any November 15th eastern 7 ngt cruisers out there?

[mkauffman]

Your first guest.......isn't that cute! You're running a hotel for little people.

Michelle

 

[sherry]

I really enjoy what I do, but I am glad they "check out" at night.

 

[mkauffman]

It's kind of like when grandparents say they're happy to ship the kids back home!

Michelle

 

[mcampbell_22]

You guys always bring a smile to my face! LOL

Michelle, DH used to be gone all week and home for weekends. Since kids were born he stopped that and now drives local so he's home every night. Still has long days 4 am to 8-9 pm sometimes but at least he's home. When he was OTR (over the road) I would worry so much I called him constantly on the cell phone, especially in the winter. Hated that!

Busy morning. Where'd the time go. Off to make DD's lunch and have it ready when she gets off the bus.

 

[nedleycan]

It was also so hot here! I guess it was about 80 degrees and sunny today. Should be similar tomorrow, Friday and Saturday. Yeah! And it is our Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend, so it should be really nice!
We definitely got our docs 1 month before last time (if not 5 weeks!)

 

[lbgraves]

I'm glad someone is having good weather because it stinks here. It has rained all day & that's all that is in the forcast thru next Tuesday. Oh well, I have alot to do inside. I went thru the toys I bought to Ebay in the attic & garage today. I also went thru the kid's stash & decided to get rid of some of that too. There is still a bunch left, so don't worry about them being neglected. I found something big in the attic that I had forgotten all about. Hopefully over the next two weeks I will be shipping alot of this out of here. I would love to come home to a house with more room & air. LOL! DH will be very happy about it too.

No docs today. It's bound to be soon!!!

 

[mkauffman]

Lisa, good luck with the "cleaning out". I sure could do a lot of that around here! I get in moods where I just start throwing stuff away and that's not necessarily always a good thing. I just can't stand all the "stuff" that we have laying around.

Who's going to be the first one of us doing the document dance? I'll be SO jealous!

Michelle

 

[lbgraves]

Michelle, Most of this stuff I bought for the purpose of selling on Ebay this season. The only problem is that stuff goes clearance in January & February so it sits & waits for a while. This is good in a way because it is helping me from getting too excited about the cruise. My over planning side is itching to get out and I really didn't plan on charting our time at WDW.

 

[mcampbell_22]

Lisa, I may have missed this discussion. Do you sell on Ebay? If yes, what do you sell and what's your id. Love to check out your items. I just started doing this a few months ago and it's going pretty well for me. I'm socking it all away in my PayPal account so we can use this card on the cruise to pay for everything. Kids keep checking to make sure I've sold enough to do the dolphin swim! LOL the greedy little so and so's.

Weather here on the south shore of MA was a beauty today. Next few days are supposed to be in the high 70s. Woo Hoo. Perfect. Now we just have to pray for the Curse of the Bambino to be lifted and the Red Sox take it all the way to the World Series! A dream, miracle etc... maybe but we always remain hopeful. I'm really a big football fan but you can't help but jump on this bandwagon. Now if only my Patriots would get it together. I'd love another Superbowl. (Conor was in Nick Jr. magazine last summer with Patriots kicker Adam Viniarteri. Boy is he a cutie!).

Still haven't tackled my "packing pile" yet. The weather's been too nice to be indoors. Spent the afternoon making chalk drawings with the kids all over the driveway. Good, clean (well maybe not clean) fun with no tv, controllers or cords! Just like when I was a kid...oh I remember those long ago days fondly. Playing with just sticks and dirt LOL! I freaked the kids out recently telling them about the things we had and didn't have as kids. Black & white tv with no remotes (had to turn a knob!), no cable or kid channels, records and turntables, no cordless phones, no electric car windows, forget computer and video games we didn't have home computers, no microwave, heck we had two bedrooms and one bath for a family of 12!

Enough of my rambling... have a good night all.

 

[lbgraves]

Mary, Yes I sell on Ebay. I took almost a year break though because of side trips & missing the good selling times. I mainly sell the kid's clothes. That allows me to get money to buy them more! I deal hunt so when I find something popular at 75-90% off I buy one for us & one or two to Ebay. That helps cover the cost of the one for us. I did more of it this year than last so there is alot to go thru. I am still trying to decide just how many trains the kids "need" to have in their collection. LOL!

I have to chuckle at your memories. I remember us getting our first microwave. It was HUGE! LOL! My parents always said that they wouldn't cook in "one of those" then dad got one for Christmas. We got the first video game too. Pong. Remember that? It was just a paddle & dot for a ball that you hit back & forth. Boy we thought we were something with that. LOL! The computer was something that was impossible to consider putting in a home because it took up way too much room. Yes, things sure have changed!

