8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 10

[Diznyfan68]

My turn with a funny email to share


BIRTH ORDER OF CHILDREN
1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN confirms your pregnancy.
2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.
3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.
_____________________________________________________
Preparing for the Birth:
1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously.
2nd baby: You don't bother because you remember that last time, breathing didn't do a thing.
3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month.
______________________________________________________
The Layette:
1st baby: You pre-wash newborn's clothes, color-coordinate them, and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau.
2nd baby: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard only the ones with the darkest stains.
3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can't they?
______________________________________________________
Worries:
1st baby: At the first sign of distress--a whimper, a frown--you pick up the baby
2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your firstborn.
3rd baby: You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical swing.
______________________________________________________
Pacifier:
1st baby: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until you can go home and wash and boil it.
2nd baby: When t he pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it off with some juice from the baby's bottle.
3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.
______________________________________________________
Diapering:
1st baby: You change your baby's diapers every hour, whether they need it or not.
2nd baby: You change their diaper every two to three hours, if needed.
3rd baby: You try to change their diaper before others start to complain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.
_______________________________________________________
Activities:
1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, and Baby Story Hour.
2nd baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics.
3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner.
_____________________________________________ _________
Going Out:
1st baby: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call home five times.
2nd baby: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached.
3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood.
______________________________________________________
At Home:
1st baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.
2nd baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children
______________________________________________________
Swallowing Coins
1st child: When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the hospital and demand x-rays
2nd child: When second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for the coin to pass.
3rd child: When third child swallows a coin you deduct it from his allowance!
______________________________________________________

 

[lbgraves]

Is the Leslie Samsone tapes. I use those every morning. Our cable company has those On Demand.

I have the 1, 3, & 5 miles tapes of hers. I need to start watching them again.

 

[Diznyfan68]

Oh, on the printed stuff...a mug would be nice....ordered early....like now...so every time I make my own coffee instead of running out to Starbucks, I can remind myself that the sacrifice is all for the TOAL.

Oh yes - I forgot about that - count me in as well!

Also count me in for tank-tops too!

 

[lbgraves]

I love the sparkle in your daughters' eyes here....

​

She was full of herself that night. After meeting CJS DH took her out walking. He has pictures of her posing EVERYWHERE onboard.

 

[PBader]

Hello everyone,
I will be in chat when I get caught up

 

[Diznyfan68]

as long as there are no recording devices....ya know...what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
except if you wear it home ------ that was my motto on my last trip because I came home from Vegas with a tattoo and my friend got her navel pierced. I talked about getting a tattoo so she dared me and said if I did, she'd get her belly ring....I guess she didn't realize that I wasn't just joking around...

Okay - I think I've finally decided to get a tatoo. I've been thinking about this for a very long time and I am pretty sure that the timing is just about right. I'll tell ya all what I've decided to get (and where!) tonight...in chat!

 

[lbgraves]

Lisa please tell how you really feel!

btw ...... I agree.

Sorry, Brack....but I can't post how I really feel about them on the DIS.

 

[lbgraves]

Here's another picture of that lovely princess .....

Notice that she got rid of her boots by this point.

 

[PBader]

Actually, you can thank Snow White for that pose.

How cute!

 

[O'BWV]

I'll be there and be round

I be there and be round too brack (more like rotund)

 

[O'BWV]

Yeah we couldnt figure out why Destin just stood there screaming till we ran out there and the lifegaurd came down and got some vinegar and stuff ..., he calmed down after awhile and by the time we went for a bike ride around CC the swelling had gone down and he was fine ...

Oh Todd I'm sorry that happened to your son

Did you say the lifeguard used vinegar??? I didn't know that was a treatment for jellyfish stings.

Well there is that OTHER TREATMENT that I learned about on friends........

 

[PBader]

Been lurking for a while and figured I might as well jump in since I will be on the ship for two weeks with this group.....

Quick question, all the links/pics/menus/excursions/etc. by Andrew DEREK UK are not there/not working... have they been moved?

