Who's Ready!!!!

[doone]

As I am sitting here in Massachusetts where the temperature is 4 degrees, promising not to get above 7 degrees today and a possible Nor'easter for the weekend. I can't help but ask, WHO IS READY TO GET OUT OF HERE AND GET CRUISING TO SOME WARM WEATHER!!!!!!!!

I know I am, a few more weeks!!!!!

[jhannah]

Ah-h-h. The Desert Southwest! It's sunny today, with a high around 70 expected. But I'm still ready to sail.

[Orcrone]

As I am sitting here in Massachusetts where the temperature is 4 degrees, promising not to get above 7 degrees today and a possible Nor'easter for the weekend. I can't help but ask, WHO IS READY TO GET OUT OF HERE AND GET CRUISING TO SOME WARM WEATHER!!!!!!!!

I know I am, a few more weeks!!!!!I lived in Massachusetts for 10 years. I remember cruising mid-January. One of the great things about it was just getting a week long reprieve from the frozen tundra. We've had some very cold weather in Virginia (at least for us) but no where as bad as you get up there.

[ekerr19]

We had record high temps yesterday - it was about 68 and sunny. One great thing about Colorado, wait 10 minutes and the weather will change!

I am ready to go, though - it's less than 60 days away til we meet on the Volendam - I wish I were cruising the week before like you are doone. :)

[discjoker]

Being in the same weather I really really really want to get the H-E double hockey sticks out of here! I will have to wait 'til March though to get out of here (going to Vegas). But I wish I could sneak away to somewhere warm for a long weekend (especially this weekend).

[doone]

Today is a frozen tundra here. I keep thinking of myself sitting on my verandah on the Zuiderdam sipping one of those cocktails with the little umbrella's in them!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT NOW, especially where I just heard we can get upto 15 inches of snow from that storm tomorrow night into Sunday!!!!

PATIENTLY WAITING FOR MARCH 11TH.

[woodburykt]

Here in CT, the frigid temps have me dreaming of lovely Half Moon Cay....


where was I?

Oh yea, I'm ready, big time!! and only a few more weeks to go!!!

woodburykt
Woodbury, Connecticut

[dakrewser]

The fog is thick this morning, the temperature's around 40 but


I'll be cruising tomorrow!

[maniacal laughter]

[Himself]

Doone:

I am always "ready" but with Lent coming up in a few weeks, I can't get away until May.

Himself

[Vic The Parrot]

I'm more than ready.

I live just south of you, doone, in NJ. And this storm looks like a whopper. 3 Feb can't get here soon enuff!

[doone]

Vic the Parrot, that's what I am afraid of.

Himself, May isn't that far away my friend.

Dakrewser, have a wonderful cruise.

Woodburyct, Half Moon Cay, a little bit of paradise!!!

Discjoker, March can't come fast enough, can it!!!

Ekerr, send some of that weather east, please.

[spcl4cs_gal]

Only 50 more days, doone.... :D

[doone]

But That's 50 Too Many!!!!

[spcl4cs_gal]

I agree but once we get to 40 things start speeding up quite nicely... :)

[K&RCurt]

Really warm here today 25+!

Storm with 6 - ???" due in around 10:30AM tomorrow.

Plane for FLL leaves at 9:40AM tomorrow for Sunday cruise on Westerdam!

I just hope the snow slows down Mr. Vic and his Falcons!

[CrazyforCruisin]

Am seriously ready to see the sun! It may not be cold here but am sick of the gray sky and rain! 15 days and counting! I will be out on that deck by the pool no matter what the temp is as long as the sun is shining!:cool:
Jodie

[dakrewser]

Really warm here today 25+!

Storm with 6 - ???" due in around 10:30AM tomorrow.

Plane for FLL leaves at 9:40AM tomorrow for Sunday cruise on Westerdam!


I hope the storm holds off enough so you get safely away!

Bon Voyage!

[CrazyforCruisin]

Dak Have a wonderful cruise! Look forward to your reveiw when you get back!

