Christmas Cruising 2005

Hi gang!

I've been so stressing over my trip coming up fast. Normally, I'd be excited, happy, packing already! But with 8 in our group, who have little/no WDW experience, I feel pressured to make everything wonderful for them all. At first I was thrilled to be going to WDW with my extended family, but now all I can think of is how nice and smooth it all would be if it were just me, Chad, Jesse, and Louise going. Mel was on the verge of coming with us, and now he's laughing about it, saying "THANK GOD I'm not going to be with you bunch of nuts bumping into each other and walking in circles in 90 degree heat!" :rotfl:
Anyway, poor me!

So Nan, you caught me being obnoxious on one of the resort threads! Was it a stupid mug debate I got myself into? :rotfl: I don't even remember because I'm trying to block it all from my memory. I'm starting to turn into a <<evil witch smilie>>!
Tig, Ms. Voice of Reason, remind me to butt out of those threads, and I promise I'll try!!

Nan, seriously, how's mom? How are the kids? How's Chicken? Have any new pictures to post for us, maybe Wilson's DLand room? It was so cool to see Lynn respond to you abour meeting up with her anf Keith in England. Lynn, hi!! Lynn, I remember when we were in St. Thomas (was it St. Thomas or St. Maarten :confused3 :crazy: ) , and Jesse and I were coming down from the Tram place, and you were going in. I was thinking "I hope she doesn't miss the ship!!" because I thought it was later than it was. Man, I'd love to be there right now, looking down at the beautiful islands and water.

Nan, I think it's wonderful that you're going to England. What an experience that'll be. Please oh please take a picture of you 4 trying to make a Beefeater laugh!!!

Tig, yes, we have to make a playdate. And I was surprised and happy that you still keep in touch with Sharon (Havencruiser) and her daughter. She's going to the July Dismeet, I assume? I so wanted to go, but, well, I don't really know why I didn't go ahead with it, but I must have had a reason. I just can't remember! A lot going on in July. June, too. Jesse's Confirmation this Sunday (Chad's his sponsor, I'm so proud of my babies!), and then Jesse's JHS graduation, and my nephew's HS graduation.

I forgot to tell you, Chad got a summer internship at congressman Vito Fasella's (sp?) NYC office. So far, he has swept the office floor, became a great coffee maker, licked a lifetime of envelopes, and answered phonecalls from every looney in the city, all in a suit and tie! Chad, I hope you're not reading this and thinking I'm making fun of you baby! Really, it's a great experience for him, and he loves the networking.

Dede and Grim, I saved you for last because I wanted to end this thesis with my love and prayers for you as you get closer to welcoming Piper into the world. Grim, have you thought about a web-cam so we can all share the experience with you two??

Now, I'm going to be a good housewife/housemom and burn down the kitchen! (Can you tell I'm losing my mind? I wish my sister would cancel on me!!)

If anyone wants anything special from WDW, please let me know, and I'll be happy to take care of it for you. :grouphug: Dede, would you still like me to get you Piper's Christmas ornaments?

One more thing, Tig, about the banana boat pictures, they were taken with a regular (not the digital) camera, and I have been unable to find them since we had them developed. (Well, Chad has been unable to find them, he was in charge of our pictures.) You've asked so many times and have been so sweet and patient. Please know that I haven't been ignoring your request, but I should have taken over from Chad and handled the pictures. When I told him several times that you wanted the pictures, I think he was hesitant to tell me that he doesn't know what he did with them, especially since all of our Trunk Bay photos are in that bunch, from the waterproof cameras. I promise I'll keep looking, they have to be around here somewhere, since he says he doesn't remember taking them out of the house, and I'm usually VERY careful with what I thow away.

One more thing, my font is showing up large, is it still the large size to all of you? I'm asking because someone on the Dis let me know that writing so big is, well, intimidating :rolleyes2 , and instructed me in a PM on how to reduce the font for the boards while keeping it large in my own viewing.

I really have to go now, I miss you all!
XXOO
 
Wow! That was a thesis! :lmao:

First, your font looks normal to me, not big like normal.

Second, stay away from those flame throwers! The people on the boards are not all like us...I actually stopped going on the community board cause there are soooo many out there.

