2006 DVC Member Cruise - SSMC06 - October 22, 2006 Part 2

[Diana Lyn]

Hey everyone - we're back from our anniversary dinner. If you've never been to Bonefish Grill, give it a try, it's great. Of course, they mostly have fish, but they do have some other entrees as well. Boy, oh boy, was is good!!!!!

And, guess what I got for my anniversary???

A shiny, new, stainless steel sink!!! Isn't that exciting?!?!?! Actually, we found out that the countertop guys are going to be here tomorrow between 11am and 1pm, so we needed to buy our new sink. So, $500 later, we have our new sink & garbage disposal. How romantic!?!?!?!?!

Glad to hear you guys had a great dinner!

A practical gift is always good, Amy! I got my dyson for Christmas last year--and I use it every day! You'll use your sink even more!

 

[Diana Lyn]

It's been a while since I had a day like that. Two things I noticed......gee, those little ones are easy. They don't care if they work on a project (as they usually eat it) and MAN can they make a mess!! The 5 year old I care for is the "Best Cleaner Upper" I have and I didn't realize how much he truly helps around here. This place looked like a tornado blew threw here by the end of the day. As I would be trying to straighten up, the little ones would be taking the things right off the shelf (I guess it's that toddler law in effect --- if you touch it, it's MINE, MINE, MINE , they are all rather good at that).

Sounds like my house kind of....only where can I get a five year old to pick up after my two?

And I agree about outings over school breaks too many older kids on my "turf"! Next week will be a busy one for us. We go to NJ on Sunday morning, after all Santa's gifts get delivered here. We'll stay Sunday night, come home Monday night and drop Bruce off so he can go to work. Then the girls and I will go back down Tuesday through Thursday to hang out with my brother and the rest of the family and we won't come back until Friday because I'm hosting a new years party for the kids!

 

[chipscinderelly]

Glad to hear you guys had a great dinner!

A practical gift is always good, Amy! I got my dyson for Christmas last year--and I use it every day! You'll use your sink even more!

I so want a dyson, I'm just trying to talk myself into the price!

 

[cgcw]

I so want a dyson, I'm just trying to talk myself into the price!

Well worth the price, Julie.

Hey, aren't you going to register for shower/wedding gifts?

 

[Diana Lyn]

Well worth the price, Julie.

Hey, aren't you going to register for shower/wedding gifts?

DEFNINTELY worth the price!! It's worth it's weight in gold. I fill that canister up every other day!

 

[mrsdon]

Im so behind.
I am a big time tv watcher
Mondays
how I met your mother
Two and 1/2 Men
CSI Miami
Tuesdays
Amazing Race
Now I dont know what to watch
Weds.
LOST
Thurs
Survivor
CSI
Sundays
Pro football GO JAGS(thanks NFL sunday ticket)
60 minutes
Cold Case

 

[cgcw]

DEFNINTELY worth the price!! It's worth it's weight in gold. I fill that canister up every other day!

Ahhh, but do you know how to empty it? I'm still a bit scared of that .

Did I share that story?? The first (and only) time I attempted to empty the canister, I had no idea how easy it was and emptied the entire contents all over my kitchen floor.

Let's just say, it's very easy to empty. All it takes is the press of a button.

Just last night, Gary asked "doesn't anyone know how to empty this canister". Nope, not I.


Julie, all you have to do is point Matt towards this thread. He still has time to shop before Christmas.

 

[scrappy910]

Im so behind.
I am a big time tv watcher
Sundays
Pro football GO JAGS(thanks NFL sunday ticket)
60 minutes
Cold Case

Debbie,

Noticed your post about pro football - GO JAGS. Caught my attention because we live in Jacksonville - home of the Jags. (At least this year we can admit to it LOL) You do live in TN, right - home of the Titans. I love football - college (Michigan) and pro (JAGS). My dh tolerates it, but looks forward to February when he can have the TV back. Only game he does look forward to is the Michigan/Ohio State game. He is a Buckeye fan.

Also, wanted to let everyone know that we had a good time at WDW this past weekend with Gail, John and family. They had a L-O-N-G trip down. Took them 8 hours to get through Ohio. At one point everyone was out of their cars and trucks and were sliding down on I-75 and chit chatting. Their whole trip took about 24 hours. YUK!!! They are now on their cruise. They will return on Friday and will come to our house Christmas day.

Is everyone ready for Christmas????? I have to go buy my food for Christmas dinner. Think I will go early tomorrow morning. I work for Hallmark and have 3 grocery stores where I manage the card aisles. It sure was a pain this week trying to get my work done and staying out of the way of shoppers.

Carol

 

[cgcw]

Also, wanted to let everyone know that we had a good time at WDW this past weekend with Gail, John and family. They had a L-O-N-G trip down. Took them 8 hours to get through Ohio. At one point everyone was out of their cars and trucks and were sliding down on I-75 and chit chatting. Their whole trip took about 24 hours. YUK!!! They are now on their cruise. They will return on Friday and will come to our house Christmas day.

Is everyone ready for Christmas????? I have to go buy my food for Christmas dinner. Think I will go early tomorrow morning. I work for Hallmark and have 3 grocery stores where I manage the card aisles. It sure was a pain this week trying to get my work done and staying out of the way of shoppers.

Carol

Glad to hear John & Gail & family made it. I bet that was one long trip they had. At least they arrived safely. Hopefully their trip back up will be uneventful.

