Another Unofficial Chatterbox Thread- Everyone is Welcome!

[sameyeyam]

This was a snack/informal restaurant/deli. You can see some of the aquarium's in the background.

 

[sameyeyam]

The back of the Festival Village at Nassau, this is where you go thru customs, there is a small straw market and ladies that do hair braiding.

 

[sameyeyam]

Would it be a cruise without Mocktails and Bingo?!

 

[sameyeyam]

He tried to sneak back on the boat with us, but was caught in customs.

 

[funnygarcia]

Awesome pictures!

Priority chart? I don't need no stinking priority chart HMMPH!
Having an apartment full of teen boys playing video games and then a MIL visit far exceeds any other priorities. Heck I haven;t even had a chance to lay hands on a computer until now! Major withdrawals... :yes:

We bought Bolt on Saturday.. thanks to a $5 coupon emailed fomr Disney and two rebates to send .. it will be cheaper than renting it. We didn't see it in theatre, it was fun to kick back in my room (away from the stinky teen boys) and watch it with MIL and hubby. I like it Not sure if it would have been as good without Rhino.. freaking hilarious!! The bonus short starrring Rhino was funny stuff, had to explain one part... hubby didn't get the Miley Cyrus reference. I fell over laughing hard when I saw it.

Saturday night I treated my sis to Orchestra tickets, sampler concert of the upcoming '09-'10 season. It was great, sis didn't care for the pops part of the program but I liked it.
I may even buy a ticket for the Sounds of Cinema concert when they feature Wizard of Oz.. the piece they played for the sampler concert was wonderfully done. They will play music and have film screening, with Judy Garland magically singing along with the orchestra. My family would love that.

They had a special offer for B1 G1 concert subscriptions, waited in a line for the entire intermission and signed up for a 3 concert series on "Inside the Classics". It's a special series where they discuss the piece of music, the composer or other insights and then the orchestra plays the entire piece.

The theme is music inspired by nature: Beethoven's no 6 Pastural , Debussy's Le Mur and part of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
I'm not that much into classical.. but I do like these particular pieces... and my sis loves all of it.

Splitting the cost it averages to $13 per concert, sitting in the one step above the cheapie seats.

Typically the lowest cost seats are $20 per concert, those are limited and sell out quickly.

Sis was drooling over the other subscriptions series.. ones that have 5, 9 or even 24 concerts
umm, no thanks sis.. let's go for umm, dare I say it...

the cheap tickets

 

[sameyeyam]

Awesome pictures!

Priority chart? I don't need no stinking priority chart HMMPH!
Having an apartment full of teen boys playing video games and then a MIL visit far exceeds any other priorities. Heck I haven;t even had a chance to lay hands on a computer until now! Major withdrawals... :yes:

We bought Bolt on Saturday.. thanks to a $5 coupon emailed fomr Disney and two rebates to send .. it will be cheaper than renting it. We didn't see it in theatre, it was fun to kick back in my room (away from the stinky teen boys) and watch it with MIL and hubby. I like it Not sure if it would have been as good without Rhino.. freaking hilarious!! The bonus short starrring Rhino was funny stuff, had to explain one part... hubby didn't get the Miley Cyrus reference. I fell over laughing hard when I saw it.

Saturday night I treated my sis to Orchestra tickets, sampler concert of the upcoming '09-'10 season. It was great, sis didn't care for the pops part of the program but I liked it.
I may even buy a ticket for the Sounds of Cinema concert when they feature Wizard of Oz.. the piece they played for the sampler concert was wonderfully done. They will play music and have film screening, with Judy Garland magically singing along with the orchestra. My family would love that.

They had a special offer for B1 G1 concert subscriptions, waited in a line for the entire intermission and signed up for a 3 concert series on "Inside the Classics". It's a special series where they discuss the piece of music, the composer or other insights and then the orchestra plays the entire piece.

The theme is music inspired by nature: Beethoven's no 6 Pastural , Debussy's Le Mur and part of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
I'm not that much into classical.. but I do like these particular pieces... and my sis loves all of it.

Splitting the cost it averages to $13 per concert, sitting in the one step above the cheapie seats.

Typically the lowest cost seats are $20 per concert, those are limited and sell out quickly.

Sis was drooling over the other subscriptions series.. ones that have 5, 9 or even 24 concerts
umm, no thanks sis.. let's go for umm, dare I say it...

the cheap tickets

Sounds like your going to have a lot of great concerts to enjoy. In Portland our concert/symphony/play halls have a great deal for students. Show up 1 hour before the show and if any tickets are available you can buy them for you and up to 3 friends for $10 each. They will give you the best seats that are available at the time you purchase. As long as the kids has a photo student ID they will accept it...high school, elementary, college, they don't care as long as 1 of the people is a student.

 

[funnygarcia]

sigh.. crap..

E was running fine, halfway thru treatment and leaned a little on his arm while readjusting his body in the chair.

DING
DING
DING

crap now what?

He felt the needle (arterial yet again) suck up to the side of the vessel.

Flipped the needle.. tried to restart. Nope.
Flipped and wiggled here.. wiggled there.. Nope and Nope.
Barely start the pump and he is hitting pressures of 270, 300, 380, 400 (max is to be only 250).

DING DING DING

Tossing out alarms and machine is stopping the pump.

Screw it he says, zero out all of it and call it a day.

I don't get it, neither does he or his team.



ah well, another day and try again.

 

[funnygarcia]

Sounds like your going to have a lot of great concerts to enjoy. In Portland our concert/symphony/play halls have a great deal for students. Show up 1 hour before the show and if any tickets are available you can buy them for you and up to 3 friends for $10 each. They will give you the best seats that are available at the time you purchase. As long as the kids has a photo student ID they will accept it...high school, elementary, college, they don't care as long as 1 of the people is a student.

That's a nice deal.
We have student rush tickets for $10 as well, but it's ONLY for students with high school or college ID. Darn it!

Public rush tickets are $20 each.. yeah whoopty doo..... pfffffffffffft.

 

[funnygarcia]

Hopefully I will be a college student in the fall.

I'm looking at Physical Therapy Assistant, 2 yr program, running into issues though as it is only offered at a small handful of colleges. Only one of which is a public college... do I really want to try to get funding for $500 a credit? GULP!

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Hi, all!

I'm taking a quick break to pop in for a sec.

Today was a GORGEOUS, sunny day! Unbelievable!

Fred Meyer was having a sale on a bunch of their gardening stuff so we went and bought a bunch of stuff to decorate the yard: geraniums, fuschia starts, 3 hanging pots, and potting soil. After the massive infection in my finger, I got smart and bought gardening gloves.

We got home, threw the kids into their bedrooms so they could clean them, then headed out to the yard. We weeded and tilled a little strip next to the front walkway and planted a bunch of geraniums there, and potted the hanging planters with fuschia starts and hung them up. Also potted a big round shallow planter with petunias and put that out on the porch. Maybe tomorrow we will get out in the backyard and weed, till and plant the rest; I usually have a border of geraniums along the back patio, too, and several planters as well.

Wheeee, finally some color after a wet, dreary winter!

The kids seem to have spent the afternoon making more mess instead of less, but I can't say it's all that unexpected, just a little disappointing. This week is DS8's spring break, and we have activities planned for some of the days. I told him we might not be able to do those if his room is still unnavigable. Let's see if that provides any motivation...

Hope you all are having fun. (Yes, Sam, it looks like YOU had fun at least!)

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Alison- great pics! It looks like you all had a great time. Thanks for sharing.

Alex- I'm so happy you stopped by! Hope you are doing well.

 

[XTinabell]

Oh Alison your pictures are amazing! The water is pretty. It looks like you had a fabulous time.

Tell me, would you recommend a cruise for a honeymoon?

 

[sameyeyam]

Oh Alison your pictures are amazing! The water is pretty. It looks like you had a fabulous time.

Tell me, would you recommend a cruise for a honeymoon?

No I would not recommend a cruise for a honeymoon. UNLESS you have already been on one before and know that motion sickness is not a problem for either of you. I just don't think it would be a lot of fun if you never quite felt good. Even using the transcop patch I still felt a bit queasy. Plus the patch makes you have dry mouth and can cause blurry vision.

But I wonder if the Mediterranean cruises are better, seas aren't as rough, so motion might not be a problem. Even my DD who has never had motion sickness a day in her life started feeling queasy after about 2 hours at sea and had to wear a patch.

Maybe it's me, but spending my vacation in a cramped tiny room and partying with 2,000 other people is not really my idea of a fun honeymoon. It just didn't seem like an intimate place, KWIM?

Now I would recommend the Atlantis hotel on Paradise Island, Bahamas for a honeymoon. I think we are going to try and go there next year for spring break. But it is very expensive, although I have signed up for their email discounts, so hopefully we can get a good room rate. However, I've learned that you can stay at the Comfort Suites across the street for half the price and still have access to everything at the Atlantis. So that's probably the route we will go.

 

[sameyeyam]

Today Tour Guide Alison has a local day planned. I just rousted the kids out of bed and we are going to the Brevard Zoo this morning. It's a small local zoo, but they allow you to get very near the animals...you can even pet the giraffes. Also, you get a kayak ride thru the park. You can choose either the African Exhibit or the Florida Wildlife kayak tour. So we are headed there this morning before the weather gets too hot.

Then this afternoon we are headed to Ron Jon's Surf Shop in Cocoa Beach. It's a big tourist trap, but a really cool tourist trap. I expect to walk around and run into Jeff Spicoli! Maybe have lunch somewhere in between the two places, walk out on the pier and just enjoy the 80 degree weather. I just looked at our weather forecast at home...36 degrees this morning. I so made the right choice coming here. I can only imagine how mad the kids would have been if we had gone the "local route" for spring break. Yep, we could be sitting down at the beach right now cramped into a little travel trailer watching the wind and rain!

 

[MotoXPrincess99]

Helloooo ladies! Pixter sent me a new signature! I'm showing it off, do you all like it??

I like it!

Man alive, our thread has become a ghost town! Time to bust a move? NO! A priority chart!

DD's BFF and DD(getting fresh with the dolphin). But I guess that's ok, she's part marine mammal anyway!

Aww, I like this picture. too cute!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Good Morning Hyenas,

It's sunny outside but very windy at the same time. I didn't like the weather yesterday....it was very hot and I had to turn on the fan last night to keep cool.

This morning I got breakfast from Mc Donald's...their pancakes......bone-headed me accidentally spilled some syrup which landed on my shirt and pants. I guess you could say I put myself in a "sticky situation." I had 2 shout wipes in my purse and used it. It helped remove some of the stickiness but I still need a change of clothes.

At least I'll be able to change my clothes when I go home for lunch later.

 

[sameyeyam]

Back from our morning adventure at the Brevard Zoo. It's a very nice small zoo and you get to kayak thru part of it.

Apparently a warning to parents about the gator pond ahead.

 

[sameyeyam]

Beginning of the kayak trip. We seen giraffes, ostriches, monkeys, a whole island of lemurs, turtles, and lots of other animals. This was the Africa kayak exhibit.

 

[sameyeyam]

And lots and lots and lots of beautiful tropical birds.

 

[sameyeyam]

Not to mention the turtles, lots of turtles.