October 20th 2007 Western Magic Part 5

[Timon]

Here's a loser for you, I'm down to 187. 2 lbs from my goal! (85kg with 1kg to go for those of you who are on the metric system.) I'm thinking that I need to revise my goal to less than 185, that way when I gain weight on the cruise I come up to my goal!!!!

Good job Steve!!

IF I do get to my cruise weight goal, I still need to lose another 20 lbs after that BUT I will be happy because then all that walking around in WDW won't be so bad on my back.



Ok...my pics...

Creamy Butternut Squash Soup
garnished with Chives and drizzled with Sour Cream

this is yummy but I always need to add salt before I can eat it.


Caesar Salad
with Shaved Parmesan and Focaccia Croutons

This one is good too yum but I will stick with just the soup.


Bacon wrapped Filet Mignon with Seafood-filled Pastry Shell
with a Rock Shrimp, Crabmeat, Tomato and Feta Cheese Ragout

But I'm gonna ask for the red skinned tatoes instead of the pastry shell


Double-Fudge Chocolate Cake
with Chocolate Sauce

I always go for this one BUT I think I may try this one instead..
ahh heck, I will get both

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Pie
served with Vanilla and Coffee Sauce

I would actually pay more to go with Avis. The shuttles run more often and the lines inside move quicker. Budget only has one cashier, Avis has at least 2.

Each time we used Budget, it took so long to get in and out of there.

With Avis, the time was always half or less than what we've experienced with Budget.

We won't even look at Budget anymore for our cruise car rental.

On the backside, if you are in Avis' Preferred group, they have everything waiting for you. We are in Budgets, but you still have to wait in the line to get your car.

There will be people here who are firm Budget customers, but this has just been my experience.

If you are picking up after the cruise, then yes, Budget takes FOREVER!!! But I prefer Budget's cars and if you are picking it up at the airport, you can't beat the location, you cross the road into the garage and the booth is right there!!! When we rented from Avis in 2002, the walk from the airport to the rental area in the garage was RIDICULOUS!!!! Maybe it has changed but there's NO way I would ever do that again, even if it's way cheaper!

FO-get about it!!!!

We are non smokers...

I used to smoke... how many non-smokers were smokers?

I started smoking when I was 15 I smoked for 10 years, then I quit on my 25th birthday, cold turkey. That was 10 years ago now

Cass...I'm glad I'm not the only one who'll be bathing in sunscreen! When DH and I went to Playa de Carmen in 2001, I had to buy an spf 70 at the gift shop, because my spf 30-45 didn't cut it!

I also found (this is geeky ) a jar of zinc oxide that's supposed to go on clear, and I bought it for the cruise

I burn in Calgary in about 10 minutes. In Cozumel, I think I am burnt before I get off the dang ship I use spf 45 normally but I need the higher one when I go on the cruise, can't remember at the moment, I think it's 105 spf?? I am really worried about Kira, with her pale skin. If you see a baby that is covered in THICK white sunscreen, that's her!

By the way...for the record...my DH is also a HUGE Star Wars fan...and I'm a fan too.

If we had enough room in our luggage to bring along our Star Wars Trivial Pursuit, we could have quite a fun challenge!

Oh don't say that, Rob will be packing his. No one will play with him. Just like no one plays Disney trivia with me

I am so excited. We went to Savers this morning and I found a zip up binder and some different shape sleeves so I can make my own scrap book organizer. I think in total I spent $8 for the whole thing.

Thanks for the wonderful idea Cass.

Yay! Good for you!!!

Wouldn't be this early, but here's a question for y'all:

If you got upgraded, would (or could) you keep it from your family?

Not let them know until you get on the ship.

Hmm, yes, I would keep it from Rob's family!! I will tell them when we get back home

 

[Timon]

You know, now that I am looking at my choices from last cruise in 2005, I noticed that the menus are different.

Barb's say that they are from Decem ber 2006. I wonder if they will be the same when we board?

For our last cruise, instead of the Bacon wrapped filet, we had the Grilled Sirloin with potato skins.


And for dessert we had the New York Style Cheesecake but not the Chocolate and Peanut Butter Pie.

