INSERT INTO `se_forum_posts` VALUES (250734,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-11 00:34:22',NULL,'','Still stuffy - argh&#33;&#33;&#33; Went out to the races last night - but I was boring - imagine that - me not the life of the party  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wacko.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wacko:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wacko.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wacko:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wacko.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wacko:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nThe Dr. says colds are rough because of the asthma connection - not getting rid of all the bad air.  Maybe I need to burp a liitle more - or better yet the other end lol.  I think that could be great therapy - will run it by DH lol.<br />\n<br />\nGood to see everyone is feeling good - therapies going well, sleeping well, all the great stuff&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTake care all - off for anap because we have to go out again tonight.<br />\n<br />\nTake care<br />\n<br />\nTTFN Jennifer','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-11 00:34:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(250837,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-11 07:14:33',NULL,'','hey i am back from full day in Indiana i left this morning early  just got back just few mins ago <br />\n<br />\nwow what a full day  good ride there and back too smile  and good night <br />\nfriends','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-11 07:14:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(250883,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-11 12:16:32',NULL,'','SUNDAY - November 11th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies...A very cold morning here is Pa.   our deck thermometer is reading 21 right now and there is a blanket of frost over everything.   Guess I have to start putting the car in the garage at night.<br />\nWe had a great day doing nothing yesterday once we got home.  I&#39;m afraid our age is catching up with us - we sure can&#39;t party like we used to .   LOL<br />\n<br />\nSue - so glad you had a good visit with your sister.   I&#39;m sure you had lots to tell them about your cruise.   Are you the only &quot;Cruiser&quot; in the family or does your family cruise also?<br />\n<br />\nRose - how did the shopping go?  Did you find a refrigerator for Howie&#39;s office?  Is he enjoying his new surroundings at work?  You must be getting so excited about your PC Cruise - it will be here before you know it.   How is your Mom doing these days?  <br />\n<br />\nMaria - that sounds like quite a combo for those muffins but I would definately try them out first before making them for company.   <br />\n<br />\nJenn - I know what you mean about the colds - mine seem to hang on forever.   Once the lungs become involved it isn&#39;t fun. <br />\n<br />\nTonia - Just how generous was Gary with your gift purchasing while you were away?  Sounds like you might have gotten some great things.   If he is anything like Jim he is probably just happy that he doesn&#39;t have to go into any malls and shop for you.   <br />\n<br />\nShar - sounds like you have a busy time ahead of you.  Try not to overdo it but I know you will be happy when you can sit back on your new sofe, put your feet up and say the holidays are over&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTime to get some laundry going and see what to defrost for dinner.  My soup never got made yesterday so that also is on the agenda for today.  <br />\n<br />\nToday is Veterans Day here in the US so be sure to thank a Veteran if you have one in your life.  <br />\n<br />\nMake today special and share a smile.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-11 12:16:32',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(250902,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-11 15:46:37',NULL,'','it was cold this morning when Pappy and i went out but only for short time<br />\nthis week will be busy week before thanksgiving lot of stuff to parapare and etc... my brother and his family fly here from northern CA (bay area) on thurs <br />\n<br />\nmary lou- yes i am only cruiser in the family hope someday i won&#39;t be the lone cruiser smile<br />\n<br />\nhave good day everyone','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-11 15:46:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(250956,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-11 20:55:20',NULL,'','Afternoon all. Another nice day today. We got Howie&#39;s refrigerator so he&#39;s all set again. Still haven&#39;t touched the closet but heading there soon. Not much else happening today. Happy Veterans day to all the Vets out there&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTonia I&#39;m still trying to figure out what to pack. Cold weather people will be warmer then I am so I think I&#39;m going to pack a mix of daytime clothes, pants, shorts, and capri&#39;s. Was it very humid when you were there??? Glad I don&#39;t have a holiday horror story to report. Ours are so stuck in tradition that we better not blow it. LOL<br />\n<br />\nJenn sorry to hear your cold is lingering and you&#39;re still feeling crummy. Hope it&#39;s better soon.<br />\n<br />\nSue welcome home. Glad you made it safely. Sounds like you&#39;ll be busy for Thanksgiving around your house. <br />\n<br />\nBrrrrrr Marylou&#33; Now I remember why I don&#39;t live in the north anymore, I can&#39;t take those damp cold mornings. Good for you for having a nothing day. You do plenty of running around and you and Jim deserve a break. Thanks for asking about mom. She&#39;s hanging in there but is still not breathing as well as she would like. They are going to give her breathing treatments to help out.  Mom and Dad booked a 4 day cruise for after Thanksgiving and I&#39;m thrilled that they will get a change of scenery, even if mom can&#39;t do it all this trip. They deserve a rest from all the Drs. <br />\n<br />\nHope that everyone else is doing well. Mercedes hope you rested up this weekend. Shari hope your resting too. How are you feeling???? Maria hope you got another good nights sleep.<br />\n<br />\nWell off to do a little internet reading and then on to the closet. Have a great Sunday all and enjoy the games&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-11 20:55:20',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251023,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-11 23:29:29',NULL,'','afternoon all...<br />\n<br />\nit was a little loud at my house denver won football LOL .....now he&#39;s getting to watch another... thats our typical sunday... making spaghetti tonight for dinner have the gravy going.....just drunke3d some bread in it ... its getting there...( watching Gary as he goes thur the kitchen he doesn&#39;t add anything....)...i know he has his eyes on the pepper flakes...<br />\n<br />\nRose.. it was OMG humid.. the temp wasn&#39;t bad the temp plus the same humidity just did me in...but i hear its like that 90 % of the time... i am not use to that ... just like when we landed in FLL it was 84 degree and same humidity.. i just wanted air...the lightest i could wear i was happy... or the water was the place to be...if i could have gone nude i think i would have...LOL OMG I cracked myself up on that remark.. almost made myself sick of the thought LOL <br />\n<br />\nMarylou.. LOL you make me laugh.. as much as you two go and parties at your home and doing this and that .. you are far from old...cooking etc .. you make me tried i think thats the reason i started going to the gym...saying gezzzzzz all these women here and run here go there .. and here i sit LOL LOL <br />\n<br />\nsee i knew you all were good for me LOL <br />\n<br />\ni think th safari Jackie and Tony were on was 8 days so maybe we will hear from them soon.. looking forward to all the updates<br />\n<br />\nSue glad ya checked in.... and glad ya had a good time.. now do you do all the cooking or do you share the work for the holidays ??<br />\n<br />\nok well thats about it for now .. off to move the hang up clothes.. we may get that wet stuff that falls from the sky... it may get my car wet LOL ya right...<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-11-11 23:29:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251085,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-12 01:41:54',NULL,'','Afternoon all - what a dreary day tody.  Here it is juat gone 3:30 and it;s getting dark already :o(<br />\n<br />\nStill stuffed up but we had a nice evening last nice.  Our cruising pals from the Alask run all got together for dinner and to share our photos.<br />\n<br />\nHope you are all doing well and your weather is better than ours :o)<br />\n<br />\nTalk at you all tomorrow.<br />\n<br />\nTake care and have a great week.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b319/hazelson/animations/Daisies_in_love.gif&quot; /&gt;','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-12 01:41:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251169,920,1,18,247870,'2007-11-12 08:05:51',NULL,'','Days almost gone, but it was a nice relaxed one.  Did Church, lunch at the Country Club, shopped for a new washer and dryer, still have to do some more looking.  Watched my Steelers win their game over Cleveland (barely).  Spent a few hours working on my Civil War Geology book and now I think I&#39;ll get back to my current book.  Nice day.<br />\n<br />\nWeather here is still getting up into the low 80&#39;s.  Saw my first house decorated for Christmas while walking the dog late last night. Kind of did a double take, but I guess it is November.  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/huh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':huh2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nLater,','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-11-12 08:05:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251173,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-12 12:36:00',NULL,'','MONDAY - November 12th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies - another week has begun and it is time to really get moving on the holidays.  I was talking to my sister-in-law last night and said something about seeing them in a few weeks and Carol reminded me that Thanksgiving is next week&#33;<br />\n<br />\nEd - no houses decorated around here yet but I guarantee that on Thanksgiving night folks will be out stringing those lights.  The stores around here have been decorated for over a month already.   I love Christmas but by the holidays I am tired of all the decorations.   Guess it&#39;s a case of too much too soon.<br />\nOur cruise friends are arriving for a weekend visit on the 23rd but I know Jim will be pulling out the decorations as they are pulling out of the driveway on the 25th. <br />\n<br />\nI think today I will just give in to this cold and see if I can knock it out of my system.  Other than that, nothing special on the agenda.<br />\n<br />\nMake today special and share a smile.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-12 12:36:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251200,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-12 15:26:22',NULL,'','Good Morning All &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nAnother dreary day here. Not much going on. There is one person in our neighborhood who is all lit up already. A bit of overkill being he didn&#39;t take down his skeletons yet. lol<br />\n<br />\nGoing to get some housecleaning done today. Ken is going to be working in the basement putting up more shelves in the storage room so maybe I will go through some Christmas decorations and see what I want and don&#39;t want. While I am down there I will dust and vacumn. It tends to get overlooked as we are only down there when we have company and the guys are playing pool.<br />\n<br />\nMarylou take care of that cold. A winter cold is the hardest thing to get rid of sometimes.<br />\n<br />\nJenn...sorry you are still stuffed up. Have you ever heard of a nettie pot. The work wonders with the nasal passages. I saw it on Oprah when Dr. Oz was on and bought one and Ken and I both love it.<br />\n<br />\nSkipper...good luck with the appliance shopping.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day all<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-11-12 15:26:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251213,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-12 16:00:24',NULL,'','hey everyone <br />\ntook Pappy out not so cold mmm it is pretty well behave weather LOL<br />\nwill have a cleaner tomorrow to clean the carpet  just found out my sister in law brother is coming up from Louisiana this weekend for the Ohio State and Michigan game  OY ha will stay for few days full house for week <br />\n<br />\nafter thanksgiving i am going to decorate the house with christmas stuff smile<br />\n<br />\nRose- yes i will be busy when thanksgiving is coming up <br />\n<br />\nTonia- no i share the duty with my mother since we live in same town smile','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-12 16:00:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251240,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-12 19:52:04',NULL,'','morning all...<br />\n<br />\nfinally a sunny morning.. dang i miss the sun....it always makes me feel better....<br />\n<br />\ndid the gym this morning... walked the pool for 45 mins.... then a little steam.. to hot , its only suppose to be 110 but it was OMG 120 .. hurts to breath when that hot.....so i just did the whirlpool for about 15 mins...<br />\nthen shower then home for oatmeal...big glass of juice<br />\n<br />\ndang poor guys with this cold going around....get something warmon and get some rest.. but that like talking to a brick wall with most of you.. REST LOL LOL <br />\n<br />\nMaria was a nettie pot UH.. i never heard of that.. will have to do some research on that....<br />\n<br />\nSue oh good glad you have your mommy...<br />\n<br />\nGary is going to the desert with his friends i think ,, i will be back at work i hope ... i told him to go because he was home the whole time i was on cruise , he derserves some fun time with his guy friends.. they get out there and dig for gold and get all dirty , smelly LOL GUY STUFF lol, not me... MOTOR HOMEw air  maybe but a tent never again...been there done that never again... that running out to the bushes at night is YOU KNOW WHAT.. gezzzzzzz i swear to this day it was a bear , he snortted and everything ..<br />\n<br />\nso i save the turkey cooking till he gets home ...i love it smoked .. has anyone deep fried their turkey is it good??.. i was thinking about buying a thingie to deep fry ....<br />\n<br />\nok recipe time.. anyone have any good side dish recipes???....any good recipes for WHAT to do with leftover turkey...???<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-11-12 19:52:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251327,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-12 23:18:58',NULL,'','We had winds last night and this morning - real winds&#33;  Watched the noon news and lots of downed trees and power outages.  We lost the cover for the porch swing - ripped the tarp right in two, but that was pretty much it.  Lots of leaves in the pond so that will be tomorrow&#39;s chore.<br />\n<br />\nHugh and his friend got the &quot;liquor cabinet/coffin&quot; ready for the family room.  Will post photos when it&#39;s all set up :o)  Must send photos off to my nephew as well - he has a real coffin as a coffee table  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/blink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':blink:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/blink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':blink:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/blink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':blink:\' /> in his living room.  A family of ghouls or what???????<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nA nettie pot?  I will have to look into that.  Actually feeling much better today - maybe all that wind last night cleared my sinuses lol.<br />\n<br />\nTonia - sounds like a real workout - just don&#39;t everdo it.  Camping - brrrrr - I like your idea much better :o) Camper - tv, air conditioner and toilet - all must haves for braving the great outdoors.<br />\n<br />\nMy favourite leftover - Turkey Soup - yum&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nIt does look like Christmas decorating is just around the corner - I&#39;m with Lovelypinky - the earlier the better   <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nWell - off to games for a bit.  Catch up with you all later.  Take care.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-12 23:18:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251342,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 00:02:16',NULL,'','Afternoon all. Hope everyone who had a day off today enjoyed it. Not much doing here, just some shopping and the usual household chores. Did manage to clean out most of the closet yesterday but still have a little left.<br />\nTonia, yes I&#39;ve heard it&#39;s humid..........that&#39;s the part I dislike here in Florida. Guess I&#39;ll just pack capris and shorts for day wear. Don&#39;t think I&#39;ll be going anywhere nude&#33; Good for you with your continued trips to the gym. Sounds like Gary deserves the rest after you left him home and the kitchen remodel.<br />\nJenn glad you checked in. I was worrying about you. Glad you were able to enjoy your evening out with friends.<br />\nEd decorations already???? Yikes, I still have tons of other stuff to do before I even think about that.<br />\nMarylou  I&#39;m already tired of the Christmas music in the stores, so your not alone. Hope your cold is better.<br />\nMaria hope your sleeping better now. Don&#39;t overdo that cleaning&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\nSue how nice that you share the cooking. I usually share with my mom too, especially Thanksgiving.<br />\nWell off to start dinner and check in on a few other things. Have a great night all.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-13 00:02:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251407,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 01:11:40',NULL,'','good evening <br />\n<br />\nwow jenn  winds  i hate winds  nothing we can do with winds and oh yeah earlier the better it goes without<br />\nforgetting to decorate the house later heh<br />\n<br />\nyep tonia  lol <br />\n<br />\nrose yup <br />\n<br />\nsmile','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-13 01:11:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251515,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 04:49:46',NULL,'','Anyone interested to see how the nettie pot works and it does work go to youtube and type in nettie pot<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzK9Gn4E_Eg','teacp','teacp','2007-11-13 04:49:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251526,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 05:23:51',NULL,'','Hi all - just returned home this evening from our cruise.  Of course, as we were on a cruise, we had a good time, but I was not at all impressed with the Conquest.  Greg said to put it on our &quot;never sail again&quot; list.  Greg and Jud both ride motorcycles, so they were thrilled when we arrived in Galveston last weekend to discover it was the LoneStar Biker&#39;s rally, so we had to go to it on Sat. night.  Then when we arrived in Grand Cayman, we learned it was the Hogs on the High Seas Biker&#39;s Rally, so they are feeling like we had the perfect itinerary.  I will check back in later after I have had a chance to catch up on all the posts....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-13 05:23:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251530,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 06:41:38',NULL,'','Welcome home Cheryl and Greg&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-13 06:41:38',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251587,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 12:49:16',NULL,'','TUESDAY - November 13th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies.  Hope everyone is well this morning.  I am still battling this cold but will see the Doctor later today if I can and take care of it.   Deb is traveling all week for work so I will have the kids every afternoon and don&#39;t want to share my germs with them (although I got this cold from Ashleigh in the first place.   Why is it kids get so cuddley when they have some germs to share.)<br />\n<br />\nYesterday they came and put up our &quot;Snow emergency street&quot; signs on our block and put up these tall bright orange poles along the roads (so the plows can find the corners once we are snowed in).  Not a good sign but I guess it&#39;s time to think about that white stuff falling from the sky   Sigh <br />\n<br />\nCheryl &amp; Greg - Welcome home.   Things have been very busy here in your absence.  Jasons ad in Cruise Travel magazine has brought in lots and lots of new members.   Sorry you were disappointed in the ship but I&#39;m sure you made the best of it.   How did your friends enjoy their intro to cruising?   <br />\n<br />\nMercedes - only a couple of more days and you will hopefully get the relief you need.   I hope you are doing better.   Have you made any decisions about your surgery yet?<br />\n<br />\nMaria -  I spoke to soon when I said noone had their Christmas decorations up yet.  I went to return a pair of shoes at the mall and was amazed to see quite a few houses all set up for Christmas already.  I will have to look up the nettie pot.<br />\n<br />\nTonia - you are doing great at the gym.   Keep up the good work.   I do agree with you.   My idea of &quot;roughing it&quot; is a nice clean hotel with all the amenities that go with it.   I am not a camping type of person.  <br />\n<br />\nSue - sounds like you will have a busy time from now til after the holidays.<br />\n<br />\nJenn, Rose, Ed - hope you all have a great day<br />\n<br />\nWell time to get Jim up and moving.   I&#39;m getting kind of used to him working every day but he is getting very tired.   Only 2 more weeks and then he goes back to his normal schedule.  <br />\n<br />\nMake today special and share a smile','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-13 12:49:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251596,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 12:58:53',NULL,'','Welcome Back Cheryl and Greg...........sorry you were disappointed in the ship but sounds like you had a great time. Did your friends enjoy their first cruise. Have you and Greg ever gone to Sturgis for bike week?<br />\n<br />\nCan&#39;t wait to hear your review','teacp','teacp','2007-11-13 12:58:53',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251597,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 13:05:24',NULL,'','Maria - you are up bright and early this morning.   Hope you are not having sleeping issues again.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-13 13:05:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251605,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 15:01:51',NULL,'','good morning <br />\ncold morning when Pappy and i went out jeez but no cloud in sight that is good thing <br />\nwill have cleaners to clean  the dirty carpets in family room  my bedroom and the office<br />\nin late morning to early afternoon <br />\n<br />\nmary lou- oh yeah busy week','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-13 15:01:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251609,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 16:29:21',NULL,'','Good Morning All..............<br />\n<br />\nRainy day here in OH...................you guessed it Marylou but it wasn&#39;t too bad slept till about 4:30. The problem is that I have not been that active because of the ulcer issue so by 9:00 I am yawning and last night fell asleep on the couch before DWTS was even over. That&#39;s pathetic..........Today I go to therapy so Ken and I are going to try and do the mall thing so I can get some excercise and maybe not be too tired and stay up a little later if that makes any sense. I have been laying around the house too much.<br />\n<br />\nAny DWTS fans out there? What do you think? I think Jennie is going tonight and then Marie and then Cameron..............<br />\n<br />\nI have a feeling it is going to be a snowy winter.......<br />\n<br />\nWell time to hit the shower and get ready to go.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day all<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-11-13 16:29:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251612,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 17:35:27',NULL,'','Good morning fellow Crazies.  Maria, we have been to Sturgis 3 or 4 times.  The past few years, the police have really been working to clean it up, but the LoneStar rally in Galveston was wild.  We saw one woman riding on her bike with no shirt, bra or anything on top.  The poor thing, she had nothing to cover up anyway - we heard one guy yell at her to &quot;show us your boobs&quot; and then he said &quot;we&#39;re still waiting&quot;.  On just about every corner, we saw girls flashing the bikers and cars going by.  Had to keep thumping Greg on the head to get him to watch the road&#33;&#33;&#33;   Have a busy day today - Chris informed me while we were gone that the big garage door would not open - we have a 3 car garage so have a big door and a small one.  Arrived home last night to discover that the spring is broken so could not open it to get my car in or Greg&#39;s jeep out, so need to call a repairman out today.  Also, my glasses broke while on the cruise - I wear my contacts if I am going out but wear my glasses at home so need to see if I can get in to get an eye exam and some new glasses.  Need to make a run to the grocery store - looks like Chris ate nothing but take-out while we were gone so thee are no groceries.   well, guess I had better go see if I can get a repairman here today - be back on in a bit....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-13 17:35:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251645,274,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 17:56:49',NULL,'','Hi everyone...<br />\n<br />\nIt looks like it&#39;s going to be a nice day today with a high of around 58, but then the temps will fall into the 40s again for next week and possible snow for Thanksgiving.  I have been pretty busy with the baby here for around 9 1/2 hours every day, and going for physical therapy, and catching up on doctor&#39;s visits that I couldn&#39;t do when I was on the coumadin.  Marc watches Isabelle when I have my appointments.   I try to make my appointments at her napping time so grandpa doesn&#39;t have to do too much.  LOL  He does a great job, though.  <br />\n<br />\n<br />\nWelcome back, to all our recent cruisers&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone who is not feeling well will be well soon&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day, everyone&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-11-13 17:56:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251657,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 18:06:46',NULL,'','Morning all&#33; Today is housecleaning day as I really want to get moving on my shopping for the holidays before our Panama Canal trip. Can&#39;t believe Thanksgiving is next week&#33; Yikes&#33; This month is flying by.<br />\n<br />\nMarylou how nice of Ashleigh to share those germs. My DD always snuggled to me when she was sick and yes, I always got it. Too bad they don&#39;t share the good stuff like chocolate. LOL Hope you get into the Dr. and are feeling better soon. I had forgotten all about the snow signs.......we had them too when I lived on Long Island. <br />\n<br />\nSue remember to take a break in between all the nuttiness&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMaria seems like you sleep better after the therapy. Hope it&#39;s true for you tonight, I&#39;ll cross my fingers. Mom is getting tired of sitting around too and she&#39;s starting to climb the walls so I understand how you feel. I&#39;m not much of a sitter either. Try not to overdo it. Enjoy your walk in the mall<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, sorry about the garage door. Those springs are a real pain. Seems like everytime I go away something breaks while I&#39;m gone. Guess Greg got caught enjoying the sights too much LOL&#33; My DS and DH seem to have the same problem&#33;  Funny how our kids would rather eat out or starve rather then go to the store. Guess we spoil them too much when they live home. <br />\n<br />\nShari sounds like you &amp; Marc are enjoying Isabelle. Hope your feeling better.<br />\n<br />\nJenn and Carmen, hope you are feeling well today. <br />\n<br />\nWell back to the laundry and cleaning. Have a great day&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-13 18:06:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251683,2613,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 18:30:28',NULL,'','Good Morning:<br />\n<br />\nIt’s another rainy day here, highs around 66, with rain ending this afternoon.  Jenn I hope you are feeling better.  MaryLou, I hope your cold is better, I have a bit of the sniffles myself. Cheryl and Greg welcome back, sorry you were not impressed with the Conquest, but that you had an overall great cruise with your friends. Maria, good luck with your therapy today. Hey Robert, where are you?  Hope all is well. MaryLou, I have decided to have the hysterectomy, so I see her on December 7 to let her know.  We will see how soon she can schedule the surgery.<br />\nI heard my first Christmas song this morning and it is not even Thanksgiving yet, what is the rush?<br />\nEveryone have a great day <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' /> .','mercedes','mercedes','2007-11-13 18:30:28',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251684,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 18:43:24',NULL,'','Carmen, I will be keeping you in my prayers.  I had a hysterectomy almost 20 yrs. ago and it is a decision I have never once regretted.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-13 18:43:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251694,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 19:52:39',NULL,'','Carmen hysterectomies seem pretty common these days. I too had one due to recurring problems. That was more than 15 years ago and I too like Cheryl do not regret it. I will keep good thoughts and prayers for you. Please keep us posted when you visit the Dr.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-13 19:52:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251726,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 20:54:17',NULL,'','The repairman is here now replacing the springs and the rollers ont he garage door.  I thought he would just be giving me a quote and seeing what was needed bt he said he had everything to get the job done with him.  I know some of you have mentioned how delectible Carnival&#39;s Warm Melting Chocolate cake is, but I had never experieinced it before this past week....OMG - it was Heaven on a plate.  If anyone is interested, they gave us the recipe....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-13 20:54:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251728,2613,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 20:55:07',NULL,'','Thank you Cheryl and Rose.','mercedes','mercedes','2007-11-13 20:55:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251746,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 21:26:29',NULL,'','good afternoon <br />\n<br />\nwell too late Rose  i am already nuts  between the cleaning and my dog, Pappy lol <br />\n<br />\nmmmm tasty cheryl  smile','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-13 21:26:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251766,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-13 22:29:31',NULL,'','RECIPE did i hear recipe.. send it on over Cheryl... i two fav things in the world warm and chocolate., such a bummer to have to come home no food and have to fix something LOL <br />\n<br />\nHey everyone.. sorry everyone is having a CHILLY day.... but i do have to say i am in my shorts and tank top, sun is shining... not a cloud in the sky and its 86.....and i have the air on....yesterday it was just as beautiful......now we are back to our normal temps and sunny days...<br />\n<br />\nand so with that said.. Maria thanks for the info on the neti pots, that was interesting..i may just have to get that ...<br />\n<br />\nCarmen glad you made your mind up... i assume it was a hard thing to decide....<br />\n<br />\nMarylou poor thing gezzzz , i guess this is what happens when the temps change so fast...<br />\n<br />\nShari it sure sounds like you have your hands full.. dang girl...thank god for grandmas....all of you are the best....<br />\n<br />\ni think of my one grandma i think of cherry koolaid and apples from the tree from her yard...such sweet memories....and the other grandma, fried pototes , gravy, the smell of bacon and fresh churned butter <br />\n<br />\n<br />\nwell everyone have a good day will check in later<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-11-13 22:29:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251869,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-14 05:11:41',NULL,'','Hello all - not a bad day today - but when we went out to feed the fish the pond was almost empty.  Now this is a BIG pind - 8 feet x 16 feet by 3 feet deep - and it was down to about a foot of water. Looks like a pipe sprung a leak from the outtake to the filter.  So we spent most of the day adding water  - by the garbage can full - because we have to treat each addition with Dechlor.  Hoping for rain tonight :o) or the next few days are going to be very busy.  The fish came up to eat so they appear to be fine - guess not much worries a fish LOL.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nCarmen - been there - done that - at 33 (24 years ago).  It was sure nice not to have to plan holidays around certain &quot;off days&quot; and even better - to wear my white jeans anytime I wanted lol.  Had no side affects at all - just  freedom from bloating and mood swings.  Best of luck to you - but I&#39;m sure you will make out just fine.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou - feel better soon and make sure Crazies doesn&#39;t get those bad germs lol.  I got my flu shot today so let me know if you need me to come over there and make you some chicken soup :o)<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - welcome home - but you had to know something would go wrong  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wacko.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wacko:\' />  When we return from a holiday I always breath a sigh of releif that the house hasn&#39;t burned down or blown away lol.  &quot;Chocolate Melting Cake&quot; to die for.  One of our cruisemates asked for the recipe and it came back with makings for 800 servings lol.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nShari - there is a spot in heaven for Grandmothers like you darling.  Mine never bought me much but she gave me lots of her time.  We played cards and danced to &quot;Dance Party&quot; and - as I wrote in her eulogy - she was always there to meet my bus.  I still miss her - though she lived to be 92 years old.  Quite the lady&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nAnyway - of to get Pizza for dinner - all that water sloshing has made us hungry.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nTalk at you later.<br />\n<br />\nTTFN Jennifer','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-14 05:11:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251881,3913,1,18,247870,'2007-11-14 05:48:21',NULL,'','<br />\nWe would love to have the recipe&#33;  Our last cruise in Sept. I waited 4 days before having the Warm Melting Cake.  Probably will never be able to do that again&#33;  We have gone on two Carnival cruises this year and it is our favorite dessert.  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':laugh:\' />','lashl','lashl','2007-11-14 05:48:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251918,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-14 06:38:58',NULL,'','lashl - great to see you posting&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;  The daily dock is the best place to get to know what everyone is up to :o)<br />\n<br />\nThe warm chocolate melting cake is definately a favourite of mine - but it doesn&#39;t hold a candle to Carnival&#39;s Creme Brulee lol.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-14 06:38:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251925,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-14 13:19:16',NULL,'','WEDNESDAY - November 14th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies....Another hump day and once again time to shift into high gear for the holidays.  I keep saying that but really have to do something about it starting today.  As soon as Thanksgiving is over and the dishes are done our Cruise friends are showing up bright and early Friday morning to spend the weekend so I have to prepare for that as well.  The Dr. changed my  meds yesterday so I&#39;ll see what happens today.   Hopefully it will perk me up a bit<br />\n<br />\nlashl - Welcome to the Daily Dock.   As you can see, this is where we talk about our day to day lives and get to know each other.   Please visit often and tell us a bit about yourself. <br />\n<br />\nCheryl - I think a lot of us would love that recipe (as long as it doesn&#39;t feed 800 cruisers)  Why not post it here instead of sending it individually to everyone who wants it.   Glad you got the garage door fixed and hope you got your glasses fixed as well.   It seems something always happens when you are away.  <br />\n<br />\nCarmen - I&#39;m sure you are anxious about your surgery but you must be a bit relieved that you have made your decision.   Good luck tomorrow (?) with your procedure for your back.  <br />\n<br />\nJenn - Glad the fishies are OK.    Did you get the pipe fixed?   Glad you are feeling a bit better.  <br />\n<br />\nRose - Won&#39;t be long now til you are cruising again.    Have you finished your research on the PC yet?  <br />\n<br />\nTonia - It won&#39;t be long now til you are back at work.   How is your wrist doing?   Are you getting any strength back in it?   <br />\n<br />\nSue - glad you are helping your Mom cook - I think I will have to show my DD your post and drop a few hints.  LOL   Actually DD doesn&#39;t like to cook but does take up the slack with the baking.   She inherited my Mom&#39;s love for baking which I did not.  <br />\n<br />\nShari - is that blood clot still giving you problems?   Glad you and Mark are having fun with little Isabelle.  <br />\n<br />\nShar - haven&#39;t heard from you in a couple of days - hope all is well.   <br />\n<br />\nI have to drive Jim to work this morning to pick up a spare car - his was giving him troubles yesterday.  He is filling in for another messenger who is on vacation and this new route involves one bank branch with offices on 3 floors.  He got there yesterday to find the elevator was out of order so he was not a happy camper when he got home last night. (He had to go to this branch three times during the day.)  Hope today goes better for him.<br />\n<br />\nMake today special and share a smile.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-14 13:19:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251951,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-14 15:00:27',NULL,'','good morning  you all <br />\ntook Pappy out not so bad <br />\ntomorrow is the day  my brother and his family come here from CA <br />\n<br />\nmary lou actually i hate to cook for myself lol  love to cook for everyone ecespelly my family smile','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-14 15:00:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251976,3913,1,18,247870,'2007-11-14 15:28:55',NULL,'','Good morning everyone.<br />\nMy dog, a 4-1/2 year old boxer is having surgery this morning on her leg.  She tore her ACL tendon running Saturday.  Still not sure how I&#39;m supposed to keep this dog quite after the surgery.  Boxers are crazy and love to play and run but we will figure out something.<br />\n<br />\nWe had the pleasure of taking my 90 year old father on his first cruise in Sept.  Everyone was very nice to him and he had a ball.  If fact he wants to go again&#33;  Guess it&#39;s never too late to start.<br />\n<br />\nMary Low, thanks for the welcome.   This is new to me but will get the hang of it.<br />\n<br />\nGotta go to work.  Have a great day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nSteve','lashl','lashl','2007-11-14 15:28:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251981,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-14 16:35:23',NULL,'','Good Morning all &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nAnother rainy day here. Got a full nights sleep last night. Slept from 11 to 6 so things are looking better. Going to go to mall today Kohl&#39;s is having a big sale and it is senior day...............<br />\n<br />\nWelcome Steve and hope to see you posting often. Good luck with your dogs surgery today.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl..........Glad the garage door is fixed. That happened to us once only it fell in on the cars.<br />\n<br />\nCarmen.......I am sure you made the right decision and hope the back procedure goes well. We are with ya girlfriend.<br />\n<br />\nKen and I use the nettie pot and My nasal passages have never felt so clear and clean.<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day all<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-11-14 16:35:23',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(251997,139,1,18,247870,'2007-11-14 18:36:06',NULL,'','Good morning CruiseCrazies&#33; A special good morning to the new members who are posting here. Jason&#39;s ad in Cruise Travel has had a great response with many new members joining. It looks like 4,000 members strong is just around the corner.<br />\n<br />\nWe had a great time in Chicago. We stayed at the Hilton on Michigan Ave and actually had a great view of the Sears Tower from our room on the 22nd floor.<br />\nWhile me and my step-dad attended the trade show at McCormick&#39;s place, Rita and my Mom went Christmas shopping. They took the hotel shuttle to the shopping area north of the Chicago River. Monday evening was their 41st anniversary so we took them to the Tavern on Rush to celebrate.<br />\nRita also found a very colorful metal wall hang that said &quot;buy me&quot; at a little art store at the hotel. She took me to look at it and we did buy it. It&#39;s was exactly what we have been looking for cover a wall in our new house. Once they get it shipped to us and we get it hung, we will post a photo. We aren&#39;t really into art, however we just could not resist&#33;','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-11-14 18:36:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252023,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-14 20:14:49',NULL,'','Good morning all.  Nothing on the agenda today other than cleaning house.  I swear, when I left for the cruise, it was clean, but as my son lives here, and then my older son, grandson, son&#39;s girlfriend and her daughter were all here some of the time while we were gone, I didn&#39;t come home to it in the same condition in which it was left.  My son seems to think it was clean but we obviously have different standards&#33;&#33;&#33;  I will post the recipe for the Warm Melting Chocolate cake in the recipe section but have a question I need to clear up first.  In looking at the recipe, it looks like it says to bake for 20 minutes at 200 degrees celcius but it is written in a cursive type font, so I can&#39;t really tell if that is what it says.  Translated, that would be 392 degree F, which seems like and odd temp, so I need to clarify with Carnival whether it is 200 degrees C or F.  As the cake is only &quot;set&quot; on the top, I am thinking that maybe 200 degrees F may be the correct temp.   The recipe they gave us serves 10, so I plan to make it at Christmas time.  I have to go get some ramekins so I can make it.  It is on the alternate selections menu in the dining room every night now.  Well, ges I had better get to that housework if none of you want to come do it for me.....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-14 20:14:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252053,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-14 21:53:06',NULL,'','Afternoon all. Warm and sunny but colder weather coming for us floridians on Friday. High&#39;s in the 60&#39;s where Iive&#33; Glad I finished the winter stuff&#33; Hit the stores this morning for the usual stuff. Tomorrow I start my serious Holiday shopping as I&#39;ve got to get as much done as possible before we cruise at the end of the month. <br />\n<br />\nlashl Welcome to the Daily Dock&#33; Glad you jumped right in&#33; I will keep good thoughts for your dog. Hope everything  goes well with the surgery.<br />\n<br />\nJenn sorry about the fish pond. At least all the fishies were still with us&#33; <br />\n<br />\nMarylou hope your med switch does the trick. Try to get some rest, at least a little during the day. Yes the research is all done and I&#39;ll be sure to keep notes for you. We booked a private tour in Cartegena and ship tours in Costa Rica and Panama. Winging it in Aruba and Jamaica. <br />\n<br />\nCarmen I hope everything goes well tomorrow and you finally get some relief&#33; We&#39;ll all be thinking of you.<br />\n<br />\nSue I love to cook but not for my family......LOL&#33; DH and son are meat and potatos......I eat neither. My DD eats like me, veggies, pasta, chicken, etc. So I love cooking for her. <br />\n<br />\nMaria, so glad to hear you got another full nights sleep&#33; Guess the P/T is working. Darn I forgot about Kohl&#39;s sale today...... Maybe I&#39;ll go later with my DD.<br />\n<br />\nWelcome back Keith and Rita. Sound like you enjoyed your trip. Must have felt great to get a break after all that moving.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl hope the garage door is working well now. I hear you about the house being dirty. I always warn my kids that my room and bathroom better be spotless when I get home so I can at least have one clean spot in the house. The worst for me is the kitchen. I think they forgot how to clean counters&#33;<br />\n<br />\nWell off to look for something for dinner. Hope you all have a great evening&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-14 21:53:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252155,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-15 01:02:58',NULL,'','Cloudy but no rain as yet  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nGot the pond all fixed up -   looks like leaves got into the overflow and backed everthing up - so over the top it went.  Another 30 or so garbage cans of water ought to do it. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nlashl - goot luck to your pup - and better kuck keeping her quiet  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nMaria - congrats on yor good night - I do know how that goes.  I have pretty good luck with Tylenol p.m.s<br />\nthough  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nMArylou - hope the new meds do the trick - not good feeling droopy  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sick.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':sick:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nAnyway off to check the barrel - talk at you later.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-15 01:02:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252223,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-15 04:58:56',NULL,'','Okay, I am ready to post Carnival&#39;s recipe for Warm Melting Chocolate cake but can&#39;t find the recipe section.  I know there were some format changes whle I was gone, so has it disappeared or is it just hiding from me?<br />\n<br />\nBy the way, a big thanks to Rose, Mary Lou and Jenn for watching the posting level congrats for me while I was gone.  You ladies are the best&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nI found the recipe section and submitted the recipe.  If any of you try the recipe, let me know how it turns out.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-15 04:58:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252234,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-15 06:52:15',NULL,'','Off to check it out now - with tumy rumbling and mouth drooling  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-15 06:52:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252242,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-15 12:33:18',NULL,'','THURSDAY - November 15th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies....we have been in pea soup thick fog since early Wednesday afternoon and from the looks of it outside that has not changed much.  Also had some major T-storms go through here about an hour or so ago with lots more rain due for today so it looks like my Thanksgiving shopping will be put off for one more day.  No big deal - I&#39;m sure I&#39;ll find something to do to keep me busy today.  A great big pot of chicken soup sounds like a good idea (yeah I know - I have been making that chicken soup forever - just never quite got around to it)<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - love your new avatar,  and glad that you got your garage door fixed.   As you probably saw we only had one posting level change while you were gone but had many, many new members thanks to Jason&#39;s ad in Cruise Travel magazine.  <br />\n<br />\nlashl - how is your dog doing?   Hope the surgery went well and she is doing fine.  How nice of you to introduce your grandfather to the joys of cruising.  I&#39;m sure he loved every minute of the trip.  <br />\n<br />\nJenn - Glad you got the pond fixed and all the fish are OK.   <br />\n<br />\nCarmen - sending hugs and good thoughts and prayers your way that all goes well today.  We will be anxious to hear from you.<br />\n<br />\nMaria - glad you are finally getting some sleep and doing better.   Don&#39;t overdo it though.<br />\n<br />\nKeith &amp; Rita - sounds like you had a great trip to Chicago.    I&#39;m sure you are looking forward to the holidays now that you are all moved in.   <br />\n<br />\nRose - glad to hear that your PC plans are coming together.   It won&#39;t be long now.  <br />\n<br />\nTonia, Sue, Shari, Shar - hope you all have a great day.<br />\n<br />\nMake today special and share a smile','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-15 12:33:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252252,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-15 12:48:14',NULL,'','Good Morning all &#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nAnother pretty good nights sleep although I was up at 5 with some shin pain. That&#39;s okay I can deal with that. Going to be a chilly rainy day here. Called the doctor for my pathology reusults yesterday and thank God both biopsies that he took were benign. I was not aware he took two but he said he took one from the colon and one from the ulcer. So needless to say (we are emotional) Ken and I both cried and felt so relieved. So now I just need to get this ulcer healed before my cruise.<br />\n<br />\nWe went to see American Gangster yesterday afternoon  and it was one of the best films I have seen in a long time. Can&#39;t have the popcorn which kills me as I love it so I went to the store and bought hulless popcorn and snuck it into the movie theater. lol<br />\n<br />\nToday is physical therapy and I am looking forward to that as it makes me feel good and I can feel the muscles in left leg are feeling firmer.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nlashl..........hope your dog did well with the surgery<br />\n<br />\nJenn.........that happened to us once with our pond and our fish were okay also swimming in about 5 inches of water by the time we noticed it and one time we went out there and there was a big koi on the side of the pond.....don&#39;t ask how it got out of the pond we think a hawk tried to get it. Well anyway it was struggling and Ken gave it cpr (no kidding) in its gills and put it back in the pond and it was fine.<br />\n<br />\nCarmen..........there for you today and will be thinking about you please let us know how you make out<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita.........glad you enjoyed your trip to Chicago.........I would love to go there for a long weekend but everytime we have a few days we tend to head down to the smokies<br />\n<br />\nTonia.............hope everything is going okay for you with your wrist.<br />\n<br />\nRose..............Get anything good when you went shopping?<br />\n<br />\nWell, off to watch I Love Lucy reruns. Have a wonderful day everyone<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now<br />\n<br />\np.s. don&#39;t know what happened to my avatar picture it disappeared','teacp','teacp','2007-11-15 12:48:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252254,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-15 13:14:58',NULL,'','wow its Thursday.. gezzzzzzz <br />\n<br />\ni was under the weather yesterday.. had a little yucky tummy not sure what it was.. but better today<br />\n<br />\nasked Gary to make chicken and noodles.. ( chicken soup) Marylou i had you soup LOL we must be thinking alike... but when i feel bad chicken soup is what i crave.....<br />\n<br />\nwrist is doing ok... its gets stiff ..from time to time .. just have to keep it moving....i go to doc tomorrow , i am hoping he will let me go back to work next week...trying to get the tan lines equal LOL ...it was another warm day yesterday 89 ... hoping to day it will cool off to around 80 today...such beautiful days sun and not a cloud in the sky....doggies are loving it ... <br />\n<br />\nok trying to type , and the cat is walking back and forth... meowing as he walks by... i have to pet him or he won&#39;t move off the laptop...then i pet him and he turns around again...then he sat on the keyboard.. and meowed..so i had to get up give him some crunchy food...maybe now he will let me alone ....utoh he&#39;s looking at me again...<br />\n<br />\nCheryl awwwwwwwwww how cute.... i have been trying to change my avatar but no luck..<br />\n<br />\ni must really stupid when it comes to stuff like that ...i post things once then when i want to do it again i can&#39;t <br />\n<br />\nMaria glad you tests came back well, thats a piece of info you like to hear...i love I love Lucy too.. thr stomping of the wine is one of my favs...i thought of her last year when i was in Monte Carlo and i grambled LOL <br />\n<br />\nLashi ... kisses for the puppy....hope all is well....<br />\n<br />\nwell to all checking in today.... have a good day.. off to try to get maybe some sleep...i need to get that tea that helps with sleeping maybe that will help <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-11-15 13:14:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252255,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-15 13:21:40',NULL,'','Maria - what wonderful news.   I&#39;m sure that was a big relief to you both.   Now you can concentrate on getting in great shape for the holidays and your cruise.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-15 13:21:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252271,3913,1,18,247870,'2007-11-15 15:28:11',NULL,'','Good morning&#33;<br />\nMy boxer&#39;s surgery went well and she is back home.  It&#39;s amazing how quickly they can adapt.  Now comes the hard part of keeping her calm but we can do it.<br />\n<br />\nIn March we are taking our oldest son and his wife on their first cruise for their anniversary.  They are pretty excited after hearing our stories.<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou - Dad is planning the next cruise already&#33;  Hope I&#39;m that energetic at 90&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMaria - Great news on the health issues&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a great day&#33;','lashl','lashl','2007-11-15 15:28:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252289,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-15 17:27:12',NULL,'','good morning friends <br />\nit was cold when i took Pappy out <br />\nso much things to do before going to my therapy and then pick my brother and his family up from the airport they are excited ha.','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-15 17:27:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252290,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-15 17:32:36',NULL,'','Good morning Crazies.  Looks like a beautiful day here in the Rocky Mountains.  We got down to 20 degrees last night and it is still really cold, but the sun is shining and it is supposed to get up to 60 today.  I have an appt. at the eye dr.s this afternoon and a few more errands to run so I will be able to get out and enjoy it.  Maria, what wonderful news. I am so glad that you are doing better.  Now you can just concentrate on getting better.  Carmen - you&#39;re in my thoughts and prayers today.    Mary Lou, hope your gloomy weather passes quickly.  Lashl, hi there.  Glad to have you as a member and good news on your pooch - hope she heals quickly.  Tonia, what a good guy Gary is.  Maybe he could give Greg some cooking lessons&#33;&#33;&#33;  Well, guess I had better get off this computer and get myself put together.  I just remembered that I wanted to run to Hobby Lobby this mornng - th Christmas tree goes up next week and I want to look at some of their decorations.  Hope you all have a wonderful day....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-15 17:32:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252321,139,1,18,247870,'2007-11-15 23:24:01',NULL,'','Good afternoon, Crazies&#33; <br />\nMaria, we are happy your tests came back okay. Carmen, we are pulling for your fast recovery and return to us. Tonia, glad your wrist is better. (like your holiday avatar) Jenn, glad your fish are okay. We had to let ours go with the house&#33; We miss fish 1 thru  fish 10. Cheryl, the grandson as your avatar is special&#33; Mary Lou, we love chicken noodle soup&#33; lasl, glad your boxer&#39;s surgery went well. Sue, we hope your therapy went well, and enjoy the visit from your brother and family&#33;','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-11-15 23:24:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252323,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-15 23:42:26',NULL,'','Afternoon all&#33; Weather is starting to change here as predicted. High&#39;s only in the 60&#39;s tomorrow so I took advantage of the beautiful day and ran around shopping. Got all the kids in our lives done and my mother-in-law. At least I&#39;ve made a dent&#33; <br />\n<br />\nMarylou my Chicken soup will be on tomorrow. I&#39;m making Beef Barley now, new recipe so we&#39;ll see what it&#39;s like. I love soup&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMaria so glad to hear you pathology is all clear. Doesn&#39;t sleeping feel wonderful&#33; Congrats on finally getting some rest. Did the Dr. change your diet for your ulcer??? I have learned through the years to just be very careful what I eat and what&#39;s in it. I still have bouts of issues but finally have a diet program that works for me and I cheat now and then and have the foods I love. Of course they are all spicy&#33; Hope you get it controlled quickly.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, I like the new pic of Scotty. <br />\n<br />\nTonia I hope the Dr. Ok&#39;s you going back to work. I know how ready you are.<br />\n<br />\nlashl, so glad to hear your Boxer did so well with the surgery and is now home. I know that must be a big relief.<br />\n<br />\nSue enjoy having your brother and his family. <br />\n<br />\nCarmen we&#39;re all thinking of you today&#33;<br />\n<br />\nWell off to do some more reading and to check on some of my internet orders. Hope everyone has a great evening.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-15 23:42:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252339,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-16 00:02:11',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\nRose......I have a gastric ulcer................I am starting to see which foods bother me and which that do not. I called him today to tell him(DOC) I am still in a lot of pain and he said it would take a while till I was feeling better. He told me to increase the previcid to two a day.definitely no asprin no motrin aleve or anything like that only tylenol.','teacp','teacp','2007-11-16 00:02:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252525,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-16 13:42:47',NULL,'','FRIDAY - November 16th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies and TGIF - another week has flown by and the holidays are now right around the corner.  Tomorrow it is time to get the turkey and begin defrosting it for next Thursday.  This year it will only be Deb &amp; her family and my elder brother and sister-in-law  so we will only be 8 for dinner.  Since the smallest crowd I usually have is about double that size I don&#39;t know if I will be able to manage that LOL.  At least there will be plenty of left overs for our cruise friends who will arrive bright and early Friday morning for the weekend.  The rest of the family has other plans and Dave has to work on Friday so 6 hours of driving on a holiday is a bit much.   Who else is cooking for Thanksgiving?<br />\n<br />\nTonight we are going out to dinner and to the State Theater a few towns over to see George Carlin.  With all the babysitting I have been doing this week I am really looking forward to a night out and an adult dinner.  <br />\n<br />\nCarmen - hope you are doing well and feeling better.   Hopefully the injection gave you some relief and wasn&#39;t too much of an ordeal for you.<br />\n<br />\nMaria - I guess you are on a &quot;try and see how it goes&quot; diet with your ulcer.  Hopefully you will get in under control before the holidays and your cruise.<br />\n<br />\nSue - have a wonderful visit with your family and enjoy your time together.<br />\n<br />\nTonia - good luck at the Dr. today.  I hope you get the news you want about going back to work.  <br />\n<br />\nlashl - sounds like you will be busy trying to keep your pup quiet but it&#39;s good that she is doing well.  What ship will you be taking your son and daughter-in-law on.  Be sure to add it to our Upcoming cruises list so we can wish you Bon Voyage when it is time.  <br />\n<br />\nRose - glad you got started on your shopping.  It&#39;s always great when I get the kids out of the way and I have done the shopping for all our &quot;unrelated&quot; kids.   Of course the grandkids change their minds day by day so it is hard (especially since Grandma is a real sucker and runs everytime they see something they want)<br />\n<br />\nKeith &amp; Rita - love your new avatar.  Was that from last Christmas or are you ready for this year already?  <br />\n<br />\nCheryl - hope you had fun in the hobby shop - I can&#39;t believe we will be pulling out the Christmas decorations as soon as our company leaves next Sunday.   Can&#39;t wait to see pics of your trees.<br />\n<br />\nTime to get moving and start my day - lots of things to do today now that the rains have ended - sure does look cold outside though - not looking forward to that.   <br />\n<br />\nMake today special and share a smile. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-16 13:42:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252553,139,1,18,247870,'2007-11-16 15:55:10',NULL,'','Good morning Crazies&#33; It&#39;s brrrrrrr cold out side. I am getting ready to go visit a customer about 50 miles from here and will be there all day on a design project. We could certainly use the business as we just found out we are losing some parts we make to China.<br />\n<br />\nWe have a dance tonight and tomorrow night, so Sunday we will stay at home and rest. We have been practicing (on our own) the Salsa and the Samba. They are great dances for exercise&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou, the avatar is from last year. We will probably decorate for Christmas next weekend. Rita does have a lot of our Christmas shopping finished, especially for the little ones. We always take our two oldest granddaughters shopping and let them pick out what the want. We took our only grandson out shopping last weekend. We just give money to the adults.<br />\n<br />\nWhat ever your plans this weekend, stay safe and enjoy&#33;','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-11-16 15:55:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252564,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-16 18:09:36',NULL,'','it was pretty cold when i took Pappy out and when we came back to the house Pappy start to play with Avery, my niece he love to play with my little niece who turn 2 yesterday and today is her daddy (my brother&#39;s) birthday  Pappy likes her since she is almost same size as him heh<br />\ni am going to get my sister in law&#39;s brother from the airport tonight','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-16 18:09:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252566,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-16 18:21:00',NULL,'','Just came back from running some errands and am now sitting inside watching the SNOW&#33;&#33;&#33;  I can&#39;t believe the way it is blowing around.   It is only lasting a few minutes at a time but has happened 3 times in the last hour.   Must be taking the news weather people by suprise as well as they were calling for a windy day but no precip.