12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 14

[lbgraves]

Hi Kristina!

 

[MMcCarthy]

hi Becka

hi missy

hi John

hi lisa

hi mickey

hi dody

Hi Kristina

are you guys done packing? DD has to pack her stuff in her take on bag. she has to take books, cd player--I am trying to convince her to take her Mix Stick but she wants the cds--we don't have many xmas things on the mix stick, contact solution, and she wants to take a few snacks. are you allowed to carryon snacks or only things bought after security?

 

[lbgraves]

Missy, I still have to pack the toiletries & garment bag...along with a few little things. The other bags are packed but not zipped up yet.

 

[lbgraves]

Forgot to note that DD & DH packed up the food/snacks tonight.

 

[becka]

We are 99% packed. I have all the suitcases packed, zipped up and piled in the bedroom. I still have a few items to pack last minute that can't be packed until Thursday morning (hairbrushes, kids stuffed animals/blankets, etc) but other than that we are pretty much ready to go!

 

[RealMickey]

Whoooo Hoooo!

So who lives in AZ that we can crash with!!!!!????




WE"RE GOING TO THE SHOW!

LET'S GO GATORS!

Congrats and best of luck! Go gators!

No offense intended to John

 

[becka]

Well I really should get going. I have a few things to get done before I get to bed.

I want to be well rested this week so we can drive all night on Thursday!

 

[MMcCarthy]

Okay, I got on priceline and got a 3.5 star for $40 for friday night. Now I just need to pay for the ruins tour and I think I have all the plans done. I ordered meds today but 2 of my prescriptions ran out so they have to call the doc tomorrow to get them okayed for refill.

 

[MMcCarthy]

Well I really should get going. I have a few things to get done before I get to bed.

I want to be well rested this week so we can drive all night on Thursday!

Good night Becka. be careful driving in tomorrow.

 

[becka]

I forgot to mention that I cut Allie's bangs tonight but it didn't go so well. I should have done it two weeks ago so it would have time to grow out but I kept putting it off. I hope it looks better in the morning.

 

[goofyforlife]

Hi Kristina

are you guys done packing? DD has to pack her stuff in her take on bag. she has to take books, cd player--I am trying to convince her to take her Mix Stick but she wants the cds--we don't have many xmas things on the mix stick, contact solution, and she wants to take a few snacks. are you allowed to carryon snacks or only things bought after security?

Right now i'm just trying to get all the laundry done and put away. (ok or at the very least up to the third floor... (i really miss my upstairs laundry room we had in the last house)

Once the laundry is done....It's just a matter of grabbing everything....

Gotta pick up dry cleaning tomorrow too. (but that's mostly my work clothes)

My DD needs to load up her Ipod shuffle with some cd stuff... (she wants to download instead but i told her nope)

I will have my MP3 with me....

As for snacks.... Dry snacks should be fine...Anything with liquid... baggie rules under 3 oz blah blah blah...

 

[MMcCarthy]

I forgot to mention that I cut Allie's bangs tonight but it didn't go so well. I should have done it two weeks ago so it would have time to grow out but I kept putting it off. I hope it looks better in the morning.

I'm sure she will look fine. I mean how could that cute kid be anything but cute, right?

 

[RealMickey]

hi Becka

hi missy

hi John

hi lisa

hi mickey

hi dody

Hi Goofyfor....ugh...Kristina

 

[Jhalkias]

Hello Dear Friends . . .

I want you all to know that it has truly been a comfort to me to know that I have friends that care when I was in need of prayers and hope. I know that Amy has kept you up to date with what was happening with my mom. It has been a very difficult 24 hours for me and my family.

My mother was a very modest and unpretentious woman. She had a very hard life, growing up poor in Greece. She came to this country for a better life. She left her mother, father, and brother and sister behind, never to see them again.

When we were growing up, my father was an alcoholic, and it made it very difficult for mom to raise three children virtually on her own for many years. So if I do not indulge as much in drink (I enjoy a drink - just not to excess), you may know why. My father finally beat alcoholism when I finally became old enough to help him help himself. I was in my teens at that time.

She loved her children and grandchildren more than anything in the world. She taught us the value of education, even though she never received beyond what would amount to a grade school education. She had an unwavering faith in God, and a love and respect for all people. During the racial strife of the 1960's she taught us that the value of a person was not the color of their skin, but the value of their character. There was not one hateful bone in her body, and she would not hurt a fly.

It was hard to see her leave in such pain, but I am glad that her pain and suffering is over. She is in a better place now. I got to say all the goodbyes I would ever want to her, and I held her hand as she passed on to that better place.

Her final words were "I love you, I love everyone".

As we say in our tradition, "May her memory be eternal".

Polexene P. Halkias (Papavasiliou) 1926 -2006
​

Thank you for letting me share with a very special group of people.

I want you all to know that my family will still be joining you (albeit we will arrive a day later at the World), as we now more than ever need this time to reflect and heal. Some may say that is not the right thing to do, but mom would have wanted it that way, and that is all I care about.

I appreciate your prayers.

John

 

[woj68]

Hello Dear Friends . . .

I want you all to know that it has truly been a comfort to me to know that I have friends that care when I was in need of prayers and hope. I know that Amy has kept you up to date with what was happening with my mom. It has been a very difficult 24 hours for me and my family.

My mother was a very modest and unpretentious woman. She had a very hard life, growing up poor in Greece. She came to this country for a better life. She left her mother, father, and brother and sister behind, never to see them again.

