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

[paulasillars]

Hi, we're joining you on the 17 Aug, me my ds 16 and dd 14. Got a message from my TA to say some spaces have opened up for PC, so have switched from 10 Aug as this is what we really wanted - I've now got to rearrange flights as I'd only just booked them for the west coast cruise.

Welcome and congratulations for snagging one of the elusive free cabins. Its nice to have you and your family aboard!

 

[paulasillars]

Yes we are gty and have just checked the ressie and no difference. Paid up and booked flights and accommodation from UK so just waiting on that last bit of information to finish it off.

I checked too, we've had a room number since day one and it hasn't changed. Deck 6, midship, inside stateroom. We like to be the in the middle of whats going on

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

He did have like 35 rooms.....

35????????????????????????????????????????????

I would have loved to be his Travel agent, ( until he canceled- now no presents for the kids)

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

He put you up to this didn't he???

You guys must be really missing him, I posted the questions as a........


Joke, -however very good answers.



You both win a mickey bar ( with extra sprinkles) on the Magic collect from Crash!

 

[joksten2000]

252 days.

Merry Xmas everyone, before we get busy and forget.

This year has gone so fast. Our little grandson is a handful, goes from one bad thing to another, faster than we can react. He has been a real pleasure for us.

Welcome to all the new cruisers.

I see DVC will be open 6 days a week later this month and 7 days a week in Feb 2008

 

[LITTLEKID58]

GM

Presently 62 going up to 81 here in Sunny Central Florida

and prayers to all who is going to need it today

aboard to all the newbies

Have a great Sunday

 

[sk8ingmom]

You forgot the rule about the mandatory french toast. No milk, bread or eggs anywhere in a 25 mile radius.

I DID forget about the French toast. Glad we made it through that crisis whitout it. ...and now what am I supposed to do with all this toilet paper?

If anyone is waitlisted for main dinning you may want to check your reservation. We were on the waitlist and I checked this week when rooms became avaliable and Disney did change our dining.

Hey HockeyNut! Long time no see!

This certainly brought back some memories
They were building a new house on a vacant lot near our school bus stop and the boys use to race each other around the foundation (over mounds of gravel and dirt- making sure not to fall into the basement).
We also walked 2 blocks, by ourselves, to the bus stop from the time we were 5.
Boy have times changed

I am the worst mom ever.
I was the only Mom who didn't walk my kids all the way into their classroom everyday - in 2nd GRADE! I let them ride their bikes to school when the weather was nice. They walked/road and entire block and a half BY THEMSELVES!!

Now they ride the bus. I'm the only parent at the bus stop who doesn't stand there and wait for the bus with them. I shoo them out the door, they walk a block and I drive by few minutes later to make sure they got there (and didn't miss the bus).

I guess I'm just crazy to think that those little snippets of independence and responsibility are important.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I am the worst mom ever.
I was the only Mom who didn't walk my kids all the way into their classroom everyday - in 2nd GRADE! I let them ride their bikes to school when the weather was nice. They walked/road and entire block and a half BY THEMSELVES!!

Now they ride the bus. I'm the only parent at the bus stop who doesn't stand there and wait for the bus with them. I shoo them out the door, they walk a block and I drive by few minutes later to make sure they got there (and didn't miss the bus).

I guess I'm just crazy to think that those little snippets of independence and responsibility are important.

Its a balance isnt it DS-9 is walked to school very local, he sometimes goes by bike, DD -12 walks by herself now to school and likes the independance.

 

[sk8ingmom]

IT'S COOKIE TIME!

Does anyone else do an insane amount of baking at Christmas? I make 10-12 different kinds of cookies and 3-4 kinds of candy. I have it down to a science. I mix all the dough in one day & put it in the fridge - don't even THINK about walking into my kitchen today! Then I bake 1-2 types a night for about a week straight.

THEN, I make plates for neighbors, friends, hockey coaches, co-workers, etc. Teachers get a mini loaf of quickbread (banana cocnut macadamia this year) and some of Grandma Sk8ingFam's famous hot cocoa mix.

