09/15/07 Early Check in September 15, 2007 Eastern

[Windy City Heather]

I have been here since page 1. I was planning the cruise and my dh was planning a pool. The pool won the money at the time. Since a lot of people just joined I figured I better get my stateroom booked so we could still get connecting staterooms. We are in rooms 2122 and 2124.

It is myself, my dh and my dd who will be 5 at the time of sailing. The connecting stateroom will have my sister and her husband sans kids.

I have been on a half dozen cruises but not a Disney cruise. We do go to Disney 3-4 times a year.

 

[captaincrash]

I have been here since page 1. I was planning the cruise and my dh was planning a pool. The pool won the money at the time. Since a lot of people just joined I figured I better get my stateroom booked so we could still get connecting staterooms. We are in rooms 2122 and 2124.

It is myself, my dh and my dd who will be 5 at the time of sailing. The connecting stateroom will have my sister and her husband sans kids.

I have been on a half dozen cruises but not a Disney cruise. We do go to Disney 3-4 times a year.

From your siggy it looks like you mostly do WDW ... and not the "orginal" DL. Which is where we go 99% of the time. We do have an October visit to WDW scheduled... a short one for the weekend as we are using the airfare we had from our original booking for this October sailing.

And if your daughter (as well as kimgreggs' DD 7) would care to exchange a few emails then I would be happy to help my girl with the typing. She's just barely starting to recognize a few written words and I'm trying to accelerate her joy for learning a bit. And writing to cruise pals past and present is a regular thing for us.

Which brings me to a moderately entertaining thing... and I don't mind that Brian and Linda will probably see this when they start posting here)... and that is their son is about 4 and they were one of 2 other table mates with us this past sailing. And as such their boy and our daughter hung about together for many meals and shows. And on the 1st show my daughter said they were on a "date". Brian just smiled broadly! And at each show they shared my daughter said this was their 2nd, 3rd and 4th date. Cute at this age but I will have to have a chat with her soon about this.

We still swap emails and photos ( ocassionally with the kids) with the folks who shared our 1st DCL sailing with us. They're an amazing family from Canada and their son was about the same age as our older daughter AND the spouse was pregnant with the 2nd child the same as my spouse! So the ladies had a lot to chat about!

So... now we know of DD 6, DD 3 (mine... deck 2 aft), DD 5 (yours ... deck 2), DD 7 + DS 2(kimgregg... deck 2), DS 5 (Bluewaves ~ not posting here yet... deck 7 forward), and DD 4 + DD 8 + maybe DS 18 (LetsGoSteelers ~ not posting here yet... deck unknown). Any others with munchkins sailing .... step forward and give a hollar!

 

[captaincrash]

And may I suggest a get to kno game? Something to pass the week away ....


Here's how it works... simple really.... how would you respond to the following EIGHT random questions? Answer as extensively or lightly as you wish. Maybe some of us have more of interest in common then we realize?

1) Favorite music/performer?
2) Favorite dish?
3) Any Pets?
4) Any hobbies? Or how about substituting your greatest casual interests?
5) Any rants?
6) A surprising thing you've encountered, seen or experienced?
7) What region or city did you grow up in?
8) What are you "NOT"?

And I shall kick it off with my responses to the above...

