UGAFan0829
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I'm interested to hear how things turned out with your boss! Sorry to hear that you had everything typed up and then lost it. That is one of the most frustrating things ever!!
The Boss is Back on Board, Sept 19th!! Castaway Cay updated Jan 12!
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pierresgirl
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Accck, WHY do I keep putting this off?!?! I absomotuley LOVE writing my trip reports but things have been nuts since I cam back. Considering I have to somehow pay for my trip I have to take the work that comes in and time gets away from me. We all know how it is!
Anywhatevershesaid..... I periodically offered to drive (more like once,
barely audible peep every 300-400 miles) and Pierre seemed fine through Jersey, Delaware, D.C. but towards the end of Maryland he needed a break . Oh. Woops. I forgot about the fact that I have a hard time driving at night because there is a halo
around EVERYTHING. That's what happens when your eyes are an insane 9.5 with astigmatism, I'm 2 seconds away from being blind. Incidentally, I'm usually about 2 seconds away from something dramatic like; dying, telling someone off, leaving, etc etc. That's how I roll 
I think I was maybe 2 seconds away from being a little drizunk here
Since he had driven from 1 pm till 10 pm I suppose I could suck it up, besides the roads were a bit quieter so I didn't have to worry about THAT many opposing lights. I took over and drove a whopping 2 hours and decided I was tired and my eyes were failing. I should also mention that everyone else was asleep and a car cut in front of me so I slammed on the brakes and woke them all up. Maybe Pierre told me to pull over.
Can't remember. I got off at the next reststop in North Carolina , took an Ambien and popped my feet on the dashboard to snooze. Of course the kids took this as an invitation for a gigglefest. Ughhh!
Pierre could not sleep, unlike this which cracks me up
but I managed to get about 4 hours in so when I woke up we hit the road with me at the wheel again. We were all hongray so stopped at one of the greatest American establishments that we had never been to. The Waffle House!!!
In South Carolina!!!
I am not a breakfast person, I'm more like a protein bar person but decided to split a combo thing with Cooper that came with grits. Are all Waffle Houses kinda ghetto or is that my imagination? I recalled the first time I had been in the south at a breakfast place and didn't know what grits were so I asked the waitress if I could have them without butter. Oh honey, grits awhhr mayud with buhhttahhh and I sat there looking like an idiot.
Those waffles are THE best EVER! Really they are! So after we ate I drove for about 4 or 5 hours and Pierre took over again. I am completely unable to relax when he's driving because although he asks me to check his blood he'll keep looking over at the meter or he rips all the skin off his fingers (I swear I can do a skin graft from the floor of my car)(eeew) will turn around and have a conversation with the kids.... Did I mention my Garmin was acting like a Gar-fail? I ended up calling Garmin and spoke to someone in support who said I needed to update the software. Then she looked up our friends address on Googlemaps. Yeah. Nice work. Lets pimp out another company YO! She gave me a streetname in the neighborhood that finally showed up and after we drank up some free OJ in the FLORIDA
Welcome center (yay, we made it!) we drove 
the rest of the way to Paul and Janelle's house in Orlando, making it there about 4 pm.
They are transplants from our state as of January and had a nice little house with an inground pool, 2 husky dogs (Bella is planning a future of the Uconn Huskies womens Bball team),
a Red Sox bedroom, a Celtics bedroom. Need I say anymore to a true New Englander? Um, NO!!! And a Celtics pool float!
Gotta cool off in the insane heat!
They had another dog too and Bella forgot she was sitting next to him so she started flapping her knees up and down. That poor dog looks like HE is 2 seconds away from killing her, look at the eyeballs, HA!
It was great to see Paul again and his wife was working till 6 at Universal City Walk to we planned on going there. Sweet! I've never been but wanted to check it out! And we will. After we spent 45 minutes looking for my key. I found it in the safe place I put it which would be my duffle bag pocket.
Specifically so I would not lose it. Off to City Walk!!!!!
Anywhatevershesaid..... I periodically offered to drive (more like once,
barely audible peep every 300-400 miles) and Pierre seemed fine through Jersey, Delaware, D.C. but towards the end of Maryland he needed a break . Oh. Woops. I forgot about the fact that I have a hard time driving at night because there is a halo around EVERYTHING. That's what happens when your eyes are an insane 9.5 with astigmatism, I'm 2 seconds away from being blind. Incidentally, I'm usually about 2 seconds away from something dramatic like; dying, telling someone off, leaving, etc etc. That's how I roll I think I was maybe 2 seconds away from being a little drizunk here
Since he had driven from 1 pm till 10 pm I suppose I could suck it up, besides the roads were a bit quieter so I didn't have to worry about THAT many opposing lights. I took over and drove a whopping 2 hours and decided I was tired and my eyes were failing. I should also mention that everyone else was asleep and a car cut in front of me so I slammed on the brakes and woke them all up. Maybe Pierre told me to pull over.
Can't remember. I got off at the next reststop in North Carolina , took an Ambien and popped my feet on the dashboard to snooze. Of course the kids took this as an invitation for a gigglefest. Ughhh!Pierre could not sleep, unlike this which cracks me up
but I managed to get about 4 hours in so when I woke up we hit the road with me at the wheel again. We were all hongray so stopped at one of the greatest American establishments that we had never been to. The Waffle House!!!
In South Carolina!!!
I am not a breakfast person, I'm more like a protein bar person but decided to split a combo thing with Cooper that came with grits. Are all Waffle Houses kinda ghetto or is that my imagination? I recalled the first time I had been in the south at a breakfast place and didn't know what grits were so I asked the waitress if I could have them without butter. Oh honey, grits awhhr mayud with buhhttahhh and I sat there looking like an idiot.
