Wild Turkeys and Dancing Banana Heads Cruise 11/25/06

[pgfour]

Count me in the minority, Tonya, I loved the shirts but HATE AND LOATHE the banana. At least the turkey reminded us it's Thanksgiving weekend!

Cheer up -- these nanas won't be dancing! (Well, not until we hit Signals at 1:01!) :lmao: :lmao:

Cheri

[favoriteslave]

I talked to Ron last Wednesday he was on the way to get his daughter from school. :drive: He just got a promotion and is completely swamped. He is not sure whether or not he will be on the ship with us, but he has his "girlfriend" looking out for us either way. pixiedust: (he has a connection of some sort at Disney). He said he would check in, maybe I should post his cell # and we could all call him. If we did we would drive him to :drinking1 .

Here are some banana's for the fund.

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[pgfour]

Good evening! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: (Sorry Linda! :rolleyes1 )

Boy, that PTO meeting was almost a bust. Not that I'm an expert, but the president might need to brush up on parliamentary procedures and meeting agendas! :sad2: A 30-45 minute ended up taking well over an hour. And what's worse, I don't feel llike a whole lot was accomplished. (and by the way, there were only about 10 people there! :crazy: ) Good thing I taped DWtS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sooooooo, how did Sara manage to stay on the show??? Up till now, the people voted off have been questionable at times. Although Vivica wasn't at her best last night, she still should've survived. (OMG -- how pathetic do I sound?? I'm actually critiquing the results :eek: :scared1: .)

Don't worry, I don't watch Lost or any of the other "hot" shows!! (I'm slightly embarassed to say I do watch a teenager show called Degrassi, The Next Generation on occasion! :crazy: :crazy: )

Time to wrap it up! Talk to you tomorrow! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Cheri :yay:

P.S. Speaking of missing turkeys -- Runa, are you still out there??? :confused3

[Dixielady908]

:wave: goodnight fellow nana's.....

Talk with you all tomorrow evening......oh wait the cat is away....mmmm
well i guess that would make the mouse want to play....boss not in for the next few days :cheer2: so I will be able to do mid-day posting.. :cheer2: now I can help more with the count.... :woohoo:

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
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[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning Nana Heads :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Wow, again I beat Pat and Kathy!! I guess you guys are sleeping in today ;) ;) !! Well today it is going to be in the 50's and sunny here in NY. I am going to do alittle more X-mas shopping at the outlets and be home in-time for the Yankees game at 1pm. Last night was sooooooooo nice because I went to bed and 9pm and Ds did not get up till 2am but then he is up for the day at 6am. Well talk to you all later..



LET'S GO YANKEES!!!!! :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[TIGGER41681]

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Here are some new pictures of DS (5 months old).

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Mornin y'all,

Bill, Thanks !!! I was going googoo eyed :crazy2: trying to count :banana:


Lynn, yep I was late posting today.
The past few days I have to get Minnie's medicine ready and give it to her, then get my prescription ready and take it, plus all the regular stuff so it has been taking me longer to get to my laptop. I am still up by 5, just not on the computer. :surfweb:

The pictures are soooo cute!! I cant believe he s 5 months old already. It seems like you just announced he had arrived!!!

suppose to be a HOT :sunny: day again, but cooling this weekend. I am tired of the hot weather, so I really hope it will be cooling off soon.


Kathy :wave:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Ok, I counted the bananas again and we are now up to :

:banana: 5603 :banana:

Good job everyone, we may just make 6000, our original goal was only 4000!!

we have a busy bunch of posters here!!! :lmao:



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Kathy

[LindaBabe]

Good Morning, All!

That is ONE adorable kid, Lynn. (Why is it my son chose to give me GRANDDOGS?)

[pgfour]

Mornin' Nanas! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

6000 of these little guys should be easy! :banana: :banana: :thumbsup2

Supposed to be cool weather here today and then it'll warm up to the 70s by the weekend. :cool1:

Lynn -- such cute pictures! Can't wait to see him in person! :goodvibes

Nothing major planned for today -- though DH is taking me out for lunch today. :woohoo:

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

This should be a picture of the Wonder in drydock if I did it correct,
Kathy

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[DutchsMommy]

Cheri, Degrassi is another Canadian show - filmed mainly in Toronto. There is a Degrassi street near where we live. Did you ever watch the original?? It is pretty funny as it is around the time we were that age (a bit later) and the styles etc. are really funny.

I am torn on the shirts. I like the babana but also like the post-turkey idea. Could we leave the turkey and turn that guy with the net into a banana? Is that asking too much?? Then we could have both.

[U2Pixies]

Hi! :wave2: I was up real early. Steve had to leave for work at 3 a.m. Then I fell back to sleep and my sister called crying. I could hardly understand her. Seems her dd has chosen to move in with her boyfriend. Boy am I glad those days are over for me. I never had the problems she has had with her child. The bad thing is her d is only 18 and the guy is 25! Now, I ask you, where is this guys head? I know the real answer to that, but you gotta wonder :confused3 And NO, my sister did not want her d with this guy. In fact she took her car away, her phone away, refused to let the guy come over or call the house. Boy, thank you for my two kids! I feel sorry for my sister, this is her only child and she feels her heart is broken. That's what happens when you give some children the world! Hate to say it, but it's true.

Well, LOST. What can you say about that. Let's see... LOST, yes, that's it, LOST. That show really confuses me sometimes. I find it a cross from Planet of the Apes, The Village, the Stephen King movies (saw that)! And boy, are they lost in the Bermuda Triangle? I have been watching since the show started and I'm still LOST. Just when they throw you a small chunk of a bone, they take it away!
Well going to try to get my foot in a shoe today, couldn't yesterday :sad2:
I will check in later,
Oh, almost forgot, kinda of dislike your shirt...I'm Cullen's NANA! ;)
Pat :wave:

[TiggerKing]

Good Morning Everyone!

Lynn: love those pictures of DS. Keep them coming!

DW and I watched "Friday Night Lights" last night. It was a repeat of the pilot episode. Could be a decent show. Will have to watch more to find out.

We also watched "The Biggest Loser" since they were on a 4 day cruise last night. I think this is the first complete episode I have ever seen of the show. Probably not one we will watch on a regular basis.

Have a great day everyone!

[fourfoxesinpa]

Hi Everyone!


Tomorrow we are going to Lancaster, PA to a farm that has this amazing corn maze that they do every year. We love going - DH is a huge fan of corn mazes - it's the little things in life that make him happy. It's always a fun day for us when the four of us get COMPLETELY lost in a corn field and spend a couple of hours trying to find our way out. Can you say "quality family time???" :lmao:


Kelly - sorry I missed this post. I could have met you somewhere on Rt. 30 or Rt. 41 and said "Hey!" Hope you had a good time in my neck of the woods.

[fourfoxesinpa]

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I can't remember who wrote the part saying that they were near boomers (Sorry, I'm too lazy to check who it was), we live very close to there. Not more than five miles off. I love the Perkins that's near there. Too bad the manager went away. He was a good man. A couple of friends of mine work there.


Hi Josh -

It was me. Your mom said we are very close. We are very close to the restaurant that used to have the airplane sticking out of the side. Do you know where I mean? My kids go to the school just north of you on 41. We've only been to that Perkins once. We stopped a few years ago on the way home from the shore and swear we won't go back. It was just nasty dirty and the service/food were not up to par. Sounds like maybe they made some much needed changes.

[fourfoxesinpa]

JAMIE - I was in tears watching the news today. Me and DH and the kids go out to Lancaster all the time...we absolutely love it. As a matter of fact we were just there on Sat. It breaks my heart to see such a peaceful community going thru something tragic. My heart goes out to everyone in the area. I'm glad you guys are ok.
It really stinks that our kids have to experience these horrible type of events. Like someone said earlier...a fist fight was the biggest happening at my school growing up....my thoughts and prayers are with all of the communities dealing with the tragedies of the past week.



My husband is the mayor of our little town which is the closest borough to the site of the shootings. So, he has been getting emails and phone calls from all over the country offering condolences and prayers for our neighbors. It is just inconceivable and so sad.

[LindaBabe]

Could we leave the turkey and turn that guy with the net into a banana? Is that asking too much?? Then we could have both.

I could support this idea! Thank you for your diplomacy, Dutchsmommy!

[Dixielady908]

:tigger: :tigger: :tigger: I am sooo jealous...I cant open my computer at home and get all these extra smiley things....so they have some really cute ones... :sad2: I just cant figure out why mine wont open at home :confused3

Oh well here at work...getting ready to go to lunch...just wanted to post and keep our count up.

My DD dog last night just decided to lift his leg and pee on his bed and my carpeting in my family room. I was sooo made at him. He got grounded to his cage...then when I wanted to let him out at bed time. I think he was afraid to come out....so he never got let out....I tried everything...to get him to come out and he woulndt. Guess he didnt like getting yelled at.....bad puppy bad doggy......

Talk with later tonight...
Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
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[Dixielady908]

:jumping1: :simba: :stitch: :goofy: :donald: :dumbo: :rainbow:

WOW were getting closer!!!!!

denise

just love the smileys.....i'm easy...very little to make me happy :blush: :

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana:

[woogal]

Good afternoon Banana Heads :banana: :banana: :banana: and Linda :teeth: !!!

Can you believe that our computers and phones were down all morning here at work? The entire network crashed and just came up about 15 minutes ago. We were crossing our fingers for maybe a "just go home" day, but that didn't happen. :sad2:

If you're worried about too many banana daquiri's on the cruise, then try a Nutty Banana! Bill had one of these in Canada last summer and they are AWESOME: 99 Bananas Schnapps, Hazelnut Liqueur & Cream ... mmmmmm :woohoo:

On to primetime: Vivica?? Vivica??? She was robbed. Not the best by far but certainly better than Sara! I really gotta look that girl up and see who she is ... :confused3 (Cheri, so nice to know that we can spend the entire cruise critiquing this show :lmao: )

My analysis of the LOST seasons premier:
:confused3 :confused3 :confused3 :confused3 :confused3 :confused3

Denise, did Wally get everything sorted out from his wallet escapade? What a pain in the butt!

Kathy: Awesome photo of the Wonder. That is very cool :thumbsup2 And let me apologize for my husband trying to drive you batty. Do you want me to smack him for you? :lmao:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Shell,
No need to smack him, after all he did count them for me , so it is all better now!!! We are friends again and my eyes are now uncrossed :rotfl2:
Thanks for the offer, I will remember it for future reference, should the occassion arise?? :rolleyes1

Denise,
I'm sure your dogge will forgive you for punshing him by the time you get home. He is like a kid, he is trying to make you feel guilty :guilty: by not coming out of his cage :lmao:


I think Sarah's idea for the shirt is a good one to. Tonya, is this doable??
If not we will be happy with anything, not fussy here at all. Both ideas are really good. :thumbsup2

well I am going to put my feet up for awhile.
Minnie is napping, so now is the time to relax.
took her for ance walk, then a drive to the pharmacy where she was given a doggie treat, then back home. I guess all the excitement wore her out.

Kathy :wave:


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[woogal]

Shell,
No need to smack him, after all he did count them for me , so it is all better now!!! We are friends again and my eyes are now uncrossed :rotfl2:
Thanks for the offer, I will remember it for future reference, should the occassion arise?? :rolleyes1
Well here's the funny thing ... he came downstairs laughing and said "Kathy can't count the disappearing bananas! She's gonna kill me!!!". About 2 minutes later I hear, "Um, I can't count them either! It's too hard to see all of them!"

[cruisemutt]

Shell....the proper name for the drink was a Nutty Monkey....
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do these count, Kathy?
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[Dixielady908]

:woohoo: :woohoo: OK 50 DAYS and/or 7 WEEKS.. :cheer2: :cheer2:

I still need to do some shopping. You know, oh I have a lot of time...well not anymore. so I need to start picking up some the night lights and dramamine...etc that kind of crazy stuff.

Wally & the wallet.....all clear...I belive we have cleared up the mess. Well I have to go I think I abused the system here at work today and posted more than I should have. I dont want the hospital internet police to come get me.... :rotfl:


Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
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[mom x4,grandma x4]

Sorry Mutt,
but Monkeys dont count, :sad2: unless they are holding or eating a banana. :banana:

They are cute :dance3:

Kathy :wave:

[favoriteslave]

Ok I have sent our request to the printer. Lets see what they can so. I can't make any promises but they haven't let us down yet.

Pat I am still waiting to hear whether or not you want shirts. If you will tell me the sizes you need I will order them with or without a committment. I want us to be up over 50 so that we can pay a lower price. If you end up not wanting them I will give them to our servers and cabin person for fun. Just let me know.

[U2Pixies]

Cute pictures Lynn. Do you think your son will like older women? Laura is only 7 months old - two months isn't too bad :thumbsup2 They can have a play date at Flounders and take it from there ;) I can tell you this, he won't find anyone else who is as cute at she is :rolleyes: He must know though, college is first :thumbsup2 That's the law in this family :goodvibes

Kathy, I was thinking, you and I might be the last to post on here before we sail away. We won't be leaving the house until the a.m. of the big day. Won't it be lonely? :confused3

I saw just a wee bit of Biggest Losers last night, kept switching channels between LOST (during the commercials). I'm with you, I don't know about that show. Didn't get to see the cruise part, just the last part when one of the girls called one of the men a :rolleyes1 name. Thought that to be in very poor taste. Don't think I could be as brave as some of them and wear what they wear to weigh in.
Can I have the recipe you made for dinner the other night? Sounds great. (I think that was from TiggerKing)

Tonya, I'm going to pm you later :thumbsup2 There has been BIG discussions going on about the t-shirts in this family. I will contact Stephen this evening and get their final answer and I'll get in touch with you.

:wave: Pat

[dkmjgal]

Hello Fellow Turkeys and Bananas :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Not much going on here. My back is feeling better everyday. :Pinkbounc I may actually try to do a light workout tomorrow. I really HATE not being able to exercise :furious:

I was looking around on the main dis board and it seems like Rachel is the cruise director on the Magic right now. We have had her on both of our trips and I really like her. It's funny, I actually called Don at work to tell him thate Rachel is on the ship right now and probably will be for our cruise. Isn't it funny how much a part of our lives these cruises become?

Not much else to report here. I just want to do my part to keep the post count climbing.

Have a great night everyone!

Kelly :wave2:

[J&C's Mom]

Good afternoon Banana Heads :banana: :banana: :banana:

My analysis of the LOST seasons premier:
:confused3 :confused3 :confused3 :confused3 :confused3 :confused3



WOW!!! I sure do agree with you on that... :confused3 :confused3 ..WHAT IS GOING ON!?!

Survior is on tonight!! Hooked on that show too...almost applied to be a contestant but my family convinced me that I could never eat bugs :stir:

Have a good one!! :banana: :banana:

Okie

[TIGGER41681]

Good Afternoon Everyone :banana: :banana: ,
Wow, was it cold with the wind today!! I took DS to walk around the outlets and it was soooooo cold that I went into Polo to get DH a B-day gift and left. Well I very disappointed in the Yankees losing 4-3 to the Tigers :sad2: :sad2: !!! Well going to heat up some leftovers for dinner and fold my wash from this morning. Talk to you tomorrow..

Well, Jan your team did it!!