[longtimecruiser]

Doone,
Just came back from a 14 day holiday cruise but with this cold weather, I'm ready to go again. We are expecting a huge snowstorm here in Pa. Wish I had another cruise planned to help me get through this cold and snowy weather.

[theorion]

Just gassed up the snowblower here in central CT, now I just have to bring in some wood for the fireplace and go to the package store and I'll be ready for the storm. This weekend after shoveling I'll practice with some Margaritas - gotta get in shape for that Town, Country & Tequila excursion in Puerto Vallerta. Wishing everyone safe travel and calm seas. Most of all, have FUN!

[doone]

Supposed to be getting one heck of a snowstorm from all reports, UGH.

[woodburykt]

I guess if there's one good thing about this upcoming snow storm its that while we're stuck at home we can ponder just what we'll be doing on our upcoming HAL cruises.

as the snow falls and piles up I slip into a dream..............a nice tall glass of Bombay Sapphire Gin & tonic as I sit on the veranda feeling the nice warm ocean breezes of the Carribean.........the MS Westerdam making her way to the next........

oh no!! I woke up!!

[bellebaby]

Sorry guys. It's 75 degrees here in Houston today. Also, I leave on a Princess cruise out of Galveston tomorrow.

What I'm really waiting for is my Volendam sailing in May to cool off!!

[bepsf]

I went to Palm Springs over the holidays to get some sun but it rained nearly all week. Then it rained some more when I got home...

I'm freezing my butt off here in SF, but at least the sun came out today.

How I wish I had booked myself on the February RSVP cruise but I'm booked for the Alaska in September. What exactly was I thinking??? I need more cool weather like I need a hole in the head!!!

I'm so ready...

[doone]

Brian, you want cold, come to Boston, I'll show you cold!!!!!!

Bellebaby, come to Boston, you'll cool off fast!!!

[obriendan]

Ah! Here in Bryan, TX , it was warm and sunny, with a high of 75! Sat outside and read a book this afternoon. But, darn, in a few weeks I'll have to start working on the lawn.

[DavidNDC]

Doone:

It's going to be one heck of a storm, even for us in D.C. We're expecting five to 8 inches, and basically anything over four inches shuts D.C. down!

We're going to get it before you do. It'll start here Saturday morning, with the heaviest stuff coming down Saturday afternoon.

[JaniceB]

I am in Maryland and I am sure everything will be shut down. The company I work for was going to have our Holiday Party at the Crystal City Gateway Marriott tomorrow, but the weather has postponed the party. I guess I will be stuck at home all weekend. At least I talked my DH into dinner out tonight. I can't wait for our cruise on the Zaandam in March.

[ger_77]

If you want to experience what we call coldus maximus, come to the true "frozen tundra" ... today we had a high temperature of -27. With the wind chill the temperature went down to -38 and overnight we should hit about -43. We have a glacier(or maybe it's just a really large snow drift) about the size of Boston in our back yard that likely won't disappear totally until about the beginning of May.

I can hardly wait until Feb 16th when we sail away for the Panama Canal - that's what is keeping us sane in this horrible weather!!!

Smooth Sailing! :) :) :)

[CaptData]

In two weeks, I'll be heading for the MS Maasdam. My first HAL cruise, 4th cruise overall. I'm from the middle of Canada. I want a W, I want an A, I want an R and I want an M. What have you got WARM.

[spcl4cs_gal]

If you want to experience what we call coldus maximus, come to the true "frozen tundra" ... today we had a high temperature of -27. With the wind chill the temperature went down to -38 and overnight we should hit about -43. We have a glacier(or maybe it's just a really large snow drift) about the size of Boston in our back yard that likely won't disappear totally until about the beginning of May.

I can hardly wait until Feb 16th when we sail away for the Panama Canal - that's what is keeping us sane in this horrible weather!!!

