INSERT INTO `se_forum_posts` VALUES (173405,2613,1,18,169362,'2007-04-19 16:32:45',NULL,'','Good Morning:<br />\n<br />\nI hope everyone is feeling great today.  Well, my DSL was installed yesterday, and Mary Lou, Tonia, Charlie, Mebert, Jackie and Tony and Joey, you are absolutely correct, it is wonderful, I don’t know how I lived with dial-up all this time.  The speed is incredible.  My dish cable subscription is up in June and on July 1st, I am getting FiOS which I have been hearing great things about. <br />\nHave a wonderful day everyone <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' /> .','mercedes','mercedes','2007-04-19 16:32:45',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173410,139,1,18,169362,'2007-04-19 17:44:22',NULL,'','Good morning Crazies, we are having a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Rita is on the way to Amish country and I am at my desk at work, for a change&#33; For the past couple weeks I&#39;ve been out in the plant helping to get a new project off the ground. It looks like it we be finished under the deadline. I can now be able to get some sleep at night.<br />\nRita and I are heading to Louisville this weekend with our 14 year old granddaughter for her soccer tournament. We will also attend the big pre-derby fireworks show in the evening.<br />\nWe hope all crazies have an enjoyable remainder of the week and a great weekend.','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-04-19 17:44:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173455,334,1,18,169362,'2007-04-19 19:44:39',NULL,'','Afternoon all&#33; Miracle of miracles, the contractor showed up this morning to do my porch. Now everyone cross their fingers that he gets all the materials and we finally put this project to bed. I&#39;ll be greatly relieved as I still have a tile floor to put down as well as graduation next weekend and a 3 day cruise the following weekend. The floor may have to wait, we are living on concrete and throw rugs....LOL&#33; <br />\n<br />\nMy evening with the 1 1/2 yr old was perfect. He was extremely well behaved and didn&#39;t even cry when mom left. He is quick as can be but loves our house as we have lots of room. They live in an apartment so he loves coming here. I was pretty tired last night from chasing him, boy I must be getting old.  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/excl.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':excl:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nLovely day in Florida. In the low 80&#39;s, perfect weather for me. Hope that everyone is done with all that nasty weather. <br />\n<br />\nRobert glad to hear your feeling well.<br />\n<br />\nJoey, I never heard of someone changing their minds but if it works great&#33; <br />\n<br />\nMaryLou how did the machine work out last night? Any better for you or Jim? Making cupcakes sounds like great fun. Glad you enjoyed it as we have so few of those moments.<br />\n<br />\nKeith sure sounds like you are pretty busy. Enjoy the tournament with your granddaughter.<br />\n<br />\nMercedes glad your enjoying your DSL.<br />\n<br />\nMaria how wonderful that you volunteer at a shelter. We used to feed the homeless and really loved it. It was so gratifying to help out so many that have so little. The families were always the hardest to watch.<br />\n<br />\nPeri Peri Chicken? Have to go check that one out. <br />\n<br />\nCheryl, hope your contractor luck is better than mine lately.<br />\n<br />\nEveryone have a great afternoon&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-04-19 19:44:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173456,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-19 19:47:48',NULL,'','Good morning Crazies.  Thy called for rain here today but right now it is a beautiful, sunny day, so hope they were wrong.  I have to go out to Kohl&#39;s here in a bit and pick up a baby gift.  Today is the 12th anniversary of the Okla. City bombing - it makes me wonder what my cousins, Colton &amp; Chase would be like today at 14 &amp; 15, had they not been in the daycare center of the federal building that day.  Mercedes, we have had DSL for a few years now and I absolutely love it.  We both use laptops as we have a wireless router on our PC, so we can access the net anywhere in the house, so normally I am in the recliner when I am chatting here.  It is so great to turn the laptop on and immediately be connected.  Keith &amp; Rita, so happy to see you back online - you made us worry&#33;&#33;&#33;  Mary Lou, girl - you do get up early&#33;&#33;&#33;  I very rarely roll out of bed before 10:00.  Tomorrow, I will have workmen in the kitchen again, so will have to force myself up when Greg gets up so I can be ready before they arrive.  Robert, Joey, Mercedes, Keith, Tonia, Jackie, Cheryl, Mary Lou, Maria, Charlie and everyone else I may hae overlooked, hope you all have a wonderful day....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-19 19:47:48',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173458,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-19 19:49:11',NULL,'','Hi Guys...<br />\n<br />\nKeith thats right the big soccer tournament I remember you mentioning that a while back.... wish her all our Crazie luck here ok?<br />\n<br />\nMercedes ain&#39;t is so cool.... just likie on tv ..zoom zoom zoom....LOL<br />\n<br />\nMaryLou it&#39;s so great to see you having so much fun with your grand children.. i see it in ur posts..<br />\n<br />\nMaria have fun with that grandson at his game .. now is he actually batting or is it still the T ball thing... or is he past that and now first year of &quot;big League&quot;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-19 19:49:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173465,3017,1,18,169362,'2007-04-19 19:51:37',NULL,'','Well, it&#39;s a gray morning is Stockton, but no rain.  The system is passing us by and heading toward the LA/San Diego area - get ready, Tonia&#33;  They say our big chance will be Saturday night - always a bridesmaid...<br />\n<br />\nYesterday was quite the blur of activity, but it was fun.  The box office isn&#39;t too hard, just a lot of screens to learn.  Cynthia plays the keyboard like a grand piano, but I&#39;ll get it in time.  Just a matter of doing it.  Even the artistic committee meeting went smoothly.<br />\n<br />\nThis morning I was detailing the bases (i.e. finding all the little white spots that hadn&#39;t gotten painted) and listening to &quot;I Love You, You&#39;re Perfect, Now Change&quot;.  What a great soundtrack that it&#33;  I am so hoping we can get the rights to this for next season.<br />\n<br />\nThis afternoon, I&#39;m having lunch with two costume designers and former coworkers of mine. It will be great, but I always feel like a bit of a fifth wheel when they start to reminsce about the &#39;old days&#39; - they both retired after 30 years of service.  For some reason though, they always want me there. <br />\n<br />\nAfter that, I have about an hour to get ready for the Preview Gala that Scarmento Music Theater is holding.  They are unveiling the new season tongiht and the mind boggles at what is coming our way.  We still having &quot;Dirty Rotten Scoundrels&quot; and &quot;Lights in the Piazza&quot; (costume desginer is a former student of the aformentioned costume folks).  I can&#39;t think of what they will bring in next.  Hopefully, it won&#39;t be all dance shows...<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nMercedes - glad to hear you love DSL.  Enjoy it now because soon it will seem slow to you.<br />\n<br />\nRobert - so glad to have you back around and being your cheeerful, crazy self&#33;  Eat those veggies, son&#33;<br />\n<br />\nLots of folks heading out this weekend for games - I hope the clouds stay away for everyone involved in the games.  <br />\n<br />\nMary Lou - your story of Ashleigh and the sprinkles reminded me of the first time we did Crhistmas cookies with Wendy.  She was about four and felt that the best way to make sure all the sprinkles stay on the cookies was to lick her hand fist and them press them down into the frosting...yeah, fun but really messy&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHere&#39;s wishing eveyone a Grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-04-19 19:51:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173549,274,1,18,169362,'2007-04-19 20:53:37',NULL,'','Hi everyone&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMy computer is running really slow today, and part of this site is showing an &quot;action canceled&quot;, so, I will only be on a minute.  Just want to wish everyone a good day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHave a wonderful day, everyone&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-04-19 20:53:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173551,139,1,18,169362,'2007-04-19 21:05:58',NULL,'',' <br />\n<br />\n <br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Joey, that was a soccer tournament in Nashville 3 weeks ago for two other granddaughters, one who is the 14 year old younger sister. The 9 year olds won one game and lost 2 very close games in that tourney.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-04-19 21:05:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173557,754,1,18,169362,'2007-04-19 21:33:55',NULL,'','He is actually batting/...............he is ten so he has been batting for a few years. But we loved those t-ball days they were a riot especially when he was like 4 and coulnd&#39;t even hit the ball off the tee. They grow too too fast.............He is our youngest grandchild and we keep praying my son and daughter in law will have a child................WE WANT A BABY AROUND &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; lol','teacp','teacp','2007-04-19 21:33:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173565,334,1,18,169362,'2007-04-19 23:29:14',NULL,'','I agree Maria but they sure do grow up quickly. Enjoy them no matter what. I don&#39;t have any yet(nor are we anywhere near ready) but I&#39;ll do my best to enjoy every minute.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-04-19 23:29:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173568,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 00:45:37',NULL,'','wow Keith my bad...I guess i had the right sport wrong Grandaughter... are programs availible?<br />\n<br />\nMaria .. good luck on the wish list&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-20 00:45:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173587,2549,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 02:19:19',NULL,'','afternoon everyone......ok so i was lazy today....well kinda doggies got a bath today while one went to beauty shop LOL LOL .... not really its a mobile dog thingie.. at the end of the driveway....<br />\n<br />\nCharlie.. thanks for the heads up for the rain.. but i won&#39;t believe it till the wet stuff hits....they have been telling us for 2 weeks rain and haven&#39;t gotten more then the sidewalk wet... but heres from your mouth to gods ears for rain......my garden would really like that.....<br />\n<br />\nwonder since i gave all the doggies a bath it will rain for sure.. wondering if its like washing your car LOL LOL <br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita .. i will be screaming in spirit for the granddaugther....i sure miss the Amish country, shoofly pie,and OMG those quilts.. i collect them so its like a kid in a candy store when i see them .. when my dad was stationed in Philly.. we would head over to that area every once in a while and enjoy the community<br />\n<br />\nCheryl ... what a terrible memory for you today.... colton and chase will always be in your heart and thoughs... they are watching over you <br />\n<br />\nRose yaaaaaaaa contractor showed yaaaaaaaa....boy you have some busy time coming up,, glad some is for relaxing<br />\n<br />\nto everyone have a good rest of the evening....<br />\n<br />\nHey Jackie wheres the recipe ....???<br />\n<br />\nTonia<br />\n<br />\nMary lou did the machine help with Jim&#39;s sleeping??... hey i eat more sprinkles then goes on goodies....shes a girl after my own heart','terumim','terumim','2007-04-20 02:19:19',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173646,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 05:27:04',NULL,'','Hi everyone,<br />\n<br />\nI hope you all had a great day... ours was a little challenging (see website) but nevertheless it was a great day.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie and Tonia.... I&#39;m praying for rain for you guys....rain...rain....rain<br />\n<br />\nRita.... please Fedex me a Shoofly Pie.  I can&#39;t wait to get to Amish country... but that will only be next year.  I also can&#39;t wait to see a pic of your kitchen cabinets&#33;<br />\n<br />\nShari...I haven&#39;t heard about your leg for a while...how is it?<br />\n<br />\nRobert.... it&#39;s so great having you back again.  How are you feeling?<br />\n<br />\nJason...thanks for all the cruise industry updates, you do such a good job...kudo&#39;s&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nSee y&#39;all tomorrow.','zebra','zebra','2007-04-20 05:27:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173742,488,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 12:50:20',NULL,'','FRIDAY - April 20th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies...We have a busy day planned for today starting off with &quot;Grandparents Day&quot; at Ashleigh&#39;s pre-school.  Deb told me last night that not only is it Ash&#39;s class (18 little 4 and 5 YO&#39;s) but it is also the afternoon class (20 of the little ones) so it should be very interesting to say the least.  Also this AM our little guy goes to the dentist for the first time.  He fell yesterday and chipped one of his front teeth and will have to have it looked at.  They wanted to take him yesterday because at the least it will have to be filed down - it is cutting the inside of his lip - but because of his heart condition he has to be on medication before he can go to a dentist or have any invasive procedure.  I must admit I would rather face nearly 40 little ones than take TJ to the Dentist.  LOL<br />\n<br />\nYesterday Jim took my SUV in for a tune-up before our trip and as feared we did need new brakes so that was &#036;&#036;&#036;&#036;&#036; but at least we know it is safe for our trip .  I decided that since I would be housebound for the whole morning I would pull out the iron and press off the few things that needed pressing for our trip.  I had one sleeve of his shirt pressed when the power went off&#33;   (I personally took this as a sign from a higher power that I should not be ironing and put everything away LOL)  We were without power for more than 4 hours so all my plans were shot so I took Jim&#39;s car and went to the mall.  <br />\n<br />\nThanks for your concern for Jim - he is gradually getting used to his sleep machine - not sure I am though.  The problem right now is everytime he moves, the mask moves and air leaks out in a high pitchen whistle.  I know it will take some getting used to so we shall persevere.  <br />\n<br />\nIt sounds like everyone here is very busy.  I will really miss hearing from you each day while we are away.  I never did get the laptop I was looking at.  I guess I&#39;m like a lot of other people - I would easily spend that money on others but not on myself.  I just couldn&#39;t justify the expense.  <br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a terrific day.  We are finally due some nice spring weather here so I know I will be wearing a SMILE&#33; - hope you will too.  I&#39;ll be back later to let you know how the day went.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-04-20 12:50:20',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173754,3017,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 17:06:59',NULL,'','Well, the sky is saying, &quot;If it was going to rain, it would look just like this.&quot;  Alas, no rain yesterday and the &#39;good sokaing&#39; we were supposed to have tomorrow has shifted...sigh.  On the good side, the landscapers have gotten all the trneching done for the new sprinkler system, which means we&#39;re one step closer to sod....or is that nearer my sod to thee?  Sorry couldn&#39;t resist.<br />\n<br />\nHad a great time at the preview unveiling last night, but wasn&#39;t exactly overwhelmed with the season.  We open with &quot;Go, Diego Go&quot; for the 1 -4 year old crowd (get &#39;em young, get &#39;em early), the we have &quot;Whistle in the Wind&quot; - an Andrew Lloyd Webber that has been retooled four times with no success...sigh. Hopefully, this will be the right mix.  Then we have the &quot;Musical That Cannot Be Named&quot; - although we all know what it is.  The producers said that they would pull the rights to it if it was announced before July 2...right....  Then there is &quot;Riverdance (yet again), &quot;The 25th Annual Spelling Bee&quot;, &quot;Mama Mia (again), and &quot;Phantom&quot; (again)...  they also said that they would be bringing &quot;Lion King&quot; back...again...  I had a bad feeling that we weren&#39;t going to be getting much new, but this season is pretty much a repeat of two years ago.  Oh well...<br />\n<br />\nWe actually have a quiet weekend in store, but those wekends have a nasty way of being the busiest.<br />\n<br />\nMaria - your comment about wanting a baby made me chuckle.  My mom used to ask me all the time when we were having kids because she wanted a baby.  When I started explaining to her how she could have a baby, she got annoyed with me.  My borthers and sister continued the gene line, I chose to opted out.  They are much sweeter when they are someone else&#39;s...<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou - new brakes are good.  Not ironing is even better&#33;  Mall is best of all.  Sounds like you had a great day&#33;  <br />\n<br />\nTonia - they swear you&#39;re getting all our rain&#33;  Give it back&#33;  I&#39;m getting seriously tired of asparagus - do you have any inventive ideas?  We&#39;ve even done asapagus ice cream and asparagus shortcake  Next weekend is the Asparagus Festival and we are up to our hips in it now.  I am running on empty, yet our farmer friend just brought us a case...help&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone else has a Grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-04-20 17:06:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173758,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 17:39:58',NULL,'','Good morning all - yep, I am up early.  The painter is supposed to be here today, at 9:00.  Anyway, I got up at 7:15 to make sure I was ready.  I didn&#39;t even know there was one of those in the a.m. also.  The phone rang at 8:00 and I assumed it would be the painter, cancelling, but it was my son.  The radio station he listens to, is having a DJ up on our end of town this morning and is giving away tickets to the hockey game and was hoping I would go get him some.  Sorry son - not that I am in the least bit upset about not having to stand in line&#33;&#33;&#33;  Mary Lou, let us know how TJ does at the dentist.  It is forecast to be a beautiful day - in the 70&#39;s and sunny, so will be a good day to open the windows while the painter is working.  Nothing special planned for the weekend.  How about you guys????','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-20 17:39:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173759,2626,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 18:23:28',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Jackie Im doing better and thanks for asking, Charlie My dear Friend Im a eating them veggies too&#33; LOL&#33; Yuck&#33;  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':laugh:\' /> Hey Cheryl get me some tickets as well  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' /> Good luck with them Painters&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes2:\' /> Keith&amp;Rita about time you decided to show up, Im going have to put yall inline for the Spanking that Mary Lou had in mind for me or was that someone else that said that&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':laugh:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/ohmy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':ohmy:\' /> Joey whats the status of your House My Friend&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> Maria hows the throwing arm and shoulder <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> Mercedes whats up in your neighborhood? Hope everyone has a great weekend, Ive got to get a alternator put on the Saturn, cant put it off anymore thats about &#036;80.00 plus tax then Ive got to run Jr. down and get him to put it on for me&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes2:\' /> My friends have a great weekend whatever your plans are, make it a good one&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' /> See you all around the Boards&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-04-20 18:23:28',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173764,139,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 18:41:04',NULL,'','Good late morning from the lower Ohio River Valley. We are supposed to have great weather this weekend here and in Louisville.<br />\nWe hope all the CruiseCrazies have an enjoyable weekend.<br />\n<br />\nThis is where Rita went yesterday to pick out her cabinets:<br />\n<br />\nhttp://www.cabinetsbygraber.com/','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-04-20 18:41:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173765,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 18:48:59',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\nBeautiful cabinets Keith - did she make a choice yet?  Being a traditional gal, I loved the Traditional Design.  Well, I think I am going to have Rose&#39;s luck with contractor&#39;s today.  True, he is only 45 minutes late, but no word from him at all.  I will give him until noon and then will call Service magic and tell them I want my deposit back.  You may recall that I had an issue with him some weeks ago, when I sent him 2 emails and left 3 voice messages and got no response until I called customer service and he called back within an hr.<br />\nTo tell you the truth, I don&#39;t see how some people stay in business.....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-20 18:48:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173772,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 19:16:18',NULL,'','Hey guys a lazy day in Los Angeles .. a little rain makes for a sleepy morning... <br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita great looking company for the cabinets... has Rita decided on the type of wood that will be featured in the new home..<br />\n<br />\nMy preference is oak. (couldn&#39;t tell it by our current home ..Its all Maple)<br />\n<br />\nThat must be excitin..<br />\n<br />\nHave a great weekend Everyone.. be safe.. and Smile','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-20 19:16:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173777,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 19:33:29',NULL,'','Well, the painter just called, an hr. and a half after he was scheduled to start.  He says he is on the way now.  Originally he told me it would be an all day job, so I don&#39;t know what his plan is now.  I wish Greg was here to deal with it...<br />\n<br />\nJoey, any word on the possible reinstatement of the offer?','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-20 19:33:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173779,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 19:42:46',NULL,'','Not yet... the persons broker returns to town this weekend.... <br />\nWe are getting to the point &quot;it will sell .. when it sells&quot; <br />\nI never want to go through this again...LOL<br />\n<br />\nGood luck on the painter....','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-20 19:42:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173784,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 20:31:57',NULL,'','Well, he just showed up.  He informs me that he is going to work &quot;straight thru&quot; to 2:30 when he has to leave.  Let me see, it is now 11:30 and he has to tape everything off and he said before the painting is an all day job, so want to place any bets on how far he will get???  He said he will be back tomorrow to finish up.  Greg won&#39;t be happy to have to spend his day off stuck here at home, but I am happy he will be here - for some reason I am not comfortable alone in the house with this guy.  I am sure it will be fine - he has just given me a bad impression of himself.  Okay, call me crazy, but I have been in the business world, and I think when you tell someone you are going to be there at a certain time, or you are going to call, you darn well had better keep your word.....<br />\n<br />\nJoey, I know exactly what you mean...we have thought about moving out to the country to a smaller, one story house, but then we think about all that entails, and we say &quot;naahhh&quot;.  I remember when we sold our house in Texas, and how you have to keep your home in showhome condition at all times...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-20 20:31:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173787,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 20:39:58',NULL,'','<br />\nyeah .... so so true..... how did you deal with the day to days of readiness... i mean our home stays neat 97% time anyway..  its just I hate to start cooking and have people pop in .. some cooking odors people don&#39;t like..lol<br />\n<br />\nAs far as the painter ....i bet he gets it taped off... but that is it&#33; any takers??','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-20 20:39:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173788,2549,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 20:50:47',NULL,'','Charlie , well i think the best recipe would be to send me the whole case of asparagus ......but let me think..... i make a baked lasagna with pesto ricotta and roasted asparagus. topped with smoked mozzerella and parma... phyllo wrapped asparagus with brie.. and of course soup, asparagus wrapped with procuitto,.i am sure you have tons of recipes like that , asparagus with pasta , asparagus with risitto<br />\n<br />\nOK RAIN is that wet stuff falling from the sky ... wow i have never seen that .....<br />\n<br />\nCheryl ... your being alot better then me about that painter ...i would have lost it <br />\n<br />\nJoey you have rain LOL <br />\n<br />\nwell guys iff to watch the stuff i have tivo&#39;ed <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-04-20 20:50:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173792,139,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 21:06:07',NULL,'',' [quote name=\'JoeyandDavid\' post=\'173772\' date=\'Apr 20 2007, 11&#58;16 AM\'] Keith and Rita great looking company for the cabinets... has Rita decided on the type of wood that will be featured in the new home..<br />\nMy preference is oak. (couldn&#39;t tell it by our current home ..Its all Maple)[/quote] <br />\n<br />\n <br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Okay, here is a facsimile of the cabinets Rita picked out. The ones she picked out are not listed on the website. They are oak with the same design as the one on the left. The one on the right is a close match to the color. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://www.cabinetsbygraber.com/doors/empire.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://www.cabinetsbygraber.com/doors/TIMES%20SQUARE.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-04-20 21:06:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173793,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 21:10:12',NULL,'','nice....','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-20 21:10:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173794,2613,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 21:10:29',NULL,'','Good Afternoon:<br />\n<br />\nA bit of a late start today.  I hope everyone is well.  I will be babysitting Kaylee this weekend, I haven&#39;t done that in a while so I am looking forward to it.  My DD whose husband is in the Air Force and who was living in Hawaii for a number of years, and has been here in MD for a year told us last night that they will be moving to Colorado Springs in August, they will know for sure next week.  I knew this was coming but still am a bit upset that they are leaving so soon, but that&#39;s to be expected when you are in the military.<br />\nTake care everyone. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-04-20 21:10:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173802,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-20 21:42:20',NULL,'','Well Joey, he didn&#39;t even get that far.  He was here all of an hr. and 10 minutes when he got a phone call and &quot;had to leave&quot;.   He said he will be back at 8:00 in morning, which is fine with me because he will be dealing with my husband then and Greg will be a lot less tolerant than I have been.  Beautiful cabinets Keith.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-20 21:42:20',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173841,2549,1,18,169362,'2007-04-21 01:30:49',NULL,'','Cheryl... you poor thing ....<br />\n<br />\nRita i love the cabinets.....the website was very interesting....they have nice designs....<br />\n<br />\nWE HAVE RAIN&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; YAAAAAAAAAAAAA i can&#39;t believe it.... next time i want rain i will give the doggies a bath, like i did yesterday... yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... garden is loving it...doggies aren&#39;t loving it.... its wet LOL LOL <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-04-21 01:30:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173845,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-21 01:36:12',NULL,'','its beginning to clear here....little patches of blue','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-21 01:36:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173879,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-04-21 05:13:11',NULL,'','Hi all,<br />\n<br />\nWe have a tremendous day today...with idyllic weather.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, whaaaat - kick him in the butt and get another contractor.  I can&#39;t tolerate people who do not stick to their word.  Sorry I sound so hard, but I&#39;ve walked this same walk and have been so frustrated by their promises, that I promised myself that would NEVER happen again&#33;<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita, I just love your choice - great cabinets, now tell us about your choice of counter tops and what are you doing for your back splash?&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJoey, yes it&#39;s going to happen.  If you have an hour or so&#39;s headsup before the next person comes to see the house, bake chocolate chip cookies and the whole place will smell awesome.  (Just keep some of those easy ones from the refrigerator in the grocery store, in your fridge, ready to whip out when needed&#33;&#33;)  Or you could bake a homemade Apple Pie - this does the job real well&#33;   I always bake before the prospective buyers come over....it works.  Then you can put them on a platter on the island or kitchen counter for them to eat as they are looking over their &quot;new home&quot; :)<br />\nI just know the stress that you and David are going through right now, believe me.','zebra','zebra','2007-04-21 05:13:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173882,488,1,18,169362,'2007-04-21 13:17:51',NULL,'','SATURDAY - April 21st[/size]<br />\nGood Morning Crazies....It looks like we are in for a long overdue beautiful weekend here in Eastern Pa. I was really amazed yesterday to see so many trees budding already and lawns are turning a beautiful green.  This is &quot;crunch&quot; weekend so I have a lot of running around to do.  We leave on Thursday and I have found it is much harder packing for a land vacation that it is for a cruise.  You just have to take so much more stuff with you especially traveling with kids.   Jim will be working all week so this is our last chance to get everything done.  <br />\n<br />\nTJ did OK at the dentist yesterday although I&#39;m not sure the Dentist will recover.  He did not like him one little bit but fortunately the tooth was not badly chipped and they are going to just leave it alone.  He was able to file down the sharp end and the nerves were not effected. <br />\n<br />\nWe had a grand morning with Ashleigh.  Her school put on a lovely little program for the Grandparents.  We painted flower pots, played Bingo (you guessed it - it&#39;s a Catholic pre-school LOL) they sang special songs and ended with them presenting their grandpas with a handmade card and the grandmas got a carnation.  Then we took her out to lunch and had a fun time.  <br />\n<br />\nKeith &amp; Rita - I love the cabinets.  Your new kitchen will be gorgeous. You must be getting so excited as things begin to fall into place with your new home.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - I&#39;m sure you are getting very frustrated and I also always like to have Jim around when there are contractors working in the house.  I had one electrician here who I was very uncomfortable with and when Jim had to be out one day I made my son-in-law come over and sit while he was here.  Now that I am ready to do my kitchen I can&#39;t even get a contractor to come in to quote a price.  Three broken appointments so far and only one phone call.  One just showed up at the door 6 days after a no-call broken appointment and simply said he got busy and forgot.  Needless-to-say he didn&#39;t get through the door.  <br />\n<br />\nJoey - In addition to what Jackie said about kitchen odors you can also put a bowl of vinegar on the stove-top (with burner off of course).  It won&#39;t smell as yummy as the cookies or pies but will remove the strong cooking odors.  I do it all the time when I make fish or corned beef and cabbage.  <br />\n<br />\nMercedes - so sorry your daughter will be moving away.  Is this the daughter you just bought the house for?   Jim&#39;s sister loved Colorado Springs when she lived there - it will be one more place for you to visit.  <br />\n<br />\nCharlie  - you sound busier than ever but seem to thrive on keeping busy.  Your new season sounds great.  We are anxiously awaiting the June release of our State Theatres 08 program.  <br />\n<br />\nTonia - enjoy the rain - now you can stay in and cook up  some more great recipes to share with us.  Hope you hand is not giving you too much trouble.<br />\n<br />\nMaria - how are you feeling?  Hoping for some good news from the Dr. for you this week. <br />\n<br />\nTime to shift into high gear and get a few things done.  In addition to everything else Jim&#39;s poker group will be playing here tonight so I have to get to the grocery store and decide what to feed them.  Have a great weekend everyone.  Share a smile with someone today.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-04-21 13:17:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173899,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-21 16:17:21',NULL,'','Good morning Crazies....<br />\n<br />\nThanks for the tips..keep them coming.. we do most of those now... didn&#39;t know about the vinegar though... makes sense.. and when i am finished cooking i can always clean the windows&#33;&#33; lol<br />\n<br />\nAnother day of going through the motioons here...it appears the rain has left the area.. so I may spend the day cleaniung out the storage shed..<br />\nMaria no word from the Drs yet?<br />\nCheryl.. I know Jim will set them straight&#33;... <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /><br />\nHope all are well... be back later...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-21 16:17:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173900,2549,1,18,169362,'2007-04-21 16:17:23',NULL,'','Morning all .... just a note to say good morning...<br />\n<br />\nI posted the recipe from Jackie plus the pic of it cooking for all that wanted the recipe.. i also found some info about what peri peri is and whats it made from.....<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nwell we got rain my garden is so happy..... doggies we not happy ....<br />\n<br />\nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa the wet stuff finally<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-04-21 16:17:23',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173908,3017,1,18,169362,'2007-04-21 17:05:02',NULL,'','Another bright shiny morning from Stockton - I hate you, Tonia  and Joey (not really).  That was the system that was supposed to hit here and it just dove south...sigh.  Hopefully tonight we will get some rain.<br />\n<br />\nHad a very interesting day yesterday.  The guys out back got the sprinkler system in - it&#39;s kinda nice having them living next door to us.  They are gone all day and I imagine very tired when they take their shoes off at night.  Finally sat down to watch &quot;Happy Feet&quot;  The bounds that they are making in comupter animation are truly fascinating.  Next up is &quot;Flushed Away&quot;.  <br />\n<br />\nGot the shelving put into the utility closet, so Chris can start stacking more boxes in there.  he was happy.  I can&#39;t believe how long it took me to put in a foot long piece of 1 x 4 pine...sigh, not like the old days.<br />\n<br />\nAlso was delighted to discover that six little sun sugar tomato plants growing out back.  i immediately repotted them to out front in case today is the day they remove our greenery.<br />\n<br />\nToday, we are on a quest for dry ice to test the bases and see if the holes I drilled are big and plentiful enough.  Then it&#39;s on to platforming.<br />\nJohn is having another practice session tomorrow - I wonder if folks will show up...<br />\n<br />\nThe producing manager at SCT tld me that he thinks I should direct... uh, huh, right...just what I want to do - NOT.  The box ofice, stage managing, designing and regular volunteering are quite enough...<br />\n<br />\nTonia - thanks for the suggestions, but we&#39;ve pretty much gone the route on most of those.  I know, many people would love my plight of too much asparagus.  I&#39;m going to sneak some into the Provancel veg soup tomorrow and maybe tuck some onto parmasan wraps for dinner tonight.  I did thinkof you last night.  Went to Aldre Market, one of our &#39;cutting edge&#39; restaurants.  Had a really nice tapa of seared ahi with pickled ginger and a horseradish cream dipping sauce.  We have so got to do these for our next app party.  also had a lamb meatball, stuffed with feta cheese and served with a dill yogurt sauce and a  black peppered duck breast in a blackberry reduction over creamy risotto.  Very nice , but I won&#39;t be duplicating it anytime soon.<br />\n<br />\nAll the trouble that everyone is having with contractors is making me crazy, but I know the same thing is happening with both our friends, the Crockers and the Wentworths and that John and Irene struggled for months to get their kitchen remodel done.  These guys would never make it in the theater - our reputation is only as good as our last show.  You screw up, you don&#39;t work. ..I&#39;m sorry for all your worries, guys.  If I was capable, I&#39;d be there in a heartbeat.<br />\n<br />\nNeed to go get the hubby up now - we have to start early today because we need to be set up for John by 11 a.m.<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-04-21 17:05:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173910,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-21 17:13:32',NULL,'','we must have had the bestest Contractor... he was 99% on time each day and finished when he said he would ... and that was on both jobs he did for us...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-21 17:13:32',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173941,274,1,18,169362,'2007-04-21 20:28:53',NULL,'','Good afternoon, Cruise Crazies&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone is doing well.  I didn&#39;t have a chance to read everyones posts yet, but will come back later and chat.  We are going to two of our grandchildren&#39;s First Holy Communion Mass and celebration today.  The weather is getting warm.  It should get up to 79 today.  Rain later tonight or tomorrow.  Talk to you all later&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day, everyone&#33;&#33;&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-04-21 20:28:53',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173942,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-21 20:34:17',NULL,'','have a wonderful day Shari&#33;&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-21 20:34:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173960,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-22 01:13:28',NULL,'','Good afternoon to all my wonderfully Crazy friends.  Update on the painter situation - he promised he would be here by 8:00 - Greg gets up early on weekends so, he shut off my alarm when he got up, so I could sleep in, plus he knew I was somewhat stressed from dealing with this guy.  Anyway, I got up around 9:00 - still no painter.  At 9:30, Greg called Service Magic and told them to contact him and tell him not to bother showiing up because he was terminating the &quot;business relationship&quot; with him and wanted a refund of his money.  He then followed up with an email to both the painter and Service Magic that he was expecting a prompt refund of his money, be it from Service magic or the painter himself.  He had left the 2 gallons of Benjamin Moore paint here and so I went online to see what stores in our area carried it and called to get a price.  They said it was &#036;27 a gallon, so we deducted &#036;60 from the deposit amount and Greg said he would expect his refund of &#036;340 within a week&#39;s time.  Service Magic is actually a service that individal contractors register with.  S.M. conducts checks on each one and makes sure they are licensed and carry liability insurance.  The deposit was paid to the painter and not them, but Greg&#39;s position is that as we would not have had any contact with, nor the name of the painter, had they not recommended him, so someone is going to have to fork over the money because hubby is not going to drop it until he is paid.  I had contact with another painter but he returned my call after we had already paid the first one.  I called him back today and he said he would call me on Monday after he tried to get one of his painter&#39;s to come out that day. Yesterday, this guy took all of my drawers out and had me empty all of the cabinets so everything is either boxed up, or sitting on the kitchen or dining room table or on the countertops, so my kitchen is unusable right now.  We leave for Okla. on Thursday, so hopefully I will have some resolution by then.  My son filed for divorce this week and his &quot;wife&quot; agreed to not fight him for custody of my grandson.  He normally never talks about personal things or feelings or any of that type of thing but he has really opened up in the past 2 -3 weeks.  I realize that maybe it is helping him to talk about it but I have learned some things that really upset me and it is probably a good thing that I don&#39;t see her right now.  She lost 2 babies in the past few years and said she could not try again.  I just learned that she did get pregnant again after that and my son was so happy but she convinced him to not say anything at all until they passed that critical stage.  He said it was really hard not to tell me because he knew how much I wanted another grandchild.  Anyway, he said she was not happy about being pregnant, but he tried to reassure her that as she got farther along,<br />\nher feelings would change and he realized that she was very scared about it because of the past experiences, but they were just going to pray for a safe and unevenful pregnancy and a a healthy baby, and believe that God would watch over Leah and the baby.  Soon after, she told him that she had gone the previous week and gotten an abortion because she didn&#39;t want to have the baby.  First of all, I cannot imagine how she could do that, knowing how he felt about it, and then to not tell him and let him to continue thinking there was another child on the way.   I am not going to get into the whole abortion issue here, I have very strong opinions on the matter and I thought she did too.  It breaks my heart to even think about it.  I didn&#39;t know any of this until about a week and a half ago.  He also discovered she had been cheating on him for the past few months.   He has taken her back a couple of times, but I think she has burned all her bridges this time.  Sorry to ramble on - I am just having one of &quot;those days&quot;.  Hope you all are enjoying your weekend....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-22 01:13:28',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173962,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-22 01:22:10',NULL,'','Cheryl i will look for the painters law suit on an edition of judge judy... good luck with that..<br />\n<br />\nPrayers all around for understanding and peace on the news with your son...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-22 01:22:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173965,2549,1,18,169362,'2007-04-22 01:37:22',NULL,'','Cheryl... glad the contractor thing is being handled,,, thats just a pits ,, and it makes it hard for the good guys that work out there<br />\n<br />\nregards to son.... i am  sorry  ,, but i do understand the hurt he must be feeling.....its the worst feeling...such a lost of a child and cheating .......so glad he has the support of family to get thur....i know right now it seems the pits...but he will come out stronger, and with the love the the grandbaby, he will find strenght also...... glad hes opening up to you... keep that door open,. he will need it... someone to sound off at times...but please let him know to notforget about him, and give himself time to heal ...i know to this day i still have problems with trusting someone again.. but its something that you need the faith all will come back ..it took someone very special to help me get thur and then i was lucky enough to meet my sweety now , but it was a long road..... i know it takes two but sometimes one is worst then the other ....<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-04-22 01:37:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(173996,488,1,18,169362,'2007-04-22 14:25:26',NULL,'','SUNDAY - April 22nd[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies...Another beautiful day in Pa..  Yesterday we hit a high of 78 and all you could hear around us were lawn mowers going and kids outside playing.  It was terrific to see the area coming back to life after a long winter.  Our trees are full of buds and the yard is absolutely full of rabbits running around and enjoying the end of the long winter.  They have apparently had a very long winter also as they have been quite busy - never saw so many of them before&#33;&#33;  Jim is anxious to get working in the yard but that will have to wait til we get back from vacation.  Today we will clean up all the deck and yard furniture though and get that ready for use.  We may even cook out on the deck tonight.  <br />\n<br />\nCheryl - you and your family have certainly been through a rough patch - It is so good that you son has you to reach out to and talk to.  We just never know what goes on with our kids and their marriages but right now he needs someone to listen to him.  I&#39;m sure you will  be very  careful not to let Scotty know exactly what you think of his mommy.  I know it will be hard but it is best for Scotty.   Glad Greg has taken over dealing with the contractor.  Good luck finding a new painter and getting things resolved before you leave on Thursday.  <br />\n<br />\nI have lots of packing and organizing to do today.  At least now it looks like I can pack away the majority of the winter clothes to make room for the summer things.  I also have to do a heavy house cleaning because I will have enough dirty laundry to deal with when we get home and it will help if I walk into a nice neat house when we return.  I just can&#39;t go away and leave things messy.  <br />\n<br />\nHope everyone can enjoy at least a part of this beautiful day - keep smiling - spring is here.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-04-22 14:25:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174002,754,1,18,169362,'2007-04-22 15:51:03',NULL,'','Good Morning Everyone/<br />\n<br />\nA beautiful day here again in the Ohio valley.<br />\n<br />\nJoey.........I go to the shoulder doctor Tuesday morning with teh MRI so he will tell me whats what with that and then Tuesday afternoon I go to the knee doctor and he will send me for the MRI for that so thats where we stand right now. I haven&#39;t been feeling well so I have a lot of catching up here and reading to do. Are things moving along with move?<br />\n<br />\nCheryl..............so sad about your son..........my heart goes out to you all. Thank God Scotty is with your son under these circumstances.........I will keep you and your family in my prayers and you know where I am if you want to talk.<br />\n<br />\nOff to have breakfast.....Ken is on the committee of our HOA.............He is agricutural chairman so he and few fellow neighbors are going to spruce up our entrance..........Pressure washing entrance fence, mulch just general tiding up after the winter and to see how many bushes and stuff survived the freeze. Catch you all later<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now<br />\n<br />\nRemember to do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return','teacp','teacp','2007-04-22 15:51:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174004,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-22 16:02:17',NULL,'','Good Morning Crazies...<br />\n<br />\nMaria best of luck on Tuesday..I hope the news is good... but most of all I hope you feel better real soon...Hugs to you dear lady...<br />\n<br />\nMaryLou a cookout sounds like a great way to say goodbye to that lousy winter.. maybe grilled rabbit ??<br />\n<br />\nNot a lot going on to .. Today is Earth Day&#33; At least for today try and do your part..<br />\n<br />\nEnjoy your Sunday.. and Smile if you so inclined.. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-22 16:02:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174024,3017,1,18,169362,'2007-04-22 17:41:17',NULL,'','It&#39;s raining&#33;&#33;  And has been since yesterday at 3 p.m.  all is right with the world&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHave a very short windown this morning, but I just wanted to come in and say that my heart is with you, Cheryl.  How horrible for your son to suffer through such heartbreaking times - at least he has you there for him and knows that he and his son are better off without this woman.  it is so sad when people want children so badly and can&#39;t have them and then there are those who shouldn&#39;t, but don&#39;t have a problem.  Be strong and let your son know that there are many people here in support of him and you.<br />\n<br />\nGood on Greg for taking up the reins and having do with that painter.  Unless people stop others from taking advantage and screwing them over, they will continue on.  This may be a wake up call for the painter&#39;s company as well. <br />\n<br />\nThanks again for the recipe, Tonia, I will be adding that to next week&#39;s menu.  <br />\n<br />\nTake care everyone and be safe&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-04-22 17:41:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174027,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-22 19:12:44',NULL,'','Good morning all, and a beautiful morning it is.  It was in the high 70&#39;s yesterday, rained during the night and is now sunny and warm again.  Dare we hope that Spring finally has decided to stick around???   Thank you for all your support of my son and grandson.  It is hard on my son right now and breaking my heart to think of what happened to another grandchild because I believe even at that early stage, he or she was a person, but we will get thru.  I am ever mindful to speak well of Leah in the presence of my grandson, but I can assure you, it isn&#39;t hearfelt.  Not sure what we are going to do today - a new Dave&#39;s BBQ just opened close to us and we are hearing good things about it.  Anyone ever eaten at Dave&#39;s?  We love good BBQ and had an abundance of it when we lived in Texas but it is difficult to come by in this neck of the woods.  Mary Lou, I know it is getting close, but just exactly when are you heading to Fla?  Whenever it is, I really hope you and Jim have a marvelous and relaxing time.  Is he enjoying his new job?  Maria, did you check to see if the have a frequent MRI program - something like &quot;buy 5 get a free steak dinner&quot; or something like that?  Just kidding - I am sure you would rather never see that place again and I pray that everything works out well for you.  Please keep us posted.  Charlie, congrats on the rain - see what happens when Tonia gives her dogs a bath&#33;&#33;&#33;   Hope all of you have a wonderful and blessed Sunday....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-22 19:12:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174028,334,1,18,169362,'2007-04-22 19:14:04',NULL,'','Hi all&#33; Just checking in as I&#39;ve been gone for a few days. Busy with all the fix ups after the porch redo. I&#39;ll try to catch up with you all tomorrow. Have a great day Crazies&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-04-22 19:14:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174037,488,1,18,169362,'2007-04-22 19:35:43',NULL,'','Joey wrote &quot;MaryLou a cookout sounds like a great way to say goodbye to that lousy winter.. maybe grilled rabbit ??&quot;[/size] -<br />\n<br />\n now I can tell you what I tell Jim everytime he suggests the same thing.  &quot;There is more of a chance of YOU ending up on the grill than there is of the little rabbit ending up there.&quot;  LOL','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-04-22 19:35:43',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174038,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-22 19:36:55',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  wouldn&#39;t that be great if they had bennies like that ... 5 medical tests and receive  a free 2 piece all white meat and biscuit from KFC....<br />\n <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-22 19:36:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174039,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-22 19:39:12',NULL,'','<br />\n <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> just a suggestion ma&#39;am...&quot;what&#39;s up doc?&#33;&quot;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-22 19:39:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174042,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-04-22 20:14:21',NULL,'','All this talk about food so early on a Sunday morning?  Hey.... it&#39;s better than having to report more bad weather, not so.<br />\nJoey it looks like you guys are getting some rain.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, haven&#39;t seen a Dave&#39;s BBQ - mind you we haven&#39;t seen too much BBQ here in the Northwest at all.   Plenty of clam chowder though :)<br />\n<br />\nCharlie, so happy that you&#39;re also having rain - you Californians sure need it.<br />\n<br />\nWell we&#39;ve had rain virtually every second day here in Oregon... we&#39;re not complaining that&#39;s for sure.  I&#39;ve been wondering what kind of weather we&#39;re going to experience in Alaska this summer - Alaska can be so iffy....from snow to 90 degrees in summer.  I guess we&#39;ll have to wait and see.  All I know is that we&#39;ll need to take Deet - apparently the mosquito&#39;s there are known as their State Bird&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-04-22 20:14:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174070,2549,1,18,169362,'2007-04-22 20:48:15',NULL,'','i just love coming here for my morning funny....you guys just kill me LOL .....<br />\n<br />\nCheryl .... well i think as much as Maria and i go to the doc we should get a frequent patient card worth something..... hey Shari too should get one .....boy between the three of us we have the whole body covered ....never heard of daves .. i can better BBq so we don&#39;t go out much for dinner ....my fav thing is going out for breakfast.... i just love a good brunch...<br />\n<br />\nMaria i hope they finally see whats going on... i am calling my case worker for my claim.. and telling her ok i am going broke not working so much and losing overtime.... i want this taken care of now....( workers comp claim).....its such a butt when you have someone esle making the plans for ya .....<br />\n<br />\nJoey LOL ya kill me .....you going to be so funny when you get back there in the country....oh someone going on our cruise .. lives right around the corner from me in san diego OMG i just laughed isn&#39;t it funny how things happen... and shes on the aft too.. she travels alone she says ... going to see if she will come over here on our board ....<br />\n<br />\nMarylou LOL you sound like me at times ...telling you sweety that LOL just make sure he has lots of oil so he doesn&#39;t stick to the grill LOL <br />\n<br />\nCharlie our rain didn&#39;t last as long as your just till yesterday morning....then its over but they are saying a possible rain coming later tonight or tomorrow .. ya well we will see....<br />\nyour welcome for the recipe i just saw it and thoughbt of you... oh by the way .. OMG it was so good....Gary even said you can make this one again.....so its a keeper....i will post it here soon....<br />\n<br />\nok everyone have a quiet day.... <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-04-22 20:48:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174082,754,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 00:38:35',NULL,'','Joey.........Maybe we can do the green stamp thing.........Every time you go you get green stamps and when you have enough you can trade them in for a cruise..........lol<br />\n<br />\nTonia....I know what you are going thru...my DSIL is going thru the same thing and every time they change his case worker they take two steps back. It is a good thing my daughter has career and sees them through.','teacp','teacp','2007-04-23 00:38:35',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174083,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 00:57:12',NULL,'','<br />\nnow that works for me .. lets bring em back&#33;&#33; &quot;how many books u have?&quot; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-23 00:57:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174110,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 01:33:30',NULL,'','Okay guys, I was wrong about the name of the BBQ place - it is Famous Dave&#39;s BBQ.  Greg said he saw one wen we were in Montana last summer so guess they are around in a few different places.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-23 01:33:30',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174114,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 02:18:29',NULL,'','<br />\ncheck it out..........<br />\nhttp://www.famousdaves.com/','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-23 02:18:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174121,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 03:37:00',NULL,'','Thanks Joey, I see they are in 10 different states.  Guess we will have to check them out - thought we might today but Greg had a hankering for Chinese.  We will have to give them a try though, the ribs look great.  I did buy some of their BBQ sauce at the grocery store a few months ago and I got the really spicy - it was called Devil&#39;s Spit or something like that, and it was too hot for me to eat which is rare because I normally think the spicier, the better...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-23 03:37:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174198,274,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 04:58:41',NULL,'','Hi Everyone...<br />\n<br />\nWe had a good weekend with our grandchildren&#39;s First Holy Communion and spending time with our family.  We went out to dinner tonight.  Just to Applebee&#39;s.  I had a gift card from Christmas that I wanted to use.  We enjoyed getting out this weekend, as I haven&#39;t been going out too much this Winter and Spring.  Today was a very restful day.  It rained most of the day, so a good day to stay in and rest.  Taking my mom in for an MRI tomorrow for her hip.  She will be having surgery, soon.<br />\n<br />\nGail...congratulations on your new grandbaby&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou...I&#39;m so glad you got through all that bad weather ok.  Hope Jim, and you, can get adjusted to the new sleep machine.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie...what do you do in your spare time?...Just kidding&#33;   <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />   You are a busy lady.  It sounds like you really like doing what you are doing, and that is sooo great.  Glad you got some rain.  Hope your back is better.<br />\nThanks for asking...on my meds...I am adjusting, but have to really watch for 4 more days while I&#39;m on an antibiotic since it can thin my blood even more. Kind of scary since my step-dad died from being on Coumadin from a cerebral hemorrage.  <br />\n<br />\nMercedes...thank you for the congratulations&#33;  Congratulations on getting DSL.  I&#39;m so sorry to hear that your daughter is moving out of the state.  I&#39;m sure you will miss her, but it will give you an excuse to travel to the great state of Colorado.  Very beautiful state.  Maybe you could stop by and visit Cheryl.<br />\n<br />\nRose...Thank you...glad you got your contracter to start working on the porch.  Hope all is going well, and also with the tile.  You will need that cruise next week.  It&#39;ll be a great getaway.<br />\n<br />\nMebert...hope you&#39;re enjoying your cruise&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMelanie...glad you survived the winds&#33;  <br />\n<br />\nJoey and David...hope the offer on your house is reinstated. That would be so great&#33;  Congratulations on your TA booking.  What a great cruise&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTonia...congratulations on your TA booking.  That will be such a great cruise&#33;  Glad your friend Becky was OK.  Glad you got some rain&#33;  It rained all day the last time we were in San Diego before our cruise.  That was in Dec. of 2004, though.   <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />   We still had a great time, though.  Looovve San Diego&#33;  Hope you can get your worker&#39;s comp case settled soon.<br />\n<br />\nMaria...hope all goes well with the MRI for your shoulder and for your knee.  I&#39;m taking my mom in tomorrow for an MRI on her hip.<br />\n<br />\nRobert...that Beef Stroganoff sounded good.  I will have to make that one of these days.  <br />\n<br />\nCheryl...I was saddened to hear about your cousins...Colton and Chase.  And I am sooo sorry for what your son and your family is going through.  I will keep you all in my prayers.  Hope you can resolve the problems with the contractors before you leave on vacation.  You will need that vacation, for sure&#33;  We have Famous Dave&#39;s BBQ here in MN, but I have only gone once...it&#39;s not too close by.  I did enjoy my meal, though.  <br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita...Love the cabinets&#33;  We had a dining room table made by the Amish and have really been happy with it.  The picture of the kitchen is great and even helps us because we are thinking of enlarging our kitchen (if we decide to stay here) and that picture is kind of what I have been looking for.<br />\n<br />\nJackie...hope your shoulder is better.  Sounds like it could be impingement or frozen shoulder.  I have had that before and went for therapy, and also had a shot of cortisone in it.  Can also be rotator cuff...hope not.  Hope you are able to get in to see someone soon.  Thanks for asking about my leg...not much to report since the doctor wants to take another ultrasound around the first of June.  My regular doctor will be back by mid-May, and I think I will ask for the tests sooner.  Too many things coming up that I don&#39;t know if I can go to and do.  <br />\n<br />\nTo all Cruise Crazies...have a wonderful evening&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-04-23 04:58:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174261,488,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 13:16:02',NULL,'','MONDAY - April 23rd[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies.   We had a beautiful weekend here and yards are in full bloom.  It sure didn&#39;t take long for the earth to come alive.   We even cooked out on the grill last night (No Joey - we did not have either Rabbit or DH.  LOL)  I am finished packing and today just have the bank to do and a few more chores to finish up.  