October 11-18, 2008 Eastern Magic-Parrothead Pirates in Paradise! Chapter # 2

[belle1627]

Heres another group that will be sailing with us

http://www.travelsbydesign.com/famfest.htm

 

[elgerber]

THE SILENT WIFE SPEAKS!!
Hello everyone,
I have been reading from afar and letting Alex do all the talking. We had a baby 16 days ago, so the sleepless nights are catching up. But now that someone has mentioned CHOCOLATE, I need to speak!!!
So how does this work?? Am I making my homemade chocolates? Does everyone on the list get a dozen? Do they go through the regular mail?

I think I would like to be on the list too!!
I am looking forward to meeting all of you. Alex says such wonderful things about the people he has chatted too. And nothing says a good hello like a box of chocolate!! Yum.
Silent Wife, Michelle

Hi Michelle. It might be fun for Maggie and Alexa to get involved in the chocolate exchange, since they have been e-mailing!

 

[elgerber]

Heres another group that will be sailing with us

http://www.travelsbydesign.com/famfest.htm

Interesting, these people are local to me. How did you find this? Their prices don't look very good.

 

[pinkygirl]

Have fun..

Tell hubby not to forget his skates

Its a good thing he is such a good sport!!!

never mind.......I want those skates for ME!!!!!!!
yes I LOVE pink!!!!!

 

[belle1627]

Interesting, these people are local to me. How did you find this? Their prices don't look very good.

I was doing a search just for the fun of it to see what would come up for DCL for our cruise and up it came. Prices do include air though but I thought it was alot to. I thought it was interesting too.

 

[belle1627]

never mind.......I want those skates for ME!!!!!!!
yes I LOVE pink!!!!!

I love PINK too!!!!!

 

[pinkygirl]

THE SILENT WIFE SPEAKS!!
Hello everyone,
I have been reading from afar and letting Alex do all the talking. We had a baby 16 days ago, so the sleepless nights are catching up. But now that someone has mentioned CHOCOLATE, I need to speak!!!
So how does this work?? Am I making my homemade chocolates? Does everyone on the list get a dozen? Do they go through the regular mail?

I think I would like to be on the list too!!
I am looking forward to meeting all of you. Alex says such wonderful things about the people he has chatted too. And nothing says a good hello like a box of chocolate!! Yum.
Silent Wife, Michelle

Hi Michelle!!!!!! as far as I know all you do is make a dozen chocolates for each person on the list! It's really easy to make, get some chocolate melts, melt them over a double boiler or microwave, pour them into molds and then freeze them for 5 minutes and there you go CHOCOLATES!!!! if you have a bulk food store near you like Bulk Barn they sell the molds and chocolate melts there for really cheap!!! Have fun and we can't wait to meet you and your family!!!!!

 

[belle1627]

Hi Michelle!!!!!! as far as I know all you do is make a dozen chocolates for each person on the list! It's really easy to make, get some chocolate melts, melt them over a double boiler or microwave, pour them into molds and then freeze them for 5 minutes and there you go CHOCOLATES!!!! if you have a bulk food store near you like Bulk Barn they sell the molds and chocolate melts there for really cheap!!! Have fun and we can't wait to meet you and your family!!!!!

Nancy how are you mailing them?

 

[pinkygirl]

Heres another group that will be sailing with us

http://www.travelsbydesign.com/famfest.htm

interesting!!! I wonder if they know about the DIS!!!

 

[pinkygirl]

I love PINK too!!!!!

that's why I have pinkygirl as my user name LOL

 

[pinkygirl]

Nancy how are you mailing them?

bubble envelopes and cardboard boxes from the dollar store 2 for $1 !!!!!

 

[belle1627]

bubble envelopes and cardboard boxes from the dollar store 2 for $1 !!!!!

perfect, thanks. I will hit Bulk barn and the dollar store tomorrow.

 

[pinkygirl]

perfect, thanks. I will hit Bulk barn and the dollar store tomorrow.

can you tell I go there alot LOL

 

[kritter]

Heres another group that will be sailing with us

http://www.travelsbydesign.com/famfest.htm

Wow!!! That is neat. The prices do seem high....

Great idea about mailing them Nancy.. I think that is what I will do...

I think we just need a few more addresses. I think from Michelle that might be it...

I bought cute little spring like bags too and think that I will mail them inside little boxes out too. I need to get some more boxes too and the envelopes too.. But we made the candies today. Very spring like ones tooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kritter]

Got, to run the kids are painting ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I need help later I have a school dilemena!!!!!!!!!

 

[pinkygirl]

Got, to run the kids are painting ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I need help later I have a school dilemena!!!!!!!!!

eeek school problems are not good!!!! LOL
Denis is making chocolate right now and tomorrow I'll go get the the boxes to mail them in too.

 

[kritter]

eeek school problems are not good!!!! LOL
Denis is making chocolate right now and tomorrow I'll go get the the boxes to mail them in too.

Yeah, it is not the kids it is me..

Ok here is the background my kids go to the same school that I student taught at and taught at..So the principals know me very well. Their Kinder. teacher was my mentor my first year teaching...

