8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC #4

[wheelerkidz3]

Is this still your first DCL cruise or did you take one in 2007? It's funny because when we found out about this cruise, we didn't tell any of our family as we didn't want them coming (shame on us). We had cruised with family before and really enjoyed it, but this time wanted to do our own thing.

there were some that we avoided telling too! i couldn't imagine being on vaca for almost 3 weeks with em....

Yes, Christopher it started about 1-2 weeks before the announcement came out. Some of us heard from a little mouse that they were coming to LA for the summer of 2008. We contacted individual ports to determine the repo dates before DCL made their announcement.

boy...i posted on the 2nd page of that first thread. i can't believe it was that long ago.

my 3 day weekend has officially started!! and i'm still in my jammies...never even got dressed today for the daycare kids!! oh well!!
hoping to make chat tonite. see you then!

 

[got2travel]

I'm not sure if it was "officially" announced yet, somebody else might know. I was going to wait till I booked to join the thread, because I wasn't even sure we could afford it (still not) but the thread kept growing & growing.

Glad you came back...you fit right in with this pirate crew!

And I thought about it & realized you might be asking what it means to get a pirate ? If that's the case it just means that if you post when the post number ends in 000 you won the ! Not that you win anything but there is a contest between the pirates & wenches to see who can get the most pirates. It's just a game that was started on another cruise thread that others here were a part of & that game was continued on this one. We used to post a lot of nonsense (or what we call fluff) just to get to the , but the thread (s) were already big enough so now we're above all that! Ya right!

 

[got2travel]

Yes, Christopher it started about 1-2 weeks before the announcement came out. Some of us heard from a little mouse that they were coming to LA for the summer of 2008. We contacted individual ports to determine the repo dates before DCL made their announcement.

We = Roger

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

everywhere, and not a crumb to eat.

Give Nothin Back!

Had to go away for a while as there is too much cake talk going on!!!!

 

[buckifan]

Doesn't bother me. But then again my church has been like this for quite a while. We've got parking space at a mall across the street. The choir and many regulars park there, then one of our bus drivers brings them back and forth. And we've always been encouraged to attend the 'off' time services (not just on holidays) to allow room more visitors. Then again, our campaign for the last 18 months has been "Making Room For More". Doesn't make me feel less valued. Just reminds me of what we are supposed to be doing, outreaching to those that don't go to church.

This is a good way to look at it, Monica. My dad always gets really bent out of shape about having to stand through Mass on Christmas and Easter if he doesn't get there 45 minutes before Mass will begin. He gets aggrivated that there are so many people that only attend on those 2 days, and doesn't think they deserve a seat. I always tell him "Well Dad, at least they are coming on those days!"

 

[buckifan]

my 3 day weekend has officially started!! and i'm still in my jammies...never even got dressed today for the daycare kids!! oh well!!
hoping to make chat tonite. see you then!

That is one of the perks of working from home, right?

 

[m&m's mom]

Is this still your first DCL cruise or did you take one in 2007? It's funny because when we found out about this cruise, we didn't tell any of our family as we didn't want them coming (shame on us). We had cruised with family before and really enjoyed it, but this time wanted to do our own thing.

Somewhere around July of last year I started getting worried we would get a single thing we wanted if we were not in the CC group. I had been trying to plan a girls trip w/ my mom and sister and since I usually plan everything, I took it over and volia! DCL cruise. That's whay I call it the "qualifying cruise".

that's way too small.......it needs to be like this

TGIF​

Truer words were never spoken!

Doesn't bother me. But then again my church has been like this for quite a while. We've got parking space at a mall across the street. The choir and many regulars park there, then one of our bus drivers brings them back and forth. And we've always been encouraged to attend the 'off' time services (not just on holidays) to allow room more visitors. Then again, our campaign for the last 18 months has been "Making Room For More". Doesn't make me feel less valued. Just reminds me of what we are supposed to be doing, outreaching to those that don't go to church.

You have a very good attitude.
I should say the parking actually does not bother me. We use the shuttle bus or walk anyway. It is mostly the "regular members" being pushed to Saturday that does not sit right. After 18 years we have a brand new minister so this must be his idea.

