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

[strawberryblonde]

Strawberry -

You sound like quite a world traveler. You lived in England, traveled through France and now you live in Hawaii - wow!!! i want to be like you when I grow up

About the exercise, if you are walking 30 minutes 5 times a week, you are getting the recommended amount of exercise. And I would suspect that walking on the beach (in the sand) would make it more challenging!!! Keep on walking and I'm sure you will see those pounds melt away!!


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Living in different places is one of the perks of being in the military, it is also one of the downsides . So much of our time and energy is put into all of the relocating. I do love everthing I have learned and experienced though. Hawaii is like hitting the jackpot! The first time we have ever been sent somewhere that is on our "dreamlist". It was bad timing though, we had only been at our last duty station for 9 mths (it was meant to be 2-3 years) and we were not at all ready to move. Hawaii is making up for that in some ways.

Thanks for the encouragement on the exercise. The outdoor exercise sure is making me feel good. I started up in Nov. The last few pounds are the hardest to move. I don't want to starve them off because they would just come back once I started eating differently. I want to eat now, how I want to eat for the rest of my life, and mantain my health and weight ( minus the last few pounds). I see many older couples walking their dogs on the beach every evening. Daily walking is something that can be a part of my life even when I'm older. I'm hoping this all works out

Kathy , good to see you back and inviting more folks over.

 

[brerrabbit70]

It took me a week to recover (and unpack) from my girl's weekend in MS. It was a blast!

You guys have been busy since I've been gone. I'm gonna read through the last couple of pages and catch up.

I just wanted to stop in and say hello and I've missed being on here. I'm ready to start getting ready!!!

Cheri

 

[strawberryblonde]

Glad your trip went well. I'm so excited to see your countdown say 5 mths + instead of 6 mths ! Less than half a year away .

 

[yazee1]

Welcome back! A week to recover? Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

I can't seem to find any recent pictures of dh and myself to put on the yahoo group that isn't already linked to my sig line. How about our chickens, anyone want to see the youngest additions to our family. They're not going with us, of course.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy,
sure go ahead and post the chicks!!! They are always so cute when they are little. But you will need to give them disney names, to make them official for the cruise site! Ha! Ha!
I have been having alot of trouble with my new internet service, so if you dont hear from me for awhile, that is why. I was 2 hours on the phone with them yesterday and it seemed to fix the problem, but now it's back messing up again, so I'm sure I will be another couple of hours on the phone again.
we are back to the beautiful sunny 80 degree weather that we should be having this time of the year. I'm glad.
Have a great day everyone.
Kathy

 

[Euphscott]

Sorry for my silence this week. It's been interesting.

We finally solved our issues surrounding the cruise. We were trying to figure what to do pre-cruise. 2 days of parks and hotels was going to cost us nearly $1000. That just did not seem smart. Plus, a 4 year old on her first cruise...We just decided that it would be best to come in Friday morning and stay at the Airport Hyatt. We'll hook up with my grandparents, visit Downtown Disney, swim a little, and picnic at the campgrounds my grandparents will drive their RV. We'll be refreshed for the first bus out to the Terminal from the airport on Saturday.

SO much cheaper. And it's likely much easier on the excitement and energy level of Brooke. She has been to Disney World twice, which she loves, but I'd hate to wear her down so that about day 4 on the ship we don't have meltdown time.

Happy planning gang - I hope clarity comes to the rest of you like it did for us.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi Scott,
good to hear form you.
Is the campground you referred to the Wilderness campground on WDW property? If so there are acouple of fun things for your daughter there. Maybe you have been there before, but just in case you havnt and if that is where they are staying, there is a free petting farm at the campground, by the restaurant. Also the horse barn is behind the petting farm. These are the horses that pull the wagons down main street at MK. It is also free and sometimes in september they will have a baby on display because they are old enough to meet the people. It is fun and most kids love it. Oh, at the petting area, they do offer pony rides, but I think it is a dollar charge and you must lead the pony around the path yourself. Also the best thing is in the evening Chip and Dale host a campfire sing along and sometimes show a animated movie afterwards. This is for people in the campground only so it is not too crowded. Sometimes they even roast marshmallows.
Well it was just an idea in case that is where you were headed.

