"Double Dip Delight" 09.27.2008 - Chapter 5!

[Magic3forme]

:confused3:confused3:confused3My new cruise apparently has not heard of Patron either.

I thought it was just you guys...:confused:

But because of you we all know what PATRON is now. :cool1:

[ntheory]

OH MAN! I think we are all going to celebrate when he finally gets to go! How frustrating, keep us posted hun! And I hope you dont have to move the cruise!



YES!! I think everyone is going to be so glad that they don't have to hear me fuss about it anymore. LOL!!




I have so many ideas bouncing around in my head...if I could get them down on paper and start submiting them to publications, I'd be set! LOL!

I hope you don't have to change your trip...that would really stink!



You should get started!!!


Thanks. Yes, it really would. We've gotten attached to the people we're sailing with, and it would be hard to change.




My mom told me today she is retiring in two weeks. From the post office anyway. She is going back to teaching, but she is going to teach online. The school district over there offers high school classes online for students who need remedial classes or for those working ahead. So she is getting a good salary on top of her pension and benefits too, plus extras like a $135/month stipend for internet access (!) and another allowance for VIOP. Nice! Wish I could get a gig like that.... I guess I am just getting restless. The working at night thing sucks and I shudder to think of 22 years more of it. :eek: (Remind me that it is my salary that provides all of our extras like WDW, cruises and the like...LOL!)

Gosh Shell I hope all that mess with Jared gets cleared up soon and it doesn't affect your cruise! :goodvibes


WOW. That's a great set up!!!

Thanks, Jen. I hope not, too, but if it happens, I know there's a reason.



A

Shell: :( that you may have to cancel your cruise.

Well we are in the countdown mode to move... I cant believe it is in 10 days!:scared1: I called and got final read dates for our utilities and now I am just waiting for our new phone number in GA.

My to do list keeps getting longer by the day!!

I did 6 loads of laundry alone today.. love when dh is gone for a week. ( John liked Japan and Taiwan.) did he bring us back anything??? nope.. just dirty laundry :rotfl2:


Woohoo!!!! You'll be a Georgia girl in no time at alL! I can't believe it's gone so fast. I hope you get settled in quickly.



:confused3:confused3:confused3My new cruise apparently has not heard of Patron either.

I thought it was just you guys...:confused:



Wow. You hang out with a lot of really uneducated people. Please, please, oh wise one, forgive our ignorance..... :worship:
:rotfl2::rotfl2:




Hopefully, Jared will hear something today. His Gunnery Sgt has been in SC since last week and is back. I'm hoping he will have some news for all of those recruits waiting to leave.

[pit303]

:confused3:confused3:confused3My new cruise apparently has not heard of Patron either.

I thought it was just you guys...:confused:

When is your next cruise??

[anewmac]

:confused3:confused3:confused3My new cruise apparently has not heard of Patron either.

I thought it was just you guys...:confused:

OH I know about Patron... its the DEVIL lol.. btw my room steward is still pulling the trashcan out of the wall, thanks to patron LMAO :lmao:

[TheDisneyGirl02]

But because of you we all know what PATRON is now. :cool1:

LOL! I had no idea what PATRON was before FatCat!

So I get to work this morning and I get an email from my boss. I am supposed to leave for vacation with my family on the 4th of July. My boss knew this and told me that he was most likely canceling his vacation due to an injury his son sustained while working out. Basically he won't be 'back' until the 6th of July. Anyway, I get an email that tells me that either I find somebody to work that day for me or I can't have off. So there are three other people who can supervise on the weekends so I email them. Two of the three can't do it I'm down to one person and sadly I'm not holding out much hope that she will be able to help me out. So basically now I'm going to lose a day of vacation and I'm going to end up working 6 days that week. :sad1:

I'm just really frustrated. Nobody from the full time staff will help me out because nobody wants to work on a Saturday plus it is the 4th of July.

I feel so horrible for my family because they already booked a hotel room for that night. Now because of me, we may lose the money for that hotel. We can't extend our vacation by a day because my dad has to teach summer school the Monday that we return.

So basically I was really quiet at work today and fought back tears all day.

Did I mention that since I thought I had a vacation day, I offered to work at the Disney Store that morning? Yeah so I call in today (I was on call this evening) and my manager tells me I don't have to work, but she was planning on using me for the morning of the 4th of July. So I end up in tears on the phone with her explaining to her what is going on. I just feel like I'm letting everybody down.

Sorry for the long vent...

[beachbratt]

LOL! I had no idea what PATRON was before FatCat!

So I get to work this morning and I get an email from my boss. I am supposed to leave for vacation with my family on the 4th of July. My boss knew this and told me that he was most likely canceling his vacation due to an injury his son sustained while working out. Basically he won't be 'back' until the 6th of July. Anyway, I get an email that tells me that either I find somebody to work that day for me or I can't have off. So there are three other people who can supervise on the weekends so I email them. Two of the three can't do it I'm down to one person and sadly I'm not holding out much hope that she will be able to help me out. So basically now I'm going to lose a day of vacation and I'm going to end up working 6 days that week. :sad1:

I'm just really frustrated. Nobody from the full time staff will help me out because nobody wants to work on a Saturday plus it is the 4th of July.

I feel so horrible for my family because they already booked a hotel room for that night. Now because of me, we may lose the money for that hotel. We can't extend our vacation by a day because my dad has to teach summer school the Monday that we return.

So basically I was really quiet at work today and fought back tears all day.

Did I mention that since I thought I had a vacation day, I offered to work at the Disney Store that morning? Yeah so I call in today (I was on call this evening) and my manager tells me I don't have to work, but she was planning on using me for the morning of the 4th of July. So I end up in tears on the phone with her explaining to her what is going on. I just feel like I'm letting everybody down.

Sorry for the long vent...

if you put in for your vacation and it was approved then its your Boss who needs to find someone to work not you...hope it all works out for you....:wizard:

[MagicMe]

LOL! I had no idea what PATRON was before FatCat!

So I get to work this morning and I get an email from my boss. I am supposed to leave for vacation with my family on the 4th of July. My boss knew this and told me that he was most likely canceling his vacation due to an injury his son sustained while working out. Basically he won't be 'back' until the 6th of July. Anyway, I get an email that tells me that either I find somebody to work that day for me or I can't have off. So there are three other people who can supervise on the weekends so I email them. Two of the three can't do it I'm down to one person and sadly I'm not holding out much hope that she will be able to help me out. So basically now I'm going to lose a day of vacation and I'm going to end up working 6 days that week. :sad1:

I'm just really frustrated. Nobody from the full time staff will help me out because nobody wants to work on a Saturday plus it is the 4th of July.

I feel so horrible for my family because they already booked a hotel room for that night. Now because of me, we may lose the money for that hotel. We can't extend our vacation by a day because my dad has to teach summer school the Monday that we return.

So basically I was really quiet at work today and fought back tears all day.

Did I mention that since I thought I had a vacation day, I offered to work at the Disney Store that morning? Yeah so I call in today (I was on call this evening) and my manager tells me I don't have to work, but she was planning on using me for the morning of the 4th of July. So I end up in tears on the phone with her explaining to her what is going on. I just feel like I'm letting everybody down.

Sorry for the long vent...


OKAY - first things first - BREATHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know it's disappointing but your parents know what the people are like that you work with and although they are also probably a bit disappointed, I'm sure they do not blame you for any of this.

There's a couple of weeks between now and then and I think you should be able to adjust the hotel easily without being penalized. Usually you only have a problem if it's somekind of package deal (like Disney!! - and even they will often work with you).

I hope the Disney store was accommodating. She probably didn't know what to do when you unloaded. :rotfl2:

Everything will work out - seriously! You have to STOP taking everything (blame) on yourself. These things do happen. Remember that some of your reaction is due to stress!!

[nenner1]

Aww Amy, I hope you guys can work that out!

That kind of thing used to always happen to me. I'm so sorry!! I reallly hope someone comes through for you! :goodvibes

[TheDisneyGirl02]

if you put in for your vacation and it was approved then its your Boss who needs to find someone to work not you...hope it all works out for you....:wizard:

OKAY - first things first - BREATHE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know it's disappointing but your parents know what the people are like that you work with and although they are also probably a bit disappointed, I'm sure they do not blame you for any of this.

There's a couple of weeks between now and then and I think you should be able to adjust the hotel easily without being penalized. Usually you only have a problem if it's somekind of package deal (like Disney!! - and even they will often work with you).

I hope the Disney store was accommodating. She probably didn't know what to do when you unloaded. :rotfl2:

Everything will work out - seriously! You have to STOP taking everything (blame) on yourself. These things do happen. Remember that some of your reaction is due to stress!!

Aww Amy, I hope you guys can work that out!

That kind of thing used to always happen to me. I'm so sorry!! I reallly hope someone comes through for you! :goodvibes

Thank you for your kind words. :grouphug:

Thankfully the last person who I emailed is going to be able to work for me. I called the Disney Store and told them that if they needed me, I could still work that morning. It was so relieved. I was so stressed out last night that I was up crying until 1:30am. I feel better today, thankfully.

However, I have made a big decision - I'm going to start looking for another job. I'm not 100% in love with what I do and it's getting harder and harder to go to work everyday. I will not leave this job until I have another one though. I can't be scared to do it, I just have to go if the opportunity comes up. Another big reason is because I need to earn more money. I can't survive (or even think about bringing children into this world) without getting better pay. It doesn't have to be a lot, but even $5,000 would help. We'll see what happens.

Thank you again for your support. :grouphug:

[anewmac]

OH Amy you poor thing.. your boss is a Jerk, but im sure you already thought that too. I used to work for one like that. I would cry everyday going to and from work, on my breaks etc. E at one point told me to just quit and we would be ok until I found something else, BUT Im not a quiter until I know there is something else better waiting for me. YA KNOW. and this was 4yrs ago, so I can fully understand how you feel. Start looking and something better will come that you love and who appriciate you and what you do. And treat you right. Hugs hun!

[MagicMe]

Amy - good for you. I found that it's always easier to look and interview when you currently have a job. You know that regardless of what happens in the interview, you still do at least have something to hold you over until you find the right thing! STAND up for yourself - you're definitely worth it!!!!

[Magic3forme]

Amy::grouphug: sorry that your boss is a jerk. I was going to say call off and be done with it. hopefully you will find a new job soon. :)

[FatCat]

So .... I may (but REALLY hope not) have to change our cruise date. :( Apparently, the Marines are having issues. They are backlogged with recruits that need to go to boot. We have no idea at all when Jared will go now. We do know that he will go no later than Nov. 3 since that's when he swore into the DEP (can only be in there 365 days before going to boot). I'm so frustrated with all of this. As much as I don't want my kid to leave, I'm going to celebrate when he finally gets to go because it's been such a struggle for us.


This mean you may be sailing with the FATCAT!!!

[Magic3forme]

how about my hometown winning yet another championship??
The Stanley cup!!!
:cool1: Pittsburgh Penguins!!! I just wish we had been in town for the win last night..... the town went crazy last night. it is too bad we arent going on a cruise this year... it would be a tough decision.. Steeler jerseys or penguin jerseys. ( hint hint.. guess what will be on our Xmas card this year???)

off to a going away party at the neighbors. :) in 7 days we will be in Georgia!!! ( and then you all wont have to read about it anymore :rotfl2:)

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Just wanted to say hi to everyone and give us a bump up!

Believe it or not, the wedding is 4 months from tomorrow!!!!! Can you believe it!!!! There's a lot to do, but I'm loving the planning!!!! :)

[ntheory]

This mean you may be sailing with the FATCAT!!!


Unfortunately, I don't think we'll move the date to an earlier one. :(




off to a going away party at the neighbors. :) in 7 days we will be in Georgia!!! ( and then you all wont have to read about it anymore :rotfl2:)


Not much longer, Val!!!! And you'll have to change your 'location' on here. :)




Just wanted to say hi to everyone and give us a bump up!

Believe it or not, the wedding is 4 months from tomorrow!!!!! Can you believe it!!!! There's a lot to do, but I'm loving the planning!!!! :)




Wow. The time is just flying by, isn't it???????

[Magic3forme]

Shell: my location has been changed!! :thumbsup2 it is Day 3 of loading, my house is boxes, boxes, boxes. There is a wall of boxes blocking the kitchen into the family room.. the kids are complaining they cant see the tv from the kitchen :lmao:


Gabbys friends had a surprise going away party for her. very cute and kind of sad. :(

[ntheory]

Shell: my location has been changed!! :thumbsup2 it is Day 3 of loading, my house is boxes, boxes, boxes. There is a wall of boxes blocking the kitchen into the family room.. the kids are complaining they cant see the tv from the kitchen :lmao:


Gabbys friends had a surprise going away party for her. very cute and kind of sad. :(



Ahhhhhhh .... MUCH better. :)

I know that you will be glad to have it all over!!! (and so will the kids!)


Oh, how sweet. What great memories for her.

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Gabbys friends had a surprise going away party for her. very cute and kind of sad. :(

Awwww...that is very nice of them! At least they can still stay in contact via email and IMs - hopefully that will help! :)

[FatCat]

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[TheDisneyGirl02]

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LOL!!!!!!!!

That was a good one!!!!!

[anewmac]

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LMAO omg that was great thanks for the laugh!

[MagicMe]

Just giving us a bump off of page 3!!

[alleluia5]

Wow I can't believe you all are still going on this thread - its been forever since I checked it. Things are going well here - actually getting ready to take a "surprise" cruise on Saturday - can't wait. But I have to tell you - the cruise thread for that cruise was so DEAD. I mean they didn't even make it past the first 11 pages or something - sigh. I don't think anyone will ever live up to you guys :hug:

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Hi everyone!!!!

Sadly I found out today that one of my bridemaids won't be able to make it up for my wedding. I'm very sad about it, but I want her to get her life in order more. :( My fingers are still crossed that she'll at least be able to make it up here to be at the wedding. (She lives in Florida, BTW)

Going through our registry right now trying to finalize it. It's so much fun!

Hope all is well with everyone! :)

[Magic3forme]

hello from boxland!! :) well we are done to 29 boxes... 4 in the office.. the rest are just basement boxes and we still that way for a while!! :)

the kids love having a pool right up the street!! the problem is we havent been getting there until 3 or 4. so far everyone is friendly and the kids meeting a bunch of people.

we watched the cruise video on Sat... I want to go now!!! :)

[MagicMe]

Hi everyone!!!!

Sadly I found out today that one of my bridemaids won't be able to make it up for my wedding. I'm very sad about it, but I want her to get her life in order more. :( My fingers are still crossed that she'll at least be able to make it up here to be at the wedding. (She lives in Florida, BTW)

I know you really wanted her - I certainly hope she can at least make the wedding. If not, you can touch base with her on your honeymoon!!


Going through our registry right now trying to finalize it. It's so much fun!

OH NO :scared1: You weren't done!! Somebody should have told Nana!!!
Hope all is well with everyone! :)

hello from boxland!! :) well we are done to 29 boxes... 4 in the office.. the rest are just basement boxes and we still that way for a while!! :)

the kids love having a pool right up the street!! the problem is we havent been getting there until 3 or 4. so far everyone is friendly and the kids meeting a bunch of people.

we watched the cruise video on Sat... I want to go now!!! :)

Good for you!! All moved in (for the most part)! Glad the kids are enjoying!!

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Good for you!! All moved in (for the most part)! Glad the kids are enjoying!!

No worries about the registry...We just need to add a few things. Everything that is on there is going to stay on there. :)

Val, glad you're nearly moved in! :)

[nenner1]

Hey gang!

Just caught up..

Shel, enjoy your cruise! I'm JEAL-USSSSS! :rotfl2:

Amy, I'm sorry about your bridesmaid! I hope she can make it up to see the wedding! :guilty:

OMG Reigstries are SOOOO much fun! We didn't do one for our wedding (we eloped) but I had a blast with the kids' ones. I really went overboard on Sarah's!:lmao:

Val: How are you enjoying GA? LMAO, we have more boxes sitting around than you I think!:rolleyes1 (I'm trying to purge old baby clothes and stuff)..I'm glad to hear you guys are getting settled in!

Well, Savannah made the dance competition team this year. That is a great achievement for her at only 8 (last year the youngest was I think 10) but it sure is going to dig a huge hole in our disposable (coughcough-cruise) income. We have to shell out around $1000+ in the next month alone for fees, intensives and all that jazz (literally!):eek:
Of course that is not counting costumes and choreography, competition fees (now she will have to go to four plus nationals) and conventions (which I don't know much about but I'm sure they are expensive) lol...the worst part is we are in for it with Sarah too, you should see her dance! ;)

It is a gorgeous rainy day down here..I'm going to try to get a nap! :thumbsup2

[MagicMe]

Well, Savannah made the dance competition team this year. That is a great achievement for her at only 8 (last year the youngest was I think 10) but it sure is going to dig a huge hole in our disposable (coughcough-cruise) income. We have to shell out around $1000+ in the next month alone for fees, intensives and all that jazz (literally!):eek:
Of course that is not counting costumes and choreography, competition fees (now she will have to go to four plus nationals) and conventions (which I don't know much about but I'm sure they are expensive) lol...the worst part is we are in for it with Sarah too, you should see her dance! ;)

It is a gorgeous rainy day down here..I'm going to try to get a nap! :thumbsup2

Tell Savannah -
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! :cheer2:

I never had anyone in dance but I had a son on several travel soccer teams and the extra expense on those was enough!!! (and he didn't need alot of extra costumes :lmao:). Good luck!

OMG - you're just going to have to post a little clip of Sarah dancing!!!!!!!

[nenner1]

Tell Savannah -
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! :cheer2:

I never had anyone in dance but I had a son on several travel soccer teams and the extra expense on those was enough!!! (and he didn't need alot of extra costumes :lmao:). Good luck!

OMG - you're just going to have to post a little clip of Sarah dancing!!!!!!!

Oh I will tell her, thank you! :)

Soccer is NOT cheap, my stepbrother played soccer for years and boy it was really expensive!

I took some good video yesterday of Sarah but I can't post it until I get my other computer back! I will though, it is so cute~!

[Magic3forme]

Yeah Savannah!! :)

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Jen,

I thought I had replied to Savannah making the dance competition group and I must not have! OMG! I know too well about the money dance costs but it is so worth it!

If any of her competitions/conventions bring her up to Eastern PA, let me know! I would love to see her dance! :)

[alleluia5]

Hey gang!
Shel, enjoy your cruise! I'm JEAL-USSSSS! :rotfl2:
:thumbsup2

Thanks! I think I am in cruise denial :lmao: We were originally going in Oct but then an opportunity to go earlier came up and now its here :scared1: Ummm packing - yeah......gotta do that :rotfl2:

[MagicMe]

HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE!!! pixiedust:pixiedust:pixiedust: Hope it's a safe one for all!