 

[mkygrl]

Happy Friday everyone!

It has been crazy this week..I miss you all!!!

Had a field trip this week with kindergarteners.....2 of the little ladies banged into each other..one was a-ok..the other...nose bleed from h***!!!!Like a faucet! Thank heavens I ALWAYS have tissues with me(allergies-more on that later!) -I was calm and calmed her down (my supervisors were no where in sight to help..came AFTER the fact! )

Haven't been sleeping well feeling yucky..why...we have a HUGE bunch O'daffodils in the house! Horrible allergic to them! Things are looking up..mother realised I was allergic and gave them away today after 3 days! (she said she totally forgot...Yes I could have said something but we were two ships in the night!)

Got a call from my bridal shop to get remeasured for my dress...after all the inches I lost! Ok that is NONE I need to lose 3-6 inches to knock off $300 from my dress by the end of April (I was supposed to lose starting back in November)Yeah that will happen!

Hopefully I will make it to chat!

OH ladies save a chair for me in the stingray lookout area!

Chrissie

 

[discruiser]

Wanted to say hi and introduce ourselves as we'll be sailing with you all in August. We consist of myself, DH, DS (10), DD (8), DD (turning 4 on 9/1, debarkation day!) and DS (1). We have been booked since day one, and I can't believe this trip is almost here! We haven't even told the kids yet about the cruise...we'll be surprising them on Easter!

We'll be flying to LA on Aug. 12 and staying at the Grand Californian for 5 nights (gotta love those DVC points!). Haven't booked airfare home yet...still waiting for SW to open up their flights.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you in the coming months.

Kim

 

[mkygrl]

Wanted to say hi and introduce ourselves as we'll be sailing with you all in August. We consist of myself, DH, DS (10), DD (8), DD (turning 4 on 9/1, debarkation day!) and DS (1). We have been booked since day one, and I can't believe this trip is almost here! We haven't even told the kids yet about the cruise...we'll be surprising them on Easter!

We'll be flying to LA on Aug. 12 and staying at the Grand Californian for 5 nights (gotta love those DVC points!). Haven't booked airfare home yet...still waiting for SW to open up their flights.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you in the coming months.

Kim

Welcome aboard Kim!!!!

Chrissie

 

[dahuffy]

Wanted to say hi and introduce ourselves as we'll be sailing with you all in August. We consist of myself, DH, DS (10), DD (8), DD (turning 4 on 9/1, debarkation day!) and DS (1). We have been booked since day one, and I can't believe this trip is almost here! We haven't even told the kids yet about the cruise...we'll be surprising them on Easter!

We'll be flying to LA on Aug. 12 and staying at the Grand Californian for 5 nights (gotta love those DVC points!). Haven't booked airfare home yet...still waiting for SW to open up their flights.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you in the coming months.

Kim

Happy to have your family with us Kim! You must join us in Friday Night Chat sometime.

 

[radioclash2]

I'm sure you can come up with several 4 letter words to tack on to his name.



Please refer to my updated signature!

I like your new signature Mike

 

[radioclash2]

Don't worry too much about the inside joke here.....we just like

You can't handle the !

what you can!

keep your friends close, keep your closer

 

[radioclash2]

I


You can't be lost...you're a pirate! I'll try to offer a little insight:

The pirate smiley is just because we're all pirates here & if someone does or says something piratey it's a good time to add a pirate smiley!

The cake thing came about because in chat someone would mention how they were having cake & someone else would answer "I like cake". It was just the running joke. So cakes started popping up here in sayings, birthday wishes, etc.

I don't know if you know about the groundhog, but if someone mentions or asks something that's been discussed many times before, someone might post a groundhog. Not that we're making fun of anyone, because we gladly answer the same questions & it shouldn't stop anyone. Just like the GTY discussion....GROUNDHOG ALERT!

When this thread was new & we hadn't even booked the cruise yet, there was much speculation about how much this TOAL was going to cost us. I even added to the mix! It's funny now when I think back, because well I was off by a few K! Anyway that's when the groundhog first appeared.

ooops, my bad...

