8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 13

[Downrivermama]

Good Morning! I finally got the multi quote to work! Well last night turned out to be a bit expensive. Picked up dd's sb uniform. Than went to the mall because I wanted to look at books on tape (CD) for our trip next week.

Made the mistake of going into the Disney store. Spent over a $100! Bought dd the Chinese Elizabeth Swann outfit and head piece and a tank top and wrap skirt for me. Oh and a lite up POTC pocket fan that has 3 messages on the blades! DD was a bit mad that I made her get a large instead of medium, beut she can use it on the TOAL! And who knows how much she will grow in a year? She also will wear it for Halloween. Maybe to the POTC 3 movie next week? I will try to post a pic of it tonight.

Had dd take a pic of me in my outfit and now I have an inspiration picture to help me diet!

Than we went to Dunhams and got cleats!

MR I like your sense of humor, don't go changing! It must be the year we were born! Great year!


I guess things have cooled off at dd's school over the sb meeting. We will have to see what happens. The parent/teacher conference went well and dd will have the same teacher next year! She is wonderful.

 

[tom31b]

You suppose I could get my 18.2V high speed DRILL BLENDER on the ship???

THis would be portable and I could play bartender anywhere and everywhere on the ship... plus everyone with a portable drill like this could bring thiers' along and have thier own portable blender at minimal cost!

<chuckles>

Plus we can use them to secure all the extension cords we have running back to the rear deck on 7......

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
ELIZABETH

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[DisneyVegas1]

Say...

... I don't know whether anyone else has posted this yet - but this weekend (the 19th) appears to be the premier of POTC3 and at Disneyland they're running a fund raiser for the Make a Wish Foundation... one of the charitable groups that I favor... and seats are available at $1500 each if I read the promo correctly!? And since Disney is fully subsidizing the event 100% of the funds will go to the MAW Foundation. Anyone have interest in this???

I am departing for SF after lunch tomorrow (today) ... as our plans changed when we had a noon appointment cancel - thus freeing up some of our morning - otherwise we would have hit the road at 7AM. I'll be out of touch 99% of the time til monday evening... So... I'd like to offer everyone cordial good wishes for a wonderful weekend and happy birthday well wishes for all who are marking the ocassion in the days to come.

Here's the flyer...

The tickets for this have already been sold out .....we tried ....

 

[DisneyVegas1]

to
"Elizabeth/DD FairyGodmother"​

ing to wish a Happy Birthday

 

[Reenieny18]

Hope your day is a great one!!

Busy today doing Graduation invites.. I wish I could just send them all through a printer..

Sunny but cold here.. Please say a prayer or a moment of silence.. the Soldiers that are missing in IRAQ are from our ARMY base at FORT DRUM. Actually, I have to drive up there Saturday to pick up my son from a Boy Scout Camp so he can be home for nephews graduation....

Its a terrible thing about these missing SOLDIERS..Where were OUR arm forces that should have been near by to help them.. How did they get them so FAST?? Sorry this is a very touchy subject since we already lost a close friend over there..

 

[sk8ingmom]

G'mornin' s.

It is hot tub cleaning and eye doctor day in my world. Can I go back to work now?????

GUESS WHAT???? I actually got our CC cards yesterday!!! Mickey does love us! This is the first time that we have received a DCL mailing. YAY!

OK on the Doc thing - I am so jealous of those of you who get to pick your doctor. We get shuffled and ordered around the military sytem. The only time I've ever seen the same doctor more than once is the one year that I had my own emplyee health insurance & the 2 years that we lived more than 50 miles from a military facility - let's just say we wouldn't have DS#2 if I had to go back to a military hospital. Our current system is to call every morning at 7 am for routine care appointments - the same day! People who are sick just wait until they can't stand it anymore and head to the emergency room. Don't even get me started on the 'group' school physicals for kids. They literally line kids up and go down the row (picture WWII boot camp movie). So much easier for them, but my kids are pretty healthy, so this is my only chance to talk to a pediatrician each year, or not.

 

[wheelerkidz3]

hey everyone! kids are down for a nap, so i have time to ketchup here on the dis....thank goodness...i'm way behind!!
hope everyone is having a great day!!