 

[B9erSteve]

Good for you Steve. The trick now is to maintain the weight loss.

Heather

Actually, I'm thinking that it won't be too difficult. I have not really "Dieted" but instead I have changed the amounts of what I eat. I'll slip back big time on this cruise, and I am mentally prepared for it. But, the goal for me has been to change eating habits rather than eat a bunch of stuff I hate just so I can go back to eat the things that I like and gain it back. Did I make sense?

ANIMATORS PALATE

APPITIZERS
Seafood and Avocado Wrappers
with a light Oriental Coleslaw

Wild Garlic Mushrooms
served in a flaky Pastry Cup cooked with fresh Herb and Garlic Cream Sauce

Smoked Salmon Parcel with Baby Spinach
stuffed with fresh Herb Cream Cheese and REd Bell Pepper Coulis

Baked Stuff Tomato
with Vegetable Rice and Monterey Jack Cheese
Wild Garlic Mushrooms. I love Mushrooms.

SOUP AND SALADS
Chilled Gazpacho
with Calamata Crostini

Creamy Butternut Squash Soup
garnished with Chives and drizzled with Sour Cream

Confetti Tomato Salad
with Yellow Teardrop Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Bell Peppers, Olive Oil and Herb Dressing

Caesar Salad
with Shaved Parmesan and Focaccia Croutons
Laura would be in heaven with that Butternut Squash soup, I'd probably go with a salad w/ no dressing add lemon (tip o' the hat to my diet)

THE FEATURE SELECTION
Cheese filled Cannelloni
with a light Cheese Sauce and Sauteed Spinach

Maple-glazed Salmon
with Green Beans and Smashed Red Skin Potatoes

Veal Chop encrusted with Parmesan and Herb Crust
with Sweetcorn Risotto, Asparagus Spears, Cherry Tamoatoes on Red Wine Reduction

Lemon Peppered Oven-baked stuffed Chicken
filled with Provencal Vegetables on Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese Mash served with Cilantro infused Tomato Concasse

[B]Bacon wrapped Filet Mignon with Seafood-filled Pastry Shell[/B]
with a Rock Shrimp, Crabmeat, Tomato and Feta Cheese RagoutWhoo Hoo. This sounds fabulous!

VEGETARIAN SELECTIONS
Vegetable Curry
with Yogurt Dressing, Pompadoms and Basmati Rice

Pasta Marinara
tossed in Tomato Sauce with Fire Roasted Vegetables


LIGHTER FARE
Grilled Grain-fed Sirloin Steak

Slow Roasted Breast of Chicken

Oven Baked Fillet of Salmon

All of the above are served with Garden Vegetables and your choice of Steamed White Rice or Baked Potato


DESSERTS
Strawberry Shortcake
with fresh Strawberries and Whipped Cream

Boston Cream Pie
Light Sponge Cake filled with Vanilla Pastry Cream

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Pie
served with Vanilla and Coffee Sauce

Double-Fudge Chocolate Cake
with Chocolate Sauce

Ice Cream Sundae
Chocolate Mud Pie and Strawberry Ice Cream, with Date and Walnut Cake and Chocolate Sauce

Strawberry shortcake. Again, watching the calories.

Wouldn't be this early, but here's a question for y'all:

If you got upgraded, would (or could) you keep it from your family?

Not let them know until you get on the ship.

That would be very tempting! I hadn't thought of it until now. It might be fun.

 

[GOS]

Baked Stuff Tomato
with Vegetable Rice and Monterey Jack Cheese - Heather

Lemon Peppered Oven-baked stuffed Chicken
filled with Provencal Vegetables on Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese Mash served with Cilantro infused Tomato Concasse - Heather

Grilled Grain-fed Sirloin Steak - Rick


Double-Fudge Chocolate Cake
with Chocolate Sauce - Rick

Ice Cream Sundae
Chocolate Mud Pie and Strawberry Ice Cream, with Date and Walnut Cake and Chocolate Sauce - Heather

Heather

 

[B9erSteve]

Hey, Isn't the Magic starting her return home today?