I am the overobsessive planner/researcher and need to see and know it all beforehand.... This group can help with that right?

Welcome

 

[PBader]

I came back for a quick check while GS is in the bath.

Shall I bring my travel backgammon set - blender drinks & backgammon could be fun - or ???
Chris

That sounds fun

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

BIP!!!!!

How are you doing????

Is that How you doing said in a come hither way?
Nah, didn't think so.
I'm doing okay I guess.. unfortunately no change yet.
But thanks for asking.

You didn't even notice that I was gone Saturday, Sunday, Monday & Tuesday........
I am so not feeling the love....

I was gone too and only a few people noticed I wasn't around (or atleast voiced their "notice" on this thread). Maybe because so many of us were gone about the same time? LOL

SHELLEYBIPBOP! How are you feeling girlie????

Okay that's a new name...
I'm okay... nothing has changed though. I'm really looking forward to it changing... I feel so self conscious about my face not working right and everything still tastes disgustingly salty.

Shelley.....how are you feeling hon????? Miss chatting with you!!

Aw, thanks. Sorry I haven't been around much.

Are you serious?
Well said Bip! Hope you're doing better. I sat next to the young man on my team at work who went thru the same thing. He's doing so well.

So he's all better now too? Can't wait for that to happen for me too!

Anyone wonder if the reason the boards keep going down so much is because of this thread and its 2,300 posts per second?

we don't have QUITE that many posts, and I highly doubt it's what is keeping the board down. LOL This thread may be hopping but it's a very insignificant portion of the posts on this board as a whole... seriously.

Maybe now is not the time to mention that it's 97° outside and I'm roasting?

I'm not sure what it is here but it feels around 90 or so-not super hot yet. But hot enough that Jeff is mowing the lawns and doing the edging of the lawns while I'm cooking on the grill, and the kids are swimming in the pool. Did we skip spring straight into summer or what?

That's what I thought. No one ever taught me that trick.

Me either.. not that I'd ever need to know...

Hey Crew -

I have a quote for the t-shirts... These prices include set up, sales tax, credit card fees, etc. they do NOT include shipping. If there is a lot of interest in the shirts my thought is to put them on my eBay store (not in an auction) as eBay provides inventory and shipping support that will be needed if there are a lot of orders. If we're worried about the "general public" ordering shirts I can put a notice in the item that only folks on the manifest may order and all other orders will be cancelled. If we don't care then I won't. Also, I'll be able to take credit cards through my PayPal account. I figure the ordering "window" will be several weeks long for each order. (Supposing we have more than one.)

I have a lot of questions that need to be answered. I'll put together an email and ask Lisa to send it out - not eveyone on the manifest is monitoring the board. (That would be folks with real lives?? ) Based on the answers I receive I'll know that best way to do this is make the most folks happy.

I also got a quote for door magnets. 3" x 8" (fold a piece of paper into thirds - it's a little smaller than that). I'm thinking one, Just in Time order for them - provided there is enough interest.

And the printer can print up other stuff - bags, mugs, etc. Again, provided there is enough interest.


That said, here are the quotes... (Blast the formattting went away! I'll try and figure out how to fix that.)

T-shirt: Port Authority, 6.1oz, 100% cotton T

---------------50---- 100---- 200
Black, 1 sided $19.37 $15.10 $12.76
Black, 2 sided $26.89 $19.99 $16.10

White, 1 sided 16.30 14.21 12.53
White, 2 sided 23.81 17.98 14.17

Can mix colors to get the quantity discount (e.g.: 25 black, + 75 white = 100 prices) Not certain if we can mix 1-sided and 2-sided for the same discounts. Somehow, I doubt it. We'll need to decide on the number of sides we want printed. (Yes, the Captn is creating art work for both side.) It may come down to how many folks want shirts. A 2-sided shirt at the 200 level is cheaper than the 1 sided at the 50 level.

