Hello Everybody

[beachbuddy]

Is Mimi going? or did she cancel? I forgot what she did... carol

Carol, Mimi booked, then Mimi cancelled, then Mimi booked again! LOL But you know Mimi, she could cancel again!!! LOL

Patty

[psupa]

Is Mimi going? or did she cancel? I forgot what she did... carol

Carol, Mimi booked, then Mimi cancelled, then Mimi booked again! LOL But you know Mimi, she could cancel again!!! LOL

Patty

So far she's booked, but like Patty said you know Mimi. I hope she doesn't cancel. We got a really great price that I couldn't pass up. Actually looking forward to it since we haven't been to the Bahamas in a long time.

Theresa

[beachbuddy]

So far she's booked, but like Patty said you know Mimi. I hope she doesn't cancel. We got a really great price that I couldn't pass up. Actually looking forward to it since we haven't been to the Bahamas in a long time.

Theresa

Theresa, You'll have a good time. I just can't talk myself into sailing out of Bayonne in February.......LOL No way........well, maybe if it were 12 nights!!! LOL:D Hmmmm:rolleyes:

[corkey]

Carol, Mimi booked, then Mimi cancelled, then Mimi booked again! LOL But you know Mimi, she could cancel again!!! LOL

Patty


Don't know why I even try to keep up with our Mimi - -ha!ha! well, I actually don't - all I know is, she better NOT cancel our Allure cruises!!!

carol

[beachbuddy]

Don't know why I even try to keep up with our Mimi - -ha!ha! well, I actually don't - all I know is, she better NOT cancel our Allure cruises!!!

carol

She wouldn't dare cancel that one!!! I mean those TWO!!!!

Patty

[corkey]

She wouldn't dare cancel that one!!! I mean those TWO!!!!

Patty


She'll have ALL OF US ganging up on her!! c.

[cage keeper]

Isn't there anything that leaves out of Bayonne?

No. They are not doing anymore NJ sailings. And nothing out of Florida in the summer. So that leaves us March from Florida or San Juan or just letting it go. Thought maybe we could find a short one from Miami or something because we will be down there this summer. No luck.

Joni

[kclvt]

No. They are not doing anymore NJ sailings. And nothing out of Florida in the summer. So that leaves us March from Florida or San Juan or just letting it go. Thought maybe we could find a short one from Miami or something because we will be down there this summer. No luck.

Joni

That stinks that you would have to lose it but I wound up losing mine. When I cancelled my Silihouette they didn't even offer to move it somewhere else and I never thought to ask.

[cage keeper]

That stinks that you would have to lose it but I wound up losing mine. When I cancelled my Silihouette they didn't even offer to move it somewhere else and I never thought to ask.

When I moved it from this March to next the guy said to just call back if I have to move it again. Did you cancel in time to get the deposit back? Is it 3 months out? I made sure I did it before final payment was due. That stinks if they didn't offer it to you. They should have suggested moving it instead of canceling.

Joni

[psupa]

Posting to see what you are all up to. Haven't been any posts since early May and I know you are all planning cruises. Ann did you cruise to Bermuda this past May. Patty hope you are doing better after your surgery. Stay cool everyone.

Theresa

[beachbuddy]

Posting to see what you are all up to. Haven't been any posts since early May and I know you are all planning cruises. Ann did you cruise to Bermuda this past May. Patty hope you are doing better after your surgery. Stay cool everyone.
Theresa

Hey Theresa, well you know that us, Carol, Nafce, Dee, John, Kim, Alex, Mimi and Walt are doing a b2b on the Allure in December. Wish you were coming.

Wednesday will be 4 weeks and I'm still in a cast and still can't put any pressure on the foot. I go to the docs on Thursday and I'm hoping he takes these darn pins out because they really are annoying and they hurt off and on.

How's everyone else here doing? Ann, what have you been up to?

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!! Honestly, I'm not!!!

