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

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Donna, lots of and

kathy

 

[LindaBabe]

Well, for all of you surviving in the cold, it may or may not warm your hearts to know we are back up to 90! Blech! I really would like it a bit cooler, especially for Trick or Treating. Nothing worse that kids in costumes and face paint that are all sweaty and dripping! LOL! I think we'll have some cold beer on hand for the parental escorts!
We get TONS of kids in our neighborhood - easily over 100. Last year we were laughing when a large golf cart full of about a dozen teens drove house to house.

As for the hair dryer question, if you use a hair dryer regularly, take your own. The ones in the stateroom are very hit or miss (as far as if they actually blow out air) AND, they're attached to the bathroom. I usually end up using mine over at the desk area.. less congestion from all the scurrying of getting ready.

And, I'll take some Pixie Dust my way, too. Had my thyroid biopsy today and now the wait begins. Good results are expected, but the wait is a killer. I'm actually kinda hoping to not get the results before I leave, just in case. Can't have anyting messing around with my magic!

DUSTing you like crazy! My gf had thyroid cancer over 30 years ago and a couple dozen cancerous nodules taken off her vocal cords. She's fine, talking, and living in Alaska, doing speech therapy across the lower 2/3 of the state. So even if the diagnosis turns out not to be what you hope for - at least the prognosis is very very good. Hang tough!


You are MEAN to point out how nice and warm it is where you are. It is wet, grey and 40's here.

 

[GoofyTraci]

And, I'll take some Pixie Dust my way, too. Had my thyroid biopsy today and now the wait begins. Good results are expected, but the wait is a killer. I'm actually kinda hoping to not get the results before I leave, just in case. Can't have anyting messing around with my magic!

Donna are you trying to rub in that you guys are having nice weather?

But seriously you know we have been thru this (thyroid bx and surgery) recently in our house. Sending you much love and pixie dust

 

[glindamood]

And, I'll take some Pixie Dust my way, too. Had my thyroid biopsy today and now the wait begins. Good results are expected, but the wait is a killer. I'm actually kinda hoping to not get the results before I leave, just in case. Can't have anyting messing around with my magic!

Donna -
and that goes for you too Linda - and anyone else in need.

We will have no Trick or Treaters here - sad but true. No candy for me .

Take care and have a good evening. I think I will lay things out again on Drew's bed and double check things. Hopefully I have not forgotten anything.

 

[bjkjoy]

Linda, I'm going to let the rest of the Mom's, Sisters's, and Grandma's in the group nag you about getting your rest. All we want is for you to be feeling well when you board that ship.

No trick or treaters at my house either. Haven't had them for years and years. Too few houses on a busy street. It's not worth it either for walkers or car loads.

I was trying to look at both the FE list and the Cruise mates list to make sure we're not forgetting anyone. They don't quite match so I'm hoping a couple extra should do the trick.

Weather might make it to 70 tomorrow. Wow! Then the cold weather will really arive for the rest of the winter. Gail, is it the same where you are?

Bonnie

 

[glindamood]

Linda, I'm going to let the rest of the Mom's, Sisters's, and Grandma's in the group nag you about getting your rest. All we want is for you to be feeling well when you board that ship.

No trick or treaters at my house either. Haven't had them for years and years. Too few houses on a busy street. It's not worth it either for walkers or car loads.

I was trying to look at both the FE list and the Cruise mates list to make sure we're not forgetting anyone. They don't quite match so I'm hoping a couple extra should do the trick.

Weather might make it to 70 tomorrow. Wow! Then the cold weather will really arive for the rest of the winter. Gail, is it the same where you are?

Bonnie

It was in the low 60's when I drove by the bank tonight on my way home from the office. Drew plays soccer in Alma tomorrow so we get to head south some so maybe it won't be too bad. I just don't want to sit in the rain - after that I can be prepared for about anything. It is 46 now so hopefully it will at least get back up to 60. The game isn't until 4:30 and it starts to cool quickly. Guess I best get prepared for that.

Quiet evening - other than I have misplaced some of my door sign items. But, they will probably turn up - after we get home. But, no worries, it will be pretty covered as it is.

 

[GoofyTraci]

Ok guys one last question about the page swap. Is everyone making a page or making the items to make a page? And if you are making a page what size?


Just trying to get this last thing together so I can be done.

 

[Laurie from London]

Evening everyone...

Counting down the days...

Linda, you keep resting, can you find any good trashy daytime TV to watch? Soon you will be resting in a nice deck chair!

