Sept 18 2010 WB TransAtlantic Pirates/Capt Jacks Re-Repoing Repossession Cruise Pt.6

[1DisneyQueen]

This is soooo adorable! I just love them.

Sue - your husband also made me laugh! How funny the post was.
We have 9 signed up for scrapbooking right now so thanks for all the PM's and signing up. I will put a list together as it gets closer, but I figured I would have 10 little bags made up just to be on the safe side.

My dad arrives today so I don't know how often I can get on the boards and post. I definitely won't forget about you and I don't expect you to stop posting because I cannot read I just hate missing anything. Have tons of fun without me!!!

Have you added my Dsis (Poohluvsfigment)?

 

[gismo1554]

Well I have news. I don't know if it's the right thing or not, but it seems to be the right thing for them. I'm still at grandmother's (I can't stay at my mom's because I have respiratory allergies to cats, and they have one), and mom called last night saying they found a Bichon Frise breeder in Akron (a little more than an hour away) who has a 12 week old girl. They're going to pick it up today, and she's so excited. She has to work a 12 hour shift, so her husband is going to pick her up, then when mom gets home tonight, she'll have a new furkid waiting to meet her.

I have to go back home this morning for an appointment I have this afternoon, but I've decided I'll come back for a couple of days so I can meet the new family member.

I'll absolutely be passing along all of your kind words to her, too. She knows that there are great people on these boards because she met many on a cruise we went on 2 years ago, and of course I speak of all of you frequently, too. Thank you everyone!

There is absolutely no wrong or right thing. When my sisters dog Paco died she was devistated. A few days after my Dad had to phone our kennels (the one we used for all our dogs) and the owner (and our friend) said weirdly they had a puppy that was being kennelled there that the owner couldn't cope with and needed to get rid of. Well my sister only saw her once and had to have her. Zoey is now an integral part of our family and was an angel to my sister. I believe Paco sent her to us to help Lindsay and Martin get through everything! At the end of the day its what ever it takes to get through this trafic time!

 

[Hoagie Pie]

Have you added my Dsis (Poohluvsfigment)?

She is added now!! Thank you. Yeah we have 10! Just PM me with her name and cabin number since she isn't on roll call.

 

[Buckeye Gal]

Sue,

You need to stop working and posting at the same time, and solely focus on the important stuff, the cruise. Our new room is 8548.

Your loving hubby

True love!

All this talk of dogs and other pets, and seeing the Beagle Bling picture, has driven me to share a picture of my two greyhounds in their Halloween Costumes....

pAWESOME!! That look just dashing! Thank you for sharing!

....My dad arrives today so I don't know how often I can get on the boards and post ...

Enjoy your visit with daddy!!

 

[NachoMama]

Hi NachoMama,
Just saying hello. We also homeschool our 2 DD ages 13 and 9, and like to travel at odd times of the year. We have moved to year round school in the past 2 years to help accomodate traveling. As we were doing math today I had to remind myself that I will appreciate it come Sept. We are only taking fun books on the WBTA- NO School work for this trip. PM me if you have any questions or would like our 13 year olds to email each other to get to know one another before the cruise.

Ditto the reminding myself! lol... We are close enough to the trip now that the excitement hits occasionally. I am hitting the wall a bit though and would love to just ditch all school related things for a bit.

I will definitely pm you re the kids...

Welcome!! I have a 13 year old that is also homeschooled so Abby is excited to hear that more kids are on board her age! Where is home??

We're from Texas. Dh is Joe, I'm Anne.

The girls are having a great time shopping for formals... they have to budget their clothes money so they are keeping an eye out for sales and really 'shop around' so to speak. I'm trying to lose some weight, so no dress shopping for me yet.

I see lots of dog/pet chat... funny, we just had to take our dog in to the vet this morning. She got dehydrated and has intestinal irritation or something. Vet says she'll be ok and is on meds and supervision for a day or two... but it sure had my youngest shook up this morning. (It's her dog.) Speaking of animals... Do you all board them while you're gone?

