10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[bettemom]

Hi Guys,

Count Mom & I in for the Halloween party, we fly home on the 13th...

Fun time at the park !!

Bye, Kim

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by cdnmickeylover
RRSP = Registered Retirement Savings Plan I believe it's similar to the US 401K?

You pay money into the plan for your retirement. The good thing is that you don't have to pay tax on the earnings of the money in the plan and you get a tax deduction for the amount you put in. I think you can put up to 18% of your income into an RRSP every year to a maximum of like $13,000. I do put money away but no where near the maximum -- hey like I have to live.

You get to keep it until you turn 69 and then you have to turn it into a RRIF -- registered retirement investment fund (I think). This is where you have it turn into an annunity to pay out the money to you which is then taxable but the idea being that your tax rate is lower because your income is lower.

Fiona

Danke schön
We got a similar thing over here, but we're only allowed to put about $4000 taxfree into it. Meaning that we can pay the money into that plan before our salaries are taxed. But the annuity you'll get in the end will be taxed, too.

 

[piglet33]

Originally posted by bettemom
Hi Guys,

Count Mom & I in for the Halloween party, we fly home on the 13th...

Fun time at the park !!

Bye, Kim

Hey Kim,

What time do you fly out on the 13th? Our flight is 5:35 pm on Continental. Maybe we'll see you at the airport.

Renee'

I almost forgot to ask if you found out anymore on that tour for St. Thomas. Did you get enough people interested? When do we have to pay?

 

[bettemom]

We have a friend serving in Tirkit.....one of our Police Officers...married,father of two daughters....any one want to send him cards,notes,etc ???If so,please pm me and I'll send his address.....

Bette

 

[bettemom]

Hi Guys, A few weeks ago I posted about a group tour while in St. Thomas. If we have 20 people minimum and up to 25 maximum we can rent our own jeep safari open tour vehicle and driver for the day. The cost comes out to a reasonable $ 20.00 each person plus a tip for the driver. All other expenses are our responsibility, lunch, shopping & so on…

Right now here is the list of who is confirmed to go on the tour.

Join the group we only need 7 more souls to join us for a day of fun… E-mail me, or post here if interested and I will add you to the list. Once we have 20 people confirmed we can finalize the reservation in St. Thomas.

1) Bette
2) Kim
3) Renee’ & Haley
4) Lenny
5) Mary Jo
6) Sara
7) Sam
8) Arlene
9) Andy
10 Jen
11 Peter
12 Jeanne C
13 Sam C


The general consensus is that we would like to tour for the morning, go somewhere “quaint” where we can have lunch, a little swim for those water people, some "siesta" time perhaps, and a little unique shopping, then end the day will high test shopping at the center of town in the marketplace. Anyone who wanted to opt out of shopping can be brought back to the ship and perhaps we can schedule 2 pickups in town for those shopping veterans and those who are shopping lightweights.

Bye, Kim

P.S. For those of us who went to camp, or school bus trips you might get a sing along going... Well perhaps we want to have our own sing along on the safari tour, most all of us know how quiet and reserved Peter is so I think that we need to pull him out of his "shell" and nominate him to be in charge of the music on the tour....

 

[Viking]

Hi Folks,

we'd just like to say Goodbye
We already checked in our luggage at Frankfurt International and got our boarding passes, drove home, used the phone to 'cook' some Vietnamese dinner and now we're watching Twister on TV. Tomorrow we'll have to get up at 0430am , drive to my office, which is just about 10 minutes from the airport and park our car. I already ordered a cab for 0600am to get us to the airport.
The friendly lady at the check-in gave us seats in an emergency-exit row, which is good for some extra legroom Although it doesn't really matter on a short hop of 1:40 hours it's nice to be able to stretch your legs.
In about 12 hours we'll be in London

See Y'all again in 8 days on the Boards
Anja--> Eric -->

PS: As said before, please advise possible newcomers that the next update will be issued between 04/04/04 and the Easter weekend - Depends on wether I have to take work home when we return from the UK.

 

[bettemom]

Eric & Anja,

Have a great time in the UK..

Bette & Kim

 

[cdnmickeylover]

It's warmer here today but we've had rain.

Last night went bowling with the office to support Big Borthers and Big Sisters. Our team is not getting the free pizza lunch. We had two teams and as a competition between the two teams the one team with the highest score got a free lunch at Pizza Hut. Played two games and threw out the highest and lowest core in each game and added up the totals. I only bowl once a year at this event but did manage to get a strike. I also wasn't lowest score. Dinner at East Side Marios followed where they talked about having another golf tournament this summer. Yuck. Not a fun afternoon and one of the clerks wants to make it mandatory to attend.

On a better note we are off to a dismeet in London -- unfortunately not the same London as Eric and Anja. Should be fun.

Should go get ready.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Fiona

 

[piglet33]

Just saw in another post that Disney ticket prices are going up this Sunday. Here's the new prices:

$58.31 for adults
$46.60 for Children

In case anyone needs to buy tickets for this year's trip, you better do it before Sunday or you'll be spending more.