 

[mcampbell_22]

Lisa, we'll have to compare Ebay notes on the cruise! I love the hunt for a bargain too and wish I had started this ebay thing sooner. Love it when I hit Kohls just right and end up getting clothes, toys etc for pennies! I sell mostly clothes but have started branching out into collectibles, toys etc. I've learned quite a bit in the past few months of selling. It can be very lucrative but it's deceiving how much time it can take up of your day, week etc. At least it allows me to earn a good amount while still staying home to be with the kids with the flexibility to handle all the extra curricular activities.

My biggest problem now is stopping DH from using my account to bid on things! He sees my big PayPal balance and acts like it's free money! I'm starting to worry as he's been looking a motorcycles recently. Personally I think he's starting his midlife crisis! LOL!

 

[alexturner74]

Originally posted by nedleycan
Too many engineers! We should have checked this out earlier! haha
I assume by the end of the week, they will have redesigned the ship!

I'm an Engineer too! Aerospace Engineering...

 

[lbgraves]

Alex!!! How are things going for you guys? Is Jessica enjoying school? Hope everything is great for both of you. Didn't you have an interview?

Mary, I am sending you an email that a seller sent me when she was helping me get started 2 years ago. Hope you can get something from it. There is so much to learn.

 

[SINK]

Allright all you Ebay sellers, I hope that all the resellers are reporting the profit on Schedule C for their from 1040 (US residents, not sure what form for our brothers/sisters up north). Fortunately, I'm not a G man, so I could care less whether you are reporting or not. On the contrary, my job is the minimize the tax liability (with substantial authority of course). But, we do love the IRS, without them, we would be out of a job.

 

[JulieGS]

Hi everyone!

We got our docs yesterday. We booked through Diners Club (used up all our points, woo hoo!) and our TA there overnighted them to us. So.... I'm dancin', but I'm not really sure what I'm doin'. I haven't even looked at them much yet (except to check for an upgrade, no such luck), but there seems like a lot to fill out. Any advice? There's still so much to do... I'm a perenial procrastinator, so I'm planning on ignoring everything until November, at which point I'll panic.

Anyway, I'm a freelance writer/editor and a SAHM, and guess what? My husband is an engineer! Well, he was. His degree is in electrical engineering, but he works as a senior manager for Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) now, bossing people around.

Julie

P.S. Lisa, I have some things that I'd like to sell on Ebay, too... could you pass the email along to me as well? I could use all the help I can get! When I meet you and Mary, I'd love to hear your tips about selling.

 

[lbgraves]

SINK, Trust me! Most of the stuff that I sell is at a loss from what I paid for it. I look at it as recycling kids clothing. I hate the thought of a yard sale. Getting up that early to have people pester you about taking .10 for a Gymboree dress. Forget it!

 

[nedleycan]

Yes, there is a lot to fill out. But, if you don't do it now, you will be one of the unhappy people filling them out at the port, as more and more people go past them into the line. I too am a procrastinator... but I will do my forms as soon as I get them.... did I say "JULIE, LUCKY YOU!" On our last Disney Cruise, I was the first person on DIS that got my documents... hmmmm... where are they?

 

[imgoingtodisney]

still waiting for 11/8 docs from DVC

 

[nedleycan]

Wow, you don't have yours yet either?
How are you doing? Are DH and DS looking forward to the cruise?

 

[Jo-Anne]

No Documents here yet either...Julie - is there a lot of informational stuff that comes with it or just forms? Thanks for everyone's bios, it sounds like we'll all have a grand time! Lisa can you also pass me that email as my sister wants to get on line to sell her vintage Barbies. I wanted to share something with you that happened to me last night...I've had a set-back in my quest to get some exercise prior to the cruise! In Sept I joined an Adult Jazz class to get some fitness. It's at the same studio that my DD takes classes. Well, last night our teacher was trying to get we ladies to do our chantees (twirls) faster by whipping our heads around more quickly! So I bravely take on the challenge and I'm spinning down the dance floor and hear the teacher say, "that's right", and then I lose total control! I lost my balance and what feels like slow motion, I start spiraling to the floor. As I try to right myself, I see the wall ahead of me, but can't stop...I crash into the wall with my elbow and then backside (atleast this stopped me!). Next thing I know, my butt has put a big hole in the drywall and everyone is freaking out thinking I've hurt myself as they see tears, but the tears are because I'm laughing so hard and then we all went into one of those laughing fits where we're in tears and can't stop. Well this went on for about 10 minutes, and here I am mortified that I've put this big hole in the drywall and we're all coming up with creative ways to tell the Dance Director what happpened, and I'm thinking about what my DD will thinkwhen she comes to class and see's her Mother's big backside hole in the wall! Well, after all is said and done, I'm not hurt (except my pride!) and we all got a good laugh out of it. Not sure if I"ll owe up for damages, but c'est la vie. I'll keep going to the classes, but guess my formal Jazz Career is kaput!