 

[1DisneyQueen]

She is added now!! Thank you. Yeah we have 10! Just PM me with her name and cabin number since she isn't on roll call.

If I could get her off of Farmville, cafe world and every other FB game she does then she could register on the roll call.

I think there is going to be an intervention in her near future, Maybe I will shut off the internet

I am having another procedure tomorrow and she is taking me. Because I will be knocked out, I have taken the rest of the day off. I will tie her to the chair and have her get the roll call done!


Have a great visit with your dad.

 

[gismo1554]

She is added now!! Thank you. Yeah we have 10! Just PM me with her name and cabin number since she isn't on roll call.

Oh balls need to get some more stuff! LOL! I think I got enough for 9 people. Need to relook at stuff.

 

[gismo1554]

Ditto the reminding myself! lol... We are close enough to the trip now that the excitement hits occasionally. I am hitting the wall a bit though and would love to just ditch all school related things for a bit.

I will definitely pm you re the kids...

We're from Texas. Dh is Joe, I'm Anne.

The girls are having a great time shopping for formals... they have to budget their clothes money so they are keeping an eye out for sales and really 'shop around' so to speak. I'm trying to lose some weight, so no dress shopping for me yet.

I see lots of dog/pet chat... funny, we just had to take our dog in to the vet this morning. She got dehydrated and has intestinal irritation or something. Vet says she'll be ok and is on meds and supervision for a day or two... but it sure had my youngest shook up this morning. (It's her dog.) Speaking of animals... Do you all board them while you're gone?

Glad shell be OK! What bread is she?

 

[orlandothebeagle]

Ditto the reminding myself! lol... We are close enough to the trip now that the excitement hits occasionally. I am hitting the wall a bit though and would love to just ditch all school related things for a bit.

I will definitely pm you re the kids...




We're from Texas. Dh is Joe, I'm Anne.

The girls are having a great time shopping for formals... they have to budget their clothes money so they are keeping an eye out for sales and really 'shop around' so to speak. I'm trying to lose some weight, so no dress shopping for me yet.

I see lots of dog/pet chat... funny, we just had to take our dog in to the vet this morning. She got dehydrated and has intestinal irritation or something. Vet says she'll be ok and is on meds and supervision for a day or two... but it sure had my youngest shook up this morning. (It's her dog.) Speaking of animals... Do you all board them while you're gone?

Hi Anne, I would love to visit Texas one day.
I am a vet nurse, kinda like a teq in usa but we do more, minor ops,dentals and stuff, I am so so lucky, my beagles normally go to "grans" for holidays but since they have the cruise bug they go to someone at work who has beagles, well actually its really sad her beagle Poppy, was pts last week, any how they normally got to Aunty Alisons, I am very lucky, Orly is a REAL naughty noodle and not many folks I could trust to take him, glad your dog is ok, I do emergencys only, our bread and butter is vomit and diarrrhoea so I am sure its nothing too drastic, back to normal soon I hope ...
yuk, sorry,tmi! how about your furbabies while your on hols?

 

[orlandothebeagle]

Glad shell be OK! What bread is she?

She's granary Sarah

 

[granmaz]

She's granary Sarah

I couldn't think of a reply, so well done there!!!

 

[Hoagie Pie]

Oh balls need to get some more stuff! LOL! I think I got enough for 9 people. Need to relook at stuff.

I will stop it at 10! That is the cutoff - we are done. I will get the list to everyone after my dad leaves. Well, it will be 9 if you are not counting yourself! I also have the entire medicine cabinet list done, just waiting for GTY's because I don't want to burden you with filling in the room numbers. I was thinking everyone would have theirs by the end of July.

 

[tig82174]

It feels like there've been a couple new cruisers joining the board over the past week or so....so I thought it was timely to post a reminder about lanyards here.

