2006 DVC Member Cruise - SSMC06 - October 22, 2006 Part 3

[Diana Lyn]

The Plot thickens as to where the next DVC resort will be.............

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=13884068&postcount=19

j

Either way--I'm so buying more points!! Both resorts have huge sentimental values for me. CR is where I stayed my very first trip and AKL was where we stayed for our wedding.

 

[fireplug]

We wuz BUSY today at the FD. ran like scared rabbits. Most minor stuff but we did go to one very bad crash. 6 people involved most of them badly injured. I think the two hospitals had each called a chopper in to transfer to Chicago.

I hope all our Dis buddies had a safe weekend !

Squid

 

[BCVOwner2002]

Is there a new chat address?

 

[alikat99]

Anyone going to be in chat in 10 minutes??? I'm going to try to be there for a little bit.

 

[WDWLVR]

I'm heading to chat. Here's the new link http://host50.123flashchat.com/disboards/

 

[BCVOwner2002]

I'm heading to chat. Here's the new link http://host50.123flashchat.com/disboards/

Thanks! I've saved it to my favorites!

 

[Stitch#1]

OMG - that sounds heavenly, Julie!!! Now, I really want to crash the party!!!

Me too!!

I haven't booked that airfare back to NY yet.

Oh and Julie--I'll take the mac n cheese with mine!

Me Three!!!

Like Diana I still do not have airfare to get home. Come on SW drop your rates some more!!
I'll take some Mac & Cheese too please!

 

[bcvprincesses]

Julie that sounds great. Now I am starving. How many people are you going to have at your wedding? It sounds like everything is comming together.

 

[#1Mouse]

The Plot thickens as to where the next DVC resort will be.............

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=13884068&postcount=19

j

Now this is one cool rumor. AKL is my new favorite resort since staying there last March. John and I are going to stay there after the 11 night cruise for 3 nights. I never thought I would like that resort, but one stay and I was hooked.

 

[cgcw]

No chat for me tonight.

We were busy with our neighbor coming over and convincing us to turn the air back on. It was really warm in here and he said it might give us an idea of where the problem is with the unit. Sure enough, it didn't take long to see that the water that is suppose to drain into the drain wasn't going where it should go. So, Gary finagled it with a twist tie -- a very technical device. Hopefully it will continue to cool down in the house and this will turn out to be the leak.

Then Cameron came home from Michigan. Turns out they are thinking he's quite a natural at shot gun shooting -- so much so that they are suggesting we get Cameron involved in some competition teams. Apparently there was a show down between Cameron and another Boy Scout -- a 16 year old in his troop who has shot quite a few times. The boys went head to head in the first two elimination rounds and still neither was eliminated. So, then they did another round. Still neither was eliminated. Then they decided to toss the clay pigeons from the side rather than forward and it still took a little bit but then Cameron missed his mark. Cameron ended up being second in the camp. Who would have ever thought that 1) we'd allow Cameron to ever shoot a gun and 2) that he'd actually have some natural talent at doing so. I think he had a blast and I'm sure we'll hear more when he's done in the shower.

Steve, I'm glad most of your calls today were minor ones. Prayers for the people involved in the serious crash.

 

[#1Mouse]

Julie your menu sounds great. I can't wait to see pictures of your wedding cake. I love Disney's wedding cakes. We went over to the Wedding Chapel on one of our trips and were peering through the window looking at the different cakes set up in that office (not sure what they call it) Very exciting time for you!!!!

 

[#1Mouse]

Then Cameron came home from Michigan. Turns out they are thinking he's quite a natural at shot gun shooting -- so much so that they are suggesting we get Cameron involved in some competition teams. Apparently there was a show down between Cameron and another Boy Scout -- a 16 year old in his troop who has shot quite a few times. The boys went head to head in the first two elimination rounds and still neither was eliminated. So, then they did another round. Still neither was eliminated. Then they decided to toss the clay pigeons from the side rather than forward and it still took a little bit but then Cameron missed his mark. Cameron ended up being second in the camp. Who would have ever thought that 1) we'd allow Cameron to ever shoot a gun and 2) that he'd actually have some natural talent at doing so. I think he had a blast and I'm sure we'll hear more when he's done in the shower.

Steve, I'm glad most of your calls today were minor ones. Prayers for the people involved in the serious crash.

You can send Cameron up here and we'll let him go skeet shooting with John's dad. I know John's dad has always wanted John to get involved with it, but John has been busy the last few years running a business, raising 4 kids and cruising! Cameron sounds like a natural!

Way to go Cameron

 

[chipscinderelly]

Thanks everyone on the compliments on our menu - it tastes even better than it looks!

We've invited around 150, invites are set to go out in about 2 weeks and we think (based on room reservations) we have around 75 adults, 5 between 3 years and 9 years and 4 under 3 years.

Once we get the invites back I'll post photos of those!

 

[alikat99]

No chat for me tonight.