Third, it's ok about the pictures, my friend Rose is like that. I usually see hers about a year after the trip is over. *Every* time! Let me know when you do find them tho please.

That's great news about Chad, hno matter how crappy his jobs are he's probably loving every minute of it.

Congratulations to Jesse on his Confirmation and having Chad as his sponsor makes me proud of both of them as well.

One piece of advice on your trip, DON'T expect everyone to be happy all the time. Stay flexible cause stuff happens. The heat and the crowds will take a toll on you if you try to do commando with so many newbies and them all being family could actually make things worse.

If you think about it, grab me some Disney brochures and such. I'm running the kids room at the Allentown DISmeet and I need scrapbooking and collage making materials. Anything that has Disney related pictures on it will do very well thank you.

We'll work on our own little gathering at the end of the summer. Maybe a trip to the beach or great adventure? Or even a jaunt for me north into the city. We'll tawlk...

LYMI,

colleen.
 
hey everyone! wow i haven't posted in forever! just wanted to say hey!
How is everyone!? We are doin great here it has been pretty hott here in indiana.

well i am really busy right now so i will try and check back more often!
 
:cool1:
what's goin on gang? I got a free moment from my busy busy life to cruise the boards and decided to stop by. Actually, I'm sitting in the Brooklyn campaign office for Congressman Vito Fossella manning the office while some lesser interns careen the streets for petition signatures. Very boring here, unpaid internships suck (can you say "suck" on the DIS?). Ehh, I'm just glad school is over- for now. Senior year is comin up fast and I'm already preparing my thesis.
Ahh what I'd give to be back on the boat right about now! So many good memories.
Grim and Dede- congrats on the good news! You guys must be so excited- mama aisling mentioned we're gonna be picking up some Christmas gifts for lil Piper at Downtown Disney!
tig- sorry about the pics! I've been slacking lately but rest assured I'm on it! I wouldda had it done sooner but we don't have a scanner in the house. I'll bring em to work tomorrow and scan em there for ya. no worries, mon!
nan- howdy! miss you lots, tell molly wilson and the big chicken i said hi! have fun on your england trip, can't wait to see the pics.
jill- havent noticed any of your posts put hi anyways! :wave:
anyhow, gonna go do some browsing and such in anticipation of our next trip in 3 weeks :woohoo: <--- i love that lil guy
be back lata yall

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
 

and a sunny california hello back to you Chad(wick).

Today is voting day here in CA...ya know 6-6-6...only in California huh?

Mom (big sis) and I are also headed out for lunch, tour, and interview for the "retirement community" we have picked for mom. Hopefully all will go well and she will agree to what is already decided, otherwise we have to be the mean daughters... oh well, I can be mean if I have too. Evil Queen laugh insert here. Come on with out the humor all is lost.

Kids are good. Molly wrecked the perfect school record last week, she got hit with the rebound of Wilson's strep throat. Really a bummer since she had preventive antibotics and they didn't stop the problem. Another bummer too since she worked so hard and making another perfect record this year. Even going to school during my dad's illness and death. The secretary came up with a nice offer of having her to an independent study, but her teacher was kinda *****y about it and said all students must be treated fairly. Just seems to suck since we have *alot* of students that do get to take an independent study to visit family in Mexico for a long vacation, yet my goody 2 shoes child gets the stick with only 2 weeks of school left. SHe even tried to go to school that first morning with a plastic bag to barf in (such dedication) I know you can all see Miss Molly trying her hardest...it's just sad to have this snatched with such a hard effort she had made. Oh well, this is the life sucks lesson.

So....been looking at houses in HMB. Saw a nice one last night, but smelled of smoke and we could see having to de smoke it for the price.... Someday it will come, or not....

how about these new little guys they are funny....

:happytv: (me or Wilson, tv feinds)

:artist: a happy little french guy (or girl)

popcorn:: seen any good movies lately?

:dance3: 3 dancing girls....hummmmm, me Aisling & Tig....hmmmmm me Jill & Molly hmmmmm Lynn Aisling and Tig.....hmmm....Dede Molly and Jill.....hmmmm I could go on and on with this one huh?

Going to post before you losing the wonders of my rambles....

N
 
:laundy: now did ya see him????? It's Paul, trust me it's Paul....

here is me...