If you haven't ordered lanyards for yourself and your traveling party yet, now is the time to do it! The lanyards are ordered and on their way....so we have only a limited supply of lanyards that are not yet spoken for----meaning don't wait to long. If you know, or suspect, that you want lanyards then let me know asap!! Below are the details about lanyards from Post #1:

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LANYARD INFORMATION

Our DIS group will have custom lanyards and name badges for our exciting voyage. These lanyards are FREE to all those who signed up prior to the deadline (a gift courtesy of the generous donation from members of the "lanyard team"). To view the most current list of those who've signed up to receive lanyards (along with their names and staterooms), click HERE.

Didn't get your lanyards ordered prior to the deadline but still think you might like one? Or did you just join our cruise and are hoping to get in on the lanyard fun? NEVER FEAR!! There are a limited supply of extra lanyards that have already been ordered for folks just like you! If you'd like to get in on the lanyard fun, simply send Erik (tig82174) a PM on the DIS or send an email to wbtalanyards@yahoo.com to see if we can accomodate your traveling party (first come, first serve....while supplies last!!).

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Also-----for folks who are already on the lanyard list, remember that if you get a room assignment or make a room change (or any of the people in your traveling party change), make sure you also contact me with that info, too!!

 

[orlandothebeagle]

I couldn't think of a reply, so well done there!!!

Oh, yes, I am good at replys, its just that when I am at work I have to keep them in my head unless the tel recording system is broken

Also-----for folks who are already on the lanyard list, remember that if you get a room assignment or make a room change (or any of the people in your traveling party change), make sure you also contact me with that info, too!!

Thanks for the reminder, I keep checking for a room number, will tell you as soon as I know, I spent half an hour mucking around with the room tour this am, WHAT a work you put in with this, I have siad it before ... but again, many,many thanks.

 

[renegade7]

I am Dee, My Dh is Steven (who is a band geek as well. He even played in the Air Force Band) we are traveling with My sister and DBIl and their oldest daughter and her husband.

My percussion instructor from High School is the Drum Major for the Air Force. And 2 guys I marched with are in the Airforce band and a few others in the Marine Drum & Bugle Corps.

<Flashing Letters> BAND GEEK ALERT! I was also in marching bad, so I'm a proud band geek, too! My friend Peter got me into drum corps. He used to be an instructor in Haboro, PA, so he's taught me a lot about competition! We've gone to many DCI (Drum Corp International) performances and yes, even the live semi-finals shown across the country in movie theaters! (Now that is a true geek!)

We're fortunate that there are typically two performances here in Columbus area every year or at the least, several in Ohio. In fact, one of the high schools here in Dublin (where I call home) is hosting again this year "Emerald City Artistry in Motion" on July 7. Personally, I love Blue Devils, Phantom Regiment, Santa Clara Vanguard, and The Cavies the best....and your band, of course!

I admire you for the HUGE commitment you have made to continue your passion! That's awesome!

Hatboro - wow memories. I had some friends from Hatboro-Horsham and remember going to indoor shows there when I was in college. I am not a fan of the show in the movie theaters, I guess there is something about being at the show live, plus I am big on hang in the parking lot watching drumlines and hanging with friends. My college roomate was the soloist in 95 for Phantom. The Blue Devils and Santa Clara are in my backyard now a days and many people from those organizations are in the Renegades with me now.

I also played flute and piccolo! Although, for marching band, we didn't use piccolo. So I pulled that out during concert season. Good times!

Our high school goes to WDW every four years and performs in one of the parades. It cycled on my freshman year, and that was my first visit to WDW!

I got to WDW with my High School my senior year. It was an amazing time. That was the bands 1st time and they tried to go every 4-6 years after that, but sadly they are very small and not very good anymore - given all the cuts in the arts in schools.

Another band geek here! In addition to high school band (played bass drum, bassoon, flute, piccolo), I marched in a Revolutionary Fife & Drum Corps for many years, doing parades, musters, and other shows. [My condolences to the Brits.] Our band director used to run DCI tapes continuously, and we always had alumni helping us. When I first started working in Atlanta, the Partner I worked for was a sponsor for a DCI corps and I went to many of their shows, rehearsals, etc. Always amazing!!

I played Bassoon in symphonic band and orchestra, bass drum in marching band (because you can't march w/a bassoon!) and piccolo in pep band.