1) Jazz vocalists and otherwise I enjoy a wide range (except rap for one), and I still enjoy music from the 80s/ Al Jarreau, George Benson, Keal'i Reichel (Hawaiian Folk), Sara Brightman, Stevie Wonder, and lots more!
2) Favorite dish for me is gonna have to be Alaskan King Crab with Prime rib. Really it's TWO favorite items! I also enjoy most desserts without whole nuts. I dislike having the nuts lodge in my teeth.
3) We have a huge Samoyed DOG... and we've had Samoyeds for 20 of the past 22 years.
4) Digital Photography and related diversions, and exploring the web. And I'll volunteer my casual secondary interests... things regarding aviation, financial/investing pursuits, astronomy, and computer strategy games. I'm also a science fiction fan of sorts. In particular I enjoy things relating to Star Trek and Star Wars, plus divergent imaginative varients that are not twisted or too extreme... if you kno what I mean.
5) I would have to say two things ... I have do not like mean people or wreckless drivers. Now - some might say that was an easy choice but it is true for my point of view.
6) I've seen a car race past me and lose control about 30 yards ahead of me (not my falut) and cross the center line and hit another car head on. Tragic and thought provoking. PLUS I'll add that I've seen a car flip end over end about 75 yards ahead of me while it was in a transition ramp - no obvious reason why it flipped but it was another sobering observation.
7) I've always lived in Southern California and grew up primarily in a couple of different cities as my parents had two primary homes ... Malibu (beach community) and Monterey Park (6 miles east of Downtown LA). One home was near the family business and the other was a kind of mid week escape home. We split our time betweenthe two pretty evenly.
8) This one might have been confusing to some... but as a truthful example... I am NOT a Football or sports fan. Some assume all guys like sports of some kind. I only watch the playoffs - and then only if someone tells me the games are on! And I'll volunteer that I (we) don't watch any TV regularly... as in sitcoms or any series.

AND I'll post my spouses' replies when I can corner her for candid answers...

 

[2canadianfans]

Hi..just got back from three wonderfull weeks at Diisney.We were on the Sept 09 western cruise. Captaincrash ..have been following your 11 day cruise thread..we know a group of your cruisers from our May Panama cruise,We also met Bill and Tracey who were with us on this cruise.So I know of your great pictures of the trip I love seeing your cruise shots and all the faces of the gang. It will be nice to meet eveyone.My husband Jean-marc (jm) and I (sharon) will be on this cruise We have also booked the Sept 22 cruise after this one..should be fun.Add us to the list..Now we wait and plan..

 

[Tigger&Bubba]

O.K. the money is finally down.

Sooo glad you will be joining us Heather and family! The pool will be closed and you'll be ready for the Caribbean.

 

[JLSE50]

And may I suggest a get to know game? Something to pass the week away ....

Here's how it works... simple really.... how would you respond to the following EIGHT random questions? Answer as extensively or lightly as you wish. Maybe some of us have more of interest in common then we realize?

1) Favorite music/performer?
2) Favorite dish?
3) Any Pets?
4) Any hobbies? Or how about substituting your greatest casual interests?
5) Any rants?
6) A surprising thing you've encountered, seen or experienced?
7) What region or city did you grow up in?
8) What are you "NOT"?

Nice idea, Captain!!
1.) Michael W. Smith
2.) anything chocolate
3.) beta (fish) named Stitch. He is the cause of every mishap in our house. If the coffee maker is set but the timer not turned on so the coffee is not ready when we wake up, Stitch turned it off because goodness knows I turned it on.
4.) e-mail, knitting, reading, walking, crochet, sewing
5.) got to go with the Captain on this one--mean people
6.) our DSs were both born at our home. The MD came to me--well, actually, DS#2 beat the MD. Some people think we were nuts but in our area at that time the hospitals were big into INTERVENTION which meant I would not be able to relax and let the process proceed as it should because they would be MONITORING something or CHECKING something with their new medical TOYS, DH practically has a panic attack driving past a hospital let alone going into one, we lived 45 RURAL miles from the nearest hospitals and we knew MDs who would come to the house. SO, it was a well researched and prepared-for event each time.
7.) Modifying this to include all the places I have lived.
I grew up in upstate New York. Syracuse for 4 years and near Utica (Whitesboro) for 14 years. I went to college in Troy for 3 years, then two years on Long Island, finishing college in Brooklyn, then back to upstate NY for 14 in one house and 9 months in the other in Rensselaer county--on the east side of the Hudson, across from Albany. 7 1/2 years in Bethlehem, PA where DS#1 and DS#2 now live. 10 1/2 years in Valparaiso, Indiana and now almost 2 years in Indianapolis in the NEATEST CONDO GOING! No grass to mow or weeds to pull.
8.) I want to be able to say I am not bossy so I work hard on that.
Jan

 

[Tigger&Bubba]

Hi..just got back from three wonderfull weeks at Diisney.We were on the Sept 09 western cruise. Captaincrash ..have been following your 11 day cruise thread..we know a group of your cruisers from our May Panama cruise,We also met Bill and Tracey who were with us on this cruise.So I know of your great pictures of the trip I love seeing your cruise shots and all the faces of the gang. It will be nice to meet eveyone.My husband Jean-marc (jm) and I (sharon) will be on this cruise We have also booked the Sept 22 cruise after this one..should be fun.Add us to the list..Now we wait and plan..

