11/24/07 We are Better Than Leftovers!!! Nana Head reunion

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy everyone

Jim,
That is great you have more family coming along. If they have a computer, tell them they are invited to join our group.
Maybe then I wont be the oldest on this thread!!
You can laugh, but I have kids close to yours and Christines ages!!
Scary thought! At least I still look 39, just ask me and I will tell you I look 39 and that's the truth!! Grandma's dont lie!!! And we have perfect memories!! Just ask me and I will tell you!!

No plans here for the weekend. Living close to all the theme parks means massive crowds of people on 3 day weekends, so we stay home and BBQ and play in the pool.

Deana and Christine,
all the talk of pizza makes me hungry. It also reminds me of when I owned a pizza place called Fat Rosa's a few years ago. Pizza is awesome!! I love making it even now after making thousands of them.

If you guys get the chance, tey to post at least once over the weekend and we will stay bumped up so maybe others will see us and join our thread too.

If your traveling somewhere this weekend, drive carefully!!

Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Just bumping us up

We are still looking for more great people to join us

We are a fun group and it' just getting started

come on and join us, we'd love to meet y'all!!

mom x4,grandma x4

 

[4girlslovemickey]

Hey Kathy. Fat Rosa's is the greatest name! Hope your long weekend is starting out right.

Deana

 

[crissythecropper]

Hi Deana. Yes, our girls are similar ages. Mine are 5 and 8 right now. Maybe, closer to the date, we can get them to chat a little. On our first Disney Cruise, our 8yo met a bunch of friends in the clubs. Our 5yo was a little shy and only met a few friends. By the cruise, they will be 7 and 10 so I think they'll even meet more friends this time around. Wow, I can't believe I'll have a 10yo child at that point. I'm getting old.
Back to the BBQ.
Jim
p.s. I'm on my wife's computer so the screen name is my hers. Sorry, not a new family.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy everyone,
Hey, do any of you use the web cams to look at the ships while they are in port?? I do this all the time. For weeks the port cam wasnt working, then they "FIXED" it???? It now has a picture of old buildings around the area, but it never shows the ships
I just wondered if anybody else was getting frustrated with it?

I can go to two palms or the jetty park cams to watch it after it has pulled out, but I would like to see it docked. I guess I am a creature of habit
We had another brush fire last night not too far away. Some people had to evacuate, but later returned home ok, no homes lost, or people hurt so far. We have had a lot of fires this year, we are so dry and even though they have been saying up to 40% chance of showers we havnt seen any thing where we live. Roads to the port are constantly being closed due to smoke and making it really hard to get to the port. I was afraid we would miss the ship earlier this month when we cruised. We got on board about 2:45, we are usually there by 10:30 a.m.

Well I hope you are all dong well this weekend.

crissythecropper, ok I understand you are on your wife's computer, but which lady are you married to here? I was trying to place you??
I'm sure Jim will really appreciate having another man posting here too. He is very out numbered ya know!!

Take care everyone
Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

good morning to all!!

I have no news today, I am just keeping us bumped up.

Maybe this will be the week we will get a new family to join us??

Have a great day everyone,
Kathy

 

[lvstitch]

Good Morning, I was doing some work for the Pizza Place so I figured I would check in. Having a great weekend so far. It's actually been a little chilly here. It only got up to 78 yesterday so no pool for us yet. It's going to be in the 80's today so maybe we will try today.

Yes, I always watch the web cams. I didn't realize they were down. The ones in Hawaii have been down too. I watched for a quick second yesterday and it seemed like they were working again.

I am really excited because we just surprised my Mom with tickets to Hawaii for her birthday. She is turning 60 this year and my whole family is coming to Vegas to celebrate (11 of us in all). My sisters and brother (there are 4 of us) decided to pay for her to come to Hawaii with me, my husband and my sister in November. She has never been there so she was really surprised. We were going to wait until her birthday in August but she needed to let her job know as soon as possible so no one else takes that week. She is a little nervous because she has some very long flights. She is still in NY so she will fly here on Friday night and then Saturday morning we fly to Hawaii. For her it's a total of 11 hours each way . At least she has a little break between flights. It's also a 6 hour time difference so she will have some jetlag issues but she is still very excited.

Kathy, that's awful about all the fires you guys are having. We have them a lot here too between the heat and the wind it gets pretty bad. No one is allowed to have camp fires or mini-bbq's in any of the state parks the entire summer. Hopefully you will get some rain soon.

OK, back to work some day off!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

WOW that sounds like a great trip!! it is great to hear that all of you pitched in together to make this happen. You have a very lucky mom!!

You will have to let us know how it goes when you get back!!

Got a little rain yesterday, but not much.
Going to BBQ steaks this afternoon, but that is about it for the day today.

Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Good morning everyone,
I hope everyone had a good long weekend

We have our brush fires up and burning again. 2 of the main roads to the port are closed again yesterday and today. At least there arent any ship in port right now, so people wont be trying to get to the port. Last month when we went the smoke was terrible. We had to chage our route twice to get to the port and it took a lot longer. I was afraid we would miss the ship. we usually arrive 10 to 10:30 and we stepped on the ship at 2:45. That was too close for me!!!

They are predicting some rain later in the week, but i have heard that before. I will believe it when I see it!!
Rain may bring more problems before it helps too. This time of the year when we get rain we also get thunder and lightning. We had lady and her 2 year old son hit a few days ago by lighting. They are recovering, but it serves as a reminder that florida has a big problem with lightning. Lightning means more fires!!!!

well not much happening around here today. Lots of heat and sunshine. The cows are in the pasture for me to watch. ( not our cows) I named them Mr. Sirloin, Mr. T-Bone and Mr. Porterhouse. I guess that tells you what their future holds! Another neighbor has about 6 chickens too. They are not your typical chickens. They are beautiful. Some special breed like you would see at the fair.
Now that you've all heard what an exciting life I have here I will sign off.
Yes I really do have a life, just somedays it doesnt sound like it!!