My H/S band never went to WDW, but the Fife & Drum corps that I marched with for years went there every year or so. I was great at touring MK in 4 hours, but still need to build a good touring plan for my family now!

Another Band Geek here. Coming from Canada marching bands are very rare in High School. I loved marching But I was also a sports and drama person too. I was very well rounded. But not to round just right

Wow lots of band geeks. Yeah! Here is my musical life story.

I blame my parents. They did not know what to do with me (probably would have been diagnosed with ADD nowadays) so they gave me organ lessons starting at age 6 and it just snowballed from there. 4th grade I was in the percussion section for elementary band. 7th grade you move to High School band and being low man on the totem pole not many parts made it down to me during symphonic band season, so took up saxophone, but I always was in the drumline for marching season. Our marching band was very competitive; we were Group II Atlantic Coast champions all 6 years I was in (1987-1992).

From there I bought a clarinet at a garage sale and my 9th grade year switched to alto clarinet for concert band and did saxophone for Jazz Band. Then in my junior year I picked up bassoon.

During the summers between 7th grade and graduation I went to a 6 week summer music camp (Encore) run by a local university (Wilkes). Then the time came to go to college and I wanted to major in music - guess what - parents said no way. Told me to get a practical degree and can get a music degree later in life if I still wanted it. So the whole music loving thing sort of backfired on them. Needless to say I went off to college and double majored in Economics & Finance, but continued participating in marching band and symphonic band & orchestra as well as a percussion ensemble. Lots of my general credit requirements came from the music school. I think if I tried I could have gotten out of there with a music minor.

In 1994 & 1995 I marched with the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps. Then moved to California in 1997 and in 2002 found the Renegades Drum and Bugle Corps (a "Senior" Corps - don't have to be under 22 years of age). They belong to the sister organization of DCI - DCA (Drum Corps Associates). I am not participating this year given my vacation as I leave Labor Day weekend and that is championships in Rochester, NY.

I think this is why I really like Disney. I really respect the caliber of artists they have in the parks and on the ship.

On the topic of furbabies. It is kitten season and on my way back from grabbing lunch the SPCA had some on display. It was so hard to walk away. I had to put down my last kitty right before the New Year and his sister a few years back. I just can't justify getting anyone until after this trip as I would need to board them or have someone house sit while I am away.

 

[orlandothebeagle]

My percussion instructor from High School is the Drum Major for the Air Force. And 2 guys I marched with are in the Airforce band and a few others in the Marine Drum & Bugle Corps.



Hatboro - wow memories. I had some friends from Hatboro-Horsham and remember going to indoor shows there when I was in college. I am not a fan of the show in the movie theaters, I guess there is something about being at the show live, plus I am big on hang in the parking lot watching drumlines and hanging with friends. My college roomate was the soloist in 95 for Phantom. The Blue Devils and Santa Clara are in my backyard now a days and many people from those organizations are in the Renegades with me now.



I got to WDW with my High School my senior year. It was an amazing time. That was the bands 1st time and they tried to go every 4-6 years after that, but sadly they are very small and not very good anymore - given all the cuts in the arts in schools.







Wow lots of band geeks. Yeah! Here is my musical life story.

I blame my parents. They did not know what to do with me (probably would have been diagnosed with ADD nowadays) so they gave me organ lessons starting at age 6 and it just snowballed from there. 4th grade I was in the percussion section for elementary band. 7th grade you move to High School band and being low man on the totem pole not many parts made it down to me during symphonic band season, so took up saxophone, but I always was in the drumline for marching season. Our marching band was very competitive; we were Group II Atlantic Coast champions all 6 years I was in (1987-1992).

From there I bought a clarinet at a garage sale and my 9th grade year switched to alto clarinet for concert band and did saxophone for Jazz Band. Then in my junior year I picked up bassoon.

