May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves! Stealing the Magic..AGAIN!!! Panama Canal FL to CA!!! Part 7

[been2marceline]

I started to clear off the dining room table and just got sidetracked. I just don't have anywhere to put all the stuff.

Story of my life!!

Where to put all the crap!!!

Karen

 

[been2marceline]

We are going to DL this week (Thurs - Sat) - used Priceline for the hotel as there is a convention filling all of the DL hotels this week.

Guess what the event is this weekend...

The Unofficial Gay Day’s at Disneyland 2007!!

That's why everything is full!

We don't go to DL unless we can use our DVC points, so all booked up!!

Have fun!

Karen

 

[granmaz]

Good morning. Gym today and I don't feel like it!

Welcome back Holly. Glad you had a good time but sorry Tyler felt so out of it. I have no doubts at all that you made him feel special though!

Thanks for the photos everyone - lovely.

Deb, glad those legs are healing well. Keep up the good work.

In Laws - we are IL's.

Now is the son-in-law or sister-in-law?

I always get confused by those abbreviations!

Ok I had to take a break from work to post about my conversation with our school's vice-principal regarding STAR testing!!

The first thing he said after I explained about the cruise: "well, how can we expect any good results from a little boy taking the test when it meant he couldn't be with Mickey and on the Disney cruise?" I love our school!

He didn't give me a Good Housekeeping stamp of approval, but basically he said you have three options: take it early, ask for an exemption (which we will get), or just don't show up. He said "kids come to school during testing and they are sick and we send them home. There is no STAR police that will come visit."

He did say other things like the test gives us an idea how things are going, but he said for our 4th grader he didn't think it would mean anything different than his 3rd grade results. With the 2nd grader, he said that we just wouldn't have that base line for him. But we know how he is doing academically, which seems to be going well. He told me that I shouldn't tell anyone because if everyone asked for an exemption, then he'd have problems. Then he said "Have a good time!" The VERY best thing about this: this means my kids will have NO homework to make up since the testing will be happening while they are on the cruise. We will chose the exemption - I don't think my kids would fair well taking the test all by themselves. Too stressful, life is short, and WE ARE GOING ON TO TAKE THE MAGIC TO CALIFORNIA!

I love our school, I love our school....

Woohoo, so pleased for you.

The news is not good this evening. The kids and my bro and his wife talked with the doc today and they are less than hopeful. They say she is not a candidate for dialysis again as she has systemic infections that are not responding to any antibiotic they have hit it with. Her PH is dropping, acidity rising, Blood sugars up, blood pressure down, breathing shallow and kidneys failing. The doc asked her if she wants them to recussitate if/when her heart stops and she just replied "I don't want to die." Which is all she has said most of the day, except to say "I hurt." My heart is just breaking for my big brother. It will likely be a slow process, but inevidible.

Oh Angie, how sad. Heartbreaking as you said.

Howdy! Just a quick post to say we're back! Got back about 7pm tonight (about 2 hours ago), then had to unload the car, get Tyler's bath, a late dinner, get Tyler into bed, laundry, put stuff away, catch up on e-mail, and here I am. Off to catch up on the 21 pages since I've been gone. I was expecting about double that, so you all must have been pretty quiet!

OK...here I go catching up!

Yes, for some strange reason it has been very quiet on here!

When I told Jaide's teacher at curriculum night, she was very jealous and thought it was great. After the WASL testing is over (our window is up 5/2) the students in her class all do a power point presentation. Tracy decided that Jaide's is going to be on the PC and she will present it when she gets home. That will be her homework for the cruise! The class is also going to study a bit about it and try and watch some of the webcams as the ship goes through the canal that day.

What a great idea.

And this just came from my cousin about my uncle and his bride.

I went to the Post Office a bit ago and when I returned Dad was on the porch. Through many sobs and tears I learned that he has been told by the doctor that Irene is soon to pass. Probably in the next 3 to 4 days. She has a disease that kills the feet and hands.

Oh my. This uncle is my very favorite person other than Dennis and my children. I am closer to him than my parents. He was always my hero from the time I was a little girl. They were going to cruise with us year before last, but he had some heart troubles that kept them home.

Sorry for the downers tonight.

Such a sad time for you and your family. I will keep you in my prayers.

 

[scottishwee35]

Or in the case of Scottish Wee, Scottish Gaelic. If we have any Irish friends about, the we have Irish Gaelic . Last but not least, how about the Welsh Celtic language. Did I miss any?

Hi

No I don't speak Scottish Gaelic as have friends from Irish but we do different signs laugauges also different signs in USA too phew. Oh Welsh Celtic language is hard too! Didn't understand any of this Gaelic lol.

I brought up speak proper english word as I am from Scottish know some words of Scotland!!

How about song - Flower of Scotland - as my favourite!! Aye, Proud to be Scotland!!

Scottishwee35

 

[scottishwee35]

Good morning. Gym today and I don't feel like it!

Welcome back Holly. Glad you had a good time but sorry Tyler felt so out of it. I have no doubts at all that you made him feel special though!

Thanks for the photos everyone - lovely.

Deb, glad those legs are healing well. Keep up the good work.

In Laws - we are IL's.



I always get confused by those abbreviations!



Woohoo, so pleased for you.



Oh Angie, how sad. Heartbreaking as you said.



Yes, for some strange reason it has been very quiet on here!



What a great idea.



Such a sad time for you and your family. I will keep you in my prayers.

Hi Marilyn

When you go to gym, you will be fine. I know that feeling cannot be bother then arrive then great!!

How you do that put all different on as I only manage to have one at a times, you got all different people on. Can you tell me how to use it? lol

Scottishwee35

 

[been2marceline]

The news is not good this evening. The kids and my bro and his wife talked with the doc today and they are less than hopeful. They say she is not a candidate for dialysis again as she has systemic infections that are not responding to any antibiotic they have hit it with. Her PH is dropping, acidity rising, Blood sugars up, blood pressure down, breathing shallow and kidneys failing. The doc asked her if she wants them to recussitate if/when her heart stops and she just replied "I don't want to die." Which is all she has said most of the day, except to say "I hurt." My heart is just breaking for my big brother. It will likely be a slow process, but inevidible.

Angie,

Again, I'm so sorry. My heart goes out to you!

Karen

 

[granmaz]

Deborah, at the bottom of the post next to quote button is another button with quotation marks and a little +. Press that and it turns red. That means it is saved. Keep doing that whilst you are reading through the posts, then at the end press the reply button as normal and all the saved quotes come up. You can then post after each one.

A warning - if you post IN the quote, your reply appears in the quote and can be missed as people think it is part of the original post.

 

[been2marceline]

Howdy! Just a quick post to say we're back! Got back about 7pm tonight (about 2 hours ago), then had to unload the car, get Tyler's bath, a late dinner, get Tyler into bed, laundry, put stuff away, catch up on e-mail, and here I am. Off to catch up on the 21 pages since I've been gone. I was expecting about double that, so you all must have been pretty quiet!

OK...here I go catching up!

Quick guess as to why it was so slow on here...

Couldn't be that you were out of town!

Glad your back!

Karen

 

[been2marceline]

And this just came from my cousin about my uncle and his bride.

I went to the Post Office a bit ago and when I returned Dad was on the porch. Through many sobs and tears I learned that he has been told by the doctor that Irene is soon to pass. Probably in the next 3 to 4 days. She has a disease that kills the feet and hands.

Oh my. This uncle is my very favorite person other than Dennis and my children. I am closer to him than my parents. He was always my hero from the time I was a little girl. They were going to cruise with us year before last, but he had some heart troubles that kept them home.

Sorry for the downers tonight.

Angie,

So sorry for all that is going on with your family...

Again, my heart goes out to you and we are all here for you.

Take care,

Karen

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Good Morning....happy Wednesday....I have a wound center appointment today and John is home to drive me coz I take two vicodin before going...they still touch and poke....a lot gentler....but it still hurts on the right leg....so I take pain killers before Dr. appointments.

The appointment is in the afternoon. Before that we have lots of errands to run today for Ray....so we're going to Mrs. Bush's Personal Care facility and to Ray's Dr. and we have to check out the drug store that Mrs. Bush uses and see if they take Ray's insurance, then switch him over there if we can.

It's a dark and dreary day right now, hopefully it will improve as the sun comes fully up.

Only 22 more days until we leave for FL. I really have to start thinking about doing FL laundry and packing. This will be our trial run for packing in May coz we're only taking one week's worth and having our laundry done.

Later today Angel is coming home. Sandi says she's still wild. We got her the zap collar so hopefully that will help calm her down some. I can't wait to see how big she has gotten. She was 8 months old when I last saw her in August. Now she'll be 10 months in two weeks. I wonder how much more she weighs? She was 70 lbs. at 7 months...she has to be more by now. I really miss her.

 

[MrsMork]

I've got a much smaller storage unit, but I'm only paying $100 a month. Wow, what a difference! I didn't keep everything of mom's.....my brother threw out the bulk of her stuff. I can't throw out the things that I did keep. I'll have to go through it, but probably won't until we move to Delaware....probably won't be ready until then.

It was 10 years before we went thru Dennis' parents things. It will keep until you are able.

 

[MrsMork]

You're going to need that weekend on the coast with Dennis!

So sorry about the continued sad news in your family. I'll keep you all in my thoughts.

We may have to skip the coast and go spend a few days with my dear sweet uncle. The Idaho mountains are nice too. Only one of his boys lives anywhere close to him and he and I have a very special relationship....he has no daughters, I am his girl. I love being with him and want to be there to support. Luckily we already have the time scheduled off. The coast will still be there.

 

[MrsMork]

And for all of us celebrating anniversaries this time of year....here is some real inspiration!


Ala. Couple Celebrate 80th Anniversary



SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) - A Scottboro couple recently celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary, one of the longest marriages among living people when compared to reports in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records.

Alonzo, 97, and Beulah Sims, 94, celebrated their anniversary a day early Sunday at the nursing home where they have lived since May 2002.

Without their families' approval, the two teens married in 1927, when he was working at a farm, plowing fields with a mule and picking cotton for 50 cents a day.

The couple, who raised six children, credit their long lives to hard farm work and eating lots of vegetables. They moved frequently to find farm work, going from Paint Rock Valley near Garth to Atchley Bottom in Madison County and then to Woodville in the 1960s.

They said their eight decades of marriage have been virtually free of fussing.

``We've been too busy to fight,'' Beulah Sims said.

Alonzo Sims retired from farming in 1966 and did janitorial work at Redstone Arsenal until 1972. They also operated service stations in Paint Rock and Woodville for a few years. Now, they spend their time visiting other residents at the nursing home, listening to gospel music, and playing bingo.

``After all these years,'' he said, ``I still enjoy being with her.''

 

[lillygator]

And this just came from my cousin about my uncle and his bride.

I went to the Post Office a bit ago and when I returned Dad was on the porch. Through many sobs and tears I learned that he has been told by the doctor that Irene is soon to pass. Probably in the next 3 to 4 days. She has a disease that kills the feet and hands.

Oh my. This uncle is my very favorite person other than Dennis and my children. I am closer to him than my parents. He was always my hero from the time I was a little girl. They were going to cruise with us year before last, but he had some heart troubles that kept them home.

Sorry for the downers tonight.

Angie, please know we are thinking of you and praying for you.

 

[gydell]

Have you guys ever stayed at the Contemporary?

It's our favorite!

 

[granmaz]

We may have to skip the coast and go spend a few days with my dear sweet uncle. The Idaho mountains are nice too. Only one of his boys lives anywhere close to him and he and I have a very special relationship....he has no daughters, I am his girl. I love being with him and want to be there to support. Luckily we already have the time scheduled off. The coast will still be there.

That is a lovely thing to do, to go to be close to your uncle.

I can't imagine being married for 80 years - well I would be 101 and John 102, so really not much chance.

 

[gydell]

Is ANYONE going to be a WDW the 1st week of Jan?

 

[mishoe01]

And this just came from my cousin about my uncle and his bride.

I went to the Post Office a bit ago and when I returned Dad was on the porch. Through many sobs and tears I learned that he has been told by the doctor that Irene is soon to pass. Probably in the next 3 to 4 days. She has a disease that kills the feet and hands.

Oh my. This uncle is my very favorite person other than Dennis and my children. I am closer to him than my parents. He was always my hero from the time I was a little girl. They were going to cruise with us year before last, but he had some heart troubles that kept them home.

Sorry for the downers tonight.

Angie--- So sorry that your family has to go through this. Please continue to know that we are all thinking about you and your family, and praying for you too.

 

[mishoe01]

My mother and I had the same issues except I was the one that wanted to clean her house!!! She rebelled against her mother being a neat freak so we always lived in chaos. Grandmother was prompt, she was always late and so forth.

She seemed jealous of my success in life. Every time we got something new or had a career success she would complain we were spending too much money or warned that success was transient. However the flip side was she always was bragging about our success to other family members. I was the one to have all of the family holidays as in her words, I had the largest house.

She was proud but yet angry that I had more career and financial success than my other sisters I never understood her nor she me. It is one of the biggest regrets of my life we were never able to reconcile our differences before she passed away. She gave up a soaring career of her own choice to follow my father from Southern California to Northern California. Her career never recovered and she never forgave herself for not standing up to both sets of in laws who counseled her to give up the career. My father was more than willing to stay in his job and not take another opportunity but family pressure from both sides convinced them to make the move. She grew more and more bitter over the years.

She and I were always oil and water as I was very close to her mother and she was not. Her most memorable line to me as a young adult when I asked her why she thought she and I did not get along was, "Grandma loved you more than she did me and it always made me mad. Isn't being the "favorite enought for you?".

Noel - sorry you had such a tough relationship with your mother. I know my mother & I went through a really bad time when I was in high school/early college but now I don't know what I would do with out her.

I know that you have learned from that relationship and are doing wonders with your kids and gkids.

 

[fourmcds]

V...you should check out Dreamcruiser's door magnet on her trip report (http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=21117799#post21117799) I think it was post 19. I was avoiding getting ready this am by dreaming of the cruise (what else is new ) and saw her magnet and thought of you.....