11/28/09 - 12/5/2009 The Nana's Ride the Seas Again #5

[mom x4,grandma x4]

11/28/2009 - 12/5/2009 - Western Magical Cruise

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total bananas posted for the first thread was 20,068!!!

2nd thread was 15,786!!!

3rd thread was 116,645!!! WOW, a new thread record!

4th thread was 413,586 ZONKERS THAT'S A LOT OF NANAS!!

Link to thread #1 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1655568

Link to thread #2 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1893736

Link to thread #3 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1955500

Link to thread #4 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2007512
Look out Mickey here we come! NanaNation Cruise #4!


WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR APEELING GROUP Of NANA'S!!
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Our crew members are:
jd99
Jeff
Mina
Elizabeth 11
Emily 6

Eeyore'sthebest
Mark
Allison
Mackenzie age 9

Nessa
Vanessa & Matt

Griffith6
Debbie & Jack
Megan 8
Allison 7
Nicole
Jack 3

Yukongirl
Janice
DS Trevor

DisneyCDE
Rich & Rose
DB Jim 26

jen-n-greg
Greg & Jennifer
Skylar 15
Taylor 12
Ryan 9

boundfordisney
Leslie & Terry 51st birthday
Tori 12 grandkid
Jordan 13 grandkid

morgansmommy
Morgan 8

keernercam
Howard & Cam
DF's Charlie & Judy

Disneyholic
Bev & DH

Raecheal
Stella
Raecheal
Aunt Candy & DH & 3 kids

momof2minnies
Linda
MIL, SIL, BIL, & 2 nephews

shellfish-mickfish
Shelley Patrick
Abby almost 8
Annemarie 5

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Welcome to everyone,
we are a fun group and love to have more new bananaheads join us here, so please dont be shy. If your on this cruise, just jump right in and introduce yourself and start posting.:goodvibes


Kathy

[jd99]

Hi Kathy

We have a category 11 so I'm not sure if we have a split bath or not. Personally I am NOT a fan of the split bath. Much rather have one slightly larger bathroom than the split.

And yes, we made it to the M&M store (girls went twice and me once). It is really cool!

jeff

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Jeff,
we loved the single bath better than the split. It si a lot larger so your not so crowded and with just 2 of us we cans till easily get dressed for dinner and such.


Glad you made it to the M&M store I have seen many photos of it and on the food network too.


Kathy

[Eeyore'sthebest]

HI everyone.

Glad you are home safe and sound Kathy. I hope your mom is feeling better soon. And I'm with you about the no sleep. There is no way I can survive without sleep.

Jeff - Glad you had fun in NYC. And yes, the M&M store is very cool. You were very close to my office. If you walk up 48th street, the entrance to my office was half way up the block towards 6th.

I'm off to see The View now! DH and I will both be there in green shirts. Look for me! Oh yeah, that's right. You don't know what I look like. Hmm, here's a quick description - I'm the good looking one!! :teeth: :rotfl2:

[dsparks]

I'm off to see The View now! DH and I will both be there in green shirts. Look for me! Oh yeah, that's right. You don't know what I look like. Hmm, here's a quick description - I'm the good looking one!! :teeth: :rotfl2:

:lmao: :lmao: :cool1: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :thumbsup2

[dsparks]

Woo-hoo another thread!

Good Morning All! Jeff sounds like you had a terrific trip!

Kathy, I hope you slept well last night--in your own bed. :woohoo:

Suppose to be close to 70 here today! Back to reality tomorrow, but we'll take it!

Have a great day everyone!

[Eeyore'sthebest]

We're back from The View. If anyone ever goes - wear comfortable shoes. They make you stand for hours, literally. The guests today were Gary Sinise (very small), Jay Mohr (just what he looks like on TV) and Dr. Drew Pinsky from Celebrity Rehab. Of course as a free gift we get a copy of Dr. Pinsky's. It's stupid. Even the guy handing it out said we didn't get good gifts.:rotfl2:

Otherwise Whoopi and Joy were funny. Sherry is exactly what she looks like on TV and Elisabeth is a lot less annoying in person. They filmed Joy in some shots for Thursday's show. My DH was directly behind her. So everyone DVR Thursday's show. When they show Joy in the audience, the man behind her is DH and I am to the right of DH (looking at the screen - which of course that's what you'll be doing :lmao: ). Sorry, it's been a long day. :rolleyes: We're both in green and remember, I'm the good looking one!! :thumbsup2

Only bummer was that they didn't sign autographs after the show. Not quite sure why but they did need to film the Joy bit and then the bit with the poodles for Thursday's show as well. And let me tell you, those poodles were useless. :sad2: They didn't do anything they were supposed to do. I don't know how many they end up using but they started with 3 of them. They kept being removed because they were misbehaving. Can't wait to see what they do with them on the show on Thursday. :laughing:

Off to dance class (for DD - not me). Hope everyone is having a good day. :thumbsup2

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Morning Allison & Dawn,
we are cool but have nice sunshine too.

Good and bad news here today.
Good is really good. My moms new meds must bestarting to work. She had no night attacks for 2 nights and only 2 minor ones during the day. That is wonderful if you knew what she has been going through.

Bad news well first the frig went out. I didnt go to it all day so didnt know it.
water all over inside and lots of spoiled food and food I threw out just in case. Dont want to take chances. I just stocked up meat int he freezer part. a couple of packages were still solid in the back fo the feezer, everything else had to be thrown out:sad2:
ALMOST $1100.00 TO FIX IT:scared1: New ones are another 5 to 6 hundred dollars. Should have the part in 2 or 3 days.
so I had to buy and ice chest and block ice to save what I could, not much:mad:

Next bad thing was today Pixie fell backwards out of the RV when she was jumping into the RV after a potty break. She caught the inside of her back leg and made 2 nasty gashes. There is still fur and skin on the edge of the step:sad1: So I had to clean her up, then put Neosporin on it heavily. Vets say thats the only med that if the dog licks it, it wont hurt them. Then wrap gauze around it to keep her from licking it or biting at the hanging skin and meat of her leg. Then I had to cut the toe off a small sock and slide over the bandage to help keep it in one place.
I need to watch really hard for infection now. She is hurting but now sleeping.

what a morning it has been:worship: :worship: :worship:

I am so ready for a cruise!!!

Hope your all doing well.

Allison I thought I was the only good looking one around here. Nice to know there are 2 of us now:thumbsup2

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Off to try and destress for a bit,
I'll check back later,

Kathy

[theostwalts]

Hey Kathy :wave2:

Glad you mother is doing better!!!!!:thumbsup2 I'm sure that is at least some stress off of you. Sorry to hear about the frige and puppy...:sad2: When it rains, it pours. Hope her leg heals and she doesn't have any problems.

Jeff, sounds like you had a great time in NY. I'm sure you bought all your nannahead buddies a treat at the M&M store....just let us know if we all need to send you our mailing addresses!!!!!:rotfl:

Allison, I have always wondered what it would be like to see a show being taped. Other then the hours of waiting, sounds like it was fun.

Dawn!!!!!! Glad to see you jumping in right off the bat on the new thread!!!!! Now I won't have to sick Kathy on you!!!:thumbsup2

[jollyg]

Good evening everyone!

Thought I'd pop in and see what was happening.

Kathy, sorry to hear about your misfortunes. :sad2:

Hope Pixie's leg heals up ok.

Some friends of our had to replace the fridge in their RV last year....NOT CHEAP!! :scared1:

All the snow around here is almost melted. Suppose to be around 55-60 degrees for the next 3-4 days...that will feel good. :thumbsup2

Hope everyone is doing well.

[dsparks]

:wave2: Good Morning! Yes, Brantley, I decided I had to post because I missed you guys too much! :love:

:hug: for you Kathy! I hope you have a better day today! Aren't things suppose to last forever? Poor Pixie--ouch!

We almost hit a record high for yesterday! Missed by one degree. It was 72 here! It felt wonderful!

Stephanie is sick. So, I will have both Elizabeth and Kofi today. I'm sure I will sleep well tonight :rotfl:

Have a great day! :flower3:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Morning everyone,
well I am pooped today. I didnt want Pixie to lick or bite at your gashes or pull off the dressing that have medicine on them, so I slept on the couch with her beside me.:scared:
That was a real trick, of course sleep is not what i DID MOST OF THE NIGHT.

3 times she woke up and tried to get at the sore so its good I was there. I don't want her to get it infected. I think she is enjoying all the extra pampering:rotfl2: But then Minnie gets jealous, so I have to pamper 2 dogs:rolleyes1

We do have some sunshine this morning headed for 50 if we are lucky:thumbsup2
Dawn, I hope Stephanie gets better soon.:hug:

well I am off to take the girls for a potty break and will be back later. I think I need to throw away more food that the ice chest isnt keeping cold enough:sad2:


Kathy

[theostwalts]

Hey Guys,

It is sunny here today, but still a little cool. At least the rain is gone.

Kathy, hope you get some rest. I am sure you are tired after your long weekend and lack of sleep last night.

Dawn, how in the world is it warmer in MI than NC??????????:confused3 That makes no sense at all...:rotfl:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy do all,
well i cooked off all the meat that thawed out before it spoiled. way too much for us to eat so for lunch both dogs got a burger and a cube steak. At dinner tonight they each got a sirloin steak too. They sure have it rough dont they:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:
Tomorrow will be the same I'm sure.

They did come and fix the frig late today but cant use it for a few hours. It will take that long for it to get cold the first time.

I was just starting to doze off when they came to fix it. They were suppose to call first so I could prepare the area for them but they didnt. Oh well, glad its fixed.:thumbsup2


Catch you guys tomorrow.

we got sun today too, 60 degrees:goodvibes
Now its rain as far as they can predict:sad2:


Kathy

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Kathy - Glad the fridge is fixed. And I'm sure the puppies are praying for it to break again. :rotfl2: :rotfl2: Dogs have such rough lives. :lmao:

I tried to post last night but I have this cat that constantly jumps up on top of the computer tower (hides from the puppy) and every time he lands up there he hits the power button. I swear I'm always typing a replying to a thread when the computer starts to shut down. :mad:
I'm beginning to think its the cat's way of telling me to go to bed and crate the puppies for the night so they leave him alone. :rotfl2: :rotfl2: I just get so frustrated that I just leave the thing off and go to bed. Darn cat. :headache: :rotfl:

Hope everyone has a good day.

[Eeyore'sthebest]

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TOP OF THE PAGE FOR ME TODAY!!!
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[mom x4,grandma x4]

Good the ladies are still keeping the men from the top:thumbsup2

Good job!!


Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Morning all,

well we have a very foggy day today. But at least the rain is suppose to hold off for another day:goodvibes

My pups will be feasting for another 2 days on hamburgers, Greg too:lmao

My frig works great but it sure looks empty Looks like i need to go to the store and fill it up this weekend.

We have more good news here, looks like unless something changes fast Greg will be laid off in a week. Now we are going back to Florida this spring so that isnt too bad but if he could work until the end of the month we will have another quarter of unemployment. If he is laid off in a week, we will miss that by just a few days:sad2: I am hoping he can make it to the end of the month, that was our goal all along and to fall one week short will be very frustrating!!

Ok enough complaining;)
Pixie's leg is looking good today and we finally got a bandage to stay put on her leg. So now i dont have to watch her every minute of the day.

I was going to make cookies today but since I dont have any eggs that will have to wait. I have to buy a lot of things for that empty frig soon.


Hope your all having a good day, I can't believe the week is about over already. Time is really flying by.



Dawn, How is Stephanie feeling today?:sick:

Greg how is Brayden doing now? Hope he is eating better.:cloud9:

Brantley, well you guys are doing too well to worry about you right now.:lmao:

Jeff, Your probably getting ready for another vacation:goodvibes

Allison, It's great your helping keep those guys from the top of the page. I use to have to try and do that by myself. Its great to have help.:thumbsup2



Kathy

[dsparks]

Wow, all day without a post! Where is everyone?

Kathy, Stephanie is much, much better. She took Kofi off my hands today! Last night, I could barely move. After watching Kofi and Elizabeth for 12 hours, I felt every muscle in my arms, back and legs! I must have been pretty bad because both boys as they got in the car asked me if I was still achy! Glad Pixie's leg is healing fast!

I don't ever remember losing my refrigerator but we have lost the freezer. BIG time expensive to stock up again!

Are you going to come back to Florida early if Greg is layed off?

[jollyg]

Hello all!

I woke up this morning with a slight head cold that has escalated to a full blown cold/flu....I swear my head is going to explode! :sick:

Brayden is doing much better (thank goodness) because I don't have the strength to doctor myself and him too. Its been warm enough the past few days that he and Holly have been going outside to play.

I guess I'll go back to bed and wait for my sinus meds to kick in.

Good night.

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Morning all,

It's the first day of spring which should be a joyous event (in my mind) but it snowed today!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: Yes, snow. Okay, it's stopped now but that's not the point. It snowed on the first day of spring!!!!

I'm sick of cold weather, sick of winter and want the flowers to start blooming and weather to warm up!!!!!

On a positive note, it is Friday!! :banana: :banana: :banana:
Happy Friday all.

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Wow, all day without a post! Where is everyone?

Kathy, Stephanie is much, much better. She took Kofi off my hands today! Last night, I could barely move. After watching Kofi and Elizabeth for 12 hours, I felt every muscle in my arms, back and legs! I must have been pretty bad because both boys as they got in the car asked me if I was still achy! Glad Pixie's leg is healing fast!

I don't ever remember losing my refrigerator but we have lost the freezer. BIG time expensive to stock up again!

Are you going to come back to Florida early if Greg is layed off?



Dawn, it sounds like you need to meet my friends Mr. Ben Gay:lmao:
Sorry to hear you have sore muscles. That is really miserable.

