"Double Dip Delight" 09.27.2008 - Chapter 4!

[nenner1]

Glad I finally found our new home.
Only 9 pages (plus 4 from the other thread) to catch up on.
What's wrong with you guys? Cat got your tongues?

Everyone has been talking so fast that my last question was missed. I was hoping someone could tell me: Can we go straight to Rockin Bar D when they let us on the ship or is there a specific time to go there to make/change ressies?

That happens to me all the time! (getting overlooked). I always seem to post in the middle of other conversations! I know you've been basically answered but I'll clarify..on the Magic yes, you can go as soon as your board. It's on the Wonder that they don't start til later (1:00)

Now it's my turn. Does anyone know what times the Character Breakfasts are? I think I read somewhere that late seating starts at 9:15. That means that all of us (and there will be quite a few) who have that on Thursday will miss the group picture. If nobody knows I may have to ask on the main board, cause I personally don't want to miss the group shot, and this is something that will affect a large number of us.

No sending my box off and wishing it a good trip to get there in time.. yall think its enough time to send off?

Yep. You should be fine. Even if you send it ground transportation. According to the FAQ it just needs to arrive there by the Friday before at 5:00 PM.

ALEX update: he's still "draining" (doesn't that sound pleasant) so they couldn't take out the catheter or the Penrose drain. I was near hysterical, what with the threat of another surgery if the interior stint slid out of place. However, doc says irregardless we should be good to go by the end of September. If NOT, does someone who's in the brunch group want to pm me to take over as Brunch Master/Mistress. Because if I can't go due to the darn straw hanging out of his back, someone needs to the info I have.

Julie

I'm so sorry to hear about your frustration with Alex, Julie. Did you tell his doc about all the nurses on our cruise? I know they would all help you with the drain. (OMG, I still remember vividly my first encounter with flushing a j-tube.) I hope it doesn't prevent you from going. Anyway..hugs for you and Alex. Hang in there!

Interesting.

Apparently the toilet in the staterooms are so strong you can put a piece of toilet paper in it and unravel it all the way to the other side of the room and flush and it will just get sucked up.

I am just NOT going to ask how you know this.

What am I doing cruise related this weekend????
HOPEFULLY buying some ink for my printer so I can at least get started priniting my FE tags and magnets. I always forget and when I get to the store I have no idea which catridges to buy. I know I'm going to Michael's tomorrow so if there is anything last minute craft related I need, I'll grab it.
I think the luggage is coming down out of the attic this weekend too.
Other than that I doubt I'll get to anything else. Hopefully I'll get a few more magnet designs personalized. I only have about 4 or 5 done.

Kimberly post 1 looks great! You outdid yourself yet again!
(Oh and I don't know why you got your hand slapped about you-know-what. It may not be commonly talked about on the DCL board but on the Budget Board they are openly discussed and basically pimped out and paraded about.)

I got an email with a nice offer today. Two free adult MNSSHP tickets (select evenings only, with purchase of child admission). Florida Residents special. I had looked into doing it on 9/26 with everyone else but the values were all booked up. Not bothering with spending all of our drink money on the mods or deluxes (my quote was $176 for POR???What's up with that? That is *expensive*. Seriously, I stayed at the contemporary for $199 not too long ago) And Im not interested in staying off property.

PLUS that particular day (9/26) is also more expensive than a lot of the others ($55 as opposed to $48). Did all of the demand drive up the price?

The free admission offer *is* good on 10/4 but we have too much to do when we get back to spend another day.....darn.

And from what I hear nasty ol' Uncle Ike is headed over for a visit.
Can you just feel my eyes rolling? Seriously. The grocery panic has already begun. And I am so over it.

Have a wonderful weekend! It's (almost for me) Friday!

 

[skoi]

I'm so sorry to hear about your frustration with Alex, Julie. Did you tell his doc about all the nurses on our cruise? I know they would all help you with the drain. (OMG, I still remember vividly my first encounter with flushing a j-tube.) I hope it doesn't prevent you from going. Anyway..hugs for you and Alex. Hang in there!

