In Search of My Body - Not the One I Ate... Vol. 6: Goddesses just want to have fun

[lisaviolet]

Sorry about the game Kat.

 

[lisaviolet]

When is game two?

Lakers just took Denver. What a flippin' game.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Kelly was playing and they put her in as catcher! I so wish I had my camera. I will make sure to have it for next game. She is SUPER tiny. Just this little bit of a thing. And there she was, with all the gear on, crouched behind home with one arm behind her back and her other hand had her mit up. SO cute! The ump was DYING. She is so tiny and was SO serious and was in this professional catcher pose. It was a riot.

So precious.

Answering Lyz’s questions. Because, quite frankly, she scares me when she gets like this!


Ok, that is the just the first HALF of Lyz’s questions! Sheesh!

Thank you for answering them so WELL! Lots of backstory, details and everything. I am happy!

Part 2 of Lyz’s Questions:

6. So what makes you think that I didn’t make the Fish Extender myself? Hmmm??? I mean, I am the first to admit that I am so NOT crafty, but the one thing I CAN do is sew.

1. We talked on the phone and you told me you ordered one made! Crazy lady.
2. Your design was super cute. I enlarged the pic and studied it. duh.
3. Didn't know you could sew. Vamp.
4. $20 is a STEAL!!!!!!!!

Such a busy day today.
...and filed a claim with my car insurance Seth's car got hit by a foul ball during a softball game today and the windshield broke The girl next door (she plays on the team) texted him a picture - the boys were at a track meet an hour away. Thankfully we have full-glass coverage - so it shouldn't cost us anything to fix it.

Oh my. I'm very concerned about this happening to me.

Hi everyone...

I survived the panel discussion - yeah!!!! Lyz - I belong to the local chapter of the National Women in Construction organization (NAWIC) and tonight was our big membership drive meeting where we have a speaker come in, invite the world and hope to snare some more people to join. This year, I was chair of the event and in addition to planning the whole thing, got roped into moderating the panel discusion titled "Leading the Way - Women Building Strong Communities". The whole thing came together at the last minute and went off very well (especially since I had only met two of the four panelists before). I think everyone was pleased, but we won't know that until the feedback comes in.

Paula - color me impressed! That's quite a production to put together. Kudos!

Liz - thanks for rescuing me from boredom today!

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

That better not be an insult cutie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never. You are just one big heart beat.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

EriKa - just remember - you asked for it!

Answering Lyz’s questions. Because, quite frankly, she scares me when she gets like this!

1. Yes, there were LOTS and LOTS of vegetarian options! It was great having so much to choose from. It was all excellent. I was a bit worried about Cookies BBQ as well, but again, it was fine.

What did you eat at AP? Tritons? PC? Palo? Cookies?

2. My conversation with Pete and Walter was on the first night, on deck 9—Pete was sitting at one of the tables by the adult pool having a smoke. It was late, about 11. Dark and the boat was moving pretty fast, so there was a lovely breeze. Just a perfect tropical night. We talked for maybe 40 minutes just the 3 of us.

BUT - what was said? Did you and Pete talk about me? Email me.

3. No, our bill for drinks wasn’t too bad. I knew a few tips that really helped. We brought out own wine on board. You are welcome to bring your own bottle with you to dinner. So that saves a fortune right there. (Tip for future cruisers: Bring your own corkscrew with you on board. Uncork your wine in your stateroom, then just gently recork the bottle to take with you to the dining room. If you have your server uncork the wine for you at the table, there is a $12 cork charge. We knew this beforehand, fortunately.) We also brought other alcohol on board with us. Some beer, rum, and of course, tequila. We keep all of this in our Owner’s Locker, so we had it in Orlando and just brought it all. When we ordered room service in the evenings, we drank our own alcohol. We only paid for drinks when we were up on deck and on Castaway Cay.

Another tip for future cruisers which we figured out early on: get the drink of the day! Each day there is a drink of the day—it is always something fruity and rum-based (Mai Tai, Bahama Mama, Stingray, etc.) Regular cocktails on board are going to run $7- $10 per drink. The drink of the day was only $3.50. So this ended up being pretty cheap. Plus there were free drinks at some of the Podcast events, so really, alcohol was not too big of an expense.

Note for beer drinkers: The cheapest way to do beer on the cruise is to buy the souvenier mug (glass and nice looking, for $12.95), then all of your beer refills are only $4 for 22 ounces. We opted NOT to do this though, as they only had Annhuiser-Busch products. Yuck.

