So sad...TShirts arrived with a flaw....
When filling out the paperwork, I put Walter on the front without knowing I was doing it. So I thought I delete the front name and added the back names.
But, Diane and I TShirts have Walter on the Front and our names on the Back...
Walt
OOPS!! I will wait to see what ours look like! 
Well its been a hectic couple of weeks here ...As some of you know we have been working feverishly on getting all the documents in order for Helen and her son ,(my stepson who is still in Manila ) Sean for the cruise ... Well everything seems to be in order for Helen as we have our Immigration status adjust interview in less then 2 weeks . (this is the last step in the process of going from a B1/B2 business/tourism visa to LPR "Legal Permanent Resident") If God willing she will be approved and she will get her Green Card ...
Now tomorrow we have to meet with the Vice Consular with the Italian Embassy here in Vegas to verify Helen is who she says she is so we can send in her paperwork for her Schengen Visa to the Italian Embassy in Los Angeles which actually saves us a trip from driving down there...
Now some of the bad news ::: Helens son tried to get his Schengen in Manila at the Spanish embassy , we were doing this to try and save some time on the hopes that the US Immigration would move his paperwork thru which would have put Sean in the states about 3 days prior to leaving for the cruise ..(that is if everything worked right) Well needless to say the Spanish Embassy denied his Visa due to him not having the US visa and on top of that the US immigration doesnt look like he will get his interview there till mid Sept , which would put him here about Oct 7th ...So there is no way Sean will make the cruise ...But will be here shortly after we return ...
Now some good news ..... My oldest by Dylan (18) finished his independent study classes and received his High School diploma from his school ...As most of you know he has enlisted into the US Army ...We were first told he would ship out in Aug , well we got his papers and he ships to Ft Benning on Oct 26th , soooooooooo Dylan will be joining us on this B2B cruise ...
I know this may seem confusing , but all in all it will work out , and Yes Helen was upset about Sean not being there , this process has been extremely hard on her cause she hasnt seen her son since Feb , (thank God for Skype) ..But she knows in the long run she is where she wants to be and Sean will be soon to follow. Plus we decided since Sean couldnt make this cruise we are going to book the Dream for June of next year so we can all go
I hope I didnt bore too many of you , as I am not one to really share whats going on in my life , but I do have to say , the last 20 months have been a ride ....
TAKE WHAT YOU CAN !!!!!
Well its been a hectic couple of weeks here ...As some of you know we have been working feverishly on getting all the documents in order for Helen and her son ,(my stepson who is still in Manila ) Sean for the cruise ... Well everything seems to be in order for Helen as we have our Immigration status adjust interview in less then 2 weeks . (this is the last step in the process of going from a B1/B2 business/tourism visa to LPR "Legal Permanent Resident") If God willing she will be approved and she will get her Green Card ...
Now tomorrow we have to meet with the Vice Consular with the Italian Embassy here in Vegas to verify Helen is who she says she is so we can send in her paperwork for her Schengen Visa to the Italian Embassy in Los Angeles which actually saves us a trip from driving down there...
Now some of the bad news ::: Helens son tried to get his Schengen in Manila at the Spanish embassy , we were doing this to try and save some time on the hopes that the US Immigration would move his paperwork thru which would have put Sean in the states about 3 days prior to leaving for the cruise ..(that is if everything worked right) Well needless to say the Spanish Embassy denied his Visa due to him not having the US visa and on top of that the US immigration doesnt look like he will get his interview there till mid Sept , which would put him here about Oct 7th ...So there is no way Sean will make the cruise ...But will be here shortly after we return ...
Now some good news ..... My oldest by Dylan (18) finished his independent study classes and received his High School diploma from his school ...As most of you know he has enlisted into the US Army ...We were first told he would ship out in Aug , well we got his papers and he ships to Ft Benning on Oct 26th , soooooooooo Dylan will be joining us on this B2B cruise ...
I know this may seem confusing , but all in all it will work out , and Yes Helen was upset about Sean not being there , this process has been extremely hard on her cause she hasnt seen her son since Feb , (thank God for Skype) ..But she knows in the long run she is where she wants to be and Sean will be soon to follow. Plus we decided since Sean couldnt make this cruise we are going to book the Dream for June of next year so we can all go
I hope I didnt bore too many of you , as I am not one to really share whats going on in my life , but I do have to say , the last 20 months have been a ride ....
TAKE WHAT YOU CAN !!!!!
Marilyn, there are only 4 of us so we do dinner, study and then a movie alternating homes each week.
We loved Celebration!
GIVE NOTHING BACK!
When we led a House Group for a while I made a cake some of the times. Trouble was not many had a piece, so it was a disaster for the diet!!! John and I have no willpower whatsoever as far as cake goes and just keep eating it!
I did quite like Celebration, but not to be in perpetual motion around the place!
Our grand niece is doing some housesitting for summer job. She is on her 3rd job now. She is between 1st and 2nd year at the University.
I got our candy bars yesterday also. Mounds and Reese's peanut butter cups.
mmmmmmmm peanut butter cups!!!!yum!!
Our grand niece is doing some housesitting for summer job. She is on her 3rd job now. She is between 1st and 2nd year at the University.
Beautiful, Because it's my birthday on Christmas Eve, I get to choose what we do, so much to my DH's disgust we drive around for a couple of hours every christmas eve and look at the sparkly houses. I love it, we usually get a huge ice-cream sundae and DH drives while the girls slurp ice-cream and ogle the pretty lights. It one of my favourite things to do all year.
YO HO YO HO .... A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME
TAKE WHAT YOU CAN !!!!
TAKE WHAT YOU CAN !!!!!
Well its been a hectic couple of weeks here ...As some of you know we have been working feverishly on getting all the documents in order for Helen and her son ,(my stepson who is still in Manila ) Sean for the cruise ... Well everything seems to be in order for Helen as we have our Immigration status adjust interview in less then 2 weeks . (this is the last step in the process of going from a B1/B2 business/tourism visa to LPR "Legal Permanent Resident") If God willing she will be approved and she will get her Green Card ...
Now tomorrow we have to meet with the Vice Consular with the Italian Embassy here in Vegas to verify Helen is who she says she is so we can send in her paperwork for her Schengen Visa to the Italian Embassy in Los Angeles which actually saves us a trip from driving down there...
Now some of the bad news ::: Helens son tried to get his Schengen in Manila at the Spanish embassy , we were doing this to try and save some time on the hopes that the US Immigration would move his paperwork thru which would have put Sean in the states about 3 days prior to leaving for the cruise ..(that is if everything worked right) Well needless to say the Spanish Embassy denied his Visa due to him not having the US visa and on top of that the US immigration doesnt look like he will get his interview there till mid Sept , which would put him here about Oct 7th ...So there is no way Sean will make the cruise ...But will be here shortly after we return ...
Now some good news ..... My oldest by Dylan (18) finished his independent study classes and received his High School diploma from his school ...As most of you know he has enlisted into the US Army ...We were first told he would ship out in Aug , well we got his papers and he ships to Ft Benning on Oct 26th , soooooooooo Dylan will be joining us on this B2B cruise ...
I know this may seem confusing , but all in all it will work out , and Yes Helen was upset about Sean not being there , this process has been extremely hard on her cause she hasnt seen her son since Feb , (thank God for Skype) ..But she knows in the long run she is where she wants to be and Sean will be soon to follow. Plus we decided since Sean couldnt make this cruise we are going to book the Dream for June of next year so we can all go
I hope I didnt bore too many of you , as I am not one to really share whats going on in my life , but I do have to say , the last 20 months have been a ride ....
TAKE WHAT YOU CAN !!!!!
The oufit is really not an issue Corinna. A pink t shirt or something is fine if you have one, if not it's not important...its just a moment to share our bubbles....even if we buy a glass together onboard!
Corinna ... don't worry about having to buy the bubbly ... you can share mine
PS Can you PM me details of your tiara seller .. I may just wear my wedding one but if I can't find it I will need options. Thanks
) You need to bring a pink shirt with you and our past tiaras have come from a party store so if you have one of those around... just go find a tiara to wear... It doesn't have to be an expensive one... believe me... MINE isn't...
(and we'll still let you in if you don't have one...)
Hello Papaya group!