Tomorrow afternoon and all day Wednesday I will be playing &quot;Nannie&quot; for the little ones so this is my last chance to finish up.  Jim goes back to work this morning so that will help as I get so much more done around the house when he is not here - although he has become a great help in the house. <br />\n<br />\nWhat is on the schedule for all of you this week?  I will really miss the daily dock here and checking in on everyone for 2 weeks but I will post right up until the time we leave on Thursday.  <br />\n<br />\nMaria - good luck with the Dr. this week.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - have a great trip - when do you leave?  Hope things get straightened out in your kitchen and I hope there are easiers days ahead for your son and Scotty.  <br />\n<br />\nTime to make Jim some lunch and send him off to work  (I love saying that - hehehehe)  Dinner out tonight so that will give me time to really clean out the fridge and get rid of all those leftovers of questionable origine.<br />\n<br />\nHave a wonderful day and don&#39;t forget .... S M I L E <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:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-04-23 13:16:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174266,754,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 14:52:44',NULL,'','Good Morning All<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nWow we have a lot going on here lately..........<br />\n<br />\nI have just read all the posts and wish everyone well that is having any health problems at all &#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\nThank you for my well wishes for my shoulder. Tomorrow is the Dr. day.......<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, Marylou.......enjoy your trips and have a great time.....Cheryl I went to the Oklahoma Memorial when I was there on business soon after it happened and it was one of the saddest things I ever saw before 9/11......Just looking at all those chairs representing the people that died there tore my heart out.<br />\n<br />\nJoey....I can still remember my tongue being parched from licking stamps for my Mom. Did we ever think to use a sponge or a wet rag..........OH NO................<br />\n<br />\nTo anyone I missed have a great day.......<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Remember to do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return &#33;&#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','teacp','teacp','2007-04-23 14:52:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174283,2613,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 15:46:44',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\nNo, this is my third daughter, Christine who has 3 children.  I am going to miss those kids.<br />\n<br />\n[quote name=\'Shari2\' post=\'174198\' date=\'Apr 22 2007, 09&#58;58 PM\']<br />\nHi Everyone...<br />\n<br />\n Mercedes...thank you for the congratulations&#33;  Congratulations on getting DSL.  I&#39;m so sorry to hear that your daughter is moving out of the state.  I&#39;m sure you will miss her, but it will give you an excuse to travel to the great state of Colorado.  Very beautiful state.  Maybe you could stop by and visit Cheryl.<br />\n<br />\n [/quote]<br />\n<br />\nI have never been to Colorado, so I definitely have to visit.<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning:<br />\nAnother beautiful day in store for us here in MD/VA.  Had a great weekend with Kaylee, we were outdoors most of the time. To all the travelers, have a great trip and for those having some health problems, please get well soon.<br />\nTake care everyone <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-04-23 15:46:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174310,139,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 16:14:25',NULL,'','Good morning Crazies, we are another week closer to Siesta Key&#33; We had a great weekend in Louisville. They had a spectacular pre-derby fireworks and air show.<br />\nI guess we can now be called bona fide soccer Moms as McKenna&#39;s team finished second in the tournament. She was disappointed as they were undefeated until the final game, which they lost 2-1. It was a great game that could have gone either way. Our nine year old granddaughters in another tournament in Owensboro also finished second.<br />\n<br />\nHere is an action photo I took of McKenna during the first game, in which they won 3-1. She made a great defensive play and headed the ball to a team mate who scored on the play.<br />\n&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k260/KeithnRita/mckennaheader.jpg&quot; /&gt;','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-04-23 16:14:25',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174311,3032,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 16:14:44',NULL,'','Hello again everyone.  Was down and out for a few days. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sick.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':sick:\' />   The lovely storm system that blew through here and lingered for a couple of days, set off my vertigo.  Couldn&#39;t get out of bed.  Meclizine wasn&#39;t touching it the first day.  Feeling much better now.<br />\n<br />\nGot a little bit of yard work done yesterday.  Renee&#39; got a hamster over the weekend for making honor roll.  Little ninny got out of his cage, (not a good thing with a dachsund and cat in the house&#33;).  Tore the place apart to find him......he got back in his cage on his own.  Locked him up in my bedroom today to keep the other members of the household away from him.  <br />\n<br />\nNot too much going on.  Have a lot of work to catch up on now though.  Wish this beautiful weather would stick around.  We&#39;re going to be in the mid 80&#39;s today with rain and cooler temps mid week. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':sad2:\' />   Means I need to put the grass seed down.  <br />\n<br />\nCatch up with everyone later.......','MelBelle','MelBelle','2007-04-23 16:14:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174340,3017,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 16:50:57',NULL,'','Another gorgeous morning in Stockton - our rain has fled for the rest of the month and May starts the dry season.  Supposed to be in the 90&#39;s by the weekend.  <br />\n<br />\nWhen I was out yesterday a.m., noticed that one of the tomato plants has a golfball size tomato on it and the peas have starte dto blossom.  Had to stake both up as the rain knocked them over.  Our garden may be over and done with before we leave for England this summer...<br />\n<br />\nWent over the John&#39;s yesterday to demo the bases for his team and they worked beautifully.  We decided upon that a heaping teaspoon of dry ice made as much fog as would necessary for the delievery of the plate.  Now it&#39;s on to risers for the other four dishes...  They have two more weekend to practice before the event.  It would be great if they would get the posters out prior to the event, but maybe that&#39;s just crazy talk.<br />\n<br />\nHave to take the bottles over to recycling today - always a favorite task and go to the shed to pick up a sheet of styrofoam.  Hope to cut it down for the risers.  I&#39;m hoping to meet with john today to decide upon shapes, heights and colors.  <br />\n<br />\nYesterday Chris wistfully noted that I hadn&#39;t done any quilting in awhile - have to teach the boy how to quilt on of these days.  He&#39;s causaully mentioning that napkins would be nice to go with the runner I made last year...what is it about guy that makes them always want to see you busy?  <br />\n<br />\nMade a provencal veggiesoup for dinner last night and gave half of it to John and Irene for dinner.  Also tried a new recipe for mango-raspberry crumble, which turned out really good.  I ued a combination of tropical fruits (mango, papaya, and passionfruit) and replaced the raspberries with blueberries since we have cartons of them.   The Brittos gve the soup and dessert thumbs up - which is always a relief when feeding a chef&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHave anyone seen &quot;Flushed Away&quot;?    Way too funny for words from the singing slugs to the multitude of nods to various movies.  The humor is wicked&#33;  Much better than the &quot;Dinotopia&quot; series that we got roped into later in the day.<br />\n<br />\nDinner tonight is curried lamb chops with minted cous cous. Something fast and easy as we both have meetings tonight. <br />\n<br />\nShari - we were raised with a New England work ethic.  If you aren&#39;t working, you&#39;re sleeping.  For me, staying busy isn&#39;t an option, it&#39;s an obligation I have to life.<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou - is Jim enjoying his job?  Have you gotten used to the new hours yet?  <br />\n<br />\nMaria - let us know how the MRIs went.<br />\n<br />\nTo everyone else. have a grand (and safe) day.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-04-23 16:50:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174367,2626,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 19:34:54',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Good Monday Morning all My friends <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nCloudy here today in Fort Worth, Texas, a chance of Thunderstorms this afternoon and more serious of a chance tomorrow, I got the alternator on the saturn been busy this weekend sorry Ive been away a bit <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes2:\' />  Sounds like everyone else is doing so so&#33;  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' />  Im Looking forward to My Cruise in October&#33; Everyone have a good week ahead&#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','2007-04-23 19:34:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174372,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 21:04:15',NULL,'','Morning All,<br />\n<br />\nWell I&#39;ve been a bit under the weather.  don&#39;t know what going on with my shoulder, but I have a lot of pain when I more the up up or backwards - the pain also goes down to my elbow.  I started taking anti-inflammatories last night... I don&#39;t like to take them because they tear up my stomach.... that&#39;s how I landed up with a duodenal ulcer the last time, I was taking too many of them for mt back pain.   Oh boy getting old isn&#39;t for sissy&#39;s&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMaybe we&#39;ll get out and about a bit today, as it&#39;s our last day here at this campground, the RV goes in for slideout repair tomorrow and then we&#39;ll move on north.<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a very happy Monday&#33;&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-04-23 21:04:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174374,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 21:21:26',NULL,'','Hi de Ho guys..<br />\n<br />\na mostly sunny day here in Van Nuys....<br />\nWe both are fine.. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> <br />\nNow to the business at hand...hehehehehhe<br />\n<br />\nMarylou it was JUST a menu suggestion…<br />\n<br />\nMaria was your tongue green for days too&#33; <br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita Wow both granddaughters did good 2nd isn’t nothing to sneeze at … they will get em next time..<br />\n<br />\nMelanie oh my u guys living dangerously.. dog cat and hamster.. wow… LOL<br />\n<br />\nRobert I know what you mean… it&#39;s great to look forward to stuff huh&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJackie I hope you feel better…<br />\n<br />\nSmile','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-23 21:21:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174380,2549,1,18,169362,'2007-04-23 22:56:40',NULL,'','hey hey everyone... can you believe it.. we had rain again OMG... i have to give the doggies a bath more often during rainy season......LOL LOL <br />\n<br />\nShari glad you had a nice evening out... you deserve it.. you have been ouchy to long and dealing with the mommy too....<br />\n<br />\nJoey could you imagine a hamster with my 5 rotties LOL poor thing.....i could just see it... dog cat and hamster...<br />\n<br />\nCharlie lamb sounds good ... wish Gary liked it more ... like i said b4 i have it when he goes to desert with his friends ,,, and i have all the mexican food i can eat while he is gone.... ... i am making tonight a chicken stew <br />\n<br />\nJackie ./ maybe you have a cold that has settled in you shoulder , with  all that damp weather you have been having can do it .....hope it feels better soon......<br />\n<br />\neveryone have a good dveing... talk at ya laters <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-04-23 22:56:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174478,488,1,18,169362,'2007-04-24 12:19:31',NULL,'','TUESDAY - April 24th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies...Another beautiful day here in Pa.  It went up to 84 yesterday afternoon - folks are walking around in shorts - one week ago they were shoveling snow.  I&#39;m not complaining though.  Jim is back at work and happy to be there and things are going a little better at night with his CPAP machine.  We are both getting used to it and actually getting some sleep - although he is getting more than I am.  He is still quite restless all night and I usually end up in the guest room by about 3AM.<br />\n<br />\nMaria - hope things go well for you today with the Dr.  We will be anxious to hear what he says.  <br />\n<br />\nRobert - Welcome back - glad that you got the Saturn up and running.<br />\n<br />\nMelBelle - sorry you have been under the weather.  Hope you are doing better today.  We missed you here.<br />\n<br />\nToday is house cleaning day and then we will officially be ready to leave early Thursday morning.  Time to go check the weather and see what kind of driving weather we are in for.   I hope everyone has a great day - I&#39;ll be back later to see what is going on.  Wherever you go today - take alone a smile.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-04-24 12:19:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174537,3017,1,18,169362,'2007-04-24 16:54:40',NULL,'','Good morning from Stockton&#33;<br />\n<br />\nYesterday turned ot to be an artsy-craftsy sort of day.  Picked up the shirts to paint for &#39;Team Britto&#39;.  Tound a easy reading font to use for the words and then I will put a toque on the &#39;O&#39;.  I&#39;m thinking of putting - a guy who can talk the toque&#39;, but I need to get the fronts done first.<br />\n<br />\nLacquered the bases and they are ready to be turned over to John on Wednesday, which is when I meet for the rest of the specifics on the risers he wants.  <br />\n<br />\nAlso decorated a plant pot with cocktail things, you know the things that bartenders hang on drinks, like monkeys, mermaids, that sort of thing.  I collect those and cocktail stirrers. <br />\n<br />\nToday, I&#39;m heading over to the theater (oh, what a surprise&#33;), so not much will get done at home.  <br />\n<br />\nTonia - if you want to join us tonight, I&#39;m making tacos...with homemade tortillas&#33;   All you can eat&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMelbelle - welcome back and it&#39;s good to hear that you are feeling better.  There&#39;s nothing like getting sick to make you appreciate feeling better.<br />\n<br />\nRobert, if you get tired of that rain, just send it towards California.  We&#39;re still 61% of normal here and there&#39;s no more rain predicted for the month.<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou, in case I miss you tomorrow, have a wonderful and safe trip.  I can&#39;t wait to hear all about your adventures&#33;  John&#39;s son, the one who just returned from Iraq, is taking his six-year old daughter to Disneyland before heading up to Stockton.  She still has no idea they are going there today.  She&#39;ll have stories to tell&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTo everyone, have a grand day&#33;  Let&#39;s be careful out there.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-04-24 16:54:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174541,2626,1,18,169362,'2007-04-24 17:19:22',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Morning My friends, Charlie thats right I think California is in the worst drought than we are in <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' />  I beleive we are getting all your Rain Ill try and send some your way we are in a Severe Thunderstorm, Hail and Tornado warnings for tonight <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/ohmy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':ohmy:\' /> , I know you have been having a lot of Brush Fires as well <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/ohmy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':ohmy:\' />  Mary Lou Hiya My friend, I got the saturn up and running <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> Ive been doing a lot of things since I have gotten a lot of my strength back, Hiya Joey My friend hows the real Estate Buisness&#33; LOL&#33;  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' /> I hope everythings going good for you, My Mother used to collect Green stamps and boy did she get some good things, I had to lick them all as a kid and put them in the Books&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes2:\' />  Yuck&#33; Patooie <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' /> Cheryl hiya My friend, Remind me to let you know about the Conquest and Ports of call when I return, Ill also post a review I wish more of us would post them&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> Now I can start figuring out what I need for the cruise and how to slim down my Luggage, we havent been on Carnival in 4 Years, weve taken two cruises with them but never on the conquest&#33;  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> Well Ive rambled on like a ninny&#33; And I dont know what a Ninny is <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' /> But Ive heard it somewhere&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> All My friends here have a safe week and God Bless you and your Familys as well&#33; Thanks for being &quot;MY FRIEND&quot; A person couldnt have such a great bunch of friends like alll of you&#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','2007-04-24 17:19:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174581,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-24 20:10:12',NULL,'','Good morning all.  Well, I washed the exterior windows yesterday afternoon and within an hr, the sky darkened and rain and hail began.  it hasn&#39;t stopped raining since.  The streets are flooded and it is pounding down on the house as I write this.  Charlie, wish I could send some to you.  Mary Lou, hope you have a wonderful, relaxing vacation.  Will Jim have to take the breathing machine with him?  Robert, looks like we are sharing the same weather.  Heard you guys had some tornadoes up around your way - please stay safe and dry.  Maria, what&#39;s the word from the doc?  Jackie, glad you are feeling better - do you think the pain could have been related to all the rainy weather you have been experieincing?  Mel, hope you are feeling much better - I get that horrible dizziness and room spinning if I go too long between my B-12 shots - it ain&#39;t fun.   The local news just came on and they are saying that it is starting to snow in the foothills and have had 6-8 inches of ground cover in the past hr.  It is 35 degreees here now, so hope it stays above freezing but they did just put us under a winter storm watch.  Hasn&#39;t any of them looked at a calendar lately???  Mercedes and Rose have been somewhat quiet - what are you 2 gals up to?  Shari,  will keep praying for your healing.  Joey, anything new on the house?  Well, guess I had better get myself ready and venture out into the streets that now look like lakes - would rather not, but I have to go to the grocery store and I am afraid if I put it off too long, I may be going in snow instead of rain.  Good day to all....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-24 20:10:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174620,2549,1,18,169362,'2007-04-24 22:53:29',NULL,'','hey everyone ...<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nMary lou ... VERY IMPORTANT.... look at Jims machine and make sure it is not a RESMED S8 Generator with date of JULY 2004 to May 15 2006... could have a short in it and cut off .... they make the machines for sleep apnea ... Just heard it on the news ... i am hoping you don&#39;t have one.......... <br />\n<br />\nCharlie LOL ,, heheheh ok i will take three tacos... LOL and a case of asparagus.... LOL we are having leftovers... tonight....<br />\n<br />\nCheryl gezzzzzzzzzzz we need rain send it to us please.....see you bought it on with washing the windows<br />\n<br />\nRobert ... you be safe with all the storms and twisters... head below ground it they come your way....i remember the stamps .. but i use a sponge....i wasn&#39;t ;icking all those things....<br />\n<br />\nMelanie nice to see ya posting again sorry to hear you were under the weather ... i bet that vertigo is terrible...does it get worst when your under stress ??... i know this sounds crazy but someone told me that yoga helps with this ... thats what i have heard... not sure.. <br />\n<br />\ni am going to try tai chi to see if i can lower my blood pressure and help with my pain in my knees etc... i person at work told me about how it has helped her , i thought i would try it.. they have a class at 0700am right after i get off work.. so that may be a an answer to helping me sleep better too.. i am going to check out some places soon....<br />\n<br />\neveryone have a good day.... later gators <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-04-24 22:53:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174625,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-24 23:00:00',NULL,'','Tonia, if you need rain, just give the dogs a bath.  Guess that isn&#39;t an exact science though.  Am making a beef stew for dinner as it is cold and yucky out - Tonia inspired me with her chicken stew from yesteray.  I hope the tai chi helps, keep us posted...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-24 23:00:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174626,334,1,18,169362,'2007-04-24 23:06:24',NULL,'','Afternoon all&#33; I promised myself I&#39;d get over here today as a reward for all my hard work. Well the porch is finally back to normal after all the posts got replaced, I finished the last coat of paint this afternoon. What a job&#33; I&#39;m still in the catch up mode here but trying to get things done as quick as I can. I finally made it for a haircut today after trying for the last 10 days to no avail.<br />\n<br />\nMy son is graduating FSU on Saturday and I&#39;ve got to pack and still figure out what to wear. Also his birthday is next weekend but I&#39;ll be heading out on the Sovereign so I have gift shopping to do too. Good think I&#39;m an expert at packing. LOL&#33; He&#39;ll be moving back home in a couple of weeks and then working for my DH until he finds something else or he decides to become an accountant. He&#39;s still not sure. <br />\n<br />\nNo tile floor yet, It&#39;s driving me nuts as we&#39;re living on concrete and throw rugs at the moment. I&#39;m hoping to start the hallway after we get back on Sunday from graduation. I&#39;m holding off on the computer room for sure until after our trip on the Sovereign. I really need that mini vacation........I just want to do absolutely nothing for 3 days except read and partake in a few cold Miller Lites. LOL<br />\n<br />\nHope that everyone is well and that your families are also OK. I&#39;ll try to stop in a couple of more times this week. Belated Happy Birthdays and Bon Voyages to all I&#39;ve missed lately. Hope they were all wonderful&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-04-24 23:06:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174629,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-24 23:36:13',NULL,'','Hi Guys &#33;&#33; Nothing new on this end<br />\nRose congratulations on your son&#39;s graduation&#33; Bravo&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMelanie hope u feel better soon&#33; for you and all that are under the weather... or just needing a pick me up&#33;<br />\n&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://www.joeyanddavid.us/GWSballoons.gif&quot; /&gt;<br />\n<br />\nCherly; Robert No news yet........ it will happen....<br />\n<br />\nSmile ... oh by the way i got this in the mail today ....<br />\n&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://www.joeyanddavid.us/CB.jpg&quot; /&gt;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-24 23:36:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174630,2549,1,18,169362,'2007-04-24 23:37:34',NULL,'','JOEY LOL LOL .... how neat','terumim','terumim','2007-04-24 23:37:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174636,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 00:25:56',NULL,'','Hi All,<br />\nI&#39;m sitting at Gib&#39;s RV in their lounge right now - waiting for our RV...should be done by 3 pm.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, Although my shoulder is responding to the anti-inflammatories I still have some pain in it... it was particularly sore last night every time I turned onto that side in bed.<br />\nGoodness you&#39;ve sure had rain - so have we but I think it&#39;s par for the course here in Oregon.<br />\n<br />\nJoey... how neat - she&#39;s a great lady&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMaria... have you got results yet?<br />\n<br />\nTonia... are you still having problems with the knee?  Isn&#39;t Tai Chi kinda strenouos... I don&#39;t know too much about it.<br />\n<br />\nWell all - we&#39;ll be happy to get back on the road again this afternoon - speak to you all later.','zebra','zebra','2007-04-25 00:25:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174658,334,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 00:46:03',NULL,'','Pretty neat Joey. Hope that the RV gets moving soon Jackie and Tony.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-04-25 00:46:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174702,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 04:12:30',NULL,'','Yeah - we&#39;re moving again.<br />\nWe have just arrived at Winchester Bay... so you can read about our day on our journal...we&#39;re going to be here for a week.  It&#39;s drop dead gorgeous.<br />\n<br />\nHey Rose, why didn&#39;t you guys go on a nice relaxing cruise after the exhausting tax season.  We always used to do that.... it was what drove me through the season :)','zebra','zebra','2007-04-25 04:12:30',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174718,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 04:24:06',NULL,'','Joey, that is so cool that you got the pic.  I think Carol Brunette is such a classy lady.  Are you gonna&#39; frame it?  Still pouring down rain, the stream thru the open space behind our house is way over the banks now.  Supposed to turn into snow late tonight but back up in the 50&#39;s tomorrow afternoon, so don&#39;t think it will stick around.  Jackie, glad the repairs were finished in time for you to get back on the road today.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-25 04:24:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174719,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 04:42:58',NULL,'','<br />\nBut of course.. It is den art.. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-25 04:42:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174721,754,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 05:14:40',NULL,'','Hey guys,<br />\n<br />\nGood news/bad news............good news no surgery on the shoulder. I  have bursitis/tendonitis whidh is better than surgery (I think) Dr. said maybe not as surgery would correct a problem but this will be ongoing. So I have to ice it and take 800 mgs of motrin for the pain.<br />\n<br />\nWent to the knee doctor this afternoon and he is still leaning towards the torn miniscus. I go for the MRI tomorrow for that and will get the results next Wednesday. He said if in fact it is that and he has to do surgery while I am sleeping he will give me a shot in my heel for my plantar facitius sp? lol<br />\n<br />\nWell, I will take each day as it comes because it certainly could be worse. My doctor says I am a tough one to read as I don&#39;t complain. He said what he was doing with my knee I should have been really complaining but I have a high tolerance for pain.<br />\n<br />\nAnyway just wanted to get you guys up to speed. Hope everyone is well<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-04-25 05:14:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174735,274,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 11:28:00',NULL,'','Good Morning, Cruise Crazies&#33;<br />\n<br />\nLooks like it&#39;s going to warm up here in the Twin Cities.  It will be around 70 by Thursday or Friday, and up to 80 by Sunday&#33;  Yea&#33;  Took mom for her MRI, and she made it through it.  She isn&#39;t moving well at all.  She will be getting a schedule for her physical and hip surgery soon.  Kind of worried about her as she&#39;s going to be 80 years old this July, but she really needs, and wants, the surgery since she is in so much pain and can&#39;t move very well.  My daughter and granddaughter stopped by tonight.  They had dinner with us and it was so nice to spend time with them.  My daughter has been so busy.  Can&#39;t believe her company is having her work from early morning till around 7 at night when she&#39;s only six weeks away from delivering her baby. They had her traveling out of state, too, with both her pregnancies.  I&#39;m looking forward to her taking some time off when the baby comes.<br />\n<br />\nMercedes...glad you&#39;re having nice weather, and that you had a nice weekend with Kaylee&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou...glad things are drying up there.  Hope you have a wonderful and safe vacation&#33;<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita...love that pic of your granddaughter&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMelanie...sorry to hear that your vertigo came back.  Glad you are feeling better.  I had it for around six weeks once and went for PT.  It did help some.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie...love your great attitude on life&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJackie...hope your shoulder is feeling better, soon&#33;<br />\n<br />\nRobert...stay safe in those storms&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCheryl...you sure have had your share of bad weather this year.  Hope you have a wonderful and a safe vacation.  Thank you so much for the prayers.  I really appreciate them.<br />\n<br />\nTonia...good luck with your tai chi class.  Hope it helps your knees and blood pressure.  Be sure to check the BP with the doctor, too, though&#33;<br />\n<br />\nRose...glad that your porch is done...congratulations to your son on his graduation and Happy Birthdqy to him.  Hope you have a wonderful and a safe vacation.<br />\n<br />\nJoey and David...love the picture of Carol.  I used to watch her show all the time.  Love her&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMaria...glad you don&#39;t need surgery, but I know it&#39;s no fun with bursitis and tendinitis.  The ice does help, though.  Hope all goes well with the MRI for the knee.<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a wonderful day&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-04-25 11:28:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174742,488,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 13:07:53',NULL,'','WEDNESDAY - April 25th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies....Well today is crunch day - little odds and ends to tie up today and now I know why I love cruising - it is so easy.  It is very hard packing for a land trip - lots of little things to think about.  When we cruise the clothes go in the luggage and we are ready&#33;&#33;  Now it is packing for a 3 day road trip - a 6 day vacation and then another 3 day in Ft. Myers plus the trip home.  Since the place in Ft. Myers is all closed up we have to take a lot of things (sheets, towels, etc.) for our stay there and I also have a lot of extra things here I want to leave there - extra pots and pans, dishes, etc.  We are looking forward to it though and just hope we have good weather while we are in Disney.  I will be sure to bring back a photo of granddaughter when she finally gets the news that she is going to Cindarellas Castle - although Jim thinks she already knows and is simply humoring us by not letting on.  LOL<br />\n<br />\nMaria - glad you won&#39;t need surgery on your shoulder - hope you get some relief soon.   Good luck with the MRI on your knee.  <br />\n<br />\nJoey - Hopefully by the time we get back you will have good news on the same of your house.  Love the photo of Carol Burnett.  As others have said she is one classy lady and I loved her shows.  <br />\n<br />\nTonia - THANK YOU&#33;  Fortunately Jim&#39;s CPAP was not one of the ones recalled but I had not heard anything about a problem with them and checked it out right away.  Incidentally - made your Potato Salad recipe last night and it was a huge success.  Everyone loved it - the dressing was so nice and light.  <br />\n<br />\nCheryl - Hope your weather clears soon.  Hopefully you will not get any more snow.  I think I would really &quot;lose it&quot; right now if I saw another flake hit the ground.  <br />\n<br />\nRose - congratulations on your sons graduation - a wonderful accomplishment.  Also enjoy your celebratory cruise.  <br />\n<br />\nShari - take care of that leg while I&#39;m away.  Hopefully you will have good news when I return.  <br />\n<br />\nCharlie - I will miss reading about your theater adventures.  Good luck with your Iron Chef work.  <br />\n<br />\nJackie &amp; Tony - travel safe - I will have a lot of catching up to do when I get back.  I am enjoying your travel journal./<br />\n<br />\nRobert - stay well and safe.  Watch that weather out your way.  <br />\n<br />\nWell TJ will be here in about 1/2 hour so I&#39;d better get a move on.  I need to close all our bags or he will help me by unpacking.  I&#39;ll check back later - in the meantime SMILE.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-04-25 13:07:53',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174759,2549,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 15:20:46',NULL,'','maria ... so glad you won&#39;t need the surgery.....but sometime i think the tendonitis is just as bad ...i know what ya mean by high pain level...<br />\n<br />\nmary lou glad it wan&#39;t ,,, when i saw that i had to put it on the board right away just in case .... you have a good time on you mini vacation ......<br />\n<br />\nrose .. i could almost see ya at the graduation ... In your head could hear ya saying &quot; all done all done WE are FREE &quot;... your cruise will be great way to celebrate<br />\n<br />\nshari ... sorry they are pushing the daughter so hard...<br />\n<br />\nwell going to go see the movie Fracture w/ anthony hopkins ,,, its suppose to be a great movie,,, going w a friend today... then lunch .... ....i don&#39;t work tonight i have two days off ...<br />\n<br />\nthats about it <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-04-25 15:20:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174766,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 16:08:11',NULL,'','MaryLou I know I&#39;m late....But Be safe and have a great time....','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-25 16:08:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174770,2613,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 16:25:15',NULL,'','Good Morning:<br />\nIt will be a bit cooler than yesterday, but still a beautiful day today.  Mary Lou, enjoy your vacation.  Maria I am happy to hear that you will not need surgery and I hope you get good news about your knee.  Rose, congratulations on your son’s graduation, you must be very proud of him, and Happy Birthday to him also, and enjoy your cruise, you have a lot going on <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' /> .  Shari, I hope your leg is feeling better today and I wish your Mom the best with her surgery.  Jackie, I hope your shoulder is not as painful as it was.<br />\nHave a great day everyone <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> .','mercedes','mercedes','2007-04-25 16:25:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174775,3017,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 16:44:16',NULL,'','Good morning from Stockton  - where auto thef had dropped 32%, but we are still second in the nation... never come to Stockton in a Honda Civic&#33; <br />\n<br />\nHad a crazy, but great day yesterday.  Spent the morning in the office, trimming a fundraising program and then the afternoon in the box office.  It was certainly different than the time previous as all the odd questions came yesterday.  It took nearly an hour just to get the book work put together because of the phones...got through it and that&#39;s what counts&#33;  Also, I&#39;d much rather have the odd questions now while Cynthia is still sitting there.<br />\n<br />\nA high point for me, and many of you can relate, for the first time in nearly three yeats, I made it through the day without any pain medication.  Even better I work up completely pain free this morning.  Might have finally turned the corner - sure hope so&#33;<br />\n<br />\nToday should be a mad dash.  Have a meeting with John and will turn over the bases and a tee shirt for Irene (she get the only one that does have *ahem* extra paint on it.  Never use a new produce without testing it first - this I should know by now..  The paint remained wet for hours&#33;  <br />\n<br />\nThen it&#39;s off to the theater.  I&#39;m taking the secretary and production manager to lunch today at Student Chef - both are first-timers, so I&#39;m hoping it&#39;ll be good.  <br />\n<br />\nThen more box office training - whoo hoo.  Maybe I&#39;ll even be able to input all the checks and credit card orders that we got yesterday.  Between the phone and walk ups, we got to input five total sales...sigh...<br />\nI hate having stuff that isn&#39;t where it&#39;s supposed to be.<br />\n<br />\nThink maybe I&#39;ll stay home tomorrow.....<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - how is the rain doing?  Stopped, I hope.  Perhaps the lesson to be learned is don&#39;t wash anything (windows, dogs, cars, etc) unless you want it to rain...or unless you live in California and want the rain.<br />\n<br />\nTonia - how is the Tai Chi doing?   Anything that gives relief is worth a shot...pardon the expression.  Hey, we missed you at dinner last night.  We&#39;re doing sausage and peppers tonight - a throw together dish, since I&#39;ll be late again....or at least late enough for Chris to do all the prep.<br />\n<br />\nRose - Happy sails&#33;  You deserve a break and all that sutff will wait.  Also congrats on your son&#39;s graduation.  What is his major?  I know you mention accounting, but wasn&#39;t sure if that was it.<br />\n<br />\nJoey - great photo.  I&#39;ve always had a lot of respect for her.  She never lost her sense of class or humor, no matter how dark the times.  She&#39;s also one of the few &#39;stars&#39; that I&#39;d love to sit and chat with just about life and stuff. <br />\n<br />\nMaria - tendonitis is sucky, but it&#39;s better than surgery.  I have it in my leg and did battle with it for three months before going to the doctor.  he told me to stop walking so much and it calmed it down.  Am hoping your solution will be as simple and successful&#33;  I think all women have a higher tolenrance for pain, proably has something to do with child birthing and other scientific reasons, but mostly i think it&#39;s because of a long association with guys and housework....<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou - safe journey and have a wonderful trip.  <br />\n<br />\nRobert - glad to hear that you are still in there swinging.  Remember, it&#39;s all good&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTo everyone else, have a grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-04-25 16:44:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174777,2613,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 16:46:35',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nCharlie, that&#39;s great news. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-04-25 16:46:35',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174799,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 18:19:14',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\nI sure hope so .. thats great news about the pain free... must feel strange .. huh.. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wub.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wub:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nand yeah i would love to have lunch...with her...hey maybe if her assistant remakes an offer i can use it as a negotiating tool...well wait a minute .. I am sure Miss Burnett may have something to say about it&#33; ...<br />\n<br />\nStay safe Charlie<br />\n<br />\njoey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-25 18:19:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174803,754,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 18:30:29',NULL,'','Thanks all for your well wishes....I will have to learn pain management with the shoulder..........the knee MRI was pushed to 2:30 as they are so busy. I was glad they called and didn&#39;t let me sit there for two hours.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie..........kudos for your pain free day......each day without pain is a blessing.<br />\n<br />\nCatch you all later...........<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Remember to do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return &#33;&#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','teacp','teacp','2007-04-25 18:30:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174804,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 18:45:00',NULL,'','<br />\nso Maria as far as you are concerned is that a positive or a negative??....','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-25 18:45:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174809,754,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 19:12:32',NULL,'','Well Joey it is two sided.......even though I hate surgery....at least if it is surgery you go to physical therapy and that is usually the end of it.....Ken had rotator cuff surgery last year and within two months he was playing golf again and today is just about pain free..........with the bursitis it is ongoing so I don&#39;t know it is a catch 22.............<br />\n<br />\nThat is a great pic of Carol Burnett','teacp','teacp','2007-04-25 19:12:32',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174811,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 19:28:13',NULL,'','thanks.. yeah i know .... lets hope the medications get better...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-25 19:28:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174815,334,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 19:37:08',NULL,'','Wow you are all so busy today. Good afternoon crazies. I&#39;ve been off on my errands this morning and need to figure out what to wear to graduation today since I may be babysitting my DD&#39;s friends son tomorrow. It&#39;s a lovely warm day in Central Florida. Looks pretty warm the rest of the week too. <br />\n<br />\nJackie we can only manage the 3 dayer next weekend as we also have DS graduating from Florida State this weekend. I&#39;m sure there will be another trip in our future.<br />\n<br />\nMaria excellent news on the shoulder. Hopefully you&#39;ll be able to manage the pain with Advil. Hope the MRI on the knee turns out better than expected too. <br />\n<br />\nShari, I know how hard it is to watch our parents age. Dad had knee replacement surgery at 80 because he couldn&#39;t take it anymore. I&#39;ll keep good thoughts for her.<br />\n<br />\nMaryLou I agree cruise packing is so much easier. Hang in there, you&#39;ll get it all done and be on your way. Hope your trip is great and drive safely&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTonia, I&#39;m saying &quot;One down, one to go.&quot; LOL&#33; Can&#39;t wait for this cruise. How wonderful that you have 2 days off, enjoy them.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie, I hope your painless days continue. My son majored in History and Music but didn&#39;t take any teaching courses so they are both pretty worthless and he&#39;ll need more school but at least it&#39;s not on my dime LOL&#33; He&#39;ll be working in accounting with my DH at least for now.<br />\n<br />\nJoey I would love to meet Carol Burnett&#33; I always remember her ear pull and the gentleness that she seems to have.<br />\n<br />\nRobert hope all is well.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl hope your weather has improved. <br />\n<br />\nWell all off to catch up on some housework. Hope you have a great afternoon.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-04-25 19:37:08',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174816,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 19:59:11',NULL,'','Good morning all.  Goodness, the Dock is busy this morning - I love it&#33;&#33;  First of all, I realize that her name is Carol Burnett, not Brunette like I wrote last night - maybe my mind was on the fact that I need to pick up hair coloring today and take care of the pesky gray that is peeking thru.  Sometime during the night, the rain/ snow mix stopped and it was sunny when I woke up this morning - yeah&#33;&#33;&#33;  I have to go run errands today in preparation for our trip tomorrow.  Hope everyone&#39;s &quot;oowies&quot; are on the mend, those traveling have a wonderful and safe trip, and everyone has a wonderful productive week.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-25 19:59:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174843,334,1,18,169362,'2007-04-25 21:17:12',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\nI&#39;m having the same idea as you.....LOL','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-04-25 21:17:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174950,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-04-26 06:03:24',NULL,'','That makes three of us - I&#39;m horribly overdue&#33;&#33;&#33;   :)','zebra','zebra','2007-04-26 06:03:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174956,573,1,18,169362,'2007-04-26 06:08:27',NULL,'','Oh my - count me in.  Isn&#96;t it weird how those grey ones stick out kind of funny....sort of have a mind if their own.  Thats why I get streaks then the grey isn&#96;t so noticible.<br />\n<br />\nDo you think we will ever just give in and àge gracefully&#96;or are we doomed to a life of Nice and Easy and beauty parlours lol','hazelson','hazelson','2007-04-26 06:08:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(174993,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-26 06:27:37',NULL,'','Jenn, I will be covering the gray until I am too old to lift my arms to do it.  As the old Oil of Olay commercial used to say &quot;I don&#39;t intend to grow old gracefully, I&#39;m going to fight it every step of the way&quot;.  I imagine eventually I will start using a lighter color, but not ready to give in yet&#33;&#33;&#33;  I have no gray right now as I just finished doing the deed...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-26 06:27:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175021,488,1,18,169362,'2007-04-26 13:02:16',NULL,'','THURSDAY - April 26th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies....The car is all packed and we will be on the road in a couple of hours.  I just hope today goes a lot better than yesterday did.  I finished up the last minute packing, did all my errands and decided to sit down around 1PM to finish off the yummy crab legs left over from dinner the other night.  When I took the butter from the fridge it was very soft and I realized the crab was not as cold as it should be.  Checked the thermometer in the fridge and it read 65 - WOW.  Went and got the other thermometer from the garage fridge and sure enough my unit was not working&#33;  This fridge is less than 2 years old and caused us lots of problems when we bought it.  It took Sears 2 1/2 months and 5 deliveries to get the order right and only got resolved after we got Sears headquarters involved.  (They actually delivered one unit with a freezer door missing and told us they would &quot;order one for us and have it shipped to us&quot; )  So I cleaned out the unit, put as much stuff in the garage as I could and called Sears.  I explained the problem I was having and the CS rep told me she would have to get authorization for an emergency repair.  After being put on hold time and time again they finally got authorization for emergency repair - on MAY 3&#33;&#33;&#33;To say this is where I lost my cool would be an understatement.  I fought with this woman for another 15 minutes and then spent over an hour fighting with 2 different supervisors -  The final straw was when I told them I would be away until May 10th and they told me they were booked up for the 10th and 11th but would try and squeeze me in on the 12th.  I swear I actually had steam coming out of my ears.  Jim was livid when he got home from work but we went out to dinner and decided we are not going to let this spoil this trip for us.  We are going to unplug the unit (I&#39;m afraid there might be a short or something like that wrong with it) and go away and enjoy ourselves.  Besides a long car trip will give me plenty of time to compose a really long, detailed letter to Sears HQ&#39;s for when I get back and our son is getting us the name of someone high up in the Corp to send the letter to rather than just to Customer Service.   He got us a name to call when we had the original problem and we got results right away - unfortunately I didn&#39;t keep the name - never thought I would have any more use for it.  So that is my long sad tale and I&#39;m not giving it another thought.  (It felt good to vent a bit - thanks friends)<br />\n<br />\nI will miss our daily chats while I am gone - don&#39;t know if I will find any internet access along the way til we get to Ft. Myers.  I hope everyone stays well or heals while I&#39;m away and I&#39;m sure I will have lots to tell you when we return.  I know I will have a lot of catching up to do.   Someone - please start a new Daily Dock on May 1st.   It&#39;s 6AM - time to get Jim up and moving and get ready to take the dog to the kennel.  See you all in 2 weeks.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-04-26 13:02:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175041,139,1,18,169362,'2007-04-26 16:14:31',NULL,'','Mary Lou and Jim--have a great trip&#33; Enjoy yourselves. Don&#39;t let Sears spoil it. We found out 11 years ago that Sear Customer Service is an oxymoron. Our problem also involved a refrigerator. The house we presently live in we had built before we were married. We ordered a frig from Sears and their contracted delivery service lost the darn thing. They never did find it. It took an extra week to get one as the delivery service said they delivered it to our address--which they didn&#39;t. A couple years after we moved in we were telling our neighbor across the street this story and they laughed. They told us when they were moving in, around the same time as us, they found a new frig in their garage. They had the exact same kind purchased by their builder. When they called Sears about this they were told that was impossible as they had no record of this. They tried 3 different times to get them to pick it up and they never did. Finally they gave it to a relative&#33;','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-04-26 16:14:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175049,3017,1,18,169362,'2007-04-26 16:46:52',NULL,'','Good morning from Stockton - the spot made famous in the poem, &quot;Casey at the Bat&quot;  We have another lovely day ahead and again I woke pain free - this is so easy to get used to&#33;<br />\n<br />\nYesterday was a bear in the box office.  I input season ticket sales all afternoon, which was okay, but a little boring.  Then when it came time to do the closing out - nothing matched.  Two computer which talk to each other for each transaction said that we made &#036;200 more in computer sales than the other computer and all the transactions match.  Everyone is stumped.  After three hours, we gave up and left it for today.  The checks balance to the penny, it was just the credit card sales.  Somebody help the Captain - Rose, can I borrow your son???<br />\n<br />\nCame home to a very unhappy husband - while I was gone, the gardeners had torn out all our plants in back.  We knew it was going to happen, but it still hurts to see them all gone.<br />\n<br />\nAlso found out that Princess is relocating the Tahitian next summer to Alaska.  We were planning to take her through Tahiti.  Now we have to see what ship will be sent there.  I&#39;m hoping it&#39;s not the Island.  <br />\n<br />\nOur Sear horror story - our new washer and dryer.  We walked into the applicance area and picked out the machine we wanted and were told we couldn&#39;t have it because it was no longer being made.  We needed this information and that information and even if they still carried it, we couldn&#39;t have it within a month because it would have to be shipped via the warehouse.  This guy worked so hard to NOT sell us anything.  We went over to Home Depot, explained what we wanted.  &quot;Oh, you mean these?  Absolutely no problem, they will be deliever at 2 on Thursday )this was Saturday) and at 1:45 on Thursday, there was a call.  &quot;We&#39;re on our way to deliver your appliances.&quot;  All smiles, all service leads to very happy customers.  And thenSears wonders why its sales are falling...hmmm, that&#39;s a toughie...<br />\n<br />\nI&#39;ve had gray hair since my early 20&#39;s and have been battling it.  Being a dark brunette, it was a tough battle until two years ago when I finally gave up and went platimum blonde -now it&#39;s no worries.  Most of my roots are gray and they don&#39;t show up as badly with the blonde.  Still have to do the &quot;Does she or doesn&#39;t she&quot; Tango, but it&#39;s much easier and Chris loves being married to a blonde.  <br />\n<br />\nThis morning, I&#39;m headed back to the theater to see what has to be done with the books, then it&#39;s off for a hair cut and then back home.  I need a break from the box office - this is what is so great about being a volunteer&#33;  And after last night, I don&#39;t think Chris is took keen on me taking the box office on as a full time job...neither is Charlie.  It will be much easier today to just work on John&#39;s tiers and be done with it.  Also have a mess of housework to do.<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone is having a grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-04-26 16:46:52',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175050,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-26 16:46:57',NULL,'','Good Morning Crazies...<br />\n<br />\nMaryLou and Jim ... safe Travels....<br />\n<br />\nits supposed to warm up here for the next few days ... that will be nice for a change..<br />\n<br />\nI&#39;ll check in later .. nothing new ....','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-26 16:46:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175078,334,1,18,169362,'2007-04-26 19:05:36',NULL,'','Morning Crazies or should I say Afternoon since we&#39;re approaching that hour. Very warm sunny day here in Florida highs in the upper 80&#39;s. Guess summer is coming. Pretty quiet this morning so I enjoyed it. Still have to finish packing for DS&#39;s graduation but I&#39;m getting there. We are babysitting the 1 1/2 yr old today so I need to keep my energy LOL&#33; I remember now why they give kids to young people&#33; I&#39;m sure we&#39;ll be fine once he sees the bubbles I bought. Remember those carefree days? I&#39;m sure I&#39;ll love it too.<br />\n<br />\nGlad we have all taken care of those gray areas...... <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> It always seems to take 10 years off of me or at least I feel better about myself. <br />\n<br />\nMarylou and Jim hope you have a great trip. <br />\n<br />\nKeith that is pretty funny about Sears, at least you figured out where the frig went. <br />\n<br />\nCharlie I had the same experience with Sears so I went elsewhere. The only thing I owned that was Sears was a microwave. It was bought over 20 years ago and I couldn&#39;t kill it, but finally got rid of it because of it&#39;s size. My sister had a frig from them that broke down every 58 days, exactly. That was pretty wierd.<br />\n<br />\nSorry about the garden Charlie, it&#39;s the pits when you work so hard and it&#39;s gone in minutes.<br />\n<br />\nJoey wish something would be new for you.......your too quiet&#33;<br />\n<br />\nRobert, Shari, Tonia and Mercedes where are you? Hope everything is OK. You all usually check in by now.<br />\n<br />\nHope that everyone has a great day. Not sure I&#39;ll get back here before we leave for Tallahassee so everyone have a great weekend&#33; <br />\n<br />\nYipee&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; One down one to go&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-04-26 19:05:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175079,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-04-26 19:25:44',NULL,'','Good morning Crazy people.  It is still morning here Rose, so I can say that&#33;  We leave this afternoon for Okla.  Will stay overnight at a hotel in Kansas and get into the in-laws tomorrow afternoon.  I have to go to the bank and take the hounds to Camp Bow Wow here in a bit.  I won&#39;t have internet at all while I am away, so will be back online sometime next week.   Mary Lou, best wishes for a relaxng time for you and Jim.   Rose, I know exactly what you mean about covering the gray - not sure it makes me look younger, but in my mind it does, and that&#39;s what counts.  I always use 3 boxes of Color Silk to dye it - my hair is almost to my waist in the back and a tad bit shorter in the front, so it takes a lot of coloring.  Anyway, the last 2 times, I have just bought the 10 minute root touch up and I love it.  I always hated putting the dye on all of my hair when the roots were all that needed it.   Not much on the agenda today other than those few errands and loading up the car so that the minute Greg walks in the door and changes clothes, we can hit the road.  I really will miss chatting with you - you guys be good and try to stay out of trouble&#33;&#33;&#33;','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-04-26 19:25:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175084,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-26 19:49:46',NULL,'','yeah i know rose..... but in life as you well know ... something &quot;new&quot; is always right around the corner.... I guess i am just resting up for it&#33;<br />\n<br />\nhugs','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-26 19:49:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175085,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-26 19:56:57',NULL,'','i want to ask a question....david tints is hair too.. mustache the whole nine yards..<br />\nMy concern is for health reasons.....<br />\nAren&#39;t you people scared that whatever the chemical is that is used to turn your head another color....is going to seep into your body through osmosis and possible be a cancer causing agent... I mean isn&#39;t that stuff toxic..??? <br />\n<br />\njust a thought...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-26 19:56:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175105,2549,1,18,169362,'2007-04-26 22:20:40',NULL,'','Joey...... ummmm vanity has alot to say... weighing it.. i started turning grey at 18...<br />\n<br />\ngrey hair... very brown hair<br />\ngrey hair ... very brown hair...<br />\n<br />\nvanity or look older<br />\n<br />\nokok i thought it over toxic or not not going to walk around with grey hair... my vanity wins  along with the nails, and the toes...those things that i would just die if i had to stop any of them....Gary just laughs .. (now hes complaining about his bald spot .. told him just don&#39;t do the donald comb over is all i have to say )<br />\n<br />\ni saw thw movie FRACTURE .. very good....and had a great day with a good friend yesterday<br />\n<br />\ni just love Anthony Hopkins as a killer LOL<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-04-26 22:20:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175116,573,1,18,169362,'2007-04-26 22:46:04',NULL,'','Joey - no worries here about hair dyes  and toxins - my brain is already legally dead form menopause - and it&#39;s much more peaceful that way.  I don&#39;t waste too much time thinking anymore lol.<br />\n<br />\nI dye my hair so I feel better - when I look in the mirror - if I let it go dark (or grey) it washes me out and if I look old I feel old - not so much vanity as survival :o)<br />\n<br />\nIt sounds like most of you are off an another adventure - enjoy yourselves&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nNo Sears horror stories here - maybe Sears Canada is a better run organization.  We prefer to buy from Sears as they have a &quot;no questions asked&quot; policy if you aren&#39;t satisfied with your purchase.  DH worked there as a kid so he knows all the ins and outs lol - or where the bodies are buried tee-hee.<br />\n<br />\nGoing out shopping now - not much on the list so that means I&#39;ll find lots of great stuff.  Have to scout around for  a mother&#39;s day present as well.<br />\n<br />\nTake care all.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-04-26 22:46:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175145,2626,1,18,169362,'2007-04-26 23:45:17',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;With what we put in our stomachs and breathe in the air I dont think thatll be any worser <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-04-26 23:45:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175197,274,1,18,169362,'2007-04-27 11:10:41',NULL,'','Good morning Cruise Crazies&#33;<br />\n<br />\nIt looks like we will be having a really nice day today(Friday).  Haven&#39;t been to bed yet, LOL.  Hope to get outside for awhile and enjoy the weather.  Thanks for the well wishes for me and for mom.  Nothing new to report yet on that.  DH took a drive up North, about an hour away, where we used to have our lake place, to look at a house that he was interested in.  <br />\n<br />\nWe talked last year about moving up there and building a home, but we decided not to.  Now he is thinking again of moving.  I really don&#39;t want to move, but I have to admit I&#39;m worried about our neighborhood going downhill.   Don&#39;t really want to move an hour away from the Cities either since I want to be there for mom and our kids and grandkids, but if we found the right place I&#39;m sure it would all work out somehow.  Lots to think about&#33;  <br />\n<br />\nAll this talk about hair coloring is making me feel like I&#39;d better start coloring mine.  LOL  I have been putting it off for awhile now.<br />\n<br />\nJackie, Tonia, and Maria...hope you are feeling better.  Robert...hope you are doing well&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou, Cheryl, and Rose...have a great trip, and a safe one&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie...glad you have had some pain free days.  It is such a blessing when we get those kind of days&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHave to get to bed&#33;<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou, Tonia, Joey, Mercedes, Charlie, Maria, Rose, Cheryl, Jackie, Jen, Keith and Rita, Robert, and all Cruise Crazies...have a great day&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-04-27 11:10:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175204,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-27 14:33:59',NULL,'','Friday April 27th [/size]<br />\n<br />\nShari how nice of you to start todays daily dock&#33; thanks a bunch.... Moviing is never easy .... hang in there and keep us posted about mom...<br />\n<br />\nit was eleven years ago this morning that my father passed... We have lit a candle and as long as he is remembered he isnt gone..<br />\n<br />\nBe back later .. have a super weekend.. <br />\n<br />\nI wonder if Mebert is having fun? <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-27 14:33:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175209,2543,1,18,169362,'2007-04-27 15:07:51',NULL,'','Joey<br />\nMemories are the only things that keep people alive after they are gone - it is beautiful that you commemorate your father&#39;s yarzeit (anniversary of his passing) in a very traditional way by lighting a candle.  If you like I will mention his name during services at my Temple tonight.  