Way Early I know but anyone going on Eastern May 1-8 2004?

[ThreeCircles]

Tammy, thanks for the well-wishes!

I was thinking that all I have to do is think of this thread (emphasis on Hydster and MonkeyBoy) and I'll get through the presentation.

Then I came to my senses. I'd be rolling on the floor and they would probably ask me to leave...

 

[hydster]

Tammy--I'm waiting for Ryan to get back from Wendy's with a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, fries and a frosty! LOL Gin gives me the MUNCHIES!! Watched American Idol and am now waiting for Law and Order since that is the only other thing on tonight that interests me!!!

I mentioned to McKaylee about Kaitlin and she was PUMPED at the thought! She really would love to meet her and I think they would probably get along well. McKaylee has several friends in 5th grade since she just barely missed the cut off so I think they may hit it off. I'll see if I can at least get McKaylee to PM Kaitlin tomorrow just to say HI. Maybe if they could even talk a few times before we go it might help!! The Zicam I think is actually finally starting to work. I feel better than I have most of the day (or maybe that's the gin?) LOL I'm glad we aren't the only family who likes it!! Your kids might be able to play soccer up on the sports deck where the basketball standard is...it's plenty big!!!

Well I'm off!
Heidi

 

[hydster]

Jason--Well we are GLAD we could help in anyway!! If it helps you get through it picturing us naked...


NO on second thought that would really get you
or kicked out..just stick to thinking of me as a nun! LOLOLOLOLOL Can you imagine a lush nun wearing a (*habbit?) Not catholic so forgive me if that's wrong! LOL and singing badger badger badger...oh god help me now!


Only 1 more week...only 1 more week!!!! Only 1 more week!!!!

Heidi

 

[CM_Mom]

I'm trying to catch up but while I'm reading the thread keeps growing. It's a killer to get home at 9:00 pm and have missed all the postings. I'm on page 58 and reading as fast as I can.

 

[CM_Mom]

Well I finally got to the end of the postings, Surprisingly before anyone else posted.

We watched Jessica Simpson grow up in our church. She's a couple of years younger than my DD. FYI, the expressions aren't something she's just come up with. I always closed my eyes too. Since I really prefer a more "restful" style instead of "belting", I don't think I ever appreciated her music. But I have to give her and her dad credit for marketing her REALLY well.

I'm not EVEN going to try to reply to everyone who posted since yesterday. Glad several of you checked in.

Conny and Silke, safe journey. See you on board.

Glad all of you are getting packed. We have the luggage out and some of the stuff laid out on the bed. I'll either keep it low key or put it all in the suitcase and put that in the closet since I don't want the cleaning lady who comes on Monday to know we'll be out of town. But after she's done, I can spread stuff all over the house. There are some definite perks to having an empty nest.

Right now I'm just hanging stuff together in the closet.

Some of you guys have so much going on that you really NEED a vacation to relax. Just don't obsess and try to do everything on the cruise.

I've got my packing list of essential stuff created and am adding to it a little at a time.

Called DH this morning and told him I wanted to be on Vacation NOW. I had started a project last week that got interrupted by the patching deal and when I went back to the original project today, I had lost my train of thought and couldn't remember what direction I had planned to organize the info. I'm getting VERY OLD or really ready for a VACATION...on a SHIP

Since we're getting to Orlando at 12:31 AM, I hope I get enough sleep so I won't be totally exhausted on Saturday. But I probably will since I'll be WAY to excited to sleep on Thursday night. Sometimes it might be useful if I liked wine. Oh well, I guess a couple of Benadryl might do the trick.

You guys have a great day.

GO CLOCK GO GO CLOCK GO GO CLOCK GO GO CLOCK GO

 

[hannahandkatesmommy]

Good Morning all! I will give my official Heidi post warning-this one is long and relatively unrelated to the cruise.

Just 8 days until the Philly clan leaves for vacation. In the meantime, I have to throw a party for Kate which in an of itself is not too big of a deal, but my house is a wreck from all this packing. I finally did some shopping yesterday and got myself a few things so I can finally pack myself. Hubby has just recently lost a few pouds(jerk..) so he was really excited to try on his stuff so he is almost packed. Poor guy is still wearing stuff from college so my girls can wear Talbots formal dresses....at least that is the line he gives me when the Talbots bill comes in....

Sadly, my main crisis right now is what suitcase are we going to dedicate to bringing on our liquer. Pat works in Delaware where the liquer is really cheap so I am going to have him pick up a few bottles of wine/champagne and Three Olives Vanilla Vodka(can't stand cheap vodka-the kind we used to pour into a garbage can lined with a garbage bag and pour in some disgusting fruit juice and call it a drink) Oh yeah, we also would float some fruit on top for that sophisticated look! I think we called it wapatoola??

Thankfully my tastes have become somewhat more refined in the last 10 years. Anyway, his famous Key Lime Martini only takes 2 ingredients so it will be easy to bring the shaker(yes Travis, shaken not stirred) and those 2 things for our verandah nights.

DTHogue-Hannah is a new soccer player, this is only her second season so we still wait all week for her games. I can see how more than 1 game a week could start to wear you down a bit.. Last year, she was the social butterfly during the game, on the field-waving to all her friends at different fields, yelling over to me asking when it would be snack time, laying in the grass at the other end of the field picking daisys...you know, the real dedicated soccer player... I think the coach wanted to give her a trophy just because at the last game, she actually kicked the ball. The funny part is, her game would not change 1 bit if the ball magically disappeared from the field. We chuckle but hey, she is getting good exercise.

Jason-good luck on your presentation. Just think, after that it will all be over....until you decide to get your PhD.... I acutally couldn't wait unil school was over bc I wanted to become like an adjunct professor at a college/university-Marketing type warm fuzzy classes. I thought for part-time, all you needed was an MBA and experience. Anyway, I asked an old professor from college and he of course was encouraging me to get my PhD if I was really serious about it.

Yuck! I will probably do it for several reasons. I HATE my job but I work like 3 hours a day(yes, it is a full time job, I just have it condensed to about 3 hours) and get any GM product I want to drive.(My last company car was a Hummer H2). Nice gig if you can get it, problem is--- if I want to advance in the company any farther all roads lead to Michigan or Purchase, NY(thus an 8+ hour work day). Belle and Rella's mom and dad, Michigan is a wonderful state but my family is here in Philadelphia and that is what is important to me at this point with the kids little and all.

Pat leaves for work at 6am( 1 hour drive to DE) so I apologize for being so chatty, it acutally makes me feel as though I have had a real conversation with a grown up this morning.

I hope you all have fun today, packing and getting ready. And for those of you who are under the weather- get better!

Heidi- we have a pain in the butt neighbor kid as well, except she is 5. Don't let me get started on them on the cruise or I may never shut up about it......Anyway, I see her mom yesterday and she said that she came home from school with a rash- I think it is fiths disease or Impetago........I think it is from the sun..... WELL WHAT THE %^&* is it from because I am going on a $%!@#$^ cruise next week and don't want my kid to have the rash..... This mom and dad work so much that their kid could be missing an arm and they would still send them to school until the nurse called them to pick her up. Sadly, the little girl has caught on to this and uses the Nurses office as an excuse to have mommy or daddy come get her..... Already!!! Our kids, much to my disdain, play everyday at school. We live on the corner so everyone passes our house on the way home from school or work and stop by....yep-swingset party central. Unfortunately even the kids we don't like come over...

See- I started about her and I can't shut up! I am done now. Have a super day-JennL, rain here hopefully the weather will be nicer in MD for my meeting today.

Philly Jen

 

[dthogue]

Jason - LOL at the presentation - just don't picture the audience as that scarey thing monekyboy has created or you'll be in big trouble

Heidi- that would be great if the girls could talk before the cruise. McKaylee can email Kaitlyn at my email address. Now you made me hungry with the jr bacon cheeseburger an its only 8am here.