Patty

[alwalaska]

Hi all! I have been busy writing a course book for a class I teach, traveling around teaching out of town, and now on my week home to work, we have been without power since the big storms went through on Friday. What a way to celebrate the 4th and my birthday. :( Luckily I have a good friend who is letting me hang out at her house and TRY to work. Ha ha.

[beachbuddy]

Hi all! I have been busy writing a course book for a class I teach, traveling around teaching out of town, and now on my week home to work, we have been without power since the big storms went through on Friday. What a way to celebrate the 4th and my birthday. :( Luckily I have a good friend who is letting me hang out at her house and TRY to work. Ha ha.

Ann, sorry to hear about your losing power. So many people I know are without it. Hope they get you up and running soon.

Happy Birthday too!!!

Patty

[ebk2795]

Hi Everyone.
Nothing too exciting going on her. Just trying to beat the heat!
Eileen

[psupa]

Hey Theresa, well you know that us, Carol, Nafce, Dee, John, Kim, Alex, Mimi and Walt are doing a b2b on the Allure in December. Wish you were coming.

Wednesday will be 4 weeks and I'm still in a cast and still can't put any pressure on the foot. I go to the docs on Thursday and I'm hoping he takes these darn pins out because they really are annoying and they hurt off and on.

How's everyone else here doing? Ann, what have you been up to?

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!! Honestly, I'm not!!!

Patty

Patty, I hope you're feeling better. Hopefully your doctor's visit went well and the pins are out. I can't even imagine what that must be like. I don't think I'm ready for a ship as big as the Allure yet. I'm hoping they bring the Sunshine Class to Bayonne in 2014. We'll have to wait and see.

Theresa

[psupa]

Hi all! I have been busy writing a course book for a class I teach, traveling around teaching out of town, and now on my week home to work, we have been without power since the big storms went through on Friday. What a way to celebrate the 4th and my birthday. :( Luckily I have a good friend who is letting me hang out at her house and TRY to work. Ha ha.

Happy Birthday.

I hope you made the best of it under the circumstances. Hopefully the power is back on.

Theresa

[beachbuddy]

Patty, I hope you're feeling better. Hopefully your doctor's visit went well and the pins are out. I can't even imagine what that must be like. I don't think I'm ready for a ship as big as the Allure yet. I'm hoping they bring the Sunshine Class to Bayonne in 2014. We'll have to wait and see.

Theresa

Theresa,

I went to the docs on Thursday and they left the cast off and took the pins out. He told me to start walking on it but it hurts so bad so I'm using the walker still and really limping along - they said to use a walker or cane until I'm good to go. Of course, can't do a lot of walking on it but enough to get me around the house which is certainly better than walker and wheel chair. Certainly won't be walking in Shop Rite or anywhere like that for now.

I have to do a bunch of stretching exercises with the foot and toes but they really hurt when I stand on them!!! At least now I can get my leg wet and the first thing I did when I came home from the docs was wash my leg and shave it!! LOL

Anyway, I'm hoping it gets better after maybe a week and that I'll be able to walk without to much pain. He doesn't want to see me for 4 weeks at which time he said he'll try getting me into a show and or sandel. For now I'm in one of thos stupid hard shoes that he gave me and I have a boot at home from a previous surgery so I can switch off between those two for now.

Guess no beach for me for awhile as I won't be able to walk in the sand. Hopefully, maybe sometime in August! I still have stitches under the toes but they are dissolvable and the other stitches he did he put inside and they are also dissolvable. When he removed those pins I thought I'd die!!! The cast guy told me they were at least 3" long!!!! OMG.....they gave them to me and they really are at least 3".

Patty

[alwalaska]

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. We finally got power back in the middle of the night between Friday and Saturday. It was a bit rough, but we are getting back to normal now.

Patty, I am so sorry to hear about how painful your foot is, but I am glad that you are at least making progress. I hope it is all better soon.

I may be ready for one of the big ships one of these days. I'm not sure if I am there yet.