If so what is his first name?[/size]   ','momwig','momwig','2007-04-27 15:07:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175210,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-27 15:18:18',NULL,'','&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://www.joeyanddavid.us/dad.jpg&quot; /&gt;<br />\n<br />\nDavid Brecker<br />\n1919 - 1996','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-27 15:18:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175218,3017,1,18,169362,'2007-04-27 16:38:21',NULL,'','Good morning from Stockton - home of the currently being held Asparagus Festival - if I hear one more &#39;spear-it&#39; joke from a talking head, I&#39;ll barf.<br />\n<br />\nAnother pain free day - I can so get used to this&#33;<br />\n<br />\nFound the accounting error - for some reason, the billing computer decided to charge two credit cards twice...since it had the same record number it didn&#39;t show up until we got the statment from the CC people.  Ya gotta love computers&#33;<br />\n<br />\nFinished off the tiers and the insets yesterday, so my portion of the &quot;Iron Chef&quot;...excuse me, &quot;Ultimate Chef&quot; competition is over.   We are currently listed on estockton.com, but there isn&#39;t much info there yet.  Hopefully, there will be more covereage, since the competition is only two weeks away.<br />\n<br />\nA quiet day in store for us today.  I&#39;m currently making Big Island Potato Salad for our get-together tomorrow.  We&#39;re out with the Crockers tonight and that&#39;s my day - yea&#33;&#33;  it&#39;s supposed to be 90 this afternoon, so it&#39;ll be a good day to laze around.<br />\n<br />\nShari - we&#39;re starting to have &#39;the moving&#39; talk as well.  We&#39;ve been here for nearly 20 years and are well established in this area, but have been really unhappy with the changes we&#39;ve seen so far.  our lease is up in July and it will really depend upon what sort of rates they offer us.  I&#39;d hate to have to move, but it is what it is.<br />\n<br />\nJoey, you are right that as long as people are remembered, they are never gone.  We have Dad sitting in the hallway in a military case.  People might think I&#39;m crazy, but I talk to him all the time.<br />\n<br />\nJoey - on the topic of hair color, people ahve been dying their hair for a long, long time.  Check out some of the ingredients in make up if you want to get really scared.  I dye my hair once every 5-6 weeks.  i can&#39;t think that&#39;s any less healthy than living in a large city with pollution or eating tons of foods with preservatives (or fast food), none of which I do.   Don&#39;t wear make-up, don&#39;t eat prepackaged foods or drink soda, don&#39;t smoke or do drugs.  Dying my hair is my little vice.  If it kills me, so be it.  <br />\n<br />\nJennifer - I&#39;m counting the days until menopause.  Looking forward to being brain dead...gotta be better than a period.<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone is having a grand day.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-04-27 16:38:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175220,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-27 16:46:00',NULL,'','<br />\nI don&#39;t think your Crazy maybe Crazie but definitely not Crazy...<br />\n<br />\nyour points on city life and preservatives in food.. great points&#33;..<br />\n<br />\njoey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-27 16:46:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175222,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-27 16:48:14',NULL,'','Sir Robert <br />\n<br />\nI didn&#39;t mean to ignore your question .. i bought another Fuji fine pix.. i already had a 1GB card for a Fuji and didn&#39;t want to waste it so i just bout the same camera as before when it went on sale...<br />\n<br />\njoey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-27 16:48:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175244,2626,1,18,169362,'2007-04-27 20:14:24',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Thanks Joey No Problemo, it sure looks like it takes good Pics&#33; You made a good choice My Friend&#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','2007-04-27 20:14:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175279,573,1,18,169362,'2007-04-27 23:43:33',NULL,'','Another rainy day - this is getting so boring.  Need to make an appointment with the vet so Kitty is all up to date with her shots before she goes to the cat shelter.  <br />\n<br />\nDon&#39;t know what it is but my breathing is really bad today - could be just having the windows all closed because it is so cold.<br />\n<br />\nWe are off my favourite spot in a little while - the garden center.<br />\n<br />\nI got my Mother a really cute chair plant stand so I want to make up a nice pot of flowers for her balcony.  If I get it potted up today and set it in the greenhouse it should look really nice for Mother&#39;s Day.<br />\n<br />\nDH does her income tax for her every year and I have had at least 20 phone calls this week about it - guess it&#39;s on her mind.  All she has to do is write a check but the simplicity of it all eludes her :o)  SHe is not computer savvy so she can&#39;t see how easy it is to e-file.<br />\n<br />\nTalk at you all later.<br />\n<br />\nMeanwhile - you all have the best day possible.....','hazelson','hazelson','2007-04-27 23:43:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175313,2549,1,18,169362,'2007-04-28 00:15:54',NULL,'','hello everyone...<br />\n<br />\nnice sunny kinda warm day.. up to 80 today....<br />\n<br />\ngarden is growing which is wonderful....it loved the rain we had last week... now i have to be careful with all the sun and heat we are suppose to have this week...<br />\n <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/cool.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':cool2:\' /> <br />\nwell they finally oked my nerve study for the wrist so in a few weeks i will know if surgery is in the cards for wrist..... ( dang i hope so this not working my normal work hours is killing me ....).. workers comp is the pits... <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/angry.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':angry:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nGary made a quiche for breakfast.. yummy spinach, mushrooms, ham....... he&#39;s making dinner tonight the rest of the ham  ( i am thinking of the beans with ham the next night really ) ....<br />\n<br />\nBoy i called around to all the places that take used furniture, but because one of cushions has a tear in it they won&#39;t take it.. so i have to have the couch just hauled away ......ya try to give something away for free and they don&#39;t want it.....oh well such is life... <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/huh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':huh2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nCharlie wish i was up there to get my share of the asparagus ....i finally got two spears on the four year old plants i forgot were out there....<br />\nSo glad you are still having pain free days... i wish i could say that<br />\n<br />\nBig Island pototoe salad .. whats the diff between that and reg potote salad ... give it up girlie<br />\n<br />\nmenopause hot flashes.. night sweats ... not any fun.. it took my doctor 1year to find the right combo to stop it all .. i still have breakthru hot flashes and night sweats ... i started menopause way early for my age.. 49 .. but it happens .....during the time i was having the bad hot flashes ... i cried why my head was in the big freezer trying to cool off...poor Gary he made it thur it all .. he really was a saint during the worst of them.....i remember one time telling Gary  &quot; i think it would have been easier being a man &quot; LOL LOL ...<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nJenn....... i love my garden center near me too.. i can spend hours walking around...looking and thinking can i plant that there at my house..... i have to tell myself  &quot; step away from the plants &quot;<br />\n<br />\nShari... nice to see ya feeling like posting.. we miss ya... have ya heard from princessone??<br />\n<br />\nJoey how nice of you to do that for your daddy....i miss both my parents and visit them ,, i always talk to my parents... especially when that hair on the back of neck stands up and tells me i shouldn&#39;t have done what i just did.. LOL ... <br />\n<br />\nRobert ....nice to see ya  hope the weather is getting better for ya .. and hope your feeling little better lately i know you have some rough days at times....<br />\n<br />\nwell all i am off the nap since i don&#39;t have to plan dinner....  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-04-28 00:15:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175410,3017,1,18,169362,'2007-04-28 17:15:10',NULL,'','Good morning from Stockton, where we hit 96 yesterday.  jeniifer, I will gladly send some of this your way if you&#39;ll send your rain to us&#33;  Today we are &#39;cooling&#39; to 93&#33;  And neither are a record for this time of year.<br />\n<br />\nHad a glorious day of not doing anything yesterday.  Aside from taking a walk, making Big Island Potato salad (Tonia - you make it with sweet potatoes, that&#39;s the secret)  I think I posted the recipe in the recipe forum awhile ago.  Had a great dinner out with the Crockers and only ripped the heads off of a few people - I know menopause isn&#39;t a walk in the park, but it has to be better than that.  Both my mom and sister waltzed through it, so I&#39;m hoping.  <br />\n<br />\nJust the usual shopping today before heading over for the cook-out.  It feels weird to have finished all my projects and not have something to do.  Am sure that will change soon&#33;  And  still no pain - yes&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJennifer - is your breathing better today?  have you decided on the flowers you&#39;re going to put in the pot?    <br />\n<br />\nLot of older folks seem fearful of the computer (and techonology in general) and there are days that I can understand why.   And look at how fast the technology changes.  Even Chris can&#39;t keep up with it and that&#39;s his job. <br />\n<br />\nTonia - good news on your wrist, band news that it&#39;s taken so long.  I had a really easy go with our w/c people, but am struggling now with the long term disability folks.  They keep asking for more and more info - once they have all your medical records, how much more stuff do they need.  Chris is starting to talk about consulting a lawyer as he feesl things are being purposefully dragged out in an attempt to make me do something rash.<br />\n<br />\nTo everyone, I hpoe you have a grand day.  Stay safe and sane&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-04-28 17:15:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175440,274,1,18,169362,'2007-04-28 21:16:44',NULL,'','Good afternoon, Cruise Crazies&#33;<br />\n<br />\nLooks like a great day today. It should get up to around 75 and sunny. Now that&#39;s my kind of weather. I like it best when it&#39;s around 75 to 80 and low humidity.  Not too cold, and not too hot. <br />\n<br />\nListened to the new &quot;Il Divo&quot; concert on a DVD that I just bought. Love those guys&#33; They are just fantastic&#33;  If you haven&#39;t heard them, yet, you should give a listen. They are four handsome young men all from different countries (Spain, France, Switzerland and America) and they all have fabulous voices, and the sound they put together is heavenly. <br />\n<br />\nJoey...you look like your dad.  Your dad will always be with you.  Hang on to your memories.  I have lost a lot of loved ones in my 59 years.  My first husband, my baby daughter, my Godmother, my dad and step-dad, my in-laws, and various relatives and a few friends, but, they are never gone from us when we have our memories.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie...glad you have another pain free day...yea&#33;   Ninety six degrees...yikes&#33;  That&#39;s too hot for me.  lol  Glad you had a nice day of relaxation yesterday.  Good luck with your decision on whether to move or not.  It&#39;s a big decision to make.  <br />\n<br />\nJen...so sad for kitty to go, but you have to take care of your health...hope your breathing improves&#33;  Take care of yourself&#33;  You just remineded me that I need to look for a mom&#39;s day pres for my mom.<br />\n<br />\nTonia...I&#39;ve been wondering myself where princessone has been.  Hope all is well with her.  Sorry to hear of the hot flashes and all.  Guess that I have been lucky in that area.  So far so good with me.  I did have some hot flashes when I was pregnant with my daughter so I know how yucky they are.  Hope all goes well with your wrist.  <br />\n<br />\nHope all Cruise Crazies have a wonderful day&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-04-28 21:16:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175456,2626,1,18,169362,'2007-04-28 22:45:21',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Thanks Dear Lady&#33; Yep Im getting back in Harness trying to get in shape for My October cruise, My daughter wants me to go Parasailing and Zipline&#33; Yeesh&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/ohmy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':ohmy:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':laugh:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-04-28 22:45:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175465,573,1,18,169362,'2007-04-28 23:02:36',NULL,'','Woke up to a loud screech and thud this morning.  Looked out the window and the neighbours fence had  all but disappeared.  A van managed to get up onto the sidewalk, between the fence and the lampost on the street (???) then overturned completely into the traffic lane.  I went over (snoopsthat I am) next door and Brenda (Neighbour) and I had a great view.  Fortunately the injuries were minor - the driver managed to crawl out of the open window and the medics were working on her in no time.  Now all Brenda has to do is get a police report so she can have her fence replaced. <br />\n<br />\nBut I do feel old - the firemen were cleaning up the scene and one looked over and said mornin&#39; Ma&#39;am.  I can remember back (ok way back) when he would have asked me for my phone number  :o(<br />\n<br />\nThe sun is out - yeah&#33;  Looks like I can get out in the yard and dig some holes without being knee deep in mud and soggy doggy doody (say that five times real fast lol)&#33;<br />\n<br />\nYesterday I bought an Akebia - very interesting plant.  It will go in the &quot;shady&quot; corner to climb on the fence and trellis.<br />\n<br />\nI&#39;m off again to the &quot;other&quot; garden centre.  Want to get my tomato plants and petunias into the green house.  I buy them small, pot them up into bigger pots and let them grow happily for three more weeks or so.  Then, by the time they are ready to go out in the yard they are healthy and large.  A couple of doese of fish fertilizer - dh gives me the muck from the pond filters - and they should be perfect.<br />\n<br />\nHave a wonderful day all.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-04-28 23:02:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175498,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-04-29 01:02:44',NULL,'','Afternoon All,<br />\n<br />\nI sure am envious of you all with your gardening and plant shopping - that used to be my best part of spring, now I have to get rid of the one and only plant that we have dragged all around the country... oh well.<br />\nThis area is so beautiful, I have been oohing and aaahing at everyones gardens the Rhodies and azaleas are stunning, so are the flowering cherry trees.<br />\n<br />\nJust a quiet day around the RV today.... sitting here overlooking the marina, watching all the comings and goings.<br />\n<br />\nJenn... we&#39;ll be crossing into BC at Sumas in about 2 weeks time - is that far from where you live?','zebra','zebra','2007-04-29 01:02:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175557,573,1,18,169362,'2007-04-29 06:44:48',NULL,'','Zebra - Sumas is about 40 minutes from us.  How long are you staying in BC for?  When it gets closer to the time and you know when you will be &quot;crossing over&quot; so to speak I can arrange to meet you somewhere, unless you want to come across at the Lynden/Aldergrove crossing and drop in here for a visit. :o)<br />\n<br />\nIf you need any info about or Beautiful British Columbia just ask&#33;','hazelson','hazelson','2007-04-29 06:44:48',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175565,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-04-29 06:53:45',NULL,'','Jenn, we&#39;ll be driving to Hope for our first night and then I think either Cache Corner or Clinton the second night.  If we see interesting stuff in our travels we&#39;ll stop and that might delay us....we don&#39;t traavel ona fixed schedule purposely, so that we can explore as much as possible along the way.  We&#39;ll be traveliing the Alcan Highway BC through the Yukon to Alaska.  We&#39;re getting very excited... the only problem is that you&#39;ll probably see very little of me here on the boards, as I&#39;ll be relying on wireless internet connections....and I&#39;ve heard that they&#39;ve very scarce.','zebra','zebra','2007-04-29 06:53:45',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175595,573,1,18,169362,'2007-04-29 07:23:57',NULL,'','We had a cabin at Kawkawa Lake at Hope when I was a kid.  Then first husband and I had a newspaper - the Cache Creek Pioneer for several years - we lived in Ashcroft.  VERY SMALL places lol. My folks had a cabin at Loon Lake outside of Clinton for a few years as well, and Clinton is even smaller still&#33;<br />\n<br />\nAre you taking the Coquihalla Highway or the Fraser Canyon?  The Canyon route is much more picturesque but it does take longer.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-04-29 07:23:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175612,3017,1,18,169362,'2007-04-29 16:29:42',NULL,'','Good morning from Stockton, everyone&#33;  Guess I&#39;m the first to clock in today.  had another nice, but hot day - got to 94.  Had to break down and turn on the A/C. <br />\n<br />\nHad a really nice party at John and Irene&#39;s last night.  It was great to see Darrin and his family.  He brought back three slide/video shows from his last tour in Bagdhad.  It&#39;s pretty sombering when you see if from the eyes of someone you know.  Most heartwrenching was the Memroial slide show they made of the 23 Marines that didn&#39;t come home with them.  Thankfully, he&#39;s retiring in October, so it&#39;s not likely that he&#39;ll be sent back for a fourth tour.<br />\n<br />\nBiggest hit of the party was seven-month old Rory, who is crawling, standing, walking along furniture, drinking from a glass and eating solid food.  Is this strange?  It seems really early to me.<br />\n<br />\nAnother hot day is scheuled here, so we are planning to just do chores about the house.  There will be a visit to the Farmer&#39;s Market, but that&#39;s it.  Gotta love quiet Sundays...<br />\n<br />\nJennifer, - that was a pretty awesome wake-up call.  It was great that no one was seriously injured, except the fence.<br />\n<br />\nI remember the first time I was called ma&#39;am - I was all of 12 and felt very grown up.  Now it&#39;s a tickle when they call me Miss.  Time is funny, isn&#39;t it?<br />\n<br />\nJackie - it&#39;s great that you can stop and just enjoy your trip as opposed to trying to follow a pre-existing schedule - the best part of life is unscripted.<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone is doing well.  Have a grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-04-29 16:29:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175640,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-29 20:26:20',NULL,'','Morning Charlie afternoon Crazies...<br />\n<br />\nits another warm day here low 90&#39;s projected for the Valley today should cool off later in the week...<br />\n<br />\nIt&#39;s official we lost the house in Morgantown.. <br />\nso we begin a new..and after all beginning a new is just another opportunity or another chance to get it right ....<br />\n<br />\nHave a super Sunday and remember to smile...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-29 20:26:20',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175641,2549,1,18,169362,'2007-04-29 20:35:51',NULL,'','morning all<br />\n<br />\nkinda a sad day for me .. a friend lost her son to stomach cancer... he was 57 and only found out 2 1/2 weeks ago.. the funeral was yesterday... ya know when something like this happens it just makes me want to enjoy my life just that much more....its just so sad .. so young......<br />\n<br />\nnothing much esle going on... its cloudy here today....kinda humid... YUCKY ......made some spaghetti sauce this morning... going to make eggplant parmesan for dinner....then going to make some roasted tomatillo salsa for enchiladas monday night .....and cook the chicken  for it.......<br />\n<br />\nall the doggies are sleeping... dishes in the dishwasher... watching my cooking shows,,, Gary is out running around early... all is quiet in the house.. and i sit here with my friends typing away<br />\n<br />\nto all today please give you loved one that extra hug and kiss just because ...because we never know what tomorrow will bring...we are all here on this earth for such a short time...<br />\n<br />\nsorry just kinda sad today .. tomorrow will be a better day<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-04-29 20:35:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175654,274,1,18,169362,'2007-04-29 23:10:26',NULL,'','Good Sunday afternoon, everyone&#33;<br />\n<br />\nIt&#39;s 80 degrees here in the suburbs of Minneapolis.  Summer is here, at least for the day.  lol  Just a quiet day here today&#33;<br />\n<br />\nRobert...what is a zipline?<br />\n<br />\nJen...so glad no one got hurt?  Do they know what happened?  Any drinking involved?  Good luck with your planting.<br />\n<br />\nJackie...It&#39;s so nice that you can take your time and stop when you want and enjoy all that the different areas have to offer.  I do miss being able to be &quot;on the road.&quot;  Traffic seems to be so much heavier than it used to be back when we did our road trips, though.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie...Glad you had a nice time at John&#39;s.  The slide show must have really been heartwrenching to watch.  It so great that Darrin will be retiring and not going back.  He has definitely put in his time.  God Bless him and all of our military who are serving.  I just watched, &quot;Flags of our Father&#39;s&quot; last night, and although I don&#39;t usually watch anything with that much violence and gore or swearing, I watched it because  I wanted to see Clint Eastwood and Stephen Spielberg&#39;s version of Iwo Jima.  It is heartwrenching to think of what these men go through in war and the horrific memories they have to live with after.<br />\n<br />\nJoey...Sorry to hear about the house.  I hope that you will find something even better than that one.  Hang in there&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTonia...I&#39;m so sorry to hear about your friend&#39;s son.  My heart goes out to her and her family and you.  Prayers and Hugs&#33;  You are right that we are here for a short time.  I have been thanking God for every day I have, lately.<br />\nI think I&#39;m coming to your house for dinner one of these days.  You are always making such yummy things&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day, everyone&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-04-29 23:10:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175676,2626,1,18,169362,'2007-04-30 00:14:35',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Its a cable thats stretched high above the treetops, you walk up to the platform and they put the harnes around tour waist and hips and legs and hook you to the line and then off you go its exillerating and fun&#33; you Gotta try it Ive heard people in their 70&#39;s have done it&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/ohmy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':ohmy:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-04-30 00:14:35',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175682,274,1,18,169362,'2007-04-30 00:44:24',NULL,'','Robert...that would be waaay too exciting for me.  LOL  I&#39;m a big chicken&#33;  LOL','Shari2','Shari2','2007-04-30 00:44:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175702,334,1,18,169362,'2007-04-30 01:51:19',NULL,'','Evening all&#33; Finally settling back in after graduation, almost time to pack for our cruise. It&#39;s been a crazy last 6 weeks and I&#39;m looking forward to the rest even if it&#39;s only 3 days.<br />\n<br />\nI&#39;m trying to catch up around here. I&#39;ll do my best.....<br />\n<br />\nTonia so sorry to hear about your friends son, so sad. It just shouldn&#39;t be that way.<br />\n<br />\nJoey sorry about the house. What model FinePix did you get???? I love those Fuji cameras but it&#39;s time to trade up again for me so details please. I only have a 3.1 megapixel so an upgrade is definately in order before our Panama Canal cruise.<br />\n<br />\nShari, nice to see you posting. We miss you around here.<br />\n<br />\nHi Robert, glad you seem happy planning for your cruise. Zip line sounds like fun, something my DD and I would do but she won&#39;t be sailing with me for a while because of school and work.<br />\n<br />\nHi Charlie, Jen, Jackie and everyone else I&#39;ve missed. Hope all is well in our Crazie world. <br />\n<br />\nMore tomorrow, need to go do the wash.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-04-30 01:51:19',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175704,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-04-30 01:52:15',NULL,'','Hi All,<br />\n<br />\nTonia, sorry to hear about your friend - yes that&#39;s why we decided to see the country like we&#39;re doing, because life&#39;s so short.... so do what you dream of doing while you can.<br />\n<br />\nJoey, sorry about that house - but it wasn&#39;t the right one for you - the right one is still out there&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nRobert, Ziplining is the greatest fun.......where are you going to do it? .....enjoy&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie, yes we love the ability to be flexible after all those years of schedules, schedules and more schedules&#33;<br />\n<br />\nI sure have missed Cheryl here on the dock..... hope they didn&#39;t experience those flooding rains that have been hitting Oklahoma.<br />\n<br />\nJust a lazy Sunday afternoon here - and I&#39;m enjoying every second of it.','zebra','zebra','2007-04-30 01:52:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175757,274,1,18,169362,'2007-04-30 07:26:58',NULL,'','Welcome back, Rose&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCongratulations to your son&#33;  Is the cruise a graduation gift for him?','Shari2','Shari2','2007-04-30 07:26:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175785,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-30 15:26:22',NULL,'','Monday April 30,[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies..<br />\n<br />\nWow the last day of the 4th month  where is this year running to.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nSailing Rose we bought the the A400 4.1 mega pixels..<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nnot a lot to report so far today except for we have our health.. and all is well.. so I guess that is a lot to report&#33;<br />\n<br />\nLOL<br />\n<br />\nMake it a good day... ( I sure will be glad when MaryLou get back)... I hope she is having a great time..<br />\n<br />\nAnd Mebert must be beside himself in the Isles..<br />\n<br />\nSmile like you don;t know any better&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJoey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-30 15:26:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175791,3017,1,18,169362,'2007-04-30 16:21:17',NULL,'','Good morning from Stockton&#33;  have a mild day ahead of us with rain in the forecast - if only they wouldn&#39;t tease like this...<br />\n<br />\nOur big day yesterday was that we had a freeway collapse in the Bay area.  Tanker caught fire and compromised the steel in an off ramp at the 580-680-80 interechange going into Oakland.  I, for one, am darn glad I don&#39;t work in the City today&#33;  No one, except the trucker, was injured and he&#39;s expected to survive.<br />\n<br />\nQuiet day of housework ahead for me, although a walk does sound pretty good about now.  <br />\n<br />\nMade up for my days of non-pain by dropping a bottle of conditioner on my foot yesterday.  It hit ju-u-ust right.  Oh well, it&#39;s stuff like this that makes like interesting.<br />\n<br />\nTonia, the loss of your friend&#39;s son is very sad,but at least he didn&#39;t have to suffer for months or years.  You are right about seizing the day.  Ever since the most recent loss to cancer, we&#39;ve tried to do that.  It&#39;s one reason why I&#39;m so busy all the time.<br />\n<br />\nJoey - love you new headshot, BTW&#33;  As an old German lady would tell us, &quot;Looks like a bit of the devil in that one.&quot;  I was sorry to hear that you lost the place, but there&#39;s a reason  even if it&#39;s not clear at the moment.<br />\n<br />\nHey, Robert, do they have unzip lines?  That sounds more my speed.<br />\n<br />\nJackie - you have the proper attitude for travel.  We used to drive from Vermont to Michigan (where my dad&#39;s four sisters lived) and it was always a race for him to see if he could bet the time he made the year previous.  To this day, I hate road trips (and are none too fond of cars period).<br />\n<br />\nRose - glad to hear your son&#39;s graduation made it without a hitch.  Isn&#39;t it a great feeling to have them out of school?  <br />\n<br />\nShari - how are you feeling today?  Does the warmer weather give you any relief?  <br />\n<br />\nHere&#39;s a big sloppy kiss to everyone and I&#39;ll see you in May...oh wait, that&#39;s tomorrow...<br />\n<br />\nHave a grand day, all&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-04-30 16:21:17',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175795,2066,1,18,169362,'2007-04-30 16:37:59',NULL,'','<br />\nLike i haven&#39;t heard that one before  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> .... the only thing I am wondering how did you figure me out so quickly  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-04-30 16:37:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175798,139,1,18,169362,'2007-04-30 16:57:42',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Hey, we just realized this is the last day of April and our favorite month starts tomorrow&#33;<br />\nHave a great day, Crazies&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/cool.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':cool2:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/cool.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':cool2:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-04-30 16:57:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175799,2626,1,18,169362,'2007-04-30 18:08:51',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Hey Charlie comon now If I can do it so can you&#33; LOL&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':laugh:\' /> Uhh Joey your just a Pussycat&#33; MEOW&#33; LOL&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':laugh:\' /> Hey keith&amp;Rita My Best Month is October when I go on our cruise, I have quit Drinking period and now thats going to be a hard thing to resist, is the Social drinking, Oh well either that or the highway&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/ohmy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':ohmy:\' /> <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':laugh:\' /> Well charlie what are they making the Bridges out of out there Sand&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':laugh:\' /> I hope no one was injured badly it could happen anywheres nowdays&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> Hey Rose whats up? Im doing okay  for now well see what happends&#33; Look slike rain again in our forecast for the week ahead, we had a Birthday Supper for my oldest Daughter last night here, Cornbread Casserole, Fried Taters, Cabbage, deviled eggs thats what she wanted <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wacko.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wacko:\' />  shes 31 now&#33;  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/ohmy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':ohmy:\' /> You know your getting older when your kids look as old as you~&#33;LOL&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/ohmy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':ohmy:\' /> Well all my other friends here have a safe week ahead and may you always be blessed with good health and Happiness always&#33; Best Regards&#33;<br />\n<br />\nME&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-04-30 18:08:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175807,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-04-30 20:06:46',NULL,'','Everyone sounds happy and chipper this morning.  I hope Tonia is feeling better and happier today - Tonia I really felt for you yesterday my friend.<br />\n<br />\nRobert, congratulations on kicking the drinking habit.... I&#39;m sure you&#39;ll be much healthier and happier too.<br />\n<br />\nCharie, ooooh under those &quot;racing&quot; circumstances, I fully understand how you feel about long road trips.  To us 100 odd miles a day is just right - now sometime we have to stretch that, but 320 is the most we&#39;ve done in a day.  You can&#39;t enjoy your surrounding otherwise.<br />\n<br />\nK &amp; R - yes tomorrow is already May... who would have thunk it&#33;&#33;&#33;  Enjoy your favorite month.  We don&#39;t have a favorite month anymore since we&#39;ve retired... they&#39;re all great now.<br />\n<br />\nToday is one of those laid back - house cleaning days.... we all have them don&#39;t we?<br />\n<br />\nHave a super duper day everyone&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-04-30 20:06:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175816,2549,1,18,169362,'2007-04-30 21:16:50',NULL,'','hey everyone.... <br />\n<br />\ni am feeling better today... it just hits ya when they are so close in age to myself it just got me ... but i am better....eggplant parm came out fine... now its chicken enchildas tonight with homemade tomatillo salsa. I made the mistake of asking Gary to taste it and see whats missing.. ( why do i do that i should know better )<br />\n<br />\nOh well ... LOL <br />\n<br />\nRobert .. dear man.. i know all to well how it can be hard at times... i am looking at 14 years sober now..<br />\nJust keep in mind.. ONE DAY AT A TIME....and whats in cornbread casserole ... you holding out on the recipes my man....give it up dude...<br />\n<br />\nJackie , CHarlie... Shari ..... and to all for your thoughts with me yesterday........everyone has a down day <br />\n<br />\nShari glad to hear the nwarmweather is coming your way....its overcast here today but humid again... YUCK<br />\n<br />\nJoey a little devil nahhhhhhhhhh LOL <br />\n<br />\neveryone have a great day ... off to cool the chicken and make dinner for later ...<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-04-30 21:16:50',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175830,2626,1,18,169362,'2007-04-30 23:43:34',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Ground Meat, Tomato Sauce, Cornbread Mix, Spices to taste&#33; Annie would have to give you the recipe Ill try and post it on the Recipe forum, Its delicious with some good serrano peppers as well&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-04-30 23:43:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175843,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-05-01 00:33:24',NULL,'','Serrano peppers....now that&#39;s what I&#39;m talking about.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-01 00:33:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175844,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-05-01 00:36:46',NULL,'','Hey Robert, please would you ask sciroccoJR if he got my PM - I haven&#39;t had a reply from him - maybe he doesn&#39;t check regularly..... thanks.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-01 00:36:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175857,573,1,18,169362,'2007-05-01 01:52:14',NULL,'','Afternoon all. Sunny this morning - clouding over a bit now but dh is gettting the lawn cut - finally.  Not sure what we might find under all that grass.<br />\n<br />\nHad two good sessions with my &quot;little buddies&quot; today - making crafty gifts for Mother&#39;s Day - lot&#39;s of fun.  It&#39;s amazing how much glitter and colour kids like to decorate with :o)<br />\n<br />\nBreathing is awful today - I plugged the air purifier in so will have to head up to the bedroom for a while just to breath freeely.  The cat is on a wit list for the shelter but I can&#39;t bear to shut her in a room by herself - so I&#39;ll just shut me in in stead.  I can understand what&#39;s happening - she can&#39;t :o(<br />\n<br />\nHave a good one everybody.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-01 01:52:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175874,2611,1,18,169362,'2007-05-01 02:09:13',NULL,'','Hey guys.  We are home.  The plan was to leave Oklahoma this morniing and get home tonight, but we decided to leave after the family lunch yesterday afternoon and drive for a while.  We stopped around 8:00 last night and ate dinner in Salina, Kansas, with the plan of driving another 90 miles to Hayes before getting a hotel for the night (Hayes is halfway).  Anyway, while eating dinner, we decided we were done for the day.  We slept in this morning and left Salina around 10:00.  I really missed reading all of your posts.  Jackie, thank you for worrying about me, dear friend.  We did not have any rain at all in Okla.  We left here around 6:00 p.m. last Thursday evening and it was raining torrentially then and rained the whole way to Goodland, Kansas where we stopped for the night.  Friday morning was sunny, and I did enjoy the very warm weather in Okla.  Shari, I love Il Divo - I have some of their songs on my iPod.  They have been on The Young and The Restless a few times.  Cheryl (GottaCruz) thank you so much for watching the posting levels for me.  Well, I need to go catch up on the posts - just wanted to let you know I am back....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-01 02:09:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175904,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-05-01 05:28:13',NULL,'','Hi Cheryl, it&#39;s so wonderful to have you back on the dock, my friend, I really missed your posts.  It&#39;s great to havde you back. Glad you had a great time and that you didn&#39;t experience the bad weather that we saw on the weather channel.<br />\nOoooh Il Divo- love them, just bought a CD the other day.  <br />\nAnyone out there like Josh Groban?  I&#39;m crazy about him and was blessed to go and see him when he was in concert in Tampa.  <br />\nAnother favorite of ours is Andrea Bocelli (the blind tenor) especially his CD &quot;Romanza&quot; - I play Time to Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro) over and over again especially the cut the features him with Sarah Brightman.<br />\nOther than that we are crazy about country music&#33;&#33;&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-01 05:28:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175926,573,1,18,169362,'2007-05-01 06:05:31',NULL,'','Josh Groban -  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wub.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wub:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wub.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wub:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wub.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wub:\' />   <br />\n<br />\n&quot;You Raise Me Up&quot; makes me tingle in places I didn&#39;t even know I had places lol.<br />\n<br />\nA truly remarkable voice and not bad to look at either lol.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-01 06:05:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175945,2542,1,18,169362,'2007-05-01 06:56:16',NULL,'','You&#39;re not kidding Jenn..... that&#39;s my favorite of all favorites&#33;&#33;&#33;  Oooh my, on stage he is soooooo dreamy&#33;&#33;&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-01 06:56:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(175956,2611,1,18,NULL,'2007-05-01 10:33:10',NULL,'Daily Dock - MAY','&lt;strong&gt;TUESDAY, MAY 1st&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]<br />\n<br />\nHappy May Day to all of my Crazie friends here.  When I was a kid, my grandma always made the comment that the older she got, the faster time flew.  I always thought it was one of the silliest things I had ever heard as time passes at the same pace for everyone.  Now I see the wisdom in her words. Where did April go? And before that, it seems that March was only here for a few days.  As this time of renewals and new beginnings comes upon us, I wish renewals in all of your lives.  Whether it be the renewal of love and committment in an exiting relationship or the new beginning of another, the renewal of your families with new additions or any number of other things, may you embrace this season and the blessings that come your way.  I truly feel that I have an extended family of very dear friends here, some I have developed deeper relationships with than others, but all are very dear to me.  What a renewal it was for me when Cruise Crazies came into my life.  Yeah, I know I am getting sappy - Spring does that to me.  I look around at all the beauty that God has placed before us and it always brings me new hope.   May all of your &quot;May days&quot; be filed with beginnings and blessings....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-06-01 13:06:24',186277,488,'cruisetarp','cruisetarp',NULL,361,-1,5135,0,0,0,0,0),(175957,2613,1,18,175956,'2007-05-01 14:32:47',NULL,'','Good Morning:<br />\n<br />\nI have been sooo busy at work, I have had no time to log in and chat with my friends.  I hope everyone is doing well and feeling great.  Another beautiful day in store for us here in MD/VA, a high of 85 today.  I wonder if Mebert is back.<br />\nTake care everyone <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-05-01 14:32:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176004,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-01 16:33:12',NULL,'','Happy May Day from Stockton&#33;  <br />\n<br />\nYesterday was a housecleaning day and that&#39;s all that happened.  Didn&#39;t even get over to the post office for the mail.  It was just one of those days where no matter where I looked, there was a mess.  At least the house is in tip top shape for a little while now.<br />\n<br />\nStarted the day by playing, &quot;The Lusty Month of May&quot; from &quot;Camelot&quot;.  it always gets me in a happy rame of mind.<br />\n<br />\nToday is a theater day, although after last weeks fiasco, I&#39;m not sure that I&#39;ll be welcomed in the box office this afternoon.  Cynthia has a ton of work to catch up on and I tend to slow her down.  Might just be inputting names into the call list for this afternoon.  There are worse things in life.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, you are absolutely right about the passage of time.  What is really funny is to listen to kids talk about how fast the time is going...if they only knew.  One comic said it best.  When you&#39;re 20, it&#39;s &quot;Gee, midnight already?  Where did the night go?&quot;  When you&#39;re 30, it&#39;s &quot;Gee Friday already, where did the week go.&quot;  After 40 it&#39;s, &quot;May?  What do you mean May?  Where did March go (we&#39;re not even going to discuss April)?&quot;  My oldest brother, on the other hand, pointed out that it&#39;s not the days going faster, it&#39;s me going slower...did I mention that we&#39;re not close?  Welcome home, BTW.  Missed you&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTonia - glad to hear that you are feeling a little more up now.  I&#39;ve had some really bad bouts of depression in the past, so I&#39;m right there with you.  <br />\n<br />\nWe&#39;re doing a grilled trip tip for tonight, since the temperature is supposed to go south after today.  Hate grilling when it&#39;s cold out.  This will also keep Chris in sandwiches for the next couple of day.<br />\n<br />\nRobert - nah, too fast by half for this girl.  no fear of heights, but a definite fear of fast.  Anything with a word indicating fast in its title scares me...&#39;zip&#39; line, &#39;sppedy&#39; tax return, &#39;fast&#39; food...  just gives me the willies typing out the words...<br />\n<br />\nJoey - ah, Joey, it&#39;s the eyes.  Lots of people smile, but it never reaches their eyes - yours are beaming.  That&#39;s how I can tell you&#39;re a wild and crazy guy&#33;  Or should that be crazie?<br />\n<br />\nTo everyone one else, have a grand day&#33;  <br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-01 16:33:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176008,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-01 17:16:04',NULL,'','Good morning Crazies..<br />\n<br />\n&quot;May&quot;  brings to mind so many things.. from the nice weather that it promises to the word &quot;may&quot; as in &quot;may&quot; i have permission.. <br />\n<br />\nBut this has got to be one of my favorite months of the year...Cheryl, I know what you mean....<br />\n<br />\nHoping all is well<br />\n<br />\nand reminding all to smile... it is the start of a whole new month <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /><br />\n<br />\nCharlie my eyes always gave me away... LOL','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-01 17:16:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176036,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-01 18:03:07',NULL,'','Good Morning All &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHot day here in Ohio.<br />\n<br />\nTomorrow is the day I get my MRI results for my knee. I am hoping I don&#39;t need surgery as my doctor wants to try me on a new diabetes treatment called Byetta and I don&#39;t want to start any new meds if I need surgery.<br />\n<br />\nWell off to do some errands as Ken is golfing today so I am on my own............<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone that is having any kind of problems that May brings relief and happiness...........<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Remember to do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return &#33;&#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','teacp','teacp','2007-05-01 18:03:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176037,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-01 18:03:54',NULL,'','Happy, happy May Day.. to my dear friends&#33;&#33;<br />\nMay means different things to different people I ma sure... but I won&#39;t forget this April/May on the Oregon coast where everything, literally everything is in bloom.  Trees, shrubs and every flowing plant and wild flower.  We&#39;re just surrounded by beauty.<br />\nWe thank God for every new day&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie... OMG I love Camelot and the song &quot;The Lusty Month of May&quot; - I have never seen it on stage but I saw the movie umpteen times.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, sappy is good my friend - sometimes we think that it&#39;s good to stuff those feelings and not let others see.... but it&#39;s therapeutic for us to express ourselves and good for others to get a little insight into our soul.... OK, OK now it&#39;s my turn..........<br />\n<br />\nI&#39;ll let you all go and have a happy 1st of May.  It&#39;s a rainy travelling day for us, so I&#39;ll speak to you later from Newport, OR.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-01 18:03:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176055,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-01 18:33:36',NULL,'','The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth<br />\nto blossom, and to bring forth fruit; for like as herbs and trees <br />\nbring forth fruit and flourish in May, in likewise every lusty heart<br />\nthat is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty<br />\ndeeds. For it giveth unto all lovers courage, <br />\nthat lusty month of May. <br />\n-&lt;strong&gt; Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d&#39;Arthur, 1485&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-01 18:33:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176081,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-01 20:10:37',NULL,'','wow... what a nice way to wake up to such hopeful words today....<br />\n<br />\nsappy is ok... i don&#39;t mind....its overcast today.... Gary is back to work .. ( ok he was kinda driving me crazy ).... it called BEING around the house a little to much..... he would ask why ya doing that.. why don&#39;t ya do this....and how about we make this....OK my last nerve was on the edge and god put him back to work yaaaaaaaa<br />\n<br />\nwork as been kinda crazy not sure why.....hey Charlie what ya been doing for painfree except the toe ya dropped that thingie on....<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nJackie safe travel day.....<br />\n<br />\nMaria.... hope the MRI comes out ok... i know surgery on the knees are not fun.. had three so far<br />\n<br />\nWell tonight is just french dip sammies....something easy <br />\n<br />\ngarden is just growing like crazy... i can&#39;t wait to pick the first something from the garden....<br />\n<br />\neveryone have safe and wonderful day....<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-01 20:10:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176083,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-01 20:35:07',NULL,'','Jackie,  travel safely.  I am going to hate it when you don&#39;t have connectivity and there won&#39;t be daily updates to your travel log.<br />\n<br />\nMaria, praying for good results on your MRI.  Please let us know when you hear.<br />\n<br />\nTonia, I love it when you post what you are making for dinner - I often get ideas from you.   Tonight is going to be something easy - chicken tettrazini.<br />\n<br />\nJoey, May is also one of my favorite months - everything starts blooming and it isn&#39;t so darn hot YET.<br />\n<br />\nMercedes, hope work slows down some for you so you can spend more time here with us before you head off to the Keys.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie, just reading your posts makes me tired&#33;  Where do you get all that energy???<br />\n<br />\nRose, Robert, Shari, Cheryl, Mebert, Stephen, Mel, Keith, Howard and all you other Crazies, hope this first week of May is a great one for you.....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-01 20:35:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176084,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-01 20:41:12',NULL,'','I am making chicken tortilla soup for dinner..........lol........my daughter made.she always makes a big batch and give Ken and I containers of it........It is nice getting old and having kids do for you instead of the other way around..............<br />\n<br />\nCheryl thanks for the prayers......BTW how was your trip? I haven&#39;t been on too much so I am missing a lot...............<br />\n<br />\nTo all the people Cheryl mentioned my sentiments exactly...........<br />\n<br />\nJoey The time of year is coming up for people to go house hunting so I know good things are in store for you my friend.<br />\n<br />\nRobert haven&#39;t talked to you lately..hope everything is okie dokie with you...........<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita congrats on the house. We built this one two years ago and it was fun but very frustrating.........so hang in there. I couldn&#39;t see the plans they came up as X&#39;s','teacp','teacp','2007-05-01 20:41:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176087,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-01 20:49:59',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\nCheryl exactly....<br />\n<br />\n[quote name=\'teacp Posted May 1 2007\' date=\' 10:41 AM \']&quot;Joey The time of year is coming up for people to go house hunting so I know good things are in store for you my friend.&quot; [/quote] <br />\nMaria I am glad you know it..... have you ever had a conversation with a brick wall? <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-01 20:49:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176089,2626,1,18,175956,'2007-05-01 20:54:05',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Hiya Maria Doing Okay dear Lady Ive been busy off and on I hope your shoulder gets better, Jackie&amp;Tony Hiya My friends, Well Charlie Ill let you know how the zipline thingy comes out Im definitely gonna try and weasel out of it&#33; LOL&#33; Hi Tonia, Cheryl, Mercedes,Keith&amp;Rita BTW, Nice Poem <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' /> Joey Hows things with you My friend, Hows everything going? <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' /> Hiya to all of My Other Friends as well&#33; Raining here Off and on we sure need it, Charlie wish I could send it back your way&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> Nothing much planned this week just gonna look at my Cruising Luggage  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> Best regards to everyone here and to your familys&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-05-01 20:54:05',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176097,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-01 21:08:43',NULL,'',' <br />\n<br />\n <br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Maria, right click the [color=\"#ff0000\"]x&#39;s and you should be able to view. They are CAD files I converted to PDF files and use the snapshot tool to save them in photobucket as JPG files.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-01 21:08:43',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176098,274,1,18,175956,'2007-05-01 21:17:06',NULL,'','Hi everyone&#33;<br />\n<br />\nIt&#39;s a gorgeous day here in the Twin Cities.  Lots of sunshine and not too hot or cold.  Love it&#33;  Can&#39;t believe it&#39;s the first of May already.  Time does really seem to be going so fast.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nWelcome back, Cheryl&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJackie...I love Josh Groban, too, and Andrea Boccelli.  Sarah Brightman is my favorite female singer.  I sit and listen to them together on &quot;Time To Say Goodbye&quot; all the time.  Love that song&#33;  And now Il Divo is a favorite.  Love Country music, too. <br />\n<br />\nCharlie...the weather shouldn&#39;t affect the DVT but it does bother my fibromyalgia and arthritis and bursitis.  Yikes...I sound like I&#39;m getting old.  LOL  I don&#39;t do well with any extremes in the weather.   <br />\n<br />\nMaria...hope all goes well and you don&#39;t need surgery on your knee and you can start your new drug for diabetes.  I will keep you in my prayers.<br />\n<br />\nTo all Cruise Crazies...enjoy the day...have a good one&#33;  Love and Hugs&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-05-01 21:17:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176131,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-02 00:53:11',NULL,'','Happy MAY - spring has definately sprung.  I went in to the birds room this morning ... and now I know how birds do it&#33; LOL<br />\n<br />\nThen the fish are chasing each other around the pond .... looking for a little .... should I say it - tail.....<br />\n<br />\nLooks like the clouds are scooting away - yeah - time to plant some seeds.<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day all&#33;','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-02 00:53:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176152,2626,1,18,175956,'2007-05-02 02:10:15',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/ohmy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':ohmy:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/ohmy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':ohmy:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/blush.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':blush:\' />','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-05-02 02:10:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176166,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-02 06:10:49',NULL,'','Ok - I gardened.  Now I know what they mean by &quot;the mind is willing but the flesh is weak&quot;.  I now have very achy flesh.<br />\n<br />\nAlmost finished though - got the bedding plants all potted up into bigger pots and they are happily ensconced in my little greenhouse.  Put the mesh up for the peas and green beans to frolic wildly on.  Please ignore the preposition at the end of that sentence lol.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nNow dh just has to get the new hangers up for the pots &quot;on the fence&quot; - this year they are going to be black - they&#39;ve gone from white to green to turqioise to grey ..... I spend a plot on spray paint.<br />\n<br />\nAnd I planted my first ever grape vine - I&#39;ll be stomping those suckers in no time.......<br />\n<br />\nAnyway - time to start the tub and pop Josh Groban into the cd player - now that will make my aches and pains feel much better.<br />\n<br />\nTake care Crazies ....','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-02 06:10:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176184,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-02 06:45:04',NULL,'','Jenn, I can just see you stomping those grapes now - brings back visions of I Love Lucy.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-02 06:45:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176219,2613,1,18,175956,'2007-05-02 15:18:25',NULL,'','Wednesday, May 2<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning:<br />\n<br />\nNothing much planned today, some projects to finish before I go on vacation.  My boss is getting married on May 12, so the office is taking him and his fiancée out to lunch today, for an attorney, he is a really nice guy .. lol.  Marie, I hope you have good news with your MRI results.  For those of you not feeling well today, I hope you feel better.<br />\nTake care everyone <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-05-02 15:18:25',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176228,2626,1,18,175956,'2007-05-02 15:34:15',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Morning Shari, Mercedes, Joey&amp;David, Cheryl, Jackie&amp;Tony, Maria, Miss C, Charlie, Hey Jennifer I like Josh groban too and Ive planted some peppers but nothing like you have done, just think of all the goodies youll get when they start to produce, Enjoy Josh and good luck with the Garden, Ive got the Coffee Brewing, some good ole Starbucks &quot;SUMATRA&quot; Brand <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' />  good and strong <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' />  itll straighten out your toes this morning&#33; Gotta get me a cup and check out the Forums, Everyone else that Ive forgotten to mention &quot;Good Morning My Friends&quot; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-05-02 15:34:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176253,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-02 16:08:27',NULL,'','morning all .. <br />\n<br />\ni have two days off so i am feeling ok today....just going to to the hairdresser .. &quot;&quot; grey grey go away come back in 6 weeks LOL &quot;&quot;<br />\n<br />\nJenn i was laughing about ya stomping the grapes.. why is it we all picture I LOVE LUCY LOL i know i do....<br />\n<br />\nand gezzzzzzzzz did you knock b4 ya went in LOL LOLL <br />\n<br />\ni planted asparagus 3 years ago and finally got two spears LOL LOL ,..... that was really worth planting uh....<br />\n<br />\nRobert ... that coffee is yummy i have some in the freezer i may make a pot of that today<br />\n<br />\ntonight is linguini w garlic clam sauce....<br />\n<br />\neveryone have a great day i may check in later<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-02 16:08:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176309,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-02 19:41:23',NULL,'','Good morning all.  Well, I have had so much trouble with painters, and my kitchen cabinets are still unpainted except for the approximately 2 sq. ft. that the 1st painter did that looks like my grandson did it, so has to be stripped off.  I have decided that I am going to attempt it myself.  I went to Lowe&#39;s and bought a hand sander, sandpaper and primer (already have the paint).  Greg did not seem at all surprised that I was going to do this as he knows how frustrated I am with my kitchen being unusable right now.  It is the perfect day for me to start my project beause he is flying to Chicago on business today and so I don&#39;t have to worry about coming up with something for dinner or getting all my household chores done.  I am just waiting until I wake up enough to jump into it.  Tonia, enjoy your days off - wanna&#39; come paint?  Robert, I always say that Greg is a coffee snob - he won&#39;t drink anything but Starbucks.  When we travel, it is my job to keep an eye out for a Starbucks.   I buy the beans and grind them here at home, and when we are going to be staying in a hotel or with his parents or friends, he takes his own coffee.   The only time he will drink another brand is when on a cruise, and that is only because he can&#39;t get the Starbucks and I am not packing a coffeemaker.  Well, guess I had better start on my project - have a wonderful hump day everyone.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-02 19:41:23',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176322,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-02 20:58:16',NULL,'','Afternoon all. Sorry I&#39;ve been AWOL but I decided to get the dust from the old tile out of the house. Of course that meant laying the new tile. It took me 2 days, one to put it down one to grout. My body is aching all over but I have to get the concrete dust out of the house, I can&#39;t take the filth anymore. Almost done with the cleaning, the kitchen is 1/2 done but I wanted to check in here. <br />\n<br />\nHope that everyone is well. I&#39;ll be back tomorrow if I ever get myself done here and packed for the weekend on the Sovereign. Can&#39;t wait to get some rest.<br />\n<br />\nBe well all&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-02 20:58:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176332,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-02 21:57:22',NULL,'','Morning All,<br />\n<br />\nCheryl and Rose.... my goodness you two are soooo ambitious - I don&#39;t think I would have taken on either job personally.  Especially the tiling job..the old back wouldn&#39;t be able to take it.  Actually all the bending for the painting job would kill me too&#33;&#33;  But I congratulate you both for being so gutsy.<br />\n<br />\nWell we have had rain. rain, rain today so we are still at home - not too motivated to go out in it&#33;<br />\n<br />\nBut.... I did color my hair this morning - I did a root touchup and it turned out real good.<br />\n<br />\nHave a super day all.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-02 21:57:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176431,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 06:12:59',NULL,'','Wow - you guys have been busy.  Didn&#39;t do much today - suffering from gardeners gout - it covers pretty much every inch of the body lol.<br />\n<br />\nWeird day weather wise today - started out wet then the sun came out (got me all excited for about ten minutes) then the black clouds rolled in.  Had some hail then those great big rain drops - glad I didn&#39;t plant all the back 40 lol.<br />\n<br />\nOff tomorrow for our weekly trek south of the border - don&#39;t have Big Lots here in Canada tee-hee.<br />\n<br />\nTake care all....','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-03 06:12:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176490,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 15:02:02',NULL,'','May 3<br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies... another day and another chance to do thing right... thats a good thing about a new day...<br />\n<br />\nJenn enjoy your international shopping excursion... do you need a passport yet?