October 20th 2007 Western Magic Part 3

[AverysMommy]

Hi everyone! I haven't been on in a while but wanted to pop in and say hi. We are in the midst of the end of school, baseball and dance recital so it's been crazy. I'm sure you all can relate to the craziness. I cannot wait for school to be OVER! June 11th for DS. DD was finished last Tuesday. I hope everyone is doing well. to anyone who needs it right now. Welcome to all the new recruits!

I did read tidbits about some of you supporting eachother on getting in shape for this cruise. Count me in! About 3 weeks ago I completely cut out pop, coffee (loaded with creamer, which was my downfall), and most sweet stuff. Plus I started working out several times a week. So far lost about 10 pounds, which stuns me. I wasn't too concerned with losing weight, just getting toned. Now I need to focus on that! My goal is to look better than my sister on the cruise.

Jessalyn-
I can't wait for these kids to all meet!! They are going to have a blast! I'll tell Hayden and Gwynne about Spencer and Avery. I've been trying to update them on all the kids who are cruising from this thread.

Take care everyone! Hopefully in 2 weeks I'll be able to join in more.

Let me know when things calm down and we should get the kids emailing each other - I find the Kids Board pretty dominated by the teenage girls - I know my son doesnt like all the babble about boys and stuff. My daughter likes Gwynne's ballet pictures and she says that they are already friends because they both take ballet (ahh to be 5 again!)

We just finished our quiet lull between seasons so now we are into swimming, baseball, and soccer. but we will definately find time for dis-emailing

Jessalynn

 

[AverysMommy]

Just booked my 40th birthday evening

I've decided on a place called Studley castle. 3 couples (my oldest friends)
will wine and dine in all our finery (I'll be in the same dress on formal night ), then overnight in the castle. Sounds like fun.

I have booked us the best suite they have. I'll be taking my own cake - ( georgous cheesecake of course ) and lots of champagne and red wine.

WOW that soudns awesome - my 40th is next week and I dont think we have planned anything yet (the real present is the cruise). We may go to Il Fornella for dinner with the kids.

 

[AverysMommy]

Okay Cheryl, here's the Pirate 2 premiere scoop!!!........

Our husbands are "Pirates" freaks. From the moment they saw the original Pirates 1 they counted the days until the second movie was released! So, to surprise them, we sent them on a 3 day Disney Cruise to the Bahamas so that they could say they saw the premiere of Pirates 2 while they were floating around the Caribbean!!

It was great......First, we gave them each a card. Inside the card we had written a riddle for them. To solve the riddle, they had to go through the house looking for a series of clues. Each clue led them to the next, until the final clue, which was a treasure map. We then made them use this treasure map to go on a scavenger hunt through the yard. Each clue led them to the next (from finding a beer on the basketball hoop, to getting shovels out of the garage, to jumping fences, etc.) until they found an "X", which marked the spot of the buried treasure. (We actually made them dig up a little treasure box which we had buried the day before!!) Inside the treasure chest was their plane tickets and spending money.

At this point they still didn't know where they were going, only that they were flying to Orlando. On the flight down, they were each given 10 envelopes to open at specific times during the flight. They were silly little messages like "I love you" or "Where's the rum", etc. The last envleope they opened instructed them to call us as soon as they arrived in the terminal and had gathered their luggage. When they called, we instructed them to the car rental terminal. (We had prearranged for them to be given a convertible for the next two days!!!) They picked up their red Sebring convertable and we told them that the day was theirs to enjoy......to do whatever they wanted. (They chose to go to Tampa for the day to Clearwater Beach!!! They had a blast!)

We next instructed them to proceed to my husbands Aunt Mary's (she happens to live in Orlando!) They spent the evening with her, still not knowing what they were doing. (They wondered if somehow they were going to a special premiere of the movie at Magic Kingdom!) We told them to call us the next morning at 7:15 am for further instruction. When they called us, we told them that their final clue was at the bottom of Aunt Mary's pool and they had to both dive in to get it!!! (Aunt Mary is in on everything by the way!) They dove to the bottom and retrieved their final clue. They had to redeem this clue to Aunt Mary to get their prize. In turn, she handed them a package (wrapped in pirate paper of course) and they opened it. (we are listening to all of this on a speaker phone by the way). Inside was their boarding packet for the ship!!!! Well, they were like two little boys. We could hear them screaming and yelling, saying "NO WAY" "NO WAY"!!!! They were very surprised!!!! We finally had to interupt all the celebrating to tell them to get going because the ship was leaving that afternoon!!!

Needless to say, they had a blast dressed in their pirate costumes at the premier that weekend on the ship!!!

Here are some pics:

Reading their cards!

Looking for clues:

Digging for treasure!!

At the terminal!!

Premiere Night!!

WOW you are the most amazing wife......I have never heard of such a great and fun gift. I hope they really appreciated all of that!

 

[MinnMick01]

Good morning everyone

Been busy this morning alread, weeded about half of the back yard, getting ready to post on ebay already and working on laundry.

What is everybody else up to.

 

[AverysMommy]

Would everyone like to try and get a group photo of the Konkers at some point onboard? Maybe we could organise it for after the dinners and shows on formal night? Just a thought. Maybe we could all meet up for a drink afterwards and get us all in one big photo

We used to do a group shot on the American tours we went on. We have some amazing photos - on the grass outside the whitehouse, on the steps of some government building, etc. It would be a great memory and keepsake.

