12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 16

[becka]

Thanks everyone! We really had such a great time. It was exactly what we all needed.

Lisa - That picture was taken at MGM when she and I were waiting for DH and DS to finish something. She was just playing with the big Mickey balloons we had gotten earlier in the day. She spent 10 minutes just playing and running around and doing what 2 year olds do. It was fun to watch and I just love the way that picture turned out...it is one of my favorites of her.

 

[goofyforlife]

My dream would be to make a living doing the kind of photography Ansel Adams did.

His photos are amazing Brack..... There's a AA exhibit down at the Corcoran gallery in DC. I went down to see that and the Annie Lebowitz collection.

I met one of my fellow EB 's there. (Since DH really isn't into the art thing)

The family at MGM

Great pics Becks... Thanks for sharing...

 

[kimerinc]

Hey everyone! Just catching up now. Crazy week again! My washing machine broke, and then the basement flooded. Lucky for me I have the disaster recovery company on speed dial. The insurance adjuster has been here and they have taken the walls down. The carpet is coming out tommorow and the furniture is either going to a repair specialist or being totalled by the insurance company. It did not seem as bad as our last flood, but apparently it was.

It sounds like a real bummer, but Steve and I have been through this so much we are getting really good at it and we NEVER fight about the big stuff. Weird huh!

 

[becka]

Hey everyone! Just catching up now. Crazy week again! My washing machine broke, and then the basement flooded. Lucky for me I have the disaster recovery company on speed dial. The insurance adjuster has been here and they have taken the walls down. The carpet is coming out tommorow and the furniture is either going to a repair specialist or being totalled by the insurance company. It did not seem as bad as our last flood, but apparently it was.

It sounds like a real bummer, but Steve and I have been through this so much we are getting really good at it and we NEVER fight about the big stuff. Weird huh!

Even if you have been through that before it still can't be easy. I hope the insurance company gets it all dealt with quickly for you guys. Has there been a lot of rain out that way? I guess I have not paid too much attention to the weather.

 

[becka]

His photos are amazing Brack..... There's a AA exhibit down at the Corcoran gallery in DC. I went down to see that and the Annie Lebowitz collection.

I love the Disney pictures that Annie Lebowitz did the past few years. I wouldn't mind having some prints of a few of them someday.

 

[Jhalkias]

Hey everyone! Just catching up now. Crazy week again! My washing machine broke, and then the basement flooded. Lucky for me I have the disaster recovery company on speed dial. The insurance adjuster has been here and they have taken the walls down. The carpet is coming out tommorow and the furniture is either going to a repair specialist or being totalled by the insurance company. It did not seem as bad as our last flood, but apparently it was.

It sounds like a real bummer, but Steve and I have been through this so much we are getting really good at it and we NEVER fight about the big stuff. Weird huh!

 

[goofyforlife]

I love the Disney pictures that Annie Lebowitz did the past few years. I wouldn't mind having some prints of a few of them someday.

You mean the Johnny Depp ones....

 

[lbgraves]

That would be Nathan's. He is obsessed with Pokemon right now - it might even be bigger than Power Rangers which I was not sure was possible. Turtwig is his favorite Pokemon and when DH saw it at the store a few days before Christmas he just had to pick him up.

LOL! I totally understand. Just wait until Aly gets into them. OY! Both of the kids LOVE PM right now and each has two GBA games, several boxes of cards and K got a Game Cube came for Christmas. Listening to them I swear it sounds like a different language. I sat down with William one afternoon and made him explain to me how they play the card game. They have to add and subtract in their head to keep track of how much power their PM has after each attack and they also read the cards. They are coming up with some pretty advanced words too so I suppose that something that promotes math and reading has to be okay.

 

[lbgraves]

Hey everyone! Just catching up now. Crazy week again! My washing machine broke, and then the basement flooded. Lucky for me I have the disaster recovery company on speed dial. The insurance adjuster has been here and they have taken the walls down. The carpet is coming out tommorow and the furniture is either going to a repair specialist or being totalled by the insurance company. It did not seem as bad as our last flood, but apparently it was.

It sounds like a real bummer, but Steve and I have been through this so much we are getting really good at it and we NEVER fight about the big stuff. Weird huh!

Aw Kim, that stinks! Thank goodness they are taking care of removing the mess quickly. How is Savannah doing? Katie and I were talking about her this weekend.

 

[87Heel]

Love the photos, Becka!!!

 

[Jhalkias]

Marielle . . .

Hyped up for the MacWorld keynote tomorrow?

Becka . . .

How's it going with the iMac lately?

 

[becka]

Marielle . . .

Hyped up for the MacWorld keynote tomorrow?

Becka . . .

How's it going with the iMac lately?

I really like it. I have had a few minor issue with it locking up - mostly when I am in iPhoto. I also have not been able to do any photo resizing (not cropping but actually resizing of the pictures) with iPhoto and I really expected that to work. I guess I need to get photo editor software but I don't want to pay for Photoshop.