[beachbuddy]

Thank you all for the birthday wishes. We finally got power back in the middle of the night between Friday and Saturday. It was a bit rough, but we are getting back to normal now.

Patty, I am so sorry to hear about how painful your foot is, but I am glad that you are at least making progress. I hope it is all better soon.

I may be ready for one of the big ships one of these days. I'm not sure if I am there yet.

Ann, I'm not sure if I'm there yet either, but I'll let you know afterwards........LOL I hope we like this big ship!!! There certainly are enough shows, places to eat, both specialty and free - we wanted to at least experience it but honestly, it might be to big for us. We shall see!!

Patty

[kclvt]

Hi All! I am still sitting here waiting for our March 2013 cruise to come around. Chocking on the airfare to San Juan. I haven't booked flights yet so I am getting real nervous. Price was about $1200 per couple now it is up to $1400. don't know if I should wait or jump on something. Of course it is still 8 months out so who knows what the airlines will do to the flights between now and then!

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

[beachbuddy]

Hi All! I am still sitting here waiting for our March 2013 cruise to come around. Chocking on the airfare to San Juan. I haven't booked flights yet so I am getting real nervous. Price was about $1200 per couple now it is up to $1400. don't know if I should wait or jump on something. Of course it is still 8 months out so who knows what the airlines will do to the flights between now and then!

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

Wow Kathy, That's a lot of mula just to fly to Puerto Rico!!!! I just can't justify paying that much to fly somewhere in order to get on a cruiseship............that's crazy!!! I think I'd wait and see if prices come down unless you book with a line that doesn't charge for changes and you can get the reduction with no fees attached to it.

Good Luck!

Patty

[alwalaska]

Hi All! I am still sitting here waiting for our March 2013 cruise to come around. Chocking on the airfare to San Juan. I haven't booked flights yet so I am getting real nervous. Price was about $1200 per couple now it is up to $1400. don't know if I should wait or jump on something. Of course it is still 8 months out so who knows what the airlines will do to the flights between now and then!

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

Just pretend you are in the casino when you are buying airfare. It is really quite similar. Unlike cruises, you just have to bite the bullet and buy it at some point, then don't look any more. You will just frustrate yourself.

In most of my work travels, I have found that airfare mostly goes up and not down. The really nice thing about Southwest is that they don't charge change fees, so if the price goes down, you just change your ticket and you have a year to use the credit left on your account. AirTran is being bought by Southwest, so I don't know if they offer the same thing. They don't have their March 2013 prices out, but it looks like they have some pretty good pricing for Feb out of Columbus. I'm not sure what the closest airport to you would be where AirTran services.

Airfare to PR is why those cruises usually have such good prices. Good luck.

[kclvt]

That's why I picked this cruise. The price was right. We have 5 couples going - 3 from Albany airport, 1 from Hartford and 1 from Tampa. I dont' believe that Southwest goes to San Juan.....Jet Blue does but they only have their schedule out until Feb 17th. They also don't charge for baggage. They don't fly out of Albany but if need be we can drive to Hartford which is only 2 hours from here. Which my husband and his brother don't want to do but...... We are going down the day before because of all the horror stories and experiences with the airlines.

I am not even worried about the Florida couple yet. Those flights are cheap from Tampa....

[beachbuddy]

Just pretend you are in the casino when you are buying airfare. It is really quite similar. Unlike cruises, you just have to bite the bullet and buy it at some point, then don't look any more. You will just frustrate yourself.

In most of my work travels, I have found that airfare mostly goes up and not down. The really nice thing about Southwest is that they don't charge change fees, so if the price goes down, you just change your ticket and you have a year to use the credit left on your account. AirTran is being bought by Southwest, so I don't know if they offer the same thing. They don't have their March 2013 prices out, but it looks like they have some pretty good pricing for Feb out of Columbus. I'm not sure what the closest airport to you would be where AirTran services.

Airfare to PR is why those cruises usually have such good prices. Good luck.