[nenner1]

Yeah Savannah!! :)

Jen,

I thought I had replied to Savannah making the dance competition group and I must not have! OMG! I know too well about the money dance costs but it is so worth it!

If any of her competitions/conventions bring her up to Eastern PA, let me know! I would love to see her dance! :)

Thanks guys! :)

Amy I will be sure to let you know! If the schedule stays the same as last yr, Nationals are in Orlando, and that will be the furthest we go (they stay at the Sawn/Dolphin....yayyyyyy! :banana: I'll take two extra nights please ! ;)). I do know though that they have gone to NYC in the past years so we'll see (OMG the cruise fund will be totally depleted if that happens!)

She starts her summer intensives next week and we are really anxious to see what girls are in which divisions. They have really expanded their company in the last few years and this year so far it seems like the younger divisions exploded. I hope some of ehr friends are moving up with her but we were really suprised that she got put in competition when there were two more levels of performance team to move up to..hope all of her friends aren't still back in performance team!

We took the kids to the movies yesterday (we were going to see Up but the times didn't work out so we ended up seeing Night at the Museum 2)...Sarah did not do so good. LOL, I guess she is at that age. She was happy enough just walking around on the ramp into the theater, and they should give her a job since she did such a good job cleaning all the popcorn off the floor! :upsidedow

Today...Ron & the kids are out buying fireworks for the neighborhood show, we will spend the day hanging in the pool, grilling, watching the hot-dog eating contest, it will rain this afternoon, and then we will head over to the Pier in ST. Pete for the big show, then back home for the neighborhood fireworks show! :thumbsup2

Hope you all have a safe and happy 4th! :smooth:

[Magic3forme]

Happy 4th everyone!!

We had a bike decorating contest this morning. This afternoon is a pool party and cookout. Then off to the next neighborhood for fireworks. I love living near a pool :)

[ntheory]

I hope everyone had a great 4th!! It's been quiet on here.


Val, are you all settled in??

[Magic3forme]

Shell: We have all the boxes gone on the top 2 floors.
next big item is area rugs. I am not used to this much hardwood floors.. I am a carpet kind of girl. and we need blinds... we have temps up and for now they work. :lmao:

I am in Pittsburgh this week... I can relax and cool off. :goodvibes and next weekend is my high school reunion!! :) hope we have good weather!!

hope everyone has a good weekend!

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Hi guys, I'm sorry I haven't been around much lately...I've been so busy with work...sadly today I was laid off from my full time job. I'm still in shock...

Just needed to share with my Double Dip Family.

[ntheory]

Hi guys, I'm sorry I haven't been around much lately...I've been so busy with work...sadly today I was laid off from my full time job. I'm still in shock...

Just needed to share with my Double Dip Family.



Oh my goodness!!!! I'm so sorry to hear that. :(

[nenner1]

Hi guys, I'm sorry I haven't been around much lately...I've been so busy with work...sadly today I was laid off from my full time job. I'm still in shock...

Just needed to share with my Double Dip Family.

Oh no! Oh AMY! :sad2: I am so sorry!!!

That is terrible, I so hope you can find something else quickly!
I really hope this doesn't affect your wedding and/or honeymoon! :sad1:

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Oh my goodness!!!! I'm so sorry to hear that. :(

Oh no! Oh AMY! :sad2: I am so sorry!!!

That is terrible, I so hope you can find something else quickly!
I really hope this doesn't affect your wedding and/or honeymoon! :sad1:

Thanks you guys. :grouphug: I'm hoping something comes along soon too. Don't worry, it's not going to cause any changes to to the wedding or our honeymoon...I"m going to need that honeymoon to WDW by that point!

I am trying to get all of my doctor appointments taken care of before my insurance ends at the end of the month. My orthopedic surgery is squeezing me in to get my painful screw removed from my leg on Wednesday so I'm very happy about that.

I'm more sad that I'm not going to see my co-workers everyday. Oh well...when one door closes and other one opens...

[ntheory]

Thanks you guys. :grouphug: I'm hoping something comes along soon too. Don't worry, it's not going to cause any changes to to the wedding or our honeymoon...I"m going to need that honeymoon to WDW by that point!

I am trying to get all of my doctor appointments taken care of before my insurance ends at the end of the month. My orthopedic surgery is squeezing me in to get my painful screw removed from my leg on Wednesday so I'm very happy about that.

I'm more sad that I'm not going to see my co-workers everyday. Oh well...when one door closes and other one opens...


You seem to have it all together, Amy, and that's a wonderful thing. I hate that you're losing your job and your co-workers, but I'm quite sure there's a plan in place for you and your life. I'm thrilled to hear that you don't have to change anything about the wedding or honeymoon!!!

I hope that screw comes out easily and that you have no more pain from it!!

[TheDisneyGirl02]

You seem to have it all together, Amy, and that's a wonderful thing. I hate that you're losing your job and your co-workers, but I'm quite sure there's a plan in place for you and your life. I'm thrilled to hear that you don't have to change anything about the wedding or honeymoon!!!

I hope that screw comes out easily and that you have no more pain from it!!

Thank you for the kind words. Everyone has been so supportive of me and it makes me feel so good. Last night Dave and I went out and celebrated our third anniversary at Dave and Buster's...it was fun - we played some games and had a nice dinner. Today we went and looked for tuxes for the wedding and even found a wedding band we liked! It's been a great distraction. Today would be my normal 'Saturday' since I work Tuesday - Saturday, so it's not too bad today. Tuesday maybe a little different, we'll have to see.

I'm going home tomorrow morning (I'm at Dave's house right now) to sign the paperwork for the small surgery to get my screw out and then I'm going to come back down and spend the day here. I'm keeping busy, which is always good.

I'll be ok...I just keep thinking about the song "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow"... I'm sure it's just around the corner. :)

[ntheory]

Thank you for the kind words. Everyone has been so supportive of me and it makes me feel so good. Last night Dave and I went out and celebrated our third anniversary at Dave and Buster's...it was fun - we played some games and had a nice dinner. Today we went and looked for tuxes for the wedding and even found a wedding band we liked! It's been a great distraction. Today would be my normal 'Saturday' since I work Tuesday - Saturday, so it's not too bad today. Tuesday maybe a little different, we'll have to see.

I'm going home tomorrow morning (I'm at Dave's house right now) to sign the paperwork for the small surgery to get my screw out and then I'm going to come back down and spend the day here. I'm keeping busy, which is always good.

I'll be ok...I just keep thinking about the song "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow"... I'm sure it's just around the corner. :)



I'm so glad you've had some diversions. Happy anniversary! :)

I hope the surgery goes quickly and easily for you.

LOL!!!! That's my theme song - I always tell people to have a great day and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow. Always makes me think of my favorite place, and no matter what, I feel better. :)


Hugs for you, Amy. :grouphug::grouphug:

[TheDisneyGirl02]

I'm so glad you've had some diversions. Happy anniversary! :)

I hope the surgery goes quickly and easily for you.

LOL!!!! That's my theme song - I always tell people to have a great day and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow. Always makes me think of my favorite place, and no matter what, I feel better. :)


Hugs for you, Amy. :grouphug::grouphug:

I went in this morning to sign my paperwork to have the screw removed. The entire procedure takes only about 2 minutes! They are going to put my under though, which I am about about, but it should be quick at least. I did get pain pills though I probably won't have to take many if any at all.

Thanks again for the hugs! :)

[anewmac]

I'm so glad you've had some diversions. Happy anniversary! :)



Ok read that quickly and thought it said "Im so glad you had some fun in Diversions" then i was all when did she go on another cruise.. :lmao:

man this can tell you where I want to be.... TE-KILL-YA Tasting in Diversions LOL

hugs Amy

[MagicMe]

man this can tell you where I want to be.... TE-KILL-YA Tasting in Diversions LOL

ME TOO!!!!!!!!!:thumbsup2

[Grandma4ever]

ME TOO!!!!!!!!!:thumbsup2

I am sorry to have been missing for so long but life and WDW got in the way. I only have 15 months before I am back home!! Lois

[MagicMe]

Well - looks like we're all busy with our new plans so no one is posting anymore. I see some of you on facebook so it's great to keep in touch!

[nenner1]

LOL..this great thread is dying a slow death but it isn't gone yet! :goodvibes

We booked our RCCL cruise this weekend on the Independence of the Seas. It is an 8 night Eastern (awesome! Extra day!) and is going to St Thomas St.Maarten and San Juan plus RCCL's private beach in Labadee Haiti.

I'm dying to go on the zip line in Labadee, supposedly you fly at 50 MPH (and we sure as heck better since it costs $80, LOL)

Anyway it is nice to be all wrapped up in cruise planning again! :goodvibes

[MagicMe]

LOL..this great thread is dying a slow death but it isn't gone yet! :goodvibes

We booked our RCCL cruise this weekend on the Independence of the Seas. It is an 8 night Eastern (awesome! Extra day!) and is going to St Thomas St.Maarten and San Juan plus RCCL's private beach in Labadee Haiti.

I'm dying to go on the zip line in Labadee, supposedly you fly at 50 MPH (and we sure as heck better since it costs $80, LOL)

Anyway it is nice to be all wrapped up in cruise planning again! :goodvibes

Congrats!!! It's sounds like alot of fun. the zip line is something I'd like to try, too. Had friends come back from Mexico last week and they did the zip line (well her DH and DS did - she chickened out) and they loved it!!

[ntheory]

LOL..this great thread is dying a slow death but it isn't gone yet! :goodvibes

We booked our RCCL cruise this weekend on the Independence of the Seas. It is an 8 night Eastern (awesome! Extra day!) and is going to St Thomas St.Maarten and San Juan plus RCCL's private beach in Labadee Haiti.

I'm dying to go on the zip line in Labadee, supposedly you fly at 50 MPH (and we sure as heck better since it costs $80, LOL)

Anyway it is nice to be all wrapped up in cruise planning again! :goodvibes



I hope you have a great time, Jen!!!

The planning *is* fun, isn't it?? :)

That zip line sounds like a freakin' blast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Jen, my sister is on a RCCL cruise right now on the Explorer of the Sea! She's having a great time!

Tonight Dave and I picked our menu for wedding! Here it is!!!

Fruit and cheese display

Mozarella sticks with marinara
Chicken nuggets with honey mustard
Potato pancakes with applesauce and sour cream
Beef teriyaki sate
Scallops wrapped in bacon

Fresh gourmet mixed greens with cucumber, tomato and seasoned croutons with Italian dressing (good seasons)

Beef tips burgandy (mushrooms)
Carved turkey with turkey gravy
Baked ziti
Red Bliss potatoes (red potatoes in a herb and garlic butter)
Green beans with toasted almonds
Wild Rice

We tried a few samples and they were so good! Of course he wedding cake is the dessert. We still have to pick that.

Hope all is well with everyone!

[anewmac]

Jen- cant wait to hear all about that one.

Amy- the menu sound YUMMO!

[Grandma4ever]

Thanks you guys. :grouphug: I'm hoping something comes along soon too. Don't worry, it's not going to cause any changes to to the wedding or our honeymoon...I"m going to need that honeymoon to WDW by that point!

I am trying to get all of my doctor appointments taken care of before my insurance ends at the end of the month. My orthopedic surgery is squeezing me in to get my painful screw removed from my leg on Wednesday so I'm very happy about that.

I'm more sad that I'm not going to see my co-workers everyday. Oh well...when one door closes and other one opens...
I hope that you find a new job that offers you room for both personal and financial growth. Happy to hear that you are not going to allow this setback to affect your plans for the future. Hope the surgery went well.

Well - looks like we're all busy with our new plans so no one is posting anymore. I see some of you on facebook so it's great to keep in touch!
I am on facebook if you can find me. I am not very good at using facebook.

LOL..this great thread is dying a slow death but it isn't gone yet! :goodvibes

We booked our RCCL cruise this weekend on the Independence of the Seas. It is an 8 night Eastern (awesome! Extra day!) and is going to St Thomas St.Maarten and San Juan plus RCCL's private beach in Labadee Haiti.

I'm dying to go on the zip line in Labadee, supposedly you fly at 50 MPH (and we sure as heck better since it costs $80, LOL)

Anyway it is nice to be all wrapped up in cruise planning again! :goodvibes
I was very happy to see this thread still alive. I hear that RCCL is good but haven't been able to risk it yet.

Jen, my sister is on a RCCL cruise right now on the Explorer of the Sea! She's having a great time!

Tonight Dave and I picked our menu for wedding! Here it is!!!

Fruit and cheese display

Mozarella sticks with marinara
Chicken nuggets with honey mustard
Potato pancakes with applesauce and sour cream
Beef teriyaki sate
Scallops wrapped in bacon

Fresh gourmet mixed greens with cucumber, tomato and seasoned croutons with Italian dressing (good seasons)

Beef tips burgandy (mushrooms)
Carved turkey with turkey gravy
Baked ziti
Red Bliss potatoes (red potatoes in a herb and garlic butter)
Green beans with toasted almonds
Wild Rice

We tried a few samples and they were so good! Of course he wedding cake is the dessert. We still have to pick that.

Hope all is well with everyone!

Menu sounds great!

[ntheory]

Jen, my sister is on a RCCL cruise right now on the Explorer of the Sea! She's having a great time!

Tonight Dave and I picked our menu for wedding! Here it is!!!

Fruit and cheese display

Mozarella sticks with marinara
Chicken nuggets with honey mustard
Potato pancakes with applesauce and sour cream
Beef teriyaki sate
Scallops wrapped in bacon

Fresh gourmet mixed greens with cucumber, tomato and seasoned croutons with Italian dressing (good seasons)

Beef tips burgandy (mushrooms)
Carved turkey with turkey gravy
Baked ziti
Red Bliss potatoes (red potatoes in a herb and garlic butter)
Green beans with toasted almonds
Wild Rice

We tried a few samples and they were so good! Of course he wedding cake is the dessert. We still have to pick that.

Hope all is well with everyone!



That sounds sooooooooo nice, Amy!!! I know that your guests will be thrilled with that menu. :)

[nenner1]

Jen, my sister is on a RCCL cruise right now on the Explorer of the Sea! She's having a great time!

Ohh! I'm jealous! :rotfl2:

Tonight Dave and I picked our menu for wedding! Here it is!!!

Wow, that sounds awesome! Why am I suddenly so hungry??? ;)

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Thanks everyone! I'm very excited about the menu!

Today I finally found the shoes I'm going to wear! Yay!!!! It took me all day, but I finally found them! I'll have to post a picture soon!

[Magic3forme]

hi everyone!! :) we were at the beach last week with slow slow internet service. ( we went to Seagrove Beach in Florida near Destin/Panama city) such an easier drive from GA!

Amy-- menu sounds awesome!!!

Jen--- very jealous about booking a cruise!! we had to cancel our Oct cruise.. so bummed.. but we still have one booked for Johns bday next Dec. :)

the kids start school next week 8/10 so much earlier from Ohio. we have to go today and get school supplies. (open house is this week)

and in Panama City we came home with a mini pet turtle. ( the size of a golf ball.) Natalie is beyond excited over her pet. :) everyone knows how anti animals I am... this should be interesting. :rotfl2:

Drea: when do you leave????

[nenner1]

hi everyone!! :) we were at the beach last week with slow slow internet service. ( we went to Seagrove Beach in Florida near Destin/Panama city) such an easier drive from GA!

Mmmm..hear there are some NICE beaches up there. :thumbsup2


Jen--- very jealous about booking a cruise!! we had to cancel our Oct cruise.. so bummed.. but we still have one booked for Johns bday next Dec. :)

yeah...RCCL is SO much cheaper, even on the monstah ships. ;) The cruise we are going on in Jan is longer than on DCL (8 nights), has more stops (add San Juan), and for equivalent rooms (D1 on RCCl, Cat 5 on DCL) it is over $1000 less. They're practically forcing me to give them a try!

the kids start school next week 8/10 so much earlier from Ohio. we have to go today and get school supplies. (open house is this week)

i know can you believe it is already time? We have a couple more weeks but I just don't know where the summer went. Ron took the kids school shopping this afternoon. :sad2: Time flies.

and in Panama City we came home with a mini pet turtle. ( the size of a golf ball.) Natalie is beyond excited over her pet. :) everyone knows how anti animals I am... this should be interesting. :rotfl2:

I had two little turtles like that when I was her age! Mine didn't last long....:confused3 LOL! :rotfl2:

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Val, holy crow does school start early! How do your kids feel about it?

I am currently searching for a knife and serving set for the wedding. I've been looking for quite sometime, but there is a relative of mine that wants to buy it for us. Anyway, they are all SOOOOO expensive! OK...the Disne ones are so expensive...LOL!

I also have to get my resume together soon because I found a job I really want to apply for! :yay: It's a public relations position and it is right up my alley! I'm going to work on my resume tonight and tomorrow. :)

Hope all is well with everyone! :)

[ntheory]

the kids start school next week 8/10 so much earlier from Ohio. we have to go today and get school supplies. (open house is this week)

and in Panama City we came home with a mini pet turtle. ( the size of a golf ball.) Natalie is beyond excited over her pet. :) everyone knows how anti animals I am... this should be interesting. :rotfl2:

?



Yep ... kids in our county start on the 6th - that's Thursday. Yuck. I will be glad that everyone is back in school, though. Public places won't be as crowded for us homeschoolers. LOL!!

A turtle, huh?? Have fun with that!!!






I also have to get my resume together soon because I found a job I really want to apply for! :yay: It's a public relations position and it is right up my alley! I'm going to work on my resume tonight and tomorrow. :)

Hope all is well with everyone! :)



Good luck, Amy!!!!! I hope you get the job. Keep us updated on that.

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Good luck, Amy!!!!! I hope you get the job. Keep us updated on that.

Thank you! I started my resume today and all of the clearances that I will need in order to apply. I'm actually trying to do a little bit of it right now. The part that I'm having the hardest time with is that my job changed over time. I was first doing marketing/public relations and then more of the customer service/store buying part of the job. So that is what I am trying to figure out right now. I need to put in about my public relations experience since I am applying for a public relations job but I'm just not sure how to include it on it. Any suggestions?