Here's my plate from last year:

Who wants to share recipes?? I make

Chocolate chip
peanut butter chocolate chip
Chocolate Crinkle
Nut thumbprints
Peanut butter thumbprints
Almond cookies
Almond crescents
Yeddish (MIL calls 'em butterballs)
Butterhorns
Peanut butter magic middles
Brussel Kek (nifty rolled cookie so the sprinkles are on the outer edge)
Sugar
Spritz
Candy Canes

For candy, I make

Choc walnut fudge
Heavenly hash (chocolate, nuts and marshmallows)
Buckeyes
Buttercream or maple bob bons

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

IT'S COOKIE TIME!

Does anyone else do an insane amount of baking at Christmas? I make 10-12 different kinds of cookies and 3-4 kinds of candy. I have it down to a science. I mix all the dough in one day & put it in the fridge - don't even THINK about walking into my kitchen today! Then I bake 1-2 types a night for about a week straight.

THEN, I make plates for neighbors, friends, hockey coaches, co-workers, etc. Teachers get a mini loaf of quickbread (banana cocnut macadamia this year) and some of Grandma Sk8ingFam's famous hot cocoa mix.

Here's my plate from last year:

Who wants to share recipes?? I make

Chocolate chip
peanut butter chocolate chip
Chocolate Crinkle
Nut thumbprints
Peanut butter thumbprints
Almond cookies
Almond crescents
Yeddish (MIL calls 'em butterballs)
Butterhorns
Peanut butter magic middles
Brussel Kek (nifty rolled cookie so the sprinkles are on the outer edge)
Sugar
Spritz
Candy Canes

For candy, I make

Choc walnut fudge
Heavenly hash (chocolate, nuts and marshmallows)
Buckeyes
Buttercream or maple bob bons

Wish I could pull them out of the screen, now!

I want thoose!

 

[arlenesp]

Morning everyone

Well today is back to work day. It was so nice to be home and not do a thing.

Just checked my airline ressie and found out the flight # was changed. Called to confirm everything ok.
Roger, you may want to see if your reservation # going back was changed as well. See just when you think everything is under control...........

Another beautiful day. Too bad I will be in all day, but the upsside is I sit by the window

Andrew, I believe Crash was traveling with around 35 but don't think he had that many staterooms

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Morning everyone

Well today is back to work day. It was so nice to be home and not do a thing.

Just checked my airline ressie and found out the flight # was changed. Called to confirm everything ok.
Roger, you may want to see if your reservation # going back was changed as well. See just when you think everything is under control...........

Another beautiful day. Too bad I will be in all day, but the upsside is I sit by the window

Andrew, I believe Crash was traveling with around 35 but don't think he had that many staterooms

I keep checking my flights as they have been known to change times without warning

Crash, I misread that one, I thought he was rich, but not that rich to have 35 rooms,

 

[arlenesp]

I think he mentioned most of the traveling party were all in the medical field as well. As I remember,he mentioned all the professions and we probably have enough to start a small clinic

Speaking of Drs. Have you heard anything yet? I'm hoping they can finally help your headaches.

 

[MrsScooby]

You guys must be really missing him, I posted the questions as a........


Joke, -however very good answers.



You both win a mickey bar ( with extra sprinkles) on the Magic collect from Crash!

Gee Thanks

 

[MrsScooby]

I am the worst mom ever.
I was the only Mom who didn't walk my kids all the way into their classroom everyday - in 2nd GRADE! I let them ride their bikes to school when the weather was nice. They walked/road and entire block and a half BY THEMSELVES!!

Now they ride the bus. I'm the only parent at the bus stop who doesn't stand there and wait for the bus with them. I shoo them out the door, they walk a block and I drive by few minutes later to make sure they got there (and didn't miss the bus).

I guess I'm just crazy to think that those little snippets of independence and responsibility are important.

