2006 DVC Member Cruise - SSMC06 - October 22, 2006 Part 6

[iluvdisney]

Good Morning everyone from WDW! It's a bit of a foggy morning here but heck I'm not back in Michigan and I'm not complaining about the fog. Checked into OKW yesterday and the family (my brothers and sisters starting arriving shortly after me). The GV is so much bigger than I remember. I vaguely remember seeing one during the tour but it is BEAUTIFUL!!! We were all up til 2 am sharing stories and having a great time!

I was surprised to see that you all had your Chicago meet! Not going to let a little snow storm stop you! Sure glad that everyone made it safe and I'm looking forward to reading all about it!

Well, off to finish unpacking and the people here are starting to stir so I'll check in when I can. See ya soon Mary and Mark!

 

[MarkRG]

Well now, I would have posted sooner, but I'll get to why in a few minutes.

The day started out with a meetup at Archivers, on this cold, post snow weekend. Most everyone had an interesting time there, more for people who've never seen it before, but even for us we did our good bit of shopping there too.

One thing of note - we did find page inserts that will work to replace those harmful to photos cling pages in the leather scrapbooks from the cruise, check with your local scrapbook stores, page inserts in cream that match the size do exist.

Sooo... after some shopping there, off we go to get to Gino's. Now they must have moved sometime in the recent past, as the address I had was plain wrong and had Mary and I and Tina's group, who was following us, headed the wrong way. No huge biggie we get there only a few minutes after the rest of the group, they're only first settling in. So after ordering, we now have almost an hour to kill for the pizza, deep dish takes time. So we hang out and kibbitz which is in its own right enjoyable.

And then finally, there's the entree of the evening,,mmmMMMmmmmmm:

After the pizza, it's time to move on. and where Mary and I part ways with the rest of the group, who when we left were still discussing whether to go downtown or not, as it was bitter cold yesterday.

At least the kids were enjoying the snow, which is a novelty for Amy&Chris' kids:

Now, I am sorry to see them go, but it worked out for the best at least, one thing I have to remember... Beware the 'shrooms! Someone got battered deep fried mushrooms as an appitizer and couldn't finish and shared them down the table and I had a few.... mistake! Halfway thru the pizza, run to the bathroom, which wound up being the theme of the rest of the day for me. I should know better by now, but under certain conditions I'm fine with them, then some times, that winds up being the result. So in a way, was good we didn't go with further or it might have gotten messy.

I hope the rest of the group had a fun time, with whatever they went on to do,
have a safe journey back home, and look forward to hearing about it

 

[BriarRose59]

I have finally caught up and have enjoyed reading everyone's escapades over the last few weeks. I am glad everyone is safe after the weather that has gone through the past week or so. We were frozen here last Thursday and Friday, but everything is pretty much back to normal now. It was great to hear that Chery's surgery went well and that she is back home. That is a great holiday treat!

Happy birthday to all those who have celebrated since I was on last and congrats to all the kids who have done well at school and their other activities.

I have to brag on my 2 daughters. We found out last weekend that my oldest daughter (19) was accepted into Texas A&M for the spring semester. This is a big deal because, as I posted before the cruise, she had a massive stroke at age 17 in 2004. She is still impaired on her right side and had to start out her college career slowly at a local junior college to see if she could handle the course load, which put her behind in credit hours. At TAMU you must have 24 transfer credits to be accepted, but she only has 18. Well, one of the counselors suggested she try anyway so she did. The college considered her situation and saw that she was doing well academically and decided to accept her for the spring. She is very excited and we are so proud of her. So I guess now I am officially an Aggie Mom! My younger daughter (15) is in the advance placement art class at her high school. Their class has painted a large mural for our public safety department which will be dedicated this week. She also did a piece for the PTA Reflections contest that was selected to go to the state level. We are waiting to hear if she made it past state to the national level.

I have my CJ ready to go! I wanted to do it now because the holidays are crazy and we will be gone from Christmas to New Years. When we get back we have to go to TAMU for a transfer student orientation for a couple of days, then when I get back from that its time for my 15 year olds 16th birthday party! I knew I would be stressed and wanted this to be a fun project so I went ahead and did it before it gets too crazy around here. My theme is an alphabet book. I took the letter "A" so you can get an idea of what to do. My "A" page is "All Aboard" and it is the picture that was taken before we boarded the boat.

