8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 7

[Verandah Man]

What are most people doing before the cruise? Disneyland? I'm debating. In 05 we stayed at Huntington Beach and really enjoyed it. Anyone else doing something different?

Mary

As of right now, we are planning to fly in Friday morning and spend the day Saturday at Disneyland.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

As of right now, we are planning to fly in Friday morning and spend the day Saturday ar Disneyland.

I cannot arrange anything now as flights not out until October ( return flight is September) and Disneyland pakages not out.

The plan is four nights, three days in DL pre cruise, in a DL hotel.

Last time I did Las Vegas, hollywood before DL ,but due to length of cruise and leaving Sunday I cannot do that this time.

 

[captaincrash]

oh I'm so sorry you have been having headaches! ...

...
I'm definitely nocturnal!

Okay, y'all wish me luck for tomorrow please. DH was asked (today) to work tomorrow and we really need the money so we couldn't turn it down- but OHMYGOODNESS I don't know how I'm going to get everything done tomorrow. I have so many things to do, in seperate towns even!, that are things that "must" be done at the same time- no way around that (bball games, cheering games, etc.) and it's really going to take major organization skills and everything going perfectly for it to work out!

Then please say an extra prayer for my kiddos tomorrow... wish us luck... something! Because tomorrow night is going to be a big one for us... especially Ruby. It is going to be her FIRST TIME babysitting her siblings while we go out. We're going to our long awaited evening out to see Cirque Du Soleil, and it's in Dallas so about an hour away. Now she's watched them for short periods of time- like say she's doing homework and one has cheer practice and DH is still at work- I'll let her stay home alone or watch one of her siblings. She's watched them like when we were moving over here, stuff like that- but those were short periods of time and with us very close by in case of emergency.
This won't be all THAT bad because fortunately it worked out that their bball/cheer awards ceremony is tomorrow night- for the younger two. Soo... we'll be dropping them off at the highschool where this is going on, a friend & mother of one of the boys on my son's basketball team is going to take them (all three) home afterwards. So technically they are only going to be home from about 8:30pm till we get home. We are paying her to babysit and ALSO bribed the younger two to be on their best behavior for her- if they will come home, have a snack (because they'll have to eat supper before 6pm when we drop them off) and go straight to bed (8:30-9pm is their usual bedtime except on Friday nights, they have church the next morning ofcourse). So technically they come home around 8:30pm, have a snack, get ready for bed and be in bed by 9pm. My Oldest always stays awake in bed way past that (she's still awake right now for instance) and my youngest two are past the age of waking up once asleep... so as long as they aren't AWAKE very long alone- I'm not all that worried. It's the awake time I'm worried about- mostly worried about running around like heathens and slipping on the tile or wood floors and busting their heads open or something like that. Getting hurt, that's basically what I'm worried about.

I really think everything will be okay though. Even in an emergency we have a system down. My mom lives in town but she's paralyzed, my sister lives in the next town over about a 15min drive (or less if she's driving like she drove me to the hospital to have my now 13yr old! LOL). So if anything happens, even if Ruby is "unsure" if it's something even close to an emergency- she is to call my mom, who will tell her what to do, if she should call ambulance/etc. and then my mom will call my sister who will rush here so an adult will atleast be present eventually if that happens to be necessary. Also the friend driving them home will be home answering the phone if they need someone to come over for any reason, faster than my sister could get there yet not worthy of calling 911. So we have our bases covered... but seeing as this is the FIRST time, I'm a little worried. That's not too overprotective is it? Well the thing is, in Texas the "legal" age to leave a child home alone with younger children is pretty vague. It basically states that if they are capable, then it's legal. Well if something bad happens (fire, injury, etc.) then they would probably say even though she's 13 she wasn't "capable" so we were negligent in leaving them with her. KWIM?

