Who's sailing April 18-22, 2004 - gotta start this sometime!!

[SCOTTOHIOCPA]

There are 4 ways to have lunch and breakfast.

1) Room Service
2) Topsider's Buffet near the pool
3) One of the dining rooms will be available (listed in the Navigator)
4) Snacks at Pluto's or Pinochio's
In fact, you could have all 4!

I'm sure you will deserve that long stiff drink after driving that far with so many people My dad used to pile us in the car and drive us there every summer.

In response to the poll as to who is more excited about the cruise, it definitely is DW and myself.

Scott's countdown to the Mickey ship:
9 more ties!

 

[disneysailor]

And don't forget Palo brunch Mr. Goofy601 if you and Mrs. Goofy601 can get away from the kids a bit on sea day. Of course, if you can do that, you might not want to go to brunch...

Hope you have a great trip down!

 

[thebets57]

Oh my goodness, I just typed a long message, and somehow erased it!! The new computer...it's supposed to be easier....I just need time to learn!! Anyway, thanks for all the kind words. I'm not usually such a 'sap' !! I guess you all get to meet me while I'm in a life crisis!!! But, like I said, you'll all be feeling the same in a few short years - time FLYS!!! Our precious children become adults somehow under our noses, and we just can't stop it!! It's a wonderful thing to watch, yet so bittersweet.... Can't wait to have this vacation for the R&R as well as time with the family.......

 

[guardwife]

Well sorry i haven't written in a while dh is due in tomarrow at 6pm and i am obssesing over the house!! dd is soooooooooooo excited daddy is coming home. Unfortunatly i haven't had time to even think about the cruise, once he is back it will be a mad rush trying to get everything around and get his stuff he has aquired while overseas put away.

I would have to say in our house the entire family is about the same when it comes to who is more excited. I have to say goofy601 your enthusiasum has definitly helped me!

thebets57 i cannot even imagine the whole college thing i am freaking over dd going to kindergarten!

disneysailor thank you so much i am just thrilled i will have my dh back. they are having a welcome home thing tomarrow and that will be the first time the families will get reunited so it will be very emotional it will be held in an ice arena and there will be plenty of support.
I wish you luck with the dryer while dh was gone i think i broke every appliance we have and replaced them all.

bostonlass wow your kids are gonna have one heck of a month that is awesome.

well gotta try to get some sleep tonight

only 19 more hours til i get to see my husband!!!

 

[disneysailor]

guardwife- Have a wonderful day!!! This will be a day I'm sure you're whole family will remember for a lifetime!!

thebets57- Just a hint, I always got to edit copy before I send these messages since I have had a few erase when I've tried to send them. It's usually when they're long so I think I time out or something. Best wishes on making a decision for your son's future.

April 1 , can you all believe it? The birds are outside chirping and vacation is coming SOON!!!!

Have a great day everyone!

 

[travel with kids]

Guardwife- What a great day for you and your family!! I can imagine all the excitment in your house.

Thebets57- I know that this is not comparable, but I teach mentally handicap high school students. I will have them for four years, every school day, all day. Then they graduate and I never see them again. I am always torn up on graduation day. I do not allow myself to even think about it unitl them. Did your son decide on a college?

Maine is expected to get SNOW tomorrow (Friday)!! ds has a tropical dance and I am scheduled to get my snow tires exchanged for regular ones on Saturday. ---Mother Nautre is not quite done with us!!!

Everyone have a very good day. 14 days!

 

[goofy601]

guardwife - here's to hoping you have a super reunion with your hubby! Please thank him from all of us! I talked with my little brother the other day (he's over in Iraq)...I very much appreciated what our armed forces are doing for our country each and every day...

It's getting closer...I'm so excited...not enough days to get everything done that needs to be done...but we'll manage...hip hip hooray - we're going on a MICKEY SHIP!

and

 

[disneysailor]

Just checked the 10 day forecast for both Orlando and Nassau and it looks like the weather for both is about 80 during the day and 70 at night. My favorite weather! Hopefully when I check it at the end of next week, it will show sun, sun and more sun!

I went to the Disney store to return the 1st dress I had ordered and they had some great 75% off sales if any of you have a store near you. I bought a pair of p.j.s for myself and my dd, and a shirt for ds. The p.j.s were only $7 and the shirt $4. I figure I can put the kids stuff in their Easter baskets. Also, I hadn't known this, but if you order something from the Disney catalog and it goes on sale within 30 days, they'll credit you the difference. Just FYI.

Just being in the Disney store made me all the more excited, even DH seems to be starting to enter vacation mode and that's saying something!

See you soon!