Ann, Yep, we already got 2 reductions on Southwest to fly to Fort Lauderdale in December!

Patty

[corkey]

Happy Birthday Ann! have a happy year!!

carol

[corkey]

Patty - I better check and recheck my SW flight the way you told me too - I hope I have a reduction - the way I did it last week, it wasn't showing one -

Hello Everyone! I love all those food pics that Eileen puts out on FB - ha!ha! always making me hungry -

carol

[alwalaska]

Happy Birthday Ann! have a happy year!!

carol

Thank you. I'm sorry I didn't see this until now.

[alwalaska]

Hi folks! I'm going to be in Manhattan this week for work. Is anyone close enough and have enough free time to come in to dinner one night?

[beachbuddy]

Hi folks! I'm going to be in Manhattan this week for work. Is anyone close enough and have enough free time to come in to dinner one night?

Not close enough Ann and I was off this week........I go back to work next week. Would have been nice to see you.

Patty

[alwalaska]

Not close enough Ann and I was off this week........I go back to work next week. Would have been nice to see you.

Patty

Darn. That would have been fun.

[ebk2795]

Hi All! I am still sitting here waiting for our March 2013 cruise to come around. Chocking on the airfare to San Juan. I haven't booked flights yet so I am getting real nervous. Price was about $1200 per couple now it is up to $1400. don't know if I should wait or jump on something. Of course it is still 8 months out so who knows what the airlines will do to the flights between now and then!

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

Hi Kathy,
You will be getting on Explorer as we are getting off. We leave on 03/05/13. It can't get here fast enough!
Eileen

[kclvt]

Eileen,
We are going on Celebrity Valor out of San Juan! So we won't be seeing you.........:(

Kathy

[corkey]

Hi Everyone!! just dropping by to say HOWDY!!! Carol

[alwalaska]

Howdy Carol and everyone else.

I've started doing some planning for my Canada/NE cruise next fall. I am so excited. Everything sounds so fun. Ron thinks it is weird to cruise and not go somewhere exotic or foreign. For some reason, Alaska didn't seem weird, but this does.

I told him I could make it a girl friend cruise and go without him and he said no way. He wanted to go, it just seems weird. ;)

[corkey]

Howdy Carol and everyone else.

I've started doing some planning for my Canada/NE cruise next fall. I am so excited. Everything sounds so fun. Ron thinks it is weird to cruise and not go somewhere exotic or foreign. For some reason, Alaska didn't seem weird, but this does.

I told him I could make it a girl friend cruise and go without him and he said no way. He wanted to go, it just seems weird. ;)


Eastern Coastal cruise sounds great too - will put it on my MustDo list - please tell us all about it -

have a great Thurs everyone!! carol

[corkey]

Patty will have a great Thurs cuz it's her......birthday!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR PATTY ....
& many many more!!
Love...
Carol & Narce

[alwalaska]

Eastern Coastal cruise sounds great too - will put it on my MustDo list - please tell us all about it -

have a great Thurs everyone!! carol

I am so excited about this one. It is a 14 day round trip Boston round-trip on the Norwegian Dawn. I'm sure I will have tons of pictures. I always intend to write a trip review, but I never actually do it.

It would be great to have any or all of our Explorer buddies join us on this one. We have a great roll-call going already. Our roll call has more posts than the one where the people are leaving tomorrow.

We only stop in 1 place twice, and Halifax has so much to see, I am happy to stop their twice. We have 3 or 4 stops in Quebec which will be fun too.

I decided to get in the fall mood with the colors. It is pretty chilly here in Ohio today. Fall has definitely arrived.

[beachbuddy]

Ann, sounds like a great cruise!!!

Carol, thanks for the BD wishes!

Patty

[alwalaska]

Ann, sounds like a great cruise!!!

Carol, thanks for the BD wishes!

Patty

I hope you had a good birthday. Lots of September birthdays around here. Melissa turns 21 Sunday. I'm getting old.

