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

[DutchsMommy]

Denise - hope you guys feel better soon :grouphug:

[DutchsMommy]

Hey Esther - you made my tag come true! I did snort when you were telling the story of you going into labour and Steve on the Death Phone during our martini tasting experience. And kudos to Pat for getting us doubles on the super-yummy Chocolatini (Hey latini=cuban...anyone noticing a theme here for Esther? LOL).

[woogal]

OK, the toilet humour ROCKS! I wondered who could fit comfortably on that damn thing ...

(Hey latini=cuban...anyone noticing a theme here for Esther? LOL).
:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Sarah, post the pic of your pirate costumes!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Loved all the pictures everyone!!

Hope everyone will feel better tomarrow.
My cold is just hanging in there, doesnt seem to want to leave :furious:

will check back tomarrow

Kathy :wave:

[disneediva]

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Shell, here's one of your tree

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Mike meeting the other man in Shell's lifeWendy

[LindaBabe]

Wow! The photos are GREAT! TiaraBob and the dreamboats looked wonderful - I'm SO sorry I missed it . . . and the galley tour . . . and the midnight buffet . . . and the second ladies meet . . .

One photo of Lynn's little Drew that seems to be missing is the one we saw most often as his table mates - him with his mouth open! I swear that kid doesn't even shut it to swallow, he just mainlines his food right down the hatch. WHAT a charmer!

Sarah, my dad passed of pancreatic cancer too - very quickly - and a year later his brother - the same thing. I can totally sympathize - you want to say 'wait! wait!' at such times, but it's a moving bus and you can't get off. Hugs to you. To Cheri. to Lynn.

I'm giggling a little at all the "Thank you's" - first off - everybody musta had the same idea - let's DO something - I loved the magnet, the shirt, the cards (must steal this idea, Shell) so everybody's giving everybody everything and thanking everybody for everything - Let's just GROUP HUG already! IT was a REMARKABLE time with a group of outrageously extraordinary people and we were all lucky enough to be part of it. The fairygodmother gig was Icing on the cake!

For me, I think this cruise has been cursed - I had a bit of bad news from the Magic a few minutes ago. Sarah, remember how you turned in the pillowcases to be signed? Well, on the first day, I turned in a map of the caribbean, that I had taken on all the cruises I went on. 3 day. 4 day. 7 day western. and now the 7 day eastern for the navigation staff to draw the route on. When I turned it in the first time, on the 3 day, I expected a sketch.

The person actually plotted the course and made notes on it. The person on the 4 day changed colors and did the same, as did the person on the 7 day western. This was the last stop before I ironed it out and got it framed.

They kept telling me "it wasn't quite ready" on Saturday morning, so finally we left with out it. MaryJo, the marketing manager, just called again. She's been tracking it since yesterday and now thinks it was delivered to the wrong cabin, on deck 2. (We were deck 6). It was a miracle that I managed to keep track of it for 3 years and 4 cruises. I don't think I can do it again. And, I'd be afraid to trust it out of my sight, anyway. I'm sick all over again. :sad2: Sorry to be whining.

[DutchsMommy]

Linda - that totally blows. What a major bummer. Sorry this had to happen to you. :guilty: :grouphug:

[DutchsMommy]

I scanned a few of our pics:

I've been playing around with the features so sorry for the massive use of borders, sepia etc etc...

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[runa00]

Hi Runa,
what was your rotation. Did you have APL and if you did what was your table number.

TIA

Lucinda



yuppers! and table 10 :grouphug:

[YippySkippy]

And a few more just for the heck of it - I miss you guys! :guilty:

I call this one "Sugar High"
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He looked good for the whole 15 minutes he had it on!
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Gulliver (and lady friend) in the Land of Martiniput
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This is why I love you guys. You're a bunch of whack-a-doodle-doos! I loved our "big people pool" talk too. You are one classy, fun heck-of-a-gal!
As soon as I figure out how to scan the pic ---- considerate it done!

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well it is 20 degrees here today!! Do I wish I was back on Castaway Cay in 85 degree weather :beach: :beach:. Yesterday I cleaned and decorated my windows for Christmas. Today is my grandmothers' funneral from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. My in-law's are coming up to my house to watch Drew for us. Well I have to get ready because I my in-law's wiill be here at 10am and I don't want to be in my PJ's. Talk to you tomorrow :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: !!!

Bob: When do you need the CD by???

Linda: Yes my son can eat!! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Pat: Hope Steve feels better!!

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning :banana: :banana: :banana:
I Love all your pictures of the cruise!! It puts a big smile :) :) :) on my face when I am looking at them!!!

[TiggerKing]

Bob: When do you need the CD by???
Lynn, whenever you get it to me is fine. I would like to have all of the photos by the end of the year or the first week in January. I don't want everyone to feel like they are rushing through the holidays to get the CD to me.

BTW, here is one from my camera of my favorite buddy:

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[cindalu]

Were you the group with the wheelchair.

Who were your servers.

Ours were Raman and Beethoven and Mclean was the head server.

Too bad I didn't know you before the cruise.

Lucinda


yuppers! and table 10 :grouphug:

[TIGGER41681]

Lynn, whenever you get it to me is fine. I would like to have all of the photos by the end of the year or the first week in January. I don't want everyone to feel like they are rushing through the holidays to get the CD to me.

BTW, here is one from my camera of my favorite buddy:

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This is a great picture :teeth: :teeth: :teeth: of your buddy!!! I will start getting the CD together this weekend!! I will have to it you within a week or two.

[firemans wife]

Hi all, Just wanted to drop by and say hello. :goodvibes

I miss seeing everyone around the ship. The week went by way tooo fast!!

We got our tree up yesterday. I also got all the decorations out. Today I have to finish decorating and clean up the mess. I am also going to the kids school today. I have not been out since I 've been home. I am feeling better today. I am still feeling like I am on the ship rocking back and forth. :crazy: Is anyone else still feeling like that??

Lynn -I will be thinking of you today. Praying that you and your family will get through it ok.

Everyones pictures are great. I will try to post a few too.

Lorna :firefight

[BelievesinFairies]

We are home.
The cruise was lovely. I have never been on a cruise and with 16 people in our party our appointment book was full. So, I apologize for missing the group gatherings....
I know it's ridiculous...but after the first day, I felt kind of weird saying anything...as you had all met each other already...I missed the initial meet and greet.
But, our cruise was so nice. We really felt pampered and the food and shows were fabulous. I spent ALOT of money at the SPA and in the gift shop...I felt it was my right, since I was not able to partake in any alcoholic beverages...
I was not prepared for so much motion on the boat...I was glad I had seabands which kind of helped a little. I still felt the boat moving for a couple days afterward we had disembarked!
We DID get the stomach bug...with the exception of our two year old, we all had it. Riley got it the last day...coming back from Castaway Cay. By 4:30 she was asking for a dr. (she's 5) We took her to the infirmary where she received iv fluids and meds and was quarantined for 12 hours. She slept for 20/24 hours after that. Kirby and I were sick as dogs that night...and disemarking was a nightmare. (He was fine 10 minutes after he had his last episode around 5 am) Yes, I was the one lying on the floor in the atrium surrounded by 7 laundry bags (we basically threw everything into luggage the night before and the remaining Cr*p was thrown in plastic bags at 8:15 (10 minutes before we left our room. ) I sent K to finalize our shutters account. Riley was actually pushed out in a wheelchair. It was not pretty. We made it to the Polynesian by 10:30..and they had our room ready...thank god, because I would have burst into tears and camped out right in the lobby. We slept all day while Kirby with his constitution of steel took Kyra out and about. After that, we had a great time at Disney before coming home last night!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi believes in fairies,
I was so glad we met at the hotel before the cruise. Your girls are so cute!!!
I looked for you and Kirby around the ship but never saw you after the hotel. so sorry you were all so ill.

I just got the entryway in our home decorated and this afternoon I need to start the family room area.

I dressed my stuffed animals for Christmas around the diningroom table too. I have added a couple of critters since last year so I need to get a couple more santa hats or antlers for them.

I did make it to the bank and post office and a couple of stores before tiring out today. Tomarrow I hope to finally finish my shopping. I only need s little soemthing for my youngest son and Greg and I am done.

well time for a late lunch,
have a good day everyone,

kathy :wave:

[DutchsMommy]

Don't tell Stony.....I requested an online quote from DU for the Nov 24th 2007 Magic sailing. :cool1: I have a year to convince him right? ;)

[jd99]

Don't tell Stony.....I requested an online quote from DU for the Nov 24th 2007 Magic sailing. :cool1: I have a year to convince him right? ;)

Woo Hoo! That's great news. Fingers crossed for you here in Pittsburgh. And yes, a year is a LONG time to work him over. Wondering if you can still get the discount from DCL - isn't there a certain number of days after you get off the ship when they will still give you the onboard booking discount? Kathy - do you know?

[YippySkippy]

Woo Hoo! That's great news. Fingers crossed for you here in Pittsburgh. And yes, a year is a LONG time to work him over. Wondering if you can still get the discount from DCL - isn't there a certain number of days after you get off the ship when they will still give you the onboard booking discount? Kathy - do you know?

"Work him over" ? Sounds like she's gotta hire a teamster for that! :rotfl: :rotfl:

[jd99]

"Work him over" ? Sounds like she's gotta hire a teamster for that! :rotfl: :rotfl:

LOL - Whatever it takes! :rotfl2:

[pgfour]

Don't tell Stony.....I requested an online quote from DU for the Nov 24th 2007 Magic sailing. :cool1: I have a year to convince him right? ;)
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Just bat your eyelashes at him, smile sweetly, and he'll be putty in your hands. :love: If that doesn't work, you may have to resort to more drastic measures. . . :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Also -- loved the pictures you posted earlier! :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

Cheri

[fourfoxesinpa]

Just wanted to drop a quick note to say how nice it was to meet as many of you as we could on the trip.

I'm happy to report that all FourFoxes stayed healthy but we did see a lot of sickies on that last night and Saturday morning. Hope everyone is back to normal.

We also rebooked onboard, but on the Wonder for 11/29/07. A few years ago, we had taken a trip to Universal and WDW and I threw my back out and spent 3 days in the hotel room and medical clinic. Never used the 5 day Universal tix so we're going to do our own land and sea version next year. Who knows...maybe you'll see us in 2008.

We also went to Magic Kingdom on Saturday and I've never seen it that crowded. We arrived around 11:30 and Regis and Kelly were there filming the Christmas parade. Apparently, several actors from the High School Musical had been there earlier in the day and it was a madhouse. We did utilize Fastpass and the Unofficial Touring Guide Plans so we had a 45 minute wait for Buzz Lightyear and then things went according to plan. An exhausting day - the kids fell asleep on the curb waiting for the Spectromagic parade.

Thanks again to those whose little extra touches made our trip extra magical!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Jeff,
once your off the ship I dont think you can get the discounts and room credits through DCL, however a lot of travel agent will offer room credits if you book with them.

Sarah,
work on having Dutch butter daddy up because he wants to go again, then slowly start talking about the reunion cruise others are going on, and how much fun it would be to see everyone again. Then bat the eyelashes!!

hope to see you next year,

kathy :wave: .

[dreamboatwally]

WOW!!!! The highlite of my cruise, and the ship hasn't left port, although, I did get more hugs after we sailed away. :cloud9: Loved this cruise and all of you :banana: heads made it happen. You guys are one of a kind. Signing off Dreamboat Wally.

[U2Pixies]

Lynn - I was thinking about you all day today. I hope you and your family are holding up ok.
pixiedust: and a :hug: sent your way.
Pat

[U2Pixies]

Hey Esther - you made my tag come true! I did snort when you were telling the story of you going into labour and Steve on the Death Phone during our martini tasting experience. And kudos to Pat for getting us doubles on the super-yummy Chocolatini (Hey latini=cuban...anyone noticing a theme here for Esther? LOL).

Sarah - don't think Esther had a chance to check the boards today. It was their first day back at work and they, unfortunately, are quite busy. Stephen had a late visitation this evening and Esther has the 3 kids, two of which are still sick. We thought they were getting better but... NOT! I will tell her to try to check it tomorrow.

I wish I could have told you the rest of the "on the way to the hospital" story. That was the funniest part. Not to Esther, but to me! Maybe the next cruise...
Pat :wave:

[snoopy_mom]

Just wanted to drop a quick note to say how nice it was to meet as many of you as we could on the trip.

I'm happy to report that all FourFoxes stayed healthy but we did see a lot of sickies on that last night and Saturday morning. Hope everyone is back to normal.

We also rebooked onboard, but on the Wonder for 11/29/07. A few years ago, we had taken a trip to Universal and WDW and I threw my back out and spent 3 days in the hotel room and medical clinic. Never used the 5 day Universal tix so we're going to do our own land and sea version next year. Who knows...maybe you'll see us in 2008.

We also went to Magic Kingdom on Saturday and I've never seen it that crowded. We arrived around 11:30 and Regis and Kelly were there filming the Christmas parade. Apparently, several actors from the High School Musical had been there earlier in the day and it was a madhouse. We did utilize Fastpass and the Unofficial Touring Guide Plans so we had a 45 minute wait for Buzz Lightyear and then things went according to plan. An exhausting day - the kids fell asleep on the curb waiting for the Spectromagic parade.

Thanks again to those whose little extra touches made our trip extra magical!


We went too, it was NUTS!! You could'nt walk around with your hands in your pockets b/c your elbows stuck out too far! We also made the best of it and had a nice day, although 2 of the kids were sick at the hotel. We went back on Sunday and basically walked right on every ride.

[YippySkippy]

Totally unrelated to the cruise...HOWEVER...I do have a cute story to relay.

Patrick had Dress Rehearsal for Nutcracker last nite, and on our way to the theatre we saw a sign outside of a flower shop that read "If your name is Patrick, come in for a free rose". Mom, of course, U-Turned so he could get his rose (wondering who he would give it to {please let it be me, please let it be me}) :teeth:

As soon as we got to the theatre he sidled up to the prima ballerina playing Clara, rose hidden behind his back, and presented it to her. She just about burst into tears. He has such a crush on her, and tries to find any excuse to be near her. I thought he was going to punch out the "nutcracker" as they were rehearsing.

End of cute story. Move along, nothing to see here. :confused3

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy everyone,
well its about bedtime here for me. This cold really knocks me out by evening.

Wally, it was great to meet you too, thanks to all the Dreamboats for entertaining us ladies at karoake. Hope you can do it again sometime!!

