11/22/08 Thanksgiving 2008 cruise thread. Double Dipping Travelling Turkeys!

[Mean Queen]

Hi everyone,

Judy--Hope you're feeling better. Vicodin is some good stuff. Just don't go selling what you have left to pay for shopping!!!!!

Gas here in WV is $3.85, and 35 minutes away in VA is $3.45. We always get our gas in VA on our way home from work.

I just checked our reservations and we have been moved to main dining also. . It helps with having Kenna (who turned 3 yesterday) . Also Bob and his sister are diabetic. Bob takes insulin with each meal and at bedtime, and having 2nd seating would have him taking his insulin too close together.

I spent 12 hours yesterday with friends doing various crafting things. I worked on the FE gifts. I now have 43 completed with 21 more to go. May work on them this afternoon. Bob promised to take Kenzie swimming at the wellness center. If he knew the Steelers were on, he would find someway to get out of going swimming.

Have a great day everyone.

Lora

Congrats on getting moved too! And a big Happy 3rd Birthday to Kenna!

 

[imsomaha]

Thanks Susan!!!!

 

[TwoByFour]

Teresa (Love2Travel)--I have the same list as you for the grab bag, with the exception of Imsomaha (sorry Steph!)

Judy--Glad you got some good sleep. More sleep = less pain.

Gas here went from $3.39 to $3.55 yesterday it had been on a quick decline. It stopped raining and looks to be a beautiful week, rain from Ike isn't supposed to come this far north.

I've been browsing for FE stuff, I'm such a procrastinator. I have ideas, I just need to get busy and implement them.

I have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday, I'm bringing my medical form and am planning on getting it signed one way or another.

 

[imsomaha]

Teresa (Love2Travel)--I have the same list as you for the grab bag, with the exception of Imsomaha (sorry Steph!)

Judy--Glad you got some good sleep. More sleep = less pain.

Gas here went from $3.39 to $3.55 yesterday it had been on a quick decline. It stopped raining and looks to be a beautiful week, rain from Ike isn't supposed to come this far north.

I've been browsing for FE stuff, I'm such a procrastinator. I have ideas, I just need to get busy and implement them.

I have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday, I'm bringing my medical form and am planning on getting it signed one way or another.

Thanks for adding me in the grab bag!

Good luck on Tuesday - we expect a signed medical form when you leave the doctor's office!

 

[imsomaha]

I don't know how many of you read it on the group website, but I'll repost here. Gerrit is a 16yo who is in my son's class, Boy Scout Troop, and Cross Country Team. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor earlier in the month.

We talked to his Grandma after church this morning. He did go back into surgery Friday, and the Drs found out the tumor is cancer.

If you feel inclined please pray for Gerrit and his family. His dad is an Iraq vet, and his mom survived lukemia a few years ago. He also has a brother that is a college freshman, and a sister who is in middle school. All thoughts and prayers would be appreciated.

Our thought and prayers are with this family!

 

[lexandme]

Hi everyone,

Judy--Hope you're feeling better. Vicodin is some good stuff. Just don't go selling what you have left to pay for shopping!!!!!

Gas here in WV is $3.85, and 35 minutes away in VA is $3.45. We always get our gas in VA on our way home from work.

I just checked our reservations and we have been moved to main dining also. . It helps with having Kenna (who turned 3 yesterday) . Also Bob and his sister are diabetic. Bob takes insulin with each meal and at bedtime, and having 2nd seating would have him taking his insulin too close together.

I spent 12 hours yesterday with friends doing various crafting things. I worked on the FE gifts. I now have 43 completed with 21 more to go. May work on them this afternoon. Bob promised to take Kenzie swimming at the wellness center. If he knew the Steelers were on, he would find someway to get out of going swimming.

Have a great day everyone.

Lora

Lora -
I made a mistake last night (it was the drug's fault). Stillers play tonight so Bob may not miss them after all. It's going to be a windy game - remnants of Ike are comin'.
I promise not to sell my drugs! I'll probably end up flushing them soon. I don't need them any more! Not even Tylenol.

 

[TwoByFour]

I promise not to sell my drugs! I'll probably end up flushing them soon. I don't need them any more! Not even Tylenol.

The little will be very, very, very happy with you.

 

[seadooken]

I don't know how many of you read it on the group website, but I'll repost here. Gerrit is a 16yo who is in my son's class, Boy Scout Troop, and Cross Country Team. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor earlier in the month.

We talked to his Grandma after church this morning. He did go back into surgery Friday, and the Drs found out the tumor is cancer.

If you feel inclined please pray for Gerrit and his family. His dad is an Iraq vet, and his mom survived lukemia a few years ago. He also has a brother that is a college freshman, and a sister who is in middle school. All thoughts and prayers would be appreciated.

We will say a prayer for Gerrit. I think we all take so much for granted in our lifes and things like this put what is important into perspective.

 

[pixidustmom]

Good evening all.
I just got back from seeing the movie The Woman. Very cute movie, a chick flick for sure as there was a full house full of woman.
I went to walmart yesterday to see if I could find some material for the FE. I was really hoping someone would just make me one. So I will have to be crafty as I really don't want to spend too much on one. There wasn't anything I had in my head of that I want it too look like so I will keep on looking.

twobyfour- So sorry to hear about Gerrit. I will pray for him and his family.
rlcook- glad to hear you got the main seating. That will be a big help. Oh and tell Kenna happy Bday.
Lexandme- glad your feeling better. I have had the same thing happen and I am still needing to get more done.