[corkey]

I hope you had a good birthday. Lots of September birthdays around here. Melissa turns 21 Sunday. I'm getting old.


Wow!! Melissa is already 21 ? !! how is she doing ? school wise ... and your son? both good kids .. carol

[beachbuddy]

Happy Birthday to Melissa. Thanks for the BD wishes.

[alwalaska]

Thanks for the wishes and kind words. Melissa is home for a semester putting herself back together after a really rough and emotional semester last year. She is starting to feel a lot better, so hopefully she will be ready to go back in January or next fall. She took a sabbatical, so she is guaranteed to get back in when she is done.

Believe it or not, Scott is a sophomore at Brigham Young University. He is majoring in Bio-chemistry with the goal of getting an MD or PHD to do medical research. He is also in the marching band. He totally loves school. Hopefully it stays that way.

As soon as I scan out pictures from our last cruise I will post a link. You won't believe how much they have both grown up and changed. :)

[corkey]

Thanks for the wishes and kind words. Melissa is home for a semester putting herself back together after a really rough and emotional semester last year. She is starting to feel a lot better, so hopefully she will be ready to go back in January or next fall. She took a sabbatical, so she is guaranteed to get back in when she is done.

Believe it or not, Scott is a sophomore at Brigham Young University. He is majoring in Bio-chemistry with the goal of getting an MD or PHD to do medical research. He is also in the marching band. He totally loves school. Hopefully it stays that way.

As soon as I scan out pictures from our last cruise I will post a link. You won't believe how much they have both grown up and changed. :)


Yay for both of your kids Ann - I always knew they were intelligent - Your son is ambitious and that's great - love that he wants to get his PHd...

Happy Birthday to Melissa on Sunday!
Carol

[psupa]

Wishing Patty a Happy Belated Birthday.

Hi to Ann and Carol. Been busy so not on the boards as much as I like to be.

Theresa

[psupa]

I am so excited about this one. It is a 14 day round trip Boston round-trip on the Norwegian Dawn. I'm sure I will have tons of pictures. I always intend to write a trip review, but I never actually do it.

It would be great to have any or all of our Explorer buddies join us on this one. We have a great roll-call going already. Our roll call has more posts than the one where the people are leaving tomorrow.

We only stop in 1 place twice, and Halifax has so much to see, I am happy to stop their twice. We have 3 or 4 stops in Quebec which will be fun too.

I decided to get in the fall mood with the colors. It is pretty chilly here in Ohio today. Fall has definitely arrived.

Ann, that's a nice itinerary. My favorites are Bar Harbor, Boston, Halifax, PEI and Quebec. I guess you can say I love them all.

Theresa

[beachbuddy]

Ann, that's a nice itinerary. My favorites are Bar Harbor, Boston, Halifax, PEI and Quebec. I guess you can say I love them all.

Theresa

Hi Theresa, thanks for the BD wishes. Hope you and Michael are doing okay.

Patty

[psupa]

Hi Theresa, thanks for the BD wishes. Hope you and Michael are doing okay.

Patty

We're doing okay. I hope your doing well after your surgery. Lots of birthdays this month. Michael's is the 29th and my niece turned 17 on the 9th. We celebrated our 36th anniversary on the 11th. It's my favorite month even though fall is on the way.

Theresa

[corkey]

We're doing okay. I hope your doing well after your surgery. Lots of birthdays this month. Michael's is the 29th and my niece turned 17 on the 9th. We celebrated our 36th anniversary on the 11th. It's my favorite month even though fall is on the way.

Theresa


HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! We also got married in 1976 -- January...

always good to keep in touch with you all - I am on facebook if you all want to be my buddies!!!
carol

[corkey]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! We also got married in 1976 -- January...

always good to keep in touch with you all - I am on facebook if you all want to be my buddies!!!
carol


can't give our full names on CC but if you want to email me - i am:

carfieldtnepo at comcast dot net

[ebk2795]

Thanks for the wishes and kind words. Melissa is home for a semester putting herself back together after a really rough and emotional semester last year. She is starting to feel a lot better, so hopefully she will be ready to go back in January or next fall. She took a sabbatical, so she is guaranteed to get back in when she is done.

