental from Friday/Saturday is $25 cheaper now. I canceled our old one and rebooked with the new rate!

One more thing...is it reasonable to book the car for 8:30 the day we get back? How long do they hold it for you until they give it away?

[wdwluvrs]

Kay you should be alright I think on our last cruise we were off the magic by 9am we are tying our rental car reservation to our dividend miles and see if there is a upgrade

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Thursday!

This is really my Friday work wise as I'm taking tomorrow off to prepare for our pre-cruise DIS meet with Karen and family. I'm so excited! :cheer2:

[daisy112878]

Good morning!

My friday work wise was yesterday!!! I leave with my girlfriends on the 335 flight!!! :banana:

[ohiominnie]

Good morning everyone - happy Thursday!

This is really my Friday work wise as I'm taking tomorrow off to prepare for our pre-cruise DIS meet with Karen and family. I'm so excited! :cheer2:

Pre-cruise meet or post-cruise meet? Hmmmm.....

[WDWLVR]

Pre-cruise meet or post-cruise meet? Hmmmm.....

Or both! BTW are you coming by car or boat? :lmao:

[ohiominnie]

Or both! BTW are you coming by car or boat? :lmao:

hee hee. plane, apparently. today nick asked what size plane we were taking to get to chicago. i said a pretty small one---about the size of my car. he said, "wow, that is small!"

hee hee.

[ohiominnie]

btw, for the euchre players in the group.....there is another game called wizard. it's very similar to euchre except you have to guess how many tricks you will take with each hand.
each hand you get another card (first hand--one card, second hand--two cards, etc)
plus you don't play partners.
very fun game. :)

[dreamcometrue]

morning all! This is my Friday too! I am exhausted. It's hard going back to work after having the whole summer off and being able to sleep in. We are SO busy at work too, getting ready for school to start. Stressful because all the textbooks haven't come in yet and the first student day is Wednesday! I am nervous for my DS to start middle school! :scared1:

[WDWLVR]

Very nasty storms rolled through here this afternoon and evening. Hope those of you East of us don't get hit too hard.

Safe travels to Karen, Mike and the kids!

[ohiominnie]

Very nasty storms rolled through here this afternoon and evening. Hope those of you East of us don't get hit too hard.

Safe travels to Karen, Mike and the kids!

We had several really bad ones yesterday. They all just skimmed us so we didn't get the worst of it. Whew! Hopefully things will be dry on the way up to you. Saturday and Sunday's forecast look BEAUTIFUL!

We'll be out of here within 12 hours. Must stop at bank on way out of town. Am I desperate or what? I rolled up all of my quarters/dimes/nickels/pennies to trade in for "real" money. hee hee

[WDWLVR]

The weekend forecast does look great. Can't wait to see you all!

If anyone else gets a chance for a pre-cruise meet I highly recommend it. :cheer2:

[wdwluvrs]

we had a really bad storm about 1 pm we lost the lights at School then after about 45 minutes we lost the emergency generator when i went into the generator room to see what happened i could smell antifreeze not a good sign it seems the core of the radiator went and antifreeze was all over the floor just hope no internal damage to the generator. power came back on at 3 pm but now we do not have a emergency generator and we need to get that fixed by the Wednesday after labor day that's the first day of school for us here.

[WDWLVR]

Another getting to know you quiz from Karen's blog:

What are your comments about each of the following?

Accent–


I don’t drink–

Pets–


Essential Electronics–


Perfume–


Gold or Silver–


Insomnia–



Job Title–


Most Admired Trait–


Kids–


Phobia–


Religion–


Siblings–


Time I Wake Up–

Unusual Talent or Skill–


Vegetable I Refuse to Eat–


Worst Habit–


X-rays–


My Favorite Meal–

Come on and post - just one more way to get to know each other!

[WDWLVR]

Here are my answers:

Accent– well I'm from Chicago so I don't think I have one :)


I don’t drink– alcohol. Just never got into it.

Pets– just some fish. Our schedules are a little too crazy for a dog and I'm allergic to cats.


Essential Electronics– my pda and my blood sugar monitor


Perfume– Laila - the essence of Norway. A fellow cruiser turned me on to it. It is available at Norway in Epcot. A light clean scent.


Gold or Silver– both. Mostly gold.


Insomnia– yes as I've gotten older. Some nights I wake up at 2am and will cruise the DIs for a while before heading back to sleep.



Job Title– Team Supervisor


Most Admired Trait– I think the trait that I admire most and one I try to keep is that of someone with deep faith. I saw this in my Mom especially in her last months of life.


Kids– no children here, but we have Bear. :)


Phobia– someday being all alone.


Religion– Roman Catholic


Siblings– one older brother.


Time I Wake Up– radio goes off at 5 am, usually out of bed by 5:30

Unusual Talent or Skill– hmmm - don't think I really have one. I'm pretty proud of the web skills I developed but that really isn't unusual.


Vegetable I Refuse to Eat– sadly just about all of them. I'm not a good eater.


Worst Habit– eating badly and not getting enough exercise.


X-rays– too many. First one was when I broke my ankle, then all the ones from when I had cancer and now my yearly mammogram.


My Favorite Meal– Roast turkey and mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving. Yum!

[tinkerone]

Another getting to know you quiz from Karen's blog:

What are your comments about each of the following?

Accent– canadian:rotfl:


I don’t drink– anything non acholic :rotfl2:

Pets– maggie a 4.5 lb yorkypoo, and have recently accuired my sons cat who loves to torture maggie the 4.5 lb yorkypoo


Essential Electronics– none


Perfume– eternity which i will pick up more of on the ship


Gold or Silver– who cares


Insomnia– oh yeah



Job Title– finacial services co-ordinator


Most Admired Trait– hmmmm, how about .....hmmmm


Kids– two grown and gone. opps, got one back two months ago


Phobia– the ocean. how ironic is that!:scared:


Religion– non denomiantional but don't tell my brother. hes a minister.;)


Siblings– 8, yes 8


Time I Wake Up– when i have to. and i can not use an alarm clock or else i get very grumpy. its not pretty.:sad2:

Unusual Talent or Skill– can't say!


Vegetable I Refuse to Eat– whats the point of refusing. hey, my mother really taught me well. just eat it.


Worst Habit– smoking, not alot, just enough to annoy myself. really, only 3 or 4 a day but horrid.


X-rays– don't understand the ? but okay.


My Favorite Meal– i'm big, anything is my favorite meal, but for the sake of argument lets say that on lobster night, there will be two on my plate.:woohoo:

Come on and post - just one more way to get to know each other!


i had to fill this in. these are fun and i have not participated to much so thought i would just fill it in for you all to peek at. mostly i'm pretty private so this is a rare glimpse. :dance3:
make no mistake, i'll be reading yours.......:surfweb:

[ohiominnie]

i had to fill this in. these are fun and i have not participated to much so thought i would just fill it in for you all to peek at. mostly i'm pretty private so this is a rare glimpse. :dance3:
make no mistake, i'll be reading yours.......:surfweb:

Hmmm, intrigued about your unusual talent. :)

Everyone will have to go here to see mine:

http://www.pediascribe.com/20070823/for-lack-of-anything-better-to-write/

(sneaky way to get you to read the blog, eh?) hee hee :lmao:

Btw, I, too, will have two lobsters. And I'll tell them to hold the side dishes. Who needs potatoes when you can eat lobster? ;)

U TOP! :)

pdfg

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Friday!

Today's the day we get together with Karen's family! :cheer2: Can you tell I'm excited! Safe travels Karen as it seems like we have more storms headed this way!

[ohiominnie]

Good morning everyone - happy Friday!

Today's the day we get together with Karen's family! :cheer2: Can you tell I'm excited! Safe travels Karen as it seems like we have more storms headed this way!

Will keep an eye out. See ya soon! :)

[zerog]

I'll answer for DW and myself:
Accent– DW: Southern Accent, ya'll
We drink anything alcoholic :drinking1
Pets– Cat, beta fish, and corn snake (named Tickle)
Essential Electronics– Computer, DVR, and XM Radio in the car
Perfume or Cologne: We don't use it
Gold or Silver– DW: Platinum
Insomnia–Nothing Ambien can't cure :cloud9:
Job Title– Duties as assigned. DW works outside, I work inside.
Most Admired Trait– hmmmm
Kids– 2
Phobia– DW: ticks. Me: seasickness
Religion–We're all over the board
Siblings–one each
Time I Wake Up– is this when i get out of bed or when the coffee kicks in? :surfweb:
Unusual Talent or Skill–no skillz
Vegetable I Refuse to Eat– DW: brocolli. Me: squash
X-rays– DW: broken pinkie
My Favorite Meal– both: Sushi :fish:

[dreamcometrue]

Accent – I have a German accent

I don’t drink – beer

Pets – 2 Golden Retrievers, 1 cat, fish

Essential Electronics – cell phone, PDA

Perfume – Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker

Gold or Silver – I like both. Depends on my mood

Insomnia – don't usually suffer from it, once I get to bed, I sleep. I am however a night owl and stay up until the wee hours ;)

Job Title – my "official" job title is School Services Assistant, but I just call it Elementary School Clerk

Most Admired Trait – creativity

Kids – 2

Phobia – I am borderline claustrophobic

Religion – catholic

Siblings – 1 older sister

Time I Wake Up – during the school year 6:30, weekends and school breaks we usually sleep till 11am. :D

Unusual Talent or Skill – don't think I have any

Vegetable I Refuse to Eat – celery. I hate it! Blech!

Worst Habit – I worry too much

X-rays – haven't had one in a while and not very many throughout my life, mainly dental ones

My Favorite Meal – Sushi

[dreamcometrue]

went to middle school orientation this morning...so much to learn! spent half a fortune on agenda book, PE clothes, locks for locker, book covers and school shirt. I also already paid for a year book since they had an "early bird special". ha!

Got some limo quotes, just so I can get a general idea, since I want to surprise the kids with a stretch limo to and from the airport. Doesn't cost as much as I thought...$300 round trip, with tip included, but we always pay a little extra to the driver in cash when they say that!

[WDWLVR]

Karen and family just left after a fun evening of pizza, euchre and LRC. Mark and I didn't do too well at euchre but he did really good at LRC. Tomorrow we're doing Brookfield Zoo and then shopping at Woodfield Mall.

[dreamcometrue]

Karen and family just left after a fun evening of pizza, euchre and LRC. Mark and I didn't do too well at euchre but he did really good at LRC. Tomorrow we're doing Brookfield Zoo and then shopping at Woodfield Mall.

how fun! Hope you guys have a great time! Post some pics!! :woohoo:

[WDWLVR]

Good morning Cruisers





We sail in 35 weeks!

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Sunday!

Had a great day with Karen and family.

Started out with breakfast at our house. Then we headed over to the zoo. Mid-afternoon we went over to Woodfield Mall for a little bit of shopping and a visit to the DVC store. Then dinner at Bahama Breeze.

We ended the evening back at Karen & Mike's hotel so the kids could swim while the adults played LRC.

Today we'll be picking them up after we go to Mass. The plan is to go out to breakfast, then head downtown to see some sights including the Field Museum and Navy Pier.

