12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 5

[pjpoohbear]

 

[becka]

I have to say thank you to everyone for their support & help last night even though everything may not have ended as hoped. I have NEVER been part of such a wonderful group of people. Kim & Carla....you two didn't have to be there with us at 3 am however your presence really helped everyone who was waiting for the 90 day mark to arrive. Checking availability and times for excursions still showing open on your own reservations was extremely helpful for the pre booking planning. Both of you also cancelled your Palo resies in order to see which times were still open so that we had a chance to select a couple of alternate times. Kim, I feel terrible about your CC booking being so messed up now when you were trying to help us out.

Everyone else in chat last night was also great. I remember Caroline had a problem with the Dolphin excursion and several of you walked her thru finding the correct excursion. Someone also checked the times available for the stingrays at CC to make sure that there was still an 11 time before I cancelled the 10 am that showed up incorrectly after there wasn't even a 10 available for me to choose from. I would have rather rushed to make it to the 10 am than risk losing out completely. All of the encouraging words for all of us who had problems with the stupid system really helped me get thru what would have otherwise been a horrible experience. (OK it still stinks but the tears only lasted a few minutes versus hours if I had been on my own.)

Thinking about the 6-8 hours I spent chatting to you while trying to go to sleep at 5 am this morning...well, that is why we can't stay away from the thread here, why we end up driving our SOs a little mad with our DIS adiction that they just can't "get", and why we check the thread every so often hoping to see another post...which we know will be there, and much more than all of the misspellings and inside jokes that would drive others away. I have only met a few of you yet I have never felt this close to a group of people since I was in high school. Over the past year or more for some of us...we have shared everything together......births, deaths, illness, seperations, celebrations, birthdays, kids, and everything else that could possibly happen to someone.

I am excited for our cruise to get here ~ probably more so than any of the other cruises ~ not just so that we can cruise with the mouse again, but because we will be cruising with all of you! As sappy as this may sound ~ it is true. I am very proud to be a part of this group and I hope that our friendships last far beyond disembarkation on 12/16/06.

Couldn't say it any better so.....ditto!

 

[Jhalkias]

Those are beautiful John... (bet it's going to cost a bundle to get prints but i understand how precious photos like that are)

I had similar photos of DD done like that back in 2000. The B&W or Sepia ones are always my favs. I'll see if i can scan a couple so you can see to compare.

i love the jar one. What would really be neat is if there were multi siblings getting done at same time, and they put the other kid in the jar.

Trust me - they DID cost a bundle . . .

I scanned the prints - they did not give me digital copies, if they did, I would have gotten away MUCH cheaper!

John1

 

[lbgraves]

Oh, I don't mean putting our real names!! That is fine.

I was referring that you put John1 and not just John!

I know. I couldn't just put John though because of V's John. LOL!

 

[becka]

PJ stop that!! You are going to get all of us crying!

 

[becka]

sorry...didn't work

 

[lbgraves]

It's 7052

Holy cow! I had you with a 12 GTY!!! Did you switch it or that is what they gave you???

 

[Jhalkias]

Amy - is there an actual tub or is it a deep square shower - that works great for the kids at least. I don't want to end up causing a plumbing clog in our cabin though - how is the water strength?

thanks.

elaine

Since Amy is Finally getting Sophia to bed, I will answer . . .

It is a small tub with a shower built in. The tub is Waaaaaay to small for me, but fine for kids. The water pressure has been very good for us every time. We also have NEVER had a clog, but I guess there is always a first time . . .

John1

 

[pyramid2000]

And after 9 years I have found that it makes life so much easier if he just does not do what I don't want him to do!

 

[Bella2000]

Exactly!

 

[lbgraves]

And after 9 years I have found that it makes life so much easier if he just does not do what I don't want him to do!

Wouldn't that work best with everything???

 

[87Heel]

Hey all,
Finally catching up again.

Lisa, your post is beautiful. Thanks for taking the time to say that.

Sophia the fairy is just as beautiful.

I'm just as tired as you 3am people, and I have no ressies to show for it! The weekend included babysitting, our neighborhood block party, the Sunday after-block party, football, bill-paying and screaming at the kids because, yes, after running around all weekend in bare feet, you DO have to shower/bathe and wash the sweat out of your hair. And kids do have to go to bed even if they're NOT TIRED!

I'm calling it a night already (well, the game will be on the TV, but I fear I'll be watching it through my eyelids!).

 

[elaineteresa]

I'm definitely seeing yee to eye at the moment.

 

[becka]

Tana - In chat last night you mentioned fluff being in diapers and all of us were confused. Well I just found this smilie...and I think it is related.

 

[becka]

Wouldn't that work best with everything???

You would think men could figure this out!

 

[pyramid2000]

"woprks"??????




John1

You are a aren't you!?!?!

 

[elaineteresa]

John - those pics are so great - do you have one hanging in the house. I love it - Sophia is a cutey.

I will definitely take one of your referral cards. The shop is in Holyoke and we sometimes make a weekend of going to the Eric Carle museum nearby and there is an upcoming kids show in that area as well that we had on our list.

Do you have a number that we can use or do I need an actual card?

elaine

 

[lbgraves]

Yes, I had booked the 1:15 Friday at CC with DD. I also booked Palo - Thur 7:30P and Palo brunch last month.

Added! What time for brunch?

 

[Jhalkias]

Those pictures of Sophia are precious!

Thanks everyone.

I honestly do not know what I am ever going to do as she grows up. All I can say is being a dad of a little girl is Waaaaaaay different than having a son. they took about 20 other shots, and I had such trouble choosing.


John1

 

[lbgraves]

so is everyone smoking a cigarette? the night after the night before?

elaine

NO WAY! If I did that I wouldn't make it to the cruise.