7th January 2007, 4 Night Wonder Cruise

[mandymouse]

Happy Sunday Everyone

Betsy - Your Easter Egg Hunt sounds like fun, I haven't done one of those since the girls were very young - I hope it goes well

Robin - So sorry to hear about your exSIL, I hope she recovers quickley

I think we're in for a quiet and lazy day today (sounds good to me )

Have a great day

Mandy

 

[Cruisin]

Morning Mandy.

I've got a laundry day here today, I think.

Liz has to work and Rick is going to the shop to work on his and a buddy's airplanes.

So that leaves me and the cats and the fish , home alone

Have a great Sunday.

 

[Dalpal]

Morning!

Thanks, Mandy!
We do one every year ....The kids have a good time and I enjoy doing it all.. I got all the hunt stuff yesterday...MAN the stores are just crazy!....

Robin,
I am SOO sorry about you SIL...and you dad too!...I KNOW that is not easy...
I will be sending P&P to you all!....

Well Its time to go start breakfast for the DGGs....I see they are driving in right now!...
I hope you all have a happy ....quiet day!...

TTFN

 

[Cruisin]

How did breakfast go Betsy.

Everybody full and happy?

So far it's pretty quiet here today.

Liz is still sleeping although she has to work at one.

2 cats are sleeping.

And I'm keeping the laundry machines going

It's a dreary sort of day here today, I think it might rain later.

 

[Dalpal]

How did breakfast go Betsy.

Everybody full and happy?

So far it's pretty quiet here today.

Liz is still sleeping although she has to work at one.

2 cats are sleeping.

And I'm keeping the laundry machines going

It's a dreary sort of day here today, I think it might rain later.

Breakfast went great...except I ended up eating a stack of pancakes...and I was just going to eat a grapefruit... .
This is NOT the way to lose the weight Ive gained ...Im soooo bad!

Everyone is now watching AI...I recorded it for the DGGS......I do that one and Lost, and a show called wildfire...its on the disneyfamily channel....and they spend the day eating annd watching them on Sundays!....

 

[Cruisin]

I've been bad for eating lately too Betsy.

Chocolate, cookies, chips, doesn't matter.... just eat them

Not good

 

[mandymouse]

Well that makes 3 of us Robin & Betsy, as I have been very naughty this past week or two, and I desperately want to lose about 10 lbs before I go away. I'll be so pleased when all the Easter Eggs and choccies are gone from the stores - LOL

It has been a lovely day here, Paul has cut the lawn for the first time this year, and it has made such a difference to the garden. I can't wait to get the sun loungers out when the weather gets even better

Enjoy the rest of your day

Mandy

 

[Cruisin]

Okay, I was wrong about the weather.

The sun is shining and it's just nicely warm outside, as long as you stay in the sun and out of the wind

I'm trying very hard to avoid the Easter chocolate Mandy. I'm doing a pretty good job of it too so far. At least I'm not bringing any NEW chocolate in the house. Just have to get rid of the stuff that's already here

 

[Cruisin]

Okay, finally some pictures from our Royal Caribbean, Sovereign of the Seas Cruise (better late than never)

Can I come too?

Ice on Lake Erie:

A neat bird at the hotel in Orlando:

Our first lunch onboard the ship. Doesn't she look just thrilled with me??

Our cabin.....definitely NOT a Disney Cruise Line cabin

okay, some of them may be sideways but I can't figure out how to rotate them. Just turn you head sideways

The Disney Cruise Line terminal You don't know how hard it was to look at that. I guess it was just a good thing there was no ship there that day

Lifeboat drill time. another, doesn't she look thrilled picture

Enjoying the sunshine.

Pulling into the harbour at Nassau.

Beautiful shot but weren't we just a wee bit close to those rocks

Other ships in port that day.

 

[mandymouse]

Great photos Robin, you looked like you had some great weather, though I would've been sad to see the Disney terminal too (thank goodness the Wonder wasn't in). Did you like your room ? it looked nice, though cosy, mind you I think we're spoilt on the Wonder - aren't we ? the rooms are bigger with DCL than most other lines

I look forward to seeing some more (if you've got more)

 

[Cruisin]

Great photos Robin, you looked like you had some great weather, though I would've been sad to see the Disney terminal too (thank goodness the Wonder wasn't in). Did you like your room ? it looked nice, though cosy, mind you I think we're spoilt on the Wonder - aren't we ? the rooms are bigger with DCL than most other lines

I look forward to seeing some more (if you've got more)

We had awesome weather the whole time we were gone. Beautiful hot sunshiney weather

Our cabin was okay, not very big but it was enough for sleeping and dressing.