Door Magnet: 3" x 8", full color digital print on .030 white magnetic material

----------50-- 100-- 200
Magnets $5.40 $4.18 $3.21




Questions I need answers to include things like:
How many shirts do you plan on ordering?
When would you like to order them? (Now, Christmas, Just in Time)
Is it more important that you have them at a certain time, or get the best price?
Is eBay / PayPal a problem for you?
Do you prefer 1-sided or 2-sided shirts? Or do you care?
Which is more important, the number of sides or price?
Do you want a door magnet? How many?
Are you interested in other stuff? What?

We can bounce some ideas around here if we want.

How many shirts do you plan on ordering? Probably 5 of the white (2 adult, one almost adult size, 2 children) and 2 on the black. Maybe 4 on the black... I'm considering all us girls doing red on the first day... give CJS a triple heart attack instead of just one. Seriously might be interested in black tanktop for myself though- white too now that I think about it. Any options for tank tops?

When would you like to order them? (Now, Christmas, Just in Time) now or later but NOT just in time... I'd prefer a little closer to the time than "now" though because I'd like to have a better idea of what size we'd need not only for the kids but for us adults- we are hoping to lose some weight by then, DH already is. (grrrr he loses so easily and quickly!) If we did it now my 3 kids could grow quite a bit in 17mo... but I can't just order way bigger because what if they don't grow nearly as much as I anticipate? That's just too far ahead IMO

Is it more important that you have them at a certain time, or get the best price? more important to get them a little later than NOW, but price is important too. When you're talking 2 colors times 5 in the family... we're not talking a couple of bucks

Is eBay / PayPal a problem for you? Ebay is fine as long as it's not an auction where we're bidding over one another. Can't you make it private auctions with multiple listings? That way it would keep out others just wanting to buy the shirt? Or do we care... I don't know! Paypal is not a problem at all.

Do you prefer 1-sided or 2-sided shirts? Or do you care? Don't 'really' care but if everyone else wants 2 sides that's fine too. 2 sides is generally covered up by girls/women and their hair though... it has been my experience of that anyway. LOL

Which is more important, the number of sides or price? price

Do you want a door magnet? How many? I'm not sure. I think I am going to ATTEMPT to make some myself but if I'm unable to, I would definitely be interested in a door magnet- especially if it's one with our logo on it so we'd all have matching ones.

Are you interested in other stuff? What? stuff that has already been mentioned mostly- bracelets, etc. I don't know if we'd be interested in lanyards unless everyone was doing that instead of bracelets- we already have pirates lanyards anyway. I don't know, I can't think of anything else at the moment but usually I'm interested in stuff when others come up with the idea!

 

[Diznyfan68]

I understand the frustration, it's just too hard to have two separate threads going. It was considered, but wouldn't really work very well.

Since the cruise itself is still so far away, right now we're using this as a chance to get to know the people that we will be spending 15 days with.

I'm sure that once it gets closer, we will be more directly talking about specific cruise activities.

And don't forget the website - which will have just gads of info!

 

[Enna]

Oh Todd I'm sorry that happened to your son

Did you say the lifeguard used vinegar??? I didn't know that was a treatment for jellyfish stings.

Well there is that OTHER TREATMENT that I learned about on friends........

EWWWW!!! I think I'd prefer the vinegar.

 

[lbgraves]

Yup, but they all burn the candle at both ends. He asked if he could go swimming today! I guess you figure out what I said.

Well, did you use their reasoning or common sense?

 

[lbgraves]

She's on Ibuprofen and some other fever controlling medication. No doctor visit = and her fever is spiking again now - so the spouse is managing her needs at the moment. Thanks. She is otherwise in decent spirits given her fever is rising now.


Thank You for asking.

It is hard to see our little ones suffer but sometimes you just have to let the fever do its job. Hope that she is feeling better today.

 

[Diznyfan68]

Anyone have big plans for the weekend?

We're going to Albany on Sunday to a golf show and then up to Lake George after (if time allows).

 

[O'BWV]

That's what I thought. No one ever taught me that trick.

I didn't know that either Stacey.............

I like learning new things.......I do, I do!!