Welcome aboard!

Bill and Tracy are awesome. We dined with them one night. Tracy was a great help in organising our wine tasting. Do you know Linda and Robert? (Seaulater) They are also on this sailing. If you know Bill and Tracy then you probably also know Peter and Jenn, Lynn and Scott, Bob and Lee, Leslie and Joe? Elaine? What a great group of people. As far as I know, most of them are doing the Med, but Linda and Robert will be with us in September.

 

[kimgregg]

Yes, great idea!

1) Favorite music/performer?
2) Favorite dish?
3) Any Pets?
4) Any hobbies? Or how about substituting your greatest casual interests?
5) Any rants?
6) A surprising thing you've encountered, seen or experienced?
7) What region or city did you grow up in?
8) What are you "NOT"?


1) Contemporary Christian music
2) Chicken Fried Steak, mashed potatoes & gravy
3) We have one cat
4) I love to read but with 2 small kids I don't get much time to do it.
7) I was born & raised in a small town north of Houston (Tomball) We have just recently moved to Magnolia which is a little further north

 

[captaincrash]

MY replies are below in bold BLUE shades... no rational for the color other than to not be harsh on the eyes with BLUE.

Nice idea, Captain!! Thanks... I try. Besides, we got 345 days to go and it should be a little more fun this way!

1.) Michael W. Smith Is this the "cat"? If so I'll search for a clip online to check out his tunes!

2.) anything chocolate They DO use Chocolate in a lot of different desserts, eh? So I'd say I share your inclinations here!

3.) beta (fish) named Stitch. He is the cause of every mishap in our house. If the coffee maker is set but the timer not turned on so the coffee is not ready when we wake up, Stitch turned it off because goodness knows I turned it on. I've never had much luck with these kids of critters. Fish can be so predatory towards one another that I had problems with developing a tank community with enough critters! Which probably was one of the contributing problems.... sort of like trying to shoehorn 7,000 passengers onto the Magic or Wonder!

4.) e-mail, knitting, reading, walking, crochet, sewing May I enquire on what sorts of things you enjoy reading? In addition to the novels and paperbacks I flip through I spend a certain amount of time in bookstores and libraries just browsing magazines and books with interesting pictures or new ideas.

5.) got to go with the Captain on this one--mean people !

6.) our DSs were both born at our home. The MD came to me--well, actually, DS#2 beat the MD. Some people think we were nuts but in our area at that time the hospitals were big into INTERVENTION which meant I would not be able to relax and let the process proceed as it should because they would be MONITORING something or CHECKING something with their new medical TOYS, DH practically has a panic attack driving past a hospital let alone going into one, we lived 45 RURAL miles from the nearest hospitals and we knew MDs who would come to the house. SO, it was a well researched and prepared-for event each time. Born at Home! Wow! One of my brothers had his two boys born at home with just some kind of non-doctor present. I think it was a mid-wife or nurse-practitionor. They were adament about refusing the intrusive and "know it all" predispositions (misspelled?) of OBGYNs they interviewed. My spouse has a bit of saturation in medicine with her job and that of almost all of her family. And we had our kids in a conventional way by todays' standards... in a hospital. However, there remain certain things she dislikes about medicine too. My point though is COMPLIMENTS on the adventure and vision you adhered to in having your kids at home! I know well about the sort of thinking that might favor this approach - and it is a TOTALLY cool (and enlightened) approach!