Carol, how does someone get into being the person to straighten up the cards in the grocery stores? I've seen people do this and always wondered. Not like I have extra time on my hands, but maybe someday, when I get too old to care for all these kids, I might think about something like that.

 

[Diana Lyn]

Debbie,

Noticed your post about pro football - GO JAGS. Caught my attention because we live in Jacksonville - home of the Jags. (At least this year we can admit to it LOL) You do live in TN, right - home of the Titans. I love football - college (Michigan) and pro (JAGS). My dh tolerates it, but looks forward to February when he can have the TV back. Only game he does look forward to is the Michigan/Ohio State game. He is a Buckeye fan.

Also, wanted to let everyone know that we had a good time at WDW this past weekend with Gail, John and family. They had a L-O-N-G trip down. Took them 8 hours to get through Ohio. At one point everyone was out of their cars and trucks and were sliding down on I-75 and chit chatting. Their whole trip took about 24 hours. YUK!!! They are now on their cruise. They will return on Friday and will come to our house Christmas day.

Is everyone ready for Christmas????? I have to go buy my food for Christmas dinner. Think I will go early tomorrow morning. I work for Hallmark and have 3 grocery stores where I manage the card aisles. It sure was a pain this week trying to get my work done and staying out of the way of shoppers.

Carol

That is great that Gail and John made it safely. Even with the extra hours on the trip, it's good that they made through the dangerous weather. I'm sure the weather on the cruise is a lot more enjoyable!

 

[fireplug]

Glad to here John and Gail made it safely. Cant wait till Jan so we can hear all about their adventure!

Squid

 

[WDWLVR]

Carol - thanks for the update on Gail and John. Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas together!

 

[iluvdisney]

I'm glad to hear that John and Gail made it safely to Florida - I was thinking about them all weekend!

 

[scrappy910]

Carol, how does someone get into being the person to straighten up the cards in the grocery stores? I've seen people do this and always wondered. Not like I have extra time on my hands, but maybe someday, when I get too old to care for all these kids, I might think about something like that.

Cindy, the interesting part about me working for Hallmark is that Gail and I talked about it and she found the website where you check for openings and I am the one working Actually the best part of this job is I decide which days I want to work during the week. That way I have the freedom to make my schedule work for a spur of the moment disney trip!! I use to take care of kids when I lived in Michigan. That is a lot of work. Now my other sister in Michigan cares for kids.

I forgot to mention when John and Gail met up with us at OKW (we had a 2 bedroom we shared) Gail gave me their extra litho from the member cruise. I am so excited to get it framed. I went back in the postings and printed the pictures of what others have done. Isn't it great to have a nice sister (and BIL)

Steve, I will let John give you the whole story of their trip when you meet up in January. It was a wild one. Gail's three oldest kids will be driving back on Friday. Hopefully they will have better weather this time.

Carol

 

[Stitch#1]

Oh that poor boy.

And, poor Jeff. There is NO way I'd take my scout den camping. None! Absolutely not! I can't even tolerate their behavior for a 1 hour den meeting.

I'm SO glad it's almost over. And, since Cameron decided not to cross over and Walker tells me he doesn't want to be a Scout, I think I'm in the home stretch!

Nicks on the fence about crossing over so I'm not sure if I'm in the home stretch or not.

 

[Stitch#1]

Sounds like my house kind of....only where can I get a five year old to pick up after my two?

And I agree about outings over school breaks too many older kids on my "turf"! Next week will be a busy one for us. We go to NJ on Sunday morning, after all Santa's gifts get delivered here. We'll stay Sunday night, come home Monday night and drop Bruce off so he can go to work. Then the girls and I will go back down Tuesday through Thursday to hang out with my brother and the rest of the family and we won't come back until Friday because I'm hosting a new years party for the kids!

More power to you.
Luckily the furthest I have to drive is 5 miles on Saturday evening to go to Mom & Dad's for Dad's awesome Paella dinner!
Then everyone will come to my house Christmas day for brunch for my family favorite Creme brule french toast! Doors always open so if your in town stop on by!

 

[WDWLVR]

Cindy - and anyone else who loves Hilton Head. Rachel Ray's $40 a day will be doing Hilton Head in 1/2 hour (9:30 Central).

 

[rsschneck]

Cindy - and anyone else who loves Hilton Head. Rachel Ray's $40 a day will be doing Hilton Head in 1/2 hour (9:30 Central).

thanks Mary! We are headed back to HHI in 3 months!

 

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone! Couldn't make it to the Rachel Ray show. Not feeling well so I took a Nyquil and off to bed. Roxann was it a good show? We hope to get out to Hilton Head one of these days.

 

[cgcw]

Cindy - and anyone else who loves Hilton Head. Rachel Ray's $40 a day will be doing Hilton Head in 1/2 hour (9:30 Central).

I missed it. Didn't check the boards last night. We went out to dinner and got home late (8:30ish). By the time I had everything cleaned up from the day, it was time for Gary & me to go to bed. Walker & Cameron, well, they have another idea of going to sleep these days. Winter Break full force in our house -- Cameron has taken to sleeping until noon.....and then he only gets up because I have to put the daycare kids down to sleep in the bedrooms. Ahhh, the life.

thanks Mary! We are headed back to HHI in 3 months!

You and I will get along well. We love Hilton Head. July will be our 6th year there.....it's our favorite family vacation spot. The idea of not going for a year is just unacceptable to all of us. We thought, just for a split second, of skipping July this year and using the points for the cruise. But, it left such an empty feeling in our stomach's that we just couldn't do it.

Did you know that Chef Gordon sailed with us on SSMC05?