<br />\n<br />\nSmile folks people can see you&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-03 15:02:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176529,2626,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 15:47:07',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Morning all My friends&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nStorms went through last night, skirted my house and tore down some trees, power lines in other areas we are gradually coming out of the drought&#33; Ive got to check outside to see if I got any tree damage and get that cup of java going&#33; Joey thanks for starting us off My friend&#33; Jenn good luck with shopping, I beleive evryone has to have a Passport now for going across and back from the Border and Mexico and other Foreign Ports, Ive had mine for awhile now it sure is simple now I dont have to carry a Briefcase full of personal papers&#33; <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/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' /> Everyone have a Great weekend ahead, and remember to think about that next cruise&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-05-03 15:47:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176531,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 15:48:35',NULL,'','thanks for the upate robert i wasnt sure if passports were required yet for land crossings ..','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-03 15:48:35',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176599,3219,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 17:06:04',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\nGreat Advise Joey......','Canadian Cruiser','Canadian Cruiser','2007-05-03 17:06:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176624,2626,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 17:44:31',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;As early as January 1, 2008, ALL persons, including U.S. citizens, traveling between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda by land or sea (including ferries), may be required to present a valid passport or other documents as determined by the Department of Homeland Security&quot; This clarifies it&#33;<br />\n<br />\nThey arent but its a good Idea to have them&#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','2007-05-03 17:44:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176654,3230,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 18:28:41',NULL,'',' Wahoo Yes it is&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nGood Day to you All&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;','Chucksta63','Chucksta63','2007-05-03 18:28:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176710,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 19:01:49',NULL,'','Good Morning All you crazies...................<br />\n<br />\nA rainy day here in Ohio..............<br />\n<br />\nWe will probably just get some inside things done today.....Ken is shampooing the carpets...........I think I will just relax the knee and get some reading done.<br />\n<br />\nTomorrow I go to my GP to see if I will start the new diabetes medication. I am so excited as it is supposed to help with weight loss.<br />\n<br />\nCatch you all later &#33;&#33;<br />\nCiao for now<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Remember to do someting nice for someone without expecting anything in return &#33;&#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','teacp','teacp','2007-05-03 19:01:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176743,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 19:26:24',NULL,'','Good morning all - thought I would post a quick note before I jump into my cabinet sanding, primering and painting.  I had no idea it would take so long.  The doors are what holds me up.  I can only do one at a time right now - I set it on some coffee cans on the work table in the garage, which I have covered in plastic, then I sand it and primer one side.  Have to wait for the primer to dry before I paint, then have to do another coat of paint.  When it is completely dry, I flip it over and go thru the same process.  Hopefully when Greg get home from Chicago tonight, he will have a better idea of how to move the process along.  I can only get one door on the table so maybe he can construct a temporary base or something for me to use.  I have 32 cabinets doors, so this could take a while.  The hardest part has been removing what little bit of paint the first painter did.  It has to come off because he didn&#39;t sand or primer, just starting slapping paint on.  Looks like a gorgeous day here.  Please pray for my nephew, J.R.  We just saw him this past weekend in Okla.  He came down to my in-laws to show Greg his new motorcycle.  My son just told me that he was a bad motorcycle accident last night and the drs. are concerned about brain swelling and hemoraging.  I tried to call my in-laws but got no answer so I assume they are at the hospital.  He is supposed to graduate from college in just a few days.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-03 19:26:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176763,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 20:15:55',NULL,'','oh Cheryl... I am so so  sorry ... of course he will be prayed for JR.. <br />\n<br />\n<br />\nis he one of those that was a helmetless riders?','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-03 20:15:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176767,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 20:18:24',NULL,'','Joey, I was wondering the same thing - I have never seen him ride without a helmet, but as he broke his nose and had a large amount of stitches on his face, I am wondering if he was wearing a helmet.  Thanks for the prayers....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-03 20:18:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176773,2626,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 20:28:55',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Hes got my Prayes as well Cheryl&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':sad2:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-05-03 20:28:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176779,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 20:42:37',NULL,'','<br />\nDavid works with people that ride and he tells me stories of where some of these helmets are concentrating on more decorative than safty....','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-03 20:42:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176794,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 21:11:36',NULL,'','well hey everyone.... ok i started the day early... had to get up and get things ready for the haulers to take away today... my old couch... is gone...the people told me 0800 to 0900 and they were here at 0815 wow someone told me a time and they were here ... great job i will recommend them... my BF is a contracter so this company will be getting some business ....ok i found some of doggie toys under the couch .. they were happy when i found them....<br />\n<br />\nnow the waiting game for the new couch.. OK they just called and said sometime between 10-0100 ok so that means 1255 right ????.. why is it when you are waiting you want to go out...<br />\n<br />\ngezzzzzzzzz i hate the waiting game...... so i vaccumed, sweep and got the space all ready .. now i am thinking new lamps... new tables OUCH more money i want to spend.....<br />\n<br />\nfor dinner going to be beef short ribs and baked pototes ... veggie not sure<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nIts a great day here in san diego... blue skies.. light wind ... now this is San Diego i love and where are the doggies right under my feet in the house... <br />\n<br />\nMebert welcome home....nice review<br />\n<br />\nMaria yes relax and give the knee a rest.....one of the girls at work is taking something new for diabetics and she has lost all kind of weight i just told her how wonderful she looks... and she told me it was a new drug she was taking and it helps with her appreitte.. and its working great for her.. sorry i didn&#39;t get the name...hope it works as well for you... recipe for tortilla soup please ...i love mexican food....<br />\n<br />\nCheryl .. sorry to hear about JR  will pray for him a speedy recovery..... maybe hubby can fix up something for a faster sanding and painting....i bet it is a pain to just do one at a time....<br />\n<br />\nRobert good day to ya ... hope those storms keep going right bye ya .. stay safe please  and hey where is annies recipes UHUH ... <br />\n<br />\nwell everyone have a great day.... next i type i will be sitting on my NEW couch.. feet up <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-03 21:11:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176846,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 22:10:42',NULL,'','Afternoon all. Lovely warm day in Central Florida but I do wish we&#39;d get some rain. The fires have begun and smoke is hanging in the air again today. Finished all the cleaning and I&#39;m glad as I feel like I can breath again in my house. That concrete dust is awful&#33; <br />\n<br />\nCheryl, good luck with your cabiniets. Tough job. Sorry to hear about JR. I will gladly add him to my prayer list. <br />\n<br />\nHi Joey.<br />\n<br />\nTonia, hope your couch came and everything is OK with it. <br />\n<br />\nMaria resting you knee sounds like a great idea. When Ken&#39;s done with your rugs can he come do mine? LOL<br />\n<br />\nRobert thanks for the passport stuff. Have a great one&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHope that everyone has a great weekend. Howie and I are heading out of the Sovereign but we&#39;ll be back on Monday. I plan to do absolutely nothing for 3 days. Enjoy&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-03 22:10:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176859,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 22:49:47',NULL,'','Cheryl, sorry to hear the news about JR, we will pray for his full recovery.','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-03 22:49:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176875,2613,1,18,175956,'2007-05-03 23:19:05',NULL,'','Cheryl, I will keep JR in my prayers.','mercedes','mercedes','2007-05-03 23:19:05',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(176902,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-04 00:15:37',NULL,'','Thanks guys, the prayers are working.  I just talked to my MIL and she said they have done 2 cat scans and both look good.  They are going to keep him in the hospital for now and have scheduled an MRI for tomorrow.  Obviously, he was not wearing a helmet.  He did have goggles on but when they shattered, they cut up his eyes.  He had a gash that ran the whole length of his forehead that has been sewn up.  He will undoubtedly have scars.  I love him, but must say that JR has always been a &quot;pretty boy&quot;, very concerned with his looks, hair, etc.  He will have to get over that.  On another note, after many hours spent on my kitchen cabinets, I have decided that I am not going to undertake finishing the job.  My poor old Fibromyalgic body just cannot take it.  I have called upon another painter and hopefully he will return my call.  As I said before, my kitchen is large, with 32 cabinet doors and at this rate, it will take me a year to finish it.  If he is smart, he will come in with a high bid, because I would pay just about anything&#33;&#33;&#33;  Greg is scheduled to take off from Chicago in about 20 minutes.  I have hated it the few times that he has traveled on business this past year - dreading being in the house alone - even though we do have an alarm system, plus the dogs go nuts if anyone gets near the house, but last night was kinda&#39; nice.  Yes, I missed him, but I am never able to watch TV in bed when he is here.  He says he can&#39;t sleep with it on - go figure, as he has no problem laying in his recliner, snoring like band saw when it is on.  Anyway, I talked to my sons on I.M until about 11:00 last night and then laid in bed and watched TV.  Well, gotta&#39; scoot - just wanted to say thanks guys for always being there&#33;&#33;&#33;','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-04 00:15:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177029,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-04 05:47:42',NULL,'','Cheryl - I&#39;m sending my &quot;Angels&quot; your way .  Tell JR a few scars will make him look mysterious - in that bad boy way.  And you know the ladies love a bad boy  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/blush.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':blush:\' />   And take care of yourself Hon&#33;  Sounds like you made the right move calling the painter.....<br />\n<br />\nSailingrose have a great trip.<br />\n<br />\nYou other Crazies stay out of trouble lol.<br />\n<br />\nTake care .....','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-04 05:47:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177064,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-04 06:22:59',NULL,'','Well, the painter that I called returned my call and said he would come out and look at the job Saturday morning at 9:00.  Not usually up at that ungodly hour but will make an exception.  Jenn, thanks for sending your angels - think they may have their work cut out for them with me&#33;&#33;&#33;  Greg said he thought the cabinets looked really good and I should go ahead and finish them - I just gave him that &quot;you&#39;re nuts&quot; look and continued on with plans to have them done.  A note on the first painter - your may remember my saga, the one who finally showed up and painted 2 sq. ft. that looked like my grandson did it and never showed up again...Service Magic, which is the company he is registered with called yesterday and said they have left him 4 messages with no reply and that when they called yyesterday, his number had been disconnected.  They asked me to send them a copy of the check I wrote him and they would cover it.  Greg does all our banking online, so he got on this evening to get a copy of the front and back of the check and he had cashed it at our bank instead of depositing it into his acct, so the bank had written his driver&#39;s license number and home address on the back, so hopefully they will be able to catch up with him.  As for JR, I have always thought he looked like Prince William - not sure that bad boy image would work for his chosen career though.  He is graduating with a degree in Theology and wants to go into the ministry...Have a good night, all you Crazies.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-04 06:22:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177091,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-04 07:17:09',NULL,'','Cheryl - are you saying there are no &quot;bad boys&quot; in the clergy? When I was about 15 we had a very &quot;hip&quot; pastor that all the girls had a crush on - in spite of the fact he had about a gazillion kids lol.  One night after confirmation classes we were setting up the church basment for a party and we had hung a lot of red balloons and purple streamers.  The Pastor said it looked like a &quot;bordello&quot;.  Well you never saw so many shocked faces in a church basement in your life.  And I bet I wasn&#39;t the only one that never mentioned it to our parents lol.  He was with our congregation for several years - he &quot;volunteered&quot; me to teach Sunday School, married me and first hubby and baptised our son.  Funny, of all the pastors we had he&#39;s the only one I can remember :o)<br />\n<br />\nJR does sound like a very handsome boy.  Not to worry - they do so much these days with plastic surgery I am sure he will be back to his old self in no time - and no doubt will give up the bike  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nSorry to hear about your painter trouble - it&#39;s amazing how many crooks are out there and they don&#39;t care who they &quot;take&quot;.  Hope they catch him and get your money back&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nI would love to see your &quot;you&#39;re nuts&quot; look - I think it&#39;s a universal rite of womanhood lol.<br />\n<br />\nTake care - and take it easy&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-04 07:17:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177111,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-04 08:29:09',NULL,'','Cheryl....so sorry to hear about JR, although your latest report sounds promising and that he didn&#39;t sustain severe damage to his head.  You know I will be praying for him&#33;<br />\n<br />\nI am so glad you eventually called another painter.... I have no idea how you could have put your body through that - it&#39;s a monumental job.  Also hope they catch the &quot;bad guy&quot; painter who already cashed your check.  Hmmmm I&#39;ve heard that same story somewhere before  :)<br />\n<br />\nRose.... have an awesome trip.<br />\n<br />\nJenn... have you recovered from your gardening exercise?<br />\n<br />\nSpea to you all tomorrow - Good Night&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-04 08:29:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177113,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-04 09:06:33',NULL,'','Thanks again for all the prayers for J.R, which by the way stands for James Richard - named after his 2 grandpa&#39;s.  Jenn, point well taken about the bad boy preacher image...my father was a preacher and all my girlfriends went on and on about how handsome he was.  I will say that he was because everyone says I look just like him <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> , but he was a horrible man - a real &quot;bad boy&quot;.  I&#39;ve told the story here before so not going into great detail, will just say that besides being a pastor, he was also a drug addict who thought women should be beaten on a daily basis and out of the 7 of us in our family, my mom and I were the only females, so we bore the brunt of it - so guess being a clergy doesn&#39;t neccessarily make you one of the good guys.  I have a very hard time trusting people because of my upbringing, but I will say this, there are some people here who I have never met in person. but trust expliciably.  True friends are born in your heart and so many of you have a special place there.  Where else can you find support, prayer, encouragement, advice or just a good laugh?   Someday, I hope to go on one of those Crazy cruises and be privileged to sail with some of you - Jackie, I have a feeling our meeting will come via those &quot;condos on wheels&quot; as you call them.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-04 09:06:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177172,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-04 15:46:29',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;May 4&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies.. another gorgeous weekend here in the Valley . Dear David is having a major sinus attack...but i think he will pull thru..<br />\n<br />\nNot a lot to report....<br />\n<br />\nGlad to hear James Richard is going to be fine.. you may want to remind him GOD maybe more concerned about whats inside...... this could be a lesson in disguise.. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/happy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':happy:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nGood luck on catching the painter that couldn&#39;t hold the brush of integrity..<br />\n<br />\nBer back later..<br />\n<br />\nSure hope MaryLou is enjoying her break.... <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nSmile.... <br />\n<br />\nJoey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-04 15:46:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177182,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-04 16:15:15',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Good morning Crazies, we hope you all have a great weekend.<br />\nIt&#39;s a sad day around here as I just received phone call about a business friend from Tennessee who had a sudden heart attack and died yesterday. His company and our company was involved in four Naval contracts together in the 80s and 90s. He was only in his 50s. Rita and I ran into him at the Opry Mills Mall in Nashville about 7 or 8 years ago, which was the last time we spoke.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;We have a ballroom dance tonight and one week from today we will be on vacation in Florida.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-04 16:15:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177199,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-04 16:25:33',NULL,'','<br />\nain&#39;t it a shame .. heart attacks seem to happen at any age.. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':sad2:\' />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-04 16:25:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177205,2613,1,18,175956,'2007-05-04 16:28:32',NULL,'','Good Morning:<br />\n<br />\nPretty quiet on the home front, nothing much planned this weekend except packing for my trip on Monday.  Cheryl, I am glad to hear that JR is doing better. Keith and Rita, I am sorry to hear about your friend, my condolences to his family. Mary Lou, I hope you are having a marvelous time.  Rose have a great trip. Hey Robert, how are you doing?<br />\nTake care everyone <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-05-04 16:28:32',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177232,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-04 17:05:11',NULL,'','Gee, nothing like a couple of days without the Internet to feel like you&#39;re out of the loop.  It did illustrate to me just how much time I spend on-line - eek&#33;  Our provider had a cable go bad and it took three days to find the trouble.<br />\n<br />\nIt&#39;s a gray and cool morning, but they are forecasting sun this p.m.  Then we are headed back into the 80&#39;s - it was nice while it lasted.<br />\n<br />\nHaven&#39;t been up to much except working at the theater - now doing two days and three afternoons a week - it&#39;s nice to be back into the swing again, although it is still very tiring come Thursday night.  <br />\n<br />\nHave been busily working on the menu cards for the competition - John just has to decide upon which font he wants now.  Everything else is good to go - yea&#33;  One more (timed) practice and it&#39;s showtime.  I&#39;m thinking of doing signs this weekend.  <br />\n<br />\n&quot;Little Shop&quot; opens tonight and we tech for &quot;Damn Yankees&quot; next weekend and &quot;Dirty Rotten Scoundrels&quot; opens the week after that and we audition for &quot;Art&quot; and &quot;Sylvia&quot; - there is always so much theater in May/June in Stockton...it&#39;s great&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - gotta say that it&#39;s good to be able to start reclaiming some of my energy.  Didn&#39;t have any for so long - it&#39;s like awking up after a long nap.  Your father story made me cry.  people just assume that religious leaders are good and wonderful folk and so many truly awful people hide behind a banner of the cross.  having had two dear friends go through the same thing, my heart goes out to you&#33;<br />\n<br />\nShari - you know what they say about getting old is not for the young - it must have been Louie Meyer who said that...  As much as I love sitting on the floor - those days are pretty much behind me except for brief forrays.  Still think we should be rewarded for getting this far.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - how is JR doing?  We had an up and coming fashion model living down the hall from us when we were in Reno.  One night her boyfriend tossed her out a third story window.  She lived, but suffered tremendous scarring and minor brain injury.  She came back a year later to visit the spot (it was outside our apartment) and she said it was the best thing that ever happened to her.  It made her refocus her life and re-evaluate her priorities.  She considered it a wake up call from God and she went on to graduate with a Masters in PT.  Perhaps JR&#39;s story will have a positive outcome as well.<br />\n<br />\nJennifer - what sort of grape vine did you plant?  We have an old vine zinfandel out front.  <br />\n<br />\nTonia - how&#39;s the couch?  Bet it feels great&#33;  New furniture is always exciting&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJoey - how is David doing?  Sinus attacks are no fun - are his linked to the weather?  For me, it&#39;s low pressure moving out that makes stuff kick up.  <br />\n<br />\nRobert - hope you are doing well today, my friend.  <br />\n<br />\nRose - you&#39;re already gone by now and celebrated your birthday...hope everything was (is) wonderful with you.<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita - condolences on the loss of your friend.  And I hope you have a good &#39;go-round&#39; tonight.  <br />\n<br />\nNow, I&#39;m off.  Just threw in laundry and it&#39;s time to start on chores.  <br />\n<br />\nHave a grand day all.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-04 17:05:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177245,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-04 17:52:39',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nCharlie it&#39;s the pollen .. in the spring we get these winds that kick up all the crap thats growing and he is outside quite a bit so his attacks are much greater than mine... but by June its so much better...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-04 17:52:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177349,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-04 20:45:49',NULL,'','Hey everyone.... got up early did the sams club thing... walmart   thingie... ....was looking at throws for the couch just incase the doggie&#39;s eye the new couch....<br />\n<br />\nOMG i love my couch... lots of pillows i took the best nap yesterday after they bought it.. OK they got here at 12:30 ... that was better then i thought i would be be... gave them a few bucks for a soda it was kinda warm........<br />\n<br />\nmaking arroz con pollo tonight for dinner.. <br />\n<br />\nDang Charlie i was going to send the search and rescue out for ya ... i was typing a PM to ya then i saw you post  ....gezzzzz... buti knew you would be busy doing something.....<br />\n<br />\nI have tomatoes on the vine.. yaaaaaaaaaaa not to much longer for that first fresh tomatoe.....<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nDavid ... &quot;&quot; handing a box of tissue .. sorry about the sinus guy...&quot;<br />\n<br />\nJoey make some chicken soup to clear the sinuses<br />\n<br />\nRita sorry to hear about your friend...hope you have some great memories to look back at from time to time...<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nCheryl ... LOL LOL you make me laugh.. i could just see that &quot;&quot; YA right &quot;&quot; look you gave the hubby....i hope they can find that guy who didd a little and left... its people like that that give the good ones a rough one to make you have faith again.....<br />\n<br />\nwell guys off to brown the chicken and get it in the crockpot  ...<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-04 20:45:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177352,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-04 21:11:39',NULL,'','he hates my chicken soup','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-04 21:11:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177495,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-05 03:22:59',NULL,'','Maria, was wondering what you learned at the dr. today.  Did he change your diabetes meds to the one you wanted?  Boy, it seems like our Daily Dock is moving further and further down on the list - where is everyone?','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-05 03:22:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177502,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-05 05:00:00',NULL,'','Hi all - gardened too much lol.  Sore all over.  Need booze - lots of booze  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':laugh:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nTonia -  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  Is that couch a good thing or a bad thing?  Glad you are so happy with it - yeah&#33; Ours is comfy too - much  too nap worthy lol.  So is the porch swing - very dozable  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nK&amp;R its hard to lose someone you care about - but remember as long as they live on in your heart they live on forever.<br />\n<br />\nJoey - try putting a little rum in it - works wonders tee-hee.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - sounds like you have a lot of pain there - I hope you can find comfort in all your friends here who care so very much about each other.<br />\n<br />\nTake care all - going to check the basa - it&#39;s in the oven cooking for me - love fish - any fish ........','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-05 05:00:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177523,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-05 05:28:11',NULL,'','jenn he would rather have a visit from an old friend... either  Jim or Jack <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-05 05:28:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177538,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-05 06:03:09',NULL,'','Cheryl...Thanks for asking. Yes the dr. changed my diabetes meds altogether. I started a new pill now that I take at night. He wants me to take it for two days and then start the Byetta injections on Monday. I am so excited about this as I have heard good things about the treatment. I have also started taking Celebrex for the knee which was giving me stomach problems but the dr gave me prilosec today and it is helping. I hated to stop the Celebrex as it is helping with the knee and also my arthritis............we shall see in about a week how the diabetes treatment is working.<br />\n<br />\nJoey..........I saw a wonderful thing on Oprah last week. Dr. Oz was on and he was demonstrating a nettie pot.......It is a device that cleans out your sinus. It was weird they took someone out of the audience to try it. It looks like a genie lamp but it is like a pitcher. You put warm water and salt in it, you put a bowl on the table and bend you head over the bowl and pour this solution into your nostril and guess what? The water comes out of the other nostril....It was amazing and he says it cleans out your sinuses. The girl in the audience said it felt great. My ddil who has awful sinus infections is going to try it. I am buying a nettie pot for her online they are only 12.95. She said she will try anything if it works. So maybe you should get David one. The Dr. said it is not just for people with sinus problems but for everyone as it cleans out the sinuses.<br />\n<br />\nWhew......that was a lot of typing for this shoulder.......................lol<br />\n<br />\nCheryl.....so sorry about JR.....I will pray that he will make a full recovery..........<br />\n<br />\nKen finished the carpets and today did all my planting outside.........<br />\n<br />\nTonia I am curious if it is the same meds the dr put me on......I am on metformin and byetta','teacp','teacp','2007-05-05 06:03:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177593,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-05 07:58:56',NULL,'','Joey -  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nMaria - good luck on the new meds - hope they do wonders for you&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-05 07:58:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177604,3230,1,18,175956,'2007-05-05 14:23:03',NULL,'',' <br />\n<br />\nHello Teacp<br />\n<br />\nI to am a diabetic just diagnosed this past month. I am on metformin also. I have a bad knee too...Are we related....lol<br />\n<br />\nI use Mobic for my knee I get it from Canada. It is Wonderful&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nAsk your Dr. About it&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nI think we need a diabetic thread&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' />','Chucksta63','Chucksta63','2007-05-05 14:23:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177605,3230,1,18,175956,'2007-05-05 14:27:06',NULL,'','I have alot of reading to do to get caught up on you all&#33;<br />\nHello My name is Chuck &amp; I am a group leader for a couple of groups here&#33;<br />\nI run an embroidery company for work &amp; do a little TA&#39;ing on the side for my vacations.<br />\nThese boards are my past time &amp; help me un-wind from a stressfull day at work. I am allways cutting deadlines in what I do. I do alot of sewing for companies like Harvard Law School &amp; the New England Patroits personal stuff. More a highend type of place, but I still do the teeshirts for the local logger&#33;<br />\nOK back to reading these great boards &amp; meeting you all&#33;&#33;&#33;','Chucksta63','Chucksta63','2007-05-05 14:27:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177609,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-05 15:38:03',NULL,'','May 5<br />\n<br />\nGood MorningCrazies...<br />\n<br />\nMaria after you have it in your hands and you try it  then I will consider..I want to hear it from somebody I trust... and that is you Kiddo <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> BTW personally I didn&#39;t care for Celebrex that drug scares me for some reason...<br />\n<br />\nChuck I had no Idea you did embroidery.. I knew about the TA thingy... cool...<br />\n<br />\nJenn those jokes were bad ...Booooo Boooo .... oh with you meant alcohol not boo&#39;s......... sorry never mind...<br />\n<br />\nCheryl I think the regular dockateers are away..<br />\n<br />\nAnother day in Southern Caifornia.. make it a great Saturday.. you do  have that power&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJoey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-05 15:38:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177619,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-05 15:45:13',NULL,'','Good Morning all.............<br />\n<br />\nWelcome Chuck.............are you type 1 or 2? I started metformin last night after years on glipizide and avandia...I am starting the metformin along with byetta which is an injection.(not insulin) just for type 2&#39;s. It is made from lizard spit and is supposed to help maintain blood sugars and also help lose weight. We will start the injection on Monday morning as Dr. didn&#39;t want to start two new meds at once. Ken says if my tongue starts going in and out he will get real nervous........lol I will ask the Dr. about the knee meds but so far the celebrex(scares me a little too same category as vioxx?) is doing a good job as long as I take the stomach meds with it............<br />\n<br />\nNice day here in Ohio........Grandson has baseball game this morning then Ken and I are taking him to play golf this afternoon. He will spend the night and tomorrow we are going to the mueseum center to see the Titanic exhibit. He is a Titanic expert so it should be fun with just the three of us.<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day all time to go test the blood sugars this morning after starting the new meds last night.<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Remember to do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return. &#33;&#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','teacp','teacp','2007-05-05 15:45:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177621,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-05 16:00:58',NULL,'','Good morning from Stockton&#33;   The birds have just starting singing, so the day must be starting.  <br />\n<br />\nAfter some soul-searching and a lot of on-lne checking, we decided to stay with our lease here instead of moving.  It&#39;s eye0opening to see just how much other places are renting for and for half the space.  Still not happy about the increase, but guess them&#39;s the breaks.<br />\n<br />\nHeard from Kenichi yesterday and he&#39;s been taken on as an assistant designer and his VISA has been extended for the next year and a half.  It would just be easier if he would applied for citizenship.  For the first time in a long time, he sounded happy and positive about his life.  had a bad breakup with his boyfriend and a couple of less-than-pleasant jobs, but he seems to be coming out of it now.  He sort of hummed and hawed and finally admitted that he wasn&#39;t coming home in June.  Oh well, there goes that party.<br />\n<br />\nStarted a new quilting project.  This is a Halloween hanging, with a skeleton reclining on the ground with a mess of black cats.  in the background is a haunted house, trick or treaters and a grave yard.  should be fun and hopefully it&#39;ll be done by October&#33;<br />\n<br />\nToday looks to be a quiet day of grocery shopping and the like.  Tomorrow we have the last timed practice before the competition on Tuesday - can&#39;t believe how quickly those two months have gone by&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJoey - how is David feeling today?  <br />\n<br />\nMaria - my sister is on Celebrex and swears by it.  She is also diabetic, so Celebrex may be something that works well with those types of drugs.  Hopefullythey will give you relief.<br />\n<br />\nJennifer - hope you have recovered from all your gardening.  Is it s general tidying up or are you planting?  <br />\n<br />\nTo everyone, have a Grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-05 16:00:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177689,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-05 18:55:34',NULL,'','Hello Crazies from Florida where it is hot-hot-hot    We arrived in Ft. Myers last night after an amazing week in Disney World.   Our grandkids had a wonderful time and it is now time for Nannie &amp; Popy to relax for a couple of days before we start  the long trip home.  We expect to be back in Pa. on Thursday evening so then I will have a chance to catch up and see what everyone is up to.  I miss chatting with you every day but will be back by Friday morning.   I can&#39;t stay on this computer any longer as they have a time limit on them  so no time to catch up with everything that has been going on. <br />\n<br />\nI hope everyone is well.  Talk to you all on Friday','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-05 18:55:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177693,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-05 19:07:39',NULL,'','Hey gang, hope all of you are having a great start to your weekend.  Had a painter out this morning that came highly recommended - he said he would get back to us tomorrow on the bid, but at this point, unless he wants us to sign our house over to him or something, I am willing to pay it - I am sure Greg will be of a different opinion&#33;&#33;&#33;  I got thise guy&#39;s name from the realtor who handles most of the properties in our neighborhood and he says he uses him on the houses he has listed plus he uses him at his own home.  Maria, keep us posted on how your new meds are working out.  I hope Mary Lou and Rose are enjoying their vacations.  Mercedes, have you left yet for Florida also?  Mebert, you haven&#39;t been posting in the Dock -are you still trying to catch up on work after that fabulous cruise?  I had to pick my grandson up from preschool yesterday and then had him until around 10:00 last night - trying to keep up with a 4 yr. old for 7 hrs. can really make you feel old&#33;&#33;&#33;  I am still tired from it.  Greg has spent the whole morning going over taxes - we got a letter from the IRS this week (that is NEVER a good thing).  They said that he had not claimed &#036;12,000 he made in stock in 2005 - it is actually restricted stock that the company gives his quarterly and they included it in his w-2 under wages and compensation, and the original amount was a little over &#036;18,500 and he paid taxes on it already, so the &#036;12,000 was what he got of it after they had taken more than a 1/3.  So now he has to send them documentation to back that up.  The letter stated that they wanted &#036;4007 plus interest - thank God, we should not have to pay it as they have already gotten more than enough.  Rainy weekend here, but I am looking on the bright side and just grateful that we aren&#39;t living with the aftermath of tornadoes such as those poor people in Kansas.  Happy Saturday everyone&#33;&#33;&#33;','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-05 19:07:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177697,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-05 20:38:00',NULL,'','we know the IRS first hand.... nice people..(this is incase they are reading this)','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-05 20:38:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177722,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-05 22:54:56',NULL,'','HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO EVERYONE....have a margarita .. some chips<br />\n<br />\nRobert ....... please be safe<br />\nthe weather looks scary<br />\n<br />\nCheryl .. thanks for the info for realtor in OKLA.. my sister called them and are talking about poss taking care of the sale of the property .. if he can&#39;t he will refer us to someone esle..the area our property is in is very big so it depends if he can take care of it from where he is....Thanks again for the refer<br />\n<br />\nMy sister called to day to say she is going to sell the house i grew up in... i knew it was coming.. the property is much for her and famiily to upkeep... ( ok not to be mean but my BIL is not much of a handyman ..but ask him computer stuff he would know everything there is about it .... and the kids are ummmmmm lazy LOL LOL .. the yard work is like UH whats that.. does that mean sweat  etc LOL LOL. Depends on where my BIL can tranfer too , poss southwest area .... told her she can have the humid weather etc LOL .. why is it at times so hard to let go of the past.... it was hard when i lost both parents not its the next transition of losing the home too... but i assume thats part of life....<br />\n<br />\nCharlie i have always wanted to learn how to quilt.. i use to watch my grandma quilt but she passed away b4 she could show me....i still have the quilt she was making for me when she passed....every grandchild got a quilt from her .....<br />\n<br />\nJenn ya need a spa, i go out and sit in mine when i get home from work every day... it sure helps with the aches and pains... my knees and back love it....best thing i ever bought....<br />\n<br />\nwell all i am off the enjoy my new couch with a small nap hehehehe ( dang i love my new couch )<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-05 22:54:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177748,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-06 00:21:51',NULL,'','Morning all - almost time to get outside again.<br />\n<br />\nStill some bedding plants to pot up to bigger containers - off the the garden centre to get some impatiens and fuschia - for that shady corner.<br />\n<br />\nTonia - the closest thing I get to a spa is having abath after I eat chili -  <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:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nTo all of you in the tornado areas - please take care and let us know you are ok.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-06 00:21:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177785,2613,1,18,175956,'2007-05-06 01:40:46',NULL,'','Good Afternoon:<br />\n<br />\nA rainy day here in MD.  Just getting my packing started for my trip to Key West on Monday.  Cheryl, I know what you mean.  We got a letter from the IRS last month, stating that we made thousands of dollars on some stocks and did not report it.  We have two accounts with Merrill Lynch and they only send us a statement for one of the accounts which we had to pay &#036;5,000.00 to the IRS.  We never received the other statement, thus the IRS letter.  We finally got it cleared up and have to pay an additional &#036;2,000.00.  Yeah, Joey, nice people.  <br />\nTake care everyone <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' />','mercedes','mercedes','2007-05-06 01:40:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177864,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-06 07:17:27',NULL,'','Hey All,<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, the IRS can make mistakes...... just that WE&#39;RE not allowed to&#33;  Let us know if the painter is a keeper this time.  Goodness you must be more than ready to get into your completed kitchen by now.<br />\n<br />\nMercedes, enjoy your vacation in Key West, it&#39;s a fun place - great snorkeling and fishing.<br />\n<br />\nJenn, still planting hmm?  How are the back, knees, shoulders and all other moving parts holding up?<br />\n<br />\nI went on a steeeeep walk to a lighthouse today.... my goodness I didn&#39;t think I was going to be able to get back to the car park - I&#39;m getting too old for mountain climbing  :)','zebra','zebra','2007-05-06 07:17:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177868,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-06 07:46:34',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\nJackie, I am not buying that for a minute&#33;&#33;&#33;  My goodness woman, I am younger than you (okay, not by much) and I could not even begin to keep up with you.  Yeah, I read your travel log every day and I see all those hikes and walks you take.  You ar making me so anxious for our RV trip down the Oregon coast this summer...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-06 07:46:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177981,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-06 19:39:29',NULL,'','Morning All,<br />\nIt&#39;s another moving day for us - and it&#39;s the latest we&#39;ve ever woken up on a moving day.. we got up at 9:10 am.  So I&#39;m supposed to be doing all my &quot;securing&quot; duties.  Shhhh.  Just wanted to say hi.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, I tell you there are some hikes and walks on this coast believe me.  But we both feel so much better for it.<br />\n<br />\nWell I&#39;ll check in with you later....... Ciao.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-06 19:39:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177997,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-06 20:08:51',NULL,'','Morning Guys.... it is supposed to warm up here to close to 95 in the valley.. so that will be nice.. the wind is blowing thats not so nice... <br />\n<br />\nMaria i mentioned that nettie pot thing but he was scare it would cause his nose to bleed? I didn&#39;t understand that at all..<br />\n<br />\nAny way .. Thanks for the suggestion..<br />\n<br />\nhope all is well with all .. smiles<br />\n<br />\njoey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-06 20:08:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(177998,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-06 20:21:34',NULL,'','Happy Sunday from Stockton&#33;  We are finally not quite so windy.  A guy was killed yesteday when a tree branch came down on him - another case of never knowing when your E Ticket might get punched.  <br />\n<br />\nI laid out a new quilt yesterday - it&#39;s for Halloween.  When John came in, he said, &quot;Like you don&#39;t have any Halloween stuff now.&quot;  We have 18 Xeorx boxes of Hallowwen decorations and a couple large tubs.  We take Halloween very seriously around here.  <br />\n<br />\nGot John all set up with his signage and risers for the display table.  I will be so glad when that event is over.<br />\n<br />\nTonia - I was fortunate to have my Auntie Ti teach me how to quilt before she passed away.  All our friends and family have something quilted from me and we are still up to our ears in pillows, quilts and wall hangings.  I do Hawaiian quilting, whihc is a little different than the traditional style, but the outcome is pretty much the same.<br />\n<br />\nJackie - you keep at it&#33;  Steep hikes are supposedly good for you - gets your heart pumping and all of that.  Was the light house nice and worth the hike up?    At least you had an excuse for dessert that night.<br />\n<br />\nJoey - you have us beat - we&#39;re only supposed to be 87 today.  if the wind doesn&#39;t come up, we might actually reach it.<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone is having a Grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-06 20:21:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178004,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-06 22:13:04',NULL,'','afternoon all<br />\n<br />\nJust a lazy day here in san diego its 90 onthe patio , i have the air on.. ordering pizza tonight not cooking....<br />\n<br />\nCharlie .. wish you lived closer......sorry to hear its windy up your way.. i know those winds can be dangerous<br />\n<br />\nJoey hows the David man doing.... i bet the wind is not helping him....tell him i say hello...<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nJackie i keep in mind me climbing the hill in Athens.. i still to this day don&#39;t know how i did it with my knees...<br />\ni guess that praying to get to the top did it LOL <br />\n<br />\nwell nothing much going on here ... food network has the Infinity on so i think i will go watch that ....its a hawaiian wedding thingie ... i can&#39;t wait to be on her this fall<br />\n<br />\nlater gators Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-06 22:13:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178023,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 02:21:55',NULL,'','No sireeeee Joey.          Does not make your nose bleed. I bought one for my daughter in law and used it before I gave it to her. (Don&#39;t worry you don&#39;t actually touch it to your nose) and it felt wonderful......It felt wonderful and I felt like I could breathe better and it just was an overall feeling of cleanliness.........It is only warm water with salt nothing to hurt you. I am going to buy one for myself.','teacp','teacp','2007-05-07 02:21:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178074,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 05:13:08',NULL,'','Jackie - which lighthouse did you scale? Parts - what parts.  I&#39;m ignoring everything that moves lol.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie - you make sure to stay away from those tall trees lol.  You sound like us with the Hallowe&#39;en stuff - we&#39;ve already got plans rolling for two years down the road.<br />\n<br />\nJoey - just remind David that &quot;Love is a Rose and you better not pick it&quot;....&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wub.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wub:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wub.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wub:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wub.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wub:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nHave a great evening all.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-07 05:13:08',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178077,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 05:28:15',NULL,'','Hey guys, kinda&#39; late posting - have been on the go all day.  My son was here when I got up around 10:00 this morning, just hanging out with his dad.  After chatting with him a bit, I got ready and we went out to lunch.  When we got home, Greg took our old patio swing apart, as the harsh winters had taken their toll on it, especially this past one.  Then we went to Lowe&#39;s and bought a new one and were out on the deck putting it together when it started pouring down rain.  We would run outside between lulls and assemble as much as we could before the next downpour started.  We finally got it all together and sat outside for about 2 minutes enjoying it, but the 40 degree weather quickly got the best of us and we came inside.  Greg is now watching Blood Diamond but it doesn&#39;t look like a movie I would care to watch so have to amuse myself, so here I am.  I spent the time between outdoor &quot;work shifts&quot; and cleaned out the drawers in the kitchen - amazing how much junk one amasses.    I hope you all have a safe and productive week.  By the way, did anyone notice that today is 05-06-07?','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-07 05:28:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178100,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 05:58:20',NULL,'','Cheryl - we got one of those cheap-o covers for the swing - from Wal-Mart - it&#39;s great - makes the thing look like a great big green toad perched on the deck lol.  The snow kind of tore up last years model but there only ten bucks so not too bad. <br />\n<br />\n I unzip it when the sun comes out but leave the back in tact - very private and cozy - kind of like making a fort under the dining room table when you were a kid tee-hee.<br />\n<br />\nHope you are having a great (pain free) day :o)<br />\n<br />\nDidn&#39;t notice the date until you mentioned it.  We lost our daughter on 20,02, 2002   ...  it&#39;s palandromic - a date I will never forget.  :o(','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-07 05:58:20',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178137,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 07:49:38',NULL,'','Jenn....we climbed to the Cape Meares lighthouse in Tillamook, OR.  So sorry to hear you lost your daughter - my heart goes out to you.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl... what a pity you didn&#39;t have time to enjoy your new swing - hopefully the weather get better soon.  We haven&#39;t seen the sun for a few days now - but I must say that we&#39;re enjoying the cool weather - maybe it&#39;s because we&#39;re so used to being hot...hot....hot for about 9 months of the year - this is a great change for us.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-07 07:49:38',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178141,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 08:19:50',NULL,'','Jenn, I am so sorry about your daughter.  I had a baby that was stillborn about 22 yrs. ago which was hard enough, but I cannot even imagine losing one that had been a part of your life for some time.  If you ever feel like talking about it, I would love to hear about her.  The foothills got several inches of snow this weekend - Spring seems to be playing hide and seek with us here in the Rocky Mountains.  I just keep reminding myself that a month from now, I will be ready for the heat to go away....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-07 08:19:50',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178142,274,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 11:20:46',NULL,'','Good Morning, Cruise Crazies&#33;<br />\n<br />\nSorry I haven&#39;t been on for a while.  Have been very busy here.  We had some of the kids and grandkids here this week, and spent Thursday and Friday at the doctor&#39;s with vertigo.  I do have good news, though, my ultrasound showed that the Coumadin is working and the clot is getting smaller, so I&#39;m really excited about that.  Tomorrow I have to take my mom to the doctor to set up a date for her hip surgery and talk about that with him.  My daughter is due to have her baby in three weeks.  Very excited about that.<br />\n<br />\nMarc was a nice husband and got me a new laptop, and is having it set up in our computer room tomorrow, and also doing some minor work on the main computer, so hope all goes well.<br />\n<br />\nRobert...so glad you are OK.  Hope you didn&#39;t have any damage to the house&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJenn...I&#39;m so sorry about your daughter...I lost a daughter, too, but she was at birth, so as hard as that is to take, like Cheryl says, I can&#39;t imagine losing a child that you have raised.  Hugs&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJoey...hope David is feeling better&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCheryl...I&#39;m so glad that JR will be OK.  I will keep him in my prayers&#33;<br />\n<br />\nWelcome aboard to Canadian Cruiser and Chucksta63&#33;<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita...I&#39;m so sorry to hear about your business friend&#33;  <br />\n<br />\nMaria...hope your new meds will help. <br />\n<br />\nHave to go to bed now, but to everyone I missed, and to all Cruise Crazies...have a great day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nThank you all for your prayers and support...it has really helped me and means a lot.  God Bless&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-05-07 11:20:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178171,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 15:59:25',NULL,'','Good Morning All &#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCheryl so glad to hear the good news about JR..........Hope his recovery is a speedy one.<br />\nShari.....You have a million things going on right now but so glad the clot is finally getting smaller. <br />\nJenn............sorry about the loss of your daughter....<br />\nRobert ........glad that you are okay<br />\n<br />\nWell, I started the Byetta injections this morning. I give one twice a day in the morning and in the evening. Keep your fingers crossed for me. I am hoping for some exciting things to happen with it....Like better glucose control (although mine is not bad) and weight loss...............<br />\n<br />\nWell great weather here in Ohio so Ken and I are going to do the vegetable garden and plant some more flowers..........lol....................He does the raised beds for the veggies as the soil here is clay and doesn&#39;t drain well............<br />\n<br />\nGreat news for a 14 yr old. My grandaughters braces come off today and I just can&#39;t wait to see that great smile.<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Remember to do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return &#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','teacp','teacp','2007-05-07 15:59:25',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178174,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 16:00:44',NULL,'','May 7[/size]<br />\n<br />\nMorning Crazies..its Monday the first full week in May... it is supposed to be very hot in our neighborhood today ...up near 98....<br />\n<br />\nDavid is feeling better.. so not much to report from here.. all is well and all are healthy so I guess.. other than that is just icing.. I tend to be overweight anyway.. <br />\n<br />\nSmile..<br />\n<br />\nJoey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-07 16:00:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178218,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 17:00:36',NULL,'','Morning from Stockton where we are headed for a balmy 95 today.  At lest with the hot weather, my back and leg are really happy.  They aren&#39;t so keen on damp weather anymore.  Maybe I should look into being a weather forecaster.<br />\n<br />\nYesterday we had a long, but productive day in the kitchen at school.  The guys had their &#39;dress rehearsal&#39; for the competition and finished under an hour.  However, it took us an hour to clean the kitchen prior to even cooking - John was pretty angry when he saw the conditions.  When he was there you could eat off the floor, yesterday I was afraid to walk on them&#33;  then it took about two hours to put the kitchen back to rights and do a follow up discussion on things.  Afterwards, we went over to the Brittos for dinner (leftovers, which are better than our first timers&#33;) and some more frank discussion on what we thought did and didn&#39;t work.  Didn&#39;t get home until after 9 p.m.   I felt lucky in that I got away with just two more projects (more risers).<br />\n<br />\nJoey - you got it right.  When you have your health, everything else falls into place.  Glad to hear that David is feeling better - he sent it my way&#33;  I&#39;ve been blowing all morning&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTonia - I wish you were closer too.  I&#39;d love to get together and cook with you.  <br />\n<br />\nJennifer - condolences upon your loss.  It&#39;s hard enough to lose parents, I can&#39;t even imagine what it&#39;s like to lose a child.   <br />\n<br />\nOn a happier note - can&#39;t wait to talk Halloween with you.  We specialize in theme parties - last year, we did three of them.  I&#39;m hoping to keep it to one this year.  I suspect we&#39;ll try for the &quot;Clue&quot; party that we put off a couple of years ago.<br />\n<br />\nMaria - how&#39;s that smile?  Bet she&#39;s blinding everyone...and chewing gum like a madwoman.  <br />\n<br />\nTo everyone else, have a grand day and if you can&#39;t be good, take pictures&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-07 17:00:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178224,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 17:13:37',NULL,'','oh no Charlie... sorry about that...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-07 17:13:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178243,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 18:26:39',NULL,'','Morning everyone - from Seaside OR.<br />\n<br />\nToday we are going out with a couple from BC who have been following our journal and wanted to meet us - so we arranged to meet here in Seaside, as they are on vacation. They&#39;re a super couple.<br />\n<br />\nShari - glad to have you back... we missed you.<br />\n<br />\nMaria - hope you have great success with your new medication.<br />\n<br />\nHope you all have a safe and happy day today, my friends.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-07 18:26:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178273,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 21:12:36',NULL,'','afternoon everyone....<br />\n<br />\nits going to be another hot day here , i turned the air on early...<br />\n<br />\nto those of you that have lost children.. my heart go out to you ,, <br />\nto lose a child must have been the worst...but like i always say <br />\nwe all have many guardian angels that protect us,,and you all have special ones <br />\non you shoulders.....<br />\n<br />\nwork has been busy... they are putting in new software and they have been shuting down <br />\neverything to do it .. ok WHAT doing things without a computer ... now that is down right  WRONG<br />\ni have to use my head LOL LOL ... and boy what a headache... I had to resort to chocolate to fix the headache... hehehehheehh ,  ok so it was small chocolate cake i had to make ..<br />\n<br />\nHey Mebert where ya be dude?????<br />\n<br />\nShari sure nice to see ya post from time to time....glad the clot is getting smaller...bo i bet everyone is excited about that new grandbaby....my mom loved the grandkids , she was so bad she spoiled them and said hey i don&#39;t have to take them home,, and then laugh LOL <br />\n<br />\nMaria heres hoping all goes well with the new meds....regards to braces... the first thing my friend wanted after getting her braces off was BUBBLE GUM....and chips and salsa LOL LOL ....we made a banner for her when she came home .. HAPPY BRACES OFF DAY ......and a big bowl of bubble gum... it took her forever to get thur that bowl..<br />\n<br />\nJackie  so glad your meeting your followers .. so nice that invited you for a nice dinner... yummy clams...i have been thinking about a clambake latey... with some shrimp, corn sausage, pototoes clams yummy<br />\n<br />\nJoey glad David is feeling better....and more lookers for the home ??<br />\n<br />\nwell everyone off to watch court tv i think today<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-07 21:12:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178277,3032,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 22:03:03',NULL,'','Helllloooo Allll&#33;    <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />   Have been really, really busy at the &#39;ole office since I was out.  Trying to get the boss outta here for a short vacation.  Whooo.  He left Friday a.m.  Things are quiet now.<br />\n<br />\nMichael built a new garden container over the weekend.  He wants to add more plants to the veggie garden this year.  Picked up most of the plants as well.  Forgot Zucini.  Didnt&#39; realize how big my grape plant had gotten.  This will hopefully be the first year we harvest from it.  Have to start to germinate my green bean seeds tonight.  <br />\n<br />\nWell, the count down is on for the cruise.  Michael has finally asked how much is still owed.  Filled out the pre-boarding stuff on line a week ago.  Have received three of the four birth certificates we need.  Think I&#39;ll order a couple extras and send to our emergency contact for safe keeping.  Cosidering it&#39;s my brother, I should probably wait and send everything to my sister-in-law&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' />   Need to get the dogs in to update all of their shots and reserve their boarding.  <br />\n<br />\nOh,  speaking of the dogs....When I got home last Friday night, my couch had gone to that great big flea market in the sky.  The dogs ate my couch.  A dachsund and a &quot;designer&quot; &lt;strong&gt;ate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;] my couch.  I didn&#39;t know if I should cry or laugh.  <br />\n<br />\nWill have to go backwards and read up on whats been going on with everyone.   