Donna, I hope everything turns out fine, I'm sure it will.
PS thanks a lot for telling us about your great weather! Here I am trying to figure out if DD;s winter coat will fit underneath her cheerleader outfit!
At least DS is Superman, not so hard to hide a coat under that one...
A couple of years ago we had a nice mild Halloween, we were out in short sleeves. I don't think we will get that this year. At least no snow so far though, we have trick or treated in the white stuff before.

We will have a good amount of kids, maybe 60 or so. Our little neighbourhood is a bit isolated, separated on two sides my major streets, so we only really get the kids who live right in the neighbourhood.

DMIL is taking the kids on Saturday afternoon so that DH and I can finish packing. She is going to carve pumpkins with them, so that is one less thing I have to do.

Gotta run and get these monkeys into bed. Have a great night everyone.

 

[Laurie from London]

Ok guys one last question about the page swap. Is everyone making a page or making the items to make a page? And if you are making a page what size?


Just trying to get this last thing together so I can be done.

I ended up making the page, 12x12.

 

[stampinshauna]

I'll probably end up making the pages too, and I'm doing 12x12.

Got some shopping done today--backpack, snacks, and sticker books for the flight (they may come in handy at mealtime on the ship too).

Sorry Tiggerzfan that you're not enjoying the 90 degree weather. That sounds heavenly to me right now. It has been in the 30s the past couple days here with snow. I looked at the extended forecast and it looks like it will be in the 80s next week for our pre-cruise stay--that is perfect in my opinion!

 

[TiggerzFan]

Thanks so much, everyone, for all the pixie dust and good thoughts!

As for our hot weather, not rubbing it in so much as letting you know we're keeping it nice and warm for your arrival in TEN days!

 

[GoofyTraci]

As for our hot weather, not rubbing it in so much as letting you know we're keeping it nice and warm for your arrival in TEN days!

Oh Donna we r just giving u a hard time. No worries

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Good night all,

off to watch Charlie Brown.

catch you tomorrow.

Look at how many pages we have done in the last 4 weeks



Kathy

 

[stampinshauna]

Have a good night everyone!

Hey Krista--good game tonight--one down three to go. Let's go Phillies!!!

 

[minniemouse71]

Donna, lots of for you and everyone else who needs it. Linda, I agree with everyone else, you need to get your rest. You can stay busy with activities and such once you board.
Tomorrow morning, I will print our boarding passes for our flight down on Friday morning. We are both so looking forward to this trip. We have both been working way to much and need this vacation.
We will finish packing tomorrow after work, and then leave here at 5:30 am on Friday morning. So if I am missing for a while, you know why. I will probably be up most of Thursday night and get my rest on the flight down. As for Halloween, we will be spending it somewhere in the Keys. Should be interesting.
I too, take my own hair dryer, the one on the ship is not something that I can work with at all. It is a long half tube, for lack of a better description, that has a too short cord, and just doesn't function well for me.
Traci, I also put my scrap page together, and made a 12x12. All I have left to do with them is make the "made by" tags.
Well all, I best be going I have one more work day, and need to get some rest before I tackle it.
Take care,
V

 

[LindaBabe]

Ok guys one last question about the page swap. Is everyone making a page or making the items to make a page? And if you are making a page what size?


Just trying to get this last thing together so I can be done.

I made a page kit - 12 x 12, some assembly required

Good Morning, everybody! Just a few days now!

 

[Mel0215]

Traci, I made a 12x 12 page. I still need to make the made by tags. I'll get to it soon.

Hope you all have a great day!

 

[glindamood]

Morning all. Quite nite at our house last night but I did do some clothes sorting. No wonder I pack too much - there is too much in the staging areas - for both DH and myself so I will go through that this weekend and weed some things out. It has been warm enough here for me to have pulled two shirts to wear to work already.

Well, have a good day everyone. Linda for your appointment today. Drew has a soccer game later today so I will be MIA.

 

[bjkjoy]

Has anyone else looked at their insurance policy? I was reading ours this morning and the exclusions say a pandemic or epidemic. Hasn't one been declaired? We are a little worried because a lot of people are getting sick. Wish it was time to leave tomorrow instead of next week.

Bonnie

 

[bjkjoy]

I just went to the main web site of our policy and it says they are modifying the rules until December of 2010 saying they will pay for cancellations caused by the swine flu. Whew! I'm hoping we stay flu-free but at least feeling better knowing if we have to cancel, we can use that money to go another time. If anyone else wonders, check your policies.

Bonnie