10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[jeanniec]

Eric -- Yes, you would think that we would update our method of electing our chief executive. I believe the electoral college was established "way back when" because the candidates and the "common" people had very little, if any, chance to communicate with other. The members of the electoral college would, however, (theoretically, at least) be able to learn what the candidates stood for and would wisely cast their votes for all the people. Well, now that we know that a candidate for president can get a majority of the votes and still lose, it doesn't sound like such a great idea any more to many people, including me. I personally don't want someone else to decide where my vote should go!!!

 

[Twinave]

American History 101rilled into my little brain. Yup, understand it completely. Do I want to explain it to a non-american.....ahhhh NOPE!
LOL
Later, Ave'

 

[bettemom]

Hi Guys this is Kim here...

This is for, Fiona & Jim, Lenny, Renee' & Haley & Amy, Chris & Emily. Just wanted to let you know we suckered another couple
( terribly sorry, meant to say we invited another couple ) to join our FANTASTIC dinner table on the cruise. Sam and Jean Cutrera.

Hi Sam & Jean welcome to our table..

Fiona,
ObviouslySam & Jean have not heard anything bad about our table yet or they politely will ignore any rumors they might hear about us, we must be a well-behaved group

Well I am off to get ready for my meeting with the tax accountant tomorrow...

Bye, Kim

P.S. Sam & Jean, the dinner table to watch out for is the late diners that include some international guests at the table, Hmmmmm

 

[Twinave]

Kim....Too funny! Sam and Jean, you guys will have a blast with this group.
oh, and late night groups.....i resemel that remark. LOL

 

[jeanniec]

We are absolutely delighted to join your FANTASTIC dinner table, rumors or not! Anxious to meet you all in October.

By the way, for those who may not have a chance to watch Survivor tonight, Rudy got voted off. Not sure if it was because of his bad ankle or just his age. He is a cool guy -- sorry to see him go. Jeanne, I am sure you are delighted that Ethan is still around. I am, too. He was my favorite survivor winner and player, too. Seems like a really good guy.

 

[RellingTwin]

Busy day today! I took Regina to get contact lenses!!!She has been asking for them for several months now, and we finally saw the eye doc on Monday. She set Regina up for an appt. tonight to see if she could put the lenses in and out 2 times. Now she has to wear them (starting @ 4 hours a day, builing to 12 hours a day) until next week. If she dose well, she gets a prescription for contacts.

Survivor was great. I was also sorry to see Rudy go. But his comments at the end (to "those who voted for me, watch out, I KNOW people") seemed a little odd to me.

Welcome Two-Foxes!!! Glad to have you with us!

Ave, what fun to surprise the girls! Have a great trip! We will also be at Disney, but not WDW. We will be at Disney's Hilton Head Island, in 8 days!!!YIPPPEEE!

 

[two-foxes]

lovin you guys already....American Idol fans! Could it be any better! (well, it will be in October!) I missed Tues and Wed though! It seems like I missed so much. Got the recap here! Thanks!

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by two-foxes
lovin you guys already....American Idol fans! Could it be any better! (well, it will be in October!) I missed Tues and Wed though! It seems like I missed so much. Got the recap here! Thanks!

Hi Jill & Tim,
I must have overlooked it and just realized it after reading Twinave's post: You're from Colorado!! I spent three weeks there last year as my company is based there, in Englewood/Denver. I toured your wonderful state on the two weekends I spent there, seeing Rocky Mountains National Park, rode the Cograilway up to Pikes Peak and saw a lot of Denver. Originally we planned to spend our summer vacation '04 in Colorado and the West, but then I "unfortunately" won a free cruise and had to go Florida again - but it's still on our list for next year.

PS: We are Idol fans too, but German Idol

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by bettemom
Hi Guys this is Kim here...

This is for, Fiona & Jim, Lenny, Renee' & Haley & Amy, Chris & Emily. Just wanted to let you know we suckered another couple
( terribly sorry, meant to say we invited another couple ) to join our FANTASTIC dinner table on the cruise. Sam and Jean Cutrera.

Hi Sam & Jean welcome to our table..

Fiona,
ObviouslySam & Jean have not heard anything bad about our table yet or they politely will ignore any rumors they might hear about us, we must be a well-behaved group

Well I am off to get ready for my meeting with the tax accountant tomorrow...

Bye, Kim

P.S. Sam & Jean, the dinner table to watch out for is the late diners that include some international guests at the table, Hmmmmm

I suspect that they have heard the rumours, believed them, and decided that they're bad enough to blend in
Greetings from the INTERNATIONAL GUESTS

 

[piglet33]

Originally posted by bettemom
Hi Guys this is Kim here...

This is for, Fiona & Jim, Lenny, Renee' & Haley & Amy, Chris & Emily. Just wanted to let you know we suckered another couple
( terribly sorry, meant to say we invited another couple ) to join our FANTASTIC dinner table on the cruise. Sam and Jean Cutrera.

Hi Sam & Jean welcome to our table..

Fiona,
ObviouslySam & Jean have not heard anything bad about our table yet or they politely will ignore any rumors they might hear about us, we must be a well-behaved group

Well I am off to get ready for my meeting with the tax accountant tomorrow...

Bye, Kim

P.S. Sam & Jean, the dinner table to watch out for is the late diners that include some international guests at the table, Hmmmmm

Hi Sam & Jean - welcome to our table. Can't wait to meet you two. I don't know what you could have heard about us???? We pretty much behave ourselves (ok, sometimes we do!).

Renee'

 

[jeanniec]

Eric -- You just might be right about us being bad enough to blend in with our new tablemates. I'm not telling what (if any) rumors we have heard so far, however.