We will probably go back early if we can find a cheap place to live in the RV until June 1st. Most parks we found were 5 to 8 hundred a month plus electricity. we pay 300 here plus electricity. We know of a place near Kissimmee that someone gave us the name of and they do take dogs for 300 a month. Plus he wants to get his unemployment started before we go in case there are any problems that creep up. We want our tax return in the bank before we go, so it would still be the end of April if we go early.

That is something we will just have to discuss when the time comes I guess.
I am still hoping another contract will come through so he can work a few more weeks.

Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hello all!

I woke up this morning with a slight head cold that has escalated to a full blown cold/flu....I swear my head is going to explode! :sick:

Brayden is doing much better (thank goodness) because I don't have the strength to doctor myself and him too. Its been warm enough the past few days that he and Holly have been going outside to play.

I guess I'll go back to bed and wait for my sinus meds to kick in.

Good night.



NO NO NO!!!!
I also woke up with a stuffy head. If it turns into the flu I will know it came from you. Best keep that witch doctor of yours from sending the flu my way or else:rolleyes1
Dont know what OR ELSE will be, but it will be something:rotfl2:

Hope you feel better soon. :goodvibes
At least Brayden is better now, thats good.

Let us know how your doing when you can,
Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Morning all,

It's the first day of spring which should be a joyous event (in my mind) but it snowed today!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: Yes, snow. Okay, it's stopped now but that's not the point. It snowed on the first day of spring!!!!

I'm sick of cold weather, sick of winter and want the flowers to start blooming and weather to warm up!!!!!

On a positive note, it is Friday!! :banana: :banana: :banana:
Happy Friday all.



Snow on the first of spring, thats amazing.
we are cloudy and raining by afternoon but we have warmed up to upper 50's for the next few days.
The cherry trees tha tline the entrance here are in full bloom and lots of Dahlias blooming along the driveway which really looks nice and cheerful:goodvibes
Of course its suppose to dump buckets the next few days starting this afternoon.:sad2:

Have a great Friday all,

Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Shame on all of us.:sad2:

We were way down page 2, almost on page 3:guilty:

That is not where the nanaheads belong. We are a first page group, so lets keep it there:thumbsup2

Well good night everyone,
I'll check back in the morning,

Kathy

[dsparks]

Boost!

Not much going on around here. Just :laundy: and Elizabeth is coming to spend the night! :lovestruc

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Dawn,
thanks for the boost..

we certainly need it right now. everyone seems to be busy or sick.:confused3

Its dumping rain here:sad2:

I'll check back later today to see if I am still alone.

Kathy

[dsparks]

Hi Kathy! See your little green light on!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Yep, i am cruising a few dis boards today.

kathy

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Hi all!!

The day has been rather quiet. Took the RV to the shop for my DH's hydraulics that he has been begging for. He will have them in a week. He is so excited. :rotfl:

Then back to errands, picked up DD after a slumber party. She came home and passed out. Slept for 4 hours. Missed 4:30 mass which isn't normally bad but she was supposed to altar serve today. :rolleyes1 I'll have her explain to the priest. (Sorry Father. I was up until 3 a.m. chatting with my friends.) Good thing he's leaving at the end of the school year. :rotfl2:

So DH napped, DD napped and read my kindle. I love that thing!!! :love:

And then I taught DD how to sew. She made one pillow and is now waiting on me to get the machine back out. Off to get the machine! Have a good night all.

[Eeyore'sthebest]

TOP OF THE PAGE, AGAIN!!!
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[mom x4,grandma x4]

TOP OF THE PAGE, AGAIN!!!
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Your getting good at snagging the top:thumbsup2
Good job!!

kathy

[theostwalts]

WOW!!!!!!! Not a single post for almost 23 hours.....:eek:

Hope everyone had a great weekend. The girls have been watching Twilight all weekend. They went to the midnight party at Walmart Friday night.

I went along as security because there were alot of hoax emails about gang initiations that were suppose to happen at Walmarts. I do not know if you guys got any of those or not. There was an article in the paper about them here too. They even had some extra police presence just to be safe. Better to be safe than sorry.

That was the excitement here for the weekend!!!!!:cool1:

[dsparks]

What a good dad! :thumbsup2

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy all,
I tried to post this morning but it said the Dis boards was doing maintenance and I couldnt gain access to it.
Then I did grocery shopping asnd then i tried again and the internet was down:sad2:

So I finally made it tonight.

Looks like I didnt miss alot.
No offense to Brantley and Dawn. Just it is so quiet here lately:confused3

Back tomorrow if I have service.

Kathy

[Eeyore'sthebest]

I tried all day yesterday and couldn't get in either Kathy. :confused3 Oh well, I took a nice long nap. :lmao:

DD and I practiced our hand at sewing on Sunday. We made a basic dress. It really doesn't have a waist so it looks more like a smock. My grandmother must be rolling in her grave as she was a garment worker her entire life and would have pumped out a formal dress in the time it took DD and I to make ours. :lmao: Oh well. I figure she would at least be proud of me for teaching a 9 yo to sew!! :thumbsup2
I told DD it would look better with a belt. :rotfl2:
But she loves it and wouldn't take it off. :rotfl:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Morning all,

I think its great your teaching DD to sew. I never could get the hang of it. my mom sewed all our clothes growing up. Many cant sew a stitch like me:lmao:
But i can cook:goodvibes

Hope you have a great start to the week.
35 degrees here.:worship:

Kathy

[jollyg]

Afternoon Nana's!

WOW! What a change in the weather!

Was up to 70 degree on Saturday and then Sunday it started snowing and hasn't stopped! :scared1:

I was planning to jump on the tractor and get the ground tilled up, but I guess I won't do that yet?! :sad2:

Hope everyone has a great day!

[dsparks]

Hi everyone!

You guys keep the cold out there! It is rather pleasant here today. The wind is cold but sit in the sun out of the wind and it feels good.

I've been busy most of the day doing household chores. Will run errands and groceries tomorrow.

Where is everyone that is going on this cruise?! Kathy have you been checking around on the other forums? Are there people on them? :sad2:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Dawn, i had 2 other people on another thread but 3 months ago they just stopped posting:confused3
I was nice, honest I was:lmao:
Hopefully when the cruise gets closer they will post again:thumbsup2


Hi Greg
Hi Allison
Hi Brantley
Hi Jeff


Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Afternoon Nana's!

WOW! What a change in the weather!

Was up to 70 degree on Saturday and then Sunday it started snowing and hasn't stopped! :scared1:

I was planning to jump on the tractor and get the ground tilled up, but I guess I won't do that yet?! :sad2:

Hope everyone has a great day!


Are you planting a garden?

I love having a garden but in Florida due to extreme heat, humidity and millions of bugs you need a greenhouse to be successful. So I U-Pick from the farms when I can. we have awesome blueberries 2 minutes from our house and after they are harvested he opens it up for U -Pickers. Plenty of good berries left and really cheap.


Plus we have 2 farmers markets near by with good fresh stuff at great prices.


Kathy

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Morning everyone!

Bumping us up from page 2. Eeek!!! :scared1:

[jd99]

Hey Nanaheads!
Long time. VERY busy around here. I was in Dayton over the weekend watching NCAA basketball. My Pitt Panthers are in the Sweet 16 this weekend in Boston. Unfortunately I can't go due to other obligations but I will be glued to the TV.

We are heading to WDW and on a 3 night DCL over Easter and we have to really get ready for it. And we are heading back in June and haven't made a single dining reservation for that one. Gotta figure out a plan.

Lotta work to do now but I wanted to check in and say Hi!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Morning all,
Jeff nice to see you checking in . Our Trail Blazers are doing great here for basketball. I didnt hear if they won the last game but they are in first place unless they lost it. Just too hectic to check it right now.


Hi Allison,
have a great Tuesday.




Kathy

[jollyg]

Are you planting a garden?

I love having a garden but in Florida due to extreme heat, humidity and millions of bugs you need a greenhouse to be successful. So I U-Pick from the farms when I can. we have awesome blueberries 2 minutes from our house and after they are harvested he opens it up for U -Pickers. Plenty of good berries left and really cheap.


Plus we have 2 farmers markets near by with good fresh stuff at great prices.


Kathy

Yep, I have a big garden! I love fresh vegetables!

I may expand it this year to include raspberries and strawberries though.

Most of my neighbors grow gardens and we each are good at growing certain things, so at the end of the year we all get together and exchange produce. :lmao:

I can't grow decent peas or corn to save my life, but I do grow pretty nice tomatos, peppers and beets! :lmao:

Snatched the top right out from under you didn't I Kathy?! :lmao:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Greg,

when we had our own place here in Oregon I always had a garden. Corn is a hard one to grow. My parents had about 40 50 foot rows of corn every year because thats all we could grow in our rocky back yard. But it was great.
we always had a big corn feed at out place with all the neighbrs at peak season too.
They would bring butter, S&P and paper plates and beverages and we had the corn and cooked it. Those were fun times!!

I grew a good patch of peas one year but never got to eat a single pea.
My kids went out and discovered they liked raw peas. Peas ar emy favorite so I was kinda upset with them. who would of thought they would go out and eat vegetables??:lmao::lmao:

we did beans, cucumbers, hanging baskets with strawberries,corn,tomatoes, and even a few small watermelons, onions and garlic.

Have fun with your garden. I miss having one. who knows I may try a patio tomato plant or hanging strawberry plant once we get home again.

Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

WE WONT DISCUSS THE TOP !!:rolleyes1





Allison has been snagging it lately to keep you guys away from it, so I guess we had to let a guy get it once so they wont complain of pout about it;)

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Sorry. I was on the Community Board. :rolleyes1

[dsparks]

I use to have a huge garden! Canned about 75 quarts of beans, strung tons for shuck beans and 75 pints of tomatoes (goulash, regular and chili) every year. Froze tons of corn and green peppers. I've had strawberries--never could get them to be of any size. Raspberries we had here until I tore down the back building and moved them. Most of them died. Kathy, the kids always picked them all and ate them too. They'd bring me a couple and say they wanted to make sure I had some! lol

[jen-n-greg]

I haven't posted in a really really long time, but for awhile we were debating whether or not we were still going to cruise this year-- but the other day I decided I really miss the ship, and went ahead and bought plane tickets:thumbsup2 So I can't wait to get to know everybody, and join in the fun! I already have a FE - first time for that- the other 3 cruises we didn't do one. Oh, and according to the kids we are in "steerage" Deck 1 :lmao: My oldest has watched Titanic way too many times! K-- I am heading to bed-- but will be back tomorrow. :goodvibes

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Jenny, welcome back:goodvibes

We have some new people since you were here last but i'm sure they will introduce themselves soon.

we are still hoping for this cruise but havnt booked it yet. It will be a last minute booking for us, depending on this rotton economy. So keeping fingers crossed that we are going!!:thumbsup2
I am still posting so if we do go i will know everyone;)


Just jump right in and start posting. Yes we will do a FE gift exchange, so its great you have yours too.

off to walk the pups, in the rain:sad2:

Kathy

[Eeyore'sthebest]

:scared1: Middle of page 2!!! :scared1:

Bumping back up to the top. It's a nice day out today. Walked over to St. Patrick's to run an errand for my mom. Note to self - don't take Jewish co-worker to St. Pat's. She didn't realize there was a lunch time mass and thought someone was just on the altar speaking. She started to mock him. :scared: I did have to tell it that it was a full blown mass. :sad2:
I don't think her religion had anything to do with her mocking the priest. She's a little touched anyway. :rotfl:

Then we walked over to Jamba Juice and she dropped $5 on a smoothie. None for me. I'll bank my pennies for the boat. :thumbsup2

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Kathy, we were posting at the same time. Sorry to hear its raining. We have the sun today but rain for tomorrow. :sad2:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

:scared1: Middle of page 2!!! :scared1:

Bumping back up to the top. It's a nice day out today. Walked over to St. Patrick's to run an errand for my mom. Note to self - don't take Jewish co-worker to St. Pat's. She didn't realize there was a lunch time mass and thought someone was just on the altar speaking. She started to mock him. :scared: I did have to tell it that it was a full blown mass. :sad2:
I don't think her religion had anything to do with her mocking the priest. She's a little touched anyway. :rotfl:

Then we walked over to Jamba Juice and she dropped $5 on a smoothie. None for me. I'll bank my pennies for the boat. :thumbsup2


That would be so embarassing:blush::blush:
I am with you, I am saving every penny i can for this and the 2010 cruise.:thumbsup2

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Kathy, we were posting at the same time. Sorry to hear its raining. We have the sun today but rain for tomorrow. :sad2:

We are suppose to get a bit of sun later today, but they said that yesterday too and about 7 p.m. we had 10 minutes of the sun setting. So that didnt help much:goodvibes

I always get tired of rain when I spent the winter in Oregon. Its beautiful here due to all the rain, summers are awesome. But the winters are lousy;)

Kathy

[dsparks]

Good Morning!

Greg, sorry I forgot to wish Brayden Happy 5th Birthday on Tuesday! Did he go swimming?

Sorry to hear about all the rain Kathy.

Yay, Jennie's back! Glad to hear that you still plan on going on this cruise.

Not much else going on around here. Nice to be able to get outside some. Days in the high 50s.

[jollyg]

Good Morning!

Greg, sorry I forgot to wish Brayden Happy 5th Birthday on Tuesday! Did he go swimming?

Sorry to hear about all the rain Kathy.

Yay, Jennie's back! Glad to hear that you still plan on going on this cruise.

Not much else going on around here. Nice to be able to get outside some. Days in the high 50s.

Good morning Dawn!

I see you light is still on?

Yes, we did take Brayden swimming Saturday....we had a blast! :cool1:

Good morning Nana's!

I just noticed my ticker.....one year from today I'll be heading for Barbados, St. Kitts/Nevis, Antigua, Tortola, & the Dominican Republic! :woohoo::woohoo:

[Dixielady908]

Evening all:

just thought I would pop over and say hello.......how is everyone???