 

[Bella2000]

Marielle . . .

Hyped up for the MacWorld keynote tomorrow?

Becka . . .

How's it going with the iMac lately?

I am so proud of myself. I didn't even open up a cart in the online Apple Store and add all of the things I want.....yet. : :

 

[brack]

I am so proud of myself. I didn't even open up a cart in the online Apple Store and add all of the things I want.....yet. : :

Any hopes of my going further with Apple products have been greatly reduced. I really wanted an iPhone but it looks like I am about to change the work cell service to Sprint. AT&T has all but ignored all of my customer calls.

 

[pjpoohbear]

Becka, take a look at Photoshop Elements 6.0 for mac. There will be a trial on the Adobe site, very soon.

PJ

 

[DrHug]

Any hopes of my going further with Apple products have been greatly reduced. I really wanted an iPhone but it looks like I am about to change the work cell service to Sprint. AT&T has all but ignored all of my customer calls.

ATT went bad about 2000, so we abandoned them for Verizon. Have never been sorry for the change.

 

[goofyforlife]

Any hopes of my going further with Apple products have been greatly reduced. I really wanted an iPhone but it looks like I am about to change the work cell service to Sprint. AT&T has all but ignored all of my customer calls.

Sorry to hear that Brack...

ATT celluar has always been very good to us. (Cingular was the slackers.) I still have a corporate discount with them and they've credited me when i had problems (Cell tower near our home was down for 2 weeks after hurricanes a couple years ago and they gave me a month credit; Someone stole DH's phone and ran up over $50 in downloads in a couple hours. They knew it wasn't us as we'd never done it before.)

 

[bubbasmom99]

I've had Sprint for about a year now and have been pretty happy with it (except for a problem with porting our #s over at the beginning).

I have a Palm Treo... not quite an iPhone but very useful all the same. The Sprint data plan is only $15/month and I get all my email and internet access remotely that way

 

[DrHug]

I know what you mean Angie...I am a liasion to several departments and although I have taken over for the Cath Lab.....my word I have spent so much time with the Director and learned a ton in the clinical sense....


two areas close to my heart and life are cancer - my Grandaddy died from cancer of the bile duct and (eta: my sister has heart issues not Grandaddy)heart issues. My sister has hole in her heart - a pretty serious one ------ but, even though it was supposed to be replaced with animal (pig) valves a long time, she is doing well. She goes in every 6 months for an EKG and other tests and since she hasn't "grown" enough, at this point they won't replace it. Of course she is not supposed to ride any of the big rides at WDW or anywhere for that matter nor even drink Red Bull, which she does all the time.

Not to diminish any other disease or issue, but even though I have no clinical background I have been very blessed to work with some wonderful clinicians. And I have to say, our cath department....is really great....(aside from one mishap) but what got me was last week when the CN gentelman would not let them admit him until he knew how much the cath would cost.....I know I worry about costs as well, but we are a community hospital.....we won't even go after the bad checks.....!

Thank God for those thoracic surgeons, and for the Cath Lab Nurses and Technicians. I spent a few hours experiencing that magic. 5 times in the cath lab. I remember having the urge to sing the roto-rooter song during the atherectomy. ROTFLOL. And I told my Doc that I had an old guitar string out in the car if it would help, when the cath lab personnel couldn't find the proper catheter to use. He laughed, but the rest of the staff just gave me a funny look. ROTFLOL again. YES, cath labs can be fun.

I used to mix cardioplegias for some of the early bypass surgeries in the early 80's. Dr Kwon was amazing back then. That field has come so far, thank goodness, or I might not be here. At that time, Kwon was the highest paid surgeon in the world. He had a nasty disposition though. Whew.

I know this post is way late, but I am always way behind. Sheesh.


Hi everyone !

 

[DrHug]

Hello friends! Hope all is going well with you.

It's good here in California, though we have had some bad storms (for California, anyway)...

Work is good, and we are in a bit of a lull after year-end busy time. I am working on building a portrait photography business and it has been lots of fun. Cannot wait until our cruise in December. I missed going to WDW this holiday

Joy,
I would love to hear about your Portrait Photography business. Do you have a studio now? Wow. Cool. I used to do that part time and I have a bunch of studio gear packed away. That is my favorite area of photography. I love working with the lights. I have 4 White Lightening monolights and about 10 stands, backdrop stands and a bunch of backgrounds, etc. I wanted an RZ 67, but too expensive for me back then.

Have you heard of Charles J Lewis ? I have his whole course. Anyway, I am excited for you. It is a fun business, and very rewarding if you work too. Taking oictures isn't really work for me. The books and business management was work. LOL.

Angie says I can make you a real deal on some of my stuff. LOL. Well, Maybe....?? It is hard to part with it. She thinks it is extra baggage right now. LOL.