During the summers between 7th grade and graduation I went to a 6 week summer music camp (Encore) run by a local university (Wilkes). Then the time came to go to college and I wanted to major in music - guess what - parents said no way. Told me to get a practical degree and can get a music degree later in life if I still wanted it. So the whole music loving thing sort of backfired on them. Needless to say I went off to college and double majored in Economics & Finance, but continued participating in marching band and symphonic band & orchestra as well as a percussion ensemble. Lots of my general credit requirements came from the music school. I think if I tried I could have gotten out of there with a music minor.

In 1994 & 1995 I marched with the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps. Then moved to California in 1997 and in 2002 found the Renegades Drum and Bugle Corps (a "Senior" Corps - don't have to be under 22 years of age). They belong to the sister organization of DCI - DCA (Drum Corps Associates). I am not participating this year given my vacation as I leave Labor Day weekend and that is championships in Rochester, NY.

I think this is why I really like Disney. I really respect the caliber of artists they have in the parks and on the ship.

On the topic of furbabies. It is kitten season and on my way back from grabbing lunch the SPCA had some on display. It was so hard to walk away. I had to put down my last kitty right before the New Year and his sister a few years back. I just can't justify getting anyone until after this trip as I would need to board them or have someone house sit while I am away.

I really enjoyed reading that, lots of time for furbabies after this trip

 

[tinker1bell]

All this talk of dogs and other pets, and seeing the Beagle Bling picture, has driven me to share a picture of my two greyhounds in their Halloween Costumes. This was taken a few years ago, and sadly we lost the male a few summers ago (poor guy, every Halloween was a formal occasion for him), but still cracks me up.

I actually made both the costumes, and the wizard outfit matched my own costume. Anyway, just wanted to share!

I love Greyhounds!!!

 

[coconut1]

I sent Hoagie Pie a PM about joining the scrapbook FE several pages back. Now I see that she wants to close it at 10 people. I would really like to be included if there is room for me. Please let me know. Thank you.

Brenda
(coconut1)

 

[orlandothebeagle]

I sent Hoagie Pie a PM about joining the scrapbook FE several pages back. Now I see that she wants to close it at 10 people. I would really like to be included if there is room for me. Please let me know. Thank you.

Brenda
(coconut1)

Im sure they will find room for you.

 

[Buckeye Gal]

....I see lots of dog/pet chat... funny, we just had to take our dog in to the vet this morning. She got dehydrated and has intestinal irritation or something. Vet says she'll be ok and is on meds and supervision for a day or two...

Poor baby! I hope she will be feeling much better tomorrow!!

....Hatboro - wow memories. I had some friends from Hatboro-Horsham and remember going to indoor shows there when I was in college. I am not a fan of the show in the movie theaters, I guess there is something about being at the show live, plus I am big on hang in the parking lot watching drumlines and hanging with friends. My college roomate was the soloist in 95 for Phantom. The Blue Devils and Santa Clara are in my backyard now a days and many people from those organizations are in the Renegades with me now.

I got to WDW with my High School my senior year. It was an amazing time. That was the bands 1st time and they tried to go every 4-6 years after that, but sadly they are very small and not very good anymore - given all the cuts in the arts in schools......

I agree. It's a terrible shame that with cutbacks, schools are sacrificing arts.

I love your story!! I bet there's a connection somehow, someway with a couple of people I know. It IS a small world after all!

The movie theater medium isn't at all near as exciting, but when you can't be there, it's pretty good to at least share the passion with others. The first time Peter took me, I about fell out of my seat when people started hooting and hollering as if they were in the stadium! LOL

I will stop it at 10! That is the cutoff - we are done. I will get the list to everyone after my dad leaves....

I sent Hoagie Pie a PM about joining the scrapbook FE several pages back. Now I see that she wants to close it at 10 people. I would really like to be included if there is room for me. Please let me know. Thank you.

Brenda
(coconut1)

I had marked Sandi's cutoff post to suggest we not close it because it was just opened and others may want to participate, then sure enough, you chimed in, Brenda!

Sandi, if you want to keep it in smaller groups, can I suggest that we just split the list of people in half or at least wait to see how many people want to be a part of it before deciding how/if it should be split? It would be a shame to disappoint people for signing up already.