Take care all, I will check back tomarrow,

kathy :wave:

[YippySkippy]

Kathy,

I hope you feel better soon. It was such a delite to meet you and chat. Your son is very sweet as well.

[LindaBabe]

Hello friends,

Finally feeling better - worked half a day and then had the charity bearbuilding tonight - 50something bears we built - in an hour.

Still no word on my map. Guess i'd better just forget about it.

SORRY so many of you were sick - I thought with all the hand washing, we'd avoid it and amazed that it didn't show up until the last day - it would almost seem like it had to be picked up in St. Thomas rather than on the ship. . . The Asthma attack feels like a blessing by comparison.

Bob, I'm almost done deleting and you shall have the cd before Christmas. Can't WAIT to see the finished result :-) Everybody's photos are coming out great. I'm going to upload mine to snapfish and will share the album with anyone who sends email addy.

Still haven't done anything about Christmas - but tomorrow is another day.

Sleep well, friends.

[pgfour]

Totally unrelated to the cruise...HOWEVER...I do have a cute story to relay.

Patrick had Dress Rehearsal for Nutcracker last nite, and on our way to the theatre we saw a sign outside of a flower shop that read "If your name is Patrick, come in for a free rose". Mom, of course, U-Turned so he could get his rose (wondering who he would give it to {please let it be me, please let it be me}) :teeth:

As soon as we got to the theatre he sidled up to the prima ballerina playing Clara, rose hidden behind his back, and presented it to her. She just about burst into tears. He has such a crush on her, and tries to find any excuse to be near her. I thought he was going to punch out the "nutcracker" as they were rehearsing.

End of cute story. Move along, nothing to see here. :confused3

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! How sweet! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[pgfour]

Just wanted to drop a quick note to say how nice it was to meet as many of you as we could on the trip.

I'm happy to report that all FourFoxes stayed healthy but we did see a lot of sickies on that last night and Saturday morning. Hope everyone is back to normal.

We also rebooked onboard, but on the Wonder for 11/29/07. A few years ago, we had taken a trip to Universal and WDW and I threw my back out and spent 3 days in the hotel room and medical clinic. Never used the 5 day Universal tix so we're going to do our own land and sea version next year. Who knows...maybe you'll see us in 2008.

We also went to Magic Kingdom on Saturday and I've never seen it that crowded. We arrived around 11:30 and Regis and Kelly were there filming the Christmas parade. Apparently, several actors from the High School Musical had been there earlier in the day and it was a madhouse. We did utilize Fastpass and the Unofficial Touring Guide Plans so we had a 45 minute wait for Buzz Lightyear and then things went according to plan. An exhausting day - the kids fell asleep on the curb waiting for the Spectromagic parade.

Thanks again to those whose little extra touches made our trip extra magical!

Jamie -- so sorry I didn't get a chance to meet you in person. :sad: :sad: I think I may have seen you at the meet but didn't get a chance to say "hi." :wave2:

Glad to hear your family stayed healthy! I was the only one with issues -- my first ever bout with seasickness on Sat. nite, and I must've eaten something that didn't agree with me on Sunday -- but thankfully I didn't have any of the symptoms that the others had.

Hope you have an awesome cruise next November! :thumbsup2

Cheri :banana:

[pgfour]

Sarah,
work on having Dutch butter daddy up because he wants to go again, then slowly start talking about the reunion cruise others are going on, and how much fun it would be to see everyone again. Then bat the eyelashes!!

hope to see you next year,

kathy :wave: .

Spoken like someone with first-hand experience in such things! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[runa00]

Were you the group with the wheelchair.

Who were your servers.

Ours were Raman and Beethoven and Mclean was the head server.

Too bad I didn't know you before the cruise.

Lucinda

negative on the wheelchair, my table servers were fabio and patricio. my ressie was linked with the other nana heads..... i was on the boards before the cruise so i dont know why you didnt know me! although i was slacking a bit on keeping up on the posting craziness!

[runa00]

Totally unrelated to the cruise...HOWEVER...I do have a cute story to relay.

Patrick had Dress Rehearsal for Nutcracker last nite, and on our way to the theatre we saw a sign outside of a flower shop that read "If your name is Patrick, come in for a free rose". Mom, of course, U-Turned so he could get his rose (wondering who he would give it to {please let it be me, please let it be me}) :teeth:

As soon as we got to the theatre he sidled up to the prima ballerina playing Clara, rose hidden behind his back, and presented it to her. She just about burst into tears. He has such a crush on her, and tries to find any excuse to be near her. I thought he was going to punch out the "nutcracker" as they were rehearsing.

End of cute story. Move along, nothing to see here. :confused3


did the sign reallllly say that? or did you just want a flower? im pretty dumb lol. cute story though, either way! awww to have a crush again...dreamboat wally...... :love:

[runa00]

sorry i have 3 posts in a row! we booked onboard for the discount but now that all the nanas are going again we may have to go sooner than we originally thought!

or sara and i could just go and leave all the boys home.......hmmm maybe patricio and fabio could join us they were 2 cuties!

[LindaBabe]

Good Morning, Everyone!

Today, I really MUST do some work! Did come in yesterday but only did the 300 emails and then went home for a two hour nap.

Last night was our bearbuilding for charity. Our group made 60 bears at the Build-a-bear-workshop for the City Mission. They serve over 600 families in this area - there's a lot of poverty here, like in most big 'has been' cities where the industrial base has eroded.

Now Bruce has the cold too, and he's home today. I did notice the Christmas tree parts on the floor of the cellar last night, so it must be coming up stairs soon. I just can't get excited about it. We're just getting the chaos of unpacking under control. The list of things that must be done just grows and grows.

What are some of your holiday traditions?
One thing we've done since I was a child is bake Swedish tea rings. Typically, my mom would bake two - one for us and one for a friend - never the same friend two years in a row - to have on Christmas morning. I make more. If we lived closer - YOU'd be on my list this year!

Happy Day, All!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Good morning everyone,
Linda, sorry to hear Bruce now has this cold, it seems to want to hang on forever!!!! That was a lot of bears you guys did, I'm sure it will make many kids very happy!!!!
I dont know if you call it a tradition but each year we try to find a family who has kids and could use some help at the holidays then we do what we can to see that they and their family have a Merry Christmas, but until now I have never told anyone. We really enjoy doing this.
A few years back we had been on the receiving end of other peoples help for our kids, so we love returning the favor.

Hi Lauri, it was fun talking to you around the ship!!

Pjfour,
after 33 years of marriage and 4 kids I have plenty of experience!!!! :rotfl2:

Kathy :wave:

[woogal]

Hi Everyone ... I'm in Albuquerque. Getting here last night was the trip from H-E-double-hockey-sticks. My flight from Phoenix was 2 hours late due to mechanical problems, then got here around 10:30 Alb time (12:30 Akron time), waited about 45 minutes for our luggage to be delivered ... finally at the hotel and passed out by 1:30 a.m. my time. And all that after getting up at 4:55 a.m. Ohio time! Long, crabby day for the Woo (Cheri can attest to that based on the phone call I got last night from her after I found out I was stuck in the Phoenix airport for a total of 4 hours!). Gotta run ... TTYL.

[cruisemutt]

I miss my wife....but hoo-boy, I don't wanna get hit by that front coming from the southwest. I'll wait til its downgraded to a tropical storm. (I'm probably gonna pay for that folks, so laugh it up!!) :lmao:

Enjoy, everyone.... and wish me an event-free commute, the snow is piling up out there. (actually ODOT did a great job clearing the roads around here).

Sonny, if you can hear me, mon....come an git me!!!!

[YippySkippy]

Woo?, Woo?!? SHELL?? SHELL!! Can you hear me???

Have a great trip. Trip? What the heck do you do anyway?

P.S. Doug is an attorney. I guess this was tricky because he's so NOT attorney-like.

[Dixielady908]

Afternoon all:

I didnt post yesterday, I was very sick.....I normally am lucky and dont catch this garbage, however, I just have a very bad head cold. I left work early yesterday went home and straight to bed. Got up around 430pm then went back to bed around 8:30 and slept till this morning. I however do feel better but still have this nasty cough.

Wally wanted to pass his message on to Shell: but was unable to print the picture because of his low post count. So Shell the message from dreamboat was directed at you and all the other "dreamboat" girls. :teeth:

Well have to go...am at work and I have soooo much catching up to do.

Talk with ya all this evening....

Denise :banana: :banana:

Bob: I will have my son get a DVD ready and get it over to you.

[TiggerKing]

Thanks Denise!

Hey Everyone! Just in case you want to relive that Island Feeling again, go out to Sonny List Tours (http://www.sunnylistontours.com/index.html) and just "listen" to the home page. It is that wonderful "Love You Every Day of the Week" to which we were treated for 20 minutes! But hey, it does bring a smile to my face!

On a Thursday, Friday, Saturday...I love you baby, every day of the week...

[woogal]

Woo?, Woo?!? SHELL?? SHELL!! Can you hear me???

Have a great trip. Trip? What the heck do you do anyway?

P.S. Doug is an attorney. I guess this was tricky because he's so NOT attorney-like.
An attorney??? DOUG??? Get out!!! Like, he plays one on TV? :lmao:

[cmaelltt1]

Hey everyone, when I first started posting here I mentioned that my dog had just been diagnosed with cancer. She was only supposed to be around another 6 weeks or so. But she hung around and did great for several months. We left her with the vet while on the cruise. I picked her up on Monday and was told that her tumor was enlarged. It had been infected several times and they hoped with more antibiotics it was shrink again. Unfortunately, by Tuesday afternoon she was unable to eat or lay down. She just got worse from there and so Tuesday night we took her to the emergency clinic and had them end her pain. I am working hard to get through this but am heartbroken. She was my baby for 11 years and will always have place in my heart. I am so glad that she stayed with us in time for us to get back so I could hold her.

My son has passed the cold he picked up on the ship to me. My head hurts. I need another vacation already. April 2008 won't get here fast enough.

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Carrie,
so sorry to hear about your loss. I love my pets like people, so I too have hard time when one passes on. It is good you loved him enough to let him go without suffering any longer. :grouphug: a hug for you!!!

I have the head cold too, now greg has got it too.
Guess that is better than the flu virus many got!!

Going to get cool again in Florida tonight.
I was going to go outside and look for the shuttle launch tonight, but it may be too cold for me , since I am already ill.

Tomarrow is Friday, :woohoo: then everyone can rest up on the weekend.

Kathy :wave:

[TIGGER41681]

Good Evening :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well today was the burial of my grandmother. It was sad but I know she is at peace now. After we went out to lunch which was nice because we don't see my Uncle and Aunt that often so it was nice to spend time with them. This whole week was soooo long!!! We have been running since we got off the plane on Saturday night. Drew was great for my in-laws :angel: :angel: :angel: for the last two days !!!! Well what are everybody's plans this weekend. Andrew needs to do Christmas shopping and I need to get two Gift Cards that I forgot. We are also going to take Drew to see Santa for the 1st time. Guess what we might get tonight!! SNOW :sad2: :sad2: !!! Last Friday I was in 84 degress and now I am in 20 degrees!! Well talk to you tomorrow. Have a good night :cloud9: !!

Carrie: I am so sorry for your loss!! My thoughts are with you. It is very hard to loss a pet. I know exactly what you are going through. I lost my 1st cat Tigger ( only 1 1/2 old) to Liver disease a year ago this April. This is for you and your family :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: !!

Linda: I hope Bruce feels better ;) !! Wow that is so nice of you to make all thoses Build A Bears for children!! The children are going to be so when they get them this Holiday :santa: season!! My holiday :santa: traditions are making sugar cookies and decorating the tree together and opening one gift on Christmas Eve :santa: .

Denise: Feel Better!!!

[cruisemutt]

Really sorry to hear about your loss, Carrie... I know what your going through and it gets easier with time....the pain starts going away but the good memories stick around. I guess life is funny that way.

[dreamboatwally]

Carrie: so sorry to hear about your dog.... :grouphug: its very hard letting them go. But like Bill said, the good memories stay and the pain goes away, a day at a time.

Well I made it throuh today without too much trouble. I even got a lot of work done. It's so hard trying to catch up. Patients just dont want to hear you were on vacation and their referral wasnt processed..... :confused3

Well, I spoke to Wally and I dont think I will be able to convience him to go next November. Well at least I have November of 08 to look forward to.. :goodvibes So have a great time on your reunion cruise. I may come over to your new sight and post over there also.

Well have a good evening all
Later
Denise :banana: :banana: :banana:

[LindaBabe]

Carrie, sorry about your doggy - maybe this will help a little - there's a poem on - www.rainbowbridge.org Hugs to you and yours.

Bob, it will make me smile but at the time - I thought the torture would never end! Every day of the WEEEEEEEEEK!

[disneediva]

Hi all,
Carrie sorry about your loss :grouphug: to you

Bill do ya miss me yet?
Mike and I were looking at pics tonight and strangely enough you and Shell were in tons of them :lmao:

Bob are ya lonely all day without all that attention Cheri, Shell and I were giving you?

I am off tomorrow and am going to pull a Lynn and do some Christmas shopping..

Wendy

[TChrist05]

Wouldn't it be great if life was like the Disney Magic every day......

LYNN...sorry for your loss....may God bless you and your family.... :grouphug:

CARRIE....I don't know if you are aware of my families tragedy. On July 4th, 2004 we had a house fire that by the luck of God my wife and daughter and I luckily survived. By rights, we should have died. We were very lucky that our neighbor heard the fire through the roof, and luckily saved our lives. Unfortunately, we lost our 2 dogs and 3 of our 4 cats. We lived in a hotel for just over 10 months and just before we moved back into our home we adopted a beautiful black lab. He was the sweetest dog and a gift. About 4 months after we moved back home, he started losing his energy, did not really want to eat. We went through many tests, spending thousands of dollars and could not find out what was wrong. Finally, we took him to a specialist and they discovered a tumor that had consumed his liver. He was going downhill and we decided to do the right thing for MICKEY and put him down. MICKEY however had other plans. We were at the vet, waiting in the waiting room to do the humane thing and MICKEY passed away in my daughters arms...needless to say, we were through a lot and questioned why things happened as they did....and we hurt horribly sometimes, but believe our beloved pets are in a better place and totally still in our hearts. I feel your pain, and promise you it gets better....just hurts real bad now..... :grouphug: to you and your family!

