April 26 - May 3, 2008 Caribbean Crazy Cruisers

[speakupjc]

Mary have fun and teach him the new words you just learned


Go Bucks!!!!!!!

 

[ohiominnie]

So, Mary, how was dinner? Any sports talk?

 

[WDWLVR]

Dinner was great! Sorry not much sports talk; though I did read him the last couple of comments from this page. Here's a picture.

 

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Monday!

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[speakupjc]

Mary I am so glad that ya'll had a great time. How did he like the comments? LOL.

 

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Tuesday!

Jim's a good sport and took all the comments in stride. He's used to Karen picking on him and me too. On our May cruise last year I had two magnets make up for the families. An Ohio State one for Karen's family and a Michigan one for Jim's family. Put them on their stateroom doors and the families had fun messing with each others (they were right down the hall from each other). They ended up upside down, on the ceiling, etc. All in good fun!

 

[speakupjc]

Mary,

That sounds like a lot of fun for the two of them. It was so sweet of you to get them the magnets.

 

[WDWLVR]

Since a number of the families had all sailed together back in 2004 we all knew each other already and there were a few in jokes that made it on to door magnets as well.

We've made door magnets for our last 4-5 cruises and it is always fun to see what people come up with.

 

[ohiominnie]

Since a number of the families had all sailed together back in 2004 we all knew each other already and there were a few in jokes that made it on to door magnets as well.

Oh, you must be referring to the one that touted my husband's amazing ability to pee cat litter.

Or the one of Scuba sitting on a toilet.

Or Handsome Handyman's rubber band sign.

Or "Cupcake and Cupcake." ---> I need to blog about that one!

 

[dreamcometrue]

hi guys! I'm still here! Going through a bit of a rough time right now, so I need to take a little break!

 

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone! Happy Wednesday!

Karen -yes those are some of the ones I was thinking of

Kay - sorry to hear you are having a rough time. Hope the break helps.



A morning UTOP!

PDFG and all who need it.

 

[daisy112878]

Kay- I hope everything is okay!! there's some pixie dust for ya!


Well its me and the girls (our dogs) here at home for the next 2 days. Adam started a new job on monday. He went back to IT consulting and he's going to be traveling some. He's in Reston, VA which we had no clue where that was until my dad said it was near DC. And don't think he's living the rough life. The client put him up in the Hyatt!!

Just got exciting news. Adam's best friend is getting married in orlando Nov10 (veteran's day weekend) so I get to go to WDW in Oct, Nov, and Dec!!!!!

 

[dreamcometrue]

why do people have to be so darn rude??? I posted on the transportation forum, puzzled as to why a plane can almost completely book within a matter of only a few days (all non-elite seats available one day, only about 4 available 3 days later). One person comes back and informs me that it's a big world and I am not alone in it! If you don't have anything nice to say on a person's thread, just bite your tongue! I am just really upset right now, not just this, but life itself. Like I said, I am having a rough time right now and this doesn't help!

Sorry, had to vent!

 

[daisy112878]

kay - you just need to stay over here with us!!!! We play nicely!! I hope things get better for ya.

 

[ohiominnie]

I agree. I rarely venture off of my cruise meet threads. The water is just too dangerous elsewhere.

Hope things start looking up for you, Kay!

 

[ohiominnie]

I did it. I did it. I have officially become crunchy. Or granola. Or a freak. Call me what you want. But I just ordered these: www.lunapads.com

Not for me. For KT who, unfortunately, is growing up as a woman no matter how hard I've tried to prevent it. I've read RAVE reviews on these (never have heard a bad thing) and she's having problems with the "typical" products out there, so what the heck, we're giving it a try.

Wow, I thought homeschooling made me a freak. This DEFINITELY puts me well into that category!

 

[daisy112878]

kay - Are you flying into MCO on friday or saturday? Have you checked airtran? I know it would make you have one stop in ATL but they have some discounted coach tickets right now for $139 plus tax one way. So for 4 tickets it's $1278. They also have some $178 plus tax one way tickets. Just trying to help ya out!

 

[wdwluvrs]

Well I am on the committee for our next h/s reunion the girl that has done the last three is having health issues so three of us guys have volunteered. Kay we hope you find a good airfare I know ours are the highest we have ever paid to fly from Buffalo to Orlando. hope everyone is having a good week on the bright side tomorrow is Thursday.

 

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Thursday! Running a little late this morning as it seems the DIS was down overnight and into this morning.

Hope everyone has a great day!

A Happy New Year to any of our fellow cruisers who are Jewish.

 

[zerog]

THE GIFT OF LIFE​

There is a wisdom in living life, and unless we have mastered it, we are vulnerable to serious disaster. All can attain it. It rests on the realization that everything we have, is a gift, ultimately from the Creator, and that every day of our lives the gift is given anew. This realization will deepen our joys of possession, and it will also lighten the grief of separation.

In assessing our condition, we are often tempted to be dissatisfied. Our mind wanders toward what we lack. And, if we contrast our deficiency with somebody else’s affluence, we are tempted to rebel against our destiny. But our mind is set at peace when we suddenly remember that whatever we have is not, in a final sense, of our making. Nor is it ours as of right. For what did we bring with us into the world which is our home? We came into it devoid of everything. And all toward which we have grown and everything which has been placed into our hands, to have and to cherish, is a gift given us freely, graciously.

It was given in love, a love which, in a real sense, we could not earn and for which we can offer little in reciprocity. And when this awareness possesses us, we look at ourselves with new contentedness. The awareness of our blessings, and of the source from which they come, prepares us also for the inevitable surrender. For being mortal, we know that the things we cherish cannot last forever, and that even if they last, we cannot always be around to enjoy them. A final separation awaits every relationship, no matter how tender. Some day we shall have to drop every object to which our hands now cling. These thoughts sadden us, but we can bear them more readily when we remember that the measure of our loss is also the measure of our privilege.

Shall we rebel because the rose lasts for a brief few days? No! We dare not grieve for the days when no roses blossom in our garden. We must rather give thanks for whatever days we were privileged to enjoy roses, to taste their beauty and their fragrance. Every day of our life our blessings are given to us anew. For the gift given us and for whatever time we are privileged to keep it, we are grateful. And when we are asked to surrender the gift, we shall still know that we were richly blessed.