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-16 18:21:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252600,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-16 20:27:19',NULL,'','Afternoon Crazies. Happy Friday&#33; Woke up to 45 degrees this morning.......brrrrrr&#33; So glad it never stays cold long here, tomorrow will be in the mid 70&#39;s again. My chicken soup is in the crockpot and I dragged out the breadmaker, something I never use anymore. Must be the chill in the air making me nuts&#33; LOL<br />\n<br />\nMarylou, no real Thanksgivning cooking happening here. Only dessert and bread. Mom &amp; Dad are going to cook for us. The 6 of us have plenty to be thankful for this year&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\nGlad to hear your weather has cleared up enough for you to get some things done. Snow is beautiful as long as it doesn&#39;t stick&#33;  I love George Carlin&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; Just got an e-mail from a friend of his words and they are always so true&#33;&#33;&#33; I&#39;ll post it on the General board when I&#39;m done here.<br />\n<br />\nCarmen hope your feeling better. Please check in and let us know your OK.<br />\n<br />\nlashl hope your boxer is doing well.<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita enjoy your dancing this weekend.<br />\n<br />\nSue hope your enjoying your brother and his family. I&#39;m sure Pappy loves playing with your niece&#33;<br />\n<br />\nOK so where is everyone??? Getting ready for Thanksgiving I guess. Hope everyone is feeling well today. Have a great day and a wonderful weekend.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-16 20:27:19',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252625,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-16 22:02:02',NULL,'','afternoon all.. it was 58 when i got out this morning... <br />\n<br />\nwent to gym swim for an hour, then steam room and then whirlpool.... then it was off to starbucks for a peppermint mocha.. venti.. then it was off to the doctor.. got the release to go back to work next thursday, left a message for anyone who wants thanksgiving off i will work for them.. since i have been off so long... then it was to henry&#39;&#39;s to get my fresh turkey.. 14 lbs,, if you bought the turkey you got free stuffing mix, cransberry sauce, 5 lbs pototes, and chicken broth .. saved about 15 dollars with all that stuff.. i was buying the turkey anyway so why not get free stuff..just had to get celery, and a few other things.. so i am set for turkey day....<br />\n<br />\nso now the temp is 78 , got a few clouds in the ksy but still a nice day...<br />\n<br />\nMarylou OMG snow yucky....glad you got your errands done... i just could not drive in snow.. its hard enough with rain.....are you sure you going to be able to handle 8 for turkey dinner LOL LOL , have a good time tonight with your night out,,,<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita so great you guys get out and enjoy dancing.. i always see the people on the ship that dance so well and realy enjoy it....<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nRose even the breadmaker too wow.... almost time for panama i will be thinking about ya....<br />\n<br />\nSue glad some of familky is here .. sure pappy will enjoy the fun with someone his size...hope the rest get here safe.. <br />\n<br />\nwell off to make a little something for lunch......<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-11-16 22:02:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252631,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-16 22:31:03',NULL,'','Congrats Tonia on your approval to go back to work. How nice of you to volunteer to work Thanksgiving.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-16 22:31:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252642,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-16 23:53:06',NULL,'','Good afternoon all. Just got back from doing some Christmas shopping for the munchkin and also for my son&#39;s girlfriend&#39;s 2 yr. old daughter.  That was fun, as I never get to buy the girly stuff.  Mary Lou, hope you can stay inside and stay warm.  The weather is forecasting a big snowstorm for us next Tuesday and Wednesday.  I am definitely hoping the forecast is wrong.  After our last winter, we deserve to have a calm season.  No big plans for the weekend - just taking the dogs for their rabies shots and to the groomer.  Does anyone have any exciting plans for the weekend?','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-16 23:53:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252658,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-17 00:55:37',NULL,'','Afternoon Crazies&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nDreary again today - but the sun is makng a feeble attempt at bursting through.<br />\n<br />\nSurvived the dentist yesterday - that Ativan is great stuff lol.  Thimk I&#96;ll try it next time Ì have to fly - using a plane of course  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nWent to Michael&#96;s this morning with my 50% off coupon - the best way to circumvent over spending and breaking &#96;Big Sister&#96;rules lol.  Got a five pack of doodle arts with sequins and felt pens and glitter - great stuff  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes2:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes2:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nAlso dropped some Christmas stuff off at the local Penny Pinchers - it&#96;s amazing what we amasss over the years - but I&#96;m sure someone will make use of it.  I also went inside and shopped - go a great overcoat - long and red - guess what for lol - still had the store tags on.  Got another purple shirt as well - just what I need tee-hee.<br />\n<br />\nGuess I better head over to games and get my mind moving before starting in on the meatloaf.  On Fridays I make DH&#96;s work dinners - better to take comething homemade than drive-thru - that way I have some control over his cholesterol intake lol.<br />\n<br />\nTalk at you all later - take care.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-17 00:55:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252678,3913,1,18,247870,'2007-11-17 04:07:10',NULL,'','Good evening all&#33;  Busy day, no time to get on line.  My boxer went back to the vet today to remove the wrappings.  Vet says all looks great&#33; When they took off the dressings my boxer wouldn&#39;t stop licking it soooo they put a cone on her head.  Now she is a hazard to eveyone and ever thing in the house&#33;  A true &quot;bull in a china shop&quot;&#33;  She&#39;s already starting to use her leg.  We are very pleased.<br />\n<br />\nSunday we are going to a birthday party for my wife&#39;s cousin.  A strange phenominum will accur.  Everyone (all my wif&#39;s relatives) will start talking at once.  I&#39;ve watched this for almost 30 years and it&#39;s the same every time.  My only question if everyone is talking who besides myself is listening? <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nMary Lou - You must have the same weather people we have here.  Our weather rporters are always surprised&#33;  We are going on the Carnival Conquest out of Galeston, Tx on March 2nd.  <br />\n<br />\nRose - Thanks for the best wishes for my boxer.  We have had boxers for about 25 years now.  This is a first.<br />\n<br />\nKeith &amp; Rita - Dancing sounds fun.  Enjoy.  <br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a great weekend.','lashl','lashl','2007-11-17 04:07:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252690,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-17 05:02:18',NULL,'','Lashi... glad to hear everything is going well with the puppy... i have five rotties .. so i think i understand a bull in a china cabinet... LOL my baby boy hes the one i tripped over and broke my wirst about 8weeks ago nnow...... he only weights in at 175...but hes a big baby...  i had a boxer many many years ago .. we called him BALLOU.. he was funny...i think he wiggled more then anything... <br />\n<br />\nya know i must have missed you name ... Lashi .... i don&#39;t know what i would do without my doggies and of course Gary ( but don&#39;t tell him that LOL ) <br />\n<br />\ni told him i think i will keep him around another year.. we had our anniversary 11 years together... maybe one day we will get married LOL LOL ....<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nJenn i bet when you walk into Micheals .. they get all excited...yes ativan works wonders<br />\n<br />\nCheryl.....i bet you did have fun shopping for a little girl...dang everyone is getting snow ...<br />\n<br />\nwe just heard we may have santa ana winds next week around thanksgiving.. everyone pray no fires again with the winds.. and low humidity...<br />\n<br />\nLashi have fun with the family.. i think that happens with every family getogether everyone talks at one time,<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-11-17 05:02:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252712,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-17 13:24:49',NULL,'','SATURDAY - November 17th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies and welcome to another weekend - the last before the holiday rush &quot;officially begins&quot;.  We will be hitting the grocery store bright and early to get our turkey and all the trimmings.  I usually prefer not to shop on the weekend but figured I&#39;d take advantage of Jim being home today and let him lug everything around for me.   I will let him sleep for a little while this morning but not long - can&#39;t stand the crowds in the stores on the weekends.   We had a great night last night - George Carlin was very funny - put on a great show but is showing signs of slowing down.  He said he was preparing material for a new HBO special but kept losing his place and stopping to refer to his notes.   He is 70 years old though so I guess he is entitled to that.   (Heck I can&#39;t even go to the grocery store without a list)  The snow yesterday didn&#39;t amount to much but it sure got the township out putting up all the rest of the snow poles.   More flurries called for over the weekend but nothing accumulating.  <br />\n<br />\nTonia - So glad you got the OK to go back to work.   You barely got back there after your Carpal Tunnel surgery - are you sure you remember where you work and what you should be doing when you get there.  LOL   It was very nice of you to offer to work on Thanksgiving though.   I&#39;m sure your co-workers will be very happy to see you back.<br />\n<br />\nlashi - glad to hear your pup is doing good.  She must look quite comical with the cone on but if it does the trick it will be worth it in the end.  Have fun at the party on Sunday - sounds like your wife&#39;s family will be seeing who can talk the most.   <br />\n<br />\nSue - have a great weekend with your niece Avery.   Sounds like you have a few busy but fun days ahead of you.<br />\n<br />\nJenn  - glad things went well at the Dentist.   It sounds like you got some great buys while you were out.  <br />\nEnjoy your red coat<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - hope your forecast is wrong also.  I remember you had a pretty rough winter last near - you could used a break this time around.  <br />\n<br />\nMaria - glad you are getting some sleep and doing better.   Everything always seems so much better after a good nights sleep - or so they tell me - I wouldn&#39;t know from experience.  lol<br />\n<br />\nKeith &amp; Rita - have a great time dancing over the weekend.   <br />\n<br />\nCarmen - hope you are doing OK.   We miss you.   <br />\n<br />\nShari &amp; Shar - hope all is well and you are keeping busy - but not too busy<br />\n<br />\nI think Jim has slept long enough and I have a few sales to get to after grocery shopping so it&#39;s time to start to get him up.   After his long week at work (they never did get the elevators fixed in his one building) I sort of feel bad but he will be a bear in the grocery store waiting on line.   <br />\n<br />\nMake today special and share a smile.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-17 13:24:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252727,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-17 16:24:56',NULL,'','hi everyone <br />\n<br />\nwith Full house of my guests  around  i took Pappy out as i always takes him in the first thing after we wake up they are going to the ohio state and Michigan game i am not going even my dad not ask me to come along  so seems like i will be alone all day with Pappy and Avery oh well  but i am cooking a dinner food in a slow cooker and make cake for my brother anyway.','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-17 16:24:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252729,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-17 16:52:33',NULL,'','Good Morning all &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nA sunny but cold day here in SW OH.<br />\n<br />\nKen and I had a very busy day yesterday. We went on a mission to find a globe for my grandson. <br />\nWe went to the Kenwood mall to go to the Discovery channel store but guess what? It was gone. So now I guess I will try Toys r us and some luggage shops as I have seen globes in there. We did find some but they were either too chintzy or way too expensive (350.000) We did go to Steve and Barry&#39;s as we saw a fashion show of Venus Williams who has a clothing line there. The clothes are great and I got a beautiful three piece outfit for my 15yr old. Nothing is over 14.98 in this store so the whole outfit costs 37.00....The clothes are great and the  styles are so teenager. Sarah Jessica Parker also has her line there called Bitten and my grandaugther loves her stuff. Her very stylish jeans are only 14.98. Venus&#39;s clothes line is called eleven.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nToday I think I will get caught up on laundry and housecleaning. Not that anything gets too dirty around here with just the two of us. I just can&#39;t believe the dust I have. This house is only two years old.<br />\nWe have all sorts of filters and air cleaner, plus we are in the end of a cul de sac so no traffic so I dont&#39; get it.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nSue......How old is Avery? Sounds like you are going to have a fun day.<br />\n<br />\nTonia......That is generous of you to offer to work for someone. What kind of work do you do?<br />\n<br />\nLashi........Glad your pup is on the mend.........I can relate to the family thing. Also, do all the men wind up in one room and the women in the kitchen<br />\n<br />\nCheryl...........Hope the storm passes by but I bet Greg would like some and get out and play. lol<br />\n<br />\nJenn............Glad your dentist appt went well<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita...........Have a great time dancing. I am kinda hoping that when my knee heals I would like to take ballroom lessons. My DS and DILhave showed some interest so maybe we could make it a family affair.<br />\n<br />\nCarmen.........Hope you are doing well. We miss you here on the boards<br />\n<br />\nOff to run the vacuum cleaner.<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day all.....<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-11-17 16:52:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252730,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-17 16:54:25',NULL,'','Good Morning all &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nA sunny but cold day here in SW OH.<br />\n<br />\nKen and I had a very busy day yesterday. We went on a mission to find a globe for my grandson. <br />\nWe went to the Kenwood mall to go to the Discovery channel store but guess what? It was gone. So now I guess I will try Toys r us and some luggage shops as I have seen globes in there. We did find some but they were either too chintzy or way too expensive (350.000) We did go to Steve and Barry&#39;s as we saw a fashion show of Venus Williams who has a clothing line there. The clothes are great and I got a beautiful three piece outfit for my 15yr old. Nothing is over 14.98 in this store so the whole outfit costs 37.00....The clothes are great and the  styles are so teenager. Sarah Jessica Parker also has her line there called Bitten and my grandaugther loves her stuff. Her very stylish jeans are only 14.98. Venus&#39;s clothes line is called eleven.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nToday I think I will get caught up on laundry and housecleaning. Not that anything gets too dirty around here with just the two of us. I just can&#39;t believe the dust I have. This house is only two years old.<br />\nWe have all sorts of filters and air cleaner, plus we are in the end of a cul de sac so no traffic so I dont&#39; get it.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nSue......How old is Avery? Sounds like you are going to have a fun day.<br />\n<br />\nTonia......That is generous of you to offer to work for someone. What kind of work do you do?<br />\n<br />\nLashi........Glad your pup is on the mend.........I can relate to the family thing. Also, do all the men wind up in one room and the women in the kitchen<br />\n<br />\nCheryl...........Hope the storm passes by but I bet Greg would like some and get out and play. lol<br />\n<br />\nJenn............Glad your dentist appt went well<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita...........Have a great time dancing. I am kinda hoping that when my knee heals I would like to take ballroom lessons. My DS and DILhave showed some interest so maybe we could make it a family affair.<br />\n<br />\nCarmen.........Hope you are doing well. We miss you here on the boards<br />\n<br />\nOff to run the vacuum cleaner.<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day all.....<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-11-17 16:54:25',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252734,3913,1,18,247870,'2007-11-17 17:30:47',NULL,'','Good morning all&#33;<br />\nI finally did it and figured out how to put a picture on the site.  I&#39;m not computer illiterate but I&#39;m pushig the bubble&#33; This is my first shot at a web site so any suggestions would be welcome.<br />\n<br />\nTonia - 5 Rotties&#33;  My wife said she would leave if I ever had more than one boxer at a time&#33;  We have two other small dogs, a Yellow Naped Amazon Parrot (38 Yrs old), and my 90 year old father living with us.  Guess I don&#39;t have room for another boxer.  Hope your wrist is doing better.<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou - I didn&#39;t realize George Carlin was still preforming.  I saw him in a show in the 60&#39;s.  He was very funny and I was very young&#33;  Snow&#33;  We don&#39;t see too much of that and I&#39;m glad we don&#39;t need snow poles&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMaria - When my wife&#39;s relatives get together they not only talk at once but migrate to different rooms together&#33;  You can&#39;t talk all at once if your not in the same room&#33;  They are all great people and we have fun&#33;<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nEnjoy the weekend&#33;<br />\n<br />\nSteve','lashl','lashl','2007-11-17 17:30:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252742,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-17 19:00:53',NULL,'','We agree 100%..............As crazy as it is it is a blast. We don&#39;t get to too many functions as we in Ohio and the rest of the family is in New York or New Joisey..............So we miss that when we can&#39;t get there','teacp','teacp','2007-11-17 19:00:53',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252764,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-17 20:31:16',NULL,'','hey everyone<br />\n<br />\nkinda overcase this morning .. it should not get over 75 today once the sun comes out...which is a good thing, just praying no big Santa Ana winds next week.. thats always scary words around here , you guys worry snow we worry for bad winds and low humidity <br />\n<br />\nSteve LOL i know , my BF has threatened to move out if i get another dog LOL , even though he wants another cat gezz. we have one cat among the group , ( he kinda rules the house , he walks in and just looks at the doggies and said .. REMEMBER I HAVE CLAWS<br />\n<br />\nMaria isn&#39;t it a bummer , and they didn&#39;t even ask you if they could close before christmas this year uh LOL <br />\ni know it can be the pits when your looking for something... <br />\n<br />\ndid you check on line ?? discovery store?? <br />\n<br />\nI am the wonderful person who dispatches the trucks for AAA to help when ya need help ... i work graveyard<br />\n<br />\nMarylou.. ya the car knows how to get there LOL and i went in yesterday and saw some peoples it was nice to talk to someone who talks back and doesn&#39;t bark... and gezzzzzz i may need to go slow to get back into the grind<br />\ni bet Carlin was funny wow hes 70 , gezz i can&#39;t even get around town with a list at 50 , i always forget something.. or somewhere i suppose to get done...<br />\n<br />\nwe all have a good day .. hope ya get all your things done <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-11-17 20:31:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252765,274,1,18,247870,'2007-11-17 20:33:10',NULL,'','Hi Everyone&#33;<br />\n<br />\nIt&#39;s a chilly 36 degrees right now...it may reach 40. I think the good weather is over. lol We have been pretty busy with little Isabelle here for 9 1/2 hours Monday through Friday, but it has been really special, too. She&#39;s a little angel. We will have her until after Christmas. We have Wednesday and Friday off this week, but we are having Thanksgiving here, so... no rest until Friday...LOL   I&#39;m hoping I can spend some time on the computer tomorrow and catch up on what you all have been doing.  Hope everyone is well&#33;<br />\n<br />\nI couldn&#39;t get the post of little Isabelle&#39;s picture here, but I&#39;ll see if I can get a link to it.<br />\n<br />\nhttp://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/Shari2/','Shari2','Shari2','2007-11-17 20:33:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252791,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-17 22:00:04',NULL,'','Happy Saturday all&#33; Warmer today, yipee&#33; It got into the low 40&#39;s last night pretty darn cold for us this time of year. Spent the morning doing paperwork and laundry. Watfching FSU this afternoon. Go NOLES&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; Not much planned but finally going to figure out what to wear for your cruise. <br />\n<br />\nMarylou having Jim lug the stuff sounds good to me&#33; LOL I agree the food stores on the weekend are murder.......I have to go on Monday to pick up our stuff. Glad to hear you enjoyed George Carlin. I haven&#39;t seen him in years and I can imagine him slowing down. Not sure if it&#39;s age or the drugs he did years ago.....LOL&#33;<br />\n<br />\nSteve glad to hear your dog is doing well. Wish I could have a dog but I&#39;d have to get rid of my DH (asthma)and I won&#39;t do that since he takes me cruising&#33; Your family get together reminded me of my mother&#39;s sisters.....when they got together all you heard was coffee pouring and yakking&#33; <br />\n<br />\nMaria sounds like I have the same dust bunnies, no one&#39;s here in the day and the house gets dirty........must happen when we sleep. How nice that you got some gifts yesterday. Glad to hear your getting around OK.<br />\n<br />\nSue enjoy your quiet day. <br />\n<br />\nTonia I&#39;ll cross my fingers and pray those winds don&#39;t start up those fires again. I have a friend that lives in the area too.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl I&#39;m sure you loved shopping for a little girl&#33; We have so many boys around us so when a girl comes, they get the royal treatment&#33; <br />\n<br />\nShari, Isabelle is such a cutie&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; Glad you enjoying her, they grow so quickly.<br />\n<br />\nJenn, where have you been lately????? Hope your feeling better.<br />\n<br />\nCarmen, I truly hope you are feeling better. Please check in and let us know.<br />\n<br />\nWell going back to watch the game. Have a great evening all&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-17 22:00:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252822,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-18 01:43:36',NULL,'','Afternoon all - cold and wet again today - and so dark and dreary - looked like evening at 3 o&#39;clock.<br />\n<br />\nOh well - keeping busy :o)<br />\n<br />\nStill stuffed up - this cold thing is wearing pretty thin.   Guess I need som warm weather - any suggestions lol.<br />\n<br />\nOff to re- arrange the craft room - yes again&#33;&#33;&#33; Got to keep myself amused somehow.<br />\n<br />\nTalk at you all later.<br />\n<br />\nTake care and enjoy the day&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-18 01:43:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252829,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-18 03:05:13',NULL,'','hello <br />\n<br />\nmaria - my niece is 2 just 2 last thurs which was her birthday <br />\ni have one older niece who turn 8 last week and a oldest nephew who will be 13 in 2 months<br />\n<br />\nmy house is FULL for a week ha little wild week lmao','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-18 03:05:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252875,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-18 07:27:53',NULL,'','Hey guys.  Thought we were going to have a quiet day, just relaxing but ended up running a lot of errands and then going to look for a new Christmas tree.  The one I have is 10&#39; and I found one yesterday I really liked that was 12&#39; and it was on sale, but I still didn&#39;t want to spend &#036;600, so thought I would use the old one another year and then maybe get a new one after the holidays when they are cheaper.  Greg said he would rather I just go ahead and get the one I want now, so he doesn&#39;t have to drag the other one up from the basement so we went to look at it and he was apprehensive.  He said that I would have to stand on an extension ladder to decorate it and he didn&#39;t like that idea.  It is in 5 sections and is pre-lit so at least I don&#39;t have to mess with lights.  Anyway, I told him that I could decorate the top section and put the angel on top and then he and Chris could put it in place atop the rest of the tree.  He said that might work, so we bought it - glad we took the truck because it came in 2 big boxes.  Anyway, I have been working this evening on getting the top part decorated.  I decided that if I could get it up before Thanksgiving, then all I would have to do the Friday after was plug it in.  We also took the dog&#39;s to get their rabies shots and were going to take them to the groomer but changed our mind.  My son&#39;s girlfriend is a groomer and she did them the last time and they looked better than they normally do.  She has recently has left the Doggie Spa and is now working for one of those mobile units that come to your home and bath and groom them in an RV type vehicle in front of your house.  We have checked into it before and it was considerably more expensive than what we normally pay at the groomers but I had my son call her and ask her what they charged and it is &#036;75 per dog and we decided to just go ahead and do that and not have to mess with taking them and leaving them at the groomers for several hours.   Has any one else jumped the gun and started on the Christmas decorations yet?','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-18 07:27:53',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252907,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-18 13:47:03',NULL,'','SUNDAY - November 18th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies.....Had a great day yesterday and got so much accomplished I think I am just about ready for Thanksgiving and our company next weekend.  Still have to figure out what to feed the company on Friday night (One couple are vegetarians and one other person has a sea food allergy) so I&#39;m looking for some type of quick, simple chicken dish to make.   Any suggestions?    I&#39;ve made chicken piccata and lemon chicken for them before but would like something else.  Grocery shopping is all done for Thursday and I have a 24 lb butterball defrosting in the fridge in the garage.   Then I hit the malls and got some great bargains, including a gorgeous silk top for Jim&#39;s Christmas party at work that I have had my eye on for some time.   I refused to pay the ridiculous price they were asking but managed to get nearly 90% off on it yesterday thru various promotions.   Santa arrived at the mall at noon so that is the end of my weekend mall shopping til after Christmas - I thought I had at least one more week left.   What a madhouse.....he arrived atop a fire truck - half the parking lot was blocked off and there were little kiddies running everywhere.   <br />\n<br />\nCheryl - good luck with your new tree - it sounds terrific.   I am really anxious to get busy and start decorating especially our Christmas village which takes several days to put together, but it will have to wait til our company leaves next Sunday - after that watch out&#33;&#33;  Definately my favorite time of the year.   Good luck with having the dogs groomed  with your son&#39;s girlfriend.   I&#39;m sure she will do a wonderful job with them.  <br />\n<br />\nSue - Isn&#39;t it wonderful to have a full house.  I just love having company around.   <br />\n<br />\nJenn - sorry your cold is still hanging on.   Mine is also but the weather is so crazy I think it is here to stay for awhile and the meds are knocking me out - at least during the day.   At night I am now averaging about 1 1/2 - 2 hours sleep. <br />\n<br />\nShari - what a little doll Isabelle is&#33;  You must be having so much fun with her.   Enjoy her while she is still little and doen&#39;t follow you around all day with a Christmas catalog open saying &quot;Please buy me this Nannie - I really really want this and you are the best Nannie in the world&quot;<br />\n<br />\nMaria - good luck finding the globe - it&#39;s so hard when you have something specific in mind and then can&#39;t find it.   <br />\n<br />\nTonia - How will you manage to adjust to going back to working nights?  Your internal clock will really be screwed up for some time I imagine.   I know you are anxious to go back though.  Have fun&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nSteve - love your new avatar.   Anytime you have any computer problems, post them here.   We have some wonderfully helpful members who have come to my aid more than once.  Enjoy your party today.<br />\n<br />\nTime to get some wash going and maybe go down in the basement to my &quot;wrapping room&quot; and at least sort things out.   Hope everyone has a great day and during this hectic season remember to smile as you patiently (or not so patiently) wait on the lines which will only be getting longer from here on in.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-18 13:47:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252936,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-18 16:12:20',NULL,'','good morning  <br />\ntook Pappy out for a walk and Pappy was playing with 2 of his doggie friends  how cute hehe it was REALLY quiet this morning i am only one UP  hehe and i popped cinnamon rolls in the oven for a surprise breakfast and brewed coffee for everyone and me after the walk i am not sure of what we do today i am not going to decorate christmas until after everyone go home  i am sure as they get home they might do the same hehe<br />\n<br />\nmary lou  oh yeah  i love company but it can be driving me nuts  heh','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-18 16:12:20',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252940,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-18 16:42:24',NULL,'','Good Morning All &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nAnother cold day here with no sun..........<br />\n<br />\nI am just about ready for Thanksgiving just need to pick up a few things. Ken always makes his soon to be famous manicotti made from scratch for an appetizer but can&#39;t do that till the morning of. He likes them super fresh. The stuffin muffins I made the other were great and will make a batch of them along with the traditional in the bird stuffing.<br />\n<br />\nWe are not into the Christmas decorating mode yet as we are still from the old school. Christmas season starts the day after Thanks giving for us and of course we will not put up our tree till around the 10th of December. We have never had an artificial tree and the kids would have a fit. We are not decorating as elaborately as usual because we will be leaving around the 2nd or 3rd of January to head east to be with our daughter and her family for a week before we go on our cruise so Ken needs to get the decorations down and put away as we won&#39;t be back till around the 25th. God forbid we should go and everything wasn&#39;t put away...........lol <br />\n<br />\nI just had an idea...........everyone should post a picture of their tree. Everyone has different sizes, different decorations, real or artificial. I think it would be fun to see how everyone decorates. We ourselves still put all the kids decorations from when they were little that they made in all the different grades and of course others that we have collected over the years from friends and family. I have this friend that has her main tree in the living room which is quite elaborate like a department store tree. She doesn&#39;t put any of the kids decorations on it. She bought them little artificial trees for their rooms and they can decorate it any way they want. I think that is awful. We have so much fun every year looking at all the decorations the kids have made and now we have added the grandkids crafts to it. What do you think?<br />\n<br />\nWe did go down and decorate the entrance to our subdivison yesterday to take advantage of the sun. It looks great and hope noone steals the decorations.......lol <br />\n<br />\nOne year where we used to live Ken made this elaborate penquin scene for the front yard. We had hedges in the front so he covered them with fake snow to like like a mountain and all the penquins were skiing down the mountain into the front yard. Well guess what? One morning we woke up and it was all gone.<br />\nThis coming from an upscale neighborhood..........I dont&#39; care where you live there are creeps all over.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nWell, time to get going here .............hope everyone is doing well and enjoy this Sunday. <br />\n<br />\nCiao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-11-18 16:42:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(252977,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-18 21:48:33',NULL,'','Afternoon all&#33; I&#39;ve been pretty busy so far today with many odds and ends. All things I have to do to clear the decks before the holiday. I spent last night writing out Christmas cards as we won&#39;t return from the Panama Canal until the 10th of December and that would be too late and we send cards to all our corporate clients. All totaled we sent out about 150 cards. Now DH only has to get the stamps. I cleaned out the garage to make room for the Hanukkah/Christmas boxes so that on Friday I can just get all the stuff from the attic. <br />\n<br />\nCheryl a 12&#39; tree, YIKES&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; I would definately need new ornaments if mine was that big. I only have a 7&#39; one and they laugh at how big it is. I have vaulted celings and the tree still isn&#39;t big enough for me&#33; No decorating yet, just prep work.<br />\n<br />\nMarylou sounds like your all set for your company and the holiday. I&#39;ll be sure to avoid the mall on weekends&#33; Hope I don&#39;t have too much more shopping to do there. Glad you got the shirt that you loved. I love a sale&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJenn, hope that cold shakes loose soon. You&#39;ve had it quite a while already. Have you gone to the Dr.???<br />\n<br />\nSue glad you&#39;re getting a few minutes to yourself. Company is great but sometimes it gets so hectic.<br />\n<br />\nMaria, we are also scaling back this year on decorations and my DD is not too thrilled with me. I already told her the village is a no go this year and I&#39;m sure I&#39;ll cut a few more things too. It&#39;s hard when your traveling at this time of year to do everything. I&#39;ll post a picture of our tree when it&#39;s done for sure, that&#39;s a great idea&#33; Our tree is a mix of the kids ornaments and the ones we&#39;ve collected throughout the year. The more stuff on our tree the better&#33; No branch is ever left empty. My kids have mini-trees in there rooms but only DD still puts hers up. She loves her angel. She never took the tree down last year and it was driving me nuts&#33; How awful that someone took the penguin display. I bet Ken enjoyed doing it and it looked great&#33; My mom made a wood Santa and hand painted it and someone took it from in front of our door&#33; I&#39;m sure there is justice for those kind of people. <br />\n<br />\nWell I&#39;m off to the games and then on to the closet to get my clothes together finally for our cruise&#33; Have a great Sunday&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-18 21:48:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253026,274,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 00:39:55',NULL,'','Hi everyone&#33;<br />\n<br />\nI finally had a little quiet time to myself today, so I&#39;m happy to be able to catch up with you all a bit.  Still have to do some housework..not too much...it&#39;s Sunday&#33;  We are having our kids and their spouses, and our grandkids, and a few friends over for Thanksgiving.  I have talked Marc into letting me do an easy buffet this year.  No china and very few dishes to do.  lol  It gets to be a lot of time on the feet with all the hours of cooking and cleaning and then cleaning up after.  I told him I will be the big 60 a week before Christmas (have to make sure he remembers that date...lol) and I can&#39;t keep up like I used to.  He bought it...lol...although he doesn&#39;t feel sorry for me since he is 8 years older than I am.  lol<br />\n<br />\nWe are so enjoying having little Isabelle with us Mon. thru Fri., but it is a long day for us old folks.  lol <br />\n My favorite kitty-cat (he&#39;s 13) is not doing well and had lost some weight...he has put some back on and seems to be feeling better but he is slim in the rear and is not walking well with his legs.  I know I have to bring him in to the vet...but I&#39;m afraid of what they will tell us.  He is my special kitty.  He&#39;s sooo loving.  I just can&#39;t take another loss this year.  I still have nightmares about the night in the ER with my mom.  The only thing that helps me is my faith that she is with the Lord and I will see her again.  <br />\n<br />\nWe went out to dinner with some friends after church.  It was nice to get away for a few hours.  I&#39;m hoping we can book a cruise this winter if all goes well.  We haven&#39;t had any kind of vacation in 3 years, so it would be great to get away for a bit.<br />\n<br />\nJen...thanks for the kind words.  I remember my Grandma, and I still miss her so.  I had a tough childhood, and I did get to spend the summers with her in South Dakota sometimes, and it probably saved my life or my sanity. lol  Glad you are feeling a bit better.  Hope you&#39;re well, soon&#33;  Sorry about your cover for the porch swing, and so glad your fishies are ok.<br />\n<br />\nTonia...thanks for the kind words.  I&#39;m glad you&#39;re feeling better, and so happy for you that you are now able to go back to work.  That was so kind of you to offer to work on Thanksgiving.  The gym is a great idea.  I did some therapy in a warm pool with a therapist, and it really helped me.  I&#39;m thinking of going back when I&#39;m done with all my other stuff.  Hope you don&#39;t get those winds and fires.  <br />\n<br />\nShar...congratulations on your new sectional.  Hope you are enjoying it.<br />\n<br />\nEd...I really enjoyed looking at your pictures.  I didn&#39;t see them all, yet, but will soon.  Glad you enjoyed your cruises.  It looks like you have another fun one coming up soon.  I still remember our Infinity to Hawaii cruise.  Wish I were on her now, sipping a pina colada by the pool and listening to some music.  lol<br />\n<br />\nSue...glad you had a nice cruise.  Enjoy your time with your family.  I have a granddaughter named Avery.  The name seems to be kind of popular now with the girls and the guys.<br />\n<br />\nMaria...I&#39;m glad you are getting some sleep a bit more now.  I&#39;m sooo happy that your biopsys came back benign.  Hope your knee is getting better.  Don&#39;t forget &quot;Dancing With the Stars&quot; tomorrow night.  It&#39;s the semi--finals.  I think Helio and Mel with be the ones facing off for the finals.  I was shocked that Sabrina was let go so early.  I really thought she would be in the finals.  Thanks for the link to the netti pot.  I&#39;ve been meaning to look into it since I have cronic sinus problems.<br />\n<br />\nRose...welcome back, and so glad you had a good cruise.  Thanks for all your kind words.  It&#39;s so nice that your mom and dad have a cruise booked for after Thanksgiving.  It will be so great for them to get away after all they have been through.  Glad Howie got his refrigerator.  I love soups, too&#33;  I often make a nice pot of soup for dinner in the cool weather.<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita...I&#39;m so glad Rita&#39;s procedure went well, and all is well.  Marc used to go to shows at McCormick&#39;s Place in Chicago when he was still working.  One year he took me to Chicago with him (not for the show) we drove there and stayed for 4 days.  We had the best time&#33;  We went out for a cruise around the lake, and went to museums, and went to some nice eateries and restaurants.  We went to Walter Payton&#39;s place one night and watched the bartenders toss the drinks, and the waitresses dance on the tables.  We went to see the horse races, and went up to the top of the John Hancock building.  Wow&#33;  What a view from there.  We had a great time in Chicago.  Would love to go again someday.  We stayed in Arlington Heights and took the train in to Chicago.  <br />\n<br />\nCarmen...loved your picture of your grandchildren&#33;  They are so adorable&#33;  You must be very proud.  I hope all is going well with your epidural injection procedures and that you are getting some relief.  I understand what you are going through with the fibroids.  I should have the hysterectomy, too, but we are worried about blood clots with my history, so I&#39;m taking prometrium and keeping an eye on them.  <br />\n<br />\nMary Lou...hope you are feeling better.  Colds are no fun.  I agree that our little ones want to cuddle and give their colds to us.  lol  My last one I got from my DD&#39;s family.  lol  I hadn&#39;t had one in around 2 years.  lol    Hope the new meds help for you.  It&#39;s alway hard getting adjusted to medications.  I&#39;m with you on the weekend shopping...I try to avoid it if I can.    I couldn&#39;t believe that boat that Jimmy got for his retirement.  Wow...I think Marc got a watch.  lol  We did get to go see Paul Anka at a special party, though.  He was fantastic&#33;  <br />\nI haven&#39;t had a recent ultrasound, but the last one showed that the clot is still there, but it has gone away from the deep vein.  A hematologist that I just saw said it isn&#39;t a worry now that it should have scar tissue growing around it and it will hopefully dissolve.  I did get a small new one, but it seems to be going away.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl...I love your avatar of Scottie&#33;  What a cutie he is&#33;  You must be very proud of him.  I&#39;m glad your cruise was nice, but sorry that it wasn&#39;t quite up to what it should have been.  I have been on cruises like that before, but it&#39;s always nice just to be out to sea and smell that fresh sea air.  Glad you got your garage door fixed.  Hope you got your new glasses.  Hope you don&#39;t get that snowstorm.  You probably had your share of snow last year.  Thanks for the recipe.  It sounds wonderful&#33;  Your new tree sounds fantastic.  I think ours is 7&#39; and that&#39;s about all we can handle in our house.  It already takes up the whole living room...well...almost. lol  I keep thinking I should put it downstairs in the great room, but I like to have it by the front living room window and lit up at night.<br />\n<br />\nSteve...welcome aboard&#33;  It&#39;s so nice to have you with us.  I&#39;m so glad your dog&#39;s surgery went well and he&#39;s doing well.  That&#39;s so wonderful that you took your dad on a cruise.  Love your picture on your avatar.  I have to learn to do that one of these days.  lol<br />\n<br />\nSorry for the long post, everyone...I just haven&#39;t had much time on the computer lately.  lol<br />\n<br />\nJason and Cheryl...congrats on that great ad in Cruise Travel Magazine and on the new members&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHope I didn&#39;t miss anyone.<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day, everyone&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-11-19 00:39:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253027,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 01:05:35',NULL,'','hey everyone just a short note to say hello..<br />\n<br />\nwas a good girl did the gym.. then went and got a smoothie.. yummy...<br />\n<br />\ni was sitting here watching TV bored.. so got up and went to the gym.. today was just not a lazy football day for me... ( plus san diego was losing the big butts)<br />\n<br />\nits a beautiful day today a few clouds today but sunny mostly...75<br />\n<br />\nCheryl wow 12 ft... i just have a little table 4 ft... because of the doggies and i don&#39;t have that much room for a big one....i always use to have a live one ...but now i just get the wealth.. and garland...and my 4 ft table tree,,,,i decorate with red and gold...i want to look for christmas softy blankets for the couch....<br />\n<br />\nShar i know your feeling about the cat.. but could ya think it could be because Isabelle is around so much and he was use to quiet time...i know my one dog disappears when we get company .I sure hope you get you vacation.. there&#39;s nothing better then a little R &amp; R.. and yes your mommy will be right there for ya ...but till then she is with you as your personal guardian angel to keep you safe and with peace and warmth in your heart...i so miss my mommy ,, but shes right here with me...( she makes sure i behave myself ) LOL LOL see we still argue <br />\n<br />\nRose .. dang , you personally sign them all ???.. i just have a few things to get out to decorate the yard...<br />\nGary was looking at me the other day.. saying ... &quot; OH NO its that time of the year....&quot;<br />\nhim holding whatever it is .. me saying no it goes over there... ya right there just a littl more to the right...<br />\n<br />\nok now the big santa goes in the back...and of course the light LOL its always funny.. and he should walk away atleast twice while we do this LOL ....<br />\n<br />\nJenn i think its time for doc... i just hope its not turning into peumonia for you<br />\n<br />\nwell all that about it for now....<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-11-19 01:05:35',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253084,274,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 04:32:05',NULL,'','Tonia...I know my kitty is a little jealous of Isabelle, but I make sure to give him lots of love and attention when she&#39;s here, too.  It seems like he has lost some muscle strength in his rear, and he has a hard time walking.  I know I have to get him to the vet, but they will probably want to take x-rays and put him through some awful tests, so I&#39;m worried about that, too.  I do have to do the right thing for him, I know.  Just don&#39;t know what that is yet.  Thanks for the very kind words about my mom.  I&#39;m so sorry you are missing your mom, too.  You are right, though, they are always with us.  I had a dream last night, and in the dream, I saw her looking very young and beautiful, so I&#39;m trying to concentrate on that instead of the awful night in the ER.  Good luck with your gym workouts.','Shari2','Shari2','2007-11-19 04:32:05',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253088,139,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 04:50:28',NULL,'','','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-11-19 04:50:28',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253092,274,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 05:34:20',NULL,'','Thanks, Keith&#33;  I just love to cuddle up with her and rock her to sleep&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-11-19 05:34:20',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253104,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 13:33:55',NULL,'','MONDAY - November 19th  [/size] <br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies and Welcome to another week.  We got so much done in the house yesterday (those ocassional clouds they forcast have been dropping white stuff on us since early yesterday morning) and I think I really am ready for Thanksgiving.   My voyage into the Christmas room in the basement was a bit of a disappointment though - I still have quite a bit more shopping to do - I have 4 very very uneven piles of toys for the grandkids.  I will have to try and even out the piles somehow or hold back on a few gifts and use them for birthdays or something else.   Jim helped clean house yesterday and we even managed to get TJ&#39;s Cocoa Puffs from under the cushions on the sleeper sofa before my company comes on Friday and opens it up.   lol  The kids were so excited by the snow yesterday and drove Deb nuts wanting to go out.  Ash had been sick with the croupe all week though and she didn&#39;t want her out in the cold so Deb scooped up all the snow off their deck and filled their kitchen sink with it.   The kids had a ball sitting on the counter in their PJ&#39;s with gloves on and the snow was gone from the sink by the time they got bored.   <br />\n<br />\nCheryl -  We get a real tree so the tree won&#39;t go up for several weeks, but the decorations will be up next weekend.   Have fun with your new tree - sounds like quite a project but I know it is a labor of love.   I&#39;m sure Scotty would be more than happy to help<br />\n<br />\nShari - it&#39;s was great catching up with you.  Glad you had some time to yourself finally.   Hopefully you and Mark can book a cruise soon - you have had more than your share of sorrows lately and you need a break.  I know what you mean about the little ones making you feel your age.  I have 2 of my grandkids (aged 5 and nearly 3) twice a week and they wipe me out.   I wouldn&#39;t trade my time with them for anything though.  <br />\n<br />\nRose - guess I really need to get moving on the holiday cards also.   I remember when Jim was working on Wall Street we used to have to send out over 300 cards each year.  I sure don&#39;t miss that.   One year I bought all the cards on sale after Christmas, put them in with the decorations in the attic and finally dragged them out in November.   After signing 1/2 the cards we realized all the enveloped had sealed closed from the heat in the attic all thru the summer.   Never tried that one again.    haha<br />\n<br />\nTonia - well this is it - your time off is ending.   I&#39;m sure you are looking forward to going back to work - just think - now you can begin saving for that next cruise.<br />\n<br />\nSue - Enjoy your Company - how much longer will they be with you?<br />\n<br />\nKeith &amp; Rita - how was the dancing all weekend?  I&#39;m sure you had a great time as usual.  Is this competative dancing or just for pleasure?<br />\n<br />\nJenn - Do you go &quot;all out&quot; with holiday decorations or is Halloween the big yard decorating time?<br />\n<br />\nMaria - great idea about posting our decorating pics here.   I love to decorate for the holidays but would also have a problem doing so if we were going on a cruise so soon after the holidays.   Were your little Penguins stolen while you lived on Staten Island?  That really stinks.  <br />\n<br />\nSteve - Hope your party went well yesterday.   It&#39;s always fun to see family and friends.<br />\n<br />\nCarmen - getting worried about you and hope you are doing OK.     Don&#39;t overdo it with the holidays coming.  <br />\n<br />\nNeed to get Jim up and moving - he will not be happy to see the snow outside.   At least he put the work car in the garage last night so he won&#39;t have to clean it off.  <br />\n<br />\nMake today special and share a smile.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-19 13:33:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253119,2613,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 15:15:55',NULL,'','Good Morning:<br />\nHow is everyone today?  For those having some health problem, please get well soon. Most of my attorneys are on vacation this week, so they kept me quite busy last week.  I had my lumbar injection on Thursday and I feel so much better, hardly any pain.  My next one is on November 28.  Mary Lou, I hope Ash is feeling better today.  I have a lot of catching up to do.<br />\nEveryone have a great day <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' /> .','mercedes','mercedes','2007-11-19 15:15:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253126,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 15:55:02',NULL,'','good morning friends <br />\ntook Pappy out and the house is quiet and did brewing the coffee not thought of breakfast  i am sure we will find something to do  maybe go to mall not sure <br />\n<br />\nmary lou my brother and family are staying until sat, my sister in law&#39;s brother leave tomorrow afternoon for their moms or dad not sure where ha <br />\n<br />\nhave good busy day friends','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-19 15:55:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253137,139,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 16:15:24',NULL,'','Good morning, Crazies&#33; Only a three day work week, we can sure handle that&#33;<br />\n<br />\nGlad to see you back with us Carmen.<br />\n<br />\nWe had an exhausting weekend. Don&#39;t know if our bodies can take two dances in a row. Mary Lou, we only dance for fun and exercise. No competition for us.<br />\nI did get our telescopic flag post base dug and concrete poured Saturday morning. That might be a part of the reason I&#39;m sore this morning. Also, since it was a nice day, I went ahead and added 90 ft of rope Christmas lights around our front porch pillars. Won&#39;t turn them on until Thursday night. <br />\nMaria, that&#39;s a good idea on posting the photos of our decorations.<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day, Crazies&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' /> ','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-11-19 16:15:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253217,2626,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 19:29:42',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Mercedes you wanted to know where I was so Im telling you i went to with chuck so i could post on the football thread and the coffee shop and things, the site was taken out of my PM to you&#33; Im sorry that happened also my goodbye to my select few friends here somehow was deleted as well&#33; But hey no problem thats the way things go, I hold no ill will towards anyone, just time for me to move on and I like Chuck&amp;Lisa&#33; Anyone can join and talk to us over there&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> Best regards to all&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' /> I might drop in to say hi to some of my friends here you should know who you are by now&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-11-19 19:29:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253223,1,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 20:46:02',NULL,'','Robert,<br />\n<br />\nFor the record, no such post of yours was deleted. I wish you the best of luck in your new home. <br />\n<br />\nAlso, please check your PM.','Jason','Jason','2007-11-19 20:46:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253230,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 20:53:08',NULL,'','and this too shall pass    <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/ohmy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':ohmy:\' />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-19 20:53:08',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253239,2626,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 21:16:02',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;What Personal Message&#33;  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/huh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':huh2:\' />  There was none&#33; Jason you didnt have to make this personal and be resentful :wink2:Ill respond to the deleting part <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> Also you didnt read my post through, &quot;i said somehow it got deleted&quot; It coulda been a glitch with the posting system, I didnt accuse you of deleting my post <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' />  but you took it that way&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> Sorry you have taken a negative attitude about things&#33; I wish you and the rest of Cruise Crazies the best, if anyones interested in talking to me anymore come over to chucks site, Jason remove my Membership please&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-11-19 21:16:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253241,1,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 21:24:09',NULL,'','Robert,<br />\n<br />\nYou have my email address if you&#39;d like to continue this private conversation.','Jason','Jason','2007-11-19 21:24:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253243,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 21:26:22',NULL,'','Afternoon all. Finished up my pre-cruise and Thanksgiving shopping today and stopped to get a haircut. I&#39;m tired now&#33; I finally got my dinner clothes for our cruise together last night, yipee. My DD is depressed she&#39;s not going with me. Her turn will come in Feb. <br />\n<br />\nShari, glad you got some time to catch up. We miss you around here&#33; I truly hope that you and Marc can get away this winter. You both deserve some time off and the rest. I&#39;m sorry your cat is ill. <br />\n<br />\nTonia enjoy your last few days off. I know your really looking forward to going back. Let me know how you feel about it in a few weeks&#33; LOL<br />\n<br />\nMarylou so glad you got your house all set for Thanksgiving and your company on Friday. Doesn&#39;t it always seem like one kid get more than the others. My kids used to count how many gifts they got.........I made sure no one got any extras. It&#39;s amazing how competitive they are about that stuff. <br />\n<br />\nCarmen I&#39;m so happy you checked in and that the injection worked&#33; Glad to hear you&#39;re finally getting some relief. <br />\n<br />\nSue glad to hear you still enjoying your company. I can only take about 3 days of it and I start climbing the walls. <br />\n<br />\nKeith I bet it was the flagpole that did you in. Digging the hole and mixing concrete is hard work. Glad you enjoyed you dancing this weekend.<br />\n<br />\nWell off to read more on the boards. Hope everyone has a great day.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-19 21:26:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253269,2626,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 21:52:38',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Youve made it Public Jason and Now you want to make it Private&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> whatever you have to say to me you can post it here in the Daily Dock unless its a Negative post&#33; Best regards&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-11-19 21:52:38',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253300,2,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 22:39:57',NULL,'','I hope everyone is having a great Monday. I know I don&#39;t get a chance to post here as much as I would like to but I do try to read here every day to keep up with everyone. <br />\n<br />\nFirst of all, I just want to welcome our newest members to the Daily Doc. It&#39;s so great to see you posting here. Please excuse me for not naming individuals but I&#39;m always afraid of leaving someone out. <br />\n<br />\n<br />\nMaryLou, Thank you so very much for always starting our dock . You do an amazing job. I hope Ashley is feeling better . Enjoy that snow. Sounds beautiful to me. <br />\n<br />\nmercedes, I&#39;m so glad to hear that your injection is giving you some rellief. It&#39;s great to have you back here with us. You were sorely missed. <br />\n<br />\nRose, I love reading your posts. You are always so supportive and magage to keep up with everyone&#39;s lives. Wow&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita, It&#39;s great to see you posting more frequently. Glad to read that you are still avid dancers. I hope that soreness disappears quickly, Keith. I loved keeping up with the building of your new home.Thank you for posting Shari&#39;s pic of Isabella. What would we do without you ? You&#39;re always so helpful to everyone.  <br />\n<br />\nShari, It&#39;s great to hear from you whenever you have time. How is the clot ? You and Marc definitely need some R &amp;R. I hope kitty gets well quickly. Isabella is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing the photo. <br />\n<br />\nlovelypinky, Enjoy your company. It&#39;s great to see that you&#39;ve become a regular around here. I really enjoy reading about Pappy. <br />\n<br />\nTonia, Thank you so much for all those recipes you post. You do an amazing job with that. <br />\n<br />\nMaria, I hope you&#39;re tummy is doing better .I&#39;m so glad that the therapy is helping your knee. I also love the idea of posting photos of the decorations. That would be excellent. <br />\n<br />\nCheryl, I hope you&#39;ve recuperated from your cruise . We missed your posts around here. <br />\n<br />\nJenn, I hope those sniffels are long gone. Please take care and get to the doc if you need to. Got a photo of your craft room? Trying to figure out how to set mine up. <br />\n<br />\nHoward, I hope you and Cindy had a fantastic time in Vegas. I really enjoyed reading about all the sites and activities you took in. All that, and you still kept up with the welcomes to new members. Amazing&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTo everyone, you&#39;re all amazing people. I feel so lucky to have all of you in my life. I love keeping up with all of you even though I don&#39;t get muich of a chance to post here. Wishing you all an absolutely fabulous start to a healthy and happy holiday season. Sending all of you big hugs, Cheryl  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wub.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wub:\' />','GottaCruz','GottaCruz','2007-11-19 22:39:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253325,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-19 23:40:40',NULL,'','Good afternoon friends.  Well, my Christmas tree saga continues.  As I said before, my new tree is 12&#39; tall.  It comes in 5 pre-lit sections - the bottom 3 are 6&#39; when assembled and the top 2 also equal 6&#39;.  It was my idea that instead of putting the whole thing together, I would do it in 2 sections and then decorate the top section and have hubby and son lift it in place as I would not be able to decorate the top if it were all assembled.  I spent many hours decorating the top part and then hubby asked me last night if I were ready to have the top set in place.  Our son was asleep so I told him I would help him.  I put some of the dinnig room chairs up against the base of the tree so we could stand on them and lift it into place.  First of all, I had not accounted for the fact that the top piece weighed well over 100 lbs. and I could not lift it high enough to get the poles aligned.  Then it started tilting on me and before I knew it,  my new ornaments were laying on the floor in a pile of broken glass.  I yelled for my son, but it didn&#39;t wake him up, so Greg tried to hold it by himself while I ran upstairs to wake him up and get him to go help his dad.  They got the tree put together but the ornaments and beading that is hanging on has to be removed so I can start over.  I called and reserved a 16&#39; step ladder rental for Friday and Saturday.  So now, it appears, that every year, I am going to have pay &#036;40 a day to rent a ladder to put it up and then again to take it down.  I looked online because I thought I may as well just buy one, but Greg says he has no where to store it.  I am starting to think that just maybe he may have been right in his assessment that I should have bought a smaller tree&#33;&#33;&#33;  Shari, your granddaughter is just beautiful.  Doesn&#39;t she just turn you to mush???  Carmen, I am so glad that you are feeling better - I know it has been sometime since you have been pain free.  Cheryl, thank you, I am starting to feel better but don&#39;t think I will be able to rest up enough to be back to 100% until after the holidays.  I do come here everyday, several times a day and read what everyone is up to.  Rose, wish I had as many cruises booked as you do.  Yes, I admit it, I am jealous&#33;&#33;  Sue, that is my way of thinking - when I can&#39;t think of anything better to do - I go shopping&#33;&#33;  Keith, can&#39;t wait to see pics of your gorgeous new home all bedecked out for the holidays.  Mary Lou, Hope Ashleigh is feeling better by now.  Good luck &quot;evening out&quot; those toy piles.  Well, I am off to get my housework done.  I already did my shopping for today - we are being forecast for a snowstorm tomorrow and Wed. so I thought I had better get everything taken care of today.  