Wild Turkeys and Dancing Banana Heads Cruise 11/25/06

[pgfour]

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I have a cat story. Long time ago, I had one of those cats that was just too curious. She'd climb up the stem of the Xmas tree and peer out a branch ... would bring the Kill of the Day in the house ... you know the kind. Well one morning, I'm lying in bed, the ceiling fan is on its slowest speed, and there was like a ledge that circled the room. Somehow she got on the ledge, I barely had my eyes open and saw her ... just sitting on the ledge staring at the fan. I thought, Nah, she wouldn't dare ... closed my eyes .. the next thing I hear is a THUMP. Open my eyes ... the cat is hanging onto one of the blades going round-and-round above my head. What a nut.

Another a perfect example of why I don't drink while reading the posts. This story would've made me cover the screen, keyboard and desk with coffee!!! (Kind of like that old Saturday Night Live skit with Julia Loius-Dreyfus doing a talk show and spitting coffee on each guest when they said something remotely funny. )

Another gray day here. I have to do some housework since I can't watch the Nebraska/Troy game. Fox Sports Net isn't even available for PPV on DishNetwork. My dad & sister are at the game and my BIL will be taping so if I'm really desperate, I can watch it later.

Great news, Steve, Esther & Laura!

Last night our my SIL's (DH's sisters) called and offered to take DD to the apple orchard and out to eat. So DH & I got to have a nice dinner out!

Back to work! Hope everyone is having a great Saturday!

Cheri

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Josh,
Lucy is a good looking dog.
Minnie hates water too. But she get a little better each time we bathe her. Plus afterwards she get a piece of chicken jerky which she loves. Hope you enjoy your weekend.

The house is very quiet now that Poncho has gone home.

Kathy

 

[joelidol]

Kathy, I must confess, that's not really Lucy... As a matter of fact, I have no idea whose dog that is! But the resemblence is unparalleled.
I was watching some videos of the Cruise ship. Does anyone remember the planes on St. Maarten? They would have to pull striaght up, or hit the side of the mountain. These were Boeings too! That's crazy!

Only a couple of months left! October then half of November (I'd like to think so.)

 

[joelidol]

I can see the ships sail by right now on www.twopalms.com!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Josh,
I just finished watching the ship go by on two palms too.

I remember the airport on St. Maartin and the short runway they have. Don't think I would ever want to fly there.
I cant remember if it was ST. Maartin or St.Thomas, but one of them we kept having small sea planes fly by so close to the ship it was like they were flying over the top of us. This went on all day as we were docked.

This board is pretty quiet today, we need some posts or we wont make our goal !! Come on people, let's hear from you !!!

Kathy

 

[disneediva]

Sorry I haven't been able to post today I am at work and we are busy. I was charting and decided to check the board I will post when I get home.

Wendy

 

[LindaBabe]

grey day here too - but I got quite a bit done - at least the suitcase emptied and put away and the clothes all put away. haircut. massive grocery shopping done and put away. bathrooms clean. NAP. Oh boy, did I need that nap!

Not a very exciting weekend, but at least it's a bump for our thread! Carry on!

 

[DutchsMommy]

Good evening all. I am actually going out tonight - a rarity these days LOL. Stony went out last night and tonight is mine. We sometimes switch off so one can watch Dutch and one can go out. Babysitters are SO expensive, we have to have good plans to spring for one. Tonight is a girls night out - off to karaoke, should be pretty funny. I would LOVE to be able to sing, but unfortuantely I will just be cheering on friends. It is an awful feeling to go up there to sing, know you really stink, and watch people just waiting for your song to be over LOL!!

My Dad left on Thurs back to Thailand (that's where he lives if you don't remember 2000 posts ago LOL). I am hoping the coup remains peaceful and he will be OK. From what we have gathered so far, nothing much is different there among the general population.

Josh - sorry to hear school is so tough. I think it is tougher now than it was when I was there. Hopefully things lighten up a little for you like your friend said.

I enjoyed all the dog and cat stories. A story that stands out in my mind is our now departed mini-dashund 'Lili'. She was what one would kindly term a footstool on legs - she was fairly portly and was a long haired dachs. She reminded me of a Tribble for all of you Star Trek fans. Anyway, I accidentally left the back gate open one morning after letting her out. She was very old and needed to go out early AM or I would have a surprise in the kitchen. ANyway, being the bad mother I am, I went back to sleep. When I went to let her in about an hour later I realized she was gone. She was about 12 at the time and could walk maybe 200 yards without sitting down to rest. She was deaf and pretty much blind. So, I am running down my street, through the park in my jammies yelling for Lili and on the verge of tears. I had awful visions of her getting hit by a car or falling down a ravine. Anyway, after about 45 mins with no luck I returned home. I called the Humane Society and completely lost it on the phone - anyway unfortuantely Lili was not there. Finally as a last resort I called animal control and - you guessed it - she has been picked up. We raced down to the animal control place - a big cement block building. When we went inside it was like doggie jail, huge rotties and pitbulls jumping around their 'cells' and down at the end our Lili - looking up at me like 'what in the name of God am I doing here?!?!' I opened the door and out she paddled, just following along behind me. I spoke to the woman there, and the darn dog had been picked up sitting in front of our neighbours lawn - not 10 feet from our house. Needless to say I was relieved and never did I let her out without making sure all was safe again!!

HAve a great night everyone, talk to you tomorrow.