Those waffles are THE best EVER! Really they are! So after we ate I drove for about 4 or 5 hours and Pierre took over again. I am completely unable to relax when he's driving because although he asks me to check his blood he'll keep looking over at the meter or he rips all the skin off his fingers (I swear I can do a skin graft from the floor of my car)(eeew) will turn around and have a conversation with the kids.... Did I mention my Garmin was acting like a Gar-fail? I ended up calling Garmin and spoke to someone in support who said I needed to update the software. Then she looked up our friends address on Googlemaps. Yeah. Nice work. Lets pimp out another company YO! She gave me a streetname in the neighborhood that finally showed up and after we drank up some free OJ in the FLORIDA
Welcome center (yay, we made it!) we drove the rest of the way to Paul and Janelle's house in Orlando, making it there about 4 pm.They are transplants from our state as of January and had a nice little house with an inground pool, 2 husky dogs (Bella is planning a future of the Uconn Huskies womens Bball team),
a Red Sox bedroom, a Celtics bedroom. Need I say anymore to a true New Englander? Um, NO!!! And a Celtics pool float!
Gotta cool off in the insane heat!
They had another dog too and Bella forgot she was sitting next to him so she started flapping her knees up and down. That poor dog looks like HE is 2 seconds away from killing her, look at the eyeballs, HA!
It was great to see Paul again and his wife was working till 6 at Universal City Walk to we planned on going there. Sweet! I've never been but wanted to check it out! And we will. After we spent 45 minutes looking for my key. I found it in the safe place I put it which would be my duffle bag pocket.
Specifically so I would not lose it. Off to City Walk!!!!!
pierresgirl
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I'm interested to hear how things turned out with your boss! Sorry to hear that you had everything typed up and then lost it. That is one of the most frustrating things ever!!
You know, those cords are the WORST!!!!! I got a single razor blade, crammed it in to the straighten the teeeeeeeny prongs and got it to fit back in. The color wasn't as bad but wasn't allowing me to adjust it so when I gave it back I had told her. It seemed like the red/blue/green thing needed adjustment but the remote (which I didn't have) can do it. I ALMOST just lost my next post because my pc said an error occured in photobucket so I did it quickly!
OMG!!!! OMG!!! L~ HOLY MOLY... i forgot yo had to drive through Jersey!!!! dang it i needed to borrow you! lol... remember... haha..
so close!!lol
oh well...
waiting to hear more..
HAHA Sue, that's hysterical, I totally woulda!
pierresgirl
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Two updates in two days? I'm on a roll baybees! We got to City Walk and there was a lot of bustle and excitement, totally Downtown Disney style! SOOOOO much to look at and it's definitely on my list for next time.
I LOVE this picture! We don't have many family shots and this one came out nice.
When we were walking in Paul remembered that he forgot a shirt for Janelle, what an oxymoron! She needed something to change into so we could eat dinner somewhere and she was probably gonna be a little mad she'd have to buy something! This is where the employee discount comes in very nicely so it's a little less painful.
She spotted the gang and came over to give us all hugs everyone was talking at once
Dinner was decided on at Bubba Gumps but we needed to it up a store for a shirt and my kids were going nutty at the prospect of making their first, official vacay purchase. Do you ever notice how quickly the money is spent when it is YOUR money? Cooper is the worst when it's his own money.... he ended up leaving several places empty handed because he WAY surpassed the time allowed. By me, that is.
Janelle found a cute shirt and her discount ended up being more than she thought it would which is always nice. Cooper got the most interesting thing
I mean, really?! 
Red, liquid sugar in a blood bag? I don't even know if this item was character based or what. Are they pushing a vampire thing at Universal? Did Harry Potter get bitten and I missed it? I'm a pretty good, self proclaimed celebrity authority but I musta spaced out on something!
We had sent Paul and Pierre over to sign in Bubba Gumps so looked inside for them since they weren't outside. I swear I need a GPS locator attached to Pierre, if you've read my other reports you may already be aware of his penchant for disappearing and what it does to me. Good thing Paul knows how to answer his phone! We found them outside and waited for our name to be called, got another good family shot!
Me and Bella just watched Forest Gump recently and she absolutely loved it! The staff comes around and asks movie related questions so it's a good thing we did! Bella really dug all the ping pong scenes which came in handy later on! Coop got a hold of the paddle
This is how you get a hold of your waitress, LOL! ORRRR it can be read as Run, Leyla, Run!
I ordered the gumbo, I've never had it before, isn't that crazy? Drinks were also ordered, duh! I love how the waitress had her cups stacked, cool huh?!
I think he needs to wait about 13 more years....
It was Janelle's birthday
so they all came over to sing a little Bday jingle!
The food was yummy and we had a great time yappin' away. Pierre and I treated them to dinner since they were so kind to let us crash at their joint. When we were leaving we had seen the signs for Blue Man Group which I'd love to see one day. My co-workers brother is a Blue Man and he actually set up the show down there but is currently in the NYC production. How cool is that?! He's the one on the left
We crammed in the car and headed back to their house with big talks about getting in the hot tub, my back needed it SOOOO bad after the drive down! I think my part of the conversation last about 2 minutes (there it is again!) and I crashed hardcore
but I wasn't the only one. All four of us conked out and hit the sack as soon as we got back to their house. The drive down, including stops and our sleep break took about 27 hours and we had a busy day up next so as much as I would have LOVED to get a tubbie? Ain't gonna happen.....
I slept great and got up in the morning to start organizing our day at Kennedy Space Center. We were also going to check into the Sheraton in Cocoa Beach
and hit up the CRUISE the next day.
Up Next~ AAA, really? REALLY? Chase Visa, really? REALLY? Pierre, really? REALLY?
I'm on a roll baybees! We got to City Walk and there was a lot of bustle and excitement, totally Downtown Disney style! SOOOOO much to look at and it's definitely on my list for next time.
I LOVE this picture! We don't have many family shots and this one came out nice.
When we were walking in Paul remembered that he forgot a shirt for Janelle, what an oxymoron!