Have a great day everyone!

[wdwluvrs]

I had a attack of vertigo yesterday at least whats what the emergency room doctors said Eileen called the ambulance and I was inside the ER for 4 hours I am still unbalanced am mild dizzy once in awhile at least the vomiting has stopped
I'll answer for both
accent - none
Drink- dw wine Mike beer
pets- 4 cats
essential electronics computer cell pone dw hair dryer
perfume dw clinique happy
insommina dw sometimes
job title me buildings and grounds maintainer for a school district dw medical transcriptionist from home
siblings each 3
time i wake up Mike 6am dw 4:30 am
unusual talent Electronics none we know of
vegetable i wont eat brussel sprouts dw Will try anything once
worst habit
x-rays yesterday a chest and a cat scan
my favorite meal dw fish me something nice and spicy

[daisy112878]

Just got home from Chicago. Love your city Mary!!! My girlfriends and I flew in just a few minutes before the big storms hit around 6 or so on thursday nigth. We actually sat on the runway in atlanta for 2 hours before they cleared us saying weather was bad. After we got in all the the flights from ATL were cancelled. Had some great food, good shopping, and saturday the weather was awesome.

wdwluvrs - hope you are feeling better.

[WDWLVR]

Mike - hope you are feeling better soon!

Daisy - glad you had a great time.

We just finished up a wonderful DIS meet with the Ohio family (you can either call it a post-cruise DIS meet from our December 04 cruise or a pre-cruise DIS meet for this cruise). :lmao:

Today was a quick tour of Downtown Chicago, a visit to the Field Museum, a visit to Navy Pier and then some quick shopping on Michigan Ave. Most of all we got to spend some time with good friends we made right here on the cruise meets boards.

[dreamcometrue]

8 months to go!! And look, my countdown is already in the 7th month!!! :banana:

[daisy112878]

Oh my gosh Michigan Ave. is amazing!!! Thank goodness we went shopping on friday morning b/c we walked over there on saturday and it was a mad house on michigan ave. It was like herds of cattle walking down the sidewalk.

The next 2 weeks should be busy for us. Adam just put his 2 week notice in at work. He's going back to the consulting world. Changing jobs is never fun through with insurance, finishing up at the old job, and getting the hang of the new one. Don't worry though he's already informed them that we have a disney world vacation in december and a cruise in april.

[WDWLVR]

Here's a picture from this weekend. Not the best quality but it was the end of a wonderful day.

http://monorailgreen.info/April08/usnohiosmall.jpg




Woohoo - a UTOP with the ohio family!

PDFG and all who need it!

[ohiominnie]

Hmmm.....Interesting that in that picture, the kids are by Mary and Mark. It looks like they are THEIR kids! ;)

They do miss you guys already!

We had a great great time. Good food, good fun, great friends!!!

Anyone who would chauffer us around downtown Chicago is a wonderful friend in my book!!! Now we're back home and in the last 10 minutes exactly ONE car has gone down my street. Ahhhhhhh. ;)

[WDWLVR]

Hmmm.....Interesting that in that picture, the kids are by Mary and Mark. It looks like they are THEIR kids! ;)

They do miss you guys already!

We had a great great time. Good food, good fun, great friends!!!

Anyone who would chauffer us around downtown Chicago is a wonderful friend in my book!!! Now we're back home and in the last 10 minutes exactly ONE car has gone down my street. Ahhhhhhh. ;)

No don't you remember that according to the DVC guy you are our kids and those are the grandkids. :lmao:

[ohiominnie]

No don't you remember that according to the DVC guy you are our kids and those are the grandkids. :lmao:

Well, Grandma-Mom-Sir.....I wasn't going to bring that up! ;)

[ohiominnie]

Ya know what's really weird. I can TOTALLY picture where Mary is sitting and DIS-ing! ;)

[WDWLVR]

Ya know what's really weird. I can TOTALLY picture where Mary is sitting and DIS-ing! ;)

Scary isn't it! :) I could say the same but then you went and got a notebook and could be DISing from anywhere. But I can totally picture where Mike does his podcast from.

Do you have any popcorn left?:lmao:

[ohiominnie]

Scary isn't it! :) I could say the same but then you went and got a notebook and could be DISing from anywhere. But I can totally picture where Mike does his podcast from.

Do you have any popcorn left?:lmao:

a little. not a ton. that stuff is GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!! I looked at it online. I'm not sure how BIG a 6.5 gallon tin of popcorn is, but it costs $126!!!

[wdwluvrs]

Thank you for all the well wishes turns out after 4 hours on a cot in the er and having a chest x-ray and a cat scan of my head the er said i had vertigo hope i never get that again. thank you all Mike

[dreamcometrue]

awww...you guys look so cute! Glad to hear you had fun together! When are you guys coming to CA Karen? I know it's September, but when exactly? Maybe we can meet up at DL for a bit!

Mike, hope you feel better soon. My co-worker's DH suffers from vertigo, it really interferes with his life because he gets is all the time, sometimes several times a week.

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone! Back to work for me today.

Mike - glad to hear you are feeling better!

[ohiominnie]

Mike--glad to hear you're feeling better. My SIL gets vertigo.

Kay--We're heading to CA late September. We'll have to talk meet as things get closer. We still don't even have a rental car or DL tickets. I think we're totally unprepared for this trip!

[dreamcometrue]

omg, Josh is starting middle school tomorrow and I am SO nervous for him!! For 6 years I walked him to his classroom the first day of school, tomorrow will be the first year I won't do it! (don't wanna embarrass him too much, plus Kaylee's elementary school starts at the same time, so I basically will only have time to drop him off there!) I can't believe he'll be in middle school. He still seems like such a little boy to me, you know? *sniff* I am having a really hard time!! We'll leave in a bit to drive up to the school to find out who his homeroom teacher will be.

[ohiominnie]

omg, Josh is starting middle school tomorrow and I am SO nervous for him!! For 6 years I walked him to his classroom the first day of school, tomorrow will be the first year I won't do it! (don't wanna embarrass him too much, plus Kaylee's elementary school starts at the same time, so I basically will only have time to drop him off there!) I can't believe he'll be in middle school. He still seems like such a little boy to me, you know? *sniff* I am having a really hard time!! We'll leave in a bit to drive up to the school to find out who his homeroom teacher will be.

Yeah, I remember my middle school days. Eek! Glad I homeschool. Or I'd be a nervous wreck like you!! My dd is in 8th grade and thankfully totally unaware of some of the things I knew in 8th grade. I like it that way! :)

[ohiominnie]

Here's my "trip report" for our Chicago trip.....
http://www.pediascribe.com/20070828/everyone-on-the-internet-is-not-a-stalker-or-a-psycho/

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone. Happy Wednesday!

Karen do you know you are only one post away from a milestone? Congratulations!

[ohiominnie]

Karen do you know you are only one post away from a milestone? Congratulations!

You mean like this post? :cheer2:

And it's a U TOP? I think this means I'm going to have a great day!!

U TOP shared with Mary! :)

[WDWLVR]

You mean like this post? :cheer2:

And it's a U TOP? I think this means I'm going to have a great day!!

U TOP shared with Mary! :)


I'm honored to share your UTOP and your 14,000th post!

[dreamcometrue]

Karen, congrats on your 14,000th post. Wow!

Well, first day at middle school went well. Of course, I couldn't sleep all night and was a nervous wreck this morning! The traffic in the morning is going to kill me. Hopefully it will ease up a bit in a week or so. it took me forever just to get out of the parking lot there. Josh said it went well. He likes his teachers so far and it isn't at all what he expected, in a good way though!

I'm off tomorrow, and hopefully will be able to get caught up on some stuff around here!

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone! Happy Thursday!

We leave for vacation in just 7 weeks and I don't feel like we're ready at all! Really looking forward to this weekend to finalize some plans for vacation.

Karen - have you or Mike called for your ADR's yet? Better get on it! :)

[ohiominnie]

Good morning everyone! Happy Thursday!

We leave for vacation in just 7 weeks and I don't feel like we're ready at all! Really looking forward to this weekend to finalize some plans for vacation.

Karen - have you or Mike called for your ADR's yet? Better get on it! :)

Now that we're gone, you can convert your dining room into the "cruise prep" area. :) hee hee.

I'm going to remind Mike about it. He'll do it soon, I'm sure!

[WDWLVR]

Now that we're gone, you can convert your dining room into the "cruise prep" area. :) hee hee.

I'm going to remind Mike about it. He'll do it soon, I'm sure!

You know us too well. Yes the dining room table will become road trip central. :lmao:

[ohiominnie]

You know us too well. Yes the dining room table will become road trip central. :lmao:

Hope you can get the pizza stain out of the table cloth. ;) :lmao:

[wdwluvrs]

TGIF finally a three day weekend then Tuesday and Wednesday we have staff days at school and first day of classes are Thursday. I went to my Doctor today and he said in all likely hood my vertigo was cause by a virous. Just think the Magic is finally back in Florida Saturday.

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - TGIF!

Anyone have any plans for the long weekend? We don't. Just going to take it easy and relax at home. We were busy, busy, busy the last two weekends (but had great fun on both of them) so we're looking forward to a little downtime.

[ohiominnie]

Well, let's see. There is a small little football game tomorrow. Should only be about 100thousand people there. Nothing too big. Mike and KT are going. Nick and I have no real plans.
Sunday, Mike is on call. Will go to the office in the morning and see kids as long as needed. Weather is supposed to be BEAUTIFUL so he shouldn't be home too late.
Monday, he'll have to round at the hospital if there are any patients admitted.
That's it. No grand plans. Our grand plans were last weekend. :) And grand they were.

Btw, Mary, I have given you an award over on the blog! Please come down the red carpet and accept! :)

[WDWLVR]

Well, let's see. There is a small little football game tomorrow. Should only be about 100thousand people there. Nothing too big. Mike and KT are going. Nick and I have no real plans.
Sunday, Mike is on call. Will go to the office in the morning and see kids as long as needed. Weather is supposed to be BEAUTIFUL so he shouldn't be home too late.
Monday, he'll have to round at the hospital if there are any patients admitted.
That's it. No grand plans. Our grand plans were last weekend. :) And grand they were.

Btw, Mary, I have given you an award over on the blog! Please come down the red carpet and accept! :)

Thank you Karen - that is so sweet! :blush: I'm going to put it up on our groups web page!

Tell KT and Mike to have fun at the game. Hang On Sloopy - OHIO!

[daisy112878]

We have plans with 87,000 people tomorrow!!!!!!! GOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!

Tonight we're going to Atlanta Brewing Company. It's a local brewery that has $7.00 all you can drink beer plus you get to keep the nice beer glass. They also have music etc on friday nights. Sunday we have plans with our friend who is back intown from Hawaii. He's been on a consulting project in Hawaii the past 5 months. Must be rough!!

[speakupjc]

Well I am sick but I will be watching my Ohio State Buckeyes on tv and proudly wearing my shirt. My dd has a game at 7:30 PM at which she has to cheer for the Bengals (9-12 year olds tackle ball) so we will be going to that or at least her daddy will! As you can tell this will be a football weekend in our home and will be the start of many. I can hardly wait to see my buckeyes take the field.