7.) Modifying this to include all the places I have lived.
I grew up in upstate New York. Syracuse for 4 years and near Utica (Whitesboro) for 14 years. I went to college in Troy for 3 years, then two years on Long Island, finishing college in Brooklyn, then back to upstate NY for 14 in one house and 9 months in the other in Rensselaer county--on the east side of the Hudson, across from Albany. 7 1/2 years in Bethlehem, PA where DS#1 and DS#2 now live. 10 1/2 years in Valparaiso, Indiana and now almost 2 years in Indianapolis in the NEATEST CONDO GOING! No grass to mow or weeds to pull. Wow... how "fun" and "adventurous"! You've been all over in some ways! Comparatively everywhere I've lived has been in a 150 mile "box". Monterey Park, Malibu, Whittier, Huntington Beach, Camarillo, Thousand Oaks and now neighboring Westlake Village! I'm a regular "stick in the mud" character for SoCal!

8.) I want to be able to say I am not bossy so I work hard on that.
Jan I'm generally a consensus builder too. But I have been know to have my abberational "moments". <chuckles> Now who doesn't?

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MY replies are above in bold BLUE... no rational for the color other than to not be harsh on the eyes with BLUE.

 

[2canadianfans]

Welcome aboard!

Bill and Tracy are awesome. We dined with them one night. Tracy was a great help in organising our wine tasting. Do you know Linda and Robert? (Seaulater) They are also on this sailing. If you know Bill and Tracy then you probably also know Peter and Jenn, Lynn and Scott, Bob and Lee, Leslie and Joe? Elaine? What a great group of people. As far as I know, most of them are doing the Med, but Linda and Robert will be with us in September.

Yup..Bill and Tracey are awesome.Peter and Jenn are the best!! Georgie Joe Scott Lynn and Elaine and her mom made all the planning (2 years) sail by..I know of Linda and Robert but have not had the pleasure yet! I was a huge lurker..BUT did manage to come out and meet many of the great people on our cruise.My loss for being shy. Hard to believe its almost a year away..But I always felt planning (and the boards) are a big part of the whole trip!!

 

[JLSE50]

Jan in Black
Captain Crash in BLUE
Jan's replies in Magenta

1.) Michael W. Smith Is this the "cat"? If so I'll search for a clip online to check out his tunes!
NOPE--that is Michael Peter Smith. My guy is Michael W Smith http://www.michaelwsmith.com/index.html

3.) beta (fish) named Stitch. He is the cause of every mishap in our house. If the coffee maker is set but the timer not turned on so the coffee is not ready when we wake up, Stitch turned it off because goodness knows I turned it on.
I've never had much luck with these kids of critters. Fish can be so predatory towards one another that I had problems with developing a tank community with enough critters! Which probably was one of the contributing problems.... sort of like trying to shoehorn 7,000 passengers onto the Magic or Wonder!
We have one fish--only Stitch--living in a vase with plants coming out the top so he has roots to hide in. Urban legend 763 is that fish living in such a container with plants, do not need food. That is not true, and is the reason they die fast--they were starved to death. I feed him every couple days. When we go on a trip he goes to the receptionist's desk at church for a "sleep over".

4.) e-mail, knitting, reading, walking, crochet, sewing
May I enquire on what sorts of things you enjoy reading? In addition to the novels and paperbacks I flip through I spend a certain amount of time in bookstores and libraries just browsing magazines and books with interesting pictures or new ideas.
Christian fiction is what I enjoy--favorite author is Lzi Curtis Higgs http://www.lizcurtishiggs.com/ but I rarely have time as I spend a lot of time on DIS and reading my professional stuff.