Believe it or not, Scott is a sophomore at Brigham Young University. He is majoring in Bio-chemistry with the goal of getting an MD or PHD to do medical research. He is also in the marching band. He totally loves school. Hopefully it stays that way.

As soon as I scan out pictures from our last cruise I will post a link. You won't believe how much they have both grown up and changed. :)

Hello, everyone!

Ann, it seems like yesterday that we were keeping an extra eye on your kids during the cruise. Now they're not kids anymore. Time really flies.

Halifax was my favorite stop on our Canada/New England cruise last year. That is one place I wouldn't mind going back to.

Eileen

[corkey]

Hello, everyone!

Ann, it seems like yesterday that we were keeping an extra eye on your kids during the cruise. Now they're not kids anymore. Time really flies.

Halifax was my favorite stop on our Canada/New England cruise last year. That is one place I wouldn't mind going back to.

Eileen

Eileen :

I love all those old time Philly pics you post on FB all the time - and of course, the FOODie ones!!!

I really want to do an east coastal cruise now - so many cruises I want to do ...sigh.... Carol

[alwalaska]

Here are some pretty fall pictures to make it easier to accept the cooler weather. My computer is telling me it is 40 outside this morning.

http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/road-trips/photos/take-your-best-shot-of-fall-foliage

Carol, we would love to have you come along with us next fall.

Theresa and Eileen, tell me more about your favorite spots and what you did. We tender in Charlottetown, so we may do a ship excursion so that we can get off the ship at a decent time. Now that gold, platinum, and suites all get priority tender tickets, it will probably be very hard to get off the ship early. But then again, with 10 ports and only 2 sea days, people may be tired and we can sneak off while they are all still sleeping. :D

[ebk2795]

Here are some pretty fall pictures to make it easier to accept the cooler weather. My computer is telling me it is 40 outside this morning.

http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/road-trips/photos/take-your-best-shot-of-fall-foliage

Carol, we would love to have you come along with us next fall.

Theresa and Eileen, tell me more about your favorite spots and what you did. We tender in Charlottetown, so we may do a ship excursion so that we can get off the ship at a decent time. Now that gold, platinum, and suites all get priority tender tickets, it will probably be very hard to get off the ship early. But then again, with 10 ports and only 2 sea days, people may be tired and we can sneak off while they are all still sleeping. :D

Ann,
In Halifax, we did the HoHo bus; it's a great way to see Halifax. My favorite stops were the Old Burial Ground and the Victorian Garden.
In Halifax, there is also the Titanic Memorial. We didn't get to that, unfortunately.

[corkey]

Here are some pretty fall pictures to make it easier to accept the cooler weather. My computer is telling me it is 40 outside this morning.

http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/road-trips/photos/take-your-best-shot-of-fall-foliage

Carol, we would love to have you come along with us next fall.

Theresa and Eileen, tell me more about your favorite spots and what you did. We tender in Charlottetown, so we may do a ship excursion so that we can get off the ship at a decent time. Now that gold, platinum, and suites all get priority tender tickets, it will probably be very hard to get off the ship early. But then again, with 10 ports and only 2 sea days, people may be tired and we can sneak off while they are all still sleeping. :D


Seems like you really got into NCL -- good for you - always love to hear about your cruises!! and your kids, of course!

Carol

[beachbuddy]

Hi everyone, just thought I'd stop by and let you all know that the KLUTZ did it again. I fell Tuesday while on work business (tripped over a curb and went flying - landed flat on the pavement). Had pain on my left side which got worse each day and by Friday, the Employee Health office sent me for xrays. They showed a fractured and displaced 6th rib. Pain is terrible!! Hurts to do any upper body movement so even getting up from a chair hurts. Hurts to take deep breaths too. They told me there is nothing to do for it. They sent me home and told me to ice it, rest, take walks and do deep breathing even though it hurts. They said I need to keep those lungs working so I don't get pneumonia. I'm so mad at myself for doing this - our cruise is in about 8 weeks and I have so much to do before that and can't do anything right now.