Guess what? I ordered the wedding invitations today!!!!!!!!! :yay: Seems like just yesterday we got engaged! :)

[Magic3forme]

Amy--our kids are ready to go back to school. since we moved they are missing truly just having kids over and just playing. they have met a bunch at the pool, but havent really been invited over.
Yeah about ordering invitations!! :) one step closer!!!
good luck updating your resume!! ( have a few people also look at it.... it helps to get their feedback.)

[pit303]

Thank you! I started my resume today and all of the clearances that I will need in order to apply. I'm actually trying to do a little bit of it right now. The part that I'm having the hardest time with is that my job changed over time. I was first doing marketing/public relations and then more of the customer service/store buying part of the job. So that is what I am trying to figure out right now. I need to put in about my public relations experience since I am applying for a public relations job but I'm just not sure how to include it on it. Any suggestions?

Guess what? I ordered the wedding invitations today!!!!!!!!! :yay: Seems like just yesterday we got engaged! :)

Did you do the pr job first and than switched over to the other postion? If you did I would split the positions on my resume show the timeframe for each position with your former employer.

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Did you do the pr job first and than switched over to the other postion? If you did I would split the positions on my resume show the timeframe for each position with your former employer.

Yes and no...

Here is the semi-short version of the story. I was hired as a marketing/public relations assistant. After about a year, I found out that my position was grant funded (I didn't know that when I was hired) and they (the powers that be) decided to outsource our PR and marketing department to a company who they thought would do so much better...that was a disaster but that was besides the point. By this time, the CEO (at the time) knew she wanted me to run the gift shop when we moved to our new building so she kept me on and just changed my job description to doing a little bit of PR and marketing but mostly reservations. Over time, the PR/marketing was taken away from me (they hired someone...I'm not going to comment on that person's abilities) and I went to doing reservations and store strictly. So I have really done PR work since spring of 2005.

That is where the dilemma comes in...

[nenner1]

Yes and no...

Here is the semi-short version of the story. I was hired as a marketing/public relations assistant. After about a year, I found out that my position was grant funded (I didn't know that when I was hired) and they (the powers that be) decided to outsource our PR and marketing department to a company who they thought would do so much better...that was a disaster but that was besides the point. By this time, the CEO (at the time) knew she wanted me to run the gift shop when we moved to our new building so she kept me on and just changed my job description to doing a little bit of PR and marketing but mostly reservations. Over time, the PR/marketing was taken away from me (they hired someone...I'm not going to comment on that person's abilities) and I went to doing reservations and store strictly. So I have really done PR work since spring of 2005.

That is where the dilemma comes in...

Hmm.. I think if it were me I would just list it all together as the one job PR/reservations/retail.

Good luck to ya girl! :)

[Magic3forme]

school starts today!! :) the lil ones were picked up at 6:43.. no one should ever be picked up that early . l ol. :)

the middle school isnt picked up until 8:23.

hopefully it will be a good day this afternoon. :) one is excited, one is whatever and one was really nervous!!!

[MagicMe]

Ahhhh - that first day is always a mixed bag of emotions (for the kids and Mom). Hope everything works out for all of them.

On a side note, I haven't been able to post anything since Amy reads these boards but I can now!!! We had a surprise Bridal Shower for her yesterday (Sunday)!! I think we actually did surprise her!! Her sister Beth (her twin) did a wonderful job setting the whole thing up. She had a Cinderalla theme that was just enough (not over the top cutesie but more elegant). She got alot of wonderful things but I will leave the details for Amy to post.

Boy, things are starting to move quickly now - less then 10 weeks to the big day!!! I think Amy is finally beginning to realize how really close it's getting!!!

[ntheory]

Ahhhh - that first day is always a mixed bag of emotions (for the kids and Mom). Hope everything works out for all of them.

On a side note, I haven't been able to post anything since Amy reads these boards but I can now!!! We had a surprise Bridal Shower for her yesterday (Sunday)!! I think we actually did surprise her!! Her sister Beth (her twin) did a wonderful job setting the whole thing up. She had a Cinderalla theme that was just enough (not over the top cutesie but more elegant). She got alot of wonderful things but I will leave the details for Amy to post.

Boy, things are starting to move quickly now - less then 10 weeks to the big day!!! I think Amy is finally beginning to realize how really close it's getting!!!



How wonderful!!!!!!! I know that everyone is getting excited about it. It's going to be beautiful.



Gonna post pictures of the shower?? Amy??

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Hi everyone!!!!

My shower was such a surprise and I was so excited! I was literally shaking! There were so many people there I loved so it was wonderful! One of my favorite things about my shower was that my one bridesmaids and her daughter came up from Maryland without me knowing it to surprise me! I hadn't seen her daughter for over a year (she's now 16 months old) so I was so excited!!!!! We had planned to go to Hershey Park with them today (OMG, it was so much fun to see the baby at the park!) so I knew I would have seen them today, but it was so exciting to get an extra day to see them!

I haven't had a chance to download many pictures, but here are three that I took with my iPhone!

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/TheDisneyGirl02/showerpresents.jpg
My presents!!!! I couldn't believe how many there were! :)

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/TheDisneyGirl02/showercake.jpg
My beautiful cake that my future DMIL made - it was WONDERFUL!!!!!

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/TheDisneyGirl02/meandcake.jpg
Me by my beautiful cake!

It was so much fun and just so exciting! I have to go through all of my presents again and start writing thank you notes. I will write more later but I have to get up early tomorrow morning because my sister is having her ACL reconstructed and I'm actually working for the first time in almost a month!!!! I'm doing an afternoon shift at the Disney Store! :)

[Magic3forme]

Awesome pics Amy.. looks like you got some great goodies!! :)
Love the cake... too cute and fitting for you. :)

[nenner1]

Wow..Amy that looks awesome! LOVE THE CAKE(s)...and man you sure brought in a haul! Look at all those gifts! I'm so glad you had such a nice surprise! :goodvibes

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Awesome pics Amy.. looks like you got some great goodies!! :)
Love the cake... too cute and fitting for you. :)

Wow..Amy that looks awesome! LOVE THE CAKE(s)...and man you sure brought in a haul! Look at all those gifts! I'm so glad you had such a nice surprise! :goodvibes

Thanks guys!

You should see my living room! I was at the hospital all day with my sister (she had knee surgery) and now I'm trying to put the finishing touches on my resume/application for that job that I'm applying for. It's due tomorrow!

I have to go through my presents yet and start writing the thank you notes! It was a great shower and the cake was WONDERFUL!!!! :)

[MagicMe]

Well no one has posted for a while so I thought I would just happen to mention that it's less than
2 MONTHS
until Amy and Dave tie the knot!!!! :scared1:

Seems like just yesterday we were all celebrating their engagement on the ship!!

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Just popping in to say hi!!!! And obviously to give up a bump!!!! :)

[Magic3forme]

hope everyone is having a good weekend. :)

we just booked a 4 day trip to Disney the weekend before Turkey day. :) gotta love free dining too. we are just trying to come up with a good place to eat.
( we have Le Cellier, Chef Mickey and Crystal Palace). we wanted a Fantasmic, and they were booked all weekend.

[nenner1]

Val...the whole F! thing has become such a mess since they cut back the days they perform it. We have actually never seen it and still decided to avoid that day cause of the horror stories I was reading. Sorry the packages are sold out! I have heard you have to line up more than 90 mins in advance without it....crazy..:eek:

Is anyone (other than Amy) planning on being in WDW in Oct?

I finally convinced ROn (yeah like it took a lot of work) to get more play 3 passes, so we can hit up Food & Wine. (Ok actually it's for Brendan's birthday but you can see where my planning focus is! :rotfl2:)

We're trying to decide between the 11th and the 18th. I know if we wait till the 18th we might get a chance to see Amy & Dave but the other weekend is a holiday weekend, which means more recuperation time from the dri-I mean eating-we will do! ;)

[Magic3forme]

we found out Fantasmic is only on one day that week... Sunday.. guess which day we will not be at Hollywood Studios. that is just crazy. bummer cause that is our favorite show, but I dont want any parts of the craziness!!

we did book the Christmas party.. hope it is as good as the Halloween party!!

[MagicMe]

I rather like the MVMCP as I love seeing everything done up for Christmas. It was just magical walking down main street with the snow coming down.

I've been to two. The first one we had a great time. The weather was a little cooler (sweatshirts at night) and we were able to take full advantage of the cookies and hot chocolate. Plus it felt more like Christmas. I was last there in Dec of 2007 and although we had fun, I didn't enjoy it as much more because the weather was so hot!! It was still in the high 80's at 11PM. I think I had one hot chocolate before I left and that was just because it was free and darn it - I was going to make sure I had a least one cup!! :rotfl2:

[Magic3forme]

Happy dreary rainy Friday!! it is a downpour around here. I drove Gabby to the bus stop....it supposed to rain all weekend, I think we are going to try the Georgia aquarium... supposedly the largest aquarium in the States.

MagicME: didnt know about the hot chocolate and cookies! good to know!!

and I didnt know about the snow on Main Street!! might be the only snow I will see this year!! (not complaining at all!!)
We were at Hollywood Studios last year with the light display and snow. I could have spent all night there just watching the lights and music!! :)

[anewmac]

HI All,

Hows everyone doing. Im sad to announce we are not the mega millions winner... back to work i go tmrw lol untill the next drawing that is.. I "WILL" become a professional vacationer if it kills me.... wait that may make E ad the boys proff. vaca'rs with my insurance money they'll get LMAO.

Its been in the 100's here more like 110's so we went to a pool/splash funzone they have here at one of the rec centers. helped to cool off and just instill in us that we need to start the process ongetting some contractors over to give us estamites for Pools/the backyard.

So that may mean no vacation for the next 2yrs... along with there is more and more talk of E leaving next year for Afgan for a YR (ok going to sound bad but he's been home for a yr-14months and if he doesnt leave soon we may hurt eachother lol were not used to being around eachother this long. He even told his CO if you dont deploy me it could end my marriage LOL, but thing is a yr+ is LONG 6-8months were so used too.. but yr+ with only 2weeks home... is/will be hard, on all of us especially the boys. SO pray that its just a short one, he can still go just not that long LOL)

So that what's been going on in our neck of the woods. Kids are enjoying school, well J is. P thinks its boring cuz his teacher in 5th grade is really focusing on reading/writing as everyone put into her class is lacking in tha area, and his favorite/exelling area is MATH. So since she only does about an hour of math a day.. he's not a happy camper. lol

ALSO, i came by as I wanted to share with you what I found in my inbox today. Im on a yahoo disney cruise group, and they pass some good info from time to time. Looks like they are expanding castaway Cay. Doing some private cabana's (wonder how much that will cost) a new floating water area and more.

Heres' the link (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/cruises/orl-pg-disney-castaway-cay-pictures,0,300505.photogallery?index=orl-pg-disney-castaway-cay-dock)

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Drea, thanks for posting that link! All of the expansions look great!

Oh no about E going to Afgan! That is so scary! When was the last time he was deployed?

[anewmac]

Drea, thanks for posting that link! All of the expansions look great!

Heres a link to an article also! (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/cruises/orl-livdisney-castaway-travel083009aug30,0,6854765.story)

Oh no about E going to Afgan! That is so scary! When was the last time he was deployed?

He was in Iraq right before our cruise last yr for 8months. Ya the yr would be rough.. but 6-8months were used to doing. That would be welcomed compaired to the yr+ ... we shall see what the marines shell out to us.

[Grandma4ever]

HI All,

Hows everyone doing. Im sad to announce we are not the mega millions winner... back to work i go tmrw lol untill the next drawing that is.. I "WILL" become a professional vacationer if it kills me.... wait that may make E ad the boys proff. vaca'rs with my insurance money they'll get LMAO.

Its been in the 100's here more like 110's so we went to a pool/splash funzone they have here at one of the rec centers. helped to cool off and just instill in us that we need to start the process ongetting some contractors over to give us estamites for Pools/the backyard.

So that may mean no vacation for the next 2yrs... along with there is more and more talk of E leaving next year for Afgan for a YR (ok going to sound bad but he's been home for a yr-14months and if he doesnt leave soon we may hurt eachother lol were not used to being around eachother this long. He even told his CO if you dont deploy me it could end my marriage LOL, but thing is a yr+ is LONG 6-8months were so used too.. but yr+ with only 2weeks home... is/will be hard, on all of us especially the boys. SO pray that its just a short one, he can still go just not that long LOL)

So that what's been going on in our neck of the woods. Kids are enjoying school, well J is. P thinks its boring cuz his teacher in 5th grade is really focusing on reading/writing as everyone put into her class is lacking in tha area, and his favorite/exelling area is MATH. So since she only does about an hour of math a day.. he's not a happy camper. lol

ALSO, i came by as I wanted to share with you what I found in my inbox today. Im on a yahoo disney cruise group, and they pass some good info from time to time. Looks like they are expanding castaway Cay. Doing some private cabana's (wonder how much that will cost) a new floating water area and more.

Heres' the link (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/destinations/cruises/orl-pg-disney-castaway-cay-pictures,0,300505.photogallery?index=orl-pg-disney-castaway-cay-dock)

I will be sending some pixie dust that it is a short tour. Being that my father was Navy as was my X I do understand the needing to be apart. I still hated every moment we were apart even though we seemed to need the time apart.

I saw the stuff on what they are doing at Castaway. I am hoping that some of it will be completed before we return next October 2010. We are going to tryu to pull off another Back 2 Back. It is in question because I talked Janet into going back to WDW this December to see the lights. Mind you ew took the kids in July. So we are going 2 times in this year.

I will not go more than a month or two at most into debt for vacation so the Back to Back is in question. May only go for a week.

Hope everyone is well, Lois

[Magic3forme]

thanks for the article on CC!! :) that is my favorite place in the world and maybe some time John and I will be able to enjoy the adult only section. ;)

Drea: John travelled 3-5 nights a week for the past year and he has been home since John, I look sooo forward to the days he is going to travel! he just emailed and said I have to go to Germany and Finland in 2 weeks.. my response.. Have fun!! :laughing:

Janet-- we did Disney at Christmas last year... loved loved the lights!! :) we are going to Disney Nov 20th. first time in Nov for us. Only being 8 hrs away may have its advantages!!

the temp is only supposed to be 78 here... it hasnt been that cool here since we moved. ( the avg has been 87 or higher). did I mention it is raining. that is why the temps are cooler~

Cant believe my kids are in their 4th week of school all ready.

[nenner1]

Its been in the 100's here more like 110's so we went to a pool/splash funzone they have here at one of the rec centers. helped to cool off and just instill in us that we need to start the process ongetting some contractors over to give us estamites for Pools/the backyard.

I just want Ron to see this. We were discussing our plans to visit SoCal/DL...which FTR are not until 2012/2013 (LMAO yes we have our vacations all planned up til then)...actually it is mainly becuase he wants to wait until Sarah is big enough to go on everything so she will need to be 4 or 5 but I was trying to push him to go sooner by cautioning him how HOT it is there during the summer which he insists it is WAAY hotter here cuase the humidity. So do tell Drea, which IS hotter Cal or FLa????:rolleyes1

So that may mean no vacation for the next 2yrs... along with there is more and more talk of E leaving next year for Afgan for a YR (ok going to sound bad but he's been home for a yr-14months and if he doesnt leave soon we may hurt eachother lol were not used to being around eachother this long. He even told his CO if you dont deploy me it could end my marriage LOL, but thing is a yr+ is LONG 6-8months were so used too.. but yr+ with only 2weeks home... is/will be hard, on all of us especially the boys. SO pray that its just a short one, he can still go just not that long LOL)

You know...I just don't know how you do it. :hug:

Its crazy to think of how long he has been back, I remember when you went to pick him up when he came back from Iraq...wow...time really flies.




ALSO, i came by as I wanted to share with you what I found in my inbox today. Im on a yahoo disney cruise group, and they pass some good info from time to time. Looks like they are expanding castaway Cay. Doing some private cabana's (wonder how much that will cost) a new floating water area and more.

That is so funny Ron and I were just recently talking about Disney needing to add a water park to CC like RCCL has on their islands. I'm happy to see it !!
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I saw the stuff on what they are doing at Castaway. I am hoping that some of it will be completed before we return next October 2010. We are going to tryu to pull off another Back 2 Back. It is in question because I talked Janet into going back to WDW this December to see the lights. Mind you ew took the kids in July. So we are going 2 times in this year.

I will not go more than a month or two at most into debt for vacation so the Back to Back is in question. May only go for a week.

Hope everyone is well, Lois

Oh ITA. Ron seems to think a lot of it will be done when we make it back there...I hope he's right! :woohoo:

I know what you mean about the trips. We will have gone twice this year too (with hotel stays which is unheard of for us...I guess I have really gotten bitten by the Disney bug!) plus our cruise for this year (which is in Jan) and then again next year....it's really going to be tough when he doesn't have OT anymore.

I hope if you guys don't do the B2B that you are still doing the Halloween cruise! We are *really* looking forward to that one! :thumbsup2

thanks for the article on CC!! :) that is my favorite place in the world and maybe some time John and I will be able to enjoy the adult only section. ;)

LMAO...yeah us too.

I told Ron we need to get Sarah a potty and get her going cause I expecct her to be fully toilet trained by this time next year so we can leve her in the club/scuttles and finally get to RELAX some! :rotfl2:


Janet-- we did Disney at Christmas last year... loved loved the lights!! :) we are going to Disney Nov 20th. first time in Nov for us. Only being 8 hrs away may have its advantages!!

yeah we went...the year before last specifically to see Osbourne Lights and ended up leaving DHS right before sundown cause we just couldn't take the crowds anymore. It was the week after Xmas so it was really bad. So we haven't seen them yet either....Maybe this year.....:rolleyes1

[anewmac]

I just want Ron to see this. We were discussing our plans to visit SoCal/DL...which FTR are not until 2012/2013 (LMAO yes we have our vacations all planned up til then)...actually it is mainly becuase he wants to wait until Sarah is big enough to go on everything so she will need to be 4 or 5 but I was trying to push him to go sooner by cautioning him how HOT it is there during the summer which he insists it is WAAY hotter here cuase the humidity. So do tell Drea, which IS hotter Cal or FLa????:rolleyes1

WELL I live South East of Dland. So the temperatures are different. I live in the inland valley about 45min to Palm Springs. It can get HOT here.. But we dont have the humidity..(yet it has been very dry lately but I contribute that to all the fires sucken up the dew) SO I do say FLORIDA is worse (sorry I know how it is to tell a man he's right.. so if you want to lie to him Im good with that LOL). If you go in June we always have that gloom so its not as hot then. There is about a 10° difference at my house and in Anaheim. And if you do San Diego its even cooler cuz of the ocean breeze (man I miss Diego LOL) **btw when you get out here you better let me know so we can meet up for drinks in Cali Adventure.. or WHERE EVER! :)**

Im jealous that you have your vacations planned out.. thats the one issue with E's schedual.. I cant plan anything till we know more... and when we know more the price will have gone up UGGG lol

oh and did you all notice Kid sail free Jan-April 2010 on 3 and 4 night sailing on Disney... all I keep sayng is when they move the Wonder out here by me.. hey better offer that too! LOL yet a 3day caribbean is better then nasty Mexico! lol but ill take it still!

