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

[becka]

Oh and drumroll please.... I went outside to turn off the lights and what was on the doorstep?




OUR CRUISE DOCUMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KIM GETS TO COME WITH US TOO!!!!​

 

[becka]

Thank you Dennis. DD and i had fun playing with it tonight. I love that I can do
B & W!

I'm not AS scared any more.

I am glad to hear that you are warming up to Fred!

 

[pyramid2000]

I am glad to hear that you are warming up to Fred!

I like that better than George. That is my dad's name and I think it would give me too many problems!

 

[ds2Mom]

Don't worry...last year we had a 6 and upgraded to a 3 at the port...this year, no verandah and I have been questioning it all along...but I think I would rather cruise again next year and forgo the added expense....

Thanks V.......agree.....the extra $ will definitely help DH with the business start-up, so I know it was the right (but hard) thing to do.




(Just NO snickering when you see me going back 'n forth from the spa showers to our stateroom!)

 

[becka]

I am still not done with my research paper. I finally decided to write it on the controversial "Christmas music in Public Schools." The research part is finished. I just need to get it all pulled together. I will work on that for a few hours tonight while everyone is in bed.

That sounds like a very good topic for a music teacher. I hope you get it finished very soon so you can start the packing panic with the rest of us!

 

[pyramid2000]

WOW! The cards are amazing! Todd -- you are one cool -- not to mention having REAL CJS rings!

Congrats there Charlotte!

Did you get a room assignment yet??

 

[ds2Mom]

........I hope you get it finished very soon so you can start the packing panic with the rest of us!

Packing panic? More like total packing insanity 'bout now.



My sis just called (lives in IL).....it's freezing rain, 24 degrees, schools are closing early.........and it was in the 60's there yesterday! Sooooooooo hope this is not coming our way next week!

 

[becka]

PLEASE DON"T!!!! You are doing great keeping up. You can't possibly catch up. I just filled you in because I knew it happened before you joined the group.

Actually last year John, Vanessa, Angie, & us cruised together on the 12/10 eastern. Others rebooked but had to cancel. This group is way beyond the group last year...even though they were fun. This one just can't be explained.

Oh we can be explained (with the proper charts, graphs and mathematical analysis) but the explanation would probably be too scary for anyone to handle!

 

[ds2Mom]

Did you get a room assignment yet??

Nothing yet. Checked about an hour ago.

 

[becka]

I don't really know what that is. But last Christmas I got a lot for one of my kids at school. I noticed around November that she was wearing the same thing every time I had her for class. Once I noticed that I would intentionally look for her every day. She always wore the same ole grubby outfit. It was horrible. It broke my heart. I went to the guidance councelor and told her that I wanted to give her a nice Christmas but didn't want her or any of the other kids to know it was me. My DH and I got her a winter coat, gloves, hat, bath and body works shower stuff and lotion, hair ribbons, shampoo, gap sweatshirt, jeans, shirts from Sears and K-mart. I also got her some jogging type pants. I told the lady at Sears what I was doing and she got her manager. He gave me a 40% discount on the total because of what I was doing. Then I got her arts and craft supplies. The police officer who runs our DARE program delivered it to the door on Christmas Eve. He also delivered a food basked with Turkey and all of the trimmings that was put together by my husbands Sunday School class. That way the only people who know what was going on were my family, the guidance councelor, and the cop. She was beaming when we got back from Christmas break. Her regular classroom teacher said she over heard her saying that Jesus must have given her an angel to bring so many things. The other teachers didn't know it was me...I did it for her...KWIM? I overheard her classroom teacher saying it in the lunch room. That will always be a special christmas to me.

I always donate stuff to the Bethany Children's Home...but that is going to a faceless person (I don't know them.) Last year was just different...if that makes any sense!

Sorry for the long post...I just got on a tangent...a feel good one.

God Bless You Brandi! You have me crying at work now....

 

[lillygator]

Nothing yet. Checked about an hour ago.

that's probably a good thing!

 

[becka]

This reminds me of the Crust or No Crust debate...

Hey Dody...you posted some of the ones I had saved to use in the final days here on the thread.....

 

[DSharpe]

hey - our teacher's aide store laminated for 85 cents for a 24x12 sheet - is that a good price?

 

[pjpoohbear]

Morning fellow cruisers!

Does anyone else see the hidden mickey? Am I losing it here people? Help!

Pj

Ps 10 more hrs of work left, woo hoo .

 

[ds2Mom]

that's probably a good thing!

I figured they're trying to figure out a way to keep me off the ship.


I can just see DCL Inventory Control.........."hmmmmm, crazed woman in total panic packing mode has downgraded with less than a week to go and is now planning to shower/do make up in the Spa.......do we really want her on the ship?!?!"

 

[ds2Mom]

Does anyone else see the hidden mickey? Am I losing it here people? Help!.

Is it the grassy area to the right of the ship? Looks like a hidden Mickey to me.

 

[DSharpe]

That can't happen until the next day when you don't have the stylist to fix it.

so true, sadly, so true

 

[ds2Mom]

God Bless You Brandi! You have me crying at work now....

Brandi -- What a beautiful thing to do! "Random acts of kindness" are the best!!

 

[tynkerbell]

Does anyone else see the hidden mickey? Am I losing it here people? Help!

Pj

Ps 10 more hrs of work left, woo hoo .

I see 4 hidden mickeys- one in water, one in grass near ship... another one up top on land and one in the clouds.

 

[pjpoohbear]

I'm in the no makeup group too. If I have time I will run out and buy a mascara - I get a new one each time I decide to wear it. Like every few years or so. LOL.

Maybe we could have PJ etc. give us some tips.

Me, tips on make-up?

Elaine, I walked into sephora and was so confused, how can a single colour of eye shadow cost $19.00. I only bought the try- it out size because I know that I would not even finish that, lol. I do like mascara, but only wear it every so often, interviews, nice dinners, etc.

Pj