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

[HollyTyler]

That is so lovely! He sounds a real little cutie.

Not this week! He's been quite the little monster.

 

[HollyTyler]

Poor you! Tuck yourself up when you get home and get lots of rest while you can......thinking of you

Thanks. That's my plan. 5 more hours here at work. If my work load allows, I'm going to try to skip out an hour early. That won't hurt my paycheck much and will help me get to bed earlier.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

For Deb and whoever else may be interested . . .

The traditional Greek Easter Hymn translated:

Christ has risen from the dead
By His death He trampled death
And those in the tombs,
bestowing to them the eternal life!

You can hear it here:

http://lent.goarch.org/holy_pascha/listen/

It is sung, oh, I don't know 40 some times after midnight in our church!

Thank you John, now can you write it in Greek, so I know how close I'm coming to the words when I sing it...Great to know now what it means.

Yes, it is sung for hours after midnight and everytime you start again you make the sign of the cross backwards three times.

To me, not having had any understanding of what I was singing...it's a very tranquil and peaceful and calming song...that in addition to the church all lit up with candlelight only and the insence...it's so serene and quite beautiful. You feel spiritually fulfilled and whole.

Then get this everybody, at midnight, all the lights in the church go out and one candle is the light of God and every person in the church has at least one candle and they all get theirs lit by the light of God candle. The front row people get the first light and they pass it on until people standing out the doors get lit....then you don't put the candle out when you go home. You bring it into your house lit and bless your house for the next year. We have stood them in glass jars inside of water bowls and left them lit all night until morning. I have the candles from every year all over my house.

It's a purely spiritual experience.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

John,

That sounds like a great idea to me!! "The Lost Beer Boys" We could even have a mascot too. A lime green nite shirt, top hat and umbrella should not be hard to find. Count me in as another member.

Doug

Who's doing the list???

Grumpy John, Sweetie, if you're skulking around here....are you joining???

 

[granmaz]

It does sound a lovely way to celebrate 'He is Risen'!

 

[clynne]

Didn't they set some kind of beer drinking speed record in Costa Maya?

If I can speedDIS, they can speed drink, I suppose.... (really, I was just teasing your sister.... I don't think one beer on the way back to the ship really counts as Beer Drinking.)

Carolyn

 

[ibouncetoo]

I was working on a door magnet for my october cruise, might do it as business card size magnets for each DIS cabin, check it out...

Very cute!

Here's one that you might know...

If April showers bring May flowers,
What do May flowers bring???????

PILGRIMS!

I'll tell you about the psychic tomorrow--I can hardly keep my eyes open!

Night night!

I may want a name and number. My very favorite psychic (and a lovely lady) moved to Oregon a few years ago. Of course I do have a psychic sister to call upon when needed.

It was much better, although I'm not sure what I think about the "girl" being around. Can we trust her?! Oh and I loved Kate's flashback....amazing how all these people are connected and don't know it. I'm keeping my comments on the sly so as to not give anything away for those who haven't watched it.......

Oh, did you see next week's preview....with Sayid and her??? Think he'll get some answers?

I loved what was going on on the beach with Sawyer and the group too.

I don't beleive in all the gift buying these days either, when the children were little I used to buy them eggs etc but I just gave them little chocolate Lindt rabbits this year

Yeah, what's up with the gift stuff?. I heard my boss ask one of the other managers what she was giving her daughter for Easter. They then discussed toys/electric gadgets/CDs and DVDs. I thought it was a basket of eggs and candy (and maybe a stuffed bunny) and a new outfit for church? At least that's what it was....back in the 'olden' days!

If I can speedDIS, they can speed drink, I suppose.... (really, I was just teasing your sister.... I don't think one beer on the way back to the ship really counts as Beer Drinking.)

Carolyn

I was just amazed at how fast that beer went down. It was nasty hot and humid that day. I guess it's because I'm a beer sipper....I probably drink a beer slower than I do a glass of wine (and don't have either very often).

All caught up just in time to hit the shower.....later kids!

 

[EllaEnchanted]

OK I'm finished for now...got busy work in the house then the two teen boys, grandsons, are coming to sleep here tonight and tomorrow. Their parents, DD and DSIL, are going to Atlantic City until Saturday night. DSIL is getting in on a couple of poker tournaments there. Hope he wins big so he can throw some money towards our Oct 07 cruise together. HA HA HA

The house should be very bustling and chaotic for the next few days....See empty nesters, they never actually leave, they come back and when they do they bring more people, kids, and pets.....Yes, their dog is coming with the boys too. Angel will LOVE it and Ella will hide all weekend.

 

[HollyTyler]

OK I'm finished for now...got busy work in the house then the two teen boys, grandsons, are coming to sleep here tonight and tomorrow. Their parents, DD and DSIL, are going to Atlantic City until Saturday night. DSIL is getting in on a couple of poker tournaments there. Hope he wins big so he can throw some money towards our Oct 07 cruise together. HA HA HA

The house should be very bustling and chaotic for the next few days....See empty nesters, they never actually leave, they come back and when they do they bring more people, kids, and pets.....Yes, their dog is coming with the boys too. Angel will LOVE it and Ella will hide all weekend.

Have a great time with your full house!


Just trying to get through the day here. No energy whatsoever. 4 more hours to go. Might have to try to leave early. Wish me luck on that!

 

[granmaz]

OK I'm finished for now...got busy work in the house then the two teen boys, grandsons, are coming to sleep here tonight and tomorrow. Their parents, DD and DSIL, are going to Atlantic City until Saturday night. DSIL is getting in on a couple of poker tournaments there. Hope he wins big so he can throw some money towards our Oct 07 cruise together. HA HA HA

The house should be very bustling and chaotic for the next few days....See empty nesters, they never actually leave, they come back and when they do they bring more people, kids, and pets.....Yes, their dog is coming with the boys too. Angel will LOVE it and Ella will hide all weekend.

Teenage boys hey!!! That will be fun. Lots of food needed I think.

Have a great time with your full house!


Just trying to get through the day here. No energy whatsoever. 4 more hours to go. Might have to try to leave early. Wish me luck on that!

I am sure it would be good if you could leave early. Can you cough over a few people? Get home and into your pj's, then you can go to bed or snuggle up on your couch. Lots of drinks and comfort food.

 

[HollyTyler]

I am sure it would be good if you could leave early. Can you cough over a few people? Get home and into your pj's, then you can go to bed or snuggle up on your couch. Lots of drinks and comfort food.

Well, the old guy I work for is the senior partner of the firm, so whatever he says goes....and I'm sure if I tell him how miserable I'm feeling, he'll instruct me to go home. BUT he's been on the phone and in meetings all morning, so I haven't had the chance yet to talk to him.

I have no appetite except for a major soup craving, so I'm hoping to go home, have some soup, and go to sleep.

 

[granmaz]

Holly, just noticed you go on your cruise the day before us. Wish ours was a 7 day one, but really am pleased to be doing a 4 day. Will be our first cruise.

Are you going straight home after the cruise as I think some others are down there at that time. You may know that, but this thread is too long to remember what has gone before now!!!

Edit here because my ticker is the day we arrive at WDW, 25th Nov, we don't cruise till 2nd Dec. You will be cruising from the 24th Nov. Silly me!

 

[Jhalkias]

Thank you John, now can you write it in Greek, so I know how close I'm coming to the words when I sing it...Great to know now what it means.

Yes, it is sung for hours after midnight and everytime you start again you make the sign of the cross backwards three times.

To me, not having had any understanding of what I was singing...it's a very tranquil and peaceful and calming song...that in addition to the church all lit up with candlelight only and the insence...it's so serene and quite beautiful. You feel spiritually fulfilled and whole.

Then get this everybody, at midnight, all the lights in the church go out and one candle is the light of God and every person in the church has at least one candle and they all get theirs lit by the light of God candle. The front row people get the first light and they pass it on until people standing out the doors get lit....then you don't put the candle out when you go home. You bring it into your house lit and bless your house for the next year. We have stood them in glass jars inside of water bowls and left them lit all night until morning. I have the candles from every year all over my house.

It's a purely spiritual experience.

Here's a link to a PDF, with music:

http://www.newbyz.org/paschatroppew.pdf

Don't forget to make the sign of the cross at every entry to your home with the lit candle, and to light a candle in front of your ikonistasis!

 

[HollyTyler]

Holly, just noticed you go on your cruise the day before us. Wish ours was a 7 day one, but really am pleased to be doing a 4 day. Will be our first cruise.

Are you going straight home after the cruise as I think some others are down there at that time. You may know that, but this thread is too long to remember what has gone before now!!!

Edit here because my ticker is the day we arrive at WDW, 25th Nov, we don't cruise till 2nd Dec. You will be cruising from the 24th Nov. Silly me!

I noticed that too about others being down there after my cruise. I'm pretty sure we'll be headed home right after the cruise though.

 

[fourmcds]

Ahem, you should have bought an HP laptop, then you would be loving you laptop. Just kidding....just keeping DH happy by pushing HP products, again, just kidding.....

Oops, sorry, forgot about those Really, I just need a computer that doesn't have some panicky gliche every day that makes me freak over losing everything and gives me a headache Does that really exist?

It was much better, although I'm not sure what I think about the "girl" being around. Can we trust her?! Oh and I loved Kate's flashback....amazing how all these people are connected and don't know it. I'm keeping my comments on the sly so as to not give anything away for those who haven't watched it.......

Hey Holly (and anyone else) let us know when you have watched it so we can chat about theories and such. I have some major questions after this one !
So, even though your DH is not a beer drinker, I think the beer boys can have mascots and honorary members as well.

Yup, my DH thinks that will "magically happen" too! He is as bad as I am!! Pack-rat married pack-rat!!

Karen

wish I married a pack rat, might not be so bad for me. Mine throws away everything after 30 seconds of un-use. He has no understanding that EVERYTHING could (and should) be used in a scrapbook at some point!

Oh, the suspense! Took me an hour to get caught up here, so I didn't see your questions until just now. Well, I went to bed really early....feeling lousy today. I coughed all night long last night and was lightheaded and stuffy all day, with a huge lump of congestion in my chest all day. Work was the last place I wanted to be today. Yup, Tyler's cold finally caught up with me. I've been really sleep and run down for almost a week, so I knew it was trying to get me. So I was asleep tonight by 9pm I think. Woke up around 3:30am because that lump of congestion decided to finally break up and is creating tons of yucky coughing. Took some more cold meds and figured I'd see what's going on here while waiting for it to take effect.

Holly, Hope you get to leave work early and fell better. Make some hot soup and go to bed. My favorite (hot bath, drink hot tea while in bath, bundle up and go to bed to sweat it out!) works really well for most people if you can stand being miserably hot for a while.

 

[HollyTyler]

Hey Holly (and anyone else) let us know when you have watched it so we can chat about theories and such. I have some major questions after this one !
So, even though your DH is not a beer drinker, I think the beer boys can have mascots and honorary members as well.

I'll let you know. I expect to watch it at 3pm today when I get home from work.

Holly, Hope you get to leave work early and fell better. Make some hot soup and go to bed. My favorite (hot bath, drink hot tea while in bath, bundle up and go to bed to sweat it out!) works really well for most people if you can stand being miserably hot for a while.

Yup, I have a big can of soup at home calling my name. 3 more hours left and I can go home.


And regarding computers, I've had an Averatec laptop (which is the cheapest of the cheapest around) for over 3 years and it never gives me any trouble. (Knocking on wood right now!) It gets bumped and banged around all the time because it goes to and from class, on vacations, all around the house, etc. My biggest problem is that the letters are starting to wear off the keyboard because I use it so much.

 

[birkner]

Where is Noel? Did she get the sick bug too???

Many, many pages behind.

Been busy with some family obligations so have read a bit but have not been able to post. Back to reading. Hope to be caught up but may not post much.

Noel

 

[granmaz]

Many, many pages behind.

Been busy with some family obligations so have read a bit but have not been able to post. Back to reading. Hope to be caught up but may not post much.

Noel

Nice to see you again Noel, you have been missed! Hope everythink is ok.

 

[birkner]

We don't really have bank holidays associated with Easter, although Friday might be a bank holiday as it is good Friday and some schools and banks are off/closed.

DD is off for a week starting on Monday the 9th, so we are going to go up to the Bodega house from Friday to Wednesday. Business is typically slow this time of year, so I should be able to handle the internet part of it with the laptop in Bodega.

Other bank holidays are Memorial Day, (last Monday in May), Labor Day, (First Monday in September), Veterans Day, (Friday or Monday around the 11th of November), Thanksgiving, (third Thursday in November), Christmas, New Years Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (usually the 2nd or 3rd Monday in January), and President's Day, (2nd or 3rd Monday in February).

Whew, guess that's alot more than I was originally thinking! I have probably missed some. Noel?

Karen

I think you covered them all. Here are our official holidays in sequence:

Federal Legal Holidays 2007
• January 1, 2007: New Year's Day [Jan. 1 every year]
• January 2, 2007: national day of mourning, Gerald R. Ford
• January 15, 2007: Martin Luther King Day [3rd Monday in Jan]
• February 19, 2007: Presidents Day (observed) [3rd Monday in Feb]
note: Presidents Day is also Washington's Birthday (observed)
• May 28, 2007: Memorial Day (observed) [last Monday in May]
• July 4, 2007: Independence Day [July 4 every year]
• September 3, 2007: Labor Day [1st Monday in Sept]
• October 8, 2007: Columbus Day (observed) [2nd Monday in Oct]
• November 11, 2007: Veterans' Day [Nov. 11 every year]
• November 22, 2007: Thanksgiving Day [4th Thursday in Nov]
• December 25, 2007: Christmas Day [Dec. 25 every year]

Federal Legal Holidays 2008
• January 1, 2008: New Year's Day [Jan. 1 every year]
• January 21, 2008: Martin Luther King Day [3rd Monday in Jan]
• February 18, 2008: Presidents Day (observed) [3rd Monday in Feb]
note: Presidents Day is also Washington's Birthday (observed)
• May 26, 2008: Memorial Day (observed) [last Monday in May]
• July 4, 2008: Independence Day [July 4 every year]
• September 1, 2008: Labor Day [1st Monday in Sept]
• October 13, 2008: Columbus Day (observed) [2nd Monday in Oct]
• November 11, 2008: Veterans' Day [Nov. 11 every year]
• November 27, 2008: Thanksgiving Day [4th Thursday in Nov]
• December 25, 2008: Christmas Day [Dec. 25 every year]

extra federal legal holiday coming again in 2009 ...
January 20, 2009: Inauguration Day
[after U.S. presidential election, held every 4 years]

 

[granmaz]

So that is 10 in a normal year, 11 in Presidential Inauguration year and then extras such as ex Presidents' deaths.

We basically have 8, but I think we have more normal vacation days than you do, though they vary greatly with the jobs folk do, with University lecturers probably coming out best and teachers next. John was a teacher so I can say that!!