Pat: DS seems to like older women :love: :love: because she goes after them at Mommy and Me class. That would be great with they had a play-date at Flounders!! :love: :love: :love:

Kelly: Glad to hear your back is better!! ;) ;) ;) ;)

LET'S GO YANKEES !!!! :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[pgfour]

On to primetime: Vivica?? Vivica??? She was robbed. Not the best by far but certainly better than Sara! I really gotta look that girl up and see who she is ... :confused3 (Cheri, so nice to know that we can spend the entire cruise critiquing this show :lmao: )


:rotfl2: :rotfl2: Will the show be wrapped up by then? :confused3 I can just see a bunch of us huddled up somewhere sipping :banana: dacquiris and yelling at the TV! Voting could be a challenge on board. :rolleyes1

I totally agree with you about last night's results. Shame on Vivica's partner for coming up with such a weak program. And since when would a bull fight dance be performed to Bon Jovi?? :sad2: Must be a conspiracy!

Also -- I LOVE :love: your new avatar (or whatever that stuff is called.)!! DH was emailing an underwriter at work and somehow they got onto the subject of A Christmas Story. Turns out she has a leg lamp in her living room! :lmao:

The Office is on tonight. . . :happytv:

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[pgfour]

Cheri, Degrassi is another Canadian show - filmed mainly in Toronto. There is a Degrassi street near where we live. Did you ever watch the original?? It is pretty funny as it is around the time we were that age (a bit later) and the styles etc. are really funny.

I am torn on the shirts. I like the babana but also like the post-turkey idea. Could we leave the turkey and turn that guy with the net into a banana? Is that asking too much?? Then we could have both.

I think I've seen a couple of the originals way back when -- I guess that's what initially drew me to the show. (Maybe I'm still thinking I'm 16 or 17! :sad2: :crazy: ) It's funny that the show airs on a station that is commercial-free kids programming during the day; after 5:00 Central time, however, watch out!!!!!

I did hint to DH that he could get me the complete sets of the originals plus the new ones on Amazon! :rolleyes1 I need a new obsession like I need a hole in the head! :laughing: :laughing:

I'm with you on the shirt design -- combining both icons would be neat-o. :cool1:

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[TIGGER41681]

Just wanted to check in and say Good Night Nana Heads :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[disneediva]

Hi :banana:

Ok TV first
Lost, I certaintly was I had to keep rewinding because I thought I missed something. I had no idea what was going on.

DWTS, poor Vivica she was robbed and they must have known she was getting booted because they asked her early on if she thought they were safe.

Okie I love survivor too, but I'll have to tape it because its medical night here Grey's Anatomy and ER

Lynn, my dad is with you he is a huge Yankees fan and was not happy today. Can you send some of that cold down here when I got in my car after work today the temp read 102.

Kelly, glad your back is better

Mutt, a nutty monkey hmmm

Wendy

[pgfour]

Totally changing the subject (but thinking of movie trivia & quotes) --

Any of you Nanas or Turkeys like Fletch / Fletch Lives? Some pretty good lines in there. . . :laughing: Somewhere I do have the book that started it all.

I think I heard that they may do a prequel. Don't know if it's a good idea.

Just keeping us bumped up and upping the post count! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[LindaBabe]

chilly chilly chilly. I guess it's autumn in New York. Thank you - yes, I am indeed a 'turkey' not a 'nana' . . . speaking of which I saw a whole flock along the road on Sunday and the tom looked like he was posing for a Thanksgiving photo op.

We actually leave for WDW on November 17th. I'm gonna miss you guys! (May have to call Kathy to read me the news)

Anybody know anything about the National car place in cocoa beach? Do they have a shuttle? Or should I switch companies when we take our friends back to the airport?

did I see a GOOFY SMILEY??

[U2Pixies]

Good Evening - I can't wait to get some of that cool weather here. I'm kind of tired of upper 80's. A bit on the windy side today. They say our weather will cool off this weekend - can't wait.

Kelly, Glad to hear your back is better. I know what you mean about the exercise. I finally got my foot in a shoe and walked on the treadmill. I was able to do 35 mins. with just a wee bit of pain. It was when I took the shoe off that the pain really hit. Must say, the toe is a beautiful rainbow of colors :)

Well, going to watch Survivor. At least I can understand that show and I'm not LOST keeping up with it :rotfl:

Took some picture of Cullen and Laura in Cullen's new wagon. Can I share them with you? don't want to overload you all.

Good Night All,
Pat :wave:

[U2Pixies]

Oh, forgot...Mutt: I loved the monkeys!
Pat

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy,

I juat wanted to say Good night to all!!

I need all the beauty rest I can get!!! :rolleyes1

great job of keeping up with posting everyone, our numbers are looking good :thumbsup2

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Kathy :wave:

[Dixielady908]

:wave2: evening all......Well nothing is going on here, glad the workday is over. Just going to chill and watch some tv.

Check in later.....

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Pat,
please post the pictures :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

we love to see everyones pictures, all the kids and doggies are so cute and it is so much fun to see them. It really brightens the day. You hear so much bad things on the news each day it is a sort of therapy to go on line and see all those great pictures. :woohoo:

I'm sure most here would agree with that, we love the pics!!! :thumbsup2

Kathy :wave:

[cmaelltt1]

Good Evening everyone,

I know you've all missed me so much, but don't dispare, I have returned. I have been spending a lot of time doing some digital scrapbooking. It keeps me busy in the evenings. Once I start I lose track of time and don't get to do much else. I will post a page or two sometime.

We recorded Lost and just finished watching it. Now I'm waiting for my hubby to finish watching CSI so I can watch Greys Anatomy. But wait, a quick update, he forgot to record it for me. So now I'm going to miss the first half hour. I'm actually heart broken. :sad:

I have bought nothing at all for the cruise. I had a dream last night that I woke up and it was the last day of the cruise. I was so mad because I slept through the whole thing. I'm sure there is a deep psychological meaning behind it.

Darn I'm still mad about Grey's Anatomy. :sad2:

My best friend's husband is a PR guy at the shipyard where the Wonder is right now. He spend Tuesday touring the ship with the Discovery Channel. He said we could come to the shipyard and see it, (not inside) but I don't really feel like making the drive. We drove by and saw the Magic last year. They have 800 people working on it. He said he got to tour the entire ship and all the "behind the scenes" places. How fun.

Is there a spell check around here anywhere? I'm too tired (and angry) to do it myself.

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[mom x4,grandma x4]

Good morning to all,

Hey my DH had that same dream about a past cruise. He was so mad he slept through the entire cruise. It was funny to hear him tell about it.

It is early and quiet here this morning.
Just wanted to pop in and say HI and to do my part of keeping the posts coming.

Have a great Friday everyone,

Kathy :wave:

[LindaBabe]

Good Morning all!

my see key isn't working to day so my posts will be odd. arrie, please post pitures of your srapbook pages! i'm trying to learn to digital too but don't think i will ever abandon paper. I already spend too muh time in front of the omputer.

happy day, all!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hey sleepy heads, where is everyone this morning?? :confused3

I am all alone here. It's only Friday, your suppose to sleep in tomarrow, not today. ;)
Lets keep at getting those posts counts up!! :surfweb:
We still have a long ways to go,

WAKE UP Y'ALL :hourglass

Kathy :wave:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

mornin Linda,
Glad to see someone besides me is up!!! :teeth:

have a great day, :woohoo:

Kathy :wave:

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[TiggerKing]

On to primetime: Vivica?? Vivica??? She was robbed. Not the best by far but certainly better than Sara! I really gotta look that girl up and see who she is ... :confused3
Alright Missy, you just be careful talking about Ms. Sara! Although I am not a watcher of DWtS, I have to look out for one of my own! Sara is one of the top country music stars today, and one of the most beautiful. The funny thing is, she is probably one of only a couple on the show who actually have a career right now! :rotfl2:

Oh yeah, good morning everyone! :sunny:

[TiggerKing]

Carrie: Welcome back. I also had my first cruise dream on Wed. night. I dreamed we were at the check-in desk and didn't have our passports or birth certificates. We had gotten there at 10:00 a.m., so I was sure I had plenty of time to fly home to Atlanta and get the passports and come right back before the ship left. I woke up before I made the trip home, so I don't know if we made the ship or not! :confused3

[U2Pixies]

Good Morning.
I'm sending a picture of Cullen and Laura sitting in Cullen's wagon he got for his birthday. :goodvibes

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m102/gbailey_01/HPIM1166.jpg

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning All,
Ds sleep till 7am so I was happy since he was up all night!! Well I will be back on later. DS is crying for a bottle!!




Pat: What a cute pictures!! Keep them coming :teeth: :teeth: :teeth: :teeth:

[dkmjgal]

Good Morning Everyone!
It's a VERY gloomy day here in NJ. It was really dark this morning when I was waking up DD at 6:35am! It's so hard to get out of bed when it's dark and rainy.
I'm going to attempt Jazzercise today - wish me luck. I will be taking it easy and I have a chiro appt scheduled for today right after so that should help.

Kelly - sorry I missed this post. I could have met you somewhere on Rt. 30 or Rt. 41 and said "Hey!" Hope you had a good time in my neck of the woods.

JAMIE - we are going to Hershey at the end of the month for an overnight stay. We're doing the Halloween in Hershey w/the kids while they still want to take part - DD is turning 11 while we're there and DS is 7. We will probably wind up popping thru Lancaster..it's hard for us not too :) I'll keep you posted.

I'll check in again later!

kelly

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Pat,
That is a great picture!! :artist:

They look really happy. :cloud9:

Hope you will post more soon, :woohoo:

Kathy :wave:

[cruisemutt]

Just a quick gm to everyone...
Bob...Carrie...I've had a couple dreams about the trip already but they were just normal, everyday kinda "walking the deck" dreams...nothing special yet. I have some pretty wacky dreams so I'm sure I'll wind up with one where the Magic is hit by a freak snowstorm or something like that....


Hey Lynn....so sorry to hear about your Yankees....http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/woogal/tolitsinkernanakris.gif :teeth: Give'm a message from me to keep up the good work.

Have a great day everyone!!

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning Everyone,
Today is a very gloomy day here too. It's also very cold and windy. Well tonight the Yankees have to show their true colors and beat the Tigers. Ds decided to be up all night last night for some reason but then he slept till 7 which was fine by me!! Well I am off to attempt food shooping with DS and run to Payless and Wal-Mart to get my pictures. We are suppose to go to my friend's again for pizza but I am not sure if we are going yet. Talk to you later!!

Cruisemutt: I will give them the message!! All I have to say is LET'S GO YANKEES :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: !! They gave the Tigers a game and now they will get them tonight!!

Wendy: I will loved some 50 degree weather to you!! :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

LET'S GO YANKEES :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[pgfour]

Good morning everyone! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Just checking in before I have to head out to work.

Great picture, Pat! :thumbsup2

Nothing new going on here! Talk to you later!!

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

P.S. Sorry for all the nanas, Linda -- but we do have a quota and Kathy has that whip. . . :rotfl:

[favoriteslave]

Carrie - Grey's Anatomy is my favorite show. It replays against on Fridays at 7 (at least central time) and then you can down load it on abc.com. I missed all of it last night because I was working, so im looking forward to going home tonight and watching it and Men in Trees.

Good Luck.

:banana:

[TiggerKing]

Pat: Great pictures of the GKs!

Mutt: You ARE clothed when you are walking the decks aren't you? I don't want you getting any ideas for the cruise! :rotfl2:

[cmaelltt1]

Oh it's so rainy and gloomy here. I wanted to stay in bed all day. Instead I ended up getting up very early. I made some Pillsbury cinnamon rolls and my neighbors 3 yo twins came to spend the morning while her older son has some minor surgery. Her kids are very sweet and they keep my younger ones busy so I have time to be on the internet, balance my checkbook, and catch up with some other work.

I tried to install a new wireless rounter for our internet. But my computers keep dropping offline. I want to take it back but I can't find the receipt. It's getting really annoying. Kevin wanted me to buy a better one, but I insisted on the cheaper one. :sad2:

We were supposed to go visit my MIL in NC this weekend. We decided at the last minute to stay home since it was going to rain the entire time. We might drive down and check out the work on the Wonder. :wave2:

We are also going to buy my new washer and dryer. :Pinkbounc I'm so excited. :Pinkbounc My husband bought the ones we have now in 1988, 4 years before we got married. It is a Kenmore and has never had a repair, been shipped across the country and to Hawaii and back again. (My husband and I have never been to Hawaii but our belongings have! :rolleyes: ) We won't have it delivered for another couple of weeks because we are getting our floors redone, we're putting in Pergo floors and upgrading our nasty carpet.

It replays against on Fridays at 7 (at least central time) and then you can down load it on abc.com.

Well, I ended up lucking out. For some reason that I can't figure out, the DVR actually recorded the entire episode. So I was extremely happy. :cheer2: Then at the end I heard they were going to replay it tonight, so I would have been OK anyway.

[Dixielady908]

:cheer2: Morning all....just to say hi and help with the posts...at work so I my time is very limited.

Be back later today.....

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:


Boy we are doin good with the posts....we should make our goal before we leave...... :woohoo: :woohoo: which by the way is only 49 days

[cmaelltt1]

Trying to post a couple of my scrapbook pages. These are 2 of my favorite pages. They were both made with Kits that I bought from digi scrapbook stores. I have a lot more that I've done. I'm going to get them printed at Costco and then I can put them in 12 X 12 scrapbooks.

The first one is from a Homeschool Field Trip last month. The second is of my younger daughter when she was 6 months old.


http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m8/cmelltt/botanicalgard.jpg



http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m8/cmelltt/MaysenLaugh.jpg

[woogal]

Good morning, Banana Heads :banana: :banana: :banana:

Bob, say what you want, I still have NO idea who this Sara Evans is (is that her name? :confused3 ) except for someone on DWTS! You'll have to edu-ma-cate me :rotfl:

Pat, awesome photo of the kiddies!!! I think Cullen is going to be my little buddy! :cloud9: Is he shy?

Carrie, those are GREAT pages! I did a whole book on our dogs ... maybe I can post a couple. I've never used the kits, as I like trying to come up with a concept and figuring out how to do it. I hope this winter I'll get back on the wagon with getting some new books done.

Cheri, :rotfl: Thanks for noticing the new avatar. I was cracking myself up while doing it. :lmao:

Check in with everyone later ...
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Carrie,
those are great pictures!

Shell, hope you can post the ones of your dogs. I would love to see them.

well it is 90 outside so I am staying inside.
I put on the Apple Dumpling Gang Rides again to watch while I relax today. I love those old disney movies. Tim Conway and Don Knotts always worked great together, they are among my favorites.

Kathy :wave:

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[TiggerKing]

Carrie: Great pictures!

Shell: I have so much that I have to edumacate you on that you will probably need to plan on spending a month in the south. I will swap back and forth with Kathy and Wendy to be sure that you are schooled in all things Southern!

Have a great day everyone!

[woogal]

I'm STILL not gonna eat red-eye gravy!

[U2Pixies]

Shell - Does this look like a shy guy to you?

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m102/gbailey_01/HPIM1138.jpg

[U2Pixies]

oops! picked the wrong picture...Please DO NOT adjust your glasses! :goodvibes I will try again later, don't want to have two pictures coming at ya at once!
Pat

[LindaBabe]

Great pictures, y'all! I MUST learn to digiscrap!

[TiggerKing]

I'm STILL not gonna eat red-eye gravy!
Wimp! :stir:

[jd99]

Ahem... forgive another yankee here...but what's red eye gravy?

[sptweedle]

Ahem... forgive another yankee here...but what's red eye gravy?


I'm not trying to be mean, but I find this so funny, I would never think that anyone would not know what red eye gravy is! It's funny how regional we still are, ain't it?

It's a staple of the south. It's a real thin gravy that is used on just about everything. It's made with the juice, after you cook ham. My grandma is from Birmingham and made it for a lot of stuff, from grits to cornbread. It's kind of salty, but not overly so.