It was a pleasure meeting so many of you on the cruise....we rebooked for December 1, 2007...so we will miss the reunion by 1 week....but I turn 55 on December 2nd so I just had to spend it on the MAGIC!

:grouphug: to all you special people.....God bless you all!

Tom & Marilou :banana:

[runa00]

i just wanted to let you know that this board is great! so many hardships have happened to the people on this board and i find it amazing that so many people are able to console others in their losses. to all of us- thank you and you have nanas looking out for you......

on another note, i went to the docs today as i had stepped on a cactus thing on serenity bay and still had prickles in my foot that were bothering me. well 11 to be exact had to be taken out. dave is keeping them in as a cheap souvenier i guess, im trying to convince him to get them out. next time nanas, wear water shoes!

no vacum cleaners on the board today? whats up with that?

[mom x4,grandma x4]

morning everyone,
Renee, gla dyou got those needles out, they can cause a nasty infection if not removed.

Tom, glad to hear you all made it home safely.

Well I didnt get to see the launch since they cancelled it last night. I hope it will go up this weekend. I love night launches because they look like a big ball of fire in the sky.

well got to go and hopefully finish my Christmas shopping.
Hope everyone has a great Friday,

kathy :wave:

[pgfour]

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

Carrie -- so sorry to hear about your loss. :grouphug: We dealt with that about 4 years ago. Our beagle Benny lost her 8-9 month fight against cancer. I must admit there was a huge burden lifted of my shoulders, but I still really miss her. Oh, and have you thought about moving that 4/08 cruise date up to 11/24/07? Then you don't have to wait so long. :thumbsup2

Bill -- so did you actually TiVo that thing about Christmas Story?? It was kind of cute -- makes me want to go buy a leg lamp! :rotfl2:

Shell -- apparently my Bill sent you a bunch of pictures. . .that's all I know! :confused3 Oh -- and I made the pork chop recipe yesterday -- YUM! What "kind" of pork chops do you usually use? Thick, thin, boneless???

Renee -- glad to hear your foot will be on the mend! Great souveneir, huh? You can put them in a jar with sand and set them out on display! :lmao:

Wendy -- We'll need to be nice to Bob so he'll re-book for the 11/24/07 cruise. Jessalyn even called him Tiara Bob any time she saw him! :rotfl: BTW, why aren't you booked for that cruise yet????

Lauri -- I didn't get a chance to personally meet Doug, but if his personality is anything like yours, I can totally picture him as an uptight, attorney-type. Not! :lmao: :lmao:

Lynn -- glad to hear all is o.k., all things considered. :grouphug:

Kathy, Linda, Denise, Carrie (and anyone else) -- hope you get over your colds quickly.

Have a good day!

Cheri

[disneediva]

Cheri, with Austin starting High School next year we will not be able to let him miss the week of school. I did kind of put in Mike's head about going on an adult only trip so we will see...

Carrie, so sorry about your doggie :grouphug:

Lynn, how are you and your mom doing?

Renee, glad your foot is better :cool1:

Shell, I am making your pork chop recipe today.

[pgfour]

Cheri, with Austin starting High School next year we will not be able to let him miss the week of school. I did kind of put in Mike's head about going on an adult only trip so we will see...

Shell, I am making your pork chop recipe today.

As I mentioned to Tonya (who also has DS's schooling to worry about), maybe the high school there encourages kids to miss school to be with family!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Adults-only cruise could be pretty fun. :cool1: I'll ship DD to Ohio (since we had some offers) then they can be the ones to try to haul her off to the kids' group while the adults get to go out. I have a feeling "Aunt Shell" & "uncle Bill" could be more convincing than Mom & Dad! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: It just might work. . . :cheer2:

Perhaps Shell can compile a cookbook for us Nanas . . . :stir:

[cruisemutt]

Wendy....oh, Wendy....of course I miss you. At least we have that summer thing going for us <wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say-na-more. say-na-more...> ;) . Shell doesn't uh...ride the coaster. I sure hope you do. I hate doing it alone. (family board, kids....quit thinkin what you're thinkin).

Wow, did we get a lovely lake effect storm. Again, I have to commend ODOT for keeping the commutes tolerable and the roads free of snow.

Tonight my wife comes back to me!!! Woohoo. I'm not sure who this Al Backkerkey is but apparently I have that magic that keeps Woo with me and not him.

Have a good day folks....

[favoriteslave]

Cheri - I wish this school was like this. They are heavy on homework and personal responsibility. You never know. The cruise is a long way off and Im sure that there will be plenty of time to figure it out. Keep your fingers crossed.

[jd99]

Bill -
Even though your football team stinks worse than ours, at least your road crews know what they are doing. We got a stinkin' three inches of snow and as usual it caught PennDot by surprise. Don't they watch the same panicked weather stations we do? The snow started mid morning and continued lightly throughout the day. But yesterday's rush hour was a nightmare. Now, I work from home so it's no biggie for me..but Mina went into the office and it took her forever to get home - and for no good reason. The carpool lanes were closed because PennDot left them untreated all day. *SIGH* and I wonder why I hate winter so much. Today, it's something like 15 degrees with wind chill in the minus 3 range. Last week at this time, I getting ready to board a banana boat with Miss Elizabeth. Disney, Take Me Away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jeff

[cmaelltt1]

Thanks for the hugs and well wishes everyone. I'm starting to feel a bit better today, both in my head and my heart. I feel like I've been in a fog since I woke up Monday morning. Things seem to be clearing up today. Of course, it so cold that I can't do anthing but stay home and do laundry. I am feeling really bad about not getting to more of the get togethers. I was just enjoying the time with my family so much I couldn't pull myself away.

I did buy tickets to the martini tasting. I was really looking forward to it. On the day she told us to go, I pulled out the tickets and realized they were for the tequilla and margaritta. I'd never tried either before so it was kind of fun. And since I almost never drink I was very wobbley afterward. But I will have to hit the martini one next time.

Linda, I'm so sorry about your map. What a great souvenier that was. I know I would be heartbroken. I need to hurry up and get my house cleaned and decorated for Christmas so I can start scrapbooking this trip.

We were also at the Magic Kingdom on Saturday and it was so busy. We rode Prirates, Haunted Mansion, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan, and Buzz then left. My 13 yo old was really excited when she heard High School Musical was there but I was not about to maneuver through the crowds to try and see them. I was kind of disappointed in the activities available on the ship for 13/14 year olds. I thought she would be able to enjoy the Ocean Quest but every time she tried to go, it was only open to 10-12 year olds. She just didn't want to go into that group. She ended up making a couple of friends and had fun. But it would have been nice if they had more for the tweens.


I would love to move our trip to Nov 07, but Kevin needs to save up some vacation time. Since he just started this job, he had to take unpaid time off. So this vacation cost us a lot more than we paid. This company is very stingy with vacation time so he will need year to earn enough to go. I'm sure he will need to take a day off somewhere so I think 1 1/2 years is the soonest we could go. We may push to Nov 08 once those days come out, but would like to try a spring vacation. He's not happy with this job so he's got his eyes open for another. If he ends up changing, we'll need time to get vacation with the new company.

Sorry for rambling, I should go work on that laundry.

[TIGGER41681]

Good Afternoon :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well it is sooooooooo cold here in NY today. The wind is making the wind chill in the negative digits. Well I just called my Mom and actually she went to work today and is trying to move on. She is hurting still but trying to be strong for us. Thank you all for being there for me and my family through a very difficult time. You truly are a great :banana: :banana: family!!!
Well I am staying in today and cleaning up and finish wrapping Andrew's Crhistmas gifts. Well this weekend we are busy. Tomorrow we are meeting with a contractor to possibly pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust: build a house. Then we are taking Drew to the Mall ( my home away from home) to see Santa for the 1st time and Andrew has to start Christmas shopping for me and I have to get 2 giftcards. Sunday we are going to make Christmas Cookies. What is everybody's plans for the weekend. Well Drew just fall asleep so I am going to get things done!!! Talk to you all later :wave: :wave: !!

[jd99]

What is everybody's plans for the weekend. Well Drew just fall asleep so I am going to get things done!!! Talk to you all later :wave: :wave: !!

Time for me to start Christmas shopping for Mina this weekend and an attempt to take the girls out to get their presents for mom. Also we are determined to get a picture in front of our tree for our Christmas cards. I have a feeling we'll be mailing our cards on New Year's weekend.

We watched the video we took on the cruise last night. I am burning it to a DVD while I'm working today - trying to multitask.

We have an annual adults-only Christmas party for our friends and neighbors and it's next weekend (yikes). We've done nothing to prepare and have little time this weekend to get around to it. Still have to finish decorating the house as well and get hte boxes up to the attic. I may have to take the rest of today off to try to get started on all this stuff!

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

[disneediva]

Ummm Jeff, all us nanas are invited to the party right?

[jd99]

Ummm Jeff, all us nanas are invited to the party right?

Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: Anyone who can make it to Pittsburgh on Saturday - the party starts at 7 p.m. -- I'll PM you directions! It's always great fun and we have lots of room on the floor for anyone who needs to crash here. :goodvibes

[TiggerKing]

Wendy, it does kind of make the day a little more enjoyable....I mean a little more sedate....I mean I really miss the attention you ladies gave me. Yeah, that's it! :rotfl2:

[jd99]

I finally got around to starting my trip report so I started a thread on the TR board for those interested in following along this time.

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Good, I ill check it out. I have been waiting for someone to post a report besides me.


My cold has me all pooped out so I am off to bed early tonight!!

I will check back tomarrow and see what everyone is up to this weekend,

kathy :wave:

[LindaBabe]

You don't want to know what I'm doing this weekend - it's none of it fun, I can promise - between working like crazy then being gone two weeks and sick most of this one I'm so far behind I may never catch up. Made a priority list of what I HAVE to do to enjoy Christmas and the rest is just gonna fall right off the other end. But, before I can have fun there's bathrooms to clean, groceries to buy, laundry on top of laundry (and there's only two of US - the bears don't get much dirty) amd snow tires for BruceE to put on.

We dodged the bullet with this latest storm, but I don't mind snow before Christmas - it gets me in the mood - it's afterward when it becomes tedius and grey that I hate it.

Also need to learn how to post a photo on this site - I have a REALLY typical one of Drew, and also a nice one (no double chin showing) B. took on the last morning of Celine, Anika and I.

Finally have the photos sorted and up to snapfish, if anyone besides Bob wants to see them. Bob, will also burn a cd or dvd - I have about 500 photos, just from the cruise after dumping the junk. Can't WAIT to start scrapping!

Denise and Wally, we probably won't get to go til 2008 either, but it's for a good cause. If we save really hard, we might can retire in 2008! Whoopee! Hurray!

Sleep well, friends!

[J&C's Mom]

Hi everyone...this is my first chance to get on the board since we got home Sunday. I lost our digital camera and the 200+ shots I took-I have no still photos to remember our trip by-thank goodness my DH didn't lose the video camera!

GI BUG: Yep, I got it-Saturday night-I think Sarah described the illness the best!

Jan:: Thanks so much for taking the time to talk to me while we were waiting to rebook our cruise-we met with and joined DVC club-financed differently-but not as good as you did with the 0%-but better than DVC offered :thumbsup2 Congrats on your 10/21/07 cruise.

Linda: Sorry about your map...hopefully some magic :wizard: will happen and it will reappear.

Denise: Sorry to hear about your dad's fall-my mom fell 4 times while we were on the cruise-spoke to her via cell phone when we were at St. Thomas and found out that she cracked her ribs on one of her falls :sad2:

Carrie: Sorry about your dog-our little Min Pin-Lucy is 10 years old and I can't imagine our family without her.

Lynn: Sorry to hear about your grandmom :grouphug: from our family to yours. I didn't have the courage to come up and say hi when I saw you but I just wanted to say-WOW-what a cutie pie you have in your son!

Queenie: We joined DVC TOO! :banana: :banana:

Shell & Bill: Thanks for the great door sign-although someone stole our sign on Thursday-we were soooooo mad :furious:

Shell: I admire you for all the plane flying you do-I can only do it twice a year-once leaving my house to Fla. and once to return home :rotfl2: gonna try the pork chop recipe-glad you clarified about the stuffing or I too would have just poured the dry mix in the crock :lmao:

Sarah: Love the toilet humor :cheer2:

Lauri: Very cute story-you have a romantic on your hands :lovestruc

Jaimie: glad to have briefly gotten to talk to you at the terminal-sorry I didn't get to talk to you more since we live so dang close to each
other.

Bob: plan to get some pictures from the disposible cameras my kids took to add to the mosaic-where do we send them??

This next cruise, I plan to be more social...after reading everyone's posts, I feel like the odd man out-looking from the outside in-well was my own fault I guess :confused3

[runa00]

argh! i miss the disney board drama boo hiss none to report of today. bummer

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy everyone, well its been a week since we returned to our "old" routine.
Anybody ready to go back and get pampered and waited on again???

I have been sitting here thinking about needing to clean the bathrooms, mop floors, vacuum all the rooms, mow the grass, do the doggie pooper scooper job. :sad2:
I think I need a vacation again!!!

No plans this weekend, just relaxing( accept housework) and trying yo get over our colds. I want to get the tree up this weekend, but that is all I have planned.

Okie ,
It was good to hear from you. you have almost a year to post on the other thread for 07, plenty of time to get aquainted with everyone. Looking forward to poting with you there!!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend,

kathy

[woogal]

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

Honestly, this feels like my first day totally to myself in a long time! Got back yesterday afternoon ... to 16 degrees! Now, I have to get in full Xmas gear today and tomorrow ... decorations, Xmas cards, START buying gifts (ugh! Perhaps I should hire Lynn :) ). I'd like to get about 75% of everything done this weekend. Well, that's a goal at least ... :sad2:

I tried to keep up/catch up, so if I miss anyone, sorry!

CARRIE: I am so sorry for your loss. Like Bill said, the bad stuff eventually goes away and you're left with the good memories. We can finally talk about our Sammy without crying, and it's been 14 months. By the way, Bill pointed you out to me once on the ship, but we were hurrying off somewhere so I didn't get a chance to stop and introduce myself. Hopefully next time!

DENISE: DBWally won't go for 2007?? Don't worry, girlfriend ... I'll work on him!

CHERI and WENDY: How did you like the recipe?

JEFF: Seeing as how we're the closest to Pittsburgh, I guess we'll have to represent the Nana Heads at the party :rotfl2: Also, the article I told you about on customer relations is not out yet, but I'll send it to you as soon as it is.