Let me hear you respond:


OH:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

Go Bucks!!!!!!!

[WDWLVR]

Let me hear you respond:


OH:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

Go Bucks!!!!!!!

IO!

Guess all that time with Karen and her family has paid off. :lmao: OH was the last thing we yelled as we left them at the pool last Sunday night.

[ohiominnie]

Well I am sick but I will be watching my Ohio State Buckeyes on tv and proudly wearing my shirt. My dd has a game at 7:30 PM at which she has to cheer for the Bengals (9-12 year olds tackle ball) so we will be going to that or at least her daddy will! As you can tell this will be a football weekend in our home and will be the start of many. I can hardly wait to see my buckeyes take the field.

Well, since Mary already beat me to the "I-O" part, I won't repeat it.

You are LUCKY!!! As of now, we WON'T get to see it on TV.
Seems like Time Warner Cable and the Big Ten Network can't come to an agreement, so the game won't be on TV.

But we'll listen to it anyway. :)
Mike and KT will be there.....of course!

What games are you coming to this year???

[speakupjc]

LOL I am proud of Mary for knowing what to say but you could have started the chant again. Just kidding but you know that is what we do at the games!

We have direct tv so we have the big 10 network. Minnie you might want to switch to direct tv if your provider can't get their act together. If you decide to switch let me know as I watched a commerical last night saying we can both get $50 if you do. Do I dare say then we will have money for the cruise. lol. I really do love the big 10 network and am glad we have it. Gone are the days that I will have to rent the broadcast (another dollar savings). I hope your subscriber gets their act together and get it for you.

As far as what games we are going to attend. Here is the list:

September 22 - Ohio State beats Northwestern
October 20 - Ohio State pounds Michigan State
November 3 - Ohio State crushes Wisconsin
November 10 - Ohio State kills Illinois (or in honor of Thanksgiving makes mincemeat pie out of Illinois)

There is 1 more game that we might attend but I will let you know that one later. We are staying at the Varsity Inn. I don't know what times all the games will be held but lets plan on getting together for at least one of them. Let me know which one (s) work for you and we will put our planners together and see what meshes.

Go Bucks!!!!

:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[ohiominnie]

We have direct tv so we have the big 10 network. Minnie you might want to switch to direct tv if your provider can't get their act together. If you decide to switch let me know as I watched a commerical last night saying we can both get $50 if you do.

(snip)
September 22 - Ohio State beats Northwestern
October 20 - Ohio State pounds Michigan State
November 3 - Ohio State crushes Wisconsin
November 10 - Ohio State kills Illinois (or in honor of Thanksgiving makes mincemeat pie out of Illinois)

There is 1 more game that we might attend but I will let you know that one later. We are staying at the Varsity Inn. I don't know what times all the games will be held but lets plan on getting together for at least one of them. Let me know which one (s) work for you and we will put our planners together and see what meshes.

Go Bucks!!!!

:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

Can't do DirectTV here. We did have it at one time but it didn't work well for us. Central Ohio is notoriously very very cloudy. Between that and the fact that we have LARGE trees right in the path the dish had to pick up, our signal was always iffy, especially in the summer when the trees had leaves! Darn!

I think it's just for the first two games. All of the other games will be on other channels (which we get) Whew!

I know we can't get together for the Northwestern game. We've had enough Chicago for one year (JUST KIDDING!!!!) Actually, Mike somehow ended up on call that day so we're giving our tickets away.

Tomorrow at exactly noon, my blog will be updated with a post about OSU!! YIPPIE!

[WDWLVR]

Good morning Cruisers





We sail in 34 weeks!

[dreamcometrue]

sun is rising on the Magic at HOME in Port Canaveral!

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q31/disneymom74/magicishome1.jpg

[ohiominnie]

Cool picture. Looks like she's on FIRE! YIKES!

[speakupjc]

Ohio Minnie I thought the same thing when I saw the picture and then I read the caption. It just shows that great minds think alike! To the poster it is a good picture though.

Minnie sorry that you can't get the first 2 games on your tv but I am glad that you can get the rest of them. So you have had enough of Chicago huh? What was there that made you not want to go back? (just kidding). That game is in the shoe as you know but I am sorry that your dh and child had to give those tickets away. How does it look for us to get together after one of the other games. They haven't released the times of those games yet with the exception of Michigan State on October 20. That game is homcoming and is at 3:30 PM. Since it is homecoming that would be a fun game to meet up at either before or after as long as we met in the OSU area. The Buckeye Cafe is right next door to the Varsity Inn and the streets are open the whole day. Just a thought. What part of Columbus do you live in? I am also having to juggle my dd games which means that on Oct 21 I have to be back home (in Lexington) by 4:30 PM. I don't know what time I have to be back in November as the tournament schedule hasn't been published. Catherine is 4 as you know and is cheering for the Bengals, a 9-12 year old football team this year. The players are awesome and proudly made her feel like a million dollars when they posed for pictures last Saturday. She is their youngest cheerleader.

It would be so much fun to connect before the cruise so I really want to meet you.

Take care and remember



Go Bucks!!!!!!! :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

OH :love: :love: :love: :love:

[ohiominnie]

I-O

http://www.pediascribe.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/ohiostate-logo1.jpg

[WDWLVR]

So you have had enough of Chicago huh? What was there that made you not want to go back?



Us :sad::sad::sad::sad:
















Ok I know you and Karen were kidding. Hey at least we don't live in Meat-Chicken. :lmao:

[ohiominnie]

I know we can't get together for the Northwestern game. We've had enough Chicago for one year (JUST KIDDING!!!!)

Did no one catch the "JUST KIDDING!!!!" part of that????

We LOVED Chicago. Everything (and everyone) about it.....

'cept maybe the traffic! :)

[speakupjc]

I caught it. See my post. Here is the excerpt.

So you have had enough of Chicago huh? What was there that made you not want to go back? (just kidding).

I even said just kidding as of course I know you were teasing Mary and I played along just to tease her some more. I do hope Mary realized that we were teasing her but I do believe she did.

By the way what did you think about the rest of my post? I asked you what you thought and am waiting to hear back.

By the way what a perfect Saturday -

Go Bucks and Appalachain State!!!!!
:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[ohiominnie]

By the way what did you think about the rest of my post? I asked you what you thought and am waiting to hear back.

By the way what a perfect Saturday -

Go Bucks and Appalachain State!!!!!
:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:


I saw it, just wanted to talk to Mike when he got home from the game. I asked him about the Buckeye Cafe and he looked at me and said "are you CRAZY? That place will be a ZOO on gameday. But OK." :)

So as things get closer we can plan. :) We actually don't live in Columbus.....we live about 30 minutes west....in London. :)

Yeah, so totally cannot believe the Meat-chicken game. Kinda a shame that we can't be the one to ruin their season!!! ;) :lmao:

[speakupjc]

Sounds great!!!! We don't have to go there if you guys know a better place. We opened the place the day of the OSU-MI game and it really wasn't crowded and even waiting to get in line was fun with everyone doing cheers etc. I guess with us staying next door it made it easy to get a table. Please don't tell everyone it wasn't crowded though as that is our secret ok. As far as the MI game when they meet the Bucks their season will get even worse. I am just so happy that there is no way anyone will take them seriously (unless all teams have at least 2 losses) for the National Championship. What can I say "I HATE MI and I used to live there." Funny thing though - I do love the MI Junior Miss People and when I go down to AL I support their girl.

[ohiominnie]

If anyone on this thread got an email from me to join Quechup (social networking site) DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY.
It's a scam and I fell for it. (sigh) I'm smarter than this. I should have known better.
Sorry. :(

[wdwluvrs]

It was nice to see the Magic going by on the two palms cam and on her Caribbean schedule again unfortunately all the cruise lines will have to deal with another hurricane. Were suppose to have a nice next couple of days here so I for one will be mowing the lawn and doing other odds and ends outside over the next two days.

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone! It is great to see the Magic back home.

I see where Felix is about to cause havoc. The good news is the US isn't in its sights. Better news is that we are this late in the season and only on "F". Two years ago we sailed Sept 4-7 on the Member Cruise and had to dock in Ft. Lauderdale because of hurricane Ophelia!

Here's hoping that all those in the path of Felix stay safe.

[WDWLVR]

Another getting to know you game by way of Karen's blog. To see here answers go here: http://www.pediascribe.com/

RULES: You have to post these rules before you give the facts. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of your middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.


Here are mine, my middle name is Patricia


P - paranoid. Yes I admit it that I'm sometimes paranoid. Remembering the saying "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you". :lmao:

A - artistic. Not greatly artistic, but I feel I do pretty good in the scrapbooking sense.

T - tea. I don't drink alcohol or coffee, however I'm a big tea drinker. Especially in the cooler weather where I'll have one each morning at work.

R - respect. I'm a big believer in respect. Respect of elders, respect of superiors, respect of others in general.

I - Irish. It is my heritage and one I embrace. In fact two weeks ago we spent a weekend up at Irish Fest. Don't get me wrong. I'm first and foremost an American but almost all Americans have a foreign heritage and mine is Irish.

C - Catholic. Maybe I should say I'm Irish Catholic because growing up in Chicago the two often are said side by side. I was born and raised Catholic and still practice to this day.

I - innocent. I would like to say I'm pretty worldly but at the same time with enough innocence in me that I can love a stuffed animal or enjoy a week at WDW. :goodvibes

A - appreciative. I appreciate so much that I have been given in this life. A wonderful husband, good friends, the freedom of living in this great country, a good job, a house that is paid for, and the ability to vaction as often as we do.


So who wants to be next? This is the first time I've seen this game and it really made me think. Thanks Karen!


Woo Hoo - a UTOP with Karen

PDFG and all who need it!

[ohiominnie]

Pretty good with scrapbooking? Oh, please! You're great! We loved your scrapboooks. But why did we only get to see two? :lmao:

You probably didn't even have to pull out the dictionary to get yours done! Maybe that's why you didn't end up with words like "Evil" and "Toilet" :lmao:

Thanks for referring to the blog.....I tried to email you a response to the comment, but my email still won't send anything. SOOOOO irritating!

Did your thing ever come from Archivers?

[WDWLVR]

See below for my answers

Pretty good with scrapbooking? Oh, please! You're great! We loved your scrapboooks. But why did we only get to see two? :lmao: Because I didn't want to bore you to tears.

You probably didn't even have to pull out the dictionary to get yours done! Maybe that's why you didn't end up with words like "Evil" and "Toilet" :lmao:No but I did have to use Word to spell check. :)

Thanks for referring to the blog.....I tried to email you a response to the comment, but my email still won't send anything. SOOOOO irritating! No problem - I am one of your biggest fans (had to switch to something since mouse matters is no more). :sad2:

Did your thing ever come from Archivers? Not yet but I'm also patient (just more paranoid which is why that was my p :rotfl:)

[ohiominnie]

See below for my answers

Give me a holler when it gets there. I think they said they were shipping it out Wednesday. So not time to panic yet. :)

[WDWLVR]

Give me a holler when it gets there. I think they said they were shipping it out Wednesday. So not time to panic yet. :)

Will do - did you get my e-mail yesterday or did it get lost in the crush of them. Also I think Mark sent a pm. :)

[ohiominnie]

Will do - did you get my e-mail yesterday or did it get lost in the crush of them. Also I think Mark sent a pm. :)

Yeah, I got your email. I can get emails. I just can't send any! I'm hoping it clears up tonight when the 24 hour point hits. (sigh)
Yup, got Mark's PM. I sent him one back. He's a good guy, ya know! :)

[WDWLVR]

Yep - he's a keeper!

