May 10, 2008 New Ship Of Thieves...May 2008 Repo Thread...Part 3

[gydell]

Caught up for about 30 more minutes then I'm leaving for awhile to come back to pages to catch back up on.

 

[JLSE50]

I am on page 17 of this thread and have over 100 pages of the first NEW SHIP OF THIEVES thread to read plus probably 20o pages of the original thread which is lost.

BUT

I got this as an e-mail yesterday and wanted to share. Author unknown.

Old Age, I decided, is a gift.

I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize over those things for long.

I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.

I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon?

I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60 & 70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will.

I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your he art not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken
is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have d ied before their hair could turn silver.

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shal l eat dessert every single day. (If I feel like it)


Jan

 

[scottishwee35]

Are most people buying the Cafepress designs? We aren't into wearing logo clothing really but would buy and wear for a particular occasion/group event etc. Are we planning on wearing them at the terminal, or wearing lime green(if we want to that is)?

Are you wearing the green tee shirt on terminal? I don't know yet whether to have white tee shirt with scottish flag on it or not?

That's 2 mornings in a row the DCL site has had problems and couldn't access my reservation. I sure hope I can on Sunday morning. Do you think they wait until after folk have been on and booked their reservations before doing any work on the site?

try to be calm

HOLY COW, that's a lot of snow! Yikes!

But same here.....we don't usually get more than about 3 inches at a time, maybe 6 is max, so what we've been dumped with this winter is very unusual for us. 2 snow days for Tyler last week, 1 today, we usually get about 2 snow days all winter. Crazy stuff!

Stupid weather

Lisa I see you made your decision to keep your Cat 9s. Good job! Tough decision!

Off to work, catch you all this evening! Hopefully I'll have word on the job I applied for.

finger cross for you

It's another dark and dreary day today here.

I'm anxiously waiting for Sat so that I can book ressies. First Palo brunch and tea, then excursions, then spas. John is doing the hot stone massage again. I can't do massages because they hurt not feel good. So I'm thinking about trying the reflexology. I have to book that on board, can't do it in advance online.

I'm ready and waiting.

want to know what time ? 12.00 midnight for you is that right?

OK, the bad news is.....I gained back 7 lbs and holding since quitting smoking. The good news is that I don't need new clothes and can use my already packed suitcase. The bad news is I can't wear my two new dresses and have to wear my old ones again. The good news is I still have more time to see if it stays the same or changes. I'm still on the diet so who knows if I'll start losing again or not. Can you tell that this weight thing has got me very confused.

I can't believe how easily the weight came off before quitting smoking and how I gained and am staying there since quitting. Smoking really does change your metabolism.

Deb

You are done it very well - giving up the smoking is hard decision

as dont worry about weight, you will lost weight later.

Today I had my leg wax done as my children are on school holiday start tom for a week

I promise to take them to swimming next week.

I cannot believe 30 pages behind so will looking at it now.

Scottishwee35

 

[EllaEnchanted]

What a pain the weight issue is for you Deb. It is amazing how stopping smoking does that. I believe in young girls there are some who smoke just to keep their weight off.

I am sure it will kick start soon, but it must be hard not giving in to either smoking or eating the wrong things. Just try and keep going.

It's extremely frustrating.....it makes you just want to eat chocolate and pizza everyday.

Is the doctor you are seeing on Monday a specialist for your leg issue, or can you chat to him about this problem and see if there is any help?

Dr. Beckett is a wound care specialist. I have to see my GP to talk about the weight issue. There's really nothing I can take for it anyway. I was doing fenfen drugs with the doctor when it was legal and I lost a LOT of weight. Then the doctor stopped giving me the script when they took it off the market. Since then there is nothing else that works as well. I was upset when they took it off the market because of people abusing it. I was under the care of my doctor, I went to see him every two weeks to be checked and monitored. I had no problems with it. Oh well. We'll just have to wait it out and continue with the diet and see when the weight starts coming off again. It is very frustrating to diet and not see any results, in fact to start gaining weight. Not fun! Especially when I was losing so much doing the same exact thing.

 

[scottishwee35]

Oh I forgot ask that I was looking through the Cabo and I like the hoel called Nikki Beach Club?