:beach:

Okay really it would be me if the sunny was shaded and a bit breezy like it is in Half Moon Bay....
 
Hi guys!

7 more days until we do our walk-through, and 14 days till we get the keys! Seemed like it would never get here. They did still manage to screw up the cabinets AGAIN. They sent out some reject to install the drawer pulls on the new ones, and he totally screwed it up! Non of them were level, or lined up with each other. some of them had multiple holes drilled in them. It was ridiculous. I just can't imaging not doing the best job possible on our house with as many things that have gone wrong. They are replacing them AGAIN! But luckily, they aren't moving the closing date. They'll install them after we have moved in.

Baby Piper is doing great. I can feel her doing all kinds of flips and break-dance moves.

I finally broke down and got a new truck. Couldn't wait any longer (ever have a car in AZ without A/C?). I got a Chevy Silverado Crew Cab (4-door). Figured I should get something with good gas milage :rotfl2:
Now Piper will be nice and safe!

Congrats on the internship Chad!

Molly is such a trooper - I would fake being sick just so I could stay home from school. Trying to go to school when you're really sick? That's such a foreign concept!



grim pirate:
 
Hi All!

Hi Tori! Hi Chad! Good to see the two of you pop in.

I haven't been on much myself lately. Everyone sounds like they're having very busy summers so far. I just finished my last little bit of scheduled school work for the summer. :thumbsup2 Now comes packing and moving! I'm excited about it, though. I can't wait to start on Piper's nursery. :cloud9:

Chad, I know it stinks not getting paid for working (like when I student taught) but it sounds like its really good experience and you're getting your foot in the door, maybe! Yes, you all are supposed to get a Christmas ornament made for Piper! I'm so thankful that you guys are willing to take some time out of your vacation to do this for us! I couldn't stand the thought of her not having her own ornament on the Christmas tree to match the rest of ours. :goodvibes I'm jealous that you're going to WDW!! Be sure to ride Space and Splash lots of times for me, ok? Oh, and have some cheese soup in Canada and some School Bread in Norway!! You guys will have a blast! Aren't you going over July 4th? I love going for the 4th.

Nan, your trip to England sounds fun! I want to get John over there someday... Hope all goes well with your Mom's transition to the retirement community. That's such a hard decision to make. My thoughts are with you and your Sis. As for HMB, the right house will come along when you least expect it. Tell Molly she'll make the perfect attendance next year! I'll be rooting for her :cheer2:

Aisling, I will send you an email to finalize our ornament order. I agree wit Tig, you should stay away from discussions on some of those threads. Some people can just be ridiculously rude. I can't imagine sweet, lil you getting involved with those meanies! I hope you have a great time on your trip. Try not to stress too much about it. You shouldn't have to be the "cruise director" for everyone all the time because its YOUR trip too, and you need to enjoy it. Anyone in their right mind will have fun at WDW, so just relax and take a nap every day. ;) That's always been the key for us. When we start feeling like we're not having fun anymore, we know its time to go back to the hotel and take a nap. When we go back for the afternoon/evening, its always interesting to see the people that didn't take naps that are all screaming at each other, kids miserable...its like "just take a nap! your happiness is more important than getting every last cent out of your park pass!!!!"

Tig, how's your summer? I'm going to weed through my scrappin' stuff when I get into the new house. I'll see what Disney stuff I have that I can pass along to you. I have bought several kits over the past few years, so I know I have lots of duplicate pages and such. BTW that picture you posted of us with John? That IS pretty much how is face looked when he felt Piper move for the first time, except a little more awestruck. Now he just laughs when he watches my belly vibrate as she bumps around.

Yay! Grim got a new truck! He's really suffered in the icky Buick for the past 4 years. See, good things DO come to those who wait!

Well, its nap time for me. This heat is really draining right now.

Everybody take care!

::MinnieMo Dede
 
Sorry I haven't been on guys...internet at home is being retarded again

I'm checking in from work...wanted to make a point to say hi before I go home.

