August 7, 2004 Magic...who's going?

[wendym]

I start back on the 16th too! We're flying home straight after the cruise but of course don't arrive back in Aberdeen until the Sunday morning - won't I be in a lovely mood that Monday morning!!! The pupils won't suffer though as they don't come back till the Thursday.
Wendy
PS Jeanne - Mum loves the compliment!!

 

[sbennett]

Congratulations Elana on the trip....I pray it's to a safe area in Israel.

Thanks Jeanne for the info re: Ron Jon discount number ...I'll pursue that.

Our kids don't go back to school until after Labor Day....of course they don't get out of school until the end of June...graduation is the last Sunday in June around here.

Sorry Sandy, don't have an extra bed....hey..don't you have a veranda???

My back is feeling better, finally, have doctor's appt on Monday for a follow-up.

Unfortunately..now we have car troubles...our 2000 Windstar is in need of tie rods...and other things are starting to act up as well so now we're car shopping...smaller car with better gas mileage since Jay has an hour commute each way to work.

Any rumors on excursions yet? I saw rumors of the Magic going to the west coast and new ship or ships coming to FL next year, anybody have an inside scoop?

 

[jeanneg]

Shelley: sorry about your car but happy that you're feeling better.

Sandy: any news yet on the dates of Elana's trip? Would it be possible to keep the 2 cabins but switch one to an inside room? We originally only booked one room; then Nikki decided to join us and we added the inside cabin right across from ours. Even without the $400 credit (which we didn't get) it wasn't too bad a deal. If you "change" rather than "add", your credit should be safe.

Don't talk to me about graduation.....I've got 3 coming up this year! Nikki is 5/15, Jason is 5/29 and Adam is 6/9. Gotta fly out to LA for the last one, but we won't be spending any fun time there. It's a Wednesday, which really kills John's work week. Furthermore, Adam leaves for NY the following day to film a pilot proposal for a movie with some NYU colleagues. Very exciting, but he's not getting paid! Looks like he'll be on our bank roll for a little bit longer! Anyhow, we have a ton of graduation dinners, award ceremonies, baccalaureate services, etc. all throughout May. The only good thing is that all our family and longtime friends are up north, so we can get away without having any graduation parties of our own!

 

[wendym]

Shelley - good luck car hunting!
Jeanne - poor you!!! What a hectic time - you will certainly need the cruise to recover!
Sitting here contemplating going back to my essay but can't get the motivation. Back to work on Tuesday unfortunately.
Wendy

 

[wendym]

Denise
You are not going to believe this but I have just seen you on British TV!!! I was supposedly working on my essay and I had a programme about the war between Eisner and Roy Disney on in the background. I turned round and saw you getting Disney's autograph - I was so taken aback I could hardly believe it! It is on later tonight again so am going to tape it so mum can see the "Star" as well!
Cannot wait to meet up with everybody again.
Wendy

 

[sbennett]

Wow Denise.....International Star how cool!!!

 

[eye R.N.]

Oh I hoped you taped it. I would love to have a copy of that for posterity. It was an amazing day. I was thinking about wearing my Save Disney T shirt to the parks next weeks, but I'm afraid I'll get kicked out. I may just opt for wearing the pin.

Shelley I am so glad you are feeling better. The 102 coupon code is supposed to work without a physical coupon. So save yourself some money. I know where you are with the car. We are sinking more money to Chelsea's, since finding another one right now is out of the question. Since it cost her $17 to fill her tank, she is thinking of riding her bike to work this summer.

Marie, Welcome we have a great group here. My youngest is 12 so she still isn't making it to the teen clubs. Much to her disappointment.

Elana, wow a trip to Israel. That should be an amazing experience.

Sandy, I'm not sure if our "kids room sleeps three or four" I expect it may be three since it is a cat 11. If I have a extra bed I'll let you know.

Jeanne, Thanks for making me laugh, when I start stressing over the graduation madness here, I'll just think of you.

 

[wendym]

Denise just added the video to the box of stuff for the cruise along with the cadbury's chocolate!! Only problem may be that our tapes are slightly different to yours but I am sure something can be done with it. Mum has watched it to confirm that it is you - neither can believe that I caught it!
When is Chelsea's graduation? We don't have high school graduations here so Mum only had my two to cope with.
Wendy

 

[EPCOTgrl1]

June 5th! at 2:30! I cant wait... i only have 32 more days of school left and i wont even be at all of those because of the disney trip next week...

 

[sbennett]

Denise

$17 to fill the tank.....I wish! Gas here is $1.98 per gallon on average. Some stations (especially here in East Hampton) is $2.39 a gallon....needless to say we drive over 20 miles to get gas for $1.77 per gallon. It cost well over $40 to fill the tank on our van....we purchased a 2004 Ford Focus 5 speed with a moon roof...silver with gray interior...wonderful stereo system in it. Got a Super deal too. Payments are less than they were for the van and no money down...0% financing. Jay will pick it up tomorrow. I won't be driving it for awhile until my back is better, due to the shifting....since it's my left hip that's subject to all the pain from the herniated discs. Thanks for the code for Ron Jon.

