12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 15

[lbgraves]

7 day
PC
CC
sea
CC
sea
sea
CC
PC

Let's charter the boat!

Pj

Sounds good to me!!!!

 

[87Heel]

7 day
PC
CC
sea
CC
sea
sea
CC
PC

Let's charter the boat!

Pj

All right!! Pj, you'll have all your travel agent credentials, so you can be the point person on booking (oooooh, stateroom credits from Pj!)

 

[becka]

I might have enough money to charter one of these boats for the DIS Geek Special Cruise but I don't think they will be big enough.

 

[pjpoohbear]

Marielle, How I miss you!

Pj

 

[lbgraves]

I don't know, but......Lisa, can you get your clipboard and contact your people and check into this??

No.....I can take my Ipod with me!!!

 

[lbgraves]

The first thing on my list for when I win the lottery! You all will be my guest

Lisa - can you look into the cost?

YAHOOOOO!!!!!

 

[87Heel]

Hey, Pj,
don't forget, if we end up doing a Niagara Falls/Blue Mountain vacation this summer, I hope we can meet you for lunch/dinner/some kind of visit that week!

 

[MrsMork]

The first thing on my list for when I win the lottery! You all will be my guest

Lisa - can you look into the cost?

DrHug and I have the same plan with our lottery winnings! Lisa, the odds of this happening are increasing as we type! Get out the clipboard! Edit that to read Ipod!

 

[87Heel]

I might have enough money to charter one of these boats for the DIS Geek Special Cruise but I don't think they will be big enough.

Well, they are green, at least!

 

[pjpoohbear]

Off to book my friends on their first WDW trip, yee ha! Then dinner out at a new restaurant called PONY, will be like being back on the magic, ohh la la.

Menu $25 set price

Wild Mushroom Soup
with truffle essence
or
Molten Goat Cheese Fondue
served in a phyllo cup over wilted spinach
or
Warm Asparagus Salad
with cherry tomatoes, dates, roasted chestnuts and Danish blue cheese dressing
--------
Mediterranean Seared Chicken
stuffed with Portobello mushrooms, roasted peppers and onions, served with balsamic rosemary jus
or
Braised Beef Ribs
in a pomegranate red wine sauce, with garlic mashed potatoes and roasted root vegetables
or
Seared White Bass
with soya coconut fried rice, wilted swiss chard and pineapple reduction
or
Duck Quesadilla
two corn tortillas stuffed with duck confit, tomato jalapeno salsa, manchego cheese, topped with cilantro lime crema
or
Vegetarian Penne Alfredo
zucchini, sweet peppers, spinach & scallion with a smoked gruyere white wine sauce
------
Lemon Tart
or
Tiramisu

Pj

 

[pjpoohbear]

Hey, Pj,
don't forget, if we end up doing a Niagara Falls/Blue Mountain vacation this summer, I hope we can meet you for lunch/dinner/some kind of visit that week!

For Sure!

When is the whole Niagara Falls meet event? have to add it to the ical.

PJ

 

[DrHug]

We also would love to do an Alaskan cruise someday but it is another one of those things were I want the kids to be a bit older. I am thinking that Allie should probably be at least 6 before we go so we are looking at probably no earlier than 2011-2012 before we do one as a family.

Us too, Us too!

 

[87Heel]

Sounds very good, Pj! Hmmm. What's for dinner tonight? Hannah and I will be pushing cookies from 6-8...

 

[slindamood]

Off to book my friends on their first WDW trip, yee ha! Then dinner out at a new restaurant called PONY, will be like being back on the magic, ohh la la.