:wave:
 
Wickie baby, more videos, please! :goodvibes

Yay, Jill snuck in to see us! :tiptoe:

Tig, have you beaten your bad computer into submission yet! :badpc: :badpc:

Dede, I received your message. ;)

Grim, ok today's the 16th, so I think you did your walk-through. How did it go? :thumbsup2
:dancer: <---------this is Grim :rotfl:

Nan, :hippie: you cool Cali girl you. Do you remember the "bush" incident on the bus ride to the terminal? And a lady in the back shouting "we have children back here!" :rotfl2:

Hi Tori! princess:
 
Hi Everybody...
How nice to see this thread still active!! Of all the places I've gone like cruises and guided tour group trips, this is the only one that still maintains an active thread so long after the trip. :goodvibes
Tara and I are headed to WDW next week to stay in our DVC "home" I bought while on the cruise. We're not going to to Disney parks because she wanted to do SeaWorld and Universal but just staying in a Disney resort will be enough for me. Tara's headed to Oceanography Camp through Cornell this summer and I'm headed to Martha's Vineyard. Then I'm scheduled to go the the DISMeet (thanks, LYMI) and back down to WDW at the end of August for a big Scrapbooking Convention at the Yacht Club. We'll be on the boat again for the 12/26 4-day Magic cruise. (Another cruise "sovenir" purchased on the 12/05 cruise).
I hope everybody is well. Anytime any of you is in the Philadlephia area, let me know!
Sharon
 
Chad! Those are awesome!!!

Seeing & Hearing everyone is so cool...tell us about the bush Nan ;)

Aisling, my home connection is the culprit, my laptop works fine at work :confused3

Sharon, can't wait to see you next month, have a great time in FL - I'm happy in FL, sea world and universal are almost as cool as disney. We did that when staying with my Mom a few years ago...we stayed at SOG and drove to Universal almost everyday that trip. I think we hit disney twice that trip tho. (I may hit you up for some scrapping expertise for my kids room project...willing to help?)

Dede & John, what's the word people!?

Hi MOM :wave:

Hey Skjerven Family! Any trips to DL lately? How's the go carting going?
 
Hello everyone!

Awesome vids Chad!

Boy, it got crowded in here all of a sudden!

We did indeed have our walk-through yesterday. It went very well. The girl who walked us through it was very thorough, and was marking all kinds of things that I never even noticed (paint touch-ups and what-not). One of the managers showed up at the end of the walk, and let us know that they are going to replace every cabinet door and drawer (again!) in the house, and was very apologetic. We also signed all the docs yesterday. We get the keys on the 22nd! Can't believe it's finally going to happen.

Hope everyone has a great time on their vacations!


grim pirate:
 
they are going to replace every cabinet door and drawer (again!) in the house
Grim, I'm starting to suspect you have a cabinet obsession! What's with the cabinets all the time?? :rotfl2:
Seriously, I'm glad you didn't settle for anything less than what you and Dede really want. Please let us know when it's move-in day, so that we can all celebrate with you. :grouphug:

Sharon, how long will you be at WDW? We'll be there on the 29th, and if you're there, I'd love to meet for a drink. ;) I don't own DVC, but I'd love to one day hear a CM say Welcome Home!

I'm so lookng forward to this weekend, the first weekend in a long time with no plans. I took out the suitcases this evening, and the kids got really excited. I put in some swim goggles, and tomorrow I'll going to put in our traditional Little Debbie Peanut Nutty Buddies (whatever the name is!)

Tig, I was going through my wdw souvies, and I found the paper coasters with Mickey's face on them, from the hotels. They're really cute and I think very scrapable. I can ask mousekeeping for a bunch of them,but how many should I ask for? My courage ends at 100, however!

Now I have to check my ebay bids, before I fall asleep. I'm really sleepy tonight.

Chad, how about some more vids??

XXXOOO
 
Wow! Only 12 more days!

Aisling, my dear, 100 would be too much...if you could get a couple dozen that would do fabulously!

I have a specific request if you don't mind my asking...I am helping a friend plan her November trip and she needs a park map & times guide from each park. She and I are in the ADR portion of her plans. Could you please try to gather that for me? Anything else you gather would be icing on that fabulous Disney cake...

~Enjoy your trip & tell the family hi for me please~

I am also very happy for you and Dede, John. You two have hit a HUGE milestone...a well deserved milestone at that :)

You guys are fabulous people, Piper is a lucky, lucky girl :hug:

I am proud to call *all* of you my friends

LYMI!
 




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