We were busy with our neighbor coming over and convincing us to turn the air back on. It was really warm in here and he said it might give us an idea of where the problem is with the unit. Sure enough, it didn't take long to see that the water that is suppose to drain into the drain wasn't going where it should go. So, Gary finagled it with a twist tie -- a very technical device. Hopefully it will continue to cool down in the house and this will turn out to be the leak.

Then Cameron came home from Michigan. Turns out they are thinking he's quite a natural at shot gun shooting -- so much so that they are suggesting we get Cameron involved in some competition teams. Apparently there was a show down between Cameron and another Boy Scout -- a 16 year old in his troop who has shot quite a few times. The boys went head to head in the first two elimination rounds and still neither was eliminated. So, then they did another round. Still neither was eliminated. Then they decided to toss the clay pigeons from the side rather than forward and it still took a little bit but then Cameron missed his mark. Cameron ended up being second in the camp. Who would have ever thought that 1) we'd allow Cameron to ever shoot a gun and 2) that he'd actually have some natural talent at doing so. I think he had a blast and I'm sure we'll hear more when he's done in the shower.

Steve, I'm glad most of your calls today were minor ones. Prayers for the people involved in the serious crash.

Ok, first, I hope that you figured out the leak for good now!!!

Secondly, congrats to Cameron!!!

 

[Stitch#1]

No chat for me tonight.

We were busy with our neighbor coming over and convincing us to turn the air back on. It was really warm in here and he said it might give us an idea of where the problem is with the unit. Sure enough, it didn't take long to see that the water that is suppose to drain into the drain wasn't going where it should go. So, Gary finagled it with a twist tie -- a very technical device. Hopefully it will continue to cool down in the house and this will turn out to be the leak.

Then Cameron came home from Michigan. Turns out they are thinking he's quite a natural at shot gun shooting -- so much so that they are suggesting we get Cameron involved in some competition teams. Apparently there was a show down between Cameron and another Boy Scout -- a 16 year old in his troop who has shot quite a few times. The boys went head to head in the first two elimination rounds and still neither was eliminated. So, then they did another round. Still neither was eliminated. Then they decided to toss the clay pigeons from the side rather than forward and it still took a little bit but then Cameron missed his mark. Cameron ended up being second in the camp. Who would have ever thought that 1) we'd allow Cameron to ever shoot a gun and 2) that he'd actually have some natural talent at doing so. I think he had a blast and I'm sure we'll hear more when he's done in the shower.

Steve, I'm glad most of your calls today were minor ones. Prayers for the people involved in the serious crash.

Congrats to Cameron!
You never know maybe if he does really get into it and is really good maybe he could be a future Olympian!? Just a thought.
Nick didn't get to do any shooting at camp due to his age. He was only able to do Archery but on his first attempt he scored high enough to get his merit badge. Next year Nick will get to do the shooting if he wants.

 

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone!

Julie - your plans sound great. Can't wait to see the invitations.

Cindy - glad to hear you might have the leak figured out. Here's hoping it can be fixed for good. Congrats to Cameron.

 

[IleneF]

