December 13, 2008 Western Caribbean!! Let's get acquainted!

[KATIESMOMMY]

omg you guys, I am going on a diet tomorrow, I need to lose 70 lbs, dont think I can do it by cruise but am going to try to lose at least half by then.
Marcy, the jazzercise, are there dvds you can buy or anything? I really cant afford a gym membership or Jenny craig or anything. As to the hair, the stylist said the said thing as you, but she said welcome to 2008 and goodbye to the 80s lol

Andrea- a bikini?? OMG you go girl and I envy you, I have never ever wore one in my life lol

 

[Stinasmom]

Yeah, despite my regular workouts, my bikini days are long over too. Sacrificed my midsection to the babies.

Lucinda--there are Jazzercise DVDs available at Jazzercise.com... click on "shop the store" and "DVDs" in the list on the left. They are pretty good and are priced around $25. If you get tired of the same routines...
I did look up and found classes available in your area:
JAZZERCISE AT SOUTH BEND RACQUET CLUB - #3389
4122 HICKORY ROAD
MISHAWAKA, INDIANA 46545 UNITED STATES
tel: (574)277-0111
PRICES

$39 Joining Fee - For New Customers or those with expired tickets for 3 months or longer. Joining fee good for both South Bend area locations.

Class Passes

* $35 monthly unlimited pass paid electronically (EFT). Credit cards accepted too. This is the best deal.
* $40 monthly pass.
* Walk-in $8.00
* $120 for 8 Personal Touch sessions. Call for session times.

They are cheaper than we are! If you go to the website and click "find a class" you'll find all this too as well as a schedule of classes. Looks like they offer 23 classes per week and classes in Elkhart and South Bend.

Don't mean to pressure in anyway! Just offering information. I get the same way whenever any of my friends ask me a simple question about Disneyland or WDW, Hawaii, Las Vegas... Before they know it they have several pages of travel info and price quotes!

 

[PenskeSth1]

I have NEVER worn a bikini...Even before my kids. I have always been to insecure. I went on Jenny Craig with a friend who recently just started back on it. I have already lost a bit of weight and I walk about 2 miles twice a day now. I really am trying to loose the weight to feel better and healthy. It just would be nice to be a little thinner by cruise time so I can wear some cute clothes instead of my (regular hide my fluffiness clothes). LOL

 

[SILLYANDI]

Ok, I am trying to keep up here...

Andrea-- If you burn out on the gym or want to spice it up a bit, try Jazzercise! I have been an instructor for 2 years now. It is a ton of fun. It is a program that could be best described as dance-aerobics, but you don't need a dance background. We get new music and routines every 10 weeks so we have lots of fun music and moves to chose from. Check jazzercise.com to see if there is a location near you.
Sorry guys if I just sounded like a commercial!

Can you all believe it is June already!

Marcy

OK so it sounded like a commercial, but it worked! I found a class in the town right next door. I take a cycling class & yoga at the gym right now but I'm always up for something new. Not so sure about the "no dance background necessary" I have two left feet and they are usually tangled!

 

[SILLYANDI]

Living in Cali I have extra motivation. Everyone out here is "plastical fantastical" (DH's term) and 60 year olds wear bikinis-not that they should be but it's California! I would settle for not packing "hide the fluffiness" clothes on the cruise too!

 

[PenskeSth1]

Living in Cali I have extra motivation. Everyone out here is "plastical fantastical" (DH's term) and 60 year olds wear bikinis-not that they should be but it's California! I would settle for not packing "hide the fluffiness" clothes on the cruise too!

That is to funny! We have the older folks in Bikini's and Speedo's here in Florida too!

Lucinda I would like to loose about 60lbs and I know that is a long shot before our cruise. I am going to try and be optomistic and DH is really supporting which helps alot! My biggest challenge is staying away from soda and chips.

 

[KATIESMOMMY]

ty for the info Marcy!!!

Michele- I hear ya hun, unfortunately my DH is a skinny minnie who can eat and eat and eat and LOVES to eat. He likes his gals on the "pooh" size and sees nothing wrong with me being this heavy. ..so no help there. I dont do chips but the sweet tea is what kills me..... I am motivated so we shall see!! But, at least I know I am not the only one who WONT be in a bikini lol *hugs*

 

[KATIESMOMMY]

Bumping us back up and saying howdy!!!

I am so excited, I make adrs tomorrow for our WDW trip before the cruise!! And I called DCL, the bad report on our stateroom just kept bugging me, so we moved to 2614 which has a good report..

 

[IndyDisneyFan]

Hi everyone! Now that summer is officially here I have a bit more time to catch up on things, like these boards! Our youngest who is 12 still does not know about the cruise, but my older ones do and are extremely excited. I have been working on making magnets for our stateroom doors, which is a lot of fun. Can someone tell me if the kids have their own get to know you page on here? I know that a couple of the other cruises that we have been on have had the kids get to know each other before the cruise, then meet on board so they already have made friends. If there is I know that my DS would enjoy chatting before we leave. We are heading down late afternoon on Dec. 12 and are staying a few days at WDW after the cruise is over, that way we won't be so sad. I would love to do the MVMCP on the 12th but we won't be arriving until close to 7:00, and I wouldn't want to miss any of it! I keep hoping they will add the 20th or 21st so that we could go. Hope that everyone is doing well and enjoying the warm weather!

