May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves! Stealing the Magic..AGAIN!!! Panama Canal FL to CA!!! Part 2

[been2marceline]

My daughter loves Hannah Montana and was so excited to go to the concert. I told the parents of course but it was a secret for the kids. I told them they were going to Libby Lu for Hannah make overs so in the limo I handed out Hannah purses full of goodies and it seemed normal to them. I did not tell them til we were pulling into the parking lot and they freaked big time. A couple kids were crying and they were all screaming so much! It was magical!

I have to agree that being a kid today is hard. Heck the other day my daughter decided to not wear her jacket even though it was a downpour since someone told her she looked "fat" in it. Now once you meet my daughter you will get the joke. She is so not fat it is funny but it hurt her feelings and she stuffed her coat into her backpack. It is a puffer type jacket I got at the Gap that is down inside, so yes it is puffy. Not fat looking though but the damage is done and it hangs in the closet. Kids laughed and the jacket got banished.

Seems everyone expects them to be all grown up at such a young age. Even their peers. Yes my daughter is more advanced then I was at her age and granted she has a heck of a lot more things then I did but....she is still a little kid. At least I try to keep her a little kid as best I can. Watching her grow up is so bittersweet. I love who she is becoming yet miss the child she was.

I TOTALLY agree!! It's so hard to see her grow up so fast and I so miss that little kid...

I have told my DD Jacinda about your DD Molly. She is excited to meet her! She said doing scouts stuff on the ship will be cool. Maybe one day when the weather is better we can meet up here in the Bay before the cruise and do something with the girls.

Our DD is 12, 13 in February, and the things that girls say and do is so hard on them all, and so uneccesary!

Karen

 

[granmaz]

Hi Granmaz

My friend back now from Cruise in Caribbean with Princess Emerald? They had a good times but very rough sea. She was ill on first day. Also, she was telling me that not good organised with meals. Lots of people complained about it. Anyway, she was telling me today about Aruba that lots of shop there and lots of lovely jewellery, diamond half price from our home. She showed me the silver ring with tiny three diamonds look lovely ring cost 80 pounds.

Anyway, if you want to wear lime tee shirt, I saw my work have it a new tee shirt only 5 pounds. Just a thought to let you know. I think I buy it.

Scottishwee35

That sounds good for Aruba!!!

I saw a nice lime green tee in M&S too(not a £5 one)so it looks like it is going to be one of the 'in' colours for summer.

Is anyone getting a car service/limo from the port??? Does anyone have any info on it?

We still need something from the port to DL and from DL to LAX 3 days later. I'm procrastinating on this one!!!

Pella Windows in the town next to us is closing with 240 people losing their jobs. Tough time for all.

There seem to have been more companies here closing down too. One long established mail order company closed yesterday close by. Very sad, and reminds me of a similar time some years ago. I hope things aren't going to get as bat as it was then.

We need some prayers:

My greatgrandmother died today at the age of 93. My grandmother (the one who was sick) is doing ok but they think it will get alot worse when she is at the funeral. We knew it was coming but it will still be hard on her.

Sorry to hear your news. It is a hard time for your family at the moment.Will be praying.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE.....hope you have a special and easy day filled with magical moments to last forever!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

 

[granmaz]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN

Have a great day.

 

[scottishwee35]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN

Hope you have a lovely day and Hope Deb good to you

Scottishwee35

 

[scottishwee35]

We need some prayers:

My greatgrandmother died today at the age of 93. My grandmother (the one who was sick) is doing ok but they think it will get alot worse when she is at the funeral. We knew it was coming but it will still be hard on her.

I am sad to heard the news of your greatgrandmother. She got a good life for aged.

I lost my grandmother three years ago as she was 94 years old. I miss her terrible.

I am thinking of you.

Scottishwee35

 

[granmaz]

Going soon down to Worcestershire for a weekend in the country with our friends. Be back on Sunday evening, so be good!

 

[scottishwee35]

Going soon down to Worcestershire for a weekend in the country with our friends. Be back on Sunday evening, so be good!

Have a lovely weekend

Hope no more raining!!

Scottishwee35

 

[disneylover5]

do you guys think the wine package is worth it?

I loved the wine package....but it was too much wine. The last night 12 of us went to Palo and we still had 3 bottles on our package and someone else had 2 bottles left, so we all got "free" wine with our Palo dinner.

We hope Jenna enjoyed her birthday last night - she seemed to. Her grandparents were here to help celebrate. They left this morning for The Woodlands to visit my sister. My father seems to get a little worse every time I seem him. Parkinsons is really taking its toll, or at least all the medication is.

