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

[triplefigs]

Hi Deana,
My DD will be celebrating her 6th bday onboard. It would be great to find her some friends so she can spend time with them at the OC.

My DD7 will be very glad there's another girl around her age as she is very social and outgoing.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Denise and family!!

Boy our group has really been growing lately. This is great

First cruise, that is awesome!!
Any questions, just ask, we are a great group here with lots of input to help each other. We have done 11 DCL cruises so far and #12 is next month. So if I can help with any questions, please ask.
We wont have any kid with u son this cruise, but others will have kids near your kids age I'm sure.


Good morning everyone!!
We still have no rain, they say everyday 70% chance of rain, but it never shows at my house. we just had 4 palm trees planted and onei s turning brown already . We have been watering it, but not enough I guess. Just dont want a $300 water bill either. Maybe today will be the day for rain, I hope.
Minnie got her grooming yesterday. She was terrified by a kitten there. Her first encounter with a cat. Hopefully next time she wont be so intimidated by a kitten.
We have found out she loves watermelon. I thought that was weird, but my DD's lab loves grapes, strawberries and tomatoes too.

well time to get busy around here. Have agood Wednesday everyone,
Kathy

 

[FlyEaglesFly]

Welcome Denise and Family. I have a daughter who will be 7 as well on the cruise and a 10 year old daughter. It sounds funny saying that as they are only 5 & 8 now. They still have two birthdays before the cruise. It'll be here before you know it.

As far as job is concerned, my wife stays home with the kids and I have my own financial planning firm.

I hope all is well with everyone.

Take care,
Jim

 

[lvstitch]

Welcome Denise and triplets Wow, I certanly have respect for you. How do you do it? I'm scared to just have one So far there seems to be a lot of kids all around the same age. I think that is great. They should email each other so when they get there they already have friends on the ship.

Kathy that is so funny about Minnie being scared of a kitten. The must have been one big kitten

The weather here has just been crazy. It's should be around 110 today. We had down pours over the weekend. It was like a hurricane (for about a 1/2 hour ). There are fires about 250 miles away but the whole valley is covered in smoke, you would think they were in Las Vegas. It was pretty hard to breath last night you can smell smoke everywhere.

I have a question for everyone:

When are you planning to get to Florida (except Kathy ) before the cruise and when are you leaving after the cruise? We are leaving on Thanksgiving night and should be there early Friday morning. There really aren't too many good flights from here. We have family somewhere by Tampa so we might go down the night before and spend Thanksgiving with them. I think we have plenty of time to decide but I know we need to make hotel reservations ASAP since it is going to be Thanksgiving. We are going to spend Friday in the parks, I really want to ride Everest and my husband will need a RNRC fix. We will leave on a late flight on Saturday night so we will spend the day at the parks when we get off the ship. That should make us nice and tired for the flight home. Of course all of this depends on the airlines not changing their schedules .

 

[lauritagoddess]

I have a question for everyone:

When are you planning to get to Florida (except Kathy ) before the cruise and when are you leaving after the cruise?

We're going to be flying in the morning of the cruise and probably coming home the day we dock, although we might stay over that night. I wish we could stay longer but I'll be pulling my DS out of school for the cruise and even though it's only kindergarten I don't want to push it.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Good morning everyone,
Hope you are all having a great day today. Lots of sun here today, wish it was a little more rainy though.
I finished 2 door signs for our 8/5 cruise yesterday. Nothing fancy bu tthey will do. One is about the Pirate party, and the other just some characters and cruising.
Anyone got any plans for the weekend??
I hope to make it to WDW on Sunday to do the revamped Pirates ride at MK.
Hope to meet our oldest son there too. I havnt seen him for a few months, so would love to meet him there. He lives 80 miles from us, so WDW is agood meeting point.
Take care,
kathy

 

[lauritagoddess]

I'm so jealous that you can just pop over to WDW. I would be in heaven!! I hope you can meet your son.

It's hotter than Hades here and really humid so I guess we'll hit the pool tomorrow. On Sunday we're going to a children's museum.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Happy Friday everyone!!!

We are hot again today. hoping for a couple more showers today. Got a little yesterday.
I was hoping to find a couple of summer blouses for my Aug cruise, but I found ZIP!! You would think that in Florida, in the summer there would be a good selection of summer blouses, but nothing. I guess if I were 16 and wanted to bare my stomach or bust line there would be plenty. But at my age there is too much stomach and not enough bust line to show

Anyone doing anything excting this weekend???

Time to vacuum, mop, do
I NEED A CRUISE!!!!!!

Kathy

 

[lvstitch]

Please you have no idea what hot is try living on the sun like I do It was 111 on my way home from work yesterday and still 101 at 9pm. It's going to be 112 this weekend needless to say whatever we do will involve the indoors I have to say I do not miss NY summers, that humidity is a killer.

I hope Deana is OK. There are two really big fires in SoCal and I know that's where she lives. They think they will become one big fire. Lots of houses have burned. Deana if you get a chance please check in.

I'm so jealous that you can just pop over to WDW

Laura, I thought the same thing. However I am also jealous of you because you could just hop on a plane and get there in 2 1/2 hours. I miss being able to do that. I am at least 4 1/2 hrs away and that is if we could find a non-stop flight.

Have a great weekend everyone, I will try to keep us bumped up

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

I too was wondering about Deana.
I'm sure she will be checking in soon.

I could never live in Vegas!! Way to hot for me.

I too will help keep us bumped up.

Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Just saying good morning to keep us bumped up.

I know this isnt HOT for you but we are going to hit 95 plus high humidity today. For us, that's is HOT!!!
maybe we will finally get in the pool some later today. It seems we have just been to busy on the weekends lately to enjoy it. Once DD and family arrive the end of the month we will be in it everyday!!

have a good one, lets keep on page 1.