It sure seems like you are sending it all this way....it was -36 with the wind today. :(

[SharonN]

I'm definitely ready just hope the weather holds out for a few hours tomorrow. We've got a 2:00 flight from Dayton to FLL so we can board the Westerdam on Sun. They're predicting 12 in tomorrow. We just booked a room in a hotel near the airport so at least we won't run into not being able to get there tomorrow. Guess it's all my fault since the last storm was the day we were leaving to go to LA for Christmas and got delayed till the next day. Wish me luck! Hopefully we'll get there and I can write a review when we get back (though it can snow that day if it likes!).

[discjoker]

If you want to experience what we call coldus maximus, come to the true "frozen tundra" ... today we had a high temperature of -27. With the wind chill the temperature went down to -38 and overnight we should hit about -43. We have a glacier(or maybe it's just a really large snow drift) about the size of Boston in our back yard that likely won't disappear totally until about the beginning of May.

I can hardly wait until Feb 16th when we sail away for the Panama Canal - that's what is keeping us sane in this horrible weather!!!

Smooth Sailing! :) :) :)

That would be celcius though, not much colder than here (actually our high temps for the next couple of days are the same if not colder than Saskatoon). Just givin' our friends to the north a hard time :D .

[luvs2beachit]

Am counting the minutes til we leave on Wednesday morning for our 10 day cruise on the Maasdam. Hope the 12 to 18 inches they are predicting here for Long Island does not create havoc with air travel on Wednesday. Am thinking optimistically..........they will have 3 full days to clean off the runway!! In the meantime I went out and bought hot chocolate, stuff to make beef stew and dumplings and a BIG bottle of Baily's!!........that ought to get us through the weekend!

[ger_77]

Are you ready for this? Okay, here it goes, . . . "But it's a DRY cold" !!! :D

I just did the conversions from C to F for you and our -27 is your -16. The wind chill is -38C, your -36F; and tonight it should go to about -43C, which is your -45F. Any way you convert it, it is just tooo darn cold!

special4cs_gal: Sorry we had to share it with you, but we have to make room for the "tropical express" to come here from B.C.!!! Good luck with the cold temps, try to stay warm thinking about cruises.

Smooth Sailing! :) :) :)

[RuthC]

Uh-oh. Snow's coming? Lot of snow coming? :confused: Problem here.

I have absolutely NO food in the house. Not a slice of bread; a mouthful of milk; no meat. Betting there's none left in the store, either! :rolleyes:

And no gas for the snowblower. :(

And no cruise coming soon to look forward to!!!!!!:eek: :eek:

Argh!!!!!!!!!!!

[obriendan]

RuthC,

But you'll always be safe if you have chocolate!

[RuthC]

RuthC,

But you'll always be safe if you have chocolate!
Oh, I have a good supply of chocolate! Fer sure! ;)

[LAFFNVEGAS]

We are more than ready for our next cruise in just 50 days, but I am sitting here in San Diego on a little weekend get away so not too bad. The weather is nice, but it will be sad to see the Oosterdam tomorrow and not be able to get on board. I guess I will just have to wait for March 13th:( But I don't think it will take that long the days are going by quickly so quick that I have my doubts I will loose the additional 10 pounds I need to loose.

Hope everyone in cold weather has a warmer weekend.

[sunnysask]

Are you ready for this? Okay, here it goes, . . . "But it's a DRY cold" !!! :D

I just did the conversions from C to F for you and our -27 is your -16. The wind chill is -38C, your -36F; and tonight it should go to about -43C, which is your -45F. Any way you convert it, it is just tooo darn cold!


Having lived most of my life in Saskatchewan I can take the cold (don't like it but you get used to it), but what really gets me is living in the country all we see is white, white, white, white, white!!!
I can't wait to step out of our black and white world into the technicolor world of palm trees and ocean....only 11 days till we're in Florida (heading to the Keys), 15 till we sail the ms Westerdam.:)

[spcl4cs_gal]

special4cs_gal: Sorry we had to share it with you, but we have to make room for the "tropical express" to come here from B.C.!!! Good luck with the cold temps, try to stay warm thinking about cruises.

