May 10, 2008 New Ship Of Thieves...May 2008 Repo Thread...Part 5

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Hey Ian,

What part of Chicago do you live in? I have a brother who lives in Medinah. He is a Captain for American Airlines. I have been to Chicago many times.

Carol
 
Hey Ian,

What part of Chicago do you live in? I have a brother who lives in Medinah. He is a Captain for American Airlines. I have been to Chicago many times.

Carol

Carol,

Medina is about 28 miles west of me.

I live in the city on the north side. It's great, a Brown Line El station is literally 1.5 blocks from my house. I have a movie theatre .5 blocks from my house, and about 30 restaurants in a 3 block radius.

I take public transportation to work. I sort of wish I had an iPhone so I could cruise the web during my ride.
 
It squirts out just like whipped cream would. BATTER BLASTER It is super easy to use and no mess to clean up. Just heat the pan up and you are ready to go. Kids really like it and it makes mornings easier for me. Hey anything that means we can eat more pan cakes is a great thing! Two thumbs way up from me! :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: The ad on their website is a hoot. De ja vous from my childhood on the B&W part. Very clever product! I hope the inventor is celebrating on a DCL Cruise. :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Jan :earsgirl:
 
Anybody watching Extreme Home Makeover? Patrick Henry, the boy that somebody posted a YouTube link about, the one that is blind and plays the piano and trumpet, is who they are making a home for.

Carol

Is the home makeover something we can view on-line somewhere? That house is something I would like to see.

Jan :earsgirl:
 
It's a week since I sent an email to Tom McAlpin and I haven't heard anything, not even a mass produced reply. Should I just leave it, send it again or another one?

To be honest I did expect some kind of response. It was not a ranting email at all.
 
There are some things in some little gift shops hiding along the sides. Expensive compared to sidewalk vendors in Mexico perhaps, but a fair selection that can be tried on.

I just read your post in Thread 4 about wishing you could have been more patient with your Mom.

I am sure you were wonderful. At any given time we can only do the best we can do.

Now, when you are more rested, you have the leisure to think of all the things you wish you had said and done, but at the time you did the VERY BEST that you could. I am sure of it.

Please remind yourself of it and if you need more reminders, PM me and I will tell you over and over and over. Please do not beat yourself up over it now. That only hurts you.


Do I wish I lived closer to my Mom so I could see her before she totally forgets me? Sure, but I cannot do it.

Do I wish I had been more patient when I had her for respite visits? Sure, but the reality of her 24/7 care overwhelmed me more than I wanted to admit to anyone at the time.

I am sad that I wasn't more loving and patient, but I did the best I could. I was so EXHAUSTED. I have to remind myself of that daily as she slips further and further away all while living 700 miles from me in an Alzheimer's care facility with my brother as the primary care contact.

Jan

I am off from work today!
:banana: :cool1: :banana: :cool1: :banana:

It was a very busy weekend. Lots of errands, and lots of work on Mouse Manager. Some corrections and communications to be made.

I was literally on the go from 6:00 AM to 1:00 AM both Saturday and Sunday.

I'm relieved to have today off and am planning on resting

(Well, maybe I might do a little work on updating Mouse Manager WDW restaurant menus).

For the most part, I'm planning on parking my butt and taking it easy.

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On a completely different note...

I was reading posts about people being sad that they could not do more for their aging parents.

I ended up being the primary care giver for my father. It was a very upsetting circumstance. He had first one leg amputated due to geriatric diabetes. So, I moved him to Chicago.

He then had his remaining leg amputated. It was a very hard time for everyone especially him, because nearly the identical thing happened to his father, my grandfather. (And, yes it does worry me too).

I think one does the best one can, and sometimes we need to concede that is all that can be done.

In my case it was rather odd and not what I would have predicted. I would have not been the person to have had this responsibility because my father and I had never had a good or close relationship. It would be polite to say that our relationship was "strained."

It amazed me that I was the only one who stepped up to the responsibility. No one in my family who was "close" to him stepped up. In my mind there was no question about how I felt. It was about what was the right thing to do.

I suppose, though a horrible situation, it worked out for the best. In some ways we mended our relationship. I think in the end, it brought us both peace of mind.

You know, one of the nice things about getting back on the boards is all the support you get here. It helps to have all the things that my doc is telling reinforced here. Thank you all again. :grouphug:

Carol,

Medina is about 28 miles west of me.

I live in the city on the north side. It's great, a Brown Line El station is literally 1.5 blocks from my house. I have a movie theatre .5 blocks from my house, and about 30 restaurants in a 3 block radius.

I take public transportation to work. I sort of wish I had an iPhone so I could cruise the web during my ride.