Kathy

 

[lvstitch]

Sounds like you have a great life to me. You can do what you want, whenever you want even if it means watching dinner play in the pasture

Finally made it to the pool yesterday. It was a beautiful day. In the 80's and not a cloud in the sky. One of those days that I realized why I moved here.

I never realized how bad the fires where in Florida. I knew about the lighting but didn't know you guys had such a problem with fires. For people who do not live there how do they know a different way to get to the port? Are there any signs? I hope Disney takes into consideration that people may be delayed and they wait for them.

If I was delayed, I would be freaking out. The first time we were on the cruise we got to the port at 10:30 and I was mad because I wanted to be there at 10:00 Yeah, I'm a little crazy that way but hey I am paying a lot of money I want to be on that ship every minute I can.

I guess I will do some work now, talk to you guys later.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy,
the fires are not the norm for here. 6 years ago we had a drought when we first moved here and they were bad. Now we are having another drought and the fires are back again. When we went to the port they had NO detour signs, just barracades saying road closed or a cop car with flashing lights and a cop waving you to turn around. They didnt give directions to anyone. It was horrible!! Luckily we had looked up alternate roads, but some of them were closed and then we hit construction that sent us off the only road we knew was open for sure. we went for 25 or more miles before we saw a DCL bus, so we followed it to the port. Lucky for us. There were several people I talked to that did the same thing. DCL wont wait for the average person but they will wait if their buses are late. so on all the message boards people have been posting about it in hopes others who are flying in and renting a car will know what is going on here. After we got back we heard you could dial 511 on your phone for a road report. Along the highways the information signs said to tune in 1300 on your radio, but there was no information there, just garbled noise!! I was mad The first thing I did when we got home was to go to the posts for the next 4 cruises and posted about the detours so people would know about it, plus I put a post on the general forum, and more people did the same after me, so we did try to spread the word to others as best we could. I told DH that I had to post all that or I would feel so bad if someone didnt know and they missed the ship, just because i was too lazy to write a few posts. so I hope it helped someone. i did get some thanks from the next cruisers.
I was totally freaked out by the time we arrived at the port!!!

I hope we dont have to contend with that again!!

kathy

 

[4girlslovemickey]

Hi all. Just giving us a quick bump. Had a very relaxing long weekend. The kids were in the pool for 3 days straight. Kathy - hope those fires settle down. We actually get quite a few fires here in So. Cal. every year too. It is so dry and hot. Saw one just over the ridge today. Got a new job working for an old friend, but lots of problems there. Just keep thinking that I have to pay for everything we want to do on this cruise, so I keep on goin. Have a great week everyone.

Deana

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Good morning all,
How's everyone today??

We are catching a little break in the heat today. It's only supoose to get to 83 today!! That is perfect to me with a slight breeze.

I am hoping to make it to WDW this weekend. It has been about a month since I have been there. I have been fighting a cold and by the weekend I just dont have the energy to roam around the parks.

I am afraid people who are cruising on the Wonder tomarrow will have some problems getting to the port. The smoke from the brush fires have closed a few of the roads again, yesterday and today. No sign of them letting up for a long time. I hope they all leave a little early.

Well I need to zip out early today and go to the pharmacy. My DH accidentally knocked over my pills and all but 5 went into a sink of soapy water, so now I have to go and explain about it so I can get them replaced!!

Have a great day everyone,
Kathy

 

[lvstitch]

Deana, I know how you feel. Last year I had the worst job ever but I had to stay there because I wasn't going to let it ruin my vacation. As soon as I knew I had enough money I left. Just hang in there. I promise you it will be well worth it when you get on that ship.

Well, today should be the last day our temperature is in double digits. Our forecast for the near future is over 100 everyday (but it's a dry heat).

To keep this bumped up we should all ask a question a day. It could be Disney or non disney related. This way we will get to know each other and keep this post on the first page. Ok, here is my question:

Who is your favorite Disney Character?

Mine is Stitch, I just love how rambunctious he is. I even named my dog after him. Which, turned out to be a bad thing because he is just as rambunctious as the real stitch

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Who is my favorite character?

I'm afraid it is a tie!!
Donald Duck and Goofy!!!

I love them both so much!!! I have them stenciled around my pool deck.
I will try and post a picture of them for everyone to see.

Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

My hero?

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

My other hero!!!

 

[4girlslovemickey]

Kathy - you are a riot!!! Those stencils are the greatest. My husband can deal with a lot of things, but I don't know if that is one of them. Favorite character? Oh, I don't know if I can pick. Of course I love all the mains - my daughters love Goofy, Sleeping Beauty and Pluto, respectively. I'll have to think on it. Great question Christine.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Deana,
My DH is the one who drew the stencils and painted them on. My idea, his talent!! I couldnt believe he would do that for me, but it is so cute. We have Mickey silouette too.

My DH has adjusted ot the fact that when it comes to disney stuff he may as well just sit back and enjoy the ride!! I am a nut about disney things and he knows it. After almost 33 years of marriage he is numb to it all anyway!

Kathy

 

[lvstitch]

Wow, now that's a patio. I would love to do something like that but like Deana's DH I don't think mine would like it too much.

Deana, your girls will have so much fun on the cruise because all of those characters are there. On the last night they do a final autograph and picture session so if you missed anyone you will be able to meeting them then.

My two Stitches: