20041218-cruise-friends-memories Part 4

[WDWLVR]

Good Morning Cruisers!


TGIF!

Best of all I have the day off! Had to use one more vacation day and since we are almost in November I thought today would be a good one.

Hopefully I can now get caught up on lots of little things that have to be done before we cruise.

Most of all I just want to relax.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[DVC4US]

GOOOOOOOOOOD FRIDAY MORNING EVERYONE!!!

I'm so glad it's Friday and we get our new furniture today. YEA!!! At least it's not supposed to rain until tonight so it all won't get wet.

Originally posted by scuba diver
This year we will be dealing with the St. Thomas mess so I don't know how they will be handling it.

I was wondering about this the other day. Not only do we have to deal with immigrations but I am sure most people will be heading out on excursions. Will those of us who go on early excursions miss out on Santa? When I talk to Debbie, I will see if she has any information on this or maybe she can direct me to to correct person. I'll see what I can do.

Off to read the boards and get the kids off to school.

 

[ohiominnie]

Won't be on much today. My parents are heading down. They just wanted to come and visit, but it's turning out that my dad is going to do a lot of work on the bathroom that we can't seem to get Mike's cousin to come finish (install a vanity/countertop/faucet, toilet, baseboard, casing, shower head and controls)---pretty straightforward stuff.

Then it'll be off to Longhorn to "pay" for his work. Then ballet. So I doubt I'll get much chance to stop in

Have fun!!

(two weeks ago at this time I was rushing out the door to catch a plane to FL)

 

[WDWLVR]

A fun little thing I borrowed from the community board. Check oout the month you were born and tell us how much of it is true for you.

I'm March and I'd say about 80% for me.




JANUARY:
Stubborn and hardhearted. Ambitious and serious. Loves to teach
and be taught. Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses.
Likes to criticize. Hardworking and productive. Smart, neat and
organized. Sensitive and has deep thoughts. Knows how to make others happy.
Quiet unless excited or tensed.
Rather reserved. Highly attentive. Resistant to illnesses but prone
To colds. Romantic but has difficulties expressing love. Loves children.
Loyal. Has great social abilities yet easily jealous. Very Stubborn and
Money cautious.
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FEBRUARY:
Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and
clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental.
Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves
freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive
and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislike
unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and
stubborn. Ambitious. Realizing dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment
and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and
ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.
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MARCH:
Attractive personality.sexy. Affectionate. Shy and reserved.
Secretive. Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. Loves peace and
serenity. Sensitive to others. Loves to serve others. Easily angered.
Trustworthy. Appreciative and returns kindness. Observant and assesses
others. Revengeful. Loves to dream and fantasize. Loves traveling. Loves
attention. Hasty decisions in choosing partners. Loves home
decors. Musically talented. Loves special things. Slightly moody.
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APRIL:
Active and dynamic. Decisive and haste but tends to regret
Attractive and affectionate to oneself. Strong mentality. Loves
attention. Diplomatic. Consoling, friendly and solves people's problems.
Brave and fearless. Adventurous. Loving and caring. Suave and generous.
Emotional. Aggressive. Hasty. Good memory. Moving Motivates oneself and
others. Sickness usually of the head and chest. Sexy in a way that only
their lover can see.
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MAY: Stubborn and hardhearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp
thoughts. Easily angered. Attracts others and loves attention. Deep
feelings. Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs
no motivation. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to
dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and
neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and
the arts. Loves traveling. Dislike being at home. Restless. Not having many
children. Hardworking. High spirited. Spendthrift.
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JUNE:
Thinks far with vision. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and
soft-spoken. Having lots of ideas. Sensitive. Active mind.
Hesitating, tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the best. Temperamental.
Funny and humorous. Loves to joke. Good debating skills. Talkative.
Daydreamer. Friendly. Knows how to make friends. Abiding. Able to show
character. Easily hurt. Prone to getting colds. Loves to dress up. Easily
bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Brand
conscious. Executive. Stubborn.
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JULY:
Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be
understood. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pride in oneself. Has
reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings.
Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotional temperamental and
unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. Not revengeful.
Forgiving but never forgets. Dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things.
Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions
carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of
sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking.
No difficulties in studying. Loves to be alone. Always broods about the past
and the old friends. Likes to be quiet. Homely person. Waits for friends.
Never looks for friends. Not aggressive unless provoked. Prone to having
stomach and dieting problems.
Loves to be loved. Easily hurt but takes long to recover.
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AUGUST:
Loves to joke. Attractive. Suave and caring. Brave and fearless.
Firm and has leadership qualities. Knows how to console others. Too
generous and egoistic. Takes high pride of oneself. Thirsty for
praises. Extraordinary spirit. Easily angered. Angry when provoked. Easily
jealous. Observant. Careful and cautious. Thinks quickly. Independent
thoughts. Loves to lead and to be led. Loves to dream. Talented in the
arts, music and defense. Sensitive but not petty. Poor resistance against
illnesses. Learns to relax. Hasty and trusty. Romantic. Loving and caring.
Loves to make friends.
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SEPTEMBER:
Suave and compromising. Careful, cautious and organized. Likes to
point out people's mistakes. Likes to criticize Stubborn. Quiet but
able to talk well. Calm and cool. Kind and sympathetic. Concerned and
detailed. Loyal but not always honest. Does work well. Very confident.
Sensitive. Thinking generous. Good memory. Clever and knowledgeable. Loves
to look for information. Must control oneself when criticizing. Able to
Motivate oneself. Understanding. Fun to be around. Secretive. Loves sports,
Leisure and traveling. Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feelings.
Very choosy, especially in relationships. Systematic.
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OCTOBER:
Loves to chat. Loves those who loves them. Loves to takes things at
the center. Inner and physical beauty. Lies but doesn't pretend.
Gets angry often. Treats friends importantly. Always making friends. Easily
Hurt but recovers easily. Daydreamer. Opinionated.
Does not care of what others think. Emotional. Decisive. Strong
clairvoyance. Loves to travel, the arts and literature. Touchy and easily
jealous. Concerned. Loves outdoors. Just and fair. Spendthrift. Easily
influenced. Easily loses confidence. Loves children.
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NOVEMBER:
Has a lot of ideas. Difficult to fathom. Thinks forward. Unique
and brilliant. Extraordinary ideas. Sharp thinking. Fine and strong
clairvoyance. Can become good doctors. Dynamic in personality.
Secretive. Inquisitive. Knows how to dig secrets. Always thinking. Less
Talkative but amiable. Brave and generous. Patient. Stubborn and
hardhearted. If there is a will, there is a way. Determined. Never give up.
Hardly becomes angry unless provoked. Loves to be alone. Thinks differently
from others. Sharp-minded. Motivates oneself. Does not appreciate praises.
High-spirited. Well-built and tough. Deep love and emotions.
Romantic. Uncertain in relationships. Homely. Hardworking. High abilities.
Trustworthy. Honest and keeps secrets. Not able to control emotions.
Unpredictable.
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DECEMBER:
Loyal and generous. Sexy. Patriotic. Active in games and
interactions. Impatient and hasty. Ambitious. Influential in organizations.
Fun to be with. Loves to socialize. Loves praises. Loves attention. Loves to
be loved. Honest and trustworthy. Not pretending. Short tempered.
Changing personality. Not egoistic. Take high pride in oneself. Hates
restrictions. Loves to joke. Good sense of humor. Logical

 

[videogal1]

Originally posted by WVMD
Linda - did your foray into town work out? Is Cash all certified?

Virgil
TFD

Foray into town went well...zip, zip. Paid a little money and POOF! Cash is now ready for international travel. No vehicular crashes.

Cash's health is now all certified for international travel...Otherwise, there is no certification for Service Dogs. Can you imagine the mess? Dog training organizations trying to get a corner on the certification market...Pseudo experts trying to pass off "certified dogs" for sale at $20,000 a pop?
As it is there's a 2 to 10 year wait for trained dogs or a $2000 to $20,000 price tag. Congress forsaw the negative possibilities and the ADA was written to allow owner-training of service dogs. There is no certification organization or requirement, although many businesses persist in asking for "papers", which is illegal....

 

[jhemond]

An elderly couple was sitting on there rocking chairs rocking back and forth. When the woman whacked her husband as hard as she could right off his chair. Surprised and disorientated he said: "now why did you do that?" and she replied: "That is for 50 years of horrible sex". So he sits back down and thinks about it for a while, and pretty soon you hear another whack, this time the wife falls off the chair and soon, gets back up and says "what was that for?” He replied, "that is for knowing the difference."

 

[jhemond]

And a T.O.P. to boot.