Is anyone else interested or am I being crazy?

love the idea of a group shot on pirates night or formal night

 

[AverysMommy]

I love this pic. I wish I could get the kids to be nice to each other long enough to get pics like that. You have beautiful kids.

Thanks - that probably didnt last long - he probably pushed her off the couch about 5 minutes later - LOL

 

[AverysMommy]

Sorry I did not know you were going for a page. That is what I get for starting where I leave off instead of reading the most recent.

NO BIG - I am sure I will have another late night before October and will try again.

 

[MinnMick01]

Thanks - that probably didnt last long - he probably pushed her off the couch about 5 minutes later - LOL

now that sounds like a typical brother and sister.

 

[AverysMommy]

I think this has alreay been answered, but yes, you need 20 gifts that will go to 20 different cabins.QUOTE]


but since we are in one of the cabins, dont we just need to bring 19 gifts for the other people?

 

[MinnMick01]

I think this has alreay been answered, but yes, you need 20 gifts that will go to 20 different cabins.QUOTE]


but since we are in one of the cabins, dont we just need to bring 19 gifts for the other people?

You are correct

 

[disgrits]

GREAT NEWS, NANCY!!

How are you going to celebrate?

 

[perdidobay]

Hi JO!!!

How sweet of you to drop in on us here. Does this mean you and Danny decided to cruise with us anyway?

Stateroom number? Whatever for? Are you sending Jack Sparrow to my room?

....let's just say paybacks are sweet

Sure, I'll send Jack to your stateroom...after I'm finished with him
Sadly, I still won't be sailing in October.........

but I'm still hoping we will all cruise together again someday!!!

 

[Timon]

Way to go Nancy!!!!!!!! Wooooo HOOOO!!!!!

Okay, I will work on the logo tonight after elliptical, got some good feedback so maybe I will do a few versions and perhaps Jeff can post a poll on the KK board and see what we want.

The reason I placed the flags all across like that was because I could only find a Conch Republic flag that was short like that, unlike the other 3 long ones, so they wouldn't balance very well if I place them another way, but if someone found a long one, needs to be at least 600 pixels in length, then I can change that.

 

[disgrits]

Anybody know when Linda is due back?

Karen--I can relate to the sore legs! Rob and I haven't been able to consistently work out for the last couple of weeks with the move coming up and my little knee injury, so when we do get to work out, I am so sore the next day. We didn't get to go yesterday, so we are going today..........SORE tomorrow!

Cass- cute design. We'll probably get some, too. Karen, you can bribe Neil by telling him other guys will be wearing the shirt, or at least Rob will be wearing the shirt!

Jeff- I'm still interested in the bracelets. Just let me know if there is enough interest and when you want to order.

 

[MinnMick01]

Way to go Nancy!!!!!!!! Wooooo HOOOO!!!!!

Okay, I will work on the logo tonight after elliptical, got some good feedback so maybe I will do a few versions and perhaps Jeff can post a poll on the KK board and see what we want.

The reason I placed the flags all across like that was because I could only find a Conch Republic flag that was short like that, unlike the other 3 long ones, so they wouldn't balance very well if I place them another way, but if someone found a long one, needs to be at least 600 pixels in length, then I can change that.

Ok I have to admit that the I have not been to on board with the shirt thing, but DH was on board as soon as it was mentioned. Do we have an idea of cost with these because it is now growing on me that I saw the design. Only question is what happens if we don't hit the ports we are supposed to, do we still want the flags just in case?

 

[MinnMick01]

almost done. I took on the project of posting things on ebay for a friend. Since Saturday I have posted 45 auctions, I have 2 left to post. Yeah.

 

[Timon]

Ok I have to admit that the I have not been to on board with the shirt thing, but DH was on board as soon as it was mentioned. Do we have an idea of cost with these because it is now growing on me that I saw the design. Only question is what happens if we don't hit the ports we are supposed to, do we still want the flags just in case?

Carrie,

If you go to http://www.cafepress.com/konkedkruisers you will see the available shirts, with prices there as well. Also somewhere on the site you can find the shipping rates as well, so you can choose whatever products you want. I think the cheapest is a basic tee for $10 I believe.

I will make several versions of the logo tonight, one without the flags and then hopefully a mod will post a poll on the KK board and we can vote on our fave one. So if you have any suggestions for the logo, PM me before tonight.

 

[dizneycrazy4]

Thanks for the dust stuff everyone.

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I got the "ALL CLEAR"!!!

That is great news Nancy, now do you get to wait 1 yr for checkups??

 

[MinnMick01]

Carrie,

If you go to http://www.cafepress.com/konkedkruisers you will see the available shirts, with prices there as well. Also somewhere on the site you can find the shipping rates as well, so you can choose whatever products you want. I think the cheapest is a basic tee for $10 I believe.

I will make several versions of the logo tonight, one without the flags and then hopefully a mod will post a poll on the KK board and we can vote on our fave one. So if you have any suggestions for the logo, PM me before tonight.

thank you I will go check that out. So are we looking at just the adults doing shirts or the whole family? Are we all planning on wearing them on the same day or just whenever?

 

[MinnMick01]

Yippy I did it. 45 auctions posted. now I can sit back and relax