It sounds like your plans have all fallen into place. That is great! Your daughter is a very lucky girl to have parents who are in tune with her limits. I have seen way too many parents at WDW who are just pushing their kids past their limits, no naps, not eating right, and stuck in a hard plastic stroller for hours on end. Then they get mad if the kids get fussy. I know people want to make the most of their time when they vacation, but it would be so much better if they would just take a break, go back to the hotel and let the kids nap or swim in the pool for awhile. Then eat a good meal and head back out for a few hours in the evening. I think they would all have such a better time.
well time to hopefully finish my last few boxes. I keep getting side tracked and then I loose my ambition all together. By the cruise I will be unpacked, I promise!!! That is about my speed lately.
Have agreat day everyone,
kathy

 

[brerrabbit70]

I just caught up from page 6! Y'all have been busy!

Monica~ It's so good to have you here and thank you for doing the web page!
It did take me a week to recover from my trip. It was like a weekend away with 1000 of your best girl friends! I didn't get much sleep because we were up laughing till all hours of the morning. My voice didn't come back for 3 days! My kids were very happy.

Heidi~ My in-laws are in your neck of the woods! They flew to Hawaii Tuesday and are now on a cruise! DD is soooooo green with envy!
They said the weather is perfect and they like it better than Florida!

Kathy~ Sounds like the move is coming along. We've been doing some home improvements here. We replaced DD's window last week and have 3 more to go! What a pain!

Angela~ Congrats on the weight loss! I have to get started doing something. I did Weight Watchers a few years ago and it was pretty good. I'll be able to get outside and exercise once the azelas stop blooming!

Does anyone know when the new Passporter comes out? I've read my one from last year over and over and made all kids of notes in it. Hubby doesn't understand why I need a new one every time we cruise. I always bring it with me on the cruise me and make notes in it for my cruise reports.

We're not staying overnight, but driving straight there in the morning. It makes me very nervous, but I got out voted. There's 3 family going and I guess it'll be cheaper to drive in the morning. It's only a 5 hour drive, so it won't be too bad if we leave early.

Well, haven't I just rambled on! I'm going to go work on the door designs!

Cheri

 

[yazee1]

You know, camping sounds like fun. We'll have to do that one of these cruises (God-willing, there will be more).

This isn't exactly a milestone day, but the kids and I are going to make our countdown chain this weekend. Last time, we started with 100 days to go and each link was hand written in marker because middle ds was learning to spell his days of the week. I think we'll print our links this time. Youngest dd is driving me nuts asking how long until we go. I think this will help her and me. LOL.

 

[Euphscott]

No - the campground I am referencing is Tropical Palms RV Park. It is in Kissimmee off 192. They also have cabanas for families like ours that don't do so well out in nature (grrr allergies!). And they are very nicely priced (under $100 a night for cabanas that can sleep 4, plus a fully stocked kitchen - utensils, not food).

Absolutely Kathy - working with little ones is tough. We learned that food was the issue for us. Brooke did well with being busy, but if she got hungry, life was NOT going to be happy. We had a meltdown after the third time through Pirates. She wanted to get after it again, but was hungry and would not accept no. Other than that she really did well. And then we learned the magic of Mickey on a stick..

Good luck driving Cheri. I've only driven down to Orlando once (since an adult - many trips with mom and dad in the back seat!) through the panhandle. That is a LONG drive down. I cannot imagine getting up ready to go no vacation and have to go that far the day of. My hat is off to you!

TGIF gang!

 

[APB513]

Hey everybody!!!