 

[Dyerneeds]

I'm a little (okay a lot) weirded out right now. We got our first RSVP from Dave's side of the family yesterday, from his Aunt Vicki.

We got a call at 7:30 this morning that she passed away last night.

I don't know when all of the funeral arrangements are going to be yet. All I know is that his mother was hysterical when she called us.

Robin here...

Seriously? OMG, That would weird you out.

Sorry to hear of her passing. How old was she?

 

[Dyerneeds]

Yeah, it was hard to keep up last night. We were a chatty bunch! It was fun Normally when I post I am alone or it's only me and 1-3 Disers on.

Robin here...

Wow, you got that right. I thought I was the only one having trouble. It was hopping!

ANIMATORS PALATE

APPITIZERS
Seafood and Avocado Wrappers
with a light Oriental Coleslaw

Wild Garlic Mushrooms
served in a flaky Pastry Cup cooked with fresh Herb and Garlic Cream Sauce

Smoked Salmon Parcel with Baby Spinach
stuffed with fresh Herb Cream Cheese and REd Bell Pepper Coulis

Baked Stuff Tomato
with Vegetable Rice and Monterey Jack Cheese


SOUP AND SALADS
Chilled Gazpacho
with Calamata Crostini

Creamy Butternut Squash Soup
garnished with Chives and drizzled with Sour Cream

Confetti Tomato Salad
with Yellow Teardrop Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Bell Peppers, Olive Oil and Herb Dressing

Caesar Salad
with Shaved Parmesan and Focaccia Croutons


THE FEATURE SELECTION
Cheese filled Cannelloni
with a light Cheese Sauce and Sauteed Spinach

Maple-glazed Salmon
with Green Beans and Smashed Red Skin Potatoes

Veal Chop encrusted with Parmesan and Herb Crust
with Sweetcorn Risotto, Asparagus Spears, Cherry Tamoatoes on Red Wine Reduction

Lemon Peppered Oven-baked stuffed Chicken
filled with Provencal Vegetables on Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese Mash served with Cilantro infused Tomato Concasse

Bacon wrapped Filet Mignon with Seafood-filled Pastry Shell
with a Rock Shrimp, Crabmeat, Tomato and Feta Cheese Ragout


VEGETARIAN SELECTIONS
Vegetable Curry
with Yogurt Dressing, Pompadoms and Basmati Rice

Pasta Marinara
tossed in Tomato Sauce with Fire Roasted Vegetables


LIGHTER FARE
Grilled Grain-fed Sirloin Steak

Slow Roasted Breast of Chicken

Oven Baked Fillet of Salmon

All of the above are served with Garden Vegetables and your choice of Steamed White Rice or Baked Potato


DESSERTS
Strawberry Shortcake
with fresh Strawberries and Whipped Cream

Boston Cream Pie
Light Sponge Cake filled with Vanilla Pastry Cream

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Pie
served with Vanilla and Coffee Sauce

Double-Fudge Chocolate Cake
with Chocolate Sauce

Ice Cream Sundae
Chocolate Mud Pie and Strawberry Ice Cream, with Date and Walnut Cake and Chocolate Sauce

Baked Stuff Tomato As a rule I don't have appetizers, but I've had this before. It's very good.

Slow Roasted Breast of Chicken
served with Garden Vegetables and your choice of Steamed White Rice or Baked Potato

DESSERTS
Strawberry Shortcake
with fresh Strawberries and Whipped Cream

I would actually pay more to go with Avis. The shuttles run more often and the lines inside move quicker. Budget only has one cashier, Avis has at least 2.

Each time we used Budget, it took so long to get in and out of there.

With Avis, the time was always half or less than what we've experienced with Budget.

We won't even look at Budget anymore for our cruise car rental.

On the backside, if you are in Avis' Preferred group, they have everything waiting for you. We are in Budgets, but you still have to wait in the line to get your car.

There will be people here who are firm Budget customers, but this has just been my experience.

Uh Oh. We're using budget. I guess we'll just have to suck it up.

We'll be there early. I'm not too worried.