[ntheory]

Well no one has posted for a while so I thought I would just happen to mention that it's less than
2 MONTHS
until Amy and Dave tie the knot!!!! :scared1:

Seems like just yesterday we were all celebrating their engagement on the ship!!



That's so exciting!!!!! It's getting so close.




hope everyone is having a good weekend. :)

we just booked a 4 day trip to Disney the weekend before Turkey day. :) gotta love free dining too. we are just trying to come up with a good place to eat.
( we have Le Cellier, Chef Mickey and Crystal Palace). we wanted a Fantasmic, and they were booked all weekend.


Have a great time!!! I will be busy that day, as well. I will be picking up my new Marine from Parris Island. :)





Is anyone (other than Amy) planning on being in WDW in Oct?

I finally convinced ROn (yeah like it took a lot of work) to get more play 3 passes, so we can hit up Food & Wine. (Ok actually it's for Brendan's birthday but you can see where my planning focus is! :rotfl2:)

We're trying to decide between the 11th and the 18th. I know if we wait till the 18th we might get a chance to see Amy & Dave but the other weekend is a holiday weekend, which means more recuperation time from the dri-I mean eating-we will do! ;)


Jen - we'll be there for MNSSHP on the 29th just before we leave on our 10/31 cruise. If you're there then, let me know!!!



we found out Fantasmic is only on one day that week... Sunday.. guess which day we will not be at Hollywood Studios. that is just crazy. bummer cause that is our favorite show, but I dont want any parts of the craziness!!

we did book the Christmas party.. hope it is as good as the Halloween party!!



I enjoyed MCMCP, but I will say that it's not as much fun as MNSSHP. You will enjoy it,though!!!! :) After all .... it IS Disney.




HI All,

Hows everyone doing. Im sad to announce we are not the mega millions winner... back to work i go tmrw lol untill the next drawing that is.. I "WILL" become a professional vacationer if it kills me.... wait that may make E ad the boys proff. vaca'rs with my insurance money they'll get LMAO.

Its been in the 100's here more like 110's so we went to a pool/splash funzone they have here at one of the rec centers. helped to cool off and just instill in us that we need to start the process ongetting some contractors over to give us estamites for Pools/the backyard.

So that may mean no vacation for the next 2yrs... along with there is more and more talk of E leaving next year for Afgan for a YR (ok going to sound bad but he's been home for a yr-14months and if he doesnt leave soon we may hurt eachother lol were not used to being around eachother this long. He even told his CO if you dont deploy me it could end my marriage LOL, but thing is a yr+ is LONG 6-8months were so used too.. but yr+ with only 2weeks home... is/will be hard, on all of us especially the boys. SO pray that its just a short one, he can still go just not that long LOL)

So that what's been going on in our neck of the woods. Kids are enjoying school, well J is. P thinks its boring cuz his teacher in 5th grade is really focusing on reading/writing as everyone put into her class is lacking in tha area, and his favorite/exelling area is MATH. So since she only does about an hour of math a day.. he's not a happy camper. lol

ALSO, i came by as I wanted to share with you what I found in my inbox today. Im on a yahoo disney cruise group, and they pass some good info from time to time. Looks like they are expanding castaway Cay. Doing some private cabana's (wonder how much that will cost) a new floating water area and more.




Wow. A year is a long time. Sure hope that gets cut short.





I've not checked in here for a while - sorry about that. We've been so busy this summer. Jared left for boot camp this past Sunday, and we're preparing for Jaydin's 4th birthday and our cruise. Now, too, we're making preparations for our trip to pick Jared up the week of Thanksgiving. Thank goodness we're going to stay busy the next 3 months.


I hope everyone is doing well!!!

[nenner1]

SO I do say FLORIDA is worse (sorry I know how it is to tell a man he's right.. so if you want to lie to him Im good with that LOL).

Nah. It doesn't happen often, he can bask in the glory.....;):rotfl2:

**btw when you get out here you better let me know so we can meet up for drinks in Cali Adventure.. or WHERE EVER! :)**

Oh TOTALLY! :rotfl:

Im jealous that you have your vacations planned out.. thats the one issue with E's schedual.. I cant plan anything till we know more... and when we know more the price will have gone up UGGG lol

Well..kindof. We just know this year is the RCCL cruise (which is our 2009 cruise, it was supposed to be the wedding on the Oasis remember). W ehave the Magic Halloween cruise in '10 and plan on doing the Oasis in '11. The plan is the Dream or Fantasy in '12 and then DL. So I guess that actually makes DL in '13 which sounds way too far away. We don't always have our decisions made in time to save money. The RCCL cruise is actually pretty expensive (for RCCL) since we were in limbo for so long wondering if the wedding was off or on the price had gone way up by the time we actually booked it (and we paid it off yesterday....YAY! :yay:)


oh and did you all notice Kid sail free Jan-April 2010 on 3 and 4 night sailing on Disney... all I keep sayng is when they move the Wonder out here by me.. hey better offer that too! LOL yet a 3day caribbean is better
then nasty Mexico! lol but ill take it still!

Yeah that has got to be so great for you guys.:thumbsup2 I wonder if they will run the discounts...



Jen - we'll be there for MNSSHP on the 29th just before we leave on our 10/31 cruise. If you're there then, let me know!!!

We are there on 10/29.... 2010;):rotfl2:

No, but I am sorry we will miss you guys. I am so jealous of your Halloween cruise. Can't wait til next year.....:woohoo:

[anewmac]

Heres a podcast of the updates they will be doing to Castaway Cay
YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpt6kJrGFbA)

Even biking all over that island you still dont get how large it is till they do that fly over.



Jen im jealouse your all paid up (well not that you paid LOL but that your all set for your cruise)

Chell, 12weeks will go by fast! E wants to know who his DI's are? He wants to see if he was one of their DI's.. that would mean he is old LOL

Since I have no vacation planned nor will i know when i can plan anything... Im looking at stuff for E's CO he started asking E questions and E said I dont do anything but PACK and get on the plain when Drea tells me too ... suffice to say he got all the info and i am now his CO's "personal travel agent" LOL its kind of fun. but planning for my own vaca is till better! Lol

[Magic3forme]

Michelle: hugs!! I know you will miss Jared! but it is awesome what he is doing. :) gotta love a man in uniform!!:thumbsup2

Drea: you need to be like tourguide mike and come up with a book on how to plan the best Disney vacation ( cruise or theme parks!)

when the new ships come out.. double dip reunion!!! :)

[ntheory]

Heres a podcast of the updates they will be doing to Castaway Cay
YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpt6kJrGFbA)

Even biking all over that island you still dont get how large it is till they do that fly over.


Chell, 12weeks will go by fast! E wants to know who his DI's are? He wants to see if he was one of their DI's.. that would mean he is old LOL

Since I have no vacation planned nor will i know when i can plan anything... Im looking at stuff for E's CO he started asking E questions and E said I dont do anything but PACK and get on the plain when Drea tells me too ... suffice to say he got all the info and i am now his CO's "personal travel agent" LOL its kind of fun. but planning for my own vaca is till better! Lol



Thanks for the link. That's cool!

I will ask Jared. I'm not sure if he will let me know or not. :) I will tell him that E wants to know. I saw you correct the person on FB. I laughed because I was going to say pretty much the same thing! LOL!

I think the only reason that it will go by fast, though, is that we have SO much between now and then. Jaydin's birthday and party, school stuff for Jaydin and Jonah, and oh, yeah ... our cruise. :) I'm in charge of lanyards for our cruise, and I'm trying to get the name badges done. The lanyards are here and ready to be filled with the name badges. Do you want to see?? They are different from the ones we had on the Double Dip.





Michelle: hugs!! I know you will miss Jared! but it is awesome what he is doing. :) gotta love a man in uniform!!:thumbsup2

Drea: you need to be like tourguide mike and come up with a book on how to plan the best Disney vacation ( cruise or theme parks!)

when the new ships come out.. double dip reunion!!! :)



I will - I DO! LOL! I'm thrilled for him, though. I know this is what he really, really wanted to do. I'm a little relieved for him right now. I know that, now, his 36-hour stint of no sleep is over for a while. He should have his beautifful hair cut by now, new clothes, and learning his new surroundings. Now, for all of us to get through the next 3 months.


DD reunion??? I LIKE that idea.

[Grandma4ever]

I would love to do a DD replay too!! Any ideas on when it might work best? I have to play way out in order to be able to vacation. Lois

[AQW]

Hello my DDD family! I was talking DCL with a colleague today and it got me nostalgic for our wonderful DDD cruise... thought I'd pop in to say hi to y'all. :wave: Does anybody remember this happy family?

http://photos.imageevent.com/aqwphoto/disneycruise2008/small/scan0003.jpg

That be us. :)

We've been cruising Carnival this year and loving it. I didn't think the kids would like it, but they SHOCKED me by saying they like it better than DCL! :scared1: I can't imagine how/why... but they both agree. I understand with Celeste because she had that scary/negative incident on DCL, but Dexter LOVED the Oceaneers Club/Lab... he says Camp Carnival is just as fun. Ooooookay! Carnival is about 35-40% cheaper, so that works for me! :rotfl:

We took advantage of the Mexico/swine flu scare and booked a 3-night to Catalina ($99pp inside) and a 7-night to Canada ($399pp balcony for me and Dexter, $159 for Celeste!!!) - had a fantastic time on both. Now I'm insanely spoiled and don't want to pay even regular discount rates for a cruise... bring back the $399 balcony! :rotfl2:

Our next trip is grownups only... I'm taking Harold to the USC/Notre Dame game in October! We celebrated our 10th anniversary in July, and this was my gift for him. :lovestruc Next up after that is WDW January 13-20 with extended family, and I'm hoping to sneak in at least one little quickie weekend cruise at some point. It's hard to make plans for anything past January, because Harold has multiple surgeries ahead of him and we don't know what the future holds.

That's the downside of the Washington family update - Harold was recently diagnosed with type-II neurofibromatosis (NF2), a genetic disorder that results in tumors throughout the central nervous system. He currently has five tumors - one in the lower spine, two in the neck, and two in his brain. He'll be having surgery in January to have the larger of the two brain tumors removed. Because NF2 is genetic, there is a 50% chance each of our kids inherited the disease. Once we get this first round of surgeries for Harold behind us, we will take a critical look at whether or not we want to do genetic testing on the kids.

We've got a long hard road ahead of us... but right now we're counting our blessings and choosing gratitude. The average life expectancy for NF2 is 36 years, and Harold is 42... at this point, I'm considering every moment to be a gift. And he could well have another 2-3 decades with us - only time will tell.

So... we need to travel! :thumbsup2 I have to be even more budget-minded than I used to be, because Harold lost his job following his diagnosis, but we make it work. What I *really* can't wait to see is the prices for the Wonder's repo to L.A. - I want to take my kids through the Panama Canal! Here's hoping the prices aren't TOO exorbitant (yeah, right... it's DCL!)

That's about it for me... love all around! :grouphug:

[Grandma4ever]

Hello my DDD family! I was talking DCL with a colleague today and it got me nostalgic for our wonderful DDD cruise... thought I'd pop in to say hi to y'all. :wave: Does anybody remember this happy family?

http://photos.imageevent.com/aqwphoto/disneycruise2008/small/scan0003.jpg

That be us. :)

We've been cruising Carnival this year and loving it. I didn't think the kids would like it, but they SHOCKED me by saying they like it better than DCL! :scared1: I can't imagine how/why... but they both agree. I understand with Celeste because she had that scary/negative incident on DCL, but Dexter LOVED the Oceaneers Club/Lab... he says Camp Carnival is just as fun. Ooooookay! Carnival is about 35-40% cheaper, so that works for me! :rotfl:

We took advantage of the Mexico/swine flu scare and booked a 3-night to Catalina ($99pp inside) and a 7-night to Canada ($399pp balcony for me and Dexter, $159 for Celeste!!!) - had a fantastic time on both. Now I'm insanely spoiled and don't want to pay even regular discount rates for a cruise... bring back the $399 balcony! :rotfl2:

Our next trip is grownups only... I'm taking Harold to the USC/Notre Dame game in October! We celebrated our 10th anniversary in July, and this was my gift for him. :lovestruc Next up after that is WDW January 13-20 with extended family, and I'm hoping to sneak in at least one little quickie weekend cruise at some point. It's hard to make plans for anything past January, because Harold has multiple surgeries ahead of him and we don't know what the future holds.

That's the downside of the Washington family update - Harold was recently diagnosed with type-II neurofibromatosis (NF2), a genetic disorder that results in tumors throughout the central nervous system. He currently has five tumors - one in the lower spine, two in the neck, and two in his brain. He'll be having surgery in January to have the larger of the two brain tumors removed. Because NF2 is genetic, there is a 50% chance each of our kids inherited the disease. Once we get this first round of surgeries for Harold behind us, we will take a critical look at whether or not we want to do genetic testing on the kids.

We've got a long hard road ahead of us... but right now we're counting our blessings and choosing gratitude. The average life expectancy for NF2 is 36 years, and Harold is 42... at this point, I'm considering every moment to be a gift. And he could well have another 2-3 decades with us - only time will tell.

So... we need to travel! :thumbsup2 I have to be even more budget-minded than I used to be, because Harold lost his job following his diagnosis, but we make it work. What I *really* can't wait to see is the prices for the Wonder's repo to L.A. - I want to take my kids through the Panama Canal! Here's hoping the prices aren't TOO exorbitant (yeah, right... it's DCL!)

That's about it for me... love all around! :grouphug:

That is one heck of a bumping road you are walking. My prayers to you and the family. Ypur current attitude will get you far.

One of these days I may risk cruising with another line just haven't been able to take that risk yet

Thanks for touching base with us. Lois

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Adrienne, OMG, I am so sorry to hear that. I had no idea. Here is a giant hug to you and your family :hug: because I can't send you a good hug on FB!

[nenner1]

I'm in charge of lanyards for our cruise, and I'm trying to get the name badges done. The lanyards are here and ready to be filled with the name badges. Do you want to see?? They are different from the ones we had on the Double Dip.


I want to see! :)









DD reunion??? I LIKE that idea.

I'm in.....:thumbsup2

Hello my DDD family! I was talking DCL with a colleague today and it got me nostalgic for our wonderful DDD cruise... thought I'd pop in to say hi to y'all. :wave: Does anybody remember this happy family?

That be us. :)

That's an awesome pic!

We've been cruising Carnival this year and loving it. I didn't think the kids would like it, but they SHOCKED me by saying they like it better than DCL! :scared1: I can't imagine how/why... but they both agree. I understand with Celeste because she had that scary/negative incident on DCL, but Dexter LOVED the Oceaneers Club/Lab... he says Camp Carnival is just as fun. Ooooookay! Carnival is about 35-40% cheaper, so that works for me! :rotfl:

I read somewhere where you posted about your Carnival cruise. I'm so glad you guys had such a great time. Now I think we have to give Carnival a shot too! :rolleyes1

That's the downside of the Washington family update - Harold was recently diagnosed with type-II neurofibromatosis (NF2), a genetic disorder that results in tumors throughout the central nervous system. He currently has five tumors - one in the lower spine, two in the neck, and two in his brain. He'll be having surgery in January to have the larger of the two brain tumors removed. Because NF2 is genetic, there is a 50% chance each of our kids inherited the disease. Once we get this first round of surgeries for Harold behind us, we will take a critical look at whether or not we want to do genetic testing on the kids.



Oh no....Adrienne I am so sorry to hear that. More hugs, thoughts and prayers to you guys. Keep that positive attitude going!!!! :hug:

[ntheory]

I want to see! :)







Here ya go, Jen .....

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h104/ShellSampson/lanyard.jpg




Whatcha think???

[Magic3forme]

Shell: very cool.
make sure you book our cruise for next Dec so you can make our lanyards too. :) :rotfl2:

Adrienne: big hugs to you and your whole family.

[anewmac]

OH Adrienne, I had saw your post on FB but did not know the extent of it all.. my thoughts are with you all and you have a great attitude about it all! huggs hun! Fight on Trojan!

Speaking of Trojan I have to tell you I am UBER excited that yall are going to the USC/ Noter Dame game.. OMG THAT is too cool! im so Jealous.


Shell great lanyards... btw the day you get off the cruise is the best day ever.. LOL (my bday LOL) so when your sad getting kicked off the boat, just think hey its Drea's bday.. it could be worse, I could be her getting older NOT have just gone a Disney Cruise... welp ya that just depressed me lol

also just saw this on the main cruise thread.. cant wait to hear what and where the new ship and old ships are going! http://www.disneycruiselineevents.com/2011/

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Here ya go, Jen .....

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h104/ShellSampson/lanyard.jpg




Whatcha think???
I wish I were on your cruise! Those are awesome!!!!

Anyway, just giving us a bump! I can't believe we are coming up to the one year anniversary since our cruise! Where did the year go?

[nenner1]

Shell those lanyards are awesome!!

Were you in charge of them? If so, where did you order them from ;) ? Love the pouch...too cool!

Hope you guys are having a good weekend..I am sick again....ugh just can't kick these sinus infections. I have been working on magnets for the RCCL cruise! Boy is it a lot harder to come up with ideas without incorporating Disney characters! :)

[Magic3forme]

anyone looking into the Alaska cruises that come out this week? I am going to look into them, but the airfare will got almost as much. :(

Jenn--sorry you are sick again! that stinks!!

it has been raining here since Sunday. I know how Noah felt!

John will be home tomorrow.. he has been in Finland and Germany this week. he leaves again on Monday though.

[pit303]

anyone looking into the Alaska cruises that come out this week? I am going to look into them, but the airfare will got almost as much. :(

Jenn--sorry you are sick again! that stinks!!

it has been raining here since Sunday. I know how Noah felt!

John will be home tomorrow.. he has been in Finland and Germany this week. he leaves again on Monday though.

Joe and I just came home two weeks ago from a Princess cruise to Alaska. It left from Vancouver and we flew to Seattle and took the Princess bus up to Vancouver much cheaper than flying to Vancouver. We had to fly home from Anchorage OUCH!! at least we saved alittle on our flight out!! Maybe, Disney will do the same since I think they will be r/t Vancouver.