I think it could be compared to like an au juise (sp?) sauce, but thinner.

TiggerKing, I reckon we still gotta learn 'em don't we. :thumbsup2

Steve

[pgfour]

I put on the Apple Dumpling Gang Rides again to watch while I relax today. I love those old disney movies. Tim Conway and Don Knotts always worked great together, they are among my favorites.

Kathy :wave:



What a coincidence -- I was just thinking of Tim Conway/Don Knotts movies today! :happytv: I was noticing our water cooler jug says "No Deposit, No Return" and I was thinking that was the title of one of their movies. :confused3 Then my stream-of-consciousness thoughts moved onto, "Hot Lead & Cold Feet. . .Hmmmm, I borrowed that from Mom a long time ago and never returned it. . . I should probably watch it. . ." :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Cheri

[pgfour]

I'm not trying to be mean, but I find this so funny, I would never think that anyone would not know what red eye gravy is! It's funny how regional we still are, ain't it?

It's a staple of the south. It's a real thin gravy that is used on just about everything. It's made with the juice, after you cook ham. My grandma is from Birmingham and made it for a lot of stuff, from grits to cornbread. It's kind of salty, but not overly so.

I think it could be compared to like an au juise (sp?) sauce, but thinner.

TiggerKing, I reckon we still gotta learn 'em don't we. :thumbsup2

Steve

I guess all of us "Northerners" have a thing or two to learn! :stir: :teacher: I had never heard of it before until I read some of the posts many months ago! :confused3

[pgfour]

Happy Friday everyone! :cool1:

Shell -- I'm with you on the whole Sara Evans thing!! :confused3 :confused3

Love those scrapbook pages. I really need to sit down and work on getting ours up to date. Maybe it'll be a winter project when the nights are long & cold.

We don't have much planned for the weekend -- though I told DH we were going to get most of our stuff ready to pack for the cruise. Might as well store the summer clothes in the suitcase instead of a bin.

The weather is supposed to be warm and :sunny: :sunny: this weekend (keeping my fingers crossed!).

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Did I read correctly -- we're under 50 days????? Can't believe we're almost to the home stretch! :banana: :banana: :cheer2: :cheer2: :banana: :banana:

Cheri :yay: :yay:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Cheri,
I have Hot Lead and Cold Feet too!!! It is a cute show.
Lots of oldie moives out there.

I am from Oregon, until 6 1/2 years ago when we moved to Florida and I knew what Red Eye Gravy was! Oregon is about as far from the south as you can get in the U.S..


jd99, do you know what a fluffernutter is?
It is a southern thing too!! Very YUMMY!! :goodvibes


Ok everyone, since food has been brought up today I have a question for all of you.

What is the strangest food you have ever eaten??? :confused3

For me probably crawdad or pickled pigs feet.
Now lets hear some good stuff from the rest of you guys, what kind of gourmets are out there??? :rolleyes1

Kathy :wave:

[U2Pixies]

Ahem... forgive another yankee here...but what's red eye gravy?


Don't feel bad. I'm the "yankee" in this here family and was teased for years.
I'm a Connecticut girl at heart. I married into this mess ;)
My Alabama MIL introduced me to the great southern cookin'

Question: when I sent the last picture Woo, did you get to see it or did a bunch of numbers come up? I'm still new at this Kathy!! :rolleyes:
I didn't have my h over my shoulder to help me. That's the southern girl in me, I'm just a southern belle who needs her man! :lmao:

Tonya - :thumbsup2 on the t-shirts! We will be getting them. I knew I would wear them down - that's the yankee in me, persistent!
Pat

[woogal]

Jeff: Red-eye gravy was described to me as follows by a waitress in a downtown Raleigh restaurant (and I quote ... use your best deep southern accent when you read this): "Coffee and ham drippin's" :crazy2: There's nothing gravy about it. It's not thick, it's not tasty. (now watch the southerners draw their swords! :rotfl2: )

Kathy ... OK, weirdest thing eaten. Well, of course, red-eye gravy is definitely up there. In France I had real escargot after a few (read: LOTS) glasses of wine :teeth: . The first sushi I ever tasted was octopus (very chewy, not lots of flavor). Alligator is very tasty, though.

[U2Pixies]

Kathy: I LOVE fluffernutters! Only we don't call them that. We call them peanut butter and fluff. My girlfriend from NY calls them fluffernutter. Didn't know it was a southern thing :confused3
Pat

[pgfour]

DH's family is from the Boston area and they call them fluffernutters!!! So we know all about them here in IL!

Perhaps weirdest foods I've had (though I actually really like them) would be beef heart gravy and also beef tongue. (Guess that's what happens when you grow up on a farm! :rotfl: ) :stir: Haven't had either in years!

Trying to think if there is anything else. . . :rolleyes:

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[disneediva]

OK strangest thing I ever ate :rolleyes1
raw oysters, gross :sad2: I would not recommend them

[pgfour]

Shell -- for weird foods you should've mentioned Palmolive & Life Bouy!! :lmao:

[pgfour]

OK strangest thing I ever ate :rolleyes1
raw oysters, gross :sad2: I would not recommend them

Yuck! I don't do raw food! If I remember correctly, in France they served basically raw ground beef with a raw egg (I could be mistaken about the egg being raw). Ick! :crazy: Any of you world traveler / food connoisseurs know what this is called?? :confused3 :crazy2:

As far as (cooked) oysters go, I did find a little pearl in an oyster while eating oyster stew! ;)

Cheri

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Anybody eat Rocky Mountain Oysters ??? :eek:

When I cooked for the Elks club I threw out about 50 pounds of them because I refused to cook them!!!!

Kathy :wave:

[U2Pixies]

ok, my vote is for oatmeal. Yuck...can't stand to have it in my mouth. May not sound strange to any of you but to me... :sick:
I'm not brave, just give me the old American grilled cheese. If I'm going to pay for something it's going to be something I like.
I was tricked into eating deer meat once. :sad2:
The way I look at it is, why eat something that "taste just like chicken" Just eat the chicken! :confused3

[Dixielady908]

Evening all......

Shell I see you have Ralphie....

Strangest food...to be honest I dont think I have tried anything anyone would consider strange. I am not a real I'll give it a try once person, so I dont like the way it looks or smells.....forget it.

Well talk with you all later....and actually sorry to say...red eyed gravy sounds really gross....yuk :crazy:


Later
Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[woogal]

Cheri ... beef heart gravy? Beef tongue? EWWWWWW! And raw beef with egg is steak tartar (no, I haven't been that brave).

Wendy, I love raw oysters!!! Yum yum ... there's a restaurant we've gone to in Cleveland that has an appetizer with about 4 different types ... so good! :goodvibes

Kathy: Rocky Mountain Oysters? Um, no! I don't think so. I know EXACTLY what they are :sad2:

[cruisemutt]

I ate a couple of Guidos dog cookies....I prefer the Iams Lamb and Rice over the Mother Hubbards cheese but thats an easy call....the lamb ones weren't b-aaaaaa-d at all.
:teeth:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Shell,
I wondered if anybody would know what they were.
Too gross for me too!! :lmao:


well I am off to bed, it seems Dr. Cyclops is the only thing on TV, :happytv: so sleep is better than that.
Good night all,

Kathy :wave:

[disneediva]

good night all :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[jd99]

I'm not trying to be mean, but I find this so funny, I would never think that anyone would not know what red eye gravy is! It's funny how regional we still are, ain't it?

It's a staple of the south. It's a real thin gravy that is used on just about everything. It's made with the juice, after you cook ham. My grandma is from Birmingham and made it for a lot of stuff, from grits to cornbread. It's kind of salty, but not overly so.

I think it could be compared to like an au juise (sp?) sauce, but thinner.

TiggerKing, I reckon we still gotta learn 'em don't we. :thumbsup2

Steve

LOL Steve. You know what my Italian mom used to call the juice after you cook the ham? Ham juice! :-) and it was great when she roasted potatoes in it..

[LindaBabe]

In Indiana they eat brain sandwiches. DIS-GUST-ING! And some kind of soup calld burgo - (Double disgusting). But I love sushi and venison and wild boar. My dh loves escargot but to me they're garlic and rubber bands.

Good Night all! Sweet dreams and no indigestion ;-)

[dkmjgal]

Hi Everyone!

I'm happy to report that I worked out today and I feel really good :cool1:

Weirdest thing I've ever eaten....well I've done the sushi thing with tuna..I actually like it....I've tried alligator spread and if you've been to Narcoosee's and used the stuff that comes with the bread than you've had it too...I can't remember if I tried ostrich or not...i was sitting with a friend who was having it but I don't think I tried it. I was almost tricked into trying "sweet breads" once....NOT! And I had NO idea what red eye gravy was either but I do know what fluffernutter is.

KATHY- I responded to you over on the main board. Your excursion does leave at the same time as mine on St. John. We meet at 7:15 at the Buena Vista Theater..I guess we do the customs thing first. So in all likelihood we will be traveling together :thumbsup2

Have a good night everyone!

Kelly

[Dixielady908]

Good night everyone....have to work a couple of hours tomorrow....
Dont know what are plans are the rest of the day.....

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[U2Pixies]

Good morning everyone, rise and shine :sunny:
Today is Sat. so it will probably be quiet on this board today. I find all of your strange eating habits interesting. I"m just not brave enough, maybe on this trip :confused3 I was forced to eat liver when I was a kid, now that's enough to make anyone want to run away from home.
Does anyone know what scrapple is? I'm not even sure I spelled it right. Hope you can figure it out. I had a friend who ate it all the time and she tried to get me to try it. I didn't like the looks of it so I refused her offer. When I asked her what it was she said she'd tell me after I tried it. Never tried it so I never found out.

Have a great day :goodvibes We are hoping for cooler weather today.
Pat

[disneediva]

Good Morning :banana:
I have to work today so I am up early
Then tonight is DS fair at school. My mom is ropping him off and I will go meet him when I get off. All this plus watch LSU play today busy busy
Wendy

[TIGGER41681]

Good Saturday Morning To All,
Well it's another very crispy cold day here in NY but going to be sunny :sunny: :sunny: which is nice!! Well last night had pizza at my friends house to watch the Yankee game. We left when it was 0-3 Tigers. I didn't even turn the TV on when we got home because I was soooooo mad :furious: :furious: :furious: that they were losing. I can't believe that they lost 0-6 :sad2: :sad2: :sad2:. Today DH and I are going out for a nice lunch and going Christmas shopping while my in-laws babysit DS. I hope DS is GOOD ;) because right now he is very attached to me. I was also tricked into eating deer!! It was not bad it did taste just like chicken. Well gotta go feed DS his morning bottle. Talk to you later!!

Cmaelltt: Get scrapbooking pages!!!

48 days till we sail--Not soon enough!!! :sail: :sail: :sail:

[LindaBabe]

Good Morning, All!

I LOVE liver, when it's not over cooked. With bacon, mashed potatos, smothered onions - ooooooh it's a joy. I wouldn't eat scrapple either, nor tripe. Once I had this great greek easter dish called (phoneticly) Ma-he-retz-u. OMG it was SO GOOD. Then I got the recipe. in short - innards of lamb. never ate it again.

Today, grocery shopping, house cleaning and soup manufacture - we're having souper supper tonight for the neighbors!

Happy Day, all!

[cruisemutt]

Scrapple is just yucky....the taste isn't bad as I remember but knowing whats in it turns my stomach. I'll pass. (I'm a big liver fan too Linda, btw).
Hope everyones day goes wonderfully...
Go Buckeyes!!!

[Dixielady908]

:sunny: Morning fellow nana heads....just a quick hello since I have to go to work today....yuk :crazy: its only 2 hours but just that I have to get up and go for 2 hours is a pain....oh well...

right now surrounded by my lovely dogs......I can hardly type....they love me sooo much.....oh wait....it must be the bagle sitting up on the desk that they want.... :)

Talk with all later.
Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[pgfour]

Cheri ... beef heart gravy? Beef tongue? EWWWWWW! And raw beef with egg is steak tartar (no, I haven't been that brave).

Wendy, I love raw oysters!!! Yum yum ... there's a restaurant we've gone to in Cleveland that has an appetizer with about 4 different types ... so good! :goodvibes

Kathy: Rocky Mountain Oysters? Um, no! I don't think so. I know EXACTLY what they are :sad2:

Steak Tartar -- I knew it had a name!! :thumbsup2

And just to gross you out a little more, I always liked having the very tip of the tongue! :lmao: We haven't had either of these for about 20 years (ever since people started worrying about cholesterol), but they taste similar to turkey or chicken giblets.

Speaking of Rocky Mountain Oysters, there's a town near here that has a Turkey Test---- Festival!!! I guess they have a huge turnout! Ick! :crazy2: Denise - It's in Huntley in case you decide to try something new!!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Cheri

[pgfour]

Morning Nanas! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Supposed to be a nice :sunny: day here. Gotta get the house straightened up and then I'll try to find something to do outside.

DD wants to make Jell-o today -- maybe I should thow a calculator into the bowl! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Have a great day -- check back with you later!

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[TiggerKing]

I'm not trying to be mean, but I find this so funny, I would never think that anyone would not know what red eye gravy is! It's funny how regional we still are, ain't it?

It's a staple of the south. It's a real thin gravy that is used on just about everything. It's made with the juice, after you cook ham. My grandma is from Birmingham and made it for a lot of stuff, from grits to cornbread. It's kind of salty, but not overly so.

I think it could be compared to like an au juise (sp?) sauce, but thinner.

TiggerKing, I reckon we still gotta learn 'em don't we. :thumbsup2

Steve
Yes, we still have to teach them northerners what true culture is all about!

Jeff: Red eye gravy, as Steve noted, is made from the drippings of ham or bacon with a little coffee added to it (thus the red eye). It is good for sopping biscuits, putting over grits and other various breakfast foods.

[TiggerKing]

Yuck! I don't do raw food! If I remember correctly, in France they served basically raw ground beef with a raw egg (I could be mistaken about the egg being raw). Ick! :crazy: Any of you world traveler / food connoisseurs know what this is called?? :confused3 :crazy2:

As far as (cooked) oysters go, I did find a little pearl in an oyster while eating oyster stew! ;)

Cheri
Cheri: That is the traditional way to serve Steak Tartare. It is raw ground beef (high quality though) mixed with some seasonings and then crowned with a raw egg on top. It is really a European thing, not just France.

As far as unusual foods, I had Carpacchio (sp?) in The Netherlands. It is very thin sliced raw beef and served with a balsamic vinaigrette "dressing" to go with it. It was surprisingly good, but I had no idea what I would be getting when I ordered it!

[woogal]

Happy Weekend Banana Heads :banana: :banana: :banana:

Can you believe it? If you look at our counters they actually start with "1 MONTH, 2 WEEKS"!!! Unbelievable that it's really this close!

Bob, I'm so upset that you didn't even take a stab at me for my accurate description of red-eye gravy for Jeff :rotfl2: ! Geez ...

Cheri: Calculator in the jello got a snort from me! Nice one :lmao:

Catch you all later ... good luck to your college teams! GO BUCKEYES!!!

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[woogal]

Speaking of Rocky Mountain Oysters, there's a town near here that has a Turkey Test---- Festival!!! I guess they have a huge turnout! Ick! :crazy2: Denise - It's in Huntley in case you decide to try something new!!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Cheri
Oh, that's just gotta definitely be a drink-lots-of-beer-so-you-don't-know-what-you're-eating festival, too! :crazy2:

[jd99]

I almost got tricked into Rocky Mountain Oysters last time i was in denver on business (I like Raw Oysters..so) Then someone in the group confessed what it really was.