She needed something to change into so we could eat dinner somewhere and she was probably gonna be a little mad she'd have to buy something! This is where the employee discount comes in very nicely so it's a little less painful.She spotted the gang and came over to give us all hugs everyone was talking at once
Dinner was decided on at Bubba Gumps but we needed to it up a store for a shirt and my kids were going nutty at the prospect of making their first, official vacay purchase. Do you ever notice how quickly the money is spent when it is YOUR money? Cooper is the worst when it's his own money.... he ended up leaving several places empty handed because he WAY surpassed the time allowed. By me, that is.Janelle found a cute shirt and her discount ended up being more than she thought it would which is always nice. Cooper got the most interesting thing
I mean, really?! Red, liquid sugar in a blood bag? I don't even know if this item was character based or what. Are they pushing a vampire thing at Universal? Did Harry Potter get bitten and I missed it? I'm a pretty good, self proclaimed celebrity authority but I musta spaced out on something!We had sent Paul and Pierre over to sign in Bubba Gumps so looked inside for them since they weren't outside. I swear I need a GPS locator attached to Pierre, if you've read my other reports you may already be aware of his penchant for disappearing and what it does to me. Good thing Paul knows how to answer his phone! We found them outside and waited for our name to be called, got another good family shot!
Me and Bella just watched Forest Gump recently and she absolutely loved it! The staff comes around and asks movie related questions so it's a good thing we did! Bella really dug all the ping pong scenes which came in handy later on! Coop got a hold of the paddle
This is how you get a hold of your waitress, LOL! ORRRR it can be read as Run, Leyla, Run!
I ordered the gumbo, I've never had it before, isn't that crazy? Drinks were also ordered, duh! I love how the waitress had her cups stacked, cool huh?!
I think he needs to wait about 13 more years....
It was Janelle's birthday
so they all came over to sing a little Bday jingle!
The food was yummy and we had a great time yappin' away. Pierre and I treated them to dinner since they were so kind to let us crash at their joint. When we were leaving we had seen the signs for Blue Man Group which I'd love to see one day. My co-workers brother is a Blue Man and he actually set up the show down there but is currently in the NYC production. How cool is that?! He's the one on the left
We crammed in the car and headed back to their house with big talks about getting in the hot tub, my back needed it SOOOO bad after the drive down! I think my part of the conversation last about 2 minutes (there it is again!) and I crashed hardcore
but I wasn't the only one. All four of us conked out and hit the sack as soon as we got back to their house. The drive down, including stops and our sleep break took about 27 hours and we had a busy day up next so as much as I would have LOVED to get a tubbie? Ain't gonna happen.....I slept great and got up in the morning to start organizing our day at Kennedy Space Center. We were also going to check into the Sheraton in Cocoa Beach
and hit up the CRUISE the next day.Up Next~ AAA, really? REALLY? Chase Visa, really? REALLY? Pierre, really? REALLY?
hlrababy
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ha ha....that is too funny about the Waffle House waitress and the buttaahhhhh!! I get looked at funny when I eat grits because I have always put sugar in them. Chad about fell out of his chair the first time I ate them in front of him. Aww man...now I am craving a patty melt from WH....
Ooooh, I love City Walk! It is so nice to just get a drink and walk around! We love Bubba Gump's, Nascar sports grille, and Pat O'Briens! Yummoooo hurricane!!
LOL...yeah, Cooper needs to wait about 13 more years for the jello shot!! HA HA HA!!!! They actually do walk around at night there and sell those. Around Halloween they come in a syringe!
Ooooh, I love City Walk! It is so nice to just get a drink and walk around! We love Bubba Gump's, Nascar sports grille, and Pat O'Briens! Yummoooo hurricane!!
LOL...yeah, Cooper needs to wait about 13 more years for the jello shot!! HA HA HA!!!! They actually do walk around at night there and sell those. Around Halloween they come in a syringe!
UGAFan0829
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Mmmmm...Waffle House! Love, love, love that place--prolly a little more than I should! Gotta love grits!
Blueyed Girl
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UGH!!!! I hate when my DH just disappears like that too. Drives me nutso! Grrr.
Loved your pics and can't wait to find out about the next installment!
Loved your pics and can't wait to find out about the next installment!
pierresgirl
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I haven't forgotten about you guys, I really haven't!!!!!
The quick explanation is that we are in the process of moving 3 bedrooms around. My house is a 140 year old colonial that has 3 levels but only 2 bedrooms and VERY little closet space
The basement is a finished room that's where I keep my elliptical and weights. We've been promsing the kids for the last 2 years that we'd move down there and they can have the bedrooms to themselves. We finally gave in and got started We got new matresses and all of us had a blank slate as far as decorating goes so Cooper is doing all black, white and gray and one wall will be chalkboard paint.
TRUE STORY I was holding the quart of black chalkboard paint while standing in my kitchen, tossed it from one hand to the other and dropped it.
The lid was not on properly What a mess! Thank goodness I was in the kitchen and we have a Pergo floor so I able to clean it. Pierre got home seconds after I did it and I was like "Do. Not. Say. A. Word"
Bella is doing lime green and purple, its a tween dream room
I seriously would have killed for this when I was her age! I decided to go for a Morroccan style feel in our room. I LOVE how everything is turning out and will post pics when I am done with it all.
He drives me bananas when he does it
Thanks for reading!!
A syringe?!?! Holy cow, that's hysterical!!! Got another blood bag story in the next installment!
I always think of Flo from Mel's diner! "Well, keeeesss mah griits!!!"
OMG, I know it!
Thanks!!!
The quick explanation is that we are in the process of moving 3 bedrooms around. My house is a 140 year old colonial that has 3 levels but only 2 bedrooms and VERY little closet space
The basement is a finished room that's where I keep my elliptical and weights. We've been promsing the kids for the last 2 years that we'd move down there and they can have the bedrooms to themselves. We finally gave in and got started We got new matresses and all of us had a blank slate as far as decorating goes so Cooper is doing all black, white and gray and one wall will be chalkboard paint. TRUE STORY I was holding the quart of black chalkboard paint while standing in my kitchen, tossed it from one hand to the other and dropped it.