Last year in May the PTA our parent organization invited all parents to go to the end of the year party. SO all KInder. parents were invited. THe principal was there. The PTA needed a newsletter person and a co-chair for the science fair. I hate Science.. BIG Mistake I tell them whatever they need help with I'll do..Mistake number one. SO I end up doing the monthly newsletter that is such a pain and goes home with every kid every month. It is like 7-8 pages long. Takes hours to do. Then at the Nove. meeting they announce that I'm, co-chair for the science fair...UGH!!! The other mother is all gung hoo!!!!!!! SHe has a meeting at her house to discuss the science fair. I went and was not really into it...Then in Dec. she had another meeting a ton of other parents showed up..She knew at that meeting that I was having surgery and could not help out at that time..THen I had the surgery and well you know all about that, etc. They had two meetings about the science fair at the time Jan, etc. and I did not go. She has been nice to CC me on all the emails but I have done nothing at all to help out. SHe emailed me Friday saying she wanted to have a meeting at her house on Monday night. I can not go~DH will not be home and truthfully I do not want to go...I know it sounds bad. But at that time of night I still am tired and not well enough to be out late. Also, a side note my kids are too young to partake in the fair anyways. The night of the fair is the first Friday in April too five days before we leave for Florida. Plus, that weekend our friends from our first cruise are going to be here I just found out since their daughter has a dance competion in this area of CT..Then my kids come home Friday bounding off the bus. WIth a paper in hand asking for Volunteers for their cultural day event also run by our PTA. They are screaming mommy can you help out with this for our class..Ms. Clevleland said to ask you to help out...Well, this is the same week Wed. of the science Fair. Science Fair is that Friday night and set up is Thursday night. What to do. ????????
I would like to tell this women that since I have done nothing for the Fair I just am not up to being part of this comittee but then how can I be helping out with this cultural thing...Any thoughts??

DH tells me I volunteer for to many things that is why this happens. I also, need to keep in mind that I go back to my dr. on Friday and truthfully have not been "cleared" by him for any of this stuff as of yet. Sorry, for being so long winded but not sure what to do..???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Pinkgurlshubby]

Have fun..

Tell hubby not to forget his skates

Its a good thing he is such a good sport!!!

Umm excuse me but since you are mine and Nancy's FB friend and seen the pictures you know I do not own pink skates LOL!!!!!!!

 

[Pinkgurlshubby]

THE SILENT WIFE SPEAKS!!
Hello everyone,
I have been reading from afar and letting Alex do all the talking. We had a baby 16 days ago, so the sleepless nights are catching up. But now that someone has mentioned CHOCOLATE, I need to speak!!!
So how does this work?? Am I making my homemade chocolates? Does everyone on the list get a dozen? Do they go through the regular mail?

I think I would like to be on the list too!!
I am looking forward to meeting all of you. Alex says such wonderful things about the people he has chatted too. And nothing says a good hello like a box of chocolate!! Yum.
Silent Wife, Michelle

That was too funny! Plus let's keep in mind what Erica said. I'd love to get 4 dozen chocolates in the mail by next week but it does not need to be done this instant. We bought more molds and flavors today and I'd like for Nancy and I to experiment a bit before we go all nuts on melting 4 or 5 dozen. The mold we got makes 8 at a time but the finished prduct only goes in the freezer for 5 minutes, it will still take a day to do this.
We did try to save time today, we got some white Belguims from the Bulk Barn and left the bag on the dashboard while we were driving around. As any Canadian knows, the heat is on max in the truck...melted mess LOL

 

[pinkygirl]

Yeah, it is not the kids it is me..

Ok here is the background my kids go to the same school that I student taught at and taught at..So the principals know me very well. Their Kinder. teacher was my mentor my first year teaching...

Last year in May the PTA our parent organization invited all parents to go to the end of the year party. SO all KInder. parents were invited. THe principal was there. The PTA needed a newsletter person and a co-chair for the science fair. I hate Science.. BIG Mistake I tell them whatever they need help with I'll do..Mistake number one. SO I end up doing the monthly newsletter that is such a pain and goes home with every kid every month. It is like 7-8 pages long. Takes hours to do. Then at the Nove. meeting they announce that I'm, co-chair for the science fair...UGH!!! The other mother is all gung hoo!!!!!!! SHe has a meeting at her house to discuss the science fair. I went and was not really into it...Then in Dec. she had another meeting a ton of other parents showed up..She knew at that meeting that I was having surgery and could not help out at that time..THen I had the surgery and well you know all about that, etc. They had two meetings about the science fair at the time Jan, etc. and I did not go. She has been nice to CC me on all the emails but I have done nothing at all to help out. SHe emailed me Friday saying she wanted to have a meeting at her house on Monday night. I can not go~DH will not be home and truthfully I do not want to go...I know it sounds bad. But at that time of night I still am tired and not well enough to be out late. Also, a side note my kids are too young to partake in the fair anyways. The night of the fair is the first Friday in April too five days before we leave for Florida. Plus, that weekend our friends from our first cruise are going to be here I just found out since their daughter has a dance competion in this area of CT..Then my kids come home Friday bounding off the bus. WIth a paper in hand asking for Volunteers for their cultural day event also run by our PTA. They are screaming mommy can you help out with this for our class..Ms. Clevleland said to ask you to help out...Well, this is the same week Wed. of the science Fair. Science Fair is that Friday night and set up is Thursday night. What to do. ????????
I would like to tell this women that since I have done nothing for the Fair I just am not up to being part of this comittee but then how can I be helping out with this cultural thing...Any thoughts??

DH tells me I volunteer for to many things that is why this happens. I also, need to keep in mind that I go back to my dr. on Friday and truthfully have not been "cleared" by him for any of this stuff as of yet. Sorry, for being so long winded but not sure what to do..???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

honestly I would just kindly say to the lady from the fair that since you were not well enough to go to the last meetings and missed most of the planning you really feel like you don't really know what's going on. just excuse yourself and say maybe next time you would like to help but this time you don't feel up to it!!! Then if you want to do the cultural day event with your girls then do. You shouldn't feel obliged to do anything. I'm sure that lady will understand since you have not been feeling very well at all!! I would get involved with things my boys would actually be in!! just my 2 cents hope this helps!