Philly Jen - Sadly I miss those days of soccer. My favorite memory is of my oldest daughter when she was 5 - her and her best friend (still BF today) were playing - the friend was the goalie and Kristen was in defense. The ball was at the other end of the field for most of the game - the girls were standing in the goal picking dandelions, not even paying attention to the game. It was adorable (the coach didn't think so, but us moms did) Those days are priceless - enjoy them while you can

CM-Mom - glad you were able to get caught up. Good luck with the packing.

Today we are in the single digits! Ya Hoo!!!

Gotta run - time to get Brenna ready for school.

Have a great day!

Tammy

 

[jrydberg]

Morning!

Alyssa played soccer last fall... well, I say played, but that's only in the loosest sense of the term. She loved to play during practice. But during the games she suddenly realized there were a lot of adults around that she had never seen. The odds of the coach getting her on the field at that point were slim to none! The whole season she went on the field twice and never went near the ball. Ah well, she enjoyed the practices

Sounds like there should be a good showing among 5 year olds. Alyssa will be thrilled about the princess party!

Jeff

 

[LogansMommy_MD]

Happy Hump Day all and ANOTHER 1/2 hour spent catching up on new posts.. We all must be extremely excited... I know I can hardly contain myself!!! lol...

JenL- re: jacket/sweater - I am packing a sweatshirt and a light jacket for DS. He didn't inherit my cold bloodedness (sp?), but I'd rather be safe than sorry..

Heidi - hope you feel better! I am in the middle of something too, but it doesn't seem to be anything major.. Just a sore throat/cough/feel like crap thingy going on... I figure I will go see the Dr. if I don't feel better by Monday just to be sure its not something major..

I am going to try to fit in a tan session either this weekend of next Tues/Wed. I was going to try to get in two, but my little "burn" from the weekend, has at least given me some color!!

I am also a beer drinker - or let me rephrase that - I WAS a beer drinker, and like Jeff, don't do too much of it these days.. But on vacation, I do like the fru fru drinks..

PhillyJen - I thought I was the ONLY one who liked those plastic surgery shows!! lol.... Its amazing what they can do with a scalpal (sp?) and a little anesthesia!!!

Jason - Good luck with your speech/presentation! I'm not very good at speaking in public. I recall having to do it a few times in college and i was SHAKING the entire time!! Not for me..

Tammy - Last year Logan played soccer on the tots team and there were QUITE a few kids who would sit on the field picking dandelions!!! It was hilarious... Our coach didn't think it was funny either!! Logan is on the bigger kids team now (he's one of the youngest) and I'll still see him playing defense making funny faces to the player next to him, not paying attention!!! memories.... lol...

Well, actually figured out I need to buy Logan a new pair of tenners (the ones I bought with the intention of taking on the trip have since been ruined), so we'll finish up that little bit of shopping this weekend I'm sure...

Have a nice day all...

-Tracey

 

[ThreeCircles]

Well, thank you ALLLL for your positive thoughts! I really appreciate them all!!! I'm happy to report that the presentation is over!

As if things weren't bad enough, with me being out-of-my-mind nervous, my disk with my Power Point presentation wouldn't work. So, I had to do the whole thing without it! Yuck!

At any rate, it's over, over, OVER!

 

[conny264]

Ok everybody,I finished cleaning and all other things untill I couldn´t think of anything else to do.So I had to pack,nightmare -panic attack-totally freaked out.I HATE IT,had to open it 3 times to get some stuff out,it was so heavy,it still is.I really don´t know how you all manage to pack for an entire family.I´m hopless.

Jason -good luck on your presentation,hope everything works out.
Our plans for the weekend:saturday AK with sunrise safari and Sunday MGM with a fantasmic Dinner PS at 4pm at Hollywood& Vine´, don´t think I will return to the boards, so if you want to meet you could leave a message for us at the AKL concierge.Our last name is Krummacher-Harhausen.
It would be nice to meet you,even if its just for drinks at the AKL or so.

SO,good-bye to all of you,can´t wait to mmet you on board and Heidi and Alice,looking forward seeing you next friday at POR.
Have a save trip everyone and take care.

Conny

 

[Belle and Rella's Dad]

Bra Update,

I checked in yesterday to the MGM at approximately 11 a.m.
No sign of the Bra, time to investigate.
Set up meetings with security, crowd control, and Tom Jones fan club president. Tom Jones opens at the MGM on Thursday I might have to talk to him.

Mission: To retrieve BRA, take back to Michigan, then drive as fast as I can to Port Canaveral, Present it to MonkeyBoy as gift for all the drinks he will be getting us. (HEY MONKEYBOY I NEED A DRINK DAMNIT)

Last year I was out here and yes I had my picture taken with Carmen, but they should always tell drunk men to suck in your stomach when getting your picture taken. Her large fake B**BS ended up sitting across my beer shelf, my friends point that out all the time. Last year Vegas Show girls and Carmen Electra this year Al Roker and Heidi from the Apprentice, I think the queen is happy.

Speaking of the Queen, get your *** out of the mall your killing me.

BTW the Queen and I have booked a long weekend in Vegas over labor day, it could be like the survivor reunion show might have to plan a get together.

Tom

 

[ThreeCircles]

Conny--

Let's plan on getting together on Saturday then. Travis and I were planning on going to Epcot for the Flower and Garden Festival but we can easily stop by Animal Kingdom or the Animal Kingdom Lodge just to say hi.

We have to return your picture anyway!

 

[hydster]

Well another 1/2 of the week is gone! We start the downward slide after today!! Ryan only has 5 more days of work including today to get through and the kids have 4 long days and 2 short days to get through and I just have all 7 / 6 days to get through. Thinking that the Zicam might be helping though. I still dont feel great but at least I don't think my head is going to explode anytime soon!

Jen--congrats on getting a few things for you so you can continue to pack! LOL about hubby wearing older clothes so your girls can wear Talbots. Thankfully the only "designer" type clothing they know about (other than Old Navy and the Gap do they count?) is Tommy Hilfiger and Polo outlet stores. I keep my fingers crossed that this will be ALL they will continue to know
Just make sure you pack your liquor in ziploc bags so if they break everything around it wont be soaked in wine/champage whatever! I think we are going to bring a few older towels with us and a vacuum zip bag to put our purchases in before we get on ship. We have a comp stop and since they tax liquor here to the point where you have to really want a drink we figured we'd stock up on land by the ship! LOL You have to LOVE the neighbor kids dont you??? This little girl (not really little) has absolutely NO manners what so ever which is why I think she likes to play over here with kids younger than her so she feels like the boss. she is annoying and overbearing at times. She is also not the best looking kid in the world (We have been known to refer to her in the privacy of our room as the Gimp from Pulp Fiction) but it is so hard. Our street isn't that great of a street for a few reasons....but we live here because our school and district are the least populated with kids mostly because around here there aren't many kids.

Tammy--I'll have McKaylee start emailing her after school today. She gets home at about 4 local mtn time and I'll have her write at least a hi to her and a few other things. This will give them a week to write back and forth. I'm starting to feel better..I think 1 more day of resting will probably do it for me and I'll be at least feeling good enough to deal with packing and stopping the newspaper and the mail and and and.....

Tracey--I think taking the Zicam is really helping keep the worst part at bay. I still have a little runny nose/stuffy nose but the sore throat is gone and I think after we rest today I'll be back on the mends!!!! Hope you feel better soon as well!!! I too am addicted to the PLastic Surgery shows! Love them all! I am a HUGE fan of reality tv though! Survivor, the swan, extreme makeover and makeover house, The Eden Show...all of those I Love!!!

Jason--Glad it's over..now it's time for a little nip to make yourself feel better and remember only a week and 2 days..only a week and 2 days!!!!

Reine--I know how you feel keeping up on it all. I didn't feel well yesterday but I did somehow manage to keep dragging myself in the den to look at it. I'm glad hubby went shopping and it's cool you get to just leave stuff around. I leave stuff around but then I cant get into my closet LOL 1 more week 1 more week!!!!

Conny--HAVE A GREAT, SAFE, WONDERFUL trip!!! It will be weird t not have any contact with you for awhile! I will make sure I leave a message for you. We have decided to just do MK both days instead of MGM one day so I think that will be better. My kids LOVE the fireworks. We will be watching for you (*alice and I*) and it should be a great time! I think Tammy said they might come as well from DTD.

Tom---They may have it on display somewhere are the smallest bra ever hucked at a concert to Tom Jones or some kind of pathetic memorial to me...try to see if they have one of those! LOL Oh man I wish I was at MGM again on Thurs to see him Open! I did get an autographed picture of him sent to me and my husband being the sweetheart that he is had it framed for me! I have my own little shrine going! LOL about the pic with Carmen! Gotta hate it when the b ra line goes across on the other person! I'm sure you were just so sad LOL about the Queen! Hey if you go to Vegas over Labor Day we'll meet you! We have a 5 hour drive to Vegas from our house....that would be a fun something to look forward to!

Well I'm off to take a shower and keep the inner demonic twerp in Tanner from destroying my house by not winning a miniature golf game on Postopia!

Heidi

 

[JenLynn]

Uggg ..... children!!!
I am trying to clean the kitchen and when i picked up the kitchen towel to dry off my hands i ended up covered in white glue and green glitter!!! Apparently when Picasso and his sister were doing arts and crafts they had a slight glue/glitter spill and sopped it up with my kitchen towel and then hung the towel back in its place ... so now there is glue and glitter everywhere!! Does anyone want 2 artistic children?

Oy ..... i need a drink and a vacation!

 

[conny264]

Can you tell I´m addicted to this board.Promised myself to store the laptop but couldn´t resist to check again.

Jason-since AK is only open till 5,we will be back at the lodge either on or balcony or at the poolIt would be nice if you drop by for a drink and chat.

Heidi-we will be at MK on Thursday afternoon as well to see Wishes from the park.We are going on a Fireworks cruise on Wednesday,but I want to see it again with the music.So,maybe we will run into each other.We´ll keep our eyes open.

I´ll probably check again before I´ll go to bed,the alarm is set for 4 and thats way to early.

Conny

 

[ThreeCircles]

Can we say...

Doing the SINGLE DIGIT DANCE!!!

 

[jrydberg]

JenL - Heh heh, Alyssa and I went shopping yesterday and bought her some "glitter" sunscreen. Somehow I get the feeling it won't last until the cruise. I just hope it doesn't end up on a kitchen towel

Jeff

 

[Belle&RellasMom]

JenL...you're a WAY better Mom than I am...I have a very strict "NO GLITTER IN MY HOUSE" rule that I make my kids live by!!! Whenever they bring home glittery projects from school I put them in a very special file...you know the one that is under the kitchen sink (plastic pail lined with a white bag)!!!

 

[hydster]

LOL JenL--As I am typing this my little picasso is coloring on everything and using glitter glue to make his Santa coloring book from Christmas look more sparkly! Of course it's on newspaper with a plastic bag under the bar stool but he loves to color, draw, cut, paste...drives me nutty! At least your kids try to clean it up...my kids especially Miles would just give a halfassed job at cleaning it up and then wait for me to find it all dry and going crazy!!!

Conny---I know you probably wont read this but have a GREAT Flight! Cant wait for 1 more week and 2 days until our POR bar meet!!!!

Jason-LOL at the happy dancing....If I was feeling better I would do it too!! Of course the disgusting amount of rain we've had here the last week has suceeded in flooding part of our basement carpet so my house has the lovely stench of moldy carpet and pad..mmmmmmmmmmm....have I mentioned how badly I want to get out of this crappy weather???

Julie--I have a special file for artwork too! LOL It gets the fridge honor for 24 hours and then the special file comes out and grabs it! Now if it is WET paint, glittered up (except for glitter glue) or has anything that still needs to "cure" it's in the round file but other than that they get 24 hours to show off and then bye bye! LOL

Jeff--We HAD some of that glitter sunscreen as well..it is now outside on the trees, decking, sidewalk and used in place of chalk for different things! LOL

One day my house will be spotless...and my yards will look nice...for now I just turn my head and sigh!

Ok..off to lay down for awhile again!
Heidi