 

[Dyerneeds]

Here's a loser for you, I'm down to 187. 2 lbs from my goal! (85kg with 1kg to go for those of you who are on the metric system.) I'm thinking that I need to revise my goal to less than 185, that way when I gain weight on the cruise I come up to my goal!!!!

cinnamike here.
great job steve.
i like to be around 185 myself. by the end of the last cruise i was around 204.

so i had work to do. i have lost back to 183 but its starting to sneak up again at 190. i had better watch till oct.

 

[Dyerneeds]

ANIMATORS PALATE

APPITIZERS
Seafood and Avocado Wrappers
with a light Oriental Coleslaw

Wild Garlic Mushrooms
served in a flaky Pastry Cup cooked with fresh Herb and Garlic Cream Sauce

Smoked Salmon Parcel with Baby Spinach
stuffed with fresh Herb Cream Cheese and REd Bell Pepper Coulis

Baked Stuff Tomato
with Vegetable Rice and Monterey Jack Cheese


SOUP AND SALADS
Chilled Gazpacho
with Calamata Crostini

Creamy Butternut Squash Soup
garnished with Chives and drizzled with Sour Cream

Confetti Tomato Salad
with Yellow Teardrop Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Bell Peppers, Olive Oil and Herb Dressing

Caesar Salad
with Shaved Parmesan and Focaccia Croutons


THE FEATURE SELECTION
Cheese filled Cannelloni
with a light Cheese Sauce and Sauteed Spinach

Maple-glazed Salmon
with Green Beans and Smashed Red Skin Potatoes

Veal Chop encrusted with Parmesan and Herb Crust
with Sweetcorn Risotto, Asparagus Spears, Cherry Tamoatoes on Red Wine Reduction

Lemon Peppered Oven-baked stuffed Chicken
filled with Provencal Vegetables on Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese Mash served with Cilantro infused Tomato Concasse

Bacon wrapped Filet Mignon with Seafood-filled Pastry Shell
with a Rock Shrimp, Crabmeat, Tomato and Feta Cheese Ragout


VEGETARIAN SELECTIONS
Vegetable Curry
with Yogurt Dressing, Pompadoms and Basmati Rice

Pasta Marinara
tossed in Tomato Sauce with Fire Roasted Vegetables


LIGHTER FARE
Grilled Grain-fed Sirloin Steak

Slow Roasted Breast of Chicken

Oven Baked Fillet of Salmon

All of the above are served with Garden Vegetables and your choice of Steamed White Rice or Baked Potato


DESSERTS
Strawberry Shortcake
with fresh Strawberries and Whipped Cream

Boston Cream Pie
Light Sponge Cake filled with Vanilla Pastry Cream

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Pie
served with Vanilla and Coffee Sauce

Double-Fudge Chocolate Cake
with Chocolate Sauce

Ice Cream Sundae
Chocolate Mud Pie and Strawberry Ice Cream, with Date and Walnut Cake and Chocolate Sauce

cinnamike will get
no appetizers
no salad (no veggies for me. just fruit)
from the lighter fare, steak with fries. separate plates please.
strawberry shortcake.

 

[B9erSteve]

cinnamike here.
great job steve.
i like to be around 185 myself. by the end of the last cruise i was around 204.

so i had work to do. i have lost back to 183 but its starting to sneak up again at 190. i had better watch till oct.

Thanks. I've been happy with my progress so far. I think that I'll probably ramp up my activity level a bit on the cruise to offset some of the gain. I really never want to see 200 again. My Doc started dropping the statin hints last time I was in.

 

[Dyerneeds]

yeah, i saw my cardiologist 1 month after the last cruise and he told me to nip it (weight gain) in the bud.

 

[Dyerneeds]

a sat nite fo ?

 

[MinnMick01]

Actually, I'm thinking that it won't be too difficult. I have not really "Dieted" but instead I have changed the amounts of what I eat. I'll slip back big time on this cruise, and I am mentally prepared for it. But, the goal for me has been to change eating habits rather than eat a bunch of stuff I hate just so I can go back to eat the things that I like and gain it back. Did I make sense?

That is what Scott is doing also. He calls it portion control and then he does the occasional situps. Other then that, that is it. He is holding even at 184. Which is ok for his height. He has dropped a pant size. It is funny because he is still wearing his large ones and just using the belt. He does not want to go out and buy all new pants and shorts before the cruise. I don't blame him it can get expensive.