Just wanted to let everyone know I&#39;m still out here.','MelBelle','MelBelle','2007-05-07 22:03:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178278,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 22:28:46',NULL,'','Happy to report the braces are off and she is more gorgeous than she was if that is possible.........She is beaming from ear to ear............I think the first thing she wanted was peeps from Easter.....lol','teacp','teacp','2007-05-07 22:28:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178280,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 22:49:49',NULL,'','OH Melanie<br />\n...<br />\n LOL LOL so sorry about your couch...i feel your pain.. but i assume they wanted you to get a new sofa LOL .. i could just seed you face ......the time i came home to see white stuff all over my backyard.. and ITS WASN&quot;T SNOW... it was the STYROFOAM from the spa cover all over the back yard three of the rotties dragged that big cover to the upper backyard and ripped it up... when i came in i looked at the doggies and they all had styrofoam stuck to them and looked at me like to say &quot;&quot;&quot; OH YOUR HOME MOM&quot;&quot;.. it took me forever to get that cleaned up...<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-07 22:49:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178286,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-07 23:31:16',NULL,'','Good afternoon all.  Hope you all are having a great Monday.  Greg&#39;s birthday is Wed. and I have been having a heckuva time trying to come up with something to get him. I actually bought him a GPS system for his birthday but ended up giving it to him a few days after I bought it in March because the receipt said it could only be returned within 30 days and I didn&#39;t want to want until his birthday and then find out it either didn&#39;t work or he didn&#39;t like it.  I am going to grill steaks on Wed. and the boys are coming over for dinner, so I decided to go out and clean the grill racks today.  Grilling is always Greg&#39;s job, so I had no idea what bad shape that grill was in but we have had it for close to 10 yrs.  Anyway, I put all the racks in a large plastic bag laid it on the ground and added oxi-clean and hot water and left it out in the backyard (read this in a magazine).  The sun is supposed to keep the water warm and help dissolve the gunk on the racks.  Tomorrow, I will use my steamer to blast off anything that is left on them.  During this process, I came up with something to buy him - a new stainless steel grill.  I looked online and found one I liked at WalMart, so am going to go pick it up tomorrow.  The boys asked if they could chip in and it would be from all of us.  Greg is extremely hard to buy a gift for - if he wants anything, he goes and buys it, plus he never mentions anything that he would like to have.  Not me, I drop hints, catalogs and newspaper ads with things circled, and send webpages to him when there is something I want.  Mel, it was good to see you posting again.  Has anyone heard from Denna Beana?  She was on a posting frenzy there for awhile and then disappeared.  I sent her a pm last week, but haven&#39;t heard anything from her.  Wish she and Dolores (PrincessOne) would get their butts back on the forum&#33;&#33;&#33;  Maria, hopefully she will wear her retainers.  I got my braces off 2 yrs. ago and I never wear my retainers and my teeth have started moving and I may have to have the braces put back on.  Well guys, I am off to finish my housework - I swear, my laundry needs birth control - it seems to multiply on it&#39;s own&#33;&#33;&#33;','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-07 23:31:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178306,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 01:18:34',NULL,'','Afternoon all&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTo all of you who don&#39;t know the story my (step) daughter Courtney was just shy of her 18th birthday when we lost her to Muscular Dystrophy.   She was nine when I first met her, and using a walker too get around.  She got progressively worse, and after a long struggle her heart just gave out.  She was a bright and beautiful young lady who was dealt a lousy hand in life.  But she had a wonderful sense of humor.<br />\n<br />\nShe was my flower girl when I married her father - and wore her first grown up dress.  Later on when my DD got married Courtney was her maid of honor - wheelchair and all - and had a ball at the wedding because all the guys were told to &quot;spoil her rotten&quot;.  A dream come true for a 12 year old :o)  She &quot;danced&quot; til the wee hours.....<br />\n<br />\nThe day she died we called my Husband&#39;s Dad to let him know.  When we called him back later in the day we got no answer.  We called and called.  We finally went over to his house and found him at his kitchen table ...... he had gone to take Courtney home.  The date was 2002, 2002.<br />\n<br />\nI posted a poem I wrote for them somewhere on here - I will try to find it for you.<br />\n<br />\nAnyway - enough sadness - the sun is shing and there is a compost pile in the back yard that needs turing lol.<br />\n<br />\nTake care my friends.<br />\n<br />\nTTFN Jennifer','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-08 01:18:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178322,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 01:45:03',NULL,'','Oh my goodness Jenn - thanks so much for posting and sharing that with us.  Your poor husband... had so much to endure - he must be one strong man&#33;&#33;&#33;  I bet you were a fantastic Mommy, you and Courtney must have had a great time with both your sense of humors&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMelanie - I didn&#39;t know if I should laugh or cry either.  What is a designer, by the way&#33; So glad to see you posting... missed ya&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTonia - oooh a Clambake would be fabulous&#33;  I think I need to come visit you.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - I hear you... it&#39;s the hardest thing to buy for a man - Tony especially... as he says he has everything and doesn&#39;t need anything (real helpful to me hmm). Yes I&#39;ve been wondering where Denna Beana is as well.<br />\n<br />\nShari - how the pain from the clot?  Has it dissolved quite a bit?<br />\n<br />\nI think we&#39;re going to stay here for another day, because there are still things that we want to see.  Oregon is amazing - that&#39;s all I can say.... if we didn&#39;t have a schedule to be in Alaska for this summer we would have stayed here for a couple of months.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-08 01:45:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178336,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 02:10:16',NULL,'','I found the old post - this is a poem I wrote for the funeral.  The references to &quot;The Two&quot; are Courtney and her Grandpa and &quot;The Two&quot; that come to meet them are Courtney&#39;s Mother who died of a brain tumor and her Grandma - who we lost in 1995 to lung cancer.  I can&#39;t even read it without crying :o(<br />\n<br />\nThe Two<br />\n<br />\nThey walk hand in hand as they stroll through the clouds<br />\nSomething they could not do here.<br />\nThe chat as they go, the young and the old<br />\nAs if they hadn&#39;t a care.<br />\n<br />\nThe little one walks, as she hasn&#39;t for years,<br />\nNo leg splints, no wheels, no pain.<br />\nThe older one walks, as he hasn&#39;t for years.<br />\nHe&#39;s no longer using a cane.<br />\n<br />\nAs they stroll through the mist, four figures appear.<br />\nTwo tall - the others quite small.<br />\nThey&#39;re coming to greet them to take them home<br />\nFear not - they won&#39;t let them fall.<br />\n<br />\nThe two dark and wee ones are bounding with glee.<br />\nTwo tails wag with delight.<br />\nThey cannot believe just who they see<br />\nComing in from the night.<br />\n<br />\nThe two taller figures come out of the mist<br />\nReaching with arms open wide.<br />\nThey can&#39;t wait to meet, after so many years<br />\nThe two that have just arrived.<br />\n<br />\nThe mother enfolds her child in her arms<br />\nKnowing her long wait is done.<br />\nThe wife hugs her man as she hasn&#39;t for years.<br />\nTheir new time together - just begun.<br />\n<br />\nWith love and fond memories Jennifer (Jenny)','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-08 02:10:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178382,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 03:05:34',NULL,'','Jenn, it brought tears to my eyes too.  Thank you so much for sharing the poem and the story of Courtney with us.  The poem was so beautiful.  It means so much that you feel comfortable enough with us to open up in that manner.  You are truly a special lady.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-08 03:05:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178494,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 08:01:42',NULL,'','Jenn.... not a dry eye, that&#39;s for sure.  What a beautiful poem, thank you so much for sharing this part of your life with us....... we appreciate you sharing with us.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-08 08:01:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178503,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 08:42:42',NULL,'','I forgot to tell you guys earlier, Greg spent almost an hr. on the phone with the IRS this evening.  Turns out that he doesn&#39;t have to send them documentation, as they were able to pull up our return and his W-2 from 2005.  Miracle of all miracles, Jim with the Internal Revenue Service has conceded that it was indeed their error and that we do not owe them an additionl &#036;4007 plus interest dating back to then and penalties.  He said we would receive an official letter that the matter has been closed.  Think they offer any compensation for the near heart attacks and rises in blood pressures they cause with antics such as that?','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-08 08:42:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178515,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 14:08:43',NULL,'','May 8[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies..<br />\n<br />\nexcellent News Cheryl... my only other comment would be for is wait for the letter.... it&#39;s a shame they couldn&#39;t over night it..LOL.. See i told you they were nice people.. (in case they are still reading)<br />\nJenn what a great poem and a great tribute...<br />\n<br />\nDoes the oxyclean and sun thing work?<br />\n<br />\nMelbelle good to see you..<br />\n<br />\nWhen is MaryLou due back.. the dock needs her?<br />\n<br />\nHow&#39;s the meds working Maria..<br />\n<br />\nSmile ain&#39;t much else to do...<br />\n<br />\njoey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-08 14:08:43',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178554,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 16:11:58',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Very nice poem, Jenn. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Cheryl--great IRS news&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Three more work days and I am out of here until the day after Memorial Day. The beach awaits&#33; We are having a lot of company while at Siesta Key. Rita&#39;s son and his girlfriend are driving over from Orlando for a few days and some Florida couples we met on our last cruise are going to pay us a visit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Rita is heading to the appliance store today for her new kitchen. She does not like the stainless steel look so she is looking at Frigedaire appliances in bisque. Any recommendations?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Have 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:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-08 16:11:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178583,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 16:56:50',NULL,'','oh i like bisque .. always have .....good choice...FYI we love our GE profile series','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-08 16:56:50',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178589,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 17:08:12',NULL,'','Morning all&#33; Decided to check in here first since I have lots to do today. We are back from our weekend on the Sovereign. Had a great time as usual with some old crew friends. We really didn&#39;t do a thing......just relaxed. We never even got off the ship in Nassau or CocoCay, it was wonderful&#33; I&#39;d have checked in yesterday but my DS moved home from college and we had to figure out where to store all the stuff. It will probably be crazy around here until he settles in and my DD gets used to sharing with her brother again. <br />\n<br />\nLots to do today like find something for my mom for mother&#39;s day. I was thinking of getting her a small MP3 player and download a bunch of music on it for her like Perry Como, Johnny Mathis, etc. She&#39;s not real great at those kind of things and at least I could give her a head start. <br />\n<br />\nI&#39;ll be catching up with the doc the next few days. Hope you are all well and had a great weekend. <br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita have a great time in the Keys&#33;<br />\n<br />\nEveryone have a great day&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-08 17:08:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178608,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 18:04:04',NULL,'','Good Morning All<br />\n<br />\nI think Marylou will be back on Thursday..............<br />\n<br />\nCheryl..........great news on the IRS<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita.......We picked bisque for our new home and have never regretted it. Kens sister has stainless and while nice looking shows every fingerprint............Have a great time in Siesta Key...Ken and I loved it there and are thinking about going back next winter again..............<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day all<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;<br />\nRemember to do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return &#33;&#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','teacp','teacp','2007-05-08 18:04:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178610,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 18:17:16',NULL,'',' Joey, being former GE and Whirlpool suppliers, I will no longer buy their products. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':sad2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\n[quote name=\'teacp\' post=\'178608\' date=\'May 8 2007, 10&#58;04 AM\'] Keith and Rita.......We picked bisque for our new home and have never regretted it. Kens sister has stainless and while nice looking shows every fingerprint............Have a great time in Siesta Key...Ken and I loved it there and are thinking about going back next winter again..............[/quote] [color=\"#6600cc\"]Maria, Rita feels the same way about the stainless.<br />\nBesides being on a cruise ship, Siesta Key is our favorite place to be. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/cool.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':cool2:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/cool.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':cool2:\' /> ','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-08 18:17:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178612,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 18:20:14',NULL,'','oh really ... what do you know?','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-08 18:20:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178620,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 18:35:51',NULL,'',' &lt;strong&gt;Our little family manufacturing facility complies with OSHA, EPA, and federal wage and discrimination laws. We pay to send our workers to trade schools and pay them an above average wage. We provide health, dental, and life insurance and have a 401K retirement plan that we provide matching dollars. We have quality standard ISO 9002 is place. Having all of that, we are no longer price competitive with their products that went to Mexico, India, etc. Those countries to not have to comply.<br />\nThe giant sucking sound of American manufacturing lost jobs is getting louder every day. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/angry.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':angry:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/angry.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':angry:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-08 18:35:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178633,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 19:14:47',NULL,'','OK I UNDERSTAND...<br />\n<br />\nI watch Lou Dobbs','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-08 19:14:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178656,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 20:42:07',NULL,'','morning <br />\n<br />\nnothing very exciting here... had to go take a final exam for my stupid traffic ticket i got... i swear it said no right turn..gezzzzzzzzzzz <br />\n<br />\nthen later today i go for nreve testing to see what more they may have to do with my wrist....<br />\n<br />\nmy elbow is killing me ... doc gave me cream for it ,, but that doesn;t help...i knew this was going to happen.. its moving up from my wrist... oh well such is the life of workers comp...<br />\n<br />\ngoing to be a hot day here 90-95 today....<br />\n<br />\ndoggies are in the house keeping cool.. lazy doggies ( air is on )<br />\n<br />\njenn very nice poem.. thanks for sharing<br />\n<br />\nOMG well slap my mouth IRS admited they were WRONG... ok you should get taxpayer relief fund pay LOL LOL .. and be able to write the phone calls ya made to them LOL LOL <br />\n<br />\n<br />\nOH this may sound stupid but is BISQUE a make of products ?..if it is i have never heard of it...<br />\n<br />\ni sure miss my mommy this time of year i remember the last one i had with her .. we sat in her bed and looked at pic&#39;s and laughed it is a good memory.....shes taught me to cook...and to love it so much...<br />\n<br />\neveryone have a great day i may check in later <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-08 20:42:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178657,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 20:44:12',NULL,'','BISQUE is color','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-08 20:44:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178707,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 23:19:45',NULL,'','Hey All,<br />\n<br />\nK &amp; R......Siesta Key is our favorite beach - we love it.. they also have the BEST 5th of July fireworks display that I have ever seen.<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou.... come back soon - I miss you big time&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCheryl.... I know exactly how you feel......Whew&#33;  Anything involving Uncle Sam can make one very tense.  Good for them to admit their error, that doesn&#39;t happen too often&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTonia....what exam??   Hey you didn&#39;t tell us what&#39;s for dinner&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nWell guys today is our last day in Oregon and what a highlight of our trip it has been, so it&#39;s on to Washingston state now - we&#39;ll only be there for a few days because we are almost at the &quot;bewitching hour&quot; when we need to cross the border into Canada.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-08 23:19:45',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178727,2,1,18,175956,'2007-05-08 23:55:59',NULL,'','JUst wanted to pop in and say hi to everyone. It&#39;s been kind of hectic around here lately. I have been reading the daily dock as much as possible even if I&quot;ve not been posting. I know that a few of you have been under the weather so please take care , everyone, and feel better. I really do enjoy reading all the great news too, new homes, land vacations, what eveyone is planting, etc. You all do such a great job of keeping up with the dock. And a big thanks to all those who start it off every month and every new day. Only one more month of school for the kids here so that means mom will be on vacation also, a lot less stress without homework to do and can&#39;t wait to sleep late in the morning. This getting up at 6:30 is exhausting for a nite owl . <br />\n<br />\nAnyway, as you all know, Jason is now a college grad with a degree in accounting. I&#39;m still pinching myself. Proud mama here, sorry, can&#39;t help it. He&#39;ll be coming home for Mother&#39;s Day and staying a while. He&#39;s now checking out jobs and going on interviews so wherever he works will determine where he lives. We&#39;d love him to move back home  until he can afford his own place. Keep your fingers crossed for me on that one. <br />\n<br />\nAnyway, Crazies, I&#39;m here even if you don&#39;t see me. Love you all. Big hugs, &lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b255/gottacruz/gifs/lady_blows_kiss.gif&quot; /&gt;','GottaCruz','GottaCruz','2007-05-08 23:55:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178731,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 00:20:00',NULL,'','<br />\njust one more hug ... huh&#33; i hope he can too Cheryl.. that would be nice','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-09 00:20:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178733,2,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 00:25:07',NULL,'','JOey, that would not be his first choice but it would be the only one possible till he&#39;s got a steady pay check. I just hope the job is here rather than there . <br />\n<br />\nKeep those fingers AND toes crossed for me. I would lose my spare closet, though.  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nLots of hugs,','GottaCruz','GottaCruz','2007-05-09 00:25:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178739,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 00:32:13',NULL,'','<br />\nLOL you don&#39;t have to tell me &quot;mother&quot;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-09 00:32:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178747,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 00:44:49',NULL,'','ok .. i had the nerve test it went ok... they have to shock them nerves don&#39;t they.. i think the doctor likes to torture people.....it wasn&#39;t him that he hurts was it.... then he says well nothing to serious .. that i am happy about.. he doesn&#39;t hink will need surgery on the nerves right now.. yaaaaaa.. but the cyst will need a little help......okie dokie now....<br />\n<br />\n.. well will go see reg doc on friday so that will be the final thingie... they still don&#39;t know why the thumb is numb and next two finger tingle.. <br />\n<br />\nwell tonight for dinner is swedish meatballs and rice...and veggie<br />\n<br />\nbaking the meatballs now so i don&#39;t fry them... <br />\n<br />\nother then that nothing esle happening<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-09 00:44:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178761,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 01:33:48',NULL,'','Hi guys.  Well, I was going to take my steamer outside and take the grill racks out of the pastic bag in which they have been soaking in Oxi-Clean and blast the remainder of the cooked on gunk off, but when I got my steamer out of the box, I discovered I was missing a vital piece.  I looked everyhere and cannot find it so decided I would have to go buy a new steamer.  I went to KMart and they said they do not carry them, so decided to go across the street to Kohl&#39;s as I have bought 2 there before.  They don&#39;t have them anymore either - but just so the trip would not be wasted, I bought 3 prs. of shoes and 2 prs. of capri&#39;s.  I also bought a contraption called a Swivel Sweeper - I have seen them on tv and they are supposed to work on both carpeting and hardwood floors...you know what a fanatic I am for gadgets.  I stopped by Walgreen&#39;s on the way home and finally found a steamer.  Cheryl, I know exactly how you feel - Chris may be moving home for a few months.  I will be happy to have him around, but I have completely taken over his old room and use it for my dressing room now.  As a mama, I know how much you want Jason close though, so I will be sayng a prayer that the perfect job comes along in your neck of the woods.   Jackie, thank you for all the wonderful info you have posted on your travel log about the Oregon coast.  I have made notes from it for our upcoming RV trip there, but told Greg last night that he needs to read everything in your journal for the past month or so as I can&#39;t write it all down and we never know when we will have wifi when on the road (as you well know).  I will miss chatting with you and reading your posts and journals when you out of range in Canada.  When are you expecting to reach Alaska?  Tonia, will they drain the cyst with a needle?  Good news about not needing surgery - will be saying a prayer for you too.  You always make such good things for dinner - I am going the easy route tonight: chili cheese dogs and fries.  Tomorrow, I will be cooking a big dinner for the whole family as it is Greg&#39;s 48th birthday.  I am making grilled steaks, loaded baked potatoes, baked beans, macaroni and cheese, deviled eggs, hot rolls and chocolate cake - all of hubby&#39;s favorites.  Speaking of dinner, I guess I had better go start making the chili.  Take care, all......','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-09 01:33:48',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(178852,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 04:18:58',NULL,'','Tonia - take care of that arm and hand - have you tried a heating pad - I use one all the time on my back and neck - it&#39;s kind of like a warm hug.  Your swedish meatballs are making me hungry - I think I can smell them cooking across all those miles  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':laugh:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nCheryl - you didn&#39;t repaint his room pink while he was gone????  We painted ds&#39;s room blue when he moved out - then he moved back for a year then the last time I painted it aa very bright terra cotta - now he figures he love living on his own lol.  Except we always have foo in our fridge - his has beer and more beer <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' />   It will be nice for you to have Jason home for a while - I wish him luck  job hunting&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nOther Cheryl  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes2:\' />  I love your shopping etiquette - head out for hardware and end up with clothes - Way to go&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nWe are going out to dinner tonight - it&#39;s our day 5  - that means we get to eat the non-nos on Hugh&#39;s heart smart list.  Greasy burger here I come - YUM&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJackie - we love looking at lighthouses.  We toured the one near Newport Beach.  I think the Oregon Coast has to be one of the most beautiful places in the world.  If you get to Vancouver Island there is a great lighthouse at Fort Rodd Hill.  I hava a photo of it as the screen saver on the laptop.<br />\n<br />\nBetter go get ready to eat .......','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-09 04:18:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179027,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 15:01:30',NULL,'','May 9<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies..<br />\n<br />\nwe have another warm one scheduled for today... <br />\n<br />\nI guess most may have seen the fire at Griffith Park coming close to the zoo.. it may be close to getting under control ...the next couple of hours will tell the tale...<br />\n<br />\nI have cardiologist appointment today so I will be gone most of the AM.. hope all is well<br />\nTonia... what did the doctor say about all your typing .. that can&#39;t be good...for the wrist??<br />\n<br />\nK &amp; R enjoy your annual getaway...<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nsmile ...<br />\n<br />\njoey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-09 15:01:30',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179062,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 16:39:55',NULL,'','Joey, we will have a great time&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /><br />\nWe wish you nothing but the best with your cardiologist appointment.  <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:\' />','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-09 16:39:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179063,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 16:42:11',NULL,'','Good morning from Stockton&#33;  After two rather intense days, I am pleased to say the Iron Chef competition is behind us.  That&#39;s the good news.  The not-so-good news is that we came in second.  John was the only competitor who did not have the bacing of a major restaurant in Stockton and I think that hurt him in the long run.  however, the event sold out, they raised tons of money for Charter House (place for abused and neglected children) and the food was okay.  I&#39;m just hoping next year that John decides to be a judge...  And I&#39;m pretty darn happy that we have a week before we have to start working on the next event&#33;<br />\n<br />\nKnow what you mean, Joey, we were 103 yesterday - and the auditorium didn&#39;t have air conditioning&#33;  We left at 10:30 and it was still 92...eff...<br />\n<br />\nTonia, what was the result of your torture....I mean testing?  Aside from not needing surgery, anything else they can suggest?  <br />\n<br />\nDecided to keep it simple tonight, especially since it&#39;s Chris&#39;s night to cook - we having Streetcar Pork Chops, spelt and fresh garden peas.   The only challenge will be to get the peas shelled before going to work this morning.<br />\n<br />\nSo, Cheryl, did the Oxi work at all?  <br />\n<br />\nJoey, how did the cardiologist app go?  You&#39;ve got too big a heart for there to be a problem.<br />\n<br />\nHere&#39;s wishing everyone a grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-09 16:42:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179067,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 16:54:26',NULL,'','We forgot to mention--this is our middle daughter&#39;s birthday. She is 37 today. We are proud of her as she is a former oncology nurse and has been a school nurse for three years now.','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-09 16:54:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179116,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 19:00:26',NULL,'','Good morning all.  It looks like a gorgeous day  in fact the weatherman said last night he would go out on a limb and say that Spring is probably here to stay - hurray&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;   It is supposed to be in 70&#39;s today and tomorrow and then Fri, Sat and Sun., they are forecasting to be in the mid to upper 80&#39;s.  Charlie, no the oxi-clean and water in a bag did not work in cleaning the grill grates.  I had to do lots of scouring and scrubbing.  Wish I could use the new one tonight, which I am going to go pick up here shortly, but the tank won&#39;t be all set up, plus he won&#39;t be getting his gift until after dinner.  I have a busy day ahead - after I gopick up the grill, I need to bake, frost and decorate Greg&#39;s birthday cake and finish up my dinner prep, plus my regular household chores, so guess I had best get on it - happy hump day to you all&#33;&#33;&#33;','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-09 19:00:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179149,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 22:32:16',NULL,'','hey everyone...<br />\n<br />\nwell another warm day... but not as bad as the last two days.....<br />\n<br />\njust got home from the dentist ,, dang two days of torture.. whats my world coming too.. do i have <br />\n&quot;&quot; TORTURE ME &quot;&quot; on my forehead....<br />\n<br />\nJoey .. yes the typing i do everynight is not good for the wrist but i couldn&#39;t survive on just workers comp.<br />\nso i work half my hours... but i am going to ask if i can go to 6 hrs a day because i need the money.... Was this a checkup ??? did it go ok ??? <br />\n<br />\nCharlie i find out friday what my options are... short of surgery... i have been a little mad lately, because i was suppose to get a raise and have it start paycheck April 25th paycheck but since i am only working part time i don&#39;t get my raise till i go back to full time.. ...gezzzzzzzzzz. i told them oh ya i did this on purpose, but i am the one who suffers money wise...ok enough with my anger ....Congrats on second place i know you all worked so hard on this ....glad you raised lots of money  ... Streetcar pork ???.. hey we must have been thinking on the same wavelink , i am making pork roast ... eheheheh with peas ... thats funny<br />\n<br />\nthere is so much going on in the world today and here i am complaining...tornado&#39;s floods etc...i should be happy i am safe at home, have wonderful friends, i have a JOB, and health benefits, a car that runs and doggies and a BF that are very special to me...<br />\n<br />\nCheryl chocolate cake by chance... Happy Birthday Greg<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita --- Happy Birthday middle daughter <br />\n<br />\nok well off to relax and hope the feeling comes back to my upper lip LOL LOL and stop drooling over myself , having to drink out of a straw  sideways .. to not spit all over myself LOL LOL <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-09 22:32:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179151,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 22:35:54',NULL,'','Afternoon all. Busy morning for me today so I&#39;m a little late. Finally found mom&#39;s mp3 player and will fill it with music. Did stop at Macy&#39;s for the one day sail and did pretyy well. 2 leather purses for &#036;86.00, regularly 230.00. Not bad. I love purses&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTonia I may have missed some of the medical things.  Guess I missed it over the weekend I was gone. Don&#39;t you have carpel tunnel? They aren&#39;t going to do surgery? I&#39;m trying to decide what I should do as this constant falling asleep hand is getting impossible.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie happy to hear Iron Chef went well and earned lots of money for charity. Guess you could use some rest now.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, wish Greg a happy birthday from all of us.<br />\n<br />\nKeith &amp; Rita have a great time&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJoey hope all went well at the Dr. Let us know.<br />\n<br />\nHave a great evening all.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-09 22:35:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179156,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 22:50:26',NULL,'','well i hae part carpel tunnel and part i fell outside work and twisted my wrist and i lost feeling in my thumb and tingles in the next two fingers....... and devolped a cyst in lower part of the thumb...and it refuses to go down.. they thought the cyst was causing the numbness... thats why i had the nerve study done to see if the nerves are involved..... i just love doctors.. his last words to me .. I don&#39;t see anything serious OK what does that mean LOL ... it has moved up to my elbow now... its gets so stiff and just aches .. thinking i have a bad case of tendonitis in the elbow now...<br />\n<br />\nthats a quick rundown LOL <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-09 22:50:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179157,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-09 22:51:42',NULL,'','I wanted to give you guys a &quot;review&quot; of the Swivel Sweeper that I bought yesterday.  I had to wait until today to use it because you have to charge the battery for 8 hrs. initially.  I just gave it a test drive and it gets 2 thumbs up from me.  I did the stairs, all the carpeting and the hardwood floors and it didn&#39;t miss a thing.  The stairs are usually such a pain to do but were a breeze with this contraption.  Gonna&#39; get another one for the RV.<br />\n<br />\n&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k96/cherylfuller/swivelsweeper.jpg&quot; /&gt;','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-09 22:51:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179233,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 01:27:04',NULL,'','Hi guys - <br />\n<br />\nFirst to Joey - how did it go buddy&#33;  Hope all is well with the old ticker  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />   Anything new at the zoo - if the fire isn&#39;t out yet they need to open the cages and give those critters a chance  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/unsure.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':unsure:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/unsure.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':unsure:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/unsure.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':unsure:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nTonia - that sounds so painful - you take care of yourself.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie - congrats on second place - that is great.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nFeeling much better today - getting a good spring cleaning done&#33; Cat hair mostly.<br />\n<br />\nTake care all','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-10 01:27:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179235,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 01:31:21',NULL,'','Sounds good Cheryl. May try one myself.<br />\n<br />\nTonia no surgery for the carpel tunnel? I&#39;m debating whether I want to go that route or not. I&#39;m getting really tired of the brace. Everytime I do something in the house like tile the floors, paint, etc. I&#39;m useless for at least 2 weeks. Don&#39;t know how long I can hold out on it anymore as it&#39;s becoming annoying and disruptive. <br />\n<br />\nHazelson glad your having a better day today.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-10 01:31:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179249,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 02:39:57',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nHey guys doc says the ticker is ticking correctly.. so thats cool..<br />\n<br />\nJenn the local news folks are reporting there are animals everywhere ...the news is telling people to call authorities if they see any in their back yards..<br />\n<br />\nDavid told me ....there are ...lions ...and tigers....and bears...oh my <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-10 02:39:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179260,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 03:08:27',NULL,'','Hi, from Olympia Washington - boy do we travel or what?<br />\n<br />\nJoey - so glad you got a good report from the Dr.<br />\nWhat is happening about the animals?  I&#39;ve missed the news today because we have no TV here in this park.<br />\n<br />\nTake care everyone.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-10 03:08:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179265,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 03:11:16',NULL,'','they all escaped because of the fire... they are wild and very scared....stay tuned...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-10 03:11:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179393,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 09:22:26',NULL,'','Robert, are we going to have to go out looking for you too???  You can&#39;t hide, you know.  Being a Texan, although transplanted at the time being, I know all the nooks and crannies in those neck of the woods....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-10 09:22:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179395,274,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 11:52:39',NULL,'','Morning everyone&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHope you are all well.  I haven&#39;t had much time on the computer lately.  So, I hope I can come back later and catch up on everyone&#39;s posts before I get too far behind.  We have had the kids and grandkids over quite a bit, and tonight we watched our youngest granddaughter (3 1/2).  She&#39;s a sweetheart.  I&#39;ve been having doctor&#39;s appointments and taking care of mom and, Marc got me a new laptop, so lot&#39;s to do to get used to that and get everything going on it,  so I haven&#39;t been able to use it much, yet.<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a great day&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-05-10 11:52:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179413,3230,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 14:30:15',NULL,'','Good Morning Cruise Crazies&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\nGoing to be another nice day out today&#33;<br />\nI hope everyone is doing well.<br />\nGood News about the ticker Joey&#33;&#33;<br />\nLets Pray for those animals that they are OK&#33;','Chucksta63','Chucksta63','2007-05-10 14:30:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179423,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 15:07:27',NULL,'','May 10<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies.....<br />\nThanks Chuck..<br />\n<br />\nShari You always do get caught up it amazes me how you do that...<br />\n<br />\nRobert?????? don&#39;t make us come looking.....<br />\n<br />\nNot much is happening here ... it is supposed to start cooling off today.. hopefully all the escaped animals will make it to a safe secure place...<br />\n<br />\nSmile...<br />\n<br />\nJoey<br />\n<br />\nPS MaryLou.... ???? we miss you...','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-10 15:07:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179429,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 15:29:31',NULL,'','well morning all.. its early here on the west coast couldn&#39;t sleep been up since 3 am... thats the downside to graveyard shifts you have a hard time sleeping during the esrly hours.,. <br />\n<br />\nso wander around the web...its terrible for me because i want to spend money .. all the ads on tv and all LOL ..  but i do say to myself ... &quot; less money you spend now the more to spend on cruise &quot; LOL thats a stopper 4 sure<br />\n<br />\nits so nice to have quiet ,, doggies are all sleeping , bf sleeping ,cat is not bugging me to eat , just me and the laptop ....<br />\n<br />\nyes Joey i am hoping it will be cooler today....so sorry to hear and watch those fires up there in Griffith Park area... this year is going to be scary for us....that fire in the Georgia area is very scary too., then the tornados and storms ... gezzzzzzz<br />\n<br />\nwell i have a day of no torture finally... no doc no dentist.. just going to make corned beef and cabbage and taters... <br />\n<br />\ntoday is just a short doc... everyone have a peaceful day <br />\n<br />\nShari i am sure you will catch up fast you always do.....<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-10 15:29:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179491,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 16:29:01',NULL,'','Good morning from Stockton - <br />\n<br />\nWent into the theater yesterday and ended up inputting into the finance computer all day.  They had their annual auction this past weekend and did very well, but guess who they left all the paperwork for?  However, that was okay because I didn&#39;t have to close last night *yea*  Had a meeting that went on for too long, but that was alright too. <br />\n<br />\nHave another meeting this a.m. - I ask myself how they got on without me as they seem to want me to be part of everything.  Now, if they&#39;d pay me, this would be good...<br />\n<br />\nTonia, your hand/wrist/arm made me cring.  I love how doctors can be so flippant about something - like they think you are faking or something.  Had tons of those before I was diagnosted with the spondilothesis.  Oh, it&#39;s a strain, oh, it&#39;s a pinched nerve, oh it&#39;s nothing.  Yeah, right, wish they&#39;d listen more closely to us, but guess their skepticism is a by-product of people working the system.<br />\n<br />\nPork chops is one of the few things that Chris loves to cook.  He was in charge of making the pork cops every night during our run of &quot;Streetcar&quot;, hence the name.  Stanley had to eat two of them and Chris developed a recipe to keep him happily munching on them night after night.<br />\n<br />\nJoey, glad to hear the heart is okey-dokey.  The news about Griffith Park is sad and the animals must be frightened out of their minds.  The tought os looking in your backyard and having a wild animal camped out on your patio is a tad...exciting.  Tell David, we&#39;ll get him and his little dog too&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMy &#39;little&#39; (she&#39;s 4&#39;10&quot;) sister turns 65 today...sigh, how did that happen?  I&#39;m still 17&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCheers to all&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-10 16:29:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179527,172,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 18:01:54',NULL,'','Good morning, Cruise Crazies,<br />\n<br />\nI hope all of you have been well. I will be doing a lot of message reading to catch up on things that have been happening with the Cruise Crazies Community.<br />\n <br />\nI just wanted everybody to know that all is well with my family, friends and me. I go through busy patches occasionally and am going through one now. I miss you all terribly and will slowly get back into the swing of things after this particular patch.<br />\n<br />\nMeanwhile, everybody stay well and I&#39;ll get back to the Daily Dock soon.','Mebert','Mebert','2007-05-10 18:01:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179588,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 20:13:52',NULL,'','Good morning all.  Joey, I was happy to read that the heart was fine - we all knew you were good hearted anyway&#33;&#33;&#33;  Not much going on today - it is a gorgeous day, supposed to be in the 80&#39;s.  I had bought Greg&#39;s stainless steel grill pre-assembled and when we gave it to him last night, he noticed the rubber is torn on the ignitor switch, so taking that knob back today and see if I can get a replacement.  Don&#39;t want to have to load the whole thing back in the Durango, which would mean removing the lid again, so hopefully they will be able to get me another knob.  As I mentioned in another thread, Greg is thinking about car shopping this weekend.  I have been wanting a new car for some time - actually I wanted a new Mercedes 320, and he was fine with that until we went to Okla. a week and a half ago, and he talked to my nephew who has had 2 recent model Mercedes and my B-I-L, who is a mechanic and now he says he won&#39;t buy one.  Before I got the Durango, I had a Cadillac DeVille, and I must say, it was the most comfortable ride ever.  Greg always said it was the only car he drive on a long trip and not get tired and sore, so he is thinking about looking at them again.  Anyway, while a new car would be nice, I can&#39;t get past the fact that once we write that big check, all that money is gone from savings and I like the security of knowing it is there.  If you knew us, you would think it totally odd that I am the one feeling this way now as t is usually the other way around.  Nothing special planned for Mother&#39;s Day - the boys are planning on coming over and going to dinner with us, then I was thinking a drive in the mountains would be nice - guess we will just have to wait and see.  Well, guess I should get dressed and get on about  my day, all I have done so far is strip the bed and put the sheets in the washer.  Have a great day - it sure will be nice to have Mary Lou back with us soon&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMebert, glad to see you back in the Dock...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-10 20:13:52',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179589,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 20:22:31',NULL,'','HELLO FRIENDS...   We arrived back in Pa. an hour ago and we have a van full of luggage and goodies to unpack but since the luggage contains only dirty laundry I thought I would check in here first.  I hope everyone is well  - it will take me quite some time to catch up with what is going on with all my Crazies friends.   We had a wonderful trip and Jim and I spent 8 days on the road and are still speaking.  LOL  Disney world was everything we thought it would be and more and the long drive was worth it when we saw the look on my Granddaughters face when she realized where she was.  She really had no idea til the boat we took from our hotel rounded the bend and she saw the Castle in the Magic Kingdom.  She was just happy to see her Nannie &amp; Poppy waiting when she got to the hotel - she thought that was her suprise&#33;.  Our little TJ was fascinated with seeing Mickey in person and by the  end of our time there was talking a blue streak.  You may remember he was not speaking at all and they had a speech therapist working with him.  Well DD found a simple solution to his problem - all he needed was a &#036;5,000 trip to Disney World.  LOL<br />\n<br />\nJim is beginning to pace so I&#39;d better go help him.  I will try and catch up in the next day or so but in the meantime - have a super day and remember to S M I L E&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-10 20:22:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179597,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 20:53:15',NULL,'','&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://www.joeyanddavid.us/wb.jpg&quot; /&gt;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-10 20:53:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179610,2626,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 22:32:59',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Ive decided to just get on off and on for awhile, thanks for asking about me we have a lot of new members now and Ill let them get in and take over and give me a break&#33; Take care My friend&#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','2007-05-10 22:32:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179616,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-10 22:53:28',NULL,'','Afternoon all&#33; Lots of little errands today. I may just be starting to catch up with everything, FINALLY&#33; <br />\n<br />\nJoey that&#39;s great news about your check up.<br />\n<br />\nShari, nice to see you again. Enjoy Mother&#39;s day with your mom.<br />\n<br />\nTonia that quiet day sounds great. Enjoy it&#33;<br />\n<br />\nThanks for checking in Mebert.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie your always busy, how do you keep up???<br />\n<br />\nWelcome back MaryLou&#33; Glad your trip was wonderful. Bet those kids faces were worth every &#036;&#036;. <br />\n<br />\nHi Robert&#33; Don&#39;t disappear too long, I&#39;d miss ya&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHave a great evening all&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-10 22:53:28',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179733,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-11 07:20:26',NULL,'','Great to see Mary Lou, Mebert and Robert posting - missed you all very much.  Well guys we only have 3 more days before we leave on our grand adventure into the frozn tundra - just kidding, but we really are looking forward to this trip.<br />\n<br />\nSpeak to you tomorrow&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-11 07:20:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179777,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-11 13:20:58',NULL,'','FRIDAY - May 11th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies....Wow&#33; it was great to sleep in our own bed last night.  If nothing else this trip only reinforced why we love cruising so much.  It is so much easier to get on a ship, unpack you bag and sit back and watch the world go by.  Checking in and out of motels each night can be a real pain and you deal with new issues each night.  On the cruise ship if something is wrong with your room one call fixes everything.  I also suspect when I add up the envelope of receipts from this trip (excluding the Disney World portion) I will find that cruising is much more economical.  Between motels, meals and gas (yikes) it was much more expensive than I originally thought.  Oh well - live and learn.  We wouldn&#39;t have done it any differently and had a great time.<br />\n<br />\nOur trip to Ft. Myers was great and very emotional for me.  It seemed every drawer I opened contained a note from my Mom on things to do or places to eat.  She had notes on all her appliance manuals and until we got there I did not realize she bought a new TV only 2 days before she came home for Thanksgiving in 03.  While she was home with us she suffered her anurysm (sp) and passed away a month later. She never did get back to Florida.  I am more confused than ever now as to whether I want to keep the place or sell it.  Right now there are a lot of places in her development for sale so the prices are very low - but the place does need work and I don&#39;t know if I want to spend any more money on it.  If I thought Jim &amp; I could go down there for the Winter my decision would be easy but I don&#39;t see that happening anytime in the near future.  I will have to sit down with my two brothers and do some serious debating on what we should do.   <br />\n<br />\nJust glancing through all the pages I missed while I was away I see we have a lot of new members.  <br />\n[size=4][color=\"#006600\"]WELCOME[/size].  It is terrific to see so many new active Crazies and I hope to get to know you all soon.  <br />\n<br />\nToday it is back to reality - Jim goes back to work and I will be babysitting the grandkids in between tackling this mountain of laundry.  I hope to have it all done by dinner time when we will be going out to eat since Sears does not come til tomorrow to fix my fridge which was a wonderful 80 degrees when we got home&#33;&#33;  Than after it is working again I will deal with Sears.<br />\n<br />\nMake today a great day and share a smile with someone before the day is done.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-11 13:20:58',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179816,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-11 16:25:22',NULL,'','Good morning from Stockton.  Gosh, it was great to see you posting again, Robert, Mebert and Mary Lou.  Didn&#39;t realize how much I missed your cheery outlook on things.  Sometimes, the best part about a vacation is getting home and back into your own bed.  <br />\n<br />\nHad another butt-kicking day at the theater and I am totally wiped out.  Still there are a couple of things that need ot be added, so I&#39;m going back in this a.m. to finish up.  mt with the President of the Board yesterday and hinted very strongly that the need to either make the box office job full time or get another part timer to help out during April - June for the subscription/auction drive.  It&#39;s just been totally crazy there.<br />\n<br />\nJohn and Irene are coming over for spaghetti and meatballs tonight - jus want I need afer a few busy days.  one of the judges called John and told him that there were improprities with the judging and indicated that he would have indeed the winner if things havd been on the up-and-up.  That made us all feel better because we&#39;d seen stuff going on, but felt like it would be intrepreted as sour grapes if we said anything.  John is already talking about next year...groan&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCaught Growltiger out in the garden eating my new green beans - I wondered why I hand&#39;t seen any&#33;  We always forget about him and green beans.  Also had a pet pigeon who loved green beans...maybe I&#39;m being sent a sign.<br />\n<br />\nNeed to dash now - hope everyone is well and I&#39;ll catch you all later.<br />\n<br />\nHave a grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-11 16:25:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179818,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-11 17:37:44',NULL,'','Mary Lou - it&#39;s great having you back&#33;<br />\nI&#39;m off right now to take Gucci to the Groomer - I guess her next groom will be in Alaska.  We&#39;ve been shopping like crazy here in Bellingham WA because we have a few weeks travel mostly through kinda sorta remote areas of BC and YT.  <br />\nSorr I just dropped in - but wanted to say Hi to all my friends.... have a wonderful day.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-11 17:37:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179843,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-11 19:23:24',NULL,'','Afternoon crazies&#33; Not much doing today but household stuff. Both kids and DH are gone and I work much better without them around. It&#39;s so nice and peaceful.<br />\n<br />\nMaryLou it&#39;s so nice to have you back on the Dock. So glad you had a great time on vacation but your right there is nothing like sleeping in your own bed.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie sounds like your friend got a raw deal but at least the money went to charity. <br />\n<br />\nJackie and Tony have a great trip up to BC. I wish I was heading to Alaska with you. I love it there&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHope that everyone has a great day and a wonderful weekend&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-11 19:23:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179865,2626,1,18,175956,'2007-05-11 20:39:03',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Charlie, Mary Lou, Rose, Cheryl (AKA) greggs Wife, Jackie and Tony Thanks&#33; Mary Lou before my mother passed away she just told us we could do what we wanted with her home and property and things, I know your Mom would understand&#33; It depends on the Taxes, Insurance and like you said the upkeep so you would want to consider that as well&#33; I told my kids to just do as they wanted with our home, keep it or sell it so they could have some money for themselves as well or one of them could live here, its a personal thing really but you know your mom and I bet she would say&#33; Oh shoot&#33; Mary Lou, just do as you want&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> Good luck dear friend, Mebert hiya doing&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;] <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' />','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-05-11 20:39:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179872,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-11 21:40:39',NULL,'','Good afternoon to all my crazy friends.  I am having a lazy day today - ever have one of those?  I have been on the go all week, and am doing absolutely nothing today, until time to cook dinner.  I have been sitting in my recliner, reading a good book for most of the morning.  Other than making the bed when I got up, I haven&#39;t accomplished a single thing, but that&#39;s okay - we all need a day like that every now and then&#33;&#33;&#33;   I grilled steaks on Wed. and when I do that, I always cook extra, so tonight we will be having fajita&#39;s for dinner.   Another gorgeous day here, right now it is 83 degrees and sunny.  We have been able to sit out on the deck the past few evenings - that is one of my favorite times of the day in warm weather - we just sit out on the swing and talk about our day and anything else that strikes our fancy.  I don&#39;t get up nearly as early as Greg does on weekends, he is normally up to watch the sun come up, and his favorite place to do it is on the deck with a cup of coffee (Starbucks, of course).  Hope all of you have a wonderful and relaxing weekend and Happy Mother&#39;s Day to all you mom&#39;s.....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-11 21:40:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(179964,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-12 06:34:18',NULL,'','Cheryl - sounds like the perfect day to me  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nJackie - no need to worry about stocking up - you will be passing through Williams Lake, Quesnel and Prince George - all are fairly large cities with lots of amenities.  <br />\n<br />\nAnother gorgeous day here in Beautiful British Columbia - got more accomplished out in the yard.  The seeds I planted last week are strating to pop out of the ground already - can peas beans and lettuce feeds be far behind  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nTake care all.....','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-12 06:34:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180016,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-13 01:48:30',NULL,'','Where is everyone? I know there were technical issues earlier, but didn&#39;t get on this morning so don&#39;t know the length of time that encompassed, but there are no posts in the Dock today.  Greg is working on planting his vegetables today and I planted my flower beds.  Has anyone every grown poppies?  I planted some today in my big flower pots in the front yard.  The tag said they need full sun, and that is what they are getting, but I have noticed that even in the few short hrs. since I planted them, they have turned away from the sun.  What is everyone else doing this weekend?','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-13 01:48:30',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180021,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-13 02:00:05',NULL,'','SATURDAY - May 12th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nWelcome back Cruise Crazies.....I&#39;ve missed you&#33;&#33;  Actually I posted to the Daily Dock at about 5:45AM this morning.  I had no trouble getting onto the forums or typing my Daily Dock, but when I went to submit it everything went haywire.  I tried several more times before we had to go out to a First Communion party with no success and just now came home to pick up some things to take to the &quot;after the party party&quot;.  Glad to see that all is back to normal and will post in the AM','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-13 02:00:05',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180027,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-13 02:04:21',NULL,'','Hey MaryLou its been one of those days .. i guess..<br />\n<br />\nA big Thank you to Jason who obviously found the problem and corrected it.. way to go Captain','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-13 02:04:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180034,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-13 02:10:13',NULL,'','Afternoon Cheryl, MaryLou and Joey - hope you are all well and happy  - good to be able to post o:)<br />\n<br />\nJoey you were right on - Jason got it fixed so fast - good one you Jason&#33;<br />\n<br />\nAnother beautiful day today - how much longer can this last lol&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nBeen out in the yard just puttering - most of the real work is done so now it&#39;s just pull the occasional weed, water and enjoy.  I love this part lol - not as hard on the old bones.<br />\n<br />\nHave a great Mother&#39;s Day you Moms out there&#33;','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-13 02:10:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180044,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-13 03:53:54',NULL,'','hey everyone<br />\n<br />\ni tried to post earlier also but it wouldn&#39;t post .. so i tried again later but still nothing ....<br />\n<br />\nbut here is am..<br />\n<br />\nyesterday doc and i talked over options... but really there were not options....my nerve study came back with not really finding anything....(whats new )....i have the mystery pains and numbness , tingling<br />\nand elbow problems... So i told the doc i am going broke and need to get back to work with my 8 hrs, and get my raise that i couldn&#39;t have when i was working just part time with supplement of workers comp. Thats how they get ya .. to get back to work get ya between a rock and hard spot that makes ya say i give... <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/angry.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':angry:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/angry.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':angry:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nMarylou...... so glad you trip with the kiddettes was a success , i know what yamean by money but it did make it worthwhile when they are so happy..... <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/cool.