CHERI: Tell Bill we got the photos. Do you know if the one with Jessalyn, Bill & I came out (doing the totem pole)? Didn't see that one. That Patricio ... what a clown! Gotta love him, even if he DOES forget to take drink orders ...

OKIE: The travel for work is OK sometimes (especially when it's cold and snowing here and I'm on my way to Phoenix or San Antonio!), but this one was horrendous due to just coming back from DCL, so I was exhausted to begin with, as you can imagine. On Monday, I got my yearly review and was informed that next year I will be doing a lot more travel. That's OK I guess, but then I remembered that those frequent flier miles add up to free flights to Orlando for more cruises!!! :woohoo:

LINDA: Send me the link for your Snapfish album. I'd love to see your pics. That goes for everyone else, too!

TONYA: Hi sweetie! MISS YOU!

LATE DINERS: I don't think Bill told you, but guess who he saw running through the airport last Saturday? Yep, Fabio! Bill yelled out to him and got him to slow to a trot to wave hello/good-bye!

OK, gotta go start my chores. TTYL!

[LindaBabe]

Good Morning, All!

WIld turkey with bananas?

Yes! I'd be happy to host the WT & NH cook book, beginning in the New Year. LOVE to have the recipes for some of that YUMMY food we heard about all trip - for example - we'll start with that pork chop recipe, and seque into Lynn's Chicken Parm . . . surely there's a dreamboat recipe from Wally? If you'll e your recipe (s) and your best photo of yourselves from this cruise to me

LindaBabe54@yahoo.com

After marathon, I will compile them into an electronic cookbook and e- it right back out to you! Let's say, deadline for receipt of recipes - February 1, 2007.


Information item:

Fairygodmother project - During this cruise, many of us joined together to Fairy Godmother a little girl who lost her father to pneumonia October 1 due to his weakend condition from a long bout with Melanoma. Melanoma is a killer, folks! Now, we have an opportunity to join again to fight this ugly disease.

My young friend, Owen Farcy, is running in the Walt Disney World Half Marathon in January to raise funds for Melanoma. Owen finished 3rd in his age group in the WDW in 2001 and 3rd in his age group at last years inaugural Disneyland half Marathon, so he certainly will finish this race too.

If you'd like to continue the project and help others like Karl, please consider supporting Owen on behalf of the Melanoma Support and Education Foundation. Here are links to their website and a site at which you may make a donation to Owen's effort, if you wish.



MSEF website:
http://www.melanomasupport.org/index.htm...

To donate online:
https://www.blacktiecolorado.com/online_sales/nonprofit_donation.cfm?id=1600

Runner is Owen Farcy.

Thank you for all that you do, my dear nanahead friends.

Happy Day, all!
__________________

[pgfour]

CHERI and WENDY: How did you like the recipe?

CHERI: Tell Bill we got the photos. Do you know if the one with Jessalyn, Bill & I came out (doing the totem pole)? Didn't see that one. That Patricio ... what a clown! Gotta love him, even if he DOES forget to take drink orders ...

LATE DINERS: I don't think Bill told you, but guess who he saw running through the airport last Saturday? Yep, Fabio! Bill yelled out to him and got him to slow to a trot to wave hello/good-bye!



1. Recipe was great! Think I'll try thinner chops next time. What kind do you use?

2. I just told Bill to send the picture of the 3 of you, so expect it soon.

3. That's funny about Fabio! I'll bet he's one happy guy right now!!

Good luck on your list!!

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

[woogal]

1. Recipe was great! Think I'll try thinner chops next time. What kind do you use?
I don't think I used thin ... just regular cut. I'm making again tomorrow (by special request).

[Dixielady908]

Afternoon all:

Well just got home from work....waiting for dreamboat, he had dentist appt today. Then hopefully off to do some xmas shopping.

Linda great idea about cookbook.....I'll send some recipes your way....dont expect any from dreamboat.....he dosnt cook!!!!

Okie: Gee sorry to hear about your mom. She seems to have come out of this worse than my dad.

Well gonna get going and changed so we can head out into the massive christmas crowds :crazy:

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

[QJ411]

Lynn:: I can't believe you were in room 7621?! I was like right down the hall!!! I'm gonna PM u now my info.

Sarah:: LOL...don't feel bad, I should have introduce you guys, I'm terrible w/ introductions, I guess I was stuck in work mode w/ DH, used to people introducing themselves...DH complains to me all the time about my bad habit. SORRY Sarah! But it was really nice to have met you!!! :thumbsup2

Cheri:: We were talking to our neighboring table at dinner about DVC as well, we couldn't shut up about it! Hope DH caves and joins as well!!! :teeth: :teeth:

Madison has a terrible cold, so I haven't been able to post or do anything else. I feel so helpless! I got the email about the photo mosaic..is it too late to send it? I've been MIA lately due to the holiday preperations and Maddie being sick. Hope it's not too late!

Have a great weekend everyone!!!
Here's a couple of other pics.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/QReda/IMG_2858.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1/QReda/MadisonwithStitchinLobby1.jpg

[QJ411]

Hi everyone...this is my first chance to get on the board since we got home Sunday. I lost our digital camera and the 200+ shots I took-I have no still photos to remember our trip by-thank goodness my DH didn't lose the video camera!

Queenie: We joined DVC TOO! :banana: :banana:
This next cruise, I plan to be more social...after reading everyone's posts, I feel like the odd man out-looking from the outside in-well was my own fault I guess :confused3

Me too, sometimes I feel like the odd man out as well...I wasn't too social on the cruise, it was tough w/ little Madison and her schedule. But we did have fun meeting the few people we did! I'm so sorry about your camera! I hope someone is able to track you down and send it back to you! I have some shots of the cruise and the island w/out us in it, do you want me to send you some photos? Let me know if it'll help!

I'm excited about DVC, CONGRATS on your joining! We couldn't resist the 'deal'! :teeth:

[woogal]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/woogal/DCL167.jpg
I really don't think more needs to be said, do you?

[pgfour]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/woogal/DCL167.jpg
I really don't think more needs to be said, do you?
Nope! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[TIGGER41681]

Good Evening All :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well want a busy morning we had. Well we meet with the contractor to build a house and we are going to do it!!! I am very excited :cool1: :cool1: !! Then it was off to my 2nd home the Mall to get afew giftcards that I forgot then Babies R Us for diapers, Wipes and Formula and then home. Tonight just going to realx. Andrew has to wrap my Christmas gifts and we were going to watch The Break Up. Well talk to you later!! Going to start dinner :wave: :wave: !!

Linda: Great Idea with the Cookbook. I will get you my recipe either tomorrow or Monday.

Shell: So you can hire we to do your shopping :teeth: !! Great Pictures!!! I will e-mail you mine in alittle bit.

Queenie: Yes our room was 7621, and I will PM with my info after I am done posting.

Kathy: Hope you two feel better!!

[TIGGER41681]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/woogal/DCL167.jpg
I really don't think more needs to be said, do you?

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

[jd99]

JEFF: Seeing as how we're the closest to Pittsburgh, I guess we'll have to represent the Nana Heads at the party :rotfl2: Also, the article I told you about on customer relations is not out yet, but I'll send it to you as soon as it is.
OK, gotta go start my chores. TTYL!

Shell - You and Bill are MORE than welcome. Come on down. It can't take more than 90 minutes - 2 hours to get to our place as we live in the way north hills of Pittsburgh only about a half hour or so from the Ohio border...

I'm happy to IM you directions!

[TIGGER41681]

Hey :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well just finished dinner and going to relax now!!! My youngest sister wanted for Christmas The DVD of Bones ( TV Show). You now how hard that is to find. I went all over. I am on ebay now trying to win one. Well I am going to finish putting Drew's pictures in the calenders for My Mom and sisters' and start scarpbooking the this vacation. Talk to you tomorrow :wave: :wave: :wave:

[pgfour]

I am on ebay now trying to win one.

Hopefully the seller of the DVD isn't the same person who sold Sarah her pirate costume! :sad2: Good luck, Lynn!!!

So, this new house you're building -- is it huge with a large wide "hallway" down the center and rooms lining both sides of the hall, each room labeled with a large sign overhead? Perhaps an indoor play area and a fountain?? Will the yard have sets of parallel lines set on a diagonal to resemble a parking lot?? :lmao: Just thought your new home may resemble your "second" home!!! :rotfl2:

BTW Sarah -- what ended up happening with that whole situation?? pirate: Hope you got your money back. . .

[pgfour]

Hi friends! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

I was doing an on-line search for some Mickey Mouse wine glasses I had seen at the Orlando airport.

I Googled "Mickey Mouse wine glasses" and found a place. This particular store has a special discount for people who use Google to locate it. The discount ends tomorrow. Just thought I'd pass it along.

Also showed DH -- we'll see if they show up under the tree!! :confused3

[TIGGER41681]

Hopefully the seller of the DVD isn't the same person who sold Sarah her pirate costume! :sad2: Good luck, Lynn!!!

So, this new house you're building -- is it huge with a large wide "hallway" down the center and rooms lining both sides of the hall, each room labeled with a large sign overhead? Perhaps an indoor play area and a fountain?? Will the yard have sets of parallel lines set on a diagonal to resemble a parking lot?? :lmao: Just thought your new home may resemble your "second" home!!! :rotfl2:

BTW Sarah -- what ended up happening with that whole situation?? pirate: Hope you got your money back. . .

I wish it was like my 2nd home :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: !!! You gave me a good laugh with that one :teeth: :teeth: :teeth: !!

[YippySkippy]

Hi all you nanas! My computer was kaput the last couple of days, so I wasn't able to post.

So guess what I did? Come on, guess

:confused3

I FINISHED THE COSTUMES!!! Yeppers! We had a small costume crisis today before the show, and I had to run to Joann's for more material. I actually excused myself to the front of the line and thanked everyone behind me for "supporting the arts" :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

More later

[LindaBabe]

Morning, All!

Sarah, what happened with the pirate costume? I thougth you guys looked great in your photo! Actually, ALL your photos!

Bruce is up and out to his first skiing this year. He was a very happy boy this morning.

I have a list of things to do as long as your arm - on top off all I did yesterday. Wish some of you scrapbookers lived closer - there's a New Year's eve eve crop at the local store and we could make it a cruise book party!

Lynn, do you have a 'lot' to put your house on? Can't wait to hear more about it.

Here is baby Drew's most typical pose - EATING - that boy is a chow hound! Here, he's sucking watermelon from an ingenious device.
http://tagrel.com/photopost/data/500/200611_WDW_cruise_disk_2_from_panasonic_264.jpg

On the last morning, while waiting to disembark, Celine and Anika found us in the promenade lounge, and Bruce snapped this photo.

http://tagrel.com/photopost/data/500/200611_last_morning_last_photo_-_Celine_Anika_and_me.jpg

Happy Day, All!

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
It's another cold morning here in NY but is suppose to go up to 50 :sunny: :sunny: later today. Today we are off to Sam's Club this morning and then we are going to make Chistmas cookies. Yummy :cheer2: :cheer2: !!!! My goal is to get my calenders and my scrapbook of the cruise done before Christmas.
Well I am going to make eggs for breakfast so let me go cook!! Have a great day talk to you all later :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: !!!

Linda: Great Picture :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 !!! That's the best pictures of Drew because he is doing his favorite thing eating :teeth: :teeth: :teeth: !!!
The builder is going to get a piece of land that we like and then build a house on it!!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy everyone,

Linda, loved the picture, hope all goes well for them.

Lynn, cant wait to hear details of your new house. that is always so exciting.
DH use to own his own construction company and I got to help design our first house a few years back. it was still my favorite house we have ever lived in. It will be very exciting for you I'm sure.
Be sure and have a couple extra bedrooms for Drew to have a couple brother or sisters in the future!!!


well we are suppose to get to 70 today.
Minnie and Greg are asleep in his recliner this morning. That cold medicie makes Greg sleepy and Minnie likes to curl up on him, she is only 55 pounds!!!
She thinks she is a little girl and likes to snuggle with her daddy. :lmao:

Ok, we have decided no matter what we are going to get our tree up today!!
But not til afternoon.

Have a great day everyone,

kathy :wave:

[firemans wife]

Hi everyone, Hope you all are having a good Sunday. I don't have too much going on today. The kids are at grandmas for a few hours and John is working. I have a few hours to my self :cool1:

Carrie I am sorry to hear about your dog. That is very hard. I had to put my cat down a couple of years ago.

Lynn-Thats great about your new home. John and I had our home bulit 2.5 years ago. I love my house!!

Linda-Great pictures. I still have not looked at yours. I am hoping to today.

Kathy-I hope you guys feel better soon!! It seems to hold on a long time!! I am still not over my cold ethier. I am feeling better.

Well I think I will go for a walk. The sun is out and its a balmy 40 degrees :lmao:

Talk to you soon :wave2: Lorna

[J&C's Mom]

Howdy all,

Today is DD 15th birthday party...birthday is tomorrow...I can't believe she is already 15 and Josh will be 17 next month-not possible since I'm only 25 :lmao:

Buying and putting up our Christmas tree after the birthday party....

Still no luck with finding our camera-we keep hoping some kind soul will send it to us in the mail.... :sad2:

DH just burned our first DVD of our cruise-makes me want to be back there right now!!! :banana:

Have a great day.... :cool1:

[pgfour]

Hi all! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Just taking a break from putting up the tree and other decorations. I've "watched" A Christmas Story twice and Mickey's Magical Christmas once.

I've run out of hooks and can't find which bin has the extras I bought last year. I obviously wasn't smart enough to put them with the ornaments! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

So onto other decorations in the hopes the package of hooks is tucked in one of those bins.

Not much else going on here. Kathy, how is your tree coming along??

Better get back at it now that my "helper" is upstairs with DH!!!

Have a good evening! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Cheri :yay:

[TIGGER41681]

Good Night :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,

I hope everyone had fun putting up their Christmas trees and decorations. We made one batch of Christmas Cookies. It is very hard with Drew!! Well I am going to watch TV with DH. Just wanted to check in. Oh, I started writing a cruise report. I will let you know when I post it. Talk to you tomorrow. :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: Good Night!!!

[LindaBabe]

WEll, our tree is up but there's nothing on it! I went back to the market and did the perishables today. What's up with food prices?! 2 pieces of fish, one ham, 1 chicken, fresh fruit, veggies, dairy, bakery and $250! I was glad Bruce wasn't with me - he'da hada stroke!

