July 18 Tortola cruise part 3

[starwood]

I'm not sure that will work.... but good idea....

I love the dress! She'll look great in it.

 

[BomaJack]

I feel your pain - I am waiting on the TV repairman today. 3 weeks ago we had them come out ($100). I told them what it was doing and showed a picture on my cellphone. They wanted to take the TV - they never even opened it up. I told them they weren't taking the TV and they could get the parts. I thought they were there to fix it because I told them on the phone what it was doing. They said they would have the parts by Mon or Tues next week. Wed I called them and they said oh no they are still "researching" the parts and it will take 5-7 business days from when they order them. They are finally coming today and the total cost will be about $500. Never again. The next time I will just replace the TV. The TV is only about 3 years old so I didn't want to get rid of it.

I hate this throw away society mentality.

My problem with repairing televisions is that when something goes, it has a tendency to *keep* going. Last year I spent two hundred bucks on repairing a television, only to have it go again with another problem a few weeks ago. Another couple of hundred dollars and I could've had the same size television in an HD model. As painful as it is, sometimes it's just simply better to replace them than it is to fix them. Repairmen are typically a ripoff.

 

[BomaJack]

I took a couple days off..........I had 45 pages to read!!!!

I am leading the "Get BomaJack a pirate" crusade!! I'd hate for the guy to show up without one!

"I, Jenny, promise to not participate in any future pirate races until Greg gets a pirate!"

Here's to you buddy!!!

No, no! I have to EARN it! If I don't earn a pirate, it won't feel right! I'll get it eventually...

But it's awfully nice of you to offer!

 

[3princessMommy]

So DD2 decided that 5:30am was a good wake-up time this morning. That of course woke up DD7. DH got up early yesterday, so my turn this morning! Ugh! Wish I drank coffee...

I finished the door magnets last night. They all turned out except one. It was a Nemo design that I thought was really cute. Since I didn't have any more magnet paper, I redid it on regular paper and cut out the original one to make a magnet frame. We'll see. DD2 is REALLY into Nemo all of the sudden. Every time I turn around she's asking "Nemo? Dori?" You should have seen her at the aquarium at SeaWorld, running from glass to glass pointing, "Look! Dori!" Unfortunately, they didn't have any clown fish.

So I popped in the DVD for the 100th time this week and she's lounging in front of the TV waiting for the sun to come up. I decided to jump on the DIS and see if I could catch the early morning pirate run.

The computer is in DD2 bedroom here, so all these late night and naptime runs are hard for me.

Pixie dust for BomaJack and Jamie!

I've been trying to convince my DM that I'm not crazy. Not sure I'll win that one... But yesterday when I was frantically trying to recreate all our door magnets, I posted a request on the door magnet board. I could find ones for everyone except DD7 and me. Within an hour, someone posted two Mickey heads - a princess and a minnie - for us with our names. Now everyone in the family has their own special one created just for them. I was sooooo touched! I told my Mom, "See? These are really nice people and I'm not weird to want to prepare and have fun with this cruise. There are lots of other folks just like me!!!!!"

 

[BomaJack]

Yes, that's the one. My DD seems to be in a board game mode lately. So every night we have been playing a stack of games together. When my DD wants a mother-daughter day, this is her idea of what we should do. No spa day yet for her.

It's one of the few games that both my girls can play without any age problems and still have fun.

There's an old Cranium game from Starbucks called Bingo Bunch that I got on clearance a long time ago, and is a sort of Bingo style game with dice. You deal out a bunch of cards with different mixed up people and make a Bingo-style grid with them. After that, you roll the dice with the mixed up people's bodies and heads on them and flip over a card that has that combination. The first person who makes a straight line ala Bingo (or corners, or whatever you want to do to mix it up) wins! It's a brilliantly simple game that you can add or subtract cards to and from to make it as long as you want it to be. We took it on our last Disney cruise because it was so small, and spent a ton of free time playing it.

Other than that, though, I'm a Monopoly fan through and through.

 

[3princessMommy]

Okay - so today is laundry and packing day. We are trying to pack so that we only need to open one suitcase (maybe two) while we are at WDW.

I also need to go see the dr. Two weeks ago when we got here my ear didn't clear properly and it's been stuffy ever since. It would hurt a little and then go away, then come back. Well, this morning it hurts! I am not getting on a plane tomorrow with a hurting ear. So guess I'll just drag myself down to the Urgent care and make sure there's not some infection lurking in there just waiting to flare up the day I get on the ship!

Just about finished with all the FE. Gotta put the finishing touches on the last handmade item. I got 30 of them done! Hope you like them! (Don't worry - very small and lightweight - you could fit them in a book actually...) Of course, I can't completely finish the bags until the ship because DH shipped one of the components. Individually, this are very small - but collectively they weighed a ton - so DH insisted they get mailed to ship. So I'll have to wait to finalize everything until we get onboard.

Yippeee! Tomorrow we'll be at WDW!!!!

 

[SC Minnie]

Did a 'dry run' for packing yesterday and found out that not everything is going to fit in the large suitcase and garmet bag. Looks like we will have to have DD move up to the medium size suitcase. I was hoping we wouldn't need too.

 

[MickeyMo'sBo]

I've been trying to convince my DM that I'm not crazy. Not sure I'll win that one... But yesterday when I was frantically trying to recreate all our door magnets, I posted a request on the door magnet board. I could find ones for everyone except DD7 and me. Within an hour, someone posted two Mickey heads - a princess and a minnie - for us with our names. Now everyone in the family has their own special one created just for them. I was sooooo touched! I told my Mom, "See? These are really nice people and I'm not weird to want to prepare and have fun with this cruise. There are lots of other folks just like me!!!!!"

We laugh about that we. We are very strict and tell the kids they should never talk to anyone on the internet much less actually make plans to meet anyone they would have talked to. Yet here we are doing it ourselvesw!!

 

[MarcyIn Florida]

Yes, that's the one. My DD seems to be in a board game mode lately. So every night we have been playing a stack of games together. When my DD wants a mother-daughter day, this is her idea of what we should do. No spa day yet for her.

Well, it's a great testament to your relationship with your daughter that she's 14 and wants to play board games with you instead of hiding in her room and text messaging!

If Abbie (she's 6) had her way, she would spend the entire cruise in the cabin playing board games. And ordering Mickey Bars. :

Did a 'dry run' for packing yesterday and found out that not everything is going to fit in the large suitcase and garmet bag. Looks like we will have to have DD move up to the medium size suitcase. I was hoping we wouldn't need too.

Were you really going to bring 2 bags for three people? I'm afraid to see how many bags we end up with this time.

 

[MarcyIn Florida]

We laugh about that we. We are very strict and tell the kids they should never talk to anyone on the internet much less actually make plans to meet anyone they would have talked to. Yet here we are doing it ourselvesw!!

LOL!

I can see the reverse discussion now:

But mom, she said she was going to give me presents.
What kind of presents?
Presents in my fish extender.
Your fish whaaat?
And we posted our pictures so we'd be able to recognize each other when we met.
Did you provide any other information?
Well, my name. And my hometown. And my cabin number. Oh, and I told her I'd be wearing a special shirt on the first day we met.

 

[cinderella97]

We laugh about that we. We are very strict and tell the kids they should never talk to anyone on the internet much less actually make plans to meet anyone they would have talked to. Yet here we are doing it ourselvesw!!

I tell dd that ALL the time! here we are breaking are own rules! But I can't wait. It seems like I know all you anyways!

Joanne- good luck at the dr today. I hope it gets cleared up before you get on the plane.

SCminnie- I feel your pain. for the 3 of us we are checking a garment bag, medium suitcase, a Carry on suitcase. then the 3 of us each are having a rollng carry on suitcase. Not enough room at all!

 

[3princessMommy]

If Abbie (she's 6) had her way, she would spend the entire cruise in the cabin playing board games. And ordering Mickey Bars. :

Have you ever played Sleeping Queens???

Our daughters love this game. It's a small card game (I think you can get it on Amazon). But it's fun for older kids (aka parents), educational (there's simple math involved), but entertaining for both our 5 and 7 year-old girls. Since they love princesses, DH thought he'd give it a try. Well worth the $10 price tag!

 

[luv2boys]

My fish extenders are done!!! Hope everyone enjoys!!!

 

[SC Minnie]

Were you really going to bring 2 bags for three people? I'm afraid to see how many bags we end up with this time.

DD has a small bag and was trying to get DH and I into the large one and a garment bag. Could still probably make everything fit but wouldn't have room for the FE gifts.

 

[♥sassy♥tink♥]

Originally Posted by 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 thread100 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"1900 ramule "captain rockin' bar d"2000 gonecruisin "captain earlybird"
2100 scminnie "captain g.r.i.t.s."2200 ramule "captain tot"2300 disnutz "captain fish extender"2400 tia "captain sunny"
2500 noahsmom "captain strawberry"2600 jlawall "captain no car"2700 jfis "captain blast" (i named her) you can change it of course!
2800 jlawall "captain baby's comin' home!"2900 marcyin florida "captain yenta"3000 sassytink "captain maybe?"
3100 dizzyworld "captain firecracker" (sorry!)3200 sc minnie "captain panic"3300 mickymo "captain tooearly"
3400 pyrdum "captain newbie"3500 sc minnie "captain 10 days!"3600 starwood "captain are we there yet?
"3700 Georgia Jamie "captain shocked!"
3rd thread
100 jlawall "Captain Fiasco!"
200 sc duckman "Captain Finally!"
300 pyrdum "Captain See Ya Real Soon!"
400 disneygirl "Captain I'm on my DD's name?"
500 luv2boys "Captain I Finally Got One"

let's do a count.....
Teriyaki; kanga; adventureblondeboy; tinkerbell_29; texascruiser; fatphil; disnutz; tia; marcyin florida; sassytink; Dizzyworld; starwood; Georgia Jamie; sc duckman; disneygir; luv2boys..........1
mrs. G; lwilliams; pyrdum..........2
bigawl; sc minnie............3
gonecruisin; noahsmom..........4
jfis1020; 3princessmommy.........6
mickeymo............9
ramule.............10
jlawall.............12


updated............5 More days..........

Number 400 - disneygirl - is really ♥sassy♥tink♥ and it should be "captain I'm going on a DC this week" (I was signed in as my daughter by mistake!!)

 

[BomaJack]

Only 64 more posts to go...

I can't believe it's almost cruise time!

 

[SC Minnie]

Number 400 - disneygirl - is really ♥sassy♥tink♥ and it should be "captain I'm going on a DC this week" (I was signed in as my daughter by mistake!!)

Have to make sure you get the proper credit (or pirate)!!!!!


3 more work days then so we can then

 

[mickeymo]

We laugh about that we. We are very strict and tell the kids they should never talk to anyone on the internet much less actually make plans to meet anyone they would have talked to. Yet here we are doing it ourselvesw!!

See, DH does exist He's moved out of lurking status - we must be getting close to sail away!

Either that or he's bored at work...

 

[MickeyMo'sBo]

DD has a small bag and was trying to get DH and I into the large one and a garment bag. Could still probably make everything fit but wouldn't have room for the FE gifts.

We ended up one more suitcase than we hoped even after we have cut down on what we are bringing! It is SOOOOOOOO much easier when we cruise out of Galveston! Just 2 of us and no airplanes to worry about!

 

[MickeyMo'sBo]

See, DH does exist He's moved out of lurking status - we must be getting close to sail away!

Either that or he's bored at work...

Counting the hours at work -- GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!