Have a wonderful day all.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-19 23:40:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253397,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 02:31:53',NULL,'','hey everyone...<br /><br />well ya know i took my thingie in to go back to work on friday .<br /><br />i got a call today from my supervisor and she said hey come in lets talk about your hours,<br /><br />ok well something didn&#39;t sound right.. i knew something was up, ao i go in... and i am told now that the time i was off for workers comp and FMLA was running concurrenly.. DID I KNOW THAT ... no not till now... they sent me a letter saying i only had 11 days felt of FMLA time at the time i fell with the other wrist. OK but the reason i was advised is that due to cuts etc . they have no job for me to come back too.. ok in 7 weeks they have no job for me??. i have the highest call volume, next been late for work.. have two years senority to the people that have been hired in the last 5 months..<br /><br />they said i had to have 1250 hours to have job gurantee, ok i have 1246... ok so i said since when does FMLA run with workers comp... if i was not hurt due to you being neglect to fix things that needed to be and needed to be fix and has yet to be fixed , i would have been here and not been out ...and i would have had time to take for medical for this wrist ...<br /><br />well i will be calling my atty. monday .. because it is getting close to the one year since injury.. you have so much time to contact a atty...i believe it is one year from date of injury...<br /><br />sooooo no working for me right now.. have to check unemployment.. since they put me on LOA till Feb 19, i am not sure if i can collect umployment...they said they would put me on LOA till Feb 19th and if a job comes up they will contact me ... so i am job hunting...<br /><br />Tonia<br /><br />','terumim','terumim','2007-11-20 02:31:53',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253400,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 03:15:13',NULL,'','Tonia - that really stinks&#33;    I would definately consult an attorney.  How can they say the two leaves ran concurrently - didn&#39;t you go back to work for a very short time after the surgery and before you broke your wrist.   Something doesn&#39;t sound quite right.   I am sure you are very upset - I know you were anxious to get back to work.  <br /><br />Chin up - your friends are here for you if you want to holler and scream for  awhile.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-20 03:15:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253403,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 03:30:37',NULL,'','Tonia, I agree that you should definitely seek legal advice.  It sounds like you may have grounds for action.  Maybe you should make that call tomorrow as time is running out.  I will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.  Please keep us posted.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-20 03:30:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253404,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 03:33:21',NULL,'','tonia <br /> i am with mary lou it stinks when you had problem with your wrist and it seems like they don&#39;t care of your health and we are always here  when you need some vents  just vent away  smile <br /><br /><br /><br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-20 03:33:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253407,3913,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 05:03:01',NULL,'','Good evening all&#33;<br /><br />It was 77 degrees today but we are supposed to get snow flurries Wed.<br /><br />The &quot;get-to-gather&quot; yesterday with  my wife&#39;s relatives went as usual.  Lots of talk, lots of laughs, and good food&#33;  That&#39;s a pretty hard combination to beat&#33;  The high light of the day was a bubble gum blowing contest.  Don&#39;t think I have ever seen a double bubble before yesterday&#33;<br /><br />My boxer is ding very well after her surgery.  She is using to &quot;bad&quot; leg about 50% of the time and it hasn&#39;t been a week yet&#33;<br /><br />Great day at work.  We talked about getting my replacement.  I am retiring in 2 years and it will take along time to train someone who doesn&#39;t have any experience in my field.<br /><br />Shari - My thoughts are with you.  I lost my mom a year ago Oct. and have lost two boxers.  It is not easy.<br /><br />Cheryl - We got a pre-lit tree last year.  They are heavy.  Hopw you didn&#39;t lose too many ornaments.<br /><br />Tonia - Hang in there and get that attorney&#33; <br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-11-20 05:03:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253410,2,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 05:54:13',NULL,'','lashl, It&#39;s great to have you as a regular here in the Daily Dock. Glad to hear your boxer is healing well after the surgery. <br /><br />Cheryl, so sorry about the broken ornaments. <br /><br />Tonia, I&#39;m so sorry to read what you are going through with your job. We are always here for you to vent. Legal advice sounds like a great idea. Let us know how it goes. <br /><br /><br /><br />','GottaCruz','GottaCruz','2007-11-20 05:54:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253430,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 06:11:53',NULL,'','Great avatar pic Steve - it is nice to put a face with the name.  Sounds like you are having the same weather we are having.  Today it was in the high 70&#39;s.  They are now saying the cold front will move in tomorrow night and by Wed., we will be 50 degrees lower for our daily high, which is forecast to be 23 on Wed.  The snow is coming with it, but I guess I can&#39;t complain - it isn&#39;t often that we get this late in the season and still have it be so warm...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-20 06:11:53',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253460,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 13:39:15',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#660000--><span style=\"color:#660000\"><!--/coloro-->TUESDAY - November 20th<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Cruise Crazies -  hope everyone is doing well this morning and not over swamped getting ready for Thanksgiving. Have to get some medical issues taken care of this morning and then  I may begin by making some of those great dishes that always taste better the next day and do all the other prep work so I can move into high gear tomorrow.  Decided to remake the chicken picatta for my company on the weekend - they really liked it last time and it is so easy.   Jim said when people come to visit right after a holiday, they can&#39;t be choosey about what they get fed.   Guess he is right.  haha.  Besides when they come we always go to have lunch with some other friends (we meet 1/2 way) and we go out to dinner once so I only have to feed them 1 dinner - 1 lunch and 2 breakfasts.  Not bad at all.  <br /><br />Cheryl - sounds like you and Greg are having the same screwy weather we are having.   Warm one day - snow the next.   It finally stopped snowing here last night but we didn&#39;t have much accumulation because the ground was so warm.   So sorry about all of your ornaments and the problems with your tree.   Just think of how gorgeous it will be when it is finished.   <br /><br />Cheryl - it&#39;s always great to hear from you when you get a chance to stop by.  Cruise Crazies is growing by leaps and bounds - you must be so proud of Jason and the wonderful job he is doing and I know you are a big big help to him here.<br /><br />Steve - A  bubble blowing contest - boy that brings back memories of a lot of fun.  Do you mind me asking what type of work you do?  It&#39;s great that they are looking for a replacement already for you.  You will have so much more time to cruise when you don&#39;t have to go to work every day.  LOL  (Unfortunately, once we have the time, we often don&#39;t have the cash)<br /><br />Tonia - what can I say to you?   Hope today is looking brighter.  I also would not wait til Monday to find an attorney - I would do it now.   Hope the weather is holding for you Californians and the winds are staying away.<br /><br />The time has gotten away from me this morning and I have to get Jim up and moving.   Also have to go to have some breathing function tests done so I&#39;d better get moving.   I&#39;ll be back later to see what everyone is up to.   In the meantime ~~ make today special and share a smile.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-20 13:39:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253492,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 16:22:31',NULL,'','Good Morning all &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Another dreary but warm day here. Supposed to near 70 and then changing on Thanksgiving day to maybe snow. Today is a busy day for me. I want to get all the housecleaning and laundry done so tomorrow I can devote my time to prep for Thursday. The grandkids are coming tomorrow to sleep over and help prepare for the feast. Grandson is wonderful at peeling(he actually has some potato when he is finished) and grandaughter asked if she can help bake. They are a joy and big help to me.<br /><br />Tonia...........I wasn&#39;t on the boards much and just read your post about your job. That really stinks. What is FMLA? I didn&#39;t know they could let you go if you were on workers comp. I think they are doing something illegal there so like everyone else a attorney is necessary.<br /><br />Marylou..............good luck with your breathing tests. sounds scary<br /><br />Cheryl.............too bad about your ornaments. I hope they weren&#39;t real expensive ones.<br /><br />Steve............Nice to see you posting and hope you have added any cruises or your birthday to the calendar.<br />                    like Marylou we have time but not always the cash......','teacp','teacp','2007-11-20 16:22:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253493,4219,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 16:31:14',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=253492:date=Nov 20 2007, 09&#58;22 AM:name=teacp)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(teacp &#064; Nov 20 2007, 09&#58;22 AM) [snapback]253492[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Good Morning all &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Another dreary but warm day here. Supposed to near 70 and then changing on Thanksgiving day to maybe snow. Today is a busy day for me. I want to get all the housecleaning and laundry done so tomorrow I can devote my time to prep for Thursday. The grandkids are coming tomorrow to sleep over and help prepare for the feast. Grandson is wonderful at peeling and grandaughter asked if she can help bake. They are a joy and big help to me.<br /><br />Tonia...........I wasn&#39;t on the boards much and just read your post about your job. That really stinks. What is FMLA? I didn&#39;t know they could let you go if you were on workers comp. I think they are doing something illegal there so like everyone else a attorney is necessary.<br /><br />Marylou..............good luck with your breathing tests. sounds scary<br /><br />Cheryl.............too bad about your ornaments. I hope they weren&#39;t real expensive ones.<br /><br />Steve............Nice to see you posting and hope you have added any cruises or your birthday to the calendar.<br />                    like Marylou we have time but not always the cash......<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Hi all,<br />My name is Sheryl and I am new to Cruise Crazies but not new to cruising or cruise boards.  I live in the beautiful Pocono Mountains of Pa.  with my DHRobert.  We have 2 sons, Andrew who is with us temporarily and will be moving back to NYC soon, and Jared who is married with 2 daughters.  He is in the Army , stationed in Fort Lewis, Washington.  I also have an adorable Jack Russell terrier named Jamie.  <br />We are all going on a family cruise on December 14th to celebrate Jared&#39;s safe return from Iraq and the birth of my second granddaughter, Jelissa in September.<br />Hope I haven&#39;t said too much already.<br />Bye for now.','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-11-20 16:31:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253507,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 17:39:54',NULL,'','hi friends <br /><br />all of us  even Pappy slept late today heh and we woke up at same time it seems funny i took Pappy out right away then came back in and played with my niece Avery<br />i have to take my DSIL&#39;s brorther to the airport early afternoon we will miss him but  we will see him again in the future  it is in 60s it is warm but i don&#39;t think it will last long <br /><br />sheryl -welcome to cruisecrazies  and enjoyed your stay smile<br /><br />Tonia-i hope you can get this stuation resloved <br /><br />have good day friends  smile<br /><br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-20 17:39:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253512,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 18:05:16',NULL,'','Morning all from Central Florida on a lovely warm day&#33; Finally caught up with my packing schedule and all my paperwork. Today is a down day for me but I think I&#39;ll head off to the mall for some browsing. I like window shopping especially when I don&#39;t have to get something. Sure sounds like you all are having some strange weather, warm one day cold the next.<br /><br />Tonia what an awful way to be treated by your job&#33; I would definately get an attorney&#33;  I hope that you find an even better job if that&#39;s what you&#39;d like. Not sure I&#39;d want to work for a company that did that to me. Hang in there.......vent here anytime&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; <br /><br />Cheryl, it&#39;s great to see you on the Dock&#33; Hope all is well with you. <br /><br />Oh my Cheryl, sounds like that tree is a handful&#33; Hope you didn&#39;t lose any ornaments that were truly special.<br /><br />Steve, so glad to hear your boxer if doing well and that your family get together was fun&#33; I haven&#39;t blown a bubble in years......maybe my DD has some gum. <br /><br />Marylou hope everything is OK. How&#39;s the cold??? Sounds like you have the right idea about your company. Enjoy the time with them and don&#39;t worry about the cooking. <br /><br />Maria sounds like you all have fun prepping for Thanksgiving. Glad you get to really enjoy your grandchildren. Take it easy on the knee&#33;<br /><br />Hi Sheryl, welcome to the Daily Dock. As you can tell this is the place to gossip, brag, vent, etc. Great place to hang out&#33; How wonderful that your son returned safely from Iraq. You must be very proud of him&#33; Congratulations on your new Granddaughter&#33; <br /><br />Sue glad to hear that both you and Pappy are enjoying your company. <br /><br />Well off to get dressed and head out to enjoy the weather. Hope everyone has a great day&#33;<br />','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-20 18:05:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253515,139,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 18:15:54',NULL,'','Good morning Crazies&#33; Welcome Sheryl&#33; It so nice to see new folks posting here. <br /><br />Steve, it supposed to be 72 today and snow flurries on Thanksgiving&#33; Typical Midwest weather.<br /><br />Tonia, get that Attorney. Make sure he/she specializes in the Workers Comp field. <br /><br />Have a great day everybody&#33;','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-11-20 18:15:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253526,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 18:44:14',NULL,'','Hi guys just sticking my head in the dock to say hey Sheryl and Robert  glad your here..have any pictures of that great Pocono Mountains foliage?','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-20 18:44:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253530,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 18:53:16',NULL,'','morning all... ok feel better today.. finally got the headache to go away...and finally started thinking straight, instead of crying and screaming at the same time....i was just so angry ...<br /><br />all better.. got up early and called my attorney they handled my case about 2 years ago.. to see if he can handle it , if not maybe someone esle in the office can handle this case...it was a workers comp case... .. he also handles personal injury also...<br /><br />but thanks everyone for your suppose...i got on the websites looking to see whats out there .. <br /><br />i know things happen so reasons.. just right now it doesn&#39;/t seem so.. but i know in my heart this is true<br /><br />Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-11-20 18:53:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253546,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 20:34:27',NULL,'','aww tonia  hugs  just hang on  i am sure your lawyer will work with you on your case  i hope so <br />hugs ya  just hang there ok <br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-20 20:34:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253557,2613,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 21:33:25',NULL,'','Good Afternoon:<br /><br />I had to see the doctor this morning (the dreaded Mammogram appointment) I am glad that is over.<br />Cheryl, sorry to hear about the mishap with your tree, I hope you were able to save most of your ornaments.<br />Tonia, so sorry hear about your job situation, and I am glad that you called your lawyer; they should not get away with treating you like that.<br />MaryLou and Jenn, I hope your colds get better.  Maria, take it easy on your knee.<br />Sheryl, welcome to our Daily Dock.  That’s wonderful news about your son’s safe return and congratulations on your new granddaughter.<br />Has anyone heard from Jackie, I am sure she is enjoying her South African adventure.<br />Take care everyone and have a great rest of the day <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":smile:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" /> .<br /><br />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-11-20 21:33:25',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253561,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 22:24:33',NULL,'','Hey there everyone.  Just taking a break from my &quot;pre-holiday housecleaning&quot;.  <br /><br />Mercedes, good for you - I am way overdue for my mammo.  They found a lump a few years ago and I had to have a surgical biopsy (thank God, it came back benign) but they said they wanted to keep a close eye on things and I should have mammograms every 4-6 months.  It hs been over 2 yrs. now.  I really do need to call and make that appt.  I was hoping that Jackie woudl check in while she was in South Africa but I haven&#39;t seen anything here from her.<br /><br />Tonia, were you able to get an appt. wth an attorney?  Don&#39;t let them push an appt. date out past the holidays as your time to file may be up by then.<br /><br />Rose, I am no good at window shopping.  If I see it and I want it, I just gotta&#39; buy it&#33;&#33;&#33;  I try to avoid the mall at all costs this time of yr.  I have done a lot of shopping already for the munchkin but I go to WalMart, Kohl&#39;s, Penney&#39;s and Toys R Us - places that are nowhere near the mall.  Enjoy your &quot;down day&quot;.<br /><br />Maria - sounds like we are all having crazy weather.  Enjoy your time in the kitchen with your little ones.  Scotty loves to help so I always save some of the little tasks for him and then I make such a fuss over what a great job he did, that he ends up thinking he cooked the whole meal himself.<br /><br />Sheryl - welcome to Cruise Crazies.  Glad to see you jumping right in here on the Dock.  You are in the presence of quite a few grandparents (myself included) here and believe me, we know how much love, pride and joy the little one brings you.  <br /><br />Keith - what do you and Rita have on the agenda for Thanksgiving?  Will you be having the family over to your beauiful new house for dinner?<br /><br />Mary Lou, I just wanted to let you know how much it means to all of us here that you start the Dock every day.  I always look forward to seeing you &quot;lead off&quot; post every morning.<br /><br />Yesterday, we reached a high of 77 degrees, our high for today was reached at one minute past midnight and it has fallen since.  Right now we are at 34 degrees and the snow is forecast to move in this evening with 2-4 inches by tomorrow and more by Thursday.  I wish someone would come up with a way to make it snow just on the grass and dirt and not the roads.  WHy don&#39;t you all get busy working on that one???<br /><br />Well, guess I had better get back to my chores.  Wishing you all the best of days....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-20 22:24:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253572,2613,1,18,247870,'2007-11-20 23:02:57',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=253561:date=Nov 20 2007, 03&#58;24 PM:name=Gregswife)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(Gregswife &#064; Nov 20 2007, 03&#58;24 PM) [snapback]253561[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Hey there everyone.  Just taking a break from my &quot;pre-holiday housecleaning&quot;.  <br /><br />Mercedes, good for you - I am way overdue for my mammo.  They found a lump a few years ago and I had to have a surgical biopsy (thank God, it came back benign) but they said they wanted to keep a close eye on things and I should have mammograms every 4-6 months.  It hs been over 2 yrs. now.  I really do need to call and make that appt.  I was hoping that Jackie woudl check in while she was in South Africa but I haven&#39;t seen anything here from her.<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /><br />Cheryl, I was two years overdue myself, but please make that appointment, it is so important that we get this done.','mercedes','mercedes','2007-11-20 23:02:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253615,4219,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 00:20:38',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=253572:date=Nov 20 2007, 04&#58;02 PM:name=mercedes)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(mercedes &#064; Nov 20 2007, 04&#58;02 PM) [snapback]253572[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br /><!--quoteo(post=253561:date=Nov 20 2007, 03&#58;24 PM:name=Gregswife)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(Gregswife &#064; Nov 20 2007, 03&#58;24 PM) [snapback]253561[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Hey there everyone.  Just taking a break from my &quot;pre-holiday housecleaning&quot;.  <br /><br />Mercedes, good for you - I am way overdue for my mammo.  They found a lump a few years ago and I had to have a surgical biopsy (thank God, it came back benign) but they said they wanted to keep a close eye on things and I should have mammograms every 4-6 months.  It hs been over 2 yrs. now.  I really do need to call and make that appt.  I was hoping that Jackie woudl check in while she was in South Africa but I haven&#39;t seen anything here from her.<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /><br />Cheryl, I was two years overdue myself, but please make that appointment, it is so important that we get this done.<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Hi all,<br />Thanks for your warm welcomes.  I will try to say hi at least once a day.  I am retired so I do get on the computer quite often.  I was a NYC school teacher for many years.  About 1 1/2 years ago, my DH Robert and I moved here to Pa.  We love it here.  Such a difference from living in New York.  Only problem....the winter weather.  Winters are much colder and snowier here.  We just had our first snowfall already.  About 6 inches.  So glad I will be getting out of here for a while in December.  Can&#39;t wait for this cruise....<br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-11-21 00:20:38',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253616,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 00:24:41',NULL,'','hello<br /><br />well nothing from lawyer yet.. thinking he has gone out of town for the holiday..<br /><br />if i don&#39;t hear from him by monday i will look into others....<br /><br />but other then that... Garys pumpkin pie is in the oven.. i had some leftover pumpkin from  halloween so i made a pie for him its his fav... mine is pecan...<br /><br />going to make salmon tonight since going to have a heavy meal tomorrow.<br /><br />Cheryl ... OMG about the tree such a shame with the new ornaments...but i am sure it will turn out great when ya get the ladder..hope niether of you hurt yourselves ....<br /><br />Sheryl... well welcome...such a nice way to celebrate life then a cruise... so glad for son&#39;s safe return...i pray for all everynight... how great Pocono&#39;s , i love that area.... welcome welcome<br /><br />well there has not doc on the Jackie log since Nov 7th.....she said its cost alot...<br /><br />Mary lou / Jenn hows the colds???<br /><br />Marylou .. i agree with hubby.. they come the day after a holiday they should be glad your not serving leftovers thats what i would do LOL LOL ...mayo mustard turkey and rolls LOL <br /><br />Maria // FMLA is family medical leave of absence.. and they area saying that my FMLA and workers comp time as been used up when i fell and broke the other wrist so really i had no more leave left.. i should have waited till after the first of the year then i would have been ok.. LOL LOL ... thats what ya call unlucky.. lol hey ya know life throws ya curves <br /><br />I agree i would not know what to do if Marylou didn&#39;t open the board... but ya know Maria sneaks in once in a while and throws me all off LOL LOL <br /><br />again thanks everyone for your support and letting me vent , you all are the best pals ...<br /><br />( Sheryl you can&#39;t go wrong hanging out around here )<br /><br />Tonia<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />','terumim','terumim','2007-11-21 00:24:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253636,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 01:10:25',NULL,'','for you all that have little ones thought you may enjoy this <br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.santaclauslive.com/main.php?link=santa_claus_live&amp;kieli=eng&amp;pid=2\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.santaclauslive.com/main.php?lin...i=eng&amp;pid=2</a><br /><br /><br /><br />','terumim','terumim','2007-11-21 01:10:25',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253653,3913,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 03:38:41',NULL,'','Good evening all&#33;<br /><br />Another crazy weather day.  It is 7 PM and its 73 degrees at our house, 54 degrees 50 miles north and 41 degrees 90 miles north.  High tomorrow in the 30&#39;s but I don&#39;t care because it will be 100 days till the next cruise&#33;<br /><br />Mary Lou - I am with a Manufacturs Rep firm, we handle the sales for several manufacturers in the pluming field.  I handle all the commercial quotes, schools, hospitals, factories, stadiums, etc.  I work with mechanical engineers helping them specify products for their projects, plumbing wholesalers, and mechanical contractors.  It&#39;s not that it is that hard to learn, just alot to learn and can be very costly if you make an error.  I have been in this field for 34 years and to move on to sleeping late and more cruises&#33;  Will work till I&#39;m 66 then we should have enough to go play.<br /><br />Tonia - Glad to hear you are feeling better today.  My oldest son was injured on the job and had a workmans comp claim.  The company tried to give him a hard time and I told him to get an attorney.  He got a very good settlement.  Good luck to you&#33;<br /><br />Maria - Glad to hear you grand kids are coming.  My wife has all the grand kids pictures arond a plaque that says, &quot;Grand kids are God&#39;s reward for not killing your own&#33;&quot;<br /><br />Sheryl - Welcome&#33;  I&#39;m new here too.  This is a really nice place.  Hope to hear from you often.  We had We had one son in Bosnia and the other in Kuwait a few years ago.  Glad your son is back home.<br /><br />Hopw evryone has a good evening.  <br /><br />','lashl','lashl','2007-11-21 03:38:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253701,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 06:52:38',NULL,'','Hi all - still stuffed up - dang - but did manage a great day shopping lol.  Don&#39;t remember what I bought but the back of the car was pretty full.<br /><br />Got a new coffee maker. DS needed one so he could fill his thermos before work - so I gave him mine - so I bought a new one.  Not quite the same as buying him one  he&#39;s a little proud and thinks he&#39;s too old for us to buy him stuff lol.  But there are ways around it - like the free tv we got two years ago for booking a cruise and the free printer/scanner we got with the new computer LOL.<br /><br />Sheryl - welcome - and great to meet you.<br /><br />Tonia - go get &#39;em.  Just don&#39;t gve up&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />After working for a newspaper (family owned - first mistake) for 8 years they decided to change my commission structure - from 25% to 20%.  But they said I could actually make more money beause the boss&#39; wife was coming in to set up a sales program - yeah right, nothing  changed but my pay check - and the wrong way so I walked.  Six months later my lawyer (who took the case on a contingency basis) got me a full year&#39;s salary.   Bet that family reunion wasn&#39;t a happy one lol.<br /><br /><br />Keith - does this mean you will be dancing around that new flag pole as well - video please :o)<br /><br />Off to watch house - will catch up with you all tomorrow.<br /><br />Take care ......<br /><br /><br /><br />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-21 06:52:38',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253705,920,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 08:33:24',NULL,'','Hi All,<br /><br />Thought I&#39;d better check in, it&#39;s been awhile.<br /><br />Still in the high 70&#39;s here, but supposed to take a big dip tomorrow, oh well.  Sounds like a lot of you are having fairly warm weather, except perhaps Pennsylvania.<br /><br />Born and raised in PA, remember the winters all to well.<br /><br />Just found out Oceania Cruises have put a &#036;7.00 per person, per day fuel surcharge in effect.  Ticks me off that they went above the industry average.  Does their fuel cost more??  Yea, right.  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/ninja.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":ninja:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"ninja.gif\" /> <br /><br />Welcome to all the new posters.  You have found the right board.  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbup.gif\" /> <br /><br />Spent some time this afternoon cleaning the spa and pool.  Too many rose bushes near the pool.  What was I thinking when I planted all of them when we moved it??  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wacko.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wacko:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wacko.gif\" /> <br /><br />Jenn:  Tell me more about the Big Lots bags you use to pack with.  And, sorry your feeling less than 100%.<br /><br />Cheryl: Your weather is as warm as ours.  What&#39;s up with that??  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/unsure.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":unsure:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"unsure.gif\" />','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-11-21 08:33:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253713,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 12:33:37',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#FF6600--><span style=\"color:#FF6600\"><!--/coloro-->WEDNESDAY - November 21st<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies - crunch day is here - lots and lots to do but wanted to be sure to stop by and say hi.   Thanks for all the nice words about me starting off the dock each day but I really wish I were sleeping at 5AM instead of being on the computer.   My only other option would be to vacuum or do laundry and that makes Jim real cranky.   Thankfully today is the last day on the new meds the Dr. is trying out (which I will NOT be taking in the future) as I have been sleeping only about 1 1/2 hrs a night since I started them.  They did seem to help with my breathing though.  Once she gets my test reports from yesterday back we will have to see what she says.   <br /><br />Sheryl - welcome to the dock - glad to see you posting right away.   Where in NY did you live.   Jim and I live in Nazareth, Pa. not too far from you.   We moved here from Staten Island NY just 3 years ago and love it.  It is a completely different way of life after NY.   You have a lot to be thanksful this year with your son home safely and a new granddaughter.  We love pictures here so we would love to see the little darling.  <br /><br />Steve - your wife&#39;s plaque with your grandkids pictures sounds great.  I&#39;ll need to look for one of those.  I am constantly asking my daughter how such a brat (daughter) could have 2 such perfect children (grandkids)  Boy, DD was a handful growing up....son was so much easier.  <br /><br />Ed - where in Pa were you born.   We are still  learning our way around but love it here.   <br /><br />Jenn - what are the big lot bags?  Inquiring minds need to know.  Anything to help with the packing is  a bonus.  <br /><br />Tonia - thanks for the Santa link - very cute.   Hopefully that will amuse Ash for a while today so I can get things done.   She wants to help me set my table with my good china and crystal   so a diversion is most welcome.   hehe<br /><br />Cheryl - make an appointment today for that mammo.  How did you finally make out with the tree.  Did you lose very many ornaments?  Hope not.  Has Scotty shiften into high gear for Christmas yet?  TJ is rather quiet about it but Ash is ready to burst already.   <br /><br /><br />Sue - how is it going with the Company?   are you ready to send them packing?<br /><br />Maria - I hope you have fun cooking with the grandkids.<br /><br />Carmen - hope you have a relaxing holiday and don&#39;t overdo it.  <br /><br />Rose - enjoy your holiday with your Mom and Dad.   This will truly be a special THANKSgiving for all of you.  Then once the last dish is put away after dinner.....get packing&#33;<br /><br />Shari - Will Isabelle be with you for her first Thanksgiving dinner.   Save that drumstick for her&#33;<br /><br />Well  I have rambled on long enough - time to get Jim up and moving.   I need him to put the leaf in the table before he leaves for work so I can get things moving here.  <br /><br />Make today special and share a smile.   If you are traveling today - stay safe.<br />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-21 12:33:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253738,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 15:40:09',NULL,'','Good Morning all.............<br /><br />A busy day here for us also so wanted to pop in and say hi before we get started. First off I am off to physical therapy. Then after that we will pick up the kids and take them to lunch. Then home to start the pre Thanksgiving stuff. Ken will bake his pumpkin pie and I have a new recipe for upside down apple cake that sounds great. DD is bringing the rest of the pies. I also found a new recipe for candied butternut squash that says you should make it the day before so we will do that. Tonight grandaughter and grandson will do the chocolate chip cookies. Ken also needs to put the leaf in the table and bring up the extra dining room chairs.<br /><br />I am making a few new recipes this time and leaving out the green bean casserole also as it just seems to sit there lately. We are supposed to have a few snowflakes tomorrow so that would be neat for the start of the holiday season.<br /><br /><br />Well time to jump in the shower and get some breakfast and get moving. Each and every one of you have a great day today and a better day tomorrow.<br /><br />Marylou ...............I so feel for you with the sleeping thingy. Hope this too shall pass very soon.<br /><br /><br />Steve.................Love the plaque.........says it all doesn&#39;t it.<br /><br />Tonia....................Seems like my sleeping thingy is pretty much over.(fingers crossed) so I don&#39;t think you will see me on the board quite that earyl anymore. I will leave that prestigous honor to Marylou...lol<br /><br />Skipper...............Nice to see you posting and jealous about you cleaning the spa and pool........Ken is doing maintenance on the snowblower......lol<br /><br />Rose.....................I think this will be an especially blessed Thanksgiving for you guys. Enjoy &#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Carmen.....Hope you are doing okay?<br /><br />Jenn............I want to know about the big lots bags also<br /><br /><br /><br />Have a great day all................<br /><br />Ciao for now<br />','teacp','teacp','2007-11-21 15:40:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253746,4219,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 16:11:04',NULL,'','Good morning all,<br />Mary Lou - We are originally from Queens, Woodhaven to be exact.  We lived on a big boulevard with lots of cars and trucks going by.  Now all that passes by our house are deer, chipmunks, turkeys and an occassional bear.  It is so amazing here.  I am thankful everyday that we live here.  <br /><br />I am not too good with posting pictures but I will try to get some on so you can see my sweet little granddaughters.<br /><br />We are having a very small Thanksgiving gathering here...just myself, dh Robert and ds Andrew.  I will prepare my sweet potato casserole and peaches with cranberry sauce today.  Tomorrow I will do the rest.  I cheated this year....no baking, bought pies from the bakery.  <br /><br />I will check back with you all later.<br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-11-21 16:11:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253749,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 16:26:34',NULL,'','it was raining  and Pappy not wanna to go out so i got  my dad old golf umbrella and went out  he did go out lol he hates to go out in raining guess need to get some booties for him for the coming up snow <br />my DSIL and i are going out shopping today they are staying until Sat to go home to CA.<br />my Sister and her family will come to my house instead of her parents in law but we plan to go there for deserts anyway.  so i need my mom help with cooking but my sister in law will help as well lol  i did big Thanksgiving shopping last night  i got everything for dinner.<br /><br />have good day everyone<br /><br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-21 16:26:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253750,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 16:26:34',NULL,'','it was raining  and Pappy not wanna to go out so i got  my dad old golf umbrella and went out  he did go out lol he hates to go out in raining guess need to get some booties for him for the coming up snow <br />my DSIL and i are going out shopping today they are staying until Sat to go home to CA.<br />my Sister and her family will come to my house instead of her parents in law but we plan to go there for deserts anyway.  so i need my mom help with cooking but my sister in law will help as well lol  i did big Thanksgiving shopping last night  i got everything for dinner.<br /><br />have good day everyone<br /><br />oops sorry for double posts','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-21 16:26:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253761,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 16:35:16',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=253746:date=Nov 21 2007, 06&#58;11 AM:name=crazeecat5)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(crazeecat5 &#064; Nov 21 2007, 06&#58;11 AM) [snapback]253746[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />I will prepare my sweet potato casserole and peaches with cranberry sauce today.  Tomorrow I will do the rest.  I cheated this year....no baking, bought pies from the bakery.  <br /><br />Sheryl<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />hi Sheryl,<br /><br />Maybe you will share some of your favorite reciepes with us ....<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/forums/index.php?act=recipes\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cruisecrazies.com/forums/index.php?act=recipes</a>','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-21 16:35:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253790,2613,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 17:42:49',NULL,'','Good Morning:<br /><br />I have been feeling so well with my back that I told my daughter that I will make Roti, Dhaal Puri and Chicken Curry (an Indian dish) for Thanksgiving.  I haven’t made it for over a year (it is a bit time consuming) so everyone’s really happy about that.  I will start my preparations this afternoon (the office is closing at 3pm) and finish up tomorrow.  My DH says he will be keeping his eye on me so I don’t overdo it.  lol<br />I hope everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving tomorrow.<br /><br />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-11-21 17:42:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253826,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 20:03:59',NULL,'','Afternoon all on another nice day. Been busy this morning baking.......apple pie, cranberry bread, and now pumpkin pie. Later on I&#39;ll bake the bread that I set out for rising this morning. Challah, a family favorite&#33;  I&#39;m looking forward to seeing my parents tomorrow as I haven&#39;t seen them in about a month. Thanksgiving is going to be special this year&#33;<br /><br />YIPEE&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; Today I&#39;m a SDM&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; I&#39;ve soooooo been looking forward to our Panama Canal trip&#33;<br /><br />Tonia, hang in there.......I&#39;m sure you&#39;ll get through this. We both thought alike about the Salmon, that was last nights dinner too.<br /><br />Sheryl, what grades did you teach???? My DD is studying to be a school teacher but with EMD/SLD kids. She&#39;s just about to get her AA. <br /><br />Steve congrats on the 100 day mark for your cruise. How&#39;s you boxer today???? Getting into mischief?<br /><br />Jenn sorry to hear you still not feeling well. Your time on the games board is getting limited.....LOL&#33; Glad you enjoyed your shopping trip. <br /><br />Ed glad you stopped in. You know we get concerned when anyone goes AWOL for too long. <br /><br />Marylou enjoy your Thanksgiving festivities with  the kids. They&#39;ll be grown like your twin granddaughters in no time. Sorry to hear your meds are wrecking your sleep, glad your done with them.<br /><br />Maria, hope therapy goes well. Sounds like you&#39;ve got a handle on Thanksgiving dinner.<br /><br />Sue, glad to hear your still enjoying your company. Hope the rain goes away for the holiday. Happy shopping&#33;<br /><br />Carmen how wonderful it is to hear you are feeling so well&#33; Don&#39;t overdo it.......no relapses allowed&#33;<br /><br />Well all off to check the pumpkin pie........If your traveling drive carefully and Happy Thanksgiving&#33;<br /><br />','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-21 20:03:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253833,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 20:16:28',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=253826:date=Nov 21 2007, 10&#58;03 AM:name=sailingrose)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(sailingrose &#064; Nov 21 2007, 10&#58;03 AM) [snapback]253826[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />YIPEE&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; Today I&#39;m a SDM&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; I&#39;ve soooooo been looking forward to our Panama Canal trip&#33;<br /><br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Yeah Rose .... Have a super time&#33;....... SDM rocks ..... embarkation is even better&#33;&#33; <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" /> <br /><br /><br />Can&#39;t wait to hear what you thought...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-21 20:16:28',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253872,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 20:46:14',NULL,'','ok whats up guys... all these recipes everyone is talking about.. CHALLAH  PLEASE POST RECIPE... Sweet pototoe casserole...Chicken Curry ( any indian recipes )... CRanberry bread....Candied butterut...<br /><br />gezzzzzz you guys are holding out on me....give it up post post..<br /><br />ok i thought since my mom had passed away i wouldn&#39;t get a call at 10-11 pm... but noooooo my sister had to call .. OMG what am i forgetting for this and that.. and i have to get this done that done.. ( ok i had to laugh)....i told her everthing she asked.. and told her to get a paper bag and start to breath,...then she said why don&#39;t ya drive up...tomorrow LOL LOL am i crazy OMG .. i know the motive to that.. COME HELP ME THUR THE DAY LOL LOL ... <br /><br /> OMG that was so funny...<br /><br />Gary and i are just having a peaceful dinner today before he leaves for the desert about 2 am....<br /><br />JENN ..ok this cold has gone on a little to long.. its time to see whats up....ok i am finish yelling...<br /><br />ROSE i want to go with you... i was thinking the other day maybe since i have some extra time off maybe i will take another short cruise LOL <br /><br />Marylou glad yopu enjoyed that link... i thought it was cute for the kids...i am going to send a letter to my gf&#39;s little girl she will get a kick out of it...<br /><br />Steve hows the pooch doing... is he looking at that Turkey saying your mine LOL .. i was alughing this morning.. all the dpggies are in the door way of the kitchen waiting for things to drop on the floor while Gary was stuffing the turkey LOL ... ok i had frozen some carrots and corn cobs for them so they got a treat...then they left us alone....<br /><br /><br />SUE ... LOL LOL ya sounds like your going to have to get booties for the Pappy dog... gezzzzzz had to have an unbrella to go for a walk LOL your doggies is crazy... its like mine she sticks her butt out in the rain but won&#39;t put her face out....<br /><br />well everyone thats about it for now .. will check in later...<br /><br />Tonia<br />','terumim','terumim','2007-11-21 20:46:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253891,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 21:02:33',NULL,'','Tonia sorry to say the Cranberry Bread comes from the box....LOL&#33;<br /><br />The challah comes from our breadmaker, as least the mixing part but I&#39;ll post it. <br />','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-21 21:02:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253906,920,1,18,247870,'2007-11-21 23:08:19',NULL,'','Hello All,<br /><br />Well our high will only be in the 60&#39;s today, so it did take a drop.<br /><br />Mary Lou, I was born in Pittsburgh on the other end of the state.  But, as a kid made good money shoveling snow.   And, also shoveling coal which was used in most houses for heat back in the middle ages when I was young.<br /><br />Rose: congrats on you SDM status.  We did the Canal about a year and a half ago.  Pretty neat.<br /><br />We are 63 days out from our next cruise and are starting to get serious about it.  That&#39;s why I was asking Jenn about the plastic bags.  One of you, give me a clue as to what size I&#39;m looking for when I go to big lots.<br /><br />I guess we are off to the other side of Las Vegas (actually Henderson) this afternoon.  Roe found what appears to be a good buy on an LG SteamWasher, so we are off to see the Wizard.  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":rolleyes2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"rolleyes.gif\" /> <br /><br />Tomorrow we will have Roe&#39;s favorite meal: a reservation.  Going to the Sun Coast for dinner with friends.  Trying to cook a Thanksgiveing dinner for two is kind of dumb IMHO.  I&#39;m not a leftover guy anyway.  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sick.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":sick:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"sick.gif\" /> <br /><br />Best wishes to all for a Happy Thanksgiving.<br /><br /><br /><br />','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-11-21 23:08:19',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253915,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 00:19:32',NULL,'','Hey all, just wanted to check in.  It has been a busy day.  I had the mobile dog groomers here this morning.  I have been cooking all day.  So far, I have baked the ham, made a pumpkin pie and a french silk pie, made the dressing and the green rice casserole.  All that is left on my list for today is to peel and dice the potatoes.  Then I start the cooking all over again tomorrow morning when I put the turkey in, boil and mash the potates, bake the stuffing and casserole, rolls, and corn.  2 days work for a meal that will be inhaled in 20 minutes and then the guys will sit around and watch football while I clean it all up.  We got about 4 inches of snow last night, but it didn&#39;t stick to the roads - guess someone actually figured that one out as I had previously requested.  I was able to get out and pick up my new glasses.  Well, I am off to finish cleaning up the mess I made of my kitchen.  Hope you all have a blessed holiday.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-22 00:19:32',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253939,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 01:09:58',NULL,'','Baby - it&#39;s cold outside.  We had a hard white frost last night.  This morning there were footprints - actually talon ptrints???- left by the Heron trying to get a bite to eat out of the fish pond.  Luckilly the dog sensed something and ran out barking.  But that danged bird just sat on the neighbours roof for ages - waiting for a chance lol.<br /><br />We took the lighthouses in and unhooked the bubbler lines - and added the floating de-icers so (hopefully) we won&#39;t lose any fish to the winter weather this year.  They have stopped eating so next week we will take out the pump so they can go into their sleep mode.<br /><br />Carmen - what&#39;s wrong with you girlfriend.  You are supposed to be &quot;milking&quot; this thing for a few weeks - like I do lol.  Breakfast in bed, maybe one of those little bells lol.  But I have to admit - those Indian dishes sound super.  I love Indian food - but Dh doesn&#39;t have a good &quot;Stomach&quot; for spicy.  Guess I&#39;m all the spice he needs lol.  Take care of yourself.<br /><br />Rose - congrats on you SDM status - not long now&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Tonia - the dog thing reminded me of the Movie - The CHristmas Story.  WHere the naighbours dogs rush in and devour eveything in sight - then the family has to go out for Chinese food for Christmas.  I don&#39;t think our dogs are ever out of the kitchen if I&#39;m in there  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":laugh:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"laugh.gif\" /> <br /><br />Maria - don&#39;t overdo it - be sure to let the others clean up  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" /> <br /><br /><br />I got some of that Alka Seltzer cold stuff - tastes great - not sure how well it works but - tastes great tee-hee.<br /><br />All of you have a great time tomorrow - don&#39;t work too hard and don&#39;t eat too much.<br /><br />Talk at you all later.<br /><br /><br /><br />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-22 01:09:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253940,4219,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 01:10:11',NULL,'','Hi everyone,<br />The sweet potato casserole is so simple.  Peel and cut up potatoes.  Boil until soft.  Drain water.  Add 1 egg, 1/2 stick butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and a little orange juice.  Mash with potato masher.  Put mixture into casserole.  Top with marshmallows.  Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes or until marshmallows are golden brown and gooey.  Enjoy&#33;<br /><br />Tomorrow morning comes the next wave of cooking....prepare and cook turkey, make sausage stuffing, salad, broccoli with garlic and biscuits.  I totally agree about the 2 days of cooking for a 20 minute meal.  Crazy&#33;<br /><br />Robert and I were talking about getting to the stores Friday morning at 5 AM.  Why not?  We are old folks who don&#39;t sleep well anyway.  Might as well put the time to good use&#33;  We have to finish our shopping by Dec. 11th when our ds,dil, etc. fly in from Seattle.  We leave for our cruise on the 14th and return on the 23rd.  Everything must be wrapped as well.  We are about half finished so hopefully, we can finish this weekend.  Then I would love to start packing.  I&#39;m an early bird when it comes to that.<br /><br />Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow.  I&#39;m sure we all have much to be thankful for.<br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-11-22 01:10:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253975,3913,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 03:00:47',NULL,'','Hi everyone&#33;<br /><br />Last night at this time it was 73 now it&#39;s 32&#33;  Gotta love Missouri weather.  Wow, all the cooking you guys are doing.  It all sounds good.  There is only 3 of us this year as all kids &amp; grandkids are out of town so I just bought the whole Thanksgiving dinner at the grocery store.  Pre-cooked and just warm it up.  We have done this before.  Taste much better than it sounds&#33;  Besides my wife has informed me that leaves more time for shopping&#33;  What was I thinking&#33;<br /><br />Rose - Congrats on SDM.  Are you able to drive to cruise ports?  I hate the hassel of flying.  Must be getting old&#33;  The boxer is back to her old self.  I no longer try to keep her quiet, just try to slow her down alittle.  Will take her in Fiday to get stiches out.  Have had boxers for 25 years now and they all have one thing in common - They are all crazy&#33;<br /><br />Tonia - Sounds like you have a house full of dogs also.  The only time the boxer leaves me is if anyone has food.  At least I know where I stand&#33;<br /><br />Hope everyone has a great holiday.  Drive safe and enjoy your families.<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-11-22 03:00:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253993,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 03:18:26',NULL,'','Tonia <br /> oh yeah  he is nuts and he can be little weird in some way actually he loves bath-warm bath not raining he even hate to get his paws wet lol <br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-22 03:18:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(253994,274,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 03:19:14',NULL,'','Hi everyone&#33;<br /><br />Wow&#33;  You have all been busy since I was last on.  I can&#39;t keep up.  LOL  I have been busy cleaning the house from top to bottom, and Marc is helping me big time. I usually have to ask, but it&#39;s well worth it.  lol  We are having the kids and their spouses, and the grandkids, and my aunt, and a couple of friends of our oldest grandkids.  Laurie had today off so we didn&#39;t have to watch Isabelle, but Isabelle will be back tomorrow with sister Avery for dinner.  Well...Isabelle will have to have her milk.  lol  I&#39;d better get back to my cleaning and cooking.  Tonight I&#39;m making my cranberries and my baked corn pudding.  <br /><br />Welcome Sheryl&#33;<br /><br />Hope you all have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.  Be safe all who are traveling, and all who aren&#39;t feeling well...hope you will be well soon.  Love and Hugs&#33;<br /><br />','Shari2','Shari2','2007-11-22 03:19:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254013,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 05:56:09',NULL,'','just a short note... got a call from my atty.. have appt at 12:30 monday.....<br /><br />Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-11-22 05:56:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254019,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 06:47:53',NULL,'','oh great tonia  i hope everything settled your case  smile <br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-22 06:47:53',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254027,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 12:42:29',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#660000--><span style=\"color:#660000\"><!--/coloro-->THURSDAY - November 22nd<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />HAPPY THANKSGIVING CRAZIES - Wishing everyone a day full of good company, good food and love.  All is ready at our house - simply waiting for the stuffing to cool down enough to stuff the bird and if I get it in the oven by 8AM all will be running on schedule.  We expect my brother and sister-in-law by about 11AM so will be happy to have everything done and be able to sit and visit with them.  Jim sent me off to watch TV early last night and washed my kitchen and bathroom floors for me.  Think I will have to keep him - he&#39;s a good guy.  <br /><br />For everyone traveling today, stay safe.   For everyone not feeling their best, don&#39;t overdo it and for all our friends here at Cruise Crazies have a wonderful day and take a moment to remember the things you truly are Thankful for.<br /><br />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-22 12:42:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254034,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 15:44:01',NULL,'','Happy Thanksgiving all.<br /><br />I can&#39;t only repeat what Marylou said and hope you have a healthy, safe holiday. Time to get rolling and get the grandkids out of bed and get breakfast over with so we can start our preps.<br /><br />For everyone traveling today, stay safe.   For everyone not feeling their best, don&#39;t overdo it and for all our friends here at Cruise Crazies have a wonderful day and take a moment to remember the things you truly are Thankful for.<br />[/quote]<br /><br /><br />Have a wonderful day<br /><br />Ciao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-11-22 15:44:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254048,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 16:41:54',NULL,'','have happy thanksgiving  to you all <br /><br />i hope you all have good holiday  hugs <br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-22 16:41:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254057,4219,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 17:05:02',NULL,'','Happy Thanksgiving to my new friends at Cruise Crazies.<br />Enjoy&#33;<br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-11-22 17:05:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254078,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 19:59:06',NULL,'','Happy Thanksgiving fellow Crazies.  I hope you all have a wonderful day.  I am so thankful for everything I have to be thankful for.  All of us here have been truly blessed.  I think of that everytime I see a homeless person or a critically ill child.  So many things make me realize that God has blessed us and I truly give Him thanks for that.  Most of us here can go take a cruise whenever we like, yet so many people can&#39;t even afford a meal.  I am sure that you all will agree that we are a blessed bunch of people.  Give thanks for that today and everyday.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-22 19:59:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254086,2613,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 20:15:34',NULL,'','Happy Thanksgiving to my CruiseCrazies family.  I am all done cooking my Indian dishes and they smell heavenly.  We will be heading over to my daughter&#39;s around 3pm to help her set up.  <br />Everyone have a wonderful day and remember what we are thankful for.<br /><br />Enjoy&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br /><br />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-11-22 20:15:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254090,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 22:09:56',NULL,'','afternoon all..<br /><br />well the house is quiet Gary left this morning aroun d 2:30am for the desert..<br /><br />we cooked yesterday..so i have leftovers... and have the turkey cassis in a pot going to make soup .. then put some in the freezer for when Gary comes home .....<br /><br />other then that nothing much to report... LOL <br /><br /><br />everyone have a good day... have a nice nap after dinner... best to everyone today, and i am thankful <br />for what i have and the faith i have god will watch over all us <br /><br />Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-11-22 22:09:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254091,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 22:18:37',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=254090:date=Nov 22 2007, 12&#58;09 PM:name=terumim)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(terumim &#064; Nov 22 2007, 12&#58;09 PM) [snapback]254090[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br /> and have the turkey cassis in a pot going to make soup .. then put some in the freezer <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Tonia it is a shame we don&#39;t live closer.. theres always something  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":smile:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" />  good to eat at your house&#33;&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-22 22:18:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254094,920,1,18,247870,'2007-11-22 23:01:40',NULL,'','Have to add my wishes for a very Happy Thanksgiving for all.<br /><br />We will be heading out about 2 PM to meet friends for dinner at the Suscoast, then back home to just kick back, watch the Macy&#39;s Parade (recorded in on TiVo this AM).<br /><br />Yestereday&#39;s mission was accomplished, we bought a LG SteamWasher and matching dryer.  So, on Monday we will call and schedule delivery and installation.  Also need to arrange for the pickup of the old one by Opportunity Villiage, a local charity.<br /><br />Roe decided while we were out that our Christmas present for each other should be a  52&quot; HDTV, can&#39;t argue with that&#33; <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wub.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wub:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wub.gif\" />   But, I&#39;m going to wait until January to get it when prices come down a bit more.<br /><br />Much cooler in Las Vegas today with highs in the very low 60&#39;s.  Actually going to get out a sweater to wear to dinner.<br /><br />Hope everyone is having a great day.  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" />','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-11-22 23:01:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254111,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-23 02:42:13',NULL,'','You all sound so busy.<br /><br />I just got home from our Red Hat lunch - yummmm&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Last night we had our Big Brother/Big Sister Appreciation Dinner - that was fun.  ANd we werer all presented with coaster sets with photos of our &quot;littles&quot; in them  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbup.gif\" /> <br /><br />Dh is shampooing the carpets getting ready for the holidays - every good holiday starts witha c lean carpet LOL.<br /><br />Take care all and have a great evening - and happy shopping tomorrow for those who dare  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-23 02:42:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254132,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-23 03:41:41',NULL,'','Joey if ya lived closer... you would weigh alot more then ya do now LOL <br /><br />Tonia<br /><br />and i haven&#39;t even started my christmas cookies and candies yet....see my next door neighbors get all the ones that break or i am not happy with... they haven&#39;t refused them yet<br /><br />','terumim','terumim','2007-11-23 03:41:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254142,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-23 05:43:11',NULL,'','Hey Tonia, the hosue next door to us is for sale if you are interested in re-locating.  I could be your official taste tester then....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-23 05:43:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254153,2542,1,18,247870,'2007-11-23 12:07:45',NULL,'','I just had to pop in and say Hi to you all.  <br />We&#39;re having a brilliant time here in South Africa - but as always are looking forward to being home again next Wednesday.  You have no idea how much we&#39;ve missed our little Gucci - gosh it&#39;s become like missing a child :)  Speak to you all when I have decent Internet connection again.','zebra','zebra','2007-11-23 12:07:45',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254154,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-23 12:31:18',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#666600--><span style=\"color:#666600\"><!--/coloro-->FRIDAY - November 23rd<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies...I hope everyone who celebrated Thanksgiving had a wonderful day yesterday - I know we did.   I now have tons of leftovers to finish so I shouldn&#39;t have to cook for awhile (other than for my company this weekend).  I expect our friends to arrive by noon today so have lots to do before they get here.  