I've really enjoyed the last two days. Got caught up on laundry, got to rest my back and just realx. Now to get into gear for our upcoming cruise! :woohoo:

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Labor Day!

Hope I didn't scare everyone off with the getting to know you game and that they are just enjoying the holiday weekend with family and friends. :)

[ohiominnie]

Good morning everyone - happy Labor Day!

Hope I didn't scare everyone off with the getting to know you game and that they are just enjoying the holiday weekend with family and friends. :)

It was probably MY answers that threw them off! :) I mean, after all, I had "Toilet" in there! (sigh) And the kids SEEMED so normal when they were in Chicago, didn't they?

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Tuesday! Back to work for me today. Really enjoyed a nice quiet weekend. My back is feeling a lot better and I feel kind of recharged as well.

I was doing updates to the DVC Cruise website this weekend and still have a few changes to make to ours as well. Hope to get to that in the next day or so.

Have a great day everyone!

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone. Happy Thursday. With the DIS being offline yesterday morning we haven't had a post on this thread since Tuesday. Has everyone given up?

[daisy112878]

I'm finally here! The website has been running slow or not at all for me the last 2 weeks.

I was off work today to go with my mom and sister to the Yellow Daisy Festival. It's huge festival/craft thing at Stone Mountain here in Georgia. People come from all over the south to go to the festival. It was fun but HOT. I got a great photo from a photographer of a red window pane on a yellow building. I found out from the photographer that it was a building in St. Martin. Giving the guy a plug: www.scotthendersonphoto.com If you go under Fine Art, he's got some awesome caribbean photos.

[zerog]

And he said "LET THERE BE NFL FOOTBALL!"

And there was NFL Football.

And he saw that it was good!



LET THE GAMES BEGIN.

GO JAGUARS!

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Friday!

Looking forward to the weekend. Another reuinion weekend for us. We're meeting a friend from the 10 day Christmas Cruise for dinner on Sunday night. That's the same cruise I met Karen on. This gentleman now lives near Daytona Beach but is originally from Michigan so we had lots of fun with door magnets on our May '06 cruise. :lmao:

[wdwluvrs]

This is my 35th High School reunion weekend hard to believe 1972 was that long ago. we are hoping the Buffalo Bills finish at 500 this year.

[WDWLVR]

Good morning Cruisers





We sail in 33 weeks!







Woo Hoo - an early morning UTOP!

PDFG and all who need it!

[ohiominnie]

33 weeks! Wow!

And another sentiment for the day.....

GO BUCKEYES!!

Beat the Zips (what kind of name is that?)

[speakupjc]

Mary,

You will have to ask your friend who used to live in MI if he wants to support a winning football program and then tell him if he does he has to become a buckeye fan.

:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:


Go Bucks, Appalachian State and the Oregon Ducks!!!!!

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Sunday!

Had a pretty quiet day yesterday and today should be the same. Having dinner with that Michigan fan tonight. :lmao:

[ohiominnie]

Good morning everyone - happy Sunday!

Had a pretty quiet day yesterday and today should be the same. Having dinner with that Michigan fan tonight. :lmao:

Please tell Mr. Scuba I say Hello and that I'm sorry for his team's MISERABLE performance in the last two games.

[speakupjc]

Mary have fun and teach him the new words you just learned


Go Bucks!!!!!!!

:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[ohiominnie]

So, Mary, how was dinner? Any sports talk? :lmao:

[WDWLVR]

Dinner was great! Sorry not much sports talk; though I did read him the last couple of comments from this page. Here's a picture.

http://monorailgreen.info/DIS/wildfire1.jpg

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Monday!

Hope everyone has a great day!

[speakupjc]

Mary I am so glad that ya'll had a great time. How did he like the comments? LOL.

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Tuesday!

Jim's a good sport and took all the comments in stride. He's used to Karen picking on him and me too. On our May cruise last year I had two magnets make up for the families. An Ohio State one for Karen's family and a Michigan one for Jim's family. Put them on their stateroom doors and the families had fun messing with each others (they were right down the hall from each other). They ended up upside down, on the ceiling, etc. All in good fun!

[speakupjc]

Mary,

That sounds like a lot of fun for the two of them. It was so sweet of you to get them the magnets.

[WDWLVR]

Since a number of the families had all sailed together back in 2004 we all knew each other already and there were a few in jokes that made it on to door magnets as well.

We've made door magnets for our last 4-5 cruises and it is always fun to see what people come up with.

[ohiominnie]

Since a number of the families had all sailed together back in 2004 we all knew each other already and there were a few in jokes that made it on to door magnets as well.

Oh, you must be referring to the one that touted my husband's amazing ability to pee cat litter.

Or the one of Scuba sitting on a toilet.

Or Handsome Handyman's rubber band sign.

Or "Cupcake and Cupcake." ---> I need to blog about that one! :)

[dreamcometrue]

hi guys! I'm still here! Going through a bit of a rough time right now, so I need to take a little break!

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone! Happy Wednesday!

Karen -yes those are some of the ones I was thinking of :lmao:

Kay - sorry to hear you are having a rough time. Hope the break helps.



A morning UTOP!

PDFG and all who need it.

[daisy112878]

Kay- I hope everything is okay!! pixiedust: there's some pixie dust for ya!


Well its me and the girls (our dogs) here at home for the next 2 days. Adam started a new job on monday. He went back to IT consulting and he's going to be traveling some. He's in Reston, VA which we had no clue where that was until my dad said it was near DC. And don't think he's living the rough life. The client put him up in the Hyatt!!

Just got exciting news. Adam's best friend is getting married in orlando Nov10 (veteran's day weekend) so I get to go to WDW in Oct, Nov, and Dec!!!!! :banana:

[dreamcometrue]

why do people have to be so darn rude??? I posted on the transportation forum, puzzled as to why a plane can almost completely book within a matter of only a few days (all non-elite seats available one day, only about 4 available 3 days later). One person comes back and informs me that it's a big world and I am not alone in it! If you don't have anything nice to say on a person's thread, just bite your tongue! I am just really upset right now, not just this, but life itself. Like I said, I am having a rough time right now and this doesn't help!

Sorry, had to vent!

[daisy112878]

kay - you just need to stay over here with us!!!! We play nicely!! I hope things get better for ya.

[ohiominnie]

I agree. I rarely venture off of my cruise meet threads. The water is just too dangerous elsewhere.

Hope things start looking up for you, Kay! :)

[ohiominnie]

I did it. I did it. I have officially become crunchy. Or granola. Or a freak. Call me what you want. But I just ordered these: www.lunapads.com

Not for me. For KT who, unfortunately, is growing up as a woman no matter how hard I've tried to prevent it. I've read RAVE reviews on these (never have heard a bad thing) and she's having problems with the "typical" products out there, so what the heck, we're giving it a try.

Wow, I thought homeschooling made me a freak. This DEFINITELY puts me well into that category! :)

[daisy112878]

kay - Are you flying into MCO on friday or saturday? Have you checked airtran? I know it would make you have one stop in ATL but they have some discounted coach tickets right now for $139 plus tax one way. So for 4 tickets it's $1278. They also have some $178 plus tax one way tickets. Just trying to help ya out!

[wdwluvrs]

Well I am on the committee for our next h/s reunion the girl that has done the last three is having health issues so three of us guys have volunteered. Kay we hope you find a good airfare I know ours are the highest we have ever paid to fly from Buffalo to Orlando. hope everyone is having a good week on the bright side tomorrow is Thursday.

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Thursday! Running a little late this morning as it seems the DIS was down overnight and into this morning.

Hope everyone has a great day!

A Happy New Year to any of our fellow cruisers who are Jewish.

[zerog]

THE GIFT OF LIFE

There is a wisdom in living life, and unless we have mastered it, we are vulnerable to serious disaster. All can attain it. It rests on the realization that everything we have, is a gift, ultimately from the Creator, and that every day of our lives the gift is given anew. This realization will deepen our joys of possession, and it will also lighten the grief of separation.

In assessing our condition, we are often tempted to be dissatisfied. Our mind wanders toward what we lack. And, if we contrast our deficiency with somebody else’s affluence, we are tempted to rebel against our destiny. But our mind is set at peace when we suddenly remember that whatever we have is not, in a final sense, of our making. Nor is it ours as of right. For what did we bring with us into the world which is our home? We came into it devoid of everything. And all toward which we have grown and everything which has been placed into our hands, to have and to cherish, is a gift given us freely, graciously.

It was given in love, a love which, in a real sense, we could not earn and for which we can offer little in reciprocity. And when this awareness possesses us, we look at ourselves with new contentedness. The awareness of our blessings, and of the source from which they come, prepares us also for the inevitable surrender. For being mortal, we know that the things we cherish cannot last forever, and that even if they last, we cannot always be around to enjoy them. A final separation awaits every relationship, no matter how tender. Some day we shall have to drop every object to which our hands now cling. These thoughts sadden us, but we can bear them more readily when we remember that the measure of our loss is also the measure of our privilege.

Shall we rebel because the rose lasts for a brief few days? No! We dare not grieve for the days when no roses blossom in our garden. We must rather give thanks for whatever days we were privileged to enjoy roses, to taste their beauty and their fragrance. Every day of our life our blessings are given to us anew. For the gift given us and for whatever time we are privileged to keep it, we are grateful. And when we are asked to surrender the gift, we shall still know that we were richly blessed.

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone!

Good advice Randy. As a cancer survivor I've tried to enjoy every day I have here on earth. Some days better than others. For me one thing that helped is journaling. If I'm having a bad day I write it down. If I'm having a great day I write it down. I also write down all the blessings in my lift. After I write down the bad things I go back and re-read the good things and blessing. Thanks for the great reminder.

[speakupjc]

Everyone have a great weekend and remember:



Go Bucks!!!!! :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[WDWLVR]

Good morning Cruisers





We sail in 32 weeks!

[wdwluvrs]

looks like fall is on the way rained off and on most of the day and 47 out now

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Sunday.

Had a very nice time last night at a dinner/dance put on by DH's company. They are a family owned company that is celebrating 150 years of business. The party was for all workers, family, long time customers and the companies major vendors. Over 350 people in all. Each employee got a certificate thanking them for their years of service and they had a slide show going during dinner and the cocktail hour showing everyone at work and how many years they had been with the company. One gentlemen just retired after working for them for 65 years!

We never got to the dancing part - they might have started that after we left. After dinner they opened up a separate room with a sweet table and the dj started playing but no one was really dancing.

Still a great party.