Well we are off to do some Christmas shopping this afternoon. Happy holidays everyone!!

 

[cherylp3]

Hi Everyone,

Just stopping in to say Thanks and to say hi. Glad everyone had fun in Chicago. Its still hard for me to sit at my cpu for long periods.

btw someone went to the ssr meeting and dvc said despite the negative feedback they were planning on staying with a lottery, also they say they are working on a payment system.
post is here: http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=15812988&postcount=2

 

[chipscinderelly]

The photos look wonderful Mark - thank you for sharing them!


Would someone post the brand and information about the pages that fit the book? We have so many stores here I'd like to limit my driving around to find the right pages by calling ahead

 

[cherylp3]

Julie,

I believe we are using 8 x 8 pages for the Circle Journal.

Cheryl

 

[WDWLVR]

The photos look wonderful Mark - thank you for sharing them!


Would someone post the brand and information about the pages that fit the book? We have so many stores here I'd like to limit my driving around to find the right pages by calling ahead

Julie - the pages are from KOLO www.kolo.com . It is item # 300-2201. They are 8 1/2 x 11 landscape pages. The holes are not in the exact same spot but new ones can be punched. They are are cream color that matches up nice to the cream color pages in the front of the book. They come in a pack of 10.

Speaking of the book - one sheet of stickers says something about a map but we have no map in our book. Amy said she thought they did. Anyone else? Map or no map?

 

[chipscinderelly]

Thanks Mary! Kolo is a brand I am very familiar with - great find!


I'll check our boxes later and if we have maps in both you can have one of ours - I don't recall and they are upstairs and well we're down right now

 

[tinkerbelle77]

Julie - the pages are from KOLO www.kolo.com . It is item # 300-2201. They are 8 1/2 x 11 landscape pages. The holes are not in the exact same spot but new ones can be punched. They are are cream color that matches up nice to the cream color pages in the front of the book. They come in a pack of 10.

Speaking of the book - one sheet of stickers says something about a map but we have no map in our book. Amy said she thought they did. Anyone else? Map or no map?

We have a map in the back of our books with the stickers... It says Our vacation adventures ith the DVC logo on it!

 

[tinkerbelle77]

Good Morning all!! We had an absolute great time this weekend!! The girls enjoyed the time with the other kids so much that they are still sleeping this morning(we didnt get home until 130am last night)Glad that everyone was able to make it here despite the snow.

 

[WDWLVR]

Thanks Mary! Kolo is a brand I am very familiar with - great find!


I'll check our boxes later and if we have maps in both you can have one of ours - I don't recall and they are upstairs and well we're down right now

Duh - didn't think to look in our second one until I read your post. Sure enough our second one had one in it. Thanks for the offer Julie!

 

[chipscinderelly]

LOL Mary - glad I could help!

 

[gometros]

I have to brag on my 2 daughters. We found out last weekend that my oldest daughter (19) was accepted into Texas A&M for the spring semester. This is a big deal because, as I posted before the cruise, she had a massive stroke at age 17 in 2004. She is still impaired on her right side and had to start out her college career slowly at a local junior college to see if she could handle the course load, which put her behind in credit hours. At TAMU you must have 24 transfer credits to be accepted, but she only has 18. Well, one of the counselors suggested she try anyway so she did. The college considered her situation and saw that she was doing well academically and decided to accept her for the spring. She is very excited and we are so proud of her. So I guess now I am officially an Aggie Mom! My younger daughter (15) is in the advance placement art class at her high school. Their class has painted a large mural for our public safety department which will be dedicated this week. She also did a piece for the PTA Reflections contest that was selected to go to the state level. We are waiting to hear if she made it past state to the national level.

Congratulations on both of your daughters' accomplishments. You should be very proud.

 

[gometros]

Now I know I've joined the ranks of the frequent flyers. I'm a Continental OnePass member and with planned trips in December, I will be 4,400 miles short of reaching Platinum Elite. Anyone who travels a lot, can appreciate the advantages being at the top level provides. So, to make sure I get there, I booked a flight next Saturday to LAX that leaves NY at 4:45pm, gets me in at 8:08pm and then a return flight that leaves 7:00am the next morning and gets me home by 3:000pm. I called the airline to explore what my alternatives were and this was the best choice. They told me that what I am doing is far from unusual. Many business travelers spend the last week of the year just making up miles. All just to be a privileged flyer

 

[fireplug]

Duh - didn't think to look in our second one until I read your post. Sure enough our second one had one in it. Thanks for the offer Julie!

