any November 15th eastern 7 ngt cruisers out there?

[mcampbell_22]

We're just about ready to start getting dressed to go our trick or treating. Hoping DH gets home so he can walk them around the neighborhood! Conor is going as a mummy and Devon is Snow White. Can't wait to see my little blondie as a brunette!

I was going to go out as Cinderella but, again, the boy has asked me not to! "Mom you're so weird. None of the other Moms will be dressed up!" BOO HOO!!!

 

[lbgraves]

AWE!!! Poor Mary! Maybe next year he will chill out. Hope everyone had fun tonight! The kids had a ball filling their pumkins. Mike has to work on the car tomorrow so I am going to try to accomplish some packing while I am stuck here.

 

[mcampbell_22]

HELP!!! We have tons of candy! LOL

Kids has a terrific time last night. Weather was perfect for Trick or treating. Devon did comment "Snow White's feet are killing her." So I did end up carrying her when there was a great distance between houses. Just call me "Martyr Mary" LOL She still hasn't quite learned that pain and sacrifices women make to look beautiful.

Conor look great as a mummy. Got lots of compliments. Did start unraveling a bit as we walked. I tried to tack him back together but eventually just let me "drag" his rags behind him (actually looked pretty authentic!) but made sure to keep him away from all the lit jack-o-lanterns!

I'm going to put some of the candy into ziplocs and pack it for the cruise. That way we'll have snacks for the "kids" during shows, movies etc.

Gorgeous 70 degree day here so I'm going to go with the kids for a bike ride. Talk to you all soon.

 

[lbgraves]

Mary, GMTA!!! I also decided that with the kids' haul last night I am going to take out the good movie snacks like M&Ms & such to take with us on the ship. They eached filled their pumpkins & we don't need all that candy around the house!

Well, I have pulled out clothes for the kids & myself. Theirs are on the dining room table...at least half of it in piles. ACK!!! IDK how I am going to pack this!!!!! William is pretty easy. 6 pairs of jean shorts & a ton of Ts. That along with his clothes for dinner are all set. I think that I am going to have to get him more underwear though since unless there is a ton of it in the laundry now...he has lost some. The same thing with his socks.

Kaitlyn has been more difficult. I think that I have it all pulled out though. I tried to pick a few extra tops & shorts that would be easy to change if one or the other got wet or dirty instead of the entire outfit. I did find some white striderite sandles in the garage that I had planned to Ebay but will pack them up for dinner sandles. I have to see if the Nemo ones I picked up at the beginning of the summer fit her yet. She didn't like them when we got them but when payless has B1G1/2 you HAVE to get the 2nd one! LOL!

I also tried on my dresses to make sure they fit & see what accessories I would need with them. The one that was for formal night got a neg from DH so it will stay home. I have decided to wear the black wool crepe dress for formal night & the wedding. Since DH will be in a black tux for the wedding we will probably get some nice pictures then too. I haven't gone thru my casual clothes yet.

I think that I am just going to pack some long pants & tops for our week in FL after the cruise & can clean the summery things that we brought on the ship if we need them. I am trying to cut back as much as possible. My SIL said that she hasn't worn a jacket or long sleeves yet. :þ Sorry but that just means that in another 4 weeks it COULD be cooler weather. Guess that we will just have to go shopping if I didn't bring enough of the right thing?

I know that DD's outfits will go into ziplocks since they are 2 pieces mainly & DH just can't seem to match them up all the time. I don't think DS's will matter that much though. Hopefully I will get theirs done tonight & then finish my stuff tomorrow!

I didn't find Tide tablets at Target or WM today so I am thinking about measuring out the powder into snack sized ziplocks and then putting them all into a bigger ziplock. Do you guys think this will be safe in the suitcases.

Well, time for a dinner break...then more packing!

 

[mcampbell_22]

Lisa, I noticed some travel packs of the detergent tablets in the area where they keep travel size lotions, toothpaste, deodorant etc. I think the pack may only have one or two in it but that's probably all you'd need.

If you have some handy (I use these for lots of things), I would put some powdered detergent into film canisters and then into the snack ziplocs. Just a little more reassurance. I love these little holders. Use them for quarters, aspirin, vitamins etc. All the little things that I don't want to take the whole jar of but only a few in case of emergencies.