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Monday.



an early morning UTOP!

PDFG and all who need it.

[dreamcometrue]

hi all! Just wanted to check in! How is everyone doing? I am off to work in a bit! Airfare has gone up again, it's depressing. I am thinking of just biting the bullet and buying it. I originally planned on us flying in on the redeye Thursday night, but now I am thinking we'll take a 8am Friday morning flight, getting us there around 4pm. Probably less stressful. I have never taken a redeye with the kids, so I don't know how they would do and I don't think this is the time to find out ;) Besides, coming in in the afternoon, we'll know for sure our hotel room is ready for us!

Has anyone heard from Jen? Wondering how her Alaska cruise went! :confused3

[speakupjc]

Karen will you verify me that the game this week is the one that your dh and dc can't attend. We will be in attendance and I don't want to look them up if they aren't going to be there.

[ohiominnie]

Karen will you verify me that the game this week is the one that your dh and dc can't attend. We will be in attendance and I don't want to look them up if they aren't going to be there.

Yes. It's the Northwestern game and dh is on call so he can't be there. He swapped tickets with someone else and I think that's how he got 4 tickets to the Youngstown game. But I'm not 100% positive. I just pay the Buckeye Club bill. ;)

[speakupjc]

We are looking forward to the game and are sorry your family won't be there. We look forward to meeting all of you at homecoming. Before long we will have to make concrete plans:) Oh by the way aren't ya'll going to Disney soon? We are going to the BCV from Sept 29-Oct 4 and then will be on the Wonder from Oct 4-7. If anyone has any insights on the Wonder please let me know as we have never sailed on her before as we have just been on the Magic. Our plan is to stay on the boat in Nassu and go to the Rainforest for those awesome heat tiled chairs. We of course will get off at Castaway Cay.

[zerog]

Hi Speakup

We just took the Wonder 3-nite in May. From what I understand, the Magic is almost exactly the same.

[WDWLVR]

If anyone has any insights on the Wonder please let me know as we have never sailed on her before as we have just been on the Magic. Our plan is to stay on the boat in Nassu and go to the Rainforest for those awesome heat tiled chairs. We of course will get off at Castaway Cay.

Good morning everyone!

The Magic and Wonder are just about identical so if you know your way around one you'll have no problems with the others. The big differences:

Lobby decor - one is art nuveo while one is art deco (can't remember which is which).

Lumiere's on the Magic is Triton's on the Wonder

Topsiders on the Magic is Beach Blanket Buffet on the Wonder

Beat Street on the Magic is Route 66 on the Wonder

Magic has Sorcerer Mickey on the front while the Wonder has Steamboat Willie

Magic has Goofy hanging off the back while the Wonder has Donald and Huey, Duey and Luey.

Just small little touches like that.

[daisy112878]

Mary - got a question for our all knowing moderator - how many tickers can we have in our signatures? I think there's a limit but i'm not sure.

Got a great call today. My MIL calls me today to tell me Adam's cousin and his wife are pregnant. And hinting at the fact that she wants to be a grandmother. I know she means well and I love her to death (I got very lucky) but still don't need to hear it. We hear it from everyone else and don't need it from our families. Sorry to vent tonight but needed to get it out. I feel better now!!! Now going back to look at the dcl food thread, can't wait to have me some food from palo!!!

[WDWLVR]

Mary - got a question for our all knowing moderator - how many tickers can we have in our signatures? I think there's a limit but i'm not sure.

Got a great call today. My MIL calls me today to tell me Adam's cousin and his wife are pregnant. And hinting at the fact that she wants to be a grandmother. I know she means well and I love her to death (I got very lucky) but still don't need to hear it. We hear it from everyone else and don't need it from our families. Sorry to vent tonight but needed to get it out. I feel better now!!! Now going back to look at the dcl food thread, can't wait to have me some food from palo!!!

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So to answer your question - if you only had tickers you could have 3. Each ticker is a graphic.

[speakupjc]

Everyone have a great weekend. Thanks for the tips on the wonder.

[WDWLVR]

Good morning Cruisers





We sail in 31 weeks!

[WDWLVR]

Hey Ohio State please don't beat up on Northwestern too bad. The school is based right near us. Of course the old joke is that of all the Big 10 schools Northwestern ranks at the bottom for sports and the top for academics. I heard they used to do a cheer:

That's all right!

That's ok!

You're going to work for us some day!

For the record we have an Ohio State magnet in our kitchen not a Northwestern.

[ohiominnie]

Hey Ohio State please don't beat up on Northwestern too bad. The school is based right near us.


And really really close to Garrett's popcorn! :) Maybe KT needs to consider going there! ;)

Mike's dad called last night. They had gone out to dinner (in Springfield) at the Golden Corral. Half of the restaurant was blocked off and all of the tables were covered in pretty table clothes and done up nicely. A little bit later, 3 charter busses pulled in and the NW team unloaded and came into eat! We laughed because we knew there was no way they'd be trying to eat in Columbus!!!

[WDWLVR]

And really really close to Garrett's popcorn! :) Maybe KT needs to consider going there! ;)

Mike's dad called last night. They had gone out to dinner (in Springfield) at the Golden Corral. Half of the restaurant was blocked off and all of the tables were covered in pretty table clothes and done up nicely. A little bit later, 3 charter busses pulled in and the NW team unloaded and came into eat! We laughed because we knew there was no way they'd be trying to eat in Columbus!!!


Well I hear they do have a good drama department.

[ohiominnie]

Well I hear they do have a good drama department.

Yup, I've heard that too. Not sure I could handle all of the Chicago traffic going to visit or pick her up/drop her off.

[WDWLVR]

Yup, I've heard that too. Not sure I could handle all of the Chicago traffic going to visit or pick her up/drop her off.

True - but the upside is that you only have to go another mile or so for pizza and left, right, center. :)



Woo Hoo - UTOP with Karen!

PDFG and all who need it!

[ohiominnie]

True - but the upside is that you only have to go another mile or so for pizza and left, right, center. :)


Which would only take about 45 minutes! ;) :lmao:

You are right though. That would be a huge benefit of her going to NW. We'd get to see you guys a lot! :)

If she doesn't want to go there, maybe Nick would. Do they have a "Jungle Cruise humor" major?

[dreamcometrue]

just watched the Magic sail out! It got me sooo excited for our cruise! 7 more months... Posted the pics on the 9/22/07 cruise meet thread. Hope they enjoy it when they return! :banana:

[speakupjc]

I went to the OSU game. It was great but it was lopsided. I saw one of the NW cheerleaders and got to speak to her. I told her that although the game was lopsided the cheerleaders were beautiful. She was generally pleased by the comment.

[dreamcometrue]

yay!!! Angles are American League West Champions!!!!
:goodvibes :cool1: :banana: :woohoo: :yay: :dance3: :cheer2: :hyper: :love1: party: :jumping1: :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[WDWLVR]

Another fun getting to know you quiz thanks to Karen's blog. This one involves High School. :cheer2:


1. Who was your best friend?

2. Did you play any sports?

3. What kind of car did you drive?

4. It’s Friday night. Where were you?

5. Were you a party animal?

6. Were you considered a flirt?

7. Were you in the band, orchestra, or choir?

8. Were you a nerd?

9. Were you ever suspended or expelled?

10. Can you sing the fight song?

11. Who was your favorite teacher?

12. What was your school mascot?

13. Did you go to the Prom?

14. If you could go back, would you?

15. What do you remember most about graduation?

16. Where were you on Senior Skip Day?

17. Did you have a job your senior year?

18. Where did you go most often for lunch?

19. Have you gained weight since then?

20. What did you do after graduation?

21. What year did you graduate?

22. Who was your senior prom date?

23. Are you going/did you go to your 10 year reunion?

[WDWLVR]

Here are my answers:


1. Who was your best friend? Karen (no, not ohiominnie - guess I just like girls named Karen)

2. Did you play any sports? No, but I was a track timer

3. What kind of car did you drive? None - didn't get my liscense until I was 28.

4. It’s Friday night. Where were you? Usually out with a small group of friends for pizza etc.

5. Were you a party animal? No

6. Were you considered a flirt? No

7. Were you in the band, orchestra, or choir? No

8. Were you a nerd? I guess so

9. Were you ever suspended or expelled? No

10. Can you sing the fight song? Yes

11. Who was your favorite teacher? Mr. Gummerson

12. What was your school mascot? Huskie

13. Did you go to the Prom? No

14. If you could go back, would you? Hmmm - maybe

15. What do you remember most about graduation? That it was supposed to be outside but while we were lining up inside it started to rain. Our parents all got soaked and the class was divided into three groups (we were over 1200 strong). I graduated in the cafeteria. :lmao:

16. Where were you on Senior Skip Day? at school - guess I was a nerd :)

17. Did you have a job your senior year? No

18. Where did you go most often for lunch? Usually the cafeteria but as juniors and seniors we could also go off campus

19. Have you gained weight since then? Yes :sad2:

20. What did you do after graduation? Went to work at Sears Headquarters

21. What year did you graduate? 1975

22. Who was your senior prom date? didn't have one

23. Are you going/did you go to your 10 year reunion? No but I've always gotten the books.

[ohiominnie]

Another fun getting to know you quiz thanks to Karen's blog. This one involves High School. :cheer2:

My answers: http://www.pediascribe.com/20070923/meme-sunday-high-school-spirit/

You always make this SO easy for me to answer these "getting to know you" questions! :)

[WDWLVR]

My answers: http://www.pediascribe.com/20070923/meme-sunday-high-school-spirit/

You always make this SO easy for me to answer these "getting to know you" questions! :)

Hey - that's what friends are for. Besides you do the real hard work getting them up there in the first place. I just borrow them for here. :)

[wdwluvrs]

got the results of my mri today as my Doctor said your brain is normal which is excellent on the other hand still no cause for the vertigo may be something that has to run its own course. But count me (us) in on the tequila wine and Beer tastings anyone have idea as to what days. Ill post the answers to the latest question

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Tuesday!

Mike - glad to hear the MRI came back normal. Sorry can't help with the tastings as we don't drink.

[speakupjc]

I am so glad that your MRI came out normal. Keep us posted please.

[wdwluvrs]

here are my answers to the latest question.

1 who was your best friend. I had a number of friends
2 did you play sports. football wrestling track
3 what kind of car did you drive. I hitchhiked
4 its Friday night where did you do. to the dances after the football and basketball games i stood off to the side with all the other guys
5 were you a party animal lets say the drinking age was 18 and i was 18
6 were you considered a flirt. I was shy
7 were you in band orchestra choir. no
8 were you a nerd. no
9 were you ever suspended or expelled. no but i did get into a fist fight right during a class once
10 can you sing the fight song. we had class cheers i can sing the alma mater
11 who was your favorite teacher. Miss Lingle
12 what was you mascot. Owls we even had live one
13 did you go to the prom. no
14 if you could go back would you. yes
15 what do you remember most about graduation
16 where were you on senior skip day. we had to many bomb scares that year
17 where did you go most often for lunch cafeteria we could not leave
18 have you gained weight sense then 10 lbs
19 what did you do after graduation. I joined the Navy my draft number was 27
20 what year did you graduate. 1972
21 who was your prom date. i could not get one
22are you going /did you go to your 10 year reunion. yes in fact we just had our 35th I've only missed one

[ohiominnie]

Alright guys, I'm off now. Headin' to California. "See" ya all when I get back. :)

[WDWLVR]

Alright guys, I'm off now. Headin' to California. "See" ya all when I get back. :)

Have a great time! We'll miss you!

