Something about Nothing, come join in........

[GemmaPixie]

Nah, its ok- free house for a week when I get home!! woohooo!! Although we got robbed a couple of months ago while we were asleep so my cousin is coming to stay with me- he can protect me!

 

[Sharon G]

Nah, its ok- free house for a week when I get home!! woohooo!! Although we got robbed a couple of months ago while we were asleep so my cousin is coming to stay with me- he can protect me!

Gemma - what a beautiful house. I would just stay there in the pool all day! Should be plenty of room for everyone to spread out.

That must have been so scary to have someone break into your home while you were there.... Thank goodness eveyone is ok.

 

[loribell]

Nah, its ok- free house for a week when I get home!! woohooo!! Although we got robbed a couple of months ago while we were asleep so my cousin is coming to stay with me- he can protect me!

Ahh, a week at home alone. Sounds like total bliss. I have had children in my house for almost 24 years now, oldest is almost 24 & youngest is only 8!

Well everyone, I will be MIA until sometime Sunday. I am heading out to a conference tomorrow. Y'all try not to talk to much while I am gone since I won't have much time to catch up before I head to Orlando!!!!!!!

 

[Sharon G]

here too....at least you're IN FLORIDA....pennsylvania sux

Are you anywhere near Villanova?

 

[keishashadow]

marci - another lovely villa

kudos for serving! DH is a vet of another, earlier undeclared war Navy; went all over the world. Did you know that Carnival gives fantastic military discounts (all you need is copy of DD214 and you're set, you don't have to be retired). We were able to shave off almost $1K from upcoming cruise. Nice gesture, wish more companies would follow suit.

 

[Sharon G]

Ahh, a week at home alone. Sounds like total bliss. I have had children in my house for almost 24 years now, oldest is almost 24 & youngest is only 8!

I know the feeling well. My DD will be 24 in Sept. My youngest always said he was going to live at home until he was 30, and than build a house in the back yard!! He's also the same kid who wants to bring legos to college! Strange, but I love him

 

[phamton]

OK I just have to share this hillarious video. It's put out by The Onion and is about the total collapse of the internet: http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpre...ws-all-online-data-lost-after-internet-crash/

 

[t-and-a]

You gals have been chatty! I've had lots going on around here, and have been doing other things...dishes, laundry.... work....Just thought I'd pop in and say hi!

Gemma, your villa is gorgeous!

Mac, I hope your boys are better! Keep us posted. I tried to scan the last several pages, but I didn't see an update on them. I could have missed it.

Lori, we drive too, but we're about 5-6 hours closer than you are. I just can't justify flying when there are 5 of us (we have 2 boys of our own and we always take our nephew who is being raised by my MIL and FIL). The only decent airfares to Orlando we can find around here are out of Shreveport, LA and they don't go to MCO. They go to Sanford Airport, and they only have two flights per week. They range anywhere from $50 - $150 each way per person.

 

[macraven]

wow, both of the villas are so kewl !!


i have had a busy day. right now is the only time i have to myself.

looks like all are catching zzzzzz's now. hope to catch you in the morning.

phamton, i watched the video.....it was super !!


2 of my boys have improved greatly. so i guess 2 out of 3 isn't so bad.

 

[bubba's mom]

okay, so while I was doing TR for Day 3, you all managed to add another few pages of babble here.......

i'm going to bed (it's 12:42AM here now) cuz i'm beat from all that TRing...

will catch up and catch u's tomorrow....

nite!

***in case you didn't read right.....Day 3 of TR is up!

 

[bubba's mom]

Hey Barb...I think I learned my lesson last weekend @ IOA...No parks for me in the summer...at least during the day. I might hit CityWalk at some point this weekend...should be fun!

first thing in the morning is okay....don't worry, not much "peak" season left...maybe a month or 6 weeks? CW would definately be more fun! Have a drink fer us!

Are you anywhere near Villanova?

college in Philly? I'm about 1:15 NW of Phila.... ( i was born and 'some' raised in Philly before a bit of moving....my Mom's family still all lives there)

bev...will watch the video later this afternoon

mac....SO HAPPY to yer boys are improving.....(2 is better than nones) told ya those prayers and mummy dust worked (hope you are getting a bit more rest too!) ....i'm still gonna hold steady at the wheel w/ them....they seems to be helping....

lori & gemma......have a safe & wonderful trip! (we travel w/ laptop AND DVD players too....makes the flight whiz by so fast, you're in shock! ...heck, we didn't even finish the movie down and home that we started watching....which reminds me....we still need to finish the one from the trip home ...oh well....busy busy ya know!)

off to prepare for work....have good day everyone....catch ya l8r!

 

[RVGal]

OK I just have to share this hillarious video. It's put out by The Onion and is about the total collapse of the internet: http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpre...ws-all-online-data-lost-after-internet-crash/

I love The Onion and that was great!

Did you read the streaming "news headlines" along the bottom of the screen? I had to play it twice to go back and catch them. The ones that got me were the "tile structure to raise awarness of of tiles" and the "Disney re-releasing Song of the South with 30 mins of additional racist footage".

 

[marciemi]

marci - another lovely villa

kudos for serving! DH is a vet of another, earlier undeclared war Navy; went all over the world. Did you know that Carnival gives fantastic military discounts (all you need is copy of DD214 and you're set, you don't have to be retired). We were able to shave off almost $1K from upcoming cruise. Nice gesture, wish more companies would follow suit.

Wow - no, I didn't know that. DH & I have been on I think 10 cruises and really love cruising. (Unfortunately none of these have been recently!). We did Carnival lifetimes ago and weren't all that impressed with the "college frat" crowd, but it was a 3 night cruise and I was pregnant at the time. I've heard the longer cruises are better and a friend just went on it last year and thought it was becoming more upscale and comparable to say Royal Caribbean. They do have cheap prices and great itineraries. DH wants to do a cruise for our 20th anniversary (next May) so I'll definitely check the prices!

 

[marciemi]

lori & gemma......have a safe & wonderful trip!

And ME - don't forget ME! 8 days!!!!!

 

[RVGal]

Marcie, I have a friend that works for Carnival. Well, he and Brad (hubby) were college roommates and have remained friends for all the years that have passed since... so we became friends by marriage.

Carnival is trying, somewhat, to shake the "party cruise" image... at least for the longer iteneraries. The 3 day cruises will always pull in the party boat crowd... no matter what they do. We went on a 10 day Alaska cruise a few years ago and it was very nice. Nothing like the 3 day Bahamas cruise we'd been on before. We enjoyed the Bahamas cruise, but we were dating and child-free at the time.

Carnival is still the middle of the road cruise line. I think the ratio is 30% of its passengers are under 35 and 40% are 35 to 55. That's the crowd they target. When you venture over into the other cruise lines, the percentage of 55 and older goes way up. That's why RCL started their "get out there" campaign, showing younger people doing physical things. They are trying, somewhat, to shake the "geriatric set cruise" image.

I'll stop now. I know way too much about the cruise industry and I'm beginning to bore myself...

 

[macraven]

morning homies.

it's wake up time

 

[marciemi]

Morning Mac!

RVGal (okay, I forgot your name already! ) I'm always willing to talk cruises. I was an expert a few years ago (went on three cruises in a year from late 2003 to 2004) and was very active on the cruise critic boards, but now only get involved to help my mom book a cruise every 6 months or so. They love HAL (but are more in the 70 crowd). DH & I love Princess and have done 5 cruises on them. Mom recently did Celebrity because of all the raves and found it comparable to Princess (they still love HAL a lot more). If we went with the kids again, we'd definitely either do RCCL (which we did with them in 2004 and enjoyed) or Carnival, but without the kids I'd lean to Princess just because I knew them. But if I got a good enough deal on Carnival, that might make a cruise a bit more likely!

 

[RVGal]

During my "sit and think of nothing" time last night, we were watching tv. I wasn't really paying attention. As I said, my goal was to sit very still and think of nothing. Suddenly, Joshua (DS5) pops into my lap and says, "Mommy! We have to go back to Universal!"
"We will, sweetie, but not for awhile." Then I thought about his wording. "Why do we HAVE to go back to Universal?"
"Because when we were there last time, we didn't get to have Emeril for our personal chef!"

Okay, Number 1... of all things in the Univeral commercial to pick up on, the line about Emeril Lagasse?

Which leads me to Number 2... clearly I watch Food Network too often...

 

[tropical depression]

During my "sit and think of nothing" time last night, we were watching tv. I wasn't really paying attention. As I said, my goal was to sit very still and think of nothing. Suddenly, Joshua (DS5) pops into my lap and says, "Mommy! We have to go back to Universal!"
"We will, sweetie, but not for awhile." Then I thought about his wording. "Why do we HAVE to go back to Universal?"
"Because when we were there last time, we didn't get to have Emeril for our personal chef!"

Okay, Number 1... of all things in the Univeral commercial to pick up on, the line about Emeril Lagasse?

Which leads me to Number 2... clearly I watch Food Network too often...

do you ever stop and watch the Emeril's pastry chefs through the window in Citywalk? cool stuff.

 

[keishashadow]

it's thursday, all day boring