9/23/06 Let's go!!!! Who's with us???

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Happy monday morning everyone!!

Well we are suppose to hit 89 today so I guess I had better go out early to the store or my ice cream will melt before I get home.
At least it's not humid yet.

I hope tomarrow to get out to a couple of craft stores I saw and look for some new ideas for my door signs. it's time for me to get busy doing my signs. I have a bad habit of getting carried away and wanting to have too many signs on my door. Last trip I had 4, but I figured out I could easily get twice that many on my door.
I dont want to embarass my DH too much, so guess I had better stick with 4 or 5 signs again. Maybe????

well everyone, have a great monday. Remember this is one less monday before we cruise

Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Monica and Cheri,
great pictures on the yahoo site. Guess I will have to get busy and find a picture or two worth posting of Dh and myself too. Then get my son to show me how to post them. i am so when it comes to anything new on my
By the time I try for awhile i feel like so I definately need his help.
Guess I am from the wrong generation when it comes to that stuff. But I am learning.
I hope more people will get pictures posted too. it is so nice to have a face to put with the names on this thread.

Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

We really have some great pictures now on the yahoo post.
Scott and Brooke are so cute with Mickey. Brooke looks like she is a daddy's girl the way she is all snuggled up with Scott.
But where is mommy? Hope you will post her picture too.
I will corner my son on Wednesday and see if I cant get a couple of pictures posted too.
Love the pics, keep'em coming guys!!!

Kathy

 

[yazee1]

I think we could use a picture for our group homepage. I have pictures but I know most of you do too, and this group is all of ours. We could vote. Maybe a picture of the Magic, Castaway Cay, the deck party, something funny, something uniquely Disney Cruise. Upload your submission to the photo gallery in the next few days if you have time. Knowing me I'll forget!

Have a great evening. Off to read the stories and play some scrabble.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Monica,
I agree it would be neat to have a special picture posted for the yahoo site.
I will look around, but most of our pictures are on the other computer and it crashed. We are hoping to retrieve them, but who knows. We do have the printed pictures, but it will take a long time to scan them and put back on the computer. We didnt get backup CD's done for a lot of them. Hopefully someone will have a good picture of something related to the cruise.
take care,
Kathy

 

[Euphscott]

I will have to go back through my discs and see what I have for the Magic. It's been 4 1/2 years since we last sailed on her, so some of our stuff may not be entirely current.

That was Brooke's first up close meeting with Mickey. She was not as brave as she led us to believe. That was last year this time. I suspect she'll be much more open this time around. She's all excited.

We saw a commercial with kids romping on a sandy beach. She asked when she was going to get to go to the beach. I guess it's time for our own chain so she can begin to comprehend.

Mommy is a bit shy - so getting a picture of Cindy will take some time. I'll work on her, promise...

 

[yazee1]

Kathy, I'm sorry to hear about your photos. We'd be in deep doo doo if our hard drived crashed. A lot of the pictures are copied onto the other computer but the last couple years or more aren't. It's one of those "we really should do that" jobs. Don't worry about it. Probably all our pictures of the usual things look the same - same ship, same Palo, same departure party. same Castaway Cay shots.

Scott, we hand wrote the links for the first chain. What a pain in the neck! I'm not surprised Brooke was a little freaked out by the huge Rat, I mean Mouse. They're so small on the screen. I was really glad to see Peter Pan onboard. Do you think we'll see Lilo and Stitch? That would be a big hit. Didn't see them last time.

The trip chain is working out great. No more "How many more days?"

 

[brerrabbit70]

I made a new DCL pictures folder so we could see what to use for the main page. Just add some in there and we can vote later.

Scott~you could've left Brooke in my folder! She is toooooooo cute! She will have such a blast on the cruise. Some friends of ours are bringing their 4 year old. I love watching them with the characters because they really BELIEVE! You don't realize how much you're going to miss that innocense until it's too late and you're surrounded by teenagers! Tell Cindy to make sure she had tissue at all times. I always get teary eyed watching the little ones. I'm such a sap.