[staci489]

WE too are going on this cruise we cant wait...:) new to this forum and well Never Cruised before and we cant wait...

[dreamcometrue]

Hi guys! Slowly feeling better here and getting out of my slump! It's fall and I am putting up my fall decorations around here! I found a Wii today for a price that is not outrageous. I got lucky on Amazon. I tell ya, if you don't snag those up right away, they are GONE! 5 minutes later, there were none left! I am thrilled. One of the kids Christmas presents is done!

Here's the latest survey thing:

1. Who was your best friend? Bianca

2. Did you play any sports? not at school, but I was very into horseback riding

3. What kind of car did you drive? Honda Civic

4. It’s Friday night. Where were you? hanging out with friends, usually at each others houses or we met up with a group of people somewhere

5. Were you a party animal? yes lol

6. Were you considered a flirt? just a little

7. Were you in the band, orchestra, or choir? No

8. Were you a nerd? no

9. Were you ever suspended or expelled? no, but I skipped almost every history class, but was never caught. Strangely enough I still got a B- :rotfl:

10. Can you sing the fight song? Yes

11. Who was your favorite teacher? Mrs. Hinkle

12. What was your school mascot? Eagle

13. Did you go to the Prom? yes

14. If you could go back, would you? yes I would again

15. What do you remember most about graduation? my best friend stood next to me, her graduation gown was too small and while on stage I heard a big ripping sound and then "oh ****" and her gown had ripped at the shoulders. We all laughed. Well, except her.

16. Where were you on Senior Skip Day? pool party

17. Did you have a job your senior year? just babysitting

18. Where did you go most often for lunch? there was always this catering truck across the street, we went there and got hot dogs

19. Have you gained weight since then? oh god yes! :(

20. What did you do after graduation? went to college and worked for a law firm as a legal secretary

21. What year did you graduate? 1992

22. Who was your senior prom date? Eric

23. Are you going/did you go to your 10 year reunion? yes I did

[dreamcometrue]

WE too are going on this cruise we cant wait...:) new to this forum and well Never Cruised before and we cant wait...

Hi Staci!! Welcome! It's nice to meet you! Please tell us a little about yourself and your family! This will be our first Disney cruise too (well, first cruise period! :rotfl: ). it'll be me (turning 34 the day before the cruise, so I'll be celebrating onboard! :banana: ), DH 35, DS (will be 12), DD (will be 8).

[dreamcometrue]

WE HAVE HIT THE 7 MONTHS MARK!!!!
:yay: :woohoo: :cheer2: :dance3:

[WDWLVR]

WE too are going on this cruise we cant wait...:) new to this forum and well Never Cruised before and we cant wait...

Welcome to the DIS, the DCL forums and this cruise! Glad to have you sailing with us. For our family it is myself and my DH Mark (known on the DIS as MarkRG).

If you go to the first post on the thread you'll see info on the web page we're doing for the cruise and how to send your info if you are interested.

Hope to see you posting more over the next 7 months so we can get to know you!

[zerog]

Welcome to the boards Staci! :yay:

I found my name..
http://images.spaceref.com/news/2007/zerog.students.jpg

[staci489]

Hi Staci!! Welcome! It's nice to meet you! Please tell us a little about yourself and your family! This will be our first Disney cruise too (well, first cruise period! :rotfl: ). it'll be me (turning 34 the day before the cruise, so I'll be celebrating onboard! :banana: ), DH 35, DS (will be 12), DD (will be 8).

well let me say 1st that our kids are the same age..but my daughter will have just turned 9, and my ds will be 12.5 until april 29th..and then we will celebrate his 13th on the ship...:)

Im 39 and dh will be 41 when we go...I will be 40 that year....We are originally from NY lived in NJ for 10 yrs and Now in Waxhaw/Marvin NC which is about 35 min from Uptown Charlotte...lovin life here...

We are so excited we cant wait...

[staci489]

Welcome to the DIS, the DCL forums and this cruise! Glad to have you sailing with us. For our family it is myself and my DH Mark (known on the DIS as MarkRG).

If you go to the first post on the thread you'll see info on the web page we're doing for the cruise and how to send your info if you are interested.

Hope to see you posting more over the next 7 months so we can get to know you!


Well thank You these boards are so cool...Im on a few different forums so this is definately exciting..I will go to the 1st page and give my info..:)

Ok I sent an email..

[daisy112878]

Welcome Staci489!!!!! This is dh and I's 3rd dcl cruise but first time on the eastern route.

Kay - I put all my new fall decorations on sunday. I love fall and christmas time for decorating esp now that i have more room to do things. That's awesome you found a WII. I'm getting dh a xbox 360 for his b-day in october. Well actually he's buying it today while he's working at the microsoft office in charlotte. They never grow out of it!

[wdwluvrs]

welcome aboard Staci enjoy playing catch up and join in on posting

[DazzleMagic]

ooops sorry!

[dreamcometrue]

sorry, posted with my other username up there (I use only for vmk board).
Anyway, Staci, that's great our kids are very close to being the same age. My DD will be 8 on October 8th, and DS will be 12 on November 9th!

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone! Hope Karen, Mike and the kids had a good flight out to California.

Staci - got your e-mails and have replied to your one question.

3 weeks from today Mark and I start our road trip down to WDW and our 4 day DVC Member Cruise. Can't wait to get back on DCL!

Have a great day everyone!

[dreamcometrue]

it's nice to see the "6 months" on my ticker!! :cool1: It feels like April will never come, yet the time goes fast at the same time!

I had no idea Karen left for California already. Must have missed the post! Wish we could have touched base before, however, I probably won't have time to drive out to Disney the next week or so anyway! :sad2:

Have to work all day today. It's hard to get going this morning! I need to go upstairs and get ready! :coffee:

[daisy112878]

Yay just found out that I get to check-in a day early for our conference at the CR next month. :banana: My boss (aka my dad) wants to go to the Thomas Kinkade breakfast that disney is putting on that saturday morning at the GF. Thomas Kinkade is unveiling his new piece called A New Day at the Cinderella Castle. My dad collects disney artwork and already has the other Thomas Kinkade disney picture so he's very excited about getting this piece plus getting to meet Thomas Kinkade.

[tinkerone]

it's nice to see the "6 months" on my ticker!! :cool1: It feels like April will never come, yet the time goes fast at the same time!

I had no idea Karen left for California already. Must have missed the post! Wish we could have touched base before, however, I probably won't have time to drive out to Disney the next week or so anyway! :sad2:

Have to work all day today. It's hard to get going this morning! I need to go upstairs and get ready! :coffee:

i like (who am i kidding, LOVE) to see the weeks countdown. each saturday morning i run to my computor just to see it.
remember, you may not hear much from me but i'm watching. anyone scared yet.:lmao:

[WDWLVR]

Yay just found out that I get to check-in a day early for our conference at the CR next month. :banana: My boss (aka my dad) wants to go to the Thomas Kinkade breakfast that disney is putting on that saturday morning at the GF. Thomas Kinkade is unveiling his new piece called A New Day at the Cinderella Castle. My dad collects disney artwork and already has the other Thomas Kinkade disney picture so he's very excited about getting this piece plus getting to meet Thomas Kinkade.

Mark and I will be at that breakfast as well. I love Thomas Kinkade!

[daisy112878]

Mary - how cool that yall are going too. He loves his disney picture so he was very excited to know about the breakfast. My sister and I have already decided that one day we'll have to have a timeshare agreement on that disney picture!

[speakupjc]

Have a good week everyone! I will probably not be back on the boards before October 7 as I am leaving tomorrow morning for 5 nights at Disney World (we are staying at the Beach Club) and a 3 night cruise on the Wonder. Send me pixie dust please for good weather and safe travels. I can hardly wait to get there.

[WDWLVR]

Have a good week everyone! I will probably not be back on the boards before October 7 as I am leaving tomorrow morning for 5 nights at Disney World (we are staying at the Beach Club) and a 3 night cruise on the Wonder. Send me pixie dust please for good weather and safe travels. I can hardly wait to get there.


Have a great time! Take good care of the Wonder - we sail on her in just over 3 weeks!

[dreamcometrue]

morning all! Another long day for me today! I am working for my office manager today and yesterday, since she had to fly out to Arizona to take care of her mom. At least it's Friday! :banana:

Have a great day!

[WDWLVR]

Good morning Cruisers





We sail in 30 weeks!

[WDWLVR]

Karen (ohiominnie) says to say Hi to everyone. So HI!

She has been sending me e-mails from Mike's Iphone. Got one yesterday while they were waiting for Aladdin and another last night after the fireworks. They are having a great time.

[wdwluvrs]

we have a typical fall day here 54 out now.. Come Monday and for the rest of the week back to the mid 70's. Something about the sound of 30 weeks really has a nice ring. Working latter today there is a play in the theater of the school tonight.

[ohiominnie]

Hey all! Just checking in. It's surreal to be here at Disneyland. Everything is similar, but different. It's very weird not knowing where anything is...like bathrooms! Or where to get a funnel cake!

Having a good time though!

Catch ya all later!

[staci489]

I know we cant wait...:)

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone! Happy Sunday!

Nice to see Karen checking in - that Iphone comes in handy. :)

Our next cruise is only 3 weeks away so if I seem to be a bit distracted you'll know why. :woohoo:

[daisy112878]

Just got back from taking the doggies for a walk. The weather is awesome right now. I can't wait for next weekend. We're going to Asheville, NC to the Biltmore Estate. I hope the leaves are changing and the weather stays cool.

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone! Happy Monday!

Daily - Asheville sounds nice. I want to go see Biltmore some day. We're heading to NC for the first time on our way back from our cruise in 3 weeks. Heading to Welcome, NC to go visit Richard Childress Racing and their museum.

Have a great day everyone.

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone. Happy Tuesday!

The Ohio family leave the Disneyland area today for a few days down in San Diego. Sounds like they are having a great time. I even e-mailed her the 30 week countdown the other day. :lmao:

[ohiominnie]

Checking in from the Hotel del Coronado.

It ain't Disney. That's for sure! :)

Will post about our trip when I get back. :)

U TOP!!!

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone! Great to see Karen checking in. Enjoy San Diego!

[dreamcometrue]

looks like Disney is not offering the Anguilla dolphin encounter for now. I sure hope they will offer it again in April, as the kids and I really wanted to do this! :eek: Been busy at work, working a few extra hours here and there. It will be nice for the Christmas fund! although, today I went home sick because I had a terrible headache that would not go away and it hurt so bad to even look at the computer monitor at work! I felt bad but oh well...it was a slow day and I wasn't doing anything productive anyway!

