WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt 16

[Tink rules]

To err is human, to arr is pirate.

(we need a female pirate smilie..)

So wished Ann and i would be able to meet up with you again. There will be a next time.

Albert

I hope so... we had a nice visit that day in Acapulco... I still have the photo if you'd like a copy. I think Ann knows me by now...

Welcome back Kathe I thought of you everyday








Deb sorry about that darn leg - I hear ya on the graphs. I need one for a gum (as in teeth) issue (since 2005) and I've put it off and off and off - the whole thing creeps me out. No where near as hard as yours but still eewwww! I'm going to have to deal with it soon or endanger the tooth

Our garden is in and thriving thanks to Molly's after school watering

Work is work - still have more to do that normal hours -I need to get in this weekend but dreading it

Same old stuff otherwise - kids activities keep us out almost every evening school, scouts, baseball, band. Weekends at home are much loved these days

Off for

Hi Nan!!!

Was Cheri's new bag the Lowepro slingshot? I have a Lowepro slingshot 100AW that I have used forever.

Here you can see me with it in 2009 leaving our hotel room to go to Disneyland.

I love that bag but Shannon wasn't fussy on it. I haven't had to use the all-weather cover on it yet. Actually that might be a lie, I think I used it once when I took the camera bag onto Grizzly River Rapids. But walking through rainshowers I haven't had a drop of rain or moisture make it inside the bag as of yet. And as you can see in the pic above the extra "tabs" on it makes a great holder for my monopod.

I just recently got a new bag from Roots that I am enjoying but it is nice to flip and back and forth if necessary.
This is my new bag:

Here's a pic of me with the new bag with my raincoat slung over it:

I really have a hard time sticking to just one bag for my camera. I'll take whatever "feels" right at the time and am always on the lookout for a better bag. I think I'm worse than a woman purse shopping when it comes to my camera.

& I thought I had a lot of purses...

 

[Tink rules]

You go see whom ever is needed to see to get it fixed. Bottom line it needs to be looked after no matter how many people you have to go see. So just go do it. You are too important to all of us not to do what is in your own best interests.

I agree. Deb, listen to Ken!!

Ok... listen up... I'm gonna say it... and I mean it this time...












KEN IS RIGHT!!!

 

[Tink rules]

I love boardgames. I think I have Shannon hooked a little bit on them and I know my girls want to play so I am always looking for the perfect family boardgame, that can last through the ages. Shaelyn is starting to get to the age where she can try a few more of our games and there are a few I am dying to get to the table with her. But her and her sister love to play Barbie's together and I don't want to intrude on that bonding which is great to watch. It will happen when it happens.

You know you don't have to stay up late to play games? The friends we play with have little boys (who are real little demons IMO) who have to get into everything, so it usually isn't feasible to play games while the boys are up. So we often play after the boys have gone to bed. Otherwise I would have no issue with playing in the afternoon (it would allow me to put off yard work!).

Tiki whatever will never replace the boards. I may not post lots, but that will probably change once I start planning more for the cruise to Alaska. And mainly once I get work settled down. It's going crazy there. Had to let a new staff member go last week because she just wasn't getting it so now I will have to go back to Hinton, Alberta for a week to get that office back up to snuff and headed in the right direction. In addition, the end of March is fiscal year end for the government's up here so all of my contracts got renewed and are heading into a new fiscal year so this month is busy getting budgets and programs up and running again. Just a crazy time of year but it should get better soon. I hope.

Seems funny. I hear Ian complain about going to NY for work, while I get to go to Hinton, AB for work. I'll take his business trip over mine in a heartbeat!! Wanna trade Ian? LOL

Well... we always want you here...

& unfortunately I live in a community that is mixed with a lot of Senior Citizens. They tend to game at the Sr. Center (which mom insists she's not old enough to go to... She says she doesn't want to go and sit with all of those old biddies... ) MY circle of friends is spread out all over. Most are in Jersey where I lived - and I've been home most of the time by constraints in pain and money...

Have you guys ever played the 3 dice game? You can do it with the girls easily. I can give you the instructions if you want.

You'd want Ian's traveling for a little bit... NY is a tough one to travel to and from. And he had to do a week in Jersey first and that place is a zoo... that's why I left...

 

[Tink rules]

Did you know that on TUESDAY.. datewise at least... it will be ONE YEAR before we all leave for ALASKA!!! (and yes... mom has insisted... we're going... )

Time to start planning...

 

[katypop]

Welcome back Kathe. Glad you had a great time and everything went well and you are home safe and well. Madeira is a very beautiful island isn't it? Hope you have a good night's sleep. Experience tells me you will be awake early.

I actually did get a good sleep! I woke up at 6:30 AM and thought I'd never get back to sleep...almost got up an hour later...but next thing I knew it was 10:00 I had a really good day, lots of laundry, unpacking and a visit with Sara and Trevor. I'm seeing Serenity and Brian and Tammy tomorrow, then back to work on Tuesday. I'm fading fast tonight though. I thought I might be awake half the night again, but I'm ready for bed now!

Unfortunately I leave late this afternoon to head back to NY. I'm there until Thursday. This is a very inopportune time to be travelling.

Ian, sorry you have to go to NY, that is bad timing, but you'll soon be on vacation

Hi Kathe, welcome back. Did you get your much deserved rest and relaxation? I hope so and can't wait to hear your stories all about it.

I'm not sure the plastic surgeon is going to like me. The nurses in the wound specialist's office mentioned the term grafting. If the plastic surgeon says that word....I'm not doing it. There's no way I can bring myself to do it. It's supposed to be very painful. No way! Not happening! So we shall see.

Which hospital would you recommend in NYC? I'm not so sure they are any better. I started at St. Luke's in Bethlehem....a top 100 in the USA. Their wound specialist butchered me. Maybe I should go see an infectious disease doctor. I'll talk to my GP after my plastic surgeon appointment. Believe me when I say that I really want to get this resolved once and for all. I'm tired of it.

Deb, hope you get some good answers at your appointment. You need to do whatever it takes to resolve your leg infection. I know it's not easy

I did get the rest and relaxation I needed, thanks for asking

It's crappy out and I got up and had my eggs benny - now it's time for a nap and then I can get up and do some and such.

It was a crappy day here to, but I got my laundry and unpacking done My dryer's timer is broken though, and my dryer is only a year and a month old, of course the warranty was up after a year

To err is human, to arr is pirate.

Did you know that on TUESDAY.. datewise at least... it will be ONE YEAR before we all leave for ALASKA!!! (and yes... mom has insisted... we're going... )

Time to start planning...

Yay!!!

 

[katypop]

Welcome back Kathe I thought of you everyday

Thanks Nan, I thought about you guys too, wish you could have made the cruise Our table was way too quiet

 

[Tink rules]

Hi Kathe!!!

Come back soon and tell us of the cruise!!! 2 weeks without ship gossip is a very long time...

 

[HollyTyler]

I think it's time to go and take Holly's Sunday Nap...

We were actually just waking up from ours around that time!

 

[HollyTyler]

To err is human, to arr is pirate.

 

[Tink rules]

Ok... so... I just spent 2 hours chatting on FB with one of my very first boyfriends...

rather interesting... and all I can say is... WOW... I must have been an influence in his life... He has so many good memories...

Which just begs to answer the all time question...

Why didn't any of these guys think I was good enough to be with back then??? They all seem to come back and tell me they have good memories...

I give...

 

[Tink rules]

HOLLY!!! YOU HAVE 14 MINUTES TO GET TO BED!!!

 

[HollyTyler]

Ok... so... I just spent 2 hours chatting on FB with one of my very first boyfriends...

rather interesting... and all I can say is... WOW... I must have been an influence in his life... He has so many good memories...

Which just begs to answer the all time question...

Why didn't any of these guys think I was good enough to be with back then??? They all seem to come back and tell me they have good memories...

I give...

You know the old saying, hind sight is 20/20. They didn't know a good thing when they had it.

 

[HollyTyler]

HOLLY!!! YOU HAVE 14 MINUTES TO GET TO BED!!!

I KNOW!! But I had to get caught up here too!

So.....I discovered a cleaning method that I'm pretty sure will work for me. I let myself play online while watching whatever shows I like to watch on TV, then I clean during commercials. Commercial cleaning. Short bursts, not enough to make me miserable and want to quit, but at least a tiny bit gets done at a time, which is better than NONE. Did pretty well with it tonight in the kitchen. Will hopefully remember to do it again after work tomorrow.

NOW I'm off to bed.

 

[Tink rules]

So that means you get 22 minutes of cleaning in every hour?

 

[Tink rules]

You know the old saying, hind sight is 20/20. They didn't know a good thing when they had it.

You know... after talking tonight... I sometimes don't realize what effect I have had in people's lives.

He said I made his life better. Not sure how... we were both young... oh well...

 

[granmaz]

Did you know that on TUESDAY.. datewise at least... it will be ONE YEAR before we all leave for ALASKA!!! (and yes... mom has insisted... we're going... )

Time to start planning...

There is one wrong word in there Michelle. Can you rephrase it?

Ok... so... I just spent 2 hours chatting on FB with one of my very first boyfriends...

rather interesting... and all I can say is... WOW... I must have been an influence in his life... He has so many good memories...

Which just begs to answer the all time question...

Why didn't any of these guys think I was good enough to be with back then??? They all seem to come back and tell me they have good memories...

I give...

Is it too late to rekindle things?

 

[Tink rules]

There is one wrong word in there Michelle. Can you rephrase it?



Is it too late to rekindle things?

which word??? Alaska??? (you need to come with us Marilyn... I'll wrap you in down - keep you nice and warm... make you drink hot chocolate... good hot chocolate... Cove Cafe makes good stuff...)

&&&&&&

NO... he's married has kids, etc... just catching up on FB...

We dated when I was 18 & he was 22...

 

[Tink rules]

I know...it's "All....".....

You COULD be coming...

Bubba... talk Marilyn &&&& You and V into coming...

 

[granmaz]

I could go on my own!!!!!

Aren't Bubba and Tink booked on a later one? Now that is very sensible.

 

[granmaz]

Anyway, we might be offering our services to house sit.