Fortunately the Thanksgiving &quot;mess&quot; was taken care of last night but I do need a couple of things from the grocery store before the company arrives so I will get out early and then back home.   <br /><br />Jackie - how great to hear from you.   Glad you and Tony are enjoying your trip to So. Africa   We miss you and can&#39;t wait to hear all about your adventures.  <br /><br />Tonia - add Pa. to places to move if you are looking for a neighbor to eat up all your cookie mishaps.  lol<br />(Aren&#39;t we a thoughtful group - offering to help you like that)  Hope Gary has a great time on his trip.<br /><br />Jenn - couldn&#39;t figure out why you were at a Red Hat lunch on Thanksgiving.   It actually took a second or two to realize you already had your Thanksgiving.   Glad you had a nice time at your Appreciation dinner for your&quot; littles.&quot;   What a lovely gift that was.   <br /><br />Ed - enjoy that new washer/dryer.   Nice Christmas gift you and Roe decided on.  Enjoy it - you are very smart to wait til the New Year to buy it though.<br /><br />Rose - one week to go.   You must be getting so excited about your Canal trip.  Hope you had a great day with Mom &amp; Dad.<br /><br />Carmen - hope everyone enjoyed their Indian food yesterday and hope you didn&#39;t overdo it.  <br /><br />Hope everyone has a great day - those of you venturing out to the malls - You are nuts&#33;&#33;  (Just watching the 5AM news and the mall lots are packed.)  Make today special, share a smile and stay safe.<br /><br />Not quite sure how much computer time I will have during the weekend so if I&#39;m not here in the morning - start without me.   hehe<br /><br />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-23 12:31:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254176,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-23 17:14:38',NULL,'','good morning <br />it was cold when i took Pappy out  so today is my brother and family last full day before leaving for home :(<br />but it will be so nice to have the house to myself whew lol i have lot things to do anyway like do laundry and cleaning the house and get the house ready for christmas<br /><br />have good day everyone','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-23 17:14:38',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254205,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-23 18:18:14',NULL,'','Morning all&#33; Today is the day we lug the tree from the attic and start the decorating process. Early for me but have to get it done this weekend as I&#39;ll be busy packing during the week. We had a lovely Thanksgiving. My mom and dad worked too hard..........Mom is still not breathing that well and I&#39;m kind of disappointed with her progress but maybe the sea air will do her good as they are headed out on Monday for a 4 day cruise. Hope she comes back feeling better. My DD and I went through all the ads and the men watched football of course. All in all a nice quiet day. Hope everyone had a great day&#33;<br /><br />Ed, I&#39;m really looking forward to the canal and all the history.<br /><br />Jenn sorry for the cold blast......brrrr&#33;  What a nice gift from the littles. I&#39;m sure you&#39;ll treasure the coasters. <br /><br />Sheryl, the sweet potato casserole sounds great. We make out with butter and sugar and then broil it till it turns hard like candy. Yummy&#33;  Hope you get all your shopping done. <br /><br />Steve we live in the middle of Florida. We can drive to Pt. Canaveral in and hour. The furthest port is Miami and that takes about 4-5 hours depending on traffic. We&#39;ve done the pre-cooked dinner from the store and it&#39;s great. We usually just add the sides that we must have like the sweet potatos. Really is easy and not that much more money when you think about the time involved. Glad to hear your boxer is doing well&#33;<br /><br />Shari hope you had a great Thanksgiving. So happy Marc helped you with the cleaning. Why do we clean for it to get messy???? <br /><br />Tonia, glad to hear your seeing your lawyer next week&#33; Hope it all works out well. Tonia sounds like your neighbors and mine are related. They wait for those cookies every year. The kids seem to know when I&#39;m baking...........I don&#39;t think I&#39;m allowed to move until they do someday as they would miss the cookies&#33; LOL<br /><br />Jackie so glad you checked in. We have all been thinking about you and Tony. <br /><br />Marylou, glad your Thanksgiving went well. Enjoy your company this weekend. I agree with you about the shopping......nuts would be right. My DD got off work (she went in at 4 am) and had been to target already and probably on to the mall next. She is NUTS&#33;<br /><br />Sue enjoy your last day with your brother and family. Hope you made lots of wonderful memories.<br /><br />Maria and Carmen, hope you didn&#39;t overdo yesterday. Both of you need to get some rest&#33;<br /><br />Well off to get the Christmas stuff out of the attic. This is going to be a selective Christmas year, only the really really must family must haves are coming out as we&#39;ve go a really busy December. Hope everyone has a great day and a wonderful weekend&#33;<br /><br />','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-23 18:18:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254230,4219,1,18,247870,'2007-11-23 19:34:57',NULL,'','Hi all,<br />Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.  My meal came out quite good.  We were all in a turkey coma for a while&#33;<br /><br />We never made it to the stores at 5am this morning.  I guess because we are not used to eating like we did yesterday, dhRobert and I did not sleep well.  We woke up very often.  Just couldn&#39;t drag ourselves out of bed&#33;<br /><br />Robert started pulling up our Christmas decoratons today too.  He has already put up some of the lights on the outside of our house.  We will put up all of our decorations, both in and out, except for the tree.  Since my Army son Jared and family will fly in to Pa. on Dec. 11th we will wait to decorate the tree with our granddaughters.  Well, granddaughter, the baby is only 3 months old.  Destiny, age 6 will love to help us decorate.<br /><br />So to all I say, enjoy the rest of your day.<br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-11-23 19:34:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254231,3913,1,18,247870,'2007-11-23 19:37:07',NULL,'','Good morning&#33;<br /><br />Its still cold here 25 degrees but should warm up some,  Just got back from the vet, the boxer had her stiches removed.  This dog is truly nuts&#33;  She is the only dog I have ever had who enjoys going to the vet&#33;<br />When she was two she swallowed a ball and had to have it surgically removed.  You wolud think after being spaded, cut on to remove a ball, and now knee surgery she would be dreading the vet.<br /><br />Thanksgiving dinner was great.  Just the three of us so very quiet.<br /><br />Rose - My folks lived in Orlando for 27 years before moving back here.  We cruised from Port Canaveral <br />last Sept when we took my dad.  Great place to live if you like to cruise.  I&#39;m gealous&#33;<br /><br />That&#39;s it from here.  Still dodging the shopping but I&#39;m running out of excuses&#33;<br /><br />Have a great day&#33;<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-11-23 19:37:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254235,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-23 20:19:51',NULL,'','Hello all.  Not a lot on the agenda today - going to work on decorating my tree.  Greg went and rented a 16&#39; step ladder which I will have until Monday, so I have a few days to get it done.  I only need it to do the top part of the tree.  I try to avoid the crowds on Black Friday but do have to venture out to CostCo to pick up some prescriptions.  Luckily,I can pay for them at the pharmacy and not have to stand in the other lines.  Greg and I will grab some lunch while we are out.  Mexican food sounds really good and I think we will be having more than our fill of turkey, ham, dressing, etc. in the next few days.  Well, guess I had better go pull myself together and get eady to get out there - Greg is ready and I am still sitting here in my nightgown with no makeup on...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-23 20:19:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254238,920,1,18,247870,'2007-11-23 20:27:39',NULL,'','Good Morning Everyone,<br /><br />Greeting from Las Vegas, where a winter chill has set it.  Put the dog&#39;s coat on him this morning for his walk to the park.<br /><br />We&#39;ve been talking about putting up the tree today or at the very least some time this weekend.  My vote is to put it up one day and decorate it the next.<br /><br />Steve, sounds kind of cold in KC.  Talked to my daughter in Overland Park last night and never go around to the weather.  Thinking of coming to KC next year for a week and seeing the sights.  Grandson goes to Pitt State and I&#39;d live to visit the campus.  We cruised out of Canaveral last May for the first time and really found it to be a great embarkation port.<br /><br />Rose, I&#39;m sure you will enjoy the canal.  However, I would suggest you find a spot near the bow so you can really see the locks in operation.  We watched the first locks from our balcony which gives you kind of a limited view.  On the second locks we went forward in one of the lounges and had a front row seat and we found this to be more interesting.<br /><br />Well, better get to work on my &quot;honey do&quot; list.<br /><br />Later,<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-11-23 20:27:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254247,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-23 22:02:05',NULL,'','Good Afternoon all.<br /><br />I was among the nuts at the stores today but not at 4 or 5 am. I just went to target to get 15.00 back as the guitar hero went on sale for 85.00. Also went to Kohl&#39;s as they had the leapster globe on sale. Of course they were sold out (go figure) and I got a rain check.<br /><br />We will probably go to the tree farm over the weekend and pick our tree. Then Ken puts it in the holder on the deck for a few days so the branches relax (so he says). The grandchildren help decorate and we usually make a big thing of it...........Hot chocolate, Christmas songs the whole nine yards. We will probably finish up with a pot roast supper as that is my grandaughters favorite meal.<br /><br />Well I better get going DD and her family are coming to finish up the leftovers.<br /><br />Enjoy the rest of the day<br /><br /><br />Ciao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-11-23 22:02:05',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254262,274,1,18,247870,'2007-11-24 01:16:08',NULL,'','Hi everyone&#33;<br /><br />Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving&#33;  I was all set to chat with you for awhile, but Marc has called me downstairs to the bar.  He already has the music on, so...I&#39;ll talk with you later.  Hmmm...should I have a White Russian or not?  Tough decision.  LOL<br /><br />Have a great day&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-11-24 01:16:08',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254263,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-24 02:32:50',NULL,'','Hmmm Shari - sounds like there may be some romance in the air&#33;&#33;&#33;  I am just taking a break from my tree decorating.  I can only take so many ornaments up that 16&#39; ladder at a time, so I am making lots of trips up and down.  Oh well, it is probably good exercise.   We went out earlier - went to CostCo to get my meds and when we getting ready to leave, the lines were almost non-existent so I had Greg run back and get 2 bags of the Starbucks coffee beans.  I couldn&#39;t believe it as the lines were very long when we went in but it took about 15 minutes at the pharmacy.  I dumped both bags into the big coffee grinders there and now Greg is all set for a while.  Then we met my son at Red Robin for lunch and aftterwards, Greg and I went on to Big 5 Sporting Goods and then to Lowe&#39;s to get a few things.  I got wreaths to go around the carriage lights we had installed last month.  Luckily, nowhere we went had any crowds at all other than the restaurant and our son had beat us there and put our name in so he had a table by the time we arrived.  Well, guess I had better get back to that tree...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-24 02:32:50',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254265,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-24 03:30:17',NULL,'','evening all...<br /><br />sounds like everyone had a great thanksgiving...<br /><br />my neighbor knew that gary was gone and bought me over a plate of food.. ( i didn&#39;t have the heart to tell her we had made the fixing the day before ).. so i ate the plate , that way i didn&#39;t have to heat anything up.. ok do you call that maybe lazy LOL LOL <br /><br />i couldn&#39;t sleep last night..i always go thur that the first few nights Gary is gone...soooooo what did i decide to do at 3 am... drive over to penny&#39;s and get in line for 4 am sale LOL ... ok i was one of the NUTS... i got in got the things i needed for presents for Gary .. and christmas fleece blankets for the doggies for their beds , well they deserve a little something to feel christmas... they had t shirts pockets kind for 1/2 price 5.35 each , got him slippers .. ( he wanted slippers this year , never has before )..and when he gets home i will take him to get the TV.. he thinks he&#39;s not getting it since i am not working but i have been saving so he should be surprised....but it was soooooo funny out there ,...<br /><br />i was standing in line, this lady walks in gets in line right behind me... i didn&#39;t say anything i was trying to have the christmas spirit and KEEP MY MOUTH CLOSED FOR ONCE... but ok the lady behind didn&#39;t make that same promise.. ok they started fighting.. yelling you got in line in front of me it turns right here , the other lady said well i didn&#39;t see that... the other lady said EXCUSE ME you don&#39;t see the people lined up.. b y this time the other people ebhind her started in... ok after about 5 minutes of this .. I HAD TO SAY SOMETHING...<br /><br />i said .. OKOKOK THIS IS ENOUGH... its christmas... STAND DOWN ....i pointed to the lady that started it <br /><br />YOU COULD have politely said the line ends down there ....and i pointed to the other lady and said .. YOU COULD have asked it the end of the line... so let it go.. i told the buttin lady YOU  need to go to the end of the line... and the other lady.. you need to chill you have alot more days to go ...and turned around and walked up to check out.. about that time security shows up and the cashier told them we don&#39;t need you this lady took care of it... <br /><br />dear god whats up with people sometimes... i tried to be good and keep my big mouth closed ...<br /><br />well thats my black friday story...off to get the talble cleared off for the tree ...<br /><br />Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-11-24 03:30:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254266,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-24 03:57:12',NULL,'','Cheryl ... i saw you like starbucks coffee....<br /><br />HSN .. has an auto ship now.. they are offering STARBUCKS coffee now... so you may want to think about that for maybe a stocking stuffer for hubby...thought  that was a cool idea <br /><br />Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-11-24 03:57:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254270,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-24 04:26:46',NULL,'','Hello Crazies.  Busy day - again lol.  <br /><br />Went to a sale at our local building supply store and got a great fountain for the livining room.  it&#39;s 6 feet tall and about 2 feet wide.  One of those glass walls that the water runs down.<br /><br />And I had to get more crepe paper streamers so my &quot;Littles&quot; can make paper roses for Christmas.  I did a quick one and it turned out really good - I mean really good (patting self on back to have mastered an art I expect nine year olds to master) tee-hee.  You can teach on old doge new tricks  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" /> <br /><br />And I finally managed to find some really cute &quot;one size fits all&quot; sleep shirts.  I needed to put them together with the &quot;spa&quot; baskets for the local Christmas bureau.<br /><br />Tonia - sounds like you had a great time - funny when I can&#39;t sleep I never think about going shopping&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;  So much for &quot;Peace on Earth&quot; lol. And what a nice neighbour&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br /><br />CHeryl - sounds like a great exercise plan - our tree is only 8 feet tall - so it doesn&#39;t do me much good - but the decorations are all down in the basement so if I carry up one ornament at a time ..... well in no time I will have my girlish figure back - most likely have a coronary event but .......  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wacko.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wacko:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wacko.gif\" /> <br /><br />Sounds like you all had a great Thanksgiving.  We watched some of the shopping shenanigans on the news tonight - makes me glad we have so little to buy - and I&#39;m al done already tee-hee.<br /><br /><br />Skipper - try to get Vegas warmed up by Valentine&#39;s Day will you - we have been married too long and are way to old to warm much up on our own  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" /> <br /><br />Anyway - off to play on games before I have to head back to the kitchen to check on Dh&#39;s Tea Loaf.<br /><br />Talk at you all tomorrow<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-24 04:26:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254321,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-24 13:30:57',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#990000--><span style=\"color:#990000\"><!--/coloro-->SATURDAY <!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> - November 24th<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br />Good Morning Crazies and Happy Weekend. - thought I would just stop by to start things off for the day .   Having a great time with our company but I SERIOUSLE NEED SOME SLEEP.   lol.   We sat aat the dining room table from shortly after noon til after 10PM last night when we finally moved the party into the living room.  Have no idea what we will be doing today but I know a lot of food, drinks and laughs are on the docket.  <br /><br />Hope everyone has a great weekend - I will be back sometime tomorrow after everyone leaves.  <br /><br />Make today special and share a smile.<br />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-24 13:30:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254339,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-24 15:48:06',NULL,'','good morning  <br /><br />took Pappy out then took my brother and family to the airport about a hour ago now i am home and it is ALL quiet  *sob*  i start on laundry, cleaning the kitchen from the breakfast this morning putting and putting baby stuff away for now until they come back whenever they wanted ha<br /><br />have good quiet day for you all if you all had company over for thanksgiving or home from visiting. you all need some quiet time ha. Smile <br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-24 15:48:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254346,920,1,18,247870,'2007-11-24 19:57:54',NULL,'','Goood Morning All,<br /><br />Jenn, February is almost &quot;Spring&quot; in LV so I&#39;m sure you be alright.  I&#39;m kind of enjoying the cooler weather, but it looks like there is a warming trend on the way.<br /><br />Taled to DD in Overland Park, KS last night and found that one of her sons need a computer printer at college.  Watching HSN last night and guess what showed up.  Long story short his new printer is on the way to Kansas.  Now, that&#39;s the way to shop.<br /><br />Starting on the tree today.<br /><br />','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-11-24 19:57:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254349,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-24 20:15:53',NULL,'','Is this the weekend WVU finally makes it to number 2..','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-24 20:15:53',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254359,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-24 21:56:29',NULL,'','Afternoon all. Finally finished trimming the tree and now I&#39;m headed under it. I will be doing a scaled down version of my village this year as I just don&#39;t have time to do it full out. I also have most of the decorations out that I&#39;m doing this year. My DD is pretty disappointed that I&#39;ve scaled back but no choice since I still have to pack&#33;  She got some great buys shopping yesterday and that made her happy.<br /><br />Ed I&#39;m sure you and Roe will love your Christmas gift when you get it. I&#39;ll be getting Howie&#39;s TV right after the PC cruise. I have full intent on getting up at 5 am the morning of the canal and staking out my spot at the front. We get there really early in the morning and everyone has told me to go forward. Shopping online and TV is wonderful isn&#39;t it?<br /><br />Maria, sure hope you get that globe. I know it&#39;s on your most wanted list. <br /><br />Shari hope you went for the white russian&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; LOL I know with your meds it must be tough but one drink would be OK. Hope you 2 had a good evening&#33;<br /><br />Cheryl, my DD said that Sam&#39;s wasn&#39;t that busy yesterday either. She only sold 2 pieces of Jewelery in the fist 5 hours. She said it was bad at 5 when they opened the doors but the had some video game in and everyone was eager to get it. Glad you found the stores pretty empty too. Hope your enjoying the tree decorating. I thought I&#39;d never finish the 7 footer we have, I can&#39;t imagine doing anything bigger.<br /><br />Tonia, makes sense, can&#39;t sleep......go to Penney&#39;s&#33;  At least you got some gifts out of the way. The story about the 2 ladies fighting was great. I see that at least once a season and I try not to get involved either but you did a great job&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Jenn sounds like you have a great idea for your littles. What mom doesn&#39;t like flowers??? <br /><br />Marylou thanks for taking the time to start the dock. Glad to hear your enjoying your company.<br /><br />Sue sorry your house seems so empty. Christmas is right around the corner&#33; <br /><br />Joey hope your right about your team. <br /><br />Well all off to finish sorting under the tree stuff. Hope that everyone has a great day&#33;<br />','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-24 21:56:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254368,920,1,18,247870,'2007-11-24 22:20:12',NULL,'','Well, the tree is up and lighted.  Taking a break before we tackle the decorations.  But, the major hurdle is complete and its all down hill now.<br /><br />Heading out to Tuesday Morning and Hallmark to see if there is something new we cannot live without.<br /><br />','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-11-24 22:20:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254370,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-24 22:59:05',NULL,'','rose, i know  hehe  Pappy and i are coming down to Ind to my sister&#39;s for christmas  i think  it was the first of the plan who knows <br /><br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-24 22:59:05',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254387,920,1,18,247870,'2007-11-24 23:37:59',NULL,'','Lovelypinky:<br /><br />What kind of dog is Pappy??  I&#39;m sure you&#39;ve posted it but I missed it.<br /><br />We have a tiny Shih Tzu named Puff which I get to walk about four or five times a day.  We have a park about a block away where he loves to go and read what I can his P-Mail.<br /><br />He also meets his two best friends a couple of Golden Retreivers for a play date in the park, then as often as not he goes home with them for a &quot;dinner date&quot;.<br /><br />Take care,<br /><br />','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-11-24 23:37:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254408,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-25 02:42:09',NULL,'','Afternoon all.  Cloudy today but warmer.  As long as it doesn&#39;t rain&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Talking Mom over to my aunt&#39;s tomorrow for the day and its a bit of a drive - and that&#39;s always better without the rain lol.<br /><br />Worked on my hat this morning, for our Red Hatters Christmas Extravaganza - added a red velvet ribbon, some poinsettias and purple mums and a red bird - so I&#39;m all set to go.....ooops .... guess I need a dress as well  -  it will be pretty cold by then  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" /> <br /><br /><br />Skipper - I make myself a promise every December to stay away from Hallmark lol - no more  room on the tree.  No balls, no garland no tinsel - just all those fancy Hallmark decorations - but most of them make noise so it&#39;s quite the cacaphony of sound.  DH&#39;s first wife strted it and I continued on.  All of the ornaments have sentimental value - Like the Scottish piper for my father in law and the Irish Santa for my Uncle - and my favourite - the Strawberry Shortcake Mom and Daughter one :o)  Don&#39;t know who&#39;s going to take over when I&#39;m gone - not that I&#39;m planning on leaving for a while :o)<br /><br />Anyway - off to the craft room for clean up. Talk at you later - take care&#33;<br /><br />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-25 02:42:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254439,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-25 04:11:11',NULL,'','Good evening Crazies.   I had a very nice day.  Greg went atv&#39;ing with 10 of his friends so I was going to spend the day decorating.  Then my son came in and suggested we go out to lunch.  We ended up doing some shopping and running around also.  It is always good to get to spend some one on one time with the kids.  I am back at the decorating now because Scotty is supposed to come help me finish up the tree tomorrow and I need to have the upper part done because once he decorates the bottom, I can&#39;t push the ladder back up against it.  I will be glad to be finished because my living room is stacked with boxes.  I hope you all are going to post pics of your holiday decorations.  Well, guess I had better get back at it...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-25 04:11:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254442,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-25 06:33:46',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=254387:date=Nov 24 2007, 04&#58;37 PM:name=The Skipper)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(The Skipper &#064; Nov 24 2007, 04&#58;37 PM) [snapback]254387[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Lovelypinky:<br /><br />What kind of dog is Pappy??  I&#39;m sure you&#39;ve posted it but I missed it.<br /><br />We have a tiny Shih Tzu named Puff which I get to walk about four or five times a day.  We have a park about a block away where he loves to go and read what I can his P-Mail.<br /><br />He also meets his two best friends a couple of Golden Retreivers for a play date in the park, then as often as not he goes home with them for a &quot;dinner date&quot;.<br /><br />Take care,<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Pappy is a Italian greyhound a small breed but look like greyhounds and whippets and of course  he does have dog friends around the neighborhood<br />i walk him like 5 times a day  now much little less since it have becoming more cold now<br /><br />how cute your shih tzu do  smile','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-25 06:33:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254444,920,1,18,247870,'2007-11-25 07:35:14',NULL,'','<img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbup.gif\" /> We have a gal in the community who walks a retired racing greyhound.  The calmest, coolest dog in the area.  Nothing seems to bother her.','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-11-25 07:35:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254454,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-25 16:27:10',NULL,'','Good Morning All &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Oh where Oh where could Marylou be?<br /><br />Hope everything is okay or are you away and I forgot?<br /><br />Nothing special going on here today. Ken and I are going to look at a house for DD who is moving here next summer. A really nice house in the country at an affordable price so we shall see.<br /><br />Hope everyone is doing okay.<br /><br />Have a great day all and Marylou please check in.<br /><br /><br />Ciao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-11-25 16:27:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254456,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-25 16:41:42',NULL,'','good morning to you all <br /><br />took Pappy out  wow the ground look so cold  Pappy hates cold now hehe too bad he had to go lol <br />more housework put few things away then relaxing. i guess i have busy week this week with 1 appointments to do, finished off some christmas shopping i am almost done i started in Oct during my cruise and now i have little bit left to finished<br /><br />skipper- that is cool greyhound your community have. i loves dogs smile<br /><br />have good day to you all <br /><br /><br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-25 16:41:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254457,3913,1,18,247870,'2007-11-25 17:08:45',NULL,'','Good morning all&#33;<br /><br />Busy day yesterday, grocery shopping, Sams Club, putting up outside lights, going to dinner and the theater last night.  Had my first experience with Tevo recording shows last night.  I recorded the MU-KU game and was able to get home from the theater without knowing the outcome.  Started watching the game and Tevo cut off with 3 minutes left in the game&#33;  Won&#39;t waste my time doing that again.<br /><br />Skipper - Kansas City is a great place to visit.  Lots to do and for the most part friendly, Mid-West folks.<br />It&#39;s a small world&#33;  My great grandfather was dean at Pittsburg State.  Don&#39;t know waht happened by the time his genes got to me.  I was on the dean&#39;s list in collge but it was the wrong list&#33;<br /><br />Tonia - You actually went to the shopping center at 4 AM&#33;  You are very brave&#33;<br /><br />Another busy day, church, Chiefs game, mow the leaves one last time, ets.  At least tomorrow I can go back to work and get some rest&#33;<br /><br /><br />Everyone have a great day&#33;<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-11-25 17:08:45',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254460,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-25 17:17:11',NULL,'','Steve you mean TiVO can stop recording... oh no ... thats not good...<br /><br />How about my Mountaineers&#33;&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-25 17:17:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254463,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-25 17:29:34',NULL,'','morning all... <br /><br />I know Marylou had her company.. and the other morning she said they had stayed up most of the nighttalking.. so i assume her company is still there and she is sleeping LOL .. we forget we aren&#39;t use to staying up to all hours of the night LOL <br /><br />Sue .. ok time for you to do the quicky walk in the morning for Pappy .. poor thing.. i bet its cold for him...<br /><br />Steve ...sometime on live tv showes it will stop because thats what time its suppose to stop.. i always set the Tivo for atleast 5 -10 min&#39;s longer depends on what i am recording.. like football games award showes.. etc ... its not Tivo&#39;s fault its the game your watching they don&#39;t watch the clock LOL I LOVE MT TIVO.. especially when watching LIVE tv and i miss something i can rewind and watch it again hehhe ....and yes i was one of the Brave ones LOL but i do love to SHOP...even at 4 am <br /><br />Maria .. thanks for starting us up this morning... how is your housing thing.. here in California it has just stopped... and the price of the average home has dropped to 465.000... LOL thats the cheap price.. i know i could probably sell mine for about 400.000...( i paid 110.000 as a repo ) 15 yrs ago...<br /><br />well everyone have a good day going to breakfast with a GF <br /><br />later gators TOnia <br /><br />','terumim','terumim','2007-11-25 17:29:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254473,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-25 19:49:52',NULL,'','Good afternoon Crazies.   The last of my company just left and despite the fact that I do not have a clean sheet, a clean towel or a clean dish in my house we had a great time with lots of laughs and  very little sleep.   I will catch up on the last couple of days later on but for  now I just wanted to say hi and I&#39;ll be back later on today - once I have cleared a path through our house.  Hope everyone is well and I&#39;ll talk to you all later on.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-25 19:49:52',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254508,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-25 23:10:14',NULL,'','Afternoon all. Ran a few errands this morning and doing the usual around here, laundry, ironing, etc. Nice quiet day for a Sunday. <br /><br />Marylou, glad your OK. We worry when your not around.<br /><br />Cheryl, hope you get the tree finished today. I&#39;m sure it&#39;s beautiful<br /><br />Steve what a bummer about the game. I haven&#39;t ventured into the DVR territory as I&#39;m  afraid I&#39;d lose my shows&#33; Some days I still don&#39;t set the VCR right. Sounds like you got a lot done this weekend.<br /><br />Tonia, good luck with the lawyer tomorrow. I&#39;ve been thinking about you. <br /><br />Maria, thanks for starting the day. Hope you are feeling better and continue to get sleep.<br /><br />Well off to fold the clothes and do more ironing. Have a great afternoon all&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-25 23:10:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254509,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-26 00:21:32',NULL,'','Tonia.............the housing market here also is at dead stop but you can still get a great home for under 200,000..........The house we went to see was a beauty..............100x200 lot 3 bedrooms 3 full baths and finished basement. It is completed surrounded by trees which my sil loves. Her house in NJ was appraised at 345,000 and it is not a big house and doesn&#39;t even have a garage just a driveway. So she will definitely benefit when she comes here plus her taxes will be 50% less than she is paying now (4,000)<br /><br />I am finally sleeping most of the night. I wake up about 5:30 but I have been going in early like ten so that is a full nights sleep.<br /><br />Well, we went to Kmart and bought a 41/2 ft. tree and put it up. The kids are going to have a fit as we always get real. But we are leaving so soon after the holidays that I wanted as little work as possible. I can&#39;t wait to see their faces when they come over. In our other house we had a 12 footer and it was very pretty but what a pain in the butt to decorate and worse to undecorate. If they don&#39;t like it then from now on they can come and put the tree up and take it down.lol<br /><br />Catch you all later time to eat<br /><br />Ciao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-11-26 00:21:32',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254534,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-26 02:49:43',NULL,'','it is snowing  harder here in southeast Michigan<br /> <br />Pappy had his 2nd encounter with snow, his first one was on thanksgiving when it snow for the first time into winter season.<br /><br />he will encounter more later during the winter time until spring his favorite seasons is spring and summer LOL <br /><br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-26 02:49:43',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254549,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-26 05:02:40',NULL,'','You are not going to believe this - I had a great day with my Mom and Aunt -  they behaved&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;  Had a nice lunch then back to my aunts for afternoon tea.  <br /><br />We walk through a mall to the restaurant and on the way back I sent them on home while I had a browse - I managed to find a great pair of summer pants for under &#036;10 - orange and red stripes lol.  And two fringed shawls for &#036;5 each - one purple and one red - duh&#33;  And - big find here - a dark purple blouse with lots of silver sparkles - perfect for my Red Hat Christmas party and I think I will take it along for our next cruise - &#036;30.  Yeah&#33;  I always seems to find something in that place.  Most of the local malls all have the same stores - but this one had some very different (read funky lol) ones.<br /><br />Maria - great to hear you are sleeping darlin&#33;  Nothing like a bad night to ruin your day.  And with a full moon too - good for you. <br /><br />lovelypinky - I love a dog&#39;s first reaction to snow.  I think they sort of forget from year to year.  Our border collie loves it - there are so many tracks out in the snow after and hour that you can&#39;t really see the snow anymore.  The older dog uses the snow as an excuse not to go down the back stairs - she just pees on the sundeck and looks all innocent when she does it - cagey or what???<br /><br />Well off toplay a few games - duh&#33;  Catch up later.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-26 05:02:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254594,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-26 11:53:09',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#336666--><span style=\"color:#336666\"><!--/coloro-->MONDAY - November 26th<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies.....It is 4:30am and I have already done 2 loads of wash and cleaned out the fridge of all the leftovers.  Woke up at 3AM and just could not get back to sleep.   GRRRRR&#33;<br /><br />We had such a great weekend with our company but have a very busy week ahead.  First of all, time to decorate - I love that part - but first I have to undecorate from Thanksgiving - not my favorite part.  This will be Jim&#39;s first week off in 5 weeks so I will have to take advantage of that.  Also, his bank Christmas party is Saturday and Deb informed us last night that it is very very fancy - not what we expected.   So I will just have to fit in some shopping and find something fancy to wear.  (All my fancy cruise clothes are summer clothes - now if I buy a winter formal I will have to book a winter cruise. lol)<br /><br />Hope everyone had a great weekend and are finishing up all the Thanksgiving leftovers.  Our turkey frame is just about ready for the soup pot.  I always make 2 soups from it - a turkey vegetable/rice soup and a nice big pot of pea soup. <br /><br />Make today special and share a smile.   Stores are getting crowded and it&#39;s not going to get any better for a while so be patient and have a good day.   (boy I sound preachy so early in the morning.  )','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-26 11:53:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254598,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-26 14:51:03',NULL,'','good morning  to you all <br />Pappy and i went out  and Pappy had to do his business in snow lol he hate to do that well too bad  i told him it winter time now  he look at me yeah duh lol <br />today will be little busy day for me decorate the house and my office need cleaning so <br /><br />Jenn-oh yeah love to see Pappy&#39;s reaction to the snow ha <br /><br />have good day','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-26 14:51:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254621,139,1,18,247870,'2007-11-26 16:16:55',NULL,'','<!--fonto:Book--><span style=\"font-family:Book\"><!--/fonto--><!--sizeo:3--><span style=\"font-size:12pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#6600cc--><span style=\"color:#6600cc\"><!--/coloro-->Good morning our CruiseCrazies friends&#33; I&#39;m back at work--resting&#33;<br />We had a great Thanksgiving with our family and all in all a very hectic few days. There just seems to be so much going on with us this time of the year with little time to relax. We are sure it&#39;s that way with a lot of folks. The good news is we can relax on a cruise ship for ten days in about a month&#33; <br />Black Friday at the mall we won&#39;t soon forget. We told our granddaughters, whom we took shopping, never again on this day. To many people in not enough space with not enough parking and not enough women&#39;s rest rooms&#33; There were lines to everything.<br />We did manage to get all our Christmas stuff down and finished decorating inside and outside. I guess someone need to start a thread for our tree photos. Rita is putting the finishing touches on it today and we will take a photo this evening. We wanted to have our gazebo decorated down at the lake, however, weather has delayed the construction.<br />We did get our &quot;Kaleidoscope&quot; hung on our wall that we bought while in Chicago.<br />Now we have two pieces of art on our walls, as we purchased a painting a few years ago on one of our cruises. I told Rita we are getting refined in our old age&#33;<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--><br /><img src=\"http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k260/KeithnRita/kaleidoscope.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IPB Image\" />','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-11-26 16:16:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254622,2542,1,18,247870,'2007-11-26 16:18:11',NULL,'','Hi All,<br />Well it&#39;s our last day here in Cape Town, South Africa.  We&#39;ll be flying home tomorrow, but only get home 19 hours later - on Wednesday&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />We&#39;ve had a ball and have eaten far too much&#33;&#33;  (I&#39;ve updated our website - just have to add all the photo&#39;s once we get back Stateside and I have a faster connection).<br /><br />It feels too strange to have missed Thanksgiving and by the time we get back home we&#39;ll be less than a month away from Christmas.  I&#39;ll have to decorate the RV hey?<br /><br />OK guys - speak to you from Tampa once we&#39;re back.','zebra','zebra','2007-11-26 16:18:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254631,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-26 16:25:33',NULL,'','you and tony have a safe journey&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-26 16:25:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254637,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-26 16:37:36',NULL,'','Morning everyone&#33; Hope everyone had a great weekend. Busy one here but things are coming together. One of my migraines knocked me out last night but I&#39;m much better this morning so I&#39;m off and running again. Have to hit the mall for a gift card and then a few more stores as well as the supermarket. Have to leave the kids the staples so they don&#39;t starve or eat only fast food while we&#39;re gone.<br /><br />Maria that sounds like a terrific house. One of the reasons we moved to Fl. was the taxes in NY, they were killing us&#33; They doubled over the 6 years we owned our home. Glad to hear your sleep pattern is returning to normal. I&#39;m sure you&#39;ll miss your real tree but everyone will survive for 1 year. It&#39;s hard to go away at the holidays.<br /><br />Sue, can&#39;t blame pappy for not liking the snow. It looks good but is way too cold and a pain to shovel&#33; LOL<br /><br />Jenn so happy to hear you had a great day with your mom and aunt. I know your mom is difficult sometimes but good days are really worth it.<br /><br />Marylou you must be exhausted already&#33; Glad you had a good time with your company, it&#39;s always wonderful to see dear friends. Hope you have good luck finding an outfit for the party. I would definately book a winter cruise to wear the new clothes again, it would be a shame to just let them hang in the closet&#33; <br /><br />Keith glad your getting some rest at work at least. Sorry you had to venture out on Black Friday with your granddaughters but think of the memories..........since you&#39;ll never do it again of course. What an interesting piece of art&#33; Definately a conversation piece.<br /><br />Jackie and Tony have a great trip home. So glad to hear you loved your trip.<br /><br />Joey nice to see you stop in on the dock.<br /><br />Cheryl hope your tree is all done. I can&#39;t wait to see the pictures.<br /><br />Well all off I go to run my errands. I&#39;ll check back in later. Hope everyone has a great day&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-26 16:37:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254648,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-26 17:00:57',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=254637:date=Nov 26 2007, 06&#58;37 AM:name=sailingrose)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(sailingrose &#064; Nov 26 2007, 06&#58;37 AM) [snapback]254637[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Joey nice to see you stop in on the dock.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /><br />Thanks Rose.. I was getting worried my post totals were suffering... <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wub.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wub:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wub.gif\" />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-26 17:00:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254668,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-26 19:00:24',NULL,'','Good morning all - just a quick stop to check in.  No, the tree isn&#39;t done.  I did get the top done as Greg had to return the ladder this mornig, so the top 6&#39; or so is finished.  Scotty is suppsoed to come over and help me finish today.  He was supposed to come yesterday but his dad got busy and didn&#39;t bring him over, which was fine because I didn&#39;t feel like it.  The dr. changed one of my meds on Friday and it is having adverse effects.  Friday night, it made me queasy, but wasn&#39;t anything I couldn&#39;t handle.  I took it again Sat. night and within an hr., I was so sick that I could hardly stand it.  Have spent all my time since, trying to get things done and throwing up - I really hate that last part.  I did not take it last night but still have the nausea.  Going to make a pot of beans of ham with the bone and some of the leftover ham from Thanksgiving.  Well, just wanted to let you know I am still alive and kickin&#39;...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-26 19:00:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254689,920,1,18,247870,'2007-11-26 21:43:33',NULL,'','Hi All,<br /><br />Nothing much to report.  Tree is up but not really decorated yet, just a few ornaments on it now.  Changed out three recessed can light bulbs this AM.  At 73 years old ladders are getting to bother me a little, but I guess that&#39;s normal even for an old Airborne soldier.  Actually I never cared much for jumping out of air planes either.  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/blush.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":blush:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blush.gif\" /> <br /><br />Well, time to get back to the tree thing.  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":rolleyes2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"rolleyes.gif\" />','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-11-26 21:43:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254702,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-26 22:22:57',NULL,'','Cheryl sorry to hear that your meds are messing you up. Hope you get it straightened out soon.<br /><br />Ed, I&#39;m younger and still don&#39;t like ladders but DH won&#39;t climb them so someone has to do the work around here. LOL <br /><br />','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-26 22:22:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254712,2613,1,18,247870,'2007-11-26 22:53:46',NULL,'','Hi everyone:<br />Just wanted to stop by and say hi, very busy today at work, I am just taking a break.  I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We had a great time at my daughter’s home, the Indian dishes were a hit and I have a request to make some more this weekend.  I did some on-line shopping yesterday and got some good bargains on a Garmin GPS, a MP4 player and a fax/scanner/copier and printer combination for my DDs.  Cheryl I hope that your mediations sort themselves out so you can feel better.<br />Take care.<br />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-11-26 22:53:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254742,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 01:41:17',NULL,'','hey everyone....<br /><br />well lawyer went ok i quess.. i gave him all the info i had and we will take it from there ...<br /><br />i don&#39;t understand all the legal stuff .. <br /><br />nothing much esle ...got the little tree up and got some decorations out for holidays.. so it looks a little festive in the house..<br /><br />poor thing Cheryl sorry the meds are making ya feel bad... did the doc tell ya this would happen...hope the meds get a little bit better for ya to get tree done and get thur it easier...<br /><br />Rose ... i want to go with ya on your cruise... <br /><br />Marylou... hope your getting a little rest,.. you seem to go 65 miles an hour girl... <br /><br />Maria glad your sleeping better...now that i am not working i can&#39;t sleep... now why aren&#39;t the stores open that time of night LOL ..i have to fight now to eat .. thats what i want to do when i am bored...maybe i will start going to the gym that time of night .. its open 24 hours...<br /><br />Joey .. thanks for all the polls .. <br /><br />it sure is nice to see new persons adding in with their experiences and lots of new reviews ...<br /><br />ok well thats about it...<br /><br />Tonia<br /><br /><br />','terumim','terumim','2007-11-27 01:41:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254764,3913,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 02:57:55',NULL,'','Hi Everyone&#33;<br /><br />Well, its back to normal.  Went to work this morning, nothing has changed, same old stuff.  Oh well only 822 more wake-ups till retirement but who&#39;s counting&#33; LOL  I drive approx 50 miles round trip everyday in interstate rush hour traffic.  Have never figured out why people are in such a hurry to get to work&#33;  70 mph will get you run over.<br /><br />The boxer is still doing well.  She tried running Thanksgiving day and paid the consequenses but she is better now.  <br /><br />Skipper - You actually jumped out of perfectly good airplanes?  I flew backseat in an F-4 Phantom in the Marines and only jumped out one time.  Didn&#39;t like it at all&#33;<br />I found an easy solution to the ladders.  I let the kids borrow them, they never bring anything back&#33;<br /><br />Keith &amp; Rita - Love the wall hanging.  Sorry you had to learn about Black Friday the hard way.  I did that about 3 years ago.  Have never been back.  <br /><br />Tonia - Glad you met with the attorney.  Keep asking questions.  <br /><br />Time to get back to work.  Hope veryone has a great night.<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-11-27 02:57:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254766,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 03:22:10',NULL,'','Evening all - dreary and wet today bu twe managed to get all the outdoor sutff indoors.   Another choare accomplished.<br /><br />K &amp; R - Love the wall art - perfect&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Mary Lou - buy that dress darlin&#33; then book the fall foliage tour with us - close enough to winter :o)<br /><br />Jackie - good to hear from you - hope you have a great flight home and no delays :o)<br /><br />Cheryl - poor thing.  Those meds can be worse than what they were intended to cure&#33;  Your soup sure does sound good though.  How about posting the recipe?  Always looking for great winter comfort food ideas.<br /><br />Skipper - when I fell off the ladder and broke my shoulder the doctor  read me the rules of ladder etiquette for us old folk - <!--coloro:#990000--><span style=\"color:#990000\"><!--/coloro-->one less foot up for every year over 40 <!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> - which puts me pretty much below sea level lol.<br /><br />Carmen - sounds like a great time for you and your family.  How about posting some of those Indian recipes - I would love to try some&#33;<br /><br />Tonia - it looks like it will just be a waiting game from here on in with the lawyers.  The wheels of justice turn slowly.  Did they say anything about the probablilty of winning?<br /><br />Steve - tell the dog that it&#39;s just puppy steps from here on in&#33;<br /><br />Well, back to the garage to supervise Dh.  He&#39;s putting the finishing touches on the coffin/bar cabinet ;o)<br /><br />Take care all.<br />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-27 03:22:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254767,920,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 03:34:55',NULL,'','Jenn:  By your Doctor&#39;s rules I&#39;m not sure I can still climb into bed at night&#33;  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" /> <br /><br />Steve: yea, I jumped with the Screaming Eagles (101st Airbourne) enough to get my Master Jump Wings.  Then they asked if I wanted to try HALO (Hight Altitude jump with Low Altitude Opening).  My answer was &quot;you&#39;ve got to be kidding.&quot;  I was always a static line jumper.<br /><br />My kids live too far away to give them the ladders, but that&#39;s a great idea.  Just a few more jobs for the handyman I guess.<br /><br />Just heard the Steeler game is delayed by a half hour due to rain.  What a bunch of whimps.  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":rolleyes2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"rolleyes.gif\" /> <br /><br />Off to have dinner.<br /><br />Later,<br />','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-11-27 03:34:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254788,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 12:36:08',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:5--><span style=\"font-size:18pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#3366FF--><span style=\"color:#3366FF\"><!--/coloro-->TUESDAY - November 27th<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies...Another rainy day here in Pa. but it should clear up this afternoon which will be nice as we still have our Thanksgiving/Halloween decorations outside and need to get them put away.  As it is now, our neighbors Santa Clause is busy waving at our turkey and corn stalks.   All the indoor  fall decorations are put away and hopefully we will begin the Christmas village today and start bringing the &quot;stuff&quot; up from the basement.   This is when I swear I will never buy another Christmas decoration and then go to the mall and buy more and more and more.   <br /><br />Cheryl - hope you are doing better today.  Isn&#39;t it amazing how meds to make you feel better can make you worse than you were before?  Have fun with Scotty finishing the tree.  Perhaps you can bake some cookies while you are decorating.  I seem to remember you just may have a few pounds of cookie dough in the freezer.  lol<br /><br />Rose - you must be getting so excited.   Are you packed yet?   Hope your Mom &amp; Dad are having a great time and a good rest on their cruise.   You have all been through so much. <br /><br /><br />Ed - I&#39;m with you as far as the ladders go.  Leave that to the kids.   As far as jumping out of airplanes - I wold definately need a good push - then again - I wouldn&#39;t be up there in the first place.  hehe<br /><br />Joey &amp; David - great to see you stopping by the dock.   Always happy to hear from you.<br /><br />Steve - You&#39;re not anxious to retire are you?  Actually have it down to how many more wake-up calls.   When my DH retired - since he took the same bus with the same folks each day - he went down to the bus stop in his PJ&#39;s with a cup of coffee and his paper and  waved at the bus and his friends as it drove by.  <br /><br />Carmen - glad your Indian food was a hit and everyone enjoyed it.   <br /><br />Maria - Glad you are getting some sleep and your knee is coming along OK.  You&#39;ll want to be able to get around pain free while on your cruise.<br /><br />Tonia - glad things went well with the lawyers.   Keep us posted.<br /><br />Sue - You must have a very quiet house right now with all your company gone.  I bet Pappy misses your niece. <br /><br />Jenn - a fall foliage cruise....hmmmm just might have to give that some thought.  We did that cruise twice and loved it.  However I still haven&#39;t found a fall formal but will keep looking.<br /><br />Jackie - travel safely - we&#39;ll be so happy to have you back here with us.   We have missed hearing from you but glad you had a great trip.  <br /><br />Sheryl - hope all is well with you.<br /><br />Time to get some laundry going...finally got caught up with the company wash yesterday but now the everyday laundry is piling up.  I think today I will concentrate on the &quot;gift card&quot; shopping we do and maybe even tackle the Christmas cards.  Can&#39;t believe that Christmas is now LESS than a month away.  Where has this year gone?  I guess it is true that the older one gets the faster time goes.<br /><br />Make today special and share a smile.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-27 12:36:08',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254852,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 16:33:35',NULL,'','good morning guys.. nothing new here to report... we just are doing life as it comes...here it is the end of november.. and to be honest not excited about december at all its a merry go round of emotions for us...birth anniversays...(me and my mother) death anniversaries (davids&#39; Mom) our Domestic Partnership Anniversay.... Plus christmas and new years.... talk about a roller coaster....The big dipper has nothin on December for us...<br /><br />but you know when you stop and look at it .......life is full of decembers...it&#39;s all comes down to how you embrace it..<br /><br />Have a good day and Try and laugh like you did when you were a kid.... <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/happy.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":happy:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"happy.gif\" />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-27 16:33:35',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254862,4219,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 16:54:21',NULL,'','Hi all,<br />Wow&#33;  So much going on around here.  Everyone seems to have such busy lives.  Right now, Robert and I are living a quiet existance.   However, in 2 weeks, all that will change.  My ds Jared, dil Keyana and granddaughters Destiny and Jelissa will arrive here from Seattle.  That&#39;s when the &quot;quiet&quot; will end.  Boy, I can&#39;t wait&#33;&#33;  I miss them so much.  So glad we will all be going on this cruise together.  I am getting real excited about this cruise.  Never been on the Explorer of the Seas.  Heard great reviews.<br /><br />Oh, got to run.  Robert and I are going out shopping now....<br />Good day to you all,<br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-11-27 16:54:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254864,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 16:57:48',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=254862:date=Nov 27 2007, 06&#58;54 AM:name=crazeecat5)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(crazeecat5 &#064; Nov 27 2007, 06&#58;54 AM) [snapback]254862[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Hi all,<br />My ds Jared, dil Keyana and granddaughters Destiny and Jelissa will arrive here from Seattle.  That&#39;s when the &quot;quiet&quot; will end.  Boy, I can&#39;t wait&#33;&#33;  I miss them so much.  Sheryl<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Hey Sheryl... how long since the last visit??','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-27 16:57:48',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254867,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 17:32:47',NULL,'','good morning  to  you all <br /><br />Pappy and i slept in late oops  and took him out and  had to hop in shower and get ready for my appointment this noon but i am not much in rush now since my appiontment is only 5 mins away close to my place. <br />and getting decorations ready maybe this afternoon  and this weekend might do the christmas cards and mail out. <br /><br />Mary Lou- Yes the house is quiet and Pappy start to miss my niece. he did whined a little but i kept him busy <br /><br /><br />have good day and get your all christmas look sparkly and beautiful heh','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-27 17:32:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254880,920,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 19:37:39',NULL,'','Morning all.  Cool, but bright and sunny here in the Nevada desert.  Still working on and of on the tree decorations.  Roe is heading out for a Doctors appointment and I get to do all the fun stuff like change the timer on the pool equipment and drag in more decorations from the garage.<br /><br />Just got my 2008 schedule for my AARP Safe Driving classes which I teach.  All afternoon and evening classes, I don&#39;t do early morning classes anymore.  I swear some of the folks over in Sun City would come to a class at 4AM if we scheduled it&#33;&#33;  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":rolleyes2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"rolleyes.gif\" /> <br /><br />Have a fantastic day.','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-11-27 19:37:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254891,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 20:15:07',NULL,'','Hi all.  Just a quick &quot;stop in&quot; as I am heading out the door.  Off to get my hair cut.  It is almost to my waist and I never get it cut but my split ends are so bad and it is so uneven - for some reason the right side grows much faster than the left side.  I need to get the dead ends cut off and it all evened up so I imagine they will have to cut 5-6 inches off.  Sheryl is right - you all are so busy.  That goes with the season, but please take some time each day for yourself.  Well, off to the salon and then to Penney&#39;s and the grocery store.  Talk to you all later....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-27 20:15:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254906,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 21:18:56',NULL,'','Afternoon all&#33; Finished up all my errands this morning and now I&#39;m taking a break from house cleaning. I&#39;m all packed and can&#39;t wait to get out of here Thursday morning&#33; <br /><br />Mercedes glad you stopped in on the dock, I was worrying about you. Take care of yourself. Glad you got some shopping done, best part about the internet.<br /><br />Tonia glad you got the meeting with the lawyer. Hope everything turns out well for you. Hang in there&#33;  Sorry my suitcase is too full this trip......but I&#39;d love to cruise with you&#33;<br /><br />Steve glad to hear your boxer is doing so well. I like your solution to the ladder problem......LOL<br /><br />OMG Marylou I almost choked on my water when I read about the Santa waving at your Turkey &amp; corn stalks. LOL  Don&#39;t we all swear not to buy another decoration???? I thought that was part of the seasons ritual...... Hope you catch up with the wash and the errands. Thanks for the well wishes for Mom and Dad. I hope they are having a wonderful time and both are resting. They deserve the break.<br /><br />Ed my sister used to jump out of planes. She was a paratrooper for the 82nd airborne&#33; Definately not something I would do&#33;<br /><br />Joey you sure do have a busy months ahead&#33; <br /><br />Sheryl good luck with your shopping trip. How do you get your husband to go????  You&#39;ll love the Explorer, she&#39;s a great ship.<br /><br />Sue good for you and Pappy catching up on your sleep. So hard to do this time of year.<br /><br />Cheryl hope your feeling better today. <br /><br />Maria are you resting some at least?? Don&#39;t over do your cruise is right around the corner.<br /><br />Well back to the cleaning and laundry. I&#39;m shooting for a nice quiet day tomorrow pre-cruise so I can spend some extra time on me. Have a great afternoon all&#33; <br />','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-27 21:18:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254912,4219,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 22:00:13',NULL,'','Good afternoon all,<br />Mary Lou- All is well here.  Just relaxing.... Good luck &quot;not buying&quot; more Christmas decorations&#33;<br /><br />Joey - My daughter in law and older granddaughter lived with us from Jan.-Sept. while my son was in Iraq.  DIL was pregnant with my baby gd. (Son came home on leave in Dec.)  Then he came home for good in Sept. (hooray) and the baby was born here.  They stayed for a few weeks and then returned to Seattle where he is stationed.  I went to see them in October for a week.  So it really hasn&#39;t been that long but it&#39;s hard being so far from them.<br /><br />SailingRose - My hubby loves to shop.  