Anyway, Jenna didn't believe the Hannah Montana concert tickets were real at first. It took a little convincing to assure her that she had actual tickets to see Miley Cyrus in person (along with Ally and AJ). She started to cry when it really hit her. Then her little sister said "Jenna you get to see Hannah Montana, why are you crying"? Jenna replied, "You are going to be crying too - there's four tickets here and one of them is for you"! Then Kayla started crying and they gave each other a big hug . . . . . . . then they started running around the house screaming as loud as they could. It was quite the sight and made the cost of the tickets well worth it!

Now the hard part - 25 little friends invading the house for the big Hannah Montana birthday party on Saturday. I think we are in trouble!

You will never ever forget this moment. I am jealous. We tried to get tickets in DC and they were going for $1,500 and I just could not justify it.

We need some prayers:

My greatgrandmother died today at the age of 93. My grandmother (the one who was sick) is doing ok but they think it will get alot worse when she is at the funeral. We knew it was coming but it will still be hard on her.

I will pray for your family.

Our DD is 12, 13 in February, and the things that girls say and do is so hard on them all, and so uneccesary!

Karen

Girls are so much worse than boys. So many of my friends have home schooled their girls for this exact reason.

Last year, my 13 year old was one of the mean ones......and she is a straight A student......we used our high school minister to help straighten out the problem and that seems to have worked for the long run....no problems for the last 12 months.

 

[disneylover5]

I won't go into all the details, but I am just worn out. Frank has been moved to another hospital. I just hope he will someday get better.

 

[lillygator]

Happy Birthday John!

Lisa - hope Frank is ok and you too.

 

[gydell]

We need some prayers:

My greatgrandmother died today at the age of 93. My grandmother (the one who was sick) is doing ok but they think it will get alot worse when she is at the funeral. We knew it was coming but it will still be hard on her.

So sorry for your family. Will send lots of prayers your way!

I remember getting off the Magic in Acapulco in 2005, and just outside the secured port area, there were armed police (with automatic rifles) who looked maybe 16 or 17 years old. Scary!

Woody

That was right after the drug war with the police started. We went in April of that year and when we got off the plane there were guards everywhere. We ask why and the told us that the police had made a raid the day before and that that day an officals head had been placed on the steps of the police station. Even our resort was covered in guards with automatic guns. They are still there but not as bad.

I won't go into all the details, but I am just worn out. Frank has been moved to another hospital. I just hope he will someday get better.

Happy birthday John!

 

[HollyTyler]

I like this idea. Deck 7 aft!

DITTO! That would make a great picture!

Good morning/afternoon all! Just a quick hello....have not read any posts beyond the one I just replied to. I didn't get a chance to go find a place with internet last night after my dinner with the girls. So I'll try now and then while I'm at work to catch up.

 

[lbgraves]

They have packages with the 5x8's -- which are usually candids.

In 2005, as the Magic went through the locks, Shutters photographers got off the ship to take photos of passengers waiving from the ship. These were 5x8's.

Woody

Now that they do the borders on so many of the shots, we found that there were fewer 5x8s to choose from. I wonder what they will use those borders on for the repos.

 

[pjpoohbear]

Happy Brithday John! Have A Fab Day!

Pj

 

[HollyTyler]

It was a class, pretty quick. I'm going to try hard to get the 7 years worth of Valentines pictures ready to load it up. It has been m favorite class by far.

VERY cute idea! I love it!

 

[scottishwee35]

VERY cute idea! I love it!

Hello Hollytyler

Glad to hear that you find out about Tyler's problem.

I still about stepmum.

Scottishwee35

 

[LisaG520]

Happy Birthday John!!!



Have a great day everyone!!

 

[pahrumpgirl]

I want to thank everyone for their good wishes. They really helped to start getting me excited for this trip again.

Could someone please email the username and password for the web site where all the info is? I have forgotten it and don't seem to have written it down anywhere.

I know this is old news but before I got off the boards there was a MAC debate going on. I just wanted to let the MAC users know that there are now two new converted PC users. My DH now has an IMAC and a MAC Book and I have a MAC Book Pro. We love them and at least mine will be coming on the cruise with us since I will be Blogging the trip for my friends.

I have noticed that everyone is discussing excursions. I just found them the other day and need to study them a little closer. I would love to maybe try a zip line adventure but not sure which one. Also, I am looking at maybe doing a Dolphin encounter. Is anyone putting together a list of who is doing which tours? We will be able to make reservations soon.

Does anyone know the exact 90 day out date? Do they count the day we leave or not? Is it the 9th or 10th of February?

Hugs and to all those that need it. Hopefully it will help you like it is helping me.

Carol

 

[HollyTyler]

Ironic isn't it....the fix would be to lose more than you want to then you could eat your way to your ideal weight.

Hey, now that would be a neat trick!