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':cool2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nCharlie ......i really think ya need to ask for a RAISE LOL LOL . <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' /> . see you do it to well they won&#39;t let ya go , but really girl ya need to not be so good at what ya do ....<br />\n<br />\nCheryl .. i know why hubby likes to sit early in the morning.. i enjoy that sitting on the patio early so quiet doggies are sleeping BF sleeping.. and coffee tastes so much better to , just like on the cruise sitting on the balcony....<br />\n<br />\nGary made my fav chicken gumbo w rice for dinner... ( dang i love when he makes that ) its better the next day too....<br />\n<br />\nThanKs Jason for Fixing us,.. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> . i was going thur heck not being able to post LOL LOL <br />\n<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-13 03:53:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180071,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-13 06:58:24',NULL,'','Thanks Jason ..... you&#39;re the bomb&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-13 06:58:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180072,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-13 07:03:13',NULL,'','Thanks for that info Jenn, our first night will be in Hope and then the second night might be in Williams Lake - you know our schedule is VERY flexible, it all depends on how far hubby feels like driving in a day.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, poppies generally are &quot;full sun&quot; flowers - check tomorrow to see what they&#39;re doing - maybe plant a couple in a more shady location and compare how they do?<br />\n<br />\nTonia - I&#39;m also a Gumbo freak, I sure had about a gallon of it during the month we stayed in Cajun country.<br />\n<br />\nTomorrow&#39;s our last day in the lower 48&#33;&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-13 07:03:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180117,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-13 12:43:25',NULL,'','SUNDAY -  May 13th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies....Jason - thanks for getting us up and running again.  Having been away for 2 weeks and not able to get my &quot;Crazies fix&quot; I was just getting back into the swing of things when the problem with the site started.  You are the best&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHAPPY MOTHER&#39;S DAY to all the Moms here.  Hope you all have a lovely day filled with family and love.   We have no  special plans for the day.  At least all the laundry is done but there is still ironing to do.  Since that is my least favorite chore I will hide it all til tomorrow.   LOL   I guess we will try to tackle the yard work - it is amazing how out of control things got in 2 weeks.   However the trees are in full bloom and the gardens are coming back to life - a beautiful time of the year for us here in Pa.  <br />\n<br />\nMy first order of business today is to hit the Grocery store.  Sears FINALLY came and fixed my fridge yesterday - 19 days after it stopped working.  Seems the screws holding the cooling unit in place broke right in half and the unit stopped working.  Once he took the back off it took him less than 10 minutes to fix it and of that time more than 5 minutes was spent looking for the right size screw.  Repairman said in all his years he had never seen this happen before - so glad I made his day&#33;&#33;&#33;  Tomorrow I will begin dealing with them over the loss of food.  The fact that is was so simple to fix actually made me madder that I had to wait nearly 3 weeks.<br />\n<br />\nYesterday we went to our Son-In-Laws nephews First Communion.  These affairs get bigger and fancier all the time.  Had a wonderful time with lots of good food, good drink and good company.  After the party in a very nice restaurant where Surf &amp; Turf was served we all went back to their house.  When we left they were trying to see just how many people they could squeeze into their new hot tub.  Glad we got out of there when we did.  They are the people who lost their pool during the last Noreaster and had a new one installed just 2 days before the party.  A bit too cold for my taste but the kids had a ball.  <br />\n<br />\nWell time to get the day moving.  Have a great day and share a smile with someone special today.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-13 12:43:25',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180160,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-13 15:45:08',NULL,'','Good morning from Stockton and to all those Moms out there - thank you for all your hard work as none of us would have been possible without it.<br />\n<br />\nI am slowing recovering from all the mastiness of a cruise and none of the fun - yup, got the dreaded Noro.  Came down with it on Friday and am still suffering with the intestine &#39;benefits&#39; from it.   Eff, caught it from Erik&#39;s girlfirend at the Chef Competition.  She said she thought she had food poisoning - she was wrong...<br />\n<br />\nWe tenetively have John and Irene coming to Mother&#39;s Day dinner tonight - it annoys me that, with three daughters, none of them could make time to do something for their mom today.  They are also going to go through the cruise personalizer with Chris, so we can fast track them during embarkation.  So far we have managed to keep the fact that we&#39;ve upgraded them to business class a secret from them - so far, so good.<br />\n<br />\nGoing to keep this short and sweet.  Hope everyone has a grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-13 15:45:08',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180176,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-13 16:59:52',NULL,'','good morning all.. and Happy Mothers Day &#33;&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-13 16:59:52',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180192,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-13 19:13:42',NULL,'','Happy Mother&#39;s Day everyone.<br />\n<br />\nOur one daughter called at 6:30 this morning (she&#39;s on the East Coast and we&#39;re on the West) -  was in a deep sleep and wondered why Tony has set the alarm :)  Anyhow I called her back and our eldest daughter than called, it&#39;s just so super to speak to the kids and especially the grandkids - we miss the grandkids terribly&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHope you all have an outstanding day and get very spoiled&#33;&#33;&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-13 19:13:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180216,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-13 21:05:24',NULL,'','hey everyone.....a beautiful day here in san diego.....gary made me french toast served on the patio .. and flowers for the garden .. so sweet made me cry....<br />\n<br />\nhope all the special ladies here were celebrated with lots of love ... <br />\n<br />\nCharlie bummer your not feeling well , but you nstill go trying to make someone esle happy gezzzzzz, please get some rest <br />\n<br />\nJackie glad you got you phone calls from the kids....<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nyaaaaaaaaaaa the refrig is back ....glad it got fixed to bad it took so long.....i know for one i couldn&#39;t live without my hot tub.....<br />\n<br />\nwell all have a great day...<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-13 21:05:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180218,274,1,18,175956,'2007-05-13 22:50:16',NULL,'','Happy Mother&#39;s Day, everyone&#33;<br />\n<br />\nI still haven&#39;t caught up on all the posts.  Sorry&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMy mom is spending the day with one of my brothers.  She went to dinner last night with another of my brothers, so I am loving it that she is getting the attention that she deserves.  I took her to Red Lobster the other day for some seafood, and I have a gift to bring over tomorrow for her.  I got some beautiful flowers and cards from my step-daughters and grandson, and my daughter and granddaughter are coming by later today.<br />\n<br />\nMarc is washing my mini-van for me, so that&#39;s a great present.  lol<br />\n<br />\nCharlie...hope you are feeling better real soon&#33;<br />\n<br />\nWelcome back, Mary Lou and Mebert&#33;<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day, everyone&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-05-13 22:50:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180227,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 01:36:02',NULL,'','Hi Crazies&#33; We spent the day relaxing on the beach. Getting ready to go out for dinner. We hope all the great Moms had a nice Mother&#39;s Day.','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-14 01:36:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180234,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 02:53:02',NULL,'','The American Indians found out what happens when you don&#39;t control immigration','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-14 02:53:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180237,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 03:49:36',NULL,'','K &amp; R - it&#39;s great that you can check in with us whilst you&#39;re lazing on the beach in sunny Florida.  Hope the smoke isn&#39;t too bad there.  My kids say it horrible in Tampa.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-14 03:49:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180248,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 04:27:54',NULL,'','Good evening everyone.  I had a wonderful day and we are just sitting down to watch Survivor now.   As I have mentioned before, Greg gets up before the crack of dawn on weekends, and when I get up, he is always outside working on, or building something so it is not unusual for me not to see him for hours after I get up.  I rolled out of bed around 9:00.  About 9:30, he came inside and gave me a card and my peach roses (I had told him before to please not get me a present because we have spent so much on the kitchen so far and it is a wonderful gift for me).  He said Chris had just pulled up and a few minutes later, he came in and gave me flowers and a card.  I asked him what his dad was doing outside and he said &quot;oh, you know him, he is just piddling&quot;.   It was about 11:30 before I ventured outside, after putting in my contacts, doing my make-up and hair and getting dressed.  I was so surprised - Greg had dismantled our old patio table and chairs, and in it&#39;s place stood the exact set I had showed him at Lowe&#39;s last week.  Our old one was getting rusty and the swivel/rocker chairs were in bad shape.  I also had told him that I wanted some built-in benches in the gazebo and wanted to get some hanging flower baskets for in there.  Can you believe it - it was all done.  He was just working on painting the benches.  What surprises me the most is that he actually heard what I said when I was talking about what I would like to do outdoors sometime in the future.  He is a master at looking like he is listening to me and I know he isn&#39;t really hearing what I am saying.  We have several sets of houseguests coming this summer - the first will be in about 4 weeks and in my mind, I had thought about how nice it would be if it was all done by then, but never dreamed it would happen.  Plus, he balked at the price of the patio set when I showed it to him - guess that was just to throw me off&#33;  Our other son and grandson came over around noon and we all went to Texas Roadhouse for lunch.  It was my &quot;last hurrah&quot; before getting serious about getting the lbs. off tomorrow.  Yeah, I know I have said it before, but I keep telling myself that if I don&#39;t give up, I can&#39;t fail&#33;&#33;&#33;  I hope all of you mom&#39;s had a great day.   Tonia, I LOVE french toast.  When I was pregnant with our first child, Greg decided to surprise me with french toast in bed.  He can&#39;t cook now and he couldn&#39;t cook then.  He had seen me make it, so thought he could figure it out.  He laid 2 slices of bread in the skillet (with no oil or shortening and it wasn&#39;t a non-stick pan) and poured an egg over them.  Needless to say, it was one of those times that it truly was the thought that counted because they were entirely inedible.  Well, all of you Crazies, I hope you have a wonderful week....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-14 04:27:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180285,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 05:51:23',NULL,'','Hope all you Mom&#39;s had a great day - I went to dh&#39;s for lunch - she made ham and scalloped potatoes - my favs&#33; YUM&#33; I taught her well :o)  She got me one of those Kitchen butler guys that hold a tray - too cute.  Goes perfect on my eating bar.  When I got home DS was here  - he got me the cutest alligators for the pond - floaters not real ones - they would eat the fish.<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou good to hear you&#39;ve got the fridge back in working order  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nCharlie - sorry about your being sick - take care of yourself.<br />\n<br />\nJackie - anything else you might want to know about BC please don&#39;t hesitate to ask - I&#39;ve seen most of it lol.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - sounds like you&#39;ve had a great day - it always amazes me when Hubbys pull things off when you least expect them to LOL.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-14 05:51:23',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180348,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 13:14:40',NULL,'','MONDAY - May 14th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies and welcome to another week.  Somehow Spring forgot to show up yesterday and today and it is only 31 out right now.  Since I finally finished putting away the winter clothes on Saturday I hope this doesn&#39;t last too long.  <br />\n<br />\nI hope all the Moms  had  a terrific Mother&#39;s Day - we had a quiet morning and then went to DD&#39;s for a cook-out but that quickly got moved inside when we were all sitting around the table in coats shivering.  <br />\n<br />\nCheryl - I know what you mean about men not listening....it always amazes me when Jim actually takes up on a &quot;hint&quot; that I dropped because I always say he doesn&#39;t listen to anything I say.  It makes suprises that much more fun when they are actually your idea in the first place.   LOL   Glad you got your new patio set and the gazebo finished.<br />\nOur gazebo is still sitting in the box in the garage but I can&#39;t blame Jim for that - we just have not had the time to get it put together and set up.  Our weekends have been rather busy lately and that is the only time he can get our son-in-law to help him.  <br />\n<br />\nToday the saga of my fridge will continue when I do battle with Sears over the food I lost.  Wish me luck - this could get ugly.  I also have to restock - I think I have used this broken fridge excuse as long as I could and I actually WANT to be able to cook a nice dinner tonight.  <br />\n<br />\nHave a great day Crazies and share a smile with someone.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-14 13:14:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180364,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 15:03:44',NULL,'','Greetings from Stockton.  Another day, still sick, guess I need to go to the doctor.  On the plus side, I&#39;ve lost ten pounds - yes, mostly water weight, but ten pounds is ten pounds...definitely not a happy camper. Am starting to get frantic about the box office tomorrow.<br />\n<br />\nBecause of that, yesterday was a do nothing day.  Watched lots of tv and slept.  Chris went over to john and Irene, since they couldn&#39;t come here and got them all squared away.  <br />\n<br />\nSorry this is short - no energy for anything else.  just wanted to check in.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-14 15:03:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180366,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 15:14:00',NULL,'','Good morning Crazies...<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nMary Lou good luck with Sears.. from what i hear you may need it..<br />\n<br />\nCharlie hope you feel bnetter... Being run down like that is no fun...<br />\n<br />\nnot a lot to report form LA ..<br />\n<br />\nstay safe ..<br />\n<br />\njoey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-14 15:14:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180369,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 15:59:26',NULL,'','Good morning Crazies&#33; We have have a big breakfast get together and then we off to the beach. Have a great day&#33;','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-14 15:59:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180388,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 17:32:35',NULL,'','Good Morning All<br />\n<br />\nHope you all had a great Mothers day &#33;&#33;&#33;We did our yearly tradition and my son and his wife took us to the track and out to dinner at the Montgomery Inn on the Ohio River. It was awesome. We met DD and her family there.<br />\n<br />\nWe have a new addition to the family. She is an austrailian shepard and she is a sweetheart. We hope she will become a companion to Allie.<br />\n<br />\n&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f272/teacp/HPIM2239.jpg&quot; /&gt;<br />\n<br />\nA beautiful day here in the Ohio valley. Off to do some planting and watering everything is so dry.<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita.....I hope you are staying smokeless and enjoying beautiful Siesta Key....<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-05-14 17:32:35',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180394,3032,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 18:46:22',NULL,'','Happy Monday <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />   Whoo&#33;  there&#39;s alot going on here&#33;  Still haven&#39;t caught up on all my reading.  Last week was little chaotic without the boss but not too bad.  Michael was on call last week.  He got 29 hours of over time, 6 hours of double time and his regular 40.  To say the least, we didn&#39;t see much of him.  He&#39;s taking me out to dinner tonight for Mothers Day.  My kids tried to make me breakfast yesterday.  Nothing like runny scambled eggs and cold toast, (best breakfast I&#39;ve ever had).  <br />\n<br />\nWell, we have all of the plants for the veggie garden finally.  Michael has to build one last container though.  I picked up some lettuce plants this weekend and have no place to plant them.  First time for lettuce.  Have no idea what I&#39;m doing.  The only thing I knew was that it was too late to plant seeds for them.  Got lucky finding the plants&#33;  <br />\n<br />\nZebra:  A &quot;designer&quot; is a nice way of saying &quot;Mut&quot;.  Out designer is part dalmation and part retriever.  His mother was the dalmation and was our Shatzie (sweetheart).  We had her from the time she was 8 weeks old.  We lost her this past September.  You couldn&#39;t seperate them.  We got the dachsund last March because we were pretty sure that Shatzie wasn&#39;t going to be around for very longer and we were afraid Porthos (designer) would die from anxiety.  Someone forgot to tell me that dachsunds can put a beaver to shame when it comes to chewing&#33;  She&#39;s pretty cute though.  She almost has daddy wrapped around her paw.  <br />\n<br />\nHey Iron Tom Flint&#33;  Be Ye a Pirate?  Some of your cruises look like fun&#33;  May have to get info on them and run them past me crew.<br />\n<br />\nI.R.S. ..... I&#39;m not going there&#33;  No.  Never had any problems with them and don&#39;t intend to either&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMichael is a diabetic.  Doc changed the medication that he takes at night.  Caused him to gain a lot a weight that he can&#39;t get rid of.  He has to make a new appointment for his six month.  I don&#39;t know about the rest of you, but once your diagnosed here in MD, the MVA follows you like a blue tick hound. <br />\n<br />\nPut a message up on my class reunion board last week.  Suggested we do a cruise.  I&#39;ll have to see what happens.<br />\n<br />\nStill trying to come up with something really good for PK for his birthday on board ship.  Threatened him with a video pictorial of him to be played at the teen party that night. (hmmmmm I wonder......).  Nah...that would be cruel.<br />\n<br />\nWell,  I should probably get back to work.  See ya all later&#33;&#33;&#33;','MelBelle','MelBelle','2007-05-14 18:46:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180413,274,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 21:03:44',NULL,'','Good afternoon, Cruise Crazies&#33;<br />\n<br />\nIt&#39;s 84 degrees and kind of humid.  Can&#39;t believe Marc put on the AC overnight without my asking.  LOL  He doesn&#39;t mind the humidity, but it really gets to me.  Had a great weekend, and my daughter and granddaughter are coming over tonight.  Hope everyone had a good Mother&#39;s Day.<br />\n<br />\nI&#39;ve decided that I&#39;m not going to be able to catch up on past posts, so I&#39;m going to try to check in every day.<br />\n<br />\nI&#39;m still trying to get used to this new laptop.  To get the print large enough to see to type I have to hit the control key and use the scroll to make the print larger, but then I lose some of the page.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nCharlie...ten pounds from being sick is a huge loss.  Please take care of yourself.  Get well, soon&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMaria...what a beautiful dog&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a wonderful day&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-05-14 21:03:44',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180423,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 21:29:55',NULL,'','Afternoon all&#33; Hope everyone had a great mother&#39;s day&#33; I had a very nice day. Myself, DH and DS went to my parents and took Mom and Dad to lunch. Mom loved her MP3 player and I was thrilled&#33; I never know what to get her and this was the perfect present and exactly what she wanted. She was going to ask Dad for one for her birthday next month. Spent some time with DD when she got home from work but she had to finish writing a paper for school so I really didn&#39;t get a lot of time with her. DH got me the wine chiller I wanted so it was a nearly perfect day.<br />\n<br />\nI&#39;ll be in and out around here all week. Have to finish the tile project I started a few weeks ago. The hallway I tiled connects to the computer room so this morning I moved the computer and cut up and rolled out the carpet, so all the prep work is done and I&#39;ll start tomorrow.<br />\n<br />\nJason thanks for getting us running again. <br />\n<br />\nShari, sometimes you just can&#39;t catch up so I just jump back in and ask if I need the blanks filled in. Glad you enjoyed mother&#39;s day and your mom did too. <br />\n<br />\nCharlie, please go to the Dr. That 10 lbs scares me too. Let us know how your feeling.<br />\n<br />\nMelanie nice to see you posting again. <br />\n<br />\nMaria, glad you enjoyed your mother&#39;s day. That dog is cute&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMarylou, good luck with Sears. I still can&#39;t believe it was 19 days till they repaired it, it&#39;s not like it was a washer........LOL&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTony and Jackie, have a safe trip from the lower 48&#33; Wish I was coming with you to BC and Alaska&#33;<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita hope the smoke has calmed down for you. We are doing OK here in Central Florida but DD said yesterday afternoon was awful, it comes and goes.<br />\n<br />\nHi Joey, sorry you don&#39;t have much to report. How&#39;s David??<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, it was very sweet of Greg to finish up the work. I hate projects that linger forever. Sorry to say my DH is not handy at all, can barely use a screwdriver. LOL&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHave a great afternoon all&#33; I&#39;m off to grab something to eat.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-14 21:29:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180429,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 22:00:50',NULL,'','good morning everyone....<br />\n<br />\nso glad all the mommies had a great day...<br />\n<br />\nonly one more visit to the dentist wednesday and thats it...( i secretly think he likes to torture me )<br />\n<br />\nCharlie... that 10 lbs sounds scary... thinking you need to slow down for a few ... your like the engerizer bunny you keep going and going... i think your body said ok enough for a few ....please get some rest<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nMaria yaaaaaaaaaa a new puppy ... thats so much fun...gary told me i bring another animal home i have to move out LOL LOL <br />\n<br />\nCheryl what an nice surprize patio set and all the goodies....<br />\n<br />\nRose your going to have the rocking mama with her mp3 <br />\n<br />\nMelanie glad to see ya... i tried lettuce... it was nice to have just didn&#39;t plant enought to keep it going .. if i did it again i would plant more . The idea of a cruise class reunion sounds like a great idea... to back i didn&#39;t graduate from your school LOL LOL .. i would vote yes <br />\n<br />\nMarylou was it you yelling at Sears when i felt the earth move this morning LOL LOL ....dang are you ever going to have spring in your area poor thing.... <br />\n<br />\nShari dang you and your weather too winter weather not to long ago now you have air going.....<br />\n<br />\nwell guys till tomorrow <br />\n<br />\nnite nite Tonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-14 22:00:50',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180432,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 22:17:53',NULL,'','<br />\n <br />\nhi Rose ... he is driving me nuts... he is now talking like he wants to interview for a promotional job... if he gets it he will be working out of Oakland on one of the San Joaquin trains as on-board manager type of thingy....<br />\n<br />\ni have no idea whats going on.. he asked me for my opinion and input.. i just answered the &quot;correct &quot; answer  what ever you want to do.. personally i would rather he just retire so we can get to some more quality time.. but I can&#39;t see my self suggesting that to anyone.. after all its not my place to hamper anyones successes in life..<br />\n<br />\nBut back to your question.. Physically David is doing just  fine .......&quot;for now&quot;  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-14 22:17:53',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180437,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-14 23:06:07',NULL,'','Hello from beautiful British Columbia&#33;&#33;&#33;  We arrived in Hope at lunchtime after an uneventful border crossing - thank heavens (details in our journal).<br />\n<br />\nWe are off now to explore this little town... speak to you later.<br />\nI&#39;m thrilled that I&#39;m still able to use my Verizon Express Card.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-14 23:06:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180463,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 01:47:32',NULL,'','Good afternoon all.  Jackie, glad you made it safely to &quot;the other side&quot;.  Tonia, something is wrong with this picture - the dentist tortures you and then you have to pay him for it&#33;&#33;&#33;  Joey, hopefully David will decide not to pursue that venture and will make the decision to call it quits.  I&#39;ll keep my fingers crossed for you, even though it makes it difficult to type.  Shari, you will soon have the hang of that laptop and will be loving it - I NEVER get on the desktop PC anymore, just sit here in my recliner and surf the net.  Maria, congrats on the pup.  I hope that the 2 dogs will be great friends - I thought that Bucky would love having a &quot;companion&quot; when we got Sadie, but she is really more of a nuisance to him.  I think he would be much happier if she would &quot;go away&quot;.  Mary Lou, it is so good to have you back with us - good luck with Sears.  Rose, sounds like you hit on the perfect gift for Mom - Greg&#39;s parents are so hard to buy for, I still haven&#39;t got his mom a Mother&#39;s Day gift yet.  They will be coming out next month so I still have a little bit of time to think about it.  Mel, it is also good to see you back - keep posting and soon we will be congratulating you on an oceanview cabin.  Keith, hope you guys are enjoying that beach - can&#39;t believe you didn&#39;t invite all of us to join you.  Charlie, girl I hope you are feeling better by now.  Wow, 10 lbs - can you bottle some of that sickness and send it to me - I am getting desperate now&#33;&#33;&#33;  I went to the grocery store to buy the foods for my latest foray into weight loss.  Not only do I need to lose weight, but we both need to just eat healthier.  I was in the grocery store for a little over 2 hrs. and spent almost &#036;300 on groceries for this week.  Healthy eating is expensive.  I think I spent the majority of that time reading labels.  I bought a lot of fresh fruits and veggies, lean beef, bonelesss chicken breasts, fish (for Greg, I don&#39;t eat seafood), sugar free desserts, light breads, etc.  Tonight, I am making a big salad for dinner.  My favorite is oriental chicken salad and Greg&#39;s is Cobb salad, so I made a big bowl of basic salad with different kinds of lettuce, red onions, red cabbage, cucumbers, green onions, radishes and carrots.  I cut up turkey, tomatoes, boiled eggs, and chicken for his, and black olives, chicken, pineapple and mandarin oranges for mine.  Paul Newman has a lowfat Sesame Ginger dressing that I just love so bought that for me and Light ranch for hubby.  I carefully planned out the menu for every night - every one of them a healthy meal, and when I got home and started putting the groceries away, the new painter that we had hired called and asked if it was okay if his crew was here at 7:30 tomorrow to start.  They were originally supposed to come next week, but he said they finished up another job early.  I am thrilled to have them move up the date.  He said it would take about 4 days, and so now I don&#39;t know if I will be able to get into the kitchen to cook at all for the rest of the week though.   I got back on my treadmill for the first time in a while and couldn&#39;t do nearly as long as I was up to, but will get there eventually.  Well, gotta&#39; go fold laundry......','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-15 01:47:32',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180470,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 02:34:46',NULL,'','<br />\nLOL thanks Cheryl I needed that laugh','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-15 02:34:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180471,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 02:39:51',NULL,'','Joey, I&#39;ll be crossing my fingers too that David decides to just retire. DH will never fully retire and that&#39;s probably best since I&#39;d kill him if he sat around all day and watched me work. Some people just need to keep busy, maybe David needs an incentive to stay at home more..........  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nHope it works out.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, how wonderful that your trying to eat healthier. Congrats on the painter coming sooner, that never happens. Hope it all works out well.<br />\n<br />\nJackie &amp; Tony glad you made it into BC OK.<br />\n<br />\nTonia, hope the dentist goes well. I really hate going to any Dr. but the dentist is the worst&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-15 02:39:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180514,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 05:49:18',NULL,'','Good evening all - gorgeous day again today - doesn&#39;t look so good for tomorrow though.<br />\n<br />\nThe new pup is gorgeous Maria - looks like a real sweetheart&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone is well and staying out of trouble.<br />\n<br />\nTalk at you tomorrow.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-15 05:49:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180571,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 13:34:36',NULL,'','TUESDAY - May 15th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies....It&#39;s a little warmer here this morning - actually in the low 50&#39;s right now, a big change from the big chill yesterday.  I sure wish the weather would change and stay&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nI&#39;m just watching the devastation of those wild fires on the Ga./Fla border.  It doesn&#39;t seem possible that less than a week ago we traveled those roads which are now closed and remarked on the beauty of the trees for as far as the eye could see.  We drove thru a few pockets of smoke on our return trip but didn&#39;t see any actual flames.  Now according to the news they are right at the highways.  <br />\n<br />\nThe latest on Sears:  I spoke to them yesterday and they are getting approval for reimbursement - said I would hear back from them by 2PM yesterday.  Glad I was not holding my breath - but if they think I will go away they are sadly mistaken.  Today I take it one step further up the chain of command&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nMaria - enjoy the new pup.  How is Allie adjusting to have a new addition to the house?<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - good luck with the painters.  You have waited long enough for your kitchen to be done.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie - Please take care of yourself.  While everyone would love to lose 10 pounds that is a drastic loss for such a short time.  See a Dr. and get the problem taken care of.  You are an important member of our Crazies Family and we need you back here on a daily basis.<br />\n<br />\nJoey - I hope all the decisions you and David are facing will work out and you will find a solution that is best for both of you.  I know what you mean about looking forward to having more quality time together.  <br />\n<br />\nJackie - So happy to hear you made it to BC.  Enjoy touring around and seeing new things.<br />\n<br />\nMelanie - Welcome back - we have missed you.  <br />\n<br />\nRose - Good luck with your latest project.  You always seem to be doing something.<br />\n<br />\nShari - Good luck with the new laptop - are they really hard to get used to.  I am still shopping for one.<br />\n<br />\nTonia - Hope your dentist visit is as painless as possible.<br />\n<br />\nKeith &amp; Rita - stay safe and away from the fires.<br />\n<br />\nWell today we hit the big wholesale clubs to really restock the fridge - The &#036;150 I spent on Sunday didn&#39;t put a dent in it.  I also have to get ready for a Picnic tomorrow as Ashleigh&#39;s graduation from Pre-K will be a picnic in our local park.  They are calling for rain tomorrow afternoon - hopefully we will get the graduation over with and be home before the rains come.  <br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a great day - please share a SMILE with someone.  It just might make the day better for them.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-15 13:34:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180574,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 13:45:06',NULL,'','Good Morning Crazies....<br />\n<br />\nBoy we sure did miss you MaryLou .. glad your back in groove here...<br />\n<br />\nToday we have another cool day.. hi near 78 later in the week the forecasters are calling for much warming weather .. i guess here comes the summer...<br />\n<br />\nRose what more incentive does he need .... I am there....wait thats the incentive to GO TO WORK... hmmm maybe your on to something...<br />\n<br />\nMaria what a cute pooch&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie any plans to see the doctor.. ..I hope .. i hope...<br />\n<br />\nTonia ..... smile ..... <br />\n<br />\nhave a great day &#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJoey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-15 13:45:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180608,2613,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 16:17:09',NULL,'','Good Morning. <br />\nI hope everyone is doing well; I have a lot of catching up to do, here and at work.  We are back from our vacation in Key West, we were having such a great time, we decided to spend a few more days there.  This is the second time that we stayed at the Sunset Key Guest Cottages, (now owned by Westin - it used to be Hilton), which is situated on an island, about 10 minutes from Key West, and once again we were not disappointed.  The cottage was very comfortable with a full kitchen (not that I cooked), spacious bedrooms, wrap around veranda and with every amenity you can think of, we even had a private chef prepare dinner for us one night. I had the most delicious crab cake and DH had steak and lobster. Every morning there was a complimentary baked muffin basket, juice and a newspaper delivered to our door and even more if you decide on further room service.  We had an ocean front cottage, with an absolutely wonderful view, it was just very relaxing.  Sitting on the porch, just a few feet from the water, in the morning and at night was a great way to start and end the day. <br />\nHave a great day everyone <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' /> .','mercedes','mercedes','2007-05-15 16:17:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180615,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 16:39:15',NULL,'','Good morning Crazies, from paradise&#33;','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-15 16:39:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180617,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 16:48:25',NULL,'','Greetings from Stockton&#33;  i am back in the Land of the Living.  fnally broke down and got some OTC meds.  Whether it was that or the illness tunred the corner on its own, I started feeling lots better yesterday and am pretty much back on track today.  It was a joy to be able to drink my coffee and only have to experience it one direction - if you know what I mean. <br />\n<br />\nThanks for all the support and kind wishes.  The ten pounds didn&#39;t stay off for long and the dial on the scale is pretty much back where it started.  Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.  <br />\n<br />\nI&#39;m planning to do my bit at SCT this afternoon, but lay low the rest of the week.  Last thing I want is for this to come back on me.  how could anyone cruise and try to go on excursions and such?  <br />\n<br />\nKeith - you have a cutie on your hands.  Her name?  While I love our kitties, dogs have a special way of making you feel loved.  This is why I love dog sitting for our friends so much.<br />\n<br />\nMelBelle - isn&#39;t it great how  love makes everything taste good?  I remember decorating cookies with Wendy when she was five and she would lick her hand to press the sprinkles onto the cookies (of course, we all know where all the sprinkles ended up).  We ate those ourselves.<br />\n<br />\nTonia - we&#39;ve done lettuse before, but it pciked up a really nasty flavor from our soil - then we did a container of it, but only had two harvest before it was gone.  It&#39;s easier to buy it at the store or farmer&#39;s market.<br />\n<br />\nNow to go do battle with the disability company again - I couldn&#39;t imagine what it would be like if I had to survive on my own while these guys hem and haw and continually request the same info again and again.  <br />\n<br />\nHave a grand day all.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-15 16:48:25',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180667,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 17:48:22',NULL,'','Good morning to my fellow Crazies.  Lo and behold, exactly at 7:30, the painters rang the bell.  They immediately started working and are now out in the garage sanding down and priming the doors.  Dare I think there is actually light at the end of this tunnel which started back in Feb?  We had torrential rains yesterday evening and thru the night.  There was a young mother walking her 2 yr. old son in his stroller between the lulls in rain and a flash flood occurred.  She was hit by a rush of water as the South Platte river swept over it&#39;s banks and it swept her and the stroller away.  She was rescued - the stroller was found a mile downstream but as yet, they have not recovered the baby.  A teenage boy was also swept away and they are also still looking for him.  It is supposed to rain until Friday.  The painters said it may take the primer and paint longer to dry because of this weather.   Well, I wish all of you wonderful folks the best of days.....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-15 17:48:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180674,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 18:18:20',NULL,'','just a short note today last night at work was terrible.. all i want is sleep....and dentist again tomorrow for root canal <br />\n<br />\ncharlie glad your feeling better.. i know what ya mean about the disability people... i am dealing with workers comp which is just as bad <br />\n<br />\njoey .. my mom wanted my dad to retire so bad and within a year she was handing him the want ad&#39;s .. and telling him .. &quot;&quot; YOU spent 28 years in the navy and sure you were a commander there on the ship, BUT let me tell you something MISTER .. this house is MY SHIP and you can&#39;t run  this ship.. so go find a job &quot; and don&#39;t let the door hit ya in the butt on the way out LOL LOL LOLL&lt;<br />\n<br />\nOMG the painters were on time OMG... able time someone was on time and early to start the job too gezzzzzzzzz.. whats this world coming too  LOL .. bad to hear about the lady and her child and the young boy too<br />\n<br />\nMercedes .. glad you had such a nice time .. <br />\n<br />\nMarylou be careful with the whoesale places they are so dangerous for me...to spend to much.. everytime<br />\n<br />\nwell everyone off to sleep my terrible night away<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-15 18:18:20',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180679,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 18:42:22',NULL,'','Morning all<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nCheryl.....that is an awful story about the mother and baby..........my prayers are that they find the baby so the mother can have some closure.<br />\n<br />\nThanks everybody for the well wishes for the new doggie. <br />\nShe is a sweetheart and we feel like we have had her forever. If you are ever looking for a new pooch or cat go to www.petfinders.com they are the best.<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita.....glad you are having a great time in Siesta Key<br />\n<br />\nMercedes..you vacation sounds awesome<br />\n<br />\nTonia......ouch on the root canal<br />\n<br />\nMarylou ....hope you are making some headway with Sears.<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day all.taking the new pooch to the vet today for the onceover.<br />\n<br />\nciao for now<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Remember to do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return &#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','teacp','teacp','2007-05-15 18:42:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180680,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 18:45:27',NULL,'','Wow, not only did the painters show up on time and actually start working, but now, 2 more have shown up so 4 of them are working on my kitchen - I am impressed.  Tonia, bless your heart, I hope you get some rest.  The last root canal I had done was absolutely a breeze.  The oral surgeon gave me some pain pills, but I honestly did not need them.  I had no pain whatsoever afterwards.  I have had some root canals that were extremely uncomfortable so was expecting the worse.  I have always thought that if I ever needed another one, I knew who I was going to.  Unfortuneately, he was killed in a small plane crash a few months ago.  I will be praying that you have an easy time with this one.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-15 18:45:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180752,3032,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 21:17:20',NULL,'','Afternoon All&#33;  <br />\n<br />\nWe&#39;ve been sadly watching the building across the street from our warehouse being demolished for the past week and a half.  Still haven&#39;t figured what is going in.  Hear one thing one day something else the next.  I say sadly as I see soooo many older buildings, barns and houses and such going away to make room for the next thing.  I work in Frederick MD in the historic area.  Some the buildings in this area have been around since before the Civil War.  Our old attorneys&#39; office was in the building that was used as the surgical hospital during the Monocacy battle.  Granted, the building across the street was built in the 1950&#39;s, but it had character.  Just don&#39;t like loosing them. Anyway, looks like it will be gone tomorrow or Thursday.<br />\n<br />\nI may be lucky, but I&#39;ve had two root canals and didn&#39;t have any complications from either one.  But oooh icky&#33;&#33; Don&#39;t like em anyway&#33;<br />\n<br />\nWorkers Comp.....We&#39;ve been in business four years and had not one claim.  Now in the last 45 days we&#39;ve had three, two on the same person.  Just got the last of her paper work over to them this a.m. so they would approve her surgery later this week, (she broke her wrist).  You know, the other bandit is the Veterans Administration.  Lordy, some of the battles I went through for dad with those people&#33;  But in the end it always worked out.  Paitence is the answer I guess. <br />\n<br />\nWe still need to get our dogs in for their check ups and shots.  Need to get that done soon&#33;  I love new puppies&#33;  Of course I love my puppies most (11 and 1).  <br />\n<br />\nNot too much going on today.  Hubby just called me from Home Depot.  He&#39;s picking up the wood for the container for my lettuce.  The green beans sprouted yesterday.  Hopefully they&#39;ll be ready for planting this weekend.  He finished planting everything else last night.  <br />\n<br />\nWell, need to work (I think that&#39;s why they give me a paycheck&#33;).  Catch ya all tomorrow.','MelBelle','MelBelle','2007-05-15 21:17:20',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180810,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-15 23:59:31',NULL,'','Afternoon my friends - sounds like life is going on as it should LOL<br />\n<br />\nTonia - I feel for you on the root canal - one word of advice - ATIVAN&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n- works for me.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - great news on the kitchen - should be &quot;cookable&quot; in no time - you will have to post some pics of the finisehed product.<br />\n<br />\nMelanie - we have a young one and an old one too - Gemini is 13 and Bear is 4 (still in her terrible twos phase as she is a border collie and they never grow up &#33;)<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day everyone.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-15 23:59:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(180951,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-16 13:29:15',NULL,'','WEDNESDAY - May 16th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies...Looks like we are in for some stormy weather today - sure wish it would head down the coast to Ga. &amp; Fla where it is desperately needed.  There are also wild fires breaking out in southern NJ since yesterday but they should get some relief from this front.    All our Florida Crazies -- stay safe.  <br />\n<br />\nOther than babysitting this morning I have a quiet day ahead of me.  Ashleigh&#39;s graduation isn&#39;t until next week - don&#39;t know how I mixed that one up.  <br />\n<br />\nDid not get to the warehouse stores yesterday, too many other things to do, but might tackle that today. Still no satisfaction from Sears but as I said before I will not go away - they better figure that out real soon.  <br />\n<br />\nCharlie - glad to hear you are doing better.  Now don&#39;t overdo it.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - how is the painting coming along?  You must be so excited that the project is nearly over.<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a great day today.  Don&#39;t forget to S M I L E&#33;&#33;&#33;','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-16 13:29:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181018,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-16 16:34:47',NULL,'','Hey guys, happy hump day.  The painters said they would be here at 7:00 this morning.  I looked out front at 6:45 and saw that 3 of them were already here, so I let them in.  It is all starting to come together.  The granite guy is coming on Friday to do some final measurements and then Greg and I have to go down to the &quot;stone yard&quot; and look because he said they have some beautiful new granites in.  Mary Lou, girl, you get up way too early - do you go to bed early, or do you run on little sleep, like I used to in my younger days?   Nothing much planned as I can&#39;t go anywhere.  I have to make it to Kohl&#39;s by Sat. because I went last week and earned more &quot;Kohl&#39;s Cash&quot; which expires on Sat., plus I have a 20% off total purchase coupon which is also good thru then, so time for yet more capri&#39;s and sandals.  There is a funeral here today for a 7 yr. old boy who died last week.  His guardians starved him to death and kept him in a closet.  He weighed only 30 lbs. - my grandson weighs around 45 and he is only 4.  I can&#39;t imagine how much that poor little guy must have gone thru.  They should do the same thing to that couple.  Sorry, I get really upset when people hurt innocent children.  Okay, off my soap box - what does everyone have planned for this day???','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-16 16:34:47',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181035,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-16 17:15:15',NULL,'','Good morning Crazies&#33; We are having a great time. We are meeting some friends for dinner tonight at our favorite Pub across from Turtle Beach.<br />\nHave a great day&#33;','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-16 17:15:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181043,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-16 17:42:01',NULL,'','Good morning Crazies... <br />\n<br />\nDavid is off to Oakland to interview for two positions... he will be back late Friday nite..... So i have the whole house to myself.... &quot;how Boring&quot;<br />\n<br />\nanyway....we are due for a warm up in the air temperature for the remainder of the week.. So that will be nice mornings believe it or not i have had to switch on the heat for about 90 minutes..<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita glad your having a great get away...<br />\n<br />\nCheryl so good to hear the decorating is finally happening..<br />\n<br />\nMaryLou .. you have such a fun time with your grandkids.. i envy you.. I know you shouldnt envy.. but you make it sound like a big smile.. and that is nice&#33;<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nMake it a great day guys..<br />\n<br />\nTonia? how u doin&#33;','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-16 17:42:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181079,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-16 19:32:13',NULL,'','A great day here. It is Kens and mine 42nd. wedding anniversary..............Yeah we made it..........We are headed out for the day to just relax and do whatever comes along.<br />\n<br />\nEveryone have a great day.<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Remember to do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return. &#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','teacp','teacp','2007-05-16 19:32:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181083,2613,1,18,175956,'2007-05-16 19:47:57',NULL,'','&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b140/timecop/2121609129.jpg&quot; /&gt;<br />\n<br />\nMaria and Ken, Happy 42nd Anniversary, may God bless you with many more.','mercedes','mercedes','2007-05-16 19:47:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181092,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-16 20:33:41',NULL,'','Afternoon all. Checking in from warm sunny central Floirda. Tile project is getting there. I laid 1/2 the floor yesterday and did another 1/4 this morning but I will get the tile down by the end of the night so I can grout tomorrow. Can&#39;t wait to put my computer back in the room as it&#39;s sitting in my Living room at present. Next time I say I want to tile someone come shoot me&#33; LOL I forgot what a tough job this is but I&#39;m always thrilled when it&#39;s done. I&#39;ve done my bathrooms, kitchen, and laundry room already but I think this is the last tile project for me, I&#39;m getting too old to crawl around on the floor anymore <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nJoey I hope you and David reach a compromise. Maybe a part time job........<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, glad to hear your kitchen is finally getting there.<br />\n<br />\nTonia, hope the root canal goes OK.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie, glad to hear your feeling better.<br />\n<br />\nMaria and Ken Happy 42nd Anniversary.<br />\n<br />\nMercedes your vacation sounds wonderful. I could use some of that ocean breeze about now.<br />\n<br />\nMarylou believe me we can use all the rain we can get. At least the smell hasn&#39;t drifted down to us in the last few days. Please send rain&#33;<br />\n<br />\nOK back to the floors. Hopefully it will be done tomorrow and then I&#39;ll be picking out a new desk for my computer&#33; Yipee&#33; Have a great day everyone&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-16 20:33:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181118,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-16 22:40:56',NULL,'','hey everyone..<br />\n<br />\ndentist was very nice to me .. my mouth may be numb for a while...( secretly thinking gary like the quiet )<br />\n<br />\nfirst time a root canal i didn&#39;t feel it... thanks doc...came home made some soup .. and now i am typing to you<br />\n<br />\nwow two days in the roll on time the painters... <br />\n<br />\nwell guys thats about it for now <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-16 22:40:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181143,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-16 23:28:51',NULL,'','Well, I got through my fist afternoon alone in the box office and it was a zoo.  Ended up &#036;21 dollars over in my cash drawer, but because I didn&#39;t count out when I started, there&#39;s no way of knowing if there was extra money in the drawer when I started of not.  That&#39;s a question for Cynthia today - at least the everything else balanced out - yea&#33;  The other good news is that we are nearly sold out for our first two performances.<br />\n<br />\nCame home to a sick husband.  Yup, Chris caught what I had, but his last all of two hours and he&#39;s fine today with the exception of a low grade fever - no fair...<br />\n<br />\nWe had to take the Buick in today to have its window fix - it slipped its track or so we thought.  Found out the motor was bad, plus the manifold was leaking and we need new tires...just once I&#39;d like to take the car in and only have what we think it wrong to be wrong.  Still, it&#39;s nearly ten years old and we&#39;ve put no money aside from tune ups into it since we got it from Dad.  Guess it&#39;s time.  The poor Bronco needs work too, but it just sits and waits for us.  With the higher gas cost, we just haven&#39;t been driving it at all.  <br />\n<br />\nIn a couple of hours, we&#39;re heading out to see our friend/pet sitter&#39;s acting debut.  She is a bundle of nerves, poor thing.  We are taping it for the class (she&#39;s taking children&#39;s theater as part of her Master in Ed.)<br />\n<br />\nOther than making some sweet rolls for breakfast and cookies for the jar. it&#39;s been a quiet day.  think I&#39;ll go over to the theater and see what&#39;s happening there.<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone is having a grand day.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-16 23:28:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181155,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-17 00:22:33',NULL,'','Just checking in real quick from the library at Prince George BC.  Take care everyone - looking forward to being able to chat again soon.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-17 00:22:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181176,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-17 01:46:09',NULL,'','Hi all.  Well the painters said they would finish the painting tomorrow and would rehang the cabinet doors on Friday morning and then they are outta&#39; here.  I am really pleased with them - they pay attention to every detail and are all so nice.  The first so-called &quot;painter&quot; had messed up the wall around the one cabinet that he painted and they said that tomorrow they would retexture and paint it for no additional charge.  Later in the year, probably after we get back from our cruise, we will be having our bedroom and bath redone and I have no doubt that I will use them again.  Jackie, girl, you get the best prices on RV parks - I guess we just travel at the wrong time of the year.  We normally pay in the 40&#39;s per night.  We do upgrade to a premium site if they have it so we aren&#39;t looking in our neighbor&#39;s windows.  I think the most we have paid was last April in Vegas.  We paid &#036;79 a night and stayed for a week.  We have Dish Network here at home and pay an additional &#036;5 per month to have it in the motorhome.  Last year when we went to Canada, we called them and asked about the fact that they have a different type of postal code there and the satellite system would not accept their codes.  They said that we could not use it in Canada.  When we got to the RV park in Calgary, we noticed lots of people from the states had their satellite dishes out.  The park only had 3 tv channels so Greg got out the satellite dish and looked in the Trailer Life Directory for the zip code of the area in the U.S. that was right across the border.  He used that code and did just a bit of fine tuning and we were able to pick up all of our normal channels.  Tonia, I am so happy that you aren&#39;t in pain - I was praying that you would have an easy time of it.  Rose, I have laid tile, but never the ceramic type.  Is that what you are using?  I am assuming it is as you have to grout - I have only used the peel and stick type.  I was just wondering how you cut it, do you have a wet saw?   Dinner tonight is Swiss Steak, I put it all together last night and then put it in the crock pot this morning.  The painters kept commenting on how good it smelled and how it was making them hungry.   Well, guess I had better go start the side dishes - I&#39;ll check in with ya&#39; later.....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-17 01:46:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181236,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-17 13:04:29',NULL,'','THURSDAY - May 17th[/size]<br />\nGood Morning Crazies....Today seems like the calm after the storm - had violent storms blow thru here yesterday and DD had a huge tree in her yard hit be lightning.  It split right in two with one half still standing but the other half landing on her roof.   It happened 20 minutes before I was due up there so SIL could leave for work - thank goodness it happened then and not when I was there.  The kids were terrified by the noise and I&#39;m sure neither one went upstairs last night to bed.  It missed Ashleigh&#39;s bedroom by a couple of feet.  They have no idea how much damage was done to the roof or their deck until they get it cut away.  They were lucky to get the people who took down our tree a few years ago and they will be there by 8AM  The strange thing is they are the 5th house in their development to have lightning damage in the last couple of years.  All the others were chimneys taken down but this tree was taller than their chimney. <br />\n<br />\nHopefully the rains helped with the wildfires in NJ and further down south.  My brothers are in Fla. at our place right now and although we are some distance from the fires reported heavy downpours all day (and a new leak in our roof UGH)  The good news is we got a tenant for the winter next year so we don&#39;t have to make any decisions right now and can hold out hoping the price goes up on the house before we put it on the market.   <br />\n<br />\nWe have some dear old friends passing through town today so will have a great day catching up.  Patty is DD&#39;s godmother and we haven&#39;t seen each other in over 3 years so we are very excited.  Richie was always Jim&#39;s &quot;partner in crime&quot; so I&#39;m sure we will have a lot of &quot;do you remember the time&quot; stories all day.  The men usually manage to put their foot in their mouth and blow a previous alibi when they get together. It should be a fun day.<br />\n<br />\nI&#39;d better get a move on - have to watch the kids while the tree people are there and then get lunch and dinner ready for our company.  Have a great day and as always  S M I L E <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/happy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':happy:\' />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-17 13:04:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181260,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-17 15:50:51',NULL,'','Good Morning All &#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nWow Marylou that is terrible about the tree. Well that is what insurance is for and just be thankful no one got hurt. I know what you mean about the kids. When my son was about 6 and we still lived on Staten Island we had a terrible thunderstorm and to this day we swear a tornado. A loud noise like the train came rumbling down Derby Ct. Lightening struck a large tree. My niece Lori and her then boyfriend were sitting in their car waiting for the rain to let up and the tree fell on the car. Thank God they weren&#39;t hurt but the noise impacted my  son for years. No matter where he was when he heard that first rumble of thunder he would be home in a flash and if he was upstairs in his room he was down those steps in one leap....A few years later he went to sleep away camp and I was so worried about him encountering a thunderstorm. He made it fine because he said he didn&#39;t want the other boys to think he was a wuss? sp.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nAny way today is another rainy day here in Ohio so Ken and I have decided to do indoor things. I guess I will straighten some closets that need straighting and he said he is going down to work in his shop.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a great day.<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Remember to do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return. &#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','teacp','teacp','2007-05-17 15:50:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181298,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-17 16:49:01',NULL,'','Morning from Stockton.  We are cool today, which is a nice break for the hotter days - record is 101, we are headed for 85.  just about perfect in my book.  <br />\n<br />\nThe show last night was a hoot.  All the actresses were teachers working on their masters.  None of them had any formal acting or training and they were a hoot.  In some ways, so much better than actors because they were just out there to have fun.  A little guy sitting beside me was so fascinated he seemed to ahve trouble remembering to breath - he was so into it.  That&#39;s what&#39;s so great about children&#39;s theater - they are so with you in the moment.<br />\n<br />\nBooked our theater tickets for &quot;The Moustetrap&quot; at St. Martin&#39;s in London this morning.  Sounded just like talking to our box office.  One more chore out of the way for the cruise.  Now to get tickets for &quot;Spamalot&quot;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nNot much else new is happening around here.  I&#39;m going ino the theater this morning, just to kill some time before we go get the Buick out of hock...sigh, just once it would be nice to have bill in three digits instead of four...<br />\n<br />\nMarylou - glad the tree didn&#39;t hurt anyone.  Roofs can be repaired.  it not always as easy with people.  <br />\n<br />\nCheryl - keep the number of those painters.  