Dawn, are you going on this cruise?
One of our patients called today to schedule a "sick" appointment, and we got to talkin...she is leaving saturday to fly to florida and is sailing on the celeberity solstice....so she brought the brochure.....OMG the ship is beautiful...as I was going thru the book, there was this really beautiful area with really nice looking lounge chairs by this gorgeous pool....she said, that was for the people that booked the "spa" suites...which the price was much higher but did include some spa treatments....so she is supposed to fill me in onthe ship when she gets back.

Nothing much here going on....my dad is not doing well....hopping he hangs on for another couple of months....leaving in 19 days for colorado......cannot wait to meet that little baby girl.....Heather was at the doc last nite...baby in position...now all she needs to do is hold out until the 16th and it will be all good!!!;)

Have a great eveing all

I really miss you guys....after seeing the 08 nanahead pictures that steve did....it made me really want to go back.......NOW!!!:goodvibes

take care all
denise:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::ban ana::banana::banana:

[Dixielady908]

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[Dixielady908]

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[Dixielady908]

Wow...fun playin with nana's again and Plus top of the page!!!!!

double wow:banana::banana::banana::banana:

[firemans wife]

Good morning Dawn!

I see you light is still on?

Yes, we did take Brayden swimming Saturday....we had a blast! :cool1:

Good morning Nana's!

I just noticed my ticker.....one year from today I'll be heading for Barbados, St. Kitts/Nevis, Antigua, Tortola, & the Dominican Republic! :woohoo::woohoo:


Hey Greg-I just noticed your ticker-Aruba huh?? Is the whole family going? Wow in a year you will be cruising again? :cool1: I am pretty sure we are going the week of Thanksgiving in 2010 on the Carnival Dream. We got a great quote from Carol. Tell your family hello:) I know my kids talk about your kids. I will try to get them to email one of these days. TTYL

[firemans wife]

Evening all:

just thought I would pop over and say hello.......how is everyone???

Dawn, are you going on this cruise?
One of our patients called today to schedule a "sick" appointment, and we got to talkin...she is leaving saturday to fly to florida and is sailing on the celeberity solstice....so she brought the brochure.....OMG the ship is beautiful...as I was going thru the book, there was this really beautiful area with really nice looking lounge chairs by this gorgeous pool....she said, that was for the people that booked the "spa" suites...which the price was much higher but did include some spa treatments....so she is supposed to fill me in onthe ship when she gets back.

Nothing much here going on....my dad is not doing well....hopping he hangs on for another couple of months....leaving in 19 days for colorado......cannot wait to meet that little baby girl.....Heather was at the doc last nite...baby in position...now all she needs to do is hold out until the 16th and it will be all good!!!;)

Have a great eveing all

I really miss you guys....after seeing the 08 nanahead pictures that steve did....it made me really want to go back.......NOW!!!:goodvibes

take care all
denise:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::ban ana::banana::banana:
Hi Denise-Sorry to hear about your dad:grouphug: Very exciting about your new grand baby:cloud9: Can't wait to see pictures.

I did not get the pictures from Steve-Were they mailed or emailed? I would like to see them. I know we sent some pictures-probably too many:confused3:goodvibes
TTYL

[firemans wife]

Hi to all the old and new nanas:banana::banana::banana:Just thought I would say hello. I do miss chatting with all of you:)

We have been really busy here. My kids are in an Easter play at church and we have been going to lots of practices. The weather is finally getting a bit warmer:goodvibes I am ready for spring. TTYL

[jollyg]

Hey Greg-I just noticed your ticker-Aruba huh?? Is the whole family going? Wow in a year you will be cruising again? :cool1: I am pretty sure we are going the week of Thanksgiving in 2010 on the Carnival Dream. We got a great quote from Carol. Tell your family hello:) I know my kids talk about your kids. I will try to get them to email one of these days. TTYL

Hi Lorna,

It was great to hear from you!

No, the kids are not going to Aruba....just Janel and I. We decided it was time for an "alone time vacation" with out the kids! :rotfl2:

We almost booked the Carnival Dream...looks like a fun ship, but the itinerary for the southern caribbean we're taking had my name written all over it! :cool1:

Hope everyone is doing great at your house. Nicole says to tell Jordan and Madison "Hi"!

[jollyg]

Evening all:

just thought I would pop over and say hello.......how is everyone???

Dawn, are you going on this cruise?
One of our patients called today to schedule a "sick" appointment, and we got to talkin...she is leaving saturday to fly to florida and is sailing on the celeberity solstice....so she brought the brochure.....OMG the ship is beautiful...as I was going thru the book, there was this really beautiful area with really nice looking lounge chairs by this gorgeous pool....she said, that was for the people that booked the "spa" suites...which the price was much higher but did include some spa treatments....so she is supposed to fill me in onthe ship when she gets back.

Nothing much here going on....my dad is not doing well....hopping he hangs on for another couple of months....leaving in 19 days for colorado......cannot wait to meet that little baby girl.....Heather was at the doc last nite...baby in position...now all she needs to do is hold out until the 16th and it will be all good!!!;)

Have a great eveing all

I really miss you guys....after seeing the 08 nanahead pictures that steve did....it made me really want to go back.......NOW!!!:goodvibes

take care all
denise:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::ban ana::banana::banana:

Hi Denise,

Celeberity solstice.......I've seen some of those pictures....nice ship! So are you going? :rolleyes1

Wow!....another few weeks and I can call you "Grandma Denise"! :lmao:

Prayers and pixiedust for your dad! pixiedust:pixiedust:pixiedust:

[dsparks]

I was thrilled to get on this morning and see all the posts! :woohoo: OMG how attached we all are to each other! :lovestruc

I sent Lorna an e-mail with the website so she should be all set!

Denise, I bet you are so excited that you can't stand it! Are you going to be grandma? I'm nana to my grand kids. No, I don't plan on going on this cruise. But if the numbers don't pick up I bet they will be selling rooms dirt cheap! I've been paying on the 2010 so I could just move the reservation :rolleyes1

Hi Greg
Hi Kathy

Haven't seen Brantley on in a few days!

Hi Allison
Hi Jennie

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Morning all,

It's a nice day in the city today. I think its a good day to run errands. My mom wants me to find a book that she read in the 50's about a cat that lived in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Umm, okay mom. :confused3 So since it's not on amazon or anywhere else on the web, I checked St. Pat's. They directed me to a Catholic bookstore. So today I will trek over there. And then off to the NBA store for an Easter gift for my niece.

I hope everyone has a good weekend. It's our anniversary and we actually have a babysitter for tomorrow night. :banana::banana: Yeah for us!! Have a good one all!!

- Allison

[mom x4,grandma x4]

only have aminute. My mom has taken a turn for the worst so I am staying at her place and the hospital. She has the start of dimentia, has pneumonia and had a heart attack 2 nights ago.
She knows us but everything else is fantasy or exaggerated.
She got violent last night and said some aweful things which let me know she is not in her right mind for sure.

My mom doesnt cuss or tell me she hates me etc....

anyway going to be tough for awhile. we are meeting with a social worker this morning to find somewhere to put her to live. we cant help her anymore.
she is too far gone.No internet at moms.
Greg is here in the rV for the weekend and the park has internet so I wanted to let you know I didnt dessert you, I am just helping with my mom.

I can use all the prayers and pixie dust you can send!!!I am late for the hospital,

kathy

[philatiger]

only have aminute. My mom has taken a turn for the worst so I am staying at her place and the hospital. She has the start of dimentia, has pneumonia and had a heart attack 2 nights ago.
She knows us but everything else is fantasy or exaggerated.
She got violent last night and said some aweful things which let me know she is not in her right mind for sure.

My mom doesnt cuss or tell me she hates me etc....

anyway going to be tough for awhile. we are meeting with a social worker this morning to find somewhere to put her to live. we cant help her anymore.
she is too far gone.No internet at moms.
Greg is here in the rV for the weekend and the park has internet so I wanted to let you know I didnt dessert you, I am just helping with my mom.

I can use all the prayers and pixie dust you can send!!!I am late for the hospital,

kathy

Hi Kathy,

It's been quite a while since I dropped in and saw your post. I am so sorry to hear about your mom. It must be hard for you.

You will be in our thougths and prayers. :hug: pixiedust:pixiedust:pixiedust:

Chuck :goofy:

[Dixielady908]

I was thrilled to get on this morning and see all the posts! :woohoo: OMG how attached we all are to each other! :lovestruc

I sent Lorna an e-mail with the website so she should be all set!

Denise, I bet you are so excited that you can't stand it! Are you going to be grandma? I'm nana to my grand kids. No, I don't plan on going on this cruise. But if the numbers don't pick up I bet they will be selling rooms dirt cheap! I've been paying on the 2010 so I could just move the reservation :rolleyes1

Hi Greg
Hi Kathy

Haven't seen Brantley on in a few days!

Hi Allison
Hi Jennie

Hi Dawn....dont know what she will call me....I dont have a "preference" but no matter what the title I will wear it with pride.!!:thumbsup2:)
So what 2010 cruise on you paying on??? I have the 12-4-10 booked, but really thinking of pushing it out until 2011 and go on their new ship.....will see what happens...

Hi Denise,

Celeberity solstice.......I've seen some of those pictures....nice ship! So are you going? :rolleyes1

Wow!....another few weeks and I can call you "Grandma Denise"! :lmao:

Prayers and pixiedust for your dad! pixiedust:pixiedust:pixiedust:

Nope not trips in my future except colorado in 2 wks....but nothing after that....at this time.
Greg you can call me grandma denise.....I'm proud of the title.....I'v waited a long time for it......now I'm trying to convience my son it's his turn.....I'm putting him on a 5 year plan.....by then he will be 32 and old enough to be a daddy!!!:rolleyes1:lmao:

only have aminute. My mom has taken a turn for the worst so I am staying at her place and the hospital. She has the start of dimentia, has pneumonia and had a heart attack 2 nights ago.
She knows us but everything else is fantasy or exaggerated.
She got violent last night and said some aweful things which let me know she is not in her right mind for sure.

My mom doesnt cuss or tell me she hates me etc....

anyway going to be tough for awhile. we are meeting with a social worker this morning to find somewhere to put her to live. we cant help her anymore.
she is too far gone.No internet at moms.
Greg is here in the rV for the weekend and the park has internet so I wanted to let you know I didnt dessert you, I am just helping with my mom.

I can use all the prayers and pixie dust you can send!!!I am late for the hospital,

kathy

Kathy so sorry to hear about your mom :grouphug: I will keep her and your family in my prayers...

Have a good one all
Denise

[Dixielady908]

Hi Lorna.....

good to hear from you. I guess we are all having withdrawls from our cruise....I really miss talking with everyone.

Have a good one
denise:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::ban ana:

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Kathy,
I'll keep your mom and your entire family in my thoughts and prayers. :hug:

[jd99]

Kathy -
Sorry to hear about your mom. Prayers and pixie dust from us too.

Jeff

[theostwalts]

Hey Guys,

Sorry I have been MIA the last few days, hope everyone is doing well.

Kathy and Denise, sorry to hear about your parents, I will keep both of you and your families in my prayers.

Glad to see more Nannas posting!!!!!!!:cool1::cool1:

Gotta run, Cassie is in a play tonight so I am heading there now.

Hope everyone has a great weekend, I will try to check back in later.

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[theostwalts]

Well look at that.................

TOP OF THE PAGE!!!!!!!!!!

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[dsparks]

Checking in...Kathy :hug: and prayers for you and your mom and your other siblings!

Denise, we plan definitely to go on the 11/27/2010 cruise.

How did the play go Brantley?

Greg and Kathy, I told you to leave the cold weather out there! Actually, we have a southern storm moving in for later today. Calling for a foot of snow up north, rain here but maybe snow flurries! :eek:

Have a great weekend!

[theostwalts]

How did the play go Brantley?

It was great!!! They did Thoroughly Modern Millie, which is actually a musical. I was really impressed with all of those kids getting up on stage and not only acting, but singing as well. There are two more shows today, so I am going to take her up to the school in a little while.

[dsparks]

Thoroughly Modern Millie is a great play!

Thought I better give us a boost! Hope everyone had a great day!

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Brantley - Glad the play went well. I'm always amazed by what kids can do.

Kathy - You're still in my thoughts and prayers. :hug:

Good morning to everyone else. I started buying fish extender gifts for those that are going on this cruise. Now I just need to buy a fish extender. :thumbsup2

Off to make pancakes as the princess is hungry!! ;)

[dsparks]

Just dropped in to say Good Morning!

Kathy, I can't stop thinking about you too! :hug:

[Dixielady908]

Morning:


Just a quick hello.....getting some snow here....lovely:scared:... staying in today and just going to do some laundray and thats about it.
Went and saw the movie Knowing last nite with Nicholas Cage.....it was good but the ending was a little out there!!

Have a good one all
Denise:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::ban ana:

[Dixielady908]

:woohoo::woohoo: 3100 posts for me!!! :woohoo::woohoo:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi all, thanks for the good thoughts and prayers. It means a lot.
Very hard times for me. Now my brothers and i have to find anice place for mom to go after the hospital to stay. she cant go home again. She is too weak and its extra hard because in the days her mind is still clear, then as the day progresses she gets confused and has panic attacks, and absolutely doesnt know anyone. We only have til tuesday to find place for her.
Looking at foster care houses, not nursing home.
Much cleaner, cheerful, private bedroom and can have many of her own things.
They have added congestive heart failure to her problems too.

Have to run, no more internet for me for at least a week.