6.) our DSs were both born at our home. ....SO, it was a well researched and prepared-for event each time.
Born at Home! Wow! One of my brothers had his two boys born at home with just some kind of non-doctor present. I think it was a mid-wife or nurse-practitionor. They were adament about refusing the intrusive and "know it all" predispositions (misspelled?) of OBGYNs they interviewed. My spouse has a bit of saturation in medicine with her job and that of almost all of her family. And we had our kids in a conventional way by todays' standards... in a hospital. However, there remain certain things she dislikes about medicine too. My point though is COMPLIMENTS on the adventure and vision you adhered to in having your kids at home! I know well about the sort of thinking that might favor this approach - and it is a TOTALLY cool (and enlightened) approach!
thank you

7.) Modifying this to include all the places I have lived....upstate New York....Long Island...back to upstate NY.....Bethlehem, PA............Valparaiso, Indiana....Indianapolis
Wow... how "fun" and "adventurous"! You've been all over in some ways! Comparatively everywhere I've lived has been in a 150 mile "box". Monterey Park, Malibu, Whittier, Huntington Beach, Camarillo, Thousand Oaks and now neighboring Westlake Village! I'm a regular "stick in the mud" character for SoCal!
As a family of four we traveled to all 48 of the lower states before our older DS was a senior in High School. Last month we got our sons in the Caribbean !!

8.) I want to be able to say I am not bossy so I work hard on that.
Jan I'm generally a consensus builder too. But I have been know to have my abberational "moments". <chuckles> Now who doesn't?

 

[captaincrash]

Jan in Black
Captain Crash in BLUE
Jan's replies in Magenta
Captain Crash (Tom) Again....

1.) Michael W. Smith Is this the "cat"? If so I'll search for a clip online to check out his tunes!
NOPE--that is Michael Peter Smith. My guy is Michael W Smith http://www.michaelwsmith.com/index.html
Ah ha.... so much for the google search without the middle initial. I'll check it out later....
Just saw some of the link with my daughter. She commented the music was "pretty music" and is sounds like something we might have sung in our church at one time or another. Pardon my unaware posture - as I don't catch on to all the details of things sometimes - like who the original composer was for something we're singing in church.

3.) beta (fish) named Stitch. He is the cause of every mishap in our house. If the coffee maker is set but the timer not turned on so the coffee is not ready when we wake up, Stitch turned it off because goodness knows I turned it on.
I've never had much luck with these kids of critters. Fish can be so predatory towards one another that I had problems with developing a tank community with enough critters! Which probably was one of the contributing problems.... sort of like trying to shoehorn 7,000 passengers onto the Magic or Wonder!
We have one fish--only Stitch--living in a vase with plants coming out the top so he has roots to hide in. Urban legend 763 is that fish living in such a container with plants, do not need food. That is not true, and is the reason they die fast--they were starved to death. I feed him every couple days. When we go on a trip he goes to the receptionist's desk at church for a "sleep over".
That sounds kind of nice. I've always admired the little sealed environments in glass that they sell ... and they say you need not feed the critters anything. And, of course your environment is larger with a flower vase. It sounds nice.

4.) e-mail, knitting, reading, walking, crochet, sewing
May I enquire on what sorts of things you enjoy reading? In addition to the novels and paperbacks I flip through I spend a certain amount of time in bookstores and libraries just browsing magazines and books with interesting pictures or new ideas.
Christian fiction is what I enjoy--favorite author is Lzi Curtis Higgs http://www.lizcurtishiggs.com/ but I rarely have time as I spend a lot of time on DIS and reading my professional stuff.To be candid, a lot of my recent reading (on paper) has been paperbacks from the library and magazines at the book store. Currently I'm rereading an old Larry Niven "yarn". And I just noticed this month we have a guest appearance from Ray Bradbury in our local book store - so I think I'll pick up something of his soon to read - so if I can meet him I'll have something fresh in mind to chat about with him!

7.) Modifying this to include all the places I have lived....upstate New York....Long Island...back to upstate NY.....Bethlehem, PA............Valparaiso, Indiana....Indianapolis
Wow... how "fun" and "adventurous"! You've been all over in some ways! Comparatively everywhere I've lived has been in a 150 mile "box". Monterey Park, Malibu, Whittier, Huntington Beach, Camarillo, Thousand Oaks and now neighboring Westlake Village! I'm a regular "stick in the mud" character for SoCal!
As a family of four we traveled to all 48 of the lower states before our older DS was a senior in High School. Last month we got our sons in the Caribbean !!
I've had a fair amout of business travel over the years but nothing like your visit to 48 states! I've mused with my spouse about "some day" we'll really sort of slow down and maybe get a mobile home and drive through this grand country of ours and see a lot more of America ... and at a comfortable pace! So in a way it sounds as if you've had the good fortune of living one of the little dreams I'd like to realize.

