4/29/06 Eastern Magic...We're Going!!!!!

[mketting]

CG- Way to go on the weight loss. A friend at work has lost 108lbs and she has said the same thing about the group meetings and how they really help. I haven't really been trying to lose anymore just been exercising and trying to be happy where I am. ( I have bought several more size 10 things.)

Planning- So true what you said Suzie. I have a tendancy myself to try and do everything and sometimes miss the relaxing part of a vacation.

Jared's TUXEDO problem- The ebay seller said he would exchange the tux I got for Jared if I returned the tux and sent another $30 in cash for return shipping and handling. Well I paid that much in the first place!!!! I could simply order an entire new tux for that so that is what I am going to do. But from a different ebay seller. I am hoping my cousin still needs a tux for her son for the trip.

 

[ohsodisney]

Jared's TUXEDO problem- The eBay seller said he would exchange the tux I got for Jared if I returned the tux and sent another $30 in cash for return shipping and handling. Well I paid that much in the first place!!!! I could simply order an entire new tux for that so that is what I am going to do. But from a different eBay seller. I am hoping my cousin still needs a tux for her son for the trip.

Thats terrible Mketting . Some sellers are plain awful . Some make their money in the shipping, watch out for those . I have been selling for a long time almost 1100 transactions and 100% positive feedback's, and I think that seller is just out for himself. I would possibly check to see if kids tuxedos are selling and just sell the one you have , maybe you are were planning on doing that anyways. I actually had one seller listed princess jeans for kids hand painted , they were gorgeous , well when I got them they were adult capris , how funny , the seller did take them back after quite a few e-mails and her Mom telling her they were adult carpris.

I was sleeping but my Mom just called and said my nephew bumped his head on the counter and was had to go to the hospital. He didn't need stitches but he gashed his head pretty bad. Well back to bed for me.

Good night all!

 

[The Roses]

Hmmm....forgot the kids clubs weren't open.....darn, another thing I don't know the answer to! SUE - HELP!!!

Kids are fine. We'll have you sign a disclaimer acknowledging that they may pick up bad habits from the Pirates in the group

....Yup, they used to be such sweet kids before we took that cruise......now they just run around saying "AAARRRRR"........Tori will be refering to her baby sister as "the baby wench in my mommy's belly".....

Seriously, I think it will be fine. This will be a come-and-go affair to put names and faces together before we all scatter. We only have an hour or two before the lifeboat drill and the sail-away party anyway.

The Roses

 

[ohsodisney]

Good Morning everyone

>I received this today...enjoy - Mommys!
>
>I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off
>the ground and started to put it in her mouth.
>
>I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that.
>
>"Why?" my daughter asked.
>
>"Because it's been laying outside, you don't know where it's been, it's
>dirty and probably has germs," I replied.
>
>At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked,
>"Wow! How do you know all this stuff?"
>
>"Uh," I was thinking quickly, "All moms know this stuff.
>
>It's on the Mommy Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a
>Mommy." We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was
>evidently
>pondering this new information.
>
>"Oh, I get it!" she beamed, "So if you don't pass the test, you have to be
>the daddy."

 

[Belle&RellasMom]

"Just hold on loosely, but don't let go, if you cling too tightly, you're gonna lose control......"

"So caught up in you, little girl
And I never did suspect a thing
So caught up in you, little girl
That I never want to get myself free
And baby it's true
You're the one
Who caught me baby you taught me
How good it could be" I LOVE 38 SPECIAL!!!

38 weeks

Shy...this one is for you!!!!!

 

[suziemva]

I am so exhausted this morning. Spent 2 1/2 hours last night installing Norton Antivirus....must have rebooted my computer 7 times! Then the virus scan takes forever! Finally left it at 12:30 and went to bed. Unfortunately, Tori woke up cold and crawled into bed with us about 10 minutes later. She kicks all the covers off and then freezes. Finally Ed put her back in her bed when he got up at 4:30 for work. Then she's back in my bed at 6:30 because something outside wakes her up the same time everyday! Must be the neighbor starting his car but I sure can't hear it!

So I am exhausted today! And I have a 10:00 meeting with the new school Tori will be going to next year. Have to be fully awake for that. They go over all the stuff for moms and kids and I have a lot of questions! Shall be interesting!!

So, gotta hop in the shower and get ready. Tori looked out the window and was so excited to see the dusting of snow we got last night. Hm. Less than two weeks ago, she went to school in shorts and tshirt because it was in the 80's! Go figure! Strange weather, no wonder people are so sick! We have no idea what to wear for clothes!!

Have a great day everyone! Watch those points, calories or whatever you watch! Today is hump day and it's usually the hardest diet day of the work week!! You CAN do it! I know you can!!!

 

[castlegazer]

must be true - I had whole milk with my cereal this morning. I'll make it up the rest of the day.