 

[videogal1]

April: Well, I have heard that I am:
Active and dynamic. Decisive and hasty but tends to regret
Strong mentality. Loves
attention. Diplomatic. Consoling, friendly and solves people's problems.
Brave and fearless. Adventurous. Loving and caring. Suave and generous.
Emotional. Aggressive. Hasty. Good memory. Moving Motivates oneself and
others. Sickness usually of the head and chest. Sexy in a way that only
their lover can see.


Advisors suggested I delete:
Diplomatic.
Suave
Good memory
Attractive and affectionate to oneself.

Don't spread this around I'm trying for the Tinkerbelle award....

 

[dee47]

I love dogs. This is from our local TV station's web site:
OOPS, no, it's CNN.

Dog saves woman's life by calling 911

RICHLAND, Washington (AP) -- Leana Beasley has faith that a dog is man's best friend.

Faith, a 4-year-old Rottweiler, phoned 911 when Beasley fell out of her wheelchair and barked urgently into the receiver until a dispatcher sent help. Then the service dog unlocked the front door for the police officer.

"I sensed there was a problem on the other end of the 911 call," said dispatcher Jenny Buchanan. "The dog was too persistent in barking directly into the phone receiver. I knew she was trying to tell me something."

Faith is trained to summon help by pushing a speed-dial button on the phone with her nose after taking the receiver off the hook, said her owner, Beasley, 45, who suffers grand mal seizures.

Guided by experts at the Assistance Dog Club of Puget Sound, Beasley helped train Faith herself.

The day of the fall, Faith "had been acting very clingy, wanting to be touching me all day long," Beasley said Thursday.

The dog, whose sensitive nose can detect changes in Beasley's body chemistry, is trained to alert her owner to impending seizures.

But that wasn't what was happening on September 7, and Faith apparently wasn't sure how to communicate the problem. During Beasley's three-week hospital stay, doctors determined her liver was not properly processing her seizure medication.

 

[jhemond]

Originally posted by WDWLVR
[BJUNE:
Thinks far with vision. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and
soft-spoken. Having lots of ideas. Sensitive. Active mind.
Hesitating, tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the best. Temperamental. Funny and humorous. Loves to joke. Good debating skills. Talkative. Daydreamer. Friendly. Knows how to make friends. Abiding. Able to show character. Easily hurt. Prone to getting colds. Loves to dress up. Easily bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Brand
conscious. Executive. Stubborn.[/B]

I think most of it's pretty true. I'm not really much of a debator (at least I'm not very good at it). I'm definately a daydreamer. I'm not really very good at making friends.

It's probably about 80-90% true.

 

[ohiominnie]

DECEMBER:
Loyal and generous. AGREED
Sexy. NOT!
Patriotic. AGREED
Active in games and interactions. Board games yes, group sports, no.
Impatient and hasty. SOMETIMES
Ambitious. NOT REALLY
Influential in organizations. HARDLY
Fun to be with. I'D LIKE TO THINK SO!!
Loves to socialize. AS LONG AS I DON"T HAVE TO DRESS UP
Loves praises. BUT WILL DENY THE PRAISE--MORE HUMBLE
Loves attention. FROM PPL I LOVE.
Loves to be loved. DOESN'T EVERYONE?
Honest and trustworthy. THERE IT IS AGAIN....THIS ALWAYS IS IN MY "HOROSCOPE" OR DESCRIPTION OF ME. VERY TRUE
Not pretending. I AM WHO I AM...TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
Short tempered. VERY RARELY, AND MOSTLY WITH THE DOG
Changing personality. NOT. I DON'T EVEN GET PMS!
Not egoistic. AGREED
Take high pride in oneself. NOT IN THE LEAST. MUCH MORE HUMBLE THAN THAT.
Hates restrictions. ABIDES BY THE LAWS, BUT HATES SILLY LAWS. NO RESTRICTIONS LEADS TO CHAOS.
Loves to joke. 100% AGREED. IF I TEASE YOU, IT'S BECAUSE I LIKE YOU. I DON'T WASTE MY ENERGY ON PPL I DON'T CARE FOR.
Good sense of humor. IT'S IN MY GENES. MY DAD HAS A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR!!
Logical SOMETIMES, BUT USUALLY EMOTIONS GET IN THE WAY.

So, I'd say about 75% accurate.
Gonna go look back at my kids' months....