It sounds like you got a great contractors there.<br />\n<br />\nHere&#39;s wishing everyone a grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-17 16:49:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181308,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-17 17:27:18',NULL,'','Good morning Crazies&#33; We hope you all have a great day&#33;','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-17 17:27:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181316,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-17 17:50:03',NULL,'','Good morning friends.  Same plan as yesterday, staying home because of the painters, but well worth it.  Another gorgeous day.  At the beginning of the week, they called for rain all week, but we had rain only 2 days thusfar.  Charlie, do you ever just sit down and relax?  Gonna&#39; break in the new grill tonight as all 4 painters are working in the kitchen today.  Part of the past 2 days, a couple of them have been out in the garage taking care of the drawers.   Rose, will today find you hunched over tiles?  It just kills my back to do that.  Maria, hope you had a good evening dining and dancing - now you can start on the next 42 yrs.  Mary Lou, thank God the tree only did damage to material things that are replaceable.  Have a great time with your friends.  Our best friends, who will be cruising with us in Nov., are coming from TX for a visit, July 6-13.  I am so excited about it.  The guys will take the ATV&#39;s to the mountains or go motorcycle riding or something most days and she and I can shop or just relax.  The 2 of us love to just sit and play Skip-Bo or Scrabble and watch old movies, so our week won&#39;t be as &quot;adventurous&quot; as the men will have, but I am sure that a good time will be had by all.  Tonia, how are you doing?  Did you get some sleep last night?  Joey, Shari, Robert, Cheryl, Mel, Mercedes and any others I inadvertently left out, hope you all have a marvelous day...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-17 17:50:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181333,2066,1,18,175956,'2007-05-17 18:52:13',NULL,'','Good morning  Crazies...<br />\n<br />\nWow Mary Lou never have being involved with lightening seen it on TV and movies.. but that must have been so scary... glad everyone is alright ... hope the damage is to a minimum..<br />\n<br />\nMaria sounds like the perfect day to piddle around as dad used to call it..<br />\n<br />\nCharlie your posts just tickle me i smile at  the stories you tell.. thanks for the smiles..<br />\n<br />\nTonia how u doin&#33;?<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita enjoy another day in the SK...<br />\n<br />\nCheryl.... what is on the grill tonight?<br />\n<br />\nNot much new here ...<br />\n<br />\nDavid&#39;s first interview is this afternoon its for management of the San Joaquin train.. his second interview is in the morning at 9 thats for the capital train that runs thru of Sacramento.. so he gets back home late tomorrow night..<br />\n<br />\nThat&#39;s it from here its supposed to be a nice weather day..<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nSmile..<br />\n<br />\nJoey','JoeyandDavid','JoeyandDavid','2007-05-17 18:52:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181350,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-17 20:35:25',NULL,'','Afternoon all&#33; Boy I can&#39;t wait to finish this floor. It feels like I&#39;ve been doing it a week and it&#39;s only 3 days. Almost done with the grouting and then I just have to buff it. Told DH what I told you all yesterday about shooting me and he wanted it in writing. LOL I&#39;ve run out of rooms to tile just in time as I am over this phase of life, next time I hire out&#33;<br />\n<br />\nYes Cheryl, it&#39;s ceramic tile. I don&#39;t have a wet saw but I have an inexpensive manual tile cutter and a rotozip with a ceramic blade for cutting. If I can&#39;t get it right I just go to Lowes as they will cut the tile for very little money. How wonderful that your painter&#39;s have worked out. It&#39;s so hard to find good help so hang on to their number for sure. <br />\n<br />\nMaryLou what a close one for your family and you. Glad to hear everyone was OK. I hope the damage is minimal and it can be fixed relatively quickly.<br />\n<br />\nMaria hope you and Ken enjoyed your anniversary.<br />\n<br />\nHi Joey, hang in there, he&#39;ll be home tomorrow.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie too bad your DH got the same illness. Is he feeling better?<br />\n<br />\nSorry if I missed anyone but it&#39;s time to go back to work. I&#39;ll check in tomorrow hopefully finished.  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-17 20:35:25',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181364,274,1,18,175956,'2007-05-17 21:02:38',NULL,'','Good afternoon, everyone&#33;<br />\n<br />\nSo sorry I haven&#39;t been able to catch up on posts and see how everyone is doing.  I have been helping out my mom get ready for her surgery which has been scheduled for June 19.  I have been taking her to doctor&#39;s visits and MRI and helping with small chores and errands.  DD is ready to have her baby in a couple of weeks.  She&#39;s due on May 30th, and her last day at work is this Friday.  I&#39;m so glad she is off of work.  She has been working late and all, and way too hard for a gal ready to deliver a baby.  She is taking some extra time off so I&#39;m so glad for her.  <br />\n<br />\nWe will be watching her little girl (our 3 1/2 year-old-granddaughter) for a few days when she goes into labor, so there is a lot going on here at the same time.  We were scheduled to take two weeks at our time share that we just bought (was Marc&#39;s parents) but we had to cancel.  There&#39;s always next year&#33;  <br />\n<br />\nMy leg is doing well.  The clot is out of the danger zone.  It is still there, but reduced in size,  but no longer near the deep vein and not as life threatening.  So I&#39;m all smiles about that.  Thank you all so much for the prayers.  I really appreciate them.  I still have a lot of pain when I walk, but I&#39;m sure that will go away.  I get tired out really quick, too, but I think it&#39;s just from lack of exercise since I had to be so careful this winter and spring.  I have to get in shape for our cruise in September.  I&#39;m really looking forward to that.  I&#39;m hoping I can catch up on what you are all doing, soon.  I&#39;m on my way to the store now.  DD and granddaughter are coming to dinner tonight.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nMaryLou...I&#39;m so glad that no one got hurt&#33;  Sorry about the tree.  Hope that there isn&#39;t any damage to the roof or deck.<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a wonderful day&#33;&#33;&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-05-17 21:02:38',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181394,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-18 00:05:07',NULL,'','good afternoon crazies.....<br />\n<br />\nok thinking that my root canal was a dream.. my mouth is not sore or swollen .. ummm but he didi something on there .. i thought it was root canal LOL LOL ,.... but all my dental work is done.. all i have to get is the crown for the root canal tooth... i may have to sell my soul for the crown....<br />\n<br />\nMarylou.... wow thankful someone was watching out for you family with that lightening... lightening is so scarey..thats how those terrible fires in GA  &amp; Fla started...<br />\n<br />\nShari so glad the clot has gone down.. but between you and Charlie i think you guys are relatives to the energizer bunny ... you just keep going and going and going<br />\n<br />\nCharlie awwwwwww poor Chris , but it sounds like hes on the mend ....cookies ??? .... hope you got the car out without having to take a loan out on the house LOL LOL...one fake tooth ( a crown ) going to cost me 635 &#036;... dang im going to ask if they want some others teeth i will pull them for that kinda money , and mine would be real ones LOL LOL&lt; (4 teeth would be a cruise... maybe like giving blood ) <br />\n<br />\nMaria congrats on you 42nd... how wonderful to hear marriages do last ....and you still love each other<br />\n<br />\nJoey you didn&#39;t enjoy have the house to yourself ... when Gary goes to the desert i love having the house to myself... no MSNBC FOX NEWS OUTDOOR LIVING... SCIFI  WESTERNS... i get the clicker alllllllllllllllll to myself ....eat when i want ...take a nice long bath and read without hearing &quot; isn&#39; the water cold by now &quot;<br />\njust me and the doggies <br />\n<br />\ni had a busy morning took take of my ticket by going to traffic school....took my neice her birthday barnes and noble GC, took the car in to check something.. didn&#39;t cost me anything yaaaaa...went to sams club.... got a fish taco for lunch .. and now its nap time....<br />\n<br />\nmaking chipped beef on toast tonight... an oldy dinner my mom use to make for me <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-18 00:05:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181436,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-18 01:02:34',NULL,'','Tonia - good to hear your dread RC went so well&#33;   <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nCheryl here&#39;s hoping the kitchen continues to go well  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':laugh:\' /> <br />\nMary Lou - sounds you&#39;ve been having fun - NOT&#33; Take care and stay dry and &quot;unelectrified&quot;&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nTeacp - sounds like we are on the same waveleength - I have been &quot;cleaning&quot; my closets this morning - out with the winter in with the summer - but I get sidetracked tryng things on and marvelling at tll the clothes I forgot I had lol.  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nJoey -  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' /> Goodluck to David - hope he gets the job he wants.<br />\n<br />\nSailingrose - keep your chin up - it will soon be over and you will be walking on your new floors - we plan on doing it next year - sounds like I had better get prepared wa ahead of time.<img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nShari 2 - take care of yourself - there seems to be so much going on in your life right now -  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':sad2:\' /> <br />\nCharlie - Dh sounds like he needs a lot of TLC  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/sick.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':sick:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nLooks ike it&#39;s clouding over so will be able to get back to my closets - take care all.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-18 01:02:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181482,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-18 06:21:02',NULL,'','Hi All,<br />\n<br />\nWell we are in Dawson Creek BC - and had the most amazing drive here today.  Snow all around, lakes iced over and waterfalls everywhere. Too beuatiful.<br />\n<br />\nShari - I&#39;m so glad that your clot is going down.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - painters finally, how&#39;s it looking?  Your time with your best friend sounds just great - wish I was there to join you.<br />\n<br />\nRose - another one doing the floors yourself  - are you guys crazy?  Enjoy the finished product, I&#39;m sure it&#39;s going to look good.<br />\n<br />\nTonia - glad the root canal is done... that&#39;s one thing that great when it&#39;s behind you hey?<br />\n<br />\nBe good everyone - sorry I can&#39;t get internet connection very often, but will check in whenever I can.','zebra','zebra','2007-05-18 06:21:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181514,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-18 13:36:19',NULL,'','FRIDAY - May 18th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies.....Another weekend is here already and I have to drag out the suitcases once again, but only for a quick weekend trip.  We will be leaving for Norfolk, Va. bright and early tomorrow to see my niece sing the lead in the opera there tomorrow night.  I wish we could spend a couple of days down  there as it is a 6 1/2 hour drive,  but will head home on Sunday morning as Jim has to work on Monday and hopefully things will settle back into our normal routine.  We had a blast yesterday with out Company - lots and lots of laughs and &quot;remember whens&quot;.  It is always  so great to reconnect with old friends - phones and e-mails are great but it&#39;s not quite the same as a good old afternoon sitting around the kitchen table.  <br />\n<br />\nDD&#39;s yard looks so different without that huge tree.  The men that came made quick work of it and were gone within an hour.  It&#39;s amazing how simple a project is if you know what you are doing.&#33; It would have taken Jim &amp; Mike forever to remove it.  The deck seems OK but Insurance is sending an Inspector on Monday to be sure it is structurally safe and sending a roofer to check the roof.  Their glass table was shattered and 2 big heavy chairs were bent as well as the top of their gas grill dented.  A branch went clear through their brand new electric awning but once they took the tree off the roof they found that one of the screens in Ashleigh&#39;s bedroom was ripped by a branch so these things can all be replaced.  It just scared us how close it came to hurting one of the kids.  All these other things mean nothing now - as long as everyone is safe.<br />\n<br />\nI hope everyone is feeling well and over the &quot;bugs&quot; they had - hope all your home projects are coming along and Joey I hope David finds what he wants and is home soon.    <br />\n<br />\nI hope everyone has a great weekend planned.  I am so looking forward to seeing my niece perform as well as to visit with her for a couple of hours.  Hope everyone has a great day and I will check in later to see  what is happening here.  Remember to SMILE','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-18 13:36:19',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181571,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-18 16:11:26',NULL,'','Morning, All&#33;  We are headed into another sunny day in Stockton.  It Never Rains in California had to be written about the San Joaquin Valley.  A friend e mailed me from New Hampshire that they were in the middle of a 12-hour rain storm...sigh, in our dreams.<br />\n<br />\nStarted putting out feelers for a good restaurant in London&#39;s theater district for our night out on the town.  I&#39;m of two minds.  There is a great restaurant across the street from the theater, but it&#39;s very expensive and &#39;the place&#39; to be seen.  Two blocks away is a cheaper, but more niche (It&#39;s called Fish&#33; - guess what they serve) place.  Then there are pubs.  I&#39;d sort of like to make it a &#39;British&#39; evening and go to a pub, but then it would be a shame to miss a dining experience.  On the other hand, when we go out to an expensive restaurant, we like to make that the evening - would we be missing something by also going to the theater?  It&#39;s a delightful problem to ponder. <br />\n<br />\nHad fun over at the theater yesterday, I caught the box office up on all its paperwork and got everything mailed out to our patrons.  Cynthia has been slacking lately, but it could be due to school - finals and all, or just spring fever.  don&#39;t know, but the producer wasn&#39;t happy yesterday with her performance.  She&#39;s just young (20) and seems to reflect the less-than-stellar work ethic that we were all brought up with.  she works her hours - period.  she does the minimum required for her job - period.  You can&#39;t really fault her because she gets it done, but she doesn&#39;t do any more than she has to.  Oh well, not my problem.<br />\n<br />\ngot a nasty letter from the disability people saying that they hadn&#39;t gotten all the stuff they needed from two different sources and they were going to disallow my claim if they haven&#39;t heard from them by the 29th - both companies I spoke with never received a single request from them.  Their response was immediate when I asked for info - sort of makes you wonder, doesn&#39;t it?  I&#39;ve got a call into my former employer to read them the riot act this morning.  I think the disability company has forgotten who the customer is here.  <br />\n<br />\nThanks for everyone&#39;s wishes for a healthy husband.  He woke up Wednesday morning feeling fine wth the exception of a low temp.  Me, I still don&#39;t feel 100%<br />\n<br />\nWe having a picnic this morning down at Weber&#39;s Point, then I may wander across the street and pick up tickets for &quot;Priates&quot; - I&#39;ll leave Shrek 3 for another weekend.  Why do all the good movies seem to come out at once?  <br />\n<br />\nAfter that (and a nap), we are going to head out to Sacto for some shopping at Chris&#39;s favorite store (Frye&#39;s Eletronics), then to dinner and a show with friends.    <br />\n<br />\nGot good news from my brother&#39;s doctors - they did a biopsy on his liver, thinking he was in failure only to find out it was something completely different  that can easily be treated with a drug.  His liver is fine - the man has move lives than a cat.  <br />\n<br />\nHave a grand day all&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie<br />\n<br />\nP.S.   MaryLou - your story of the ripped screen in your grandaughter&#39;s room reminded me of one of our adventures.  When we first moved to Stockton, we only had one parking space at the apartment complex, so I parked my Buick Skylark out on the street.  Christmas Eve there was a drive by shooting just outside our complex and I discovered a bullet hole in my car the next morning.  If it hadn&#39;t been there to stop the bullet, it would have ended up in a little girl&#39;s bedroom, hitting right where her bed was (the cops figured all this out).  I was mighty happy the Buick was there as that would have been a Christmas present no one would want.','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-18 16:11:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181583,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-18 16:32:26',NULL,'','Wow - scarey story Charlie.  Thankfully your car was there to intercept the bullet.  I got physically sick when I saw how close to Ash&#39;s bed that tree came but am very relieved they escaped with some damaged patio furniture and possibly a leaky roof.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-18 16:32:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181589,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-18 16:52:15',NULL,'','Good morning friends.  My gosh, it is gorgeous here - not even 8:00 and is already in the 60&#39;s.  The painters have finished all the cabinets are going to hang the doors this morning.  Right now, they are working on finishing the painting of the kitchen walls, which I started a few months ago and just never finished.  (Does anyone else have those partially finished projects and just can&#39;t seem to get back in the swing of completing them?).  The granite guy comes at noon, and the painters say they will be gone way before then, so after the countertop guy leaves, I am going shopping - I have been stuck in the house for way too long.  Hope all of you have a marvelous weekend.  Just think, next weekend is a 3 - dayer&#33;&#33;&#33;  Hubby plans to take the ATV&#39;s to the mountains one day and then I am thinking &quot;family BBQ&quot; and homemade ice cream&#33;&#33;&#33;','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-18 16:52:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181669,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-19 02:04:06',NULL,'','Hi all hope you are having a good day - family coming over for Hugh&#39;s spaghetti dinner dinner tonight - definately not our heart-smart night lol.<br />\n<br />\nHave a great weekend all .....','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-19 02:04:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181671,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-19 03:04:38',NULL,'','Hi All from snowy Dawson Creek.  We couldn&#39;t believe our eyes when we woke up to a winter wonderland this morning.<br />\nIt&#39;s a day long weekend here in Canada this weekend - so hopefully we&#39;ll get accommodation as we travel north tomorrow.<br />\n<br />\nKeep well everyone and have a safe weekend&#33;&#33;&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-19 03:04:38',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181745,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-19 12:15:41',NULL,'','SATURDAY - May 19th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies and Happy Weekend.   It&#39;s 5AM and I am up and ready to leave for Va. at Jim&#39;s insistance however when I woke him he growled and rolled over so I will try again at 6.  We definately have to be on the road by 7 at the latest.  When we planned this trip we did not know that the Preakness horse race would be today and that should tie up traffic alot in the Md. neighborhood.  I am so anxious to see my niece perform tonight but kind of sorry I started all this.  We have close to a 7 hour drive each way and our poor old bones can&#39;t take too much more car traveling.  LOL  We originally planned to spend a couple of days in Virginia Beach to break up the trip but Jim has to work on Monday morning so that plan flew out the window.  He has really been pushing his luck asking for time off since this job started.  <br />\n<br />\nOn a happy note, we made final payment on our August cruise yesterday.  I&#39;m always happy when that is all taken care of.  They are going to try and get our tickets to us by the day of the girls graduation but no promises.  I&#39;d love to be able to give them their tickets then but it&#39;s not like it is a suprise or anything.  <br />\n<br />\nI probably won&#39;t check in at all tomorrow since we will be having brunch with my niece and her fiance before we leave Va. and most likely won&#39;t be home til late but will be back on Monday morning bright and early to tell you all about our weekend. <br />\n<br />\nHave a happy, safe weekend and smile at someone during your travels.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-19 12:15:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181761,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-19 16:11:06',NULL,'','Good Morning all<br />\n<br />\nWell Marylou I am sure you are gone by now but I hope you have a safe trip. It is so exciting for you to see your niece perform. Those long car trips really get to me lately also especially when you are on a time schedule.<br />\n<br />\nBeautiful day here in the Ohio valley. DD and grandkids coming to spend the day so that should be fun. Other than that noting earthshattering, except maybe go see Shrek the third tonight.<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day all<br />\n<br />\nCiao for now<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Remember to do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return &#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','teacp','teacp','2007-05-19 16:11:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181803,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-19 18:55:59',NULL,'','morning all... hope everyone is doing well...yes i know a 3 day weekend is coming.. i just have to get alot of rest b4 that weekend because i know we will busy busy ,,, four 3 days...<br />\n<br />\nMarylou have safe trip and enjoy the concert....<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nCheryl leave though CC at home now... i know the three days at the house has ya going crazy to get out...<br />\n<br />\nJackie glad you guys may it as far as ya have..<br />\n<br />\nMaria ... yes i want to go see it... thinking i will go get my gf daughter let her have a day of peace and take her to see shrek<br />\n<br />\nwell all i am off to sleepy take care<br />\n<br />\nTONIA','terumim','terumim','2007-05-19 18:55:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181834,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-19 21:40:16',NULL,'','Cool and Cloudy here today - we are heading out shopping.  DH has the long weekend off so we are going to take advantage of all those sales and byuy all that stuff we don&#39;t really need lol.<br />\n<br />\nDinner went well last night - Mom didn&#39;t even have too many bad things to say  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nStay safe all and have a great weekend.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-19 21:40:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181844,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-20 00:16:29',NULL,'','Hi all.  It is hot here - in the 80&#39;s.  Not that bad, but when we were at the granite yard, we were outside and the sun was beating down.  I thought I had made my selection before we went out there - when the guy came to our house, he had about 20 samples and I had picked one from there.  He had said I might find one I liked better down there, but I was pretty content with what I had picked.  When we got there, we found one that both Greg and I loved.  Apparently so do a lot of other people.  Every slab they had was already on hold for someone else and they did not show that they would be getting any more in.  There really weren&#39;t any others that we both agreed on.  In the end, I let him make the final decision.  Do I love it?  At this point, no, but hopefully it will grow on me.  When we bought our new living room furniture last year, we didn&#39;t agree then either and my son said to me that I pick everything in the house and that I should let his dad have a say in at least one thing.  Now I love what he picked out and am so glad we went with hs choice, so hoping the coutertops will be the same.  He knows that particular granite was not my first choice, or even second or third, but I didn&#39;t tell him that I that I really am not fond of it at all.  Just pray it grows on me.  I am sure it will be fine once it is installed.  Including a pic of the granite.  I think it looks too uniform - the design is pretty much the same over the entire slab, which is what Greg was looking for.  I, on the other hand, like those who have a much more varied pattern.   I found the perfect bronze drawer pulls and cabinet handles online and just ordered those.  The granite guy says they will try to have everything fabricated and installed by the end of June, just in time for my company to start arriving.  Well, hope all you Crazy people have a wonderful weekend...<br />\n<br />\n&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k96/cherylfuller/granite_tropicalbrown_field.jpg&quot; /&gt;','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-20 00:16:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181849,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-20 00:35:02',NULL,'','Good afternoon Crazies from my new tiled computer room. I just moved the computer back here on my desk so I could get back in my livingroom. I have chosen a new armoire for the computer but won&#39;t get it until end of next week at the earliest so I set up temporary shop. I went shopping yesterday just for fun since I&#39;ve been attached to the house for 4 days. I really enjoyed it and got a new area rug for the floor. Hopefully the room will be set up completely by monday with the exception of the new bookcase(haven&#39;t found one yet) and the armoire for the the computer.<br />\n<br />\nLovely day here in Central Florida, lower 80&#39;s and a beautiful breeze. DH is watching the Preakness on TV, an annual event for us. <br />\n<br />\nShari nice to see you posting. We&#39;ll keep good thoughts for your mom and your daughter. Glad to hear you leg is better.<br />\n<br />\nTonia glad to hear you root canal went well and you didn&#39;t have pain. Every now and then you get lucky.<br />\n<br />\nJackie and Tony glad your enjoying your trip through BC. <br />\n<br />\nMarylou hope you have a safe trip to VA. How exciting that you niece is singing the lead. Sounds like your DD did well with that tree, could have been much worse. Isn&#39;t it always nice to make that final payment on a cruise. <br />\n<br />\nCheryl it must to nice to be done with the kitchen cabinets. Hope that you fall in love with the granite when it gets installed. Things always look different when they are in the actually setting.<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a great weekend&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-20 00:35:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181850,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-20 00:35:52',NULL,'','happy Staurday afternoon - not too much action here, but our weather is so gorgeous that people are all out of town.  We have about seven festivlas going on this weekend, including the Celebrated Jumping Frog from Calaveras County festival up in the hills.  Starwberry, cherry, choclalate and zinfandel festivals as well.  Way too much to get to, so we are eschewing all of them this yeare.  It&#39;s about 84 out, light breeze, just about perfect.<br />\n<br />\nWent to &quot;Dirty Rotten Scoundrels&quot; last night and it was okay.  Not a show I was looking forward to and it unerwhelmed - although the sets were interesting.  The sound were horrible, very muddy, but I knew that would be the case when I heard that Bob was mixing...sigh<br />\n<br />\nGot a call from our TA that our docs are here for the July trip - yea&#33;  WE printed off our boarding passes and I&#39;ve been e mailing a couple of companies in London with regards for transfers to and from London and the dock in Southampton.  This is when the trip starts getting real.  <br />\n<br />\nAnd guess when Chris got a jury summons for?<br />\n<br />\nMaryLou - you&#39;re gone now, but I hope your niece breaks a leg.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, I agree with you that the granite seems a little uniform.  Is it real granite or preformed?  Sometimes it&#39;s hard to tell.  It&#39;ll grown on you and it will certain be durable.<br />\n<br />\nTonia - all over the root canal trauma or lack thereof?  Wouldn&#39;t it be great if they were all like that?  <br />\n<br />\nJackie - drive carefully in that snow&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone is having a grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-20 00:35:52',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181857,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-20 01:42:18',NULL,'','Good evening Crazies from the beautiful Siesta Key gulf coast. We hope you all have a great evening. We are going out to dinner at Turtles tonight with some friends we met on our last, and who will be on our next cruise.','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-20 01:42:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(181860,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-20 02:03:15',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\nCharlie, Greg has gotten a jury duty notice for a time we were supposed to be on our cruise.  He just sent them a copy of the summons and our itinerary from the cruise line and they dismissed him.  <br />\n<br />\nThe granite is real - they only carry natural stone there.  I haven&#39;t heard of any &quot;man-made&quot; granite.  The countertop guy did have some samples of what he called &quot;fabricated quartz&quot; though.  The main problem I am forseeing with the real granite is that he said it has to be sealed once a year.  According to him, it really won&#39;t be a big deal to do it - easy for him to say as he won&#39;t be the one performing the task&#33;&#33;&#33;','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-20 02:03:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182033,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-20 16:34:00',NULL,'','Good Sunday morning Crazies&#33; Rita is excited as her son is on the way down to spend a few days with us.<br />\nHave a great day&#33;','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-20 16:34:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182050,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-20 17:01:03',NULL,'','Greetings from Stockton, where we are heading for an 87 degree day.  Need to hit the garden early today&#33;  <br />\n<br />\nFabricated granite is really common out here.  It&#39;s made out of Lucite with some polymers added.  You can&#39;t tell it&#39;s not the real thing until you touch it. It doesn&#39;t wear like granite, but it gives you the look without the maintenance.  My nephew, who carves granite - mostly monuments - joked that it would be so much easier to just cast this stuff instead of working with the stone.  Bet the graveyards would love that.<br />\n<br />\nHad dinner with friends last night - first patio dinner party of the season and it was nice until about 8 when it started to cool off.  Thankfully, a delta breeze kept the mozzies at bay.  They recreated an incredibly beautiful English garden for their back yard and their deck weaves through parts of it.  When we pet sit for them, we go over and have dinner out on the patio at least once a week.  Teh dogs love it and we enjoy the lush greenery.<br />\n<br />\nEverything is set for audtitions tonigth,but we have been warned to not expect a crowd.  Since there are only three parts and all men, that will make a difference.  Am hoping we get a good call though.  If not today, then maybe tomorrow...<br />\n<br />\nOther than that, I hope to work in the study today.  It&#39;s only six weeks before Wendy gets here and it will easily take Chris the entire time to get rid of the last 17 boxes.<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone is having a grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-20 17:01:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182105,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-20 17:55:34',NULL,'','Good Morning All &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nAnother beautiful day here in Ohio..........think I am just going to be lazy today. I am meeting my daughther for lunch as the guys are playing golf and then I think I am just going to come home and read my book.<br />\n<br />\nVery quiet here today on the dock. Where is everyone? We are missing a lot of people.<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day all...........<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Remember to do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return. &#33;&#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','teacp','teacp','2007-05-20 17:55:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182136,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-20 20:35:54',NULL,'','Afternoon all. Checking in from Central Florida. It&#39;s a lovely day in the low 80&#39;s so I opened up the windows to air out the house. I hate the stale air from the A/C and this will probably one of the last days we can open the windows without humidity. Pretty lazy day here too. We are going to meet some friends later to watch Arena Football game but that&#39;s about it. We all must be having a lazy day.......Enjoy it&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-20 20:35:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182160,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-20 21:54:08',NULL,'','Raining - lots - ugh&#33;<br />\n<br />\nLooks like chinese food tonight - dinner at Mom&#39;s so she&#39;s &quot;cooking&quot; lol.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl - it sounds like your kitchen is going to be fabulous&#33;  Bronze sounds like a great choice for your hardware.<br />\n<br />\nRose - I would like a computer armoire too - it wouls be so nice to just shut the doors on it at times :o)  ... enjoy you new room&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie - hope it all works out with Chris&#39;s jury summons - sounds like &quot;Murphy&#39;s Law&quot; strikes again lol.<br />\n<br />\nJackie - take care up there in the &quot;Great White North&quot;.  SOunds like you&#39;ve made good time so far.<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita - have a great time with DS - it&#39;s always nice to have family close by.<br />\n<br />\nTeacp - enjoy your lunch with your daughter - mine will be with us for dinner tonight.<br />\n<br />\nTake care all - and have a great day&#33;','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-20 21:54:08',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182171,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-20 23:31:56',NULL,'','Good afternoon friends.  Jenn, great minds think alike.  We went to our fav chinese restaurant for lunch.  Ate early, 11:00, so hardly anyone was there.  Then we went out to the motorhome to begin the process of &quot;unwinterizing&quot;.  I had all the windows and vents opened to air it out after the long winter and did some cleaning.  Greg turned on the air conditioner but it shut off pretty quickly because the generator will only run when there is more than 1/4 of a tank of gas, and we were right at that.  Put all the linens on the bed and took all the towels, wash clothes, pot holders, etc. out of the space bags and put them back in the cabinets and drawers.  We didn&#39;t fill the holding tanks with water yet, so it will still need a good scrubbing when we bring it home to load up for the first trip out, but I have a head start on it.  I like to give it a good going over with PineSol when it comes out of storage.  It is in the 80&#39;s and sunny - beautiful weather.  Calling for rain on Tuesday but the remainder of the week looks warm and gorgeous - beats the heck out of negative temps and snow up to my butt like most of the winter was&#33;&#33;&#33;  Greg, if you are reading this, hello dear.   I don&#39;t think he ever gets on this forum, but today at lunch he did ask me if I was going to be happy with the granite we selected...the only place I have mentioned that I didn&#39;t really like it was here, so maybe he browses the board.  Like I told him, I am sure when it is all set in place, I will learn to love it&#33;&#33;&#33;  Well, gotta&#39; scoot  - I wish each and everyone one of you the best of weeks....<br />\n<br />\np.s.  Joey, did David make any decisions as to extending his career plans?','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-20 23:31:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182238,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-21 13:40:11',NULL,'','MONDAY - May 21st[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies....Today I am paying the price for our long weekend.  I think this old bod has finally said &quot;enough&quot; with the long car trips.  700 miles in 2 days was definately too much.  Our 6 1/2 hr. trip to Norfolk on Saturday became close to a 9 hour torture trip home yesterday and we are both achy and sore today.  <br />\n<br />\nNow I can play the very proud Aunt.  My niece is truly a talented performer.  We naturally always knew she had a marvelous voice but her stage presence and poise amaze me.  When she steps onto that stage her whole being changes and she positively glows when she hears applause.  Her stage presence and her &quot;the show must go on&quot; attitude were never more apparent when after singing a lovely aria while she was on her death bed she went to lie back down and the bed broke&#33;&#33;&#33;  She did not miss a beat though she said they thought she would explode lying there trying not to laugh.  The center of the bed caved in so she said she just stiffened up her body so she could lie straight and prayed for the end of the show to come quickly&#33;&#33;There was a very nice reception afterwards for the patrons of the opera and the Va. Opera company and she received many many compliments and even a couple of job offers.  Yesterday morning we had a great brunch with her and her fiance and then headed  for home.  <br />\n<br />\nTime to go catch up with what went on here over the weekend.  I hope everyone is well and happy.  I will come back after I catch up with everyone.  Have a great day and as always &quot;Smile&quot;','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-21 13:40:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182365,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-21 18:31:33',NULL,'','morning all<br />\n<br />\nvery tried .. long night...<br />\n<br />\nnothing to exciting happening same old stuff..<br />\n<br />\nMarylou so glad you had a wonder time at the concert .. i unerstand about long car rides .. but our was not to long a rest in between....get a little rest ok...<br />\n<br />\nCheryl i always have second thoughts after i pic out something and i have to wait to get it .. i just the same thing with my new sofa...now that i have its great<br />\n<br />\nJoey how did the interviews go for David...<br />\n<br />\nwell guys i am going to take a nap may be back later <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-21 18:31:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182384,3244,1,18,175956,'2007-05-21 19:38:12',NULL,'','&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://mysite.verizon.net/pjnva/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/gmtropical.gif&quot; /&gt;<br />\nI am taking advantage of my day off and trying to boost my post count so I can get the ocean view.  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />','PJnVA','PJnVA','2007-05-21 19:38:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182390,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-21 19:46:12',NULL,'','Keep it up Pam, you are well on your way to a cabin upgrade.  We are here everyday so be sure to stop by.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-21 19:46:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182488,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-21 22:50:52',NULL,'','Happy Late afternoon all&#33; Had lots of errands to do this morning and I&#39;m back at the cleaning of the house. All that tile work made me put off lots of other stuff and now I&#39;m playing catch up. Tomorrow I should be reasonable caught up again. <br />\n<br />\nIt has gotten warmer here today in the upper 80&#39;s. Too warm for me so I&#39;ve retreated to the AC again. <br />\n<br />\nMarylou glad you enjoyed the performance. I can&#39;t ride in the car for more than 3 hours or my back falls asleep (pins and needles) so I understand your aches and pains. Hope you feel better tomorrow.<br />\n<br />\nJenn send the rain to us in Florida, boy we could use it.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, enjoy the anticipation till you hit the open road again. It must be a lot of work getting the RV ready. <br />\n<br />\nHi Pam&#33; Nice to meet you. It will take you no time at all to get the oceanview cabin. <br />\n<br />\nSo where is everyone today??? Seems pretty quiet around here. Hope everyone is well. Have a great evening.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-21 22:50:52',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182514,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-21 23:59:12',NULL,'','Hello, my crazy friends.  Went shopping today to get stuff to put up over the freshly painted kitchen cabinets.  I had stuff up there before and thought that I would not decorate up there again, but it looked so barren.  I searched and searched for the perfect pots and finally found 6 of them that I loved - and they were on sale for 50% off, what a deal.  Then I bought greenery and grapes (not real ones) to go up there.  I wanted to put some wine bottles up there too, to complete the tuscan theme, so I measured how much clearance I had and off I went to the liquor store.  We have a new one called Dave&#39;s or Daveco or something like that - it is advertised as the world&#39;s largest liquor store.  I got some strange looks as I wondered around with my tape measure in hand, measuring wine bottle.  One sales guy came up and asked me if I needed any help, I turned around and he saw the tape measure and started laughing.  He said &quot;I know what you have in mind, but you&#39;re going have to wait until I get off work&quot;.  Dense thing that I am, it took me a few seconds to catch on.  I spent an hr. and 1/2, measruring wine bottles with little luck - the clearance between cabinet top and ceiling is only 10 inches and I discovered that most wine bottles are at least 12&quot; tall.  After all that time, the manager came by, and asked if I needed help and I explained my dilemna, and he said &quot;did you try aisle 5, that is where the smaller bottles are?&quot;.  2 other employees had tried to help me and neither mentioned this, and aisle 5 isn&#39;t even in the wine section.  I found everything I needed on that aisle, wish I had asked the right guy earlier&#33;&#33;&#33;  Anyway, I came home and proceeded to decorate - the problem now is that with the greenery, you can&#39;t even see the beautiful pots they are in.  The granite people are supposed to come later in the week and make a template of all the countertops and island and then I guess we will be in the production process.  They will laser cut it to our measurements. <br />\nPam - keep on posting, you are almost there&#33;&#33;&#33;  Mary Lou, Robert, Joey, Maria, Jackie, Cheryl, Mel, Mercedes, Rose, Tonia, Jenn, Charlie, Keith and the rest of you crazies - have a productive and healthy week.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-21 23:59:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182530,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-22 01:39:57',NULL,'','Cheryl - measuring your liquor  bottles <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> Is that part of a new 12 step program.<br />\n<br />\nIt sounds like the kitchen is going to look SO GOOD&#33;  I actuallly had grapes all over the table for our spaghetti feed - very festive.<br />\n<br />\nRose - I sent the rain south this morning - you should get it early tomorrow lol.<br />\n<br />\nCloudy today - but good enough to get my nails dirty digging in the dirt - and I thought I was all done -- found a new spot to play in tee-hee.<br />\n<br />\nwell back at it - after a quixk bite of chinese food leftovers - yum&#33;&#33;&#33;','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-22 01:39:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182536,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-22 02:15:51',NULL,'','Good evening all &#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nWe had a busy day and I have just gotten a chance to sit down and say hello.<br />\nKen and I went out early this morning to run our errands and wound up staying out most of the day. Had to run by our sons shop to pick up a drill and we were so pleased as the shop looks great and they are super busy.<br />\n<br />\nWe have been watering like crazy as we have been so dry we haven&#39;t had rain in a very long time and the weatherman said tonight that this is the dryest spring we have had. Usually by this time we have so much rain we have flooding problems. He said we are probably in for a very dry summer.<br />\n<br />\nThe flowers look great as we have a sprinkler system but I can&#39;t wait to see my water bill as Ken has it going on twice a day instead of once.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl...sounds like your kitchen is coming along and sounds like you picked out nice things for the top of your cabinets. I swore I wasn&#39;t going to put anything on the top of mine but I couldn&#39;t resist it as it looked too bare. As I am thinking about it they really need a cleaning....lol','teacp','teacp','2007-05-22 02:15:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182662,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-22 12:58:36',NULL,'','TUESDAY - May 22nd[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies.....the daily dock seems to be slowing down a bit.  Where is everyone hiding?  Lots going on today - trying to get back into the old routine (or should I say same old rut).  Our community is having a huge yard sale in early July so today I will venture down into the basement and start sorting through all the junk down there and start cleaning it up.  I have more curtains and bedding than I will ever use and it is only getting musty down in the basement.  I also have a huge selection of baby toys, baby furniture which someone might be able to use but it all needs a good cleaning.  I figure if I clean one or two  things a day and put them out in the garage I should be ready by July.  <br />\n<br />\nCheryl - so glad your kitchen is finally coming together.  I&#39;m sure you will love it when it is done and look back at all the problems you had and laugh.  <br />\n<br />\nJoey - where are you hiding?  Don&#39;t make us send out the posse looking for you&#33;&#33;  What happened with David&#39;s job interviews?<br />\n<br />\nMaria - glad your sons store is doing well and they are busy.  That is always a good sign.  <br />\n<br />\nRose - wish we could send some rain down your way.  So glad that all your tile work is done - now sit back and enjoy it.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie - missed hearing from your yesterday - hope all is OK.<br />\n<br />\nTonia - you are always so busy.  When do you sleep?<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a great productive day today.  Time to get Jim off to work and get the house cleaned before I venture into the basement.   I&#39;ll check back later to see what everyone is up to.  ~~ SMILE~~','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-22 12:58:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182665,3244,1,18,175956,'2007-05-22 13:18:52',NULL,'','&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://mysite.verizon.net/pjnva/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/gmtropical.gif&quot; /&gt;<br />\nMy my Mary Lou,  you sure are up and about early <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' />  Good luck with the yard sale sorting.  I need to do some of that myself.  I think ours will be in June sometime.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl,  You will just love your new kitchen.  We bought our townhouse 3 years ago and have already redone our kitchen (fisrt year) master bath (last year) and this year we are replacing all our windows and sliding glass doors.  They should be in sometime in late June early July.  I can hardly wait.  <br />\n<br />\nIs anybody up for some kind of diet thread or challenge? <br />\n<br />\nI am off to work have a great day.','PJnVA','PJnVA','2007-05-22 13:18:52',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182714,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-22 16:35:28',NULL,'','Morning from Stockton&#33;  We are due to be sunny (92), but really windy.  My poor palm tree is not a happy camper.<br />\n<br />\nAfter two days of calls and auditions, we got the play cast last night - yea&#33;  Read through next Tuesday, then heaven knows what the schedule will look like.  It&#39;ll be interesting to only be working with guys on this show.  <br />\n<br />\nGave the house a good cleaning yesterday - Chris actually got all the boxes out of the study on Sunday, which is the first time in the ten years we&#39;ve lived in this townhouse that the room is actually free of boxes.  Sure made cleaning it a whole lot easier.  And I have a whole month and a half to enjoy it before putting the bed up.  <br />\n<br />\nGot two DVDs by Rick Steves (England and Ireland/Scotland) and have been trying to get pointers for the upcoming cruise.  The more I see, the more I realize that a week in London just isn&#39;t going to cut it.  Gee, we&#39;l just have to go back...<br />\n<br />\nWhat plans do people have for the weekend?  Gas prices are keeping us close to home, but I do want to check out the new &quot;Pirates&quot; movie and we have a show on Friday night - but that&#39;s the extent of our plans.  Maybe I&#39;ll finally get my packing list done.<br />\n<br />\nHave a grand day all&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-22 16:35:28',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182783,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-22 18:53:00',NULL,'','Good morning crazies.  The weather had forecast it to be cool and rainy today, but it looks bright and sunny, not sure of the temp as I haven&#39;t ventured outside yet.  I have to take my car to Littleton for an oil change at 1:00.  It takes about 45 minutes to get there.  Greg is adamant about it being done at the dealership that we bought it because they are the only ones who do not get oil in the skid plate.  Have tried Grease Monkey, Firestone and several other chain places and we always end up with oil on the garage floor because of having it drained into the skid plate.  I got a call from the granite place this morning - they are going to come next Tuesday and do the demolish of the old coutertops and my new ones will go in next Friday, June 1st.  I can&#39;t believe that in just 10 more days, this will be over.  I will post pics after the granite one&#39;s are in.  Joey, come out, come out, wherever you are&#33;&#33;&#33;  You are right Mary Lou, it is quiet here - hope all of our fellow crazies are okay and just too busy to hang out here with us.  Well, gotta&#39; go jump on the treadmill - sounds like fun, huh??','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-22 18:53:00',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182823,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-22 20:22:01',NULL,'','Well, that sunny weather was deceiving.  The skies darkened, and all &quot;heck&quot; broke loose with rain and hail.  It is only in the 40&#39;s.  I called and moved my oil change appt. to Thursday afternoon, when it is supposed to be clear out.  I actually had to turn the lights on in the house because it is getting so dark.  My grandson got his thumb smashed in a stepladder last week and he has since lost the thumbnail.  I have never lost a nail - does anyone know how long they take to grow back?','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-22 20:22:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182881,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-22 22:00:04',NULL,'','Afternoon all from hot, dry Central Florida. Looks like no rain in sight and I&#39;m sure more fires on the way unfortunately. Last night smelled awful&#33; Makes breathing for my asthmatics tough. Ran lots of errand this morning including food shopping since we were looking like Old Mother Hubbard around here. Lots to do but no energy, guess I&#39;ll wait for the 2nd wind I usually get around 6PM.<br />\n<br />\nMaryLou good luck with the cleaning out. I always try but never succeed at it. <br />\n<br />\nCheryl, your in the home stretch now with your kitchen. I&#39;m sure it will be perfect when it&#39;s done.<br />\n<br />\nPJ why don&#39;t you tell us more about your day? This is where we all share what&#39;s going on and we get to know each other that way too. <br />\n<br />\nCharlie, sounds like a nice quiet weekend for you. Bet you can both use it. Your always running somewhere.<br />\n<br />\nJenn, I sure hope that rain your sending surprises us tonight&#33; We sure could use it. Only green lawns are the people who are breaking the law........can only water twice a week here.<br />\n<br />\nMercedes, Joey and everyone else where are you??????<br />\n<br />\nHave a great evening all&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-22 22:00:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182929,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-23 00:14:38',NULL,'','Good afternoon Crazies&#33; We hope you all have a great evening.','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-23 00:14:38',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182933,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-23 01:32:22',NULL,'','Gorgeous sunshine today - dh is outside cleaning the bird cage and I just finished &quot;de-pooping&quot; the bird room.  Those six little feathered friends can sure create a lot of mess  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/blink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':blink:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nGoing to make burgers on the BBQ tonight - yum&#33;<br />\n<br />\nOut to our favourite sushi place tomorrow for a treat ... can<br />\nt wait.  Now I&#39;m hungry  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nTake care all - have a great day&#33;','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-23 01:32:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182976,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-23 02:42:48',NULL,'','I had to check in real quick today.... I&#39;ve been missing you all&#33;<br />\n<br />\nWe are in a rinky dink little town in the Yukon - Watson Lake.... but the light at the end of the tunnel is that tomorrow we&#39;ll be in a city (Whitehorse) yeah&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTake care all&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-23 02:42:48',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182978,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-23 03:28:19',NULL,'','Jackie, it was nice to hear from you.  I think you sent your weather this way by accident.  Cold and rainy - snowing in the foothills.  How long do you plan on being in Canada before crossing into Alaska?','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-23 03:28:19',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(182986,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-23 04:45:49',NULL,'','Cheryl, We&#39;re not too sure but it looks like about 6 days or so - you know everything is subject to change.<br />\nWe can&#39;t believe how beautiful it is here - oh my goodness&#33;&#33;&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-23 04:45:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183016,3244,1,18,175956,'2007-05-23 05:04:40',NULL,'','Not alot to tell about my day. It was a typical Tuesday. After fighting the northern Virginia I 95 northbound traffic for 75 minutes I arrived at work (Jiffy Lube) put my 10 hours in and then fought the I 95 southbound traffic for 45 minutes to meet my hubby for dinner at Smokey Bones. Actually it wasn&#39;t a typical day at work... We heard thru the grapevine that one of the oil delivery companies dumped 300 gallons of oil in the basement <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/ohmy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':ohmy:\' /> of a Jiffy Lube in our area. Thank the Lord it wasn&#39;t mine. <br />\n<br />\nAnyway that is my day in a nutshell. Repeat Wednesday thru Friday. Yes I do have the cushy schedule Tuesday thru Friday, with an occasional Saturday thrown in for overtime. <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nWell 5 am rolls around early so I am off to bed. Have great night.','PJnVA','PJnVA','2007-05-23 05:04:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183073,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-23 12:47:50',NULL,'','WEDNESDAY - May 23rd[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies.....This time I have the date right and today is granddaughters graduation from Pre-K so we will be having a busy day.  This is a MAJOR production - I shudder to think of what it will be like when she graduates from High School.   LOL   The Graduation is being held in our local park with a picnic so it will be a nice day.   Both the morning and afternoon classes will be together so there should be between 40 - 50 little 4 year olds.  Should be interesting&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nI actually put a dent - a very small dent but a dent none- the- less - in the basement yesterday but still have a long way to go.  I don&#39;t know why I hold on to such things for so long.  It has only been 2 1/2 years since we moved and did a major clean- out but we have collected a lot of junk in that time.  <br />\n<br />\nDoes anyone have any big plans for the long weekend?  We have nothing special planned but will try and get the yard in shape and at least put the gazebo out and all the lawn furniture cleaned.  It will just be nice to be home and do nothing - our weekends have been a bit hectic lately but when the weekend gets here I know I will feel bad that we are not doing anything special.  <br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a great day - don&#39;t forget to SMILE.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-23 12:47:50',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183076,3244,1,18,175956,'2007-05-23 13:13:12',NULL,'','&lt;img alt=&quot;alt text&quot; src=&quot;http://mysite.verizon.net/pjnva/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/gmfish.gif&quot; /&gt;Mary Lou - Congrats to your grandaughter. Sounds like you have a lovely day planned. <br />\n<br />\nNo big plans for me this weekend.  Rex is is going home to Illinois.  He leaves tomorrow and won&#39;t be home till Tuesday night.  With that in mind I will be working Saturday to grab some OT.<br />\n<br />\nI have a dentist appt this afternoon.  Not looking forwrd to that.Having quad scaling done and it is NO funI am off to work.  Enjoy your day','PJnVA','PJnVA','2007-05-23 13:13:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183158,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-23 16:51:46',NULL,'','Another warm, but not as windy day in Stockton.  We actually have a back yard now.  The contractors put the sod in yesterday and I have to admit that it looks pretty good.  The manager came to talk to me about it, since we were very vocal about the loss of the canal.  She wanted to make sure we were happy with the results and to let us know that the security fence is going in this week - yea&#33;  Growl is so funny - he won&#39;t walk on the grass, just the bark on either side of it.  At least there won&#39;t be quite as much dirt to track into the place now.  <br />\n<br />\nwork is coming right along on the quilt.  I finished the skeleton, four cats, the graveyard, moon and am nearly finished on the haunted house..  All I have left after that are the tree and the bats.  Then the actual quilting will begin.  I&#39;m thinking I will need a new project for the cruise though - this will be done in another couple of weeks.<br />\n<br />\nThe managing director from Stockton Civic called yesteday and offered me the box office job full time starting on August 17 (two days after our cruise returns).  After talking it over with Chris, I thanks him very much, but turned it down.  It would mean having to work Thur-Sat nights every six weeks, which shoots down most of our theater dates in Scaramento, plus I wouldn&#39;t be able to stage manage.  I did tell Jim that I would be glad to be a relief cashier and would be happy to help out, along with the usual volunteering.  He was sad, but understood.  he did have someone else, but wanted to offer it to me first as according to him, I am great with people and very intelligent - I was flattered to say the least&#33;<br />\n<br />\nWe&#39;re over to friends&#39; house tonight - can&#39;t wait to hear how his final went - he teaches Improv and he always has interesting tales to tell after the final.  We&#39;re also looking forward to seeing how their backyard is coming along.  They had the entire thing ripped out and redone.  Last time, the pool was just getting resurfaced.  <br />\n<br />\nToday is my usual theater day and I hope to pick up keys for the office today.  I got the alarm codes already, but the secretary is the keeper of the keys and she wasn&#39;t there for the auditions.  Tomorrow I get another pop at the box office and I&#39;m hoping that it&#39;ll be less crazy than the last time.  We&#39;re due to meet the Brittos at a restaurant at 6:30 and I&#39;d hate to be late.  They invited us to go with them Nevada to visit the sisters, but we declined.  Growl needs to go in and we have theater Friday night.  Oh well, maybe next time&#33;<br />\n<br />\nStay well, everyone, and have a grand day&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-23 16:51:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183171,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-23 18:54:02',NULL,'','well hey everyone<br />\n<br />\nCharlie well my god ... he could have asked us we could have told him how wonderful you.. bummer you couldn&#39;t find a way to do it... you do a great job at the box office ... see i told ya you should get paid for your work LOL LOL ....bet your getting excited about your trip .. <br />\n<br />\nMarylou......wow 50 4 year olds gezzzzz...but ya have to admit it will be cute ... my dad recorded my kindergarden grad on the old reel to reel and i laugh so hard at it.. dang did i think i was hot stuff with my paper grad cap LOL LOL .. hey atleast ya made a dent in the basement... thats better then no dent at all....<br />\n<br />\npj i am all done with my dentist appts for a while....sorry to say glad its someone esle LOL sorry i showed no symphaty towards ya...<br />\n<br />\nas for my long weekend i will be working getting double time for monday.. but i am banking my hours for my cruise in oct....we will OMG busy ... i work at Auto Club dispatching the trucks to all the stranded members in southern california  sooooooo other then that nothing more.. oh ya sleeping LOL&lt;<br />\n<br />\ntoday doing lunch with a GF other then that just going to sleep i haven&#39;t slept since 845 last night i work all night ....