Westbound Repo Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic!

[mishoe01]

I'm talking to myself this morning.....now...what was it that Karen used to type?

Ding a danga ding?

 

[granmaz]

I'll be more than happy to celebrate my 40th next year on the b2b (eventho that's in Sept and bday is not til Nov). What could be better than DCL and good friends?

I hope to celebrate with you Monica. It would be our 40th wedding anniversary celebration too.

 

[granmaz]

I'm talking to myself this morning.....now...what was it that Karen used to type?

Ding a danga ding?

 

[granmaz]

B2B is looking quite a probability now!!!

 

[mishoe01]

I hope to celebrate with you Monica. It would be our 40th wedding anniversary celebration too.

Thank you for letting me know I'm not alone!

I think if we celebrate the 40's together it would be

FANTASTIC!!

 

[mishoe01]

B2B is looking quite a probability now!!!

Anything we can do to make it definate?

 

[MrsMork]

you said 6 kids???? okay I've got just the ones for you, start up there and head my way for +2 then a bit further south, oh well you may as well grab gaylean's and lisa's they are small you can hold 8 right?

It seems in our lives there has always been room for just a couple more kids. Sure, what the hay send 'em along!

 

[granmaz]

Thank you for letting me know I'm not alone!

I think if we celebrate the 40's together it would be

FANTASTIC!!

Have to go out now Monica. See you later.

 

[mishoe01]

Have to go out now Monica. See you later.

Have a good day!

 

[mishoe01]

Good morning Angie!

 

[MrsMork]

Cheri I am completely disappointed.

I went for a walk yesterday around our River front trail. It reminded me of getting up and walking around the decks on the ship.

Oh look it's the Gatun Lake!

Ooops nope that's just the Quesnel River...

The disappointment came when I didn't run into you along the trail, like I usually did on the deck. And DrHug wasn't at any of the prime photo taking places along the walk either. And Nan, Gaylean and Steph weren't down by the pool. Come to think of it there wasn't even a pool!!! Matt and Jill were no where to be found needing a pic to be taken of them together.

However, my alarm clock went off and I had to go pick the kids up from the kids club (daycare) earlier than I wanted ... That seemed really familiar!

We feel your pain, Ken!

 

[MrsMork]

I know you guys never met my Gretchen (11 year old) but she is such a great kid. Tonight was her 6th grade graduation. She was awarded the Principal Award.....Best Overall Kid at the School. They pick one girl and one boy. It was really funny the reactions of the other parents. It was weird.

Anyway, she is so sad because her elementary splits up to 3 middle schools..and she feels like she has lost many friends.

Gretchen and Julian (he also won)

Gretchen with her Teacher

Gretchen with her dad and Annie

Gretchen with Amy (one of her best friends..notice the tears!)

Congratulations to Gretchen!!

 

[MrsMork]

You're pushy. They can come here. Do they do yard work?

Do Dennis and Angie do yard work??? Um NO! We are grandparents, we play with kids, we drive a house, we roast marshmallows and hot dogs, we do NOT do yard work.

 

[MrsMork]

Good morning Angie!

Good morning!!

 

[lillygator]

well we had a rash of rain last night - John's game was rained out - it was at 9:30 anyway so that was good news.
I think we are going to have fondue tonight. I have two brand new pots begging to be used. Or maybe tomorrow night.
The girls actually got up on their own since there was water play at school.

 

[JLSE50]

Thank you. I will do it someday

I did it one cabinet at a time. Even thinking of more was overwhelming.

The fullest one was the glasses and mugs. I emptied the cabinet, wiped down the shelves and put back only the things I LIKED. Then I showed the rest to my DH, DS#2 and his friend who might as well be DS#3. If there was anything they wanted it went back in, otherwise it was going. They chose nothing, so into the double handled shopping bags it all went and into the car to be offered to my homecare client families.

If I had been a yard saler I would have put it all in the garage for the sale.

When we did move, I brought stuff to the condo and anything I was not bringing I put in the living room. When people came over to buy or take big items we were not bringing with us (condo is less than half the size of the house) I invited them to help themselves. Every couple weeks my friend Ann came and took boxes of stuff to the church resale shop that raises money for missionaries.

Only one guy was not happy with my plan. Bill said that Janet brought home too much of my stuff. Oh well, not my problem.....

Jan

 

[JLSE50]

Here is the pic I took of it...

I know you all were disappointed, but what did it TASTE like?

We never saw the other one or this one until these pictures. Most nights dinner was too much to eat even when we asked for no potatoes or a smaller portion so we rarely got dessert. When we did get dessert, we shared one between the two of us.

So, what did it TASTE like?

Jan

 

[edna mode]

Goodmorning all, well, we are getting some nice sunny weather here finally.

Dennis is still not over it. He went to urgent care and got antibiotics last Thursday and seems a bit better now, but wow! it has lasted forever with him. It is making me nervous, but he was checked and our local urgent care has always been really good. They did catch pneumonia with him a couple of years ago.

I’m glad to hear that I’m not the only one that still feels a bit off.

To everyone still suffering from the "cruise crud", take it easy and remember, rest and water are 2 of the best things you can do for yourself! I hope you all get better very quickly.

Thanks, I’ve been really trying to stay positive about it. It’s frustrating that 3 of my 4 times on the Magic I get off so sick I can’t see straight for weeks.

Kelly, let us know when you start your podcasts! I'd love to check them out.
Great stories! Make me feel better!

Will do.

I don’t normally post things like this, but I feel very strongly that this is an exception.
The wife of my close colleague is a violin teacher in a non-profit school that develops the musical gifts of inner city children. Her name is Shalisa Kline-Ugaz.
She is incredibly dedicated to the kids.

This past year, one of her students had problems because their family was poor and there were basic problems with their housing. Shalisa, somehow, got Extreme Home Makeover to do a super make over on her student’s family’s home.
Shalisa has gain reputation for such dedication to these kids, that a local television station recently did a news piece on her:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/someone_you_should_know&id=6159845
Shalisa, unknown to her, was nominated by her boss (the head of the school) for the Energizer Hall of Fame.
She had been chosen as a semi-finalist. The winner is determined, by Internet vote.
Please vote for Shalisa, I think she is a great person and a great inspiration and deserves recognition. You can vote once per day. Also please pass this on to other people.
Here is the link to vote:

http://www.energizerkeepgoinghalloffame.com/KeepGoing/Finalists/finalist6.aspx
Please pass this on to other people, and I hope, if no one minds, that I from time to time post reminders to vote.

That’s a great story.

 

[edna mode]

I know you guys never met my Gretchen (11 year old) but she is such a great kid. Tonight was her 6th grade graduation. She was awarded the Principal Award.....Best Overall Kid at the School. They pick one girl and one boy. It was really funny the reactions of the other parents. It was weird.

Anyway, she is so sad because her elementary splits up to 3 middle schools..and she feels like she has lost many friends.

Gretchen and Julian (he also won)

Gretchen with her Teacher

Gretchen with her dad and Annie

Gretchen with Amy (one of her best friends..notice the tears!)

These pictures are beautiful.

 

[edna mode]

Was that you just behind the old Hudson's Bay building around the corner?

At first I thought this was the Mickey pool, it's about the same size, but then I figured it would be difficult to keep the water in ...

The tower to climb the slide is a real pain to go up as well...

But you can be well hidden from view ...

OMG, your town is just so cute.