 

[captaincrash]

Yes, great idea!

1) Favorite music/performer?
2) Favorite dish?
3) Any Pets?
4) Any hobbies? Or how about substituting your greatest casual interests?
5) Any rants?
6) A surprising thing you've encountered, seen or experienced?
7) What region or city did you grow up in?
8) What are you "NOT"?


1) Contemporary Christian music
2) Chicken Fried Steak, mashed potatoes & gravy
3) We have one cat
4) I love to read but with 2 small kids I don't get much time to do it.
7) I was born & raised in a small town north of Houston (Tomball) We have just recently moved to Magnolia which is a little further north

On cats... my spouse and I have always been "dog people" ... but you might be interested to know that my Uncle once was given a grand national champion Siamese Cat. The critter was being retired from stud service and my uncle was friends with the original owner... and my uncle provided a good home for him. AND... I'd have to say that on my 2nd tier list of favorite dishes Chicken Fried steak with a mess of mashed potatoes swimming in gravel is bold faced on that list! And yeah... getting time to read much with the kids is tough. But I actually am a nite owl of sorts so I can stay up and read a bit... plus I somehow manage to steal little snippets of time enough to have read a few modest books in the past month. Once I sit down to read I can go sort of fast at it. And on living near where you grew up... I bet you're a bit like me with a number of old friends who also have stayed close to their roots... so you still have a few old friends you keep in touch with. I have several whom I've known for about 35+ years, and many who I've known for 20+ years. My spouse in contrast grew up in a one signal light town outside of Pittsburgh and keeps in touch with very very few old friends from her youth.

 

[captaincrash]

Welcome aboard!

Bill and Tracy are awesome. We dined with them one night. Tracy was a great help in organising our wine tasting. Do you know Linda and Robert? (Seaulater) They are also on this sailing. If you know Bill and Tracy then you probably also know Peter and Jenn, Lynn and Scott, Bob and Lee, Leslie and Joe? Elaine? What a great group of people. As far as I know, most of them are doing the Med, but Linda and Robert will be with us in September.

Yup..Bill and Tracey are awesome.Peter and Jenn are the best!! Georgie Joe Scott Lynn and Elaine and her mom made all the planning (2 years) sail by..I know of Linda and Robert but have not had the pleasure yet! I was a huge lurker..BUT did manage to come out and meet many of the great people on our cruise.My loss for being shy. Hard to believe its almost a year away..But I always felt planning (and the boards) are a big part of the whole trip!!

Oh Wow!

I missed this earlier... and it sounds really nice to have Linda & ROnert on the sailing. Now I must confess that I met so many people that I am not sure I had in fact met them - though "SeaULater" sounds like someone we met at length. There were sooo many folks that we met... it was a little bit of a blur. I sometimes think I'm having "senioe moments" sometimes.

Just the same, 3 Cheers for SeaULater sailing with us!! !

 

[Grandma4ever]

Here are my answers. This is my second attempt, my first attempt got delected before I got it sent.


1) Favorite music/performer? I prefer Rock from the 70's. But I will listen to almost anything but RAP.

2) Favorite dish? I will eat most anything. I really enjoy well prepared fish.

3) Any Pets? In our home there are 3 dogs ranging in age from 7 years down to about 1 year. We also have two cats ranging in age from 9 years up to 13 years.

4) Any hobbies? Or how about substituting your greatest casual interests? I have practiced Chen Style Tai Chi for almost two years now. It is becoming an important part of my life and my health. I have begun to teach Tai Chi in the last six months. Maybe I can support my Disney habit this way.

5) Any rants? I have many small rants in my life but none that are large. I have to agree with other's that mean unforgiving people can kinda get under my skin.