I'll check in then, keep us posted, my whip is watching you all,

Kathy

[jollyg]

Hi all, thanks for the good thoughts and prayers. It means a lot.
Very hard times for me. Now my brothers and i have to find anice place for mom to go after the hospital to stay. she cant go home again. She is too weak and its extra hard because in the days her mind is still clear, then as the day progresses she gets confused and has panic attacks, and absolutely doesnt know anyone. We only have til tuesday to find place for her.
Looking at foster care houses, not nursing home.
Much cleaner, cheerful, private bedroom and can have many of her own things.
They have added congestive heart failure to her problems too.

Have to run, no more internet for me for at least a week.

I'll check in then, keep us posted, my whip is watching you all,

Kathy

Hi Kathy,

Prayers and Pixiedust for you and your family...that's a hard thing to do...."been there, done that". :sad2:

A whole week without internet??? What will I do with no one to pick on? :rolleyes1

Guess I'll have to pick on Dawn or Denise! :lmao:

Good luck in finding a nice place for your mom. :thumbsup2

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Bumping us back up from page 2!

Kathy - prayers being said. Good luck with everything with your mom. :hug:

Happy Monday all! At least the sun is out in NYC. If anyone is watching Fox News this morning, there is a revolutionary type drum and fife group playing. And they are giving me a stinkin' headache as they've been playing since 7 a.m. and it is now close to 9 a.m. :headache: I wish they would stop before I lose it!!! :headache::rotfl2:

[dsparks]

Good Morning! Suns out in Michigan this morning but cccooolllddd!

Have a great week everyone!

[theostwalts]

Hi all, thanks for the good thoughts and prayers. It means a lot.
Very hard times for me. Now my brothers and i have to find anice place for mom to go after the hospital to stay. she cant go home again. She is too weak and its extra hard because in the days her mind is still clear, then as the day progresses she gets confused and has panic attacks, and absolutely doesnt know anyone. We only have til tuesday to find place for her.
Looking at foster care houses, not nursing home.
Much cleaner, cheerful, private bedroom and can have many of her own things.
They have added congestive heart failure to her problems too.

Have to run, no more internet for me for at least a week.

I'll check in then, keep us posted, my whip is watching you all,

Kathy

So sorry to hear that Kathy. We will keep you and your family in our prayers. :grouphug:

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Morning all! :)

Just giving us a bump up from the middle of page 2. :scared1:

It's cold here today. It was 39 when I hit my car this morning. I'm so ready for spring. Alright, I must need more coffee because I can't find the "freezing cold" smilie this morning. So just picture it all in your heads. :lmao:

[dsparks]

Good Morning! It's going to be a good day because this is the
TOP OF THE PAGE !!

[dsparks]

Boost! :wave2:

[jollyg]

Hi Dawn! :wave2:

Doesn't look like we had much activity on the thread in the past 24 hours?

Only about 3 more months until we head for Mt. Rushmore. :woohoo:

Brayden is getting excited to ride the steam train they have over there in Hill City.

I fell on the ice this evening and now I'm so sore I can hardly move...I don't remember hurting this bad when I was younger?! :confused3:lmao:

Well, off to bed for me.

Good night!

[dsparks]

:wave2: Good Morning!

:scared1: Greg, that's one of my most dreaded fears--falling on the ice! Hope you are ok!

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Morning all! :wave2:

Greg - sorry to hear about your fall. Hope you're feeling better soon. I hate ice!!!

[jollyg]

Good morning Dawn & Allison! :wave2:

Well....I'm up and moving this morning, but not very fast. I swear every muscle in my body is sore! :eek:

I've gotta take Max to the groomer this morning and run some errands in town.

Hope everyone has a great day! :cool1:

[dsparks]

Good Morning!

We are suppose to be close to 60 degrees today before the rain moves in tonight.

Last day of school before spring break starts tomorrow. Dentist appt for the boys after school.

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Morning!

It should be warm here too today. I was able to go without my gloves this morning and didn't freeze walking to the subway. All good things. :thumbsup2:banana::banana:

Wow, spring break already. I guess Easter is next weekend. It seems early to me but I'm not sure why. :confused3 DD gets off next Wednesday and is then off for what seems like most of April. :rotfl2::rotfl2: They actually have a full day of school next Wednesday. They usually have a half day. We have a new principal and she's rather odd so who knows what she is thinking. :confused3 Like the kids are going to be doing anything when they are thinking about 12 days of freedom. I would hate to be those teachers. :sad1:

Well have a good day everyone. Hopefully I can get outside for a walk at lunch today since it looks like we might have sun and warm weather. :cool1::cool1:

[jd99]

Hi all
Busy times here. I have a couple of new clients and am still trying to figure out how to fit them in with my existing work. I'm killing myself but afraid to turn down any work in case slow times hit later in the year. Wish i had a crystal ball.

We are off to WDW and DCL next week!!!!! Using developer's points from when we added on for one night at Saratoga Springs pre-cruise Wednesday. May just hit downtown disney that night though I know I'm going to at least get an hour or two of park time. Gotta get our money's worth on those annual passes. :rotfl:

Thursday morning, getting picked up at 9:15 a.m. to head to the port for our first ever 3-day on the Wonder. We have only been on the Magic and only done 7 nighters so this will be a new experience for us. We are planning to go go go on this one since it's so short - so we can get in all our favorite DCL activities.

After the cruise, we have 2 nights at Saratoga (treating ourselves to a 2 bedroom for a change due to developer's points) and have dinner planned at OHana on Easter night and at Whispering Canyon the next night.

So ready for this trip!!!!!!

Have a great day all.

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Have a great trip! We own SSR but only stayed there once. :rotfl2: We use our points at the Campground. I love that place. Now if they would only give me Fort Wilderness points I would be all set. :cloud9:

Enjoy the trip and report back on the Wonder!!

[theostwalts]

Bumping us up from the last thread on Page 1.

Hope everyone is doing great.

Jeff, hope you guys have a great trip!!!!!!!

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Happy Friday all!!! :cool1::cool1::cool1:

Have a busy day of errands and GS stuff tomorrow but am going to seriously relax on Sunday. I can't wait. Once we get through 8:30 am mass (okay, not fond of DD being an altar server at times) then I'm coming home to park my butt on the couch and be a complete vegetable. :thumbsup2
Okay, I can dream can't I?? :confused3

Have a great weekend everyone!!

[jollyg]

Hi all
Busy times here. I have a couple of new clients and am still trying to figure out how to fit them in with my existing work. I'm killing myself but afraid to turn down any work in case slow times hit later in the year. Wish i had a crystal ball.

We are off to WDW and DCL next week!!!!! Using developer's points from when we added on for one night at Saratoga Springs pre-cruise Wednesday. May just hit downtown disney that night though I know I'm going to at least get an hour or two of park time. Gotta get our money's worth on those annual passes. :rotfl:

Thursday morning, getting picked up at 9:15 a.m. to head to the port for our first ever 3-day on the Wonder. We have only been on the Magic and only done 7 nighters so this will be a new experience for us. We are planning to go go go on this one since it's so short - so we can get in all our favorite DCL activities.

After the cruise, we have 2 nights at Saratoga (treating ourselves to a 2 bedroom for a change due to developer's points) and have dinner planned at OHana on Easter night and at Whispering Canyon the next night.

So ready for this trip!!!!!!

Have a great day all.

Hey Jeff,

Sounds like fun! :cool1:

We had reservations at Whispering Canyon when we went, but didn't get to go. :sad2:

I'm so tired of all this snow and cold I'd even consider going back to WDW just to get out of here! :lmao:

Have fun! :thumbsup2

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi all,
I just zipped home to get Greg to come back with me for the next 4 days, then I'll be home for 2 days then back to moms again. I must admit I am so depressed and emotionally worn out I cant seem to think straight. I feel like I should be in the facility where we put our mom.
First 2 days went pretty good then last night another turn for the worst, but that is typical for dimenta. Didnt have time to see her today, so I dotn know if she has slipped farther from reality or not. Nights are the worst. She even got a window open a little bit and set off an alarm as she tried to push the scrren out to escape. No matter where she is she will always try to escape, even her own house. That is just the dimenta. She did that a few times at her house and the hospital.

Thankfully she forgets everything from 5 minutes before.
This last 9 days have beent he worst of my life, I so need a cruise!!

THANKYOU everyone for your well wishes, I'll take all the prayers and pixie dust you can muster up.
back next week, late in thew week,

Kathy

[Dixielady908]

Hi Dawn! :wave2:

Doesn't look like we had much activity on the thread in the past 24 hours?

Only about 3 more months until we head for Mt. Rushmore. :woohoo:

Brayden is getting excited to ride the steam train they have over there in Hill City.

I fell on the ice this evening and now I'm so sore I can hardly move...I don't remember hurting this bad when I was younger?! :confused3:lmao:

Well, off to bed for me.

Good night!

Sorry to hear about your fall Greg and glad to hear that you are feeling better......but your right....it never hurt as much when we were younger...old age sucks!!!;)

Kathy: I'm sorry about your mom. My dad is not doing well either, so I know where your coming from. It's really hard to watch your parents go down hill....you always remember them as being your rock....now you have to be there's.
my dad is fighting us about getting his drivers liscense. he wants to drive, but cannot walk up and down all the stairs (he lives in a condo..3rd floor walk up) it kills me and I'm a lot younger than him. we are trying to convience him with his oxygen he cant drive....he will be 94 on the 17th....God Bless him!!

Anyway...just another 11 days and will be heading to colorado:yay::dance3: cant wait.

Hi Dawn....how are you doing?

Have a great weekend everyone......

Denise

[jollyg]

Hi all,
I just zipped home to get Greg to come back with me for the next 4 days, then I'll be home for 2 days then back to moms again. I must admit I am so depressed and emotionally worn out I cant seem to think straight. I feel like I should be in the facility where we put our mom.
First 2 days went pretty good then last night another turn for the worst, but that is typical for dimenta. Didnt have time to see her today, so I dotn know if she has slipped farther from reality or not. Nights are the worst. She even got a window open a little bit and set off an alarm as she tried to push the scrren out to escape. No matter where she is she will always try to escape, even her own house. That is just the dimenta. She did that a few times at her house and the hospital.

Thankfully she forgets everything from 5 minutes before.
This last 9 days have beent he worst of my life, I so need a cruise!!

THANKYOU everyone for your well wishes, I'll take all the prayers and pixie dust you can muster up.
back next week, late in thew week,

Kathy

Hi Kathy!!

More prayer and pixiedust for you, your mom and your family!

I hope everything starts getting better from here on out for ya. :thumbsup2

[jollyg]

Sorry to hear about your fall Greg and glad to hear that you are feeling better......but your right....it never hurt as much when we were younger...old age sucks!!!;)

Denise

Hi Denise,

Yeah, old age sucks!! Thank goodness I'm not there yet!....I've still got another 40 years before that happens! :lmao:

[dsparks]

:wave2:Good Morning Everyone!

Not much going on around here. Baseball practice yesterday, don't have another one until Thursday. Spring break all week. Going to go to the batting cages during the week. Skylar starts soccer the week following with practice on Monday and a game Saturday.

Denise, getting close!

[theostwalts]

Kathy,

Sorry things are not going well for your mom. Hope things get better. We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers.

Hang in there!!!!

:grouphug:

[jd99]

Hi Kathy.
Thinking of you these days. I hope you and your family are doing okay.

Jeff

[jd99]

Hi Nanaheads
Just two more days and I get to see the mouse!!!

Better yet, just three more days and I get my first trip on the Wonder. I hope we like it as much as the Magic. :lmao: Actually I wonder if we will be able to tell the difference.

Have a great day everyone.

Jeff

[Dixielady908]

Hi Denise,

Yeah, old age sucks!! Thank goodness I'm not there yet!....I've still got another 40 years before that happens! :lmao:

Greg, Greg, Greg....if your complaining then your old....and you were complaining.....so your old.....to me anything past 35 is old....thats when the bones start acting up!!!:eek:

Well we got snow last night.:scared:....isnt it just dandy!!! But it has already started to melt so thats good news!!

Not much else goin on....

Jeff have a great trip and enjoy the Wonder!!! give us a report when you get back...

I leave for Colorado in 9 days:dance3: Boy do I need a vacation.
I just put my house back on the market this weekend....so hopefully we will get someone this time.

Have a good one all

Denise:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::ban ana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banan a:

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Kathy - I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. I'll her and your family in my thoughts and prayers. :hug:

Jeff - Have a great trip!! Let us know what you think of the Wonder.

Hello everyone else!! :wave2:

[theostwalts]

Hi Nanaheads
Just two more days and I get to see the mouse!!!

Better yet, just three more days and I get my first trip on the Wonder. I hope we like it as much as the Magic. :lmao: Actually I wonder if we will be able to tell the difference.

Have a great day everyone.

Jeff

Hey Jeff,

Hope you guys have a great vacation. I am looking forward to your report on the Wonder. Be sure to take lots of pictures!!!!:thumbsup2

[jd99]

Hey Jeff,

Hope you guys have a great vacation. I am looking forward to your report on the Wonder. Be sure to take lots of pictures!!!!:thumbsup2

Thanks Brantley. We will!

[Eeyore'sthebest]

We were way down at the bottom of page 2. :eek: So I'm giving us a bump back up to the top!! :tigger:

[jollyg]

Greg, Greg, Greg....if your complaining then your old....and you were complaining.....so your old.....to me anything past 35 is old....thats when the bones start acting up!!!:eek:

Denise:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::ban ana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banan a:

And what makes you so sure I'm over 35? :rolleyes1

[Dixielady908]

And what makes you so sure I'm over 35? :rolleyes1

Lets just say, I have my sources!!!! :rolleyes1 I'm just sayin!!!:laughing:


denise:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::ban ana::banana:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi everyone,

I am back until friday afternoon when I go back to moms for the weekend.
She is adjusting very well to her new environment, mostly due to the fact she has really gone down hill during the 8 days she has been there.