My DSIL lived downtown before she married my brother and my DN loves to go and visit friends they have that live dt. When we visit and want to go down we usually take the train. Soooo much easier than driving (we have done that too, ugh).

Is the home makeover something we can view on-line somewhere? That house is something I would like to see.

Jan :earsgirl:

Jan, go to ABC.com and you can watch it there. Last night's episode will be on the site today. Have some kleenex ready. The house, as usual, was beautiful, and as I suspected he would, Ty built Patrick Henry his own apartment attached to the main house.

Carol
 
Hi All!! So it's winter up here on the mountain in the Poconos and there's 4 inches of snow on the ground and John's truck lost its brakes. So we can't plow and get ourselves off our mountain.

Our electric went out for half a day this week too. Somehow I lost my eyeglasses during that time......still haven't found them and it has been a few days. I'm wearing an old old pair.

On a good note, I ordered John's Mexican night shirt. For tropical and mexican, we're just wearing themed shirts. For Pirate's night we have the whole costume.

Here's John's authentic Mexican Wedding Shirt:

babymexshirt.jpg


Next I'm going to order the soft sided 9 pack cooler and I think I'm done getting everything I need.




Hey there Deb, I love the shirt. He will look so handsome. I like the color choice. Sorry to hear about your winter weather. So your snowbound at home. Something I wish I could exprience once or twice. (but not every winter):lmao:
 
I have come to the realization that I'm not going to be able to wear my two new dresses for formal nights on this cruise. I'm glad I got them two sizes smaller and that I have them. I'll save them for a future day. It's going to take me longer than the time I have left before this cruise to lose the weight I need to lose. I'm not losing it like I was before I stopped smoking. I've stuck to my diet strictly this week and didn't lose anything. Because I noticed that I have replaced cigarettes with food. I constantly eat cheerios and I'll have two diet snacks a day instead of one and I'll have a fruit and a yogurt instead of one or the other. I'm still dieting strictly, but I'm eating continuously. That will slow down over time, but I'm still new at this not smoking thing....and I need the cheerios and food for now.

I guess I'll be wearing my old dresses to formal nights this cruise. I'll save my new dresses for another cruise and strive to get there at a later time. I'm not going to make it in the next two months.

The upside is that I don't smoke anymore and since I don't have to buy all new clothes in a new size, I'm already packed and ready to go. Just need to get a cab or car service to the airport leaving from home at the start of this trip.

We did our income taxes and we'll use the money that we're getting back to play on this trip. So that really makes us ready to go. Just two more months and three weeks to go.....it will go very quickly.

You are so good at looking on the bright side of things!

You have accomplished so much and have a lot to be proud of.

How are you legs doing this week? Is Angel behaving herself?

Jan :earsgirl:
 
I'm starting to get the packing urge - but we still need our clothes out as the weather will be summer like before be we leave here. Plus we still need our luggage for other work trips in between.

I think I'm going to make a few projects to keep me busy - an autograph book for fellow cruisers and a travel journal as we like to write down what we did each day. Makes trip reports and scrapbooking way easier. I do still need to make our fish extender too. These should make me feel like I'm getting ready to go.

Lisa, I love this idea. Kind of like a high school year book. I'm doing the travel journal this trip. I didn't last cruise and I still kick myself for not doing one. We still need to decorate our FE. I have started packing the stuff I will ship ahead. Oh, I have to call the Hyatt MCO and find out if I can ship a box to them too.
 
I have to say I am really amazed at you doing this with so little complaining on the boards.... you made it seem easy. I know so many who tried and failed many times over yet you seem to have decided it was best for you and stuck with it! :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 I for one do not care about your dresses being new or older. ;)

It's the size of your heart, not your dress that matters! :flower3:

Thank you for saying this. It is a reminder that I needed. Sometimes I let negative self talk get me down. So thank you.:hug: This brought me up today.:flower3:
 
Good morning all:


Kelly I updated all your links on the website, in roll call you have both names. Pj

Thanks, sorry for the hassle.

No Costco card :sad2:

Lisa, I'm going today, drive up and you can come with me!

what is the deal with Lelli Kelli shoes?

What are these?

It's wise to be careful about posting on public boards.Woody

Yep, outside of you guys nobody else needs to know where I am or when my house is empty. I never realized how involved I'd get with these groups when I chose my name. That's why I never post pictures either. I can't let my daughter be seen with so many googlers. We have a lot of groupies - good ones, but you never know.

If we didn't have kids I would be all over that ...how fun. We used to watch eco challenge marathons when we didn't have kids all the time(its from the producer of survivor prior to survivor really cool extreme adventures we like watching the mount everest documentaries too...very cool)

We used to love those and then Mark Burnett got too big to do it anymore. My sister was going to work on one of those.

