WOW! I go to a neighbors for dinner and lo and behold, everyone gets busy on the board! Ok, so going to respond but mind you, have had 2 mexican martinis (they were teensy tiny I promise) and 2 glasses of bubbly (ok, so maybe not so tiny) so please forgive my typos. If I don't make sense, well, I can't say I will in the morning either after my snafu this am!!!!!
My sister and I and 2 of her 3 daughters are going on this cruise, too. We are extremely excited.
......This is our cast:
Me (Barbara), 51 (I am still "40-Something," 40-Eleven to be exact)
My sister (Mary Ellen), 48
My niece (Alexandra), 15--the Stephanie Myers fan
Birthday girl niece (Calista), 5
We have early seating
We are in 8022 (Cat 3).....
WELCOME Barbara!
You can tell Alexandra two things -- one, is that she will NOT be alone as a Stephanie Myers fan. We just finished a discussion on that. I just fiinished reading the books for the 2nd time! TWO -- my daughter's (Sabrina, 7) middle name is Alexandria. She will be so thrilled to meet a girl named Alexandra!!! We are excited to have you join us and can I be the first to ask -- can we see your Cat 3? We may try to upgrade at the port to Cat 3 but am guessing it won't work out (we are Cat 6 now). Would love to see for next time!!!!
Mati - Thanks for the Sweet Sweet talk
(even if it wasn't really me
)
I'm excited that we are going to be on deck 6 with you guys too
Although, I'm praying for no rough seas because since we are on deck 6 in the very front, we would feel everything! I joked with mom that she may get all 8 of us trying to sleep on her floor on deck 2 midship!
Can you imagine!
All I can say, is you may not have had your coffee yet since you got Crystal & I mixed up, BUT.... I want some of whatever you were drinking!!! I'm never that happy to be awake in the morning! You sounded just about giddy!
Awwww......ok sweet Amanda, my secret is OUT! Please don't tell anyone but.......I am a morning person
. You guys can come sleep on our balcony if the movement gets to be too much. We are mid-ship I think....
I gotsta get with it & OMG is my skin so pale that I am reflecting light.
Should we call you Bella?
Ok, no seriously, I feel your pain. I am Mexican-American and am whiter than white....almost as white as Yoni and he is from Finland!!!! If the sun would get out I will be out by the pool and hopefully get some color before we go on the cruise but we shall see!!!!
Well I had fought hard to lose 2 lbs FINALLY and then promptly gained back 1....hopefully it is bloating but how annoying.
We are on day 3 of the 30 day Shred with Jillian MIchaels, we are stiff and sore and hopefully that will help to get rid of at least 5 lbs before this cruise...we leave in 25 days.
AAAAAAAAAA, I feel your pain Indigo. It drives me nuts to lose and then gain, sometimes just for being a woman! I must say I LOVE LOVE LOVE Jillian Michaels. She is brutal. I am sure you will be BEAUTIFUL at the cruise so don't stress!!!!
My sister and I are gym rats--I am trying to shed a few pre-cruise pounds, too. I don't want to bring the dreaded stretchy pants for the end of the cruise!!!
And---I agree about pirate dress up, arghh!!!
Barbara -- I am a bit of a gym rat too and you can sign me up for losing at least 5 lbs before the cruise, although, may have to bring the strechy pants just in case!!!!
UGH! I can't discuss weight loss. I gained 6 lbs in the past week from all my meds. Dr says it should come off fast....I'm sure hoping so!!!!
As for Pirate night, We are dressing up.
Hubby is wearing a pirate/skull & crossbones t-shirt with a black bandana
ME- I'm wearing a white L/S shirt with little skulls all over with a black vest, black capris, and a Skull scarf tied up in my hair. Still looking for jewelry! Wish I could bring my pirate shoes, but that's just too much stuff.
JorDan -- so so so happy to see you posting again!
Now sweet young thing, if I understand your pictures from FB, 6 lbs on you may feel dreadful but I am sure, won't make any bit of difference on your slim athletic body. I am sure it will come right off so don't sweat it.
Somehow I am not surprised you have the whole pirate thing figured out. Now to just have you heal fast and make costumes for the rest of us!!!!
Hi all! Man, have I been missing all of you! But I can finally play catch up now!!
I've been too busy to even check all the posts for several days. Now I have 10 pages to catch up on! So I'm sure I'll be responding to several old posts. I apologize in advance!
VAL!!!! I am so glad to see you back. Where have you been girl? We have been missing you!!!!!
Welcome!!!
I really think you will enjoy our group! A girls trip does sound wonderful, maybe some of us girls from this cruise might think about doing a girl only reunion trip some time! Too much fun.
I like the way you think Lynsey! A girls only reunion trip, I am all over that!
Hmmm, that sounds interesting! I might look into that but I'm not a big video workout person. I feel like if I go to the gym I actually have to work out and I stay motivated by having other people working out around me.
I understand what you are saying. I used to be a faithful Billy Blanks Tae Bo person -- did it every day but these days, I need to go to the gym to get the workout to happen. In fact, I am even worse. I have to be part of a TEAM class at the gym to get me accountable to a group to get there. *sigh* It seems to get harder and harder every year but at least I am going!!!!
Ok -- OUCH, starting to get a headache. That is pretty sad. It is only 10pm here! I need to get better than that before the cruise. Like I said, I am a morning person and Yoni really wants me to hang out later on the cruise. Let's see if I can "train" myself to stay up later!
