12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 12

[87Heel]

Am I the only one who is interested what foul hairy clawed beast will be boarding our cruise boat? Anyone? Anywhere? For the love of all that is Disney...please someone!!

Didn't I say it was just a Growth on his shoulder yesterday?

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

Didn't I say it was just a Growth on his shoulder yesterday?

Its definitely a growth...but I'm sure it has some resemblance to some species or several species that us normal people are familiar with.

Maybe if we can see more pictures of it...side, behind..anything. ITS NOT COMING TO DINNER, IS IT?

 

[lbgraves]

I don't like him at all! And I never could stand Karina... she never smiled and always seemed too high strung.

Cheryl and Emmitt were so gracious. Loved them!

I was amazed to find out that Cheryl is just 20 years old!!! She has the grace & maturity of someone in their late 20s or 30s. That just goes to show that she is a great teacher too.

2005 World Cup Professional Rising Star Latin Champion
U.K. Championships
4th in U.S. in the Under 21s

 

[lbgraves]

Ohhh - gotta see the Val one, I like him!!


Here's what Mario said to People
"Apparently world-class dancing wasn't enough. That wasn't the criteria it was based on," a dejected Lopez told PEOPLE. "I don't really care about the trophy. I just wanted to win for Karina. She is honestly the best dancer in the world. No disrespect to the other girls on this show, but they don't hold a candle to her."

This is the nicest one I could find that is appropriate for his comment.

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

 

[lbgraves]

Lisa - I would SO drive 45 minutes to a fabulous stylist!!!

Not around here. That would require me to plan 2 1/2 hours for a hair cut if there is traffic or construction that day. Besides, the owner where she use to be was also referred by many people & I am happy with the way she cut my hair the first time. She is a couple minutes down the street. Here 45 minutes is 4 cities away. Where I grew up that was how long it took to drive across town.

 

[lbgraves]

I was reading over on the CB (I know - how dare I! ) the annual Santa wrap vs. unwrap debate. Santa never wrapped presents for us as a kid but all of the gifts from family were wrapped. So many people say that it would not be any fun to have Santa gifts unwrapped but I think it is more fun. It is so exciting to see all that stuff laid out and I love seeing each year what my kids go for first. Sometimes they surprise me! This year I think Nathan will go for his big Power Ranger Megazord and I think Allie will go for the doll and stroller.

The only time Santa wrapped anything was when Nathan was 2. We went to see Santa and he had some big empty presents wrapped under his tree and Nathan really liked the purple ones so he told Santa he wanted “purple presents”. Santa had a very hard time finding purple paper but he did manage to get two purple presents into Nathan’s stash!

Does your Santa wrap?

Santa is the only one who gives the kids gifts in our house. He also wraps EVERYTHING! The kids are pretty good about taking their time. It use to be that they would open something & play with it for a while then go get another box. I love to watch them enjoying everything.

 

[lbgraves]

Becka - I got an appointment (and am on cancellation waitlist) with the girl that cut my hair 3 wks ago - I figure another 10 days growth will be better than trying to cut it now. Anyway, was going for cut/color on 1st...now I'll cut on 28th and color on 1st. I'm feeling good about my decision.

I think you will be glad to get a little cut off (less to wash on vacation!) and I always love highlights!! Glad you took the plunge...

And, V, yours has plenty of time to grow a little back - up the vitamins!! Good preventative meds for the cruise anyway!!

diana

I wont get my hair cut again before the cruise. It reached the I like it and can do something with it stage last week. I'll touch it up a bit the week before though.

 

[87Heel]

Yahoo home page has the BANANA on it now.... (at least it did for me...) The banana is following me to other web sites.

 

[lbgraves]

Soooo....psyched!

Had a talk with my boss last week about finances (haven't gotten a raise since I started with the company April 2005. He said he had to talk to his partners and see what they could do...last week he threw numbers at me; one of those, "I'll believe it when I see it" things...

He sat me down today and confirmed that a raise was coming my way. I figured 1 buck an hour or so "because of finances, we can only offer..." with more to come later....but no, I got a HUGE increase, (works out to about 17%)...! Wooo HOOO!!! Effective next weeks pay!

That will pay off the last few payments on my Wildlife of Missouri series and the books are now MINE, all 1001 books in the set!! And, And! I can pay off that photographer guy who snapped those pictures, with the ..umm... ooh well...no more problems with him.

And a good way to start the pre-weekend off with!

THAT IS FANTASTIC, ANDY!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
More reasons to celebrate on the cruise!

 

[lbgraves]

Well again - thanks to everyone for their kidn birthday wishes. It was a great day...despite the rain and flooded basement... again!!! At least we are learning how to deal with it quicker and it isn't anything like it was that one summer week.

For those of you who asked if I had anything special planned...I think hitting 4,000 posts on my birthday would be quite special....so here goes...

That is a very appropriate way to celebrate! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN!!!!!

 

[lbgraves]

I think we have had every major discussion here except one...


over or under.




Question is......

How do you hang your toilet paper?

It is over here!

 

[lbgraves]

I had a great afternoon at work too! I got a new boss (my second line supervisor), met with him and first line supervisor today and he is SO AWESOME!! Oh my, he is just what this medical center needed. He wants everyone to understand what a veteran is (whoa, imagine that in a VA hospital!!), communication both with staff and patients is a priority (!!!!!! Just what I have been saying for the past 8 years!) and he looked me square in the eyes and said that we advocates (there are 3 and 1/2 of us) have done a phenomenal (yes he used that word!) job! I tell you, I have not had a senior manager acknowledge the work we do in 8 years. I was absolutely giddy by the end of the meeting, as was my first line supervisor! Now I get the next week off to absorb this, and will just keep praying that the rest of senior managers don't eat him alive!

 

[87Heel]

over.
But I'm the one who changes the roll. Every bathroom. Because somehow, my children have not acquired the skill.

 

[87Heel]

OK, there's a whole history to the dancing banana. And a song (but not a banana song). And it was spoofed on Family Guy.

 

[lbgraves]

Everything about the whole Tom and Katie thing is odd.

I had to crack up at the report on Today this morning. Apparently her & Brooke are now best buds. They watched the premier of GA together. Katie had a touch of PPD so guess who she called for guidance? I wonder how Tom felt about his wife to be calling the drugged up wack job he couldn't stop criticizing before.

 

[lbgraves]

over.
But I'm the one who changes the roll. Every bathroom. Because somehow, my children have not acquired the skill.

Luckily the kids do get a kick out of changing the roll. I have not drilled the proper way to install it into them however, so it doesn't deter their interest in the activity.

 

[lbgraves]

I wish I could interest them that much in cleaning their toys up off the ground.

 

[dh chrisva]

Did i beat PJ and Be cka?????

 

[lbgraves]

Where is everyone?