 

[radioclash2]

Well funny you should ask M! I was going to hold of mentioning this till I really was complete, but I've worked on it diligently for the last 2 days. I actually contacted a professor who agreed to be my "reader" which means he'll grade it etc. & he is waiting for it as we speak. I plan on giving the kids lunch & then getting to it. I will most likely send everything but the conclusion since that is still a work in progress, but I am adding a little bit here & there before I send the intro & body.

The other day I went to the local Community College I attended to have my transcripts sent to the University so I can apply for graduation next week. I have until April 1st! I work great under pressure!

Probably much more than you wanted to know, but I'm so proud of myself this week!

yea Diane !!

 

[radioclash2]

Is this still your first DCL cruise or did you take one in 2007? It's funny because when we found out about this cruise, we didn't tell any of our family as we didn't want them coming (shame on us). We had cruised with family before and really enjoyed it, but this time wanted to do our own thing.

I did the same thing. I was posting incognito until after we booked & I was sure the cruise was sold out.

 

[sk8ingmom]

Wanted to say hi and introduce ourselves as we'll be sailing with you all in August. We consist of myself, DH, DS (10), DD (8), DD (turning 4 on 9/1, debarkation day!) and DS (1). We have been booked since day one, and I can't believe this trip is almost here! We haven't even told the kids yet about the cruise...we'll be surprising them on Easter!

We'll be flying to LA on Aug. 12 and staying at the Grand Californian for 5 nights (gotta love those DVC points!). Haven't booked airfare home yet...still waiting for SW to open up their flights.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you in the coming months.

Kim

Welcome Aboard Kim!
Check out the first post on this thread for real planning information & just jump right into the fluff here!

We have oodles of terrorists (um, er children!) in the 7-11 range.

 

[radioclash2]

Wanted to say hi and introduce ourselves as we'll be sailing with you all in August. We consist of myself, DH, DS (10), DD (8), DD (turning 4 on 9/1, debarkation day!) and DS (1). We have been booked since day one, and I can't believe this trip is almost here! We haven't even told the kids yet about the cruise...we'll be surprising them on Easter!

We'll be flying to LA on Aug. 12 and staying at the Grand Californian for 5 nights (gotta love those DVC points!). Haven't booked airfare home yet...still waiting for SW to open up their flights.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you in the coming months.

Kim

 

[dahuffy]

Allergies are really giving me H*** tonight!

 

[goofyforlife]

North-central & central Pennsyltucky. Tioga, Blair, Huntington, Lycoming, Clinton, Potter, & Sullivan counties.

Hey they be my stomping grounds for 8 years.... Nothing to see there...move along...keep biking... Can you stop at WEgmans though and get me a sub?

No, you & the fam would be in Cat. 1, she would be in Cat. 10.

Aww come on...leave us "hookers" in cat 10 alone...

those that fall behind don't get left behind because the district won't get any federal dollars?

Or keep em behind so you can get more federal dollars... (which may be why low performing schools magically get kept open, Roger)

hey, the donut dash counts... bonus points if you checked someone to get the one you really wanted

No donut dash on the boat for me...they're gross.....
Now race for the bacon...i'm there...

Yikes, I thought you were going to say they were doing that whole first born thing...

OOOH OOOH take mine....take mine...!!!!!

my brother had 21 letters in first & last name. He never got to fill in all of the squares on those standard documents

Which is why dd only has 5 letters in her first name....i figured with 11 in her last name it was bad enough.... (even then we run out of spaces on many forms)

I'm fairly certain that the registration form for hell is a bubble sheet.

Maybe that is why they are called no.2 pencils.

OK OK just where is that Tag Fairy when you see a couple decent quotes....

I LOVE FRIDAYS!!! especially when i have monday off!!

i fridays when you have friday off.... although i did go shopping today in baltimore (arundel mills) i managed to shop at three stores and got a whole bag of stuff while only spending less than $50. BBW coupons, VS coupons, and ON coupons.

I just got this email from our church.

Gotta love those Chreasters.... WHich is why i sometimes miss each year...i figure god knows i'm there on the regular weeks...he understands...

Life is like a box of

I'm not a smart man but i know what is.

happens

We have oodles of terrorists (um, er children!) in the 7-11 range.

Not so many above that range.... ST's need to stay home...