No questions here. I am fully informed.

4. Yes, the photographers were everywhere, which I was happy about. I knew that really the only souvenier I would want would be some really great photos. It is sort of how it was when you went in 2005, but some changes. They print out all of the pics and have them on nice display racks outside of Animators’ Palette. They are clearly labeled so you can find yours easily (“Embarkation between 2-4”; “Parrot Cay dinner on Monday,” etc. So as long as you know when you were where, you can find your photos easily). You throw the ones you don’t want into a specially labeled bin and pay for the ones you do want. BUT, they also have an easier way now, too. There are these photo kiosks. You swipe your key to the world card, and all of the photos of your family pop up on the screen. And then you can order that way or delete. I hope they start doing it that way only. It was horrifying to see the waste. ALL of those pictures printed out and only a fraction actually purchased. As for buying the pics, I went up with the few that I wanted and they said, “Oh just takes these, too! We’re just going to throw them away anyhow…” so that was as nice bonus.

WOW! Love that they gave them to you. And like the swipe/screen plan.

5. No, we didn’t bring the kids with us to Nassau. Left them in the kids’ club. I was a bit nervous about this—I mean, what would happen if they needed us and we were off wandering the island? The pagers don’t work there. But I knew we wouldn’t be there long.

Did you go into the straw market or one of the jewelry shops? The straw market looked nuts just from the outskirts. (We didn't go in. Too crowded and maybe skin to skin contact with strangers. Ewwwww)

Ok, that is the just the first HALF of Lyz’s questions! Sheesh!

Part 2 of Lyz’s Questions:

6. So what makes you think that I didn’t make the Fish Extender myself? Hmmm??? I mean, I am the first to admit that I am so NOT crafty, but the one thing I CAN do is sew. But of course, you are right. I sure as heck didn’t have time to make one myself. There is a woman here on the DIS, Tiffany (gradysmom) who has made tons of them and has a thread here on the boards with lots of photos. I PMd her and asked her if she would send me some of her measurements and instructions, etc. so that I could make my own. She then told me that she sells them (made to order) on eBay. And the price—get this--$20!! Um, SOLD! Just running out to the craft/fabric store to get all of the materials would be worth the $20, let alone the time spent having to make it.

Anyway, once I decided to have her make it, I gave her the specs, so yes, I designed it but she made it. I know it is hard to see all of the pockets (except the top where I had a close-up). The first pocket had a Mickey and Minnie head with Jeff and Erika under each, respectively. The next one down was a Mickey head with a pirate bandana with Riley under it, then a Mickey head with a pink princess crown for Cammie, and another one with a purple princess crown for Kelly. I was really happy with how it turned out. In fact, it is now hanging in our mudroom and I am using it for a mail holder (or something similar).

Nothing here either. Darn, could I be running out of questions?

7. As for what we contributed to the whole exchange…I was totally uninspired. So I gave out candy (I know! Boring!) and lobster magnets to represent Maine. There were lots and lots of us who did magnets (just look at the pic of the door…and there were many more after that).

8. The bathing suit was fine, though it didn’t see much time. The sun was SO strong that I kept my rash guard on almost the entire time. Due to life-guarding in my teens, as well as years and years of being on swim team, and using BABY OIL to tan with, I am skin cancer waiting to happen. I have to be really careful, particularly of my upper chest and shoulders. So I stayed covered for most of the time. It was still ok. There were lots of people in rash guards for the same reason. And it just made it look like I was in running gear…like always!

Baby Oil tan. Yes, we did that also.

9. Yes, the kids loved the warm ocean water! The warmest the ocean ever gets here is maybe 65*. Maybe. This water was 75-80. Heaven. It was 90* out, so even 75* water was warm enough to be comfortable yet still felt cool and refreshing. There was ZERO surf at all, though, so that was kind of a bummer. Seriously, it was like a lake. Just still. The kids were really hoping to body surf, etc. Of course, this made it super safe so I didn’t feel like I had to watch them like a hawk.

10. Mickey bars…yes, the kids had their share. Not as many as Bob, though! That is crazy! They each had one for dessert most nights (or lunches, since we had sit-down lunches as well). Sometimes they opted for something else from the menu, but I am pretty sure they each had one Mickey bar per day.

Ok, that officially answers all of your questions. Happy now?!?!?!

Stick a fork in me. I'm done.

 

[3DisneyKids]

Thank you for answering them so WELL! Lots of backstory, details and everything. I am happy!




1. We talked on the phone and you told me you ordered one made! Crazy lady.
2. Your design was super cute. I enlarged the pic and studied it. duh.
3. Didn't know you could sew. Vamp.
4. $20 is a STEAL!!!!!!!!

1. You're right, we did. That week before vacation is such a blur! I was crazy busy!
2. Duh is right. I should've figured. I forgot with whom I was dealing.
3. Truth be told, I mostly quilt as opposed to other types of sewing. And I haven't made a quilt in, I don't know, like 5 years. I was really into it for a while though.
4. I KNOW!

And LisaV! How ARE you??? I feel so very disconnected with you and what is going on in your life. Hope all is well!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Ok, I love you dearly but there is no way I am typing out what we ate at each meal! I don't even know if I remember. Though I definitely remember Palo...and when I write that part of the TR (remember there are still 2 days to go!) I will include that food since it was so over-the-top good.

As for my conversation with Pete/Walter...might have to podcast that to you!

The straw market actually burned down a while back. Now there is just a much smaller version of it while they are preparing the space for a new one. We went in. (Again, we are used to this type of thing. Asia is 10x more crowded and nothern Africa is 10x more aggressive, so this seemed pretty tame to us.)

Only about 1/2 the stalls were open, though. We were the only ship in port so LOTS and LOTS of stuff wasn't even open. Festival Place (the building that you go through after you get off the ship) was totally closed. Not one booth was open.

Everyone was selling the same stuff. Literally the exact same stuff. Rows and rows and rows of it. And basically all crap and nothing we were interested in. They were definitely vocal in trying to get us to buy stuff, but once we said no thanks, they let us walk on by. No one touched us or reached out (though they do that in some of the Mexican ports and definitely all through Asia).

However, on our way out of the straw market on the street, a man approached us selling these little carved, wooden turtles on a string. You could make them walk and make them pop their heads into their shells, etc. by pulling on the string. A cute kid toy. And Cammie loves turtles, so we figured what the heck. And I love to haggle. He started out at $10 for ONE turtle. I walked away with FOUR for $4. A buck each. Even if the thing breaks right away, how can you go wrong for a dollar, right? We will put them in the kids' stockings at Christmas. (Yes, my Christmas shopping is about 1/3 done. Go ahead and hate me. )

And WOO HOO! I did it! I think I finally broke Lyz!

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

Morning All!
I have WATER today! YAY I can SHOWER! I had NO water all day yesterday due to Stephen and our buddy mike hooking up the outside water to the well. They shut off a valve and forgot to turn it on so I had NO water. I can't wait to shower!

I will be sitting for TWO HOURS today waiting for the CABLE guy to come because he forgot two weeks ago to take our cable box and remote when we got rid of the cable for dish. Last time it was an all day appointment from 8am till 9 pm and NO ONE ever showed and someone sat here al day waiting. They came to disconnect but never came into the house.

Ok need to get some boys in line and make some breakfast and lunches. One more day of school for 5 days off!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Sad news this morning.

Wayne Allwine passed away at only 62 years old. He was the current voice of Mickey Mouse. Only the 3rd to be Mickey. His wife voiced Minnie Mouse.

The news stated..."The voice of Mickey Mouse has died." Baylor was eating breakfast and his head snapped up and asked if that meant no more Mickey at the parks. I assured him that would not happen. At 13 and a boy it is sometimes hard to know how much emotion they have still to the characters and it made me sad and happy he cared if that makes sense.

 

[goofyfan-12]

Erika - it took you long enough to break Lyz... I was beginning to wonder if it would ever happen. (love you Lyz...)

Crazy busy at work this morning as I am failing at my attempts to catch up from yesterday. I am reading, but will have to reply later.

Have a great day everyone and make good choices...

Paula

PS - so sad about the voice of Mickey...

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Ok, I love you dearly but there is no way I am typing out what we ate at each meal! I don't even know if I remember.

I figured as much.

Though I definitely remember Palo...and when I write that part of the TR (remember there are still 2 days to go!) I will include that food since it was so over-the-top good.

As for my conversation with Pete/Walter...might have to podcast that to you!

The straw market actually burned down a while back. Now there is just a much smaller version of it while they are preparing the space for a new one. We went in. (Again, we are used to this type of thing. Asia is 10x more crowded and nothern Africa is 10x more aggressive, so this seemed pretty tame to us.)

Only about 1/2 the stalls were open, though. We were the only ship in port so LOTS and LOTS of stuff wasn't even open. Festival Place (the building that you go through after you get off the ship) was totally closed. Not one booth was open.

Everyone was selling the same stuff. Literally the exact same stuff. Rows and rows and rows of it. And basically all crap and nothing we were interested in. They were definitely vocal in trying to get us to buy stuff, but once we said no thanks, they let us walk on by. No one touched us or reached out (though they do that in some of the Mexican ports and definitely all through Asia).

However, on our way out of the straw market on the street, a man approached us selling these little carved, wooden turtles on a string. You could make them walk and make them pop their heads into their shells, etc. by pulling on the string. A cute kid toy. And Cammie loves turtles, so we figured what the heck. And I love to haggle. He started out at $10 for ONE turtle. I walked away with FOUR for $4. A buck each. Even if the thing breaks right away, how can you go wrong for a dollar, right? We will put them in the kids' stockings at Christmas. (Yes, my Christmas shopping is about 1/3 done. Go ahead and hate me. )

Now see, that was interesting. And I wouldn't have known all that without harrassing you.

And WOO HOO! I did it! I think I finally broke Lyz!

For now. Remember you have 2 more days! And yes, I hate you and your Christmas shopping self.

Wayne Allwine passed away at only 62 years old. He was the current voice of Mickey Mouse. Only the 3rd to be Mickey. His wife voiced Minnie Mouse.

Hmm, didn't know this. I met the voice of Goofy last summer or the summer before, at a Disneyana convention. He was interesting.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

We will put them in the kids' stockings at Christmas. (Yes, my Christmas shopping is about 1/3 done. Go ahead and hate me. )

I was loving your TR right up until this point.

I have WATER today! YAY I can SHOWER!

Steph won't stink anymore glad you got it back!

Sad news this morning.

Wayne Allwine passed away at only 62 years old. He was the current voice of Mickey Mouse. Only the 3rd to be Mickey. His wife voiced Minnie Mouse.

oh, that IS sad


Paula - wowza on your day yesterday! That was a lot to be in charge of!



I just returned from a killer bike ride. seriously. I think I need a nap

 

[Dizneydawn]

#*!#*!!!##*#

I just realized after redoing his invites for 167.4 times and clarifying everything was spelled right etc...etc...in my last rendition

I FORGOT THE ADDRESS!#*#!**

Can you see me kicking my own hind end right now cause I am.

I will stick a sliver of a mailing label on each invite under our phone number and it does not look bad. I am just so mad I screwed it up. If I had done it in 15 minutes fine. The 6 hour debacle and then end up with it missing something I had put in versions 1-100, not okay.

Treyner had came in and reworded the info about college and I never went back and finished the address.

Wish I could do the Homer Simpson "Doohh" right now.

Alright. Off to cut teeny labels and place them on 120 invites cause I like poking myself with sharp objects!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

I FORGOT THE ADDRESS!#*#!**

That totally sucks. Well - better to realize NOW than after you'd mailed the dang things! Good luck with the itty-bitty labels!

 

[lisaviolet]

It wasn't my own sponge toffee tutorial people. It was wikipedia's take on the crap!!!

Erika - adored the TR - have much more to say. Would have loved to have seen more pictures of you and not ones where you're hiding your great looking self. I adored the one of Jeff and Kelly. Also, the one when you arrived. Cammie looks so agitated or not ready for the pic or something. Both priceless.

Lyz - Okay. Your child. Those eyes are the beautiful eyes I have ever seen. Really. Holy crap. Blessed child. Nothing like brown eyes. Nothing.

Erika- it's tough. I'm being a complete sadist and right now I'm in my neighbourhood library - two seconds from my condo - or I should say my ex condo. Yes, walking around my ex-neighbourhood like a loony toon. We first bought here in 98 and I so miss it. My father was an a$$ yesterday and when I said "wow Dad your deck is twice the size of my condo" - He said, "you don't have a condo". Said it twice. Not once - twice. I was very close to actually bringing up the reason why I had to sell my condo - ie. facing past - the glorious past - and he knows this. He knows why. He's a sweet man but sometimes really. So you know what I did today. I lied. I didn't get a call for work and I said I did so I wouldn't lose it. I lied. I feel like crap for doing it but looking after myself.

And then I went to pick up my summer forms for summer school and my inclusion form for work (supply list) for next year. And guess flippin' what - they decided to put the summer form deadline up two weeks and I've missed it. I've missed it. It was Friday. It has been the same friggin' date for seven years. Yep, that's my day. I haven't even taken that in.

We've missed three properties because we haven't been quick enough. Downtown hot market. One last weekend.

Okay - enough of my venting. Just a bad day all around. Gorgeous weather though. Should hit eighty.

And I booked WDW for my birthday. May 30.

Love to all of you. I so have to catch up.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

It wasn't my own sponge toffee tutorial people. It was wikipedia's take on the crap!!!

Yeah, I gotta get to the candy store for some pictures.

Erika - adored the TR - have much more to say. Would have loved to have seen more pictures of you and not ones where you're hiding your great looking self. I adored the one of Jeff and Kelly. Also, the one when you arrived. Cammie looks so agitated or not ready for the pic or something. Both priceless.

Lyz - Okay. Your child. Those eyes are the beautiful eyes I have ever seen. Really. Holy crap. Blessed child. Nothing like brown eyes. Nothing.

They are from her daddy

Erika- it's tough. I'm being a complete sadist and right now I'm in my neighbourhood library - two seconds from my condo - or I should say my ex condo. Yes, walking around my ex-neighbourhood like a loony toon. We first bought here in 98 and I so miss it. My father was an a$$ yesterday and when I said "wow Dad your deck is twice the size of my condo" - He said, "you don't have a condo". Said it twice. Not once - twice. I was very close to actually bringing up the reason why I had to sell my condo - ie. facing past - the glorious past - and he knows this. He knows why. He's a sweet man but sometimes really. So you know what I did today. I lied. I didn't get a call for work and I said I did so I wouldn't lose it. I lied. I feel like crap for doing it but looking after myself.

That's a minor lie. A lie for sanity. Don't sweat it.

And then I went to pick up my summer forms for summer school and my inclusion form for work (supply list) for next year. And guess flippin' what - they decided to put the summer form deadline up two weeks and I've missed it. I've missed it. It was Friday. It has been the same friggin' date for seven years. Yep, that's my day. I haven't even taken that in.

I don't understand this, as I don't follow Canadian education. Does this affect you? Are you going to be in trouble? Or just a random "losing your grip on reality" moment?

We've missed three properties because we haven't been quick enough. Downtown hot market. One last weekend.

Okay - enough of my venting. Just a bad day all around. Gorgeous weather though. Should hit eighty.

And I booked WDW for my birthday. May 30.

Love to all of you. I so have to catch up.

You are going to WDW in a couple weeks?!?!?!Are you flying? Details woman!

 

[Dizneydawn]

LisaV - I am a self flogger too at many things. Good you booked a trip! Now maybe you can stop looking back and start having something to look forward too!

Nancy - You are soo right about figuring it out after. I kept looking at the thing going..."What is missing here?"

Now i am going to get plants and garden things. It is going to be 90 here today with a wind advisory to cut the heat a bit. Saturday it was 45. Love living in the Test Track temperature testing thing a ma bob.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

I cleaned out my clothes last night. I got rid of my skinny clothes.
I know right!!! But I figured if I was losing this weight, I was buying new clothes. And I was out of room. Completely.

I'm going to join my moms yard sale in June. I hate yard sales, normally.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

It is going to be 90 here today with a wind advisory to cut the heat a bit. Saturday it was 45. Love living in the Test Track temperature testing thing a ma bob.

That's it exactly! We had a frost yesterday morning - today 80*.



Wish me luck folks. This directionally challenged Amish girl is headed to the big city of Springfield. Bridge I normally take to get where I'm headed is closed due to construction-induced water main break. OY. Good thing hubby is used to me and my "can't find her way out of a paper bag" sense of direction - he'll be on standby with mapquest in case I take a wrong turn. Or two.

 

[lisaviolet]

Gonna get kicked off the computer now.

Lyz- these are my work forms. Teaching. I get my own ESL class most summers. I will not be getting work because I missed the date, a new special change the friggin' date and I'm too up into finding a home to notice date, to send in my forms. It's all seniority on who gets what class. I'm so screwed. Oh yeah that will be bleeped.