20040131 ~ Cruising Jan 31 2004 Western Who's with us?

[Annie12345]

mornin' all... It's 8:22 a.m. here and I can't believe I'm awake and have caught up with the posts already...

Steve and Lisa - healthy thoughts are headed your way (as are our prayers)

Cap & Judi - safe travels, thanks for checking in, and I'll tell Randy that he has all next week to rest but by Saturday, he's expected to lead the toque and speedo fashion show...

Dean, thanks for the great party but I can't believe you ditched us at the police station...

I won't be on the boards anymore until tonight (at least that's my plan, we'll see if I can stay away)... Jaclyn's having her birthday party this afternoon and I am not very organized. So, I have to get cracking and get ready for it....

TTYL + HADD!!!

 

[KofPShannon]

Welcome back Steve & Lisa. So sorry to hear of your health problems. How scary! The trip should be exactly what the doctor ordered! Sunshine, warm air, lots of caring friends!

Back to the cleaning - when I was a teenager, my grandmother would take us to Atlantic City every summer. We usually stayed in a fairly small hotel. We had to house clean the hotel room from top to bottom before we were allowed to even take a peek at the ocean. We took the bed springs off and scrubbed them, washed and ironed the curtains, scrubbed the woodwork - I mean really, really ridiculously thorough cleaning. The owner wanted to put us in a different room every night to get his hotel cleaned. Fortunately, I did not inherit that obsession. It might have to do with the fact that my eyesight is diminishing by the minute and I CAN'T SEE THE DIRT any more.

I probably won't be back on line today either. Glad you and Judi got in safe, Cap. I need to run my 2 miles, go do some work at my other job, going to Costco to look for snorkel gear, going to visit clean nut grandmother and then it's another birthday party tonight for DBF's best friend. No cows at this one though (except on the menu), how dull.

Six more days till I leave for the !!

 

[dheller97]

Annie- guess who got post # 2,300?

YOU DID, CONGRATULATIONS!

 

[kmc33]

Steve and Lisa - welcome back. Sorry to hear that you have been going through difficult times. Will keep you both in my prayers. Hope you both are on the mend. Looking forward to meeting you onboard and meeting Luke (my DS is Luke too, that's how I remembered).

 

[photonut]

Steve and Lisa ---Our prayers are with you too. I noticed you are from Ontario...we are in Windsor? Whereabouts are you?

Juli -- I did clean the playroom yesterday...it feels much better now to be able to walk into the room without stepping on puzzle pieces and action figures. As for the kids bedrooms...yes I agree...I am a firm believer in just shutting the door!! I have never cleaned my childrens rooms besides vacuuming...that is up to them!! My husbands mom always cleaned his room for him...My mom always just shut the door...she figured we were the ones that had to live in it!!


Here is what the sign in my kitchen says!! "I only have a kitchen because it came with the house!"

TTFN!

 

[kmc33]

I might be missing the point here, but I thought I read that once you start in a group you can't move up (or down)?

Sorry Nikki - I was trying to find the post where I read the information but I couldn't find it.

I don't know for a fact one way or another how this is handled for sure. But, from everything I read, I think there are times when they will move a child. I guess you are supposed to start them out in the place where they belong and that you think they will be happy. But I think there are occasions when they will decide to move. I could be wrong about that. And I have read that a parent can make the decision to start a child in a younger group if they think that's a better fit. But to move to an older group, the child must be within 1 month of their birthday. Otherwise, the counselors could decide if it would be better to move the child up.

Some of this stuff I think depends on a case by case basis and who you talk to at the club.

 

[kmc33]

I have really enjoyed all the kitchen slogans!! I think my favorite and the one that I might start using is my favorite thing to make is reservations.

I do like to bake, but not cook. This isn't really a good thing. It's too bad that DH doesn't like to cook either That doesn't make for good combination!

 

[OKWMEMBER]

OK, I'm awake, finally!!! Sorry I miised the party last night! I hit a rogue cow on the highway and had to be towed back home. There's a country and western song in there somewhere!!!

I'll be busy this afternoon but tune in tonight for some interesting pictures!!!

Hey Gail!!! I have to buy a red tie now!!! *smirk, smirk*

HADD!!!

 

[abusymommy]

Hi everyone....Haven't been around for the last week and a half. Been working LOOOOONG hours in order to be away for this vacation. I am badly in need of R&R. And the DH is hoping for a red ribbon!!

Anyway...it took me forever to read the posts. What a group! My DH and I think we picked the right group of people to cruise with.

Prayers and pixie dust to Chickenlady and Lisa and Steve and Randy.

