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

[Butterfly2]

Judi,
As for Dean and I we came to Tiny Town (as Matt likes to call it) from Dallas, Texas area. What a change! We are from Omaha, NE, where we met in JR. High and have been married 37 years. Came here to be closer to Omaha without being in Omaha all the time. Actually I love the small town, it's just that no matter what someone does, everyone knows about it. So you can imagine the talk about Dean and his doing the Conga down Main Street.
Cheri

 

[dheller97]

Thanks, Cheri. Now everyone KNOWS I'm practicing techniques.

Gotta run, press started up. See you at lunchtime....

 

[Butterfly2]

Judi,
Dean has called me pumpkinhead because my hair has been pumpkin color But I was young and thought it was pretty.
Cheri

 

[Butterfly2]

It's good to know that other people are going to be snow white, because it is hard to tan in the cold....
I wondered about the spray on tan, but Souix Falls is the the only place I know to go for that and it is 2 1/2 hours away. So there will be at lease two ghosts on ship. Cheri

 

[dheller97]

Gary, did you ever get to see the Magic this morning? I checked a little bit ago and it was aimed at smaller personal boats.

 

[OKWMEMBER]

No, Dean, I never saw the Magic. It must have come in before sunrise.

 

[OKWMEMBER]

Cheri got the 1700th post!!! Let's here it for the Newbie!!!!!!

 

[dheller97]

Now you'll see what I'm up against, trying to get a word in
Congrats on #1,700 - there will be no living with you now.......

 

[Juli]

Congrats to Cheri on #1700! It's an exclusive club. Some work hard to get there, others just fall into it by chance. We'll give you the secret hand shake and restroom key later.

Juli

 

[Juli]

Ya know Kim, I wouldn't want to have followed Karyn either. You were very brave to do that. I think everyone has a story to tell about something in their life. It's fun hearing about where everyone is from.

Juli

 

[Juli]

Hey Karyn,
You mentioned Petoskey and Charlevoix earlier and I meant to tell you where we were. We have a place at the Boyne Highlands in Harbor Springs. We really like it up here and are wrestling with whether we move up here or not. Well, I'm wrestling with it. Tony is sure and it's just a matter of which community for him.

I adore Chicago. Detroit is such a disappointment after you spend even a minute of time in Chicago. My Great Grandfather was a Chiropractor in Chicago, but my Grandmother, hence my mother, settled in Detroit. Peter, John, and I spend a week in Chicago every summer. The last two anyway. They go to a camp at Northwestern. The camp is really an excuse to go there. We found a great place in Evanston that takes dogs, so Hetti goes along with us. Who knows if we'll go next summer, but I sure would like to.

Tanning & Highlights - hmmmm - how come no guys are jumping in here? I bought some sunless tanning stuff, but the test spot didn't look like it did anything. All I can remember is the orange stuff that was around when I was a kid. Ewww! I'll be very pale along with everyone else. I have an appointment for my hair next week, but no wild colors for me anymore. I've been going to the same woman for the last 16 years. She won't even listen to me if I ask for something wild. She just does whatever she wants. Kind of like a Hair Color Nazi. Her DH cuts my hair. It's turned into a social thing.

If I just remember Cabella's, like the store, I'll remember how to pronounce your screen name.

Can't help today. Gotta take the kids skiing. And if not that, I'm driving into Petoskey for a while. They have a great coffee shop that sells something called Zen. Triple shot of espresso with Cocoa and cinnamon. Yum! I'll pick up some for the party along with some fudge.

Juli

 

[The4OfUs]

Originally posted by Butterfly2
It's good to know that other people are going to be snow white, because it is hard to tan in the cold....
I wondered about the spray on tan, but Souix Falls is the the only place I know to go for that and it is 2 1/2 hours away. So there will be at lease two ghosts on ship. Cheri

*phew*

LOL Thought I'd be the only one!

The problem with dry skin and the spray on stuff is that it starts to "shed" and then you have patches! No thank you...I'll take my chances. I'm from New England, what do they expect, right?

