August 13, 2005

[CamColt]

Oh Arlene, I am so sorry to hear about your father. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Thank you everyone for the wonderful goodies! We really enjoyed them. And again, I am so sorry about packing the tic tacs. I did manage to get 1 box out, I wish I could have gotten out more. Anyone have any ideas of what to do with 23 boxes of tic tacs, LOL!

We made it to the baseball game yesterday and just about passed out in the heat. We were in direct sunlgiht so we only stayed until the 7th inning then gave up. The red eye home was alot of fun, but worse after arriving at the airport at 5:02am we had to wait 2 hours for a bus! UGH!

But, we are home now and fun begins...laundry, unpacking, work, diet, exercise.... I have to say Im missing my buffet this morning.

Did anyone make it to diversions Friday night? I never laughed so hard than I did at the skits the cruise staff were doing. They were great!

Well, back to all the fun stuff...and on about 1 hour of sleep too. Talk to you soon!

 

[JayCee32]

Hey Everyone

Arlene I am so sorry to hear about your dad. My family and I will pray for your family together. Also, DCL had a lost and found area and I notice Cecilia's pictures on 2 mouse pad. I took one, so please PM your information and I will mail it to you. I wasn't sure if you notice the lost and found. I didn't at first...and our luggage carrier told me about it and I went back and notice her picture.

Susie- Yes that was my husband you saw in our companies van . We Have two variety stores. Luckily we drove the van...dh saw two windows broke on cars in the parking lot, hopefully the thieves didn't get anything. It was great meeting you and your family. I am so happy we met. I felt very comfortable at Randi's knowing we all were watching everyone on this board kids. I didn't worry that my son was so far behind me b/c Arlene's horse was slow so she was able to watch Trey, Jayden and Justin

Thanks to everyone for the great gifts in our goodie bag.

Janae

 

[starwood]

We finally made it home. Although I did beg and plead to them to let me stay on the ship. We got home around 3 hours ago, sorted through mail and started laundry.

Arlene - I am so sorry to hear about your Dad. I'm glad you Mom didn't burden you with the news on the ship as there was really nothing you could do.

We wanted to go to Diversions but were just too tired. We did book a 4 day for April while we were on board. I'm going to call Dana tomorrow and see what kind of a price she can give me. 2 weeks ago her price was about $400 less than Disney.

We have a busy day tomorrow - I have to get the dog at the kennel and DS gets his braces. DH has to fly to Madison, Wisconsin early tomorrow morning. I told him he should have just stayed at the airport.

 

[bcnb103]

hi all we are home but not glad to be here. we miss the cruise and all the people we meet. I wish we had more time at the meeting to get to know people. We want to go again and hope to go in a couple years again.

TO ALOHA: sorry to hear of your loss our prayers are with you and your family.

TO RSJJ : Your welcome on the magnet I am glad you liked it and that it helped your child to find the door.

Well I have lots to do laundry cleaning etc. I will type more later. Hope everyone got home safe and that they all had a great time. I hope to meet again.

Becky, Chris, Kristyn and Brandon.

 

[rsjj]

hi everyone! hope this finds you all well...

we're all done w/laundry & putting stuff away...now i'm sorting thru the pix! i have some pix of some of you...will post here soon!

i've seen some of you here & there on the various threads, and think to myself..."oh, it's so-and-so"...and get that warm/fuzzy feeling inside, knowing that i actually know/met that person!

anyways, i miss the magic! even our boys! they kept saying why they couldn't just live there! oh, how i wish!

 

[CamColt]

So how is everyone recovering? I'm still suffering from vacation hangover. Reality stinks!

Did you all see the video posted on the Live from the Magic thread for this week? It shows the ship pulling away from the port Saturday. That was painful knowing just that morning we were sitting up at the buffet looking out at that very bridge. Ouch! I think we all need to plan another cruise.

Also, I didnt have much time to really go over the stuff in the goodie bags on the ship. I just looked quickly. Upon unpacking I have to say I am so impressed with all your creativity! You guys are awesome. Thanks again for all the goodies.

 

[rsjj]

yes, reality stinks!! no more..."i'm hungry...what/where should we eat/go?...how about up to pluto's?...topsiders'...room service?...etc. etc. etc." now it's like, oh, have to cook!

yes, i did see the awesome video! pretty cool! and to think, it's heading back to florida!!! boo hoo hoo...

yes, definitely plan another cruise! we're looking at 2007, maybe 2008. i did rebook onboard, did you? i know Brenda was looking into 2007. how about you, Katie?

oh, btw, i saw your youngest (Colton?) one day, walking w/his club friends, going from one place to another...and i said "hi Colton!", and he sorta looked at me weird...like "a stranger knew my name!" type look. so i left it at that. didn't mean to scare him!

anyways, one more week,and have to get the boys ready for school! got to get back into the routine of things!! yuck!!

 

[CamColt]

LOL! I'm surprised he didnt start chit chatting. He was such a spaz on the cruise.

I know...isnt it weid not having 6 meals a day, LOL! Somehow a bowl of cereal for breakfast doesnt quite cut it after that buffet every day. This diet thing is killing me, but God knows I need it after this trip. I gained way too much weight. I dont mind cooking, but doing the dishes is what gets me. Aren't I suposed to just leave my plates on the table?