Also, I'm taking a survey. We're not big drinkers so just wondering what kind of wine everyone is partial to so that we can pack a bottle to have for the "cabin tours". Suppose we should also think about cups. Maybe some disposable plastic wine glasses? There's always Disney dixie cups! LOL

 

[lbgraves]

I don't drink either & I think that we are bringing Corona for DH. I can bring some red cups if we need them.

I do have a bunch of those canisters. I have been saving them to do lipgloss stuff with DD someday. I love the Kid's Concoction books. I looked in the travel sections & at the registers with no luck. That's ok. I have one box of the powder that I don't usually use at home. Are we the only ones at home this weekend???

 

[mkauffman]

Nope, I'm here!!!

Those film canisters work miracles for little things. I made a trip to Target and Kohl's today for ALL my last minute things. Those last minute things cost me $150!! Can you believe it? I thought I was just about done with the small stuff. Anywho... Now I can really finish up my packing.

We're not wine drinkers, so we probably won't know the difference no matter what you choose to bring. Surprise us! Oh, and the Disney Dixie cups will be just fine.

We're officially under the two week mark now. Yippee skippee!!!

Michelle

 

[Jo-Anne]

I'm here now...just got back from the skating competition....Sasha Cohen of US won ladies and was wonderful...Katie just loves her and am so glad she got to see her in person. So this week, the suitcases will begin appearing in our guest room and clothes and toiletries, meds etc. will take over the floor! I don't want to pack clothes yet to avoid as much wrinkling as possible - I'm trying to pack our good clothes in the dry-cleaning plastic as it really helps keep wrinkle free, and I've just thrown some Downy Wrinkle Releaser into my "to pack pile"! My DH is the only wine drinker here and he's into red wines and we'll probably buy something down there when we get to port and carry it on! Think he and my friends are also planning on ordering the wine dinner package as they all like a drink with dinner....since I don't have to be the designated driver, I'll probably sample a few "fancy drinks" along the way! Lisa - if I were you, I'd do like Mary and pack the powder into something more secure - I've done it before by putting into a small tupperware container. I've always wondered if customs would think this white powder was something more suspicious than Tide!! Got to get to bed...more skating tomorrow! Night

 

[Tonydana]

good morning everyone..

Lisa - I bought a sample pack of wisk tablets at target in the sample/travel section.. it says use 2 to a load, i only use one, so i will have 4 left.. i'll pack them all if you want and you can use them.. if not, bring your own.. i have done that tons of times in disney - only i never have the film canisters so i just double ziplock bag them

well, we had a great halloween here.. stephen was simba and so cute.. but i am glad it is over, cause we ran all over the place so everyone could see him.. i'm tired..

i have so much to do this week - yikes.. still need to pack, but right now i have to concentrate on two parties that i still need to do.. one friday night and one sunday afternoon.. so after those two - i will be all set..

hope everyone is doing well.. oh - i found my black shoes finally.. and paid 1/2 price at payless.. stephen needed new boots so bought boots and shoes for $21.. bargain to me considering the same looking shoes were sold at filenes for $49.. i'm sure they were probably made better, but for the amount of time i'll use them they will last me for years.. my wardrobe consists of jogging pants and sneakers...

well, gotta run..

dana

 

[lbgraves]

OMG!!! I have been packing all day and am not finished yet! I can't believe how much time this it taking. We stayed home this morning so I gained at least 2 hours work time. I did the kid's clothes first and except for underwear & socks are finished. I have a suitcase for WDW & Seaworld for 3 days and another filled with their cruise clothes. I think that I have mine over half ready now and just need to pick a few cooler outfits for our stay in JAX. I am thinking that I will probably fill a suitcase on my own, along with DH having his own suitcase. It looks like we will use the small one for everyone's shoes. ACK!!! I thought that I would be completely finished today. I also pulled out enough snacks to take with us for the trip up & back, stay at WDW, and some for the ship as well. Right now I have no idea how we are going to get all this on the ship...oh yes...the porters! I will definantly make sure that I have tips ready for them!!! Since we will be using our luggage topper we will probably have enough room to bring K's jeep stroller to use. We'll have to see. I need to wrap the Christmas gifts for the rest of the family that we didn't deliver in May too. Well, off to order a pizza & keep on packing!!!