 

[sk8ingmom]

Hey MR, just found out that my new man has a cordless blender. I told him that the blender goes on the cruise, whether or not he does!

Ooohhh, he's a keeper!

Did that come from MAW? That doesn't read like Disney writing.
Sorry - welcome to a glimpse into my brain. I'll admit it, I'm an ad geek.
I couldn't count all the little squares a few months back, but I'm pretty good at matching the ad with the agency!

Outside of the love of pain, there is no justification for subjecting one's self to a Brazillian.

Except maybe the love of itching a few weeks later!

(I've never had a Brazilian, but I can just assume)

Made the mistake of going into the Disney store. Spent over a $100! Bought dd the Chinese Elizabeth Swann outfit and head piece and a tank top and wrap skirt for me. Oh and a lite up POTC pocket fan that has 3 messages on the blades! DD was a bit mad that I made her get a large instead of medium, beut she can use it on the TOAL! And who knows how much she will grow in a year? She also will wear it for Halloween. Maybe to the POTC 3 movie next week? I will try to post a pic of it tonight.

Will you take me to the Disney store????
The costume should work well, she can wear her winter coat under her costume!

Sunny but cold here.. Please say a prayer or a moment of silence.. the Soldiers that are missing in IRAQ are from our ARMY base at FORT DRUM. Actually, I have to drive up there Saturday to pick up my son from a Boy Scout Camp so he can be home for nephews graduation....

Its a terrible thing about these missing SOLDIERS..Where were OUR arm forces that should have been near by to help them.. How did they get them so FAST?? Sorry this is a very touchy subject since we already lost a close friend over there..

I'm sorry for the loss of your friend. The stark reality is that we may never know what happened over there. I can't imagine what those families are going through - not knowing.

 

[Grandma x3]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
ELIZABETH

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ing!!!! Happy, Happy B'day from me too!!

 

[allshookup]

Happy Birthday Elizabeth / DD FairyGodmother!!!

 

[goofyforlife]

http://www.starz.com/appmanager/seg...tures/sod_bunnies/&template_file=content.html

Watch this pirates....

 

[yargrnhoj]

Outside of the love of pain, there is no justification for subjecting one's self to a Brazillian.

Wouldn't that really depend on what the Brazilian looked like? For example, I might subject myself to Gisele Bundchen, if I had to.

 

[Gabbie]

I had to pass this one on!

According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington was recently
faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls had begun to use
lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they
put on their lipstick they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens
of little lip prints. Every night the maintenance man would remove them and the
next day the girls would put them back.

Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She called all the
girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man. She explained
that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had
to clean the mirrors every night (you can just imagine the yawns from the little
princesses).

To demonstrate how difficult it was to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance
man to show the girls how much effort was required. He took out a long-handled
squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it.

Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.

There are teachers.... and then there are educators.

 

[Downrivermama]

Will you take me to the Disney store????
The costume should work well, she can wear her winter coat under her costume!

Last Halloween, she did need a coat! My dd is an expensive hobby!

http://www.starz.com/appmanager/seg...tures/sod_bunnies/&template_file=content.html

Watch this pirates....

That is too funny!

 

[jonesing]

FANTASTIC!!

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

http://www.starz.com/appmanager/seg...tures/sod_bunnies/&template_file=content.html

Watch this pirates....

love the bunnies - thank you!!!!

 

[captaincrash]

The tickets for this have already been sold out .....we tried ....

Yeah,

I'm not surprised. I JUST heard about this yesterday and we're out of town for the family thing. And off hand I am an enthusaist of POTC but not quite ready for buying this - even for a noble cause. Just this month I sent my an annoying final check off to the IRS for some "tax adjustments" that were routed my way! One of the companies I distribute for filed a large addition to my income after initially filing (and sending me) an incorrect 1099. Which I got "corrected" .... only to have them re-file this addition and NOT report to me the changes. Thier accounting people were in total disarray that year. It seems I had incentive travel awards plus other bonuses... and so I owe plus thier inter interest and penalties. Thankfully the penalty scale was forgiving as the upper range on penalties are reserved for those suspected of criminal evasion.