Do you believe it? However, he doesn&#39;t love the crowds so this time of year he&#39;s not that thrilled about it.<br /><br />I can&#39;t believe that my house is all decorated (except for tree which we will do when son and family arrive) and all gifts are bought.<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-11-27 22:00:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254954,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 22:38:55',NULL,'','hey everyone...<br /><br />well making a list and checking it twice for all the ingrediants i need for my baking...trying to decide what i want to make for goodies this year... have to make the duty fudge, peanut brittle... then probably snowballs.  ( italian wedding cokkie like ), then cranberry orange scones, gingerbread cookies, and still looking for a few new cookies to make... <br /><br />anyone have a cookie recipes post them please or something you make thats different for goodies <br /><br />Carmen i am still waiting for the indian recipes... <br /><br />Cheryl.. hope the bottom of the tree gets done.. hope those meds start doing what they are suppose to do, i know i feel better after i get my hair and nails done hope you do too...<br /><br />Marylou LOL LOL thinking santa is trying to tell ya something bye bye turkey.... i know i was just looking at the tree going i have some empty spots on the tree, i need a few more things... maybe i will go looking tomorrow after the gym...<br /><br />joey thanks for checking in... and the polls its so nice to see the new members adding in reviews etc...<br /><br />well think thats about it for now <br /><br />Tonia<br />','terumim','terumim','2007-11-27 22:38:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254970,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 22:44:24',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=254912:date=Nov 27 2007, 12&#58;00 PM:name=crazeecat5)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(crazeecat5 &#064; Nov 27 2007, 12&#58;00 PM) [snapback]254912[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Good afternoon all,<br />Mary Lou- All is well here.  Just relaxing.... Good luck &quot;not buying&quot; more Christmas decorations&#33;<br /><br />Joey - My daughter in law and older granddaughter lived with us from Jan.-Sept. while my son was in Iraq.  DIL was pregnant with my baby gd. (Son came home on leave in Dec.)  Then he came home for good in Sept. (hooray) and the baby was born here.  They stayed for a few weeks and then returned to Seattle where he is stationed.  I went to see them in October for a week.  So it really hasn&#39;t been that long but it&#39;s hard being so far from them.<br /><br />Sheryl<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />I can imagine....... give your son our best and tell him we all here at crazy think he is a hero&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-27 22:44:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254990,2613,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 23:35:07',NULL,'','Good Afternoon:<br /><br />Anther busy day at work.  I have been popping in and out. Tonia, I have to get my second lumbar injection tomorrow and will be pretty much out of commission, but on Thursday I will post those Indian receipes.  I hope all my friends are doing well, take care.<br />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-11-27 23:35:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(254996,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-27 23:54:10',NULL,'','Good luck tomorrow Carmen&#33; Hope it continues to help.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-27 23:54:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255005,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-28 00:56:22',NULL,'','carmen ... gezzzzzzzzzzz ya poor thing... hope all goes well tomorrow ... get some rest','terumim','terumim','2007-11-28 00:56:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255008,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-28 01:24:47',NULL,'','Wow, got some great deals at Penney&#39;s.  Got my son&#39;s girlfriends some really cute sweaters that were reg. &#036;44 for &#036;24, some sterling silver earrings for 1/2 price, and some nighgowns and robes for 40%.  Then when I went to check out, they said if I used my Penney&#39;s card, i would get an additional 15% off.  I must clarify - that is 2 sons - 2 girlfriends,  They each have only 1.  I also got the munchkin some clothes, and myself some new yoga pants and sneakers.  Greg is going to be shocked when he sees my hair - it went from being down to my waist to being right below my shoulder blades.  She had to cut it that short to get down to the &quot;healthy&quot; hair.  The ends get so dried out from being colored all the time.  She suggested that I start using a leave in conditioner.  I was always afraid that would make my hair feel dirty or greasy, but guess I will givee it a shot.  well - off to start dinner....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-28 01:24:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255029,3913,1,18,247870,'2007-11-28 02:35:03',NULL,'','Good Evening Everyone,<br /><br />One more work day down the drain&#33;  I think I can make it for 2 more years.<br /><br />Took the boxer for her first walk since the surgery.  We only went one block and very slow but she did well.<br />Before the surgery we would walk twice a day almost every day of the year, which is not easy when I&#39;m gone to work about 12 hours every day.  I figure by summer we will be back to full speed.<br /><br />Carmen - Good luck tomorrow&#33;  Take it easy&#33;<br /><br />Tonia - I don&#39;t have any cookie receipes but if you make too many let me know and I will give you my address&#33;  Sounds really good&#33;<br /><br />Rose - It&#39;s almost Thursday&#33;<br /><br />Mary Lou - Santa waving at the turkey, what a visual image that is&#33; LOL  I loved what your DH did when he retired, sounds like something I would do&#33;  <br /><br />Better get back at it.  Have a good evening all&#33;<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-11-28 02:35:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255056,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-28 13:14:18',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#993300--><span style=\"color:#993300\"><!--/coloro-->WEDNESDAY - November 28th<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies...another busy day ahead of me but I am making progress.  Yesterday the outdoor decorations came down - just need to get the Christmas ones up again.   Got my Christmas salt &amp; pepper collection set up but that is as far as I got.  This morning I have to watch TJ and then watch both Ash &amp; TJ again at 3:30 but hopefully I will get some more decorations brought upstairs in between time.   <br /><br />Keith &amp; Rita - great wall art there.  It will also serve to remind you of the great trip you had when you found it.  It sure does brighten up the room and will be a definate conversation piece.<br /><br />Cheryl - that was some trim you got.  How did Greg like it?   Just think of how much easier it will be to take care of.  Long hair is wonderful but can take so long to keep nice.   Sounds like you picked up lots of bargains yesterday.  Good shopping&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Rose - last day before you leave for your cruise.   Hope you are all packed and ready to go.  Have a wonderful time.<br /><br />Carmen - sending hugs and prayers that all goes well again today and you will be feeling more relief by this evening.  <br /><br />Jackie - welcome back to the USA - we can&#39;t wait to hear all about your adventures and see your photos.  I have been keeping up with your journal but sure miss the pics.<br /><br />Joey - Never got to ask you but did David ever change jobs?  I know you were both talking about it for awhile.   Are you all set for your cruise?<br /><br />Steve - glad the &quot;puppy&quot; is doing better and getting around better.   <br /><br />Tonia - no cookie recipes to share but like Steve I will volunteer to eat any extras.   LOL<br /><br />Sheryl - you must be getting so excited to have your son and family with you.  It will truly be a special Christmas for all of you.   How much longer will your son be in the military?<br /><br />Better get a move on - have to go for blood work this AM and can&#39;t have my morning coffee til after that is done.  There is nothing like the smell of fresh coffee when you can&#39;t have it.  Have to also run to the grocery store for soup greens and be back in time for TJ to come at 8AM.   I&#39;ll be back later on to see how everyone is doing.<br /><br />Make today special and share a smile. <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":laugh:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"laugh.gif\" /> <br /><br />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-28 13:14:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255070,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-28 15:17:20',NULL,'','it was so cold when Pappy and i went out  Pappy was wearing his new coat this morning that  i got him yesterday  it was so cold that we didn&#39;t stay out long  i am going to finished off the christmas decoration that i didn&#39;t get to finish yesterday  oh well <br />have good day everyone <br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-28 15:17:20',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255072,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-28 15:29:01',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=255056:date=Nov 28 2007, 03&#58;14 AM:name=cruisetarp)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(cruisetarp &#064; Nov 28 2007, 03&#58;14 AM) [snapback]255056[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Joey - Never got to ask you but did David ever change jobs?  I know you were both talking about it for awhile.   Are you all set for your cruise?<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Good morning  guys... yes David got the promotion he was after he is now in the training /development department at Amtrak... which is good for his aging knees.. as far as my cruise yes i am ready all packed and stuff but just found out that RCCL doesn&#39;t have tables for two on this ship... I was really disapointed... but this too shall pass... thanks for asking.. and good luck with the blood thingy today.. i hate having to wait for the morning coffee as well...<br /><br />Carmen .. you are in our thoughts today..<br /><br />Jackie welcome back to the USA<br /><br />Rose enjoy the canal...<br /><br />Tonia... someone has cookies?<br /><br /><b>Todays challenge to our members can each one of you start one thread in the cruise section?</b><br /><br />Make it a good Day..','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-28 15:29:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255095,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-28 19:20:25',NULL,'','Afternoon all. Lots of little things getting done today in preparation for our cruise. The house is all clean, why I don&#39;t know as the kids will dirty it of course. LOL Howie will fill the car on the way home tonight and we&#39;ll be all set. I can&#39;t believe that this cruise is becoming a reality after the last 4 months of ups and downs. I really thought we wouldn&#39;t be going but the day is coming and everything is stable in our lives again. Thanks again to all of you for your support, don&#39;t know how I would have made it without all of your prayers.<br /><br />Cheryl sounds like you got some good bargains at Penney&#39;s. Hope Greg liked you hair. It must have been quite a shock for him.<br /><br />Yes Steve it is almost Thursday&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; Glad to hear your Boxer is doing well. I&#39;m sure she&#39;ll be up to speed in no time.<br /><br />Marylou glad you got the turkey put away and the decorating has begun. Hope your day with the kids goes smoothly. I&#39;m a bear without my morning coffee so I sure understand how you felt this morning.<br /><br />Jackie welcome back to Florida&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; <br /><br />Carmen we&#39;re thinking about you today.<br /><br />Sue enjoy your decorating.<br /><br />Joey I hope you like the Monarch and have a good time.<br /><br />Tonia I&#39;m the cookie baker but nothing too fancy around here mostly standards as we make hundreds of them and give them to neighbors. Around here the coconut macaroons are a big hit with the men and the candy cane cookies are pretty popular too. <br /><br />Well off to do more little chores. I&#39;m hoping to be all done before dinner. Have a great day everyone&#33;<br /><br />','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-28 19:20:25',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255142,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-11-28 21:17:12',NULL,'','Good afternoon Crazies.  Well, they cut so much hair off yesterday that I thought surely I must have lost 5 lbs - no such luck&#33;&#33;&#33;   Greg said he liked it, but he would not tell me if he didn&#39;t.  We got snow overnight.  The weather had not predicted it and so it was quite a surprise and because it was unexpected, the trucks did not go out and lay down MagChloride and it was a skating rink out this morning.  Someone rear ended my son Chris on his way to work.  He said they were only going about 10 mph but it was a 1 ton pickup and it did some rear end damage to his 2007 Dodge Charger, which is his pride and joy.  Thank God, he is fine - the car can be fixed.  They did not call the police because the city was on Accident Alert and you are not supposed to call unless someone is hurt or alcohol or drugs are involved.  He can drive his car but he said it isn&#39;t pretty anymore.  Anyway, they exchanged information and when he finally got to his office, he called the guys insurance to make sure he was covered and they said he had already called and filed a report and they already had a case number.  Chris said he only wants it repaired at a Dodge dealership because he wants to make sure they use genuine Dodge parts.   It is supposed to snow again Friday and Saturday.  I am stuck at home today because my son is expecting a UPS package that has to be signed for so I think I will try and finish up my holiday decorations.  Well, better get back to my household hores.  Have a great day everyone.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-11-28 21:17:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255146,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-28 21:42:17',NULL,'','hey everyone...<br /><br />Cheryl .. wow thats alot of lenght, but i understand why your hairdresser did it.. sometimes you just don&#39;t see bad the ends are... but i bet it looks great....well it sounds like a good kinda day to stay in with the snow...bummer about the truck... but like you said trucks can be fixed.. and he didn&#39;t get hurt.. THANK GOD the othert guy had insurance, it seems like so much lately they don&#39;t or they hit and run... just in the last four days we have had three hit and runs, and killing the people they hit i just don&#39;t understand how you could do that leaving someone you hit ... one was a young girl that was getting married in 3 weeks .<br /><br />Rose.. i am so excited for you.. i know how i felt just before i left...i know your going to have the best time...then your get your little certificate that you went thur the canal... i  am going to frame mine<br /><br />Joey Steve ... if i have any leftovers once gary gets home i will send ya some LOL LOL <br /><br />Joey have a good time on your cruise .. can&#39;t wait to read the review <br /><br />Marylou glad you got the turkey down LOL have a good time with the kids... this time a year with all the candy cookies etc.. ( ok so i contribute to the neice and nephews high on cookies LOL ) they get wild ...my niece called and wanted to know when the cookies will be ready ...<br /><br />Steve now how many more to retirement LOL your so funny... mine is 2022 how does that sound to ya LOL LOL <br /><br />i was wondering will they still have cruises when i retire... LOL <br /><br />ok well i am out of here for a few<br /><br />Tonia<br /><br /><br />','terumim','terumim','2007-11-28 21:42:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255147,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-28 21:57:01',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=255146:date=Nov 28 2007, 11&#58;42 AM:name=terumim)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(terumim &#064; Nov 28 2007, 11&#58;42 AM) [snapback]255146[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br /><br />Joey have a good time on your cruise .. can&#39;t wait to read the review <br />Tonia<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /><br />yes you can....hehehehhehehe','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-28 21:57:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255148,920,1,18,247870,'2007-11-28 21:57:11',NULL,'','Yes, Tonia, there will still be cruises when you retire&#33;  The bigger question is will there still be Social Security??<br /><br />Chilly and windy in LV today.  Or, perhaps I feel the chill because I got my hair cut this AM??  Not that I have that much to cut anymore.<br /><br />Steve: Glad to Boxer is doing better.  Was thinking of you yesterday.  DW was in some dress store and I walked into the Pet Shop next door and they had a great looking Boxer puppy.<br /><br />Never owned a Boxer but lived next door to one when we had a Lab and they were best friends, could play together for hours.<br /><br />Recently we had a pair of albino boxers living around the corner from us.  Brother and Sister and they woudl stop at our house everyday on their walk to see if we were coming out to pet them.<br /><br />Anyway glad yours in on the mend.<br /><br />Jackie welcome back to the big PX.  Waiting to hear all about your trip.<br /><br />Have a special day, and Rose Bon Voyage.<br /><br /><br /><br />','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-11-28 21:57:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255152,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-28 22:21:03',NULL,'','Oh my Cheryl&#33; Sorry about your sons car but thank god he&#39;s OK. Very glad he had insurance. Did you know it&#39;s a felony in the state of Florida to drive without insurance? The girl that hit Howie could have been arrested on the spot for it. Sorry about the surprise snow......sounds like a great day to stay home&#33;<br /><br />Tonia thanks, I&#39;m very excited but I think everyone knows it......LOL. Your niece sounds like my neighbors kids with the cookies. No one elses will do.<br /><br />Thanks Ed&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-28 22:21:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255257,3913,1,18,247870,'2007-11-29 02:46:11',NULL,'','Hi Everyone&#33;<br /><br />Never a dull moment around here with our rush hour traffic.  Tonigh a brand new truck caught on fire on the interstate and was fully enveloped when I went but (It was on the other side of the highway)  Hope everyone got out OK.  <br /><br />I&#39;m doing a real good job of catching a cold.  Too much running around over the holidays in public places.  Will have to get over it fast as we are leaving a week from tomorrow to go see my DW&#39;s sister in Portland, Or.  They are the ones who got us to go on our first cruise&#33;  We are flying to Seattle and driving to Portland. <br />We have free round trip tickets to Seattle so I can handle the 140 mile trip.<br /><br />Skipper - My wife calls my present boxer &quot;A life altering experience&#33;&quot;  They all are that way.  They are all playful, high energy, and nuts.  This is my thrid one and they have all had the same personality.   The worst thing you can do with a boxer is become their friend.  Strangers they stay away from and put on a show but people they know, look out&#33;  They will nock you down&#33;  Obidience training is a must&#33;<br /><br />Tonia - Somehow I don&#39;t think I will see too many cookies, but that&#39;s alright, my waist line dosen&#39;t need them&#33;  Retirement is in two years, two months, or one more day like today, which ever comes first.  I could retire now but by working two more years we will be able to cruise more and have more fun&#33;<br /><br />Cheryl - Sorry to hear about your son&#39;s car but glad he is alright, that&#39;s the important thing.  <br /><br />Rose - Have a great cruise&#33;  Look forward to hearing about it when you get back.<br /><br />Better get going.  Have a great evening everyone&#33;<br /><br />Steve<br /><br />','lashl','lashl','2007-11-29 02:46:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255307,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-29 13:03:48',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#CC6600--><span style=\"color:#CC6600\"><!--/coloro-->THURSDAY - November 29th<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies...We started &quot;Decking the Halls&quot; yesterday but have so much more to do that we cancelled our trip to Staten Island for the day.  We were going to take the twins out for lunch just because we haven&#39;t seen them in a while but Heather had to work and our lunch would be rushed so we cancelled.  Since Jim has to go back to work next week I want to get as much of the house done as possible before Monday.  The shopping I can do by myself but I definately need him for climbing the ladders.<br /><br />Cheryl - so sorry to hear about Chris&#39; accident but glad he is OK.  As everyone else has said, cars can be fixed.  I&#39;m sure he is feeling some aches and pains today.  <br /><br />Rose - BON VOYAGE - it&#39;s finally here.   I can&#39;t wait to hear all about your trip when you return.  Travel safely and enjoy some pampering while you are away.<br /><br />Joey - Congrats to David on the promotion and new job.   One more weekend and you will be crusing.  <br /><br />Steve - Get rid of that cold before it gets too bad.   I know here in Pa. the weather has everyone sick - very crazy - going from the 70&#39;s to the 20&#39;s in one day then back into the 50&#39;s the following day.  Strange&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Tonia - thanks for your recipe on the Garden Lasagna.   My sister-in-law used to make it and it was so good.  I had forgotten all about it.  I could have used it for my vegetarian friends last weekend but will definately make it next time they come if not before.<br /><br />Jenn - you must be busy - we miss hearing from you.  You have been quiet lately.  <br /><br />Jackie - hope you arrived home safely and are getting over the expected jet lag.  We look forward to all your photos and hearing about your trip.<br /><br />Carmen - hope the spinal injection did the trick yesterday.  <br /><br />Maria - how is the therapy going?<br /><br />Sue - What will poor Pappy do when it really snows out?   I know our dog hates to go out in the snow but once he is out he doesn&#39;t want to come back in.  <br /><br />Ed - you have to watch out for those hair cuts - I keep reminding Jim about that but he fails to see my point.  <br /><br />Sheryl - Where in Seattle is your son stationed?   Jim spent quite a bit of time stationed at Neah Bay right outside of Seattle.  <br /><br />Time to venture down into the basement and bring up the beginning of the Christmas village - that is my project for the day - to at least start it.  The Villiage is Jim&#39;s job but if I put the first house up he immediately has to move it somewhere else and then goes on from there.   (See there is a method to my madness)<br /><br />Make today special and share a smile.   <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":smile:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" /> <br /><br />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-29 13:03:48',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255313,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-29 14:34:59',NULL,'','Good Morning  Crazies.... Thanks Tonia for picking up the challenge&#33;<br /><br />Not a lot going on here watch the debate from Tampa last lite... the last time there was that much boo&#39;s (booze)was on our first carnival cruise..<br /><br />Have a great day&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-29 14:34:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255317,334,1,18,247870,'2007-11-29 15:53:40',NULL,'','Morning all&#33; I&#39;m just about set to go......if I can get DH to pack his last minute stuff without making me nuts&#33; LOL Hope that everyone is well and finishes up their shopping while we&#39;re gone. I&#39;ll raise a toast to all of you&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; <br /><br />Happy Hanukkah all&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />See you in 11 days&#33;<br /><br />','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-11-29 15:53:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255321,4219,1,18,247870,'2007-11-29 16:40:05',NULL,'','Hi all,<br />Actually, my son is stationed in Fort Lewis, which is outside of Seattle.  He lives in Lakewood, about 20 minutes away from the fort.  Tomorrow he starts his well deserved vacation.  This is the time off the Army is giving him for being in Iraq for a year and a half.  He does not have to report back until January 6.<br /><br />2 weeks from tomorrow and we all sail on the Explorer of the Seas for 9 days.  Can&#39;t wait.  Robert will bring up our suitcases today and the craziness of packing will begin&#33;<br /><br />Later,<br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-11-29 16:40:05',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255322,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-29 16:58:50',NULL,'','Good Morning All &#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />A pretty nice day here. Cold but very sunny and crisp. Ken has been building some work benches for my son&#39;s business so today we will deliver them and visit with him. Ken hasn&#39;t put up the outside decorations yet as he has been so busy with side work. Hopefully this weekend he will get to it. We are not going with the elaborate decorations as we usually do as we are leaving right after the new year and he likes to get that stuff down and put away before we go.<br /><br />We did get to do the entrance to the subdivision(Ken and I are the beautification committee) and if I say so myself it looks great.<br /><br />Rose..............Have a great time you deserve it. <br /><br />Cheryl...........Sorry about Chris&#39;s car but like everyone else it is only metal it can be replaced Chris can&#39;t.<br /><br />Tonia.............I can&#39;t wait to try the Garden Lasagna<br /><br />Jenn.............I haven&#39;t been on much and haven&#39;t seen you. Everything okay?<br /><br />Carmen.........Hope you are feeling better today from your injection.<br /><br />Marylou........In fact yesterday was my last PT My knee is feeling pretty good and don&#39;t have to use the power chairs anymore in stores. Just have to work on getting this ulcer under control before our cruise.<br /><br />Steve............Glad to see you posting regulary.<br /><br />Sheryl...........You must be so excited about your cruise. Ours is coming up 1/10/08 and I have started putting clothes on the guest room bed.<br /><br />Joey............Congrats to David on the promotion and bet you excited for your upcoming cruise.<br /><br /><br />Have a wonderful day everyone..............<br /><br />Ciao for now<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />','teacp','teacp','2007-11-29 16:58:50',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255326,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-29 17:19:13',NULL,'','it was really windy out when pappy and i went out but he goes in the front yard that all <br />have go in town for my therapy and get my christmas cards and start it this weekend <br /><br />have good day friends','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-29 17:19:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255351,573,1,18,247870,'2007-11-29 22:36:06',NULL,'','Hi all - forgot to post on here the last couple of days - menopause&#33; <br /><br />We have been busy getting the Christmas stuff out of the basement and sorting through it all - I thik we need another house so we can spread it all out.  Way to mych &quot;good stuff&quot; (read JUNK&#33;)<br /><br />But it is fun.  Heading out for our states run in a few minutes.  <br /><br />And we want to spread a little Christmas cheer.  There seems to be someone on every corner with a sign that says something to the fact that they would like money because they can&#39;t work.  But there is one fellow, who we see every week.  He wears a sandwhich board that advertises a lube place.  He always gives us a friendly wave and he has the most wonderful smile.  We will be looking for him today to give him a Christmas card with a &quot;little something&quot; in it.  He tries so hard - rather than just asking for a hand out.  Guess you might call him &quot;deserving&quot;.  Ok - it makes us feels good, so the cheer spreads both ways :o)<br /><br />Not much on the shopping list but you all know what that means - we will find lots of stuff tee-hee.<br /><br />Take care all.<br /><br />Enjoy your Holiday preparations.<br /><br />TTFN Jennifer','hazelson','hazelson','2007-11-29 22:36:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255375,2542,1,18,247870,'2007-11-30 04:30:58',NULL,'','We&#39;re back&#33;<br />Wow 23 hours of flying time to get here.  I&#39;m fried.<br />Sorry I don&#39;t have much to say other than we had the most outstanding time in South Africa, but are really happy to be back home and of course it was great seeing Gucci again, we really missed her.<br /><br />Hopefully tomorrow I&#39;ll be a little less jet lagged and a little more chatty.','zebra','zebra','2007-11-30 04:30:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255376,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-30 04:34:24',NULL,'','hey everyone...<br /><br />well the day started out well.. i got the toes done that always makes ya feeel better, then i decided i would HIT THE MALL.. lol BIG MISTAKE.... first i drove around forever looking for a parking space...i couldn&#39;t even find a handicapped space...what did everyone get there friends with the placard to take them shopping... OK well i decided to park in VALET... the guy tells me as i leave if you spend a 100 dollars in NEIMAN MARCUS parking is free LOL LOL ....me find something in NEIMAN with my taste for finding the most expensive things , LOL that made me laugh... and gezzzzz is there anything in Neiman for 100 dollars...<br /><br /><br />well i went on the buy the candle i was looking for ...this is the only candle place i like to buy candles from...ok i walk in and OMG i think something snapped in the Head.. omg i have to have these nlittle ornaments for the tree, oh i have to buy the soaps for the hands.. oh lotion.. and last but not least the CANDLE i really went in to buy.. ok well after my crazy shopping thing i was exhausted, i needed nurtition, and what do i see was CINNABON... and i had and orange juice with it LOL LOL .. then i had to buy some for Gary ( good excuse to bring some home ) for the freezer...<br /><br />i was going to go a few more places but after that small snack i was tried and needed a nap LOL LOL , so i came home and what do my eyes find.. but the doggies had decided since i was gone they needed treats too...they ate the whole bag of doggies treats of chicken jerky... and the bag all over the floor.. well they all ran outside .. peaking thur the doggie door seeing if mommy was calm yet...then they decided to come in one at a time.. to see...heads down.. ( i wonder did they sit outside going .. YOU go NO you go NO you )<br />well all is well now.. but noone ate there dinner .. gezzzzzzzzzz they don&#39;t get their nite nite snack tonight...<br /><br />mean mommy....<br /><br />well thats was my day ... but my toes look great LOL LOL <br /><br />Tonia<br /><br />','terumim','terumim','2007-11-30 04:34:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255377,3913,1,18,247870,'2007-11-30 05:04:02',NULL,'','Good evening all&#33;<br /><br />Little late tonight.  Not too much exciting happening today.  Just another day at work.  Still fighting this cold but I feel better.  Just hard to breath thru my nose&#33;<br /><br />Our yellow napped Amazon parrot is talking up a storm right now.  Her favorite comment is &quot;Wierd Bird&#33;&quot; and then she laughs up a storm.  She will be 38 years old next month.  We got her when she was 17.  Thought she was a boy until &quot;He&quot; laid and egg 8 years ago.  His name was Pepe but after she laid the egg we changed it to Pepe Sue&#33;  <br /><br />Tonia - At least you had your &quot;shopping attack&quot; in a candle store.  My DW had one in a jewerly store this afternoon&#33;  Been their and done that with the dogs&#33;  They were probably outside drawing the short straw to see who would come in first. :)  My boxer always gets the &quot;Devil made me do it&#33;&quot; look.<br /><br />Zebra - Welcome back&#33;  23 Hours of flying, I did 13 hours once and that was more than enough&#33;<br /><br />Jenifer - Hope you found your &quot;Sandwich Board Man&quot;.  Sounds like he really deserves something extra.<br /><br />Teacup - The older I get the fewer decorations go outside each year.  I&#39;m down to 4 bushes and use the net lights, extension cords and two timers.  We used to look like the Griswalds&#33;<br /><br />Sheryl - Two weeks till the next cruise&#33;  Where are you guys going?<br /><br />Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow&#33;<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-11-30 05:04:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255439,488,1,18,247870,'2007-11-30 13:28:44',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#009900--><span style=\"color:#009900\"><!--/coloro-->FRIDAY - Novembe 30th<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies and TGIF - Have no idea where November went - seems like I just started this Dock and tonight I will close it down.  Wow&#33;  Decorating continues at our house - still haven&#39;t gotten to the Village but at least most of the containers are up in the dining room so once we get started it should be done in a couple of hours.  Yesterday I found a gadget in Target to hang the icicle&#39;s from the gutters and it actually worked.  Jim got the lights up in record time and said it was much easier than running up and down the ladder.<br /><br />Steve - your bird sounds like quite a character.<br /><br />Jackie - Welcome back - once you recover from your jet lag we look forward to hearing from you.  How will you manage staying put for the next few months?   LOL<br /><br />Tonia - sounds like you had a great day of shopping.   I always kid my DD that the only reason she takes me to the mall with her  is so she can use my handicapped sticker in the malls - especially now that they are so crowded.  <br /><br />Sheryl - Your family cruise sounds wonderful.   We were on the Explorer in August - terrific ship and we had a great time.   <br /><br />Jenn - did you find your &quot;sandwich board&quot; man yesterday.  What a nice thing to do.   Hope the shopping went well even if you didn&#39;t need anything.   I find that is the best time to shop.  <br /><br />Sue - Did you get your Christmas cards done yet?  Mine are still sitting her staring at me.  I always buy them so early and then put off sending them.  <br /><br />JoeyandDavid - I&#39;m sure you will be busy this weekend with your packing.   I&#39;m sure now David is sorry he didn&#39;t retire so he could go with you. <br /><br />Cheryl - hope Chris is doing OK today.  Did you finish your tree yet? <br /><br />Carmen - how are you doing?  We get nervous when we don&#39;t hear from you.<br /><br />Keith &amp; Rita - can&#39;t wait to see pics of your new home all decorated for the holidays.  <br /><br />Ed - hope all is well with you.  <br /><br />Time to get the laundry going and start my day.  I love it that the stores are beginning to open earlier for the holidays.   I can get out, do all my shopping and be back home before the usual 10AM opening time.  All the Mom&#39;s &amp; Dad&#39;s are busy getting the little ones off to school so I more or less have the stores to myself.  <br /><br />Make today special and share a smile <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":smile:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" />   At this time of year we should all take a lesson from Jenn and do something nice for those less fortunates.  <br /><br />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-11-30 13:28:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255455,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-30 14:40:12',NULL,'','Good Morning Gang....<br /><br />Jackie and tony 23 hours thats a bit much...Welcome back&#33;<br /><br />MaryLou yes this is going to be a busy weekend packing and the big football Saturday... lots of great games..<br />and I wonder if David is as sad as he appears...... LOL<br /><br />Hope everyone is well BTW.....how did all the blood work go?<br /><br />Go Mountaineers&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-30 14:40:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255462,2549,1,18,247870,'2007-11-30 16:34:02',NULL,'','Joey .. i always appear sad when Gary leaves .. but in my head .. is OK i get thr whole bed to sleep....i get the clicker all to myself .. ( no western , history, news channels all day )... i can turn the tv sound up during the night when i can&#39;t sleep ( no wearing my headphones )....i can eat mexican food as much as i want LOL LOL ...so i do kinda enjoy when hes not home LOL..<br /><br />well its raining today in san diego can you believe it... OMG they are all out there driving like crazy people<br /><br />just have doc appt about my wrist.. shouldn&#39;t be a big deal...<br /><br />boy it sure sounds like you decorate alot Marylou...i  decorate more outside then i do inside ...<br /><br />i will check in later <br /><br />Tonia<br />','terumim','terumim','2007-11-30 16:34:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255463,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-30 16:49:53',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=255462:date=Nov 30 2007, 06&#58;34 AM:name=terumim)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(terumim &#064; Nov 30 2007, 06&#58;34 AM) [snapback]255462[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Joey .. i always appear sad when Gary leaves .. but in my head .. is OK i get thr whole bed to sleep....i get the clicker all to myself .. ( no western , history, news channels all day )... i can turn the tv sound up during the night when i can&#39;t sleep ( no wearing my headphones )....i can eat mexican food as much as i want LOL LOL ...so i do kinda enjoy when hes not home LOL..<br /><br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />oh I too enjoy the break ...I do like the bed all to my self and I am pretyy much fine....for about a half a day... ....see my problem is that david has become my second childhood play mate... <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" /> <br /><br />so these upcoming cruises (the 2 monarch&#39;s) are also about me growing as an individual.. doing things by myself ....for myself.. This has been hard for me to adjust to... but from adversity comes knowledge...<br /><br /><br />and as far as the TV ... I already own the clicker....LOL<br /><br />Hugs','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-30 16:49:53',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255464,2066,1,18,247870,'2007-11-30 16:53:19',NULL,'','oh i forgot to mention....I went to sleep last night with Rutgers beating Louisville easily.. woke up this morning to find out Louisville came back and are now Bowl eligible.. Congratulations to the Cardinal fans..','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-11-30 16:53:19',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255465,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-11-30 17:14:09',NULL,'','good morning friends<br /><br />took Pappy out was little windy but tempture was not so bad but with the wind it make the difference in the tempture <br />lot of things to do today do laundry and change the sheets and etc...<br /><br />Mary Lou-oh yeah me too i always get the cards early and get the card ready with the poeple names and this weekend i will do the cards <br /><br />have good busy day everyone <br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-11-30 17:14:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255469,754,1,18,247870,'2007-11-30 18:00:00',NULL,'','I can&#39;t believe I just wrote this really long  daily dock hellos and I hit the wrong button and it all disappeared.<br /><br />So no time to do it again so I will just say............Have a great day all (it was a good post lol)<br /><br />Ciao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-11-30 18:00:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255496,920,1,18,247870,'2007-11-30 20:59:39',NULL,'','Morning All,<br /><br />Overcast today and we even had a little drizzle (about a tablespoon full).<br /><br />Just learned from Mary Lou that Crazy is going with us on our Carnival Spirit cruise on January 25th out of San Diego.  She will be joing 70 other cruisers in our group.  Traveling by chartered bus to the port and of course be a part of our &quot;official group picture.&quot;  She may even get to meet the Captain&#33;<br /><br />Finally getting the Christmas decorations in place.  Just got off the ladder puting the star on top.<br /><br />Waiting for the delivery this afternoon of Roe&#39;s new washer and dryer so she&#39;s kind of excited.<br /><br />Steve: I used to own a Yellow Nape and I think my Ex still has it.  Don&#39;t know where he came from but he spoke Spanish, English with a British accent and loved war movies on TV.  When there were exposions he would rock back and forth and shout Viva&#33;&#33;  He learned the UNLV cheers from being with me when I waqtched the basketball games.  He would shout REEEBELLS right along with the cheer leaders.  He also sang Spanish nursery rhymes.  Quite a showman.<br /><br />That&#39;s it for now,<br /><br />','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-11-30 20:59:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255499,4219,1,18,247870,'2007-11-30 22:36:55',NULL,'','Hi all,<br />Steve -we are going on RCCL&#39;s Explorer of the Seas 9 night to PR, DR, St. Thomas and Labadee.  This is my 10th cruise but my son&#39;s second.  He was 13 years old when he went on his first.  Now he is going on as a husband, father and soldier.<br /><br />Just came back from doing more shopping and wound up getting a huge (48inch) wreath for the outside of the house.  Robert is decorating it now and will get it up before the end of the day.<br /><br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-11-30 22:36:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255511,3642,1,18,247870,'2007-12-01 01:59:37',NULL,'','good evening to all <br /><br />i decide better to get the tree since it was really nice day today and tomorrow will have ice storm that what forcaster said that we would have in southeast michigan but i will wait and see hmmm sometimes forcaster can be wrong (giggle)  so that why i did today instead of tomorrow  and Pappy was very curious of the tree  and i repeat to him no peeing on the tree lol lol  i will always make sure Pappy goes out  giggles. <br />and now the house look much christmasy even with the tree <br /><br />smile','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-01 01:59:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255513,2542,1,18,247870,'2007-12-01 03:03:27',NULL,'','Hi All,<br />Still trying to get my body clock to function correctly.<br /><br />Welcome Steve and Sheryl - you&#39;ve both probably been around here for a while, but I&#39;ve been away in South Africa for a month and have missed all the newbies.  <br /><br />Today I spent most of the day taking care of business - yep... that&#39;s what happens when you&#39;ve been away for so long.<br /><br />Have a great evening everyone&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-12-01 03:03:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255547,2611,1,18,247870,'2007-12-01 04:54:48',NULL,'','Hey gang.  Jackie, it is good to see you back here where you belong.  Hope you get over the jet lag soon.  Are you planning on staying home for a while?  Mary Lou, this month did just zoom by, didn&#39;t it.  I can&#39;t believe it has already been a whole month since we left for our cruise. Thanks for asking, Chris is doing fine.  He was a little stiff the first night and took one of my muscle relaxers.   Tonia, at least it wasn&#39;t something that would really make the dogs sick, like chocolate.  I know what you mean about your other half being gone.  Greg is going to NYC in 2 weeks for business, and now that Chris is living here, I won&#39;t be alone at night, I am going to enjoy laying in the middle of that king sized bed and watching TV.  I can&#39;t watch it in bed when Greg is home because he says it keeps him awake.  Funny how he can lay here in the den in his recliner with the television blaring and him snoring like a bandsaw.  I do miss him when he is gone, but it will only be for 2 days.  Sheryl, I hope your family has a wonderful cruise.  St. Thomas is one of my favorite ports for shopping.  Steve, I had no idea that birds lived that long.  I had a canary once when I was much, much younger but he was out of his cage when one of my brothers came into the house and he flew out.  Hi Jenn - forgot to post, hmmm.  Well, seeing as I am over 50 myself now, I won&#39;t make any of those old people jokes.  Has anyone heard from Carmen?  Just wondering how she was doing after her injection.  Darn, Maria, don&#39;t you just hate it when that happens?  I do it all the time and I get so aggrevated, that I never go back and retype it.  Hi ya&#39; Joey.  It is always good to see you here on the dock.  Are you sure you are in your 2nd childhood or is it that you never left your 1st???  Sue, hope you can keep Pappy&#39;s leg down when he is around the tree.  My male is neutered but he has a big problem with marking everything in sight.  I have been offline for the past 2 days.  I was syncing my iPod the other day and somehow checked the wrong box and erased everything and I did not have the songs stored on my hard drive.  I lost over 500 songs and I have spent the past few days trying to redownload them and transfer them into my iTunes.  I still have almost 200 songs to go.  When I get done this time, I am going to burn them on CD&#39;s and keep that as a back up.  Well, the tree is finished - it is not as &quot;decorated&quot; as I would normally do, but after a week of it, I decided I was done.  As soon as I get all the boxes and stuff cleared away, I will take a pic and post it.  I got my nutcracker collection up but decided that I was not going to put up the western themed tree in the family room.  I made this decision after Greg had already gone down to the basement and brought up the tree and all the decorations.  I hope all of you Crazies have a wonderful weekend.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-01 04:54:48',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255550,488,1,18,247870,'2007-12-01 13:05:01',NULL,'','Good Morning - tried to close down the November dock and start fresh for December but am having a problem starting a new thread. Hopefully Jason can get the problem straightened out and move any December posts that are in:  In the meantime - continue here and we will see what happens','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-01 13:05:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255612,1,1,18,247870,'2007-12-01 21:58:25',NULL,'','All Dec 1 messages have been moved to the new December Daily Dock, now available in the CruiseCrazies Connections forum.','Jason','Jason','2007-12-01 21:58:25',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255616,488,1,18,247870,'2007-12-01 22:12:42',NULL,'','Jason - thanks for straightening all of this out.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-01 22:12:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255552,488,1,18,NULL,'2007-12-01 13:18:23',NULL,'Daily Dock - DECEMBER','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#CC0000--><span style=\"color:#CC0000\"><!--/coloro-->SATURDAY - December 1st<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies.....I&#39;m having trouble starting a new thread here this morning to start the December Dock.  Don&#39;t know what is wrong but I have PM&#39;d Jason and hope to have to new December dock up and running soon.    If anyone else is able to start a new thread for the December dock, please start it for us. In the meantime I will get back to my decorating.  The Villiage is done but all the people, trees and extra pieces still need to  be put in place.   Slowly but surely our house is getting quite festive and they are now saying we will have some snow to add to the picture tomorrow.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2008-01-01 12:09:52',262098,488,'cruisetarp','cruisetarp',NULL,617,-1,11318,0,0,0,0,0),(255555,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 15:10:02',NULL,'','Good Morning and Happy December guys..<br /><br />I also tried MaryLou ..but the captain has <u>new threads </u> locked tighter than that holiday package hidden on the top shelf of your mothers closet... <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" /> <br /><br />Well its my big football Saturday.... go Mountaineers&#33;<br /><br />Talk with you later today&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-01 15:10:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255558,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 15:22:11',NULL,'','Morning all,<br />Well it feels so strange to me that Christmas is 25 days away and I haven&#39;t had Thanksgiving yet :)  That&#39;s what happens when you&#39;re out of the country during an American holiday&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Today is a shopping day for me and I have to drop of the pooch at the groomers ina few minutes - so I&#39;ll say &#39;bye till later.<br /><br />Joey, enjoy the ball game.','zebra','zebra','2007-12-01 15:22:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255560,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 15:25:13',NULL,'','Thanks for trying Joey - guess when Jason started this new forum he didn&#39;t unlock it.  I PM&#39;d him and I&#39;m sure he will get it fixed soon.  Loved your analogy of the way the thread is locked like those Christmas gifts .  Brought back memories of a few close calls when Mom came in unexpectedly.  hehe<br />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-01 15:25:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255567,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 15:31:47',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=255560:date=Dec 1 2007, 05&#58;25 AM:name=cruisetarp)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(cruisetarp &#064; Dec 1 2007, 05&#58;25 AM) [snapback]255560[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Thanks for trying Joey - guess when Jason started this new forum he didn&#39;t unlock it.  I PM&#39;d him and I&#39;m sure he will get it fixed soon.  Loved your analogy of the way the thread is locked like those Christmas gifts .  Brought back memories of a few close calls when Mom came in unexpectedly.  hehe<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />thats what i was going for ..... <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":tongue:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"tongue.gif\" /> <br /><br />and Jackie its the big Saturday so it&#39;s <u>GAME<b>S</b></u> lol<br /><br />from 8AM pt to almost midnight tonight... <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" /> <br /><br />how does that song go? .. &quot;are you ready for some football&quot; <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-01 15:31:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255570,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 15:45:50',NULL,'','oh boy about the closing thread  dang dang <br /><br />took Pappy out and came back in and i am half sleep lol i felt like i was sleeping walking my dog  lmao <br />and i already started on coffee would be ready anytime <br />i got my tree yesterday and today is tree decoration day hehe Pappy was why is the tree up lol <br /><br />have good day everyone <br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-01 15:45:50',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255578,4219,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 16:52:17',NULL,'','Good morning all,<br /><br />Happy December&#33;<br /><br />Thanks for the welcome Jackie.  I have only been on for about 2 weeks but I am not new to cruising.  Will be going on number 10 in less than 2 weeks.  Hooray&#33;  Would love to hear more about your South American journey.  Must have been fabulous.<br /><br />Joey - Enjoy your day of football.  Now if it was baseball and the Yankees were playing,  I&#39;d be watching too&#33; LOL<br /><br />We are expecting snow here too.  Did all of my shopping yesterday so we are ready to be holed up here for a while, if necessary.  If need be, we do have the Ford Bronco 4x4 to get us out of here&#33;<br /><br />Enjoy,<br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-12-01 16:52:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255579,3913,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 16:58:04',NULL,'','Good morning All&#33;<br /><br />Yea for our weathermen&#33;  We were supposed to have freezing rain and ice this morning but it didn&#39;t get cold enough (or even close).  The &quot;Gloom &amp; Doom&quot; boys missed it again&#33;<br /><br />Stopped by Best Buy to get a memory stick for my dad&#39;s digital picture frame (Christmas present).  Put pictures of his first cruise last Sept. on it.  Anyway, stopped to get the memory stick and came out with yet another new digital camera&#33;  Gusess i better not complain about my DW&#39;s shopping&#33;<br /><br />Skipper - Parrots are alot of fun.  Mine has a million different laughs and knows when to use the right one.  Talks up a storm, whistles and sings some really bad opera&#33;<br /><br />Sheryl - I&#39;m jealous&#33;  Eastern &amp; southern carribean are my favorites&#33;<br /><br />Jackie - Thanks for the welcome.  The time adjustment thing is tough.  I have enough trouble with day light savings and I&#39;ve done the half way around the world adjustments serveral times.<br /><br />Cheryl - Large parrots usually live into their 60&#39;s.  I don&#39;t have to worry about mine flying away.  We can&#39;t let her out of the cage.  She is an attack parrot.  Will attack anything living&#33;<br /><br />Chore time, better go.<br /><br />Hope everyone enjoys their day&#33;<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-12-01 16:58:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255580,754,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 16:58:54',NULL,'','Good Morning All &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Brrrr Cold here today and they are calling for snow. We have a wind chill of 15 or some ungodly number like that. I think I will just stay in and get some things done around here. I hate the cold weather.<br /><br />Last night we found a new Italian restuarant in Kentucky and it was wonderful. You have to understand that I am originally from NY and Italian restaurants are on every corner. Here in Ohio they are hard to find. People here think Olive Garden is the best Italian around...........Well someone told us about this place called Vito&#39;s Cafe. The food is very authentic and the owner is from NY. Also the servers are all theater majors at UC and as they are serving they take turns getting up on the stage with the pianist and singing. It was great and last night they were doing a lot of Christmas songs so it really put me in the holiday spirit. A little pricy but well worth it. Needless to say I went off my diet so today it is back on the wagon. They had a butternut squash soup which I wasn&#39;t so sure about but it was wonderful and light and oh so delish. Ken had the Fra Diavalo and he said it was as good as any he has gotten in NY. I had the classic spaghetti and meatballs cause it said on the menu they make their meatballs with beef, pork and veal and that is how I make mine. <br />They were awesome.<br /><br />Well I think I will get going. I might start pulling out cruise clothes and see what I need or don&#39;t need. I have lost about eleven pounds since my last cruise so I just MIGHT have to go shopping.<br /><br />Have a wonderful day eveyone<br /><br /><br />Ciao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-12-01 16:58:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255581,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 17:07:38',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=255580:date=Dec 1 2007, 06&#58;58 AM:name=teacp)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(teacp &#064; Dec 1 2007, 06&#58;58 AM) [snapback]255580[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br /> Here in Ohio they are hard to find. People here think Olive Garden is the best Italian around...........<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Maria I know what you mean... so glad you found a restaurant you guys like..... you wouldn&#39;t believe how hard it is to find decent restaurants in The Los Angeles area as well..','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-01 17:07:38',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255587,754,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 17:32:47',NULL,'','Joey I knew you would answer this post........There is a wonderful Italian restuarant in Pomona that we loved. That isn&#39;t so far from you is it? If you are interested I will have to call my friend and ask her the name cause right now it escapes me.','teacp','teacp','2007-12-01 17:32:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255596,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 18:06:29',NULL,'','wow ,,,<br /><br />aren&#39;t you all up and at it this morning.. i couldn&#39;t sleep till 3am... i really dislike not working.. its the pits.. my time clock is all off.. put some applications out there so we will see.. i can&#39;t sit around and wait for them to call me back....<br /><br />ok it cold here too its was 59 this morning .. LOL sorry i just had to say that.. to me thats cold.....OMG 15 Maria ... gezzz i would be like a bear and not see me till spring ....it rained all day and most of the night.. we got about 2 inches of rain... ya know mother nature as a werid thing with southern california...<br /><br />Gary called and says hes coming home... hes cold and it rained out there and all the sand is wet he can&#39;t dig... he said he found a couple good nuggets this time...( if i forgot to tell you he goes out to his claims in the desert and digs for gold ).. hes found a nice little bit from time to time...<br /><br />JOey heheheh you come up with some funny things... that sure made me think  about how i was able to rewrap very well...<br /><br />Sue.. i am waiting for Pappy to look at you one morning and say no way.. LOL glad ya got the tree done...<br /><br />WE have a little section of town called little italy with deli&#39;s , restaurants.... etc .. so we don&#39;t have much problem with good italian..or good mexican food...great chinese...we have alot of great places... <br /><br />Steve your house sunds like me.. with animals .. my dad had an arfican gray.. TODY.. omg he was mean...but he did enjoy his shotglass of beer on the weekends.. he would open his cage and come say HELLO iTS ME...and then get up on the back of the chair and just talk talk talk... this one time my Grandma was visiting and shes very christian woman... he was sweeping up around his cage.. and said some very choice words to my grandma and she came running out to the kitchen.. &quot; saying OH MY OH MY did you hear  what that bird called me and and told me to ********...( i dad was navy ya know what words i mean )..I took everything my mom and dad and me had to not laugh at her.... my dad did make a show and tell him dang Tody shut up with that... he would laugh at my dad when he would get yelled at <br /><br />Thanks for that thought Steve i had forgotten about that memory with my dad and grandma...<br /><br />Sheryl... click on the RV jorunal on jackies post and check out the log for her trip to afica, with pic&#39; you will enjoy the reading .<br /><br />Jackieeeeeeeeeeeeee ya glad you home safe and your trip logs w/ pic&#39;s have been wounderful.../When you said you werew going to south afica, i didn&#39;t know that had csmps with that kinda of lodging.. or is it because it is a national park... if i ever do traveling over there that seems to be the way to go.. the pic&#39;s are wonderful .. i jsut love the wildlife...i love the leopard..i will be traveling there one day...i think of you every time i make my peri peri chicken... that has become Gary&#39;s fav dish.. i found the spice on line<br /><br />well thats about it.. i made a big pot of minstrone yesterday gave some to the neighbor&#39;s that both work and thought it was cold they would like that and not have to cook...so thats dinner tonight...<br /><br />tomorrow is sams club to get all the stuff for making the cookies ...walnuts, pecans flour etc etc... i make my own vanilla so i never have to buy that...i have to great my lane cake started here pretty soon.. it has to soak ( oh ya bourbon nevet tasted so good ) you make the cake and then cheesecloth with bourbon over it,, then ever so often ya splash it LOL so by christmas its oh yaaaaaaa. its an old old recipe ...<br /><br />wow i was just typing and typing today thatd enough<br /><br />Tonia<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />','terumim','terumim','2007-12-01 18:06:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255597,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 18:08:23',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=255587:date=Dec 1 2007, 07&#58;32 AM:name=teacp)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(teacp &#064; Dec 1 2007, 07&#58;32 AM) [snapback]255587[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Joey I knew you would answer this post........There is a wonderful Italian restaurant in Pomona that we loved. That isn&#39;t so far from you is it? If you are interested I will have to call my friend and ask her the name cause right now it escapes me.<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /><br />Pomona is a bit fur ......about an hour away.... LA COUNTY fair is held out that way....... but sure ask the next time you talk to her... always .. and i do mean always looking....for the ultimate restaurant.. <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-01 18:08:23',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255605,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 19:41:53',NULL,'','SATURDAY - December 1st','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-01 19:41:53',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255606,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 19:59:21',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=255605:date=Dec 1 2007, 09&#58;41 AM:name=cruisetarp)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(cruisetarp &#064; Dec 1 2007, 09&#58;41 AM) [snapback]255605[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />SATURDAY - December 1st<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Yeah&#33;&#33;&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-01 19:59:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255607,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 19:59:58',NULL,'','Good morning gang.  Greg is off atv&#39;ing with his friends - this is starting to become an every weekend thing but it won&#39;t last much longer.  They don&#39;t mind riding in the snow, but in a few more weeks, they will not be able to get to the trails due to winter weather so they will have to wait until spring.  Our son Chris didn&#39;t come home last night, but I knew in advance he was going to be out all night, so I am just waiting for him to come home and see if he wants to go get some lunch.  I knwo he needs me to go with him to drop his car off at the tire place so we can grab something to eat and un a few errands while we wait for his new tires to be put on.  Well, speak of the devil, he just came in, so I am off - have a great day everyone.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-01 19:59:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255610,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 20:56:57',NULL,'','Sheryl, just click on the OUR RV TRAVEL WEBSITE link under our names and you can read all about our South African trip and see the photo&#39;s too.','zebra','zebra','2007-12-01 20:56:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255617,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 22:14:17',NULL,'','OK Crazies - we are back in business with our December Dock up and running thanks to Jason.  See you all tomorrow bright and early','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-01 22:14:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255618,274,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 22:37:08',NULL,'','Hi everyone...<br /><br />It&#39;s 16 degrees, and snowing and blowing.  The wind is pretty fierce, so I&#39;m glad we only have to go out to church tonight.  It&#39;s only a couple of blocks away.  We may get around 6 to 10 &quot; across the metro area.  Guess winter is here.  lol<br /><br />I can&#39;t believe it&#39;s already Dec.  The time is going by so fast.  I am so far behind on my e-mails and PM&#39;s and postings, and just about everything.  I heard Marc talking to my daughter about my upcoming 60th birthday in a couple of weeks and what to do for it.  No time for birthdays so close to Christmas.  lol  Maybe we will go up to the casino after Christmas some time if my sweet kitty is doing ok.  <br /><br />We had my favorite kitty-cat to the vet for 2 1/2 hours the other night, and we found out he has diabetes.  He also has the start of a UTI.  I&#39;m so glad that Marc knows how to give him the insulin shots...I would be too scared.  So sorry if I&#39;ve missed any posts for birthdays and special days and all.  I hope you are all doing well and feeling good.  It&#39;s now the busiest time of the year for a lot of people.  I will have little Isabelle until up to Christmas so it&#39;s a challange getting everything done. She has been a great blessing, though, she is helping me get through the loss of my beloved mother.<br /><br />Take care, and have a great weekend...after New Year&#39;s I should have more time to spend on the computer.    Love and Hugs to all&#33;<br />','Shari2','Shari2','2007-12-01 22:37:08',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255619,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-01 23:49:18',NULL,'','hi  good  afternoon AND  happy december <br /><br />the lights on the christmas tree is on heh <br /><br />Tonia- oh yeah Pappy always give me the look every morning when i open my eyes and say are you wake??? and i am ready to go out LMAO <br />but this morning i was not pay attention as i took him out  haha<br /><br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-01 23:49:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255620,4219,1,18,255552,'2007-12-02 01:32:36',NULL,'','Jackie,<br />I just spent the last hour in  Africa with you.  What an amazing, thrilling trip&#33;  How lucky you are to have been able to do this and have such wonderful memories.   <br /><br />I have a question for you....do you live in your rv?  Do you have a permanent home too?  My husband Robert and I were once talking about doing that, selling our home and living  in a mobile home.  We could spend time in Seattle, where my son lives, in Florida for the winter, where we have family and back here in the NE so we can be with our other son and family in NY.  <br /><br />I am about 3/4 done packing and we also wrapped Christmas presents today.  All in all, a very productive day.<br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-12-02 01:32:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255624,573,1,18,255552,'2007-12-02 03:59:27',NULL,'','Good Evening Crazies&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />What a day - snow all over the place - and I love it - big (and I do mean big&#33;&#33;&#33;) kid that I am LOL<br /><br />The temperature is sitting at just below freezing so the flakes are really big.  <br /><br />We managed to get all the outside decorations up yesterday.  Great timing as it was a warm, sunny day. We have the inflatables: Grinch, Santa, a Snow Lady; and the lighted deer up in the yard along the driveway.  And we have a huge polar bear on an inner tube and a sleigh full of snowmen on the roof of the house and the roof of the garage.  Looks great in the snow.  I took some photos so will try to get them posted when Dh gets home.<br /><br />Looks like a bad day for driving tomorrow - predicting about five inches over night - on top of the dump today that had already started to freeze up.<br /><br />I took my former little Sister out for the afternoon.  The local college was having a Christmas Festival - it was fun....especially the baby pigs and llama in the petting zoo.  So cute&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;  They also made great popcorn and spiced cider - yum&#33;<br /><br />I also got a couple of gifts for DH - hard to buy for so it is a challenge - but who doesn&#39;t love a challenge :o)<br /><br />Off to games - take care all.<br /><br /><br /><br />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-12-02 03:59:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255626,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-02 04:14:56',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=255620:date=Dec 1 2007, 06&#58;32 PM:name=crazeecat5)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(crazeecat5 &#064; Dec 1 2007, 06&#58;32 PM) [snapback]255620[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Jackie,<br />I just spent the last hour in  Africa with you.  What an amazing, thrilling trip&#33;  How lucky you are to have been able to do this and have such wonderful memories.   <br /><br />I have a question for you....do you live in your rv?  Do you have a permanent home too?  My husband Robert and I were once talking about doing that, selling our home and living  in a mobile home.  We could spend time in Seattle, where my son lives, in Florida for the winter, where we have family and back here in the NE so we can be with our other son and family in NY.  <br /><br />I am about 3/4 done packing and we also wrapped Christmas presents today.  All in all, a very productive day.<br />Sheryl<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Hi Sheryl,<br />Yes we are currently living in our RV - and loving it&#33;&#33;&#33;  We still own our lovely home here in Tampa, but my daughter and SIL are renting it from us (which pays the mortgage).  So our plan is to stay in Tampa for the winter and then hit the road again in the spring and travel around the country for the rest of the year... what an awesome lifestyle.  It&#39;s so wonderful to have the whole of America as our &quot;backyard&quot;.  As you can tell we love travel... no matter whether it&#39;s cruising or RVing.<br /><br />','zebra','zebra','2007-12-02 04:14:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255671,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-02 13:32:15',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#666600--><span style=\"color:#666600\"><!--/coloro-->SUNDAY - December 2nd<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies.   We had a very ice time at the Banks Christmas party last night - it was nice to meet some of the other wives and have a fun social evening out.  Jim sure works with a great bunch of retirees  and they all enjoy what they do and have a great time together.  The party itself was OK - food was cold (not supposed to be) but everyone said that it was much much better than last year so I can&#39;t imagine what last year was like.   They gave out lots and lots of prizes and we won the usual - nothing.  <br />Today we have to get this house put back together.  We have boxes all over the place and it is getting quite messy but we have snow heading our way so we will stay inside, stay warm and get it all cleaned up.  <br /><br />Jackie - it&#39;s great to see you back on the Dock.   Hope you have recovered from your jet lag.  I&#39;m sure Gucci is thrilled to have you home again.  <br /><br />Cheryl - Hope you had a nice lunch with Chris and that Greg had a good day ATVing.  We look forward to seeing pictures of your tree.  Why did you decide not to do the family room tree?  I don&#39;t blame you - one is enough work.<br /><br />Jenn - enjoy the snow.  I think it is really pretty and love to look at it but I already did that this winter so it can stay away from me.  Glad you had a nice lunch with your little sister.  I&#39;m sure she loved spending some time with you.<br /><br />Sue - sure hope Pappy is staying away from your tree.  I know you don&#39;t like taking him out in this weather but his only other option is that pretty tree so be careful.  lol<br /><br />Shari - as always, it great hearing from you.   I know little Isabelle will help you get through the holidays.  My grandkids were my greatest joy the year I lost my Mom.  Six - ten inches of snow is not my idea of fun.  Be careful if you venture outside.<br /><br />JoeandDavid - hope you enjoyed all your ball games yesterday and didn&#39;t get distracted from your packing.  <br /><br />Carmen - we are really worried about you.  Please let us know you are OK.   <br /><br />Time to get a move on and start my day.  Hope everyone has a great day and for those traveling thru snow and ice - be careful.<br /><br />Make today special and smile as you go about your daily business.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-02 13:32:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255689,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-02 15:09:43',NULL,'','Good morning guys..<br /><br />The football fans here know how sad i am ... but i must say this was a season like no other...<br /><br />now with that out of the way ..I sail tomorrow&#33;<br /><br />Jackie it is so good to see you back on the boards,,,<br /><br />Carmen yes please do check in.. <br /><br />Marylou..sounds like you guys had a nive time at the party...<br /><br />Enjoy the day guys.. see u later','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-02 15:09:43',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255707,754,1,18,255552,'2007-12-02 17:19:27',NULL,'','Good Morning All..............<br /><br />A very rainy day here but they say Wednesday we are expecting significant snowfall. To me that means a foot or so but I think to the weatherman that mean a few inches....lol People here in Ohio do not know how to drive in the snow.............Ken becomes a bear when he sees how these people drive in snow.<br /><br />Got some of my inside decorations up yesterday and Ken still hasn&#39;t done the outside and today it&#39;s raining so there is always tomorrow.<br /><br />I think today we will go the farmers market. A good day to meander through it.<br /><br />Joey............Have a great cruise. Are you going alone?<br /><br />Carmen..........Please check in even if it is just a HI<br /><br />Marylou........Glad you had a good time at the party. Too bad about the food but anyday you don&#39;t have to cook is a good day......lol<br /><br />Jackie.........I also took some time last night and went through your journal and all I can say I think you are one of the luckiest people to be able to do all that. The journal and pics are awesome.<br /><br />Jenn..........I never know what to get Ken. I did see this new level at Sears that I think might interest him.<br /><br />Sheryl and lovelypinky and Steve...........Nice to see you posting reguarly.<br /><br />Shari.............Wow the big 60 I hit that four years ago.<br /><br />Cheryl.........Does Greg ATV in the snow..........or do you have snowmobiling. We love to go the mountains snowmobiling.<br /><br />Well have a great day all<br /><br /><br />Ciao for now<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />','teacp','teacp','2007-12-02 17:19:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255717,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-02 18:14:50',NULL,'','good morning <br />i am stiff on my back today i fell on ice last night after had ice storm and the front porch is still icy but will melt later in the day when the tempture warm up  i am having hard time walking but i will be ok will take easy  Pappy was worried after see me in much pain  hope it will go away soon i have to walk around so my back don&#39;t get too stiff <br />Pappy is ok. <br /><br />have good day','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-02 18:14:50',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255718,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-02 18:17:44',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=255707:date=Dec 2 2007, 07&#58;19 AM:name=teacp)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(teacp &#064; Dec 2 2007, 07&#58;19 AM) [snapback]255707[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Joey............Have a great cruise. Are you going alone?<br />Ciao for now<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Yes ma&#39;am.. this one and again in January...  then we both will get to sail next December&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-02 18:17:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255719,754,1,18,255552,'2007-12-02 18:18:00',NULL,'','Sorry to hear about your back. I know how painful that can be............Sometimes you don&#39;t even know there is ice and then Wham you are down.','teacp','teacp','2007-12-02 18:18:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255720,754,1,18,255552,'2007-12-02 18:19:55',NULL,'','Wow that&#39;s great Joey...................I don&#39;t know if I could go alone, but have a fun and refreshing cruise. I am sure David will miss you a lot.','teacp','teacp','2007-12-02 18:19:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255734,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-02 18:55:36',NULL,'','Sue - sorry about your fall.  Take it easy and try not to overdo it today.  I know from experience how back pain is.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-02 18:55:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255736,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-02 19:08:34',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=255720:date=Dec 2 2007, 08&#58;19 AM:name=teacp)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(teacp &#064; Dec 2 2007, 08&#58;19 AM) [snapback]255720[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Wow that&#39;s great Joey...................I don&#39;t know if I could go alone, but have a fun and refreshing cruise. I am sure David will miss you a lot.<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /><br />i am with you on this as well ... I am scared to travel alone.. well scared isn&#39;t the correct word... I am more apprehensive about doing things solo...Part of these next two cruises for me are a way for me to learn and work on  myself.. I have always had problems doing things as a solo.. so now it&#39;s time for me to work on me and my inadequacies..','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-02 19:08:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255737,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-02 19:17:22',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=255717:date=Dec 2 2007, 08&#58;14 AM:name=lovelypinky)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(lovelypinky &#064; Dec 2 2007, 08&#58;14 AM) [snapback]255717[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />i am stiff on my back today i fell on ice last night after had ice storm <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Oh my ..... that can&#39;t be good......hope you feel better real soon...<br />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-02 19:17:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255754,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-02 23:22:12',NULL,'','hey everyone...<br /><br />Marylou... i know what your talking about when ya say food was cold.. the last time we went to a big dinner, they serviced the food and it was all cold.. but that did happen few times on the cruise...ya know all those things like parties should be buffet.. expecially when people are not sure what they want..Glad you met some of the people hubby works with and their family...always makes it better when they take about people...<br /><br />Joey ... i use to be that way when i was first married thinking we had to do everything together...i kinda lost myself and what i wanted when i did that... when i got divorced i finally said ya know you are most important...it took me a long time to take myself first... now with Gary we do things together , but we do things separate... and it has made us better...thats why i cruise , he does the desert LOL .. Joey its a great thing your improving yourself , thats a good thing <br /><br />Sue awwwwwwwwwwww poor thing sorry you fell , i did that one time and cracked my tailbone, theirs nothing to do with that but to let it heal... hope its just bumps and bruises ... i know that stiff feeling..<br /><br />OK ya know i have my hotflashs .. welllllllllllll i turned on the heater i was cold LOL LOL LOL i thought Gary was going to fall over when i turned on the heater...he was trying to be funny, and ran to make it on the calendar... hes such a butt LOL <br /><br />Carmen youuuuuuuuuu whoooooooooo where sre ya girlie.. i hope your ok after your last injection<br /><br />Cheryl.... glad your tree is done.. but i do bet it looks great <br /><br />Jackie yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa glad your home ... nice to seeya back where you belong with us crazies..<br /><br />Sheryl.... sounds you going to have a house for soon ... <br /><br />Steve hows the puppy doing well i hope...<br /><br />well enough for now<br /><br />Tonia<br /><br />','terumim','terumim','2007-12-02 23:22:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255755,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 00:32:27',NULL,'','Hey Crazies.  Hope you all are having a good end to your weekend.  We just got back from going out for a late lunch.  I am posting pics of the tree, but they don&#39;t do it justice.  I could not get the lighting right or something and none of them came out very good.  Also posting a pic of my nutcrackers.  With the angel on the top of the tree, it stands almost 14 ft. tall.  The angel is leaning, but she is just going to have to stay that way.  Maria, yes Greg rides in the snow - they have been doing so for about the last month.  The problem will be that they cannot get up to the trailheads in their vehicles to unload the atv&#39;s so they will have to give it up for a few months.  I think we are going to get a snow plow for the front of his new one since it has a winch already that he can use to raise and lower the blade.  Then he can go up and down the street clearing the neighbors driveways.  Sounds like winter is setting in for lots of our family here.  I bought the stuff for Scotty and I to make our gingerbread house.  We made one last year and it was so pathetic looking that I thought mybe we would just make and decorate gingerbread men this year, but he said he wanted to make the house again.  I hope you are all going to post pics of your holiday decorations too.  Mary Lou, I decided not to do the western themed tree because it took me a week to get this one done and I was tired of having the boxes everywhere and so I told Greg to just take everything back down to the basement...<br /><br /><img src=\"http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k96/cherylfuller/Christmastree7.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IPB Image\" /><br /><br /><img src=\"http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k96/cherylfuller/ChristmasTree5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IPB Image\" /><br /><br /><img src=\"http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k96/cherylfuller/Nutcrackers.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IPB Image\" />','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-03 00:32:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255756,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 00:34:07',NULL,'','wow beautiful Cheryl&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-03 00:34:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255764,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 00:59:14',NULL,'','Evening All,<br /><br />Have a great cruise Joey.... I&#39;m sure sailing solo won&#39;t be as daunting as it seems.<br /><br />Sue.... so sorry to hear about your back, I sure hope the pain goes away soon.  Please take care in those icy conditions.<br /><br />Maria.... I&#39;m so glad you had some time to check out our website - actually I have posted even more South African photo&#39;s on the website today.  Now all my South African journal entries are caught up with their photo&#39;s.<br /><br />We had cable installed yesterday and now I have road runner internet connection&#33; What a difference... it&#39;s great to have such a fast connection.<br /><br />Well tomorrow afternoon I have to have two skin biopsies done - yuck&#33;  One on my forearm and the other on my nose.  Hopefully the nose one won&#39;t leave a bad scar.<br /><br />We&#39;ve both been very &quot;out of it&quot; today - wow that 7 hour time change sure can do a number on the old body.  Each day we say.... hopefully we&#39;ll feel better tomorrow.','zebra','zebra','2007-12-03 00:59:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255789,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 01:30:07',NULL,'','OMG CHERYL.....no wonder it took you so long....THE PIC&#39;S DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE... wish i had room for one that big... my poor babyntree looks really sad compared to yours.. LOL love your nutcrackers<br /><br />Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-12-03 01:30:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255799,573,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 01:58:08',NULL,'','Hi all - we are in the middle of a real snowstorm - very unusual for this weather.  We have had at least a foot of snow - too much even for the kids to be outside&#33;  It was supposed to warm up and start to rain by noon - but it &quot;ain&#39;t gonna happen&#33;&quot;<br /><br />Luckily DH&#39;s co-worker called and told him not to even attmpt the trip up Burnaby Mountain to the University - work wasn&#39;t worth risking his life for.  The evening news should be very interesting&#33;  <br /><br />There have been warnings to stay in unless it&#39;s an emergency.  Sure glad I made it to the grocery store yesterday.<br /><br />I got up - looked out the window - said my Oh S*&amp;&#036;s  -  and proceeded to re-arrange my living room.  Looks good.  I find it&#39;s the only way to get clean in all the nooks and crannies.<br /><br />We have friends flying in from San Diego tonight - off their Mexico cruise.  Hope they make it ok.  I imagine there is real havoc at the airports.<br /><br />Anyway - it&#39;s warm in here lol.<br /><br />Sue - take care of yourself - a fall can be more than just painful&#33; Pappy will just have to poop close to home lol.  <br /><br />Cheryl - great job - absolutely stunning tree.  But is it safe to put all those gifts under the tree when the Munchkin comes over - or does he make poke holes in the paper lol.<br /><br />Good for you Joey - very brave.  But I&#39;m sure you will make lots of new friends on board - you seem to be just that kind of guy :o)  And you get the bed all to yourself - you can stretch out and kick the covers off all you want tee-hee&#33;<br /><br />Jackie - good luck with the biopsies - if the surgeon is a good one then you should be &quot;scar free&quot;.  I have had a &quot;thingie&quot; removed three times from the same spot and, even with four stitches no scar.<br /><br />Tonia - I was thinking of hiring my menopausal self out for snow removel lol.  The last week or so I have gone to bed in jammies and ended up starkers by morning.  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" /> It sure does help with the heating bill though&#33;<br /><br />Well off to games - you all take care and enjoy what&#39;s left of your Sunday.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-12-03 01:58:08',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255813,3913,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 03:27:31',NULL,'','Good evening all&#33;<br /><br />It was 63 at 4AM, now it&#39;s 31 and very windy&#33;  Busy day today.  Had &quot;elder duties&quot; at church then did &quot;shut-in communion&quot; for our members in hospitals or recovering.  Very time consuming with the travel but most really appreciate the company even if it&#39;s only for 30 minutes.<br /><br />We went to the kids house for dinner last night.  Daughter-in-law made BBQ pulled pork.  Delicious.  Everyone had a good time.<br /><br />Joey - Have a great cruise.  I know how you feel about football.  Missouri Tigers didn&#39;t do to well last night either&#33;<br /><br />Sue - Sorry to hear about your fall.  Take it easy untill you start to feel better.<br /><br />Tonia - Sorry to say we had a little set back with the boxer.  She hurt her<br /> leg being to orambuctious.  Nothing serious but we have been grounded.  No walks for 3-4 months.  Told the vet if he has any secrets on how to keep a boxer quiet to let me know.  He didn&#39;t&#33;<br /><br />Jackie - Good luck on the skin biopsies.  My DW works for a surgeon and he has removed a few from me.  No scars.<br /><br />Thats all for now.  How a good evening&#33;<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-12-03 03:27:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255814,3913,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 03:30:36',NULL,'','I forgot&#33;<br /><br />Cheryl - Wow&#33;  Now that&#39;s a tree&#33;  Sure hope my DW doesn&#39;t see the tree&#33; LOL<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-12-03 03:30:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255815,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 04:41:05',NULL,'','thanks you all <br />yes i am taking easy and i found laying in bed was not so painful whenever i move it does hurts but i will be alright <br /><br />yes tonia  it is bruises and bumps i hope no cracked back hipbone but i have to take tyenol and let it heal itself i had experience of cracked rib before so i know<br /><br />pappy goes so close like in the front yard since the temptures had went down <br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-03 04:41:05',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255828,1421,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 10:05:22',NULL,'','This was our Sunday.......we made a ginger bread house&#33; <br /><br /> <br /><br /><img src=\"http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/brownbearcub/CIMG6173.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IPB Image\" /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><img src=\"http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/brownbearcub/CIMG6186.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IPB Image\" /><br /><br />','Rat','Rat','2007-12-03 10:05:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255830,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 12:56:08',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#336666--><span style=\"color:#336666\"><!--/coloro-->MONDAY - December 3rd<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good Morning Crazies - another week has begun and for us at least it will be a busy one.  TJ turns 3 on Friday so I have some shopping to do before then.  Fortunately my shopping can all be done down in my basement - just have to take a few things from the Christmas pile which got a little bit oversized.  We got his big gift yesterday though.  He is crazy over &quot;Cars&quot; and about 2 weeks ago a very large local chain store had an electric Lightening McQueen car.  We went to buy it and  they were all sold out so I asked for a rain check.  They said it was a &quot;special&quot; item and they would not be getting any more in so they wouldn&#39;t give me a rain check.  Of course yesterday I was in that store and they had the cars in stock.  Jim went to Customer Service and raised heck with them and after quite a bit of  arguing and threatening to write to Company headquarters, they relented and gave us the car at sale price.  TJ will go crazy when he sees it.<br />First on the agenda today is a visit to the Dr. to get all my test results back.  A little nervous about a couple of them so wish me well.  <br /><br />Cheryl - your tree is absolutely gorgeous.  You really did a great job on it.  Isn&#39;t Scotty going crazy with all those gifts under it already?  Ash would be beside herself.  <br /><br />Sue - how is your back today?  Hope you are doing better and the pain has eased.  If not, maybe you should have it checked out.  <br /><br />Rat - Welcome to the daily dock.   Your gingerbread house turned out great.   Mine is still sitting in the box - haven&#39;t been brave enough to tackle it yet.  Hope you will drop by and visit with us more often.<br /><br />Joey - Once again, Bon Voyage - have a wonderful cruise.   It may seem strange traveling without David but you know how friendly folks are when they cruise - you will meet some nice people and have a great time.  I know this is a big step for you - enjoy&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Steve - sorry your pup had a setback.   I&#39;m sure it is no small job keeping her quiet.   Glad you had a good evening with your son and daughter-in-law.  <br /><br />Jackie - will be sending prayers your way that all goes well with your biopsies today.  <br /><br />Jenn - hope the snow eases for you and you are able to get out soon.   Glad that DH didn&#39;t have to venture out to work in the storm.  <br /><br />Tonia - Any word yet from your Attorneys?   Hope they have some good news for you soon.   I&#39;m sure you are happy to have Gary back home from his trip.<br /><br />Maria - Hope you are getting that ulcer under control.  It won&#39;t be long before you and Ken are on the high seas and you&#39;ll want to be able to eat all the goodies they tempt you with on a daily basis.  <br /><br />Sheryl - how is the snow up your way?  It is very foggy this morning so my planned trip up to Target and Best Buy on 611 may be put off.  Are you anywhere near the Crossing Outlets?  love that place - Jim says it is my second home but I won&#39;t be up there much now til the warmer weather comes back.  <br /><br />Carmen - hope you are doing OK.  You are missed here and we hope to hear from you soon.   <br /><br />Time to get Jim up and moving - work week so I&#39;ll have to finish up the village by myself.  At least the major work is done.  <br /><br />Make today special and share a smile.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-03 12:56:08',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255834,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 14:13:55',NULL,'','Good Morning Guys..<br /><br />Rat that thing looks Yummy what a great Sunday project&#33;<br /><br />MaryLou.. I will sure try ......thanks for the  extra Bon Voyage...and good for you sticking to your guns on the car  thingy...<br /><br />Jackie keeping you in my thoughts today&#33;<br /><br />Maria be patient ulcers do heal...but until then food can suck a bit...<br /><br />Tonia...fingers remain crossed for you..<br /><br />I&#39;ll check back in if i have a chance this morning...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-03 14:13:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255852,754,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 17:02:38',NULL,'','Good Morning all &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Very cold and windy here. They are predicting a snowstorm for Wednesday so watch out Marylou on Thursday...lol<br /><br />Doctors appt. this morning to discuss my new problem which I didn&#39;t share with you guys. I have been having really bad pains on my right side and my upper back. The doctor sent me for an ultrasound which showed a polyp in my gall bladder. Sooooooo then he says he wants me to go for a hidascan which is a scan for gall bladder disease. I hope no one ever has to go through it. You have to lay flat on your back under a camera for one and half hours. The first hour they inject you with a liquid to fill the gall bladder and then the last half hour they inject a liquid to make the gall empty so they can see if it is working properly. When the tech got to the last half hour she said &quot;This liquid I am going to inject will make you naseous and you will have abdominal cramping. Well, let me tell  you that was an understatement. Flat on my back and the worst nausea I have ever had. It only lasted about four minutes which felt like four hours. My doctor got the results of that and my gall bladder is working fine. So today I go to him and find out what we are going to do about this polyp. I am so afraid that I will have an attack on my cruise. So thats the story. Didn&#39;t want to burden you all with this new problem but had to vent.<br /><br />Marylou...........hope all your test results come back normal.......please let us know.<br /><br />Cheryl.............Your tree is awesome........Scotty must be mesmerized by it<br /><br />Rat...............I love your gingerbread house. Did you do it by yourself?<br /><br />Sue..................Ouch is all I can say about your back. Sometimes when you get up and move around that is better for your recovery.<br /><br />Steve.................aww your poor doggy and poor you trying to keep him quiet.<br /><br />Jackie.................Sayin a pray that your biopsies come out fine<br /><br />Jenn.................When we have a storm I get so much done inside.........Glad hubby got a call befoe he ventured out<br /><br />Tonia..................Hope you heard from your Attorney and get this thing rolling and I bet you are glad to have Gary home.<br /><br /><br />Carmen..............Hope you are doing okay........Please check in so we know that you are okay.<br /><br />Have a wonderful day all...................<br /><br /><br />Ciao for now<br /><br /><br />','teacp','teacp','2007-12-03 17:02:38',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255853,4219,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 17:07:57',NULL,'','Good Monday morning all,<br />Joey - Bon Voyage&#33;  Have a great trip.<br /><br />Mary Lou- We are aboout 1 hour north of Tannersville.  I try to get there often too.  We had about 4 inches of snow yesterday, then it started raining.  Some of the snow has now melted but it is a bit icy.  The temperature has risen so hopefully, more of it will melt.<br /><br />Most of my packing is done.  Just need to do shoes today.  That&#39;s always fun&#33;<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-12-03 17:07:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255856,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 17:43:02',NULL,'','good morning  to you all <br /><br />my back was actually better but still little stiff but little better than yesterday so i am going to contiune what i do yesterday like walk around and keeping up with ice packs for 30 mins on and one hour off  took Pappy out it was snowing but ground was not icy whew look like the rain i had yesterday did the melting the ice and the wind drying it up<br /><br />maria-- i will have doctor check out if it didn&#39;t get better smile <br /><br />Mary lou-- it is better today than it was yesterday <br /><br />have good day to you all smile <br /><br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-03 17:43:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255860,2613,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 18:45:43',NULL,'','Hello everyone:<br /><br />Just a quick check in.  Everthing is fine, just very busy at work.  Will try to check in again later.  Hope everyone is doing well.<br />Take care.','mercedes','mercedes','2007-12-03 18:45:43',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255861,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 19:18:12',NULL,'','Oh Maria - so sorry to hear about your newest problem.  YOu have certainly been through it lately with one thing or the other.  Your test sounds awful - glad that is over with.  They are calling for snow here Wednesday, Thursday and Friday so I really need to get things done today.  <br /><br />Back from the Dr. but it was a bit of a wasted trip.  Blood work came back OK and chest x-ray was fine but Pulmonary function test, the main reason for the other tests, is still not back.  Sat in the office for an hour while they tried to get the results from the hospital to no avail.  She did change my inhaler so we will see if that helps.  In the meantime I have to go for a heart stress test and just wait for the other tests to come back.<br /><br />Carmen - glad to hear from you and hear you are OK.  How dare your job interfere with our morning chat here LOL.  <br /><br />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-03 19:18:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255869,139,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 19:49:55',NULL,'','Good morning CruiseCrazies&#33; I&#39;ve really been busy at work and only have a couple minutes to post and say hi. We did take a couple photos of our tree and our lights this weekend. We got dressed up and went to a retirement party/ballroom dance Friday night.<br />Cheryl, your tree is big and beautiful--looking great&#33;<br />Maria, so sorry to hear about your health problems. Sue, sorry to hear about your fall. Both of you--GET WELL SOON&#33;<br />Everyone have a great week&#33;<br /><br /><img src=\"http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k260/KeithnRita/WisteriaLane/113007c.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IPB Image\" /><br /><img src=\"http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k260/KeithnRita/WisteriaLane/120107f.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IPB Image\" />','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-12-03 19:49:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255872,920,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 21:25:54',NULL,'','Good Morning Everyone,<br /><br />Bright and sunny in Las Vegas today, still on the cool side, but not bad.<br /><br />Keith &amp; Rita: Your decorations look great.  Just moved all our empty decoration boxes back to the garage.  It is all beginning to come together.<br /><br />Jenn: Hope you snow is melting quickly, but that it returns for you on Christmas Eve.<br /><br />Cheryl: That&#39;s one fantastic Christmas Tree&#33;&#33;  Thanks for sharing it with us.<br /><br />Have a great day all.  Will check back this evening.<br /><br /><br /><br />','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-12-03 21:25:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255908,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-03 23:21:19',NULL,'','Well I just got back from the Dermatologist.  They did three biopsies.  Two on my nose and one on my arm.  So now it&#39;s the waiting game...... I could only get my next appt. with him on January 7th.  In the meantime I have a bandaid on my nose which is in my line of vision, and hassles me.<br /><br />Cheryl.... your tree is gorgeous - I know just how much work that entailed as we also used to decorate our 12 foot tree..... BIG JOB&#33;&#33;  Sorry you didn&#39;t enjoy your last cruise ship, do you have another cruise planned?<br /><br />MaryLou... sorry you have to wait for the results - I hate the waiting period&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Carmen... good to see you checking in here, I sure do miss you on the game board though.<br /><br />Maria.... so sorry to hear about your health problem - are they going to remove the polyp?  Hope you start feeling better soon.<br /><br />Speak to you all later.<br />','zebra','zebra','2007-12-03 23:21:19',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255950,3913,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 02:09:42',NULL,'','Hi Everyone&#33;<br />Just got home from taking my Dad to the cardiologist for a check up.  Everyting is fine. Brought him back home and picked up the boxer and took her to the vet.  Knee is looking good and got her some new medication.  Good thing I didn&#39;t get those two trips confused&#33;<br /><br />Mary Low - Waiting for results is tough.  My DW works for a surgeon and we generally get the results pretty fast.  Gotta know who to call&#33;<br /><br />Maria - Now that did not sound like much fun&#33;  When they took my gall bladder out, I don&#39;t remember any tests and I know I did&#39;nt have one like that&#33;  Hope all works out well.<br /><br />Keith &amp; Rita - The decorations look great&#33;<br /><br />Have a good evening&#33;<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-12-04 02:09:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255952,1421,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 03:29:23',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=255852:date=Dec 3 2007, 07&#58;02 AM:name=teacp)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(teacp &#064; Dec 3 2007, 07&#58;02 AM) [snapback]255852[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--> Good Morning all &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />Rat...............I love your gingerbread house. Did you do it by yourself?<br />Ciao for now<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> <br /><br />No, it was a family project.  My daughter saw the bread mold in the covers and wanted to bake.  We had a fun time.<br /><br /> <br /><br />','Rat','Rat','2007-12-04 03:29:23',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255984,573,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 05:00:59',NULL,'','What a day&#33;  Yesterdays&#39; foot of snow is a memory - already&#33;  Something called a pineapple express rolled in overnight and melted the whole lot - so now there is flooding all over the place - what a mess.  Glad we live up &quot;in the hills&quot;.<br /><br />Maria - sorry to hear all you are going through - stay strong - I hope you feel better soon. Never had that test either - sounds awful&#33;<br /><br />Mary Lou - hope you get down to the bottom of things soon.  I hate it when the doctor orders test and you don&#39;t hear for weeks&#33;<br /><br />K &amp; R - the house looks grerat and you two looks Mahvelous dahlings&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br /><br /><br />Anyway - making a run to White Spot for burger night&#33;  Braving the creeks and rivers we formerly called roads and freeways.  Talk at you all tomorrow&#33;<br />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-12-04 05:00:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255985,754,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 05:22:50',NULL,'','Well wish me luck.......tomorrow I have an appt. with the surgeon at eight in the morning so I will let you know what happened when I get home.............Keeping my fingers crossed it can wait till after my cruise...as I don&#39;t think there is enough healing time from now until I leave................','teacp','teacp','2007-12-04 05:22:50',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(255986,573,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 07:23:03',NULL,'','Good Luck Maria&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br /><br /><img src=\"http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b319/hazelson/animations/Cute_angel.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IPB Image\" /><br /><br />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-12-04 07:23:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256003,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 08:08:42',NULL,'','Hi Crazies.  Maria, I am so sorry - bless your heart, you have certainly had more than your share of health issues lately.  I will be saying a prayer that the polyp can be resolved easily and will have no affect on your cruise.  Keith, your tree is beautiful as well as your outside decorations.  I always love seeing pics of you and Rita - you always look so happy and full of life.  Jackie, we did have a good time, how can you not when you are on a cruise.  it was just not what we have come to expect from Carnival and I hated that as it was Bev and Jud&#39;s first experience.  We booked on one of the Troublemaker cruises about 6 months ago or so.  It is not for 13 months so I hope that we can convince our friends to do another one in between then.  Right now, the Conquest is the only ship sailing from a Texas port, but there is a new port opening in Houston this coming Spring and I emailed the Bayport Port Authority the other day and she replied rather quickly and said that they expect once the summer is over, there will be cruise ships sailing from there to the caribbean.  She said that there ware over 40 ships repositioned to European waters and they will return in the early fall, so we will see what the schedules look like.   Well, I gotta&#39; scoot - just wanted to check in with you lovely people.....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-04 08:08:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256004,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 12:37:01',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#663333--><span style=\"color:#663333\"><!--/coloro-->TUESDAY - December 4th<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies - we are still in the midst of a big wind storm....has been blowing big time since yesterday afternoon.  We had 60 plus MPH winds yesterday and it was very windy all night but the power is still on and for that I am grateful.   I have a very busy day ahead of me so I hope all the roads are passable.  First stop today is our State Theatre to line up to buy tickets to see the Beach Boys in February - then Ash&#39;s school is having a Christmas sale so I have to meet her at 12:15 to go shopping for her mommy, daddy and TJ.  This evening Deb has to attend a bank function so I will be babysitting til she gets home.   At least it  keeps me out of trouble and out of the malls.  lol<br /><br />Maria - sending prayers and good wishes that all goes well with the Dr. today.  Please let us know what the Dr. says.  Hopefully you will still be able to take your cruise - you have had a rough time lately and definately need the rest and some pampering.<br /><br />Carmen - glad you are doing OK and are keeping busy.   I hope the second spinal injections worked as well as the first.  <br /><br />Keith &amp; Rita - your home looks lovely, all lit up for your first Christmas there and your tree is very pretty.  I really love that art work you bought on your trip - it looks great right there.  <br /><br />Steve - waiting for test results can be a pain.  Wish I had someone to call to speed things up but I will wait (and wait and wait).  Glad all went well with your Dad&#39;s visit to the cardiologist and the pups recheck at the Vets.<br /><br />Jenn - wow - that was quick - a foot of snow one day and slush the next.   The problem with the slush though (at least around here) is that is refreezes during the night making the morning commute a mess.<br /><br />Rat - I&#39;m sure your daughter had a great time making the gingerbread house.  How old is she?<br /><br />Jackie - hope all goes well with the biopsies.  I will continue to send prayers and good wishes your way that you receive good news soon.  How is it being back home?   Hope you have gotten caught up on your sleep by now.<br /><br />Ed - enjoy yours bright sunny days in Las Vegas.   We sure could use a little sunshine here.  What do you consider &quot;cool&quot; there?  (Right now it is 21 out here in Pa.)<br /><br />Cheryl - It sounds like Houston might be another option for you to sail from.  How much of a trip would it be to Houston?    Having never cruised before I&#39;m sure your friends didn&#39;t notice a lot of the things that you saw lacking in your cruise.  I know when we took the twins we could have put them on the Staten Island Ferry and they would have enjoyed it - not knowing any different.  <br /><br />Time to get my busy day started and get Jim up and moving.   I&#39;ll be back in between  my errands today.<br /><br />Make today special and share a smile.  Remember, if you go to the malls don&#39;t forget to take your patience along with you.<br /><br />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-04 12:37:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256005,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 13:30:20',NULL,'','good morning to you all <br />have not sleeping well with my back pitching me but it is getting better but i am keeping using ice pack and tyenol smile<br /><br />Pappy is sleeping by me smile<br /><br />have good day everyone smile','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-04 13:30:20',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256021,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 16:10:57',NULL,'','Morning Crazies,<br /><br />Well the jet lag is a thing of the past now, thank heavens.  We are all settled in, but I must say we&#39;re yearning to hit the road again.  We hve friends who are currently in Tucson Arizona and their pictures just made us long for the Arizona desert again.  That&#39;s the neat thing about fulltiming in the RV - there are so many beautiful places in the States that creep into one&#39;s heart.<br /><br />Well the two biopsies on my nose continue to bleed.  They are virtually on the bridge of the nose, which doesn&#39;t have much padding. The only part of me with no padding :)  So every time my glasse put pressure there or I blow my nose it seems to precipitate bleeding.  Hopefully it will be better today.<br /><br />Cheryl, that will be great when they open up Houston as another option for you.  Don&#39;t other cruise lines already cruise from Houston?  If so, maybe you should give another cruise line a try.  Glad you enjoyed your time with your friends.<br /><br />Maria, hope you can have your health issue treated after your cruise - hope you get good news.<br /><br />MaryLou, oh I&#39;d love to see the Beach Boys - I wonder if they&#39;re just as good as they were in the 70&#39;s.<br /><br />I&#39;m now going to do some holiday baking and then after that I have a haircut scheduled.  So speak to you later.','zebra','zebra','2007-12-04 16:10:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256048,2613,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 16:44:15',NULL,'','Good Morning:<br />A very cold morning with snow expected tomorrow.  My daughter who lives in Baltimore says they had a couple of inches yesterday.  Maria, I wish you the best of luck with the surgeon this morning, will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.  Mary Lou, I hope you get good news from your doctor soon.  Jackie, I also hope that you get good news about your biopsies. Sue, I hope that your back is feeling much better today. Cheryl and Keith and Rita, your Christmas decorations are fabulous.   I had my second injection last Thursday and my back just feels better and better every day.  I though I was having a consultation for my physical therapy on Friday morning, but the therapist took me through some paces.  Welcome back Jackie.<br />Take care everyone and have a great day <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":smile:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" /> .<br />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-12-04 16:44:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256050,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 16:46:24',NULL,'','morning all<br /><br />yesterday went to the gym and i think i over did it.. kinda threw my bck out a little bit so.. it hurts.. Sue i think it was thinking about your back that did it LOL ... thats funny Pappy is sleeping next to ya .. ( in his mind hes saying ya she &#39;s not taking me out in this weather )<br /><br />Marylou.. i still don&#39;t know how you get everything done you have to do everyday....I bet Ash is full of the season LOL shopping for mom dad and TJ . Is this s chool thing they have for the kids to shop ???, cold here is San diego is anything under 50 , to me its under 60.. OMG 21 them temp goes that low LOL LOL <br /><br />Maria gezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz your are just having the worst ... gosh i hope it all goes well and no surgery till after the cruise, would hate to have ya miss that...will keep ya on prayer list...<br /><br />Steve Glad you did get thr appts mixed up LOL thats funny....<br /><br />Keith and Rita great pic.. very handsome couple ... oh and the tree and decorates are great LOL <br />i love the art work... i am waiting for my painting i bought on the ship to come i have the prefect place waiting... <br /><br />Ed i bet las vegas is decorated big time.. i have never been to vegas during the holidays...<br /><br />Jenn gezzzzz atleast it melted , i could ne3ver live where it snows again ever... <br /><br />Jackie same here going to be making fudge and snowballs today... may get into the cherry pistachio sugar cookies, then gingerbread snaps , i am looking for one more for the boxes..sorry about your owie <br /><br /><br />Rat  how cute the gingerbread house... i love to look at them when they have the contests.. <br /><br />Lawyer has sent all thepaperwork to them and now its a wait and see game... i have a call into the lawyer i have a question, do i apply for unemployment now or have the workers comp doc or reg doc put me back on TTD or state disability , i don&#39;t know . But why is it when you need to talk to them they are so busy you get VOICEMAIL...i really dislike voicemail...<br /><br />well thats about it for me .....Tonia<br />','terumim','terumim','2007-12-04 16:46:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256068,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 18:05:17',NULL,'','I&#39;m back home from phase 1 of the errands I have to do today and SUCCESS&#33;&#33;  I got 4th row seats to see the Beach Boys in February.  I am so excited.  They took pity on us waiting in line and when it began to snow they opened up the theater lobby and let us wait inside.  It was quite festive - everyone in happy moods and very sociable.  The time went very fast.  <br /><br />Next on my schedule is to meet Ash for her holiday shopping.   They set up a little store in school  and sell all kind of junk - I mean precious treasures - for the students to buy.  The most expensive items are usually in the &#036;2.50 to &#036;3.00 range.  <br /><br />Tonia &amp; Sue - take it easy with those sore backs and don&#39;t overdo it.   <br /><br />Mercedes - I&#39;m so glad the injections are working so well for you.<br /><br />Time to do some housework before I run out again.  Have a good day Crazies.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-04 18:05:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256083,754,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 19:00:28',NULL,'','Good Morning all &#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Well went to the surgeon at eight this morning. After all the paperwork was faxed and studied everything he wants me to wait until my ulcer heals to have my gall bladder out. He says we need to get rid of that pain before we deal with it. He said I have two polyps that are .4 which is small in the gall bladder. My surgery is set for Valentines day if my endocopy that I have on Feb 8th is shows my ulcer is healed.<br /><br />I have become very learned about my diet...I am always on a low carb because of my diabetes and now I am on a high fiber diet. I think I will be okay on the ship and make wise choices.<br /><br />So that is where we are right now. Still taking the ulcer meds and hope to have it healed by our cruise.<br /><br />Thanks for all your kind words and support.<br /><br /> Carmen.............So happy that your back is feeling better......yeah for the injections<br /><br />Marylou................Love the bazaars at elementary school. The little ones come in with their few dollars and manage to buy something for everyone in the family. I have more Best Grandma, I love Grandma and things like that. Don&#39;t forget my oldest grandchild is 20 and the youngest is 11. The 20 year old made a paper bag turkey in first grade and we still use it as our centerpiece at Thanksgiving.Enjoy Ash as I know you do cause they grow so fast. Have you gotten your results back yet?<br /><br />Tonia......Not you too with back..you  better take it easy<br /><br />Sue.......Hope your back is feeling better.<br /><br />Keith and Rita.............Nice tree and you two look great.......<br /><br />Jackie...........................Hope your nose heals up quickly<br /><br />To everyone that I forgot have a great day and if you are dealing with health issues I hope they disappear soon.<br /><br />Have a great day<br /><br />Ciao for now<br /><br />','teacp','teacp','2007-12-04 19:00:28',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256097,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 20:14:54',NULL,'','Maria - Glad you will be able to go on your cruise.  Hopefully, by watching your diet you will be fine for your trip.  The ships have enough of a variety of foods that you can choose from.   <br /><br />I am back from the Christmas shopping.   Ashleigh managed to spend &#036;26 of my money and &#036;24 of her Mom&#39;s money and the most expensive thing she bought was a &quot;gorgeous pink diamond necklace with 2 hearts&quot; for her Mom. She told me she knew they were real diamonds because they sparkled.   Deb suprised her and showed up on her lunch hour from work so she was very happy.  The little kids are so cute.   They would come up to the register with their little baskets overflowing and then pull out &#036;5 and the poor cashiers had to straighten out the mess.   <br /><br />Jim should be coming in for lunch at any minute and I have not done one thing around here today so I&#39;ll end now and at least try to look busy when he comes in.   LOL','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-04 20:14:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256119,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 21:31:22',NULL,'','Hello all.  It is 65 degrees here again for the 2nd day in a row.  I love it, but it is scary, because it is so unusual, we are all waiting to see what we are going to get slammed with after this.  They are calling for snow tomorrow but nothing big.  After last winter, we are a little apprehensive about what Mother Nature is going to bring us.  Not much going on today - all my housework and laundry is done and I have nothing to do, so that is what I plan on doing&#33;&#33;&#33;  Going to catch up on some of the movies I have recorded.  Maria, I feel so bad for you - you have just been thru so much lately.  Please know that you are in the hearts and prayers of all of us here.   Well, I am off to watch &quot;Finding John Christmas&quot; which I taped a few days ago...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-04 21:31:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256127,573,1,18,255552,'2007-12-04 22:51:09',NULL,'','Afternoon all.<br /><br />Hope everyone is feeling better today  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbup.gif\" /> <br /><br />Maria - just take it easy eating on the cruise - there is nothing so painful as that danged gall bladder when it acts up.  Hopefully you can get the laparascopic surgery - so much easier to get over.<br /><br />Sounds like odd weather all over the place. Warm and wet again today.  And flooding everwhere - a good day to stay home and putter.<br /><br />Off to games - back later.<br /><br />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-12-04 22:51:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256209,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-05 02:07:20',NULL,'','Hey Jenn....... sorry to hear all about the flooding in your area.  Please take care.<br /><br />I know others are putting up with snow storms, please be careful on the roads.<br /><br />Well it&#39;s still warm here on Florida.  I spent the morning making New England Clam Chowder and then went for a hair cut this afternoon.  I stopped by Michaels on my way to the hairdresser, and bought a few baskets and craft goodies to make baskets for my kids for Christmas.  This year I decided to do baskets for them as I have so much salmon and razor clams that we caught and canned in Alaska. I also bought them different colored pastas in Italy, as well as a variety of Italian pasta spices which I bought at a market on the Amalfi coast.  So I&#39;m going to &quot;doll up&quot; the canned bottles and have bought other goodies during our travels across the States which I&#39;ll add to the baskets - just something different this year.  Now I have to wake up my &quot;crafty brain&quot; to dress up the baskets and make them look pretty.<br /><br />Have a good night everyone&#33;<br /><br />','zebra','zebra','2007-12-05 02:07:20',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256211,3913,1,18,255552,'2007-12-05 02:23:56',NULL,'','Hi everyone&#33;<br /><br />Another busy day.  Trying to cram 5 days work into three.  We fly to Seattle Thursday and the drive to Portland.  Hope the roads are open by then&#33;<br /><br />Maria - Sure hope they can do a Lap Coly to remove your gall bladder.  The surgeon my DW works for did mine many years ago.  In fact, they used the video of my surgery to teach the procedure to other doctors.<br />It was real easy to recover from.<br /><br />Cheryl - We are sailing on the Conquest in March.  Taking my oldest son and his wife and Galveston is the closest port.  Will check out Houston for the future.<br /><br />Mary Lou - Forgot to tell you when Dad was at the doctors the nurse ask him if during chest pains his heart was racing or beating.  He told her that 90 year old hearts can&#39;t race and any beating of the heart was a good thing&#33;  <br /><br />Tonia - Take it easy with your back.  You don&#39;t want to mess it up&#33;<br /><br />Time to get back to work.<br /><br />Eveyone have a good evening.<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-12-05 02:23:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256218,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-05 04:04:51',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=256050:date=Dec 4 2007, 09&#58;46 AM:name=terumim)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(terumim &#064; Dec 4 2007, 09&#58;46 AM) [snapback]256050[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />morning all<br /><br />yesterday went to the gym and i think i over did it.. kinda threw my bck out a little bit so.. it hurts.. <b>Sue i think it was thinking about your back that did it LOL ... thats funny Pappy is sleeping next to ya .. ( in his mind hes saying ya she &#39;s not taking me out in this weather )<br /></b><br /><br /><!--coloro:#FF0000--><span style=\"color:#FF0000\"><!--/coloro-->  aww  i am sorry about your back  take easy as i am on mine  smile  yeah Pappy is happy lol <br />but still he does go out when he need to lmao  i give him some chicken which is his favorite for a treat everytime he goes out  :D<br /><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><br />Marylou.. i still don&#39;t know how you get everything done you have to do everyday....I bet Ash is full of the season LOL shopping for mom dad and TJ . Is this s chool thing they have for the kids to shop ???, cold here is San diego is anything under 50 , to me its under 60.. OMG 21 them temp goes that low LOL LOL <br /><br />Maria gezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz your are just having the worst ... gosh i hope it all goes well and no surgery till after the cruise, would hate to have ya miss that...will keep ya on prayer list...<br /><br />Steve Glad you did get thr appts mixed up LOL thats funny....<br /><br />Keith and Rita great pic.. very handsome couple ... oh and the tree and decorates are great LOL <br />i love the art work... i am waiting for my painting i bought on the ship to come i have the prefect place waiting... <br /><br />Ed i bet las vegas is decorated big time.. i have never been to vegas during the holidays...<br /><br />Jenn gezzzzz atleast it melted , i could ne3ver live where it snows again ever... <br /><br />Jackie same here going to be making fudge and snowballs today... may get into the cherry pistachio sugar cookies, then gingerbread snaps , i am looking for one more for the boxes..sorry about your owie <br /><br /><br />Rat  how cute the gingerbread house... i love to look at them when they have the contests.. <br /><br />Lawyer has sent all thepaperwork to them and now its a wait and see game... i have a call into the lawyer i have a question, do i apply for unemployment now or have the workers comp doc or reg doc put me back on TTD or state disability , i don&#39;t know . But why is it when you need to talk to them they are so busy you get VOICEMAIL...i really dislike voicemail...<br /><br />well thats about it for me .....Tonia<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-05 04:04:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256225,573,1,18,255552,'2007-12-05 06:23:50',NULL,'','Evening Crazies.<br /><br />Steve - I just watched the Seattle news - wow - what a mess.  Right now there is no way to get from Seattle to Portland.  But - if you get stuck and can&#39;t travel south - just head up north to B.C. and visit us :o)  Loved your father&#39;s answers - he sounds like quite a guy&#33; :o)<br /><br />Jackie - your baskets sound wonderful - what a great idea.  I like doing up baskets myself - just makes everything so much more special&#33;<br /><br />Well - off for some TV watching - got to see how &quot;Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer&quot; is doing this year lol.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-12-05 06:23:50',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256226,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-05 13:37:55',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#006600--><span style=\"color:#006600\"><!--/coloro-->WEDNESDAY - December 5th<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies - Another cold morning here - 20 degrees right now and snow on the way.  The water department is coming to install a new water meter in our basement so I am housebound for part of the morning then just the usual errands and maybe a trip to the mall - not quite sure yet.  It will all depend on when the snow arrives since I don&#39;t like driving in the snow.  <br /><br />Jackie - hope your nose is better today.  I&#39;m sure your glasses are a big irritant to the biopsy area.  The baskets you are making sound yummy and a great gift.   I&#39;m not suprised that you and Tony are getting the urge to travel again.   Hopefully you will enjoy the Florida sunshine for a bit longer before setting out again.<br /><br />Tonia - good luck with the lawyers.  Hope you get some good news soon.  How is your back today?  Hope you are doing OK.<br /><br />Maria - hope you are doing better today.   You have had more than the run of the mill aches and pains lately and deserve a rest.  Hope you can relax and enjoy the holidays and then your cruise.<br /><br />Sue - is your back any better today?  Hope Pappy is staying away from your tree.<br /><br />Steve - your Dad sounds like quite a character.   90 years old is quite an accomplishment, especially if you are healthy enough to cruise.    Does he live alone - it sounds like he is quite able to care for himself.<br /><br />Carmen -  hope you are not overdoing it at work.   You sound so busy on top of all the general holiday rush.  <br /><br />Jenn - your yard looks terrific.  I&#39;m sure the neighbors look forward to seeing your decorations this year.  <br />Jim wanted to buy one of those blow-ups that play loud Christmas music this year but not quite sure our neighbors would be quite so neighborly after that.  <br /><br />Skipper - are a lot of your cruise group 1st time cruisers?   I&#39;m sure they are all getting excited about their trip.  <br /><br />Cheryl - how is Chris making out about getting his car fixed?  Hope the other person&#39;s insurance isn&#39;t giving him any problems about where he wants the repairs done.  <br /><br />Time to get Jim up and moving.   The water man claims he will be here by 7:30 so I&#39;d better get showered and dressed.   Don&#39;t want to scare the guy away before he gets his job done.  hehe<br /><br />Make today special and - smile -','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-05 13:37:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256236,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-05 15:34:11',NULL,'','good morning friends<br /><br />it was snowing when Pappy and i went out to the front yard  my back is little better but have little pitch nerve had it since yesterday when it all start feeling it <br /><br />Mary Lou- my back is little better  and of course i kept Pappy away from the tree but i caught him few times sniffing the tree LOL <br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-05 15:34:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256255,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-05 16:25:52',NULL,'','morning all... <br /><br />back is a little better going to chiro this morning , i should be better after that.. then costco .. i know thats going to be a biggy.... i won&#39;t do the gym today with the back.. give it a rest then back at it friday morning...<br /><br />yesterday was so nice opened up the windows and doors and air&#39;ed out the house it was 77 yesterday... ssuppose to be a little cooler today, then rain again friday saturday sunday... thats ok.. <br /><br />Sue you and pappy make me giggle everyday... hes so funny...hes like mine here when it rains... gezzzzzzzzzzz if we had snow i am sure they would just go crazy <br /><br />Marylou.. sounds like ASH likes to spend money LOL girl after my own heart ... i bet it was funny... but cute...wel have the the air santa snowman, and one that plays music its not that loud...the dog next door barks at the things ever time he sees it... hes a chihuahua and thinks he&#39;s a saint bernard ... little stinker...he runs up to you and stands there , and just dares you to chase him...if you stomp your foot he runs .. LOL <br /><br />Jackie.. cute craft... i know myself to well i have no talent when it comes to making things except food...<br /><br />Maria glad it can wait till after cruise , but to bad you have to deal still with the ulcer, and trying to get it to heal... i have had one for years and it has never healing completely.. i love mexican food,, but it doesn&#39;t like me .. i love hot stuff...but i suffer terrible .... <br /><br />well thats it for now ... off for my cup of tea .... will check in  later<br /><br />Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-12-05 16:25:52',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256267,754,1,18,255552,'2007-12-05 16:53:10',NULL,'','Good Morning all &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Woke up this morning to about 3 inches of the beautiful white stuff. Everytime we talk about moving to FL I then remember why I live here. Thanks everyone for all your well wishes. My health has really been on a roller coaster lately but I always say it could be worse.<br /><br />Heading out to DD&#39;s new house that she is moving to. Ken is finishing the basement (SIL office and rec room)<br /><br />We are dogsitting as son is in Orlando at the PRI trade show which is I think called Performance Racing International. It is three days of trade show and then finish up Saturday with all the awards and recognition for this past racing season.<br /><br />Take care everyone and enjoy the day.<br /><br />Ciao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-12-05 16:53:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256314,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-05 19:58:59',NULL,'','Hello everyone.  Wow, talk about weird weather.  We actually set a heat record yesterday.  72 degrees in Dec.  Snow was forecast for today but has been moved to tomorrow.  Mary Lou, Chris&#39;s car went in the shop this morning.  He is very impressed with the guy who hit him&#39;s insurance, AIG.  He had taken his car to the Dodge dealer for an estimate that day and they ordered all the parts then and called him on Monday that they were in.  A person from Enterprise Car Rental met him at the dealer and took him back to their location to pick up his rental car.  Sounds like you are all so busy with the holidays.  I am still waiting to see pics of all those decorations....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-05 19:58:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256324,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-05 20:25:45',NULL,'','Hello there.<br /><br />Would you believe that we woke up to 42 degrees this morning, but it&#39;s back up to 72 this afternoon.  I must say we have decided that we prefer the cooler weather.<br /><br />I&#39;m still dealing with my nose biopsy bleeding - my glasses are definitely an irritant, but I can&#39;t see very much without the glasses.... so heavens only knows when the nose will heal.<br /><br />Candice my youngest daughter arrived back from a weeks&#39; business trip to South Africa, so I visited with her this morning to catch up on all their news.<br /><br />I&#39;m now making oxtail for dinner tonight (do I hear some of you saying... yuck??) - we love oxtail stew, and it&#39;s a great meal for the chilly weather.<br /><br />Take care everyone.','zebra','zebra','2007-12-05 20:25:45',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256343,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-05 20:42:42',NULL,'','Jackie - add me to the group saying YUCK&#33;  but Jim wants to know if he can come to dinner?  He loves things like that and he always said his Mom made the best oxtail soup ever.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-05 20:42:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256353,2613,1,18,255552,'2007-12-05 21:10:47',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=256324:date=Dec 5 2007, 01&#58;25 PM:name=zebra)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(zebra &#064; Dec 5 2007, 01&#58;25 PM) [snapback]256324[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br /><br /><br />I&#39;m now making oxtail for dinner tonight (do I hear some of you saying... yuck??) - we love oxtail stew, and it&#39;s a great meal for the chilly weather.<br /><br />Take care everyone.<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /><br />I make oxtail stew and and oxtail soup all the time, delicious.','mercedes','mercedes','2007-12-05 21:10:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256399,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 00:22:02',NULL,'','I&#39;m with Mary Lou.  I don&#39;t care for things that aren&#39;t made with domestic farm animals like cows or chickens, and I don&#39;t consider oxen to be a domestic farm animal.  I have a pot of beef stew cooking.  It is actually a little warm for it, in my opinion, but Greg has a bad cold and so I thought it would be good for him.  I had a good day - Chris had taken the day off work to take care of getting his car in the shop, so he called me around 11:00 or so and said he was over at his brother&#39;s and wanted to know if I wanted to meet them for lunch (translated to mean &quot;Mom will you pay for lunch?&quot;).  Anyway, I told him that I would but I didn&#39;t feel like driving all the way over there, so he said he would come get me.  I got to have lunch with both of my sons and my grandson.  Then Chris and I went to Toy&#39;s R Us to get a few more things for the munchkin.   Jackie, can you keep a band-aid on the biopsy sight to prevent the glasses from making it bleed or does the dr. want it left exposed?  Well, better go check on that beef stew...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-06 00:22:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256403,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 01:58:21',NULL,'','well i vote for both oxtail stew and beef stew.. i would like both LOL ,.. and yummy biscuits i love biscuits...Gary has to make those... mine are like bricks ...i work the dough to much Gary says... but my pie crust is the best ... so i quess i should use my food processor more LOL ...<br /><br />Question..is there something hubby makes that for the life of you , you can&#39;t make very well ? mine is biscuits <br /><br /><br />Tonia<br />','terumim','terumim','2007-12-06 01:58:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256412,3913,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 03:16:33',NULL,'','Hi everyone&#33;<br /><br />Don&#39;t know if we are going on the trip tomorrow.  We have a winter advisory for tomorrow with snow, sleet, freezing rain.  The worst part timed for when we go to the airport (54 miles away).  Talked to my brother-in-law this morning and you can&#39;t drive to Portland from Seattle unless you detour on I-90.  It is a 320 mile drive thru mountains and they are calling for rain/snow depending on elevation.  The best shuttle price I could find was &#036;436.00 for two round trip.  Little steep for me.  Will talk to my wife when she gets home but it doesn&#39;t seem worth it to me.<br /><br />Jennifer - It would sure be easier getting to your house than Portland&#33;  <br /><br />Mary Lou - My dad has lived with us for 14-1/2 years&#33;  My mom &amp; dad moved up here when we built the house.  Lost my mom in Oct of 2006.  We made seperate living quarters for them upstairs.  He has his own bedroom, living room, and of course chair glide.  He went on the cruise last Sept in a wheelchair(can&#39;t walk very far) and we got him a portable oxygen machine.  His secret is he still thinks like a younger person.<br /><br />Better go figure out what I&#39;m going to do about tomorrow.<br /><br />Have a good evening<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-12-06 03:16:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256424,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 04:17:49',NULL,'','Tonia, the answer to your question is no.  Greg can&#39;t even make a sandwich.  He was only 18 when we got married and his mom cooked for him then, and I took over when we got married 30 yr. ago, so he has never bothered to learn to cook.  The most he can do is heat up a frozen dinner in the microwave.   I just booked our hotel for DisneyLand.  We are taking Scotty there in June for his birthday.  Thanks again Joey for the hotel info.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-06 04:17:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256440,573,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 06:43:40',NULL,'','Hi all - another warm day.  DH Got a few more Christmas decs up outside.<br /><br />I spent the afternoon at our Red Hat Christmas Party - what a hoot.  Imagine a room full (300 in all)of menopausal women wearing purple and sporting big red chapeaux - priceless.  What a racket&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Steve - I hope it all works out for you&#33;<br /><br />Jackie - I like any soup - I have had oxtail made from a package but never the real thing.<br /><br />DH is a great cook - he can drive from here to Macdonalds and back in 17 minutes flat - if they don&#39;t make him park and wait lol.<br /><br /><br /><br />Off to games.....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-12-06 06:43:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256468,920,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 08:03:15',NULL,'','Evening All,<br /><br />A little late checking in today.  Been teaching an AARP Safe Driving class.  I usually do about one class a month for them just for the fun of it.  Meet a lot of neat people and enjoy a lot of laughs.<br /><br />Went to visit a Magical Christmas Village this evening.  It is ruh to benefit a local organization which employs impaired folks to do simple assembly, mailings, etc.  Got a lot of fantastic pictures of all the decorations done by tons of local and national companies.  A very enjoyable evening, and did I mention the Funnel Cake??<br /><br />Tomorrw I will finish up the driving class and then I&#39;ll be &quot;off&quot; through the holidays.<br /><br />','The Skipper','The Skipper','2007-12-06 08:03:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256479,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 12:48:33',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#663366--><span style=\"color:#663366\"><!--/coloro-->THURSDAY - December 6th<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies .... A very cold morning here (14 right now) so I will wait a bit before venturing out.  Tomorrow is TJ&#39;s birthday so I have a few more things to do before then.  I can&#39;t believe our little guy is 3  - it&#39;s been a rocky road for all of us but he is doing so well and  he is so excited about turning &quot;tree&quot; tomorrow.  I can&#39;t imagine him on Christmas morning if he is this excited about a birthday.  <br /><br />Cheryl - glad you had a nice day with your boys and grandson.  I guess it isn&#39;t that often that you get them all together.   Glad Chris is not having any problems getting his car fixed.  How wonderful that you will be taking Scotty to Disneyland.  We had such a great time when we went to DisneyWorld with Ash &amp; TJ.  It was a trip that we will never forget.  Scotty is at a wonderful age for such a treat.   <br /><br />Jenn - So glad you had a good time at your Red Hat party.  300 Red Hatters must be quite a site.   Jim &amp; I were out to dinner a month or so ago when about a dozen ladies came into the restaurant and boy did they have a good time.  I can&#39;t imagine 300  getting together.<br /><br />Steve - sorry your trip is in jeopardy but it looks so bad out that way.   They are even showing it on the news here and as a rule if it doesn&#39;t happen in Pa we don&#39;t hear about it.   You Dad sounds like quite a man. It&#39;s nice that he can have his own area in your home.  <br /><br />Jackie - glad that Candice had a good trip to South Africa.  I&#39;m sure you had a lot of catching up to do.  <br />How is your nose this morning?<br /><br />Maria, Carmen, Tonia, Sue - hope everyone is doing better today and not overdoing it.  This is a hard time of year to be sidelined with aches and pains.<br /><br />Ed - good luck finishing up your Safe Driving classes.  Once they are over you can concentrate on the holidays and then your cruise.  The Magical Village sounds like a great project and funnel cakes - mmmmm<br />can&#39;t wait for the summer (and county fair season) to return.  <br /><br />Sheryl - are you digging out of snow up in the Pocono&#39;s.   Ours down here didn&#39;t amount to too much but the roads do look a bit icy this morning so I will wait a bit to venture out.  <br /><br />Time to get Jim up and moving.   I&#39;ll be glad when he is off next week and we can finish up the decorating here.  I have been doing a little each day but need him to lug the boxes up and down from the basement.  If I don&#39;t get it finished soon it will be time to take it all down.   <br /><br />Make today special and share a smile with someone.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-06 12:48:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256483,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 16:11:06',NULL,'','good morning  friends <br />it is SUNNY  whoo woo when i took Pappy out but still have snow on the ground right now i am resting with ice pack on my back it is getting better but still have pitch nerve on my upper near the middle of the back on the spot where i fell on. <br />have things to do in town today. <br /><br />have good day everyone smile <br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-06 16:11:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256484,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 16:15:01',NULL,'','Morning All,<br /><br />Well the nose seems a little better this morning.  I have taken the bandaid off now and am hoping for it to dry.  It was bleeding all the time with the bandaid on.<br />The oxtail stew was delicious - hey Cheryl, it&#39;s just the cows tail, which is an extension of the back vertebrae, give it a try it&#39;s wonderful.<br /><br />Tonia, Tony does is our outdoor griller (I don&#39;t even know how to turn the BBQ on) - but that&#39;s where it begins and ends&#33;  I am the cook in this household, although I take that back, he has made curry a couple of times and it was delicious.  Let&#39;s just say he doesn&#39;t fight for space in the kitchen.  How&#39;s the back doing, by the way?<br /><br />MaryLou, enjoy celebrating precious little TJ&#39;s birthday with him.  It&#39;s always such a delight to watch the little ones open up their presents.<br /><br />Steve, Sorry about your trip.... but it&#39;s best to remain safe.<br /><br />Speak to you all later.<br /><br /><br />','zebra','zebra','2007-12-06 16:15:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256500,4219,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 17:08:20',NULL,'','Hi all,<br />It is cold and sunny up here in the mountains.  We still have about 5 inches of snow around.  Looks like we are getting a break for a day or two.<br /><br />I am concerned with the weather, here and in Seattle, on Tuesday.  My son Jared and his family will be flying into the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton airport.  I hope there are no delays or cancellations.  Those of you who see your grandchildren all of the time are so lucky.  I will get to see mine on Tuesday, all the way through Dec.28th.  I can&#39;t wait.  We are all cruising together so it should be winderful.<br /><br />Hope everyone who has been under the weather lately will feel better soon.<br /><br />Have a great day,<br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-12-06 17:08:20',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256501,274,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 17:32:54',NULL,'','<br />Good Morning, Cruise Crazies&#33;<br /><br />It&#39;s 10 degrees and snowing again&#33;  We are definitely having a White Christmas.  It&#39;s always so pretty but no fun driving in it until it&#39;s all plowed and cleaned up.  <br /><br />Tonia...I&#39;m so sorry about your job.  Hope your back is better soon&#33;<br /><br />Sue..I&#39;m so sorry to hear about your fall.  Hope you are healing well.<br /><br />Maria...that last test sounded like it was nooo fun.  Hope you are feeling better.  <br /><br />Jackie...hope the biopsys turn out good and your bleeding stops.<br /><br />Mary Lou...hope your tests turn out well.  Happy Birthday to TJ.<br /><br />Cheryl, Rat, and Keith and Rita...loved your pictures&#33;  Cheryl, your tree is amazing&#33;<br /><br />Steve...that&#39;s good news that your dad is well.  Hope your doggie will be ok.<br /><br />Jen...hope you dug out from that snowstorm.  Stay warm.<br /><br />Sheryl...hope your weather holds up.  That&#39;s so great that you will see your grandchildren soon.<br /><br />Skipper...that&#39;s so nice that you will have some time off.<br /><br />Carmen...so glad you are doing well.<br /><br />Joey...hope you&#39;re having a great cruise&#33;<br /><br />Cheryl...gottacruise...thinking of you...<br /><br />Hope everyone has a wonderful day.  It sure seems that so many people are having a rough time of it lately.   Sending a big hug to all&#33;<br /><br />Hope I didn&#39;t miss anyone...little Isabelle just woke up and is hollering for her milk  lol  Have to go now.<br /><br /><br /><br />','Shari2','Shari2','2007-12-06 17:32:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256525,3913,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 19:43:19',NULL,'','Good morning&#33;<br /><br />Got everything worked out on the trip to Seattle/Portland.  We decided that my wife would go alone direct to Portland, Or.  She is on her way now.  I weather here is going to be real bad the next four days so I decided to stay here with dad, the boxer, and all the pills they both need.  I would have worried about them the whole time we were gone.  It started snowing about 2 hours ago.  <br />The airline tickets I cancelled were freebies from when we got stranded in Ft Lauderdale coming back from a cruise.  They will still be good till Sept. 2008 so nothing really lost.<br /><br />Jennifer &amp; Shari -  Thanks for the kind words.  <br /><br />Ed - You had funnel cakes&#33;  Now that sounds good.<br /><br />Jackie &amp; Tony -  Thanks, I agree.  It really worked out well.  I would have been worried the whole time we were gone, my wife gets to see her sister, they get to spend some time together, and I don&#39;t have to see my brother-in law&#33; Life is good&#33;<br />','lashl','lashl','2007-12-06 19:43:19',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256527,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 20:17:35',NULL,'','hey everyone....<br /><br />well the back is back where it needs to be CHIRO fixed me up back feels so much better... came home took a muscle relaxer and let the back rest after.. this morning it feels great... so now i can go back to swimming tomorrow.. i didn&#39;t go to the gym yesterday because of the back...<br /><br />the first fudge it done ,, have another put together just have to cook it , its a double decker,,,, peanut butter layer then chocolate ... then going to make the snowballs today...tomorrow when it rains not sure what i will make....<br /><br />not sure whats for dinner... king crab or pasta.... still trying to decide...<br /><br />to all tht have the aches and pains start feeling better soon...it seems when it starts getting cold , the body finds out we have more aches and pains then we thought....<br /><br />well off to get started with the yummies i need to get made... <br /><br />will check in later<br /><br />Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-12-06 20:17:35',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256532,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 21:05:24',NULL,'','Wow Tonia - King Crab or pasta..... that&#39;s a &quot;no brainer&quot; for a seafood lover like me&#33;<br />What is the status with your job?  All kinds of things have happened with you since I left for South Africa.  Hey don&#39;t let Gary get away..... how awesome to have your man help with the cooking, and it sure sounds like he&#39;s a good cook like you&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Steve... that&#39;s great that you could work the trip out - for the good of everyone concerned.<br /><br />Sue... I sure hope that your back gets better soon.  I know how awful back pain is.  Use lots of ice packs to reduce the swelling, girl&#33;&#33;&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-12-06 21:05:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256536,139,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 21:47:49',NULL,'','<!--fonto:Book--><span style=\"font-family:Book\"><!--/fonto--><!--coloro:#ff0000--><span style=\"color:#ff0000\"><!--/coloro--><b>Good afternoon, Crazies&#33; Just a brief note to say hi to you all--have a great evening.<br /></b><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--><img src=\"http://ourworld.cs.com/KsmithCCI/images/santasmall.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IPB Image\" /><img src=\"http://ourworld.cs.com/KsmithCCI/images/santasmall.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IPB Image\" /><br /><br />','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-12-06 21:47:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256544,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 22:55:05',NULL,'','Tonia, you make the pot of chili I have cooking sound boring&#33;&#33;&#33;','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-06 22:55:05',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256548,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-06 23:14:37',NULL,'','Cheryl - great minds think alike - I also have a pot of chili going for dinner tonight.   I would much prefer the King Crab that Tonia is considering though.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-06 23:14:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256587,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-07 04:08:19',NULL,'','oh yeah jackie  have been useing LOT of ice packs  useing and reuseing for days :D and it is getting better and the bumps had gone down <br /><br />oooooo Tonia  YUMMMY king crabs my favorite i sometimes have it when i go in to Red Lobster for dinner remind me to go there again to have some lol <br /><br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-07 04:08:19',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256594,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-07 04:45:49',NULL,'','well we decided on the pasta with asparagus, mushrooms, chicken in a white sauce.. Gary read the chili was cooking all over now we are having chili tomorrow.he has the beans soaking now. i have to watch him he doesn&#39;t put to much chili powder and stuff in it... i know some kinda chili chili is going in... just have to watch out which one he puts in.. possible jalapeno, maybe serrano ( from garden ) , Gary goes a little crazy with chili...<br /><br />crab we are saving for sunday.. they had it at costco 8.99 a lb i could not let that go bye me <br /><br />the weather is getting ready to rain its getting windy etc... expecting an inch or more...soooooooo <br /><br />talk to ya tomorrow Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-12-07 04:45:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256597,573,1,18,255552,'2007-12-07 05:25:37',NULL,'','Another gorgeous day here in Lotus Land&#33;  warm and sunny.  The ountains look so pretty with all the snow on them - and none down here  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" /> <br /><br />LOL at Steve - I think most &quot;in laws&quot; are really &quot;outlaws&quot;  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" /> <br /><br />Tonia - great to here you are feeling better.  But stop talking about all that food - you are making me so hungry - as I sit here munching on fat free fig newtons&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;   My tummy wants burgers but my thighs are yelling &quot;no way&#33;&quot;.<br /><br />Last night we had salmon with shrimp and bernaise sauce and that was really good - today we drove thru Taco Bell as we made a run for the border.<br /><br />Had a great shopping day - very short list but somehow the car got filled up rather fast tee-hee.  The steal of the day was two new red hats&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;  There were two left on the rack in Wal-Mart - no tags, no sku numbers or bar codes.  Last week they were &#036;12.50 each - but when I asked for a price on them two clerks confabbed and said &#036;3.00 each - so what else could I do but buy them both  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" /> <br /><br />You all take care - off to games.<br /><br /><br />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-12-07 05:25:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256633,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-07 12:54:01',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#993300--><span style=\"color:#993300\"><!--/coloro-->FRIDAY - December 7th<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good Morning Crazies - I&#39;m sure today is some sort of National Holiday since it is TJ&#39;s birthday (at least he thinks it is and since his Mommy took the day off I&#39;m sure he is now convinced.  lol)  Deb said he wanted to go to bed as soon as she got in from work last night so he could get up early.  He is up at 5AM most days so I don&#39;t know what he considers early.  He will come over here around 1:30 when Poppy comes home for lunch to get his big gift - his electric car - it&#39;s all charged up and ready but I don&#39;t know where he will be able to drive it since it is only 12 degrees out right now.  <br /><br />Jenn - glad you had a good shopping day yesterday.  Great buy on those 2 new red hats.  I&#39;m sure you will look stunning in them.  <br /><br />Tonia - Guess I will be hitting my local fish market looking for King Crab this weekend - my mouth is absolutely watering with the thought.   Our chili last night was great - but not too spicy.  Somehow aging and spices don&#39;t get along too well but it was still good.   Tonight sounds like a good night for some beef stew.  <br /><br />Sue - glad the bumps are going away and you are feeling a little better.  Keep using that ice and you will be better soon.<br /><br />Steve - glad things worked out and your wife was able to get to Portland.  Sounds like a win - win situation - she get&#39;s to see her family and you don&#39;t.   hehe.    It&#39;s great when family lives some distance away but the bad part is when they come to visit - they stay&#33;&#33;  Hope the weather doesn&#39;t get too bad for you.  How long will your wife be away?<br /><br />Shari - great to see you posting - I&#39;m sure Isabelle is fascinated with the lights and holiday decorations even though she is too young to understand.  Just wait til next year&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Well it is 5:50 and I just got a phone call from my little guy looking for me (translation - looking for a Birfday present) so I guess I will head up to Deb&#39;s with a stop at Dunkin Donuts on the way.   I have a couple of small things I will give him to hold him over til this afternoon.   <br /><br />I&#39;ll be back later on - make today special and share a smile.<br /><br />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-07 12:54:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256635,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-07 13:37:37',NULL,'','Well our day fell apart quickly yesterday.  Gucci started vomiting (sorry guys) just before lunchtime, by 7 pm it was every 2-3 minutes.  She&#39;s only a 10 lb. dog so I knew she would dehydrate quickly.  So at 8 pm we took her to the &quot;doggie emergency room&quot;<br />they said we should leave her there for the night as they would have her on an IV and also take X-rays and bloodwork to rule out either an obstruction in the digestive tract or pancreatitis.<br />It was hard leaving the poor little thing there - she gets such seperation anxiety.  They eventually called us at 11:30 to tell us that they didn&#39;t find anything other than a slight kidney function elevation.. which occurs with dehydration.<br />So it&#39;s 6:35 am now and I have to pick her up by 7 am.','zebra','zebra','2007-12-07 13:37:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256670,754,1,18,255552,'2007-12-07 16:45:58',NULL,'','Good Morning All &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Cold and snowy here in Ohio.........<br /><br />Today is SIL&#39;s birthday also just like TJ. We are going to DD&#39;s for dinner and cake.........Never know what to get him so a Home depot gift card is always a good one. He wears a suit and tie everyday so last year I got him a gift certificate to the local dry cleaners. They are moving into a new house so the gift card will come in handy. Ken is just about finished with their basement. He had to run scads of electric and made three rooms. An office for sil, a storage room and a rec room. The basement is huge so there was plenty of space for all these rooms.<br /><br />Let all remember that today is Pearl Harbor day and remember all those servicemen that lost their lives that sad sad day.........<br /><br />Marylou............enjoy TJ&#39;s birthday and I am sure he will want to take his electric car outside or maybe just ride it around the house.........I know every birthday with him is special..................<br /><br /><br />Tonia, Steve, Sue,Jenn, Jackie, Shari and Rose (where have you been?) and Carmen also hope you are all doing well. Have a great day all.............<br /><br />Ciao for now<br />','teacp','teacp','2007-12-07 16:45:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256671,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-07 16:52:51',NULL,'','good morning  everyone <br />took Pappy out  had coffee  relaxing taking easy with my back i did shopping little bit yesterday and decide not to do anything today due to my bad back but it is getting better but still feeling stiff. <br /><br />will make christmas cookies today <br /><br /><br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-07 16:52:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256676,3913,1,18,255552,'2007-12-07 18:56:58',NULL,'','Hi Everyone&#33;<br />This no work thing is pretty good&#33;   I&#39;m in training for retirement&#33;  Took Dad to Dr&#39;s this morning for some blood work and then out to breakfast.  He really enjoyed that, breakfast not the blood work&#33;  DW called last night she is having a good time with her sister.  They went shopping, can you imagine that&#33;  We are supposed to get freezing rain Sat &amp; Sunday so will try to get most my running around done today.<br /><br />Mary Lou - Happy Birthday TJ&#33;  Watch your toes with that electric car&#33;  Wife will be home Sunday at 6PM.  She can&#39;t stand to be away from me too long&#33; (Hope she doesn&#39;t read this&#33;)  Know what you mean about age and spicy food.  I make my chili pretty mild and we use Cholula hot sause to season to taste.<br /><br />Jackie &amp; Tony - Glad Gucci is OK.  <br /><br />Have to go get the oil changed in my Jeep.  Have a good day&#33;<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-12-07 18:56:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256681,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-07 19:00:29',NULL,'','Good Morning all .. just got home... it was really a nice time to be had... met some fun intersting people.. some maybe coming to say hello ...I&#39;ll be back as soon to get caught up.....<br /><br />Joey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-07 19:00:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256690,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-07 19:13:10',NULL,'','morning all...<br /><br />Marylou... LOL wish i could see his face when he see&#39;s his car ... its always the best when they don&#39;t know...<br />happy birthday to the TJ MAN... burn rubber dude... LOL hey does Ash try to help him open the presents ??<br /><br /><br />Maria happy birthday to SIL...i don&#39;t care what anyone says everyone enjoys their birthday.. i do i want my chocolate cake.. LOL <br /><br />Maria and Mary.... whenever you two talk about Ken doing things like the basement, or Jim like when you were talking about starting a project just to have him jump in... it makes my think of my daddy... he could do anything ( atleast in my mind).. its such a good memory, and makes my heart feel good  i miss him so <br /><br />to all that still have there parents give them all the love you can now  face to face...my mommy and daddy are always in my heart.. but i do so miss calling my mommy this time of the year, and my daddy playing MR bah humbug ( big gruf LOL he played a good act ) i knew better<br /><br />ok enough mushy stuff..<br /><br />Its raining today...so a good day to just hang out <br /><br />and i won&#39;t talk about food today<br /><br />Sue gezzzzzzzzz ok its time to go get you back looked at ... i got the neighbor&#39;s dog some goodies for christmas...i made doggie biscuits w peanut butter , they sure smelled good cooking.. i could probably eat them , just like a cookie kinda thing... i froze the dough then cut them as i need them...then i got some candy cane rawhides ...<br /><br />Maria great idea i never thought of dry cleaner thingie .... great idea<br /><br />Jackie .. ohhhhhhhhh is Gucci ok .. is she home now.. gezzzzzzzzzzz thats scary.. i hope its a just a tummy thing... thank god no obstruction or anything poor thing.... i think she needs some extra kisses and huggies from mommy and daddy<br /><br />Steve glad you found a way for it to work out... did the wife make it safe??<br /><br />Jenn how were the fig newtons LOL LOL your so funny....<br /><br />well i will check in later <br /><br />&quot;&quot;&quot; always remember DEC 7th PEARL HARBOR and always keep our servicemen and women in our thoughts<br /><br />Tonia<br />','terumim','terumim','2007-12-07 19:13:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256692,2613,1,18,255552,'2007-12-07 19:27:30',NULL,'','Good Morning:<br /><br />Welcome back David, glad to hear that you had a “blastâ€ tell us some more about it.  Happy birthday TJ and Maria&#39;s SIL, have a great day.  Maria, I hope you are doing well.  Sue glad to hear that you are feeling better.  Jacke I am glad that Gucci is ok and I sure she feels better now that she is back home.  All this talk about chili makes me want to make some.  I have never had or cooked it, but maybe I will give it a try, I better ask my DH if he would like it.<br />I went to see my doctor this morning and my surgery is scheduled for February.  Her nurse will be calling me with all the details.  I am babysitting Kaylee this weekend and taking her Christmas shopping.  I know high heeled boots will be on her list lol.<br />Take care everyone and have a great weekend <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":smile:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" /> .<br />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-12-07 19:27:30',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256695,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-07 20:08:07',NULL,'','Good morning all.  Boy, I wish Jason hadn&#39;t put those advertisments on the forum.  I just saw the one for the Cruise IQ game and of course, I had to order it.  Scotty called me yesterday afternoon and at first it startled me, because he kept saying &quot;Grandma, you have to come to I-70 &amp; Kipling&quot;.  I kept asking him why and he would just say &quot;you have to come now&quot;.  I finally asked him if his mommy was near and could I talk to her.  I knew he must be with her because she lives at I-70 and Kipling and it is nowhere near where my son lives.  She laughed and said that they were at Target and he saw the Darth Vader/Death Star Transformer he has been wanting for a while.  He asked her if they could get it and she said no, that at &#036;60, it was too expensive.  A few minutes later, he told her he really needed to talk to his Noni (me).  She had no idea that was what he was going to tell me.  He wanted me to come over there and get it right then before someone else bought it.  I ended up going online and finidng it for &#036;50.  Yes, I know we spoil him terribly, but it is Christmas.  Okay, I am using that for an excuse, I would have bought it anyway&#33;&#33;&#33;  Happy Birthday to both TJ and to Maria&#39;s son-in-law.  Hope you have good times celebrating.  Tonia, anything new from the attorney?  Steve, retirement is great - I did it almost 3 yrs. ago, at 47, and my only regret was that I didn&#39;t do it sooner.  Jackie, hope Gucci is feeling better - since you were gone for a month to Africa, she must have wondered if she was being left long term again.  So glad she got to come home after a short time.  Joey, glad you made it home safely.  I am looking forward to hearing about your first experience at solo cruising.  Carmen, I will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.  I honestly think you will be very happy you had it done, but the thought of surgery is always daunting.   Sue and Tonia, do you have a Kong for your dogs?  Bucky and Sadie love them, I fill them with dog treats and peanut butter and they will literally spend hours at a time trying to get the thing emptied.  Well, gonna&#39; go finish my housework so I can spend the afternoon watching Christmas movies.  It is a cold, snowy day so I do not plan to set foot outside the house today.  Have a wonderful weekend Crazies...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-07 20:08:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256753,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-07 23:07:07',NULL,'','Joey, what... you&#39;re back already??  Can&#39;t wait to hear all about it&#33;<br /><br />Tonia.... please send me some of those Serrano peppers.  I&#39;ve been trying to find a plant, but have been unsuccessful.<br /><br />Steve... retirement is awesome - give it a try, for real&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Cheryl, what the heck is a Kong?<br /><br />Well Gucci has spent most of the day sleeping - she doesn&#39;t have much energy, poor thing they have shaved her legs for the IV so she doesn&#39;t look too good at the moment.  She hasn&#39;t had anything to eat or drink today - nor has she been sick, so I&#39;ve just left her to recuperate.  Hopefully she&#39;ll be more like herself tomorrow.','zebra','zebra','2007-12-07 23:07:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256773,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-07 23:27:23',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=256753:date=Dec 7 2007, 01&#58;07 PM:name=zebra)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(zebra &#064; Dec 7 2007, 01&#58;07 PM) [snapback]256753[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Joey, what... you&#39;re back already??  Can&#39;t wait to hear all about it&#33;<br /><br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Yeah it was just a 4 nighter .. But ....it was outstanding&#33;... i got to mingle with the officers..and have cocktails in the Royal suite.... it turns out one of the people I made friends with is like the unofficial godmother of this ship everybody knows her.. she always books cheapest rooms and before the cruise was over she held a wine party in the royal suite... it was just too much fun...I made small talk all the department heads.. got my table for one which I enjoyed so much ....<br /><br />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-07 23:27:23',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256790,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 00:41:22',NULL,'','Jackie, a Kong is a rubber toy that you can stuff with treats.  Bucky and Sadie have the medium sized ones of the picture below, although they come in all different styles, shapes and sizes.  We used to fill them when we were leaving them in the RV and when we would come back, they would still be working on getting things out of them.  They make a Kong spray that you can put in them to hold the treats in, and they have different flavors.  The hounds like the peanut butter the best, so I usually just use regular peanut butter and pieces of PupCorn, which they love.<br /><br /><img src=\"http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k96/cherylfuller/kong.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IPB Image\" />','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-08 00:41:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256791,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 01:05:58',NULL,'','kong  my sister use that on her dogs  my dog hates peanut butter ONLY chicken he loves LOL <br /><br />my back is getting better and i was be able to move much faster than when i fall','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-08 01:05:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256794,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 01:51:55',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=256791:date=Dec 7 2007, 03&#58;05 PM:name=lovelypinky)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(lovelypinky &#064; Dec 7 2007, 03&#58;05 PM) [snapback]256791[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />my back is getting better<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />so good to hear','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-08 01:51:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256804,573,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 08:44:09',NULL,'','Evening Crazies&#33;<br /><br />Long day today.  Dh won a &quot;Macgyver&quot; dvd gift set  from a local radio station so we drove in to town to get it.  &#036;400 later we are back home - some freebie&#33;  LOL<br /><br />First we went to lunch at our favourite sushi place.  Then wandered around the mall - into Home Outfitters and Dh got intrigued with a chocolate fountain - so we had to have it&#33;  He convinced me it would be great fun to take it to our Red Hat Christmas party for dessert.  Then we had to buy this humungous bag of chocolate pellets to go in it.  <br /><br />And we got a &#036;20 off gift certificate if we spend &#036;50 after Christmas so now he wants the drink fountain for our after Christmas party - egads&#33;  He&#39;s become Martha Stewart&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Then he spotted BOGO at Payless Shoes - got two pairs of work shoes.<br /><br />Then to the liquor store for Christmas stock up - wine, beer, rum.....well you get the idea&#33;  Then to the grocery store for some baking supplies .......<br /><br />Think he&#39;s going to have to start working more thaqn two days a week tee-hee&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Jackie - I hope all goes well with little Gucci - it must be very hard on you watching her go through this. And they can&#39;t even tell you where it hurts or what is happening to them.<br /><br /><br />Sue - great to hear your back is feeling better - but don&#39;t overdo for a while.  Doesn&#39;t take much to make it start aching again.<br /><br />Marylou - I didn&#39;t get my first car until I was 27 -  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" />  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" />  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" /> .  What a great present.  we will need to see some photos of the &quot;nascar driver in training&quot;.<br /><br />Tonia - the fig newtons weren&#39;t bad - but we got into the mint chocolate cookies tonight - hey we had a hard day shopping so we deserve and sushi isn&#39;t all that filling lol.<br /><br />My folks usually put us to bed on Christmas eve then went around the neighbourhood nipping at every stop.  I can still remember hearing them laughing as they tried to assemble our toys, bikes, doll houses etc. when they got home.   I think they must have stayed up all night.  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":laugh:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"laugh.gif\" />  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":laugh:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"laugh.gif\" />  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":laugh:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"laugh.gif\" /> <br /><br />Carmen  its&#39; great that you have a surgery date - not too long to wait.  Once it all over and done with you should feel absoultely wonderful.  You know we are all pulling for you  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" /> <br /><br />Cheryl - good for you - what&#39;s the point a having a grandchild if you can&#39;t spoil him.  I would be just the same way - if I ever get one lol.<br /><br />Our dogs love their kongs - peanut butter in them keeps them busy for hours.<br /><br /><br />Good for you Joey - when are you going on the next one?<br /><br />Well - off to bed soon - tired feet - need to rest up as it&#39;s tree day tomorrow - and we all know how hard that is lol.<br /><br />Take care - talk at you later.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />','hazelson','hazelson','2007-12-08 08:44:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256808,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 11:59:59',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#666600--><span style=\"color:#666600\"><!--/coloro-->SATURDAY - December 8th<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good Morning Crazies - another weekend is here already and there aren&#39;t too many more of them before the holidays so I&#39;d best get myself organized and finish getting ready.   We will be going to Ct. to have Christmas with Paige and Colin next weekend so my priority this week will be to finish up for them.  My biggest problem is that most of Colin&#39;s gifts are part of the big gift Santa will be bringing so I can&#39;t give him most of his gifts next week but will have to leave them with Dave for Christmas morning.  <br /><br />TJ&#39;s birthday was a huge success - he loved his Car.   When we opened the garage door and he saw it he went crazy jumping up and down and got into it right away and took off.   I&#39;ll try and post a picture of him.  When it was time for them to leave he wanted to drive the car home - but we finally convinced him to leave it here.   This afternoon is his party so the festivities continue.  <br /><br />Jackie - so glad Gucci is doing better.   Hope she continues to do better each day and is her old self before long.  <br /><br />Cheryl - these grandkids have us wrapped around their little finger don&#39;t they?   Scotty sure knows who to call when he sees a special treat he wants.   That&#39;s what Grandparents are for - at least that is what I keep telling my kids.  <br /><br />Sue - glad your back is doing better.   I&#39;m sure Pappy is happy that you are doing better and can take him out for his walks.<br /><br />Tonia - you are so busy with all your baking.   I wish I could share your enthusiasm for baking - that was always my Mom&#39;s job so I never had any interest in it.   Now that she is no longer with us I am constantly running to the bakery and it certainly isn&#39;t the same.<br /><br />Carmen - have a great weekend with Kaylee.   I&#39;m sure she will have fun shopping with you.  Glad you finally have a date for your surgery.<br /><br />JoeyandDavid - Glad to have you back with us - can&#39;t wait to hear all about your trip.<br /><br />Maria - how are you doing?  <br /><br />Deb &amp; I are hitting the mall at 6AM so I&#39;d better get a move on.  Hope everyone has a great day.  I&#39;ll check back later on.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-08 11:59:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256809,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 12:02:37',NULL,'','Here is a photo of TJ and his &quot;new wheels&quot;  I think the smile says it all.<br /><br /><img src=\"http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l206/crusngram/DSC01674.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IPB Image\" />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-08 12:02:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256818,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 16:36:07',NULL,'','Good Morning Crazies..<br /><br />MaryLou ..you are so right just look at that smiling face.... zoom zoom zoom..<br /><br />I really liked the get away so much I have booked yet another.... at this rate i will be sailing monthly... the single supplement price for this run was under 80 dollars A day complete..so now I have reservations booked for February 4 as well..<br /><br /> <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-08 16:36:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256827,3913,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 16:43:10',NULL,'','Good morning&#33;<br /><br />We are haveing freezing rain&#33;  Looks like we stay indoors today.<br /><br />Mary Lou - Thanks for the picture of TJ and his &quot;wheels&quot;  Nothing brings a smile to my face like the joy of a child&#33;<br /><br />Joey - Glad you liked the cruise so much you added another.<br /><br />Will check in later.<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-12-08 16:43:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256829,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 16:45:39',NULL,'','good morning <br />other beauitful day before other storm hit tomorrow <br />took Pappy out <br />will go out to a craft show just north of me <br /><br />i am taking easy with my back today <br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-08 16:45:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256830,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 16:50:11',NULL,'','Well Gucci has a little more &quot;spunk&quot; this morning - although she&#39;s still not herself.  I&#39;m sure this whole episode was caused by separation anxiety....<br /><br />Joey, how fantastic&#33;&#33;  You must enjoy RCCL... tell us a bit about it please&#33;&#33;  At that price I don&#39;t blame you.  Can&#39;t you tempt David to join you?<br /><br />MaryLou... just look at the joy on TJ&#39;s face - what a fabulous present.<br /><br />Cheryl... where did you buy that Kong from?  Do you think I&#39;ll find them at Petsmart?<br /><br />Speak to you all later.','zebra','zebra','2007-12-08 16:50:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256832,754,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 17:13:15',NULL,'','Good Morning all.<br /><br />Busy day today. DD moved into her new house yesterday and we are going over to help with more unpacking. Both DD and SIL are very organized so there is not that much left to do.<br /><br />Jackie..............We also have a kong for Sunny and she loves it. You can buy all sizes and they even sell the stuff to put it in but we like to put in small biscuits and peanut butter and watch her try to get it out. For Gucci you would get the smallest one.<br />We got ours in Petsmart but I am sure all pet stores have them. Hope Gucci continues to improve.<br /><br />Marylou.................That smile will take all your aches and pains away.....&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Cheryl..................I just repeated all you said to Jackie about the kong because I didn&#39;t read your post. lol<br /><br /><br />Carmen................I am glad you have your date for surgery in Feb. What day? As mine is Feb. 14th for my gall bladder removal.<br /><br />Well, hope everyone is feeling okay today. Have a great weekend all &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Ciao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-12-08 17:13:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256836,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 18:00:22',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=256830:date=Dec 8 2007, 06&#58;50 AM:name=zebra)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(zebra &#064; Dec 8 2007, 06&#58;50 AM) [snapback]256830[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Joey, how fantastic&#33;&#33;  You must enjoy RCCL... tell us a bit about it please&#33;&#33;  At that price I don&#39;t blame you.  Can&#39;t you tempt David to join you?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /> <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sad.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":sad2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"sad.gif\" />  working you know....<br /><br />Hi Jackie.......The staff are as friendly and helpful as Celebrity..... the food isn&#39;t too bad and they did have lemonade and tropical fruit drinks along with Ice Tea for consumption at no addition fees the coffee was pretty good .....although there were some minuses ... no tea pots in the coffee/tea shop.. only paper cups... <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbdown.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbdown:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbdown.gif\" /> <br />Plastic in the buffet and no trays it appears everyone is going to Platters.... <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbdown.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbdown:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbdown.gif\" /> <br /><br />..bottom line is if this last cruise is any indication..they could be very much what we were looking for as an alternative to Celebrity... this by no means means we will not stop looking for a 2 for 1 on one of the upscale lines  but as for RCI may fill the bill when we want to cruise and our first choice isn&#39;t available <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbup.gif\" /> ... <br />After all......It is what it is.. and what it is is not too bad...... <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/cool.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":cool2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"cool.gif\" /> <br /><br />Joey<br />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-08 18:00:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256852,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 21:53:07',NULL,'','Joey, that&#39;s exactly how we felt when we did the Transatlantic on the Legend of the Seas.  Not 5 star - but certainly an extremely enjoyable ship and cruise.  In fact, we also wanted to do a repeat cruise with them, but then found better prices on Princess again.  We&#39;re looking forward to doing a cruise on RCCL again.... possibly a short one like you just did.  Our kids have cruised the Monarch a few times, and love that ship.','zebra','zebra','2007-12-08 21:53:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256862,274,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 22:01:18',NULL,'','Good afternoon, Cruise Crazies&#33;<br /><br />It&#39;s 0 degrees right now. Does that mean there&#39;s no weather? LOL We did get down to -4 below zero early this morning, and some areas close by got down to -18 below. We should have around 5 more inches of snow coming today, too. We&#39;ve already had around 10 inches or so.  Yikes&#33; It&#39;s not even officially winter yet. <br /><br />Well..I have a good start on my shopping, and the tree is up, but Marc still needs to put the lights on, and I need to decorate, but I&#39;m feeling good about that. We are having my whole side of the family for Christmas Eve, and then our kids and spouses and grandkids and some friends on Christmas Day. There&#39;s so much to do that I don&#39;t know where to start. lol   We will have little Isabelle during the day up till Christmas.<br /><br />My poor kitty-cat who has diabetes also has a neuopathy in his legs and can&#39;t walk well. He still makes it to the litter box, but the poor baby can&#39;t wipe off his feet and legs well, so sometimes he tracks stuff all over the carpeting. I scoop the box after every time they go, and that helps some, but sometimes Marc has to put his feet in some soapy water to clean the gunk off. Needless to say, I need to clean the carpet before company comes, but, until we get him better he could just keep on tracking, so we have a problem. He seems to be feeling better. <br /><br />Marc has been giving him more insulin than the doctor&#39;s originally gave him because his sugars were still around 400. Way too high. The last reading was 180, much better. I&#39;m so glad Marc knows how to do all this. He has 4 more days of taking a pill, too, for his UTI, and he doesn&#39;t like to swallow it, but Marc just opens his mouth and puts it down. Poor baby...he just hates that, and I don&#39;t blame him. I&#39;m glad he&#39;s almost done doing that. He doesn&#39;t seem to mind his insulin shots as much as the pill. <br /><br />We have to take him back to the vet on Tuesday, and they want to keep him for the day to check his sugars all day, and see if he&#39;s hydrated enough. We&#39;ve never left him before so that will be hard for him...and us...at least me. He&#39;s my kitty, mostly. He follows me and lays by me everywhere. He&#39;s such a good and loving kitty-cat. He&#39;s 13 years old. He&#39;s the younger of our two. Our oldest kitty is 15. Hope his health stays good. <br /><br />After reading about all the good cooking and yummy things you all are making...you&#39;re making me hungry&#33;  LOL  Have to go get something to eat now.  LOL<br /><br />Steve...glad your wife made it to Portland ok and is enjoying her visit.  Good idea to stay in with that freezing rain.  I&#39;d rather drive in snow anyday than freezing rain.<br /><br />Tonia...so glad your back is doing better&#33;<br /><br />Mary Lou...oh my gosh&#33;  What an adorable picture of little TJ.  He is sooo cute, and that car is so great.  I can see that he just loves that.<br /><br />Sue...so glad your back is doing better&#33;<br /><br />Jen...sounds like DH&#39;s gift was definintely not free.  LOL  At least you got a great bargain on the red hats&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Jackie...I&#39;m so sorry for all that little Gucci is going through.  It&#39;s so hard to see our little pets not feeling well.  I&#39;m so glad she is doing better.<br /><br />Maria...Happy birthday to your SIL.  I think your gift ideas are really good ones.  I never thought of the dry cleaning one.  Great idea.  My brother used to give a gift card for groceries to my mom.  That was a good one, too.  Hope you are feeling better.  I&#39;ll be keeping you in my prayers for a successful surgery.<br /><br />Joey...welcome back&#33;  So glad you had an enjoyable cruise.  Congrats on the new booking&#33;<br /><br />Carmen...I&#39;ll be keeping you in my prayers for a successful surgery.  Enjoy your weekend, and shopping with Kaylee&#33;<br /><br />Cheryl...little Scottie is a lucky boy to have such a wonderful grandma like you.  I love your Christmas tree&#33;  Ours isn&#39;t even decorated yet.  I&#39;d better get busy&#33;  Enjoy those Christmas movies.  Kind of sad that we have to rent or buy old ones since they rarely put anything on tv these days for Christmas.  I used to love all the old &quot;specials&quot; like the Perry Como Christmas show or &quot;The Andy Williams&quot; Christmas show, or &quot;Lawrence Welk&#39;s Christmas Show&quot;, etc.  Guess I&#39;m showing my age now.  LOL  They always played a lot of Christmas movies, too.  Once in awhile I see a few on some of the channels that play the old classics.<br /><br />Keith and Rita...loved your picture of your beautiful new home all decorated&#33;<br /><br /><br />Have a great weekend, Cruise Crazies&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />','Shari2','Shari2','2007-12-08 22:01:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256877,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 23:34:47',NULL,'','i am hoping you can click this link and recieve my christmas card to you all <br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcardm.asp?code=1323720765238&amp;ob=1\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcardm.asp...765238&amp;ob=1</a><br /><br />Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-12-08 23:34:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256878,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-08 23:54:34',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=256852:date=Dec 8 2007, 11&#58;53 AM:name=zebra)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(zebra &#064; Dec 8 2007, 11&#58;53 AM) [snapback]256852[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Joey, that&#39;s exactly how we felt <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />That is so great to hear.. I value your opinion...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-08 23:54:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256880,573,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 00:19:05',NULL,'','Another beautiful day - sunny and cold but no rain on the horizon&#33;<br /><br />Tonia - thanks for the lovely Christmas Card - :o)<br /><br /><br />Mary Lou - great photo - really made me smile to see his wonderful smile&#33;&#33;&#33;  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" /> <br /><br /><br />Shari - sorry your kitty isn&#39;t doing so well - hope he gets some of his leg movement back.  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sad.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":sad2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"sad.gif\" /> <br /><br />Jackie - good to hear Gucci is doing better - maybe the two of you need to go to PetSmart together to pick out just the right kong -  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" /> <br /><br />Back to chores - just getting things all together before I actually start on the tree. <br /><br />Talk at you later.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-12-09 00:19:05',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256881,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 00:19:51',NULL,'','aww nice ecard  Tonia  smile <br /><br />had good time at craft show  got a ornament for Pappy for the tree on his first christmas with me will get some of present for Pappy for christmas soon hehe <br /><br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-09 00:19:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256885,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 00:22:15',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=256832:date=Dec 8 2007, 07&#58;13 AM:name=teacp)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(teacp &#064; Dec 8 2007, 07&#58;13 AM) [snapback]256832[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br /> As mine is Feb. 14th for my gall bladder removal.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Wow what a Valentines Present.... <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-09 00:22:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256891,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 00:28:21',NULL,'','thanks Tonia we think you send the bestest cards&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-09 00:28:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256908,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 01:39:52',NULL,'','Greetings to all my Crazy family from the very cold, very white Rocky Mountains.  It has been coming down steadily since yesterday and they are not calling for a break from it until Tuesday.  Greg has to fly to NYC on Wed, so I hope it clears by then.   Tonia, I am going to show Scotty the eCard next time hecomes over - I think he will get a kick out of it.  Jackie, I got our Kongs at Target and they have the flavored peanut butter there too but like I said before, I use regular peanut butter.  They also make special &quot;kong treats&quot; but you can use any kind of treats you have.  I normally use PupCorn but sometimes, I break up their MilkBones and use them.   PetSmart does have them also.  Joey, I was glad to read your impressions of RCCL as I am thinking about sailing on them for our next cruise.  I just have to talk our friends into it because they don&#39;t want to have to fly to a port and they live in Texas and right now Carnival is the only thing sailing from Texas.  Mary Lou, yes, that smile says it all.  