8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 9

[Verandah Man]

PERFECT!!!!


Booked my room at HoJo's for 8/12/08. Booked one for my parents, too, but they're not arriving until 8/14/08. Course, in the next 17 months that could change. Got both rooms for a rate of $67.20 per night - king bed, no special view.

Time for lunch!

Thanks to the help of a "friend" I had Hazel call HoJo's this afternoon and we switched our room from the DL view to the pool view and saved a few extra $$ in the process. That's a couple more smoothies for the shows!!!

 

[allshookup]

Cool! I love the Lloyd Weber Requiem - but don't often encounter anyone else who has even heard of it. Of course, now I have that running through my head ... Oh well - Maybe it will drive out H.M.S. Pinafore. We are singing Pinafore in choir and the performance is only a few weeks away. Almost every time we get to this stage I end up with the music running through my head over and over and over ...

pdarrah (Pamela)

I honestly don't know too much about it, but I discovered Sarah Brightman on PBS a few years ago & I just love her voice. I saw her concert in which Andrew was a guest. He said something about how much her voice had improved since the last time they were together. I blast Pie Jesus as loud as it will go while I'm doing the dishes & it literally sends chills down my spine. It is hauntingly beautiful! It must be wonderful to be able to sing in a choir. I am soooo jealous, but I can't hold a note. Good luck with your upcoming performance!

 

[dahuffy]

I think it's Nap Time!

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I will try to be around more at weekend everyone take care.

 

[darthrugby]

Thanks to the help of a "friend" I had Hazel call HoJo's this afternoon and we switched our room from the DL view to the pool view and saved a few extra $$ in the process. That's a couple more smoothies for the shows!!!

Hi Andy

How are your knees?

 

[darthrugby]

I will try to be around more at weekend everyone take care.

Take care Andrew!

 

[pyramid2000]

If I win the lottery tonight, I will pay off the cruise for anyone whose whose name currently appears on our cruise website.

 

[Downrivermama]

Ok that's funny I don't care who you are! God bless the starving pygmies in .....

Ah, a Larry the Cable Guy fan. I can never understand what he is saying about the pygmies!

The Kumbaya song was funny too!

 

[darthrugby]

Ah, a Larry the Cable Guy fan. I can never understand what he is saying about the pygmies!

The Kumbaya song was funny too!

Hi Tina! Are you having cruise withdrawral yet?

 

[Downrivermama]

Hi Tina! Are you having cruise withdrawral yet?

YES!!
I keep thinking what I was doing this time last week in the high 80's not 16*!

 

[Verandah Man]

I appreciate everyone's well wishes, thoughts and prayers. I apologize for not being able to respond to all the posts individually or multi-quote but I just don't have it in me right now. To say I'm a bit depressed would be an understatement. I don't even really want to talk about it -atleast not yet. but it appears that either something happened like a stroke or something or I have Bell's palsy or something and dealing with the non-functioning part of my face & mouth right now is well... not fun. I'm not even sure if I should post that because now if it doesn't go away I'm going to think everyone is looking at me on the cruise.
I'm only 37yrs old and was not prepared for something like this at this stage of my life. I've never been pretty- I know that. But it's like God had to say oh you think you're ugly now, you haven't seen nothing yet... it can always get worse little missy.


Atleast I know my tears work in both eyes.

So sorry to hear this news.

 

[Verandah Man]

You know, as much as I like , I have to say that my vice is ICE CREAM!!! Ben & Jerry's, Cold Stone, Marble Slab, Edy's, Breyer's...you name it!!!! I LOVE it!! Even when it's 30 below outside, it's always a good time for ice cream...

I wish there was an ice cream smiley...*SIGH*

Now I'm craving ice cream, Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby!!!!!!!!! BTW, that fits me to a "T"!!!

 

[The FairyGodmother]

Oh my gosh, I just type a huge post and then accidently hit something and it went away. I will try again.

Gee, thanks everyone for your well wishes. I really appreciate your kindness and pixiedust. Went to the docs this am and she said my cold has progressed into a sinus infection. Gave me lots of drugs so hopefully, it will be over soon. I am tired of being sick and tired.

As always Lisa you have my full support. Blessings.

I totally agree with you. Lisa, is awesome.

