12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 13

[pjpoohbear]

Elaine, John/Amy are lending me their extra wine carrier.

Pj

 

[brack]

ARRGGGHHHH!!!!!

No one to fight for that Caroline! Good job

 

[elaineteresa]

thanks all for your help with Ken's Mom. I know she will really love meeting everyone.

I have to warn you that she is really proud of her grandchildren so you may be hearing a lot about them. She has 4 grandchildren - all born since she turned 80.

 

[brack]

Brack - Kansas played a great game, of course I am disappointed with the loss but am proud of how far our basketball team has come in the last 10+ years...

USC looks to be playing OSU! Yeah Angie, Dennis, John and Amy.....!

They have done very well. It's nice to have new rivals worthy of the game.

 

[pyramid2000]

Goood morning Elaine!

 

[pyramid2000]

Good morning Brack!

 

[pyramid2000]

Good morning PJ!

 

[pyramid2000]

I got snagged by that 3AM monster last night... back to catching up from yesterday!

 

[pjpoohbear]

Caroline, you are so cute!

Pj

 

[pjpoohbear]

So, the mission I set forward for you is, I need all the steps to find the fax form for Albertson's. I can't find it in any of the tabs on the site. I use the Wilderness lodge zip code.

Pj

 

[pyramid2000]

I was thinking of you and Annette yesterday Brack. Lots of bells at the mall. DDs really enjoy putting money in the bucket!

Of course, the SA rep by Target was standing all the way at the corner and not in front of the store.

 

[pyramid2000]

Hi everyone. Ernie hadn't really moved since Wednesday, except when we forced him to stand up and go outside. I don't think he was eating either. We decided to take him to the vet this morning. We also decided to bring the kids with us to say goodbye. I told them that the vet was going to send him away so he could feel better (not a lie, right?) but Nick (7 1/2) was a little too smart for that story -- he's really very empathetic -- and started crying when we told him it was time to say goodbye. Which then set me off. I was just fine up until that point. He's still a little sad -- he said "it's hard to say goodbye to an old friend." Ugh. But I think he'll be okay and I felt it was important that we didn't rob the kids of a chance to say goodbye. I think, in a few years, they would have been sad that they didn't get the chance to, otherwise. Sarah doesn't really understand -- she just knows that Ernie was sick and he's gone away. Nick hasn't said the words but I think he knows he's gone. DH and I have made our peace. We went to the gym to workout afterward and I spent a good half hour just sweating it out. I know it was the right thing to do... Ernie had been sleeping on his paws so much the last few days that he was surely going to lose them to gangrene or something. Anyway, thanks for all the well wishes and hugs -- I really appreciate them! I joked to DH that I needed a canine grief counselor, and he said "do you really?" and I said "no, I've got friends on the DIS for that". He said to go ahead and post away!

So sorry for your lose Joy. I think it was appropriate to bring the kids to say their goodbyes. My brother had to do the same thing last week to their dog...
Feel good about your decisions as I am sure they were the right ones for all concerned.

 

[pyramid2000]

I was going to ask everyone a favor since the topic has come up.

DMIL - Ken's Mom will be with us on the trip - she is 85. She will be celebrating Hanukkah and since I know there will be an abundance of xmas related things going on - I am sure she would appreciate anyone remembering to wish her a Happy Hanukkah. Hanukkah begins on friday evening, Dec. 15th - the last night of dinner - we have late dining.

You can't miss his mom she is 4'11" - very tiny. and as I said 85. Her name is Martha.

The other thing is that she doesn't see very well so even if she has met you before she will not be able to recognize you unless you are very close. As with most people her age - her hearing is not that great either. Please don't be offended - just introduce yourself again. If you see her and she appears to be lost - she probably is - LOL. Just point her to deck 5.

Other than that she is pretty spry and loves meeting new people, parties, fun, the pool etc.

thanks all.

elaine

She sounds a lot like my grandmom! We'll be sure to help out in any way possible Elaine!

 

[pyramid2000]

When the can opener stops turning, its FRESH!

 

[pyramid2000]

Andy wont be home that day. I'm going to post a plea again this week.

I am sure there are plenty who will step up to the challenge for our fearless leader!

heck, there will be enough laptops on board...

 

[pyramid2000]

http://www.crumpler.ca/Cart/index.php?catId=22, four million dollar house, click on others for bigger/smaller

don't mind the descriptions, they are Australian and use that in their marketing.

You guys are forever distracting me from here...

 

[pyramid2000]

Ok, we got back from the parade in Westminster.

Joy, read your post about your buddy....very sorry to hear about him...he will be missed. It must be hard to lose a friend that close - its going to be hard when Abby or Casey will reach that point; I don't look forward to it but I know it is something that needs to be accepted.

The parade....
Besides being chilly, it was fun. Abby had a blast. She was just bopping along soaking in all the attention...people were like, what kind of dog is that, she's gorgeous, etc etc. Abby loved it...Kris walked her and Devon was on candy handout duty....I was the supervisor for Devon...."Devon, over there...Devon, kids on the left, Devon keep up...Devon kids on the right..." She had fun too.

So many people came up afterward and wanted to pet her and ask questions (the dog...)...some had never seen a Berner before...It was a good time. The only thing was that the parade ended and no one knew how to get back to the staging area and our cars and it was getting dark...We asked a policeman and he was helpful - we made it!

Nice pictures Andy!!

Love your new siggie. Glad you feel you are official.

 

[pyramid2000]

I was thinking the same thing Carla - that I was going to cancel the spa treatments because they really are overpriced and I have not gotten the facial I wanted to before the cruise and now I am completely out of time.
and why am spending this crazy amount of money even though this is supposed to be my treat.

we were also thinking of cancelling the catamaran sail because we could have just as much fun driving the jeep around the island for a lot less money and there are other chances to snorkel anyway.

what's this all about? buyer's remorse?

I cancelled the Dolphin swim and Amanda doesn't want to do the stingrays. I'm leaving that one to see what she says later. Maybe her dad can talk her into it.

 

[pyramid2000]

Goodnight everyone! I'm going to try to get some sleep. DD said that her throat really hurt before she fell asleep. OY BOY! I know where I will be at noon tomorrow.

Your family has had enough of this Lisa! You will definately need a vacation soon!!

 

[pyramid2000]

where oh where oh where is Caroline?

I was doing all of that shopping you are so glad you already got out the way.

Congrats on your