She is happy in her fantasy world and thats what counts. She doesnt worry about anything, she lives minute to minute, forgetting anything from 5 minutes ago which is the best we could hope for.
She still know her kids, but not grandkids or great grandkids.

Even when she calls us by name and says she loves us, she will talk crazy nonsense, so we are relieved she is not in pain and not afraid of anything right now like she was originally.

One day we went camping with her in her room which was her happy memories from us growing up coming into her mind.
another day she was a proper English lady, she would talk in proper english and curtsy and call people Your highness or your majesty all morning. She was remembering going to Renisance fairs which she dearly loved.

But by noon she and others start to get worse, so we leave. It is too heartbreaking to watch that. Her congestive heart failure is getting worse too so that may take her soon before the dimenta does. We would be happy for that.
Mom always said if I loose my mind, I dont want to live anymore. so if the Lord takes her soon, that would be her wish.

enough sadness now, I want to thank everyone for their pixie dust, it means alot to me.

I will go back and read the posts later today,
but I do know Jeff should be about to cruise over Easter, so Jeff, have an awesome time. The Wonder is a nice ship, I know you'll love it.

Back soon,
Kathy

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Kathy - Nothing but prayers and hugs coming your way. :hug: I'm so sorry to hear about your mother's dimentia. :hug:

[dsparks]

:hug: Ditto here Kathy. Haven't gotten you or your family out of my mind. Watching mom go down hill is hard. Love ya!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Thanks everyone :grouphug:

Making spaghetti today for dinner. I figured greg was getting tired of soup and sandwiches.

Pouring rain today too.

Hope everyone here is doing well. I dont have time to go back and read the last 2 weeks worth of posts right now.

back later, Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hey Dawn,
you got a top today:thumbsup2

[philatiger]

Kathy...for you and your family.......pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust:pixiedust: pixiedust:

Chuck :goofy:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Kathy...for you and your family.......pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust:pixiedust: pixiedust:

Chuck :goofy:


Hi Chuck, great to hear from you. Thanks for the pixie dust.
How are you and Mark doing? Hope all is well.
Have you got any cruises booked? we hope to do this one but wont book until the last minute. We do have a 14 day TA cruise on 9/18/2010. The prices were too good to pass up. Cancel that i see by your signature you are going on the Norwegin Pearl in 7 months. Please let us know how you like it.

Dont be a stranger!! Kathy

[philatiger]

Hi Chuck, great to hear from you. Thanks for the pixie dust.
How are you and Mark doing? Hope all is well.
Have you got any cruises booked? we hope to do this one but wont book until the last minute. We do have a 14 day TA cruise on 9/18/2010. The prices were too good to pass up. Cancel that i see by your signature you are going on the Norwegin Pearl in 7 months. Please let us know how you like it.

Dont be a stranger!! Kathy

We are doing good thanks. This will be our third NCL cruise, we really like the eat anytime you want. Looking forward to Disney in June. We were there in January and hit the only week where the temps were in the upper 60's, couldn't have asked for better weather. We took 2 friends with us who had never been so it was fun showing them the parks. We got on just about every ride and never waited more than 10 minutes, the benefits of knowing how to work the park.

Really sorry to hear about your mom. You will be in our thoughts and prayers.

Chuck :goofy:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

We are doing good thanks. This will be our third NCL cruise, we really like the eat anytime you want. Looking forward to Disney in June. We were there in January and hit the only week where the temps were in the upper 60's, couldn't have asked for better weather. We took 2 friends with us who had never been so it was fun showing them the parks. We got on just about every ride and never waited more than 10 minutes, the benefits of knowing how to work the park.

Really sorry to hear about your mom. You will be in our thoughts and prayers.

Chuck :goofy:



I love WDW in winter. The weather is usually so nice. We will be back there around the first of june, just in time for hot humid weather.:scared: I am anxious to get our annual passes again. After 8 years of living near WDW we have a good plan for each park too, it really does help to beat the lines and crowds.
I am sorry to miss the Flower Power concerts this spring. I love those, of course the entertainers are probably a bit before your time, which tells you i am a lot older:rolleyes1
Glad your doing good, pleased drop by again soon to say hello,
Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Good morning everyone,
pretty quiet here the last 2 days. I think people knew I was back so they left town:lmao:
Rainy all day again today.

I am goin to try and make some cookies today as therapy, cookies cure about anything:thumbsup2 I was going to do cinnamon rolls but its too cool to raise the yeast dough today, so maybe peanut butter cookies or oatmeal cookies. Just soemthing to do beside sit here.

I have been watching DCL prices and they are running some good rates this summer and into the fall. Just goes to show they are having trouble filling the ships. On their web site they are advertising some cruises kids 17 and under cruise free.:goodvibes That is a first for Disney.

Hope everyone has a good day,

I'll try to check back later today to see whats cookin here;)

Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

saving us from page 2.

here is a joke to brighten or not brighten your evening everyone.



After gunning his BMW the wrong way down a one-way street, the rather intoxicated young man was asked where he thought he was going by a curious police officer.

“I’m not really sure,” confessed the drunk, “but wherever it is, I must be late, because everybody seems to be coming back already:confused3

[dsparks]

:rotfl2::rotfl2::lmao::lmao:

Good Morning!

Glad to see you back on the boards!

Spring break going toooo fast! After the 4 inches of snow we got Sunday, the temp has been in the 50s. Yesterday was beautiful! High 50s and sunny! Rain south of us today so we are cloud covered but suppose to be sunny and nice tomorrow!

Happy Easter!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Good morning,
hope everyone will have a good Easter weekend.:goodvibes

I am off to moms today for the weekend.

I'll check in when I return,

Kathy

[Eeyore'sthebest]

I'm about to log off for the weekend. So have a great weekend and Happy Easter all.
Kathy, I'll keep you, your mom and your family in my thoughts and prayers. :hug:

I hope the Easter bunny is good to you all. Mine left the chocolate bunnies in the car and needed to get replacements today. :rolleyes1 Oops!!

[theostwalts]

Hello everyone!!!!

Hope everyone has a Happy Easter. We are closed today for Good Friday, but it has rained here this morning. The sun is starting to come out now. We had thought about riding up through the mountains today, but the weather looked like they would get about 1-1 1/2 inches up that way. Maybe we will go tomorrow if it is better weather. We can get to the Blue Ridge Parkway in less than an hour. It is easy to find a nice place for a picnic lunch along the Parkway.

Kathy, glad to see you back. Hope all is going well for you.

I guess Jeff is having a great time at WDW now!!!! I am sure he is thinking about all of the rest of us...:laughing:

[dsparks]

Giving us a boost! Beautiful day here in Michigan!

[theostwalts]

:wave2: Hey Dawn!!!!

Another boost for the day.

Sunny and 68 degrees here today!!!!

[dsparks]

Happy Easter!

[theostwalts]

Happy Easter!!!!

[theostwalts]

Bumping us up from page 2!!!!!!!!!!!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

HOPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!:lmao:

Pouring rain here. Had a bad day with mom so glad to be home tonight.
Wont go back until next friday unless she gets worse again.

Have tons to do around here this week. I will check in each day as long as we dont loose our internet which seems to happen alot lately.

Later all, Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

bump

[theostwalts]

Hey Guys!!!!!

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. We had a nice one around here. Yesterday we went to church, and then I ate ALL DAY long!!!!:sad2::rotfl: My mom has been feeling not so well for the past couple of months, so she took everyone to the chinese buffet for lunch. She usually fixes a big Easter lunch, but this year she just did not feel up to it.

After that, we all went to her house to visit, and of course she had lot of sweets sat out.

Then Staci's folks came to our house for a big supper, so I ate some more.

Might have to go an a diet now that there are no more holidays for a while to use as an excuse not to loose a little weight!!!!!:rotfl2:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Brantley,
sounds like you had a great day. It seems like your in training for another cruise with all that food:rotfl2:
No Easter dinner here this year. Too busy at moms cleaning out her stuff.
Greg had a take out pizza for his Easter dinner this year. Apple turnovers for dessert:thumbsup2 Those were good.

[jollyg]

Good morning everyone.

Looks like things are kinda slow on the thread lately? :confused3

After 3 months of being on page 1 of our NCL 9 day southern caribbean cruise we finally started page two yesterday! :cool1:

Hope everyone is going well! :thumbsup2

[jd99]

On the way back home today. At airport now. Had a wonderful trip. Cruise was fantastic. More after we get home

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Jeff, I thought it was about time to hear from you. Cant wait ot hear about your trip:goodvibes

Greg, WOW page 2 already:lmao:
Thats the way our Carnical cruise was until I kept bugging them and then it really took off. There was only about 10 of us but after I got them going about a meet and stuff like that they started. Of course you know I am an expert at nagging people:rolleyes1


We have SNOW this morning and now a snow rain mix:confused3
I thought it was suppose to be spring time here??

Have a great day everyone,

Kathy

[jollyg]

Hey Jeff, glad you got had a good vacation. :thumbsup2

Kathy, I don't even want to hear the word "snow"! :scared1:

I've got the snow clouds here, but so far it hasn't dumped anything.

I'm suppose to put on my Waster master hat and open up the irrigation canals in 2 weeks! If its still cold and snowing nobody's going to be ready for water! :sad2:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Greg dont worry. I will ask the snow clouds to blow your direction as they leave here today.:goodvibes
I wouldnt want you to be left out of any special spring snow showers:thumbsup2


Kathy

[jollyg]

Greg dont worry. I will ask the snow clouds to blow your direction as they leave here today.:goodvibes
I wouldnt want you to be left out of any special spring snow showers:thumbsup2


Kathy

Guess I'll have to call my buddy on the reservation and have him do his anti-rain/snow dance. :lmao:

[CruisingCamper]

Hello Fellow Nanas!! We sure do miss you guys! Had to come and find out about Jeff and Mina's cruise!!!

We are going on the Carnival Fantasy next week!! I had to have a cruise fix...what can I say!! I really wanted to go on a Disney..but we just went to Disney World last month, and we are going back in May. There was no way to convince Greg to go to Florida again this year!! So, a cruise from New Orleans was it!!

How are you all?

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hello Fellow Nanas!! We sure do miss you guys! Had to come and find out about Jeff and Mina's cruise!!!

We are going on the Carnival Fantasy next week!! I had to have a cruise fix...what can I say!! I really wanted to go on a Disney..but we just went to Disney World last month, and we are going back in May. There was no way to convince Greg to go to Florida again this year!! So, a cruise from New Orleans was it!!

How are you all?



Hi Steph,
we are all pretty good. We are all waiting to hear about Jeffs Easter cruise:goodvibes Please let us know how the Fantasy goes for you guys. I did the Carnival Glory once and didnt like it much. Ports were great the crew wasnt. What ports are you going to?? Is it a 7 day cruise?


Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Guess I'll have to call my buddy on the reservation and have him do his anti-rain/snow dance. :lmao:


Let me know if he is any good. If not i have relatives on the Cherokee reservation in Oklahoma I can call for you but they may make it snow instead of making it go away if I ask nicely.
My mom and her family are registered Cherokee, my oldest brother too but the blood line is thinned to far down to me or at least thats what they tell me.:rolleyes1 Maybe that is just their excuse not to have to claim me:lmao

Of course I am so lovable that cant be the case:rotfl2:

Kathy

[jd99]

Hello Fellow Nanas!! We sure do miss you guys! Had to come and find out about Jeff and Mina's cruise!!!

We are going on the Carnival Fantasy next week!! I had to have a cruise fix...what can I say!! I really wanted to go on a Disney..but we just went to Disney World last month, and we are going back in May. There was no way to convince Greg to go to Florida again this year!! So, a cruise from New Orleans was it!!

How are you all?

Hey Stephanie! Say hey to Greg and Wyatt. We missed you guys at the dinner table on this one. I'm downloading photos now and hope to write a trip report this week. And I promise promise promise I am still going to send Greg those parasailing photos. I've been having problems with the computer my photos are all stored on and want to move them to a new laptop to be able to better manage them. Bottom line - we had a BLAST. We were really wary of doing such a short sailing but we did much more than we imagined we could on such a short cruise.

[CruisingCamper]

Hi Steph,
we are all pretty good. We are all waiting to hear about Jeffs Easter cruise:goodvibes Please let us know how the Fantasy goes for you guys. I did the Carnival Glory once and didnt like it much. Ports were great the crew wasnt. What ports are you going to?? Is it a 7 day cruise?


Kathy


Yeah, I know, Carnival is not our favorite either, but it's cheaper and we can do more of those, b/c they sail from Louisiana. I hope we like the Fantasy though, it just got a renovation and looks great!

It's a 4-Day, so I'll let you know soon!!

[CruisingCamper]

Hey Stephanie! Say hey to Greg and Wyatt. We missed you guys at the dinner table on this one. I'm downloading photos now and hope to write a trip report this week. And I promise promise promise I am still going to send Greg those parasailing photos. I've been having problems with the computer my photos are all stored on and want to move them to a new laptop to be able to better manage them. Bottom line - we had a BLAST. We were really wary of doing such a short sailing but we did much more than we imagined we could on such a short cruise.


I knew ya'll would have a good time! I can't wait to see your pictures! I Love LOve Castaway Cay!! When is your next Disney or other cruise?

I'll be sure to tell Greg about the parasailing pics! He's putting Wyatt to bed right now.