Renee'

 

[bettemom]

Hi Renee',

To answer your question, I am not sure what flight we will be on Thursday night but we are hoping to get on the Southwest direct at 6:30 om. If i can't get tickets on that flight I will try the 3:30 flight. We will picj up our car at MCO and then head to the cape. I did call the Walmart on the island and they are open 24 hours so we decided that we will stop on our way to the resort and pick up soda & water for the cruise. Then Friday all we have to do is visit Shirley and get together for dinner. I will let you know when we arrive by plane and perhaps we can make some plans. What time do you guys get into MCO ??.

Bye, Kim

 

[piglet33]

Hi Kim -

We're arriving on Friday at 11:47 a.m. and leaving on Wednesday at 5:35 p.m. Both flights are on Continental. We're getting our car from MCO too (Budget) and are also planning on stopping at Walmart to pick up diapers for Haley and maybe some stuff to drink.

Renee'

 

[cdnmickeylover]

Hi Mary Jo -- got your message. We had a great time at the Dismeet. We are now planning one in Toronto probably in May.

I am definitely ready to go on the cruise now. We spent the drive looking at the I-75 book and planning our stops!

Am going to Costco this morning -- we are again out of milk. At times I'm sure having a cow would have been cheaper. DS drinks the stuff a bag at a time it seems. It's cheapest at Costco so tend to do there but have to go first thing in the morning or the lines are unbelievable.

Hope everyone's having a great weekend.

Fiona

 

[piglet33]

So who is going to DC this weekend? We'll be there. The meet is in the lobby of the Air & Space Museum right? What else is on the agenda?

I'm excited since this is my first DIS meet.

Renee'

 

[Tulirose]

Originally posted by piglet33
So who is going to DC this weekend? We'll be there. ............I'm excited since this is my first DIS meet.

Renee'

Ummmmm - Didn't you and yours participate in a rather LARGE DIS meet about six months ago????



Wish we were attending the D.C. meet but we have a wedding and a date with Mickey in Florida.

 

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Tulirose
Ummmmm - Didn't you and yours participate in a rather LARGE DIS meet about six months ago????

I don't know why I forgot to include the cruise as a DIS meet. That was a big DUH on my part. Ok, so this is my 2nd DIS meet.

 

[Hygiene99]

HERE IS ONE OF THE SONGS WE WILL BE SINGING ......



YOU CAN PRINT OUT THE WORDS SO U CAN LEARN IT....






Old New Hampshire
Written by Dr. John F. Holmes
Composed by Maurice Hoffmann

With a skill that knows no measure,
From the golden store of Fate
God, in His great love and wisdom,
Made the rugged Granite State;
Made the lakes, the fields, the forests;
Made the Rivers and the rills;
Made the bubbling, crystal fountains
Of New Hampshire's Granite Hills.

Old New Hampshire, Old New Hampshire
Old New Hampshire Grand and Great
We will sing of Old New Hampshire,
Of the dear old Granite State

Builded He New Hampshire glorious
From the borders to the sea;
And with matchless charm and splendor
Blessed her for eternity.
Here, the majesty of mountain;
Here, the grandeur of the lake;
Here, the truth as from the hillside
Whence her crystal waters break.

Old New Hampshire, Old New Hampshire
Old New Hampshire Grand and Great
We will sing of Old New Hampshire,
Of the dear old Granite State


Source: New Hampshire State Library

AND OF COURSE THE MUSIC http://www.50states.com/midi/0nh.mid
.......

 

[RellingTwin]

We are heading to Florida tomorrow, a sad trip. George's best friend passed away Friday night. It was very unexpected and we are still in shock. He was only 48 years old! George and he were roommates when we met, (20 years ago) and they have been like brothers.
Ave, see you late tomorrow night.

 

[jeanniec]

Mary -- Sorry about George's friend. How shocking and at such a young age.

I had another one of my self-diagnosed "gall bladder attacks" last Thursday, and this one sent me to our ER where I had an ultrasound that gave me an official diagnosis of multiple gallstones. Tomorrow, I have an appointment with a surgeon to discuss a surgery date. We are leaving for WDW on 5/1 so I want to have this surgery done as soon as possible. Don't want to spend part of our vacation in the Celebration ER! I am also glad that I won't be having any problems of this kind when we are out to sea in October.

 

[jeanneg]

Mary: so sorry about your loss. 48 is awfully young....do they know what the cause was?

Jeannie: hope you're feeling better. My DD had the laser gallbladder surgery abvout 10 years ago and he was back to normal within a week. If you have it right away, you should be good as gold for your Disney trip.

Nancy, Arlene, Mary-Jo: we still need a name for the table! If we take the first letters of our last names, we get HIFO. Anybody have an accounting background? I ask because it reminds me of LIFO and FIFO which are accounting terms and describe the status of things moving in and out. Since we're refering to our dining group, we can always tell people it stands for Hungry-In/Full-Out! Please let me know what you think.....if this one doesn't fly, I'm just gonna call ourselves the No-Name Diners!

 

[cdnmickeylover]

Mary -- Sorry about your sad trip to Florida.

Hope everyone has fun in DC. Unfortunately I'm swamped at work and can't take the time off.

It's bright and sunny here today and even reasonably warm.

Baseball starts April 5th so hopefully it will be nice. We have tickets to the home opener against Detroit next Monday. Looking forward to it as I've never been the home opener before.

Back to work -- it's Monday.

Fiona