We had an exciting night last night, had to call 911 (which was a great lesson for Quinn who we have been working on that with for the last few weeks). When I rounded the corner into our neighborhood, I saw black smoke coming from my neighbors chiminey. I ran up to her door and she wasn't there, so I ran back and called 911. Three trucks arrived together with a chief and his truck and a Captain and his car. It was amazing. They ran out with their axes and I about died. I could just see my neighbor never forgiving me for them breaking down her door. But they waited and I called around and found my neighbor and she came rushing back home. The firemen just watched through the windows to make sure that the house wasn't filling with smoke or else they would have gone in. Turns out she just had her oil burner cleaned and they did something wrong and she had oil pooling and burning - it was very dangerous. I got to stand around with firemen for a long time last night, and gotta tell ya, STEVEMED, these guys were straight out of a movie. Chain smoking, stereotypical firemen. They were very nice, swearing a blue streak, and all business. I loved it.

My husband's favorite show is Rescue Me and these guys could have been cast right into it. BUT, our plumber is a fireman and when Paul said something about Rescue Me to him, he got all pissed off and said firemen are NOT like that. STEVEMED, we know Denis Leary personally and he is a funny **** and he developed that show around these Worcester guys and NYC firemen - so gotta tell ya, man, I beg to differ with my plumber after listening to these guys last night.

So bottom line of this long, drawn out story...what blue streak can you provide us with STEVE and how do you fit in with the characters on Rescue Me????


Thank you for that homage Julie, that is right near me. It's off I495.

 

[castlegazer]

I have a Question of the Day for everyone:

TELL US ONE OFF-BEAT INTERESTING THING ABOUT YOURSELF.

 

[castlegazer]

I have a Question of the Day for everyone:

TELL US ONE OFF-BEAT INTERESTING THING ABOUT YOURSELF.

I lived in Oliver Wendell Holmes' billard house for a year. It is said that the three literary giants all hung out together out in the Berkshires; Henry W. Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Oliver Wendell Holmes


Biographical Sketch

By Horace E. Scudder


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From the Riverside Edition of The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Copyright, 1895, by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, xi-xxi.



]Dr. Holmes is strongly identified with Cambridge and Boston by his residence in those two places; but, as some of his poems hint, he had another home at Pittsfield in the western part of the State, where he lived for seven summers. He was drawn to the locality by the association of Pittsfield with his great-grandfather, Colonel Jacob Wendell, who had a homestead there in the eighteenth century. In 1844 he was invited to attend the Berkshire Jubilee, where he read the lines beginning

"Come back to your mother, ye children, for shame."





​

He seems to have heeded his own invitation, for in the summer of 1848 he built a cottage on his inherited estate. Longfellow, who, through his wife's family, the Appletons, had also an interest in Pittsfield and spent many weeks there, wrote in his journal, under date of August 5, 1848: "Drove over, in the afternoon, to Dr. Holmes's house on the old Wendell farm,--a snug little place, with views of the river and the mountains." And Dr. Holmes himself, writing in January, 1857, says, "Seven sweet summers, the happiest of my life. I wouldn't exchange the recollection of them for a suburban villa. One thing I shall always be glad of; that I planted seven hundred trees for somebody to sit in the shade of."

 

[PhillyJen2006]

QOTD...Believe it or not I am a descendant of Brigham Young....and somehow as a result, related to the ex-49er Steve Young..... And Youngstown Ohio is where my Great Grandfather's family settled....His name was Chelsea Young....Papa Charlie to me! PS- We are presbys!

Suzie-I forgot the name of the cleaning guy for the 10 minute bathroom. I need it. I got invited to be a "guest" artist at a trendy clothing boutique downtown next month and I am meeting with her on Friday. With company coming and the darn DIS addiction I have, I only have 10 minutes to do my "fraternity" bathroom!

I LOVE 38 Special! Our first "song" was "One in a Million" in high school.
And PLEASE tell me that isn't you Julie at 38 weeks(I am sure it was, the skin tone looks like yours)? You were so cute....I had back fat like nobody's busines, and my arms were as big as a linebacker....

Tom, HGP can do anything you want, although blue drinks(they are really horrible coming back up!) are not my favorite! You puke blue once and that is it!!! Are are making Konk Koolers this weekend according to the official Disney cookbook recipe, so we will let you know how they come out! Perhaps a little KLM action again....this time not after and ENTIRE day and evening of drinking..... ANd NOT before HGP has to get back on A1A!!! And maybe just a little Crown(our fave too!) We make Manhattans with it, but I know lots of folks just like to drink it on the rocks. For as cheap as we got it onboard last time, why not make Manhattans out of it!

Alright- gotta run. Have a great day!
PJ

 

[BLBCB]

I have a Question of the Day for everyone:

TELL US ONE OFF-BEAT INTERESTING THING ABOUT YOURSELF.

My great-great Aunt lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba, having come from Iceland with her family. She met and fell in love with a local artist. Her family was moving back to Iceland and she had to follow. She broke off the engagement with the handsome young artist and never saw him again. The artist was so heartbroken that he decided to leave Canada as well, and went south to find work. He ended up in California getting a job with a small relatively unknown animation company. Their first full length picture they did, he drew the lead character to look like his lost love. That company was Disney, and the character he drew was Snow White.

Oh, and I've lived in Winnipeg 5 seperate times, and that's where Winnie the Pooh comes from. You all know that story.

Barb

 

[BLBCB]

PhillyJen you mentioned getting the Crown Royal on the ship. Is that at the duty free? How much did you pay?

They make the Crown Royal not far from here. Leonard has toured the factory, it is amazing. He's also a big fan. Just think of acres and acres of huge warehouses storing barrels upon barrels of Crown Royal, for as far as the eye can see. How's that for a mental siesta. Come up and visit us some time and I'll show you around.

You might want to wait a week or so, we are still very much in winter here although it is warming up. Right now it is -20C which is -4F, but we are suppose to get up to -2C (28F) by this afternoon. By Friday we are suppose to get +1 (33F) I love it when the - sign disappears from the front!

 

[castlegazer]

My great-great Aunt lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba, having come from Iceland with her family. She met and fell in love with a local artist. Her family was moving back to Iceland and she had to follow. She broke off the engagement with the handsome young artist and never saw him again. The artist was so heartbroken that he decided to leave Canada as well, and went south to find work. He ended up in California getting a job with a small relatively unknown animation company. Their first full length picture they did, he drew the lead character to look like his lost love. That company was Disney, and the character he drew was Snow White.

Oh, and I've lived in Winnipeg 5 seperate times, and that's where Winnie the Pooh comes from. You all know that story.

Barb

Now that is ONE very interesting and cool story!!!! My favorite character!

 

[STEVEMED]

cg...first of all keep up the good work on your weight loss.Now for the other question....In my fire house it is just like rescue me.We are always playing joke on each other.We always say "I can't believe we get payed for this".After a few drinks I will tell you guys some great stories.Some of the other guys in my group are also firefighters,so let the good times roll.

OHSODIS...Sorry to hear about your nephew.Head injuries can be very serious.Hope he is ok.

Can I just say , I can't wait to have my first tropical drink.Who's with me?

As for the question of day,I have a boring life with no great facts. But I did stay at a Holliday Inn Express(not sure if you all know that commercial)

 

[The Roses]

I have a Question of the Day for everyone:
TELL US ONE OFF-BEAT INTERESTING THING ABOUT YOURSELF.

Wow, Snow White, Brigham and Steve Young, and Oliver Wendell Holmes! Very cool!

So I was at a retreat and we all had to do one of those "Tell the group something about yourself that no one knows" things. Do you think I could force myself to behave? Ohh Nooooooo. When it came to my time, I stood up and in all seriousness said "Well, I haven't always been a woman." Then I sat back down without cracking a smile. I thought it was hysterical, but to this day I wonder if some of the folks thought it was true.


The Roses

 

[castlegazer]

Oh my God, I am going to have an accident here................

 

[suziemva]

Wow, Snow White, Brigham and Steve Young, and Oliver Wendell Holmes! Very cool!

So I was at a retreat and we all had to do one of those "Tell the group something about yourself that no one knows" things. Do you think I could force myself to behave? Ohh Nooooooo. When it came to my time, I stood up and in all seriousness said "Well, I haven't always been a woman." Then I sat back down without cracking a smile. I thought it was hysterical, but to this day I wonder if some of the folks thought it was true.


The Roses

I laughed so hard, I almost peed my pants! Still laughing!

 

[BLBCB]

Can I just say , I can't wait to have my first tropical drink.Who's with me?

As for the question of day,I have a boring life with no great facts. But I did stay at a Holliday Inn Express(not sure if you all know that commercial)

Stevemed, my brother in law quotes that commercial. And I'm with ya on the tropical beverage. They just taste better with the hot sun above.

 

[BLBCB]

So I was at a retreat and we all had to do one of those "Tell the group something about yourself that no one knows" things. Do you think I could force myself to behave? Ohh Nooooooo. When it came to my time, I stood up and in all seriousness said "Well, I haven't always been a woman." Then I sat back down without cracking a smile. I thought it was hysterical, but to this day I wonder if some of the folks thought it was true.


The Roses

Between you and the pirate, I can't wait to meet you people in person!

Barb

 

[suziemva]

Hmmmm...one interesting thing...only one?!

My great however many grandfathers ago went west with his brother James. They ended up settling a town called Ashtabula. He became very involved in politics (unlike me!!) and soon became the Senator of Ohio. He also was Protem of the Senate. He was also a very outspoken abolitionist. When Lincoln was shot, they had a different system then of succession. The cabinet voted and Andrew Jackson won by one vote to become President. My GGGwhatever grandfather lost by one vote and made his mark in Ripley's Believe it or Not because of that!

The family house in Ashtabula was a historical home for a while but was torn down in the late 60's to make way for a drive thru bank! How funny is that!