Have a great day everyone.

let's go Pitt!

[Dixielady908]

:wave: afternoon all....

Cheri....gee thanks for the info abouth Huntley....ummm I think....oh yes I am very sure I have other plans....Like cleaning the toilet.....thats even better than the turkey fest.. :crazy: yukk...

I am going to start getting things together for packing today...yeah :cheer2: thats always excting. I like getting things ready... however the packing drives me nuts. I pack then unpack then repack...you get the picture.... :rolleyes:

Talk with you all later
Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[U2Pixies]

Where is Kathy? :confused3
Is this her EPCOT weekend? I think it's food and wine time, not sure (at EPCOT that is ;) )
Patricia :wave:

[LindaBabe]

Ok soup's made, table is set. I'm going down for a nap!

[Dixielady908]

hello....just posting to bump us up.....

nothing going on here. however, Linda a nap sure sounds good right about now....

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[dkmjgal]

Hello fellow turkeys and bananas :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Nothing much to report here...just keeping up the post count.

What's everyone up to this weekend?

I'll check back later-

Kelly

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi everyone,
just got back from Epcot for the food and wine festival. My tootsies are very tired!!! It was very good, lots of weird foods from other countries, my oldest son met us there which was nice because I dont see him very often.

Kelly, guess we will see you bright and early that morning. At least they have coffee and pastries in the theater for customs for those who have to arrive early. We always seem to have the early time for customs each time we do the eastern.

well I am off to watch the Magic go past the web cam, I will check back later.

Kathy :wave:

[Dixielady908]

:sunny: Just saw tahe magic sail past......really makes me want to be on that ship NOW!!!!! :teeth: But now we are soooo close :woohoo:

Going start dinner in a little while, then I think this evening I will start with getting some of my summer clothes moved into the other room, where our luggage is... :Pinkbounc Sounds fun.....

Tomorrow morning driving into Chicago to visit my dad and go out to breakfast with him. Thats my exciting plans for this weekend.

Hey wait, next weekend may even be more exciting. I think we are going to start winterizing the yard.....put all the summer patio stuff away....bla bla bla
I always hate doing that because I know that winter is just about here and all that cold and snow....burrrr I hate it.

Ummm Kathy...any extra bedrooms at your place....you may have winter company... :rotfl:

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Denise,
we have 6 bedrooms here and only 2 being used. I have one all decorated Disney you would like. It has mickey curtains, bedspreads, wallpaper borders, clock, curtain rod with mickey hands on each end, disney character pictures on the walls, mickey pirate flag on the wall, Toy story characters decorate the dresser, mickey waste basket, and 3 piece mickey glass jar set on the dresser when I hide goodies for the grandkids when they come.
Your welcome to it!! You even have yoru own bathroom, which I have not got decorated yet, but I will work on it this winter.

You can dog sit to earn your keep, I know you have experience at that :rotfl2:

Kathy :wave:

[TIGGER41681]

Good Afternoon Everyone :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Today me and DH went out without DS. He was with my in-laws. He was very good. Me and DH missed DS while we were out. It was very weird to not have him with me becuase he always is ;) ;) !! We went to Applebee's for lunch and to the Mall for Christmas shopping. Since we got home I have been of the sofa resting my back. It has been bothering me so much theses last few days. I think it is from lifting DS's infant car seat in and out of my truck!!
Tomorrow my Mom and Dad and sisters are coming for dinner. My Mom and Dad bought DS a Jeep walker. Well the Yankees are LOSING again :furious: :furious: :furious: !! Have a great night everyone!!! Going to make apple pie to get rid of some more apples!!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Lynn,
Hope the pie comes out good. :thumbsup2

Not enough posts to day to make our daily quota :sad2:
Shame on all of us :rolleyes2

Ok, tomarrow we need to do some extra posts to make up for this or I will have to get out the WHIP!! It is a long one so nobody is safe, not even me :lmao:

Not going anywhere tomarrow, so I should get an early start on posting. :surfweb:

Good night everyone, :grouphug:

Kathy :wave:

[LindaBabe]

Well, we're almost off the page so i had to get up to post!

Lynn, have you tried doing core exercises? They take about 15 minutes and I can vouch for the fact they helped me - the book is The Core Program, by Peggy Brill. (No, I do not get a kickback!)

Our Souper supper came out really good - we had fun and it was easy - with yummy apple crisp and vanilla ice cream for dessert. I wish I had some more right now!

Sleep well, dear friends, and dream of sailing away . . .

[mom x4,grandma x4]

good morning
well I got us off to an early start this morning,
lets keep up the pace. :surfweb:

Have a good sunday everyone!!!

Kathy :wave:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

WOW,
I cant believe I am the only one who has posted so far this morning. :confused3

well we now have a count of:




:banana: 5893 :confused3


Kathy :wave:

[pgfour]

Good morning Nanas! :banana: :banana: :banana:

Where is everyone??? (Besides Kathy!) I actually slept in a bit this morning! :cool1:

Lynn, sorry about the Yankees. Too bad they couldn't at least take it to the 9th inning of the final game of the Series to make it more exciting. On the other hand -- Tiger fans have to be ecstatic since it wasn't too long ago that their team was in the cellar. (DH is a Cubs fan so you can see where I'm coming from!)

Huskers won last night, but not in a very convincing fashion. They need to start playing better.

Gotta go get breakfast ready. Be back in a bit! Need LOTS of posts today!

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[fourfoxesinpa]

Good morning everyone, rise and shine :sunny:
Today is Sat. so it will probably be quiet on this board today. I find all of your strange eating habits interesting. I"m just not brave enough, maybe on this trip :confused3 I was forced to eat liver when I was a kid, now that's enough to make anyone want to run away from home.
Does anyone know what scrapple is? I'm not even sure I spelled it right. Hope you can figure it out. I had a friend who ate it all the time and she tried to get me to try it. I didn't like the looks of it so I refused her offer. When I asked her what it was she said she'd tell me after I tried it. Never tried it so I never found out.

Have a great day :goodvibes We are hoping for cooler weather today.
Pat


YEA FOR SCRAPPLE!!!! You're talking my neck of the woods now! Scrapple is best sliced thin, fried crispy and swimming in syrup. Yum. Yum. It's a combiation of meat by-products (for lack of better terms) and pressed into a loaf form which you then slice and fry. No different ingredients than hot dogs. Very PA Dutch.

[mom x4,grandma x4]

YEAH!!!!

Finally someone else is up and posting this morning :thumbsup2

I was beginning to wonder about everyone.

well I am off to walmart to get DH some pants and red mulch for fixing up the flower beds today. :rolleyes1 I know he will appreciate that! :sad2:
I will check back when we return,

Kathy :wave:

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning All :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Today I slept in which was a nice treat since I am up early everyday with DS. Today my family is coming over for dinner. I am making Chicken Parm. Yummy ;) ;) !! Well Kathy my Apple Pie came out really good this time!! DH liked it alot :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 !!! Well I am off to fry up my Chicken cutlets and get DS dressed!! Talk to you all later!!



Cheri: Thanks, but I am glad that the Mets made it at least one NY team is going to the playoffs!!

Linda: Thanks I will have to checck out that book. It's from DS infant car seat to just so heavy for me!!!

[fourfoxesinpa]

WOW! 1 month and 2 weeks. That's SO exciting!

The Foxes made our cruise chain last week. We counted the days and made a paper chain with that number of links. On each link we wrote something that we're looking forward to on the cruise. Little and big things like Mickey Bars, Wake Up Call from Mickey, Palo, Rasul (although my kids have no idea what THAT is! :confused3 ), decorating the door, etc. Then, each morning, we tear off a link. It's fun to see the size of the chain decrease.

I am throwing more things on "the pile" as summer clothes are slowly weeded from drawers and closets. Did the Wal-Mart trip and bought new toiletries so there's no last minute packing. We're leaving first thing in the a.m. after Thanksgiving so there won't be any time for that. I'm tempted to buy new unmentionables for everyone too so I can have the bags ready to go the weekend before.

Ladies, have you figured out formal night? How dressy is everyone getting? I hate to wear the same dress I did last cruise because our pictures will look the same! Our stores don't have the holiday dresses out yet and the summer leftovers are really picked over. I can't find a thing!

For the count, here are 10 nanas... :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Need to go pick up DD from a sleepover. JOSH - She's at a friend's house off 796 down your way. I'll wave! :wave2:

Have a great Sunday all!

[woogal]

I'm here Kathy ... barely :headache: some kind of front must be coming through and messing with our sinuses for the past couple of days. Oh and we just saw the extended forecast and the "S" word was mentioned for Friday :sad: . I'm just not ready for this!

Yesterday ended up being busier than expected ... lunch with Bill's brother (he was in from NJ), dinner with my sister, visited a kennel for Guido, but instead found the PERFECT pet sitter! She's actually a vet tech and has been for nearly 20 years. Both she and the kennel said with him being so old, it would be better to keep him in his own environment at home. So now I need to sit down make a spreadsheet of visits during the week, call in a few favors from friends and family for additional visits, so I'm sure the BABY is taken care of properly! (Did I ever mention he was spoiled???).

Catch up with you later :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[fourfoxesinpa]

Oh and we just saw the extended forecast and the "S" word was mentioned for Friday :sad: . I'm just not ready for this!




Now, now. No eluding to Four Letter Words on this Family Board! That is the WORST four letter word I know!!!!!

[fourfoxesinpa]

OK, so who's officially linked with Woogal for late dining? I need to tell the other Foxes exactly what they're getting into! :rotfl:

10 more for the cause... :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

OK, I'm REALLY getting off now to go get DD. Happy Sunday.

[disneediva]

Morning All,
Just waking up this morning I still have that nasty head cold and its starting to wear me down. We went to DS school fair last night :cheer2: and had a nice time. Now I am getting DS ready for he and Mike are going to the Saints game this morning. He is very excited since its his first time getting to go to one. I plan to do a little shopping today and then we all head to the fair tonight again.As for formal night I am wearing a black cocktail dress. I have the same dress from last years cruise too plus I wore it on our alaskan cruise so I wanted something new for the pics and really have o use foe another long black dress.
Wendy :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

PS my shopping is for scrapbook stuff, I really want this new gadget called the Cricket which is like a computer that prints out all these die cuts and letters.

[disneediva]

Jaime we afre Woogal linked and so is Bob and Lisa if you go to the online check in at disney cruise. com when you go to the part that lets you put up a credit card you will see a list of people linked together.
Wendy

[woogal]

Jamie, I knew you'd understand the significance of the "S" word. I DON'T WANNA WEAR A COAT! :sad:

But onto your question ... the late dinner links include (and hopefully I'm remembering everyone) ... Wendy, Bob, Sarah, Tonya, Cheri, Renee, the Four Foxes, and me and da mutt.

Wendy, I didn't know you could see the links online. So you have the whole house to yourself today? Shopping, crafting, girly stuff? I wanna come down and play, too!

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[pgfour]

Cheri: That is the traditional way to serve Steak Tartare. It is raw ground beef (high quality though) mixed with some seasonings and then crowned with a raw egg on top. It is really a European thing, not just France.


So have you ever had it?? When I think raw eggs, I think of Rocky!!!! :rotfl:

[pgfour]

Cheri: Calculator in the jello got a snort from me! Nice one :lmao:

:

The first thing DD asked me this morning was if we could make Jello and put a stapler in it! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :sad2: (I didn't actually answer her!!!!!!)

[fourfoxesinpa]

Any kids on that late dinner linking? I'd hate for my 2 to be the only ones. Not only would they be bored but I think the grownups wouldn't be too excited either. C'mon Late Diners with Kids...Join us!

[pgfour]

YEA FOR SCRAPPLE!!!! You're talking my neck of the woods now! Scrapple is best sliced thin, fried crispy and swimming in syrup. Yum. Yum. It's a combiation of meat by-products (for lack of better terms) and pressed into a loaf form which you then slice and fry. No different ingredients than hot dogs. Very PA Dutch.
So is scrapple similar to Spam???

I went to college in the town where Hormel makes Spam!! Plus my Brother-in-law works for Hormel so if anyone needs a shipment of the "potted meat," I can probably set you up!! :rotfl: :rotfl:

[woogal]

Any kids on that late dinner linking? I'd hate for my 2 to be the only ones. Not only would they be bored but I think the grownups wouldn't be too excited either. C'mon Late Diners with Kids...Join us!
Oh heck yeah! Wendy's got 2 pre-teens, Cheri's DD, Sarah's DS, Tonya's DS ... 23 of us in all, with 7 kids!

[pgfour]

Any kids on that late dinner linking? I'd hate for my 2 to be the only ones. Not only would they be bored but I think the grownups wouldn't be too excited either. C'mon Late Diners with Kids...Join us!
Jamie,

DD5 will be with us at late seating. We are hoping to get a table right next to all the Nanas -- this way if DD is tired & crabby, she won't ruin EVERYONE'S meal. Plus, if you all get out of hand, we can pretend we don't know you! :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[woogal]

Plus my Brother-in-law works for Hormel so if anyone needs a shipment of the "potted meat," I can probably set you up!! :rotfl: :rotfl:
Um ... that probably won't happen. :lmao:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Jamie,
Maybe if you cant find a new dress you could find a jacket or nice scarf to wear with it so it will look different in the picture. I often just add a jacket to change the look of the same dress when needed.


Shell,
we are looking for a house pet sitter too. I was told with Minnie having been abused she really should stay in her own home, which I had thought about anyway. it is so much less stresdful for my baby. She is spoiled too!! :cloud9:
I have talked to a couple of them, but we also know someone about 10 houses away who has a 10 year old son who loves to pet her when we walk, we are hoping he will come by for extra play time after school with her. Of course we will pay him, that would give her extra paly time besides the sitter.

I feel so guilty :guilty: about leaving her, she is use to having me here all day with her, so it is very lonely for her. I think I will have them leave a radio or tv on during the day too so she can hear voices. :happytv:

My Dh says I am more protective of her than I was the kids when they were babies :rotfl2: Last time our DS was here with her, but he is crusing too, so I have to hire someone to come in.

gotta run, :moped: still havnt made it to walmart, wound up taking minnie for awalk while DH scrubbed the floor. It still had stuff from the construction of the house stuck here and there that the cleaners never got up, so today he decided to get it up. His knees are going to be killing him when he is done!!
But I do love him for it!!! Guess I'd better fix him a good dinner tonight. :stir:


Kathy :wave:

[TIGGER41681]

Jamie: For Formal night I am black a dressy black beaded skirt with a beaded white top. I wore it for my son's baptism and DH is wearing a suit and tie. I am even dressing up my little DS ;) ;) !!

Woogal: :sad2: :sad2: I can't believe that you want have the s-word Friday!! I don't like it at all!! I just took out my winter jackets and clothes and it is 75 degrees today. Go figure!!

[TIGGER41681]

Hey,
Finding a pet-sitter is a very hard thing to do. I used to watch my Mom's dog when she went away because he is also too old to be in a kennel for a long period of time. Since I have the baby this past May I wasn't able to babysit for them so they hired a professional dog-sitter. He sleep on the flor with the dog to make him feel comfortable. As for our cat Minnie :cat: :cat: we take her to my brother in-laws house to babysit. My niece loves to play with her so it will keep the cat and her busy for 9 days!! I don't want to put her in a kennel because I don't feel like she is being taking good care of. I know at my brother-in-laws house she is good hands while I am away!!! She is also very stubborn when we go away and the 1st few days she is usually going in the washing machine, climbing the curtains and then she settles down. But she is an angel at home :cat: :cat: !!!!