[jollyg]

Let me know if he is any good. If not i have relatives on the Cherokee reservation in Oklahoma I can call for you but they may make it snow instead of making it go away if I ask nicely.
My mom and her family are registered Cherokee, my oldest brother too but the blood line is thinned to far down to me or at least thats what they tell me.:rolleyes1 Maybe that is just their excuse not to have to claim me:lmao

Of course I am so lovable that cant be the case:rotfl2:

Kathy

Well, its a small world....I'm Cherokee too?! :thumbsup2

My Indian name is.... Chief Freezing-my-butt-off and I'm from the Slap-a-ho tribe. Didn't you say your Indian name was Rain-in-the-face and that your the daughter of Chief Cloudy-with-a-chance-of-precipitation? :rolleyes1:lmao:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Well, its a small world....I'm Cherokee too?! :thumbsup2

My Indian name is.... Chief Freezing-my-butt-off and I'm from the Slap-a-ho tribe. Didn't you say your Indian name was Rain-in-the-face and that your the daughter of Chief Cloudy-with-a-chance-of-precipitation? :rolleyes1:lmao:



:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

You got me with that one:worship::worship::worship:


Good night all,

Kathy maiden named mudd on her face;)Greg my moms maiden name is Rainwater. That a fact no kidding!!

[dsparks]

Can I say again, I miss all the chatting!

:wave2:Hi Greg! Long-a-time-no-hear ugg! When was that Aruba trip?
:wave2:Hi Steph Any cruise is a good cruise right about now
:wave2:Glad to hear you had a great trip, Jeff
:wave2:Did you get that drive in the mountains, Brantley?
:wave2:Isn't the 17th Denise's daughter due date?
:wave2:Hey Kathy!

Easter Sunday was beautiful here had a great time with Elizabeth hunting her eggs! We actually got to be outside on Easter. We hunted Easter eggs on Mother's Day last year!

[jd99]

I knew ya'll would have a good time! I can't wait to see your pictures! I Love LOve Castaway Cay!! When is your next Disney or other cruise?

I'll be sure to tell Greg about the parasailing pics! He's putting Wyatt to bed right now.

Hey Stephanie
I just downloaded to a CD. PM me your mailing address and I will send the CD this week.
Jeff

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Happy Wednesday everyone,

Dawn, I was just thinking about the due date for Denise's grandbaby last night too. I know it was mid April sometime. I'm sure she will shout it LOUD enough for us to hear when the baby arrives:lmao:

At least i hope so!!

Still cold here but headed for the 70's this weekend:goodvibes

Have a great day everyone!!


Kathy

[jollyg]

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

You got me with that one:worship::worship::worship:
Greg my moms maiden name is Rainwater. That a fact no kidding!!

I wonder if we're related? My mother's maiden name was Rainey! :rolleyes1

Can I say again, I miss all the chatting!

:wave2:Hi Greg! Long-a-time-no-hear ugg! When was that Aruba trip?


We leave in sex weeks the kids last day of school and I can't wait!!! :woohoo::woohoo:

I'm so tired of this Idaho weather....first its nice and warm for a couple of days, then it snows.....then is warm again....then it snows!! :headache::headache:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

I wonder if we're related? My mother's maiden name was Rainey! :rolleyes1



We leave in sex weeks the kids last day of school and I can't wait!!! :woohoo::woohoo:

I'm so tired of this Idaho weather....first its nice and warm for a couple of days, then it snows.....then is warm again....then it snows!! :headache::headache:


Greg you have enough kids, dont go in sex weeks, go in six weeks:lmao::lmao:


Thats a scary thought if we were related way back somewhere, but a lot of indians have similar names. I know my poor mom got kidded all the time with a weird name like Inos Rainwater:confused3
You see Inez but not Inos then Rainwater sealed the deal:rotfl2:

Kathy

[jollyg]

Greg you have enough kids, dont go in sex weeks, go in six weeks:lmao::lmao:

Kathy


:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

I think sex weeks would go by a lot faster then six?!......I think I'll keep it like it is! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

I think sex weeks would go by a lot faster then six?!......I think I'll keep it like it is! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:



That sounds like a good idea to me:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[jd99]

While I'm getting ready to post my trip report here are a few pictures.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7/jeffd99/IMG_0903.jpg

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[mom x4,grandma x4]

Jeff, great photos.
Did you get the right answers to any questions on the game show? Your score showed 0 in the photo. Was tht Mickey Mainia or another game show? Never mind i see it was 100 for your score. I just had to tip my screen up to see it more clearly.
Looks like you had great weather .


Kathy

[jd99]

Jeff, great photos.
Did you get the right answers to any questions on the game show? Your score showed 0 in the photo. Was tht Mickey Mainia or another game show? Never mind i see it was 100 for your score. I just had to tip my screen up to see it more clearly.
Looks like you had great weather .


Kathy

LOL - we didn't get many right - though we DID finish second. Elizabeth was great at the last section where they blur pictures. It was Mickey Mania.

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Jeff, how did you like the decor difference on the Wonder? I like the club area much better on the Wonder because its not so dark looking.

I know most of the rest is the same accept the statue in the atrium but the floor tiles and rugs are different but the adult clubs are really a lot of differences.

Kathy

[jd99]

Jeff, how did you like the decor difference on the Wonder? I like the club area much better on the Wonder because its not so dark looking.

I know most of the rest is the same accept the statue in the atrium but the floor tiles and rugs are different but the adult clubs are really a lot of differences.

Kathy

It is so subtle that we kept looking for the differences. The club area is the most obvious along with the difference between Tritons/Lumieres. We also like the seating in the Promenade Lounge better on the Magic. It looks a little dated on the Wonder.

You know we had an inside cabin for the first time and it is just a little tight for the four of us. Not as much storage and nowhere to escape when we are all getting ready together - I usually retreat to the Verandah. And we really missed the verandah coming into ports too. Probably won't ever book anything less than a 9 from now on.

[TiggerKing]

While I'm getting ready to post my trip report here are a few pictures.

Another vacation?:eek:You seem to vacation more often than I change underwear!:rotfl2:

Hope everyone is doing well. Just had to drop by and say hello and see what was happening around here.

Lisa and I still technically have this cruise booked, but we will most likely be cancelling it. We are talking about doing a winter-time trip to Europe to blow some of these frequent flyer miles that I have accumulated. I have always wanted to go to German during the Christmas season to see the Christmas Markets, but we both also really want to do a trip to Italy. And then, there is the return trip to Russia that we would like to do!:confused3 But, it is all dependent on money and timing.

Talk to you all soon!

[lvstitch]

Great pictures Jeff:love:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Another vacation?:eek:You seem to vacation more often than I change underwear!:rotfl2:

Hope everyone is doing well. Just had to drop by and say hello and see what was happening around here.

Lisa and I still technically have this cruise booked, but we will most likely be cancelling it. We are talking about doing a winter-time trip to Europe to blow some of these frequent flyer miles that I have accumulated. I have always wanted to go to German during the Christmas season to see the Christmas Markets, but we both also really want to do a trip to Italy. And then, there is the return trip to Russia that we would like to do!:confused3 But, it is all dependent on money and timing.

Talk to you all soon!



Hi Bob, good to hear form you.
You should join us on the 9/18/2010 TA cruise, that would use some flyer miles up.:lmao: Fly to Barcelona and then 14 days on the Magic to return to Florida.
Bruce & Linda are coming along. We could use a couple more familiar faces on board:goodvibes Its a good price for 14 days, its just the airfare that kills the budget. But your flyer miles will take care of that.:thumbsup2
Most of the nanaheads have kids in school so they cant be gone tha tlong during school time. Thats over a year away, so give it some thought:rolleyes1

Kathy

[jd99]

Great pictures Jeff:love:

I have a trip report coming that will have lots more pics when I get some time away from this pesky work to get it done.

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Allison,
Where have you been lately? Hope your not ill?

Hope to hear from you soon,

Kathy

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Allison,
Where have you been lately? Hope your not ill?

Hope to hear from you soon,

KathyHi Kathy,

Thanks for thinking of me. I'm here. I've been kind of busy and not posting much. My mom is coming into town today so DD and I spent sometime cleaning last night. House wasn't in bad shape but even DD said we needed to straighten her bedroom before Nana said something. ;) I truly love my mom but jeez, our rooms were messes when we were kids. Cut the grandkid, that you see 2 or 3 times a year, some slack. :rolleyes: So I'm stressing a little. DH and DD have airport duty and are probably already on the way there. Of course tonight was the only night I could get a dr.'s appt so I'm actually going to be late getting home. Oh well.

I wish I could play hookey tomorrow but it's not in the cards. I need a mental health day. :sick:

Jeff - Glad to hear your cruise went well. I have to log in at home to see the pictures. Darn work computers and their filters. :headache:

- Allison

[Disneyholic]

Still scheduled for the November 28 cruise, but have been in the winter doldrums. I start posting more when it gets closer to cruise time. I originally started posting on this thread just after we got back from our October '08 cruise. I had a little trouble getting to this thread (5 now)
With working full time & all the other stuff that has to get done & all the other thread to read I don't get over here too often. Sorry.
I'll be back when I can.:goodvibes

[jd99]

Eeek we were halfway down page two...bumpety bump bump

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Still scheduled for the November 28 cruise, but have been in the winter doldrums. I start posting more when it gets closer to cruise time. I originally started posting on this thread just after we got back from our October '08 cruise. I had a little trouble getting to this thread (5 now)
With working full time & all the other stuff that has to get done & all the other thread to read I don't get over here too often. Sorry.
I'll be back when I can.:goodvibes


Hi Bev, I am so glad to hear from you. I was afraid we lost you:guilty:
Glad to hear your still around. Please drop by often,:goodvibes

Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Kathy,

Thanks for thinking of me. I'm here. I've been kind of busy and not posting much. My mom is coming into town today so DD and I spent sometime cleaning last night. House wasn't in bad shape but even DD said we needed to straighten her bedroom before Nana said something. ;) I truly love my mom but jeez, our rooms were messes when we were kids. Cut the grandkid, that you see 2 or 3 times a year, some slack. :rolleyes: So I'm stressing a little. DH and DD have airport duty and are probably already on the way there. Of course tonight was the only night I could get a dr.'s appt so I'm actually going to be late getting home. Oh well.

I wish I could play hookey tomorrow but it's not in the cards. I need a mental health day. :sick:

Jeff - Glad to hear your cruise went well. I have to log in at home to see the pictures. Darn work computers and their filters. :headache:

- Allison




Hi Allison,
Nice to hear from you. Be patient with mom, at least she isnt living with you;) If you figure out how to get a mental health day, let me know I could use one too:thumbsup2




Jeff, get that work done ASAP, we are waiting for that report and more photos and you know how IMPATIENT I can be:lmao:I will be gone this weekend, so that gives you a couple of days. I expect a progress report when I return Sunday afternoonpopcorn::

Good night all,

Kathy

[Jaime]

:wave: Hi Nana's!

Hi Christine. When are you going to WDW? We are surprising the girls with a trip to WDW for Oct 28-31. We are staying at the AKV.

Great pictures Jeff!

:hug:Hi Kathy you've been in my thoughts lately...how's your mom doing?

[jd99]

Couple more pictures to tide you over until the trip report is done.

Waiting for the princesses

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7/jeffd99/IMG_0919.jpg

Always the fish

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7/jeffd99/IMG_0931.jpg

Our favorite chipmunks

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7/jeffd99/IMG_0939.jpg

Our ship

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7/jeffd99/IMG_0944.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Morning everyone,

Great pictures Jeff, thanks for sharing. It brightens the day to start off with cruising photos:goodvibes

Hi Jaime,
Moms not doing good at all. She has gone into a coma twice and come out on her own both times. Her personality has changed drastically now. Dont know if its the disease or the new meds. Dr. will see her tomorrow and maybe take her off her new meds I hope!! Now she is not eating much at all so unless things change soon, she wont be with us much longer. Just taking it one day at a time.


well off for the weekend everyone,
suppose to be sunny this weekend. I sure hope they are right, I could use some nice sunshine for a few days.:goodvibes

I did finally get some oatmeal cookies made yesterday to take with us this weekend.:thumbsup2 I am so lazy lately, just cant seem to get motivated lately.

I'll check back on sunday or monday after I get back from moms.

Have a great weekend everyone,

Kathy

[lvstitch]

:wave: Hi Nana's!

Hi Christine. When are you going to WDW? We are surprising the girls with a trip to WDW for Oct 28-31. We are staying at the AKV.

Great pictures Jeff!

:hug:Hi Kathy you've been in my thoughts lately...how's your mom doing?

OMG, we will be there the same time. We are going from Oct 24th - Nov 1st. Are you planning on going to the Halloween party? We are going on the 31st.

[lvstitch]

Our ship

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k7/jeffd99/IMG_0944.jpg

Oh man, this one really kills me.

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Kathy - :hug: I'm still keeping your mom in my prayers.
Hope you have a good weekend.

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Kathy - :hug: I'm still keeping your mom in my prayers.
Hope you have a good weekend.



Thanks Allison,
I am taking it one day at a time.:hug:





Hi Christine,
nice to hear from you:goodvibes

[lvstitch]

Thanks Allison,
I am taking it one day at a time.:hug:





Hi Christine,
nice to hear from you:goodvibes

:wave2: Kathy

Figured I'd come visit since I haven't been here in a while. Can't wait till we start the 2011 Nana Board for the new ship.

How's Mom?

[mom x4,grandma x4]

:wave2: Kathy

Figured I'd come visit since I haven't been here in a while. Can't wait till we start the 2011 Nana Board for the new ship.

How's Mom?



I am excited to go on the new ships too. Plus they are going to remodel the terminal to accommodate them, so we will see a new terminal too.:banana:

Mom is worse each day, Dr will see her tomorrow. I believe she has maybe a month at best if she continues to keep going down hill as fast as she has been doing the past 2 weeks. Part of this may be a new drug she is on, so the Dr might take her off it and she may bounce back a little but she is terminal, so really not much point in it unless it makes her more comfortable.