The lid was not on properly What a mess! Thank goodness I was in the kitchen and we have a Pergo floor so I able to clean it. Pierre got home seconds after I did it and I was like "Do. Not. Say. A. Word"Bella is doing lime green and purple, its a tween dream room
I seriously would have killed for this when I was her age! I decided to go for a Morroccan style feel in our room. I LOVE how everything is turning out and will post pics when I am done with it all.He drives me bananas when he does it
Thanks for reading!!LOL...yeah, Cooper needs to wait about 13 more years for the jello shot!! HA HA HA!!!! They actually do walk around at night there and sell those. Around Halloween they come in a syringe!
A syringe?!?! Holy cow, that's hysterical!!! Got another blood bag story in the next installment!
Mmmmm...Waffle House! Love, love, love that place--prolly a little more than I should! Gotta love grits!
I always think of Flo from Mel's diner! "Well, keeeesss mah griits!!!"
OMG, I know it!
Great TR. Loving it! Keep it coming!
Thanks!!!
pierresgirl
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LUNCH!!!!!!
Oh, whoops, I mean LAUNCH! That kind of stuff happens around here, I swear kids and food.....Kennedy Space Center was on our list for today! We woke up about 7:30, that's like 1030 Leylatime so I musta been exhausted!! Paul and Janelle were already gone for work so I was kinda bummed we didn't get the chance to say goodbye again (don't worry, we did the night before so we aren't bad guests. Mostly.)
I jumped online to get my AAA tickets for KSC. Website down, closed for maintenance, updating site
too bad for you-u! Sooooo since I wanted my $25 off I called them but was snottily informed all offices are closed on Saturdays. TAKE NOTE PEOPLE! It's not necessary for everyone else to get all p.o.'ed if they run into this sitch, you can leave that to me. Make sure you get all your AAA bidniz done PRIOR to the weekends!
We reloaded the car and headed over to the Kennedy Space Center, I was totally excited since I'd never been there before. Of course if our GARMIN was normal we'd find it easily but nope. Grrrrrrrr. Since we had to get gas anyways I asked the attendant and some woman but they seemed more interested in whether or not I have extensions in my hair. Huh? I'm not flinging it around like Cher! Gypsiestrampsandthieves. We finally get to NASA and feel patriotic pulling into the lot which was practically empty BTW!
We were able to park up near the entrance then walked up and paid full price. Grumble grumble. THEN the kids decided they needed their Nintendo Dsi's to take pictures so Pierre brought them back to the car for them. They came back happy and snapped away over 200 shots each during the day.
We decided to go on the bus tour first. TIPPPPPPP! Make that a big fat don't! Trust: do the main building tour first if your kids are in the 7-10 year age bracket. Or, incendentally, if they are in the 38 year age bracket too. We got in line for the buses which make 3 stops around NASA property and Cooper decided his mission was to make everyone within earshot
very annoyed with him. Everything out of that kids mouth was a complaint and that tends to bring out the ghetto in me (those of you who have read my TR before probably know which incident I'm referring to) I took the high road and worked feverishly to give him the best pep talk you ever heard. UGH, he was being SO stubborn!
He did not want to do the tour cause we had to wait for the bus for like 5 hours Mawwwwaaammm! Really more like 20 30 minutes but for those of us around him (oh, and the girl who barfed into the garbage can Then sat next to us on the bus. Eww) it did seem like 5 hours. Here are some pics shot randomly and I'll just post them without my running commentary (cause I know you are all thinking I should get on with it and get to the cruise. Right?)
I think these are launch sites:
I believe this was the actual control room from the first launch and the video they show is cool:
Of course we lost Pierre somewhere along they way and he missed a little movie we watched but whatevs. We ended up doing 2 of the stops and on the way back to the main building the driver was telling us about the land being a reserve and that there were alligators, manatees etc so to keep our eyes open. Believe it or not RIGHT as he said that I saw a manatee come up out of the water. Oh my gosh, it was WICKED cool!!!!!
Check out this rocket booster! That's Cooper taking a pic with his Dsi.
& where I'll send him if he doesn't behave
.....
Major Nelson's shuttle right after he met
Genie. HAHA! No, but it is the actual one from the 1st or 2nd mission.
Now, this was very cool and I didn't know what it was until I walked up to it. It was a Memorial Wall for fallen astronauts made out of granite (I think) and looks like a mirror. It was beautiful! I was showing a client these pics and found out she went to the high school that Christa McAuliffe taught at, isn't that wild?! She was a freshman at college when the shuttle exploded but was telling me about her. Gave me goosebumps.
Atlas? NOT!!! lol!
We hit up the shops so the kids could spend their money. Note that I said their money so this may take a while.
And a while
And a while
Then Bella wants to get her teacher some stupid Snoopy Astronaut statue with a little KSC plaque under it. Are you kidding me?!?!?! And it was like $17! I reminded her that she was buying it with her own money so she put it back. I can't remember what she ended up buying so it obviously wasn't anything fantastic. I got a gift for one of the kids friends who wanted his birthday present to be from NASA then almost left Cooper in the store because he could not make up his mind. I was up front and yelled out to him we were leaving in 3. 2. 1. Blast off! I didn't realize what I was saying at first till the girls at the registers started to laugh. He comes running up to us with a $30 Lego set. Um, Lego? LEGO? That you can get at Walmart for half that price?!?! He was none too happy when I made him leave it but then we saw this guy on the way out and that cheered him up
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LUNCH!!!!!!
Oh, whoops, I mean LAUNCH! That kind of stuff happens around here, I swear kids and food.....Kennedy Space Center was on our list for today!
We woke up about 7:30, that's like 1030 Leylatime so I musta been exhausted!! Paul and Janelle were already gone for work so I was kinda bummed we didn't get the chance to say goodbye again (don't worry, we did the night before so we aren't bad guests. Mostly.)I jumped online to get my AAA tickets for KSC. Website down, closed for maintenance, updating site
too bad for you-u! Sooooo since I wanted my $25 off I called them but was snottily informed all offices are closed on Saturdays. TAKE NOTE PEOPLE! It's not necessary for everyone else to get all p.o.'ed if they run into this sitch, you can leave that to me. Make sure you get all your AAA bidniz done PRIOR to the weekends!We reloaded the car and headed over to the Kennedy Space Center, I was totally excited since I'd never been there before. Of course if our GARMIN was normal we'd find it easily but nope. Grrrrrrrr. Since we had to get gas anyways I asked the attendant and some woman but they seemed more interested in whether or not I have extensions in my hair. Huh? I'm not flinging it around like Cher! Gypsiestrampsandthieves. We finally get to NASA and feel patriotic pulling into the lot which was practically empty BTW!