Patty

[alwalaska]

Patty,
I am so sorry to hear about your fall. Can't they at least wrap it or something to help? That is just awful. It really stinks that breathing hurts. Don't you love when Drs say, they know it hurts, but do it any way? Rest, breathe deeply, and take care of yourself so that you can be good for the cruise.

I am really good at falling flat out and not doing major injuries. I didn't take any pictures of my face earlier this year when I panicked over a VERY small bug my husband was trying to not scare me about, and I went over our living room couch and tipped it into the book shelf. I caught myself and the couch with my nose. I looked really bad for a while, and it hurt, but luckily, I didn't do any real damage.

When I was in Jr High, my mom even bought me a t-shirt with a big S that said Super Klutz.

Eileen, thanks for the pictures. I think at least one of our stops in Halifax we will rent a car so that we can get around and do our own thing. My mom has a hard time with stairs. Do you think she could do the HoHo bus? I know some of them are lower than others.

Carol, we have definitely jumped fully onto the NCL band wagon, but I almost booked a RCCL Bahamas cruise for Halloween this week. It was only $129 per person for the 4 day cruise from Canaveral, but by the time I checked with Ron, the price had jumped back to $399. Still a good price, but not enough incentive now to go that route instead of NCL which is still $139 out of Miami that week.

We like NCL because of the relaxed atmosphere. We would rather not sit with others for dinner and Ron loves to wear his shorts in the dining room, so it is a big win for us. Also, their next cruise program is great. This causes me to buy a certificate each time we are on board.

I just added a new photo book for our Niagara Falls trip to Shutterfly here. (http://weberfamilytravels.shutterfly.com/pictures)

[beachbuddy]

Patty,
I am so sorry to hear about your fall. Can't they at least wrap it or something to help? That is just awful. It really stinks that breathing hurts. Don't you love when Drs say, they know it hurts, but do it any way? Rest, breathe deeply, and take care of yourself so that you can be good for the cruise.

I am really good at falling flat out and not doing major injuries. I didn't take any pictures of my face earlier this year when I panicked over a VERY small bug my husband was trying to not scare me about, and I went over our living room couch and tipped it into the book shelf. I caught myself and the couch with my nose. I looked really bad for a while, and it hurt, but luckily, I didn't do any real damage.

When I was in Jr High, my mom even bought me a t-shirt with a big S that said Super Klutz.

Eileen, thanks for the pictures. I think at least one of our stops in Halifax we will rent a car so that we can get around and do our own thing. My mom has a hard time with stairs. Do you think she could do the HoHo bus? I know some of them are lower than others.

Carol, we have definitely jumped fully onto the NCL band wagon, but I almost booked a RCCL Bahamas cruise for Halloween this week. It was only $129 per person for the 4 day cruise from Canaveral, but by the time I checked with Ron, the price had jumped back to $399. Still a good price, but not enough incentive now to go that route instead of NCL which is still $139 out of Miami that week.

We like NCL because of the relaxed atmosphere. We would rather not sit with others for dinner and Ron loves to wear his shorts in the dining room, so it is a big win for us. Also, their next cruise program is great. This causes me to buy a certificate each time we are on board.

I just added a new photo book for our Niagara Falls trip to Shutterfly here. (http://weberfamilytravels.shutterfly.com/pictures)

Ann, glad to hear I'm not the only Klutz around. Glad you didn't do much damage.

Patty

[psupa]

Ann,
In Halifax, we did the HoHo bus; it's a great way to see Halifax. My favorite stops were the Old Burial Ground and the Victorian Garden.
In Halifax, there is also the Titanic Memorial. We didn't get to that, unfortunately.