How was the last trip to DL? Wish we could of joined you. We arnt really that far away from DL. Guess I will just have to wait until we get back to WDW for my Disney fix. :goodvibes

Kathy

[jollyg]

Mom is worse each day, Dr will see her tomorrow. I believe she has maybe a month at best if she continues to keep going down hill as fast as she has been doing the past 2 weeks. Part of this may be a new drug she is on, so the Dr might take her off it and she may bounce back a little but she is terminal, so really not much point in it unless it makes her more comfortable.

Kathy

Hi Kathy,

Prayers and pixie dust for you and your family. :worship::worship::worship::worship::worship: pixiedust:pixiedust:pixiedust:pixiedust:pixiedust:

[shellfish_mickfish]

Jeff,

Love the photo's! My kids love looking at photo's that are posted and the video's on DCL website over and over again! They are so excited to go! Just got to get the DH into it!

Shelley

[Jaime]

OMG, we will be there the same time. We are going from Oct 24th - Nov 1st. Are you planning on going to the Halloween party? We are going on the 31st.

Yes but not on the 31st...right now we only have hotel booked for 28, 29, 30 at the AKV...we a really hoping to go on the Magic or the Wonder but we have nothing booked yet...keeping a close eye on rates...we had a cruise on the Magic book for the 31 but cancelled it before Christmas because it was looking like Kierra wouldn't quailfy for med insurance but she has been doing really well lately and it looks like she'll be covered! However now the rate is $1000more!

I am going to buy tickets for the Halloween party for the 29th and if we are still in WDW for the 31 some of resorts and DTD usually have activities that we can take part in for free. We should try to meet up.

[Jaime]

Hi Kathy,

That's horrible about your mom...you are both in my prayers and here's some pixie dust for you and your family. pixiedust:pixiedust:pixiedust:pixiedust:

[jollyg]

we had a cruise on the Magic book for the 31 but cancelled it before Christmas because it was looking like Kierra wouldn't quailfy for med insurance but she has been doing really well lately and it looks like she'll be covered! However now the rate is $1000more!



Hey Jaime, I thought all Canadians got health insurance? :confused3

[jd99]

Hi all. I finally posted a trip report. Jeff's Easter Cruise (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=31412489&posted=1#post31412489)

[theostwalts]

Hi all. I finally posted a trip report. Jeff's Easter Cruise (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=31412489&posted=1#post31412489)

Hey Jeff,

Great report and photos. It looks like you had a really good time.

Did you get a chance to check out Bay Lake Towers????

[theostwalts]

Kathy,

Sorry to hear about your mom. Still thinking about you and keeping you and your family in our prayers.

:grouphug:

[jd99]

Hey Jeff,

Great report and photos. It looks like you had a really good time.

Did you get a chance to check out Bay Lake Towers????

They had a 2-bedroom model set up at SSR and we toured it. It looks amazing. i think we are going to buy it the next time we are there.

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi all,
just got back. Didnt see mom. I caught a bad cold and you cant enter the place sheis living with a cold, much too dangerous for the residents there but i did get a lot of sorting, packing and such done at her house. She is continuing to steadily decline.

Jeff loved your report. It perked me up when I got home today. I love 3 day cruises. They are alot of fun.:goodvibes

I need to relax a bit due to this nasty cold i seemed to of caught somewhere but I will be back later,

Thanks for all the Pixie dust and prayers everyone, they are much appreciated.:hug:


Kathy

[jd99]

Hi all,
just got back. Didnt see mom. I caught a bad cold and you cant enter the place sheis living with a cold, much too dangerous for the residents there but i did get a lot of sorting, packing and such done at her house. She is continuing to steadily decline.

Jeff loved your report. It perked me up when I got home today. I love 3 day cruises. They are alot of fun.:goodvibes

I need to relax a bit due to this nasty cold i seemed to of caught somewhere but I will be back later,

Thanks for all the Pixie dust and prayers everyone, they are much appreciated.:hug:


Kathy

Glad I could give you a smile Kathy. More prayers and pixie dust from us as well. Take good care of yourself, too.

[jollyg]

Hey Jeff,

I just read your trip report. Looks like you guys have fun. :thumbsup2

We were actually thinking about flying over to Bahamas/Atlantis in August while we're in Florida for the shuttle launch, but maybe we won't? I've been leaning toward either Jamaica or the Turks & Caicos islands myself.

To many cool places to see and so little time! :rotfl2:

[jd99]

Hey Jeff,

I just read your trip report. Looks like you guys have fun. :thumbsup2

We were actually thinking about flying over to Bahamas/Atlantis in August while we're in Florida for the shuttle launch, but maybe we won't? I've been leaning toward either Jamaica or the Turks & Caicos islands myself.

To many cool places to see and so little time! :rotfl2:

I would chose the T&C over the Atlantis ANYTIME. I've been there to the Club Med and the water is amazing there.

[Jaime]

Hey Jaime, I thought all Canadians got health insurance? :confused3

Very limited while outside Canada...and actually it can be limited while visiting other provinces too but not too bad...we always get exta insure while travelling outside of Canada...

[jollyg]

I would chose the T&C over the Atlantis ANYTIME. I've been there to the Club Med and the water is amazing there.

Is there enough at Club Med to do with kids? I like the look of the "Beaches resort" and it seems very kid friendly.

I almost chose Providenciales for Janel and I's getaway next month, but Aruba won out because I didn't want to worry about storms and hurricanes messing up our plans. :thumbsup2

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Good morning everyone,

very foggy here today, but headed for a great afternoon. 80 degrees if they are right and i think they are.
Today is laundry day for me. I started about 7 a.m. so I will finish before it gets too warm today.

Hope everyone had a good weekend.

Denise how is DD doing? Any pains yet?


Kathy

[lvstitch]

Yes but not on the 31st...right now we only have hotel booked for 28, 29, 30 at the AKV...we a really hoping to go on the Magic or the Wonder but we have nothing booked yet...keeping a close eye on rates...we had a cruise on the Magic book for the 31 but cancelled it before Christmas because it was looking like Kierra wouldn't quailfy for med insurance but she has been doing really well lately and it looks like she'll be covered! However now the rate is $1000more!

I am going to buy tickets for the Halloween party for the 29th and if we are still in WDW for the 31 some of resorts and DTD usually have activities that we can take part in for free. We should try to meet up.

Absolutely we should meet up, if only to say Hi:wave2:. As it get closer, lets try to work something out.

They had a 2-bedroom model set up at SSR and we toured it. It looks amazing. i think we are going to buy it the next time we are there.

I just told Joey last night, once we are out of debt and start making money we are buying into DVC. We have been talking about it for years and it's time we just got some points. I am hoping my next year.

[lvstitch]

I would chose the T&C over the Atlantis ANYTIME. I've been there to the Club Med and the water is amazing there.

I second that. Although I haven't been to T&C (next on my list) we went to Atlantis during our first Disney Cruise and hated it. The place is too huge and the people were so rude. I am glad I got a sample of it because I had always wanted to stay there but I have no desire to go back.

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Jeff - Great trip report! Glad you liked the preview of BLT. We actually purchased it site unseen on our January cruise. We have a studio booked for Thanksgiving right before our next cruise. We got developer points so it paid for the next cruise and we still had points left over for 2 nights before hand.
Sorry to hear about Atlantis. I've never been but everyone always talks about it. Sounds like some place we can definitely miss.

Kathy - I hope you're feeling better soon. :hug: I hate colds.

We had a beautiful weekend. Weather was fabulous. DH got a lot of work done with a new garden he is planting. Of course the puppies are having fun digging up the fresh dirt he is planting. I heard him screaming upstairs Sunday morning and couldn't figure out what he was yelling about as I knew all the dogs were out in the yard. Apparently he was screaming out the window to stop digging up his new dirt. :rotfl2: Poor guy, all that hard work and the puppies just seem so happy to destroy it. ;)

My mom is visiting and is doing well. Now if she would stop insulting my sisters, all would be great. And yes, mom is healthy as a horse and only 69. For some reason she has lost the filter on her mouth. She told my younger sister that her new hairstyle/color looked like a wig they would give cancer patients. :scared: Once she said it, it did become obvious (not that I told DS) but geez DM needs to put that filter back in place. :lmao:

I hope everyone has a good week! Its supposed to rain pretty hard to today so I hope the rest of the week clears up! :)

[dsparks]

Just jumping in to say hi!

Beautiful weather and baseball & soccer are both in full swing! Yeah! Takes away from indoor time for now!

Waiting to hear any news Denise!

[jd99]

I second that. Although I haven't been to T&C (next on my list) we went to Atlantis during our first Disney Cruise and hated it. The place is too huge and the people were so rude. I am glad I got a sample of it because I had always wanted to stay there but I have no desire to go back.

We said the exact same thing. We had toyed with going there over spring break this year and so thought maybe next year. Am I glad we saw it this time because now I wouldn't go there for a trip for anything.

Is there enough at Club Med to do with kids? I like the look of the "Beaches resort" and it seems very kid friendly.

I almost chose Providenciales for Janel and I's getaway next month, but Aruba won out because I didn't want to worry about storms and hurricanes messing up our plans. :thumbsup2

When I went to club med, it was before kids. BUt I know the clubs with kids programming do have a lot to do. One warning about the beaches. I have a very good friend who went to the T&C Beaches with her family and they absolutely despised it. She said it was filthy. She wrote letters upon getting home etc. not to get money back but just to let people know how awful their experience was. She is not the type to complain unnecessarily and this is another place we had always thought we'd go - until her experience.

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Allison, i know a lot of people who once they get past mid 60's just say what they think without worrying about how it sounds. Once one of them said I am old enough now that i really dont care what people think of me when I speak. I am just going to tell it like it is. Maybe your mom has reached that point too.

Wish I could of seen the puppies having fun in the dirt. I know my full grown dogs would of done the same thing.:rolleyes1 They are trouble makers just like little kids.:lmao:


Hi Dawn, sounds like the boys are keeping you busy now.:thumbsup2

Hi Jeff:wave2:


we are 73 and beautiful today, heading for 80 but the RV is so small it heats up fast. It was 85 in here so I had to turn on the AC already and its only noon. I wanted to save on the electric bill this month but running the AC isnt going to help that bill:sad2:

catch everyone later,

Kathy

[philatiger]

Hi everyone, just dropped in to say hi!!!! Hope everyone is well.

Kathy....hope you are doing well...thoughts and prayers are with you.

here is some disney magic for you....

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn92/philatiger/Disney%20Jan%202009/IMG_2609.jpg

[jollyg]

When I went to club med, it was before kids. BUt I know the clubs with kids programming do have a lot to do. One warning about the beaches. I have a very good friend who went to the T&C Beaches with her family and they absolutely despised it. She said it was filthy. She wrote letters upon getting home etc. not to get money back but just to let people know how awful their experience was. She is not the type to complain unnecessarily and this is another place we had always thought we'd go - until her experience.

I had heard complaints about the Beaches resorts on Jamaica, but hadn't heard anything about the one on T&C. :rolleyes:

We'll probably just end up renting a beach house/condo on Grace Bay or book the Villa Renaissance.... it looks fun and relaxing. :thumbsup2

[mom x4,grandma x4]

hi Chuck,
thanks for the photo. I love the Castle:goodvibes
On your signature the bottom cruise was cut off. It just says Disney Western. Did you book another Disney cruise or is that an old icon you didnt remove?
Tell Mark hello from the nanaheads:thumbsup2



Hi Greg,
hows the planting coming along? any vegetables in the ground yet? I am getting hungry;)


It hit 84 here today. Too bad only one more nice day to come before it gets cold and nasty again:sad2:


Kathy

[philatiger]

hi Chuck,
thanks for the photo. I love the Castle:goodvibes
On your signature the bottom cruise was cut off. It just says Disney Western. Did you book another Disney cruise or is that an old icon you didnt remove?
Tell Mark hello from the nanaheads:thumbsup2



Hi Greg,
hows the planting coming along? any vegetables in the ground yet? I am getting hungry;)


It hit 84 here today. Too bad only one more nice day to come before it gets cold and nasty again:sad2:


Kathy

yes, we booked the Magic western for Oct 30, 2010. We had our points for this year to use up so be banked them to next year and decided on the cruise. We are looking at Disneyland Paris for the spring to use up the rest. Hoping airfares stay as low as they are now.

[firemans wife]

Hi everyone-Just wanted to check in and say hi. We had a nice trip to Tennessee 2 weeks ago. It was warm the 1st 2 days, then it snowed:upsidedow Not really what I wanted to see, but it was so pretty in the mountains. We did some hiking on the warm days.

Kathy-prayers and :grouphug: for your mom.

Denise-looking forward to hearing news about your new grand baby:cloud9:

Jeff-Thanks for sharing pictures. Looks like you had fun. Makes me want to be on Castaway Cay right about now:goodvibes I will have to check out your trip report.

Take care everyone.:grouphug: TTYL

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Lorna, nice to hear from you again. Glad you had a nice vacation.



Chuck, I am happy your getting to go on the Magic still. Paris DL is quite a trip, i hope you have a great time!! I have never been across the pond but will do some exploring when we do our TA cruise in 2010.:banana::banana:


Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

saving us from page 2:scared:

Where is everyone today, must be working hard to pay for this cruise:lmao:

Kathy

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Morning all! We were back on the bottom of page 2 so I'm giving us a bump!

Worked hard yesterday...not so much today. :rolleyes1
Hope everyone is having a good day! :)

[jd99]

Ok I'll play bump the thread too. I have had a pretty crappy morning. Taking sick kid to the doctor to get the revelation that "she has a cough." No kidding? Fighting with said pre-teen kid and trying to teach a lesson. I'm truly exhausted by 10:30 a.m. Can't focus on work. Disney, take me away....

[jollyg]

Ok I'll play bump the thread too. I have had a pretty crappy morning. Taking sick kid to the doctor to get the revelation that "she has a cough." No kidding? Fighting with said pre-teen kid and trying to teach a lesson. I'm truly exhausted by 10:30 a.m. Can't focus on work. Disney, take me away....