[Grandma4ever]

Really does not seem like it has been a year. Would love to do it all over again. We did not cruise this year however we went to WDW in July and are going back in December. Next cruise will not be until October 2010. But we hope to do another back 2 Back. Happy anniverary to each of us. Lois

[anc22]

Hi dis family! I have been getting the vacation planning itch lately and thought I would check in on all of you.

I will be finding out tomorrow if I got a job that I really, really want and really, really, really NEED! This economy has really bitten us in the a$# since we own a construction business, so I have been trying since June to get back in with a state job. I think I may have finally landed a really interesting one within the Oregon juvenile prison system.

Sooooooooooo, that means that I will be celebrating by booking a cruise! Not DCL unfortunately. I think we will wait until the baby is 3 or 4 before we go on DCL again. We will be cruising on Royal Caribbean. Just trying to decide whether or not we will be taking the 2 older kids or not :confused3

Also trying to decide between Mexican Riviera or Caribbean. I know that the Caribbean is way more beautiful, but the cost of a flight to FL is quite a bit more for us since we are on the West coast.

Anyway, I haven't read back too far, so i am a little bit out of the loop, especially with those who are not on Facebook.

I hope everyone is doing well. Does anyone have a DCL cruise booked?

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Jen, I would still put Disney characters on the magnets! What the heck?! LOL!!!

Arin, I hope you get your job!!!!! I'm still looking for one. At this point, I'm waiting until after the wedding to do a serious job search. I'm just hoping I find something...

[nenner1]

I think I may have finally landed a really interesting one within the Oregon juvenile prison system.

Arin, I hope you get the job! Sounds very challenging, but an excellent opportunity for you!! :goodvibes

Sooooooooooo, that means that I will be celebrating by booking a cruise! Not DCL unfortunately. I think we will wait until the baby is 3 or 4 before we go on DCL again. We will be cruising on Royal Caribbean. Just trying to decide whether or not we will be taking the 2 older kids or not :confused3

Also trying to decide between Mexican Riviera or Caribbean. I know that the Caribbean is way more beautiful, but the cost of a flight to FL is quite a bit more for us since we are on the West coast.

Welllll...where you want to be is on the Independence of the Seas out of Ft. Lauderdale on an 8 -night Eastern January 23, 2010!!! That's where we will be! ;)

Airfare aside that isn't really a very cheap cruise for some reason though. I don't know if it is because of the whole 8 night thing or if it is because it turns out it's an Elvis Impersonator Fan Cruise (!!!:lmao:)

Since it probably makes more sense for you to do a Mex. Riviera, of the two ships that do that (The Radiance and the Mariner) The Mariner is the better of the two ships, IMO. The Radiance is about the same size and age as DCL but the Mariner is just a small step below the current super ships (capacity wise.... it seems to have pretty much all the same features except the flowrider) If you get a balcony room try to get one on the aft or the "hump" (if on Mariner) since those afford the best view and largest balcony space (hard to get though). Hope that helps a little!!! Have a great time & keep us posted on what you decide!!! :goodvibes



I hope everyone is doing well. Does anyone have a DCL cruise booked?

Yeppers, Halloween 2010! I keep telling everyobody that it is the DDD reunion cruise but I'm not getting much response here....guys....:rolleyes1:rotfl2:

Jen, I would still put Disney characters on the magnets! What the heck?! LOL!!!

LMAO I'm sure I will. They don't do a lot of magnets on RCCL it is mostly CC peeps (and even they usually only put up one) so I plan to put them to shame in true Dis fashion..:cool1: I'm certainly not making a bunch of Elvis magnets..LOL (maybe one....with Stitch! :thumbsup2)

Now that I have my trip report and all my little logos I have been working on for waaaaay too long complete I can throw all my hands on deck into magnet making. I was at work Friday and someones RCCL mailing got ripped and the piece that ripped off was perfect for a magnet I RAN into the office and said '"QUICK! I have to scan this!!! It would make a perfect magnet!!!" They looked at me like I am crazy...which I probably am! ;)

[Magic3forme]

we originally had Oct 3, 09 booked but we cancelled that cruise. We are giong next year.. Dec 4, 2010. (John turns 40 that week.).

we are headed to WDW Nov 20-24. ( first time to do the Christmas party.) :)

surprise surprise.. day 8 of rain. and here I thought I moved to drought country. :rotfl2:

Arin: good luck with the job!!!

DDD reunion cruise... sometime in 11 on one of the new ships!! :)

[Grandma4ever]

I am all for the DDD get together. Janet and I have 10/23 and 10/30/2010 booked!!! I can not wait should be a blast.

Good luck with new employment for those still looking!!!

Lois

[beachbratt]

we originally had Oct 3, 09 booked but we cancelled that cruise. We are giong next year.. Dec 4, 2010. (John turns 40 that week.).

we are headed to WDW Nov 20-24. ( first time to do the Christmas party.) :)

surprise surprise.. day 8 of rain. and here I thought I moved to drought country. :rotfl2:

Arin: good luck with the job!!!

DDD reunion cruise... sometime in 11 on one of the new ships!! :)

right before thanksgiving hopefully u will beat the crowds and the xmas party is real nice ...i"ll take some of your rain I think its been 8 days since we had any...LOL...

[Magic3forme]

all the schools in the area were cancelled today. there is massive flooding everywhere. it is insane!! luckily we live on the high side of the street so our house is safe. my one neighbor has water in her basement. :(

the next sunny day is Friday or Monday. I just feel water logged. lol.

[ntheory]

all the schools in the area were cancelled today. there is massive flooding everywhere. it is insane!! luckily we live on the high side of the street so our house is safe. my one neighbor has water in her basement. :(

the next sunny day is Friday or Monday. I just feel water logged. lol.



Yeah ... it's quite an unprecedented event for this area. There are many people out of their homes and that have lost everything. Our pastor's house has 4 feet of water in their *finished* basement.



Looking forward to a wonderful, warm and sunny time in just over a month, though. :)

[anc22]

Well...............I GOT THE JOB!!! :cool1:

So, I guess I have to book a cruise now to celebrate!! :woohoo:

I got a quote from dreams for the October 3, 2010 Royal caribbean, Western cruise on the Freedom. To celebrate my 30th birthday which is on october 10th.

Anyone know anything about this ship? I have been reading on cruise critic dot com (no where near as informative as Dis), and I am thinking about getting an aft facing cabin. The balcony's are huge!

[ntheory]

Well...............I GOT THE JOB!!! :cool1:

So, I guess I have to book a cruise now to celebrate!! :woohoo:

I got a quote from dreams for the October 3, 2010 Royal caribbean, Western cruise on the Freedom. To celebrate my 30th birthday which is on october 10th.

Anyone know anything about this ship? I have been reading on cruise critic dot com (no where near as informative as Dis), and I am thinking about getting an aft facing cabin. The balcony's are huge!



Congrats Arin!!!! So glad to hear that you got the job. Good luck on the cruise!

[Magic3forme]

Congrats Arin.. sorry dont know anything about the other cruise lines. (did a Princess years ago...beautiful ship.. but lacking on activities)

[MagicMe]

Well...............I GOT THE JOB!!! :cool1:

So, I guess I have to book a cruise now to celebrate!! :woohoo:

I got a quote from dreams for the October 3, 2010 Royal caribbean, Western cruise on the Freedom. To celebrate my 30th birthday which is on october 10th.

Anyone know anything about this ship? I have been reading on cruise critic dot com (no where near as informative as Dis), and I am thinking about getting an aft facing cabin. The balcony's are huge!

Congrats Arin!!! Don't know anything myself about the Freedom but several people from my work have sailed on the liberty and lived it.

[ntheory]

Should have replied to this before now!!




Shell those lanyards are awesome!!

Were you in charge of them? If so, where did you order them from ;) ? Love the pouch...too cool!

Hope you guys are having a good weekend..I am sick again....ugh just can't kick these sinus infections. I have been working on magnets for the RCCL cruise! Boy is it a lot harder to come up with ideas without incorporating Disney characters! :)

Thanks!! Yeah, Jen. I took charge of them. I was very happy with them - and the items I ordered for FE gifts. :)

I ordered them from www.motivators.com. They were about $3 each once you tacked on shipping and the 'setup' fee. I thought that was reasonable.

I hope you're getting better!!! Oh, go ahead and stick those little ears on there ... you know ya wanna!!!

[nenner1]

Well...............I GOT THE JOB!!! :cool1:

So, I guess I have to book a cruise now to celebrate!! :woohoo:

I got a quote from dreams for the October 3, 2010 Royal caribbean, Western cruise on the Freedom. To celebrate my 30th birthday which is on october 10th.

Anyone know anything about this ship? I have been reading on cruise critic dot com (no where near as informative as Dis), and I am thinking about getting an aft facing cabin. The balcony's are huge!

More later as I am on my way to work but yes yes yes aft cabin!!
They go REALLY quick so get it soon ! :)

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Yay Arin!!!!!!! Great news about the new job! I hope I'm next!!!

[anewmac]

Well...............I GOT THE JOB!!! :cool1:

So, I guess I have to book a cruise now to celebrate!! :woohoo:

I got a quote from dreams for the October 3, 2010 Royal caribbean, Western cruise on the Freedom. To celebrate my 30th birthday which is on october 10th.

Anyone know anything about this ship? I have been reading on cruise critic dot com (no where near as informative as Dis), and I am thinking about getting an aft facing cabin. The balcony's are huge!

Congrats.. cant wait to hear all about the cruise. So you doing it just you and hubbs?

[nenner1]

Anyone know anything about this ship? I have been reading on cruise critic dot com (no where near as informative as Dis), and I am thinking about getting an aft facing cabin. The balcony's are huge!

I do know a few things that I have managed to pick up here & there..you are right about the lack of info and uber planners on CC. There are *some* Dis-like folks there but in general the atmosphere is way different than over here.

The Freedom is the sister ship of the Independence which I am going on in Jan. (and the Liberty too)...Like the Magic and Wonder they are cookie-cutter similar, with the only difference being the name and theme of some of the lounges and bars, etc. They all have the same features, amenities, and setup.

The biggest planning issue I've had is menus and theme night planning. But I will say that info like that on the Freedom is MUCH easier to come by than the Indy (the Indy spends most of its time in Europe)...however the menus on RCCL are identical fleet wide- no differences int he ships just differences on which menu/theme night is when (based on itinerary of course) So you have to look for Compasses (their version of the Navigator) and menus to try and figure out when to schedule Chops and Portofino (a task I am finding difficult, I think we are going to have to wing it...although with a couple of questions and a lot of sleuthing I managed to figure out how I *think* the first 4 of our 8 days will go. I guess I'll find out later if I was right)

The ship setup is a lot like DCL...adult Solarium forward, the "family" sports pool area midship and H20 zone (kids pool mid and mid/aft.) The Windjammer and Jade (Topsiders) take up a lot of room aft. Drinks on RCCL that are free are tea and lemonade, otherwise you have to buy the soda package (you can bring your own) Unlike DCL you are not allowed to bring alcohol onboard but many smuggle in their checked bags (they have a "bad" room where you have to go to pick up your bag if they catch you...I have read a few funny posts about that, LOL) I don't think we will smuggle on, but we will probably try to bring in the alcohol we buy in port (which they will take that from you too if they see it)

On the cabins, they have a lot more categories but that is based a lot on location so you will pay more for the higher deck, etc. A lot like DCL. A D1 is similar to a Cat 5. Freedom class rooms run a tad bigger than DCL, but not by much. The aft cabins are the best of course (and go the quickest) followed by the "hump" cabins (an area of the higher decks where the design of the ship juts out making those rooms and balconies slightly bigger plus giving a great view). Becuase of the promenade there are only aft and forward stairs, not mid so you might find yourself walking a lot if you are more midship . There is also a ben & jerry's suite which (like a secret porthole/verandah) is a promenade cabin reclassified becuase the B&J cow butt sign is in your window. You get free ice cream everyday to compensate for that though! :rotfl2:

Thats about all I can think of right now, besides the obvious activities on RCCL not available on DCL (casino, rock wall, flow rider, mini golf, ice skating rink). I will obviously know a LOT more in Feb. so watch for my TR. I'm sure I will do one! :)


Thanks!! Yeah, Jen. I took charge of them. I was very happy with them - and the items I ordered for FE gifts.

I ordered them from www.motivators.com. They were about $3 each once you tacked on shipping and the 'setup' fee. I thought that was reasonable.

I hope you're getting better!!! Oh, go ahead and stick those little ears on there ... you know ya wanna!!!

Thank you for the info, they are awesome!!!! Did you guys do a pay-per-lanyard or do it the contributor way we did it? On my other meet thread the $10 contributor idea didn't fly too well (but then again not many things I brought up did...LMAO:rotfl:) so I am curious!

Oh you KNOW I will Dis-out on RCCL! :lmao:

Yay Arin!!!!!!! Great news about the new job! I hope I'm next!!!

You will be girl. I think you are doing the right thing waiting til after the wedding. Look at your ticker just 23 days!!! :banana:

[ntheory]

Thank you for the info, they are awesome!!!! Did you guys do a pay-per-lanyard or do it the contributor way we did it? On my other meet thread the $10 contributor idea didn't fly too well (but then again not many things I brought up did...LMAO:rotfl:) so I am curious!

Oh you KNOW I will Dis-out on RCCL! :lmao:



Thanks!!

We did a pay-per-lanyard. I had no idea how it worked last time since I booked so late. I just decided that it would work well to have everyone pay for their own. It worked. Since we got the pocketed/zippered ones, they were a little more expensive, but they are worth it! :)


DIS it, baby!!!!

[nenner1]

Thanks!!

We did a pay-per-lanyard. I had no idea how it worked last time since I booked so late. I just decided that it would work well to have everyone pay for their own. It worked. Since we got the pocketed/zippered ones, they were a little more expensive, but they are worth it! :)


DIS it, baby!!!!


OK..thanks! :goodvibes I hope you don't mind but I showed your lanyard to my new meets thread, so hopefully they will decide to do it, I really like those!! :cutie:

[ntheory]

OK..thanks! :goodvibes I hope you don't mind but I showed your lanyard to my new meets thread, so hopefully they will decide to do it, I really like those!! :cutie:



I don't mind at all! I hope your meeters like them, too. They have a lot choices, so find one that works for you. :) I can link you to the exact ones we got if you need that.

[anewmac]

so jealous of all you cruise vacation planners.. :(

[beachbratt]

Airfare aside that isn't really a very cheap cruise for some reason though. I don't know if it is because of the whole 8 night thing or if it is because it turns out it's an Elvis Impersonator Fan Cruise (!!!:lmao:)
;)

Today on the Price is Right in the showcase they had an Elvis showcase and the one prize was an Elvis cruise out of Tampa

[nenner1]

so jealous of all you cruise vacation planners.. :(

Hun....the next best thing to cruise planning is vacation re-living (AKA TR!!) You do have a rabid following still waiting to hear all about WDW! :thumbsup2

Today on the Price is Right in the showcase they had an Elvis showcase and the one prize was an Elvis cruise out of Tampa
That is so funny! I can't believe how many Elvis cruises there are!! There are 4 per year on the ship we are going on which is out of Ft. Lauderdale. And there are some going out of here too? Hilarious!!! :banana: And that it's a prize on TPIR is even more funny! :lmao:

[Buckeye Gal]

Hello my favorite DISboards DDD peeps! I've kept up with many of you via Facebook, but I know I've done a bad job at keeping up on anything on DISboards. In fact, I spent time on here two days ago at the DCL main forum, and they were talking about all kinds of things that was so foreign to me that I had to do some research! Nonetheless, you're all in my hearts all the time!

It's been an unusual summer this year. I was laid-off from JPMorgan Chase on June 3. It truly was the best blessing I think I've had in a longggg time. I have not yet been sad about that. So you would think that I've had all this free time on my hands, right? Well, as we all experience, that's not always the case! I've been staying with grandmother since July 2. She had an unexplained knee injury right before Memorial Day. She left to spend 3 weeks with my aunt in the Chicago area in June, and when she got back, she could barely walk. Well she's STILL fighting this. *ugh* FINALLY her specialist took extra steps to find out what's going on. It was clear that he thought she just didn't have any pain tollerance. WRONG! She's now scheduled for knee replacement surgery, but they can't get her in until October 27. *sigh* So I've spent the summer taking care of her, and playing bad-guy making her stay in a wheelchair. As they say, things happen for a reason. If I couldn't temporarily live with her, she would be in pretty bad shape. It's also been a huge eye-opener to see that she's getting Alzheimer's. That's been probably the most frustrating thing that I pray for lots of patience to deal with this change. Although I'm so grateful to help her out, I would be lying if I didn't say I'm also really ready to sleep in my own bed every night and be with my friends in Columbus.

Mom's doing really well. She's lost nearly 30 pounds and counting! She drove me back home yesterday so I could get some scrapbooking supplies at home, and I just couldn't believe how aMAZING she looks! She finally had some tests run to see if she has diabetes, and sure enough she does (all you nurses, you know how you deny the obvious). I think the weight loss has helped her deal with that news. Also, she says she feels SO much better and happy to not constantly be hungry now she's on meds.

Finally, in the process of staying with grandmother, I hurt my back, which is still in pretty bad shape. This weekend I'm fighting 102.3 degree F temperatures with the flu. As some of you mentioned on Facebook, I was this sick a year ago on our cruise!

Cruise. OMG...can you BELIEVE IT?! A year ago this very moment we were meeting up with many of you at Grills! I barely slept 3 hours that night with so much anticipation! So, unhappy anniversary everyone! (I just can't say happy because it's kinda sad a whole year has passed!) Then in the morning, I was so excited to see Amy :bride: and Dave :groom: to congratulate them on their fresh engagement. Now they're on the final countdown to the wedding!!! :goodvibes

Arin, I am *SO* glad that the job came through and it's exactly what you wanted! Things will really turn around in the positive now! Indeed you all deserve that cruise!

Adrienne, you and Harold are always in my thoughts! Your example of gratitude and overall positive energy is something for us all to live up to!

....DDD reunion cruise... sometime in 11 on one of the new ships!! :)

:thumbsup2 Now THAT would be fun!! :woohoo:

Love ya all! :grouphug:

PS: I had my 20th class reunion last weekend. Boy does that sound like I'm getting so old! We had a blast though!! Did anyone else have any class reunions over the summer?

[Magic3forme]

Kimberly:

I had my 20th class reunion this summer too. :) It was a fun weekend. :)


happy un cruise bday!!