 

[macassi]

Is it too late to join the fish extender madness?

 

[TwoByFour]

Is it too late to join the fish extender madness?

Yes it is, we had a deadline of 8/22 so that people that were making gifts had plenty of time to do so.

No promisies, but if you want to put up a fish extender and have your info on the group website, you never know what might happen.

There is also a grab bag gift exchange at the DIS meet on the first day, 3:00, location TBA. Everyone that brings a wrapped gift gets to pick a wrapped gift. Love2Travel (Teresa) is organizing it.

 

[TwoByFour]

Thank you all for the prayers and thoughts for Gerrit's family. There is power in numbers.

 

[lexandme]

Good Morning. What is left of Ike blew through last night and we have no power. A call to the power co. placed at 3am and they are saying we may be out until the 18th! That's 3 days from now. If that's the case this is not going to be pretty. We grocery shopped yesterday and will probably lose everything in our fridge/freezer. Our front awning over our porch is a loss and our neighbors lost siding, trim and lots of branches and trees. I missed my bus and got to work very late. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like for you guys on the coasts that get full force winds.

But the Stillers beat the Browns so all is well in the Burgh!

 

[TwoByFour]

Good Morning. What is left of Ike blew through last night and we have no power. A call to the power co. placed at 3am and they are saying we may be out until the 18th! That's 3 days from now. If that's the case this is not going to be pretty. We grocery shopped yesterday and will probably lose everything in our fridge/freezer. Our front awning over our porch is a loss and our neighbors lost siding, trim and lots of branches and trees. I missed my bus and got to work very late. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like for you guys on the coasts that get full force winds.

But the Stillers beat the Browns so all is well in the Burgh!

Three days? That is a long time. Does your son get out of school or does the school have power?

 

[lexandme]

Three days? That is a long time. Does your son get out of school or does the school have power?

Our high school and one elem school have power but the others do not. He's in HS and he went today. DH had school also but his district wasn't hit as hard. His biggest concern was if the Sheetz station was going to be open so he could get coffee! He called me to let me know it was and he was going to be ok. Thank goodness, no one wants a half asleep grumpy Billy Bob teaching their children!

 

[TwoByFour]

Our high school and one elem school have power but the others do not. He's in HS and he went today. DH had school also but his district wasn't hit as hard. His biggest concern was if the Sheetz station was going to be open so he could get coffee! He called me to let me know it was and he was going to be ok. Thank goodness, no one wants a half asleep grumpy Billy Bob teaching their children!

It would be bad if the kids were home from school and no electricity. They would drive me nuts!!!

The day we left for our last cruise the electricity went out in the early AM and it came back on about 3:30PM, we left at 4PM. I did all the last minute laundry at my mom's and ran back and forth the whole day. I was so glad to get on that airplane!!!

 

[seadooken]

Good Morning. What is left of Ike blew through last night and we have no power. A call to the power co. placed at 3am and they are saying we may be out until the 18th! That's 3 days from now. If that's the case this is not going to be pretty. We grocery shopped yesterday and will probably lose everything in our fridge/freezer. Our front awning over our porch is a loss and our neighbors lost siding, trim and lots of branches and trees. I missed my bus and got to work very late. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like for you guys on the coasts that get full force winds.

But the Stillers beat the Browns so all is well in the Burgh!

No power for 3 days YUCK! . . . We went through that with Charlie, jeanne and Francis in 2004. Dont worry, you get used to all of the generators rumbling all night after a while.

 

[lexandme]

No power for 3 days YUCK! . . . We went through that with Charlie, jeanne and Francis in 2004. Dont worry, you get used to all of the generators rumbling all night after a while.

We Northerners are not prepared for things like this like you guys are. I don't think there are generators up here that would be set up for community use! I know none of my neighbors have any. I doubt the townships or boroughs have them either. My township is so tiny (1 square mile) we're lucky we have a police car! It will be grin and bear it and eat out until we can cook again.

 

[Zandy595]

We Northerners are not prepared for things like this like you guys are. I don't think there are generators up here that would be set up for community use! I know none of my neighbors have any. I doubt the townships or boroughs have them either. My township is so tiny (1 square mile) we're lucky we have a police car! It will be grin and bear it and eat out until we can cook again.

I don't know about where Ken lives, but the only people who have generators around here are the ones who buy them themselves. We don't have one. My in-laws lost power with Fay, wasn't even out for a whole day and they went out and bought a generator. When they got back from the store their power was back on.

I hope you get your electricity back soon.

 

[J&ADisneyMom]

Hi all

We got a lot of wind last night as well, and a few area schools are closed. Fortunately we didn't lose power and much to my DS's dismay, he did have school today.

I was just looking at our FE list. I wanted to confirm the number of participants (to make sure my numbers are correct). I have 37 adults, and 31 children for a total of 68.

Pixidustmom, I see you have two adults and a teen list, but on the website it looks like you are traveling with more people. Am I totally confused, or are they not particpating?

Just want to make sure I have enough stuff. :0)


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