Yeah, I've done that before. Take them to the doctor only to have them tell you...yep they're sick, if it gets worse or their fever goes above 103 come back in or call us...that'll be $100 please! :sad2:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hey I have been sick for 3 days now and nobody has offered to take me to the doctor:confused3 Maybe a local witch doctor:lmao:


Morning everyone. i had a rotton night too Jeff. Didnt even start dozing until around 4 a.m. and was up at 6 a.m.:sick: Nasty cold here.

I will try and nap this afternoon after lunch but if i sleep too much I know I wont sleep again tonight.

My Blazers played an awesome game and won last night:cool1:
Back later when I get some rest,

Kathy

[dsparks]

Good Morning All!

Checking in!

Denise we are waiting on an update? Geez, you'd think she put us as her first priority!

Stephanie and I are having a garage sale on Friday. Busy doing that. This afternoon is an ortho appt. Soccer at 6. Opening day of baseball is Saturday!

Calling for 80 degrees on Saturday! Woo hoo!

[Eeyore'sthebest]

I have my DD with me today at work for the "Take your Child" to work program. I affectionally term it "Take your brat" work. :rotfl2:

She's bored. Go figure. :rotfl::rolleyes: Program starts at 9 a.m. She doesn't want to go. In her defense, it does look rather boring. I told her they would probably give out goodies with the firm's name on it. Then we got for lunch at Ruby Foo's (a chinese place), a science show in the afternoon with snacks and then the American Girl store for dinner. So she just has to muddle through the morning and then she's good. She's whining so much though. :headache::rolleyes:

Oh well.
Jeff - I hope your DD feels better. And I feel your pain about the doctor.
Kathy - feel better. :hug:

[jollyg]

Hello Nana's! :thumbsup2

Kathy, hope you get feeling better soon. :sick:

Lorna, good to hear from you. :cool1:

Chuck, good to hear from you too! :woohoo:

Alison, good luck with "take your child to work day". I own a couple of businesses I run out of our home, so everyday is take your children to work day for me! :lmao:

Dawn, we still on for Rushmore in July? :cool1:

Jeff, are the girls over their illness?.....or was it just one of them?

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Happy Thursday everyone,

Jeff, hope the girls are better today.:thumbsup2

Dawn, I am excited about hearing from Denise too. Many times first babies come late. Mine was 13 days late:sad2: So we will just have to wait and see.
She will probably have the baby while I am gone this weekend so i will be the last to know:headache:

Hi Allison,
I always thought the take your child to work day was dreamed up by bosses who wanted to torture their employees:lmao::lmao:
My kids would of loved it because I owned a pizza place so they could of munched pizza all day;) But way back then the day didnt exist or at least it wasnt publicized. So I lucked out.


We have nice sunshine today and it was suppose to be rainy. Now they say sun all weekend, although only in the upper 50's. But thats ok, at least its not raining.

I am off tomorrow for the weekend to go back to moms to keep cleaning out her home and to visit her. So I may post in the morning tomorrow but then I'll be gone .

I will be back later today to see who's been around,

Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Greg, seems we posted at the same time today.

I am still not feeling very well but I did sleep las tnight and that really helped a lot.

Hope everyone is doing well at your house. Hows the garden coming?
I am ready to pick and cook some fresh veggies!!

Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

should be about time for a top of the page?

[mom x4,grandma x4]

YES!! Greg was on line and i beat him to the top !!

Once again for old times sake Ladies Rule

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

I keep forgetting to ask,

Jeff did you go to downtown Disney?

I saw on line they have a hot air balloon ride there now.
It is tethered and goes up 400 feet and lasts about 10 minutes.
I was wondering if you saw this?
The article didnt say the price.?

I told Greg I bet $30 to $50 per ride. He thought it would be lower.

I know on Hwy 92 near Disney at Old Town they have a sling shot ride thats $30, so I thought this might be about the same.

They showed photos of the view that were awesome.

Kathy

[lvstitch]

I keep forgetting to ask,

Jeff did you go to downtown Disney?

I saw on line they have a hot air balloon ride there now.
It is tethered and goes up 400 feet and lasts about 10 minutes.
I was wondering if you saw this?
The article didnt say the price.?

I told Greg I bet $30 to $50 per ride. He thought it would be lower.

I know on Hwy 92 near Disney at Old Town they have a sling shot ride thats $30, so I thought this might be about the same.

They showed photos of the view that were awesome.

Kathy

Sorry Kathy but Greg is right :rolleyes:

"The cost will be $16.00 for adults, children 3-9 will be $10.00 These prices include tax."

[jd99]

I keep forgetting to ask,

Jeff did you go to downtown Disney?

I saw on line they have a hot air balloon ride there now.
It is tethered and goes up 400 feet and lasts about 10 minutes.
I was wondering if you saw this?
The article didnt say the price.?

I told Greg I bet $30 to $50 per ride. He thought it would be lower.

I know on Hwy 92 near Disney at Old Town they have a sling shot ride thats $30, so I thought this might be about the same.

They showed photos of the view that were awesome.

Kathy

We did see it and we had every intention of doing it but we ran out of time. When we go back in June, we are at Port Orleans Riverside for the first four nights so hopefully we can get over there and do it then. The girls are dancing at Downtown Disney as well so we WILL actually be there for at least some portion of time.

[Eeyore'sthebest]

The prices for the balloon are pretty good. They have one of those at the Philadelphia Zoo that we used to go on. I think the only reason we would do this one is to see the different view. DD wasn't too excited about going on it so I might get to save some money. :banana::banana:

DD muddled through the morning program at work, barely. She called me an hour before it was out and begged me to come and get her. So I went up to convince her to stay. She said it was really boring. It really did look that way so I couldn't blame her. Anyway, the big bosses little boy was in and he looked so sad and lonely that I begged her to go sit and play with him. (Cause the mom begged me to have my DD look out for him - he's shy.) I got the eyeroll. How unexpected....:rotfl2:

Finally I just gave in and bribed her. Told her that if she treated him really well and played nicely the rest of the day that I would buy her the American Girl doll she's been begging for. So its only costing me $100 to make the bosses kid happy. Oh what we do to keep our Wall Street jobs. :rotfl::rotfl:
So its off to the store after work to buy the doll.

We will sneak out after the afternoon science show to hit the M&M store. I think I need some chocolate to get through the rest of the day. :rotfl2:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Christine,
actually I am happy Greg is right. I would rather have lower prices so more people can afford it. Of course theres no rule saying I have to tell Greg he was right:rolleyes1 He can find out on his own way off in the future:lmao:

Jeff, we may still be back in time to watch the girls dance, we will know in 2 weeks . Let me know if you do the balloon ride and we arnt there. I am curious about how you would like it. I think it is too high for my taste. Greg would love it.

Allison, maybe the boss will give you a raise for taking good care of her son and that will cover the cost of the doll:confused3 Just make sure your DD is REALLY nice to earn the expensive of a doll.:lmao:
Guess I havnt bought kids toys in a long time. That is a lot for a doll! She must be very special


Off to walk the pups again,
hope everyone is having a good day,

Kathy

[jd99]

Jeff, are the girls over their illness?.....or was it just one of them?

Elizabeth still has a heck of a cough - she hasn't been able to go to swimming all week and she has a meet this weekend, so we're not sure if she'll make it.

[lvstitch]

We did see it and we had every intention of doing it but we ran out of time. When we go back in June, we are at Port Orleans Riverside for the first four nights so hopefully we can get over there and do it then. The girls are dancing at Downtown Disney as well so we WILL actually be there for at least some portion of time.


OK so I am going to want a full report on POR. We are staying there in Oct and I'm a little nervous. I know you are a reliable souce so I want to hear the good, bad and the ugly.

[jd99]

OK so I am going to want a full report on POR. We are staying there in Oct and I'm a little nervous. I know you are a reliable souce so I want to hear the good, bad and the ugly.

We stayed there before kids and thought it was pretty nice. But since then we haven't stayed in anything but a deluxe. So....I'm lowering my expectations as much as possible and then we shall see. We go from there to AKV and have concierge for at least 2 of our 4 days there... on wait list for the other two.

[Eeyore'sthebest]

We're home - finally!! I just re-read some of my posts. I must have been really distracted today. Wow the grammar, spelling and typos. Eek! :scared:

Kathy - The American Girl dolls are quite pricey but they last a long time and they very well made. I will keep buying from them because they really do treat their customers right. Long story I won't bore everyone with but they treated us really well earlier this year when they didn't have to. So I bought the silly doll. She's happy as anything and went to bed with it. And the boss's kid was smiling and happy at the end. That's all that matters. :thumbsup2

Have a good night all. Jeff, I hope your DD is feeling better soon.

[lvstitch]

We stayed there before kids and thought it was pretty nice. But since then we haven't stayed in anything but a deluxe. So....I'm lowering my expectations as much as possible and then we shall see. We go from there to AKV and have concierge for at least 2 of our 4 days there... on wait list for the other two.

The last time we spent more than two night in Disney was at the Grand Floridian concierge so I am definitely a little worried about staying a week at POR. I really like the property, just not crazy about the rooms. If they come out with the 4/3 special for October I will to upgrade to AKL Concierge.

[dsparks]

I know many people that love POR--that is the worst stay EVER at Disney. I will never ever, ever stay at POR again. POFQ is my favorite.

[jd99]

Whereas.....POFQ was just "okay" for us. Much preferred Dixie Landings (which is what it was called then).

However, now give me GF Concierge in a heartbeat. Or YC, or Poly, or BCV or AKL or...well you get the idea.

[jollyg]

We enjoyed the private 6 bedroom home we rented in Windsor Hills with private swimming pool and hot tub. I'd go back there in a heart beat. :thumbsup2

[jd99]

We enjoyed the private 6 bedroom home we rented in Windsor Hills with private swimming pool and hot tub. I'd go back there in a heart beat. :thumbsup2

I'd do that if we weren't spending time in the Disney parks. It's just too convenient to stay onsite when you are park hopping and too hard to be offsite and deal with parking lots and shuttles just to get to the front gates.

[jd99]

hello.....We were almost half way down page two! Yikes

[jollyg]

I'd do that if we weren't spending time in the Disney parks. It's just too convenient to stay onsite when you are park hopping and too hard to be offsite and deal with parking lots and shuttles just to get to the front gates.

Don't you still have to deal with shuttles and trams to get from the resorts to the front gates too?

[mom x4,grandma x4]

I AM GOING TO BE A GRANDMA AGAIN IN JANUARY:faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint:

:cool1::banana::dance3::cheer2::yay::woohoo::rotfl ::goodvibes

Kathy

[philatiger]

I AM GOING TO BE A GRANDMA AGAIN IN JANUARY:faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint:

:cool1::banana::dance3::cheer2::yay::woohoo::rotfl ::goodvibes

Kathy

Congratulations...now you have to change your screen name...:lmao:

[jd99]

Don't you still have to deal with shuttles and trams to get from the resorts to the front gates too?

Depends on where you stay. Stay at the beach club and walk into Epcot and walk or take a quick boat ride to the studios. Stay at the Poly, GF, Contemporary and take a 2 minute monorail ride to the front gate of WDW. If you are at the Contemporary you can walk. It's why we stagger our trips. One time at BC for those parks and the next time at a MK resort. And for as much as I hate hate hate public transportation and said I'd always rent a car when at WDW even when staying onsite - the last couple of trips we haven't and I'm pretty amazed at how efficient and convenient the buses are. It really is better than driving and parking.

[jd99]

I AM GOING TO BE A GRANDMA AGAIN IN JANUARY:faint: :faint: :faint: :faint: :faint:

:cool1::banana::dance3::cheer2::yay::woohoo::rotfl ::goodvibes

Kathy

Congratulations!!! Now you have to change your screen name to momx4 grandma x5!

[jd99]

Congratulations...now you have to change your screen name...:lmao:

LOL - great minds think alike. Didn't see this until after I posted.

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy all,

Well in January after the baby comes I will have to change my name. Although I think along time ago I saw a mom x4,grandma x5 on this board. So I may have to get creative and rewrite it differently?

I will find out in January:goodvibes

Hi Chuck, nice to see you dropping by again. I see in June you will be on vacation. Wish we were too:thumbsup2 I was suppose to be back in Florida by the first of june but lots of obsticals have popped up, so now I amnot sure exactly when I will get back there.

I hate leaving our house empty, plus paying for a place I am not living in but I guess it will just have to be for a few weeks.:confused3


Hi Jeff, you also will be at WDW soon for a dance program:goodvibes

Everyone is going but me? Some how that just doesnt seem right:lmao:


We are cold and cloudy today. I am sitting here with my blanket wrapped around me to stay warm.:scared: It looks like a good day to make a pot of stew for dinner or go on a nice warm cruise:goodvibes

Kathy

[jd99]

Howdy all,

Well in January after the baby comes I will have to change my name. Although I think along time ago I saw a mom x4,grandma x5 on this board. So I may have to get creative and rewrite it differently?

I will find out in January:goodvibes

Hi Chuck, nice to see you dropping by again. I see in June you will be on vacation. Wish we were too:thumbsup2 I was suppose to be back in Florida by the first of june but lots of obsticals have popped up, so now I amnot sure exactly when I will get back there.

I hate leaving our house empty, plus paying for a place I am not living in but I guess it will just have to be for a few weeks.:confused3


Hi Jeff, you also will be at WDW soon for a dance program:goodvibes

Everyone is going but me? Some how that just doesnt seem right:lmao:


We are cold and cloudy today. I am sitting here with my blanket wrapped around me to stay warm.:scared: It looks like a good day to make a pot of stew for dinner or go on a nice warm cruise:goodvibes

Kathy

Hey Kathy
We will be there the week of June 20. Hopefully you will be back by then!
jeff