Yes we are very spoilt by the Disney Cruise ships.

I do have more pictures and I will be posting more shortly.

 

[Cruisin]

Miss Grumpy didn't appreciate her afternoon nap being interrupted

Taken at Atlantis aquarium. Hey I think I look better sideways

Rick walking thru the shark exhibit area.

Here fishy, fishy, fishy.

Neat touching area.

Having a rest.

Silly girl.

Tender ship for CocoCay, Royal Caribbeans private island.

Sovereign of the Seas from shore:

The beach (That is NOT me on that lounge chair )

Play area for the kids.

More island pictures:

 

[Cruisin]

Yikes, we gotta get off this tender boat and on the Sovereign of the Seas thru that little spot

The pools.

Our cabin with the bunk bed down and after we'd lived in it a few days.

My view from my beach chair.......... awwww, paradise

Okay, that's about it except for a million pictures of fish that Liz took at the Atlantis aquarium

 

[mandymouse]

Wow Robin, those photos are wonderful, I especially like the Island photos, CocoCay looks lovely and it looks greener than Castaway Cay. I'm not sure if I'd like to transfer to those little boats to get to the beach, but other than that, everything looks amazing. The pool looks great too

Your photos were really worth waiting for Robin

BTW - I loved the 'The beach (That is NOT me on that lounge chair )' comment

Mandy

 

[Cruisin]

BTW - I loved the 'The beach (That is NOT me on that lounge chair )' comment

Mandy

Now I'm not really saying that I might not look exactly like that person on the chair.

But it is not me

CocoCay was lovely. I enjoyed it there on the beach. The one thing I missed though was the umbrellas that Disney has on most of it's lounge chairs. There were none on these chairs at all. So unless you found some shade from palm trees, you were out in the full sun.

We got major sunburns though because the sun was so strong that day. You felt like your skin was sizzling after a bit.

Felt great though

 

[Cruisin]

Happy Monday

 

[mandymouse]

Hi Girls

It is a lovely day here, and we have to make the most of it as temperatures are going back to normal tomorrow

Paul cut the lawn yesterday, and I've been pottering around the garden cutting branches and tidying around

It really is a lovely Spring day, shame it's not going to last though

Have a great day

Mandy

 

[disallday!]

Hi everyone! Wow, temps are going to be in the 80's here!

Betsy, glad your mom is feeling better! What a wonderful grandma you are to have an Easter egg hunt for the kids They are so lucky to have you

Robin, p&pd for your family & friends! So sorry to hear about what they are going thru, I'll definately keep them in my thoughts! I love the pics you posted of the cruise. I could still kick CW in the patooty for deciding last minute to go to Atlantis (w/o me.... ) Chad, Carolin, and myself decided that since we (all of us) weren't doing anything special, that we would stay onboard Wrong move!

Mandy, great to see your enjoying the spring weather! We have so much work to do in our yard... it's unreal The dogs have seemed to drag up everything they can in our yard

Today is Chad's last far-away JV soccer game. Friday we travelled 4 1/2 hrs one way but it only took us 3 hrs coming back home. Traffic was awful and the team they played were not very welcoming.

They wouldn't announce any of our goals (JV & Varsity) which Chad scored his first high school goal But they would announce their own goals! The refs didn't show so they called a gentleman from the crowd who wasn't high school certified and they also called a student from their school to ref. At one point the ref called out that he was making a new rule about throw ins.... WHAT????? You've got to be kidding me! I'm just glad we don't play them again... I hope they don't show up on our turf

 

[mandymouse]

Hey Kelly

How are you doing ?

Congrats to Chad for scoring his goal though the other team didn't sound very friendly.

Have your crowd broken up for Spring Break yet ? Kerry and Becky broke up on Friday and they've got 2 weeks off. We haven't got much planned, we may have a shopping day at the weekend, and the girls will probably have a sleepover next week.

Say 'hi' to Paula for me

Mandy

 

[disallday!]

I'll pass the congrats on! Thanks!

Today is the official first of break! They only have one week, sounds like Kerry and Becky have a nice, long break! Tell them to enjoy it

I will send a big "hello" to Paula from you!

My parents played a bad "April Fool's" joke on all of us yesterday. They told Paula, April (my other sis), and me that our older sister was pregnant. I was looking forward to being an aunt again... what a bad joke.