Jeanne

Wow...you are busy with Graduations. My youngest niece graduates from Elon in NC in May and my oldest niece (her sister) is getting married on Kristofer's birthday 07/10 in West Virginia.
Their parents (my brother and sister-in-law) live in Edenton, NC. So Heather's doing most of the planning for her wedding by herself. They're getting married in a vineyard....ought to be interesting!!! Heather says the people there aren't used to big weddings and receptions. Some of her fiance's family aren't coming because they have a 45 minute drive.....she told them..."well some of my family have a 13 hour drive, and they're coming!!" Courtney's upset since she wasn't asked to be a flower girl...she only has 2 female cousins....both of her cousins were in our wedding and so were their parents....but don't get me started. (Yeah...I'm upset too!)

Corey may be moving to Upper Nyack, NY to The Summit School which is a residential treatment facility. Not too far from Sandy and Judy supposedly. We have to take him up there for an interview once my back feels better and I can handle the 3 hour drive up there.....and they accept him there.

Come On August !!! Oh...and I've now lost 16 pounds!! Yeah!!!

 

[wendym]

Shelley - congrats on the weight loss - that is amazing. Your new car sounds lovely. Please tell Courtney not to worry about not being a flower girl. I've been a flower girl/bridesmaid 4 times - spilt coke down the first dress and of course it was white! At least she will get to choose an outfit that she will wear again!
Hope that the interview with Corey goes well.
Chelsea - only 32 days to go - that sounds good!
As for gas well we are approx $4.75 a gallon but then it has to come so far. Oh yes I forgot about all the oilrigs just miles from here!
Wendy

 

[EPCOTgrl1]

With a little tiny gas tank. Gas is about $1.77 a gallon here. Strangly enough it was cheaper at the resort beach last week.

Congrats on the new car, mom is jelous.

 

[jeanneg]

Congratulations, Chelsea....you graduate on my birthday!

Kudos, Denise....and the Emmy goes to........!!!!

Shelley.....congrats on your new car. If I was up there, I'd toss my loose change in it for good luck! That's GREAT about the weight loss! Any special diet? I need to lose quite a bit if I'm to fit in my last year's cruise clothes. I'm trying to eat small portions of healthy food, but it doesn't work. If I don't lose anything by the end of the month, it's back to Atkins, which always works but intellectually I hate doing. Did you book your room at Ron Jon's yet?

 

[charles1011]

Hi.

Sorry I haven't posted for awhile.

Did you all get a letter from DCL telling you that they were increasing the price by $2.95 per person because of port taxes in San Juan? This is already a fairly high priced cruise -- it seems like they should have absorbed the cost.

Just curious,

Charles

 

[sbennett]

Consider it at 2 drinks (we're a family of four)

 

[sbennett]

Did anyone else see the new excursion (www.castawayclub.com) shows? Jet Ski excursion of the ecosystem and mangroves of castaway cay. Looks interesting. $160 double for 50 minutes.
Not bad if you don't get a hot-dogging teenager on the tour. we have lots of jetskis around here but several accidents per year too by kids who think they're indestructable.

 

[gometros]

The advantages of living on the New Jersey border. I only have to drive five miles to save at least twelve cents a gallon on gas.

Sara solved our rooom problem for us. Her best friend's family invited her to join them on their cruise in June. Since she is first going to Isael for 10 days when school lets out and she hopes to be working at the theater where Elana goes to camp, she decided to go with her friend's family and not with us. I don't blame her. This way she'll be with a friend and won't have any work conflicts.

 

[jeanneg]

That's great news about Sara.....sounds like she's going to have an exciting summer! It's always more fun to cruise with a friend.

John and I are going crazy here with Jason. It's time to make that all important decision and all-of-a-sudden-totally-out-of-the-blue he's decided to go to UNC-Chapel Hill. In doing so, he's turning down a huge scholarship to Chapman and smaller scholarships to both Wash U. in St Louis and NYU's Tisch School. He is also turning down Wake Forest and USC in LA (where at least he can be near his brother). What John and I keep telling him is that he's just been offered the world and he's turning it down to stay in his own backyard. ARRRGH! Chapel Hill is a great school, but I'm not happy that over 80% of the students are from NC....we think he needs a broader exposure. Of course it ultimately is HIS decision AND Chapel Hill is truly a bargain for instate residents, but we just can't help thinking he's chooosing what's comfortable over what's really best for him. He's got all the "declines" filled out and ready to go, but I'm not mailing them until Friday.....there's always Wite-Out!

 

[gometros]

I know exactly how you feel, Jeanne. When Seth went through the application process, he had scholarship offers up the gazoo, but chose a school (Cornell) that doesn't give merit scholarships. I think they do it just to make us parents sweat

 

[jeanneg]

Yes, but Cornell is a superb institution and even though it's in NY, it's not in your own backyard. I'm sure Cornell pulls in students from all parts of our country as well as the world. It's important to relate to people from many different backgrounds and Jason will be missing that at UNC.