May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves! Stealing the Magic..AGAIN!!! Panama Canal FL to CA!!! Part 3

[LiserAnn]

OK....I think we all crack each other up. We're all a bunch of cracked eggs.

 

[calmom]

Am I on the RIGHT Thread?????

Is this the WB thread????

What happened to the days of 2 pages a day ????

Anyway, so far so good with dad . . .

Today things looked much better, and he is in good spirits. They gave him two units of blood, and medication to clear and disolve the clots. The doctor said that other than what he came to the hospital for, for an almost 85 year old man, he is in fairly good health. If the clots get resolved and they do not find any other issues, he could come home in a few days.

Well, only 25 or so pages to catch up on - I won't comment unless absolutely necessary.

John,
Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Hope all is well now. Lisa

 

[been2marceline]

I bought shoes today! Dropped DrHug at work then went to the outlet mall. One shirt at Coldwater Creek, one top and shoes at Liz Claiborne, a stop at the kitchen store for a couple of items we needed for the MH and then to Harry and David's for dark chocolate truffles! Then to pick up DrHug to have lunch with him, now back at the MH DISing. My days are good this week!

Harry & David's... mmmmmmm... love it!! Talk about a great high tea!!

Love it!! (Did I say that already...)

Karen

 

[been2marceline]

Did you say your 50th? I would have guessed this was your 40th b-day pic. Looking good.

I totally have to agree!! You look great!

Is that the dogs picture on the cake? Should have been yours!!

Karen

 

[nskjerven]

Exactly!!

I'm a Tri Delt!! Beta Nu 102!! That was so many years ago......I still stay in touch with about 10 of my Sorority Sisters!!

Alpha Xi Delta here......but I would wager I spent more time at the PIKE or ATO house than my own, I even had Monday night class so I wouldn't have to go to chapter. Terrible I know~~!

Delta Gamma here, SJSU....that was a great idea to avoid chapter why didn't I think of that? Are you guys active with your alum groups? We just have a new group started here in the last few years, I've tried to get into it, but many conflicts due to other things....life, kids, girl scouts, boy scouts....maybe later in life. Oh ya, Pike little sis too.

Hi guys,

Well, yesterday I got a call from where my dad goes for physical therapy that he had passed out while there, and they called 911. So I spent a good part of the day and evening at the hospital yesterday. Dad is in good spirits, and is stable, but they have discovered a clot in each leg, low blood count, and fluid on his heart and his lungs (congestive heart failure). He is now in the coronary unit of our local hospital.

I am optimistic that dad will be fine, and that he is under good care.

We are hopeful for a good prognosis, and hopeful to still leave for a week on Friday.

Glad to hear Dad is getting better, you're in my thoughts and prayers.

Noel, sorry to hear of your loss. Please tell DH too.

Life has taken over for me lately and will for the rest of the week, I'll be lurking as I can..ta ta

 

[been2marceline]

Hey everyone,

Do you like all of the stuff that DH added in our signature? After all, this is HIS login!!!

He wants to know how he can get the ship in the ticker? Any advice? John?

We were at a great winemaker dinner tonight at one of our Benicia restaurants. It was with Sausal Winery, one of the oldest wineries with some of the oldest vineyards in the state.

Excellent dinner! Really good pairings!! Very full now, however!!

Karen

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Hey everyone,

Do you like all of the stuff that DH added in our signature? After all, this is HIS login!!!

He wants to know how he can get the ship in the ticker? Any advice? John?

We were at a great winemaker dinner tonight at one of our Benicia restaurants. It was with Sausal Winery, one of the oldest wineries with some of the oldest vineyards in the state.

Excellent dinner! Really good pairings!! Very full now, however!!

Karen

Karen, can you adopt me? Then I could tag along with you to all your winemaker dinners....sounds like the next best place to be if you're not on Mickey's ship. It may be work to you, but it sounds way like pleasure to me.....

I LOVE your new signature....DH did great work!

 

[been2marceline]

Karen, can you adopt me? Then I could tag along with you to all your winemaker dinners....sounds like the next best place to be if you're not on Mickey's ship. It may be work to you, but it sounds way like pleasure to me.....

I LOVE your new signature....DH did great work!

Deb,

Yes, it's a tough job, but someone has to do it!!!

I actually got inspired and updated the signature even more!! I put the DVC properties side by side to save room and added the WDW and DL stuff as well as the upcoming cruises.

I'm not OCD or anything... really... I'm not...

Karen

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Karen, do you plan on doing World before your next cruise. I'm doing a Halloween 4 night and I'll be in World on Nov 1 and 2. If you plan on going there before your cruise and will get there early enough, we should do a miniDISmeet.