Menu $25 set price

Wild Mushroom Soup
with truffle essence
or
Molten Goat Cheese Fondue
served in a phyllo cup over wilted spinach
or
Warm Asparagus Salad
with cherry tomatoes, dates, roasted chestnuts and Danish blue cheese dressing
--------
Mediterranean Seared Chicken
stuffed with Portobello mushrooms, roasted peppers and onions, served with balsamic rosemary jus
or
Braised Beef Ribs
in a pomegranate red wine sauce, with garlic mashed potatoes and roasted root vegetables
or
Seared White Bass
with soya coconut fried rice, wilted swiss chard and pineapple reduction
or
Duck Quesadilla
two corn tortillas stuffed with duck confit, tomato jalapeno salsa, manchego cheese, topped with cilantro lime crema
or
Vegetarian Penne Alfredo
zucchini, sweet peppers, spinach & scallion with a smoked gruyere white wine sauce
------
Lemon Tart
or
Tiramisu

Pj

OOOOHHHHHHH We want to come along

 

[DrHug]

No I agree they deserve the fun it just seems strange and I am just feeling blah about things right now. KWIM?

Aw Becka...Here's a DR Hug for YOU...

 

[goofyforlife]

We went through the public high school forms a few weeks ago and had to make all of the selections; every teacher recommended her for honors level, which is nice... but should a kid take honors in everything? And if you're involved in music, then you have no elective spaces available. But I didn't get really concerned with the process there, since she's switching to the Catholic high school. Now we have that packet... and things don't always translate. You're limited to 2 honors classes your freshman year... decide which subjects (so decide what's important now). Placement tests for math and foreign language. But the public school doesn't call the advanced math in 8th grade "Algebra I." They call it "Integrated Math" (combines geometry and algebra I). So there's nothing in her record to show that she could try to test out of Algebra I, because "integrated math" means nothing. Luckily they do have a long session for registration and information in a few weeks, with department reps there, so we can get everything clarified.

We do not have any sessions...

But around here you want all honors (whether you belong in there or not)...The kids in the lower levels act like monsters and not much work gets done. (i had teachers even tell me how much better the honors classes were)

Devon was recommmend for Spanish 3 next year (Technically she doesn't even have to take a language having 2 years of HS spanish in 7th and 8th grades but i want her to learn more if she can because many jobs closer to DC require someone to be bilingual)

i think DD will get two additional electives other than that... I'd like her to be on the Flag team (which means one elective would be Band Front).

From there i have to look at if there's actual tracks or anything to HS...

You know tech vs college prep or something...

 

[goofyforlife]

For Sure!

When is the whole Niagara Falls meet event? have to add it to the ical.

PJ

i love Niagara in Sept but i know Caroline wanted to do it earlier in the summer. (late May or June)....

 

[87Heel]

We'll do a summer vacation week either starting July 28 or Aug 4. Fall field hockey tryouts/practices start Aug 13, so no vacation after that for Elizabeth.

 

[DrHug]

Uuuuughhhhhh.... Who knew that course selection for high school was soooo annoying these days???? We're working through a thick packet of info with Elizabeth... it's like you have to figure out all 4 years at once so that you don't miss any prerequisites along the way.

Yeah, and then they'll change it after two years. What tangled webs they weave. I wish they would just go back to the old Models of high school. They seemed to work just fine. Our High School is changing over to the small schools concept next year. 5 different schools on one campus. It is DGS's last year of HS and he is going to lose the EXCELLENT counseler he had for 3 years. She found errors in his trancripts, etc., and corrected them, as well as helped him set up a good transition to college. Hopefully, she is an example of new trends. The old counselers (with DD and DS) were lousy.

Arrrgh!. If I had it to do over with my kids I would home school them, or move somewhere else.

Another counseler at that school told DGS that if he even got one C in the 4 years, that he would not be able to go to College. What a great thing to tell a student. That is setting one up for failure. Why try anymore if you get a C, right? BS! If that were the case I wouldn't have my Doctorate. I had a D+ average in high school. (I hated homework... LOL). Luckily DGS is a self starter and has already gotten several letters and e-mails from colleges that are interested in him. He had good PSAT scores.

Oh well, I better not stay on my soapbox. I just know that Education is important to freedom, and that it should not amount to brainwashing. That is another soapbox altogether. ROTFLOL!

Cruises on Disney are good for education.

 

[bubbasmom99]

I think all of you who are even *thinking* about joining me and Becka on the 12/6/08 cruise should come over and chat it up... otherwise the thread will get buried...

And if we can't convince Lisa to come along, I'm going to have to channel her and get my own clipboard and make some dining arrangements... I might have to borrow the html templates for the website too