We talked about rebooking, but we werent really sure when we wanted and then we never got around to it. I knew I'd be kicking myself and I already am.

Yeah, school starts 2 weeks from today here. The kids(especially Colton, my sleeper) have not gotten back to their normal routine yet. Sleeping until 9:00 for him isnt going to work much longer.

 

[starwood]

I'm back to trying to lose the 5 lbs I gained on this cruise. No more desserts for me.

Did you hear who boarded the ship yesterday in Acapulco. Roy Disney! Now I really wish I'd stayed on the ship.

DS got his braces on Monday and he is not a happy camper. It's going to be a long 2 years.

On a brighter note I just saved $245 on the 4 night cruise that I booked on board for April. I'm still sorting through all the stuff we brought home from this cruise.

Oh well - back to reality. DS starts school in 2 weeks. I think we should all plan a reunion cruise real soon.

 

[CamColt]

Did you hear who boarded the ship yesterday in Acapulco. Roy Disney! Now I really wish I'd stayed on the ship.

And here we thought Richard Sherman was cool to have on board with us. Can you imagine hanging in the hot tub with Roy Disney?

 

[bstsuda]

WOW - you guys are doing better than me...we have been on the go since getting home - the laundry is done, but i don't have everything put away yet....too sad to do that....
I have been on the repo thread since sat - watching - reading everything. I loved the video....and that was really sad for me too - thinking we just had disembarked - hard to believe such a wonderful time has ended.
I have our deposit on some 2007 cruise - can't wait to hear what the itins will be - that would be awesome if some of our same group was there.....
well - i only gained 2 lbs on the ship - thank you stairs and deck 4 for the jogging trail!!! BUT DO YOU THINK i can lose it? NOOOOOO....
we've been back to the gym every day since and not as many desserts....guess i have to give them (again) for good!!!
DS has been enjoying high school so far.....was able to catch up on the 2.5 days missed pretty quickly - so he's doing great....he LOVED the trip as well and whenever we'd see any of you - he's like - 'there's so and so' - there's that friend - or that friend.....so i was glad to see he enjoyed meeting all of you as well - but's he's a people person too!!!
Off to a class - have my 249 photos back today and my 6 rolls will be done tomorrow - so starting that album Sat at my crop.....YEAH - it will almost be like going back on board and reliving it all over.....
hugs and kisses to all~

 

[rsjj]

good morning all! yeah, it would be cool to have a "reunion" cruise! i see some of you are thinking 2007...so maybe our dates will fall into the right ones...hopefully! i guess we just have to wait & see what comes out for 2007. just can't wait!

now do you recall when we were all waiting for the summer 2005 to come out...and all the speculations & anticipation?? it's kinda like that...sorta!

 

[bstsuda]

YIPPEEEEEE - i have all the photos in hand....and i'm ready to start cropping.....album should be finished by end of September....i think it will be my best one yet - i KNOW the trip was!!! here's one i wanted to share, (thank you Ray for being our photographer) and i am SOOOO sad, and could just kick myself, that we didn't get a group photo at the meet on August 13th!!!!!

 

[CamColt]

Great picture, ladies! Seeing you, I feel like we should be on the boat. Can you believe its been a week already?

 

[bstsuda]

Great picture, ladies! Seeing you, I feel like we should be on the boat. Can you believe its been a week already?

it is SOOOOO sad that it has been a week~ sure miss everyone and all the fun and excitement!!!!

 

[alohatee]

Hi my friends:

Thank you for your words of comfort and friendship especially at this time.

Every day gets better - we celebrate his life by remembering what our Dad taught us to do with life. Living it to the fullest as he had did. He was a remarkable and awesome human being.

Will chit chat with you all soon,

Arlene and Cecilia

 

[bstsuda]

Hi my friends:

Thank you for your words of comfort and friendship especially at this time.

Every day gets better - we celebrate his life by remembering what our Dad taught us to do with life. Living it to the fullest as he had did. He was a remarkable and awesome human being.

Will chit chat with you all soon,

Arlene and Cecilia

Arlene - i am just positive that is exactly the way he'd want it - a celebration of life.......

 

[drlum]

Sorry to hear about your loss Arlene. I have been so busy at work that I have not had much time to look at emails. Thanks to eveyone for all of the goodies. We are back to school for the kids. And back to work. However my wife and I are off to New York city for a week starting on the 5th. We are going to get to see a fashion show in New York. I won a contest being held by an eyeglasses company. Does anyone know of any good retaurants in New York City?

I think we might go on another Disney Cruise on the Wester Carribbean in a few years. I would like to go to Cast Away Key.

My son missed the ship so much he watched the Disney Cruise line video a couple of times since we returned.

Well back to work, soccer practice, swimming lesson and planning the next vacation with and without the family. Talk to you all soon.

 

[rsjj]

hope this finds everyone well...

i'm trying to upload some pix here...hope it works!

this was taken at the dis meet...they came out really nice!

when i ran into the gals at palo!

ok...i have couple more...but i'm going to see if these are working...so i have to "submit" first.

 

[rsjj]

hey! it worked!!! this is so cool! ok, here's some more...

it's Arlene on her horse!

it's Janae & Carl on their horses

our DSs & Trey (Janae's son)

our family on semi formal night

and you all know this!

enjoy! maybe some of you might want to share your pix?