I see that you've already done a 4 night. What did you do in Atlantis?

 

[been2marceline]

Karen, do you plan on doing World before your next cruise. I'm doing a Halloween 4 night and I'll be in World on Nov 1 and 2. If you plan on going there before your cruise and will get there early enough, we should do a miniDISmeet.

I see that you've already done a 4 night. What did you do in Atlantis?

Deb,

We are actually planning to do WDW for a week after the cruise. Sorry about the timing!

We did not do anything in Atlantis. It was not that intersting at the time, and they didn't come up with as many cool ways of seeing it until the following year!

Karen

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Deb,

Yes, it's a tough job, but someone has to do it!!!

I actually got inspired and updated the signature even more!! I put the DVC properties side by side to save room and added the WDW and DL stuff as well as the upcoming cruises.

I'm not OCD or anything... really... I'm not...

Karen

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Deb,

We are actually planning to do WDW for a week after the cruise. Sorry about the timing!

We always do it after cruise too! This one we're taking the whole family of seven, so we're cutting it short. It will be the first and last time that we'll probably take everyone. We like going alone or meeting friends. No kids on vacation, we're the kids!

We did not do anything in Atlantis. It was not that intersting at the time, and they didn't come up with as many cool ways of seeing it until the following year!

We've got one room for 4 at the Royal Towers. Hopefully, it will be a suite. TA has to get back to me. I have 3 more people to get access for. I've heard about day passes, but don't know anything about them. If anyone knows, please enlighten me.

Karen

What are you doing on your cruise?

 

[been2marceline]

What are you doing on your cruise?

Deb,

This was in here earlier on the thread, not sure who it was.

Maybe try the search on Atlantis and see if it helps, or ask Noel or PJ, I think they may know something about it!

Karen

 

[been2marceline]

What are you doing on your cruise?

Haven't thought too much about the cruise, probably going to do some "wine tasting"!

We'll look into some excursions too (DH already has done some planning) and hopefully my sister will be coming for the WDW part of the trip afterword!

We are planning to be there for Thanksgiving which is usually our holiday, so the family will just have to do without us!!

Karen

 

[granmaz]

Good morning all.

Thought I should post a picture about my kitty. Her name is bear and she is a lover when it's on her terms. She does the staring at the floor thing too. I always thought she was just a spacey cat. Guess she's not the only one. Also, our pomeranian, Bella. She was supposed to be my 50th birthday present. I really wanted a chihuahua but I got talked out of it. But she has turned out to be my husband's dog. She and I don't really get a long. He spoiles her so rotten that now she has some behaviour issues. My DD who lives with us also has a cat named Simba. I'll save pics and stories about him for another day.

Sorry to be so long winded.

Tina

I love kitties!!! You are not telling me that you are 50!!! You look fab!

DH Grumpy John wants me to post the news that happened at my house today....We have a genuine .50 ctw diamond puppy. While we were having a snuggle fest today, Angel popped up and bit my ear. Afterwards I found that my right earring, a .50 ctw diamond small hoop, was missing. Couldn't find it anywhere....puppy must have swallowed it! We're hoping this too shall pass!

Oops! Rather you than me!

I bought shoes today! Dropped DrHug at work then went to the outlet mall. One shirt at Coldwater Creek, one top and shoes at Liz Claiborne, a stop at the kitchen store for a couple of items we needed for the MH and then to Harry and David's for dark chocolate truffles! Then to pick up DrHug to have lunch with him, now back at the MH DISing. My days are good this week!

Sounds a great day there.

Am I on the RIGHT Thread?????

Is this the WB thread????

What happened to the days of 2 pages a day ????

Anyway, so far so good with dad . . .

Today things looked much better, and he is in good spirits. They gave him two units of blood, and medication to clear and disolve the clots. The doctor said that other than what he came to the hospital for, for an almost 85 year old man, he is in fairly good health. If the clots get resolved and they do not find any other issues, he could come home in a few days.

Well, only 25 or so pages to catch up on - I won't comment unless absolutely necessary.

Glad to hear your dad is improving.

I am on this cruise with you guys but I don't think I am ever going to catfch up with everything that is going on - 400+ days out and already at 681 pages ---- is that some kind of record LOL

I can only imagine the roll call - is every cabin represented? LOL

Hello there!! This is a great bunch of people. It's going to be a fun cruise.

Can I just say that DS9 is scared to death of Figment? He isn't actually scared of him anymore, but when we took him on the ride when he was 5, he absolutely hated it. Here we took him on one of the few Epcot rides that was kid-friendly and he ended up with a Figment phobia for about 2 years.

We ended up on the figment ride by mistake last time and I now have a Figment phobia!!! I almost lost the will to live.