[woogal]

I think I will have them leave a radio or tv on during the day too so she can hear voices. :happytv:
Kathy, FYI, we have always relied on the Weather Channel, and dog experts we've worked with agree. It's the perfect blend of comforting voices from the forecasters and occassional soft music. Very soothing.

Lynn: Yep, we're in the 70s today. They say by Friday our low will be 31! WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!

Well, I need to go get something done today .... wait ... can you all hear that?! Is it ...? MY GOSH! It's Kohl's calling MY NAME! :lmao:

See ya!

[TIGGER41681]

Shell,
Going to Kohl's tomorrow because they are having big sales. Want to get some more X-mas shopping and ofcourse some Lynn shopping ;) ;) ;) !!

[cruisemutt]

I don't relish the thought of snow either..... its like a cold, heartless reminder of things to come. The only consolation I have is watching the Yankees win the world series....oh, wait...darn the luck...I guess we just have the snow to count on. :teeth:

Have a great day everyone....
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[TIGGER41681]

I don't relish the thought of snow either..... its like a cold, heartless reminder of things to come. The only consolation I have is watching the Yankees win the world series....oh, wait...darn the luck...I guess we just have the snow to count on. :teeth:

Have a great day everyone....
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Very Funny about the Yankees :teeth: :teeth: :teeth: !!

[pgfour]

I'm planning to go to Kohl's tomorrow, too! :cool1: DD doesn't have school because of Columbus Day, so we may as well join the crowds and do some shopping. I have some things to return and then I can take the credit added to my Kohl's card and go spend it again! :rotfl:

Denise & Shell -- wanted to let you know I did some more research on the Turkey "Privates" Festival -- the one in Huntley is on 11/23, so I guess that won't fit into our schedules with cruise preparations. But don't despair, there is another one this Saturday in Byron, IL, which isn't too far from here! :thumbsup2 It also appears that this is a nation-wide phenomenon!! Who knew???!!!! :confused3

Well, I have to get going -- must run (literally!) and then take care of some laundry. I'll try to get some preliminary packing done today.

Have a good one! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Cheri :wave2:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Shell,
Thanks for the tip about the weather channel, I never would of thought of that, but you are right, the voices are calm and relaxed. i will tune it in for her. Thanks. :goodvibes


Cheri,
We love going to all the small town festivals we can find, however after a unamious vote we decided to skip the Turkey Privates festival this year :lmao:


Gee ladies I feel I am missing something here, I dont think I have a Kohls near me, I've never been to one.
guess I'd better ask Pat, she has lived in this area a lot longer than me.


Pat, do we have a Kohls near us??? I saw one down Hwy 27 past Clermont I think, but that is way to far to go for me.


Lynn,
you must be about done with your Christmas shopping. You have gone lots of times the past few weeks. I have started, but nowhere near done yet.


I did buy some doggie bandanas at Epcot with Pluto ont hem. They are themed for different holidays and a birthday. I got large thinking I could put one around my hair when Minnie wore hers, but it is too small for me :sad2:

DH thought I was :crazy: to want to wear matching bandanas with Minnie.
I am going to try and find some elastic I can sew onto the velcro on them and see if I cant get it to work that way. Other moms have matching outfits with their babies, so why not me??? :rotfl2:

Kathy :wave:

[sptweedle]

Kathy-mom is at church, I'm stuck at work so I'll answer for her. There is no Kohl's in this area. The closest one is in Clermont.

I did want to ask you a question though, since you went to EPCOT yesterday, did you see anyone winning anything for the Year of a Million Dreams. When we went for Cullens b'day on the 4th I didn't see anything, turns out that was the morning that the family got to open the Magic Kingdom by themselves.

Woogal-Mutt, I have to tell you, as someone who has never seen snow, and wears shorts on Christmas day, that I am a little jealous. Just once I'd like to wake up and see snow on Christmas day, before I went out and tested my new Red Rider Carbine Action 200 Shot Range Model Air Rifle.


:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Steve

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Steve,
I didnt see anyone, but I have heard of different things that have bwen going on. My DS works at a resort and the other day a prize patrol showed up and gave away a bunch of nice hand towels and then quickly disappeared again.
These people travel all over, everyday and just stop at random.
Even the cast members do not know when or where the prize partol will appear.

Thanks for the heads up on Kohls i didn't think I had seen one near us.

Kathy

[TIGGER41681]

Kathy,
Almost all done with my shopping!! I wanted to be done before I go on vacation!! The hardest person is DH!! He also says that he doesn't want anything and doesn't need anything!! DS I want to get a few toys and then I am all done :teeth: :teeth: :teeth: :teeth: !!!

[U2Pixies]

Any kids on that late dinner linking? I'd hate for my 2 to be the only ones. Not only would they be bored but I think the grownups wouldn't be too excited either. C'mon Late Diners with Kids...Join us!

Hi, I'm not too sure about "linked" but we have the late dinner also. Stephen (I call him that, you know him as Steve, that's his dad's name too.) and Esther have three kids :rolleyes: (you poor people ;) ) How do we link up with each other? I believe that Shell sent me an email about that but I thought Stephen took care of it. I'll have to check and see.
This first time cruise stuff is a bit confusing for me: Formal, informal, wear this, don't wear that :confused3
This old dog is trying hard to learn how to jump through hoops :rotfl:
Where do we go to link up with everyone?
Pat

[LindaBabe]

I wish I had Christmas shopping to do! My kids are grown and money is one size fits all, when you're that age. My husband buys whatever he wants, and i'm either getting a new AP or a 10 day park hopper. I love the shopping and wrapping etc especially for my friends. I can always find something that would be perfect for them.

We went out and started yard clean up this morning. It's pretty chilly and we will have tons of leaves to process when they fall. I put in 50 daffodil bulbs (the only things the deer and squirrels won't eat. )

[TIGGER41681]

Hi, I'm not too sure about "linked" but we have the late dinner also. Stephen (I call him that, you know him as Steve, that's his dad's name too.) and Esther have three kids :rolleyes: (you poor people ;) ) How do we link up with each other? I believe that Shell sent me an email about that but I thought Stephen took care of it. I'll have to check and see.
This first time cruise stuff is a bit confusing for me: Formal, informal, wear this, don't wear that :confused3
This old dog is trying hard to learn how to jump through hoops :rotfl:
Where do we go to link up with everyone?
Pat

Pat,
I think Woogal ( Shell) was setting up linking dinner for the late seating. PM her for the info!!

[woogal]

Kathy-mom is at church, I'm stuck at work so I'll answer for her. There is no Kohl's in this area. The closest one is in Clermont.

Woogal-Mutt, I have to tell you, as someone who has never seen snow, and wears shorts on Christmas day, that I am a little jealous. Just once I'd like to wake up and see snow on Christmas day, before I went out and tested my new Red Rider Carbine Action 200 Shot Range Model Air Rifle.

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Steve
Steve, somehow, in one post, you got me to laugh, cry, curse you and pity you (btw, the pity was for not having a Kohls nearby, not for the Christmas snow ... that was the cursing) :lmao:

[TIGGER41681]

Hello All,
Question for you guys did anyone fill-out all the required paperwork for the cruise on-line?? DH wants me to do it tomorrow ;) !!

[U2Pixies]

Hello All,
Question for you guys did anyone fill-out all the required paperwork for the cruise on-line?? DH wants me to do it tomorrow ;) !!


I believe Steve did his already. Isn't that right Stephen :confused3

Lynn, I noticed you went to Super Soap weekend at MGM once. What soap do you watch? Wasn't that fun to go to. I went a few times.
Pat

[Dixielady908]

:sunny: Afternoon all....wow you are a busy bunch (nana's) today.

Kathy: Your room sounds really nice and your right I would probably love it...so you just may have a winter quest this year.... :)

Lynn, I did all my paper work on-line a couple of weeks ago....not that I'm excited or anything. But its all completed. :Pinkbounc

About Christmas shopping have not even started nor even thought about it. The only thing I was thinking about was about my Christmas decorations and I have come the conclusion that I may only put my tree up this year and forget the rest. Since my DD wont be home this year, it will be just Myself, Wally, DS and my dad.
Linda, I'm like you, not much shopping...money the gift that keeps giving, well until it runs out.... :rotfl: I'm hoping to pick DD up some jewelry on the islands...

Gotta go, making soup, then I'm making a carrot cake for work tomorrow....so i better get busy....I also have to start dinner....wow, I'm exhausted and not even half way done yet.. :sad2:

Later
Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:cheer2: :cheer2: :woohoo: :woohoo: 47 days :cheer2: :cheer2: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[sptweedle]

I believe Steve did his already. Isn't that right Stephen :confused3

Lynn, I noticed you went to Super Soap weekend at MGM once. What soap do you watch? Wasn't that fun to go to. I went a few times.
Pat


Yep, did mine a few weeks ago, had a lot to worry about...since we had to get Stacey's father to approve her going out of the country. He can be a jerk :furious:

Also had to get familiar with what would be required since Stacey is technically traveling with my parents, I wanted to get on there and see how DCL had her listed.

[cruisemutt]

Steve, I gotta tell ya... the excitement of snow is a very very shortlived thing.http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/woogal/coldbanana.gif When the first pretty snow hits, its always "ooh-ahhh" "Christmas is here, how nice"....but when the first Monday comes after a snow and you feel the road start to give way under your tires during the commute, it gets less " ooh, ahhh" and more "why aren't we with the smart people in Florida, St. Thomas, Nassau?". I'd love to wear shorts in December....oh, wait~ I WILL be! woohoo!

Happy Sunday to all

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Lucinda are you out there?? it's been awhile since you've checked in. Hope everything is going ok for you.


Josh, we have been missing you too!!
Where are you???

Our post count is doing great today. keep up the good work everyone.

we are over the 6000 mark for :banana: now too,

we are 6001 :banana: :banana: :banana:
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Kathy :wave:

[TIGGER41681]

I believe Steve did his already. Isn't that right Stephen :confused3

Lynn, I noticed you went to Super Soap weekend at MGM once. What soap do you watch? Wasn't that fun to go to. I went a few times.
Pat

Pat,
It was soooooooooooo amazing to sooooooooo close to your favorite soap stars. I watch General Hospital !! I love it and thinking of going back next year!! What soap do you watch??

[TIGGER41681]

Good Night All,
Had a great visit with my Parents and sister. Ds loves his Jeep walker!! I will post pictures tomorrow. That's it for now. Good Night!!

[Dixielady908]

Well I finally finished all my cooking and baking....I'm am really tired. I hate being in the kitchen all afternoon and evening. Its not so much the cooking and baking part its the darn clean up. Yuk.....

Well going to sit and watch amaziing race and finish up some laundry. Hey can anyone tell me where the heck the weekend went :confused3 I hate it when it goes by so fast.

I'll check in later.....I cant beleive how good we are doing on the posts. I think we will get our 4000 before we leave.

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Denise,
besides the posts here, look at your personal posts.
I can remember when you only had a couple hundred, now look at where you are. :thumbsup2

Well I am going along with Lynn,
I am getting ready for bed. It has been along day and my feet are still tired from walking around Epcot yesterday. princess:

I will check back tomarrow and see how many posts we have,

good night, :tiptoe:

Kathy :wave:

[LindaBabe]

Kathy,
I think Lucinda posted she'd be without a computer for a week or some such thing. that was quite a few pages ago.

Surfed the internet and baked a cake this afternoon. Oh, and organized Dimple's closet (she's my teddy bear). Bruce always joked she had more clothes than he does. Well . . . she does. In fact - she has more than the both of us put together! lol I'm SURE nobody else HERE is obsessed with anything. . . except maybe for bananas.

Sleep well, and dream of sailing!

[pgfour]

Steve, I gotta tell ya... the excitement of snow is a very very shortlived thing.http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/woogal/coldbanana.gif When the first pretty snow hits, its always "ooh-ahhh" "Christmas is here, how nice"....but when the first Monday comes after a snow and you feel the road start to give way under your tires during the commute, it gets less " ooh, ahhh" and more "why aren't we with the smart people in Florida, St. Thomas, Nassau?". I'd love to wear shorts in December....oh, wait~ I WILL be! woohoo!

Happy Sunday to all

I second that feeling! :thumbsup2 Especially when the pretty white snow turns into black slush thanks to all the salt on the roads, and your car gets caked with salt residue, but you can't wash it because it's too cold and the doors will freeze, and. . . :furious:
Steve if you want to play "house swap" this winter, you may have a few takers!!!!!

Cheri

[pgfour]

Good evening everyone! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

We had a relatively uneventful day. It was absolutely gorgeous here today, so DH & I sat outside and read and watched DD play during the afternoon. :cool1:

We've had no mention of the "S word" yet -- only the "F word" (luckily not "THE word, the big one, the queen mother of dirty words, the F dash-dash-dash word!") -- "FROST"! :rotfl2:

Lynn -- I used to be a big GH fan, but haven't watched in a long time. Tried watching when they were bringing back the characters from the 80's, but never really had time even though we do get SoapNet. Oh well, one less thing to obsess about!

Haven't started Christmas shopping yet, but I've thought about it! :thumbsup2 Our families still haven't decided if we're exchanging gifts with everyone, drawing names, or getting gifts for kids only. No sense in getting out there too soon! :rotfl:

Better wrap this up -- one load of laundry left to hang / fold, then off to bed!

Talk to you all tomorrow!

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :yay: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Dixielady908]

:wave2: good night all....one more freedom day at work...then the "cat" gets back on tuesday......so I have to behave :goodvibes


Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[disneediva]

Just back from DS fair, we had a nice time. Now its laundry an sleep. Tomorrow DS is off school so they can clean up from the fair, so he is going to spend the day at one of the 2 high schools :teacher: he has it narrowed down to and see how he likes it there.
Wendy :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[JanDave]

Good Morning All Nana Heads!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

Friday night, we went to our favorite Mexican restaurant in Detroit with a bunch of friends. Great fun and great margaritas. :woohoo:

Our 2.5 yo Sean and 3 month old Samie were at our house Saturday and Sunday. Their parents went to Game 4 of the playoffs and saw the Tigers send the Yankees home to fire their coach. Go Tigers!!! :cheer2:

We dropped off the kids late yesterday afternoon and headed to Outback, where I bought 2 gift certs for Christmas. My Christmas shopping is almost done! I'll have to check out the sales at Kohls, although I don't really need anything from there. But, I may find something for myself.

I love all the baby pics! I still can't figure out how to download using Photobucket. I'll have to work on that soon so I can show off my little angels.

As for weird foods, I'm in the minority on this thread -- I am not adventuresome with food. I was raised with lots of Italian food -- mainly pasta.

Oh Jeff -- speaking of Italian, I knew there was a reason I liked you!! We're both Italian!!! My grandparents were from a region just south of Rome. By the way, when they immigrated from Italy, they settled in New Castle, PA. And, please don't remind me of the MSU-U of M game. How dismal was that???

Please don't mention the S___ word!!!! We had beautiful fall weather in mid-Michigan this weekend. The fall color season hasn't peaked yet, but it's starting. I do hope it S____s on Thanksgiving so I can really, really appreciate Florida weather on Friday.

Have a great day everyone.

Jan

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Good morning, Happy Monday, Happy Columbus day!! :boat:

All the ladies know the importance of Columbus Day!! Lots of SALES!!!!!
I may try to get out :drive: to Beals this afternoon and check it out. I still need a couple of things before the cruise.