Smooth Sailing! :) :) :)

I guess we are all in this together these days. Only thing is I still have to wait til March before heading for the next cruise and by then, it'll be balmy here in the Big Smoke. :)

[DavidNDC]

Obriendan:

You're in Bryan? I worked for the newspaper there (the Eagle) a long, long time ago (1986-87). It was odd, because I was a Texas-ex living in Aggieland!

Now I'm in Washington, and yes, the snow has begun! They say this afternoon we will be getting snow at a rate of two inches an hour. Eiiieeee!!!

Four months til the Zuiderdam....

[Randyk47]

Oh I am soooo glad we moved from the DC area two years ago. It's going to be in the 70's today and there's a cold front coming in that might get it all the way down to the 50's tomorrow. Already started "spring" clean up in the lawn and will be mowing grass in another 3-4 weeks! Love it!!! Never, ever, never got used to cold and snow and don't plan on trying. :D

[ekerr19]

Well, good luck to all of you in the path of that storm. Those of you traveling, I hope you have no delays, and reach your destinations safely & on time. :)

We get snow (often times, quite a bit) then the sun comes out and melts it all away - not like some of you in Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, etc. where the snow stays on the ground all winter.

[DavidNDC]

Well, it's coming down pretty good in Washington, D.C. now. We should have at least five inches on the ground by the end of the afternoon if not more.

But it is going to be a LOT worse north of here. Philadelphia will get a foot, and they say NYC will get 20 inches and Boston 25 inches. Plus, the low-pressure system that right now is developing over the Atlantic is going to create blizzard conditions over much of New England, including 60-mph wind gusts.

One of the TV weather commentators compared it to the "Perfect Storm" of 1978, but as for myself, I don't see anything perfect about it!

[Peggy Sue]

Doon, and all others in New England .. Yes, I'm ready to get out of here, but I don't think it will be tonight or tomorrow ... snow has been falling for several hours, looking at 2 feet before it's over late tomorrow afternoon....I thought living on the coast would bring us less snow..but these nor'easters really dump it on us!

Those traveling .. stay safe and hope your flights are not delayed!

Those here in new England and other areas that have alrady been in the path of this storm (now being called a Blizzard) stay safe, and warm and may your dreams of warm breezes, sunny skies, and calm seas see you through the next couple of days!

;)

[RuthC]

What A Mess. :eek:

There's about two feet of the stuff, it's still coming down (hard), and it's blowing like Gabriel's Trumpet. :(
I'm getting the sinking feeling that I'll still be out shoveling when the Patriots game starts. :mad:

If I'm going to miss the game anyway it should be because I'm on a cruise ship! :rolleyes:

[discjoker]

Alright, that's it, I am outta here! I am on the first plane Monday (okay maybe Tuesday if the airport isn't open tomorrow) to a warm sunny destination. Alright, who am I kidding, maybe I will if I find some stacks of money while shoveling. I actually will not be shoveling during the Pats game. I snuck out yesterday before the snow really started to buy my widescreen HDTV so I can watch the Pats game (and will be able to see the Pats in the Superbowl ;) ) in style. No way am I missing it! :D

[jhannah]

Oh, did I mention that the high today in Las Vegas is forecast to be a sunny 69 degrees? Oh. I did? Then excuse my repeating myself.

:D Sorry, I couldn't help it. I'm such a stinker!!

[discjoker]

Hey, I will be out there in March...you better watch out buddy :D . Okay, now this is just crazy. I just heard on the news that some plow drivers have stopped plowing because THEY COULDN'T FIND THE ROAD :eek: . Yeah, now I know I won't be going anywhere today maybe I will get some pizza, I wonder if Dominos has snowmobiles for their delivery drivers :confused: .

[ger_77]

Folks, please be careful with your shovelling - we don't want to lose anybody to a heart attack. Our good friend and neighbor(early 50's) almost died when we had our last storm by shovelling out his driveway and his elderly neighbor's sidewalk and drive. Fortunately he's recuperating, but please let it be a lesson to you ... do it small amounts at a time and don't over-exert yourselves. We would miss you terribly on the boards if something happened to you. Stay safe and do it slowly with breaks in between.