I haven't see Jane Austen Book Club....think I'll have to rent it soon. Was it good (I read the book). Kelly, love the new ID. :thumbsup2 .

I haven't seen it, but it looks great.

OK, I promised some Harry Potter before bed tonight, so good night!:wave2:

We watched the Order of the Phoenix last night - love Harry.


Who had someone on ebay that they usually buy pins from? I haven't found the one I used yet, it has been almost a year.

I sell a lot of pins on Ebay. And we have a Disney outlet near by where I can get pins for $4. If anyone wants any for trading I'm happy to pick them up.



Nevermind :goodvibes I get how you got your new name...you created a new user name. I thought you had changed it. My goof!
:sad2: :sad2: :sad2:
 
Ok, the truck is still there and my sister is here in Sarasota and taking me back to Polk county this afternoon. You almost need a passport to go back there! Wish me luck that I get a great car and a great deal!
 
Still GTY.:sad2:

Even though I know 30 days will be the magic time, I can't resist checking.

One day, one day.
 
Ok, the truck is still there and my sister is here in Sarasota and taking me back to Polk county this afternoon. You almost need a passport to go back there! Wish me luck that I get a great car and a great deal!


Sure hope you do V.
 
I am off from work today!
:banana: :cool1: :banana: :cool1: :banana:

It was a very busy weekend. Lots of errands, and lots of work on Mouse Manager. Some corrections and communications to be made.

I was literally on the go from 6:00 AM to 1:00 AM both Saturday and Sunday.

I'm relieved to have today off and am planning on resting

(Well, maybe I might do a little work on updating Mouse Manager WDW restaurant menus).

For the most part, I'm planning on parking my butt and taking it easy.

------------------------

On a completely different note...

I was reading posts about people being sad that they could not do more for their aging parents.

I ended up being the primary care giver for my father. It was a very upsetting circumstance. He had first one leg amputated due to geriatric diabetes. So, I moved him to Chicago.

He then had his remaining leg amputated. It was a very hard time for everyone especially him, because nearly the identical thing happened to his father, my grandfather. (And, yes it does worry me too).

I think one does the best one can, and sometimes we need to concede that is all that can be done.

In my case it was rather odd and not what I would have predicted. I would have not been the person to have had this responsibility because my father and I had never had a good or close relationship. It would be polite to say that our relationship was "strained."

It amazed me that I was the only one who stepped up to the responsibility. No one in my family who was "close" to him stepped up. In my mind there was no question about how I felt. It was about what was the right thing to do.

I suppose, though a horrible situation, it worked out for the best. In some ways we mended our relationship. I think in the end, it brought us both peace of mind.

What a blessing you were to him. :hug: I am glad it brought you some healing too.

Jan :earsgirl:
 
Hey Ian,

What part of Chicago do you live in? I have a brother who lives in Medinah. He is a Captain for American Airlines. I have been to Chicago many times.

Carol

Read this fast and thought you said your brother was CAPTAIN AMERICA.

:cool1: WHOO WHOO

Rubbing elbows with greatness!! Captain America's sister is cruising with ME!!







but



A Captain for American Airlines is no small thing either!! I am impressed! I love to fly and am so appreciative of the pilots' abilities!

Jan :earsgirl:
 
:rotfl:
Read this fast and thought you said your brother was CAPTAIN AMERICA.

:cool1: WHOO WHOO

Rubbing elbows with greatness!! Captain America's sister is cruising with ME!!

but

A Captain for American Airlines is no small thing either!! I am impressed! I love to fly and am so appreciative of the pilots' abilities!
Jan :earsgirl:

:rotfl: :lmao: :rotfl2: :rotfl:
 
Read this fast and thought you said your brother was CAPTAIN AMERICA.

:cool1: WHOO WHOO

Rubbing elbows with greatness!! Captain America's sister is cruising with ME!!







but



A Captain for American Airlines is no small thing either!! I am impressed! I love to fly and am so appreciative of the pilots' abilities!

Jan :earsgirl:

No those pilots aren't Captain America's. They just think they are Jedi Wars in the Skies!:lmao: :rotfl: :lmao: :rotfl2:
 
I'm starting to get the packing urge - but we still need our clothes out as the weather will be summer like before be we leave here. Plus we still need our luggage for other work trips in between.

I think I'm going to make a few projects to keep me busy - an autograph book for fellow cruisers and a travel journal as we like to write down what we did each day. Makes trip reports and scrapbooking way easier. I do still need to make our fish extender too. These should make me feel like I'm getting ready to go.


Lisa, those are great ideas....keep cruise busy and soon cruise will be here. Great strategy. It will work and be fun at the same time while you're waiting.
 
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