 

[videogal1]

Originally posted by Cruisin'goose
WOW the deck 7 cruisers are growing!! We can all met on the not so secret aft verandah. I like sitting there to read/sun.

That's the aft verandah that overhangs my BAV. I discovered that in MAY....

 

[Dancind]

Dee, what a terrific story. Thanks for posting it.

Mary, that sounds like the same character traits you will see for the signs in an astrology book. Yep, I'm a Taurus all the way. Kevin is a cusper, so he's a mystery sometimes. The verdict is still out on whether Alicia is a true Aries.

I hate the thought of the early morning thing in St. Thomas on Christmas! We got past the "early rising on Christmas" phase quite a while ago.

 

[dobelover]

Originally posted by videogal1
That's the aft verandah that overhangs my BAV. I discovered that in MAY....

Lynda and Cash /Mighty Ripper- what is BAV?

 

[justmestace]

Good (late) Morning!
The phone woke me a couple of hours ago...I didn't answer it...the caller i.d. said "Motivational something or another" at least I woke up laughing!!!
I think it was a message to motivate myself to get out of bed!!


Mary...I'm a "March" also....I guess most of it is true....except the "sexy" part!

Ohminnie.....I forgot to tell you...our company has one glowing review (all A's!) on Angie's List!! That is so cool!!!

I've narrowed my cleaning choices down to Merry Maids or The Maids. I want a business, rather than an individual. It ends up getting too "personal" otherwise. The ex-cleaning lady left a message on my machine yesterday. It wasn't pretty.

Jared decided he wanted to Trick or Treat, so we went to get a mask. Then he decided he didn't want a mask....so he got a sweatshirt that says "This is my costume". I wouldn't even let him go at all with that attitude, except we are going to a friend's house and all the kids will be going.......


Anyway...I better get to the office.

TTYL,
Stacey

 

[justmestace]

Originally posted by dobelover
Lynda and Cash /Mighty Ripper- what is BAV?

Big A** Verandah???? It does have to have room for the "grass patch" for Cash!!!

 

[dobelover]

This will be our 1st stay in the DCL HC cabins. I never thought about the size of the veranda. On RCCL the HC verandas are significantly larger, guess I should have known.

 

[magicalfam5]

Hi everyone!

Sorry I haven't been around for a while. I'm trying to keep up with the reading but you guys talk soo much! Finally started packing. Some of the clothes I bought for my DD for our summer cruise already don't fit her!! At least what's left of the summer clothes at the stores are really cheap.

My pirate name--grace the green and pirate jasmine the disgruntled. The other names were guys names.


We have the 9:00 a.m. pirate excursion in St. Lucia booked, but I may cancel it. Nothing personal, but I booked too many things and this is the one my oldest is least interested in. If I decide to cancel, I'll post it here first so anyone who wants it can book it.(since the 9:00 is sold out, I think)

I'll try to do better at posting.

Judy

 

[afff]

Originally posted by magicalfam5
Hi everyone!

Sorry I haven't been around for a while. I'm trying to keep up with the reading but you guys talk soo much! Finally started packing. Some of the clothes I bought for my DD for our summer cruise already don't fit her!! At least what's left of the summer clothes at the stores are really cheap.

My pirate name--grace the green and pirate jasmine the disgruntled. The other names were guys names.


We have the 9:00 a.m. pirate excursion in St. Lucia booked, but I may cancel it. Nothing personal, but I booked too many things and this is the one my oldest is least interested in. If I decide to cancel, I'll post it here first so anyone who wants it can book it.(since the 9:00 is sold out, I think)

I'll try to do better at posting.

Judy

I cancelled some excursions as well today.
I cancelled both dolphin swims which I had booked (through Disney that is). One at Antigua and one at St. Maarten.

It was real funny the Disney Rep. must have asked me 10 times if I was sure what I was doing.
She said once these are cancelled it is as good as gone, as these excursions are so popular.
Jokingly, she said I am going to make someone very happy and that the person should buy me a gift.

I didn't have the heart to say that I was still going on my own.


Gus

 

[afff]

So our family's excursions are:


Glass bottom catamaran in Key West.

Dolphin swim on our own in Antigua.

Pirate boat in St. Lucia.


I so much wanted to SCUBA dive with the DIS divers group, but it appears my family commitments are interferring with the dives.

Oh well.........next time.



Gus