When we were growing up, my father was an alcoholic, and it made it very difficult for mom to raise three children virtually on her own for many years. So if I do not indulge as much in drink (I enjoy a drink - just not to excess), you may know why. My father finally beat alcoholism when I finally became old enough to help him help himself. I was in my teens at that time.

She loved her children and grandchildren more than anything in the world. She taught us the value of education, even though she never received beyond what would amount to a grade school education. She had an unwavering faith in God, and a love and respect for all people. During the racial strife of the 1960's she taught us that the value of a person was not the color of their skin, but the value of their character. There was not one hateful bone in her body, and she would not hurt a fly.

It was hard to see her leave in such pain, but I am glad that her pain and suffering is over. She is in a better place now. I got to say all the goodbyes I would ever want to her, and I held her hand as she passed on to that better place.

Her final words were "I love you, I love everyone".

As we say in our tradition, "May her memory be eternal".

Polexene P. Halkias (Papavasiliou) 1926 -2006
​

Thank you for letting me share with a very special group of people.

I want you all to know that my family will still be joining you (albeit we will arrive a day later at the World), as we now more than ever need this time to reflect and heal. Some may say that is not the right thing to do, but mom would have wanted it that way, and that is all I care about.

I appreciate your prayers.

John

Sorry to hear about your loss John. You mom sounds like she was an amazing woman.

 

[becka]

Hello Dear Friends . . .

I want you all to know that it has truly been a comfort to me to know that I have friends that care when I was in need of prayers and hope. I know that Amy has kept you up to date with what was happening with my mom. It has been a very difficult 24 hours for me and my family.

My mother was a very modest and unpretentious woman. She had a very hard life, growing up poor in Greece. She came to this country for a better life. She left her mother, father, and brother and sister behind, never to see them again.

When we were growing up, my father was an alcoholic, and it made it very difficult for mom to raise three children virtually on her own for many years. So if I do not indulge as much in drink (I enjoy a drink - just not to excess), you may know why. My father finally beat alcoholism when I finally became old enough to help him help himself. I was in my teens at that time.

She loved her children and grandchildren more than anything in the world. She taught us the value of education, even though she never received beyond what would amount to a grade school education. She had an unwavering faith in God, and a love and respect for all people. During the racial strife of the 1960's she taught us that the value of a person was not the color of their skin, but the value of their character. There was not one hateful bone in her body, and she would not hurt a fly.

It was hard to see her leave in such pain, but I am glad that her pain and suffering is over. She is in a better place now. I got to say all the goodbyes I would ever want to her, and I held her hand as she passed on to that better place.

Her final words were "I love you, I love everyone".

As we say in our tradition, "May her memory be eternal".

Polexene P. Halkias (Papavasiliou) 1926 -2006
​

Thank you for letting me share with a very special group of people.

I want you all to know that my family will still be joining you (albeit we will arrive a day later at the World), as we now more than ever need this time to reflect and heal. Some may say that is not the right thing to do, but mom would have wanted it that way, and that is all I care about.

I appreciate your prayers.

John

 

[MMcCarthy]

John I agree so much about you guys needing this vacation. Don't let anyone judge you by leaving after such a stressful time. Getting away will help the three of you heal more than staying and forgoing something that you have planned for years. Please let me and everyone else know if there is anything at all that we can help with.

PS - I have been bugging V about the upcoming Florida OSU game. I really don't like OSU but I figured I needed to stand up for us Ohio people.

Missy

 

[lbgraves]

John, your mother sounds like a beautiful person.

 

[Bella2000]

Oh my gosh John! I have been out since early afternoon and I just opened up the thread to see your post. I am so very sorry for your loss.

 

[RealMickey]

Hello Dear Friends . . .

I want you all to know that it has truly been a comfort to me to know that I have friends that care when I was in need of prayers and hope. I know that Amy has kept you up to date with what was happening with my mom. It has been a very difficult 24 hours for me and my family.

My mother was a very modest and unpretentious woman. She had a very hard life, growing up poor in Greece. She came to this country for a better life. She left her mother, father, and brother and sister behind, never to see them again.

When we were growing up, my father was an alcoholic, and it made it very difficult for mom to raise three children virtually on her own for many years. So if I do not indulge as much in drink (I enjoy a drink - just not to excess), you may know why. My father finally beat alcoholism when I finally became old enough to help him help himself. I was in my teens at that time.

She loved her children and grandchildren more than anything in the world. She taught us the value of education, even though she never received beyond what would amount to a grade school education. She had an unwavering faith in God, and a love and respect for all people. During the racial strife of the 1960's she taught us that the value of a person was not the color of their skin, but the value of their character. There was not one hateful bone in her body, and she would not hurt a fly.

It was hard to see her leave in such pain, but I am glad that her pain and suffering is over. She is in a better place now. I got to say all the goodbyes I would ever want to her, and I held her hand as she passed on to that better place.

Her final words were "I love you, I love everyone".

As we say in our tradition, "May her memory be eternal".

Polexene P. Halkias (Papavasiliou) 1926 -2006
​

Thank you for letting me share with a very special group of people.

I want you all to know that my family will still be joining you (albeit we will arrive a day later at the World), as we now more than ever need this time to reflect and heal. Some may say that is not the right thing to do, but mom would have wanted it that way, and that is all I care about.

I appreciate your prayers.

John

I'm so sorry for you loss. Your mom led an amazing life. You and your family are a living tribute to her life and and her teachings.

Bless you and yours