We were able to park up near the entrance then walked up and paid full price. Grumble grumble. THEN the kids decided they needed their Nintendo Dsi's to take pictures so Pierre brought them back to the car for them. They came back happy and snapped away over 200 shots each during the day.
We decided to go on the bus tour first. TIPPPPPPP! Make that a big fat don't! Trust: do the main building tour first if your kids are in the 7-10 year age bracket. Or, incendentally, if they are in the 38 year age bracket too. We got in line for the buses which make 3 stops around NASA property and Cooper decided his mission was to make everyone within earshot
very annoyed with him. Everything out of that kids mouth was a complaint and that tends to bring out the ghetto in me (those of you who have read my TR before probably know which incident I'm referring to) I took the high road and worked feverishly to give him the best pep talk you ever heard. UGH, he was being SO stubborn!
He did not want to do the tour cause we had to wait for the bus for like 5 hours Mawwwwaaammm! Really more like 20 30 minutes but for those of us around him (oh, and the girl who barfed into the garbage can
Then sat next to us on the bus. Eww) it did seem like 5 hours. Here are some pics shot randomly and I'll just post them without my running commentary (cause I know you are all thinking I should get on with it and get to the cruise. Right?)
I think these are launch sites:
I believe this was the actual control room from the first launch and the video they show is cool:
Of course we lost Pierre somewhere along they way and he missed a little movie we watched but whatevs. We ended up doing 2 of the stops and on the way back to the main building the driver was telling us about the land being a reserve and that there were alligators, manatees etc so to keep our eyes open. Believe it or not RIGHT as he said that I saw a manatee come up out of the water. Oh my gosh, it was WICKED cool!!!!!
Check out this rocket booster! That's Cooper taking a pic with his Dsi.
& where I'll send him if he doesn't behave
.....
Major Nelson's shuttle right after he met
Genie. HAHA! No, but it is the actual one from the 1st or 2nd mission.
Now, this was very cool and I didn't know what it was until I walked up to it. It was a Memorial Wall for fallen astronauts made out of granite (I think) and looks like a mirror. It was beautiful! I was showing a client these pics and found out she went to the high school that Christa McAuliffe taught at, isn't that wild?! She was a freshman at college when the shuttle exploded but was telling me about her. Gave me goosebumps.
Atlas? NOT!!! lol!
We hit up the shops so the kids could spend their money. Note that I said their money so this may take a while.
And a while
And a while
Then Bella wants to get her teacher some stupid Snoopy Astronaut statue with a little KSC plaque under it. Are you kidding me?!?!?! And it was like $17! I reminded her that she was buying it with her own money so she put it back. I can't remember what she ended up buying so it obviously wasn't anything fantastic. I got a gift for one of the kids friends who wanted his birthday present to be from NASA then almost left Cooper in the store because he could not make up his mind. I was up front and yelled out to him we were leaving in 3. 2. 1. Blast off! I didn't realize what I was saying at first till the girls at the registers started to laugh. He comes running up to us with a $30 Lego set. Um, Lego? LEGO? That you can get at Walmart for half that price?!?! He was none too happy when I made him leave it but then we saw this guy on the way out and that cheered him up
pierresgirl
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- Jan 23, 2006
We got in the car and stopped at Walmart to grab some stuff for the cruise(!!!!!!!) I also got some food for dinner so we could eat in the hotel and just relax. My stress level was elevating so I needed to check myself. Cooper finally spent some of his money 
Anyone else hear the Cops theme. Go Broward County! A lot of the episodes I've seen took place there.
We were staying at the Sheraton Four Points, a surf hotel, about a block or so away from the beach and we found it pretty easy.
Pierre dropped us off in front so I could check in and he could park the car. The hotel had a huge, super cool surf shop and massive fish tank inside so the kids got a kick out of that! We headed up to our room on the 2nd floor. My kids are no different than any other when they enter a hotel room so that means every switch was switched, every button was pushed, every door was opened and closed, et cetera et cetera! This went on for about 45 mins ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDD Pierre didn't show up so off we went to look for him since he wasn't answering his phone. We found him in the garage and gave him a hand taking the bags back to our room. We were both dying for a drink
and the kids were dying 
for the pool. This ended up being a big drama that lasted most of the evening. Hrumphhh. I took the kids to the bath tub, I mean pool, while he went off to find the ABC store for some booze for the cruise. My goodness, the lady at the front desk told me the pool was a house size pool and was she ever right! At least it was in-ground and honestly, my kids don't care! There was also a hot tub that was hot chachacha!
When Pierre came back we decided to check out Ron Jon's Surf Shop then the beach. Now, one of the reasons I may be putting off writing this is because we got into a couple of really big fights
on the trip. Obviously I'm not going to get into them but it bruised up some parts of what should have been all fun. BUT it's life and we'll get through it!
See how far apart we sat?
Boy was there ever a killer surf that day! This was the week the 3 tropical storms were brewing over the Atlantic. Pierre and the kids were out there playing and being dragged down the beach, oblivious to the danger and I literally did not have the energy to argue about it anymore so I stood there and watched. I noticed that Pierre went in without detaching his insulin pump so I tried yelling out to him about it but he couldn't hear me. I ended up going in to tell him with my clothes on like they all did and tried to enjoy myself. I was glad I did cause it broke the tension a bit!
After an hour or so we headed back and I got these pictures which I absolutley LOVE! Both were taken from the same spot, 1 towards the beach and 1 towards the road.