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone! Getting excited...two weeks from today we'll be on the road heading to Disney and our DVC Member Cruise! Can't wait to get back on the Wonder! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[WDWLVR]

Good morning Cruisers





We sail in 29 weeks!



We are in the roaring 20's! :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone!

Mike - it was great to see you in chat last night.

Karen - are you guys home yet? I'm thinking you should be but couldn't remember. I miss you!

[tinkerone]

Good morning Cruisers





We sail in 29 weeks!



We are in the roaring 20's! :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:


doing my happy dance! :banana: :yay: :cool1: :cheer2: :dance3:

[wdwluvrs]

we were wondering which of the Disney ships goes into dry-dock this month and special plans for improvements for some reason 29 weeks does not seem that far away

[WDWLVR]

we were wondering which of the Disney ships goes into dry-dock this month and special plans for improvements for some reason 29 weeks does not seem that far away

Mike - I think the next drydock is the Magic in September of next year. The Wonder just did theirs last year. I don't think either one is scheduled for this year.

[dreamcometrue]

I just checked and the first time Mary posted the countdown was at 66 (!) weeks!! It seems surreal that we are at 29 weeks now!! Oh gosh, I am so excited! I seriously think about this cruise every day, all day long pretty much! It really isn't too much longer now.. :banana:

[ohiominnie]

We're home! :) We left the Del yesterday morning around 7:30 and spent the entire day travelling! :) By the time you consider time zone changes, it was literally the entire day. We're finishing up unpacking now. Then we tackle the laundry (yet another reason I missed my DVC!)

DVC Villa constructin at DL has started. So we'll probably be back when those are done. :)

As for the Del.....over-rated.

[WDWLVR]

Welcome home Karen! How about Hawaii in 2011???? Yes, with DVC!

[wdwluvrs]

Beautiful day today we went for a walk over town and back. Just relaxing and watching the Nascar race now will tackle the yard and start the leaves tomorrow sense it is a long weekend here. Does anyone remember when our final payment is due and we can start making Palo and shore excursion reservations.

[ohiominnie]

Welcome home Karen! How about Hawaii in 2011???? Yes, with DVC!

I hadn't seen that. Hmmm.....that would be COOL! What is that? 4 years from now? I'll have to mention it to Mike. (he's recording now, so I can't bother him!) ;)

[dreamcometrue]

hey guess what?? My ticker is in the 100's now!!! whoohoo!!! :cool1: :banana: :yay:

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone. Happy Monday! Going to be another hot one here in Chicago!

Karen - once you are all settled back home we'd love to hear about your trip. What did you like, what didn't you like, etc?

Only 10 days for us until we head out to the Member Cruise. Getting excited! Button production has started, the suitcases are out of the attic and the clothes rack is in the dining room. Yeah! :woohoo:



Woo Hoo - an early morning UTOP with Karen!


PDFG and all who need it.

[dreamcometrue]

welcome back Karen! Please do tell us about your trip and how you liked good ol' California ;) I love the San Diego area. Every time we are down there, I want to move there! :rotfl: Sorry we didn't get a chance to meet up. By the time I realized you were going, you were already gone. I probably wouldn't have made it down to Disneyland that week anyway...busy with work and stuff!

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone! Happy Wednesday!

Only one more week of work before V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N!!!!!!!

Karen - great blog today!

[ohiominnie]

Good morning everyone! Happy Wednesday!

Only one more week of work before V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N!!!!!!!

Karen - great blog today!

WHAT? How dare you leave us!?!?!?!? ;)

As for my DL impressions....it's on the blog today. :) www.pediascribe.com

San Diego stories are coming soon. As are pictues.

[WDWLVR]

WHAT? How dare you leave us!?!?!?!? ;)



What can I say? You know I love the Member Cruises. Plus we get to do Hilton Head this trip (which we've never done), visit a couple of new states (NC and SC), plus get to see our cousin's new baby.

Don't worry we'll have the notebook and I plan on checking in from time to time.

Plus when I get back I can start doing some updates to this cruises web page. :)

[ohiominnie]

What can I say? :)

I'm just kiddin' ya! I said that cuz I just had the gall to leave YOU!

[WDWLVR]

I'm just kiddin' ya! I said that cuz I just had the gall to leave YOU!

I know! :)

I totally agree with your assesment of Disneyland. I love that it is Walt's park and appreciate many of the things it has, but it is nothing like my beloved Walt Disney World. Epcot has been my favorite for so long and California has nothing to compare to that.

I do love that you can walk to everything which is one of the reasons I really love Boardwalk. I can walk to both Epcot and the Studios.

[WDWLVR]

Good morning Cruisers





We sail in 28 weeks!

[wdwluvrs]

pretty quiet for 28 weeks to go. it has turned to fall here 47 degrees out now. raked leaves today we get to put them in the street next to the curb then towards the end of the month the city goes around and picks them up. working at the school tomorrow trying to pay off the cruise and have extra for all the fun on board.

[WDWLVR]

pretty quiet for 28 weeks to go. it has turned to fall here 47 degrees out now. raked leaves today we get to put them in the street next to the curb then towards the end of the month the city goes around and picks them up. working at the school tomorrow trying to pay off the cruise and have extra for all the fun on board.

You're right Mike -this is a pretty quiet group. I know for us it is getting ready for our next cruise. We sail one week from today on the Wonder for a 4 night DVC Members cruise.

Fall has come to Chicago as well. Not too heavy on the leaves yet but we do the same thing with them. rake them to the curb and the village picks them up once a week.

I'm sure things will pick up a bit as we get closer and closer to the cruise.

[ohiominnie]

i've been busy here.
i've got school every day with the kids.
then rehearsals have started for KT's High School Musical.
plus trying to catch up from being on vacation.
then there is blog related work.
and the indians are in the ALCS. We haven't watched much baseball all year, but i grew up an Indians fan, so we're watching them (except last night we couldn't stay up that late!)
Plus there is this little thing called college football. :) And we had to watch the #1 team go down yesterday and listen to #2 go down. What's that? The BUCKEYES should be ranked #1 today????

Speaking of.....speakupjc.....you coming into town this next Saturday?? Wanna meet up?

[WDWLVR]

Time for another round of getting to know you thanks to Karen's blog:

Were you named after anyone?
When was the last time you cried?
Do you like your handwriting?
What is your favorite lunch meat?
Do you have kids?
Do you have pets?
Do you use sarcasm a lot?
Do you still have your tonsils?
Would you bungee jump?
What is your favorite cereal?
Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
Do you think you are strong?
What is your favorite ice cream?
What is the first thing you notice about people?
Red or pink?

What is the least favorite thing about yourself?
What do you miss the most?
What color pants and shoes are you wearing?
What was the last thing you ate?
What are you listening to right now?
If you won the lottery, would you share it?
Favorite smells?
Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
Favorite sports to watch?
Hair color?
Eye color?

Do you wear contacts?
Scary movies or happy endings?
Last movie you watched?
What color shirt are you wearing?
Summer or winter?

Hugs or kisses?
Favorite dessert?
What book are you reading now?
What is on your mouse pad?
What did you watch on TV last night?
Favorite sound?
What is the farthest you have been from home?

Do you have a special talent?
Where were you born?

[ohiominnie]

My answers:

http://www.pediascribe.com/20071014/sunday-meme/

[WDWLVR]

Here are my answers

Were you named after anyone? Mary comes from my Mom and Patricia because I was born a week after St. Patrick's day.

When was the last time you cried? A couple of months ago at the funeral of my friends son.

Do you like your handwriting? No, it is very messy.

What is your favorite lunch meat? Butterball oven roasted turkey.

Do you have kids? No (well Bear but no human kids)

Do you have pets? A few fish

Do you use sarcasm a lot? Um yeah - it is why Karen and I get along so well. :)

Do you still have your tonsils? Yes

Would you bungee jump? No

What is your favorite cereal? Kashi Heart to Heart

Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? No

Do you think you are strong? Physically no, mentally somewhat

What is your favorite ice cream? Vanilla

What is the first thing you notice about people? Smile

Red or pink? Pink

What is the least favorite thing about yourself? My hair

What do you miss the most? My Mom

What color pants and shoes are you wearing?Blue jeans and cream colored Crocs

What was the last thing you ate? A handful of cashews

What are you listening to right now? Planet Earth DVD

If you won the lottery, would you share it? Yes to some extent

Favorite smells? Oranges - it reminds me of the Horizons ride at Epcot

Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? A wrong number

Favorite sports to watch? Nascar

Hair color? Medium Golden Brown (hey that's what the box says) :lmao:

Eye color? Hazel

Do you wear contacts? No

Scary movies or happy endings? Happy Endings

Last movie you watched? The Guardian (it was on tv this morning)

What color shirt are you wearing? Black

Summer or winter? Summer

Hugs or kisses? Hugs

Favorite dessert? :mickeybar

What book are you reading now? Devil in the White City (Yes Karen tell Mike I'm still reading it. Got 1/2 way through and life just got busy). :)
What is on your mouse pad? Disneylands 50th Castle

What did you watch on TV last night? Nascar race at Charlotte

Favorite sound? A DVC cast member saying Welcome Home!

What is the farthest you have been from home? Hawaii

Do you have a special talent? Not really

Where were you born? Bethany Hospital - Chicago, IL


OK everyone - its your turn. Tell us about you!

[WDWLVR]

My answers:

http://www.pediascribe.com/20071014/sunday-meme/

I do make this easy on you don't I? :lmao:

[ohiominnie]

Do you use sarcasm a lot? Um yeah - it is why Karen and I get along so well. :)

What are you listening to right now? Planet Earth DVD

Favorite smells? Oranges - it reminds me of the Horizons ride at Epcot
Hair color? Medium Golden Brown (hey that's what the box says) :lmao:

What book are you reading now? Devil in the White City (Yes Karen tell Mike I'm still reading it. Got 1/2 way through and life just got busy). :)
Favorite sound? A DVC cast member saying Welcome Home!



Yup, you're probably right. I give it to you, you give it right back! :)

Yeah, you took our advice and are watching Planet Earth. Oh wait, you aren't watching it. You're "listening" to it. :lmao:

Horizons ride? Soarin' has oranges. :)

Hair color. HA HA HA love your answer!

I'll let Mike know. He read that b/c my dad and his partner recommended it. My dad has now recommended "Lone Survivor" saying it's the absolute BEST book he's read in a LONG TIME.

Sound....yes, you're right. That is a GLORIOUS sound to hear! :)

[WDWLVR]

Yup, you're probably right. I give it to you, you give it right back! :)

Yeah, you took our advice and are watching Planet Earth. Oh wait, you aren't watching it. You're "listening" to it. :lmao:

Horizons ride? Soarin' has oranges. :)

Hair color. HA HA HA love your answer!

I'll let Mike know. He read that b/c my dad and his partner recommended it. My dad has now recommended "Lone Survivor" saying it's the absolute BEST book he's read in a LONG TIME.

Sound....yes, you're right. That is a GLORIOUS sound to hear! :)

Totally true!

Well I'm watching it a bit but was listening to it at that moment because my eyes were on the computer monitor.

True - which is why I love Soarin!

Actually that is my natural hair color as well (well I guess my natural color now would be grey which is why I use the box).