Okay ...Lets play the IPOD game ....everyone get your IPOD and put it on Shuffle and list the first ten songs that come up ....this will give us an idea of what music you enjoy ...I'll Start

1. November Rain - Guns and Roses
2. We Belong - Pat Benatar
3. Dont Forget About Us - Mariah Carey
4. Fall to Pieces - Velvet Revolver
5. Sgt.Peppers Lonley Hearts club band - The Beatles
6. Tell it to My Heart - Taylor Dayne
7. In The End - Linkin Park
8. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
9. Some girls do - Sawyer Brown
10. World in My Eyes - Depeche Mode


Wow not to bad for the first 10 out of over 7500 tunes I have on mine ...Okay whos next ??? Lisa ??? I know you have your IPOD working ...LOL

My ipod only has one thing on it but takes up tons of space. Eldest (Inheritance, Book 2) by Christopher Paolini. I love to listen to books while I walk. I only listen while I am walking. I try to walk about 5 miles a day. Having the books on there keeps me inspired since I won't let myself listen unless I am walking. I still have a bit of this book to go since I haven't been able to walk outside. They don't plow the path this time of year. I have been doing the Power Walk Videos that are on Demand and running on my treadmill but I can't listen to my ipod when i do that so maybe I will finish in the spring. I can say that walking has really helped with the inches I have lost.

OH! I missed this in my review!! Jen will be SO happy to know that there will be some Euchre players on board!!!
She tried to teach me once, but I'm just really thick-headed when it comes to card games...LOL

My DD17 can teach you. She is really good. I don't even know how to play but someone at school taught her. She beat up on her uncles over Thanksgiving.

I appreciate everyone's well wishes, thoughts and prayers. I apologize for not being able to respond to all the posts individually or multi-quote but I just don't have it in me right now. To say I'm a bit depressed would be an understatement. I don't even really want to talk about it -atleast not yet. but it appears that either something happened like a stroke or something or I have Bell's palsy or something and dealing with the non-functioning part of my face & mouth right now is well... not fun. I'm not even sure if I should post that because now if it doesn't go away I'm going to think everyone is looking at me on the cruise.
I'm only 37yrs old and was not prepared for something like this at this stage of my life. I've never been pretty- I know that. But it's like God had to say oh you think you're ugly now, you haven't seen nothing yet... it can always get worse little missy.


Atleast I know my tears work in both eyes.

Oh Bip, I am so sorry you have to go through this. I am sending you tons of hugs and prayers. My heart goes out to you.

OK, guys....this is getting embarrasing. This group isn't the way it is because of me. It is because of everyone here.

Well, Lisa, I have to agree, I think that this group is just great. I think we all have different personalities and we all don't agree on everything but we are like a big family in my eyes. I just wish you all would help with the chores though. No seriously, we are becoming like a big family. We care about each others hurts and problems and we rejoice with even the little things that happen on a daily basis. I can't wait to meet you all. It is going to be fantastic. But Lisa, you are the backbone of this family. With you, we know where everything is and someday we will all know who everyone is. (website anyone?) I, for one would not want your job so
I know it is a huge labor of love for you to do what you do for us Disneyites. You are the best.

You know, as much as I like , I have to say that my vice is ICE CREAM!!! Ben & Jerry's, Cold Stone, Marble Slab, Edy's, Breyer's...you name it!!!! I LOVE it!! Even when it's 30 below outside, it's always a good time for ice cream...

I wish there was an ice cream smiley...*SIGH*

Oh me too, Ice cream is my biggest down fall. I can't have it as much as I want, but when I can have it I enjoy every single bite. Some day I won't be on a diet. Of course, after I eat all the ice cream I want then I might need to go back on one. Mark could never understand why anyone would eat ice cream in the winter. He is now a convert but never going to be as faithful to the ice cream religion as I am.

YEAH!!! I finally get to play! LOL! Of course I think that I only have 60 songs on here & some are for the kids.

Young...Kenny Chesney
Don't Forget to remember me...Carrie Underwood
When you wish upon a star....Wishes
Just Might Make me Believe...Sugarland
Can't Fight the Moonlight...Leann Rimes
Jesus Take the Wheel...Carrie Underwood
Inside your Heaven....Carrie Underwood
Stand Back Up...Sugarland
Want to...Sugarland
Who Says you Can't go Home...BonJovi & Sugarland

Yippee, these would be what would be on my ipod if I had music and not books.

Have you seen a doctor yet?
Have you had a CT scan of your head?
Please get checked out. I promised my wife not to give medical advice in this forum but I want to help you.

What you describe sounds like Bell's Palsey, but a stroke needs to be ruled out. It affects the 7th cranial nerve on one side of your body, it usually occurs days to weeks after an upper respiratory infection involving the ears. The 7 cranial nerve travels through the middle ear and inerviates the face, the upper eye lid, the mouth muscles and provides some taste sensation in the toungue.

Steroids help limit the length of Bells Palsey, but it can take 2-4 weeks to
resolve.

Also a Lyme disease titre should be drawn. Lyme disease can present as Bell's palsey.

Please take care of yourself

Peter

Bip, sounds like great advice. And didn't you just recover from some type of flu/cold thing. Makes sense I guess.