Walking them all the way into the classroom in 2nd grade... my kids would have had a fit if I tried to do that
We've been letting them (DS13 DD10) have little snippets of freedom more and more each year. Gotta work their way up to independence somehow

 

[tom31b]

Teachers get a mini loaf of quickbread (banana cocnut macadamia this year) and some of Grandma Sk8ingFam's famous hot cocoa mix.

I hope that you are keeping some bail money too, isn't it a felony to send anything with nuts in it into a school these days?

 

[tom31b]

Just in case anyone is getting withdrawal symptoms.

INNOCENT!

You must not link animations into a post without checking them!

There is no sign of any foul play at all.

Now seven questions to ask you.


1/ What is your favorite Smiles

2/ What was your favorite post by Captain Crash.

3/ What was your favorite Question by CC

4/ When was your first kiss

5/ What have you nicked from the Disney Magic

6/ What have you taken through customs , when you should have declared it?

7/ When does the case come up in court?
Now

Merry Christmas to everyone, and stay healthy until the Doctor Calls, beware Santa's with weapons, hidden in a brass band

You both win a mickey bar ( with extra sprinkles) on the Magic collect from Crash!

I'm really worried about Crash now, you are just channelling too much Crashness for this to be a good thing...

 

[yargrnhoj]

I was the only Mom who didn't walk my kids all the way into their classroom everyday - in 2nd GRADE! I let them ride their bikes to school when the weather was nice. They walked/road and entire block and a half BY THEMSELVES!!

Well, I was yelled at by someone at my kindergarten's school last week for walking her into her classroom. "Sir, parents aren't allowed in the building. You have to take her to the office".

It had snowed the night before, so instead of driving her to daycare, where she takes the bus to school, I decided to drop her off directly at school, which I'd never done before. I ASKED one of the people outside the school if I should take her to her classroom and she said yes. So I did and got accosted for my trouble.

I told the old cow I wanted to make sure my daughter got to her class and next time go yell at the woman outside who DIRECTED me to come down here rather than yelling at a parent. (This same bat was yelling at kids coming in: "No hats in school" "No running". )

 

[silmarg]

Greetings from NY... Got up at like 6AM today (which is very unusual for me). I was not feeling well last night and went to bed early. I am better today, but not quite 100%.

Spent time idle time doing ketchup.

Nonetheless, we will go get the Xmas tree today. I will post a picture, but it wont be as elaborate as what I have seen posted thusfar.

Made it to chat on Fri nite at midnight (had a poker game that ended early). I caught arlene alone on the board... and monica joined us later. We need more west coasters to hold up the chat for this nite owl!

Nice to see some new folks aboard! Smee, when were you on the 4-day in Aug? We were on the last cruise in August 2007.

My DW is in a cookie swap and we always struggle with what to bake. So any good recipies are appreciated (as long as they are not too complex).

I see the 2009 DCL dates are out as well. I booked the last cruise for 2008 (New Years cruise) thinking I might use it as a placeholder for a 2009 cruise with a discount. Tortola sounds nice... St. Croix I will pass on... but the extended family is talking about possibly doing a big trip to Italy (we are of Italian heritage and want to go b4 my parents would be too old to enjoy seeing the grandkids in the homeland) in summer of 2009. So part of me thinks I should keep and go on the New Year's Cruise, but it is so darned expensive (the 7 day New Years cruise is within $1000 of the TOAL). But it probably makes more sense to just cancel the New Year's Eve cruise and hold a late 2009 date during the TOAL to then transfer into 2010. Did I just confuse everyone?

Anyway a happy day to all. Prayers to those who need (and those that dont).

 

[radioclash2]

With the recent release of staterooms, I'm thinking about contacting DU to see if I can get wait listed to early dining. We have always done late. The kids don't usually eat with us.

Posters were suggesting that late dining on the repo would be one time at 8:30 instead of 8:00, 8:15 and 8:30. I really hate the 8:30 dining.

So, what time is early dining? Do you think there will only be one time? And, how does early dining impact your daytime activities?