Doesn&#39;t it fill your heart with joy to see them so happy.  What a cutie he is.  Jackie, I sure hope Gucci starts perking up soon.  I bet a kong would be a great way to pass the time for her.  Bucky and Sadie literraly spend hours at a time trying to get everything out of theirs.  Shari, it was great to see you popping in here.  I agree about the old movies - I love them.  You never had to worry that you were going to have foul language or violence forced on you.  Maria - as Joey said, what a way to spend Valentine&#39;s Day&#33;&#33;&#33;  Sue, glad to hear you are continuing to heal - just take it easy until you are back to 100%.   Steve, how does it feel being a &quot;bachelor&quot;?  Hope you all are having a good Saturday.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-09 01:39:52',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256910,754,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 01:49:06',NULL,'','Cheryl and Joey,<br /><br />I think I can use this Feb 14th to my advantage. Imagine the pity party I could have.....lol','teacp','teacp','2007-12-09 01:49:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256911,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 01:51:41',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=256836:date=Dec 8 2007, 08&#58;00 AM:name=JoeyandDavid)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(JoeyandDavid &#064; Dec 8 2007, 08&#58;00 AM) [snapback]256836[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br /><!--quoteo(post=256830:date=Dec 8 2007, 06&#58;50 AM:name=zebra)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(zebra &#064; Dec 8 2007, 06&#58;50 AM) [snapback]256830[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Joey, how fantastic&#33;&#33;  You must enjoy RCCL... tell us a bit about it please&#33;&#33;  At that price I don&#39;t blame you.  Can&#39;t you tempt David to join you?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br /> <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sad.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":sad2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"sad.gif\" />  working you know....<br /><br />Hi Jackie.......The staff are as friendly and helpful as Celebrity..... the food isn&#39;t too bad and they did have lemonade and tropical fruit drinks along with Ice Tea for consumption at no addition fees the coffee was pretty good .....although there were some minuses ... no tea pots in the coffee/tea shop.. only paper cups... <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbdown.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbdown:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbdown.gif\" /> <br />Plastic in the buffet and no trays it appears everyone is going to Platters.... <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbdown.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbdown:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbdown.gif\" /> <br /><br />..bottom line is if this last cruise is any indication..they could be very much what we were looking for as an alternative to Celebrity... this by no means means we will not stop looking for a 2 for 1 on one of the upscale lines  but as for RCI may fill the bill when we want to cruise and our first choice isn&#39;t available <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbup.gif\" /> ... <br />After all......It is what it is.. and what it is is not too bad...... <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/cool.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":cool2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"cool.gif\" /> <br /><br />Joey<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Dear Joey,<br /><br />I was glad to see  these comments about Royal Caribbean - as you know it is my favorite cruise line...my budget doesn&#39;t allow me to sail on Crystal or Seabourn - I&#39;ve been very happy the last 12-3/4 years with my 59 cruises on RCL and I&#39;m very much looking forward to next week on board the Brilliance for the first <br />time.  While RCL may not have total luxury, most of the ships are very nice - I especially like the Radiance class.  However, the Monarch, is home to me.  I first sailed out of San Juan on her and, last week, when we met, was my 17th cruise.  I just hate that she is leaving California and I will bombard the Miami office with protests.  I think California needs something other than Carnival in the 3/4 day cruise market.<br /><br />I look forward to sailing again Feb 4th with you.  Keep my seat warm at the Schooner and tell all I&#39;ll be back when you see them January 14th.<br /><br />RNSANE<br />','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 01:51:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256915,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 02:17:26',NULL,'','Carmen, it&#39;s so super seeing you posting here on our Daily Dock.  Wow you sure have cruised - 59 cruises, makes my 16 cruises seem so insignificant&#33;&#33;&#33;  Not only is cruising so wonderful but more so are the fabulous people that we meet on them&#33;  Welcome again to Cruise  Crazies.','zebra','zebra','2007-12-09 02:17:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256936,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 03:00:15',NULL,'','Actually, Zebra, it&#39;s 59 with Royal Caribbean but 74 total cruises....those 59 with RCI have been in less than thirteen years, and, to be truthful, many of them have been four day cruises.  I wish I could get away ( and<br />afford ) the twelve day adventures.   I have done a few - the Legend twice in Europe which was fantastic, the capitals of Scandinavia, two transatlantic crossings, two Asian cruises and one Australia to New Zealand cruise - so they haven&#39;t all been &quot;quickies.&quot;<br /><br />RNSANE','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 03:00:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256937,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 03:03:36',NULL,'','Here&#39;s one of my Christmas poems -<br /><br />Missing You at Christmas<br /><br />The house is full of Christmas cheer, <br />An angel tops the tree, <br />Cinnamon smells pervade the air, <br />But you&#39;re not here with me.<br /><br />An eggnog glass is held on high, <br />And offered up in toast, <br />Gifts are piled beneath the tree, <br />But I miss what I want most.<br /><br />The festive lights are sparkling, <br />Holly garlands are in place, <br />In the softly twinkling candlelight, <br />I always see your face.<br /><br />In the joyful songs of carolers, <br />At this time when all rejoice, <br />My heart can&#39;t feel its fullest, <br />I so long to hear your voice.<br /><br />As Christmas day dawns again, <br />My thoughts are far from here, <br />My love is festooned with a bow, <br />And sent to someone dear.<br /><br />Carmen Henesy aka RNSANE<br /><br />Copyrighted December 2006','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 03:03:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256939,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 03:12:01',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=256915:date=Dec 8 2007, 04&#58;17 PM:name=zebra)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(zebra &#064; Dec 8 2007, 04&#58;17 PM) [snapback]256915[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Carmen, it&#39;s so super seeing you posting here on our Daily Dock.  Wow you sure have cruised - 59 cruises, makes my 16 cruises seem so insignificant&#33;&#33;&#33;  Not only is cruising so wonderful but more so are the fabulous people that we meet on them&#33;  Welcome again to Cruise  Crazies.<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Jackie you should see how the entire staff reacts to Carmen.. like I say she is the unofficial godmother of the monarch... it is so funny ...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-09 03:12:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256949,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 04:14:52',NULL,'','You are such a hoot, Joey....but they do treat me so wonderfully on that ship.  After 17 cruises in 13 years, I know so many of the staff and, Royal Caribbean, like many of the lines, transfers staff among their ships so I am always running into crew members I&#39;ve met.  The Monarch was here for ten days in dry dock in January 2006 and I got to spend time with my crew friends like normal human beings, off the ship, doing fun things in San Francisco.  They were supposed to come back here for dry dock again but all that has been changed with the move to Florida.  Booo, Royal Caribbean for taking the Monach away from California.<br /><br />RNSANE','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 04:14:52',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256952,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 04:25:49',NULL,'','sure wish i could cruise that much.... maybe when i retire.. LOL LOL 2022 ..but i save each year for my one cruise ... Carmen... maybe one day i can be a floater like you one day....<br /><br />Oh welcome  to the board ... Carmen nice to meet you.....and i love the poem... i have copied and put in my files ...<br /><br />day was a rainy day here in san diego... we need it so .... we even have snow about 15 miles from me in the mountains....the surfer&#39;s have been loving the surf....went to breakfast with one of the girls from work... the case is moving forward... so we will see.... looking in the paper at the ads for jobs to see whats out there... right now kinda hard looking but of well...<br /><br />ya know i think sometimes.. i never thought at this time of my life i would be looking for work...i have never moved around job  wise... i worked for a company for 23 years up to 2001, the i fell work and all it all went to heck....had to find a different line of work... then thought i found a rest of my working life job,,, then that fell apart gezzzzzzzzz.. oh that was my &quot; feel sorry for myself time &quot; for a few seconds LOL LOL <br /><br />well i feel better now LOL LOL .... off to write some cards to friends ... hey when does Rose come home...just curious...Gucci huggy kissy baby puppy get well....<br /><br />Marylou wow to be a kid ... that face says it all .. drive it home LOL LOL <br /><br />well thats about it for now... laters <br /><br />Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-12-09 04:25:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256957,4219,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 04:40:33',NULL,'','Good evening all,<br />Welcome Carmen.  Loved your poem.  How lucky you are to cruise so often.<br /><br />Tonia - Thanks for the wonderful Christmas card.<br /><br />Joey - Welcome home.  Glad you had a good time.<br /><br />To all pets that are not feeling well - GET WELL SOON&#33;  Your masters need you.<br /><br />To all humans not feeling well -  GET WELL SOON&#33;  <br /><br />I leave for my cruise on Friday.  Am all packed and ready to go.<br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-12-09 04:40:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256960,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 04:45:26',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=256957:date=Dec 8 2007, 06&#58;40 PM:name=crazeecat5)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(crazeecat5 &#064; Dec 8 2007, 06&#58;40 PM) [snapback]256957[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br /><br />Joey - Welcome home.  Glad you had a good time.<br /><br />I leave for my cruise on Friday.  Am all packed and ready to go.<br />Sheryl<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />I thank you... i know you are so excited... when do you leave for the port?<br /><br />joey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-09 04:45:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256979,4219,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 05:51:17',NULL,'','Hey Joey,<br />We have a limo picking us up at 10 am.  Thought the limo would be a nice added touch for my son who only saw the inside of a stryker in Iraq for 15 months.  I must say that I am pretty excited about the limo ride too.  We are about 2 hours from the port at Bayonne.<br /><br />Carmen,<br />Woluld it be OK if I copied your poem too?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Sheryl','crazeecat5','crazeecat5','2007-12-09 05:51:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256982,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 06:16:51',NULL,'','[Of course, Sheryl, feel free to copy any of my poems...I write dozens of them....will post some of them here, especially any travel related ones.<br /><br />Carmen aka RNSANE<br /><br />Have a great cruise<br /><br />','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 06:16:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256983,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 06:24:15',NULL,'','Thanks for the welcome, Tonia....funny, I slipped on hydraulic fluid that leaked from an operating room table where I worked...ended up having extensive back surgery and being disabled for a year and a half, with two toddlers - husband left and I thought I&#39;d never make it  I ended up in the new specialty of forensic nursing - I managed to survive, even with no child support but it was terrifying.  I had to file bankruptcy but I was able to provide for my three sons and, though I could never afford a home in the San Francisco area, we always had food to eat, and a little left over to travel&#33;<br /><br />I hope you will find work that sustains you and that you enjoy.  This last twenty years as a forensic nurse, as a pioneer, in fact in this new speciality, has been incredible - and I never would have pursued it if this calamity had not happened.  Through forensic nursing, I have also gained some of the dearest friends and colleagues of my life.  In fact, eight of them sailed with me on the Monarch this past week.<br /><br />RNSANE ( for registered nurse, sexual assault nurse examiner )','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 06:24:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(256985,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 07:04:17',NULL,'','Carmen, I too would like to welcome you to the forum.  I never connected the nursing thing - I took your username to read as &quot;are insane&quot; which certainly fits in with this Crazy bunch.  Isn&#39;t Joey such a hoot???  He is very highly thought of here.  I look forward to getting to know you......','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-09 07:04:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257010,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 08:49:59',NULL,'','Written on the Sun Viking in southeast Asia in February 1997<br /><br />Travel Thoughts<br /><br /><br />As we travel about our shrinking globe, <br />Let us take the time to see, <br />This earth&#39;s most precious resource - <br />People like you and me.<br /><br />Though we speak myriad languages, <br />And may dress in a different style - <br />A common bond unites us all, <br />The ability to share a smile.<br /><br />As we pack for each new adventure, <br />Let&#39;s leave bias and prejudice behind, <br />Treating others as we&#39;d like to be treated, <br />Remembering to respect all mankind.<br /><br />We must pause to see the beauty, <br />In even the smallest things - <br />In the smiling eyes of a native child, <br />In the bright hue of butterfly wings.<br /><br />Let us take good will as we journey, <br />No matter how near or how far, <br />And rejoice in the cultural differences, <br />That make each of us who we are.<br /><br />Try to be less hasty to criticize, <br />As hither and yon we roam, <br />For if we&#39;re always finding fault, <br />What&#39;s the point of leaving home?<br /><br />To be able to travel is truly a gift, <br />So be grateful as each journey ends, <br />For all we have seen and learned on the way, <br />For the joy of new found friends.<br /><br />May we share our planet&#39;s beauty, <br />With the utmost respect and care <br />Leaving nature and all whom we meet, <br />Better for our having been there.<br /><br />Carmen Henesy<br />Copyrighted','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 08:49:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257011,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 08:55:23',NULL,'','It&#39;s funny - for years, my license plate read &quot;RNSANE&quot; - people were always asking me if that meant I was crazy...I told them they would have to form their own opinion.  The police always thought it was very suitable for me.  I now have a handicapped plate and I hated having to give up my vanity plate&#33;  That has so much been my identity for the last twenty years.<br /><br />Thanks for the welcome.<br /><br />Amazing how quickly Joey and I became friends, just sitting at the Schooner Bar.  We even lured him from his table for one to join our crazy &quot;forensic friends&quot; crowd of ten.<br /><br />RNSANE ( Carmen )','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 08:55:23',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257013,573,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 09:27:29',NULL,'','Carmen - welcome&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Love your poetry.  I write too - usually when I can&#39;t sleep - then I doze off and write it down from memory in the morning.  Weird how the mind works....when it works  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":laugh:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"laugh.gif\" /> <br /><br />Sounds like you should be writing your life story though - some kind of interesting lady  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbup.gif\" /> <br /><br />Maria - you a pity party - I very much doubt it LOL.  Do they plan to do laparoscopic surgery?  I was up and about the next day - when no one was looking - had to milk it for a while  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" /> <br /><br />Got my tree up and all the rest of the house decorated - <!--coloro:#006600--><span style=\"color:#006600\"><!--/coloro-->&quot;It&#39;s beginning to look a lot like Christmas&quot;.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><br /><br />Now I&#39;m pooped so off the bed to read &quot;The Santa Cruise&quot; - hope it&#39;s as good as it sounds.<br /><br />Take care all - talk at you tomorrow - after Mom and I make our centerpieces.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-12-09 09:27:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257014,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 12:36:44',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#660000--><span style=\"color:#660000\"><!--/coloro-->SUNDAY - December 9th<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies..Another busy day in our house - Jim&#39;s American Legion Children&#39;s Christmas Party is today so we will be at the post most of the day but we really have to finish this decorating first and go and buy a Christmas tree.  We all suddenly realized a couple of days ago that we can&#39;t have a real Christmas tree because of Ash&#39;s allergies this year so a trip to the tree farm is out for all of us.  Deb got one earlier in the week but we have not.  <br /><br />We have a big mystery at our house...yesterday Jim came home from work about 10:30 and realized the back window in his car was completely shattered.  It was parked in our driveway because he keeps the company car in the garage during his work week.  We have no kids in our neighborhood so a stray baseball is out of the question.  We have absolutely no idea what happened - it was fine Friday night when he went to the neighborhood deli.  At any rate - the glass people  are coming on Tuesday (between 8 and 6 - boy that really narrows it down, doesn&#39;t it) so that is one less shopping day for me.  They will fix the car right in the driveway so at least that will be good.<br /><br />RNSANE - welcome to Cruise Crazies and the Daily Dock.   Your poems are beautiful.  Thanks for sharing them with us.   We look forward to getting to know you and you getting to know us.  Any questions about any of our Crazies, just ask.   <br /><br />Sheryl - Can I come along??   I love the Explorer and arriving in a limo would be a real treat.   Seriously I hope you have a wonderful cruise and a wonderful reunion with your son and his family.   Remember not to spoil that precious grandchild too much.  LOL<br /><br />Jenn - I&#39;m half way through the Santa Cruise . I really enjoy reading her books and so far this one is very good.  <br /><br />Jackie - I hope Gucci is back to normal again and feeling better.<br /><br />Joey - Guess you really liked the Mariner to book yet another cruise on it.  Good for you&#33;  Thanks for pointing Carmen in our directions.  <br /><br />Everyone - I really need to get a few things done so I will be back later on.   Make today special and share a smile with someone as you go about your business.  (I will even try to smile when we watch the horrible ventriloquist with the some ratty animals do the same old skits at the Christmas party)','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-09 12:36:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257015,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 14:22:32',NULL,'','good morning  <br />had sleepless night sometimes i am insomniac but was during the night oh well <br />haven&#39;t took Pappy out yet but he is sleeping and i  will take him out later  and i will have winter storm later on <br />i am beginning to read santa cruise smile <br /><br />have good day everyone  <br /><br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-09 14:22:32',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257016,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 14:36:35',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=257015:date=Dec 9 2007, 04&#58;22 AM:name=lovelypinky)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(lovelypinky &#064; Dec 9 2007, 04&#58;22 AM) [snapback]257015[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />good morning  <br />had sleepless night sometimes i am insomniac but was during the night oh well <br />haven&#39;t took Pappy out yet but he is sleeping and i  will take him out later  and i will have winter storm later on <br />i am beginning to read santa cruise smile <br /><br />have good day everyone<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Good morning all ...<br /><br />Yes MaryLou I did enjoy the Monarch of the Seas... and as far as Carmen goes.... all i did was twist a few arms and buy a few drinks.........   <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" /> <br /><br />Pinky sorry to hear about the insomnia..... i dont suffer from that as much as getting up really early it seems I cant sleep past 5 am where ever I am...<br /><br />Well Tuesday is our 7th Domestic Partnership Anniversary....so I am off today to find that little something....<br /><br />hope everyone is feeling better.... <br /><br />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-09 14:36:35',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257018,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 15:26:15',NULL,'','Thanks for all the well wishes for Gucci - she seems to be back to her &quot;old&quot; self again, thank heavens.<br /><br />Carmen, which ship are they going to replace with the Monarch for you guys?  No wonder Joey enjoyed his trip so much - it must have been a delight to meet you&#33;&#33;  Thanks for giving us a little insight into your life, so glad you&#39;re doing well and are happy.  <br /><br />Joey, I guess we&#39;ll LET you go on more cruises if you continue to bring in delightful people like Carmen to join us Crazies&#33;<br /><br />MaryLou, sorry to hear about the car window - glad that your vehicle is still safe at home with you&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-12-09 15:26:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257020,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 15:28:22',NULL,'','Hey Carmen, where are you going to on the Brilliance?  How long of a cruise will it be?','zebra','zebra','2007-12-09 15:28:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257060,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 16:58:35',NULL,'','yeah joey  sometimes i wouldn&#39;t get past 5am either without stay sleep but i keep rolling around trying to get comfortable seems like i wouldn&#39;t be able to be comfortable <br />guess i need a new mattress  shrugs  ha <br /><br />i need to book next cruise but can&#39;t don&#39;t have enough money to do that  *sob*','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-09 16:58:35',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257064,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 17:07:49',NULL,'','Good morning, gang...<br /><br />I am an early riser, as well...guess it&#39;s from forty years of nursing and, often being at work at 7AM...but I&#39;m really a morning person.  I like being up at 5AM and can move mountains at that time.  I&#39;m also one who can nap for fifteen minutes and go late into the night.  Thankfully, since, for the last twenty years, I&#39;ve been on call around the clock and have often spent 24 hours straight at the hospital...have learned to sleep when I can&#33;<br /><br />Well, zebra, in my opinion, no ship can replace the Monarch.  The Mariner is coming over - Voyager class, to do seven day cruises, nothing to do 3/4 day cruises, leaving only Carnival out here and that doesn&#39;t appeal to me.  The Monarch remains until October so I will try to sail with her as much as possible.  I normally cruise on her 3-4 times a year, anyway - but it had been a year as I did five other cruises this past year.<br /><br />Carmen','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 17:07:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257069,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 17:35:33',NULL,'','The Brilliance is just a short four day cruise, filling up days on its return from Europe before starting the Canal.  It goes only to Key West and Coco Cay.  I am doing it because I love Captain Hakan Lindegren - we&#39;ve know each other over ten years, since he was staff captain on the Legend of the Seas in the Med...I sailed with him twice then and dined with him and Captain Ronsen.  We&#39;ve always stayed in touch.  He was captain on the Monarch for a couple of years out here in California which I loved, went to the Brilliance a year ago.<br /><br />Carmen','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 17:35:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257071,3913,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 17:37:26',NULL,'','Good morning&#33;<br /><br />Ice storm is supposed to be over by mid-day.  Accumulation of ice has been minimal so far, we were lucky&#33;<br />Hope they are right because I have to go to airport to pick up DW this afternoon.  Its 108 mile round trip.<br />Go old Kansas City is really spread out&#33;<br /><br />DW called yesterday on her way to the emergency room.  Fell and cut her forehead.  She had to have internal stiches and 8 stiches on her forehead to close.  She said the doctor was nervous doing the stiches because DW works for a surgeon and his work would checked out.&#33;  DW had an MRI on her head but they didn&#39;t find anything&#33;  You know I won&#39;t let that one go&#33;  She is doing fine.<br /><br />Carmen - Welcome to the forum.<br /><br />Will check back later.<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-12-09 17:37:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257076,754,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 17:57:23',NULL,'','Good Morning All &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br /><br />Like they say here in Ohio it is pouring down rain.........Of course Ken wishes it was snow(not me)<br /><br />I think we are just going to browse the mall today and see what we can find...........<br /><br />Carmen...........Welcome and hope to see you posting regualary. Please remember to add your birthday to the calendar.<br /><br />Jenn..............Yes they said laproscopic unless there is a reason to go in.<br /><br />Steve...............Glad to hear DW is okay............I would tread lightly with the nothing from the MRI remark.<br /><br />Joey.................Congrats on the 7th Anniversary........hope you are doing something special.....<br /><br />Marylou..............Sorry about the car window...........did you check to see if anything was missing?<br />Last summer we had a rash of car window smashing and when they caught them they were from about 1/2 to an hour away from here. Teenagers...........<br /><br />Jackie............Glad Gucci is back to her old self...........<br /><br />Well off to the mall.............Have a great day all<br /><br /><br />Ciao for now<br /><br /><br />','teacp','teacp','2007-12-09 17:57:23',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257083,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 18:11:09',NULL,'','Thanks to everyone for making me feel so welcome here.  Joey said this was a terrific place and I can see that he was absolutely right.  I can&#39;t wait till I get to know everyone better.  I don&#39;t see how to put my photo up.  Does that have to be approved first?  It&#39;s nice to be able to see the folks who are posting...to put faces with the names.<br /><br />Carmen','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 18:11:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257126,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 20:09:36',NULL,'','Carmen, go to www.photobucket.com and open a free acct.  You download pics from your computer into there.  They will give you 4 links and you use those to post pics.  If you are adding a pic into your post, you use the last link, just copy it and paste it into the body of your post and the pic will appear when you hit &quot;add reply&quot;.  If you are using it in your avatar, you use one of the other links, but I cannot remember which one.  I usually have to figure that out by trial and error.  My avatar normally fluctuates between a pic of myself and one of my pride and joy, my grandson.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-09 20:09:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257128,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 20:13:33',NULL,'','Good morning all.  Well, it is hearty 10 degrees with about a foot of snow.  I have been up about an hr. but haven&#39;t seen hubby yet as he is outside shoveling snow.  We will go out for a lunch in a bit and he will take me to the grocery store as I do not drive in this.  Mary Lou, can they fix the window with it being so cold there.  I would think the adhesive would have trouble setting.  Sorry about the window.  It is a shame that there are people who have such little regard for other people&#39;s property.  Well, better rush off - I need to get dressed and then go dig my snowboots out of the closet....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-09 20:13:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257130,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 20:19:44',NULL,'','Thanks, Cheryl, I have photobucket, slideshow, webshots and all those sites...but when I clicked on, add photo here, it said something about needing administrator approval.  I&#39;ll get it figured out.  Cute grandson&#33;  I wonder if I&#39;ll ever have any.  My oldest, who will be 37 the 17th, practically raised his 23 and 25 year old brothers and said that was enough for him ( I&#39;ve been a single mom, without child support most of my life - and, boy, was Shawn a major help to me ) - and the younger boys are still in their last year of college.  At 63, I&#39;m becoming impatient&#33;<br /><br />','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 20:19:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257178,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 22:33:37',NULL,'','Maria.... hope you had a great day shopping&#33;<br /><br />Steve.... so sorry to hear about DW&#39;s fall... glad that she is OK.<br /><br />Joey..... Wishing you and David a very happy 7th anniversary.... hope you get to celebrate with a wonderful dinner.<br /><br />Carmen.... I&#39;m sure you&#39;re going to find another &quot;favorite&quot; ship closer to home.<br /><br />Well I&#39;m just having a lazy, lazy Sunday.......','zebra','zebra','2007-12-09 22:33:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257183,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 22:43:29',NULL,'','No, Zebra, the Monarch will always be number one...even when it was based in San Juan, I went there...and I will fly to Orlando and sail out of Port Canaveral...I frequently do the Sovereign and Majesty as I have to Indian bar manager friends and other crew pals there...and they will now rotate the  Monarch and Majesty as the Sovereign is going to the new RCI deluxe cruise line.  May only go twice a year, though.  I won&#39;t do the Mariner that often.','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 22:43:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257190,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 22:56:41',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=257178:date=Dec 9 2007, 12&#58;33 PM:name=zebra)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(zebra &#064; Dec 9 2007, 12&#58;33 PM) [snapback]257178[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br /><br />Joey..... Wishing you and David a very happy 7th anniversary.... hope you get to celebrate with a wonderful dinner.<br /><br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Thanks.. This year David is making ALL of the decisions.....(wish me luck..) <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-09 22:56:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257192,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 22:59:13',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=257071:date=Dec 9 2007, 07&#58;37 AM:name=lashl)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(lashl &#064; Dec 9 2007, 07&#58;37 AM) [snapback]257071[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />DW called yesterday on her way to the emergency room.  Fell and cut her forehead.  She had to have internal stiches and 8 stiches on her forehead to close.  She said the doctor was nervous doing the stiches because DW works for a surgeon and his work would checked out.&#33;  DW had an MRI on her head but they didn&#39;t find anything&#33;  You know I won&#39;t let that one go&#33;  She is doing fine.<br />Steve<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Steve so glad to hear She is fine..... and I have no doubt you have a zinger ready&#33; <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbup.gif\" />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-09 22:59:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257193,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 23:00:03',NULL,'','Well, I&#39;m sure you will go somewhere special - and my warmest congratulation as well.  I look forward to meeting him one of these days.','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 23:00:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257194,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 23:01:48',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=257193:date=Dec 9 2007, 01&#58;00 PM:name=RNSANE)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(RNSANE &#064; Dec 9 2007, 01&#58;00 PM) [snapback]257193[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br /> I look forward to meeting him one of these days.<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Most likely it will be during one of our trips up your way....','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-09 23:01:48',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257198,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 23:05:47',NULL,'','Ohhhhhh, very nice, then we might have dinner together or go somewhere nice for a drink...let me know ahead so I WON&#39;T be on call&#33;','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 23:05:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257203,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 23:30:18',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=257198:date=Dec 9 2007, 01&#58;05 PM:name=RNSANE)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(RNSANE &#064; Dec 9 2007, 01&#58;05 PM) [snapback]257198[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Ohhhhhh, very nice, then we might have dinner together or go somewhere nice for a drink...let me know ahead so I WON&#39;T be on call&#33;<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Definately Dinner would be doable...you know how much we loved SF RuthChris&#39;s <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":wink2:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"wink.gif\" />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-09 23:30:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257213,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-09 23:49:59',NULL,'','I&#39;ve never done the one here...ate at the Huntsville, AL Ruth&#39;s Chris in November and it was great....have done New Orleans and Minneapolis...guess I should try out the SF one so will wait for you and David.<br />','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-09 23:49:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257221,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 00:09:21',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=257213:date=Dec 9 2007, 01&#58;49 PM:name=RNSANE)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(RNSANE &#064; Dec 9 2007, 01&#58;49 PM) [snapback]257213[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />I&#39;ve never done the one here...ate at the Huntsville, AL Ruth&#39;s Chris in November and it was great....have done New Orleans and Minneapolis...guess I should try out the SF one so will wait for you and David.<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />we loved it .. we thought it was better then the two we have tried here','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-10 00:09:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257225,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 00:31:41',NULL,'','How about a visit to Tampa and to try our Ruth&#39;s Chris???  Have any of you cruised out of Tampa before?','zebra','zebra','2007-12-10 00:31:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257279,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 02:56:07',NULL,'','Like I said, I&#39;m in Tampa every year....to see my good friend - and usually get to Sarasota as well...we will definitely have to meet up next time I&#39;m there.','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-10 02:56:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257282,2611,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 02:58:08',NULL,'','Hey Jackie, I thought about you today.  We finally made it to Famous Dave&#39;s.  Everytime we go by it, there is always a line waiting to get in.  The weather is bad today so we thought maybe they would not be as crowded - we walked right in and were seated right away.  It was very good&#33;&#33;&#33;','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-12-10 02:58:08',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257322,573,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 06:57:58',NULL,'','Evening all - cold tonight and light snow.  Very pretty - so long as it stays on the &quot;light: side :o)<br /><br />Maria - great news about lapascopic surgery - so much easier - and only a few tiny scars.<br /><br />Steve - you take care of that wife of yours - sounds like she might need a little TLC.<br /><br />Off to games.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-12-10 06:57:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257379,488,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 12:58:27',NULL,'','<!--sizeo:6--><span style=\"font-size:24pt;line-height:100%\"><!--/sizeo--><!--coloro:#333300--><span style=\"color:#333300\"><!--/coloro-->MONDAY  - December 10th<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><br /><br />Good morning Crazies and Welcome to another week.  We had a very busy weekend but made some progress towards Christmas.   We bought a new tree - all pre lit which saves Jim nearly a whole day of &quot;arranging&quot; the lights on the tree - he becomes very particular - all wires must be hidden - like colors can&#39;t be too close together, etc.  I generally stay out of his way during that part of the decorating&#33;   Our Christmas party yesterday was good and afterwards we all went to the Outback for dinner to avoid having to ear party leftovers from Saturday.  I need to put a few more bows on the tree and then I&#39;ll take a pic and post it here.  I have been trying without success to take a picture of our Village but the reflection from the big window is not working out well. <br /><br />Steve - so glad your wife is OK.  If I were you I would probably refrain from making any comments about her MRI.  Her forhead may be OK but her sense of humor may have been bruised a bit in the fall.<br /><br />Sheryl - When does your Son and his family arrive?  Have you been on the Explorer before?  I hope you have a great trip.<br /><br />Jenn - How are you enjoying The Santa Cruise?   I have to find time to sit a while and finish mine.  I had been keeping it in the car for when I am waiting at the Doctors or anywhere else.  Helps to pass the time.<br /><br />Sue - how is your back today? <br /><br />Carmen - how was your weekend with Kaylee?  I&#39;m sure she had a wonderful time with you.<br /><br />Joey - Happy Anniversary in advance.   I&#39;m sure David has something special planned.  Enjoy&#33;&#33;<br /><br />RNSANE - You certainly have had a interesting life (if not a fun one) and now is your time to sit back and relax a bit.   It&#39;s great that you are posting so often and becoming such an active member of our Crazies family.<br /><br />Maria - don&#39;t go moving things around in DD&#39;s house.  You should be the official supervisor.   Find yourself a comfy chair and order everyone else around.<br /><br />Tonia - Sounds like your busy with all your baking.  <br /><br />Sue - how is your back today?<br /><br />Cheryl - Glad you had a nice dinner and tried a new place finally.  I don&#39;t blame you for now driving in the snow - I stay in also when the roads are covered.  <br /><br />Need to get jim up and moving - it is his week off but they asked if he would come in - today only - to help deliver the Christmas wreaths to the bank branches.  Once he sees the rain and fog outside he will not be a happy camper.<br /><br />Make today special and share a smile.   I really am going to venture into the basement to start wrapping gifts today so if you don&#39;t hear from me in a few days call out the dogs.  LOL','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-12-10 12:58:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257392,3913,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 15:31:56',NULL,'','Good morning&#33;<br /><br />Back to work&#33;  DW got back home last night.  Nothing like a 108 mile round trip to the airport in freezing drizzle to wake you up.  DW is pretty sore from her fall so will give her some extra TLC.  She did have a great time with her sister.<br /><br />Gotta get busy.  Have a good day.<br /><br />Steve','lashl','lashl','2007-12-10 15:31:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257403,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 16:08:56',NULL,'','Good Morning Crazies....<br /><br />It is Chilly here in Southern California.... it may..... let me say again <u>may</u> get up to 65 Today&#33;<br /><br />But my lemon tree loves it.. so it&#39;s all good&#33; <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" /> <br /><br />hope all are feeling well today......','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-10 16:08:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257404,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 16:10:21',NULL,'','Happy Monday everyone&#33;<br /><br />We had a nice quiet Sunday.  We started the day by visiting Lazydays which sells new and used RV&#39;s.... walked our legs off and then spent the rest of the day with our feet up on the couch :)<br /><br />Cheryl, so glad you finally got to go to Famous Dave&#39;s, I wish we had them here in Tampa.  We especially like the platter for the table that was served on a trash can lid - a bit of everything.... it&#39;s excellent.<br /><br />Check back later.','zebra','zebra','2007-12-10 16:10:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257444,139,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 17:06:17',NULL,'','<!--fonto:Comic--><span style=\"font-family:Comic\"><!--/fonto--><!--coloro:#6600cc--><span style=\"color:#6600cc\"><!--/coloro-->Good morning, Crazies&#33; We finally made it back to the daily dock after a few overly busy days. I had to do some traveling over to the land of Lincoln and then to the bluegrass state. The grand kids activities and our dance addiction are keeping our weekends full.<br />After a minor drought here the past few months, December has been nothing but rain.<br />This has delayed our final construction of our storage building, gazebo, and boat dock.<br />The good news is our cruise is getting very close&#33;<br />Welcome to a new Carmen that has joined us here. Your travels, and especially your cruise experiences will be an assess to us all&#33; <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":smile:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" />  <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":smile:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" /> <!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc-->','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-12-10 17:06:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257446,274,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 17:39:13',NULL,'','Good Morning, Cruise Crazies&#33;<br /><br />It&#39;s 13 degrees, and I think I see some light...wow..I think the sun is actually coming out.  It&#39;s a heat wave&#33;  LOL  We finally got our tree up yesterday.  Still have other decorations to do, but there&#39;s hope that I&#39;ll get everything done before Christmas.  LOL  Only have a couple of minutes.  Little Isabelle will be waking up from her nap soon.  We will have her until the 21st of this month, but I have this Thursday and Friday off since DD is going to Arizona with my brother to check out his business there.  Going to spend my time off hitting the malls and trying to finish up my shopping.  <br /><br />Jackie...I&#39;m so glad little Gucci is back to her old self&#33;<br /><br />Carmen (RSANE) ...welcome aboard&#33;  I love your poems.  Thank you for sharing them&#33;<br /><br />Mary Lou..sorry to hear about Jim&#39;s window.  We had that happen to us a couple of summers ago.  Still can&#39;t figure out what happened to it.  Someone must have thrown something at it.<br /><br />Steve...I&#39;m so glad you made it safely to the airport and that your DW made it home safely and will be ok from her fall.<br /><br />Keith and Rita...hope you don&#39;t get too much rain or that it turns to icy conditions.  So nice to have a cruise to look forward to.<br /><br />Tonia...thanks for the nice card&#33;  I&#39;ll say a prayer for you that you will find a great job&#33;<br /><br />Joey...I have a friend who usually likes Celebrity, and she went on the Monarch and really liked it, too.  I&#39;m happy to hear so many positive things about RC.  In the past I heard all negative.  I would like to try them some day.<br /><br />Jen...making centerpieces wth mom sounds like a great, and fun day.   <br /><br />Sue...stay safe with that winter storm coming&#33;<br /><br />Cheryl...hope your weather clears up so you can get out and about.  I don&#39;t like to drive in the snow anymore either.  I can&#39;t believe that when I was younger  (much)  I used to drive to work in blizzards.  lol<br />I sure agree about the old movies.  I get nervous when I watch new ones.  You never know how much swearing, violence, sex, and blasphemy you will see these days.  I try to read the reviews before I watch, whenever I can.<br /><br />Maria...I was thinking that, too... that surgery is no way to spend Valentine&#39;s Day.  I&#39;m so glad that you can have the laparascopic surgery.  <br /><br />Sheryl...that&#39;s so great that your cruise is almost here.  We like to ride to the airport in a limo, too.  It really isn&#39;t that much more in price either...At least here in our area.  Hope you have a wonderful cruise&#33;<br /><br />Have a great day, all Cruise Crazies&#33;<br /><br />','Shari2','Shari2','2007-12-10 17:39:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257447,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 17:43:09',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=257446:date=Dec 10 2007, 07&#58;39 AM:name=Shari2)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(Shari2 &#064; Dec 10 2007, 07&#58;39 AM) [snapback]257446[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Joey...I have a friend who usually likes Celebrity, and she went on the Monarch and really liked it, too.  I&#39;m happy to hear so many positive things about RC.  In the past I heard all negative.  I would like to try them some day.<br /><br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Shari that is so good to hear that others have the same impression.... and I agree you should at least give them a shot if you get the chance.... <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbup.gif\" />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-10 17:43:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257448,274,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 17:48:51',NULL,'','Joey...yes...we will have to do that.  Right now I&#39;d be happy to get on any ship.  It&#39;s been three years since any kind of vacation.  lol  We have a friend, who was a tablemate on our Hawaii cruise, who took RC to the Mediterranean.  Haven&#39;t heard back from her, yet. I&#39;m interested in how she liked her cruise.  She asked us to go along, but I still want to do the one with the ports that you did on Celebrity.','Shari2','Shari2','2007-12-10 17:48:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257455,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 18:32:15',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=257448:date=Dec 10 2007, 07&#58;48 AM:name=Shari2)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(Shari2 &#064; Dec 10 2007, 07&#58;48 AM) [snapback]257448[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Joey...yes...we will have to do that.  Right now I&#39;d be happy to get on any ship.  It&#39;s been three years since any kind of vacation.  lol  We have a friend, who was a tablemate on our Hawaii cruise, who took RC to the Mediterranean.  Haven&#39;t heard back from her, yet. I&#39;m interested in how she liked her cruise.  She asked us to go along, but I still want to do the one with the ports that you did on Celebrity.<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />Oh my yes the ports that we did were outstanding.......I hope you get to squeeze in a vacation soon&#33;<br /><br /> if you can remember.... after you talk to your friend... let me also know what she thought.. <br /><br />I would be interested in how she liked RCCL on a longer itinerary...especially the Europe part...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-10 18:32:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257456,3642,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 18:57:05',NULL,'','good afternoon crazies ALMOST ha <br />had busy morning that i wouldn&#39;t get on took Pappy out and had to go in to the blood lab near my home for my blood test  it is down YEA&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; it was up last week but had gone down whew  and my back is getting better but not 100% but almost i am keeping up with tyenol <br /><br />Mary Lou-it is getting better  thanks <br /><br />have good day everyone  smile<br /><br />','lovelypinky','lovelypinky','2007-12-10 18:57:05',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257461,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 19:39:59',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=257456:date=Dec 10 2007, 08&#58;57 AM:name=lovelypinky)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(lovelypinky &#064; Dec 10 2007, 08&#58;57 AM) [snapback]257456[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />my back is getting better but not 100% but almost i am keeping up with tyenol <br /><br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /> <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbup.gif\" />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-10 19:39:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257469,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 20:10:17',NULL,'','Well, Shari, I&#39;ve done 59 RCI cruises...leave for number 60 on Sunday and I truly have never had a bad cruise yet.  I just had an email today from the captain I&#39;ll be sailing with and, yesterday, the hotel director wrote to me.  The crew have become family to me and I always feel at home on the ships I choose.<br /><br />The Monarch, where I&#39;ve sailed seventeen times, cannot match some of the glitzier ships out there in terms of big cabins, etc, but their crew are absolutely wonderful...and it is rated number one in the Royal Caribbean fleet overall.','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-10 20:10:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257476,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 20:27:36',NULL,'','Joey, you know it&#39;s over a year now since we cruised together to the Med.  I still think of the time we spent together in Tuscany... it was magic.','zebra','zebra','2007-12-10 20:27:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257477,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 20:30:34',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=257476:date=Dec 10 2007, 10&#58;27 AM:name=zebra)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(zebra &#064; Dec 10 2007, 10&#58;27 AM) [snapback]257476[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Joey, you know it&#39;s over a year now since we cruised together to the Med.  I still think of the time we spent together in Tuscany... it was magic.<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />wasn&#39;t it though.....Better than David Copperfield&#33;..... hope we can do it again...maybe we should plan another one....','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-10 20:30:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257509,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 21:48:05',NULL,'','hey everyone...<br /><br />well it sure was cold this morning it was 46 /... should be around 68 today sunny is shining.. i need the sun... we have rain all weekend...but we need it...so i better not complain.....<br /><br />i did the gym this morning.. did my laps in the pool....them steam then whirlpool... the sams. walmart, and grocery store... so i have had a busy morning..<br /><br />i did cookies cookies cookies all day yesterday.. took some to the neighbor&#39;s , and some soup for their dinner.. so they were happy...<br /><br />tonight is chicken pecan with baked pototoes....... <br /><br />ok i did my good thing for the day .. a man was walking around the grocery store parking lot... he said he wanted money to buy food... i said no at first.. then i sat in the car &quot; and said Tonia he said he was hungry ya meany &quot;... so i went over to the fast food place got him a breakfast burrito a coffee, and some potatoes... and then found him in the parking lot and gave him the food... i never like anyone to be hungry...but ya know sometimes i see people asking for money and they are smoking cig&#39;s or drinking something in a paper bag.. well i won&#39;y give it ... but he said food so i bought it...atleast i know he had one meal for the day , and it was hot...<br /><br />Steve glad the wife is ok after the fall poor thing.. <br /><br />Joey your such a kick... i sure would like to see if we could get everyone again for a cruise from the med cruise.. we had a great group<br /><br />Jackie so glad to hear the munchkin is doing good.. its such a pits when they hurt and can&#39;t really tell us whats wrong....unlike mine that i know what the problem was they ate the whole bag of chicken snacks 2 lbs... LOL LOL they were so full... <br /><br />Marylou, Maria, Shari gezzzzzzzzzzz yuck snow OMG 12 degrees .. i don&#39;t think i have ever seen the temp like that LOL .. there is really a temp number like that on there.... LOL <br /><br />Marylou that happened to my dad&#39;s window one time and it was a icicle from the garage shattered the window... maybe it was just to cold LOL LOL <br /><br />( whispering to Joey.. we need Carmen on all the cruises we go on she can hook us up with the big wigs )<br /><br />LOL LOL Carmen your funny ... bet you would be a kick <br /><br />well i have a few more goodies to make then i am done with the baking.. i made such a Mess in the kitchen yesterday ,, Gary said can&#39;t you use the same spoon bowl or something more then once LOL LOL <br /><br />ya right... so happy i have more room in the now...<br /><br />Tonia<br /><br />Tonia<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />','terumim','terumim','2007-12-10 21:48:05',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257516,2613,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 21:56:57',NULL,'','Good Afternoon,<br />I had physical therapy this morning and was tempted to go back home, but had a lot of stuff to do here in the office. Carmen, Welcome to our Daily Dock, I am the other Carmen <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":smile:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" /> . Sue, glad to hear that your back is getting better. Steve, sorry to hear about your DW’s fall, but glad that she is doing well.  Jackie, great news about Gucci.  MaryLou, sorry to hear about the car window, the same thing happened to my DD a couple of months ago. Joey, Happy 7th Anniversary. Sheryl, have an enjoyable cruise and a wonderful reunion with your family. Tonia, thank you very much for the beautiful Christmas card. Mary Lou, loved the picture of TJ, I know he is having fun zooming around. Maria, I am waiting to hear from my doctor’s nurse about a date in February.  I will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers for a successful surgery.  Tonia, that was so sweet of you.  I rather buy them food than give them money, you just don’t know what they would buy.<br />I had a great time with Kaylee this weekend.  I got her high heeled boots, a winter coat, gloves, sweaters, underwear, the works.  I am leaving the toy buying to her Mom.<br />Enjoy the rest of the day <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":smile:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"smile.gif\" /> .<br /><br /><br /><br />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-12-10 21:56:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257518,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 22:04:02',NULL,'','Hey Joey, we should do a &quot;cheapie&quot; cruise and see how many of our Crazie buddies would be able to cruise with us.  We could vote on where to sail out of :)<br />Yeah Tonia, we were a great group.... we sure need to get together again.  How about a cruise out of Tampa?  Just a thought&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-12-10 22:04:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257520,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 22:09:35',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=257518:date=Dec 10 2007, 12&#58;04 PM:name=zebra)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(zebra &#064; Dec 10 2007, 12&#58;04 PM) [snapback]257518[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Hey Joey, we should do a &quot;cheapie&quot; cruise and see how many of our Crazie buddies would be able to cruise with us.  We could vote on where to sail out of :)<br />Yeah Tonia, we were a great group.... we sure need to get together again.  How about a cruise out of Tampa?  Just a thought&#33;<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />I know Tampa works for a few... sure why not... whats available? ...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-10 22:09:35',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257521,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 22:12:23',NULL,'','and thanks Carmen..(the Mercedes ) for the warm wishes....','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-10 22:12:23',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257523,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 22:14:23',NULL,'','What would be so so cool if some of the gang could join us for the galaxy out of San Juan for the holiday cruise 12/19 - 12/30','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-10 22:14:23',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257551,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-10 22:59:47',NULL,'','joey that would be nice but i would be just getting home from my TA and Paris...tampa would be great just maybe a 7 day... even though i really like longer ones LOL LOL i am so spoiled now ..<br /><br />Carmen #2 have you been to the baltics ?? i am looking into that next year 2009... the century is an option... i will see what i think about the ship on the TA.. one thing i know i will miss is the hot pool...<br /><br />Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-12-10 22:59:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257617,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-11 00:39:33',NULL,'','Well gang, the current options out of Tampa are Carnival Legend and Inspiration, RCCL Grandeur of the Seas and HAL Veendam.  The only one we have cruised on is the Veendam - but I would like to cruise on either the Carnival Legend or RCCL Grandeur of the Seas. The Grandeur only does 4 and 5 day cruises - Legend is a 7 day cruise.  Sorry Tonia no longer than 7 day cruises out of Tampa :(','zebra','zebra','2007-12-11 00:39:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257619,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-11 00:56:22',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=257617:date=Dec 10 2007, 02&#58;39 PM:name=zebra)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(zebra &#064; Dec 10 2007, 02&#58;39 PM) [snapback]257617[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Well gang, the current options out of Tampa are Carnival Legend and Inspiration, RCCL Grandeur of the Seas and HAL Veendam.  The only one we have cruised on is the Veendam - but I would like to cruise on either the Carnival Legend or RCCL Grandeur of the Seas. The Grandeur only does 4 and 5 day cruises - Legend is a 7 day cruise.  Sorry Tonia no longer than 7 day cruises out of Tampa :(<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />we vote for RCCL....','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-11 00:56:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257622,2542,1,18,255552,'2007-12-11 01:15:08',NULL,'','I&#39;ve heard that the Grandeur is a super ship - anyone here been on it?','zebra','zebra','2007-12-11 01:15:08',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257627,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-11 01:57:49',NULL,'','Well, the only one for me would be the Grandeur....I haven&#39;t done it but anything Royal Caribbean has is always my choice.<br /><br />By the way, Joey, I just had a phone call from Werner Zurcher, the F &amp; B manager of the Monarch - too bad you missed him...he dined with my group last week twice - the Captain&#39;s night and the night after ( along with the hotel director - and, every evening, he sent us goodies, including that chocolate box of goodies you saw in the picture ).  He&#39;s looking forward to our being on February 4.','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-11 01:57:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257634,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-11 02:13:27',NULL,'','Carmen...... have you heard anything about the new cruise line by RCCL out of Germany for 2009 ans maybe what ships maybe over there &gt;&gt;???<br /><br /> possibly of ports of calls??<br /><br />Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-12-11 02:13:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257644,4386,1,18,255552,'2007-12-11 02:50:10',NULL,'','Are you talking about Azamara?  It&#39;s supposed to be a very upscale product of Royal Caribbean/Celebrity, smaller ships, only about 700 passengers, I believe, exotic itineraries.','RNSANE','RNSANE','2007-12-11 02:50:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257650,2066,1,18,255552,'2007-12-11 03:22:14',NULL,'','<!--quoteo(post=257627:date=Dec 10 2007, 03&#58;57 PM:name=RNSANE)--><div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(RNSANE &#064; Dec 10 2007, 03&#58;57 PM) [snapback]257627[/snapback]</div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotec--><br />Well, the only one for me would be the Grandeur....I haven&#39;t done it but anything Royal Caribbean has is always my choice.<br /><br />By the way, Joey, I just had a phone call from Werner Zurcher, the F &amp; B manager of the Monarch - He&#39;s looking forward to our being on February 4.<br /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br />did you tell him to look for me on the 14th? <img src=\"http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":biggrin:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"biggrin.gif\" />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-12-11 03:22:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(257665,2549,1,18,255552,'2007-12-11 04:35:29',NULL,'','carmen here is the article i saw ... maybe you will understand it better then i <br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.rclinvestor.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=103045&amp;p=irol-newsArticle&amp;ID=1085423&amp;highlight=\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.rclinvestor.com/phoenix.zhtml?c...&amp;highlight=</a>','terumim','terumim','2007-12-11 04:35:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),