[TVEPFOX]

Hello Friends!

I thought I would drop in to wish us all a bitter-sweet anniversary. I can't believe it's been a whole year since we got on the Mickey boat. Where has the time gone?

Kim, you and I are in the same boat. I was laid off too this summer. I spent the time with DD reconnecting. When I was working I would go a week at a time without seeing her. We joined a country club so she could swim and Mommy could work on her tan! Luckily I was given a severance package. I'm pounding the pavement looking for a job, but there's not much out there. I have my fingers crossed something will come along soon. I know some tv people that have been unemployed for over a year! Ughh!

We just got off the Mickey boat a few weeks ago, but it seems like an eternity! We sailed an eastern on August 29th to September 5th and made some great friends here on the DIS. Before that we stayed at Wilderness Lodge for a week. It was our first time there and we really enjoyed it.

We have a cruise booked for 2010, what else but a double dip in August. I'm not sure we'll keep it, it's only 5 days and it's the same price as a 7 day. I know a lot of people are not happy with DCL's 2010 plans. We might jump ship to RCCL and return to DCL in 2011 on Dreams.

Be good all!

Michele, Eric and Mikayla

Hey, one last time for old time sake.... here's your tropical update....

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo/two_atl.gif

[Grandma4ever]

Hello Friends!

I thought I would drop in to wish us all a bitter-sweet anniversary. I can't believe it's been a whole year since we got on the Mickey boat. Where has the time gone?

Kim, you and I are in the same boat. I was laid off too this summer. I spent the time with DD reconnecting. When I was working I would go a week at a time without seeing her. We joined a country club so she could swim and Mommy could work on her tan! Luckily I was given a severance package. I'm pounding the pavement looking for a job, but there's not much out there. I have my fingers crossed something will come along soon. I know some tv people that have been unemployed for over a year! Ughh!

We just got off the Mickey boat a few weeks ago, but it seems like an eternity! We sailed an eastern on August 29th to September 5th and made some great friends here on the DIS. Before that we stayed at Wilderness Lodge for a week. It was our first time there and we really enjoyed it.

We have a cruise booked for 2010, what else but a double dip in August. I'm not sure we'll keep it, it's only 5 days and it's the same price as a 7 day. I know a lot of people are not happy with DCL's 2010 plans. We might jump ship to RCCL and return to DCL in 2011 on Dreams.

Be good all!

Michele, Eric and Mikayla

Hey, one last time for old time sake.... here's your tropical update....

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo/two_atl.gif

Now that really makes me feel sad. We are not cruising this year and I am really missing it. Have plans for next year and we made a trip to WDW in July. WE are also returning to WDW in December. But I really miss my ship!!!

I hope everything begins to turn up. Those that are ill begin to feel well, those in need of work find what they need and everyone will recognize the blessings in our lives. Lois

[pit303]

Hi All!

Wow where did the year go??:rolleyes1:rolleyes1 We have been busy this past year planning Michelle and Will's wedding. Can't believe it will be a year this Tuesday that they got engaged seems like yesterday. In less than 3 months they will be married.

I am returning to the workforce next Monday I finally got a job after a long job search. I had left my last job June '08 and had planned on taking a couple of months off and than I thought no problem I will have another job by XMAS plenty time to save for the wedding well as we all know the economy had a different idea!! I have been babysitting for my great niece who just turned a year Sept 2 since January I think returning to work will seem easy after running after her the past couple of months!!

Joe and I were back on the Magic end of Feb and we are doing another eastern this January. We also went to Alaska the end of August on Princess we figured since I wasn't working might as well get some traveling done. Alaska was beautiful and we will go back just don't know when. I also don't think we will ever see Alaskan cruises as cheap as they were this past season!!

Take care!!

[nenner1]

Hello my favorite DISboards DDD peeps! I've kept up with many of you via Facebook, but I know I've done a bad job at keeping up on anything on DISboards. In fact, I spent time on here two days ago at the DCL main forum, and they were talking about all kinds of things that was so foreign to me that I had to do some research! Nonetheless, you're all in my hearts all the time!

It's been an unusual summer this year. I was laid-off from JPMorgan Chase on June 3. It truly was the best blessing I think I've had in a longggg time. I have not yet been sad about that. So you would think that I've had all this free time on my hands, right? Well, as we all experience, that's not always the case! I've been staying with grandmother since July 2. She had an unexplained knee injury right before Memorial Day. She left to spend 3 weeks with my aunt in the Chicago area in June, and when she got back, she could barely walk. Well she's STILL fighting this. *ugh* FINALLY her specialist took extra steps to find out what's going on. It was clear that he thought she just didn't have any pain tollerance. WRONG! She's now scheduled for knee replacement surgery, but they can't get her in until October 27. *sigh* So I've spent the summer taking care of her, and playing bad-guy making her stay in a wheelchair. As they say, things happen for a reason. If I couldn't temporarily live with her, she would be in pretty bad shape. It's also been a huge eye-opener to see that she's getting Alzheimer's. That's been probably the most frustrating thing that I pray for lots of patience to deal with this change. Although I'm so grateful to help her out, I would be lying if I didn't say I'm also really ready to sleep in my own bed every night and be with my friends in Columbus.

Mom's doing really well. She's lost nearly 30 pounds and counting! She drove me back home yesterday so I could get some scrapbooking supplies at home, and I just couldn't believe how aMAZING she looks! She finally had some tests run to see if she has diabetes, and sure enough she does (all you nurses, you know how you deny the obvious). I think the weight loss has helped her deal with that news. Also, she says she feels SO much better and happy to not constantly be hungry now she's on meds.

Finally, in the process of staying with grandmother, I hurt my back, which is still in pretty bad shape. This weekend I'm fighting 102.3 degree F temperatures with the flu. As some of you mentioned on Facebook, I was this sick a year ago on our cruise!

Kimberly...OMG...I am so sorry to hear of your troubles..with being laid off and your grandma! And your back!! :sad2: But I think you are right, it all happens for a reason and as tough as it is I am glad you have been able to be there for your grandma. My grandfather has Alzhiemer's too...it is very difficult. He is in a nursing home but it is still hard. He has good days and bad...you know how it goes, you just do the best you can! :hug: Hugs to ya, darlin'! I hope you are feeling better soon!!!! :goodvibes

Cruise. OMG...can you BELIEVE IT?! A year ago this very moment we were meeting up with many of you at Grills! I barely slept 3 hours that night with so much anticipation! So, unhappy anniversary everyone! (I just can't say happy because it's kinda sad a whole year has passed!) Then in the morning, I was so excited to see Amy :bride: and Dave :groom: to congratulate them on their fresh engagement. Now they're on the final countdown to the wedding!!! :goodvibes

Nope, I sure can't believe it has been a full year. I'm sure wishing I was now where I was then...:rolleyes1


PS: I had my 20th class reunion last weekend. Boy does that sound like I'm getting so old! We had a blast though!! Did anyone else have any class reunions over the summer?

Nope..not me but my 20 is a few years around the corner. Crazy. I'm not that old ya know. :rolleyes1:rotfl2:

Hello Friends!

I thought I would drop in to wish us all a bitter-sweet anniversary. I can't believe it's been a whole year since we got on the Mickey boat. Where has the time gone?

Kim, you and I are in the same boat. I was laid off too this summer. I spent the time with DD reconnecting. When I was working I would go a week at a time without seeing her. We joined a country club so she could swim and Mommy could work on her tan! Luckily I was given a severance package. I'm pounding the pavement looking for a job, but there's not much out there. I have my fingers crossed something will come along soon. I know some tv people that have been unemployed for over a year! Ughh!

Oh no, not you too Michele! I'm so sorry to hear that! :guilty:

We just got off the Mickey boat a few weeks ago, but it seems like an eternity! We sailed an eastern on August 29th to September 5th and made some great friends here on the DIS. Before that we stayed at Wilderness Lodge for a week. It was our first time there and we really enjoyed it.

We have a cruise booked for 2010, what else but a double dip in August. I'm not sure we'll keep it, it's only 5 days and it's the same price as a 7 day. I know a lot of people are not happy with DCL's 2010 plans. We might jump ship to RCCL and return to DCL in 2011 on Dreams.



Yeah, we initally had one of the 5 night cruises in Aug too for 2010 but we have changed it 3 or 4 times now. I think we'll stay with what we've got now but I know what you mean about the price. That is what we are doing with RCCL, we will give it a try and see how we like it and go from there. If we do, then we will alternate RCCL and DCL every other year. :confused3 We are looking forward to the Dream too but don't plan on going on it until '12 when hopefully the prices have gone down a bit.

Hey, one last time for old time sake.... here's your tropical update....

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo/two_atl.gif

LMAO..I love it!!! :rotfl:

Hi All!

Wow where did the year go??:rolleyes1:rolleyes1 We have been busy this past year planning Michelle and Will's wedding. Can't believe it will be a year this Tuesday that they got engaged seems like yesterday. In less than 3 months they will be married.

That's right...wow. :woohoo:

I am returning to the workforce next Monday I finally got a job after a long job search. I had left my last job June '08 and had planned on taking a couple of months off and than I thought no problem I will have another job by XMAS plenty time to save for the wedding well as we all know the economy had a different idea!! I have been babysitting for my great niece who just turned a year Sept 2 since January I think returning to work will seem easy after running after her the past couple of months!!

No! and you too, Maureen!!?!? I'm glad to hear you are heading back to the rat race. I think it will be a "break" of sorts for you. I know it is for me when I go to work! :laughing:

Joe and I were back on the Magic end of Feb and we are doing another eastern this January. We also went to Alaska the end of August on Princess we figured since I wasn't working might as well get some traveling done. Alaska was beautiful and we will go back just don't know when. I also don't think we will ever see Alaskan cruises as cheap as they were this past season!!

Take care!!

What are your dates in January? We are doing the RCCL 8 night Eastern Jan 23-31. Ron already checked if we might meet up with the Magic in St. Maarten or St. Thomas but he said he didn't think we were...but we may be two ships passing in the night..LOL. Have a great time!

Happy anniversary Double Dip Delighters...we were heading to the meet, Sailaway Drinks in hand this time one year ago! :):sad1:

[pit303]

Jen we are the week before you in fact we will be on our way to AKL when your are boarding for your cruise O well maybe in 2011 when Drea puts our reunion cruise together!! Remember Drea what you put on FB doesn't stay on FB!!:rotfl::rotfl:

[TheDisneyGirl02]

I can't believe it's been a year either!!!! It doesn't seem possible!

There is so much to do for the wedding! It's mostly little things, but things none-the-less. I am meeting with the organist tomorrow morning so hopefully I'll have the ceremony music picked out until then!

I do wish we were all on the Magic again...it was such a wonderful cruise with such wonderful people... :)

[MagicMe]

OMG - over a year since we all got together and had a fantastic cruise!! Just wanted to say hi to everyone (yeah I know I'm a little late)!! Can't believe how fast the time has gone - Amy and Dave's wedding is less than 2 weeks away!!!!!

[anc22]

OFFICIALLY BOOKED ON MY NEXT CRUISE :banana:

It's not DCL, but i'll take it!!

I booked a 7 day Western with RCCL in October 2010 for my 30th birthday.
Just me and the hubby:lovestruc

Let the Over-planning begin ;)
I just wish that cruise critic was even half as great as Dis :confused3


Amy: I can't believe your wedding is so close!!! Can't wait to see pictures.

[TheDisneyGirl02]

OFFICIALLY BOOKED ON MY NEXT CRUISE :banana:

It's not DCL, but i'll take it!!

I booked a 7 day Western with RCCL in October 2010 for my 30th birthday.
Just me and the hubby:lovestruc

Let the Over-planning begin ;)
I just wish that cruise critic was even half as great as Dis :confused3


Amy: I can't believe your wedding is so close!!! Can't wait to see pictures.

Yay for your cruise!!!!! :) I just turned 30 yesterday! :scared1:

I can't believe the wedding is so close too! I have a lot to do yet...but it will all get done! :)

[nenner1]

OFFICIALLY BOOKED ON MY NEXT CRUISE :banana:

It's not DCL, but i'll take it!!

I booked a 7 day Western with RCCL in October 2010 for my 30th birthday.
Just me and the hubby:lovestruc

Let the Over-planning begin ;)
I just wish that cruise critic was even half as great as Dis :confused3




Sweet! :thumbsup2 :yay:

[TheDisneyGirl02]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry...just had to do that! I have so much to do for the wedding...I needed a little stress relief!

Now back to the regularly scheduled thread.

:)

[MagicMe]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry...just had to do that! I have so much to do for the wedding...I needed a little stress relief!

Now back to the regularly scheduled thread.

:)


10 DAYS TO GO!!!!!!!!

Seriously, I thought I posted to this already but when I came back it didn't show so I hope this doesn't become a double post. Anyway....

What gets done will be fine...what doesn't get done - who cares!! The most important part of the day is that you will be getting married. That is the goal - the rest is gravy!!

[Magic3forme]

Amy--deep breathe!! just remember everyone is there for you and Dave.. not to see if everything was planned perfectly!! just remember to enjoy your day!! it will FLY by!!

Arin-- :thumbsup2 just dont take any stowaways :rotfl2:

we just got the Disney Cruise 10 by Birnbaums, I was a little disappointed, nothing much about the new ships or Alaska. the kids are having fun reading it.

6 weeks until we go to Disney. :)

[MagicMe]

So the wedding is technically less than a week away since by this time next week, Amy and Dave will be married. In fact, by this time the partying will have been over and the adventure begun.

So many last minute little things to do. So much is being worked on and "almost" there but not quite.

It's going to be a little strange for me. Dave and Amy are up at her house and will be back tomorrow evening. Amy will be staying over tomorrow and Monday night and that will be the last time she will be here overnight :sad1

I really am excited for them to start their life together but I will miss them (and I never thought I would hear myself saying that!!! :lmao:).

I will update everyone next week and hopefully post a few pictures.

[TheDisneyGirl02]

So the wedding is technically less than a week away since by this time next week, Amy and Dave will be married. In fact, by this time the partying will have been over and the adventure begun.

So many last minute little things to do. So much is being worked on and "almost" there but not quite.

It's going to be a little strange for me. Dave and Amy are up at her house and will be back tomorrow evening. Amy will be staying over tomorrow and Monday night and that will be the last time she will be here overnight :sad1

I really am excited for them to start their life together but I will miss them (and I never thought I would hear myself saying that!!! :lmao:).

I will update everyone next week and hopefully post a few pictures.

I can't believe it's almost here! We'll be married in less than a week! It's so exciting!

It does seem strange that I won't be staying at your house on the weekends anymore! :(

I will miss you too! But don't worry, we'll be around! :)

[beachbratt]

Amy.... just want to wish you and your Prince all the BEST for your wedding and long happy life together.......:wizard:

[ntheory]

Congratulations, Amy!!!! Only a couple more days!!!!!!!! :)

[anewmac]

Congrats Amy wishingu and Dave all the best

[Magic3forme]

Congrats Amy and Dave (and Melodie too). :)

[nenner1]

Today's the big day...yay for Amy and Dave!

Your happily ever after begins NOW! :goodvibes

[pit303]

The day is really here Congrat's to Amy and Dave!!:love::love::love::love:

[Grandma4ever]

Dave and Amy hope your day goes off without a hitch. It really is the first day to the rest of your lifes together.

[FatCat]

I think I drank too much tonight

[Grandma4ever]

I think I drank too much tonight

So how are you feeling this morning? LOL

[MagicMe]

Hi everyone - just wanted to share a few pictures with all of our DDD friends:

Amy and David Kimble:
http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx120/mak020254/BridalCouple.jpg

The wedding party:
http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx120/mak020254/BridalParty.jpg

the cake:
http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx120/mak020254/WeddingCake.jpg

I'm sure Amy will update everyone even more when she gets back. They are currently on their Disneymoon at WDW for the next couple of weeks!! All of the hard work paid off and everyone had a great time!!!

[nenner1]

Thanks for posting the pics Melodie! Gorgeous!!!!!:love:

FatCat..LMAO!

[ntheory]

I think I drank too much tonight




Ummmm ...what's new?? :lmao:

[ntheory]

Thank you for the update and pictures, Melodie!!! It looks like it was a dream come true for them. I pray that they live happily ever after. :)

[Grandma4ever]

Thanks for the pictures! They are beautiful. I love the Cake!!! We will await an update from the bride when she returns. Lois

[pit303]

Don't forget we still have another wedding in December Michelle and Will. In fact it is two months from today!! SO much to do so little time.

[scoutsmom99]

Congratulations to Amy and Dave:cool1::cool1:

Thanks for sharing pictures of the happy couple Melodie:goodvibes

[MagicMe]

Don't forget we still have another wedding in December Michelle and Will. In fact it is two months from today!! SO much to do so little time.

And it flies by so quickly!!!! Can't believe that after a year of planning that it's all over.

[nenner1]

Don't forget we still have another wedding in December Michelle and Will. In fact it is two months from today!! SO much to do so little time.

Yep, it will be here in NO TIME! :yay:

[beachbratt]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE....for those lucky enough to be cruisng for Halloween hope your having a great time...anyone booking the DREAM? It sure looks and sounds awesome I am hoping for a "double dip" in the future....

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Don't forget we still have another wedding in December Michelle and Will. In fact it is two months from today!! SO much to do so little time.

It will be here before you know it! Don't wait until the last minute to do the favors! We changed our favors the Monday before the wedding...let's just say we were sorting M&Ms for HOURS for just the brown, yellow, red and orange. It was crazy...but the day was perfect and the honeymoon was great!!!!

[pit303]

It will be here before you know it! Don't wait until the last minute to do the favors! We changed our favors the Monday before the wedding...let's just say we were sorting M&Ms for HOURS for just the brown, yellow, red and orange. It was crazy...but the day was perfect and the honeymoon was great!!!!

I know it will be here very soon!! We are now into invitations which were suppose to be here already but there was a backorder so they just went into production today :scared1: Keeping my fingers crossed that they arrive by the weekend.

So much to do so little time and I also went back to work fulltime 4 weeks ago!!

[skoi]

Howdy all!

Just wanted to drop in and say hi, give an update. I have to say this was the best group we ever cruised with and I wish y'all were on our Med cruise in April.

Wonderful to read everyone's good news. So much going on.

Quick update: we're all fine. Since dh has been back there have been no medical disasters. Alex is doing much better, but still requires a few more surgeries to repair his cleft issues.

Oldest ds and I are heading off on a volunteer trip to Morocco in March to work in the children's hospital in Rabat. We'll be blogging out experience and if anyone's interested in following it, let me know, or check my signature. Other than that, not much going on, besides that I stupidly got a facebook account and waste too much time there, and I'm trying to learn Arabic, teach four kids, and teach on ESL class on Sunday mornings. So it's business as usual for team skoi, except dh is home to stay.

Julie

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Howdy all!

Just wanted to drop in and say hi, give an update. I have to say this was the best group we ever cruised with and I wish y'all were on our Med cruise in April.

Wonderful to read everyone's good news. So much going on.

Quick update: we're all fine. Since dh has been back there have been no medical disasters. Alex is doing much better, but still requires a few more surgeries to repair his cleft issues.

Oldest ds and I are heading off on a volunteer trip to Morocco in March to work in the children's hospital in Rabat. We'll be blogging out experience and if anyone's interested in following it, let me know, or check my signature. Other than that, not much going on, besides that I stupidly got a facebook account and waste too much time there, and I'm trying to learn Arabic, teach four kids, and teach on ESL class on Sunday mornings. So it's business as usual for team skoi, except dh is home to stay.

Julie

Glad to hear that all is well! Going to Morocco sounds like a great adventure! :)

[Grandma4ever]

Howdy all!

Just wanted to drop in and say hi, give an update. I have to say this was the best group we ever cruised with and I wish y'all were on our Med cruise in April.

Wonderful to read everyone's good news. So much going on.

Quick update: we're all fine. Since dh has been back there have been no medical disasters. Alex is doing much better, but still requires a few more surgeries to repair his cleft issues.

Oldest ds and I are heading off on a volunteer trip to Morocco in March to work in the children's hospital in Rabat. We'll be blogging out experience and if anyone's interested in following it, let me know, or check my signature. Other than that, not much going on, besides that I stupidly got a facebook account and waste too much time there, and I'm trying to learn Arabic, teach four kids, and teach on ESL class on Sunday mornings. So it's business as usual for team skoi, except dh is home to stay.

Julie

I am very pleased to hear that all is as well as can be expected. I too am on face book if anyone wants to look me up. Just let me know where I know you from because I am trying not to just friend anyone.

I too have way more on my plate than anyone person should. I really can't complain. Life is good and in 33 day I will be back a DISNEY WORLD for another week.

Happy Holidays to each of you. Lois

[pit303]

Howdy all!

Just wanted to drop in and say hi, give an update. I have to say this was the best group we ever cruised with and I wish y'all were on our Med cruise in April.

Wonderful to read everyone's good news. So much going on.

Quick update: we're all fine. Since dh has been back there have been no medical disasters. Alex is doing much better, but still requires a few more surgeries to repair his cleft issues.

Oldest ds and I are heading off on a volunteer trip to Morocco in March to work in the children's hospital in Rabat. We'll be blogging out experience and if anyone's interested in following it, let me know, or check my signature. Other than that, not much going on, besides that I stupidly got a facebook account and waste too much time there, and I'm trying to learn Arabic, teach four kids, and teach on ESL class on Sunday mornings. So it's business as usual for team skoi, except dh is home to stay.

Julie

Hi Julie Glad to hear all is going well and hubby is home to stay. I just sent my FB friend request see you other there!!

[pit303]

I am very pleased to hear that all is as well as can be expected. I too am on face book if anyone wants to look me up. Just let me know where I know you from because I am trying not to just friend anyone.

I too have way more on my plate than anyone person should. I really can't complain. Life is good and in 33 day I will be back a DISNEY WORLD for another week.

Happy Holidays to each of you. Lois

Have a great trip!!

We will be back on the Magic Jan 16th:dance3::dance3: will need this vacation after the wedding :bride::bride: in 7 weeks!!

[ntheory]

It will be here before you know it! Don't wait until the last minute to do the favors! We changed our favors the Monday before the wedding...let's just say we were sorting M&Ms for HOURS for just the brown, yellow, red and orange. It was crazy...but the day was perfect and the honeymoon was great!!!!



LOL!!! That's a funny story about the M&Ms!! I can't even imagine doing that just before the wedding. Of course, I had my wedding (over 300 people) during finals week one year when I was in college - and I had a very, very full load. LOL!! I guess we like the pressure. :) But, did you know that Michael's (at least mine does....) sells M&M's by the color now:lmao:?????




Howdy all!

Just wanted to drop in and say hi, give an update. I have to say this was the best group we ever cruised with and I wish y'all were on our Med cruise in April.

Wonderful to read everyone's good news. So much going on.

Quick update: we're all fine. Since dh has been back there have been no medical disasters. Alex is doing much better, but still requires a few more surgeries to repair his cleft issues.

Oldest ds and I are heading off on a volunteer trip to Morocco in March to work in the children's hospital in Rabat. We'll be blogging out experience and if anyone's interested in following it, let me know, or check my signature. Other than that, not much going on, besides that I stupidly got a facebook account and waste too much time there, and I'm trying to learn Arabic, teach four kids, and teach on ESL class on Sunday mornings. So it's business as usual for team skoi, except dh is home to stay.

Julie


Great update, Julie!! I'm so glad to hear that your dh is home to stay and that Alex is doing so well. I hope that the rest of his surgeries go well and without any issue.

The trip to Morocco sounds so interesting. I hope that you enjoy it. I know you will be a blessing to all you come in contact with.




I just got off the Magic today. :( I tried to attach myself to the pole going out of the lobby atrium, but the sweet person in her Mickey gloves 'encouraged' me not to..... :):confused3 Can't blame me for trying, can you??

[nenner1]

Julie, great to hear from you again! I'm loooking forward to following your adventures in Morocco!! :thumbsup2

Welcome back Shell, how was your Halloween cruise?

[LuvsBlueDiamonds]

I've changed my screen name. Since I lost my job I'm tired of being my old user name. Time for something new...

TVEPFOX is now LuvsBlueDiamonds

Yeah, go figure, what a great screen name for me. For those of you who are getting to know me I LOVE blue diamonds. Ask DH, I collect them!!

I have to start all over with posts and threads, but I don't care. Hopefully this name will bring me good luck and maybe a few new gems!

[ntheory]

Welcome back Shell, how was your Halloween cruise?



WONDERFUL!! We had such a good time - and only got off the boat at Castaway Cay. LOL!! It really was a great trip.


Unfortunately, Jonah came back with the Swine Flu. :( We're all on medication at this point to help ward it off. Jared graduates from boot camp on the 25th, and we can't afford to be sick when we go get him!!!! I want to enjoy every tiny second with him.

[ntheory]

I've changed my screen name. Since I lost my job I'm tired of being my old user name. Time for something new...

TVEPFOX is now LuvsBlueDiamonds

Yeah, go figure, what a great screen name for me. For those of you who are getting to know me I LOVE blue diamonds. Ask DH, I collect them!!

I have to start all over with posts and threads, but I don't care. Hopefully this name will bring me good luck and maybe a few new gems!




I thought about your screen name after you posted about your job. I'm so sorry that you needed to change it because you lost your job, but hoping that you will find what you want - so that you can continue to collect those beautiful blue diamonds! :)

[LuvsBlueDiamonds]

I thought about your screen name after you posted about your job. I'm so sorry that you needed to change it because you lost your job, but hoping that you will find what you want - so that you can continue to collect those beautiful blue diamonds! :)

Yeah, it's this new thing called reinventing yourself. Ugh! Not fun at my age!

[nenner1]

I've changed my screen name. Since I lost my job I'm tired of being my old user name. Time for something new...

TVEPFOX is now LuvsBlueDiamonds

Yeah, go figure, what a great screen name for me. For those of you who are getting to know me I LOVE blue diamonds. Ask DH, I collect them!!

I have to start all over with posts and threads, but I don't care. Hopefully this name will bring me good luck and maybe a few new gems!

Well, I like it!! :goodvibes

WONDERFUL!! We had such a good time - and only got off the boat at Castaway Cay. LOL!! It really was a great trip.


Unfortunately, Jonah came back with the Swine Flu. :( We're all on medication at this point to help ward it off. Jared graduates from boot camp on the 25th, and we can't afford to be sick when we go get him!!!! I want to enjoy every tiny second with him.

Oh I'm glad you had a great time!!! Sorry Jonah got sick! I hope the rest of you can avoid getting it. Brendan ended up with it but none of the rest of us got it (although my Dr said I didn't have it I think I did- he didn't test me).
I can't believe Jared is already almost done with Boot Camp- wow!

Were the Halloween Festitivites good, by DCL- and did you guys do any of your own stuff? We're starting to really get into planning on our cruise. :thumbsup2

[ntheory]

Yeah, it's this new thing called reinventing yourself. Ugh! Not fun at my age!


Yeah, I understand. I'm sorry, but I pray that it will be liberating and productive for you.





Oh I'm glad you had a great time!!! Sorry Jonah got sick! I hope the rest of you can avoid getting it. Brendan ended up with it but none of the rest of us got it (although my Dr said I didn't have it I think I did- he didn't test me).
I can't believe Jared is already almost done with Boot Camp- wow!

Were the Halloween Festitivites good, by DCL- and did you guys do any of your own stuff? We're starting to really get into planning on our cruise. :thumbsup2



Thanks!

I hate it, too. I'm hoping that the TamiFlu will work for all of us!!!

I know!!! After all we went through to get him in, it's hard to believe it's almost over. I canNOT wait to see him.

They were good. I think that trick-or-treating could have been better, but it was fun. The beginning was very crowded because they were taking pictures, too. I think that DCL could have done a few extra things if they had wanted to, but it was fine. We all had a great time.

[FatCat]

FatCat booked for the Dream on 3-27-2011!!!!!

I got a cat 10. I want to have one of those fancy porthole monitors.

$330 difference between 8 and 10 for party of 4.

[TheDisneyGirl02]

FatCat booked for the Dream on 3-27-2011!!!!!

I got a cat 10. I want to have one of those fancy porthole monitors.

$330 difference between 8 and 10 for party of 4.

Very cool! Those portholes look awesome! :)

[anewmac]

HI all im back finally and running normal (well as normal for me lol) finally got a new computer so I get to check in with my favorite peeps! :)

Playing a lil catch up here I know i have commented ala Facebook but just to reiterat (sp?) for those of you that have lost your jobs.... good luck in the hunt, as my mom says theres always a reason for everything, and the next best thing is right arond the corner!

Love seeing all the wedding info cant wait to see the next victim I mean happy couple LOL

For those of you that have vacationed and cruise or are planning on cruising, im still jealous... I keep looking but doesnt look like anything is going to happen this yr unless we win something... lol just too much stuff around the house to do.

ok enough of the pitty party lol

Hope everyone is feeling better, E just got the swine flu vaccine from work (you have no choose thanks to the military rules LOL) and now he's sick, less then 24 hours later. OH Joy (its like taking care of a BIG BABY lol)

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving... Im thankful to have met all of you and had such a strong bond all this time since.

Love ya all (no im not drinking LOL).. k maybe a lil

[ntheory]

HI all im back finally and running normal (well as normal for me lol) finally got a new computer so I get to check in with my favorite peeps! :)

Playing a lil catch up here I know i have commented ala Facebook but just to reiterat (sp?) for those of you that have lost your jobs.... good luck in the hunt, as my mom says theres always a reason for everything, and the next best thing is right arond the corner!

Love seeing all the wedding info cant wait to see the next victim I mean happy couple LOL

For those of you that have vacationed and cruise or are planning on cruising, im still jealous... I keep looking but doesnt look like anything is going to happen this yr unless we win something... lol just too much stuff around the house to do.

ok enough of the pitty party lol

Hope everyone is feeling better, E just got the swine flu vaccine from work (you have no choose thanks to the military rules LOL) and now he's sick, less then 24 hours later. OH Joy (its like taking care of a BIG BABY lol)

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving... Im thankful to have met all of you and had such a strong bond all this time since.

Love ya all (no im not drinking LOL).. k maybe a lil


Glad to hear you got a new computer!!

I know what you mean about 'not happening right now'. We want to save to do Disney this year, but ... not sure that's going to happen.

Jonah had the swine flu as soon as we got off the boat, and my mom had it, too. They are much better, though.





Because all of you went through all the 'crap' I had to deal with when getting Jared into the Marines, I thought I'd let you all know that I am, presently, in Beaufort SC, about 4 miles from Parris Island ..... and Jared graduates from Marine Corps Recruit Training on Wednesday!!! :cool1::cool1::cool1::cool1:Yes, a very happy Thanksgiving indeed. :) :woohoo:


I pray that all of you have a wonderful, blessed Thanksgiving and that you make many memories with your family and loved ones.

[nenner1]

For those of you that have vacationed and cruise or are planning on cruising, im still jealous... I keep looking but doesnt look like anything is going to happen this yr unless we win something... lol just too much stuff around the house to do.

ok enough of the pitty party lol

Hope everyone is feeling better, E just got the swine flu vaccine from work (you have no choose thanks to the military rules LOL) and now he's sick, less then 24 hours later. OH Joy (its like taking care of a BIG BABY lol)

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving... Im thankful to have met all of you and had such a strong bond all this time since.

Love ya all (no im not drinking LOL).. k maybe a lil

Glad to have you back!! Sure missed ya!!



Because all of you went through all the 'crap' I had to deal with when getting Jared into the Marines, I thought I'd let you all know that I am, presently, in Beaufort SC, about 4 miles from Parris Island ..... and Jared graduates from Marine Corps Recruit Training on Wednesday!!! :cool1::cool1::cool1::cool1:Yes, a very happy Thanksgiving indeed. :) :woohoo:


I pray that all of you have a wonderful, blessed Thanksgiving and that you make many memories with your family and loved ones.

That is awesome!! :yay: Congrats to Jared!!

[MagicMe]

HI all im back finally and running normal (well as normal for me lol) finally got a new computer so I get to check in with my favorite peeps! :)

Playing a lil catch up here I know i have commented ala Facebook but just to reiterat (sp?) for those of you that have lost your jobs.... good luck in the hunt, as my mom says theres always a reason for everything, and the next best thing is right arond the corner!

Love seeing all the wedding info cant wait to see the next victim I mean happy couple LOL

For those of you that have vacationed and cruise or are planning on cruising, im still jealous... I keep looking but doesnt look like anything is going to happen this yr unless we win something... lol just too much stuff around the house to do.

ok enough of the pitty party lol

Hope everyone is feeling better, E just got the swine flu vaccine from work (you have no choose thanks to the military rules LOL) and now he's sick, less then 24 hours later. OH Joy (its like taking care of a BIG BABY lol)

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving... Im thankful to have met all of you and had such a strong bond all this time since.

Love ya all (no im not drinking LOL).. k maybe a lil

Welcome back!! Been following all your adventures on FB!!!!




Because all of you went through all the 'crap' I had to deal with when getting Jared into the Marines, I thought I'd let you all know that I am, presently, in Beaufort SC, about 4 miles from Parris Island ..... and Jared graduates from Marine Corps Recruit Training on Wednesday!!! :cool1::cool1::cool1::cool1:Yes, a very happy Thanksgiving indeed. :) :woohoo:


I pray that all of you have a wonderful, blessed Thanksgiving and that you make many memories with your family and loved ones.


How exciting!!! Congratulations!!

[pit303]

Hi All!!

Just wanted to let you all know that our 2nd DD wedding didn't happen yesterday thanks to the blizzard of 2009. It will now be next Saturday 12/26/09. We are going to name it "the take 2 wedding":bride:

[IrishCowboy]

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[Magic3forme]

Hi All!!

Just wanted to let you all know that our 2nd DD wedding didn't happen yesterday thanks to the blizzard of 2009. It will now be next Saturday 12/26/09. We are going to name it "the take 2 wedding":bride:


hope it goes even better this weekend! now that is a wedding story!! :) we got married right after Xmas too. (12-28)

tell them early congrats~!~

[nenner1]

Hi All!!

Just wanted to let you all know that our 2nd DD wedding didn't happen yesterday thanks to the blizzard of 2009. It will now be next Saturday 12/26/09. We are going to name it "the take 2 wedding":bride:

Oh no! Sorry about that! Hope the weather is much calmer this weekend!!! :goodvibes

[TheDisneyGirl02]

The weather was something on Saturday, wasn't it? I thought about your family all day!!!!

[ntheory]

Hi All!!

Just wanted to let you all know that our 2nd DD wedding didn't happen yesterday thanks to the blizzard of 2009. It will now be next Saturday 12/26/09. We are going to name it "the take 2 wedding":bride:



Oh, I'm so sorry!!!! Next Saturday will be sweeter knowing what you guys had to go through to get there. LOL!! Prayers for everyone ... and the weather. :)

[MagicMe]

Looks like it's going to be warm enough that you'll only see rain showers if anything. Definitely an experience to re-tell over and over!! :thumbsup2 Glad everything seems to have worked out with Take 2. Guess being that it is a Saturday after a holiday you didn't have to worry about conflicting bookings.

Here's hoping you have a great holiday and extra special Saturday!! :cheer2:

[pit303]

thank you all for thinking about us yes it will be one to talk about for years to come. We only have one small problem right now we don't have an organist for the church and looks like we won't have a soloist either have sent out a big shout to all our friends if they know someone keep your fingers crossed if not I quess we will all sing!! just something else to add to the stories

[Magic3forme]

Maureen: our priest who is Johns cousin was hospitalized the morning of our wedding... so luckily the priest at the church knew us and stepped in to take over. ( our marriage license is signed by Jimmy too. ). we didnt find out until 12:00 pm..the wedding was at 4:00. ( this was before cell phones too.)

did they have to reschedule their honeymoon too?

I just feel bad for anything that bought and dated for that date. :(

[pit303]

Maureen: our priest who is Johns cousin was hospitalized the morning of our wedding... so luckily the priest at the church knew us and stepped in to take over. ( our marriage license is signed by Jimmy too. ). we didnt find out until 12:00 pm..the wedding was at 4:00. ( this was before cell phones too.)

did they have to reschedule their honeymoon too?

I just feel bad for anything that bought and dated for that date. :(

No they didn't schedule a honeymoon. Their rings will have to be redone but the jeweler said no problem.

And now the organist and soloist are available so now we just have look at our quest list since some now can't make it on Saturday and some who couldn't make it now maybe able to make it

[MagicMe]

No they didn't schedule a honeymoon. Their rings will have to be redone but the jeweler said no problem.

And now the organist and soloist are available so now we just have look at our quest list since some now can't make it on Saturday and some who couldn't make it now maybe able to make it

Ob boy - more fun with the seating charts!!!!! :lmao:

[beachbratt]

Wishing you all a Magical Christmas and a Wonderful 2010 :santa: Renee

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Maureen, I hope the wedding went well yesterday!