Now...I need some help with shore excursions. We have never been on the Disney cruise before and assumed (rather foolishly) that we could book the shore excursions when we get onboard like we have done on the other cruise ships we've been on. I had some time this morning and we looked at the shore excursions and decided to get "ahead of the game" and make the reservations before we left. Since our DS is only 3, we are somewhat limited in what we can take him on. I'm sure you can all guess what happened.....2 of the 3 are SOLD OUT. Yikes!!
Can someone help with some advice.

In Key West we were planning on doing the glass bottom boat. We've been on the conch train, our DS would be bored with the musuem, didn't care for the schooner tours. So...my question is, is it possible to book the glassbottom boat at that tour hut in Mallory Square on our own?

In Grand Cayman we were trying to go to the Rum Point Beach Adventure. Is there some way we can do this on our own?

Look forward to meeting all of you!!!!

 

[Scott5150]

See Ya'll on the Ship!

I am off to Germany for 5 days, and then I have 16 hours to do my wash and finish packing for my flight on Friday. I have not had chance to keep up with the million or so posts, so if there is a meet scheduled, pm me so that I know about it.

Scott

 

[auntrenae]

I don't know about you guys, but I was up partying here until about 2am! You are just not ready for this cruise, you need to get dancin' and thinkin' about the sail away party and then you can stay up with me fantasisin' about next Sat.! Oh yeahhhhh.
Because of that late night, I didn't get up till noon, but my washer is going, my suitcases are out, and I'm looking for my blue velvet dress! (There isn't much reason to wear that here in Fla.)

Does anyone remember what it costs to have one dress steamed on board? I don't want to do it here then take it in a garment bag to get wrinkled...

Thanks, Renae

 

[auntrenae]

Steve and Lisa, Randy, and Chickenlady,

I'm sending prayers your way along with some pixie dust I caught as Tinkerbell sailed over my house last night on her way to the MK. She shouted down that it was special pixie dust just for you!!! What do you think of that?

We really are praying for all of you, this trip is just what we all need, but you more than most. Take care of each other,

Karyn, As far as books for your trip across country, anything by Mary Stewart, especially the Merlin trilogy, are wonderful! If you're not into King Arthur, the later books are mysteries. I don't know if you can get them in regular bookstores anymore, but you can find them at used bookstores all the time. They have them on tape too. I'm bringing one of her later books on the ship so I'll give it to you or anyone who needs it as soon as I'm done on board.

Renae

 

[OKWMEMBER]

HEY GUYS!!!

I HAVE THE HATS!!! I'm away from my PC so I'll have to post pictures this evening.

I'M SO HAPPY!!!

HADD!!!

 

[Annie12345]

I'm taking a quick break at the computer... Jaclyn and her friends are all in the hot tub right now and I'm hoping they stay in there for awhile... trying to keep eight 10 year olds occupied is not an easy task... I got them Pirates of the Carribean to watch (it's 143 minutes) so we'll see if they can get into that after the hot tub...

Randy just called and said to say hi to everyone, he's still looking for a couple of bed pans... come on 'fess up, who ran off with theirs last night...

Way to go Gary, Mr. Hatman, we're anxious to see the hats...

abusymommie - check out this thread regarding Grand Cayman. It has several websites and excellent information for booking shore excursions on your own:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=473491

TTFN

 

[jedokids]

I think that I missed the link to see the magic in port, does anyone have it?




Bobby

 

[dheller97]

Hey, Bobby-

go to www.portcanaveral.org then click on "cargo" then on webcams. They aren't showing it right now. Maybe they will soon.

Dean

 

[jedokids]

Thanx Dean

I knew that you had posted that like yesturday and I tried to go back thru the posts but i couldn't find it.

 

[abusymommy]

Thanks Annie....Great thread. Lots of good info.

Looks like we may just taxi to the ferry over to rum pointe, unless someone has any other good suggestions.

 

[jedokids]

Dean I found the ship its leaving as we speak thanks...


oh man seeing the ship leaving port is making me want to invent time travel in the next 5 mins. and jump to next saturday about 1pm wel we will be boarding the ship!!!






Bobby

 

[auntrenae]

Darn!
I just got back on and missed our beautiful ship somehow! Oh well, only one week and we will be sailing out of there too! I am SO looking forward to this trip.
BTW, my DH Eric says hi to everyone and that he is excited to meet all of you. He won't have a chance to post, but he's looking forward to being on board again just like I am. Probably mostly because this time his parents can be with us and his brother and DW too. It's so great to share this amazing time with family who haven't been with us before. We can really have a chance to talk and spend quality time together.

Hooray! I found the blue velvet dress and, not only does it fit, but it wasn't wrinkled after 6 months in a box from our Aug. move!!! I'm so happy!

Soon, everyone, soon,
Renae