Oh well... that's a limp excuse - and BTW... has anyone else noticed the main board in the last 2 days has been aflame with talk of discounted MED sailings for cat 12 guarante rates? It looks (vaguely recalling) as if the fares were down to 3K for 2 which is working out to under $100 a nite some say. Not sure of the all details (effective dates) - but I originally declined from this idea last year on account of our internt to remain loyal to a "family group" which already had a game plan in place to plan a MED cruise. And as it stands the DCL voyages do not match up to our requirements.

So again I was ingterested in just doing it since it seemed a "bargain" at $100 a nite... but then my spouse suggested this is not enough given we might stir trouble among those planning on the family gathering thing. You see - 2 years ago we tried to organize this same trip and had everyone booking and mid way in the air reservation process - when thing came undone and folks were generally annoyed... not the least of which was ME who had invested considerable effort in organizing and orchestrating compromises and such. Plus we had all agreed that all of our kids were not quite old enough to gain sufficient value from a trip offerring so much cultural/educational value. Excuses - excuses - excuses.... Of course, that didn't stop us from taking the 1st child 150,000+ air miles before she was 3. So - go figure??? I sometimes have to chuckle at the contradictions. And at other times I just keep a straight face and conceal any cynicism (misspelled?) or chuckling... lest I risk triggerring "the" withering glare of my best friend.

So... even though it's bargain priced we've decided not to do it. We still have 3 weeks vacation in her schedule... I stilll have 28 weeks vacation in mine... <chuckles> so we need to figure out what we'll do. She mentioned warm water to swim in would be nice - and I suggested it's been awhile since we'd been to Montreal and Quebec (plus another couple I ran into suggested we do Canada together). And just last nite old friends of mine suggested we do some "name forgotten?" canyon in Mexico ... which is supposedly several times larger then the Grand Canyon and viewable by train. And... my "other" alternative to a European cruise would be a week somewhere in Asia or Oceana. Chances are we just might do Hawaii again in December for 10 days then spread the other 5-10 days for 5-10 three day weekends of some combination like that. Of course, that means we would have visited Honolulu/Maui 4 times in 12 months for about 33-36 days. That may seem like a lot but we've already had 3 of the 4 trips done or booked already. I could use a change of pace since the folks who were not so well in Hawaii are turning out to be doing very well (or as best as can be expected).

At any rate... we'll be musing through our options in the days to come. With any luck we'll have plans as opposed to a "happy-go-lucky" open agenda... which is just as likely. Now... Andy, when was it you were gonna sail in November? We cancelled our usual once a year DCL voyage this year and COULD use a reinstatement of a voyage of some sort. If we were to do DCL again this year... why not something that might boast of having your family trio in attendance? Alternatively ... if you'd rather dodge us ... this is your chance Andy to ensure I'll not find you guys. Do I look like the stalking sort????

OK... actually... who knows WHAT we'll do? Frankly... I'd just like to do something we have not done in a long time that also meets more then one criteria for us. Oh yeah... we want a fair deal too!

 

[jonesing]

Okay Girls strictly for shock value I want to mention that my new Dr. is female, but my last GYNO (the one who delivered my kids) was DROP DEAD GORGEOUS. That just isn't right! Anyone else have a handsome GYNO?



Whatd'ya think of that question guys?

MEN!? Do you prefer a little or a lot of KY for your prostate exam? Do you prefer a male or female doc for that little bit of indignity? And is your doc nice by warming up the endoscope for you colonoscopy?

Right back atcha MR!
You may be poked and prodded annualy but you dont' have to suffer being your own National Geographic Explorer TV show!

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Hi good evening, hope everyone is fine, just spent and hour catching up ten pages overnight on my July 28th Med cruise thread, some idiot told the posters about PIRATE posts there and it lept 83 posts in a few hours!

I said it was on the hundres for mini pirates, and 500 and 1,000 for major pirates.

CRASH, you posted you might be booking a Med cruise are you thinking of mine please please July 28th, thats July 28th the good one!