I also hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas! :)

[pit303]

Maureen, I hope the wedding went well yesterday!

I also hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas! :)

Yes, the wedding was beautiful!! Got alittle wet with the rain but we dried!!

Still trying to regroup today took a 4.5 hour nap and still tired

[anewmac]

HAPPY NEW YEAR DIS FAMILY! Wishing you all a great and prosperous 2010

[Magic3forme]

Happy New Year to all my dd friends!! :)


finally under a year til our next cruise! :cool1:


I want to book the Alaskan cruise for my 40th bday.. no kids... they were not happy with me at all. :rotfl2:

[MagicMe]

Happy New Year to all my Double Dip Family!!!!

[nenner1]

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x293/neoromantix/Designed/2010.jpg

(means Bon Voyage!)

[Buckeye Gal]

Hello everyone!!

This is a BIG bump up the chain! I was just looking at our stats from our cruise, and it's got me to thinking so much about how wonderful you all made this cruise! I swear I think of you all often and hope life is treating you well!!

I'm looking forward to cruising again with Amy (TheDisneyGirl02), Dave (DBK1029), Melodie (MagicMe), Erik (tig82174), Jason (Jasonroo), Sandi (Hoagie Pie), Oliver (OliverOAS), Steffi (FrauP), and Trisha (EyeDisneyCruise) on the WBTA this September. Yet since this is my first cruise after our DDD, I'll be thinking a lot about all the fond memories we made before the cruise and on the Magic together!!

{{hugs}}

[nenner1]

Nice to see this bad-@$$ thread back on top! LOL! Love you all! :lovestruc

[MagicMe]

I went to the thread list and saw "double dip delight" and was wondering who was using our name!!! :rotfl2: Then I realized that someone had posted on our old thread!:rotfl:

I am looking forward to my WBTA cruise but, like Kimberly, will be thinking alot of all of you DDD'ers. I hope that we will have opportunities to all sail again soon. In the meantime, keep in touch (facebook works great!)!!

:grouphug:

[Buckeye Gal]

Love ya back, Jen!!! We ARE a bad @$$ thread!!

Good point, Melodie! Facebook has been FANTASTIC for me to keep in close contact with many of you!! :goodvibes If you're not connected with me and want to be, let me know, and I'll PM you my FB URL with my last name!

[TheDisneyGirl02]

I thought for sure they would have locked this thread! I am so happy to see that it's still open! :)

[Buckeye Gal]

I thought for sure they would have locked this thread! I am so happy to see that it's still open! :)

I'll never take it off my Subscriptions List! :lovestruc

[skoi]

Have a great trip Kimberly and everyone else.

We did have a great cruise. I'll especially remember it because everyone was so helpful and supportive through all of Alex's medical issues and Steve's deployment. Looking back- absolute nightmare, but it didn't seem so bad when it was happening.

Oldest ds says we should've been a reality show that year. He thinks we would have been way better than Jon and Kate plus 8. But I think she's way nicer than I am.

Julie

[Grandma4ever]

I too miss everyone. Wish we could do it again but I don't think that when you repeat a good thing it is really the same. So I will continue to live in the past.

[TheDisneyGirl02]

I too miss everyone. Wish we could do it again but I don't think that when you repeat a good thing it is really the same. So I will continue to live in the past.

Too bad the good things in life don't have a rewind button. But at least we have the wonderful memories of the cruise! :)

[Buckeye Gal]

Have a great trip Kimberly and everyone else.

We did have a great cruise. I'll especially remember it because everyone was so helpful and supportive through all of Alex's medical issues and Steve's deployment. Looking back- absolute nightmare, but it didn't seem so bad when it was happening.

Oldest ds says we should've been a reality show that year. He thinks we would have been way better than Jon and Kate plus 8. But I think she's way nicer than I am.

Julie

Oh! As an outsider who only knew what you shared (and I think we all knew there was so much more to juggle), I would say that was indeed a crazy, trying year for you! You would have had a following on television, I assure you! You certainly showed your strength...AND kindness! There is NO POSSIBLE WAY that Kate would get the Woman and Mother of the Year Award before you, Julie!

I'm so glad you guys had a good cruise as a complete family earlier this summer!!

I too miss everyone. Wish we could do it again but I don't think that when you repeat a good thing it is really the same. So I will continue to live in the past.

I think you're right, Lois. We had one shot, but we did it perfectly, IMO!!

I don't recall if I shared this with you guys or not. I had a photo book made for mom, grandmother, and myself for Christmas 2008. I was just looking through it earlier this week recalling lots of wonderful memories! Feel free to join me down memory lane (http://s196.photobucket.com/albums/aa55/Buckeye_Gal_OH/DDD%20Sept%202008/Photo%20Book/)!

[pit303]

Wow it is great to see this thread open again. Yes, this was a great cruise with great memories.

Joe and I were suppose to be on the WBTA but it just wasnt' meant to be so here is hoping that someday we will all cruise again.

[Buckeye Gal]

Wow it is great to see this thread open again. Yes, this was a great cruise with great memories.

Joe and I were suppose to be on the WBTA but it just wasnt' meant to be so here is hoping that someday we will all cruise again.

I'm still sad for you guys...and me. :sad2: Originally there were several others who were going to join the WBTA. I think the list went down about 50%.

[anewmac]

Too bad the good things in life don't have a rewind button. But at least we have the wonderful memories of the cruise! :)

I LOVE THIS QUOTE! glad we did it right! It was special for me to meet all of you and I agree FB is keeping us close. I have visions of someday meeting up again.. if not in a group setting somehow when any of us visits another state... anyone coming to CALI? LOL It also was a great 1st time cruise for the boys and us as a family. They remember EVERY detail of it which is going to be hard to try and beat with our Carnival cruise schedualed in March.

Im going to be the wave good commity by to all the gals that are going on the West Coast cruise.... Ill have my own sail away drinks in hand LOL.

I cant wait to see you all back on the Magic via the WBTA or any other Disney Cruise booked, of course have a drink for me :thumbsup2



I don't recall if I shared this with you guys or not. I had a photo book made for mom, grandmother, and myself for Christmas 2008. I LOVE IT.. i made one too.. Anewmac's Book (http://www.mypublisher.com/?e=OHm3Q8zJl3TK8n73USBaNbTPsWIqYlY7&showForm=true) hope that works. Someday I may actually scrapbook it LOL.. and work on the Video like Jens... someday LMAO

[ntheory]

Wow...... Two years ago, we were all basking in the sun at Castaway Cay ..... I can't believe it's been 2 years.





Anyone have WDW plans?? I'm heading down there on November 5. We're staying at the Poly this time. :)

[LuvtheEars]

A bunch or DDDers are on the WBTA bringing the Magic home right now! We just returned from WDW 2 weeks ago (My counter is wrong) and I'm ready to go back any time! LOL

We are also booked on cruise #6 in January. We're trying an Eastern this time and I'm really looking forward to the 3 days at sea!

[Magic3forme]

hey fellow DDD's..... :)
wow 2 years....and I still have a bunch of stuff laying around with our logo on it. :thumbsup2

I think a reunion cruise is in order...2012 on the Dream! :) double dip of course!!

[ntheory]

I think a reunion is a great idea!! We're planning to do that with my 10/31/09 cruisers, too - in 2012!! I think I could just combine them all and have one big reunion!! :) I like that idea.



I knew that Kimberly was bringing the ship home. I hope she's (and all other DDDs) having a most marvelous time.

[LuvtheEars]

If we are waiting until 2012 why not the Fantacy? I've read it will be out in April 2012, so how about Oct or Sept?

[Magic3forme]

whoops... I meant the Fantasy! :)

cant wait to hear from Kimberly/ Amy about their trip!! :)

[pit303]

HI All!

Can't believe it has been two years. Wow two years ago Michelle and Will were getting engaged on the Magic and in a couple of months they will be celebrating their 1st anniversary where does the time go?

Kimberly is on the WBTA she posted on FB that they are in St. Marteen today had a great crossing.

Tiffany which cruise are you doing in January we did the Eastern last year in Jan was perfect weather we are talking about doing it again loved the Eastern

[nenner1]

If we are waiting until 2012 why not the Fantacy? I've read it will be out in April 2012, so how about Oct or Sept?

We're in! :yay: :rotfl2:

As usual I'm a few days late to the party....lol! ;)
I can't believe....

.....it's been 2 years since we sailed together on the Magic

....that the WBTA is already almost OVER!

.....that I'm sailing in 29 days! :banana:

We had already replanned a 2012 rebook on the Fantasy for Sept or Oct. I'm so there for DDD 2.0! :cool2:

[pit303]

I'm in I'm in!! DD2.0 in 2012

[LuvtheEars]

Tiffany which cruise are you doing in January we did the Eastern last year in Jan was perfect weather we are talking about doing it again loved the Eastern

We are on the Jan. 15th cruise. The kids have a 2 day school week, so this is the second year in a row we've cruised the same week. Last year we did a B2B on the Wonder.

We're in! :yay: :rotfl2:

.....that I'm sailing in 29 days! :banana:

We had already replanned a 2012 rebook on the Fantasy for Sept or Oct. I'm so there for DDD 2.0! :cool2:

What!!! You're sailing without us? :rotfl: Well I guess it's OK. We sail in 105 days! We book excursions Sat. night!

So - We need to come up with a date for our reunion in 2012. Funny - I was wondering if I could come up with an excuse to book another cruise while on the Magic. :lmao: I can see me now, "But Hunny! It's the DDD reunion cruise!" :flower3: Actually I've already warned him that we would be on that cruise! :thumbsup2

My January Meets thread is a whopping 4 pages long. :confused3 I miss you guys!

[nenner1]

We are on the Jan. 15th cruise. The kids have a 2 day school week, so this is the second year in a row we've cruised the same week. Last year we did a B2B on the Wonder.



What!!! You're sailing without us? :rotfl: Well I guess it's OK. We sail in 105 days! We book excursions Sat. night!

So - We need to come up with a date for our reunion in 2012. Funny - I was wondering if I could come up with an excuse to book another cruise while on the Magic. :lmao: I can see me now, "But Hunny! It's the DDD reunion cruise!" :flower3: Actually I've already warned him that we would be on that cruise! :thumbsup2

My January Meets thread is a whopping 4 pages long. :confused3 I miss you guys!

Yep, we are on the Halloween Western! :banana:

I think Ron actually had a couple of the dates narrowed by using the port sites to figure out when the Fantasy would be there. One of the was September, one was 2 weeks later but I don't remember if that one was Sept. or October. Both were Easterns.

OMG 4 pages...?!?! Is it on the Magic??? I can see if it is the Wonder, since those threads don't usually get too long. Our meets thread is wonderful, lots of great folks but I do miss you guys too! :hug:

[LuvtheEars]

Yep, we are on the Halloween Western! :banana:

I think Ron actually had a couple of the dates narrowed by using the port sites to figure out when the Fantasy would be there. One of the was September, one was 2 weeks later but I don't remember if that one was Sept. or October. Both were Easterns.

OMG 4 pages...?!?! Is it on the Magic??? I can see if it is the Wonder, since those threads don't usually get too long. Our meets thread is wonderful, lots of great folks but I do miss you guys too! :hug:

Yes! The Magic. Our B2B Wonder cruises had more pages last year! :rotfl:

I wish they would just go ahead and announce the 2012 dates already! It makes it very hard to plan when they keep us on hold like this. :lmao:

I'm making quite a few FE's for your shipmates. You'll have to tour around and see them all. Actually a Halloween cruise does sound like fun. I was looking into that for next year, but who knows. :confused3

[nenner1]

;) I know, I totally recommended your FE's!!!! Multiple times!!:rotfl2:

Word on the street is the dates will be out on the 18th. :thumbsup2

[LuvtheEars]

;) I know, I totally recommended your FE's!!!! Multiple times!!:rotfl2:

Word on the street is the dates will be out on the 18th. :thumbsup2

Thank you! :flower3:

I like your street :hippie: I think I'll hang out there on the 18th. :rotfl:

[Grandma4ever]

hey fellow DDD's..... :)
wow 2 years....and I still have a bunch of stuff laying around with our logo on it. :thumbsup2

I think a reunion cruise is in order...2012 on the Dream! :) double dip of course!!

I woukld love to join in as well. Prefer the fall of 2012.

We leave in 17 days to drive down for another B2B!!! Can't wait.

[Magic3forme]

Tiffany... I recommend your f/es and pillowcases all the time too. :)

Jen..I think we need commission. :rotfl2:

[LuvtheEars]

Tiffany... I recommend your f/es and pillowcases all the time too. :)

Jen..I think we need commission. :rotfl2:

Thank you too!

I will order you all Mickey rice crispy treats from room service on the reunion cruise! :rotfl2:

The funny thing is that I've applied to be on the Disney Mom's Panel and if I make it on I won't be able to make FE's or pillow cases anymore. :eek:

[Buckeye Gal]

OMG!!! I came over to say hello, and I had over a page of posts to read!!! :banana::banana::banana:

I'm so excited for all of you who have recently had some dose of Disney and who are eagerly anticipating it!

Indeed it was a mini reunion the past two weeks. SO many of us DDD'ers on the WBTA. Thankfully I got to meet some that I didn't meet last time and got to spend more time with others! I booked a dummy date to move into hopefully 2012, so if I become gainfully employed again soon, I would LOVE to join you all!!

I'm sitting at MCO right now still in disbelief that it's over, yet at the same time, in disbelief just how perfect our weather was for all but 2 hours on one day as well as our overall experience!! I started crying Friday night at the thought of it all being over and leaving my old and new friends. In fact, writing this is still tearing me up. I'm so thankful that I got to kick my bucket list a few times in the past 2.5 weeks!

Castaway Cay was fantastic!! Since there were only around 236 kids on the cruise, the new and old family beach was just perfect to try out!! I was surprised at how rocky the new beach is, however. I mean it was REALLY painful to walk out into the water. We were told that the Wonder didin't make it there this past week due to weather, and in fact, Wednesday and Thursday the island was in lockdown due to very very heavy rain and winds. For a period of time, the Magic couldn't even get ahold of those living on the island to see if we would be able to come. It was simply beautiful the whole day!

Well, obviously there's lots more I could share, but I do need to check in on the WBTA thread as well (Yep! You were first!) before I have to log out to get on the plane.

OH! Tiffany, I just LOVED seeing your work all over the ship!! The buckeye Mickeye ear pilowcase you made me was admired by many! I got Capt. Thor and Ducky Williams to sign it in addition to the characters. I'll be sure to share the picture I took of it before I left my stateroom so you can see it!

....Can't believe it has been two years. Wow two years ago Michelle and Will were getting engaged on the Magic and in a couple of months they will be celebrating their 1st anniversary where does the time go?....

I thought about you grabbing me outside of Lumiere's to tell me the thrilling news and have Michelle show me her ring while we were on the Magic the last two weeks!

...I wish they would just go ahead and announce the 2012 dates already! It makes it very hard to plan when they keep us on hold like this. :lmao:

I'm making quite a few FE's for your shipmates. You'll have to tour around and see them all....

It DOES make it hard to plan without those dates! The rebooking lady on the Magic said that she thought she would see the dates very soon, but didn't define any dates. I'm sure that the 18th rumor is true though.

[skoi]

I have to say, it was one of our best cruises, even though dh was in Afghanistan.

We'll be doing a Wonder in December, then in summer 2012, when oldest dd is old enough and depending on prices (and yeah I know there are no low prices in the summer) we'll be celebrating her graduation from high school, probably on the newest ship. A few more family members will be joining us, and maybe some friends, and any of you who want to come. I'm not paying of course...

So everyone take care.

Oh- Alex had another surgery a few weeks ago- another in the series to correct his cleft palate. Thankfully no issues, complications, and the doctors (plastic surgery team at St Christopher's in Philadelphia) were above excellent. Huge difference from the surgery of horror and the recovery that was even worse before the double dip.

Julie

[ntheory]

We're in!


.....that I'm sailing in 29 days! :banana:

We had already replanned a 2012 rebook on the Fantasy for Sept or Oct. I'm so there for DDD 2.0! :cool2:


Yippee!!! I hope that we can make it all work and that all of us can make it!!!

We're heading to WDW the first week of Nov. Can't wait!! :) No cruise scheduled any time soon.





My January Meets thread is a whopping 4 pages long. :confused3 I miss you guys!


Oh my. That's SAD!! :)



Yep, we are on the Halloween Western! :banana:





That's the one we took last year and the group that is also going to reunite on the 2012 cruise. :) :)





Oh- Alex had another surgery a few weeks ago- another in the series to correct his cleft palate. Thankfully no issues, complications, and the doctors (plastic surgery team at St Christopher's in Philadelphia) were above excellent. Huge difference from the surgery of horror and the recovery that was even worse before the double dip.

Julie


SO glad to hear that Alex is doing so well and that the surgery went well.







It's so good to know that this group is still here and that we continue to connect.

Can't wait to hear when we're going to reunite!!

[TheDisneyGirl02]

The WBTA was fantastic! I'm trying to figure out how to get the pictures from my camera onto the computer...sadly a 5 year old could probably figure this out faster than I can! LOL!!!!

I'm hoping to do a trip report - however, I'm also hoping to find a job soon too! If I do one, I'll let you guys know!

It was so nice to see this thread going when I logged onto the Dis!

[Grandma4ever]

There are a number of us who have booked the Fantasy on 9/22/12 Eastern. Anyone else want to join in on a reunion Cruise? Looks like it could be as good if not better than this last one. What do you all think? I will be looking for you. Lois

[ntheory]

I wish I could be on that cruise ... we're doing the 11/3/12 Eastern. Ya'll take care of the ship for me and get it ready for our cruise a month and a half later!! I will miss all of you!

[Grandma4ever]

I wish I could be on that cruise ... we're doing the 11/3/12 Eastern. Ya'll take care of the ship for me and get it ready for our cruise a month and a half later!! I will miss all of you!

We will take good care of her. You and yours will be missed as well. I am sure your cruise will be almost as good as this one.

[TheDisneyGirl02]

I thought I should give this thread a bump and say HI to everyone!!!! :yay:

[anewmac]

was wondering around the dis and thought I would come say hi to the family lol. I have no ticker... and now probably wont have one for a long while with E springing putting his Retirment papers in. Yup next yr he will hit 20 and officially be out of the Marine Corps.. Im still not ready for it no matter how much I say it LOL.

Hope everyone is doing well! miss you all! and mickey and my D'sOTD!