Deb,

We are actually planning to do WDW for a week after the cruise. Sorry about the timing!

We did not do anything in Atlantis. It was not that intersting at the time, and they didn't come up with as many cool ways of seeing it until the following year!

Karen

Remember to stay till the Monday at least!!!

 

[granmaz]

Only me around this morning! Well I guess you are all asleep.

A question for you all.

What are you thinking of doing after the cruise?

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Only me around this morning! Well I guess you are all asleep.

A question for you all.

What are you thinking of doing after the cruise?

Hi Marilyn, I'm awake....we're planning on staying one week in the LA area. Me and DH have never been to California. So we're going to do DL for the first time and Universal Studios and a few touristy things. Then we're going to drive to San Diego and do the Aquarium and drive up the coast a little to maybe the Santa Barbara area and do a wine tasting and/or tour. That should fill up our week quickly. We'll get a hotel and rental car and then fly home at the end of the week.

How about you? Any plans yet?

 

[UKANGEL]

Hi everyone, seems there's loads to catch up on after being away sick yesterday!
had a rotten day but I was cheered up when the postman brought me my wonderful fish extender...thank you Carol & Doug! It's really lovely.


Now, down to business.....

I forget which thread I have posted what on...I'm old like Holly's boss....but, I am having a near perfect day. We are on the Oregon coast (Lincoln City) in our new motorhome. DrHug is working over here of 3 days so I took the time off work and came with him. I have done crossword puzzles and listened to my IPod today. I planned on reading, but found I could not listen to the IPod and read, but I can listen and do crosswords! I just had a Corona! It is, of course, raining so no walks for me today, now that would be perfect. I think we will go to the casino tonight and make a small donation. Tomorrow I will take DrHug to work so I can have the car and go prowl around the outlet mall. There is a Coldwater Creek outlet store there....my favorite store!

That sounds like a beautiful day!

Here's pictures of my Ella as a baby....we got her at 3 months old.

She didn't have her eyes open....it's hard to get a picture of her today, coz Angel is always chasing her.

Looks just like our cat we had called Wednesday (after Wednesday Adams)

 

[UKANGEL]

I've been so spoiled since I married DH. He goes fishing often and brings home fresh Salmon, Dungeness Crab, Halibut and he is a great cook as well!!

Karen

mmmmm, my DH is a fanastic cook too Karen, does most of the cooking at the weekend.....wish he ahd the chance to go fishing too!

Just have to tell you all - we're going on the Dec 2nd 4 night Wonder!!! It is on hold at the moment and we will pay the deposit tonight!! I wish some of you were going to be onboard though.

thats fabulous news Maz! Wish we were coming too!

Finally caught up, despite the DIS going down twice on me!!

I do have a confesion to make to my UK friends, (and anyone else with an accent) I spent many of my younger years and twenties in theatre and I pick up accents very easily. I often end up speaking like the person that has a different accent from myself and often they think that I am making fun of them, but I don't even know that I am doing it!!

So, I appologize in advance, just ignore me!!

Hope you all hava a lovely day, will catch up tomorrow from the shop!

Karen

can't wait to hear the hybrid North/South accent you get from Maz and I!

 

[UKANGEL]

Love the ice cream parlor!

Woody

Woody, it's great...I had a Knickerbocker Glory in there on Saturday!

Aruba

Has anyone thought about what they are going to do in Aruba? Did the other repos stop there?

Jus bought a great guidebook from Amazon on Panama Canal Cruises which has a good section on Aruba, no idea what to do yet though!

*singing* "Aruba, Jamaica, ooooooooh I wanna take ya....." Oh great....look what you started! Now Kokomo will be running through my head all day! I LOVE that song!

Now I'm singing it too Holly!

I lost both my parents. One to a terminal disease and one to a tragic sudden death. The fortunate thing (if that term should even be used) about a terminal disease versus a sudden tragic death is you can say goodbye. The bad thing is it is very painful and takes a long time to recover from being care giver to mourner. I am only 34 and have lost both parents. The most pain for me has been not being able to share the joy of my girls with my parents. We lost DH's mom last April so we are down to one Grandpa who lives on the East Coast. We have flown out 3 times in the past 2 years because I think it is so important. I am thinking Florida would just be a better spot for us.

just sending you a big hug

I have to say, there seems to be so much tragedy right now. We just got a call here at the office that a friend of ours DH was killed last night by a drunk driver. He was a state cop who was on his way home from a meeting and was hit head on. My good friend (also a state cop) was the first on the scene and was the one who had to go pick up his wife and take her to the hospital. They have 2 boys, 2 & 5.
OK, I am ready for some good stories now...maybe back to HP discussions or how about SHOES??????

Oh that's so sad. What a tragic waste.