All is well here in Michigan. Yesterday we got up to 60 degrees (yahoo!!) It's supposed to be around 60 again today but we are expecting some thunder storms (boo!).

Welcome back Cheri. Glad to hear you had some much fun during your weekend. I love getting together with my girlfriends and just hanging out.

Monica -

I love your idea of the chain. That is so clever. My youngest son asked me to buy him a calendar so he could count down the days. I wrote down important days between now and the cruise (like my birthday ). I also wrote down how many days until the cruise on each day. He loved it. Now every night before he goes to bed he crosses off another night.

Well gotta get back to work so I can pay for this cruise

I hope everyone has a MAGICal weekend!!!

 

[APB513]

I finally got my ticker working! Now I'm official!!!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi everyone,
We are having great weather today and it is suppose to continue through the weekend. I wish the pool was done curing so we could jump in.
Now that the deck is dry we can set out our patio furniture. I think I will set some of my stuffed disney characters around the patio, play some tunes we hear on the ship, and serve some beverages in our souvenir glasses we got on board. Then I can just close my eyes and imagine we are on the Magic sailing to some tropical port. Now if I could just find someone to wait on me hand and foot by the pool I would be all set!!!!
Of course when I open my eyes and see the cows in the farm field behind us I just might not seem like the Magic, but close enough for now.
Tomarrow will be April, another month is gone and we are that much closer to the cruise!!!
Have a great wekend everyone.
Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi everyone,
I hope none of you have got caught on an April fools joke today.
My DH said he cancelled our DCL cruises and rebooked with RCCL. I did'nt see the humor in that!!!! The last time he pulled an april fools joke it back fired on him. He proposed and i accepted, so for the last 33 years he says he was only kidding. Too late now!!
We took time off from working around here and went to a small local festival in our new community. It was alot of fun with local arts and crafts, a parade which featured lots of local kids twirling batons, some equestrian clubs, fire and police and one marching band from our local middle school. They had a classic car show with about 25 cars and the library had a book sale too. They had local entertainment on a wooden platform that played and sang a wide variety of sonegs and narrated the parade. They had native american dancing by a group of indian children who where quite good and then they finished and some arabian horses performed in the same spot as soon as the band took a break. It was very relaxed and low key, we really liked it. It was the type of event where the kids could run around and have fun and nobody had to worry about them. It seemed like every 30 feet there was a policeman or fireman just talking and having fun with the crowd. Everyone was so friendly and chatted like they had known you for years. I will be looking forward to going again next year to see what they add to it.
We are having a hot day again, about 84 they say. Our deck is doen so my DH got the patio furntiure put out there last night and the BBQ. so we are all set. This evening I think we will walk down the dirt road at the back of our property. It goes to a lake about 1/4 mile from our house. I wont get too close to the lake because as everyone who lives here knows there are GATORS everywhere near the water. I have poisoined fire ants, run form rattle snakes, squished spiders almost as big as my hand, but I draw the line at facing down a gator!!!
I hope all of you are having a great weekend too.
Kathy

 

[yazee1]

That festival sounds like a great time. I thinking we drove through Fruitland but then I remembered it was Plant City we drove through.

Will you marry me? Just Kidding! That was some April Fool's joke (NOT) but a good story. No jokes here today. It's just my daughter and me at home today. Dh and sons are in Maryland working on the rental house and gathering up the painting equipment dh needs for painting the chicken coop.

I added one picture to the yahoo group but not of us, just one of the chickens.
I hope my kids don't figure out I have more "baby" pictures of the chickens than I do of them.

Becca, I'm here if you want to play scrabble or qwerty!

Off and on rain, here too. A couple hours ago, I was just about to put some snap peas and tomato seeds in the ground. While I was still inside, it started pouring. Rain after planting would have been fine. Rain while I'm planting is another story.

 

[sftnslky]

I added one picture to the yahoo group but not of us, just one of the chickens. I hope my kids don't figure out I have more "baby" pictures of the chickens than I do of them.

Becca, I'm here if you want to play scrabble or qwerty!

Wow I must have missed a few post I didn't know that our web site was up an running yet... How very awsome... What is the link/address so I can see it? I would love to send you some photos of my girls so they can be on the site if that is ok?


I wanted to apologize to everyone. I haven't been on very much at all lately. We are still dealing with all the Esate stuff from Dh's parents... and I have been in ALOT of pain this past week..and very, very tired... but sadly it is the norm....

I'm so excited DH and I are finally going to get away for a few days starting next week. We are flying out to Vegas on Thrusday morning...and staying till the following Tuesday afternoon. We have been consumed with his [dying] parents and dealing with all the estate stuff since last August... So this small trip will be just what the Dr ordered.

I am also excited,,,.tomorrow night we are going out with some friends of ours to dinner and to see Krik Franklin along with Mary Mary in Concert. And our tiwns will turn 5 on April 20th so on April 23rd we are taking them to see the Wiggles live in concert....they will be soooo psyched!!!!

As soon as I get back from Vegas....Scrabble will be calling my name,.,..and I will be calling yours

I hope everyone has a great Sunday...and I will post more tomorrow....have a great night

Many and all

 

[yazee1]

Hi, There. I'm sorry to hear you and dh are going through this. Dh and I have never lost parents but I remember when my grandparents died and what my parents went through. As for the website, it's not one I created, it's just the yahoo group. I'm pretty sure you're a member. All members can add pictures and files, etc. If you have trouble with pictures, sure email them to me and I'll do it. If the file's too big and you're not sure how to resize them, I can do it.
I really, really want to go to Vegas one day.

Anyone who is confused by how to add pictures or files to the yahoo group, let me know.

SPRING FORWARD!

 

[sftnslky]

Hi, There. I'm sorry to hear you and dh are going through this. Dh and I have never lost parents but I remember when my grandparents died and what my parents went through. As for the website, it's not one I created, it's just the yahoo group. I'm pretty sure you're a member.

Monica...thank you for your kind words... It has been hard..Last August Hubbys Mom was told she had stage four lung cancer... She past away right before Thanksgiving. The day we told hubbys Dad that she past away [he was in EXTREME denial] he told all of us that he was NOT going to live without his wife of 49 years. True to his word... 5 weeks to the day we buried his Mom his Dad past away...[early January of 2006] then a week and half later we buried his Dad... and we have been dealing with the Estate every sense...one of the hard things is his parents live/ed in a town that is approx 1 1/2 hours from us.. so it is a day long adventure to try to get things done.

Yes I am a member of yahoo, but what or where is the yahoo group at so I can look at the page? Well, my dryer just buzzed.... LOL when isnt it ever buzzing... so I need to go,,...I will post more later..have a great night all...

Many and all.

 

[yazee1]

The Yahoo group link is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sailinginseptember/

If you're not listed as a member, let me know!

 

[brerrabbit70]

I hope everyone remembered to change their clocks. My dogs wake me up every day at 8:00 for breakfast. Today I feel like I got to sleep in! It's supposed to be another beautiful day here. There was a festival yesterday but we didn't go. Seems like the kids are just growing up so fast. One wanted to go to the mall, and the other to a movie. Mom's Taxi Service was in full swing.

Kathy~your new house sounds beautiful! A pool, a lake, cows! Sounds like something this country girl would love. But, you can keep the gators!

Scott~the drive isn't that bad. It's only 5 hours and the kids will probably nap on the way. I'm still pushing for driving in the night before. Especially because we'll have a 4 year old in our group.

Becca~have fun in Vegas!!! My parent's used to go there once a year. I've never been but it's on my list. I want to just see what all the different casinos look like. Just make sure you take time to relax. You deserve it.

Monica~thanks again for setting up the group. I'm heading over there right now to check it out.