He was having trials of his own - went skiing - 4 trails open - $64 lift tickets (he used his free one) and got run over by a snowboarder, so he came home moaning and groaning. When do you think it will dawn on him - he's not 36 any more?

Just talking to a friend who built a cottage in the adirondacks . . . so of course the chat turned to housing and we both agreed - WE HAVE TOO MUCH HOUSE! We wish we had only one level, and fewer rooms that only get used once a year. I hate housework. Do you guys use all your rooms?

I'm going to a New Years Eve Eve crop at the LSS to do my cruise album. They give you dinner and prizes and you can scrap in peace. What's not to like? Lynn, why don't you guys come up - the guys can hang out and we can go scrap?

[Dixielady908]

Evening all: Wow what a weekend. Went shopping yesterday. I bought a photo printer, then came home and printed out tons of pictures to put into my photo album. Then I put the tree up. Worked on labeling all my pictures and finally went to bed around midnight.

Got up this morning, and DS and I decorated the tree and put up a few decorations. I am only putting up a few this year. Just dont feel like pulling everything out. Made dinner, now going to do some laundry and watch tv. Phew am I tired.

Shell: Great Picture :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Well have a great evening everyone....

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

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy,

Cheri,
we got the tree up and all decorated. it did take a little longer than usual since Minnie insisted on sniffing each and everything that went on the tree as well as the tree itself. It is her first Christmas.

Lynn,
I will be looking for your cruise report. Maybe Drew will take an extra long nap so you will have time to write it.

Linda,
we have 3 extra bedrooms we only use once every 2 years on the average and 2 full baths we never use unless we have company . We actually have 6 bedrooms and 4 1/2 baths. 2 of the guest rooms have full bathroom which NOBODY is allowed to use unless we have company staying in the rooms. That way I just dust sometimes and it is all set.

Our next house will be all one level and much smaller too. Our bedroom is upstairs and by bedtime each night we have to drag ourselves up there.


Good night all,

kathy :wave:

[TIGGER41681]

WEll, our tree is up but there's nothing on it! I went back to the market and did the perishables today. What's up with food prices?! 2 pieces of fish, one ham, 1 chicken, fresh fruit, veggies, dairy, bakery and $250! I was glad Bruce wasn't with me - he'da hada stroke!

He was having trials of his own - went skiing - 4 trails open - $64 lift tickets (he used his free one) and got run over by a snowboarder, so he came home moaning and groaning. When do you think it will dawn on him - he's not 36 any more?

Just talking to a friend who built a cottage in the adirondacks . . . so of course the chat turned to housing and we both agreed - WE HAVE TOO MUCH HOUSE! We wish we had only one level, and fewer rooms that only get used once a year. I hate housework. Do you guys use all your rooms?

I'm going to a New Years Eve Eve crop at the LSS to do my cruise album. They give you dinner and prizes and you can scrap in peace. What's not to like? Lynn, why don't you guys come up - the guys can hang out and we can go scrap?

Hey Linda,
That sounds great to come hang out!! Oh, I hate Housework and I only have two bedrooms right now could image the cleaning I will have when we get our house :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: !!!

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well today is another cold day here in NY!!! Well today DH took my truck in for oil change and inspection. Today I am going to clean and dust my downstairs and Drew's room. Last night I finished one out of four calenders that I am making for my mom and sisters'. Well let me go because Drew is getting to Minnie's toys :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: . I should have just bought my son cat toys for Christmas :teeth: :teeth: :teeth: :teeth: !!! Talk to you all later :wave: :wave: :wave: !!!


Kathy: My cruise report is about 25% done. I will try to finish it when he naps!!

[feenie]

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Hello Everyone!!!
Brendon and I got in late on Saturday.
We had a great time meeting everyone and a wonderful trip.
The 2nd week of our cruise the weather was much better. the seas were calm and there was no rain. also the second week at all the buffets and drink stations were we were able to serve ourselves the first week, they served you. (even palo bruch!)
I will post more soon!! :wave:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Happy Monday all,

Lynn,
I know it may take a while to get your report done. I had 4 kid and the first two were only 15 months apart, so I do remember how busy they can make your day, Plus they never sleep when you have something you want to do.



I hope to get out and get my stocking stuffers today, then I will be done shopping!! HOORAY!!! Then I can do some baking :stir: which I love to do. However I will have to restrain myself with only 3 people to eat stuff I will have too many leftovers. I am use to baking for 25 plus people.

Hope everyone is getting all their holiday stuff ready. Cruising when we did made it a little harder for me this year. I couldnt decorate ahead of time because Minnie would of got into things while we were gone. she is worse than a little kid ;)


Have a great day y'all.

Kathy :wave:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Tiara Bob,
are you still there?? We havnt heard from you in a while. Hope you two are feeling good. My son is suppose to put our pictures on a CD today so I can get it in the mail this week.

I just got all the pictures from the last 2 cruises printed so I can get busy and finish my photo album/ scrap books done for each cruise. I hope to get them done this week, but that is probably dreaming a bit!!

Is anyone else going to post a trip report besides Jeff, Lynn and myself?? I would love to read them, especially with pictures.

Oh, by the way thanks to those who posted all their great photos, we really enjoyed looking at them.


Kathy :wave:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Athene,
I was hoping you would have a smoother cruise the second week and NOT get ill like a lot of us did.

I did read about them having CM's serve you know. I think it is just to help control sanitation until after the flu season is over. They use to serve you all the time, then changed to self serve which we like better, but I do understand the need to control the germs as much as they can.

I hope you are going to write a trip report for us to read too. :thumbsup2

Kathy :wave:

[TiggerKing]

Good Monday Morning Everyone:

Kathy: Yes, I am still here. We had our Christmas Concert at church this weekend, so the end of last week through yesterday was VERY busy. But, now it is back to the real grindstone of work!

Athene: Sounds like the outbreak on our cruise must have been pretty significant if they went to that much trouble on the Western. Hopefully, no one else had to deal with what some of us went through!

Talk to you all soon!

[Dandy8]

Hello everyone :wave: ....it's the first time I've had a chance to get the boards since we returned. It was great meeting you and we had a great time. Disney sure lives up to what we had hoped and very comperable to our experiences on RCC & Celebrity and we should definately do it again. I would be happy if they just left me at Castaway Cay for a week!

We did experience the "stomach ick" in our family as well. The day we got off the ship we made our way to Disney World to spend a few days in MK. Well, that afternoon sure enough my son got sick with the stomach bug! I spent the rest of that day in the hotel with him while Andy, Hailey & my inlaws hit the MK. Mk was crazy that Saturday because they were filming the Christmas parade. The lines were nuts! Jared was well enough to go to the park the next morning but Andy took him back to the hotel at lunch time since he was tired and I was able to spend the rest of the day with Hailey in the park. I hadn't been there in 13 years so it was great to experience the park again...it's just too bad me, Andy and the kids couldn't experience it together.

We don't have any definate plans to cruise Disney in the near future but we will at some point. Maybe our paths will cross again!

Shell, your pictures were great...thank you for sharing!

[LindaBabe]

HEllo folks!

Bob - did the CD - well DVD last night - hope it will be in the mail by Wednesday - I need to gather my courage to go to the post office.

Dreaming now of my next cruise - January 11th, 2007 on the Wonder - going back to the beginning, again, with one of the same girls I sailed with the first time. If you were me, would you take the risk of starting another map?

Kathy - if you have extra cookies, i'd LOVE LOVE LOVE a handful. I only make one kind now because there's no one to eat them. At the very least, let's have your recipe for the WTwB Cookbook.

Happy Day, All!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Linda,
I will send you a couple of good easy recipes for the cookbook this week.
I have just been so busy since we returned, but I think I am finally getting caught up again, so I will have more time to do all the little things I want to do.


Bob, glad to hear all is ok with you and Lisa.

Danielle,
Sorry to hear you guys got the "stomach bug" too.
Well if your interested in a DCL cruise next year there are several of us who have 11/24/07 booked as a nanana head reunion cruise, feel free to join us.

We would love to have you with us,

Kathy :wave:

[cindalu]

Hi everyone,
I hope everyone that was sick is feeling better now. thankfully my daughter is feeling better. Now we are so busy getting ready for Christmas.


Hope everyone has a Magical day.

I was watching the Travel Channel last night and it makes me want to go back to WDW over the holidays again so I can see what I missed out on last week.


Lucinda

[jd99]

Hi Banana Heads.

Being back for two weeks now we are getting itchy for the next vacation so we thought about checking into using some of our DVC points for quick long weekend trip in January when DD has a day off school. It's not a holiday weekend (the weekend of the 20th) and it's in mid-January for heaven's sake..and the only place we can use our points is SSR. I have no desire to stay there - pretty much be happy at any DVC but that one. I even would have considered OKW which we have always resisted because we like to be within walking or boat distance of at least one park. I know it's last minute, but I'm still a bit surprised we couldn't find availability at BCV, BWV or VWL. We have a tough time planning out our DVC trips too far in advance and this is the first time we've had a problem. I hope it's not a sign of the future. So I found a great airfare and don't want to not use it,now, so I just have to obsess until we find something we are wiling to use.

Ok enough venting. Hope everyone is having a happy day.
jeff

[favoriteslave]

Jeff, Not being nosey, but why not SSR. We are members there (haven't seen the property yet but staying there in July). Is there something I should know about, like a sinkhole or rancid trash cans out back? Just let me know.

[Dixielady908]

Evening all:

Well just when I thought I was getting better. Now I feel like this may going into some type of bronchitis....yuk.....dont want to start with that garbage again. I have lucked out and havent had bronchitis for a couple of years now. Anyway such is life....

Not much going on here. Trying to pin my son down so he can get my cd ready for Bob. I need to get that sent out.

Have a good evening all

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

[jd99]

Jeff, Not being nosey, but why not SSR. We are members there (haven't seen the property yet but staying there in July). Is there something I should know about, like a sinkhole or rancid trash cans out back? Just let me know.


Tonya - LOL - No nothing like that. It really has to do with wanting to be able to walk to a park (Epcot via BCV or BWV) or take a boat (MGM fom either of those or MK from Wildnernss Lodge)...I had a massage at SSR and just didn't like the layout, etc. Before the weekend I wil probably break down and book it since we really want this long weekend in January. And then of course I'll come back raving about how much I liked it... :rotfl2:

[LindaBabe]

JD & Tonya, SSR is very lovely, and within walking distance / boating distance to Down Town Disney. That being said, I'd rather stay at any of the others, just because I live 20 minutes away from the real Saratoga Springs. lol.

Denise - hate that you got the crud! That's what my asthma attack turned into and it's hell to shake. :sad2:

Stirred up a batch of the Pope's Swedish Ginger cookies this morning :stir: . . . recipes are starting to gather in my pm box. YEA!

Happy Day, All!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Morning to all,
just a reminder to send your favorite recipes to Linda soon so she will have them to make our cool book. ( thanks Linda)

I have sent her a few, so now it's your turn too!!!!

My cold is still hanging in there, I am beginning to wonder if it will ever go away!!!

Suppose to hit 70 today, but rain on Friday. That is ok though we really need the rain.
I did finish up my shopping and everything is wrapped.

Is everyone else about ready for Christmas too???
Well time to take Minnie for her walk
, she is bouncing around the living room whimpering and barking at me. She can tell time, so I'd better go,
will check back later,
Kathy

[firemans wife]

Good morning all, It is a rainy day here today. :guilty:

Linda-I will be sending you some recipes soon. Thanks for taking that on.

Shell-I made your pork chop recipe it was yummy!! :thumbsup2

Kathy-I am sorry you sre still sick. I thought I was getting over it, but now it seems to be getting worse. I have decided that if I am no better by Thursday I will go to the Dr. I just want to be over this crud by Christmas.

Today I am going to do a little more shopping. Yesterday I took the kids to see Santa. Madison was thrilled, Jordyn said I am getting too old for this. I told her your never too old to see Santa. :teeth: There was even a 93 year old that went to see him.

Well off to get some things done. Talk to you all later.

Lorna :wave:

[TiggerKing]

Hey Everyone!

Going to be a great day here in Georgia. High will be in the mid-60s with sunshine! :sunny:

Still feeling kind of cruddy myself. Had another bout with a stomach bug last night. I am about tired of this junk! Nothing I hate worse than being sick while traveling.

Talk to everyone soon!

[sptweedle]

Hey guys,
Just popping in to say hello. It's been pretty hectic since we got back. Kids have been sick since the cruise first with flu type symptoms, then colds. Esther's the only one that didn't catch anything. Hopefully I'll be able to check back in a little more often since things seem to be calming down.
Hope everyone has a good Christmas.

Steve

[LindaBabe]

Thanks for reminding everyone about the recipe thing, Kathy! I don't have a big enough stick - we make a great team ;-)

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Steve ,
nice of you to pop in. sounds like your all doing great now, I'm glad. Your mom said the kids were ill for awhile. Are you going to write a trip report??
I love reading peoples reports to see what they had fun doing while on board.

Linda,
your PM box is all filled up, my fault, guess I sent too many recipes!! you will need to print some off or transfer them to a folder so they can be delted from your PM box. Or nobody will be able to send you their recipes.

Thanks,'
kathy

[woogal]

Kathy, I'm writing myself a note so I remember to send recipes, too! Hopefully I'll get them to you this weekend, Linda.

[woogal]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY GREG & KATHY!!!!http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/woogal/2195.gif

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Thankyou!!!

Kathy :wave:

[disneediva]

Hey Bill, Have you washed that hand yet?

[LindaBabe]

Happy Anniversary!!! Kathy & Greg!

[Dixielady908]

party: Happy Anniversary Kathy and Greg!!!!

Congrats and how many years?


Denise

[favoriteslave]

Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls:

Please feast your eyes on "Tiara Bob and the Dream Boats".

On their debut tour singing "You've Lost that Loving Feeling"

http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/favoriteslave/?action=view&current=YouveLostthatLovingFeeling.flv

and on their Farewell Tour singing "Sweet Home Alabama"

http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/favoriteslave/?action=view&current=SweetHomeAlaba.flv

I hope this thing works.

Happy Tuesday. Just two weeks ago today......

[cruisemutt]

Hey Bill, Have you washed that hand yet?

NEVER!

I bow to the gents in Tiara Bob and the Dreamboats...never have I seen such an act of courage like that. (oh, and I want to thank the powers above for stiking me down with the mal de mer that particular evening).