We're excited about going though. Besides the cruise time alone- we really NEVER go anywhere alone except for when Cirque Du Soleil comes to Dallas every year or two. The previous times my sister watched the kids at my house but she's got 3 kids and it really is a pain. When we get here she and all her kids have to be woken up to go home- so they can go to their church the next day... and that wakes my kids up/etc. Plus her littlest one is now at the toddler stage and our house is NOT baby proofed, plus he's not that steady yet and could hurt himself on our non-carpeted home/etc. So now that Ruby is 13 and has been "tested" quite a few times for short periods of time (as mentioned above), we feel she's ready to get her first chance babysitting. Atleast she's getting paid! I sure never got paid for constantly babysitting my younger siblings my entire childhood! LOL

But just wish us luck. We're going to call the oldest around 9:30-10 at intermission and make sure the younger two are minding and asleep in bed by that time and that everything is okay, but until then I will probably be worried. I want to enjoy myself and not worry too much. So maybe the prayers should be more for myself to stop worrying so much? LOL With the short amount of time they'll actually be home alone and awake... they should be fine. Especially because the youngest two REALLY want the $5 (which is a fortune to them LOL) for being good, not destroying the house or misbehaving, going to bed on time, etc. Call it an allowance they don't normally get, if you will... and they are excited about it- so they should behave themselves. I can't wait for our annual or bi-annual DATE tomorrow night! [/COLOR]

Oh and I almost forgot to share my good news with you guys! you are always sharing your good buys so this one I have to share! I just "happened" across an auction of a waterproof watch (*down to 165 ft depth) because I was looking for boots for Jeff on ebay- he needs more boots and I bought some new but wanted some extras at a better price and one that I found and won cheap- I looked at their other auctions to see if we needed anything else or they had more boots, to combine on shipping- and happened across the watch. Jeff has been hinting that he wants a waterproof watch to wear when scuba diving for over a year now- but they are so expensive! Well I won it tonight for $5.99 and only $2.50 additional shipping cost for the combined shipping with the boots. I'm so excited because he'll be the big 4-0 on march 4th and he's not happy about being 40, let me tell you. LOL His age hasn't bothered him in the past but for some reason he's not very happy about turning 40... I get a scowl in return whenever I mention his birthday for any reason. LOL
We don't normally do gifts for one another on our birthdays, because we usually just buy whatever we want/need all year long- but he is really going to be pleased and surprised by this gift and I'm so excited because it was SO cheap and exactly what he wanted. Yeah for me! LOL

Well...

from Nocturnal creature to another... just get your $5 ready for rewarding your good kids and make sure you have your Circ tix ready to run. Charge the digital camera batteries and prepare for a nice and memorable evening... and it will be memorable for all the RIGHT reasons!

Cheers!

 

[captaincrash]

Aahhhhggghhhhh.....you just reminded me that I have to be up early to take DD to a dance competition!
I'm outta here!!

We have a mid-morning thing as we are driving out to the Huntington Library to meet friends who are gona watch a Lion Dance and reading in celebration of Chinese New Years... then we are doing lunch before heading back ... where the family settles back into home... while I may slip away to observe folks engaged in an AD&D game. Earlier some folks proposed AD&D on the voyage and I thought there would be no harm in trying to get caught up with it a little... so maybe tomorrow I'll get a little reacquainted in snticiaption of joining our fellow AD&D enthusists!

 

[captaincrash]

huff . . puff . . huff . . .okay, I got here as fast as I could . . .It's been another busy day! . . .whata I miss . . .

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Well...

from Nocturnal creature to another... just get your $5 ready for rewarding your good kids and make sure you have your Circ tix ready to run. Charge the digital camera batteries and prepare for a nice and memorable evening... and it will be memorable for all the RIGHT reasons!

Cheers!

Aww, thanks for the reassurance!
Unfortunately no digi cameras allowed, but that's okay because with the tickets we paid for- we end up getting a "gift" included and it's usually including a CD of the performance. Which ofcourse is even better than still pictures! (and the only way my kids are going to see it, because they definitely can't sit still like that for 3+ hours... even with an intermission! LOL)

Yes, I'm still up. geesh... I keep thinking of things I can get done now so as to not be as rushed tomorrow, but I keep forgetting I do need sleep! I suppose I should head to bed now and try to get about 4hrs sleep before the first bball game. Nighty night, or good morning to those just waking up.... hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

 

[Verandah Man]

VM

Morning to you, I am feeling very lazy tell me if I missed anything for me!!!

ANDREW

I think you are good Andrew!!!

 

[Verandah Man]

That brings me up to date for now!!!

I'll check back in later

 

[buckifan]

Judy went and got all informative on us earlier this week and posted all sorts of nifty information about two of the ports. This made me realized that I have added absolutely no useful information during the first 31,000+ posts on this thread.

So I thought to myself, "Self, you need to go out and find some useful information to share with your fellow pirates."

After conducting in-depth research, I am pleased to present to you, without further delay . . .

Cake Choices of the 2005 PC Cruise

Animator's Palate
Strawberry Shortcake
Boston Cream Pie (oddly enough, actually cake!)
Double Fudge Chocolate Cake

Around the World
Chocolate Cake
Strawberry Shortcake (sugar free)

Captain's Dinner
Warm Chocolate Lava Cake

Let the Magic Begin
Chocolate Truffle Cake (sugar free)
Raspberry Mousse Cake (sugar free)

Golden Mickeys
NO CAKE

Till We Meet Again
Baked Alaska
Celebration Cake

Lumiere's
NO CAKE

Panama Canal
Chocolate Mousse Cake (sugar free)

Parrot Cay
Chocolate Espresso Walnut Cake

Pirate Night
Walk the Triple Layer Chocolate Gangplank Cake

Taste of California
Flourless Chocolate Cake

Tropicali
Toffee Crunch White Chocolate Cake

Master Chef
dessert section of the menu is not available​

I like cake..

I thought of you yesterday.....we went to the school's Winter carnival. I made a cake for the cake walk. I went with a Cookies & Cream cake....I think you would have been pleased.

Unfortunately, the closest I came to tasting it was just smelling it bake. That was torture!

 

[mtt-swd]

Good Morning, will be around catching up.

 

[kab407]

Morning all.

Brrrrrrrrr.......it's 20 here

Doing a little bit of ket-chup while having that first cup of coffee

Lisa- my thoughts and prayers are with your family
Happy Birthday Carl!!

Pre-cruise- The plan is right now to fly out on Thurs evening and spend Fri and Sat at DL. I'll most likely stay in DL on DVC points. This is subject to change over the next 18 months........

New DCL Ships-

I like cake

I've seen Cirque in LV and was absolutely amazed. I have tickets for La Nouba in April.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I think you are good Andrew!!!

Thanks

 

[LITTLEKID58]

GM

Presently 52 going up to 77 here in Sunny Central Florida

Going to Epcot.. today....



Happy Birthday Carl


Have a great Saturday

Liz

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Dull and light rain here, we have had Rain,Rain,and more Rain these last couple of weeks, so a water shortage in London in the summer???????

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Been using this in my signature line nice pic of Magic coming out of LA.

 

[Joel110]

Pretty wild: 70 year-old U.S. Tourist on a Carnival Cruise in Costa Rica kills a mugger with his bare hands. Kind of found it weird that the video shows the police just throwing the mugger's body (wrapped in a sheet) into the back of pick'em up truck. I bet that tourist was drinking free the rest of the cruise.



VIDEO:

http://video.ap.org/v/en-ap/v.htm?g...2-C31F81E6DC71&t=s60&p=ENAPus_ENAPus&&f=TXHOU

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Pretty wild: 70 year-old U.S. Tourist on a Carnival Cruise in Costa Rica kills a mugger with his bare hands. Kind of found it weird that the video shows the police just throwing the mugger's body (wrapped in a sheet) into the back of pickup truck. I bet that tourist was drinking free the rest of the cruise.
VIDEO:

http://video.ap.org/v/en-ap/v.htm?g...2-C31F81E6DC71&t=s60&p=ENAPus_ENAPus&&f=TXHOU

Interesting, now wait for the muggers familiy to counter Sue.

 

[Verandah Man]

GM

Presently 52 going up to 77 here in Sunny Central Florida

Going to Epcot.. today....



Happy Birthday Carl


Have a great Saturday

Liz

Have fun at EPCOT today Liz!!!

 

[Joel110]

Interesting, now wait for the muggers familiy to counter Sue.

Yeah...that's the world we live in.

 

[Joel110]

Been using this in my signature line nice pic of Magic coming out of LA.

Did they do that on the 2005 Eastern TPC cruise? Certainly would be neat to see.