Does everyone already have their Fish extenders? I have a couple of extras and I thought I would offer them to members of our group first.
SOOO If you are a "Papaya" and in need.... Let me know!
I do not have any extra dowl rods, so you will need to take care of that part.
Let me know,
Cynthia
OhOh, I have been know to wear socks and crocs, Only at home though.....Does that make it any better?
Small things are what keep us going, I tell the kids a small bit of info about the cruise everyday to keep their excitement levels high. We all know the anticipation of a vacation is half the fun!
I do the same!
EW! No offense to smokers, It's a free world....but seriously, It is so bad for not only the smokers health but everyone around them, the health problems are so vast and proven I just don't understand how people can slowly kill themselves and their loved ones that they smoke around? Honestly, what goes through their heads to make it OK?
Ok.. with Champagne Girls... it's just a nice get together... you can drink ANYTHING you want... but the way we do it is everyone just kind of chips in... we order a couple of bottles of bubbly and sit around and visit... (usually girls only... but we've had a few party crashers...
Connie... you're going to have to get in touch with Deb and see who she talked to at DCL to get a room for it... I think maybe the middle sea day if they don't have anything else going on in the rooms...
We are having a similar stress. We have a parrot, a cat, several aquariums and a pond with fish that need to be fed (in a garden that needs to be watered). Our parrot has a professional boarder who takes her and has agreed to taker for the full 32 days we'll be gone----so that is good. However, we're scrambling with what to do about our house, cat, fish, etc. Usually we have a friend who comes by and feeds them while we're away.....but we're feeling like for such an extended period of time we'd rather have someone actually stay in our home while we're gone. The problem being that we don't really know anyone who doesn't have animals of their own at home that they need to care for...so we're still trying to figure out what we're going to do. Jason has one coworker who still lives at home with her parents...and we were really hoping that she'd think the idea of having our house to herself for a whole month would be fun....but she seems a bit ambivalent about it!
So sad...TShirts arrived with a flaw....
When filling out the paperwork, I put Walter on the front without knowing I was doing it. So I thought I delete the front name and added the back names.
But, Diane and I TShirts have Walter on the Front and our names on the Back...
Walt
Well its been a hectic couple of weeks here ...As some of you know we have been working feverishly on getting all the documents in order for Helen and her son ,(my stepson who is still in Manila ) Sean for the cruise ... Well everything seems to be in order for Helen as we have our Immigration status adjust interview in less then 2 weeks . (this is the last step in the process of going from a B1/B2 business/tourism visa to LPR "Legal Permanent Resident") If God willing she will be approved and she will get her Green Card ...
Now tomorrow we have to meet with the Vice Consular with the Italian Embassy here in Vegas to verify Helen is who she says she is so we can send in her paperwork for her Schengen Visa to the Italian Embassy in Los Angeles which actually saves us a trip from driving down there...
Now some of the bad news ::: Helens son tried to get his Schengen in Manila at the Spanish embassy , we were doing this to try and save some time on the hopes that the US Immigration would move his paperwork thru which would have put Sean in the states about 3 days prior to leaving for the cruise ..(that is if everything worked right) Well needless to say the Spanish Embassy denied his Visa due to him not having the US visa and on top of that the US immigration doesnt look like he will get his interview there till mid Sept , which would put him here about Oct 7th ...So there is no way Sean will make the cruise ...But will be here shortly after we return ...
Now some good news ..... My oldest by Dylan (18) finished his independent study classes and received his High School diploma from his school ...As most of you know he has enlisted into the US Army ...We were first told he would ship out in Aug , well we got his papers and he ships to Ft Benning on Oct 26th , soooooooooo Dylan will be joining us on this B2B cruise ...
I know this may seem confusing , but all in all it will work out , and Yes Helen was upset about Sean not being there , this process has been extremely hard on her cause she hasnt seen her son since Feb , (thank God for Skype) ..But she knows in the long run she is where she wants to be and Sean will be soon to follow. Plus we decided since Sean couldnt make this cruise we are going to book the Dream for June of next year so we can all go
I hope I didnt bore too many of you , as I am not one to really share whats going on in my life , but I do have to say , the last 20 months have been a ride ....
TAKE WHAT YOU CAN !!!!!