Very good book but it is a deep read so I haven't been breezing through it.

I'll hopefully be hearing that wonderful sound in less than a week and sailing in one week and one hour! YEAH!

[speakupjc]

Were you named after anyone? The Dantzler Family who are cousins and my mother which is where I got my first name (My full name is Elizabeth Dantzler Izard Brunswick)

When was the last time you cried? Probably a couple of months ago

Do you like your handwriting? It's ok

What is your favorite lunch meat? Chicken

Do you have kids? A 4 year old Catherine Elizabeth (we call her Catherine)

Do you have pets? A Dog (Zack)

Do you use sarcasm a lot? In fun sometimes

Do you still have your tonsils? Yes

Would you bungee jump? No

What is your favorite cereal? Fruit Loops

Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? No, but I do untie them to put them back on. Karen we have a lot in common don't we!

Do you think you are strong? Yes mentally

What is your favorite ice cream? Graeter's Raspberry Chocolate Chip

What is the first thing you notice about people? Smile

Red or pink? Red (Scarlet that is. Go Bucks!)

What is the least favorite thing about yourself? My health (I was in a wreck 2 years ago and have carpel tunnel in both hands and a bad back as a result of it)

What do you miss the most? See above

What color pants and shoes are you wearing? Denim jeans and white tennis shoes.

What was the last thing you ate? Cookies at the ball game

What are you listening to right now? Spongebob Squarepants

If you won the lottery, would you share it? Yes with my family, close friends and the Ohio State University (I would establish a scholarship for a deserving college student and buy season football tickets every year of my life)

Favorite smells? Fresh baked cookies, the sea air at Castaway Cay, candles

Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? my husband

Favorite sports to watch? Buckeye Football on TV

Hair color? Brown

Eye color? Blue with gold and green flakes

Do you wear contacts? No I used to, however, now I wear glasses

Scary movies or happy endings? Happy endings. And they lved happily ever after!

Last movie you watched? The Little Mermaid

What color shirt are you wearing? Red OSU Buckeyes sweatshirt.

Summer or winter? Summer. I hate snow!

Hugs or kisses? Hugs.

Favorite dessert? Choclate Souffle with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

What book are you reading now? None

What is on your mouse pad? Ohio State

What did you watch on TV last night? Ohio State Football followed by UK beating up LSU and then sports central to find out if CA had been beaten and they had! Yippeee now the Ohio State University is ranked #1. Go Bucks!!!!

Favorite sound? The sounds of the Buckeyes football season

What is the farthest you have been from home? Hawaii.

Do you have a special talent? Dancing, Planning events

Where were you born? Mobile, AL



Karen yes I would love to get up with you. Let's make plans to meet.
By the way Karen and Mary if your ears were burning when I was on vacation it is because you were being talked about. I met up with Laura LeClair at DW.

[WDWLVR]

By the way Karen and Mary if your ears were burning when I was on vacation it is because you were being talked about. I met up with Laura LeClair at DW.

She told us! So glad you guys could meet up. I wish they could join us on this cruise. They are a great family. We had met them back a couple of years ago at an Illuminations Dessert party before we cruised with them last year. We also had breakfast with them (and one other DIS family) at Grills the morning of our cruise.


Edit to add - she told us you met...now what exactly did you both say about us?:lmao:

[ohiominnie]

What is your favorite lunch meat? Chicken


What is your favorite cereal? Fruit Loops

What is your favorite ice cream? Graeter's Raspberry Chocolate Chip

What did you watch on TV last night? Ohio State Football followed by UK beating up LSU and then sports central to find out if CA had been beaten and they had! Yippeee now the Ohio State University is ranked #1. Go Bucks!!!!

Karen yes I would love to get up with you. Let's make plans to meet.
By the way Karen and Mary if your ears were burning when I was on vacation it is because you were being talked about. I met up with Laura LeClair at DW.

When I read your favorite lunch meat, I saw it as "Meat-chicken!" ;)

If you like Fruit Loops, try the Fruity Cheerios. Very good! (and healthier to boot! Now if I eat Fruit Loops they taste too sickening sweet for me.)

Oh yeah, that is a GOOD ice cream!! Cracks me up they call it "chocolate chip." More like "chocolate CHUNK!"

Game is at 3:30 this weekend, right? Did you say you wanted to meet somewhere very close to the stadium? There is Buckeye Cafe, although I fear that is going to be a zoo! There are several other good places that aren't *too* far away. I just don't know what it will be like for Nick and I trying to get TO the stadium area while everyone else is trying to leave. ;)

[tinkerone]

[QUOTE=wdwluvrs;21287031]pretty quiet for 28 weeks to go.


i'm always here in the background, have my ears to the ground but keeping hush hush. loving the count down. can't wait till 1 week to go!:yay:

[speakupjc]

Laura and I met at the AK. The cool thing is that we won a private safari so we all got to go!!! It was awesome and we got to see animals that generally aren't out. Laura is a sweetheart and I just adore her. She is sending me some pictures and some Mickey Heads as we don't get have them here and I have kept checking the store to no avail. I was telling her about our cruise and naturally we started talking about the Buckeyes (of course she is a MI fan but I love her anyway) and one thing lead to another. I mentioned that we were meeting Karen at a game and then she said I know her. I also mentioned you Mary and she said she is a friend of mine to. We talked for a while about how wonderful the two of you are, how you guys had met and I tried to get her to go on the cruise (but sadly she can't go). What can I say except it is a small world. I had no idea you guys were friends! She said I will love you guys and the cruise will be wonderful.

Karen, We will be arriving around 12 noon on Saturday and the game is at 3:30. We could meet for lunch at the Buckeye Cafe (if we can get in), meet for dinner afterwards or do brunch on Sunday. We have to be back in Lexington at 4:15 on Sunday but besides that I am wide open. Do you have a preference? What will work with your schedule. I know that when I went to the Buckeye Cafe before the NW game there was only one other table with people at it. Was it a slow day do it being NW? I don't know. What do you think?

[dreamcometrue]

Hey, I thought of a name for us... DISers in the Caribbean. Is it lame? :lmao:

Were you named after anyone? my middle name is after my aunt who is also my god mother

When was the last time you cried? not sure but I wanted to cry this morning when my computer at work wasn't loading my profile

Do you like your handwriting? yes

What is your favorite lunch meat? turkey

Do you have kids? yes, 2

Do you have pets? 3 dogs, 1 cat

Do you use sarcasm a lot? yes

Do you still have your tonsils? yes

Would you bungee jump? no, I don't think so

What is your favorite cereal? frosted flakes

Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? no

Do you think you are strong? no

What is your favorite ice cream? Baskin Robbins Strawberry Cheesecake

What is the first thing you notice about people? Smile

Red or pink? pink

What is the least favorite thing about yourself? my weight

What do you miss the most? talking to my mother in law late at night :(

What color pants and shoes are you wearing? grey sweats, no shoes

What was the last thing you ate? salad

What are you listening to right now? nothing, it's quiet...ahhhhh!!

If you won the lottery, would you share it? yes

Favorite smells? pumpkin spice scented candles

Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? my husband

Favorite sports to watch? Angels baseball

Hair color? Brown

Eye color? brown

Do you wear contacts? yes

Scary movies or happy endings? Happy endings

Last movie you watched? I don't remember, it's been a while

What color shirt are you wearing? yellow

Summer or winter? summer

Hugs or kisses? Hugs

Favorite dessert? cheesecake

What book are you reading now? none right now

What is on your mouse pad? nothing, just a black one from Dell

What did you watch on TV last night? Desperate Housewives

Favorite sound? silence!

What is the farthest you have been from home? not sure

Do you have a special talent? I am pretty crafty

Where were you born? Germany

[WDWLVR]

Laura and I met at the AK. The cool thing is that we won a private safari so we all got to go!!! It was awesome and we got to see animals that generally aren't out. Laura is a sweetheart and I just adore her. She is sending me some pictures and some Mickey Heads as we don't get have them here and I have kept checking the store to no avail. I was telling her about our cruise and naturally we started talking about the Buckeyes (of course she is a MI fan but I love her anyway) and one thing lead to another. I mentioned that we were meeting Karen at a game and then she said I know her. I also mentioned you Mary and she said she is a friend of mine to. We talked for a while about how wonderful the two of you are, how you guys had met and I tried to get her to go on the cruise (but sadly she can't go). What can I say except it is a small world. I had no idea you guys were friends! She said I will love you guys and the cruise will be wonderful.

Karen, We will be arriving around 12 noon on Saturday and the game is at 3:30. We could meet for lunch at the Buckeye Cafe (if we can get in), meet for dinner afterwards or do brunch on Sunday. We have to be back in Lexington at 4:15 on Sunday but besides that I am wide open. Do you have a preference? What will work with your schedule. I know that when I went to the Buckeye Cafe before the NW game there was only one other table with people at it. Was it a slow day do it being NW? I don't know. What do you think?


That is really cool about the private safari! You are right it is a very small world and that is what I love about these boards. A chance to get to know people from all over. Hope you and Karen have a great meet as well. I know you will because they are good people too!

[WDWLVR]

Hi everyone! I've started an "almost live" thread for our Member Cruise (to be turned to a live thread once we board) on the cruise trip reports board. Stop by if you want to keep track of us and see what we are up to. :)

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=21322419#post21322419

[dreamcometrue]

I booked our air! I feel sick to my stomach, knowing how much I paid. Way over what I budgeted, but I have been watching the fares climb since May and I can't risk it going up even more. So I just booked it and want to forget about it! :lmao: It's exciting though, because it makes this cruise even more real!

Mary, I took your advice and we will be leaving LA Friday morning, coming in Friday afternoon, and not taking the redeye even though that would have saved us some money! We'll just be way too exhausted, especially since I know i won't be able to sleep! We'll just take it easy Friday, go to dinner for my birthday and make it an early night! Our flight home leaves at 1:20pm on Saturday after the cruise!

[camom3]

Hello All,

Am I still allowed to post even though I haven't been around for awhile?:lmao:

I have been so busy....I figure if I get a job out of the home I won't be so busy (I haven't done that yet)

I am so afraid that my dd in 9th grade won't be able to go on the cruise. She already has 7 absences (and you are only allowed 15 total - or you don't receive credit for the class) and when we cruise it won't be her spring break.

She had a MRSA staph infection (thank God we caught it early) and then the next week she had a virus in the lining of her lung that put her in the hospital (actually they wanted to rule out that the MRSA had spread).

Jen

[dreamcometrue]

Hey Jen! I am thinking about you a lot! Glad to see you post! How was your Alaska cruise?

Tell your DD to not get sick again! :lmao: Hope she will be able to go! Have you guys bought airfare yet? It's insane from LAX! :scared1: I bought ours yesterday, don't even want to think about it. Paid $500 more than I wanted to!

[WDWLVR]

Jen - nice to see you!

Well the car is all packed and we are ready to go early tomorrow am. Just going to see how the storm that is headed this way is doing as to when we head out. I'll have the notebook so may check in once in a while.

[wdwluvrs]

Mary and Mark have a great cruise along with smooth seas drive safe pirate: