10/24/2009 Bash On the Boat (I'm with B.O.B.) - Thread #18

[GOS]

This year's show are:

Annie Get Your Gun(finished last night)
The Cocoanuts
Oklahoma
All Shook Up
Little Shop of Horrors
Peter Pan

Then High School Musical was just added in a few weeks ago.

This is the theatres 3rd season and our 2nd season in attending. We attended one show (Beauty and the Beast) the end of the first year, then signed up for season 2 shortly thereafter. We bought the super saver package, purchase three shows @ $25.00 each, get three more shows for free!!!

Wow...thats a great deal.

 

[GOS]

Thats true - a friend of mine when we were at school used to do it - her parents paid a fortune for each pair of boots. Luckily my feet were one size smaller than hers so as she grew out of them I used to buy them off her for $20 - the trouble was people expected me to be good when they saw my fancy shmancy boots but I could barely skate ...

Well Dancing on Ice is about to start, so be back later.

 

[GOS]

Dinner time!

I'm having chicken risotto and Ellis is having pizza

We had a small steak and jacket potatoes and lots of veg. Yummy.

 

[GOS]

Well Dancing on Ice is about to start, so be back later.

Bette Midler is on tonights show with Torvill and Dean skating whilst she sings 'From a Distance'.

 

[Verandah Man]

Wow...thats a great deal.

That's what I thought, that's why we bought the 6 show package deal. Last year there was one show we didn't care if we missed it, so we gave our tix to someone else to use for that show.

 

[GOS]

Ttfn

 

[Verandah Man]

We had a small steak and jacket potatoes and lots of veg. Yummy.

Hazel is making steak and tater tots for dinner tonight. I just had a Slim Fast shake to hold me over until dinnertime.

 

[Verandah Man]

Ttfn

Bye Heather.......

 

[tikimimi]

Very cute pictures Mimi. Has Olivia lost interest in skating or does she still dabble in it now and then? I understand that it's a very expensive sport to participate in. Skates can cost up to $1000.00 a pair for the pros!!

I love your cc pic too! May I borrow it please?

She often fusses at us for "letting her give up that dream." We were homeschooling her and spending 4 - 6 hours at the rink a day (so was her brother, since we were homeschooling him. He had no interest in ice skating htough). We made her take her first set of lessons in rentals. It was a group class, and we figured she would either be determined or give up. When she was determined and the coaches said they saw natural ability, I bought her a $49 pair of skates. The second day she had them on at the rink, a lady saw her skating or trying to skate (they were not supportive enough for what she was already doing) and approached me about selling me her daughter's skates. They were $600 skates (boots and blades) back in 1997. She wanted to sell them to me for $75 which I didn't have then since we were making two house payments and such. She told me to give her a dollar down and mail her the rest when I could. Mind you, I did not know this woman before that day. She skated on those skates for about 6 months, but quickly advanced to where she had to have a stiffer boot and more precision structured blade. We felt like she was supposed to be skating with all this being handed to her. We priced those new skates out along with the blades her coach said she needed to have for the skill level where she was. Boots were $450 and blades were $500. This was still 1997. We didn't have that kind of money plus private ice time and such (friends were spending upwards of $23,000 a year at that point without travel to competitions.) I went on e-bay and found exactly what she needed for $175. Her coach admonished me saying there was no way they would be in the shape she needed if they were selling for that little. He thought the blades would be rusty or the boots broken down. They arrived and they were great - the coach was flabbergasted! We really felt like she was supposed to be skating at that point and were ready to do what we needed to help her realize this dream. She advanced again very quickly and needed a new pair of boots and blades - This time we were looking at upward of $1000 and could not find a pair of used. She also had begun to seriously waste her time at the rink (she was only 8.5 though). At the same time she decided homeschooling could take 8 - 10 hours a day, and I was not ready to wear that hat for that long each day. Long story short, we told her to shape up or she'd go back to school and that would be the end of the time she needed at the rink to go where she wanted to go. We couldn't afford private school tuition, private ice time, coaching, travel to everything, paying the coach's travel expenses and everything else (I had learned to sew her costumes since they were around $400 each.) She ended up back in school and quit skating. She could skate now on rentals, but she would not have the support she needed to do what she used to do. Her sports have always been those that required very strong legs and ankles, so I have no doubt she could get back to where she was very quickly. She still has to have very good balance and coordination for what she currently does. In terms of expense, ice skating is supposed to be second only to equestrian. That wonder buy of skates from e-bay now hangs in her room autographed by her favorite skater at that time - Ekaterina Gordeeva.

Karen - glad the snow has slowed!

 

[njprincess]

That looks like a really nice hotel. Is it a DVC? Is the monorail going to go through it. Don't mind if this is a dumb question. Diane

Not a dumb question. Yes, it is a DVC resort. The monorail is not going through it but there will be a covered walkway over to the Contemporary, so you can catch the monorail there if you want. You will also be ale to walk to MK from there.

Our daughter, Olivia, used to skate competitively. Her first coach was Scott Hamilton's coach. He administered her first test too. She was slated to be in the 2010 Olympics according to her coaches, but she gave it up long before that!

It is beautiful here today, but still my chair is waiting for me there -

Boy, I'll bet that decision saved you a lot of bucks!

Love chair picture!

Nancy K and everyone else who is interested, Disney on Ice was really really good. We loved it!

As promised, her is my sutpid impluse buy. The girls wouldn't let me buy them anything (they're too grown up now I guess), but I shelled out $10.00 for this crown. But the guy told me it was from Tiffany's and that the gems were real!!!

I LOVE this!!!

Bette Midler is on tonights show with Torvill and Dean skating whilst she sings 'From a Distance'.

Wow, Torvill & Dean are still skating together?

 

[tikimimi]

Kathy - please feel free to use the picture.

 

[tikimimi]

Beach chair FO? Doubtful!

Amazing! I didn't think that would happen!

 

[njprincess]

Thanks, sis!

 

[goofyfreak]

They look lovely Karen.

I agree. They both look fantastic. But then again, I will sleep in a closet just to be able to be there and tour around. And of course spend time with friends.

 

[cntkg1]

Thats true - a friend of mine when we were at school used to do it - her parents paid a fortune for each pair of boots. Luckily my feet were one size smaller than hers so as she grew out of them I used to buy them off her for $20 - the trouble was people expected me to be good when they saw my fancy shmancy boots but I could barely skate ...

Karen, I bought my first pair of ice skates for 25 cents at a rummage sale and used them for years. They were good enough for a good game of crack the whip.

It's not after 9pm here yet, can't answer that question........

She often fusses at us for "letting her give up that dream." We were homeschooling her and spending 4 - 6 hours at the rink a day (so was her brother, since we were homeschooling him. He had no interest in ice skating htough). We made her take her first set of lessons in rentals. It was a group class, and we figured she would either be determined or give up. When she was determined and the coaches said they saw natural ability, I bought her a $49 pair of skates. The second day she had them on at the rink, a lady saw her skating or trying to skate (they were not supportive enough for what she was already doing) and approached me about selling me her daughter's skates. They were $600 skates (boots and blades) back in 1997. She wanted to sell them to me for $75 which I didn't have then since we were making two house payments and such. She told me to give her a dollar down and mail her the rest when I could. Mind you, I did not know this woman before that day. She skated on those skates for about 6 months, but quickly advanced to where she had to have a stiffer boot and more precision structured blade. We felt like she was supposed to be skating with all this being handed to her. We priced those new skates out along with the blades her coach said she needed to have for the skill level where she was. Boots were $450 and blades were $500. This was still 1997. We didn't have that kind of money plus private ice time and such (friends were spending upwards of $23,000 a year at that point without travel to competitions.) I went on e-bay and found exactly what she needed for $175. Her coach admonished me saying there was no way they would be in the shape she needed if they were selling for that little. He thought the blades would be rusty or the boots broken down. They arrived and they were great - the coach was flabbergasted! We really felt like she was supposed to be skating at that point and were ready to do what we needed to help her realize this dream. She advanced again very quickly and needed a new pair of boots and blades - This time we were looking at upward of $1000 and could not find a pair of used. She also had begun to seriously waste her time at the rink (she was only 8.5 though). At the same time she decided homeschooling could take 8 - 10 hours a day, and I was not ready to wear that hat for that long each day. Long story short, we told her to shape up or she'd go back to school and that would be the end of the time she needed at the rink to go where she wanted to go. We couldn't afford private school tuition, private ice time, coaching, travel to everything, paying the coach's travel expenses and everything else (I had learned to sew her costumes since they were around $400 each.) She ended up back in school and quit skating. She could skate now on rentals, but she would not have the support she needed to do what she used to do. Her sports have always been those that required very strong legs and ankles, so I have no doubt she could get back to where she was very quickly. She still has to have very good balance and coordination for what she currently does. In terms of expense, ice skating is supposed to be second only to equestrian. That wonder buy of skates from e-bay now hangs in her room autographed by her favorite skater at that time - Ekaterina Gordeeva.

Karen - glad the snow has slowed!

WOW! I had no idea it was THAT expensive. I imagine some of the pros must have sponsors? Fantastic on getting Ekaterina to sign the skates. She's my favorite too Mimi! I was just broken hearted with Sergei died.

Kathy - please feel free to use the picture.

Me too? Me too????

 

[Dyerneeds]

great pics nancy.
did i notice elastigirl in there.
me likey her.

 

[Dyerneeds]

ah the joys of being grandparents.
just got back from seeing the kiddies. by the time we left it was naptime for them and it was a madhouse over there.

we just love em and leave em.

we were cracking up when we left.

 

[Verandah Man]

Queen MG--loved the pic of you with your crown!!!

 

[GOS]

Wow, Torvill & Dean are still skating together?

Yep and they are even better.

 

[JLDSMD]

We had a small steak and jacket potatoes and lots of veg. Yummy.

Hazel is making steak and tater tots for dinner tonight. I just had a Slim Fast shake to hold me over until dinnertime.

Must be steak night. We have two huge NY Strips going on the grill tonight. Also picked up some big baking potatoes (jacket potatoes for you Brits). Not sure what veggie we'll have, but I know there will be salad as well.

We were suppose to cook out last night, but both Suz and I weren't feeling too good.