Kathy

 

[triplefigs]

I just realized this is the 11/24 sailing! We're going 11/17. Hope you all have a great time, and I'll see you on disembarkation!

 

[lauritagoddess]

I can't decide what's worse, 90s and humidity or 110+ degree weather. I'm just wilting thinking about it. Knock wood it only got into the high 80s today, although with almost 100% humidity. Monday and Tuesday we're expecting mid 90s for highs. Nothing like hot and muggy in the city and going down into the subway where it becomes like the 7th level of hell.

We did make it to the pool today at least, well after I left the uniform store $271 poorer, after ordering my son's uniforms for school in the fall. And this for pre-K. Crazy!!

 

[lvstitch]

Wow a uniform in Pre-K. I didn't have to wear one until 1st grade. They can get very expensive.

Yeah, I really hate humidity, there is just no escaping it. It hit 116 yesterday but as long as you stay inside you're OK. When we did go outside, even my eye lids were burning

Laura, Mets or Yankees Fan? Just wondering. We are die hard Yankee fans but those Mets are doing pretty good this year.

Kathy, will Minnie go in the pool with you?

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

HI,
So far Minnie only sniffs of the edge and watches us in the pool. We wont force her to go, wehope when the grandkids come to visit later this month she may want to jump in with them.
We went and saw THE NEW PIRATE RIDE at MK today. It was very good. Capt Jack Sparrow looks so real it's spooky!!! Then we met our oldest son for a visit, had lunch and then went to see the new Pirates movie with him.
We really enjoyed it, but I dont think I would let a young child to see it, where I would the first one. Now I cant wait til the 3rd one comes out.

Hope everyone had a good weekend,
Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Happy Monday everyone!!

Yesterday I bought myself the new Mickey ears with the gold earring and red pirate bandana around them. I want to wear them to the Pirate party instead of the bandana they give you or my own that I usually bring.
Well today is payday so I'm off to the bank, grocery store, pharmacy and then to do all the wonderful
Any volunteers to help with the ironing??? I hate ironing.

See what an exciting day I have in store.

Deana, how are you?
I was worried about the fires near you, please give us a quick check in to let us know you are ok.

Kathy

 

[lauritagoddess]

Laura, Mets or Yankees Fan? Just wondering. We are die hard Yankee fans but those Mets are doing pretty good this year.

Mets fan all the way!!!

We're looking at a 98 degree day here. This is not a day to be spent at work, I should be home sipping iced tea, lounging by a pool. OTOH, my uncle who's only 56 had a heart attack yesterday. Turns out he's been having chest pains for weeks and said nothing. And then in yesterday's heat and humidity was out working on his house in the sun all day. He's having an angioplasty today and may need more surgery, but thank god looks like he's going to be fine otherwise.

I hope everyone stays cool.

 

[lvstitch]

Laura, I hope your uncle is Ok. Here's some pixie dust for him.

Wow, It's getting pretty hot over there. Skip work, go to the beach, tell your boss it's medically necessary Think he'll buy that?

Sorry Kathy, I don't iron, I just keep my clothes in the dryer until the wrinkles are gone

Glad you liked the new ride, we are excited to see it in September. Did you get your names on the ears? I am going to get the same ones from DL although I heard a rumor that they also have pink ones. If that's true I will get my husband the red one but I am getting a pink one. I'll get our names on them.

Very hot here today yesterday we stayed in for most of the day. We played Bingo last night and my husband won $100, which is the first time we have ever won. I am practicing for the cruise. The offical temp yesterday was 112 but that was at the airport and it's always hotter elsewhere. I saw one of the bank themometers say 120. It's not to bad if you don't mind it feeling like your skin is melting off.

TTFN

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Good morning,
I didnt get my name on th eears because the red pirate bandana that comes with it would of covered up any name.
When you get yours, try to do it at MK. There is a small hat shop on main street that puts the names on for free. Just about everywhere else they will charge you for it. It isnt much, but you may as well get it for free. I have seen pink, black and gold mickey ears hats. But the pink is usually in the kids sizes only. Gold and black are in adult size. Also white ears with aveil for brides. I will keep an eye out to see if I see any other colors that come in adult and let you know. They change things all the time.
Well we are not as HOT as you, but still toasty here. We had tons of thunder and lightning, but still no rain. Areas around us got rain, but we didnt get any.
We had 4 palms planted in our front yard recently, so i have to keep watering them. We figured this time of the year our daily showers would take care of it. Guess we were wrong this year. Our water bill will be pretty high this month.
I heard a strange noise upstairs a couple of minutes ago, so I snuck up there and found Minnie happily chewing up a magazine. it was in a million pieces all over the loft. She hid behind the recliner, but I still got one swat with the newspaper across her behind. Not hard, but it did scare her. Then after I cleaned it up, she quietly followed me downstairs and cowered by the table looking at me with her ears back, begging forgiveness. So I told her again she had beena bad puppy!! Then I scratched her ears and stroked her chin some so she knows I still love her. Now she is laying at my feet trying to be good. she is just like alittle kid. I thought the look on her face was funny, but I couldnt let her know I wasnt really mad.
well that was my morning so far. Next I am off to the post office and to the pool store. Hope everyone has a great day.

Kathy

 

[lvstitch]

Oh no, we were on the second page

We had some wicked storms last night. Thunder, lightening, 60 mph winds, and tons of rain I thought I lived in Vegas not Florida The worst part was that my husband had to drive home from work in it. I was a nervous wreck. The funny part was that it wasn't raining for most of his drive home (he only works 6 miles away). I was just glad he got home OK. There was so much lightening, there were 60 tree fires. It was one crazy night.

Dogs make you feel so guilty when you try to discipline them. They are so cute with their ears back but you have to otherwise they would rule the house