SQuid

 

[Stitch#1]

Would someone post the brand and information about the pages that fit the book? We have so many stores here I'd like to limit my driving around to find the right pages by calling ahead

I'm with Julie. Not that I have a lot of options but if I can't find it my local Scrapbook store lady may be able to order it for me or maybe I can just order it from Archivers.

ETA: Never mind. I should have kept on reading before I posted.

 

[Stitch#1]

I have to brag on my 2 daughters. We found out last weekend that my oldest daughter (19) was accepted into Texas A&M for the spring semester. This is a big deal because, as I posted before the cruise, she had a massive stroke at age 17 in 2004. She is still impaired on her right side and had to start out her college career slowly at a local junior college to see if she could handle the course load, which put her behind in credit hours. At TAMU you must have 24 transfer credits to be accepted, but she only has 18. Well, one of the counselors suggested she try anyway so she did. The college considered her situation and saw that she was doing well academically and decided to accept her for the spring. She is very excited and we are so proud of her. So I guess now I am officially an Aggie Mom! My younger daughter (15) is in the advance placement art class at her high school. Their class has painted a large mural for our public safety department which will be dedicated this week. She also did a piece for the PTA Reflections contest that was selected to go to the state level. We are waiting to hear if she made it past state to the national level.

I have my CJ ready to go! I wanted to do it now because the holidays are crazy and we will be gone from Christmas to New Years. When we get back we have to go to TAMU for a transfer student orientation for a couple of days, then when I get back from that its time for my 15 year olds 16th birthday party! I knew I would be stressed and wanted this to be a fun project so I went ahead and did it before it gets too crazy around here. My theme is an alphabet book. I took the letter "A" so you can get an idea of what to do. My "A" page is "All Aboard" and it is the picture that was taken before we boarded the boat.

Well we are off to do some Christmas shopping this afternoon. Happy holidays everyone!!

That's AWESOME News!!!
I bet she can't wait for Spring to get here!

Now I know why you wanted a certain number of people in the CJ group. An Alphabet CJ is a great idea!!

 

[Stitch#1]

Julie - the pages are from KOLO www.kolo.com . It is item # 300-2201. They are 8 1/2 x 11 landscape pages. The holes are not in the exact same spot but new ones can be punched. They are are cream color that matches up nice to the cream color pages in the front of the book. They come in a pack of 10.

Speaking of the book - one sheet of stickers says something about a map but we have no map in our book. Amy said she thought they did. Anyone else? Map or no map?

Thanks for the info on the pages!
I had a map in at least one of mine. It's folded up and behind what they consider "stickers". I'll have to go check my other book now.

 

[Stitch#1]

Well I'm glad to hear that everyone was having a good time at the Chicago meet! Our weekend was a little bit different then that.

Yesterday we just vegged out and I worked on our Christmas cards. Getting them addressed, stamped and ready to be mailed.

Today we went to the city of Troy. They were doing a Victorian Stroll today, it's an annual event. We didn't stay long, just long enough for me to bring the Christmas cards that I did have ready to be mailed to the Post Office for the Special Cancellation stamp that they do.

From there we headed to Albany to got to the New York State Museum. They were doing a famly fun weekend. They had different business' that set up tables thru out the museum selling there products and giving out free samples. The best part was in honor of the Chocolate exhibit they have at the museum currently they had alot of vendors giving out chocolate!!
They even had a couple of Chocolate Fountains set up.
One of the Business' that had a Chocolate Fountain was Saratoga Sweets, they are famous for the Peppermint Pig (the one sold at SSR).
Needless to say we came home with some yummy stuff for desert. Some chocolate, a small pumpkin tart and a small apple tart. Yummy!!

 

[sanddune]

Well just got home. We are unpacked and doing laundry .We all had a great time! Can't wait until the next meet. Amy and Chris thanks for the tour of Chicago!
I'm going to start calling Cedar Point this week. Going to see if they will do a group booking of the cabins.

Mike and I are going to look at places for another meet in Feb-07 and maybe May of 07. What do you think? Any ideas let me know!