Kathy~I hope you find your pictures! That happened to us a few years ago. I was so upset...still am a little. We lost some valuable photos from our last trip to WDW. See, it was Amber's birthday and we let her bring a friend. It was her friends first time to Disney. We had a character breakfast scheduled for before the park opened so Main Street was EMPTY! ( I highly recommend doing this!) A CM came up to us and took our picture with the castle behind us and just started chatting. He asked if the girls would like to ride on a float in the parade!!!!!!!! It was the year Sleeping Beauty came out on DVD and they rode the float. We do have a few pictures we took on the disposable camera, but all the good ones were on the digital!

How's everyone adjusting to the new time? I am so messed up! It's so hard to get dinner ready when it's still daylight.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy,
The time change always throws me off for a couple of weeks. I have been waking up around 4:30 a.m. and can't go back to sleep. Then by 2 in the afternoon I am so tired that I keep dozing off if I dont get up and moving.
Guess that means I cant be lazy.
We were very foggy this morning, it looked like the scene of a horror movie outside. Guess I will just stay inside until it all goes away.
Well my house is finally starting to feel like home, I got all my disney stuffed animals arranged in the dining room with their Easter rabbit ears on their heads, and small baskets with plastic eggs in them. After Easter I will set up the Luau for them with the DCL souvenir glasses on the table and the lei's we got on board when they use to have the tropical night, plus I set out some of the gold wrapped chocolate coins from Pirate night. I have a tropical serving tray with Mickey And Minnie on it too. I love setting dressing them up for the holidays. Of course it means we dont get to use the dining room, but that is ok.
I also got my Toy Story characters set up in the loft area too.
Now my house looks like home.
Have a great day everyone,
Kathy

 

[Euphscott]

Oh yes - Brooke came out of her shell the last day of our week-long trip last April. She had been very brave from a distance, but not interested in seeing any characters up close. The last morning, we were strolled through Tomorrowland and she insisted she wanted to see Stitch (yes, the princess girly girl - hated the Princess breakfast and all...). So we stopped and got in line. Then Stitch had to take a potty break. She insisted we stay to wait for him (we feared a wait and then nothing). But she was bold and when it was her turn you could see her hesitate long enough to get the courage up - she took off running and nearly took Stitch out at the knees with a big hug. Of course I missed the big moment because we were so concerned with convincing her it was OK - she seized the moment and surprised us all. The only other character we encountered that she then was brave enough to greet - Buzz Lightyear. Again - that's my girly girl!

So...she has lots of catching up to do this year.

On the chain, what did you hand write? Was it just the date or the number of days remaining? I guess that might be a pain, but worth having to keep you current. At 4, the constructio project will be fun. Any time scissors and glue sticks are involved it's a good day.

I love Daylight Savings Time. So far no real adjustment issues. All is well in Texas.

 

[brerrabbit70]

Kathy, you HAVE to post pictures of your dining room!!!!!! I would love to see it. When James and I first got married I wanted to decorate the house in Disney stuff. He made it quite clear that he didn't like the idea. I told him when we hit the lottery ( ) I want a room for myself and it will be covered with Disney stuff.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi brerrabbit,
My Dh just looks and shakes his head. He knows I am a lost cause and no way to change my mind on Disney. When ever someone comes over for the first time, he just points to me and says, she did it!!
When we sold our house I got so many compliments about my disney stuff and the cruise pictures topped off the look. i dont have them put up yet, but I will. If I get the chance I will take a picture after i get the luau set up in a couple of weeks.
I spent today making BBQ sauce, pie crust for about a dozen mini pies and some sugar free, low fat brownies!!! Now tomarrow i will have to make the pies and then freeze them. Oh yes, i do serve mickey waffles and toast with Mickey burned into one side, plus I have jello molds shaped like mickey and of course cookie cutters that are mickey and candy and sucker molds that are a variety of disney characters. My pop corn popper is Mickey too.
Guess I'm hooked!!! The grandkids love to come over to my house, they can play with disney toys, watch disney movies while eating popcorn cooked in a mickey popper and sleep in a bedroom that is all decked out in disney.
When we get our new fence up I have silouettes of the characters that we will paint on the inside of the fence so from the pool we can see them.
Well time to fix some dinner, hope you all had a great day.
Kathy