Problem is, if he still has the drain, he can't go in the water or go to the beach, so we might be canceling the entire trip if his kidney stent has to be replaced. That would mean surgery the week before we cruise, and not enough time to be sure of enough recovery to remove the drain from his kidney to the "outside".

So it's not looking good at all, though I might send the other three with the grandparents. Meaning of course I'd have them flying alone from PHL to MCO.

Julie

 

[GammaRee]

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GammaRee: I challenge you to hit 50 posts before the cruise. I dare you.

Yeah, right. Like I'm ever going to catch up with this bunch!!!! Love you anyway.

Then once we arrive, we are going to check into our room (which won't be ready), leave our computer bag and the duffle at the bell desk, and head off to Typhoon Lagoon with our swim stuff for the day!

Sounds like a great plan! Enjoy!
BTW - what type of bird do you have that needs to be groomed?

anewmac...
I saw that we are neighbors! After looking at a website I was given on here it looks like we have a decent location on the ship! Maybe my bad luck has temporarily went away! yay...lol..

Is there any bad place on a cruise? As compared to work, I mean...

Problem is, if he still has the drain, he can't go in the water or go to the beach, so we might be canceling the entire trip if his kidney stent has to be replaced. That would mean surgery the week before we cruise, and not enough time to be sure of enough recovery to remove the drain from his kidney to the "outside".

So it's not looking good at all, though I might send the other three with the grandparents. Meaning of course I'd have them flying alone from PHL to MCO.

Julie

Oh Julie - Sending good wishes your way I hope Alex and your others are all well and happy before the cruise time gets here!

And to all of us
Time is getting SHORT!

 

[tig82174]

BTW - what type of bird do you have that needs to be groomed?

We have a 10 year old noble macaw....she has to have her wings clipped, nails and beak groomed regularly...and especially before she gets boarded.

 

[GammaRee]

Oh yeah - QOTW
I plan to go diving for my advanced SCUBA certification these next 2 weekends. Yes, that's cruise related. I plan to dive in Cozumel, snorkel on CC, and maybe snorkel at Grand Cayman. After the cruise I hope to go to Homasassa and swim with the mermaids and manatees!
Now let's see how big a laugh God gets out of these plans.

 

[GammaRee]

We have a 10 year old noble macaw....she has to have her wings clipped, nails and beak groomed regularly...and especially before she gets boarded.

Sounds beautiful. That's a young bird, isn't it? Aren't macaws supposed to live as long as parrots?

 

[Buckeye Gal]

OH MY GOSH...SOOOO much to catch up on today!

Random thoughts by Kimberly...

• Charlie, how are those meds treating you?
• Jen (nenner1), is Sarah legally squared away yet?
• YouTube: I'm still at work, so I haven't been able to look at these yet, but I am anxious!
• Our '80's Night: Okay...the question came up earlier this week about when is One Hit Wonder Night that we're crashing for the '80s scene. I've looked at Navigators from January and February, and don't see it listed. I also saw a Mexican Riveria Navigator from May, and it had a new Rockin' Bar D theme night. It was called "Rock Star". The description was "...new tribute to greatest singers, artists, bands, and concerts of all time." It was on Tuesday night. So........anyone want to make a call on when the dudes and chics are going to be strolling the Magic performing a "Beat it" dance?? Does anyone have any knowledge of OHWN still being in place back in April??
• I'll add Post 101 as a link in Post 1 under the Shutters section later this weekend.
• Chris, thanks for the MXK code for the resorts! Hopefully that will work out for me, too. I know I used a discount code when I reserved my room, but don't remember exactly how much it was (it's written at home), but I think it was close to what you quoted for the Values. I'll be checking that out as soon as I can get my hands on my ressie. Thanks so much for sharing that because it's helped some of us!!

Yeah ... somehow I didn't think I could count on you for that.

I don't think I can trust Kimberly with it, either.

Oh well......... I may just post them, anyway....

Okay. That temptation is just WRONG!! It's like needing so badly to itch that poison ivy on your arm. You just can't, but if you did, you know you would be sooooo happy. You keep looking at it (blog link)...and looking at it...and running away to do something else to get your mind off of it!

I will NOT look. I will NOT look! So don't anyone spoil the surprise by writing about it!! Hear me?!!

And my question for you all:

What are you doing today and/or this weekend that relates to the cruise?

Good luck with the sewing marathon!

This is another great question, which I certainly added as a link in Post #1. Plus, it gets me even more excited to hear about people getting luggage out or packing!!

I needed to print my Mousekeeping envelopes for my WDW stay this weekend. CHECK! I just did that.

What's left? All the stuff I've dreaded doing!

• I haven't completed my pirate hat embellishment with maribu. I'm really hating this task. I spent way over an hour on Sunday only gluing the maribu on pipecleaners so it's easier to glue to the hat. I have about a 4" section that is nothing but a glue glob. Not sure I had enough extra to cut that out. So this may require another trip to JoAnn's. UGH!
• Add rods to hang our fish extenders...yes. Plural. The girls wanted to have a different FE for each day!!
• I might change the personalization of one of the FEs (it's really lame right now).
• put my packing list on the outside of the box being shipped to the Magic and tape that puppy up
• update my PassPorter book with agenda details
• finish my autograph scrapbook pages
• find some shorts that have come up missing
• put the pile of misc stuff in the suitcase
• get addicted The Weather Channel since TVEPFOX is likely not working over the weekend (Man, I live for seeing her hot-off-the-press updates and maps! Thanks again, M!)

Then....if I get all of that done, I'll consider that last minute project I talked about last week, which I SO badly want to do.

Post 600 for me.

Kittly Litter is real Crunchy

Interesting.

Apparently the toilet in the staterooms are so strong you can put a piece of toilet paper in it and unravel it all the way to the other side of the room and flush and it will just get sucked up.

Uh huh. Okay then!

Congrats on the 600 mark!!

Doc update: Received my docs today and my Mom received her docs. So we are presently 3 for 4:

Doc update here too! We now have !!

same here.. I was trying to think of a cute way to say our name something different so the kids and E would get a kick out of it they dont know we are ANNOUNCED
...also I thought of you today at lunch... had chipotle, no mayo but had them put extra sour cream and cheese and guacamole on it .. lol ...

Oh my gosh. It's so funny you're talking about embarkation announcements! I literally have this as a packing list item! The girls don't know that they do this, so I want to have an index card written with something clever as well!

Chipotle? Oh YUM! I'm smelling it in my future (also with no mayo, but I might add the guacamole in honor of Chris).

Whew....I think I'm caught up with responses now. Of course that's until I do a "preview" here in 15 seconds and see that there were 5 more pages posted from the time I started writing this until I "preview"....here it goes....

Only five more posts.

Julie, as I mentioned in my PM, I'm feeling for you. I'm sure the other 3 kiddos would be fine. Thankfully your oldest DD is at an age that she can help occupy and take care of your youngest DD, & she's old enough to speak up to the flight attendants for any needs the three of them have. Let's just hope it doesn't come to that.

Okay. On that note, I want to go home! Off I go to work on some cruise project calling my name after dinner!!

TTYL

 

[Fizzgig]

We have a 10 year old noble macaw....she has to have her wings clipped, nails and beak groomed regularly...and especially before she gets boarded.

I had to go look up "Noble Macaw." Is the wiki entry correct?

Mom can attest to this... whenever I don't know something, I have to go look it up to satisfy my curiosity.

 

[GammaRee]

I had to go look up "Noble Macaw." Is the wiki entry correct?

Mom can attest to this... whenever I don't know something, I have to go look it up to satisfy my curiosity.

That's a GOOD thing!

 

[tig82174]

Sounds beautiful. That's a young bird, isn't it? Aren't macaws supposed to live as long as parrots?

Technically macaws are a species of parrot...all the hookbill birds including african greys, amazons, peyonies (sp?), eclectus, parakeets even...and all the macaw species are considered parrots.

And yes the wiki page is mostly right...nobles are also called red-shouldered macaws...for obvious reasons if you look at the picture. The only difference is that Noble Macaws and Hahn's macaw are actuallyNOT the same thing...they're two different types---subspecies of the same group supposedly. Hahn's are a little smaller than Noble.

And yes she's relatively young...she'll probably live at least 30 years....maybe longer.

 

[Fizzgig]

That's a GOOD thing!

Google can be your friend, or your worst enemy...

whitehouse.com is NOT the big white house in DC, though.

Mom, DH just put on Robin Williams, "Live on Broadway" on the TV for date night. Oi vey... He also brought up "Blazing Saddles."

 

[cyndifan]

Julie:
I am so sorry to hear Alex is having complications w/the recovery. When will you know whether or not he'll have to have another surgery? Our thoughts & prayers are with you & your family.

FatCat:
I had sushi tonight - with mayo!! Couldn't help but think of you.

GammaRee:
Good luck w/your certification! DH & I are both divers but we haven't been in ages. I do miss diving......so much fun.

 

[GammaRee]

Thanks Cyndifan! Where did you do most of your diving? My original dives were all done in central Florida and the Atlantic side 20+ years ago. And now, my recertification dives are being done in the Florida panhandle area and the Gulf.

 

[Jenn15]

Gamma...

actually there is! my husband and I went on a cruise and we were at the very bad end of the ship and it was the loudest room ever. There was not one moment of silence in our room unless we were docked somewhere. We rsted up on the beaches of the places we went to, so the answer is yes although anything is better than being at work.

 

[GammaRee]

Okay then Jenn15... Let's hope that doesn't happen on this cruise! I'd hate to wish I was at work instead of sitting with family & friends!
Did anyone notice that 1 in every what, 4 or 5?, people booked for this cruise will be someone who has at least said "Hello" on this thread? Wow! That's a LOT of potential friends!

 

[CrazyZeus1]

OK.

An old one but it gets me excited

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ929tlOrvY

Awesome!

Interesting.

Apparently the toilet in the staterooms are so strong you can put a piece of toilet paper in it and unravel it all the way to the other side of the room and flush and it will just get sucked up.

So, FatCat, are you saying you'd like everyone to give you a roll of TP in your FE to play with!

 

[MagicMe]

Problem is, if he still has the drain, he can't go in the water or go to the beach, so we might be canceling the entire trip if his kidney stent has to be replaced. That would mean surgery the week before we cruise, and not enough time to be sure of enough recovery to remove the drain from his kidney to the "outside".

So it's not looking good at all, though I might send the other three with the grandparents. Meaning of course I'd have them flying alone from PHL to MCO.

Julie

Julie - so sorry to hear that recovery is not going quite as planned. Here's hoping that things improve.

When are you flying out of PHL? What airline?

 

[ntheory]

Okay. That temptation is just WRONG!! It's like needing so badly to itch that poison ivy on your arm. You just can't, but if you did, you know you would be sooooo happy. You keep looking at it (blog link)...and looking at it...and running away to do something else to get your mind off of it!

I will NOT look. I will NOT look! So don't anyone spoil the surprise by writing about it!! Hear me?!!

Guess it wouldn't be nice for me to say that I've updated my blog, huh?

And .... you should NOT look.

 

[scoutsmom99]

Goodness this thread is moving fast!!

Happy Anniversary Mr & Mrs. Epperbiker
Happy birthday Vicki
Julie I'm so sorry to hear about Alex

I'm hoping to finish up all my fish extender gifts this weekend and get them ready to ship down to my resort. I'm also hoping to start layig out clothes and get my luggage out as well.

 

[Buckeye Gal]

Guess it wouldn't be nice for me to say that I've updated my blog, huh?

And .... you should NOT look.

I will NOT look!

Awesome job Kimberly for getting us started on page 4. Think we can make it to 5 in 3 weeks???

Well, if we keep up with 12 pages a day, yes, we will get to Chapter 5!