 

[bostonlass]

guardwife - I'm so happy that he's safe and I hope you have an awesome reunion!!!!! Thank him for us please.

Ok......3 inches of water THROUGHOUT my basement. Many things ruined.

BUT

We're going on a Mickey ship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Emily has a sleepover b-day party tomorrow night and ...for the first time *ever* I am going to be alone for the whole night with Megan. I'm going to go shopping for goodie bags with her for her party on Saturday and take her to her favorite restaurant, Bertuccis. I'm very excited. I love when I get alone time with either of them!!!!

ciao

 

[thebets57]

Disneysailor - Thanks for the tips on posting - it seems like I'm always 2 steps behind on the computer thing, and (apparantly) we now have a better computer, so things should be easier.....I don't quite see the difference at this point, but just feel more confused with a new system. Even the keyboard 'touch' is different, so I just keep making typing errors........No time to learn!!! Also, thanks for the positive weather prediction. I hadn't thought to look yet!! It's really gross here - tons of rain!!! Last night the rain was coming thru the guest room light fixture in the ceiling - lovely!! DH was in the rafters placing buckets strategically to catch the H2O!! The roof is new since we moved in, so it was unexpected. Homeowner horrors never end!! Ours was built in c.1740, so I'm not kidding!!! Luckily our DCL vacation is already paid for, or the $ might be going to a roofer!!!! (Of course, with college tuition, we might as well live out back in our tent - LOL)!!!!!!!!!!!

Bostonlass - Yes, besides the roof, our cellar is also flooded...we keep checking the pump to make sure it's running...Hopefully, now that I'm going to bed, we won't have a crisis to wake up to!!...The way the rain is coming down, who knows??

Guardwife - I've been thinking of you all day - what a great day for all of you!!! I hope your reunion is all you imagined. Your families sacrifice is truly appreciated!

Looking forward to meeting all of you, and a little R&R!!!! Cabana boy............

 

[travel with kids]

Thebets57- I know very little about sending a child to college (and if he continues as he has this past month, he will never make it to college) but, the one bit of advice I can give you is, have your DS apply to all and any scholarships that he has a connection with. Our Registar, who handles scholarship applications at my school, complains every year that the kids do not take advantage of all that is available. I believe you can get a print out of all the scholarships available with the requirements. Just apply, apply, apply. Good luck!!......Lee

 

[travel with kids]

Bostonlass-- I send you a pm. Liz is getting very excited to finally meet Emily.
Good luck with the basement. We have rain, not as much as you guys are getting. However, we are going to get SNOW!!!

OK, everyone together.....We're going on the Mickey Ship!!!

 

[goofy601]

We're going on a MICKEY SHIP - Hip HIP HOORAY!

It doesn't matter that it SNOWED yesterday and it doesn't matter that we're going to have to build an arc to get to Florida - we're going on a MICKEY SHIP! Hip Hip HOORAY!

Our swing set is slowly but surely sinking further and further into the ground...the old one...that is suppose to be coming out of our yard...besides that the kids couldn't get to the new one if they wanted to...there's a HUGE puddle between the house and the swing set...gotta love rain!

BUT, WHO CARES - NOT US ~ WE'RE GOING ON A MICKEY SHIP~!



and

 

[bostonlass]

Ok I need cheering up here. I was nonchalant about the basement last night. Well.....woke up to a foot of water in the basement. It's like a swimming pool. Had to have fire dept come and make sure that it's ok for the contractor people to walk through it since I wasn't sure about outlets and such. Everything is damaged and here's the kicker.....I'm not covered. My agent said that no one is covered under a homeowner's policy but I'm not sure if that sounds right.

ugh.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

Checking in from the Ark.....Goodness, we got poured on yesterday. Bostonlass...I think your insurance agent is right, if it is water that came in from the outside, you are not covered. Unless you have seperate flood insurance. And most people don't get that especially around here.

Last winter, the people across the street had water flood their finished basement. $$$ thousands$$$ of dollars in damages...no insurance because the water came in from the outside. Had a pipe burst then they would of been covered.

I am sorry you were affected like this. Nothing like this to happen two weeks before our trip. UGH.

 

[disneysailor]

Bostonlass, I'm so sorry to here about all your trouble. We had a house a while ago where the basement flooded and among the things that were ruined were some of my Christmas ornaments, which was heartbreaking. I hope when you get dried out it turns out to not be so bad. Is it a finished basement? As far as the insurance, I don't know. We bought this house the end of August 2002. We used the pool maybe 3 times and then it was freezing out. We ended up having one of the snowiest winters ever and the pool was destroyed. Anyway, our agent told us to put in a claim and it came back as an "Act of God" and wasn't covered. $5000.00 later we had a new pool (above ground) but it sat in our garage half the summer last year since it kept raining and they couldn't get it installed. Um, I just realized this probably isn't helping to cheer you up, but the good news is-"We're going on a Mickey Ship." I hope everything works out for you in the end. Best of luck to you also thebets57 with your water woes.

Travel with kids, every time I read your posts, I swear my son has cloned himself and is living at your house. If so, can you send him home to clean his room please? Thanks.

If all goes well, two weeks from today, we will be landing in Orlando about this time.

Let's hope for good weather, good health, and good times! See you soon!!!!

 

[travel with kids]

Goofy601- You have the right attitude. I was complaining at work about this snow/hail/ sleet/rain mixture at school. Who cares if it is snowing outside. We are going on the Michkey Ship Thank you for keeping us all motivated and in the right frame of mind

Bostonlass- I am sending you hugs{{{{{}}}}}. Is it safe to be in the basement? Is the whole Boston area in flood status? I am so sorry you have to go through this. I wish I could do something for you! I will have my cabana boy well rested for the cruise.

Thebets57 & Disney1fan2002 are you guys flooded also? Good luck!

OK disneysailor--anytime you want to come and pick up YOUR other son, please feel free!! This afternoon he came home, all bend out of shape becasue they canceled the dance at his Jr. High. It was Tropical Night and he was going to wear shorts and one of his Hawaiian shirts. When I told him it was canceled due to the weather, he looked at me as if I had four heads. After a minute, he said "Ah, Mom, the dance is inside!" With that he went to his room complaining that adults simply want to ruin any fun left for a kid. Ok--when are you coming?

You all have a warm and dry evening ....Lee

 

[SCOTTOHIOCPA]

Two weeks to go! I'm on vacation starting at 5:00 on April 16th. Mrs. SCOTTOHIOCPA went to work today and tendered her resignation effective April 16. So she will be especially happy to go on vacation. No word on a new job yet, but something will turn up in the next few months I'm sure.

I am sorry to hear about all of the water problems everyone is experiencing. It seems like there is always something you have to repair when you buy a home. Better that it happened now while you can deal with it than to find it when you come home from your trip. I saw pictures of a house on TV where a guy's washing machine leaked water from the second floor down while he was in Hawaii for 2 weeks. His home had to be demolished and built all over because the damage was so bad.

We'll I gotta go meet the wife and kids for dinner.



Scott's countdown to the Mickey Ship:
8 more ties!

 

[bostonlass]

Thanks for all of your kind words. I called 15 people yesterday who specialize in cleaning up flood disasters. Do you know it's now one day later and not ONE person has called me back.

I went to work for about 4 hours yesterday 'cause I couldn't stand sitting by the phone and thank goodness I did. When I came home my fiance had pulled in the same time and bought a second pump. Luckily when we checked the basement most of the water was gone and only one inch or so was left. My lil sump pump is still going. Once we got a lot of the water out of the boiler area I was able to get the oil company in and they replaced the motor....I'll get the bill in the mail and I don't wanna think about it yet

All of our summer clothes from last year are ruined , though I'm going to make an attempt to restore them once my washer and dryer are up and running again. (crossing my fingers they will work). Luckily we bought all new summer clothes for the cruise and it's all upstairs!!!!! My new fake Christmas tree (it was a fiber optic one) is ruined along with all of our christmas ornaments, etc. It's not the money but some of them were paper that the kids made when they were in daycare. That's the part that is killing me.

BUT.................................12 more days for us and we'll be in Orlando!!! Our flight leaves at 7:05am on Friday the 16th and last night I realized we have to be at the airport at around 5am!!

I'm sooooooooooooooo not a morning person!!! Ok well time to get ready for Megan's birthday party.

See you all soon!!

 

[travel with kids]

Bostonlass-- Best of luck to you. You seem to have a good outlook on the whole situation.


I started to pack!!! Both of my kids have play dates today (ds would die if he heard me refer to his time with his friend as a play date!!) Before they left this morning I asked them to take ALL the clothes they would take on the cruise into my room. I expected them to hang the hangables on the door hook and stack the foldable stuff on the bed or my dresser. NOPE--they threw piles of clothes on my bed!!! OK--they are all in one room now! I started to pull out my stuff and to my horror, something must have happened to them while hanging in the storage closet!! They are snug! WHAT?? I wore them in Mexico last October and they all fit!!! When dh came home and I showed him the clothes that DID fit and the clothes that DID NOT fit (he refrained from laughing!!) but suggested that I treat myself and go shopping with a friend!! ARK!! I thought I was done!! I have NO time to shop.

Everyone have a very good week-end and stay warm and dry