At the hotel we dipped into the pool to rinse all the sand, er, I mean cool off. Pierre realized he left his sunglasses at the beach so he went back to find them and actually DID! A pair of sunglasses in the sand! He stayed at the pool with the kids and I headed up to get a load of laundry done. Yeah. That didn't work out so well. There was 1 washer and 1 dryer and 2 people trying to use it before me. Grrrrrr. The dryer had a ton of sand in it and the people in front of me were complaining at the front desk so I followed the maintenance guy back up and helped him out. Another man had gone and put his stuff in the washer but didn't start the load yet and was stuttering about what he was going to do. Listen buddy I gots me some GTL to get on so make a decision STAT! I went to boarding school so am familiar with the laundry hustle, don't mess wit me! He left and took his stuff with him so I was able to do MY laundry. I won! The dryer was a pain in the butt and I had to clean sand out several times but I got it done.
Back to the room, time to hit the sack, we had a boat to catch in the AM~ woohoo!!!!! 2 last pics. Remember the bag of liquid candy Cooper got, the blood bag? He apparently left it on the nightstand unclamped. When I woke up and reached for my glasses in the morning my hand felt something warm and sticky.
Lovely!
Up next:
THE DISNEY CRUISE!!!!!!!!!!!! Do Jen, Chris and Kylie make it? Do we make it? In one piece?
Anyone else hear the Cops theme. Go Broward County! A lot of the episodes I've seen took place there.
We were staying at the Sheraton Four Points, a surf hotel, about a block or so away from the beach
and we found it pretty easy.
Pierre dropped us off in front so I could check in and he could park the car. The hotel had a huge, super cool surf shop and massive fish tank inside so the kids got a kick out of that! We headed up to our room on the 2nd floor. My kids are no different than any other when they enter a hotel room so that means every switch was switched, every button was pushed, every door was opened and closed, et cetera et cetera! This went on for about 45 mins ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDD Pierre didn't show up so off we went to look for him since he wasn't answering his phone. We found him in the garage and gave him a hand taking the bags back to our room. We were both dying for a drink
and the kids were dying for the pool. This ended up being a big drama that lasted most of the evening. Hrumphhh. I took the kids to the bath tub, I mean pool, while he went off to find the ABC store for some booze for the cruise. My goodness, the lady at the front desk told me the pool was a house size pool and was she ever right! At least it was in-ground and honestly, my kids don't care! There was also a hot tub that was hot chachacha!
When Pierre came back we decided to check out Ron Jon's Surf Shop then the beach. Now, one of the reasons I may be putting off writing this is because we got into a couple of really big fights
on the trip. Obviously I'm not going to get into them but it bruised up some parts of what should have been all fun. BUT it's life and we'll get through it!See how far apart we sat?
Boy was there ever a killer surf that day! This was the week the 3 tropical storms were brewing over the Atlantic. Pierre and the kids were out there playing and being dragged down the beach, oblivious to the danger and I literally did not have the energy to argue about it anymore so I stood there and watched. I noticed that Pierre went in without detaching his insulin pump so I tried yelling out to him about it but he couldn't hear me. I ended up going in to tell him with my clothes on like they all did and tried to enjoy myself. I was glad I did cause it broke the tension a bit!
After an hour or so we headed back and I got these pictures which I absolutley LOVE! Both were taken from the same spot, 1 towards the beach and 1 towards the road.
At the hotel we dipped into the pool to rinse all the sand, er, I mean cool off. Pierre realized he left his sunglasses at the beach so he went back to find them and actually DID! A pair of sunglasses in the sand! He stayed at the pool with the kids and I headed up to get a load of laundry done. Yeah. That didn't work out so well. There was 1 washer and 1 dryer and 2 people trying to use it before me. Grrrrrr. The dryer had a ton of sand in it and the people in front of me were complaining at the front desk so I followed the maintenance guy back up and helped him out. Another man had gone and put his stuff in the washer but didn't start the load yet and was stuttering about what he was going to do. Listen buddy
I gots me some GTL to get on so make a decision STAT! I went to boarding school so am familiar with the laundry hustle, don't mess wit me! He left and took his stuff with him so I was able to do MY laundry. I won! The dryer was a pain in the butt and I had to clean sand out several times but I got it done. Back to the room, time to hit the sack, we had a boat to catch in the AM~ woohoo!!!!! 2 last pics. Remember the bag of liquid candy Cooper got, the blood bag? He apparently left it on the nightstand unclamped. When I woke up and reached for my glasses in the morning my hand felt something warm and sticky.
Lovely!
Up next:
THE DISNEY CRUISE!!!!!!!!!!!! Do Jen, Chris and Kylie make it? Do we make it? In one piece?
hlrababy
Disney Princess ~Tinkerbell, sprinkle me with
- Joined
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LOL...I would have freaked out with the "blood candy" lol!!
It reminds me, I bought Hollie some gross, sour liquid candy in a huge syringe. When I gave it to her, I told her I had something to give her. When I pulled it out of the bag, I said, "Hollie I am gonna give you a shot!" SHE FREAKED!!! Like crying, and running, and hyperventilating! I got a scolding from my mom because in her words, "Heather, that was mean!! You know this baby doesn't like shots!"
It reminds me, I bought Hollie some gross, sour liquid candy in a huge syringe. When I gave it to her, I told her I had something to give her. When I pulled it out of the bag, I said, "Hollie I am gonna give you a shot!" SHE FREAKED!!! Like crying, and running, and hyperventilating! I got a scolding from my mom because in her words, "Heather, that was mean!! You know this baby doesn't like shots!"
pierresgirl
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2006
Cruise Day, yeahYA!!!!
So after I wiped all of blood clean and tossed the evidence I started organized, packing, and bossing.
