November 7, 2009 ~~~~ AHOY ST.CROIX ~~~~

[sshaw10060]

Heading off to the airport in a few hours. See all of you Saturday

 

[worfiek]

Did someone say Ladies' Cocktail Hour???

I'm in!!! I am looking forward to a few cocktails. I was going to bring champagne to celebrating setting sail, but I think I will go for a fruity concoction instead!

I just printed off our boarding passes

Off to Target to pick up Bonine for my husband and a few last minute things.

Paula

 

[GoofyTraci]

Welcome Wendy - we are a fun loving bunch.

Well, two bags are shut and in the car and the rest are ready to go. I did leave one open in case I forgot something but didn't want them sitting in the backseat during my stops about town this morning.

I don't know if I will have a chance to check in later but everyone safe travels and we will see you Saturday!

Heading off to the airport in a few hours. See all of you Saturday

I'm in!!! I am looking forward to a few cocktails. I was going to bring champagne to celebrating setting sail, but I think I will go for a fruity concoction instead!

I just printed off our boarding passes

Off to Target to pick up Bonine for my husband and a few last minute things.

Paula

Safe travels everyone! See you Saturday!

 

[Mel0215]

Wow, you all are so lively! Only 2 more days.

Traci- Have fun tomorrow, packing and telling your son! That's so amazing.

Everyone have safe travels. I know the board will quiet down tomorrow, but that's good. It means everyone is here, and waiting to get on the ship!

See you all Sat!

 

[sokay168]

I'm counting down the hours.......2 hrs left out work, get my daughter off bus and heading to NJ for flight tomorrow AM. Will be soaking up the Florida sun by 10am tomorrow.



Krista

 

[LindaBabe]

Glad to see everyone well and headed south!

 

[bjkjoy]

Leaving my house for Donna in about an hour. Our flight is tomorrow morning early so it's about a 4:00 am wake up for us. Then we will be in Orlando overnight tomorrow. See you all on Saturday. I guess this will be my last post. Have a good trip to everyone who is leaving after us.

Bonnie

 

[Silly Little Pixie]

Woohoo! We're here! We all slept fitfully on the flight. Got to our hotel about 7 am. Has breakfast with my family and got into our room. A nice 3 hour nap, and we're up and ready.

Packing was a nightmare yesterday! Ugh. I hope I didn't leave anything besides my curling iron. At least we were already planning on stopping at the store for beer tomorrow anyway!

I continue to dream about the cruise, even on my naps!!

When is the scrap swap meet? Did we ever decide?

Christine

 

[GoofyTraci]

Woohoo! We're here! We all slept fitfully on the flight. Got to our hotel about 7 am. Has breakfast with my family and got into our room. A nice 3 hour nap, and we're up and ready.

Packing was a nightmare yesterday! Ugh. I hope I didn't leave anything besides my curling iron. At least we were already planning on stopping at the store for beer tomorrow anyway!

I continue to dream about the cruise, even on my naps!!

When is the scrap swap meet? Did we ever decide?

Christine

Christine I am not sure when the swap is....I thought we were going to do that at the ladies lunch but I might be confused.

 

[worfiek]

Christine~I'm glad to hear you made it safely!

Traci~I will be shocked if you sleep at all tonight I know I wouldn't with that big of a surprise ahead of me! I surprised my husband for his 40th birthday and I was so happy when it went off without a hitch, I felt like I couldn't keep all of my stories together any longer

I spent the day running around trying to tie up loose ends, I also snuck in a pedicure Tonight I have a PTO meeting from 4-6pm, the kids have swim and then dinner, baths and bed. I know everyone will probably be too excited to sleep. They put pins on their lanyards this morning and I could see how excited they were getting. I have two little gift bags waiting for them when they get home tonight with some fun things for the cruise. Pirate pajamas for my son, Donald notebook, socks, pen etc. A Tink shirt (I have a matching one) for my daughter, Minnie socks, notebook, pen, Pez etc.

We haven't told them about the upgrade...they are going to be shocked when they see the verandah

I'll check in later tonight. I'm glad that two of the shows (Greys Anatomy and Private Practice) I watch are on tonight, it will help me divert my attention for a little bit.

Have a great afternoon!
Paula

 

[GoofyTraci]

Christine~I'm glad to hear you made it safely!

Traci~I will be shocked if you sleep at all tonight I know I wouldn't with that big of a surprise ahead of me! I surprised my husband for his 40th birthday and I was so happy when it went off without a hitch, I felt like I couldn't keep all of my stories together any longer

I spent the day running around trying to tie up loose ends, I also snuck in a pedicure Tonight I have a PTO meeting from 4-6pm, the kids have swim and then dinner, baths and bed. I know everyone will probably be too excited to sleep. They put pins on their lanyards this morning and I could see how excited they were getting. I have two little gift bags waiting for them when they get home tonight with some fun things for the cruise. Pirate pajamas for my son, Donald notebook, socks, pen etc. A Tink shirt (I have a matching one) for my daughter, Minnie socks, notebook, pen, Pez etc.

We haven't told them about the upgrade...they are going to be shocked when they see the verandah

I'll check in later tonight. I'm glad that two of the shows (Greys Anatomy and Private Practice) I watch are on tonight, it will help me divert my attention for a little bit.

Have a great afternoon!
Paula

Paula these last couple of hours at work have been a killer. I have two hours left and it might as well be 8 hrs. I am soooooooooooo over being here. After work I am going to get a pedicure and eyebrows done and then home to pack after Nate gets to bed. If not I will do all of it tomorrow morning while he is at school.

I got a new i-pod a couple of days ago and last night I loaded it up with my music and some new music. That will keep me company on the plane. well i guess I am rambling and rambling here. Just tired and ready to go. Hope everyone is doing ok. I am hoping to get in some greys tonight too.

 

[TiggerzFan]

In watching the news of Hurricane Ida, thank goodness we're not a Western cruise!!!!!

 

[worfiek]

In watching the news of Hurricane Ida, thank goodness we're not a Western cruise!!!!!

Donna~ I didn't even know about the hurricane until my son's teacher asked me about it today. When she told me it was in the western caribbean, I was so relieved!

We fly out at 9am tomorrow morning and will leave our house around 7:15am. Safe travels to everyone. I may check in on my Blackberry tomorrow.

See you at the meet!
Paula

 

[LindaBabe]

I think we decided on 9 am Monday either inside or outside Cove Cafe. for the scrapbook page swap. It will take about 1/2 hour!

 

[Silly Little Pixie]

Checking in on my iPhone! Watching Grey's, after a great dinner at Fulton's Crab House tonight.

Safe travels to everyone!

Traci- you get to spill the beans tomorrow!!!

Christine

 

[GoofyTraci]

Traci- you get to spill the beans tomorrow!!!

Christine

Yes I am sooo excited. But I have another headache so heading to bed and will get going early tomorrow. See everyone soon. I think this will be my last post.

 

[TiggerzFan]

NO, Traci... this cannot be your last post. We MUST hear about the "grand reveal"!!! Please, please, please tell us how it went.

Christine - Glad you're having fun over there at Downtown Disney!! We're having such gorgeous weather.

Paula - One thing that concerns me is that one of the families in our travel party (ok, it's TheHiggies) last cruised with us in Sept 04. We ended up sailing right in between hurricanes Ivan and Frances. We couldn't go to Castaway because Frances destroyed it (went to Charleston instead). So, here they are joining us again, 5 years later - and there's a hurricane floating around out there - in NOVEMBER!
If we were to miss Castaway again (knock on wood), I may have to throw them overboard!

 

[sokay168]

So we arrived safely in NJ and have a 7:30am flight out of Atlantic City. Drive was alittle crazy between 2 major accidents and pouring rain but in one piece.

Is there anyone left on here?


Traci - if you pop back in. Hope your sons B-day surprise is one not to ever forget.


Krista

 

[LindaBabe]

NO, Traci... this cannot be your last post. We MUST hear about the "grand reveal"!!! Please, please, please tell us how it went.

Christine - Glad you're having fun over there at Downtown Disney!! We're having such gorgeous weather.

Paula - One thing that concerns me is that one of the families in our travel party (ok, it's TheHiggies) last cruised with us in Sept 04. We ended up sailing right in between hurricanes Ivan and Frances. We couldn't go to Castaway because Frances destroyed it (went to Charleston instead). So, here they are joining us again, 5 years later - and there's a hurricane floating around out there - in NOVEMBER!
If we were to miss Castaway again (knock on wood), I may have to throw them overboard!

I'd be a lot more concerned about that if this week's cruise was a Western.

So we arrived safely in NJ and have a 7:30am flight out of Atlantic City. Drive was alittle crazy between 2 major accidents and pouring rain but in one piece.

Is there anyone left on here?


Traci - if you pop back in. Hope your sons B-day surprise is one not to ever forget.


Krista

Yes, Krista, I'm left here! Only need to drive the 150 miles down to port.

Safe travels, everyone!

 

[worfiek]

Good morning. I cannot sleep! My alarm was set for 6:15 and I woke up at 4:15am. I tried to go back to sleep, but I decided to get up and start my day rather than toss and turn! I was so glad to see that Linda was already up too!

Linda~Do you live in Florida? Looks like the weather is going to be beautiful in Orlando today...close to 80 degrees. It is a balmy 33 degrees here right now The kids are going to be a little chilly with their shorts on, but they are so excited maybe they won't notice the frost!

Krista~I'm glad you made it to Atlantic City safely. Safe travels to Orlando

See you all soon!
Paula