Happy Anniversary Kathy and Greg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

denise,
33 years!!


tonya, that was awesome. dont know if it is just me but sweet home alabama kept going back to the beginning saying to click here to play over and over again, so I couldnt watch that one. But the first one was fantastic!!!
Thanks for sharing withus,

kathy

[woogal]

tonya, that was awesome. dont know if it is just me but sweet home alabama kept going back to the beginning saying to click here to play over and over again, so I couldnt watch that one. But the first one was fantastic!!!
Thanks for sharing withus,

kathy
Us too :(

[disneediva]

Tonya, there are no words

[DutchsMommy]

Kathy - Happy Anniversary!!! :banana: :banana: :cheer2:

Tonya - Hilarious. Did Trey and DBW practise beforehand? Their coordinated moves were very professional looking!! :thumbsup2

[TIGGER41681]

Good Night :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well today DS and I were out pretty much the whole day. We went to Kohl's and returned two of Dh's shirts and then the Mall and then Mommy and Me. DH and I decided last night we are not going to be joining you on the Nana head reunion in 2007 but we will be there in 2008. We are going to have alot going on with building a house. Well I am going to watch TV with DH. Talk to you tomorrow :wave: :wave: :wave: . Good Night :cloud9: :cloud9: :cloud9:

Linda: I am sorry, I will get you the recipes by Thursday afternoon!!

Kathy: :love: :love: :love: Happy Anniversary Kathy and Greg!!!!

Shell: You already booked the 2008 cruise already???

[TIGGER41681]

Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls:

Please feast your eyes on "Tiara Bob and the Dream Boats".

On their debut tour singing "You've Lost that Loving Feeling"

http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/favoriteslave/?action=view&current=YouveLostthatLovingFeeling.flv

and on their Farewell Tour singing "Sweet Home Alabama"

http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/favoriteslave/?action=view&current=SweetHomeAlaba.flv

I hope this thing works.

Happy Tuesday. Just two weeks ago today......


Tonya,
Too Funny!! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[J&C's Mom]

Good Evening all,

Kathy & Greg: Happy 33rd :thumbsup2

Linda: I have a couple great cookie recipes I will pm you.

Shell: Made your pork chop dish - YUM-O!! :stir:

Tonya: The vid was great! :banana: :banana:

Athene: Did you stay in the same room?? If so, did they make you leave the ship or did you get to stay on??

Worked on my job's wreath today with 2 other girls-we will have it voted on tomorrow-hope we win-I don't know what the prize is but who cares??

Have a great day!

[Dixielady908]

Tonya:

Great video......it was awesome....I will let Wally know so he can see it tomorrow!!!! What great memories......Thanks for taping and posting this.

Denise

[YippySkippy]

Kathy and Greg party: Happy Anniversary!!!

Tonya: awesome video, I wish Doug hadn't been feeling puny that night and we could have joined the awesomeness!!

Sorry so busy this week, I haven't posted much. Patrick's Nutcracker was amazing!! Some of those male dancers have it all over Tarzan (holy moly)!!

I'm just getting ready for a last minute trip to Mexico to celebrate Christmas with my brother-in-law and family. YAYAYAYYAYAYAYYAYAYAYYA :dance3:

[feenie]

Good Evening all,

Athene: Did you stay in the same room?? If so, did they make you leave the ship or did you get to stay on??


Hello!
We did stay in the same room! So we didn't have to mess with packing and moving, and they let us stay on the ship.
After 8am we had to be out of our stateroom, but they said we were allowed to be in any of the public areas of the ship while they turned the ship over.
It was pretty neat.
We would definitly plan a back to back again! It was so nice being able to relax a little more, and still fit everything in. (almost, we never did make it too the pool or the movie theater!) :cool1:

[LindaBabe]

OMG Tonya! Those were great!

No Stress on the recipes - I will not work on the book until February 1, which will give you plenty of time to put in your favs!

Lynn, We're going to 2008 too, unfortunately. I wish we could go every year.

A trip to Mexico sounds pretty good about now!

Happy Day, All!

[TiggerKing]

Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls:

Please feast your eyes on "Tiara Bob and the Dream Boats".

On their debut tour singing "You've Lost that Loving Feeling"

http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/favoriteslave/?action=view&current=YouveLostthatLovingFeeling.flv

and on their Farewell Tour singing "Sweet Home Alabama"

http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/favoriteslave/?action=view&current=SweetHomeAlaba.flv

I hope this thing works.

Happy Tuesday. Just two weeks ago today......
Gloom, despair and agony on me. Deep dark depression, excessive misery! If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. Gloom despair and agony on me! (for all you Hee Haw fans)

You know Tonya, I used to like you. I had hoped that these files had gotten corrupted or something!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Morning all,
well we have lots of fog this morning. Only a quarter mile visibility today. Hopefully it will clear up soon. It is going to be mid 70's so it will be a sticky day around here today.

I need to make up some more cookie dough and put in the frig to bake off a little closer to Christmas. That will be my goal for today I think.

Hope everyone is having a good week this week. We are half way through another week, time sure flies by.

Enjoy your day everyone,
Kathy

[woogal]

Shell: You already booked the 2008 cruise already???
LOL ... no ... just anticipating ... :lmao:

[Dixielady908]

LOL ... no ... just anticipating ... :lmao:


Well I hope your leaning toward yes! :teeth:

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana:

[woogal]

Well I hope your leaning toward yes! :teeth:

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana:
Shell says yes. Citibank, however ... well, it will depend how much I still have to pay off from the first 2. :rolleyes1

[pgfour]

Shell says yes. Citibank, however ... well, it will depend how much I still have to pay off from the first 2. :rolleyes1
Citibank will say "YES -- and here's a larger credit limit for being such a good customer" -- it's the pocketbook that may have second thoughts!!!! :rotfl:

My Bill hasn't specifically said, "No" to 2008, so I take it as a "Yes"! :rotfl2:

[firemans wife]

Kathy-Happy Anniversay a day late!! :cheer2: :cheer2:

Lynn-We plan on going in 08 too :cool1: Wish we could go in 07.

Lauri-Lucky you getting to Mexico. Wish I was going :) I miss the warm weather. We still have a long winter ahead of us. It really is pretty nice outside for Michigan.

Tonya-Enjoyed the video. It was great!! Next time I will have to be there in person. I could not watch the 2nd one.


Linda -Your cruising again in January. Sounds great :thumbsup2

Not much going on here today. I got some Christmas presents wrapped. I am now going up to the kids school to do a couple of things. Hope everyone has a good afternoon.

Lorna :banana: :banana:

[pgfour]

Tonya -- ditto on the video! :happytv: Maybe they want to audition for American Idol or America's Got Talent (or whatever those shows are called).

I was looking at some things on a travel site: perhaps a 106 day cruise on the Queen Victoria's maiden voyage is in order! It sails in January 2008. . .prices start at $23,900/person!!!! :thumbsup2 Maybe Disney needs to consider that itinerary! :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Talk to you later!

Cheri

[woogal]

I was looking at some things on a travel site: perhaps a 106 day cruise on the Queen Victoria's maiden voyage is in order! It sails in January 2008. . .prices start at $23,900/person!!!! :thumbsup2 Maybe Disney needs to consider that itinerary! :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
That's a heck of a lot of insurance that Bill W needs to sell ...

[disneediva]

Hi guys I just came home from pulling a Lynn. And I am quite proud of my present for my mom, I had the mat signed while on this cruise and the pic is from our previous one, but it was the only one with my sister in it and we all know how pretty princess little sisters can be...
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g75/wenaust/HPIM1727.jpg

[woogal]

OMG is that too cute, Wendy!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Wendy,
great gift!!

I just finished viewing your pictures, they were very good, I enjoyed them.

Well I finished my baking for today. Thank heaven for dishwashers!!! So much easier to clean up than th eold days when i didnt have one.

Minnie sampled everything and gave her approval. So I guess they came out ok.

Time to fix some sandwiches for dinner, I'm pooped!!

Have a good evening all,
kathy :wave:

[pgfour]

Wendy,

That is an awesome frame! Perhaps we'll try that next time. . .

The pillowcase turned out fine, but DD wanted to write other names on there! :sad2:

Potential dumb question (but I have some blonde highlights, so it's ok!): who is Suzy?? Why can't I place that character??? :confused3

Going to make some grub for the daughter and me -- Bill is on his way to the insurance capital of the world -- Bloomington, IL. (Home to State Farm and COUNTRY Insurance) He gets to learn about crop insurance! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Have a good night! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Cheri

P.S. He'll have to sell non-stop for us to go on the 106 day cruise! Wonder what the unlimited internet package costs on that cruise??

[jd99]

Wendy,

That is an awesome frame! Perhaps we'll try that next time. . .

The pillowcase turned out fine, but DD wanted to write other names on there! :sad2:

Potential dumb question (but I have some blonde highlights, so it's ok!): who is Suzy?? Why can't I place that character??? :confused3

Going to make some grub for the daughter and me -- Bill is on his way to the insurance capital of the world -- Bloomington, IL. (Home to State Farm and COUNTRY Insurance) He gets to learn about crop insurance! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Have a good night! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Cheri

P.S. He'll have to sell non-stop for us to go on the 106 day cruise! Wonder what the unlimited internet package costs on that cruise??


if I'm not mistaken Suzy is one of the mice from Cinderella. And wow I'm jealous of Bill's trip. Crop insurance. :rotfl2:

By the way all, I have finally posted another piece of my trip report - updated through St. Thomas day. Hope you are enjoying it as much as I am putting it together. I didn't do pics on my first trip report in August> it sure adds to it. Have a good night all

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Yes, I think Suzy was a mouse in Cinderella too.
If not I'm sure someone will correct us soon.


Jeff ,
i will have to check out the latest addition to your report. I have really enjoyed it so far.

well it is getting late and I am tired after baking most of the day. So I am going to make Greg's lunch and then off to bed for me. I hate this darn cold, it makes you feel tired all the time.

I will check back tomarrow to see whats happening around here,

kathy

[Dixielady908]

Evening all:


Well Wally just watched the video and of course he thought it was great!!!

Anyway now I have a really stupid questions.....I told you guys I'm stupid when it comes to computers, I even did this before and cant quite remember how to completely do it.

Count down ticker.....I know up until the part of cut/copy/paste...
So do I copy and then bring it into my signature and then paste? Please help and helpless computer person.....

Thanks
Denise

[TiggerKing]

Hi guys I just came home from pulling a Lynn. And I am quite proud of my present for my mom, I had the mat signed while on this cruise and the pic is from our previous one, but it was the only one with my sister in it and we all know how pretty princess little sisters can be...

Wendy, that looks great! We had a mat signed as well and I am going to take one of our formal pictures, or our picture with Capt. Thord and reduce it to fit into the mat!

[JanDave]

Hello All Nana Heads!!!!!

I'M BACK!!!!!!!

I've been sick since Monday, 12/4. Finally went to urgent care on 12/10 and was diagnosed with bronchitis. Doesn't help that I have a weird chronic lung condition in the mix either. I stayed home on Monday. I've been working since Tuesday. In law firms, the work MUST get done! Right, Tonya? I'm still taking antibiotics, inhalers and prescription cough suppressant - these pretty yellow gel type pills.

So far, I've unpacked and did laundry. I haven't looked at the pictures I took. Haven't been on the Boards much, either. Although, Jeff and Kathy, I love your trip reports. Has anyone read the trip report by Father Force? He and his family were on the Wonder in October. It's a funny one.

Jeff: sorry to miss your adult-only party this weekend. Move the party to the 30th???!!! We'll be heading through Pittsburgh that weekend on our way to Morgantown. We're going to Oglebay Park that weekend to see the light display.

Linda: has your map found its way home to you yet? I would hope that a cruiser would not keep it if it weren't theirs.

Okie: Glad you and your family became DVC members. You'll have fun planning all your upcoming vacations.

Denise: How is your dad doing?

Since Dave works at Ford Motor, I found the perfect book for him tonight at the bookstore tonight: The Night Henry Ford Met Santa. Geez, I got to thinking. What if Santa really did meet Henry Ford Jr. and said that Dave is a great employee, loyal, hardworking, etc. and maybe Ford Jr. would give Dave some extra vacation time for more cruises!!! Only in my dreams! But dreams do come true, don't they???!!!

I have the most incredible story to tell all of you of a "Christmas Angel". Her actions are truly what the meaning of Christmas is all about. Most of you have heard me talk about our precious 10 year old goddaughter, Alyssa who has Down Syndrome, and her mom, my best friend, Sue. They have had a lot of emotional and financial hardships over the past 18 months as Sue has been going through a divorce, ex gave her no money for 18 months, no job, etc. Anyway, the Friday we were all at Castaway Cay enjoying a beautiful day in the ocean, this Angel came to our house and asked a neighbor if she could leave some things for Sue and Alyssa with him until we came back from vacation. She left toys, DVDs, stuffed animal, gift card from Target, new dining room table and chairs (Sue is using our card table and chairs right now) and a new chest of drawers (she's using laundry baskets as their dresser drawers). My neighbor asked her name but she wouldn't tell him as she didn't want me to know that she bought this stuff for Sue and Lyssa. We were overwhelmed and overjoyed over this Angel's generosity and compassion. Everytime I think of it, it brings tears to my eyes.

My Christmas shopping and wrapping has been done since before 11/25. Thankfully. If I still had more shopping to do, I would have lost almost 10 days post-cruise due to the crud that I have. We are celebrating Christmas with our Michigan kids and grandkids on 12/23. We are staying at a hotel in a Detroit suburb that has an indoor waterpark. I can't imagine how much fun our little ones will have. Another reason why I need to get a video camera. We head to Morgantown on 11/30 for three wonderful days with our 2 WV grandkids.

An update on Dave's wallet which he lost on the ship -- it has not shown up nor has anyone tried using the credit card.

Unfortunately, we won't be on the reunion cruise. We will miss all of you next year and wishing we were on your cruise. We are booked on the 10/21/07 DVC member cruise. We're meeting up with our tablemates from our 9/04 Magic cruise. After the cruise, we're staying at OKW for a couple of days. Perhaps we'll join you on the 2008 cruise.

Sorry for the long-winded message. Just making up for lost time!!!!

Jan

[LindaBabe]

GLAD to read your nice chatty post, Jan! They're the very best kind of way to keep in touch with what's really happening. Your angel story is GREAT! I love to hear about that kind of thing - I LOVE to participate in that kind of thing. I could kick 'the dad' from here to Minneapolis and back though - what is it with men who think the only responsibility of fatherhood is to download the Y chromasome??