Put this here, put that there, don't touch that, leave it alone, because I said so, etc..... Bella decided to pick up and rip open the gift I got from NASA for Cooper's best friend. WHAT?!?!?! Are you serious? Is your name written anywhere on there? Was it handed to you?!?!? Needless to say I was pretty mad about it so I told her she was going to have to give it to Tank and explain to him that she ripped it open. She's 10 ½ which, frankly, I think is quite old enough to know whether or not you should get into something. Especially when it's in a bag and not handed to you. At least ASK! I NEVER 
did anything like THAT! cricketscrickets
After the first dramz of the day I wanted to work out, the kids wanted a quick dippie in the pool and they wanted to eat so we all set off to do what we needed to do. There was a small workout room, supposedly renovated which I think meant that they added a watercooler. I got on the elliptical which is what I usually use but it was broken. GRRR! I ended up on the bike which I don't care for but had to do something. I had a good workout and cleared my mind! Jen texted me from their hotel, they were staying at the airport. Woohoo!!! We were meeting up at the port in just a couple of hours!
Back in the room I got all the stuff in our suitcases and Pierre came back with the kids. We headed down to the lobby and I told them about the elliptical and the sandy laundry situation from the night before but the manager didn't seem that interested. Obviously I was NOT on Disney property! Pierre brought the car down and we loaded up the bags at about 1030 for the 5 minutes drive, OH My GOSH, here it is!!!!
Pierre stopped the car in front and we jumped out to check the bags so he could go park. I walked through with the kids and should our passports. Oh. Whoops. I had Pierre's passport. Not gud. But did I stop, no. They guy told me he'd let him in so don't worry!
Up the stairs and into the Castaway Club nonexsisting line. Who got the MOJO?! I do! Pierre caught up with us and we finished checking in, getting boarding group 9. Not too bad! We got our lanyards. 2 of them spontaneosly busted immediately......
Oh yeah!
Oh yeah!
Jen and Chris were getting the cruise bus from the airport so were able to completely check-in there and she texted that they got boarding pass 6. Weird. Oh well, all the groups seemed to be getting quickly so whatevs.... I got in line to register the kids for the clubs and get the pagers then we sat down near the windows to watch for Jen and Chris.
We didn't see them then next thing we knew our # was being called so we jumped in line and headed through them Mickey Ears! Our name was announced and we were Welcomed home! Gotta love that! : Someone from the 5th level yelled out my name so I looked up and Jen, Chris and Kylie were up there. YAY, let the fun start!! Jen, Chris and Kylie all have a different last name and they let Kylie say hers. SOOO Chris and Jen were announced as Jen's exboyfriend's name We all ran up stairs and hugged our hi's. They wanted to register Kylie for the clubs so we walked in right as they opened and eyeballs started popping!!
Let's dump her in the bucket, LOL!
Not too happy here, huh Coop?!
Love this one!
Chris asked about every question he could in the kids club. Then added a few more. I thought I was on the only uberplanner. I thoughts wrong. We were all hongray so up to the Mickey Pool before all the stragglers started getting on. I had told everyone to make sure they had their suits and pool gear (andbooze) in the carry ons so we'd be ahead of the game. We got a table, ordered up some bevvies, and piled on the food! HEAVEN!!!!!
How cute is she?!
Kylie and Cooper were up and down the slides about a million times over and loved every second!
The boat was a bit rolly but I made sure we all took some Dramamine to ward anything off, I used to get terribly seasick when I was younger and really didn't want to revisit that. We were informed that the rooms would be ready about 1:30 so at 2:30 I went down to the 5th floor (I think we were 5018?) to sort the bags out. The crew were all huddled in the corner near our room, bustling about and getting ready for our cruise. Our room attendant introduced himself to me, he was Rudy from the Phillipenes, and graciously asked if we needed anything to let him know so I thanked him and set about unpacking. We got a room with a porthole so I gazed outside, mentally checked out and imagined myself looking out of it while we were on the high seas. Ahhhhhhhhhh........
Then Pierre and the kids showed up wanting to know what was taking so long. I just got carried away unpacking and blah, blah, blah. Then I told him I met our room attendant, what his name was and what he looks like. Riiight about here something crawled up Pierre's but, staked a tent, and joined us for the cruise. VERY uninvited. After about an hour arguing it was time for the safety check so we put on the life jackets and headed over to H So here's where I want to apologize to anyone who saw me crying
my eyes out. I had my sunglasses on but was a mess. I'm normally VERY together and NEVER show my emotions (my entire life) but Pierre irrationally upset me and I couldn't get a grip. We went back to the room and he stomped off with Cooper to the SailAway Party. So anywhatevershescomplainingabout.... me and Bella headed up into the throngs of people, Bella spotted Pierre and asked where Cooper was but Pierre didn't know. Really? REALLY?!?! Mind you, Cooper can get lost in our house.......
We were frantically looking around and I saw Jen and Chris. Kylie was crying, oh no what happened?! She was standing in front of Chris, jumping up and down then bopped her head right into his Bahama Mama! Og my gosh, is anything going to go right?
Me and Bella went over to the Mickey Pool and there was Cooper, obliviously splashing away, doing handstands and enjoying himself! I did tell him off but let him have fun for a bit before we headed up to the room to get ready for dinner.
Will things get better? Will we manage to stay ungreen? Will the boat roll over completely
So after I wiped all of blood clean and tossed the evidence I started organized, packing, and bossing.
Put this here, put that there, don't touch that, leave it alone, because I said so, etc..... Bella decided to pick up and rip open the gift I got from NASA for Cooper's best friend. WHAT?!?!?! Are you serious? Is your name written anywhere on there? Was it handed to you?!?!? Needless to say I was pretty mad about it so I told her she was going to have to give it to Tank and explain to him that she ripped it open. She's 10 ½ which, frankly, I think is quite old enough to know whether or not you should get into something. Especially when it's in a bag and not handed to you. At least ASK! I NEVER did anything like THAT! cricketscricketsAfter the first dramz of the day I wanted to work out, the kids wanted a quick dippie in the pool and they wanted to eat so we all set off to do what we needed to do. There was a small workout room, supposedly renovated which I think meant that they added a watercooler. I got on the elliptical which is what I usually use but it was broken. GRRR! I ended up on the bike which I don't care for but had to do something. I had a good workout and cleared my mind! Jen texted me from their hotel, they were staying at the airport. Woohoo!!!
