10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[papa]

Hang in there Mary Jo, Sam and Sarah. Tell Sam that he has to draw the line at washing windows. Us house husbands don't do windows. I Love to cook, don't mind doing the dishes too much and laundry is ok. Babysitting is great and driving the little woman to her appointments gets me out of the house.


Wish that Mirna would not throw all the hard stuff on her little person cousin. (Amazing Race)

So who all is parasailing at CC?? Mike

 

[usetheforceluke]

that the company handled

Some slight consolation: A few years back I was 'de-hired' from a long term position (almost 20 years). The (relatively new) manager called me in and started blabbing on about how difficult decisions had to be made, John, and you've been a great employee, and John, you've contributed greatly to the company, but we've decided to cease that product line, John... I just sat there and laughed. He must have thought I was a funny farm case because he asked me what was so funny. I said you have no idea who I am or what you're saying especially when you consider that after close to 20 years service someone in this company would remember my name is Jim rather than John. He turned completely red and I left. After he axed some 60% of his staff over the next couple of months, he showed up to work to find his pass card didn't work and was told he wasn't needed any more in the parking lot.

Strangely enough, I found something that I really, really enjoy doing and wouldn't have remotely considered it if I was still employed there.

A door always opens somewhere when one closes.

Jim.

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by papa
Hang in there Mary Jo, Sam and Sarah. Tell Sam that he has to draw the line at washing windows. Us house husbands don't do windows. I Love to cook, don't mind doing the dishes too much and laundry is ok. Babysitting is great and driving the little woman to her appointments gets me out of the house.

Mike,
I don't want to destroy your picture of the world, but I do the windows. Window washing, everything concerning the car & the bike, vacuuming, cooking, and everything requiring sheer force or the pressing of more than one switch or button is my responsibility.

 

[cdnmickeylover]

Marianne -- My birthday is December 7th (people asked my Mom why wasn't I named Pearl at the time!). I was due on Christmas but decided to come early. My SIL's is Dec 15th.

Mary Jo -- tell Sam to take cake decorating classes and he can specialize in Disney cakes. Glad that you are still going on the cruise -- still remember you arriving at the Radisson late with your bumped off the flight story.


Fiona

 

[RellingTwin]

Mary Jo...so sorry to hear your bad news But glad you are still cruising with us

We have a new addition to our family...a new kitten Our dog is going crazy...she wants to play with the new kitty SO BAD!But the kitten is not sure about this

Marianne...I enjoyed speaking with you last night.The boys will be talking again soon. Hang in there

 

[bettemom]

Originally posted by papa
Hang in there Mary Jo, Sam and Sarah. Tell Sam that he has to draw the line at washing windows. Us house husbands don't do windows. I Love to cook, don't mind doing the dishes too much and laundry is ok. Babysitting is great and driving the little woman to her appointments gets me out of the house.


Wish that Mirna would not throw all the hard stuff on her little person cousin. (Amazing Race)

So who all is parasailing at CC?? Mike

Hi Mike,

Mom and I are signed up for 11:30 parasailing, are you guys parasailing ???

Bye, Kim

 

[Zapp1213]

Originally posted by papa
Babysitting is great ...

Mike

One question, Mike.
Exactly WHOM do you "babysit"?

Marianne

 

[Zapp1213]

Originally posted by papa
Babysitting is great ...

Mike

One question, Mike.
Exactly WHOM do you "babysit"?

Marianne

 

[The Adams Family]

hello everyone

Mary Jo- Sorry to hear about dh's job. My father was with a company for 38 years when it was bought out and the new owners sent most of it over seas. they closed the doors 2 weeks before my dad's 58th birthday. they offered early retirement to those who were 58 and older. well he did not make the 58 cut off. thank god for my parents that my brother owns his own business and hired my dad but no where near the kind of money he was making. this has been over 2 years now and he just found the idea job for himself. him losing his job though was a blessing because he helped me out so much with my dd autumn who was so sick at the time. i truly believe things happen for a reason and that there is better around the corner. just keep positive.


mike dh and dd's are parasailing at 330


Jill

 

[piglet33]

Lenny is parasailing at 10:30 am.

Anyone else?

Reneé

 

[bettemom]

I'm looking forward to para-sailing again...but what i REALLY want to do is sky-dive...

Bette

 

[piglet33]

Originally posted by bettemom
I'm looking forward to para-sailing again...but what i REALLY want to do is sky-dive...

Bette

Lenny does too, but not me. My feeling is why jump out of a perfectly good airplane if you don't have to? lol

One day Lenny will do this, though.

Reneé

 

[Viking]

Mary,
Anja wants to know what kind of dog you have. She loves doggies and can't wait to see yours.

Anja talked me out of renting a waverunner on CC. We intend to snorkel a lot, trying to find 'our' sting ray again and perhaps make a sighting of the famous CC-shark.

We've been working out the last five days in a row and will do another work-out tomorrow. With outside temps of around 35°C/95°F the gym is kind of deserted and with the a/c it's literally cool there Nevertheless we'll probably rest a day on Saturday before our joints start creaking. Today we had a new instructor from Brazil who really tried to kills - We feel like chewed up and spit out and I guess we'll have some mighty sore muscles tomorrow, but after our usual Friday-night 6mile-run we should be fine again - A leisurly run at 6-7 mph is the best way to burn off all the residue from last nights workout.
Saturday I'll have to be at the office again - 5th Saturday out of the last 6 , but that overtime-pay will come in handy for the vacation - Boosting the American economy

If anyone needs anything special from Germany? - This is your last chance to order!! But we won't bring a Mercedes or a Porsche

 

[cdnmickeylover]

We aren't parasailing or sky-diving. Fear of heights here!

Both Jim and I have decided that we will have to start walking again before the cruise so that we will be able to walk the buffet lines! Eric -- you and Anja make me tired just hearing about all that running.

I'd love to say that our temps were as high as yours but no such luck. It's only 22C today although it was 30C last weekend. It's today although it rained most of yesterday.

Am finally getting some old stuff cleared off my desk but new stuff keeps appearing! Won't work on Saturday though as I don't get paid overtime.

Take care everyone.

Fiona

 

[RellingTwin]

Anja..we have a Yellow Lab named "Shadow" (the sweatest dog in the world) We also have a short haired cat (Patches) a Box Turtle , "Ralph" who thinks it's a dog (it will follow you around the yard, and comes when you call it) a tank full of fish and now our new kitty "Magic" !Magic was checked out by the vet today and thankfully is healthy.

Fiona...George and I plan to start walking in the evening as soon as the weather cools off a bit. The forcasters are predicting a "cool" weekend (in the 60's in the morning) so maybe we will see some cooler temp. soon. Of course my "drinking arm" is in fine form from all the 12oz curles while in Florida

I had a roommate who was into skydiving. He would get such an adrenaline rush after a jump, he'd stay awake for 24 hours afterwards! I'm with Reneé...why jump out of a plane, unless it's going to crash!!!

 

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by Viking

We've been working out the last five days in a row and will do another work-out tomorrow. With outside temps of around 35°C/95°F the gym is kind of deserted and with the a/c it's literally cool there Nevertheless we'll probably rest a day on Saturday before our joints start creaking. Today we had a new instructor from Brazil who really tried to kills - We feel like chewed up and spit out and I guess we'll have some mighty sore muscles tomorrow, but after our usual Friday-night 6mile-run we should be fine again - A leisurly run at 6-7 mph is the best way to burn off all the residue from last nights workout.
Saturday I'll have to be at the office again - 5th Saturday out of the last 6 , but that overtime-pay will come in handy for the vacation - Boosting the American economy

If anyone needs anything special from Germany? - This is your last chance to order!! But we won't bring a Mercedes or a Porsche

Eric-
Don't forget the patches! We'll bring some lovely Larimer County Sheriff's Office patches for a trade!

Also, how can running ever be "leisurely"? It is all a nightmare for me....from the first minute to the last. Yuck. Running would be a helpful activity for this trip though. Now that they are charging $10 for the classes, I may have to stick to the cardio machines. If you guys have a Krav Maga studio around you, you should give that a shot for a new twist to your fitness routine. It is a type of fighting/martial artst that was created for the Israeli Army and the conditioning classes they have for it are insane. Works good for me because I have no motivation on my own and I won't exercise hard enough unless someone is leading....but I can eat cookie dough with no problem....hmmmm.

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by two-foxes
Eric-
Don't forget the patches! We'll bring some lovely Larimer County Sheriff's Office patches for a trade!

Also, how can running ever be "leisurely"? It is all a nightmare for me....from the first minute to the last. Yuck. Running would be a helpful activity for this trip though. Now that they are charging $10 for the classes, I may have to stick to the cardio machines. If you guys have a Krav Maga studio around you, you should give that a shot for a new twist to your fitness routine. It is a type of fighting/martial artst that was created for the Israeli Army and the conditioning classes they have for it are insane. Works good for me because I have no motivation on my own and I won't exercise hard enough unless someone is leading....but I can eat cookie dough with no problem....hmmmm.

Our two police friends are on vacation right now, but should be back next week. As they are very reliable, I should have the patches well before our departure - Especially as I have to buy a Leatherman-tool for one of them in the USA

Running leisurely means that I will keep my puls at a constant 155. I always run with a Polar-heartrate-monitor and our treadmills have a Polar-interface. I set the treadmill to 10km/h/6.25mph and puls 155 and just start running. The treadmill then starts with a steep incline to get me to 155 quickly and the lowers it gradually to keep me there. At 10 km/h I can keep my pulse at 155 for a very long time - That's what I call leisurely. Usuall a guy of my age (40) has a maximum heartrate of 180, but mine is 207. So at 155 I'm only at 75%. When I'm doing tough workouts I run at heartrates in the 90%-range at 180-185 and in races I sometimes push it well above 190 for the last 1/2 mile or so. But I recover very quickly: Our treadmills run a special cooldown-routine for 10 minutes reducing your speed to 4.5 mph for a minute an then reducing in steps. The routine is cancelled after 10 minutes or as soon as your pulse is below 110 - and I rarely need more than 4 to 6 minutes to get below 110.

We don't have that Mossad-Aerobics over here, but Anja and I used to do Tae-Bo for about three years and later did two years of boxing with 10-12 ounce-gloves against 'sandbags' and loved it, but right now we're more into pumping iron and cardio.

Did I get that right that they want 10 bucks now for the aerobic classes on the ship

 

[jeanniec]

Eric -- sent you a PM.

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by jeanniec
Eric -- sent you a PM.

Jeanne,
they're already in the 'Do-not-Forget'-bag/box

 

[Viking]

Mary,
it's highly probable that Anja may try to steal your dog and the turtle as Yellow Labs and Golden Retrievers are her favourite dogs, and turtles -together with giraffes- are her favourite animals.