Jan If you still have trouble with Photo bucket after trying again, PM me and I will try to write instructions out for you, maybe that will help. I had a terrible time the first few times I used it, but I can post pictures now, but only one per post where others post a few at a time.

Anybody get today off from work?? :confused3 for the holiday.
none here do.

well have a great day everyone,
I iwll check back in awhile to see who is up and posting and who is dragging themselves off to work. :rotfl2:

Kathy :wave:

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning All :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Happy Columbus Day :boat: :boat: :boat: !! Yes, Kathy I love Columbus Day for the SALES!!! Well DS and I are going to take part in the sales today!! Well I am going to get my wash in and get things done around the house so I get to the store early princess: princess: princess: !!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Danielle and Andy,
Are you still with us?? :confused3

It has been weeks since you have posted. :surfweb:

Please drop us a quick note to say your ok and still coming along.

I have been thinking about you guys lately, just want to make sure your both ok. :thumbsup2

Kathy :wave:

[LindaBabe]

Count me among the draggin'! But, it's safer in here - i can't spend any money! Besides, misery, I have a dentist appointment this afternoon to start replacing my old fillings. :-(

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Linda,
you have my sympathy!!!! :worried:

DENTIST!!!!!! YUCK!!!!!

I hate going!!!! :sad2:

Well at least with getting your fillings replaced now you wont loose one while eating on the cruise, that would ruin your trip for sure!!!


Kathy :wave:

[pgfour]

Good morning Nanas!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

DD doesn't have school today so she and I will head to a few stores today -- Kohl's, Target, Disney Store. I had some coupons for Disney Store, but they expired 2 weeks ago. :furious: Oh well, hopefully they'll send me some new ones!

I heard the s-word mentioned on the weather last night, but didn't watch long enough to hear when. I'm in denial!

I don't want excessive snow/cold around Thanksgiving because I hate packing those jackets & cold-weather gear that we'll only need when getting out of and into Chicago. Once I start seeing palm trees, I'll know we're not in the Midwest anymore! :rotfl:

Gotta get some work done now since DH is graciously giving me the day off! Have a super day! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Cheri :banana: :banana: :yay: :banana: :banana:

[U2Pixies]

Count me among the draggin'! But, it's safer in here - i can't spend any money! Besides, misery, I have a dentist appointment this afternoon to start replacing my old fillings. :-(


I'm right there with ya :sad2: My appointment for refill was next week but had to cancel due to g'kid sitting. Now I have to go Nov. 1 - I hate going but when all is said and done I'll be glad :teeth:

Kathy - I might see you at Bealls! I'll keep an eye out for you. Not too sure when or if I'm going though. I'm thinking of taking the loooooooong drive to Kohl's. I don't have kids today :cheer2: so I'm going to take advantage of my freedom :)
How do you like our weather today! GREAT isn't it :thumbsup2

Lynn - I have watched AMC for years and years. In fact, I have been watching since the very first show started. That was way back in my high school years! WOW! I use to be a faithful viewer, but now, only once in a while. I think I'm getting too old for it. They have so many younger problems now :rotfl2: When I tune in I think, Who is that? And Erica, she isn't the greatest actress. I hate that she never ages either! When my dad was very ill we moved him in with us and he would watch it daily :rotfl: He loved Erica.

Will check in later, going to go do :laundy: and catch up on some dusting.
Pat :wave:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: (6)

[TiggerKing]

So have you ever had it?? When I think raw eggs, I think of Rocky!!!! :rotfl:
I never had the traditional version. I couldn't bring myself to try it. The closest I came was one hotel restaurant in the Netherlands always brought out little complimentary appetizers for every meal, and one was steak tartare. It was in a small puff pastry shell, so you honestly could not taste the raw meat, so I can't offer an opinion on it.

[TiggerKing]

So is scrapple similar to Spam???

I went to college in the town where Hormel makes Spam!! Plus my Brother-in-law works for Hormel so if anyone needs a shipment of the "potted meat," I can probably set you up!! :rotfl: :rotfl:
I will be honest, I do LOVE fried spam and eggs, though we don't eat it very frequently. I also enjoy potted meat with crackers and Vienna sausages. Yes, it is sad, I know! :sad2:

[TiggerKing]

Steve, I gotta tell ya... the excitement of snow is a very very shortlived thing.http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/woogal/coldbanana.gif When the first pretty snow hits, its always "ooh-ahhh" "Christmas is here, how nice"....but when the first Monday comes after a snow and you feel the road start to give way under your tires during the commute, it gets less " ooh, ahhh" and more "why aren't we with the smart people in Florida, St. Thomas, Nassau?". I'd love to wear shorts in December....oh, wait~ I WILL be! woohoo!

Happy Sunday to all
Mutt: They hated me in Detroit last year. I worked Mon - Thur in Detroit from mid-January until the end of March. I was loving the snow. I would sit there and look out the window or play in the hotel parking lot. Those people thought I was nuts! :crazy: But of course, my drive to work was only 200 yards, and I really didn't have to go much farther for restaurants to eat at, so the snow didn't affect my life too much!

[TiggerKing]

Okay, now that I have caught up on the 5 pages I missed over the weekend. It was a rough weekend for DW and I. Don't want to put a downer on the thread, but we had 2 very good friends killed in a small plane crash on Friday. A very precious couple we knew from church. They will be sorely missed. :sad1:

As for the up side, my GT Yellow Jackets pulled out a great come from behind win on Saturday. The game was a good escape from the events of Friday.

Sunday was a VERY busy day at church. DW and I teach a single adult Sunday School class, so we normally go out to lunch with them after church and then we have to be back in the afternoon for choir practice (no, I will NOT sing for you on the boat!).

Today begins another week on the bench, so I will enjoy it while I can. After this week, I will be on the road for at least 2 weeks in a row, and possibly a third week where I will go to Texas.

Have an awesome Monday everyone!

[U2Pixies]

First, TiggerKing: Sorry to hear about your friends. It is very hard when you lose friends. You will be in my thoughts and prayers, along with the couples family members.

Dutchsmommy: Happy Thanksgiving. I think that's today. If not, :confused3 Happy Thanksgiving when it comes or if it's gone ;)

What is potted meat? Maybe I know, but just under a different name.
Pat

[sptweedle]

Lynn - I have watched AMC for years and years. In fact, I have been watching since the very first show started. That was way back in my high school years! WOW! I use to be a faithful viewer, but now, only once in a while. I think I'm getting too old for it. They have so many younger problems now :rotfl2: When I tune in I think, Who is that? And Erica, she isn't the greatest actress. I hate that she never ages either! When my dad was very ill we moved him in with us and he would watch it daily :rotfl: He loved Erica.



Whew :ssst: I thought you going to tell them when I growing up that I used to watch it with...

Uh-Oh I think I've said to much gotta go

[woogal]

Good morning, Banana Heads :banana: :banana: :banana:

First off, I think that our Banana count goals are way too easy if we're already over 6,000. So let's go for ... mmmm .... 10,000 by the cruise! I think we can DO IT! :banana: :banana: :banana:

Bob, Steve et al: SNOW IS NOT FUN! Yes, yes ... it's pretty the first couple of times each year when it doesn't stick to the roads and you can actually drive. And believe it or not (for those Christmas Story fans), the prettiest snow is always the one that is newly fallen on Christmas morning. Especially if the road crews are out cleaning it up :rotfl2: . However, the first time it takes you 4.5 hours to drive home from work (a 23 mile drive, mind you), you will curse like a sailor and swear you're moving to ... like ... Georgia or Florida. :crazy:

Jan, the family of Bill's best friend (also Italian) is in New Castle, PA. Small world, huh? My grandpa was from Stefanaconi, Italy, which is a small village southeast of Naples in Calabria. My grandmother was from Pettorano, Italy, which is due east of Rome. I have been able to find documentation for both of them on the arrival in the U.S. on ellisisland.org. The site has the original ship manifests scanned for each passenger. Very cool.

Hey folks ... tired of merely dreaming about the cruise? There are NEW videos links on the DIS! Look above, click on Photos/Videos, and you'll see links for new videos of Cookies BBQ (Castaway Cay), Water Activities (Castaway Cay), Clubs & Shows (Wonder), Brunch at Palo (Magic).

Catch ya later! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[jd99]

Good morning, Banana Heads :banana: :banana: :banana:

First off, I think that our Banana count goals are way too easy if we're already over 6,000. So let's go for ... mmmm .... 10,000 by the cruise! I think we can DO IT! :banana: :banana: :banana:

Bob, Steve et al: SNOW IS NOT FUN! Yes, yes ... it's pretty the first couple of times each year when it doesn't stick to the roads and you can actually drive. And believe it or not (for those Christmas Story fans), the prettiest snow is always the one that is newly fallen on Christmas morning. Especially if the road crews are out cleaning it up :rotfl2: . However, the first time it takes you 4.5 hours to drive home from work (a 23 mile drive, mind you), you will curse like a sailor and swear you're moving to ... like ... Georgia or Florida. :crazy:

Jan, the family of Bill's best friend (also Italian) is in New Castle, PA. Small world, huh? My grandpa was from Stefanaconi, Italy, which is a small village southeast of Naples in Calabria. My grandmother was from Pettorano, Italy, which is due east of Rome. I have been able to find documentation for both of them on the arrival in the U.S. on ellisisland.org. The site has the original ship manifests scanned for each passenger. Very cool.

Hey folks ... tired of merely dreaming about the cruise? There are NEW videos links on the DIS! Look above, click on Photos/Videos, and you'll see links for new videos of Cookies BBQ (Castaway Cay), Water Activities (Castaway Cay), Clubs & Shows (Wonder), Brunch at Palo (Magic).

Catch ya later! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:


I agree completely about the snow. I actually moved to Orange County, CA for a couple of years after I finished graduate school. And then came back to Pittsburgh. What's up with that? Turns out a happy story as I met my DW here...and there is nowhere I'd rather raise kids than in our community. Now if we can just find a way to stop the snow and cold from coming here... Whatever happened to global warming, Mr. Gore? :rotfl2:

Jan & Shell - My mom's family was from Florence and they have not been traceable to Ellis Island because they didn't come here soon enough to go that route. I was at Ellis Island a couple of years ago and tried to trace all kinds of folks but it seems all of our famiies (including my DW Greek parents) all came over too late or a different "route" to get counted among the Ellis Islanders.

I'm in a bit of a lull waiting for info from a bunch of sources to move forward with some projects. Just wish the banks were open today coz it'd be the perfect day to spend time cleaning up all the mess we made when we switched banks a couple weeks ago. Oh well. I guess I'll head to the gym instead.

Happy Monday everyone.


:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[LindaBabe]

Bumping us back to the top!

[TiggerKing]

To be as talkative as youse guys (that's for Shell) were over the weekend, it is eerily quiet here this afternoon!

Hope everyone is having a great Monday!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi,
Boy we have perfect weather today. There is no noticable humidity, a slight breeze, 80 degrees, clear blue skies!!!!
we have the S word here too, but it's SUNBURN!!

I took Minnie out for an early walk and it was so nice and she was so good that when we got back home , I took her for a 5 minute drive to a tiny park and took her on the walking trail there. It was her first time on a walk out of her neighborhood. She loved it!! She was so excited. She pulled alittle at first, which I expected, but she was soon walking as she should.
Then we met a man with a toy poodle out walking. we walked about 30 minutes, then came back home.
It was still so nice I went outside and we sat on the loung chair and took a nap. :goodvibes
So I never got to Bealls as I wanted , but maybe later. It was just too nice to be inside today.


Shell,

10,000 :banana: Boy you are ambitious, but i agree, we can make it if we try!!! :woohoo:
I hope you know after counting all of those :banana: I will probably have night mares about :banana: for months after the cruise :rotfl2:


Kathy :wave:

[woogal]

To be as talkative as youse guys (that's for Shell) were over the weekend, it is eerily quiet here this afternoon!
Bob, thanks so much for using "northern speak" in your posts so that I completely understand what you're saying! You know, the US is just one big melting pot, and since you're being so darn conscientous about making sure that we northerners feel comfortable, I feel it's only fair that to return the favor. As such, I've been doing a little studying-up on "southern speak", so that when we-all meet y'all, there will be no misunderstandings. Here's what I have so far:

BARD - (verb) - Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow."
JAWJUH - (noun) - The State north of Florida. Capitol is Lanner.
SEED - (verb) - past tense of "to see".

How am I doing so far? :lmao:

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[TiggerKing]

Bob, thanks so much for using "northern speak" in your posts so that I completely understand what you're saying! You know, the US is just one big melting pot, and since you're being so darn conscientous about making sure that we northerners feel comfortable, I feel it's only fair that to return the favor. As such, I've been doing a little studying-up on "southern speak", so that when we-all meet y'all, there will be no misunderstandings. Here's what I have so far:

BARD - (verb) - Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow."
JAWJUH - (noun) - The State north of Florida. Capitol is Lanner.
SEED - (verb) - past tense of "to see".

How am I doing so far? :lmao:

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Well, being the uneducated northerner that you are, there were of course several that you forgot:

WidjaDidja - (dependent clause) - A question, as in "You didn't bring your suitcase widjadidja?".
Tar - (noun) - The round, rubber obect on which a vehicle rides.
Tarred - (adjective) - The physical state of exhaustion, as in "I sure am tarred after going snorkeling."
European - (verb contraction) - to be in the process of going #1 in the bathroom

[cruisemutt]

Youse guys? YOUSE guys? Bob... the 30's style-Al Capone gangster to average northerner ratio is pretty small. In other words, we don't all talk like Mugsy! (dag-un suth'nas).

You're not really gonna talk like that on the cruise, are you?(covering ears with paws)

[cindalu]

Hi everyone,
I hope everyone is having a great day. I am so excited. I got tagged and I totally did not expect it.

Things at home are pretty much the same. I do not know what to do. My Dh thinks she has ADD or ADHD. I do not think that is the problem. I think she is just having a hard time adjusting to the move. I wish she would talk about it.


Hope you all have a great day.

thanks

Lucinda

[favoriteslave]

Hey Guys:

I got the proof back from the printer. As much as I would like to see the mickey mouse ears and the fun things on the suitcase, we would be violating copyright laws (Darn it). So without further adddoooo.......

If you have not ordered shirts, this is the time. I will turn the order in on Friday the 13th.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/favoriteslave/NanaHeadsbt.jpg

Please let me know.

Some nana's for the fund. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

and one for Lindababe pooh:

Have a happy monday all.

[TiggerKing]

Lucinda: Congrats on the Tag. You are in our thoughts and prayers with DD!

Tonya: I LOVE the new shirt design! That is so cool!

Mutt: I hear northerners and mid-westerners all the time when I travel up there saying, "Hey, youse guys wants to go get some pop?"!

[TIGGER41681]

Good Afternoon Everyone,
Me and Ds were VERY lazy today and did not go out to Kohl's so we are going to attempt to go either before or after Mommy and Me. Today I did all the on-line check-in for the cruise!! Well going to heat up dinner before DH gets home!! Talk to you later!!

Dutchsmommy: Happy Turkey Day!!!

TiggerKing: I am soooo sorry to hear about your friends!! My thoughts are with their families. Also, Youse guys is known as NY thing!!!

Lucinda: You are in my thoughts and prayers are with your DD.

Tonya: Wow the shirt this great!!

[TIGGER41681]

DS got a new set of wheels at 5 months old!! Grandma bought this for DS!!
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j148/LA41681/IMG_0949.jpg http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j148/LA41681/IMG_0952.jpg

[dkmjgal]

BOB - I'm so sorry about your friends. I will keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers. Speaking from experience, Church family is "family" and they can mean just as much as the real thing.