Jill and Tim -- Welcome!!! From your signature, you are doing VWL and then back-to-back DCL cruises. Wow, what a wonderful vacation -- truly magical!

Ave' - What a great surprise for your DD and her best friend. I wish I could be there to see the expressions on their faces.

Mary -- I envy you and your upcoming trip to HH DVC. We have to wait until July. We really need to go to HH more often because we absolutely love it, but we're always concerned about the weather other than the summer season. We went to HH in May the first year that the resort was open and they had a Nor'easter that blew down from somewhere. We froze the whole week that we were there. Did end up buying points there after we got home and thought about how much we liked it, in spite of the unseasonable weather.

Have a great weekend, everyone. We are still waiting for some decent weather here. Cold rain today -- supposed to go up to 62, but the weathermen have been wrong all week (as usual).

 

[jeanneg]

Oh man, I nearly had fudge pants last night during tribal council.....I was so scared Ethan was going to be voted out! I love Rudy too, but he just wasn't carrying his weight in the challenges. Things don't look good for my boy, though....it seems to be just a matter of time before he's gone....too much of a threat, I guess. I'm just sorry I'm not 30 years younger.....did any of you other ladies notice how hot he looked last night? Damn, I may be old, but I sure ain't dead!

 

[ARLO1]

ethan is hot hot hot....i would not refuse him anything(sorry andy). i bet he knows how to treat a woman good...

unfortunetely i dont think rupert is going to go all the way this time either. too many factors against them. next week should be interesting. last season when it got to 4 people on a tribe they took 1 player off another team to help the team with the lesser people. lets see what happens next week...

ethan and rupert.... ethan and rupert...

arlene

 

[two-foxes]

jeanniec-
this will be our last "big trip" before we buckle down and try the whole kid thing! We figure if we are lucky, we won't be able to do WDW or DCL for a few years, so we want to get a full fix! Thank goodness that you can rent DVC points....it is saving us a bundle on our WDW portion....my DH is being very specific about where we stay at WDW and DCL, as he is paranoid that it will be our last chance to stay in a deluxe or veranda room before "hopefully" kids and the money goes!!

 

[cdnmickeylover]

I was sad to see Rudy go because I really liked him. Maybe they'll do what they did last time and some that were voted off can come back? I liked that Rupert didn't vote for Rudy though -- thought that was class.

Ethan did look hot last night. I wish they would have voted off Jenna. Richard Hatch is just plain funny esp. with the comment that Colby made.

I wonder what the challenges will be now that one tribe only has 4 members. A merge would be interesting.

Watched the Apprentice too and felt that Christy should have been fired. She cried way too much although I don't really like Heidi at all. She's too loud. Thought it was great that they got to go to Yankee Stadium though.

Back to work -- weather is awful -- more snow and rain. The temperature isn't too bad but if it goes down more all the wet stuff will freeze. Saw a car turn 360 this morning on my way to work -- driving much too fast for the weather.

Fiona

 

[jeanniec]

two-foxes -- I agree with your philosophy entirely. Have a simply super vacation with everything you want while you can do it! If, and when, the little ones come along you may have to give up a few things, but you will always have memories of your dream vacation. And --- when you get to the grandma and grandpa stage (as we are), you can go back to treating yourselves again.

 

[padisneyfan]

I also was sad to see Rudy go. However, he just did seem to have the stamina that he had the last time. Ethan did look hot, but also think Colby is also. Richard wasn't as obnixous this week. But could he just keep clothes on. Now if it was Ethan or Colby running around naked, that would be a different story.
The challenges were really hard this week, especially the reward challenge when everyone hasn't had food or water for days.

On the Apprentice--- Heidi has got to go. She is just so loud and rude. Kristi was the project manager and the buck stops there. I think Nick's team is better and will do better in the long run.

No reality TV tonight. I do like Monk which is on at 10pm.

Will float home today, started off with snow, then freezing rain, and then massive amounts of rain. With all the snow melting, drains clogged, the streets are now rivers.

Two-Foxes--- We were married 13 years before our children were born, so did alot of travel. Had the children, still travled but just differently. Now both are in college and we are free to travel without children. However, May we are doing a family cruise.
Enjoy your WDW trip and back to back cruises.

Nancy

 

[Hygiene99]

The kid thing......
We r working on it now well not right now or i would not be able to type... .... After JOAN Of Arcadia... not reality tv but still a good show ...... have to go watch Survivor and the trump show from last night ....... Thanks for letting me know the out come..... we had a Wedding rehersial last evening ...........
I too have been working on the taxes looks good
for the five figure refund.........yipee

we both claim single 0 plus 20 we like to get a nice refund

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by jeanneg
Oh man, I nearly had fudge pants last night during tribal council.....I was so scared Ethan was going to be voted out! I love Rudy too, but he just wasn't carrying his weight in the challenges. Things don't look good for my boy, though....it seems to be just a matter of time before he's gone....too much of a threat, I guess. I'm just sorry I'm not 30 years younger.....did any of you other ladies notice how hot he looked last night? Damn, I may be old, but I sure ain't dead!

Jeanne,
I love the term "fudge pants". This thread really boosts my vocabulary

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by Viking
Jeanne,
I love the term "fudge pants". This thread really boosts my vocabulary

Going to bed now, it's well past midnight and we want to be at the gym at 9am to run 6 - 7 miles before breakfast.
Don't forget: it's update-time tomorrow - Deadline for your input is 3pm EST. I'll do it while watching German Idol, they're down to five contestants and tomorrow's topic is 'Movie-Themes'.
And additionally my desk is filled with work I took home from the office. A guy in my old team called in sick for the whole week and I have to help out But this is going to pay for some extra shopping in London.

Jill & Tim,
I got your info