<br />\n<br />\nlater gators','terumim','terumim','2007-05-23 18:54:02',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183182,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-23 19:35:27',NULL,'','Good morning all.  Well my plan for the day is to do absolutely nothing.  I am having a bout with the fibromyalgia and will probably spend the majority of my day right here in this recliner - probably all the rain lately.  No really big plans for the 3 day weekend either - Greg wants to take the ATV&#39;s out one day and I got an email yesterday that the cabinet handles and drawer pulls were shipped priority yesterday so they should be here by Saturday, so that may be a project for us to undertake while Greg is off.  I am starting to get worried about Joey - it is not like him to not let us know when he is going to be offline for a bit.  Joey, please let us know that you are okay&#33;&#33;&#33;  How observant am I - Mary Lou, I never noticed that you didn&#39;t have the date right before.  Pam, nice to see you posting here in the Dock - this is how we get to know each other.  Hope all of you Crazies have a wonderful Hump Day&#33;&#33;&#33;','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-23 19:35:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183222,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-24 00:03:28',NULL,'','Afternoon all - just popped in to say Hi - so HI&#33;<br />\n<br />\nSunny again - love it  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nOff in a few minutes for our sushi late lunch - and shopping - lots of shopping.  No list so I shouls find lots of goodies.<br />\n<br />\nCatch up later ....','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-24 00:03:28',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183330,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-24 07:11:45',NULL,'','I&#39;m popping in too - from Whitehorse right up in Yukon Territory&#33;&#33;<br />\nCheryl - hope you&#39;re feeling better - I too have been so full of aches and pains, I&#39;m sure this weather contributes to or activates the pains&#33;&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-24 07:11:45',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183337,3234,1,18,175956,'2007-05-24 08:44:10',NULL,'','*peeking in*<br />\n<br />\nHello.......','SmooCruise','SmooCruise','2007-05-24 08:44:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183345,274,1,18,175956,'2007-05-24 12:08:11',NULL,'','Good Thursday Morning, Cruise Crazies&#33;[/size]<br />\nHope everyone is doing well...<br />\n<br />\nWe had a bit of excitement today.  The tornado sirens were going off just as I got home from the Coumadin clinic.  The storms pretty much missed us, though, and most of the Twin Cities just had some trees down, a power line down,  and some minor flooding, so things could have been a lot worse.  I haven&#39;t posted much in the last few days since my old friend, mr. vertigo is back.  LOL  I&#39;m on meclizine (sea sickness meds, lol) now, but have to see the doctor again to figure out what&#39;s going on.  <br />\n<br />\nGoing to the doctor again tomorrow.  Have to get better soon since my new grandbaby will be born any day now, and I have promised to watch our little granddaughter, and mom will be having her surgery on June 19th and I need to take her in for a pre-surgery exam, too.  Lots going on here...We canceled our vacation at the lake, but I am very excited about our September cruise...can&#39;t wait&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a wonderful day&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-05-24 12:08:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183350,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-24 13:03:34',NULL,'','THURSDAY - May 24th  - [/size] <br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies....It&#39;s another beautiful  day here in Pa. and we are finally beginning  to get our yard straightened out and may actually get the gazebo but together and the swing set put up before the summer is over.  Other than that nothing too special planned for today or even for the weekend.<br />\n<br />\nGranddaughters graduation was a real hoot yesterday.  It was not only the AM &amp; PM Pre-K from the 3 day program but the 2day program as well and there were about 75 4/5 year olds running around in the park.  They put on a little program and were up on a stage singing &quot;Jesus loves the little children&quot; (complete with hand gestures) when 2 of the little boys in the 2nd row spent the whole time trying to beat the c*** out of each other.  Very amusing - <br />\n<br />\nCheryl - that did not take long at all for your countertops.  We all can&#39;t wait to see the finished project.  <br />\n<br />\nI hope everyone has a great day - I&#39;ll be back later on but right now have to get some chores done.  All our running around has finally taken its toll on the house.   Share a SMILE with someone today.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-24 13:03:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183454,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-24 17:22:09',NULL,'','Morning all from Central Florida. Nice day so far, slightly cooler. Missed you all yesterday as the errands and cleaning have gotten to me. I&#39;m just exhausted but we have nothing on tap for the weekend except for a football game Friday night so I should be caught up and back to normal on Monday. My computer Armoire is here and now I&#39;m working on staining it an oak color. Can&#39;t wait to get all this done and just sit back and look at it. <br />\n<br />\nMarylou congrats on you granddaughters Pre-K graduation. Aren&#39;t they so cute.......brings back memories of my DD&#39;s. Good luck with the yardwork.<br />\n<br />\nPam thanks for filling in a little. How awful about the oil spill, I can only imagine how awful that clean up was. Hope the dentist goes well.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie glad to hear your yard is coming along and your almost to the end. Where would you find time for a &quot;regular&quot; job......your always running doing something. Sounds like more fun to fill in anyway.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl hope your feeling better today.<br />\n<br />\nJackie thanks for checking in. I&#39;m sure your enjoying the scenery in BC. It really is a beautiful place.<br />\n<br />\nShari hope that you are better. Hope the Dr. goes well. Sorry to hear about your cancelling your lake trip but at least you have a cruise to look forward to.<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a great day.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-24 17:22:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183496,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-24 18:38:38',NULL,'','Good morning all.  Looks like our rain has left the area and it promises to be a beautiful day.  I have to take the car in for an oil change since I changed the appt. from Tues. when it was raining and hailing.  Does anyone have any exciting plans for the upcoming 3 day weekend?  Rose, you and Mary Lou are always so upbeat and cheery - don&#39;t you guys just ever have those pissy mood days???   I have occassional days that it just irritates me because some people are breathing my air&#33;&#33;&#33;  And before one of you guys say it, I will admit that yes, it is probably hormonal.  Can&#39;t seem to shake the fog and get myself moving today - I have been up for about an hr., but already thinking about taking a &quot;nap&quot;.   Well, I hope all of you have a good day and enjoy the long weekend ahead.....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-24 18:38:38',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183506,3241,1,18,175956,'2007-05-24 19:05:26',NULL,'','<br />\nHi Everyone...I know what you mean about others breathing your air...I figure that there is a new breakfast ceral out and it taste so good the most people are having 2 bowls...I think they&#39;re calling it &quot;Frosted Stupid with Nuts&quot;, and first thing in the morning it&#39;s gaurnteed to get into your system fast and last all day........ <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/cool.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':cool2:\' />','Ol#39; Capt.','Ol&#39; Capt.','2007-05-24 19:05:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183517,3230,1,18,175956,'2007-05-24 19:38:32',NULL,'','[quote name=\'Ol&#39; Capt.\' post=\'183506\' date=\'May 24 2007, 12&#58;05 PM\'] [quote name=\'Gregswife\' post=\'183496\' date=\'May 24 2007, 11&#58;38 AM\']<br />\nGood morning all. Looks like our rain has left the area and it promises to be a beautiful day. I have to take the car in for an oil change since I changed the appt. from Tues. when it was raining and hailing. Does anyone have any exciting plans for the upcoming 3 day weekend? Rose, you and Mary Lou are always so upbeat and cheery - don&#39;t you guys just ever have those pissy mood days??? I have occassional days that it just irritates me because some people are breathing my air&#33;&#33;&#33; And before one of you guys say it, I will admit that yes, it is probably hormonal. Can&#39;t seem to shake the fog and get myself moving today - I have been up for about an hr., but already thinking about taking a &quot;nap&quot;. Well, I hope all of you have a good day and enjoy the long weekend ahead.....<br />\n[/quote]<br />\nHi Everyone...I know what you mean about others breathing your air...I figure that there is a new breakfast ceral out and it taste so good the most people are having 2 bowls...I think they&#39;re calling it &quot;Frosted Stupid with Nuts&quot;, and first thing in the morning it&#39;s gaurnteed to get into your system fast and last all day........ <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/cool.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':cool2:\' /> <br />\n[/quote] ROTFLMAO..... <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' />','Chucksta63','Chucksta63','2007-05-24 19:38:32',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183524,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-24 20:16:41',NULL,'','Hey morning everyone.....<br />\n<br />\nMary LOLLOL .. i bet that was funny ... but like they sty kids do the dangest thing....its always nice to not have plans...i don&#39;t seem to know those days... my days off work are always filled with something.....( oh i voted for ya for asst social host)<br />\n<br />\nShari .. wow poor thing.... your life is so filled with so much right now... just a question does stress bring on vertigo.. i was thinking with the warning for tornado .. ( climate change, the baby coming, your mom&#39;s surgery  ) all sounds like alot to deal with plus your meds for the clot.....good thing you do have the cruise coming up... that time will be your own...<br />\n<br />\nCheryl.. gezzzz wish your were feeling better...with my knees and my back..i kinda think how ya feel...but the doc gave me a great muscle relaxer last time and it really does help.. Zanaflex..Your always such a hoot.. when your feeling good...LOL LOL pissy moods ... I have mine i call them MENOPAUSE LOL but thats not what Gary calls them LOL <br />\n<br />\nJackie sure wish you guys were not on such a schedule .. to bad you can&#39;t spend more time in some places...maybe on the way back you can...<br />\n<br />\nRose keep that weather calm in Fla till after my cruise in October LOL LOL no hurricanes OKOK... Post some pic&#39;s of the new office bet it looks nice.... i know what ya mean standing back and just looking at something new...<br />\n<br />\nwell all have a great day later gators<br />\n<br />\nTonia<br />\n<br />\n.','terumim','terumim','2007-05-24 20:16:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183527,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-24 20:24:19',NULL,'','Cheryl - Of course I am always cheery and NEVER have any pissy moods.  (Just don&#39;t ask Jim about that l - after 40 plus years he just might have a different take on that statement.)<br />\n<br />\nActually I usually post the very first things in the morning when Jim is still sleeping and I am trying to be quiet.  I usually am off the computer before everything starts to bug me and my day goes downhill.   LOL','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-24 20:24:19',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183633,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 00:45:09',NULL,'','Shari - I know that Fibromyalgia can bring on the dizziness.  The dr. thinks mine is caused by low levels of B-12 but I did see dizziness listed on one of the fibro websites and I know you suffer from this &quot;wonderful ailment&quot; also.  Has the dr. ever mentioned if he thinks this is related.  I will be praying that you feel better and congrats on the upcoming blessed event.  I don&#39;t think I am EVER going to get any more grandchildren...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-25 00:45:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183720,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 06:44:11',NULL,'','Evening all - gorgeous day again today - I could get used to all this sunshine&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nWent across the line today - our weekly foray into the USA  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nGot the usual great buys at Big Lots - but not too much else.  Tried on a few things but nothing made it to the closet lol.<br />\n<br />\nPoor Cheryl - tomorrow is another day Hon&#33;  And I&#39;m sure it will be a much better one.  You could always hop on a plane and come visit us here in beautiful B.C. - we love house guests - I&#39;ll even move the dogs off the bed if you like   <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':laugh:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nWe all have those days - sometimes the view from under the covers is the best one of all - on those days I grab my book, the TV remote and a box of chocolates and leave my &quot;happy face&quot; in my make up drawer.<br />\n<br />\nGrandchildren - don&#39;t even get me started ont hat one -  I have two very &quot;non-productive&quot; kids - looks like my grandkids will all have four legs  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbdown.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbdown:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbdown.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbdown:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbdown.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbdown:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nAnyway - talk at you all tomorrow - take care.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-25 06:44:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183742,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 07:10:28',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> That was funny.  I know people who must have had a coupon or something and stocked up on it.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-25 07:10:28',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183787,139,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 07:53:07',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Good morning all&#33; A large group of us just got back from bar hopping Siesta Key and we did some dancing.<br />\n[size=7][color=\"#000099\"]Have a great weekend&#33;[/size]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','Keith amp; Rita','Keith &amp; Rita','2007-05-25 07:53:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183791,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 10:02:37',NULL,'','<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nSounds like you and Rita have ahead start on that wonderful weekend - Enjoy yourselves but stay out of trouble&#33;&#33;&#33;','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-25 10:02:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183792,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 12:50:48',NULL,'','FRIDAY - May 25th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood morning Crazies....The official start of the summer season is here finally and now that weekend traffic begins.  Will the price of gas put a hold on any summer plans you have?  They are predicting it will hit over &#036;4 by the time the summer is in full swing.  It will be great to be home with nothing to do over the weekend - we have been on the road so much we look forward to spending some time out on the deck &quot;watching the grass grow.&quot;<br />\n<br />\nI am making some serious headway in our basement.  It is amazing how much junk you accumulate and also how easy it is to toss it when DH isn&#39;t helping to clean it out.  LOL  That man has more tools and hardware than Home Depot and it is all over the basement so when he needs something it is just easier to go buy new than look for it.  My goal for this week (or this month) is to get it all sorted out and organized so he can find what he needs when he needs it.  <br />\n<br />\nI hope everyone has a great weekend but please stay safe.   <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:\' />','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-25 12:50:48',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183822,2613,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 14:38:57',NULL,'','Good Morning:<br />\nIt’s been a while since I have checked in here.  I hope all is well with everyone.  Does anyone have any big plans for the long weekend?  Nothing much planned for this weekend.   I have a new J.R. Ward book that I will devour this weekend and just spend some quality time with my DH, he has been so busy lately.<br />\nTake care everyone and be safe this holiday weekend <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':smile:\' /> .','mercedes','mercedes','2007-05-25 14:38:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183886,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 16:15:52',NULL,'','Another hot day here in Ohio with no rain...........yipes I am not looking forward to our water bill. Ken is out early mowing and trimming so that we can go to see Pirates at 1:00. Figured we would go today when there aren&#39;t a lot of kids around.<br />\n<br />\nI guess I am really getting old. We went to see Shrek third last Saturday with our grandchildren and there were a group of little ones behind us that never shut up and their parents didn&#39;t say anything to them. <br />\n<br />\nPrinting out my National Bingo night cards. Hey you never know and it is fun.<br />\n<br />\nNo big plans this weekend. Kids have graduation parties and such and the swim club opens so thats about it. Maybe I will get some reading in. Started Step on a Crack about a week ago. Great book but just don&#39;t find the time to sit. When did I ever have time to work ? lol<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day all.<br />\n<br />\nciao for now<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;<br />\nRemember to do someting nice for someone without expecting anything in return &#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','teacp','teacp','2007-05-25 16:15:52',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183899,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 17:03:55',NULL,'','Morning all&#33; Nice day in FL not too hot but sunny and warm. Looks like we&#39;ll be broiling by Sunday. Waiting on my parents to get here. They are going to NY to see their new Great Grandson for the first time. They drive over here and we&#39;ll take them to MCO and pick them up on Sunday. The Armoire will be done by Sunday since the weather is going to get really hot and I&#39;m doing the sanding and staining in the garage. Hopefully I&#39;ll seal the grout and be able to finally set up the computer room by the end of the long weekend. No real plans here, we&#39;ll just wing it.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, we all have those bad days that we want to be left alone and crawl under the covers. Yes, it&#39;s probably hormonal but we are entitled to bad moments from time to time. Hope today is a better day for you.<br />\n<br />\nTonia I would love to keep this nice weather for you especially the part about no hurricanes just need mother nature to cooperate. I&#39;ll post some pics when the room is done.<br />\n<br />\nMaryLou I know what you mean about nice and quiet in the morning. It&#39;s peaceful here now and I love it&#33; Glad to hear your basement clean out is going well. Don&#39;t we always work better when left alone?<br />\n<br />\nShari hope your feeling better today.<br />\n<br />\nKeith and Rita glad your having a great vacation. Wish we were all there with you. LOL<br />\n<br />\nHazelson got to love Big Lots. Too bad you don&#39;t have one in BC.<br />\n<br />\nMercedes we were wondering where you went to. Glad you checked in.<br />\n<br />\nMaria I liked watching Ed more than his new show but I&#39;d probably watch it again. My DD loves him and his accent&#33;<br />\n<br />\nSounds like we all have a calm weekend coming up. Hope that all the Crazies do what they want and have a safe, peaceful weekend.','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-25 17:03:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183915,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 18:13:14',NULL,'','Morning all<br />\n<br />\nkinda cloudy day here .... thats ok it was hot yesterday....<br />\n<br />\nhad a nice day off yesterday... went and bought new sheets and new blankets for the new couch so puppies  don&#39;t dirty it ........they had 400 thread count sheets for buy one and get one half off then i had a 20 % coupon off one item so that was worth it.. and then the twin blankets were 9.99 so that was not so bad.....<br />\n<br />\nMaria  hope ya enjoy the pirates ... i can&#39;t handle all the people for new movies so i wait a while to go see it...<br />\n<br />\nRita thanks for the info your enjoying yourself  LOL LOL .. ( like i didn&#39;t think she wouldn&#39;t be having a good time )... LOL LOL <br />\n<br />\n<br />\nMarylou may get to 4 &#036;.. gezzzzzzzzzz we have already hit that mark... it has fallen a little since then .. paid 3.27 yesterday ...<br />\n<br />\nwell today is a hit hello and have to run today going to maybe make some peach jam... before going to bed to work tonight<br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-25 18:13:14',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183924,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 18:41:51',NULL,'','Good morning from Stockton&#33;  After running the box office again yesterday afternoon, I know I wouldn&#39;t want to work there full time.  Man, it was wild yesterday.  Had a gentleman call up wanting to know about &quot;Damn Yankees&quot; i explained the plot and he said,&quot;well just as long as it&#39;s not about the Civil War and I&#39;m a man of color and I don&#39;t wnat no Civil War crap.&quot;  I&#39;m thinking not a theater person -then he wanted to know how many scenes were in it - I have no way of knowing thatm but I did tell him there were two acts.  That wasn&#39;t good enough and he read me the riot act for not knowing...sigh, you can&#39;t please everyone.<br />\n<br />\nAfter closing out at 5, I ran home so we could hook up with the Brittos for diner.  Went to a great place in Lodi call the Old Arena Bar and Grill.  I had the best duck bar none.  The chef came out to meet us and we found out that he lives across the parking lot from us in the same complex.  Too funny&#33;  <br />\n<br />\nWe picke dup our cruise docs, shipped Wendy&#39;s off to her (copies of the important stuff only - we kept the originals) and also gave the Brittos their docs.  They suddenly had a &#39;Oh, we&#39;re really going on a cruise&quot; moment and started asking questions that I&#39;d given them the answers to months ago.  They are so lucky to have a built-in support group (i.e. us) to handle all their newbie questions.  I would have loved to have had someone to go to for our first cruise (before the Internet).  Anyhow, they are starting to get excited.<br />\n<br />\nnow on to the tough decisions - how much money to bring and which tee shirts to pack.  I liek to make a statement when we travel.  One of my favorites is:  Support Bacteria&#33;  It&#39;s the only culture some people will ever have.  And, &quot;People say I have A.D.D., but I don&#39;t know - oh, look a chicken&#33;&quot;  <br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a safe and sane weekend.  If you&#39;re taveling, drive safely.  if you&#39;re partying, be careful and if you&#39;re like us and just having a regular weekend, don&#39;t work too hard&#33;<br />\n<br />\nNow, I&#39;m gonna out to buy me some of that new cereal&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCheers&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-25 18:41:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183962,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 21:00:37',NULL,'','Hello friends.  I had to run to the post office - I had a notice in the mailbox yesterday that a package had been delivered but as I wasn&#39;t home, it was returned to the post office and I would have to pick it up there.  I knew it was the cabinet door handles and drawer pulls and I am hoping to get them on this weekend, so had to go get them.  Stopped by Bed, Bath &amp; Beyond to get a new paper towel holder as my old one didn&#39;t go with the new decor and ended up getting 2 large bags of gadgets.  I just can&#39;t seem to resist.  Now to find a place to put them all.  I am leavng in a few minutes to meet friends in Boulder, for lunch.   It is a beautiful day and forecast to be so all thru the Memorial day weekend.  My youngest son was born on Memorial Day in 1982, so it is one of my favorite holidays.  What plans do you all have for the 3 day weekend?','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-25 21:00:37',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183996,2626,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 22:24:38',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Hiya My Friends, been busy with yards, plumbing looking at my luggage for my October cruise&#33;~ <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes2:\' /> Gas here is &#036;2.97 for Regular unleaded hows all your prices lets compare&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> Wishing all of My friends a Great Memorial Day Weekend and stay safe and Drink Responsibility, You Troublemakers try and not to wreck up the Place&#33;LOL&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':laugh:\' /> Best to all you and best wishes to your Familys as well&#33; Good luck and may God look after you and keep you and your familys Safe&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]:','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-05-25 22:24:38',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(183998,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 23:00:06',NULL,'','Goodness I forgot that&#39;s it&#39;s a long weekend in the goold ole USA - have a wonderful weekend everyone&#33;&#33;&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-25 23:00:06',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184014,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-25 23:43:27',NULL,'','Well we are back from Pirates and all I can say is Awesome. We don&#39;t have to worry about all the people here as it was playing in almost all the rooms at showcase 14 so there were only about 30 people in our movie. We live in a small town so it is never crowded you always have your pick of seat. We like to sit in the last row center up top.','teacp','teacp','2007-05-25 23:43:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184025,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-26 01:06:38',NULL,'','Robert, gas is &#036;3.34 here.  I heard a few days ago it hit 4.09 in Aspen.  With the oil company making record profits, I think this is getting ridiculous.  I also heard on the news that some people are having to chose between gas and groceries...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-26 01:06:38',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184094,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-26 02:55:31',NULL,'','Afternoon all - logged in for a short visit - ended up playing games and here I sit.<br />\n<br />\nWent to the nursery this morning - sale - what could I do lol.<br />\n<br />\nBought a couple of new plants so had to move stuff around and dig some holes - just generally playing in the dirt lol.<br />\n<br />\nCan&#39;t wait to see Pirates - Johnny Depp really found his niche there - what a natural lol.<br />\n<br />\nWe go to the matiness and often have the theatre to ourselves - wonder how they make any money - must be the profits on the popcorn  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':laugh:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nCheryl - you go girl - sounds like you really know what you are doing when it comes to shopping tee-hee.<br />\n<br />\nNow you have to tell us more aboiut those &quot;gadgets&quot;  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nGas is &quot;&#036;1.30 a litre today - not sure how that converts - but it&#39;s a lot.  Wonder where it is all going to end?<br />\n<br />\nLOL at Charlie - love those slogans.<br />\n<br />\nTake care all - have a great weekend.','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-26 02:55:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184119,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-26 04:39:34',NULL,'','Well it&#39;s our last night in Whitehorse.  We have a loooong trip tomorrow and maybe, maybe not reach the Alaska US border.<br />\n<br />\nGas here in Whitehorse Yukon is &#036;1.15 per liter - these Canadian gas prices are awful.<br />\n<br />\nSo, as I don&#39;t know whaere we&#39;ll be tomorrow - I also don&#39;t know if I&#39;ll have WiFi.<br />\nSpeak to you all again soon - not too much partying this weekend&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-26 04:39:34',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184236,274,1,18,175956,'2007-05-26 11:47:28',NULL,'','Good Morning, Cruise Crazies...<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone is doing well&#33;<br />\n<br />\nAfter the warm weather and storms the other day we had a cold front come through and it has been pretty chilly here.  Hoping it will warm up a bit for the weekend.  We usually have some family and friends over for the Indy 500  and brats cooked in beer and browned on the grill, and potato salad and all the fixings, but, this year we want to have a quiet weekend, so we may just have a couple of the kids over.  Still fighting this vertigo, but the meds help quite a bit.  No baby, yet, but waiting to hear from my daughter when she goes into labor.  It&#39;s any day now.<br />\n<br />\nTonia...stress causing vertigo?  I never thought of that, but it&#39;s very possible.  <br />\n<br />\nCheryl...I haven&#39;t been over on the fibro boards for awhile...I&#39;ll have to check that out.  Back in 2005 I had a condition called BPV, Benign Positional Vertigo, and it just may be that it&#39;s back.  We all have little calcium crystals in our inner ear and they can come loose and float around in the fluid in the ear, and that can cause severe vertigo and nausea.  I&#39;m also being treated for a sinus infection which may have affected the inner ear, so, hoping something works soon.  I had never heard before that a B-12 deficiency could cause dizziness, but now that you mention it it makes sense since it also causes anemia and nerve damage problems.  The doctor did a blood test for B-12, pernicious anemia problems a few weeks back, but I forgot that I had taken a B-complex vitamin, 50 mgs that day, so, not sure if that test was accurate, plus I heard that the blood tests don&#39;t always show anything until the pernicious anemia is really bad.<br />\n<br />\nThanks for your prayers, they are really appreciated.  I have kept you in my prayers, too.  Having fibromyalgia, myself, I totally understand what you are going through.  Hope you feel better, soon&#33;<br />\n<br />\nRose, thank you&#33;  Hope you have a nice visit with your parents&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie...love the t-shirt sayings.  LOL  I shouldn&#39;t tell this, but, I will...back when I was single...many years ago...I bought this t-shirt that said, &quot;Yes I do...but not with you...written right across my front. hehe  Now that was really naughty of me.  I just thought it was funny.  I didn&#39;t think anyone would take me seriously.  LOL   I look back on it now and can&#39;t believe I wore that.  LOL<br />\n<br />\nTo all my friends at Cruise Crazies...sorry if I haven&#39;t kept up with posting and welcomes, and congratulations.   One of these days I will wake up and feel good again.  LOL  Life is good&#33;<br />\n<br />\nWelcome to all our new members.  Can&#39;t wait to get to know you&#33;<br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a wonderful and a safe holiday weekend&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-05-26 11:47:28',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184248,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-26 13:19:21',NULL,'','SATURDAY - May 26th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies and Happy Weekend.  I already have a big pot of potatoes cooking for potato salad - going to a small BBQ tomorrow so DD asked me to handle all the salads.  They are predicting we might hit the low 90&#39;s today so there will be no cooking going on here later in the day.   Other than the BBQ tomorrow nothing special going on.  DD and family are heading to an amusement park for the day today but I have had more than my fill of parks after our time in Disney so Jim will try to finish up the yard and I will head back to the basement today.  Probably won&#39;t get too much done with Jim home to supervise though.  LOL<br />\n<br />\nI can&#39;t believe the gas prices around the country.  Ours just broke &#036;3- this week and is now in the &#036;3.08 to <br />\n&#036;3.12 range.  When we drove from Pa. to Fla. the highest we paid was &#036;2.99 but the average was &#036;2.89.  We didn&#39;t pay more than &#036;3- anywhere.  I guess we should be thankful for that.  <br />\n<br />\nShari - Hope you are doing better today.  You have had more than your share of illness lately.  I hope you will be back to normal before long.  That vertigo is the worst feeling I have ever had.  <br />\n<br />\nCheryl - I hope you are doing better today also.  Good luck with the kitchen knobs and drawer pulls.  Can&#39;t wait to see the finished product.<br />\n<br />\nMaria - Glad you enjoyed the movie.  <br />\n<br />\nJackie - Safe travels as you head towards the Alaskan border.<br />\n<br />\nRobert - great to see you on the boards again.  <br />\n<br />\nTonia - Aside from regular potato salad I am making a big bowl of your potato/asparagus salad.  It was so yummy when I made it a couple of weeks ago.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie - Congratulations on the cruise docs.  Have you posted your cruise on our Calendar?  We want to send you off in style so please let us know.<br />\n<br />\nGuess those potatoes should be done by now.  Have to run to the grocery store before it gets too crowded or too hot (never happy - just a couple of weeks ago it was too cold).  Have a great day and a safe happy weekend.  Remember to smile - it doesn&#39;t cost anything and it just might make someones day special.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-26 13:19:21',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184296,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-26 19:41:24',NULL,'','Happy 3 day weekend, my friends.  Greg went on a motorcycle ride this morning around 8:00, thru the mountains with some of the guys he works with - said he thought he would be back around lunchtime, then we will go out for a bite to eat.  Then hopefully I will get him on the task of installing the cabinet handles and drawer pulls.  I told him if he would show me how, I would do it but I don&#39;t think he wants me messing with his drill.  My ex DIL will be dropping our grandson off here around 5:00 and we will have him until his dad gets off at 10:00.  He spent the night with her last night - he usually does so one or two nights a week.  My son has started dating a girl who told him it was a deal breaker if he didn&#39;t go to church, either with her or somewhere on his own, so the past couple of weeks, he has told Leah she had to have Scotty back home by Sunday morning so he can go to church and as she doesn&#39;t get up early, she has been bringing him back on Saturday night.  Scotty is loving children&#39;s church.  Looks like we are going to have a gorgeous weekend.  Had to shut all the doors and windows yesterday and turn the A/C back on.  Like Mary Lou, I can&#39;t believe I was complaining about the cold just a short time ago.   Well, guess I had better get myself moving and start getting ready so we can go to lunch once hubby gets home.  Wishing you all the best of days.....','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-26 19:41:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184330,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-27 01:07:57',NULL,'','Afternoon all - we&#39;ve got clouds again today.  Looks like a good day to catch up on my reading.  I am enjoying &quot;The Memory Keeper&#39;s Daughter&quot; - almost done....<br />\n<br />\nFeel better Rose and Cheryl  <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 />\nHave a great evening all&#33;','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-27 01:07:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184382,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-27 05:09:48',NULL,'','Evening All,<br />\n<br />\nThank the Lord we are back in USA&#33;&#33;&#33;  We fell in love with B.C. Canada - it&#39;s absolutely beautiful and the people are great - but the Yukon - fugetaboutit&#33;&#33;&#33;  We drove the road from hell today - read our journal OMG&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;  It was such a relief to go through the border, the road surface changed immediately.  Our tow car looks like it&#39;s been hit with bird shot (from the gravel roads)&#33;&#33;&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-27 05:09:48',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184463,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-27 12:28:39',NULL,'','SUNDAY - May 27th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies....WOW - slow day on the Dock yesterday.   Where is everyone hiding?  Hope you are all just busy with the long weekend and will be back soon.<br />\n<br />\nI already have 3 pans of chicken in the oven (got too hot to cook later in the day yesterday).  DD&#39;s BBQ has been growing constantly in the last day or so and everytime my phone rings she is asking for another dish for the party.  I have all the salads made - now the chicken.  When that is done I&#39;m turning off my phone. hehe<br />\n<br />\nLast night we took the kids to a small local carnival.  Little TJ decided he loved going on the rides.  This is the same kid who wouldn&#39;t go near the rides in Disney world - now this little local carnival he is in love with. (Plus in Disney he went in free - under 3 - but at this little rinky carnival he fell in love with the rides at &#036;2 a ride.) Go Figure&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nOther than our BBQ nothing else special going on today.  We finally got the yard cleaned up but will need some help putting the Gazebo up - it was much heavier than the last one and I couldn&#39;t lift the pieces to help Jim.  Looks like a job for son-in-law.  Maybe I will hold the chicken and salad hostage til he agrees to lend a hand.  LOL<br />\n<br />\nI hope everyone has a great holiday.  Please be safe no matter what your plans are.  Remember a smile will brighten up the day.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-27 12:28:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184501,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-27 16:36:22',NULL,'','Morning all&#33;  so far, the wekend has been fun, but pretty quiet compared to others.<br />\n<br />\nYesterday we went to see &quot;Priates&quot; and I was really disappointed.  There was way too much plot stuffed into the movie - they could ahve cut two sub plots and still been struggling to keep the storylines straight.  It&#39;s a disappointment after the incredible writing job that those guys did with the first movie, but &quot;Pirates&quot; was never supposed to be anything more than a one shot.  Granted, the ship full of Captin Jacks was intersesting, but what was all the licking about?  Guess the writers have a new &#39;kink&#39;.  I would have like to have laughed a lot more.  <br />\n<br />\nToday we will probably go down and see &quot;Shrek the Third&quot; which should fix the needing to laugh feeling I have.  <br />\n<br />\nSaw &quot;Damn Yankees&quot; on Friday night and it was great.  The sets were a little fragmented and dark, but I&#39;d been prepared for that.  The acting was great and the singing was spectacular.  The last three songs in the first act had a &#39;let&#39;s go out the the barn and put on a show&#39; feel to them after some very substanital book numbers, but that&#39;s okay.  We had a great dinner and a nice time with our friends, so everything else was gravy.<br />\n<br />\nRemember to take a moment out of your weekend plans to thank all the men and women who gave us a three-day weekend.  it&#39;s because of all their hard work and ultimate  sacrifice that we can sit around and BBQ in a great country.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-27 16:36:22',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184520,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-27 18:02:31',NULL,'','Happy Sunday all&#33; Missed being here yesterday as I was putting the finishing touches on the compter armoire. It&#39;s done now and I&#39;m looking forward to getting the room and the house back to normal. I have one more coat of sealer left and then I can call the floor officially done&#33; Yipee&#33; This has been a really long process but at least I&#39;m seeing the end of the road.<br />\n<br />\nOff to pick up Mom and Dad at the airport. Hopefully they came back with lots of pics of my new Great Nephew. Not much else planned except to get some rest today. <br />\n<br />\nHope everyone has a great weekend and don&#39;t forget to put those flags out&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-27 18:02:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184521,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-27 18:24:40',NULL,'','Good morning all.  Yes, Mary Lou, the Dock has been quiet for some time lately.  Where are all of you guys??? Enjoy your BBQ, sounds like you will need to rest and be pampered for a few days afterwards - are you listening to this, Jim???   Rose, you are always up to something, sit down, put your feet up, relax&#33;&#33;&#33;  Got the flag part covered, ours flies 24/7 on the front of our house, and has for the 9 yrs. that we have lived. Charlie, you are another one who is always on the go - you must eat double servings of your wheaties.  Pirates got bad reviews on our local news - he said he thought the movie was too &quot;dark&quot; for a Disney movie and at 3 hrs. was too long.  Greg will wait until it comes out on DVD as he has with the other 2.  I haven&#39;t seen either of them   Zebra, happy to know you have made it safely to Alaska.  I was reading Greg your post about the road from heck that you traveled and said we should definitely avoid it if we are ever up that way.   Greg worked some on getting my handles and drawer pulls on.  All 18 drawers are done.  There are 32 cabinet doors and they each require 2 holes drilled for the handle, whereas the drawer pulls only took one.  Greg has 10 of the door handles on, so still has 22 to go but I am sure he will finish today or tomorrow.  My son came by yesterday to show us his new Dodge Charger.  Keep in mind, this is the kid who is moving home for a bit so he can save money for the down payment on a house.  I told him that buying a new car is not conducive to the whole money saving issue, but he says that he is going to sell his Mustang, which he just got in Feb. and also his motorcycle (Praise God).  My other son is thinking about buying the Mustang, and if not, Chris will just put it on Craigslist.  Well, gotta&#39; scoot - wishing you all the best Memorial Day ever.  Hope you all have something special planned, even if it is just some quiet time&#33;&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nThanks Jenn, I am feeling really good now - maybe the rainy weather moving out helped...','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-27 18:24:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184547,2549,1,18,175956,'2007-05-27 20:09:48',NULL,'','hey everyone.... work as been very busy i am very very tried...sorry i haven&#39;t been on the board<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nbeen very overcase here.. sun for a just a little bit... been good to sleep when i get home from work though...<br />\n<br />\nGary helped , the peaches were getting a little ripe so we had to make jam the other day so we made 15 pints of peach jam... next is cherry jam.. as soon as i get my cherry pitter in the mail.. and then apricot jam..... that will be it till apples in sept.. then some apple butter ...that should do it till next year .. and then some for xmas presents......to go with the cookies and candy .....<br />\n<br />\nGary is smoking a brisket today... and making pototoe salad.. corn on the cob......<br />\n<br />\nDang i have heard many different reviews of pirates .....<br />\n<br />\nCheryl .. i am making plans looking at cabinets.. etc...glad you got some of the pulls put on.. ( good hubby )<br />\nhehheheh your son is funny... we gezzzz mom i could&#39;t help myself but it looked so good.. LOL .. ( in his mind gez i am moving home no big deal )heheheheheeh<br />\n<br />\nMarylou ... isn&#39;t that always the way it goes ... when its free they aren&#39;t interested..but when it isn&#39;t they love it LOL LOL ... i thought you were just having a small group over.. has your goup grown ??? 3 pans of chicken .. OMG... sounds like a plan holding the food hostage.. that will work LOL <br />\n<br />\nwell everyone... have a safe day.. i am off to sleep got some clothes wahed and dryed folded and put alway... dishes in the washer.. wrote my note here so i can rest and sleep... <br />\n<br />\nTonia','terumim','terumim','2007-05-27 20:09:48',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184560,2626,1,18,175956,'2007-05-27 23:21:03',NULL,'','&lt;strong&gt;Afternoon My Friends, I hope you and your Familys have a safe and wonderful Memorial Day, Remember to Say a word of Prayer for our Men and Women serving here and abroad this Memorial Day weekend, I went and helped put Flags on Our Veterans graves and it was a sombering thing&#33; Fly your Flags Proudly Tomorrow, Mines been up all weekend since Im a Vet as well&#33; Take care all you Crazies and Troublemaker crazies as well and the best to you and your familys as well&#33; God Look over us all and keep your Loved ones close to your heart&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/happy.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':happy:\' /> &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-05-27 23:21:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184563,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-28 00:05:18',NULL,'','I guess I am in the minority here. I loved pirates.I thought the special effects were awesome. I didn&#39;t think there were too many plots. It looks like there will be a fourth with what they showed at the end. <br />\n<br />\nGot some kabobs marinating and made some macaroni salad and tossed salad and aspargus. Just Ken and I today as the kids all have graduation parties.<br />\n<br />\nWant to get things done and watch the HBO special on tonight it looks great.<br />\n<br />\nciao for now<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;<br />\nRemember to do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return. &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]','teacp','teacp','2007-05-28 00:05:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184631,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-28 05:07:41',NULL,'','Hope everyone had a great Sunday - sounds like you are all so busy.<br />\n<br />\nDh works on Sundsys so it&#39;s my day with Mom.  She was pretty good today - not too argumentative  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes2:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nI got a call from her bank on Friday asking that I take over her accounts because she gets so &quot;confused&quot; about things.  I thought that would be a hard sell but she seemed relieved when I told her I thought I should help her out with things like that. Another hurdle overcome.  We will go over on Tuesday and take with &quot;her peeps&quot;. <br />\n<br />\nteacp - I loved Pirates too.  At least the first two - the special effects in the second were awesome - I can&#39;t belieeve they could make them any better.  Don&#39;t care much about the plot - it&#39;s the entertainment factor that is so high and Johnny Depp is amazing as Sparrow - like the part was made for him.<br />\n<br />\nI had weinies and beans for dinner - while the cat&#39;s away ........ hehehe&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTonia - about smoking a brisket - does that take extra large rolling papers?  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' />  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nCheryl - glad you are feeling better.  I imagine having the kitchen in such a furor hasn&#39;t helped much - but that will all be over soon :o)<br />\n<br />\nSailing rose - we will, of course, need to see pics of your finished product  <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nTake care all and Happy Memorial Day&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-28 05:07:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184661,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-28 07:08:45',NULL,'','Hi All,<br />\nDealing with the land of the Midnight Sun is something.  In 3 weeks time (June 21) the sun will go down at 12:45 and come up at 2:50 am.  We&#39;ve arrived in Fairbanks, I must say it&#39;s good to be in a city again.  there is so much to do and see here, we&#39;re not sure how long we&#39;re going to stay.<br />\n<br />\nCheryl, so glad to hear about Scottie enjoying Children&#39;s Church - they learn so much when they&#39;re little.. with minds like sponges.  When I was young my parents didn&#39;t go to church (they do now) but they used to send me to Children&#39;s church every Sunday - I taught them everything I learned.... it was such fun - and learning good from bad, now that&#39;s a biggie in this day and age&#33;<br />\n<br />\nTonia - how does Gary smoke that brisket?  And what the heck are you going to do with all that jam?  You can always send me some.<br />\n<br />\nRose - my goodness how many more projects and you going to take on?','zebra','zebra','2007-05-28 07:08:45',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184678,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-28 07:27:18',NULL,'','Hay Shari, is there a baby yet?','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-28 07:27:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184706,274,1,18,175956,'2007-05-28 09:33:46',NULL,'','No baby, yet, Cheryl&#33;  <br />\n<br />\nMy DD was over today and she is soooo ready to have this baby.  She&#39;s due this Wednesday, so it could be any time now.  They didn&#39;t want to know the sex of the baby, so it will be a surprise.  We are going to watch our little granddaughter (3 1/2) for her when she goes into labor.  We&#39;re getting excited&#33;  Hope you can get your kitchen back together soon. I would love to knock out a wall on mine and make it bigger.  Sounds like your son has met a really nice gal.  That&#39;s so nice that little Scotty likes going to Children&#39;s church.  <br />\n   <br />\nWe just planned a quiet holiday weekend this year.  We had two of our girls and grandkids over and tomorrow just one girlfriend (mine, not Marc&#39;s) hehe<br />\n<br />\nThanks for the kind words, MaryLou.  Your chicken and potato salad sounds good.  We had our traditional brats and potato salad for the Indy 500 day.<br />\n<br />\nJen...I&#39;m so glad that your mom is understanding that she will need your help.  I know how hard it must be for her, and for you.<br />\n<br />\nTonia...hope you can get caught up on your rest&#33;  Brisket, home made jam, yummm&#33;<br />\n<br />\nRose...sounds like you&#39;ve been pretty busy...hope you can rest up and enjoy your visit with mom and dad&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJackie...glad you made it to Alaska safely.  I will have to read your journal.<br />\n<br />\nCharlie...I haven&#39;t seen &quot;Damn Yankees&quot; yet.  It sounds like one that I would really like.<br />\n<br />\nRobert...our flag is always flying, too; DH is also a veteran.<br />\n<br />\nMaria...your kabobs and macaroni salad sounds good.  Glad you enjoyed &quot;Pirates.&quot;  I have to see the new one, yet.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nWe have so many good cooks on this board.  I want to try some of the recipes on the recipe board, but, it time to get back on my diet.  Sitting around elevating my leg for 5 months has not been good for the bod.  LOL<br />\n<br />\nHave a wonderful holiday weekend, ALL Cruise Crazies, and stay safe&#33;','Shari2','Shari2','2007-05-28 09:33:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184712,488,1,18,175956,'2007-05-28 13:05:54',NULL,'','MONDAY - May 28th[/size]<br />\n<br />\nGood Morning Crazies.  Today please take a moment to remember what this holiday is all about and send a good thought or prayer to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice so we can enjoy the freedoms that we have.  A special prayer for all our troops overseas would be in order no matter how you feel about them being there.  Like others have said fly your flag proudly.  Ours is always out.   We will venture into town to a small Memorial Day parade and a wreath laying service in our town square before heading back home and tackling all the left-overs from our BBQ at DD&#39;s yesterday.  Definately won&#39;t have to worry about what to cook today as we have a ton of leftovers.  <br />\n<br />\nTonia - your potato salad was the hit of the party and it was so nice not to have to worry about mayo spoiling and poisoning DD&#39;s family and neighbors.  (Neighbors gets real cranky when you poison them.  LOL)<br />\nThis is Jim&#39;s week off so we have a lot of things planned.  Most importantly on Friday we will head to Staten Island where the twins will be going to their Senior Prom.  I cann&#39;t believe it - they have grown so fast.  Once they graduate (not until 6/26) they will be coming up to spend some time with us so we can help them shop for our Cruise in August.  Actually they don&#39;t need any help shopping - they are really quite good at that.  They only need the help when it is &quot;check-out&quot; time. hehe<br />\n<br />\nHave a great day Crazies - smile and don&#39;t eat too many hot dogs.','cruisetarp','cruisetarp','2007-05-28 13:05:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184782,2626,1,18,175956,'2007-05-28 15:48:19',NULL,'','Happy Memorial day My friends <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' /> <br />\n<br />\nIts been a soggy wet weekend here in Cowtown,but we really need the rain as Charlie can testify too, right Charlie&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':wink2:\' /> Charlie needs the rain in Sunny Ca. Some of our Lakes still arent full&#33; yet, so if it rains today, Ill put the grill in the Garage, Thanks Mary Lou for getting us revved up this Morning, Shari, Cheryl, Maria, Keith&amp;Rita, Joey&amp;David, Cheryl, Miss C., Jason, Tony&amp;Jackie, SMB &quot;MY FRIEND&quot; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':biggrin:\' /> Mercedes, Chuck, Smoo Cruise,Charlie, Mebert, All My New Troublemaker friends, Ill learn your names eventually so to you all I wish you the Best and a Happy Memorial Day as well&#33; <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':thumbup:\' /> <br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n    &quot;HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY MY FRIENDS&#39; [/size] <img src=\'http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/tongue.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':tongue:\' /> ','SCIROCCO','SCIROCCO','2007-05-28 15:48:19',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184790,3017,1,18,175956,'2007-05-28 17:42:33',NULL,'','Good morning from Stockton&#33;  We have lost our cooling breeze and are headed back to the 90&#39;s today - the good times never last as long as you&#39;d like.<br />\n<br />\nMarie &amp; Jennifer - that&#39;s great that you like &quot;Pirates&quot; - lots of people agree with you both.  I just found this one lacking over the first two.  Marie - do you mean the Jack ending or the Elizabeth/Will ending (after the credits)?  Orlando Bloom swears he won&#39;t be back, Johnny Depp says he would for the right script.  I&#39;ll buy the DVD and probably go see it again with friends.  I&#39;m just not as keen as I was on the other two.<br />\n<br />\nShrek the Third proved a hoot, especially with all the theater jokes.  people probably thought we were touched with all the laughing we were doing.  It was just what the doctor ordered.  <br />\n<br />\nThen we got on the computer and started researching the Tube in London.  Found out that there&#39;s a line that runs from Heathrow to our hotel (we&#39;d have to walk about 100 feet to it).  We are really centrally located to everything we want - theaters are a short Tube ride away and the BM is within walking distance- yea&#33;  also found out that the pass would run us about 3.8 GBP as opposed to a 55 GBP taxi ride. Gee, I wonder which option my Scottish blood will choose....  This is merely a stand by in case Princess doesn&#39;t allow us to board the bus with our friends.  Always good to have a back up plan.<br />\n<br />\nToday we&#39;re hoping to get the new watering system installed, but vacation days have a funny way of changing our plans.  Am planning a gingered chicken and zucchini stirfry for tonight.  We&#39;ve been operating on a KISS system this weekend, so what the hey?&#33;  Why not extend it to dinenr?<br />\n<br />\nRobert, you guys seem to go from feast to famine in parts of your state.  Flood watches and drought at the same time.  I spoke with my brother in Largo (FL) and he said that they have been without rain for two months.   Thankfully, our reservoirs are in good shape, but if we don&#39;t get snow this next winter, we will be in trouble.  here&#39;s wishing you a dry BBQ&#33;<br />\n<br />\nShari - I&#39;m right there with you on the sitting for five months.  After going from an active lifestyle and lots of weightlifting to just walking, everything seems to have settled in my butt and thighs...sigh.  However, I can honestly say that I&#39;m twice the woman I was when we got married.  Go easy with the exercise though - too much isn&#39;t a good thing.  Keep us abreast of the stork&#39;s arrival - no pun intended.<br />\n<br />\nTo everyone else, cheers&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie','Spikesgirl','Spikesgirl','2007-05-28 17:42:33',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184792,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-28 17:49:04',NULL,'','Good Morning All &#33;&#33;&#33;  A happy Memorial Day to everyone and like everyone else has said please say a prayer for all our soldiers in past and present service who have died for this country. Please say a special prayers for Kens and mine nephew who is stationed in a sub in Iraq.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nNothing much planned for today except a memorial at our local park. It is so moving. They have a little white cross for everyone who has died in Iraq and they recite the names every hour and put a little flag with their name on top of the cross. There is usually a special speech from Carolyn and Keith Maupin who are the parents of a local boy who is the only missing (captured) soldier in Iraq. They are founders of  yellowribbon.com here in Ohio and they do wonderful things for our soldiers abroad.<br />\n<br />\n&lt;strong&gt;Have a great day all and remember to do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return &#33;&#33;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;]<br />\n<br />\nciao for now','teacp','teacp','2007-05-28 17:49:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184793,754,1,18,175956,'2007-05-28 17:51:03',NULL,'','I think the will/elizabeth ending..leaves it wide open for the next one.........just a little sidenote.....do they want us to think that is Will&#39;s little boy...........Wow when did they find time in this movie to have sex. lol','teacp','teacp','2007-05-28 17:51:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184867,573,1,18,175956,'2007-05-29 01:02:07',NULL,'','Afternoon all - had a busy day with my &quot;littles&quot; at school.  One worked with polymer clay - the other painted a frame for her Dad for father&#39;s Day.<br />\n<br />\nGoing to start working on a new Bonsai in a little shile - got to find my driftwood first - it&#39;s out in the garden somewhere.<br />\n<br />\nHappy Memorial Day all - and Bless our Troops&#33;','hazelson','hazelson','2007-05-29 01:02:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184883,334,1,18,175956,'2007-05-29 03:12:54',NULL,'','Evening all. Busy as usual but in a good way. Decided to spend some time with my DD today just shopping for nothing. We had a nice lunch and got to talk something we have little time to do with her schedule. It&#39;s amazing she lives here and all we say is &quot;Good Morning or Good Night.&quot; I miss her being around more but with work and school that&#39;s not possible. We had a barbeque tonight all 4 of us together which rarely happens. Nice to have some family time.<br />\n<br />\nShari we&#39;ll be on baby watch too&#33; Hope all goes will for your DD and the new little one.<br />\n<br />\nMarylou I miss the small town parades since we left NY. How nice that you had enough leftovers not to have to cook today. Dont forget pics of the twins so we can all see&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJackie glad your in Alaska. It is soooo beautiful. We were in Alaska in July one year and watched the sunset and sunrise all in the same day. It was pretty neat.<br />\n<br />\nRobert nice to see you back on the boards. Don&#39;t disappear too long from us.......I miss ya&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie your always so busy I wonder how you multi-task so well. I&#39;m more the do one thing at a time person. I try to do lots of things but end up with undone projects. <br />\n<br />\nHope that everyone had a great Memorial day&#33;','sailingrose','sailingrose','2007-05-29 03:12:54',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184900,2542,1,18,175956,'2007-05-29 04:09:13',NULL,'','Hope you have all had a wonderful Memorial Day&#33;  It&#39;s a rainy one here in Fairbanks, Alaska - but that&#39;s good for us because we were wanting some &quot;down time&quot; to just sit and chill.<br />\n<br />\nShari - can&#39;t wait to hear the baby news&#33;&#33;<br />\n<br />\nJenn - what bonsai.... I just love Bonsai&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCharlie - we&#39;re looking forward to seeing Shrek III - I&#39;m also a believer of KISS sometimes, so tonight is our fave comfort food..... homemade Mac and Cheese&#33;<br />\n<br />\nRose - isn&#39;t it great to go shopping with your DD and just have Mom and Daughter time - we usually start our shopping day&#39;s off with a stop in for coffee first... to give us the energy for the rest of the day :)<br />\n<br />\nGoodness the weekend and has come and gone already - time sure flies&#33;<br />\n<br />\nCiao...for now&#33;','zebra','zebra','2007-05-29 04:09:13',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),(184928,2611,1,18,175956,'2007-05-29 05:35:57',NULL,'','Good evening friends,  Jackie, great minds really do think alike - all that talk of comfort food got to me - I made mac. and cheese tonight too.  We also had chili dogs.  As they are tearing out my counters and sink tomorrow in prep for the granite going in and I won&#39;t have use of my kitchen for the next 3 days, we decided to do a &quot;mass&quot; grilling tonight.  Greg cooked weiners, hamburgers and ham steaks, and we will just nuke them during the coming week.  I also made corn fritters - not something I make very often but my mom made them a lot when we were kids so sometimes I get the urge to have a couple.  I probably make them about once every 4 or 5 years.  Do any of you watch Wife Swap?  It was really bizarre tonight.  Shari, I am praying for a quick and easy delivery for your daughter and a healthy baby.  Please let us know when your new grandbaby makes it&#39;s arrival.  Well, I am off to finish removing everything from the countertops - hope you all have a great week.','Gregswife','Gregswife','2007-05-29 05:35:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0),