No map yet - Today, I write a letter to customer service. I've always believed in the human goodness too, but I can see where returning it might not happen. Map gets delivered, occupant glances at it and says oh, how nice, and tosses it in with their other souveniers when they pack. They go home and get involved in laundry and preparing for Christmas and pretty soon several months have gone by. They may or may not ever look at those souvenirs again. :(

Suzy and Perla are the mice from Cinderella.
Got my box of photos from snapfish yesterday. Now I can get them stuck in a photograph album and start to prepare my scrapbook. I'd rather do that than get ready for Christmas, if the truth were known, but I guess I'd better throw some stuff at the tree.

What was the name of that store where someone went and posted photo afterward of the 'magic' ornament? I was going to buy one, and didn't.

Happy Day All!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Morning everyone,
Jan love the Christmas Angle story. That is awesome!!

Not much going on around here, going to buy a couple of groceries today so I can finish my holiday baking by tomarrow. I need cream and pinto beans to finish up.

Jan I hope you get to feeling better FAST!!!


Bob,
i hope you post a picture of your matt too when it's finished. I'd love to see it.
Have a great day everyone,

Kathy :wave:

[TIGGER41681]

Hi guys I just came home from pulling a Lynn. And I am quite proud of my present for my mom, I had the mat signed while on this cruise and the pic is from our previous one, but it was the only one with my sister in it and we all know how pretty princess little sisters can be...
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g75/wenaust/HPIM1727.jpg

I am glad to hear that I am rubbing off on you :rotfl2: :rotfl2: !! Now I just have to get the rest of you shopping and we will be set!! Get Picture for Mom!! See she going to love :love: :love: :love: it!!!

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well today we are off to the Doctor's for Drew 2nd Flu shot which he will not be happy about!!! Last Night Drew and I went out with my friend and her two children and exchanged gifts and she went crazy for Drew. He got The Little People Noah's Ark, and Car Wash and clothes. I have a feeling that my townhouse is going to be filled with toys after Christmas :bounce: :bounce: !! Well Drew just feel asleep so I am going to get things done while he is asleep!! Talk to you all later :wave: :wave: :wave: !!!



Jan: OMG, I hope you are feeling better!!! Glad to hear from you!!!

[LindaBabe]

You're surprised, Lynn? We wanted to bring him home with US!

[TIGGER41681]

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j148/LA41681/IMG_1283.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j148/LA41681/IMG_1284.jpg


Here is My Little Santa!!

[TIGGER41681]

Good Afternoon :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well back from the Doctor's and my son was a trooper when he got his 2nd Flu shot. He decided to cry 5 mins. after the shot!! When he get shots it breaks my heart!! I finished the 1st to days of my trip report :woohoo: :woohoo: !! I just want Andrew to re-read and edit for any mistakes!! Well I am going do so wash and clean up all Drew's toys all over the floor. Talk to you all later :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: !!!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Lynn,
loved the pictures. He makes a cute santa!!! :goodvibes

Glad to hear you both survived the shot!! I think shots are harder on the moms than the kids a lot of the time.

Time to do the dishes, have a good night everyone,
Kathy :wave:

[U2Pixies]

Lynn - Drew is so cute! He just seems to change with each picture! Hope you have a great holiday with that little santa! :goodvibes
:wave2: Pat

[pgfour]

Lynn -- Great pictures!

Jan -- Glad to hear you're feeling better! What a great Angel story!!!

Thanks everyone for clarifying who Suzy is. My DD acted as if she knew it all along! :rotfl:

Jeff, Lynn looking to forward to reading more of your trip reports. I'd like to do one, but I have to take care of some things around the office & home first! If we spread the reports out, we can re-live the cruise every week for the next month or so!

Have a great evening everyone!

Cheri

[LindaBabe]

LOVE the photos, Lynn! You guys are richly blessed :-)

Today, not much work will get done. Actually yesterday, not much work got done. But today, we're going out for holiday lunch and nobody's going back to work.

Does anyone have any idea about how to determine how full a cruise will be? I'd like to know about my January cruise.

Yesterday, I composed a letter to the cruiseline guest relations about my missing map. I still choked up when telling the tale. Darn it. it's only a piece of paper.

Happy Day, All!

[dkmjgal]

Good Morning Everyone!

Sorry I've been MIA...talk about getting thrown back into reality.....karate classes, dance classes, karate testing(BTW...John is a Senior Brown Belt now...in one year he could actually be testing to become a 1st level Black Belt!!!).
I've really missed being on this board with you all. Time has flown since we got back and I can't believe Christmas is just around the corner. Fortunately my shopping is done...except for stocking stuff...but I still have all of my wrapping. I started my baking yesterday but I still have about 2 days left of that.
I plan on trying to catch up on the last few pages when I have a little downtime...(like that's going to happen anytime soon).

I will try to check in soon!

Kelly

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
It was a CRAZY :crazy: :crazy: night here. DS decided to get few many times last night and want to play and crawl around :sad2: :sad2: !!! So, I am very tired today :surfweb: :surfweb: !! Today I am off to Kohl's to look at Winter jackets for me. Wanted to get one for next year while they are on sale :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: !!! Also have to stop at Babies R Us and get a gate for our stairs because Drew is crawling all over the place. Yesterday he meet me at the stairs :teeth: !! This weekend we are busy!! Tomorrow my Mom and Dad are coming up and going to go Christmas shopping at My Mall. My Mom always wants to take Drew to see Santa in the Mall. Hopeful being with her grandson makes for alittle happy. Sunday we are going to dinner at my Mom's house. She was not in the Christmas spirit with everything that has happened but she decorated for Drew so she wanted him to see Grandma's house all decorated. What is everybody else doing?? Well I going to eat some breakfast and to Kohl's I go!! Talk to you all later :wave: :wave:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

good morning,
Kelly,
glad you are still with us. I agree that the time has really flown by since we ot back.

Lynn, have fun shopping with grandma and grandpa!!
I love the way you referred to it as "My Mall". :rotfl2:

Well today I need to ice some cookies so I can freeze them and wake some wafer cookies and freeze them too. Then just a day or 2 before Christmas i will make some chocolate fudge and be done with my baking.
I havnt decided whats for dinner yet, but it will be something simple because people snacking all day so no real reason to fix a big dinner.

Have a good friday everyone!!
kathy

[J&C's Mom]

Good Morning all:

Hey Wendy-I must have missed the conversations on the mat you had done for your picture. Did you do it the same as people did with the pillow case? Did you just take a blank mat to the desk and asked them to have all the characters sign?? It looks great!!

Lynn: as always what a cutie pie you have there. I did see you 3 on the ship was too shy to say anything to you...your little one is as gorgeous in person as in the pix!!

Still no word on my camera-I guess I just need to give up on it ever finding it's way home to me--well at least we have this next cruise to take more pictures :cool1: :cool1:

A few :banana: :banana: just for the heck of it.

[woogal]

Hey everyone ... sorry I haven't been around much. I keep reading the board but just haven't posted. It dawned on me yesterday and this is the first full week I've been home since the week before Thanksgiving! And I have so much shopping to do, don't have any wrapping done ... I'm starting to BAH HUMBUG a little!

Tonight we're going to Bill's company's Xmas dinner at a local Thai restaurant. We went there last year and it was very nice. The reservation is made under the last name is "Sims" but in there it comes out as "Shims pahrty" :lmao:

Love and miss all my nana heads ... be good everyone! Talk to you soon!

[jd99]

Hey everyone ... sorry I haven't been around much. I keep reading the board but just haven't posted. It dawned on me yesterday and this is the first full week I've been home since the week before Thanksgiving! And I have so much shopping to do, don't have any wrapping done ... I'm starting to BAH HUMBUG a little!

Tonight we're going to Bill's company's Xmas dinner at a local Thai restaurant. We went there last year and it was very nice. The reservation is made under the last name is "Sims" but in there it comes out as "Shims pahrty" :lmao:

Love and miss all my nana heads ... be good everyone! Talk to you soon!

I'm in the same boat Shell. I have been so behind on my client business that I haven't even stepped foot into the mall yet for shopping. I'm not usually a early get it out of hte way shopper but I'm also not usually a christmas eve shopper. I'm targeting Sunday (yikes) when the girls are at the Cheetah Girls concert and the loser football team in my town is playing - people will still be glued to their TVs so I'm hoping the crowds wont' be insane.

Our adults only (except for my two princesses who make an appearance just like in Sound of Music, just no singing - LOL) party is tomorrow night and we still have SO much to do. Emily was sick with a stomach bug yesterday and Elizabeth has been having recurring nosebleeds which led to a trip to the ENT this week. Never a dull moment. I'm editing a 66 page employee handbook for a client and am only 40 pages into it but wanted to have it done by Monday. Doesn't look like THAT is going to happen.

Ok I've wasted enough time here. I MUST get off to do SOMETHING that will cut into the long to-do list I have. For those reading my trip report, I'm afraid it's not going to be updated with the last two days until sometime next week. But i WILL finish it!

Have a great weekend everyone.

[LindaBabe]

We trust you'll finish, Jeff! Even Kathy can't whack you too hard during the holidays!

Shell, GLAD to see you!

Somehow, it will all get done.

Lunch today was at Buca de Beppo. We had the "pope" room, and a very good time was had by all! The chocolate cake was DIVINE!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Jeff,
since it is holiday time i will be understanding that you cant finish your trip report until next week :lmao: Have a good weekend and I sure hope the girls get better soon!!!


Kathy :wave:

[Dixielady908]

Evening all:


Lynn: Drew is sooo cute.

Well Shell, I think I'm in the same boat you are. I really havent begun my shopping. I did get a few gifts, but still have the majority of shopping to do. So Wally and I are hopefully going to do some power shopping tomorrow. Luckily we dont have a lot to buy for and the kids just mainly get money so that helps. I thought before we left and people were talking about have their shopping done and decorations up that they were a little crazy :crazy: (....ummm no offense anyone).....but in hindsight I can now see why. Next time we crusie at this time of year.....I will be more on the game and have a lot of this done before we leave.

Bob: Thanks for the info on DU. much appreciated.

Kathy: Can ya send some sweets this way....I dont think I have time to bake. :teeth:
Well just waiting for food to be delivered cuz I just dont cook on fridays.....
talk with ya all later...

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Happy saturday,

Denise, are you sure you want my baking, after all I use pinto beans and baby food prunes in my baking????

I hope you get all caught up today.
I still have fudge to make but will wait until just before Christmas so it will be fresh for the holidays.
I hope to go and see the new movie "Deck the Halls" with Danny DiVito this weekend, but that is my only plans so far. I dont know if I really feel like going to WDW to see decxorations or not. This stupid cold just hangs on.

What plans do the rest of you have for the weekend???

Lynn, your probably out shopping, right???


Kathy :wave:

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

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Okay I finished and posted the 1st day of my cruise report. The thread is
My 1st cruise Report 11-25-06 Cruising with the Nana Heads. I am going to finish the next two days and post them later when I get back from the Mall. Well last night I wanted to bake Christmas Cookies and also I fall asleep by 8pm because I was up at 2:30am with DS. Today or tomorrow I am going to make them. Well it's another Spring day here in NY. I can't believe that it is going to be almost 60 degree in the middle of December!!! No SNOW for Christmas :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: . That's the only time I like snow!! Talk to you all later :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:

Kathy: I am going out later with my mom and dad to My Mall so Drew can see Santa for the 1st time and ofcourse my Mom needs to finish Christmas shopping.

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning all:

Hey Wendy-I must have missed the conversations on the mat you had done for your picture. Did you do it the same as people did with the pillow case? Did you just take a blank mat to the desk and asked them to have all the characters sign?? It looks great!!

Lynn: as always what a cutie pie you have there. I did see you 3 on the ship was too shy to say anything to you...your little one is as gorgeous in person as in the pix!!

Still no word on my camera-I guess I just need to give up on it ever finding it's way home to me--well at least we have this next cruise to take more pictures :cool1: :cool1:

A few :banana: :banana: just for the heck of it.

I would have loved to meet you when we were on the cruise!!!

[LindaBabe]

Good Morning, All!

Well off for a haircut, buy my wine gifts, get more copies made of my christmas card photo, and go to the bear store for a Santa outfit for OC. I forgot we didn't have him last Christmas (He was 'born' on Bruce's Birthday) so when all the bears got dressed in their finery, there was nothing for him. I guess he coulda worn Dimples extra dress, but somehow, I think BruceE would object to that!

Still need more snail addy's - you know who you are!

Have recipes now from Kathy and Laurie. I won't let you forget!

Happy Day, All!

[LindaBabe]

OH, MY. GOSH!

I just got a call from Mary Jo on the Disney Magic. They HAVEN't been able to find my map. SO they got a real navigational chart and had the courses for three of the cruises plotted on it, and a SECOND chart for the Western cruise and I should be receiving both within a couple weeks. I am totally in tears. Not the same as having my own, of course, but WAY WAY more than I ever thought possible. Thank you for the pixie dust y'all wafted in my direction.

[disneediva]

Well I finally finished and wrapped all my presents, which is a good thing because I work all weekend. Last night we took DS to see Eragon and actually found it quite enjoyable. I must get back to work I will check in later.

Wendy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Linda,
that is awesome news!!! I am very happy for you.

i do have a couple more recipes I will send soon.

Kathy

[woogal]

I thought before we left and people were talking about have their shopping done and decorations up that they were a little crazy :crazy: (....ummm no offense anyone).....but in hindsight I can now see why.
Just to reiterate this statement:

Jan? Please forgive me for calling you a nut for having everything done before we left. You were right :worship: ... I was wr ... I was wro ... I WAS WRONG! (that hurt!)

[woogal]

Linda, that's AWESOME :woohoo: !!! DCL comes thru again (they must love bananas :banana: :banana: :banana: )!!

[disneediva]

OK guys I joined teh band wagon and posted day 1 of my trip report
Wendy

[TiggerKing]

Life is rough in the SE today. Lisa and I are about to drop the top on the Mustang and go Christmas shopping under blue skies with an anticipated high of 71 degrees. Isn't winter grand?!? :stir:

Linda, that is AWESOME to hear about the maps!! Maybe YOUR Fairy Godmother is looking out for you! :thumbsup2

[pgfour]

Oh Tiara Bob,

You can't :stir: too much!! Many of us northerners are having unseasonably warm temps, too!!! I'd sure like 70s, but 50's ain't bad!!!

I sound like Shell, Denise, Jeff, Kelly, etc. I have a tree up, some gifts bought & wrapped, but that's about it. Jan, I'm with Shell -- :worship: :worship:

I may brave the crowds and do some running around after my race (no pun intended) today. I guess it depends on how I feel afterward.

Bob, could you email me info on the transfer to DU, I know you told me while we were still on the cruise, but I want to make sure I "do it right"!!! Thanks!

I had replied to one of the mass emails on regular email with our address & phone numbers, but I got a error message. I'll try it again and maybe this time it'll work.

Linda, that's sooooo great about the map! Even though it doesn't replace the original, at least they were able to come up with something for you. :cool1:

Better gete some stuff done before race time. . .

Shell & Bill -- have fun at the pahty! Fa Ra Ra, Ra Ra Ra!!!!!!!

Jeff, have fun reading! I know how you feel -- we've been so swamped at work, it's hard to take care of personal things.

Lynn -- great report so far -- Wendy I'll check yours out soon. I won't start mine until I get Christmas under control!!

Have a great day everyone!

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

[Dixielady908]

Linda: Great news!! I'm so glad the DCL is taking care of the situation.
I tried e-mailing you some receipes and it was returnd to me.....I'll give it another shot.

Well did a loooot of running and shopping today. My feet are killing me but made a big dent in my Christmas shopping. I still need a couple of things and I'm done. Now I have to start the wrapping procss :crazy: .

Going to start dinner in a little while. Going to my dads tomorrow. I havent seen him since we have gotten back and after his fall. But I guess he is doing ok now. All the bruising is healing according to my sister.

Later dudes.....

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

[TIGGER41681]

Good Evening :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
We are back from the My Mall with my parents. What a Zoo!! Well Drew saw Santa for the 1st time and just starred at him. It was the funniest thing but also cute!! We are in the progress of making Chocolate Chip, Christmas, and Thumb-Print cookies. Nothing else new here. Let me get back to cooking. Talk to you tomorrow :wave: :wave: ... Have a great night!!!!

Linda: Great News!! I am glad DCL came through for you!!

P.S.: Just added day 2 to my cruise report!! :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

[LindaBabe]

I tried e-mailing you some receipes and it was returnd to me.....I'll give it another shot.



LindaBabe54@yahoo.com

Thanks!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy,
we just got back from checking out the Christmas decorations at WDW. boy was it crowded. We usually go the weekend after Thanksgiving and it's not bad at all, but of course we were cruising this year at that time.

We did take some pictures and if they came out good I will post some tomarrow for you to see.

Well I am tired so going to bed soon.

Bob, I got the CD all ready for you and will try to get it in the mail next week.

night all,
Kathy :wave:

[JanDave]

Just to reiterate this statement:

Jan? Please forgive me for calling you a nut for having everything done before we left. You were right :worship: ... I was wr ... I was wro ... I WAS WRONG! (that hurt!)

Shell: All is forgiven!!!! Since I've been sick with bronchitis post-cruise, I'm glad I have my shopping done, gifts wrapped, cards done, etc. I have no energy to go shopping!

We met fellow DIS friends, Gail (glindamood) and David for dinner in northern Michigan today. We sailed with them on the 9/18/04 Magic. They just got back from the 11 day Southern Caribbean. What fun that group had!

Linda: Glad for the great news about your map!

Heading to the west side of Michigan tomorrow to see two of my six angels.

Jan

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well last night was another rough night here!! Drew decided not to sleep and then fall asleep at 2:30am and then get up at 6am. Today we are off my Mom and Dad's for dinner. Talk to you later!! Going to make Pancake for breakfast and COFFEE :coffee: :coffee: :coffee: :coffee:

Bob: When do you want the CD by?? This week??

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy,
well we are off to at 10 a.m. movie, I did get my WDW Christmas pictures downloaded and will post them later today, after movie and lunch.

kathy :wave:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

manger at MGM studios


http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06033.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Church at MGM studios

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06031.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

MGM studios

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06028.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

MGM

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06026.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

MGM

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06027.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Part of the main street. Lights blink to music every few minutes


http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06019.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06020.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06023.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06018.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Epcot's tree


IMG]http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06012.jpg[/IMG]

[mom x4,grandma x4]

ok, I'll try that one again

Epcots tree

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06012.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Trellis's at Epcot light up in many colors and go on and off to music.



http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06011.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Snowflakes at Epcot

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06010.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Entrance to Epcot

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06009.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

this is an ALL chocolate exhibit at The Contempory resort


http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06005.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

These are the stats for the chocolate display. if you look closely at the previous picture you can spot 5 of the 7 hidden Mickeys


http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06007.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Gingerbread house at the Grand Floridian
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06003.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Stats for the gingerbread house

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06004.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Christmas tree at the Grand Floridian, approx 60 feet tall

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06001.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Tree outside of MGM studios


http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g212/sixtoedfrog/ChristmasWDW06014.jpg

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hope you guys liked the photos.

Kathy :wave:

[woogal]

Kathy ... thank you thank you!!! That was AWESOME!!

[firemans wife]

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. Our has been busy!! Today I am trying to get caught up on house work and laundry. I am taking a break right now. :rotfl: Actually I have hardly even started and its already 3:30. I guess there is always tomorrow.

Linda-I am so happy that DCL is sending you a new map. That is great!!

Kathy-Thanks for sharing the pictures. That must have been really neat to see. My kids would have enjoyed all of those lights.

Well its going to be a busy week. I have a lot of wrapping to do. I also want to get some baking done. Have a good night all.

Lorna :banana: :banana:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Lorna,
glad to know your still with us. It has been awhile since we have heard from you. great to hear everyone is doing well at your house.

well Peter rented a movie so gotta go and see what it is.

Greg and I went and saw deck the Halls today and it was pretty good.

Kathy :wave:

[LindaBabe]

Thanks for the photos, Kathy! Now I won't have to brave the crowds to see the osbourne lights!

Down day today - lugged the decoration boxes back to the cellar, did laundry, and roasted my turkey. Planning Cruise scrapbook and discovered I missing a couple photos.

Does anyone have a photo of the fairygodmothers or the loot?

And can someone email me the Wild Turkey's group photo from the stairs in a size suitable for printing?

Sure would be grateful.

I'm hoping to do the album in it's entirity during a crop on New Years Eve Eve, and hope to post scans of the pages in lieu of a trip report.

Happy Day, All!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

morning everyone,
well another week has started. Hope everyone has a good one.
no news from here for now, just wanted to ay hello,

Kathy :wave:

[Dixielady908]

Afternoon all:

Well staying home today I got some baking done and gift wraping. My DS is home also and has been helping (some) :thumbsup2 Now I actually would like him to go out awhile so I can wrap his gifts... :)

Kathy the pictures are great. I'm waiting for grandbabies, then I think we will go and spend Christmas at Disney. At least that is my plan. This may not happen for another 10 years the way my kids are taking their time. :confused3 . :goodvibes

Well gotta go my oven is beeping....

Later
Denise :banana: :banana: :banana:

[TIGGER41681]

Good Evening :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Busy day here today :!!! Cleaned, baked and getting ready for Christmas :santa: :santa: :santa: :santa: . Alot to do before Monday!!
My grandfather is coming for Christmas and this will be his 1st time to my house which will be nice. Yesterday we went to my Mom's house for dinner and it was nice. Tomorrow I am hanging out with my Sister-In-Law and niece. We are going to take my Niece to see Santa. Well I tired going to shower and put on my PJ's and realx!! Talk to you tomorrow :wave2: :wave2: :wave2: :wave2: :wave2: :wave2: !!!!

[J&C's Mom]

WOW :worship: :jumping1: Kathy the pictures are great!!

Linda-congrats on the maps!!-not the same as the old one but a nice gesture by DCL :)

Still haven't done my Christmas shopping yet. I only have off this Thursday before Christmas-guess I had best get my butt out their and shop :crazy:

Kathy: trying to get the recipe for the fudge using cheese from my mom-she doesn't have it written down anywhere-it is in her head she says--her memory is a little iffy sometimes, so I have to go over there and try to make it with her while writing it down. Otherwise, who knows what the recipe could turn out to be!! :rotfl2:

Have a great night all :wave:

[LindaBabe]

Good Morning, All!

If Bruce and I had stayed married the first time, this would be our 37th anniversary! We must be older than dirt. lol (It will be 30 continuous years in March)

Ate some more great cookies yesterday - and trying to figger out how I can send some of the Pope's Swedish Ginger Cookies to you without going to the post office. Guess the next best thing is to get that cookbook together - Sometimes I drool, reading this thread.

Lynn, you are so lucky to have family close enough to visit. I want to move!

Wrote a little, not very amusing, Foodie trip report about our first week of vacation. You can find it Linda's trip report (http://tagrel.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16714)

Happy Day, All!

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning

Linda, You are right that I am lucky to have everyone close. My Mom and Dad live 45 mins away and My grandfather is about 25 mins. Linda, You are Bruce are more then welcome to come!! My front door is always open ;) !!!
Well My morning did not start off right because my Bank made an error and caused me to get $90.00 in bank charges. Well I will be on the phone to them when they open :furious: :furious: :furious: :furious: !!! Today I am taking my Sister-In-Law and my niece to see Santa and then lunch. No Mommy and Me today!! Well let me get dressed and get on the road!!!
Talk to you all later :wave2: :wave2: :wave2: :wave2: :wave2:

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning, All!

If Bruce and I had stayed married the first time, this would be our 37th anniversary! We must be older than dirt. lol (It will be 30 continuous years in March)

Ate some more great cookies yesterday - and trying to figger out how I can send some of the Pope's Swedish Ginger Cookies to you without going to the post office. Guess the next best thing is to get that cookbook together - Sometimes I drool, reading this thread.

Lynn, you are so lucky to have family close enough to visit. I want to move!

Wrote a little, not very amusing, Foodie trip report about our first week of vacation. You can find it Linda's trip report (http://tagrel.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16714)

Happy Day, All!


Linda,
Great Report!!!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Linda,
happy 3th even if there is a break in there. You have still been married to each other for all those years!!!!
Hope you have a special day!!!! :love:

Sunny and warm here today, but rain will be here by Christmas eve.

Got to zip out after Minnies walk for some pasta noodles but after that I will be staying home. Way too many people out shopping for me!!
Have a great day everyone,

Kathy :wave:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

OOps,
That 3 was suppose to be 37!!!!!!!

kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Okie,
I appreciate the effort to get the recipe. :goodvibes
My MIL has a recipe like that. I have tired to watch and duplicate it every year for about 10 years now. Minie is ok, but just not the same!!

I will be looking forward to it, when ever you get the chance to watch her.

Thanks,
kathy :wave:

[TiggerKing]

Linda & Bruce: Happy Belated Anniversary!

Linda, I also have the two pictures you requested in an earlier post. I will try and get them to you in the next day or so.

Kathy: Pictures were awesome!

Hey everyone. Sorry I haven't been around much, but we are trying to close out a couple of projects this week and it has not left much time for online socializing. And when I get back to the hotel, I just wanna go to bed!

I hope everyone is doing well and looking forward to Christmas. Have a great Tuesday!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Bob,
great to hear from you.
I was beginning to wonder where you were. :confused3

Hope you get all done before Christmas so you can relax and enjoy the holiday season. :woohoo:

Kathy :wave:

[TiggerKing]

Bob: When do you want the CD by?? This week??
Lynn, anytime before mid-January will work.

[pgfour]

Happy Anniversary Linda & Bruce (a little late!) :cool1: :cool1:

Just checking in to say "Hi!" :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Not much going on here.

Kathy -- great pictures! :thumbsup2 (I can't remember if I posted that already, or just thought it!) My laptop won't let me send replies. :badpc:

Have a great day! TTYL!

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

[Dixielady908]

Happy Anniversary Linda And Bruce..... party: so how may years?????


Just stopping by to say hi....have to get back to work.....

Later
Denise :banana: :banana:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy everyone,
hope you all had a good day today. It was pretty quiet around here today.

suppose to get rain by the weekend.

Nothing to say really, just wanted to check in this evening for a minute.

Enjoy your evening everyone,

Kathy :wave:

[TIGGER41681]

Happy Anniversary Linda and Bruce :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:

[TIGGER41681]

Good Evening All :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well took my niece to see Santa and she was scared and would not go near him!!! My Sister-In-Law took me to a new Chocolate Store that opened and you would not believe all the stuff they dipped in Chocolate.Yummy :teeth: :teeth: !! Ofcourse I did not leave that store without buying my favorite Chocolate Covered Pretzels. Tomorrow I am off to Babies R Us for the usually diapers and formula and then hanging out at home. Well I am going to relax now with DH. Good Night All :cloud9: :cloud9: !!!

[TIGGER41681]

Lynn, anytime before mid-January will work.
Okay, I will get it together this weekend and get it out to you next week!! Happy Holidays to you and Lisa!!

[pgfour]

Good morning!

Still having occasional computer problems here, but I'll work thru it. :badpc:

Off to pick up the treats for DD's school party today. Nothing like plenty of advance notice (I was told yesterday what was needed.). :sad2: :furious:

Lynn, the chocolate store sounds yummy!!

Have a great day everyone!

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

[Dixielady908]

Morning all:

Well just another :crazy: day here at work. Just popping in to say hi.

Gotta go its been nuts here already......

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

[pgfour]

OMG, the thread was almost at the bottom of the page. . .

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Cheri

[pgfour]

Morning all:

Well just another :crazy: day here at work. Just popping in to say hi.

Gotta go its been nuts here already......

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
C'mon Denise and DBW, you know you want your ticker to say "11 months" instead of "23 months" to go!!!!

I'd offer to help entice Wally, but Shell told me I had to stay away. . . :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :confused3

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy everyone,
just bumping us up!!

hope you all had a good Wednesday,
I will post tomarrow when I am feeling a little better, got some pain tonight, so will sign off for now so the pain meds can work.

Kathy :wave:

[cruisemutt]

Evenin, everyone....

Don't worry, Cheri....We're converting people over to the good side....
I have high hopes that 07 will be a true pre-08 nanahead reunion.

Kathy...I sure hope you feel better. Sucks to be sick...
Here, have a monkey....http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/woogal/UkkiBannana.gifmonkeys always make ya feel better.