 

[Butterfly2]

Thanks!
How do you know I was #1700, I don't see any numbers.
Cheri

 

[Butterfly2]

We are getting a freezing mist today, we've had beautiful weather for SD in January, but it looks like it is about to leave.
Dean will freeze his buns off out there doing the conga in his speedo
Cheri

 

[Kabuli1]

Juli, I love Harbor Springs - we used to vacation there! sigh! Then DS#2 started having to go to a music camp in Door County, WI and we had to go there for vacations. I really am going to miss those places!

Sorry about the growing up thing, my only excuse is that I really had nothing to do with it - I just got dragged around by my folks.

I'm going to be a pale face - was thinking about a spray-on tan - but I'm a bit of a chicken!

It's cobble like a cobblestone street.

I'm getting ready for the party - everybody joining me?

Karyn

 

[Juli]

Originally posted by Butterfly2
We are getting a freezing mist today.........Dean will freeze his buns off out there doing the conga in his speedo
Cheri

Less spectators with that weather. Not as many tongues to wag. He should save it until tonight at Karyn's.

Um....Gary said that you were #1700. We don't argue with our leader.

 

[Juli]

Originally posted by Kabuli1
Juli, I love Harbor Springs - we used to vacation there! sigh! Then DS#2 started having to go to a music camp in Door County, WI and we had to go there for vacations. I really am going to miss those places!

Sorry about the growing up thing, my only excuse is that I really had nothing to do with it - I just got dragged around by my folks.

It's cobble like a cobblestone street

Oh please don't apologize for your great history. I'm so glad you told us.

I would love to go to Door County! We've talked about sailing over that way, but haven't done so yet. Well, Tony's sailed to Racine a couple of times. I've taken the car ferry each summer between Ludington, MI and Manitowac, WI. Someday we'll go cruising up in that area. To heck with where the best camp is for the kids.....just kidding!

Thank-you for the phonics help. I'm hopeless. I'll just call you Karyn.

Will try and make it tonight. I'm using up all our dial-in hours now! We get 20/month "free" with our DSL account.

 

[kmc33]

Ya know Kim, I wouldn't want to have followed Karyn either. You were very brave to do that. I think everyone has a story to tell about something in their life. It's fun hearing about where everyone is from.

Thanks for the support, Juli. I figured someone had to be first to follow Karyn

I'm just joking Karyn. I think it's really cool. The funny thing is, I am commenting that my background is boring, but I guess we are not doing anything that exciting that's going to make our DS's any less boring! Oh well. I guess boring can be good too.

I will join the snow white crowd. I with fair skin and red hair, I finally gave up on getting a tan (it took me until I was 25 to give up, though!) So, hopefully I will make it thought without developing skin cancer. I have thought about the self tanners too. But, I don't want to look orange. And I guess there are better ones now that don't make you look orange, but I am afraid I would still end up streaked. I wish there was somewhere you could go and step into a shower sort of thing and get instantly covered and evenly.

Anyway, I will be the one with the snow white legs, freckles and a hat!

 

[dheller97]

Hi, Kim!

I don't think we're supposed to call it a hat - it's now known as a toque, eh. I've been looking in the encyclopedia for what a toque, eh is but can't find anything. There's a plain toque without the eh which is a chef's hat. But, been looking everywhere for a toque, eh and haven't come up with a thing. What is it, Randy?

 

[auntrenae]

Answers to Dean's questions,

Long story short, (I hope)

I grew up in western WA. state, moved to Boise ID. at 16. Met Eric there(he's from Pocatello ID) at an old fashioned basket social (anyone know what that is?) decided we hated Boise, moved to Portland OR. because I was homesick, lived through St. Helens blowing up and decided we didn't like it after all, moved to SLC Ut., loved it, lived there for 20 years, raised 3 teriffic sons there, came to Orlando twice and decided being healthy was better than being sick in a place we loved, moved here, lived with heat and fun in the sun and teriffic winter weather, finally got the courage to apply to Disney and got jobs that we adore, now we cruise as often as we can and play at WDW a LOT! Whew! 24 years in a short paragraph!!! It's quite a ride, I can tell you

On what Dean said about me having cruised a lot, this is our fourth trip on the Magic, and I am having a hard time even thinking of going on another ship, I hope they do do that 3rd ship so we can go somewhere like Hawaii or Alaska and still be on a Disney ship!
If you have questions about WDW or DCL, anyone here can answer, they are just being modest!

Renae