ITA!! I love Breyers reduced fat mint choc chip, and Breyers butter pecan.......but my all time favorite is Graeter's coconut chip! Has anyone else had Graeter's Ice cream? It is the best!!!

OMG this is the best ice cream ever. This is the first order of business when we visit our friends in Cinci. My favorite is the buckeye. yummy, chocolate and peanut butter. My DD order Mint chocolate chip one time and got a huge piece of chocolate in it. It was like winning the ice cream lottery.

Yes, it is. I believe it the first shops were in Cincinnati. Oprah mentioned it once on her show also....I think they even to mail order now!

Yeah our friends from Cinci, were in WDW with us at xmas and they were going to have some shipped to the hotel as a xmas gift. They decided it was too expensive.

pygmies?? I'm not following.

You don't care who I am?

This is from Larry the Cable Guy. Part of his comedy act.

..all day today, figures!....then late last night, i didn't
realized the pics i was trying to post were not correct until
afterwards..so nothing came out as intended, but i think no
one picked that up...par for the course....

so , let me "see" if i can do a lil' corrective measure....


http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i75/mrmerlin56/Picture2.gif?t=1173297891

..ok, this is what should been "a boy's first love"

[i can't believe how much "stuff" he put in this old truck we gave him.]

* however, it wasn't lost how he wrecked his brother's accord,
just "practicing" driving..2 miles to& fro school! boy , if it
wasn't for the "car"..he could have been hurt..it jumped over a
20'foot revene..( he blame it on the car tires, ..
ha! it had those mic. that you see on tv "trying" to slide on
water).. to say i was would be an understatment.....) then
the patrol put up a guardrail...we call it "patrick".

* anyway..this is the "baby" i was talking about..all grown up! we
deserve some sort of award!


can you tell he like his truck... , he washes and waxes all the time...
but can we ever get him to clean his roooooom, noooooo!

Great pictures Grumpy. I love the one of your little girl, she is a beauty. You might be having some trouble keeping the boys away.

OK -
Just don't get that

Oh well, here's another picture for you to decipher - I'm just hooked on posting now - hope you all enjoy - OK - Question of the day - Who is this?

P.S. - still working on the resizing bit! Sorry Lisa! & - You are Priceless to US!!!!!! Don't even thing about walking the plank or we will tie ye up and make you walk the plank!!!!!! ARGHHHH!

If you use photobucket there is an option to resize the pictures right about the picture on in your album. It is really easy. A great program you can download free off the net is Irfranview. I use that a lot to resize and crop pictures.

Okay, now that I have retype this whole thing I am probably way behind again.

Lets just see.....

 

[Verandah Man]

I am not even jealous. With your knee problems, I wish it could be sooner for you. We complain about weather but we are not out in it like you. We have too many mediacl problems so we have to wait until we can get medicare.

What area of Florida???? We hope to be in the middle(of course our goal is to live near the Mouse). One hour from WDW any direction would be great. Do you have any suggestions of areas to look at.

I've heard nice things about The Villages, which is in Lake County, the same county our place is in, but we aren't in a retirement community. The area that we are in has mobile homes as well as cinder block homes. Our place is a few miles from the city of Deland, which is a nice little city.

 

[Verandah Man]

Just checking in to say hello, hope everyones ok, cannot ketchup though.

Hi Andrew, Bye Andrew

 

[buckifan]

how doo you mail ice cream?

Good question! I guess in a lot of dry ice???

 

[miztigg]

hi everyone i was hoping to hit the lottery to pay for everyones cruise but i didnt even win a dollar
bip i hope everything is ok
im WAY behind with no way to ketcup my whole house has been sick and my DD is going to get surgery next week i just got back from getting all her preop stuff done today her procedure is only minor compared to what a see on a daily basis however when they are yours or a child it is compleatly diffrent level that why i could never work at CHOP
i hope everyone is having a great week still no car so i had to borrow my DH bosses vette and of course we get snow i never get the breaks

 

[darthrugby]

Oh Fairy Godmother

I need some advice, I ordered some 18th century patterns from a site called Granndgarb.com and Reconstructionghistory.com, do you know of any other sites that carry period costume patterns?

 

[pyramid2000]

I think that every 10 years or so we should have still married showers to replace all those gifts that get worn out.

Great idea!

 

[Verandah Man]

I swear I kept looking for a house with a tree fallen over in the back yard! I'll have to let you next time I am in your area. Do you come to the shore at all in the summer?

About the only time we get near the shore area is to my Dsis in Egg Harbor Township, we aren't really shore people, so go figure why we like Castaway Cay so much.................... Must be for the Cookies BBQ I guess..................