Hi Everyone. Back from the most wonderful camping weekend with my dd. (yup, eventhough it wasn't at Disney, LOL). I'm back from a most wonderful vacation weekend with my daughter. It could not
have been more perfect in anyway. Sunny and dry the whole weekend and 78 degrees! We left home at 1pm, hit the road and set my dd new gps for our campground in Scarborough. Projected time of arrival: 3:10. Somehow avoided all traffic and got there at 3:15..pretty good prediction from the GPS..I was impressed even though I thought it was a silly piece of
electronics and told my daughter you'd have to have alot of faith in electronics if you had no idea where you were headed (we knew where we were going having been there the year before). We got our site, not the exact one we asked for but 4 down from it and it was still fantastic, right on the beach under the pines. The sites at this place are exemplary (have
to pay $3 more/night for the beach site but SO worth it. My daughter and I will definately go back again. Somehow they even manage to get rid of the mosquitos for us..not a fluke as last year there were none either. We settled in, which took all of 10min and went to Shaws nearby to do our grocery shopping for the weekend. Then decided to go to Freeport to Harraseeket seafood for dinner. We set the GPS for LL Bean as this
is near to the seafood place. Well the thing took us to the middle of nowhere...literally.But I had an idea where we were and was able to get us back on track. We were actually only about 3 miles from where we needed to be. So much for ultimate faith in this little unit, LOL. This little place has been on the food channel, on Rachel Rays 40/day show, so youmay have
seen it. We got a seafood platter and split it but there was still enough for a whole other dinner and we had to trash it as we had no way to save it. It was shrimp,scallops, clams and fish over fries in a basket. Not at all healthy but delicious. We preceeded it with a cup of clam chowder and cornbread which was our mistake as we were not very hungry when
the seafood basket was came. Next we did the LL Bean outlet area. Many things were closing and this gave my daughter just a tease and she decided we needed to come back on Saturday, LOL. So we headed back too full and too tired to make a fire and smores :-(
We started Saturday leisurely. I got up around 7 and knitted and read a
magazine by the lake for awhile..ahhhh. Then dd got up and made us pancakes. I showered and dd decided that the outside of the camper was too grundgy so she started to wash it and it looked so good we made a plan that we (she) would finish it the next morning when we put the top down. After a snide remark from me about maybe we should use the
GPS, we headed back to the outlets (we camp but we don't really spend that much time at the site..too much to discover nearby). Well dd wore me out! Coach outlet, bead store, shoe stores (I got a new pair of ISLANDER CROCS ON SALE YAY), LL Bean of course and a custard ice cream along the way. We found out a Fiber Arts tour was occuring this weekend and
planned to do it on Sunday. We had planned to have dinner at our camp but got too hungry before we got back and wound up stopping at O"Naturals ( a yummy natural food place) but left enough room and time for a campfire and smores. We played dominoes and a couple of other games in the camper for awhile to relax and then Michelle wanted to
make the fire but she wasn't didn't have much luck, so Mommy stepped in with her girlscout skills and made a great fire that lasted until quite time at 10pm. From 8-10 the campground had Karyoke and you could hear it from our campsite. It was sooo funny and entertaining, not too loud, just right. The fire overlooked the lake and we sat quietly,laughing and listening to the songs and watched the view until it we were too tired. We
discussed how it's so sad that none of her friends like to camp and that how could they NOT like this. What was not to like. I said they must have either had a bad experience with it (someone made it too much work or too buggy or uncomfortable) or they never really tried it. It was a wonderful night. Sunday morn. we had our typical cold cereal
breakfast and packed up the camper (check out is at 11am). Then Michelle washed down the sides better and the camper looks really good now. We always enjoy looking at the other campers, ours seems so small but it suits us fine. It does need some repairs now so we have to see how much that will cost or maybe get another but we really like ours .
The campground allows us to park the trailer in a parking space (not the
campsite) after checkout, while we tour for the day. We went to only three of the stops on the Arts tour, a bead store, a lady who paints silk scarves (very beautiful) and my favorite was a woman who spins yarn, weaves baskets and makes jewelry. The profits go to a Tibetian school
that was established so the children could learn to read and write and keep
their culture as they are being prosecuted by their government. She was a really cool lady and I bought a beaded bracelet to support her efforts. She has even met the Dalai Lama and hosts a Tibetian monk during the winter. Very cool. Then me and my dd went to the Old Port in Portland. We had lunch at a place Oprah recommends called Mimi's. I had pain perdue
(fancy french toast) w pecan syrup. YUM! DD had a omelette with asparagus and mushrooms and jack cheese, also yummy. We browsed the rows of funky stores and headed back for our camper at 4:30. All set to leave at 5 we headed out. No traffic for 45min and I just as I was beginning to think this was all too easy VOILA the expected traffic.
It didn't bother me, the weather was still delightful, the company fantastic and the music quite relaxing but it did take us an hour longer to get home than to get there. My dd has a song she plays called Live Like You Were Dying...and it was just that kind of weekend that made me appreciate just being alive.

Have a great day everyone! (if your still reading, LOL)

 

[IleneF]

Hey, I think I get the award for the Looooongest post. Sorry about that. It was just the best weekend and I had to tell someone (or 100 or so someones, LOL)

 

[cgcw]

You can send Cameron up here and we'll let him go skeet shooting with John's dad. I know John's dad has always wanted John to get involved with it, but John has been busy the last few years running a business, raising 4 kids and cruising! Cameron sounds like a natural!

Way to go Cameron

Cameron's packing now and will catch the next flight out of Chicago. Mind sending him back on Friday so he can still go to WDW with us?

We've invited around 150, invites are set to go out in about 2 weeks and we think (based on room reservations) we have around 75 adults, 5 between 3 years and 9 years and 4 under 3 years.

Once we get the invites back I'll post photos of those!

Julie, I didn't realize you were having such a large wedding. WOW! You sure are a calm bride. There would be no way I'd be able to relax the week on the cruise, less than a week before the big event. I guess that's a big benefit of having help from Disney with all the planning. And, great for you to be able to truly enjoy the time leading up to yours & Matt's special day.

Congrats to Cameron!
You never know maybe if he does really get into it and is really good maybe he could be a future Olympian!? Just a thought.
Nick didn't get to do any shooting at camp due to his age. He was only able to do Archery but on his first attempt he scored high enough to get his merit badge. Next year Nick will get to do the shooting if he wants.

Cameron wasn't even suppose to go to this camp, being he's only 11. But, they talked to the people and since his 12th birthday is just around the corner (October), they said it would be okay. I didn't think Cameron could earn his merit badge yet, but he earned that one as well as a partial on the rifle shooting.

If Cameron has any say in it, Nick will be jumping at the chance to do his next year.

 

[WDWLVR]

Ilene - glad to hear you had a great time. Nothing better than Mother/Daughter time.