 

[Dixielady908]

Evening all.....man this has been a crazy day!!!! Worked until noon, then when I got home DH and I decided to drive to Walmart....which is a decent ride. So we are walking into the store and some guy is walking out with a computer system..in a box...anyway...I guess he must have "forgot" to pay for it....so as we are walking in the person at the door is yelling at him to stop because the sensor was going off. He was almost out the door. Now the whole time he is talking on his cell phone..kept right on talking, came back in and got in line. By now they had paged a manager or head security...after that I dont know what happend. How stupid is that? What are people thinking?

So I just finished dinner and cleaning up...now to relax, I think I may try doing a little cleaning tonight.

Tomorrow going to my sisters and we discussing the cruise

Be back later...
Denise

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Good night everyone,
I am off to bed and will watch the rest of the POC movie on TV before going to sleep. Then I can be in the mood to dream about the cruise.

Kathy

 

[Dixielady908]

just sitting here on the net and looking at St john.....I cant wait to get to these islands....they are soooo beautiful. I already told DH when we get back home, lets just sell the house and move back to the islands. Who needs money to live on an island???!!!!!

Good night everyone....

Denise

 

[pgfour]

Good evening everyone!

Kathy said we must post, so here I am! Don't want to disappoint.

Wow! What a dull day. Didn't feel like doing much.

DH & I sat in the hot tub while DD napped; then we did watch the Nebraska Husker game -- found it on PPV for $30!!!! DH is more diligent than I!! At least we got our money's worth.

Sure love all your pet stories! Ours are pretty dull! Wyatt(cat) has always had a fascintation with water and he would jump up onto the ledge of our shower door to see what was going on. I also have pictures of him drinking straight from the sink faucet.

Both Doc & Wyatt (I'm a fan of the Wild West!!!) like to bring decapitated "treasures" for us. They used to be able to come and go during the summer months via the basement window, but their privileges were revoked when they brought a live chipmunk into the basement. Luckily, DH & I were able to capture it and get it back outside. Other than that, it's pretty calm here at our house.

Have a great evening!

Cheri

 

[jd99]

the slumber party is winding down (thank God). It's amazing how much drama eight 7-9 year old girls can conjure up in 18 hours. Kids were up (and thus so we were we because boy are they LOUD) until 4 a.m First ones started getting up before 7 a.m. There are going to be a lot of grumpy girls in our neighborhood later today. DW (the saint) is downstairs cooking breakfast while listen to some "sleepover music" blasting and hear what sounds like girls going through walls, doors and generally sounding like elephants romping in the family room.

I guess I should get ready and go downstairs to help DW deal with it all....

Wish me luck.

 

[woogal]

Good morning Banana Heads

Hey Jeff ... how 'bout them Buckeyes?? Glad to see you made it through the sleep over unscathed!

Bill and I were watching videos of the runway on St. Maarten (go to You Tube and search St. Martin airport) ... WOW!!! We are SO doing that!!!

Even though I haven't commented directly on each one, love ALL the pet stories! Let's face it, who in here can unwrap a Hershey's Kiss without ripping the wrapper?! Cheri, my cats were a lot like yours ... one day we found blue jay feathers all up and down our hallway. Another we saw something dark fleeing in fear down the hallway ... a little bunny that we rescued from the 3 menaces that were "playing" with it! Poor thing. Speaking of poor things ... Poor Lili!!!!

So it's week 3 of Fantasy Football. Projections have my team to win

Have a great day!

 

[TIGGER41681]

Good Morning All ,
Well it is a hot and humid morning hear in NY. I thought fall started yesterday?? We went apple picking at a local orchard. DS was amazed and just looking around the whole time!! We had our friends our for pasta dinner after which was very nice. Well today doing nothing!!! I like that sometimes !! have a great day.. Talk to you all later..


JD99: Wow sounds like you had your hands full last night!! Good Luck !!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Good morning everyone,
nothing going on here, will check back later, Just adding to our count.

Kathy

 

[jd99]

Good morning Banana Heads

Hey Jeff ... how 'bout them Buckeyes?? Glad to see you made it through the sleep over unscathed!

B!

Shell - Well thank goodness they won. It was sure touch and go for a while, letting those penn staters hang in for WAY too long. As I've said b4, my 2 favorite teams are Pitt and whomever is playing Penn State, so I was wearing the buckeye colors after returning from the Pitt game yesterday!

I'm not sure what we'll hear from Jan this morning after that incredible collapse against the Irish by MSU. Geez Jan, I was even rooting for you guys. You must now know how we felt last week when the Pittsters couldn't stop MSU. So long as your green guys get it together for your late season matchup with PSU, I'm happy.

 

[Dixielady908]

Morning everyone....just got up going to start making some breakfast.

Jeff glad to hear you made it through....been there.
Both my kids have winter birthdays. So one year I had this "brain storm" instead of having birthday parties lets wait until the last day of school and have end of school year party. They went to Catholic grade school. Very small class rooms. It was 1 class for each grade. So my DD had 19 kids in her class and my DS had 17. So I let each of them pick a day..Friday and Saturday (yes the same weekend) and they were able to have their whole class over for either a cook out or Piazza. The kids had a blast, however, it was the longest weekend of my life. It was fun and I know the kids enjoyed it. They were a little older than your girls, I believe my daughter was 13 and my son was 11. I have to say, I am glad that thoes days are over. But then I do have those moments where I miss that also. So enjoy them, they grow faster than you think.

Off to my sisters today to discuss the cruise.....

Later
Denise

 

[joelidol]

Hey guys, less than two hundred until we reach 3000! I'm thinking of staying on the ship while we are at either St. MAarten or St. Thomas, because there's nobody on board at the time!

Sailaway Party!

 

[TIGGER41681]

Hey,
Here are some pictures of us apple picking yesterday. Enjoy !!

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