 

[yazee1]

On the chain, what did you hand write? Was it just the date or the number of days remaining? I guess that might be a pain, but worth having to keep you current. At 4, the constructio project will be fun. Any time scissors and glue sticks are involved it's a good day.

Scott, I was looking for a picture I took last year of all our piles of links before we fastened them together. Couldn't find it. But, each chain did include the day, date, and " X days to go" . I would suggest stapling links if you're going to hang your chain. Glue sticks won't hold up to the weight of the chain. I think we tried tape the first time, too. I can't remember.

I want to see Kathy's setup, too.

My opinion on the pictures so far, I like the frosty, tropical drink in the DCL glass.

 

[strawberryblonde]

Wow! I have really fallen behind on this thread.

We have been so busy now that the sun has been shinning again. We spent all day yesterday at the tide pools at the beach on the other side of the island. Kids were having fun catching hermit crabs, a shrimp and little fish in buckets. They would observe then release. We needed some sun .

I've been working on our schedule for after the cruise. I made all of our dinner reservations at WDW. We are so lucky that they are letting you have free dining for your stay if you check in by 9/30, as 9/30 is the very day we get off the ship. One day later, and we would have missed out! We have not yet tried out the dining plan so we are looking forward to that.

Genna wants to eat in the castle with the princesses, but it is so expensive for the food you get. I booked the Cinderella dinner at the Grand Floridian instead because I like the food there better. Our last trip was 2 years ago when she was 4 and she still remembers eating there fondly. Perhaps I should think about it somemore.

We think we want to do MNSSHP, but we aren't sure. Once you pay for 4 days at the park, any extra days are practically "free". Do we want to pay $30 and $40 apiece to get the Halloween touches and candy? Still need to do some thinking.......

Have a good week all.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Good morning everyone
Heidi, it was good to hear from you, I was begining to wonder where you were?
We use to take our kids to see the creatures in the tidal pools too. It was sure a lot fo fun and we have some wonderful memories

Well everyone not much happening in Florida today, highs in the middle 80's and clear blue skies.
I have about 12 mini pies to make and freeze today, but I just discovered that I need to buy some more disposable pie tins before I can do this, so I guess I will have to make a trip to the store this morning.

Have a great day everyone

Time is flying by
Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

YIKES!!
I just found us at the bottom of page 2!!
That is a no-no!!

Decided to bump us up.





Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi everyone,
well I just found another family going on our cruise. I did invite them to join us on this thread. The last family I found never posted, hopefully this one will. Her name was Veronica.
So hopefully we will grow by one more family soon.
Kathy

 

[strawberryblonde]

Veronica!

Everyone have a great weekend

 

[brerrabbit70]

We're under a tornado watch till this evening. So far we keep getting sun shine for 30 minutes then the sky drops out for 30 mintues! Welcome to the "sunshine state".

I think we're going to a movie this afternoon. Kids want to see "Benchwarmers" and I want to see "Ice Age 2". I think I'm gonna lose. James says I'm the biggest kid in the house and I think this proves it.

We're gonna try to replace another window tomorrow, if the storm passes. I don't think James realized how much work was involved. He thought he could finish one in 3 hours. The window goes in pretty easily, but we have to redo the trim inside and out. You know what that means....more painting.

I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend!

 

[yazee1]

I don't think James realized how much work was involved. He thought he could finish one in 3 hours.

This is the story of my married life! The renovations on our rental should have been finished, by dh's estimation, last November.