My husband disagree with it and he think it is too expensive for the day for our family.

He think better not booking anything until we arrive Cabo and maybe go to beach?

Anyway can give me advise about Cabo - what the best thing to do.

Scottishwee35

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Caught up for about 30 more minutes then I'm leaving for awhile to come back to pages to catch back up on.

Yea, since we've added more people, this thread is a minimum of 10-20 pages everytime you log back on after being off. It's great because you get to read more, but hard to post because you never catch up.

 

[scottishwee35]

I am on page 17 of this thread and have over 100 pages of the first NEW SHIP OF THIEVES thread to read plus probably 20o pages of the original thread which is lost.

BUT

I got this as an e-mail yesterday and wanted to share. Author unknown.

Old Age, I decided, is a gift.

I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize over those things for long.

I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.

I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon?

I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60 & 70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will.

I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your he art not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken
is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have d ied before their hair could turn silver.

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shal l eat dessert every single day. (If I feel like it)


Jan

Hi Jan

Hear hear mmm i see your point of view

As I am overweight and struggle with diet too I want to lost weight for this cruise. But I try my best.

Scottishwee35

 

[granmaz]

I am on page 17 of this thread and have over 100 pages of the first NEW SHIP OF THIEVES thread to read plus probably 20o pages of the original thread which is lost.

BUT

I got this as an e-mail yesterday and wanted to share. Author unknown.

Old Age, I decided, is a gift.

I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize over those things for long.

I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.

I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon?

I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60 & 70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will.

I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your he art not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken
is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have d ied before their hair could turn silver.

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shal l eat dessert every single day. (If I feel like it)


Jan

Thanks for sharing this Jan!!!! Just to let you know, I am eating some gummy 'Wobbly Worms' at the moment!!!

 

[gydell]

I'm suppose to fly to Melbourne tomorrow but I'm thinking of canceling. My best friend lives there. Her dh died a couple of years ago and everything seemed to be going as it should until about 6 months ago. I just don't understand her decisions lately. I know I have to stay with it until she comes to her senses again but I've had this trip planned and checked to make sure that she had no other plans. Her friend and husband have moved in with her and her brother decided to come visit(been there a month). She lives in a 2 bdr home. no fold out couch. Last night she informs me that some friends invited her to come to the Keys this week-end(she was there last week-end) and she said yes. So when she gets off work at 5:30 tomorrow she wants us all to cram in a small car and drive the 5+ hours to thier house. We have to be back Sunday. So I will be spending the week-end with 5 people I have never met. My friend and I are the only ones that don't smoke and I am allergic to smoke. I'm just thinking of the ride to the Keys that I don't want to do anyway. I feel the flu coming on! Ok I've b...... enough.

 

[granmaz]

Deborah as far as Cabo goes I can't help you as I am not a beach person. we're going to do the harbour cruise and scenic drive, but i think that would be boring foe your age children. I am sure they would love a beach though after all that time on the ship.

 

[granmaz]

I'm suppose to fly to Melbourne tomorrow but I'm thinking of canceling. My best friend lives there. Her dh died a couple of years ago and everything seemed to be going as it should until about 6 months ago. I just don't understand her decisions lately. I know I have to stay with it until she comes to her senses again but I've had this trip planned and checked to make sure that she had no other plans. Her friend and husband have moved in with her and her brother decided to come visit(been there a month). She lives in a 2 bdr home. no fold out couch. Last night she informs me that some friends invited her to come to the Keys this week-end(she was there last week-end) and she said yes. So when she gets off work at 5:30 tomorrow she wants us all to cram in a small car and drive the 5+ hours to thier house. We have to be back Sunday. So I will be spending the week-end with 5 people I have never met. My friend and I are the only ones that don't smoke and I am allergic to smoke. I'm just thinking of the ride to the Keys that I don't want to do anyway. I feel the flu coming on! Ok I've b...... enough.

I fear you are going to get flu too!!! I sure would think twice about having my weekend planned in that way.

 

[gydell]

I am on page 17 of this thread and have over 100 pages of the first NEW SHIP OF THIEVES thread to read plus probably 20o pages of the original thread which is lost.

BUT

I got this as an e-mail yesterday and wanted to share. Author unknown.

Old Age, I decided, is a gift.

I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize over those things for long.

I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.

I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon?

I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60 & 70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will.

I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your he art not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken
is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have d ied before their hair could turn silver.

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shal l eat dessert every single day. (If I feel like it)


Jan

Love it!
That's kinda how I feel I'm happy with me and that's what's important!

 

[tigger137]

It is fun to sit in the bar in Palo

I would love to do that again!!!

Can you just turn up and ask to sit at the bar?

I've only been in Palo once (for brunch) and I don't remember where the bar area is. Just remember tables for sitting at and the tables where food was laid out.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Are you wearing the green tee shirt on terminal? I don't know yet whether to have white tee shirt with scottish flag on it or not?



try to be calm



Stupid weather



finger cross for you




want to know what time ? 12.00 midnight for you is that right?


Yes, it's midnight on Sat night. I'm anxiously waiting.


Deb

You are done it very well - giving up the smoking is hard decision

as dont worry about weight, you will lost weight later.

I want to lose it now because 1) I'm dieting and it would be nice to have it work and 2) I want to wear my new dresses onboard the cruise for formal nights.

Today I had my leg wax done as my children are on school holiday start tom for a week

I promise to take them to swimming next week.

I cannot believe 30 pages behind so will looking at it now.

Scottishwee35

 

[gydell]

Can you just turn up and ask to sit at the bar?

I've only been in Palo once (for brunch) and I don't remember where the bar area is. Just remember tables for sitting at and the tables where food was laid out.

Just show up!

 

[gydell]

One more fact to add to my week-end saga - it's a vaction condo so I don't know if they have internet!

 

[granmaz]

One more fact to add to my week-end saga - it's a vaction condo so I don't know if they have internet!

Well that decides it - no way can you go!!!

 

[gydell]

Good Morning Marilyn.....John LOVES the hot stone massage. I wish I could try it, but better not. Don't want to hurt. Reflexology sounds very intriguing and I'm looking forward to doing it for the first time.

Are you all ready to book all your ressies on Sat? Have you made all you final decisions about everything?

I've been ready since the first day the excursions came out and have just been waiting.

I reviewed everything again and decided to keep everything that I initially picked out. We're doing a lot of boating and snorkeling. These are a few of our favorite things. John doesn't like sand, so I can't go to the beach at every port. I don't walk long or far, lower back arthritis.....so anything with a lot of walking is out......I have to sit a lot inbetween. It takes me one or sometimes two stops to get from one end of the boat to the other.

So we're going to stick with boating and snorkeling. I've heard that Cabo is one of the best places to scuba and snorkel anyway. It sounds good to me.

I've got all the info from PJ's calendar noted in my personal calendar so I know what is going on when so I don't conflict with anything while trying to book ressies.

I'm so ready to get this done already.

I"m sticking with my original list too. Want it to be over, almost like to last factor to make the cruise happen.

 

[tigger137]

I want this on a t-shirt!

Seven of Lime.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

I'm suppose to fly to Melbourne tomorrow but I'm thinking of canceling. My best friend lives there. Her dh died a couple of years ago and everything seemed to be going as it should until about 6 months ago. I just don't understand her decisions lately. I know I have to stay with it until she comes to her senses again but I've had this trip planned and checked to make sure that she had no other plans. Her friend and husband have moved in with her and her brother decided to come visit(been there a month). She lives in a 2 bdr home. no fold out couch. Last night she informs me that some friends invited her to come to the Keys this week-end(she was there last week-end) and she said yes. So when she gets off work at 5:30 tomorrow she wants us all to cram in a small car and drive the 5+ hours to thier house. We have to be back Sunday. So I will be spending the week-end with 5 people I have never met. My friend and I are the only ones that don't smoke and I am allergic to smoke. I'm just thinking of the ride to the Keys that I don't want to do anyway. I feel the flu coming on! Ok I've b...... enough.

Oh Gydell, isn't it hard to watch others go thru changes that just are not who you know them to be. All you can do is support and wait it out. As far as you going to see her for the weekend then spending it in the Keys......follow you instinct. Don't go against your better judgment. If you know that you will be miserable, don't do it. Wait until another time and a different opportunity.....it sounds like the flu to me too!