 

[MinnMick01]

I found out today that my mother is now a size 8 in pants. I am so proud of her. I know she did not try to loss the weight but I think it is great. Before April she was 160 and now she is 136. She has not been a size 8 since she was 20.

 

[MinnMick01]

I have always wanted to be that "mother" that all the kids friends liked and wanted to hang at our house. It has never happened until today. It was weird because I am not used to it and I was in middle of cooking. But Kelsey had one friend that came over and hung out and then a little later another one showed up. Kyle is leaching to all the girls and Mackenzie is feeling a little left out but other then that it has been fun. Tori left allready and the other girl is still her. But I will be posting pics of Tori and Kelsey later tonight. They decided to write all over their bodies with what they thought was washable marker. They have since learned that it was not that washable.

 

[Dyerneeds]

Nobody Gets an F.O. on a saturday night do they?...

i just did also.

 

[Dyerneeds]

good evening carrie.

 

[Dyerneeds]

robin put her weight loss on the kk site today (a day late)
she is on a mission now.

 

[Dyerneeds]

her croc hunt went well today.
i think she got a diif pair for every day of the cruise.
we may need an extra suitcase for crocs alone.

 

[goofyfreak]

ANIMATORS PALATE

APPITIZERS
Seafood and Avocado Wrappers
with a light Oriental Coleslaw

Wild Garlic Mushrooms
served in a flaky Pastry Cup cooked with fresh Herb and Garlic Cream Sauce

Smoked Salmon Parcel with Baby Spinach
stuffed with fresh Herb Cream Cheese and REd Bell Pepper Coulis

Baked Stuff Tomato
with Vegetable Rice and Monterey Jack Cheese


SOUP AND SALADS
Chilled Gazpacho
with Calamata Crostini

Creamy Butternut Squash Soup
garnished with Chives and drizzled with Sour Cream

Confetti Tomato Salad
with Yellow Teardrop Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Bell Peppers, Olive Oil and Herb Dressing

Caesar Salad
with Shaved Parmesan and Focaccia Croutons


THE FEATURE SELECTION
Cheese filled Cannelloni
with a light Cheese Sauce and Sauteed Spinach

Maple-glazed Salmon
with Green Beans and Smashed Red Skin Potatoes

Veal Chop encrusted with Parmesan and Herb Crust
with Sweetcorn Risotto, Asparagus Spears, Cherry Tamoatoes on Red Wine Reduction

Lemon Peppered Oven-baked stuffed Chicken
filled with Provencal Vegetables on Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese Mash served with Cilantro infused Tomato Concasse

Bacon wrapped Filet Mignon with Seafood-filled Pastry Shell
with a Rock Shrimp, Crabmeat, Tomato and Feta Cheese Ragout


VEGETARIAN SELECTIONS
Vegetable Curry
with Yogurt Dressing, Pompadoms and Basmati Rice

Pasta Marinara
tossed in Tomato Sauce with Fire Roasted Vegetables


LIGHTER FARE
Grilled Grain-fed Sirloin Steak

Slow Roasted Breast of Chicken

Oven Baked Fillet of Salmon

All of the above are served with Garden Vegetables and your choice of Steamed White Rice or Baked Potato


DESSERTS
Strawberry Shortcake
with fresh Strawberries and Whipped Cream

Boston Cream Pie
Light Sponge Cake filled with Vanilla Pastry Cream

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Pie
served with Vanilla and Coffee Sauce

Double-Fudge Chocolate Cake
with Chocolate Sauce

Ice Cream Sundae
Chocolate Mud Pie and Strawberry Ice Cream, with Date and Walnut Cake and Chocolate Sauce

Since I am so picky I don't like much. So, I will order Scott the Wild Garlic Mushrooms first as his second appetizer. (So he doesn't lood like a pig!! ) Then I'll get him the Butternut Squash Soup to go with his salad so he doesnt look like a hog!!!! Then I'll have a sirloin. And I'll finish with the Strawberry Shortcake!!!!