Smooth Sailing! :) :) :)

[K&RCurt]

Well we made it out of Philly just as the snow started. Just talked to DD#2 and she says they have 12" outside. I hope SHARONNmade it down here. it seemed a majority of the afternoon fights from the storm area were being cancelled.

Have to shut down now and go check out and get the shuttle to the pier.

Good luck to all in the affected areas and as GER said BE SAFE!

[viennacruiser]

The snow has stopped here in the DC area..:) .we were lucky only 4-5 inches :) now it is just bitter cold and windy :( . But the sun was out, and now it is just cleaning up:( ..now my kids are hoping for a 2 hour delay tommorow morning:D

[discjoker]

It just won't stop. Logan Airport is closed (I hope no one was flying into/out of Boston). Boston schools have already closed for Monday and Tuesday. Even though I haven't done so in a long time (since I was a kid) I might track down a sled and find a hill! :D Not much else to do today.

[Kabana]

Here in Michigan we are soooo ready, my DH who just got done snowblowing is counting the minutes......

[Renorita]

Oh, did I mention that the high today in Las Vegas is forecast to be a sunny 69 degrees? Oh. I did? Then excuse my repeating myself.

:D Sorry, I couldn't help it. I'm such a stinker!!

Jim, yes you are a stinker! :D For those of you who think Las Vegas and Reno are fairly close together (there are those that do think this), it is 24 degrees outside and we have had snow and ice on the ground for several weeks! This is VERY unusual for Reno! Not the snow, but the fact that it doesn't melt away in a day or so. We usually have sunshine over 85 % of the time!, and I have not see it for more than a couple of hours at a time for weeks! And on top of all of this we have FOG!. We never have fog, and it won't go away either! :mad:

If we don't get sunshine soon, I am going to go completely NUTS! :D And our next Cruise isn't until the end of Aug. and by then the weather here will
be nice! Sure wish we had booked a Feb. cruise! :(

[Oceanwench]

Sunny South Florida is a little on the cool side (60s). Going down to the 30s tonight, but no sympathy for us from my family in Boston!!!

I hope all of those who booked flights to Florida made it down here in time for their cruises this weekend.

Go PATS!!!

[Kate-AHF]

I am SO ready...we lucked out with just 2 inches of snow - but the wind has been steady at 25MPH and gusting up to 50. With the temps this morning at 15, well below zero wind chill, this is a little much for my thin Virginia blood.

I went to turn the two broodmares out this morning and they looked at me like I was nuts. Tough love type that I am, I booted them outside anyway. This is the weanling colt's first snow - and he finds this all just too exciting and exotic.

Come on February 19th!!!!!!!

[Vic The Parrot]

Got about a foot of the white crapola .....


Can't wait to get my butt on that plane to San diego 3Feb!
My body is killing me from shovelling, guess I should indulge in a day in the spa on board.

Hold on, gotta scream and let it outta my system .....



AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Ok, I feel better now.


:-D

[obriendan]

DavidNDC,

It turned cold over the weekend. Went down to freezing (oh, m'gosh!).

We've been in Bryan since 1967. Live about 5 blocks from the Eagle offices. Have been subscribers all the time. Gig'em!

[RuthC]

All of you with less than 2 feet of snow and wind chill temperatures above zero are invited to keep it to yourselves now.

The Governor closed all State and Municipal Offices and schools statewide for today. When State Employees are told to stay home you can believe it's a dangerous situation.

[localady]

All of you with less than 2 feet of snow and wind chill temperatures above zero are invited to keep it to yourselves now.

The Governor closed all State and Municipal Offices and schools statewide for today. When State Employees are told to stay home you can believe it's a dangerous situation.

To all you deep in snow-

Be safe and stay warm and dry!:)

Just another day of fog here:rolleyes: 20+ days and counting without sun!:eek: