any November 15th eastern 7 ngt cruisers out there?

[nedleycan]

Was that you? haha

 

[mkauffman]

I never had three desserts, but my hubby did have two complete meals one night at dinner. He couldn't decide between the two and our wonderful server offered to bring him both. Low and behold, he ate every bite of both.....and then dessert! I think that alone talked him into the 7 day!

Have I said that my family LOVES food??

Michelle

 

[mkauffman]

Hey guys....how about this Child Tax Credit advance that we'll be getting in July/August (except for our friends in Canada)??? Just in time for vacation!

You can tell it's sunny today and I'm in a good mood!

Michelle

 

[nedleycan]

Hey, that's not fair! You got me so excited, then you said it isn't for Canadians! Anyway, even if it was in Canada, you would have to make less than minimum wage to get any tax credits, so we wouldn't qualify! That is what we get for living in a Socialist society!

 

[Kabuli1]

Yeah, well, we won't get it either - Randy's self-employed, so we pay quarterly! Never had a tax credit that did us any good! Sigh - so it's not just our Cnadian friends!

Yes, it's sunny here, too - I was just out pulling a few weeds!

Karyn

 

[mkauffman]

Sorry, you know I'd be sending some your way if I could. We love you all to the north! We're getting $400 for each child at the end of July/beginning of August. It was definitely a break that I didn't expect.

Michelle

 

[mkauffman]

You're right, Karyn. There aren't many tax breaks for the self-employed. I feel for you guys. I'm still gathering all the PD to send your way, though! The IRS might not love ya, but I sure do!

Michelle

 

[mkauffman]

We were on page 4!!!! Can't let that happen!



I saw a sign in front of a business on my way to work this morning. It said "Think Summer....It Might Work" . So, for today, I promise to THINK summer! Maybe if we all get together and think summer at the same time, it might actually happen. It's actually sunny in Central PA today (there where all my sunshines are coming from). We haven't had more than two days in a row since last fall (that's not official, but that's sure what it feels like), and don't you know, it's supposed to rain on Saturday. Oh well, for today, I'm a happy girl.

Michelle

 

[nedleycan]

It is a beautiful day in Toronto today! It will be close to 80 degrees and sunny, with low 70s and sunny all weekend! Finally!
And, today my kid's school is having a family picnic day, so I get to spend the day outside, not working! Yeah!
Thanks for bumping us up Michelle! Hope you all have a great weekend. We get to leave for the cottage early today, since we aren't working anyway.
See ya!

 

[mkauffman]

Have a great time with the kids today and a fantastic weekend at the cottage! It's sunny again here today, but it's supposed to rain tomorrow. I think Sunday is supposed to be really nice, though. We need that streak of several nice days before it really feels like it might stick around.

Michelle

 

[lbgraves]

Glad to hear that you are getting some nice weather up north! It was sunny but very humid yesterday & it is just a little cloudy today. DS finished up his soccer camp this morning & was glad that they got to be outside. It is suppose to start raining here in the morning & go straight thru until Tuesday. Sounds like a good weekend to get some videos!

 

[nedleycan]

Where is everyone? It has been an entire week since anyone has posted here.
Any of you doing the St. Marteen Sailing Excursion? I have heard that it is fantastic! When we did our Windstar cruise 3 years ago, this was the most raved about excursion. It is a tough day of sailing an America's Cup sail boat, but it is supposed to be exciting and rewarding. I think my husband will be going on it, but it starts so early, that I think I will pass.
How is everyone's weather now? It has rained here for the past two days, but the weekend and next week are supposed to be beautiful! Yeah, summer is here!

 

[mkauffman]

We're not really doing much excursion-wise this time around. The last cruise we were so busy doing everything imaginable that we felt like we didn't have time to really enjoy and relax. We may do the parasailing on Castaway Cay and maybe Coral World.

The weather here in PA has gotten better...only a few days of rain this week instead of seven! We are supposed to have a decent weekend so I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Thanks for getting us rolling again! I haven't seen my countdown clock lately.

Michelle

 

[sherry]

Hi all, we are possibly doing excursions that tour the islands we are visiting. We never seem to enjoy the islands that we visit (except Castaway Cay of course!) and thought a tour might be just the thing to do and then enjoy the ship. We don't snorkel and my husband doesn't like to be on the beach for any length of time.

 

[Kabuli1]

Hi all!

I haven't done much thinking about excursions yet. We're still pretty iffy about whether we can afford to go. BUT, if we do, I want to go over to Anguilla from St Maarten and St John from St Thomas. I wish we were at St Thamas long enough to go on an excurion to the BVI's.

It's gloomy here, again, but no rain and is a great day to be working in the garden.

Karyn

 

[Kabuli1]

Hey, where is everybody????

I'm bumping this up from page 4. I'm thinking you are all so busy outside enjoying the finally summer weather you just haven't been checking in here!

Come back my friends, we gotta keep this where the rest of the world can find it!

Karyn

 

[Jo-Anne]

I'm here - just crazy busy with work right now...have a big project cutting over July 1...hope I remain sane until then! Received my Passporter about 2 weeks ago and have read it from front to back and have passed it onto my friends who are coming with us so they can start to get excited! I'm still trying to decide what to do on the port days...the excursions are mostly too expensive and not right for the ages of our kids, so will probably scope out which beach is best and spend some time there. Great weather here in Toronto...about time! Jo

 

[nedleycan]

Yes Jo-Anne, it is beautiful today! And the weekend is supposed to be 28 degrees (85 degrees - for you Americans)! Finally!

 

[lbgraves]

Not too much sunny weather here. We have been dividing our time between bailing out the yard & building that ark they recommended last week. There have been terrible downpours for the past 3 days. We got caught on the way home in one yesterday. The kids & I had to change after racing from the car to the house. We couldn't see out the windows at all. I'm glad that our yard is elevated because both properties on either side of us have water up to their house.

I got the WDW passporter last week but haven't had time to read it yet. I figure that there is time. The kids have been keeping me busy too. Soccer camp one week, last week was vacation bible school, and swimming started this week. For the next 3 1/2 weeks we will be at the pool at 9 am. DS is loving it though & is so happy that he will be able to enjoy the Mickey pool more.

 

[mkauffman]

Hey guys!!! I've missed you. I've been having trouble accessing the board all week. I kept getting page domain errors. We had a nice weekend and Monday, but the rest of the week has been bad. Just when you think maybe we'll get out of the rain pattern.........

I got my Passporter months ago and read through it immediately. As much as I've learned from my previous cruise and from this board, I loved that book. It was a good purchase. I have a friend that's on the 4 day land/3 day cruise this week and I let her borrow the book. I have to make sure I get it back next week!

I'm still not decided on the excursions either. We keep going back and forth on doing some excursions, or just being lazy on the beaches during the day. I opt for the lazy part, but I'm not sure the kids agree. Maybe I should just leave them at home....... just kidding!

Are we under 150 yet??

Michelle