Laura

 

[SILLYANDI]

A couple of the younger girls were exchanging e-mails earlier, but I think that kinda fizzled. My DD10 loves to e-mail but she's been busy with the end of school and all that so I think she hasn't had as much time.
Maybe we could get sometihng going here, where they can all chime in that would be great-I just worry about my 10 year old being able to be contacted by ANYONE on the internet...How did they do it with the other groups?

 

[IndyDisneyFan]

A couple of the younger girls were exchanging e-mails earlier, but I think that kinda fizzled. My DD10 loves to e-mail but she's been busy with the end of school and all that so I think she hasn't had as much time.
Maybe we could get sometihng going here, where they can all chime in that would be great-I just worry about my 10 year old being able to be contacted by ANYONE on the internet...How did they do it with the other groups?

They actually had their own thread where they posted to each other, like this one. It was a great way for them to share ideas and their excitement. They couldn't wait to meet on the ship and explore the kids clubs together. They already had friends when the got on board, and it was great. If anyone is interested I think that we should set one up.

Laura

 

[aleickwort]

Hello,

Sorry to interrupt the flow here, but my family will be sailing December 13, as well. My name is Audrey, and I'll be 32 at time of sail. My DH will be 33, and my DS will be 7. I'm so excited, and I'm having such a great time making plans. My son is going to explode when he finds out! This will be our first cruise, and he has no idea what's in store.

Hope to get to know you all better,
Audrey

 

[KATIESMOMMY]

Welcome Audrey!! The more the merrier!! My name is Lucinda, I have two girls 2 and 4 and this will be our first cruise also!! Welcome and make yourself at home!

 

[Stinasmom]

Welcome Audrey!
I will add you to the first page "roll call." Hey, have I missed anyone along the way??

I am excited to see you also have a DS7. Mine is having reservations about going to the kids club at all... we've sailed twice before and I can't remember him having a bad experience, but he's hesitant all the same. It would be great to introduce him to someone his age at the start (or even exchange pictures and emails a bit? Seems the tween girls are better at the email stuff!)
I am sure you and your DH will enjoy the kid free time even more knowing your DS is having fun too... but elsewhere!

Speaking of emailing with the kids... Yep. We should either start a thread for them and get them back to chatting. My DD11 had a great time with two cruise meets friends on our last cruise! I like the idea of the thread because it is more inclusive. My DD has a screen name already but I forget what it is!

Yeah! We got our MVMCP tickets in the mail this week... and now that our "kicker" check arrived this week, we can order up the park hopper passes.
We are going to MVMCP on Dec. 7th. Anyone else?

Marcy

 

[Stinasmom]

Hi all!

I tried to get my DD11 on the DIS forums so she could start a thread for the kids on within our group... it takes either faxing or mailing a parental release!

So... it may take a couple days, but we'll let you know when we get it going!

If you want your kids on this forum, you'll probably have to go through this too.... not sure if 13 is the magic number to avoid it? Eventually, we could have all the kids up and ready to get to know each other!

Remember, happy kids=happy parents!

 

[KATIESMOMMY]

Hi all!

As far as MVMCP, we dont arrive to WDW till Dec 10th so we are looking at either the 11th or 12th to go, havent decided which though.

 

[aleickwort]

Thank you for the welcome, all.

Marcy, I am definitely nervous that DS won't like the Club. I usually try very hard not to get too emotionally involved in plans I might have to give up for DS, but I so, SO, SO want my couples massage and Palo dinner!!!!! I want it like *I'm* the 7 year old. And, of course, I want him to have a really good time and get sold on cruises, because this will be our first.

Audrey

 

[SILLYANDI]

Hello,

Sorry to interrupt the flow here, but my family will be sailing December 13, as well. My name is Audrey, and I'll be 32 at time of sail. My DH will be 33, and my DS will be 7. I'm so excited, and I'm having such a great time making plans. My son is going to explode when he finds out! This will be our first cruise, and he has no idea what's in store.

Hope to get to know you all better,
Audrey

Welcome Audrey! I have a DS who will be 7 at time of sailing too! Not interupting the flow at all, great to have more aboard!

 

[SILLYANDI]

DD10 is all ready to chat! I will set up a chat for them if no one else has...

Here is the link for the Dec 13th JR's thread.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=25812062#post25812062


I put a disclaimer to the kids at the top reminding them not to give out their personal information. It worries me that adults would also have access to the information they are posting, so I will be monitoring it letting you all know if I see something that our kids need to edit (personal info type stuff, not to get all big brother on them!)

 

[SILLYANDI]

Silly Question. CC Members can make their ressies on 9/14/2008. Is that midnight the morning of 9/14/2008? I seem to remember it being like 5 am or something?!