 

[Tonydana]

omg lisa, sounds like you have been busy today.. looks like it is just you and i around today.. i have all of our clothes laid out.. made the final walmart run the other day.. still need a couple of little things though that i can get at the grocery store.. i'll really concentrate on packing after these two parties that i have to do this weekend..

well, off for bathtime.. have a great night..

dana

 

[lbgraves]

I quit!!! For tonight anyway I can't stand the sight of another zip lock bag. LOL! I guess that I am over half way there but still have alot to do. This time next week I will be !

 

[mkauffman]

Good morning everyone!!

It's SO warm here. It's almost creepy. I'm wearing capris again today for work! That's insane. I want it to get really cold before we leave next weekend!

Lisa, sometimes the best thing to do is take a break from what you're doing. You'll feel like getting back into it today. You know what's even worse than packing...........UNpacking! Yuck. Can't even think about that yet.

Dana, what kind of parties are you doing?

Jo, how'd the rest of the skating go? I love watching figure skating, although I've never been on a pair of ice skates in my life!

I put my back out yesterday while raking leaves. Last night it was horrible sleeping.

Michelle

 

[mcampbell_22]

Michelle I feel your pain! I'm sore from raking too. I have a fracture in my back to start with and always seem to over do it. Lots of lying flat today. On top of this, when I looked out the window this morning, the rain/wind storm of last night blew leaves all back to where we just raked!!!

My packing is pretty much done but I've been spending alot of time getting my Ebay stuff ready to list when we return. The area around my desk looks like the dressing room of a store after a big sale. What a mess!

Also been working on making a few magnetic decorations for our cabin door to celebrate Conor's birthday. Also preparing "loot" bags for his birthday pool party this weekend. Did have to go and dig out swimsuits for the kids after packing them away.

For those of you who have cruised before, do we (should we) bring along a couple of our own towels or is this totally unnecessary? I don't want to bother packing them if you really don't need to.

I think we've decided to hold off of purchasing a digital camera before the trip. Friends have offered to let us use their Canon G3 for the cruise. This way we can try it out and not feel rushed into getting one that maybe doesn't have everything we want. Still trying to locate another wheeled carry on (we only have 3) so DH can bring along a 12-pack. No way I'm going to bring that along without being able to wheel it!

Well, off to start my day. Talk to you all later.

 

[mkauffman]

Mary, personally I wouldn't take up the room (or the energy packing) to pack your own towels. I think the ones that the ship lets you use are perfectly ok. Unless you really LOVE your towels and can't live without them......

Michelle

 

[Tonydana]

oh michelle, sorry about your back.. that is horrible.. raking leaves - yuck.. tony and i have cut down most of our trees - my husband can be a little crazy at times - we have a very long driveway and he tends to go out there with the leave blower everyday if he can and get rid of them all.. only thing is they keep blowing back.. but it makes him feel better ...

as far as packing towels.. we went in 99 and never packed our towels.. i agree.. i would not take up the room..

well, off to the library for story time.. talk to you all later..

michelle - i am a consultant with creative memories (scrapbooking).. so i make a little extra money and get my fix of scrapbooking too..

have a great day everyone.. beautiful here right now.. mid 60's

dana

 

[sherry]

So sorry to hear about your backs, get lots of rest. Halloween was a lot of fun around here, my daughter had a small party, since most have junior licenses, it had to end at 10:30, which is great. Their band won their chapter championships, next Sunday we go to Scranton PA for the east coast championships, I hope they do well....it is her last competition, she is a senior. I got a lot of little things done for our trip, Saturday will be get it all organized day!!!!

Have a good Monday

 

[mkauffman]

Sherry, CONGRATS to your daughter. The weather is supposed to dip down in the 40s this weekend! Is the band competition outside, I assume? Enjoy the 80 degree weather in Central PA today!

My son went to his girlfriend's birthday party on Saturday night and I called him at 10:00 and said "I'm coming to get you". I was so tired I couldn't stay awake anymore! I'm so old.

Michelle

 

[sherry]

Thanks, Michelle. The competition is outside, but we are fortunate that one of the parents has invited us to be in his company's private box, so we can get warm when we want. My dh stayed in the box last year even though it was warm, I like to be outside so I can see and hear the bands better.

I am so enjoying the weather, we'll be spending all afternoon outside.

 

[mkauffman]

Dana, I forgot to say that I used to do the home party plan thing, too. I was a consultant for Heart Warming Creations. It's a lot of work!

Michelle