We were meeting up at the port in just a couple of hours!Back in the room I got all the stuff in our suitcases and Pierre came back with the kids. We headed down to the lobby and I told them about the elliptical and the sandy laundry situation from the night before but the manager didn't seem that interested. Obviously I was NOT on Disney property! Pierre brought the car down and we loaded up the bags at about 1030 for the 5 minutes drive, OH My GOSH, here it is!!!!
Pierre stopped the car in front and we jumped out to check the bags so he could go park. I walked through with the kids and should our passports. Oh. Whoops. I had Pierre's passport. Not gud. But did I stop, no. They guy told me he'd let him in so don't worry!
Up the stairs and into the Castaway Club nonexsisting line. Who got the MOJO?! I do! Pierre caught up with us and we finished checking in, getting boarding group 9. Not too bad! We got our lanyards. 2 of them spontaneosly busted immediately......
Oh yeah!
Oh yeah!
Jen and Chris were getting the cruise bus from the airport so were able to completely check-in there and she texted that they got boarding pass 6. Weird. Oh well, all the groups seemed to be getting quickly so whatevs.... I got in line to register the kids for the clubs and get the pagers then we sat down near the windows to watch for Jen and Chris.
We didn't see them then next thing we knew our # was being called so we jumped in line and headed through them Mickey Ears! Our name was announced and we were
Welcomed home! Gotta love that! : Someone from the 5th level yelled out my name so I looked up and Jen, Chris and Kylie were up there. YAY, let the fun start!! Jen, Chris and Kylie all have a different last name and they let Kylie say hers. SOOO Chris and Jen were announced as Jen's exboyfriend's name We all ran up stairs and hugged our hi's. They wanted to register Kylie for the clubs so we walked in right as they opened and eyeballs started popping!!
Let's dump her in the bucket, LOL!
Not too happy here, huh Coop?!
Love this one!
Chris asked about every question he could in the kids club. Then added a few more. I thought I was on the only uberplanner.
I thoughts wrong. We were all hongray so up to the Mickey Pool before all the stragglers started getting on. I had told everyone to make sure they had their suits and pool gear (andbooze) in the carry ons so we'd be ahead of the game. We got a table, ordered up some bevvies, and piled on the food! HEAVEN!!!!!
How cute is she?!
Kylie and Cooper were up and down the slides about a million times over and loved every second!
The boat was a bit rolly but I made sure we all took some Dramamine to ward anything off, I used to get terribly seasick when I was younger and really didn't want to revisit that. We were informed that the rooms would be ready about 1:30 so at 2:30 I went down to the 5th floor (I think we were 5018?) to sort the bags out. The crew were all huddled in the corner near our room, bustling about and getting ready for our cruise. Our room attendant introduced himself to me, he was Rudy from the Phillipenes, and graciously asked if we needed anything to let him know so I thanked him and set about unpacking. We got a room with a porthole so I gazed outside, mentally checked out and imagined myself looking out of it while we were on the high seas. Ahhhhhhhhhh........
Then Pierre and the kids showed up wanting to know what was taking so long. I just got carried away unpacking and blah, blah, blah. Then I told him I met our room attendant, what his name was and what he looks like. Riiight about here something crawled up Pierre's but, staked a tent, and joined us for the cruise. VERY uninvited. After about an hour arguing it was time for the safety check so we put on the life jackets and headed over to H So here's where I want to apologize to anyone who saw me crying
my eyes out. I had my sunglasses on but was a mess. I'm normally VERY together and NEVER show my emotions (my entire life) but Pierre irrationally upset me and I couldn't get a grip. We went back to the room and he stomped off with Cooper to the SailAway Party. So anywhatevershescomplainingabout.... me and Bella headed up into the throngs of people, Bella spotted Pierre and asked where Cooper was but Pierre didn't know. Really? REALLY?!?! Mind you, Cooper can get lost in our house.......
We were frantically looking around and I saw Jen and Chris. Kylie was crying, oh no what happened?! She was standing in front of Chris, jumping up and down then bopped her head right into his Bahama Mama! Og my gosh, is anything going to go right?
Me and Bella went over to the Mickey Pool and there was Cooper, obliviously splashing away, doing handstands and enjoying himself! I did tell him off but let him have fun for a bit before we headed up to the room to get ready for dinner.
Will things get better? Will we manage to stay ungreen? Will the boat roll over completely
pierresgirl
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2006
I know, it was funny! I saw alot of new Halloween candy this year that was totally gross BUT fun!
Your writing style is awesome and just cracks me up!
Aww thanks! I love that compliment!
LOL...I would have freaked out with the "blood candy" lol!!
It reminds me, I bought Hollie some gross, sour liquid candy in a huge syringe. When I gave it to her, I told her I had something to give her. When I pulled it out of the bag, I said, "Hollie I am gonna give you a shot!" SHE FREAKED!!! Like crying, and running, and hyperventilating! I got a scolding from my mom because in her words, "Heather, that was mean!! You know this baby doesn't like shots!"
Hollie is a trip and that sounds like something I would do to my kids
To this day Bella practically needs a valium for a checkup, poor kid gets herself SO worked up at the thought of a shot. Last time she went in I had to drag her out of the car and she asked the nurses about 10 times if she was getting a shot. When they told her no I think she cried even MORE from the relief, she was even shaking!
Blueyed Girl
HAKUNA MATATA!
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2006
I LOVE Cocoa beach!!! We stayed at the LaQuinta on the beach the night before our cruise in 2009. It was newly renovated and was very nice and clean. Our balcony overlooked the beach and we were right next to the pier. The afternoon before the cruise we got to watch the Magic sailing out to sea from our balcony. Talk about get you so excited you can't even sleep!!
Anyhoo...I hate when arguments come up with the DH on a vacation. Really bugs!! Can't we all just get along???
Anyhoo...I hate when arguments come up with the DH on a vacation. Really bugs!! Can't we all just get along???
rentayenta
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 28, 2007
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