LUCINDA - Congrats on the tag! That's really cool :cool1: I will continue to keep you and your family in my prayers.

TONYA - I LOVE the shirt!!!! :Pinkbounc

I was MIA again this weekend...our Church is hosting a pumpkin patch for the 3rd year in a row and on Sat. afternoon we had over 1200 pumpkins delivered! Imagine what THAT looks like in the back of an 18-wheeler :) My Jazzercise class just moved to a new location so we celebrated our Grand re-opening on Sat as well. Besides all of that we are getting ready to have a garage sale in 2 weeks so we are prepping for that.

DH is traveling until Wed. so it's just me and the kids for a couple of days. I will be sufficiently exhausted by the time he gets back. For one, I don't sleep well at all when he's away (yes, even after almost 13 years of marriage :blush: ) and two because I get to be the sole parent running kiddos here and there.

See you later-

Kelly

[woogal]

Mutt: I hear northerners and mid-westerners all the time when I travel up there saying, "Hey, youse guys wants to go get some pop?"!
Well ... duh! What else is it called besides pop? :rotfl2:

[cmaelltt1]

Hello all,

I have a few minutes and thought I'd check in and say hello. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Ours went pretty well. I was extra rainy for about half of it.

I ordered a new washer and dryer to be delivered next week. I can't even tell you how excited I am about that. They are not the fancy ones I really wanted, but they are nice front loaders. Unfortunately, my laundry room doubles as my pantry. So I had to find ones that would fit properly. But it's just as well since I probably would have paid several more for the others. My new floors are going to be installed next week too. And sometime soon after that, I get a new back door and a set of french doors in the foyer/living room doorway. And hopefully, new bedroom furniture before we leave. I hope we have some money left to spend on the cruise. :p

I do need to pack up several rooms in my house before they start on the floors. I should probably be doing that now, but wanted to read up on the cruise some more. Oh man the Schwans man is here so I need to run.
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[U2Pixies]

Tonya - :thumbsup2 like the shirt logo

Lynn - OMG! The pictures are so cute :goodvibes Aren't grandparents the best ;)

I love the Southern talk going on here. It makes me feel like I'm at my MIL's dinner table when her family was visiting.

Lucinda - I am wondering - does your d's teachers notice any change? I really hope things go better for you. Having to deal with your in-laws illness, and a child that is confusing you, can be very difficult for a person to cope with. I hope you have someone who is close to you that you can talk to.

Going to Red Lobster! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: (4)
Pat

[cmaelltt1]

One thing I forgot to add:

Where I grew up in Eastern Ohio, we said Younz or Younz Guys. :confused3 When I moved away in the military, people had no idea what I was saying. When i go home now, it does sound funny. I think it's a very regional thing. I've been in the south for so long now that I'm almost conferted to ya'll.


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[mom x4,grandma x4]

Tonya,
Love the shirts, cant wait til they arrive!!!!! :love:

Glad to read that someone here talks alot like me, :crazy:

Lynn,
Those pictures are so precious!! I can tell grandma is a proud grandma!!

well I am off to count the :banana: :banana: from where I left off the other day.

Kathy :wave:

[woogal]

One thing I forgot to add:

Where I grew up in Eastern Ohio, we said Younz or Younz Guys. :confused3 When I moved away in the military, people had no idea what I was saying. When i go home now, it does sound funny. I think it's a very regional thing. I've been in the south for so long now that I'm almost conferted to ya'll.
Oh wow ... I thought the only people that said that were my cousins :rotfl2: That's scary :rotfl2: ! Although they pronounce it more like "yins"

[cruisemutt]

Hey Carrie...did you grow up near Youngstown, by any chance?
Just curious....

Curiousity for you too, Bob...Soda? Soda Pop? Pop? Honestly, I have no idea what its called down south,....Hep a good ol' Ohire boah out hea.....

[disneediva]

Mutt, pop as you mistakenly called it is correctly called Coke. :rotfl2: When Mike first moved here yes I know I married a Yankee lord help me, was confused when someone asked him if he wanted a coke he said yes and they asked ok what kind?

Bob, sorry about your friends you are in our prayers

Shell, one more Southerism
Yourmomanem" (noun)- this is when people are inquiring about your parents as "how are your mom an em"? :lmao:

Gotta go stir my red beans it is Monday, For you yankees (MUTT) we all cook red beans on Mondays down here. I believe I have not eaten anything else on a MOnday except when on vacation is my life

Wendy :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[sptweedle]

Tonya, why don't you try a Hidden Mickey on the shirt somewhere? Coconuts in the palm trees, make the thing over the turkey's beak shaped like Mickey. Just a suggestion.

Down here in the south everything is Coke, even if it's a Pepsi it's still a Coke! At least it is around here in my neck of the woods. Guess because Coke is based out of Atlanta.

(See Wendy's post above, looks like we posted at the same time!)

One other thing we say a lot is fixin. I'm fixin to go eat, or I'm fixin to take care of this or that. A guy I work with is from Maryland, and when I say fixin to do something, he says you're what?




Steve

[TIGGER41681]

Good Night,

In NY we don't call it POP- we call it soda!! I never heard anybody call soda POP in NY. Well I just wanted to check in and say good night. Have a good night!!

[U2Pixies]

I had a person ask me once how many younguns do I have. I thought he said onions :rotfl2: I thought he wanted to borrow some!
Yes, we say Coke, of course now a days you have to be very careful with that word. Do you say suckers or lollipops?

Going to meet Kathy tomorrow :thumbsup2

Pat :wave:

[Dixielady908]

:wave: Evening all....boy it took me forever to catch up on the reading.

Bob: Sorry about your friends...thats terrible. My prayers and thoughts are with you and Lisa.

Tonya :thumbsup2 love the shirts....they are soooo.....us!!!!

Tried to get on at work today....but it was so darn crazy didnt have a chance to. I just dont understand why the people I work with, think that I should have to work... :confused3 its beyound me. I just go to work so I dont have to clean house.... :rotfl: :rotfl2:

Well I thinkk that we can make our 10,000 nana post along with our 4,000 post-post....!!

later
Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
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[TiggerKing]

Well ... duh! What else is it called besides pop? :rotfl2:
See, that is another mistake. Geez, we have a long way to go with you! You don't buy a pop, you buy a coke. Coke is a generic term. You ask someone, "Do you want a coke?" and when they say "Yes", you ask them what kind! Of course, in the old south this was referred to as Sodie Water!

[woogal]

yes I know I married a Yankee lord help me
Sounds to me like he already DID help you ... by finding you a fine Yankee gentleman :lmao:

[TiggerKing]

Tonya, why don't you try a Hidden Mickey on the shirt somewhere? Coconuts in the palm trees, make the thing over the turkey's beak shaped like Mickey. Just a suggestion.

Down here in the south everything is Coke, even if it's a Pepsi it's still a Coke! At least it is around here in my neck of the woods. Guess because Coke is based out of Atlanta.

(See Wendy's post above, looks like we posted at the same time!)

One other thing we say a lot is fixin. I'm fixin to go eat, or I'm fixin to take care of this or that. A guy I work with is from Maryland, and when I say fixin to do something, he says you're what?
Coke was started in Atlanta. Pepsie was started in Winston-Salem, NC, but then they outgrew their raising and moved up north!

Steve, I have a friend who had a boss who used to give him a hard time about saying "Fixing to do something". He told his boss one day to look up the word fixing in the dictionary and tell him the meaning. His boss said it means to prepare. So, his boss never made another comment after that little bit of "edumacation".

To everyone: Thanks for the prayers and well wishes! :grouphug:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Good night all,
my FIL calls it sodie pop, he is from virginia. :lmao:

Pat, see ya tomarrow. :woohoo:

Kathy :wave:

[TiggerKing]

fine Yankee gentleman :lmao:
Isn't that an oxymoron?

[woogal]

See, that is another mistake. Geez, we have a long way to go with you! You don't buy a pop, you buy a coke. Coke is a generic term. You ask someone, "Do you want a coke?" and when they say "Yes", you ask them what kind! Of course, in the old south this was referred to as Sodie Water!
OK, I just had the funniest visual ... our wait staff on the cruise at dinner ... goes around the table ... and gets orders for "pop" from the midwesterners, "soda" from the northeasterners, "Coke" (which can mean anything) from the southerners ... then runs screaming from Luminere's :lmao:

Good night, all :banana: :banana: :banana:

[JanDave]

Good Evening Nana Heads!!!

Lots of things to mention --

1. It was a beautiful day in mid-Michigan. Mother Nature is getting us ready for snow on Thursday. Of course, we'll get flakes that turn into rain, and people panic about forgetting how to drive in snow or never having driven in snow, but we'll get through it. My drive to work is a mere 12 miles and it's on a 4 lane road with few lights.

2. Shell and Jeff -- My grandparents were from the Lazio region, the "capital" is Frosinone, the town is Settefrati. It's about an hour's drive south of Rome. For all you WWII history buffs, Monte Casino is in this region. My daughter and I found their passage through the Ellis Island website after much difficulty as their last name was misspelled on the webiste, but spelled correctly on the ship's manifest - their last name was Vitti. I bought the ship's manifest and photo of the ship (I had both framed through the Ellis Island website). My daughter also bought a plaque in my grandfather's name. I want to get to NY to see it in person.

Mutt and Carrie -- We have relatives in the Youngstown area, as well as Sharon and New Castle, PA.

3. Bob, sorry to hear about your friends' tragic death.

4. Lynn, I love the pics, as usual!

5. Any Ohio State fans planning to travel to East Lansing this Saturday?

6. I'll be in Columbus, OH this weekend. My son is in the annual marathon in downtown Columbus. I'll be cheering him on and enjoying the weekend with my 2 WV grandchildren.

7. Tonya - I love the shirts. I have to get mine hemmed when it arrives as t-shirts are always too long on me. I also have a POC shirt to get hemmed before the cruise.

8. Cindylu -- Agan, big :grouphug: to you and your daughter. I can't imagine the stress you are dealing with.

9. Bob, will you be in Detroit this winter? Dave and I would love to meet up with you. Dave drives to a Detroit western suburb when he works -- He's been laid off for 2 weeks thanks to his employer, Ford Motor.

10. Pat and Kathy -- have a fun day tomorrow! It's fun to meet fellow DISers. We've become friends with DISers who live about 2 hours north of us (glindamood). She and DH just returned from the 11 day cruise.

11. In Michigan, we say pop. I know I'm in the south when I have to ask for unsweetened tea.

12. Dave and I finished our Christmas shopping tonight!!! :bounce: Our last stop was Toysrus and I got one more thing for each of our 6 grandkids.

Jan

[cruisemutt]

ticket for two south'nas--category 6, Disney eastern cruise $3500....
dinner at Palos for two south'nas $20 + tip
Bob getting Coke in his glass when all he wanted was a dad-bun'd Dr. Peppa------PRICELESS!

[LindaBabe]

Boy! It's been a busy night!

They say pop in Indiana, too. WE've moved around so much, i've picked up all the bad habits. I say youse guys and y'all and all y'all and fixin' t' etc. I can see our converstions are going to be pretty funny!

Lynn, once again, the photos are adorable!

CindyLu, I have add and I actually wondered that when you were describing your dd. Read "driven to distraction" there's a list in the back that's pretty definitive. I wish i'd been diagnosed about 40 years ago!

THOSE SHIRTS ARE ADORABLE! (Please ask them to print the baby shirts as close to the top as possible - I have to cut them off shorter so they won't trip on them.:)

Thanks for the special 'naner'! That was SWEET!

Good night, All!

[disneediva]

Pat, I call them suckers. do you have an ice box?
Mike also teases me because I call every interstate here the I-10 . sorry but they are all the same to me.
Steve, I constantly say I'm fixin' to do stuff

We also put our groceries in bags(paper or plastic), I do believe you northerns use sacs right
Now what do ya'll call the meal you eat at night dinner or supper?

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Wendy

[Dixielady908]

ticket for two south'nas--category 6, Disney eastern cruise $3500....
dinner at Palos for two south'nas $20 + tip
Bob getting Coke in his glass when all he wanted was a dad-bun'd Dr. Peppa------PRICELESS!

:rotfl2: :lmao:


Wendy: from another "northerner" I say bag for groceries whether paper or plastic...

I say dinner.....whether it be 12pm or 6pm its dinner....never hardly say supper.....my mother would once in awhile say to my dad...so what to you want for sup. tonight..... we also say pop....however, when out to eat I do ask for a "coke".

Shell: gee I guess I'm going to miss all the fun at late seating....watching the waiter go screaming from Luminere's :rotfl: I just may have to hang around and see what goes on :rolleyes1

Later
Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
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[U2Pixies]

Good Morning All
On my way to the gym and thought I'd say mornin' before I go! It bumped us up anyway!
Pat

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Morning,

Regarding Dinner or Supper, Once when we were in the Promenade lounge listening to music there was a large family group ( 30 people) dancing and having a good time waiting for their dinner time.
As they got ready to leave, Tommie ( the entertainer) said, thanks for coming to see us and have a good dinner. You would have to see this to appreciate it, but all of them at the same time, turned and yelled back, IT'S NOT DINNER ,IT'S SUPPER!!!!!!
Everyone sitting in there and walking by really cracked up.

At our house we said both dinner and supper. dad grew up on a farm in Oregon and said supper, mom grew up mostly in Oklahoma and she said dinner most of the time.
Me , I just say come and get it!! Everyone knew what I meant.

Well this morning I am goign to meet Pat at walmart, maybe we will buy out the store with stuff for the cruise ?? I am looking forward to meeting her, we live really close to each other.

It is cool enough to actually open up the windows this morning. I love doing that.

Ok, I have a question for all the dog owners!!
I need some ideas. Minnie has decided to dig in the sandy soil around our pool enclosure. It is about a 2 foot wide strip where it is sandy and bark mulch all around the enclosure. She has dug clear down to the electircal parts to the pool, which if she bites could kill her. Plus she has dug other places too. Only in this sandy soil, NEVER in the yard.
I tried putting red pepper there so maybe it wouldnt smell good to her, but she liked it?? She is a bit :crazy: sometimes.

I am looking for ideas to break her of this, before she gets herself electricuted. yes we have spanked and scolded too. we have thougth about putting small plants there or patio stones but that is very expensive to do and alot of work. will do if we have to. But if any of you have any other ideas, please let me know. Feel free to PM me.

I am going to Petco today and see if they have abook with ideas in it.
any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kathy :wave:

[disneediva]

Kathy, our Disney Dog digs only in sandy parts too. Our Vet said its because the sand is cool on thier tummy and it is so hot outside still. And Disney does dig thens lays down in it.

Have a good day off to work

Wendy

[LindaBabe]

G'morning, All!

Hope you have fun at Walmart and sure wish you could take my list!

Another busy day at work. gotta go!

[pgfour]

What is potted meat? Maybe I know, but just under a different name.
Pat

I'm assuming it's any canned luncheon meat. I was just quoting the phrase used in the movie Sling Blade .

Bob, I also like Spam on occasion! But it's so high in sodium that I eat it maybe once a year.

I believe residents of Hawaii consume the most Spam per capita in the world!! :thumbsup2

Cheri

[pgfour]

Mornin' Nanas and Turkeys! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Looks like I missed a lot of chatting yesterday!

Bob -- so sorry to hear about your friends. How tragic. We're thinking of you. :grouphug:

Lynn -- those pictures are soooooooooo cute! :goodvibes His expressions are just adorable! :love: Also, I probably did enough shopping for the two of us yesterday!!! :rotfl:

I love all the dialect-speak! My favorite college class was Linguistics -- so very fascinating! Basically every 20 miles or so, one would find small changes in dialect.