6) A surprising thing you've encountered, seen or experienced? The fact that I flunked out of high school but was able to (later in life) go back to school and get my BS, graduating with honors.

7) What region or city did you grow up in? I was born in San Francisco CA. My dad was in the Navy and we moved to Okanawa when I was Ten. At 13, we moved to Pleasant Grove, Utah while my dad fought in Vietnam. From there we moved to Brussle, Belguim when I was 16. Then back to the states when I was 17 to Norfolk VA. I married when I was 18 and My husband & I moved to Great Lake Il, to CA to UT Back to CA to Norfolk VA and finally to the grand state of Missouri. We Divorce in 1988 and I remained in Missouri. I finally landed in Kansas City Missouri in the early 1990. I still claim "planet earth" as home.

8) What are you "NOT"? "PREFECT" Although I keep trying I still make regular mistacks almost on an hourly basis. But as long as I live I will strive to continue to grow and improve, becoming the best person I can.

 

[Grandma4ever]

Hi, I'm Janet. I will be traveling with Mouser/Lois/Grandma4ever.....

1) Favorite music/performer?
I prefer various rock artists. Mostly from the 70s and 80's. I like some of the oldies.
2) Favorite dish?
ceramic

3) Any Pets?
I pretty much have three dogs and two cats. I really like dogs. I have had pets for as long as I can remember.

4) Any hobbies? Or how about substituting your greatest casual interests?
I am active in Tai Chi (Chen style). I love cop shows. It started with my desire to be a a police officer. I majored in CJ. I had a major reality alert while in college. I realized that I would not make a good cop for the following reasons.

A. I don't like blood. (first to arrive to a scene of an accident)
B. I'm scared of the dark. (I'm sure how you can see how that could be a problem)
C. I have no sense of direction (I'd be stopping at 7 Eleven for directions on 911 calls).
D. I have no ability to describe people (putting out an APB on someone with a couple arms and legs isn't too discriptive)

needless to say the world including myself are better off with me watching cop shows after hours and a social worker for employment.
5) Any rants?
I have issues with extremely arrogant people and the fact that there is no spell check on this site.

6) A surprising thing you've encountered, seen or experienced?
I passsed college algebra.


7) What region or city did you grow up in?
Woodstock Illinois (north west of Chicago). The concert was in Woodstock New York


8) What are you "NOT"?
Competitive

 

[kimgregg]

I was thinking last night that maybe we should either come in a day early or stay a day late to go to WDW. Anyone have any suggestions on which resort to stay in? We have never stayed on site before.

Thanks!

 

[Grandma4ever]

I was thinking last night that maybe we should either come in a day early or stay a day late to go to WDW. Anyone have any suggestions on which resort to stay in? We have never stayed on site before.

Thanks!

Janet and I are going to try to go after the cruise. We have always stayed at Pop Century. It is a value resort and meets our needs very well. We can't stay before this cruise as we well be enjoying Castaway Cay that day. I say we see what works best for the most people and go with that. It is a great idea. Mouser (Lois)

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Hi all. I haven't read the rest of the pages, but thought I would check in.

I booked this cruise while I was onboard the 10-day Wonder cruise. I booked it because my twin sister and her family will be going on this sailing. She has twins that will be a little over 2 years old when we sail. I was fortunate to have a verandah on the 10-night, but will be on Deck 2 this sailing. I don't have any kids, but will be bringing my SO with me. He came with me on the 10 day but was sick for 8 days, I hope he can enjoy this one. Our mom and dad booked this cruise as well.

I would love to be able to go to WDW before the cruise, but I went 5 days before the 10 day cruise and am planning a trip to DisneyLand in November '06, so I doubt it will be in my budget!!!

I am trying to get my mom and sister to post here too, they are pretty shy.

 

[Tigger&Bubba]

Pooh_Friend#1

Glad to hear you and your family will be joining us. Wow a family of twins!
I hope your mom and sister post too, we don't bite. Of course, lurking is cool too. I know I was a lurker for a long time.

Dianna