July 18 2009 Tortola - Part 2!

[cinderella97]

so sorry to hear of the secretary

 

[jlawall]

Last one!!!

Feeling a little chatty this morning, Monica.......

Congrats!!

 

[mickeymo]

Wow, I'm rather disappointed, sad and a feeling a bit guilty that I took that one by myself. I though for sure someone would sneak in, as always...

OK - Captain Solo...

 

[mickeymo]

Prayers and PD and everything else for the secretary's family and the school. There has been a lot of sadness in our DIS families' lives the past few weeks.

 

[jlawall]

Updated Pirate list: 100 Mrs. G "Captain Fluffy"200 Mrs. G "Captain Fluffy X2" 300 AdventureBlondeBoy "Blonde Pirate"
400 Kanga "Captain Jingles" 500 Mickeymo "Captain Cubbies"600 jlawall "Captain Lucky" 700 jlawall "Captain Jet-lagged Lucky! "800 lwilliams "Captain Dizzy" 900 3princessmommy "Captain Ouaga"1000 ramule "Captain Beast" 1100 ramule "Captain Booey"
1200 3princessmommy "Captain Helllllllllllooooooooooo" 1300 teriyaki "Captain Singing Scallywag"
1400 jlawall Captain "Oops".....did I get another pirate??? 1500 mickeymo "Captain Perezosa"1600 jfis1020 "Captain Hoosier"
1700 jfis1020 "Captain Hilljack!"1800 ramule "Captain Blondie!" 1900 jlawall "Pirate Procrastinator!"2000 3princessmommy "Captain Steamy"
2100 jlawall "Captain Frozen!"2200 jfis1020 "Captain 46th" 2300 jfis1020 "Captain Fluffy #2"2400 jlawall "Captain Lucky lives on"
2500 jlawall "Captain Sorry!"2600 mickeymo "Captain Quickey?" 2700 noahsmom "Captain Kelli" (Dirty Bess Flint)
2800 lwilliams "Captain Goes to Bed Way Too Early"2900 tinkerbell_29 "Captain Lissa?"3000 ramule "Captain Ramule" gets a major!3100 jfis1020 "Captain Oops! #2"........ 3200 bigAWL "Captain PP I mean.....Captain Pirate Parade"3300 gonecrusin "Captain Tide" 3400 noahsmom "Captain Gabby" 3500 mickeymo 3600 3princessmommy "Captain Hoppy" 3700 noahsmom "Captain Grumpy"

2nd thread
100 mickeymo "Captain Daguerre"
200 ramule "Captain Cincinnati Redlegs"
300 gonecrusin "Captain OOPS #3?"
400 gonecrusin "Captain SomeLikeItHot"
500 mickeymo "Pirate Muggy"
600 ramule "Captain Fantabulous"
700 mickeymo "Captain Mom"
800 jlawall "Captain Lucky strikes again!"
900 jlawall "Captain It's Almost Summer"
1000 3princessmommy "Pirate Earlybird"
1100 3princessmommy "Captain Short Week"
1200 ramule "Captain Cruise"
1300 bigAWL "Captain Sneaky"
1400 bigAWL "Captain Upgrade"
1500 Texascruiser "Captain Schools Out"
1600 ramule "Captain Kidd"
1700 fatphil "Captain Johnny"
1800 mickeymo "Captain Solo"

Let's do a count.....
teriyaki; kanga; AdventureBlondeBoy; tinkerbell_29; texascruiser; fatphil..........1
Mrs. G; lwilliams..........2
noahsmom; gonecrusin; bigAWL............3
jfis1020.......5
3princessmommy.........6
mickeymo; ramule............8
jlawall.............9

 

[mickeymo]

Feeling a little chatty this morning, Monica.......

Congrats!!

Now you come out to play!!! I feel like a little kid peering through the fence begging for the kids to be allowed to come out and play....

 

[jlawall]

Now you come out to play!!! I feel like a little kid peering through the fence begging for the kids to be allowed to come out and play....

You know, I was hovering but doing something else, so I decided to just check and you had just got it! I guess I'm a little psychic, but "too little too late!" I thought the other Joanne was also around!

 

[cinderella97]

I tried mickeymo! I was flipping pancakes! congratulations!!

 

[jlawall]

Does anyone know if there's a decent - kid-friendly beach within a reasonable distance to the dock in Tortola. It doesn't have to be walking distance, but shouldn't be on the other side of the island. We have a mid-day 2 hour excursion (really screws up our day!) But I promised the girls, so I can't back out on it. Seems like such a waste to go all the way to Tortola and not see any beach.

Thanks!

The main one that I've heard of is Cane Garden Bay.......maybe someone else knows how far away it is.......I was there once and was told it's where Jimmy Buffit wrote "Margaritaville"......anyone else hear that?

 

[lwilliam]

Now you come out to play!!! I feel like a little kid peering through the fence begging for the kids to be allowed to come out and play....

Congrats to Monica!

JoAnn #1: this tragedy hit me hard - didn't know your secretary, but as you know, I've been a secretary forever and older than she was.....
Yes, our DISers have had alot of sadness lately, and that is why this cruise can't come too soon

Monica: we also celebrated the report card...never thought Tyler would make the honor roll this quarter (laziness set in big time at the end of the year)...but he made it (by the skin of his teeth - but I'll take it)

so sorry to hear of all of you still in school

I'm SICK OF RAIN.....every day....I might as well be living in Florida, at least the rain only lasts about an hour....we've had rain every single day since I can remember....Tyler hasn't got alot of hours this summer at his summer job - at the pool.

 

[jlawall]

so sorry to hear of the secretary

Prayers and PD and everything else for the secretary's family and the school. There has been a lot of sadness in our DIS families' lives the past few weeks.

Thanks everyone, I just found out late last night when I opened my work email........we had just collected money from our staff to buy her a laptop computer so she could communicate with her girls while she was getting treatments ........it would have been quite an ordeal.......count your blessings today.......

 

[3princessMommy]

I know there's lurkers circling - Joanne????!!!! I just know I"m going to do all this work getting close and it's going to be snatched out from under me...

Good Grief!!! I was off looking at Tortola beaches! You guys just took off!

 

[mickeymo]

I tried mickeymo! I was flipping pancakes! congratulations!!

Yum, pancakes!!! They are a Dad specialty in this house. I'm not a traditional breakfast fan. I'm more of a heat up leftover pizza for breakfast kind of gal... So, consequently, the kids have learned to fend for themselves when it comes to breakfast. DD has learned how to make omelets from a friend, so she loves to fix those.

 

[jlawall]

Congrats to Monica!

JoAnn #1: this tragedy hit me hard - didn't know your secretary, but as you know, I've been a secretary forever and older than she was.....
Yes, our DISers have had alot of sadness lately, and that is why this cruise can't come too soon

Monica: we also celebrated the report card...never thought Tyler would make the honor roll this quarter (laziness set in big time at the end of the year)...but he made it (by the skin of his teeth - but I'll take it)

so sorry to hear of all of you still in school

I'm SICK OF RAIN.....every day....I might as well be living in Florida, at least the rain only lasts about an hour....we've had rain every single day since I can remember....Tyler hasn't got alot of hours this summer at his summer job - at the pool.

Thanks Lucy.........actually Florida right now is much more rainy than normal and TrayTray has had very little beach time........at least it's not hot yet (for those of us who are working w/o any air conditioning)

 

[jlawall]

Good Grief!!! I was off looking at Tortola beaches! You guys just took off!

It was mostly Monica.

 

[mickeymo]

I'm SICK OF RAIN.....every day....I might as well be living in Florida, at least the rain only lasts about an hour....we've had rain every single day since I can remember....Tyler hasn't got alot of hours this summer at his summer job - at the pool.

I'm assuming a lifeguard? I certify YMCA lifeguards! Although, I'm also the person who strikes fear in the lifeguards and Program Directors' hearts when I walk in the door. I conduct unannounced safety audits for the Houston Association of YMCAs. I wish I had the same influence over our neighborhood pool...

 

[3princessMommy]

kids got their report cards on Thursday, there was much rejoicing, after all my worry over Algebra, ds pulled out a B!!!

Okay - so all you teachers out there are going to have to help me to understand this whole report card thing. My daughter's report card says absolutely nothing:

Language arts - 3 (out of 4 - has been a 3 all year) - no comments
Math - 3 (same as above)
Social Studies - 3 (same as above)
Science - 3 (same as above)

Very nice comments from her French, Music, and PE teachers though - but no grades.

I mean, I understand that she's just in 1st grade (oops, correction - now 2nd grade), but isn't there supposed to be some improvement or commentary?

There's one line that says she should start reading chapter books this summer to prepare for 2nd grade and that she's ready for 2nd grade.

I'll be the first to admit to being the nerdy kid in school who always worked to get 110% by answering all the bonus questions too - so how do you get a 4? And why is there no comment on reading and math, but comments in PE and Music? And what does a 3 mean anyway - is it a C? I guess I need a little context.

 

[3princessMommy]

I feel like I'm at home - talking and no one is listening

You too????

 

[mickeymo]

Good Grief!!! I was off looking at Tortola beaches! You guys just took off!

It was mostly Monica.

Priorities, Priorities

I planned to jump over to Cruise Critic and check out Tortola Beaches and our upcoming RCCL Feb 2010 cruise thread after the pirate....

 

[3princessMommy]

Don't know about the Tortola beaches- I'd be interested too - my brother and his wife are just playing the ports by ear so, I'm feeding them (hopefully) useful information when I can find it.

I wonder if Cruise Critic has more information?

Well - from what I was able to find online - Brewers Bay and Cane Garden sound the best for families.

Brewers Bay if you like fewer people and snorkeling - but treacherous up & down hill road to get there. But only about 15 minutes from Road Town.

Cane Garden if you don't mind crowds and want to do more than just soak up the sun and swim. Slightly farther, but easier to get to.

So, I don't know what we'll end up doing. Wish there was an option for an earlier dolphin excursion...