So -- what do you call the smallish black animal with a white strip that uses odor to scare away predators?

How about the little flying insects that "light up"?

What do you call the thing from which you drink water (water fountain, bubbler, something else)?

I have a big list of these -- maybe I'll try to find it, since we're having such a hard time trying to find discussion topics! :lmao:

Gotta wrap this up for now!

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[disneediva]

Ok Cheri, I call them a skunk, a lightening bug and a water fountain.

Wendy

[pgfour]

Oops -- forgot to add some comments!

Tonya -- LOVE those new designs! :woohoo: They really "fit us to a T"!!! :rotfl:

Lucinda -- Hang in there with DD. :grouphug: :grouphug: Someone else had mentioned checking with teachers or other people who spend time with her to see if they notice the changes as well. I agree. It is a very stressful time for your family, and you factor in general girl-stuff at this age, it can be tough! My kindergartener has already told me that EVERYONE in her class gets their clothes at the Gap, and that NO other girls wear their hair in a ponytail. (She would've been able to wear it down until she gave herself a haircut a few weeks ago! Now I have to pull it into a skinny ponytail and use barettes to clip back the little whisps. :sad2: :sad2: )

I also remember you mentioning something about certain, ah, undergarments at her age.

****WARNING, Bob and all you other guys, cover your eyes for the next few lines :rolleyes1 ******

Every time I'm in the kids' clothing department in any store, I notice all these bras -- and they're not just the little basic training bras like when were young (little triangles attached to elastic straps) -- these are like full-blown things with padding and the whole nine-yards! I always have to do a double-take to make sure I'm still in the right department! So right next to the socks and tights for my little 5YO are all these other things that seem a little out of place! Has anyone else noticed this????

**********OK, guys, it's safe again! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: ******

OK, now I really have to get going! I'll touch base in a while to tell you about the wonderful bargains I found yesterday! :cool1:

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[pgfour]

Ok Cheri, I call them a skunk, a lightening bug and a water fountain.

Wendy
I'm waiting to see who calls them pole cat, glow worm, and bubbler or water cooler!!!!

BTW -- I say skunk, firefly, and water fountain.

[woogal]

Good morning Banana Heads :banana: :banana: :banana:

This is getting to be way too funny ... OK, Bill and I discussed the dinner/supper thing last night trying to figure out what we say. We came to the conclusion that supper is when we cook at home, but we go out for dinner. We say "bag", I think it's the New Englanders that say "sack". Also, skunk (what else is it called?), lightening bug and water fountain; freezer and sucker. Cheri, got any more?!

Pat and Kathy: Have fun today!!! I'm jealous that you get to meet a fellow cruiser face-to-face!! We'll need all the gory details when you get back!

Lastly, for the Southerners, please learn that Iced Tea should always be served UNsweetened!!! :lmao:

Have a great day! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[DutchsMommy]

Thanks to everyone for the Thanksgiving wishes....it was yesterday. I am still feeling slightly 'Turkefied'. All is well here - got a new assignment this morning so that is good. It is going to be really busy though, so I am a little worried about my DIS time lol. Well...gotta run and get going but wanted to pop in and say hello. Love the shirt design and REALLY looking forwaard to the cruise!!!!!!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

[sptweedle]

Lastly, for the Southerners, please learn that Iced Tea should always be served UNsweetened!!! :lmao:



I have to tell you guys something funny, I thought you guys were joking when you said you knew you were in the south when you specified UNSWEET tea, I really didn't know that people drank tea other than sweetened. I thought when they asked you at restaraunts for sweet or unsweet it was dietary reasons! I didn't think people preferred it that way.:lmao:

I guess I need to get out(of Florida) more!

Where are our Canadian friends on this discussion, that should be real interesting.

Steve

[fourfoxesinpa]

OK, here's my homework:

In PA, we say soda, lollipops, lightning bugs, water fountain, skunk and we don't fix to do anything. We say things are "all" like..."Mom, I have to eat my cereal and the milk is all." (translation: finished) We don't visit the beach, we "go down the shore."

So, what does everyone call that big sandwich with meats, cheese, lettuce, and oil...a sub, submarine, hoagie, hero? We eat subs here in PA. And Scrapple is nothing like Spam - spam is more of a "ham" base flavor and I just can't even describe what Scrapple is. It's not as "pressed" or formed as Spam is. Sort of a mushy texture inside.

And, speaking of food that is just wrong...don't, I repeat DON'T, order the so-called California on the Magic. Since when does sushi get rolled in a veggie wrap? NAAAAAASSSSSTYYYY! :crazy2: :eek:

Well, I am so proud that I did more packing yesterday and have a nice sized pile going on. I need to get dh's tux to the cleaner and work on our door decorations. I went to Dollar Tree in search of Disney Window Clingies and they didn't have any. Only Barbie and Spiderman.

I'm glad there are so many kids linked for late dining. Us Foxes are excited to meet everyone.

Here are a few for the cause... :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[fourfoxesinpa]

Oops. Forgot to mention that when I buy groceries for supper, I bring them home in bags. When shopping at the store, I use a cart (not a buggy...that's what our Amish friends drive)

Last night, DH made us some Tshirts for pirate night. He went to Michael's and bought some iron on transfers and printed some images from the POC2 movie. DS's tshirt shows Johnny running on the beach with the natives chasing him and it says, "We have to wait for Jack. Oh on second thought, nevermind." DD's shows a picture of Johnny dressed up like the Tribal King and her shirt says "we have to find you a girl, mate." and DH's just has the big POC logo on the front. But I must say, mine is the best and most appropriate. It has the prettiest picture of Jack and the words "Here she comes...Hide the Rum!" pirate: :drinking1 They're very easy to do and look great. The only thing is I'll have to hand wash them.

[favoriteslave]

Im glad everyone is happy with the design of the t-shirts. I would ask them to put in a hidden mickey, but I've asked SO MUCH of them already. I will be placing the order on Friday. I'm looking forward to seeing them too.

We have started a cool down here in Missouri. I think the hi today is in the 60's. It makes me want to be in the Islands at least there will be sun. Only 45 days until we are on the cruise. Slightly less until they unchain me from my desk.

Can anyone give me the name and the number to the lady that does the baskets? And does she also do the banners for Birthdays? My mom wants the room decorated for Hunter's birthday so that when he walks in he remembers its his birthday. (yah right, he's 10, he knows the # of days until his birthday, same as the # of days until the cruise).

I hope you all have a great day and a better tomorrow.

Here are some for the fund. :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

[TiggerKing]

Lastly, for the Southerners, please learn that Iced Tea should always be served UNsweetened!!! :lmao:
See, now you are getting into an area you don't wanna go. This will quickly place you in the status of personna non grata on my list!

In the 2005 session of our general assembly in Georgia, one representative actually proposed a bill (as a joke) that would require any restaurant that served tea to serve sweet tea. It outlined that the tea must be brewed, and must be sweetened while still warm. Although it was a joke that came from him going to a restaurant and not be able to get sweet tea, it almost got enough real support to get passed. Of course, the name of the restaurant was never mentioned, or they would have been out of business in a hurry.

Words: I have heard the term "pole cat" before, but it always referred to a mountain lion. We call them skunks, firefly or lightening bugs (interchangable) and water fountains.

As for potted meat, it is a canned luncheon meat made by Hormel. The best way to describe it is a spreadable version of SPAM. It is normally eaten on crackers.

[TiggerKing]

Can anyone give me the name and the number to the lady that does the baskets? And does she also do the banners for Birthdays? My mom wants the room decorated for Hunter's birthday so that when he walks in he remembers its his birthday. (yah right, he's 10, he knows the # of days until his birthday, same as the # of days until the cruise).
The name of the company is The Perfect Gift and owned by Shirley Nelson and her husband. The web site is
The Perfect Gift (http://www.theperfectgift.cc/)

I don't know if she does the banners, but she will definitely be able to fix you up!

[disneediva]

Jamie, I call that big sandwich a po-boy and I use a buggy at the grocery.
We have dinner at 12 and supper at 6. But shell its funny we also go out to dinner never out to supper.

OK that piece of land that separates the road maybe a median? what do ya'll call it, down here its a neutral ground

[U2Pixies]

Ok Cheri, I call them a skunk, a lightening bug and a water fountain.

Wendy

Same here, except the lightening bug. I call it a fire-fly.

[U2Pixies]

I have a question for you all...
Do you ask the lady for change? OR Do you ax the lady for change?

Which is it ASK or AX? :confused3

How great is Kathy! You guys are in for a treat. She is very friendly.
We walked around Wal-Mart and sat and talked for about an hour. It was really nice meeting in person.
Pat

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy all,

Pat, glad to see you made it home ok. good luck with the signs!! :goodvibes

Everyone be warned:
I think Pat and I could talk your ears off without taking a breath!!! :chat: Pat is a great lady and I can tell from talking :hyper2: to her that she is going to have an AWESOME time on the cruise!!!


Ok we say firefly, fountain, skunk.

My dad loved skunks!! As a kid he would catch them and put under the school house :sad2: late on a sunday and guess what??? School would be cancelled on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday etc .... you get the idea.
If they wanted more time off they would drop it inside the school house for the weekend!! :rotfl2:

Beside foods I have noticed different parts of the country also have their own sayings, such as:

That's the way the cookie crumbles.
He was more nervous than a cat in a room full of rockin chairs.

Anybody got any good sayings?? :confused3

well got to have lunch, I'll check back soon to see whats happening here,
keep up all the great posting, we're gonna make our goal!!!! :woohoo:

Kathy :wave:

[LindaBabe]

Oh my! Around here, if you ask for tea, it comes hot, in a cup!

We use a grocery cart and bag them at the end. It's skunk, lightening bug, and water fountain. ASK the lady for change. I forgot the rest. Oh Subs! But right next door in Massachusetts, we used to have to order grinders. And over there, a milkshake is a frappe.

[woogal]

hmmm ... I use a cart at the grocery, we eat subs or heroes (depends on where we're getting them from!), and we ASK for things (you hit on my pet peeve there, Pat) ...

... and our iced tea is UNSWEETENED :lmao: .

Steve, honestly honey, we need to get you out of Florida soon! Snow, proper iced tea, real gravy ... we have it all up here! :rotfl2: (Are you exaggerating when you say you've never seen snow?)

Jamie, you cracked me up with the "Here she comes...Hide the Rum!" :rotfl:

Hey Pat and Kathy ... I expected gorier details about that first meeting this morning!!! C'mon ladies -- give us the goods! :rotfl2:

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[U2Pixies]

I forgot to answer some quiz questions!
We use a grocery cart, the young man, lady or older gentlemen bag our groceries for us. When asked if we desire paper or plastic I usually have to think if it's garbage day - paper is used for cleaning out the refrigerator! - But most of the time I get plastic.
We have subs here, along with our SODA or SWEET TEA :rotfl:
And we live right off the four lane, which happens to be known as US HWY 441 to you Northerners.

Can I use Disney characters on my door sign? Will that be a problem due to copy right laws? :confused3
Pat

[woogal]

keep up all the great posting, we're gonna make our goal!!!! :woohoo:

Kathy :wave:
You did a whole post without ONE banana!!! Bad Kathy!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Ok Shell,
you'd hear about it sooner or later.
Immediately after I went through the food door at wal mart I hear a lady call my name, I turned around just in time to have a big bear hug put on me, :furious: :furious: i hugged back as hard as I could, but couldnt break free. :goodvibes
As her arms pulled away she yanked my long hair, :duck: so in defense i stomped on her left foot where she had claimed to of broken her toe!!! :teeth:
Imagine the look on my face when It wasnt Pat, it was someone else who was calling a different kathy. :guilty:

After i composed myself the real Pat appeared, she was very friendly and helped me "Lift" I mean buy a few pieces of clothing for the cruise and some magnetic sheets for her door signs. :rolleyes1
We made a good pair, we may go into business together after today. We think a lot alike. :crazy2:
Then we decided to hog one of the benches so the old people couldnt sit there until we were ready to leave. popcorn:: We took our time too!!

Ok,now we will see who is the most gulable, the southerners or northerners?
Depends on how much of my story you believe.

Shell you wanted "gory" details, so you gottem!!! :rotfl2:

Sorry Pat, :worship: i had to tell. :ssst: Shell made me!!! :sad2:

Kathy :wave:

[woogal]

Can I use Disney characters on my door sign? Will that be a problem due to copy right laws? :confused3
Pat
No, not a problem at all to put them on. The only time there are copyright issues is when you reproduce (or mass produce) an item with a copyrighted character or item.

Pat, you'd take Hwy 441 to get to my parents winter home in Mt. Dora!

Wendy, forgot to mention, that's the median in between the lanes on our highways.

[U2Pixies]

OMG Shell - I HATE when I hear someone say "ax" instead of ask. I couldn't believe my ears the first time I heard someone say ax. I find myself correcting people and getting myself in trouble.
Ax and someone blowing their nose in an eating establishment are my biggest pet peeves! It never fails that I sit next to the table where someone blows their nose :furious:

That's right, Stephen has never seen snow...oh, wait. When we took his sister to check out a college in TN there was little patches of snow, mostly ice on the side of the mountain. Guess I'm an awful mom. No, take that back...Steve's an awful dad! I would love to see snow also. Not live with it, just see it. Build one snowman, throw a few snow balls at each other and then come home and go to the beach!

Correction on the sub and SODA, we have a sub and COKE!
Pat :wave:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Pat,
if it were illegal to use pictures of disney characters most people who have door signs would be arrested!!!
You will see disney characters on tons of signs and even just pictures of characters on doors.
Mostly it's illegal to use their pictures on something to sell and make money on.
I make disney iron on transfers for shirts I have and all the program said was it is illegal to use it to make profit.
so dont worry, just enjoy making your signs. I will be coming down your hallway looking at the signs, so do a good job!!
We always walk all the hallways by the end of the cruise just looking at door signs that people have made. I have seen some great ones out there.

Kathy :wave:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Shell
hopefully this will make amends for my NO banana post!!!! :worship:



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Kathy

[U2Pixies]

Ok Shell,
you'd hear about it sooner or later.
Immediately after I went through the food door at wal mart I hear a lady call my name, I turned around just in time to have a big bear hug put on me, :furious: :furious: i hugged back as hard as I could, but couldnt break free. :goodvibes
As her arms pulled away she yanked my long hair, :duck: so in defense i stomped on her left foot where she had claimed to of broken her toe!!! :teeth:
Imagine the look on my face when It wasnt Pat, it was someone else who was calling a different kathy. :guilty:

After i composed myself the real Pat appeared, she was very friendly and helped me "Lift" I mean buy a few pieces of clothing for the cruise and some magnetic sheets for her door signs. :rolleyes1
We made a good pair, we may go into business together after today. We think a lot alike. :crazy2:
Then we decided to hog one of the benches so the old people couldnt sit there until we were ready to leave. popcorn:: We took our time too!!

Ok,now we will see who is the most gulable, the southerners or northerners?
Depends on how much of my story you believe.

Shell you wanted "gory" details, so you gottem!!! :rotfl2:

Sorry Pat, :worship: i had to tell. :ssst: Shell made me!!! :sad2:

Kathy :wave:

You are too funny! :rotfl2: :rotfl2:
I'm just glad you didn't tell them about the wart on my nose.

I told you all you were in for a treat! I'm not going anywhere except on a lounge chair and talk to Kathy! ;)
Pat