Ann, we did a bus tour in Halifax and stopped at the Fairview Lawn Cemetery. There are victims from the Titanic tradegy buried here. The stone markers are in rows that form the bow of the ship. I have pictures but I'm not very good at uploading or attaching. The people in Halifax are very nice and there is so much to see that 1 day isn't enough. We've been there a few times and the last time we took the tour out to Peggy's Cove. It was nice, but very crowded with 3 ships in port that day. You can save that for another time. Send me your email address and I'll send you a few pics. My email address is amv1321 at verizon dot net.

Theresa

[beachbuddy]

Ann, we did a bus tour in Halifax and stopped at the Fairview Lawn Cemetery. There are victims from the Titanic tradegy buried here. The stone markers are in rows that form the bow of the ship. I have pictures but I'm not very good at uploading or attaching. The people in Halifax are very nice and there is so much to see that 1 day isn't enough. We've been there a few times and the last time we took the tour out to Peggy's Cove. It was nice, but very crowded with 3 ships in port that day. You can save that for another time. Send me your email address and I'll send you a few pics. My email address is amv1321 at verizon dot net.

Theresa

Theresa,

Can you copy me on those pictures. We have never been there either so I'm interested in seeing a bit of it.

Patty

[corkey]

Theresa:

Those pics sound interesting - I'd like to see them also -

carfieldtnepo at comcast dot net

thanx...........c.

[psupa]

Patty, Carol and Ann,

You have mail (more pics from Quebec).

Theresa

[beachbuddy]

Patty, Carol and Ann,

You have mail (more pics from Quebec).

Theresa

They were great!! Thanks for sharing them with us.

Patty

[corkey]

Thanx Teresa -amazing pics - what kind of camera are you using -- thanx again - loved them... carol

[corkey]

are you on FB? teresa? Ann? cuz I like to look at pics on that --

i'll email you my long name if you want -

carol

[psupa]

Thanx Teresa -amazing pics - what kind of camera are you using -- thanx again - loved them... carol

Carol, I have a Kodak 10 megapixel digital and it has video too. We've had it a few years and it's probably outdated but I like it. We have another camera but I always use this one because I'm used to it.

Theresa

[psupa]

are you on FB? teresa? Ann? cuz I like to look at pics on that --

i'll email you my long name if you want -

carol

Carol,

Email me your name.

Theresa

[corkey]

Carol,

Email me your name.

Theresa


Nice pics - good camera -

emailed you already -

thanx... carol

[psupa]

Hi everyone, just thought I'd stop by and let you all know that the KLUTZ did it again. I fell Tuesday while on work business (tripped over a curb and went flying - landed flat on the pavement). Had pain on my left side which got worse each day and by Friday, the Employee Health office sent me for xrays. They showed a fractured and displaced 6th rib. Pain is terrible!! Hurts to do any upper body movement so even getting up from a chair hurts. Hurts to take deep breaths too. They told me there is nothing to do for it. They sent me home and told me to ice it, rest, take walks and do deep breathing even though it hurts. They said I need to keep those lungs working so I don't get pneumonia. I'm so mad at myself for doing this - our cruise is in about 8 weeks and I have so much to do before that and can't do anything right now.

Patty

Patty, hope you're feeling better. Your cruise is just about 5 weeks away. You all will be cruising the same time we are. We leave on Dec 3rd for 10 days. I can't believe how fast it came up.

Theresa

[beachbuddy]

Patty, hope you're feeling better. Your cruise is just about 5 weeks away. You all will be cruising the same time we are. We leave on Dec 3rd for 10 days. I can't believe how fast it came up.

Theresa

Hi Theresa, The ribs are doing much better. I can't believe how fast our cruise is coming up either. Now it's coming up to fast......I have so much to do between now and then and I'm not ready!!!

Your going on the Explorer, right?

Patty

[psupa]

Hi Theresa, The ribs are doing much better. I can't believe how fast our cruise is coming up either. Now it's coming up to fast......I have so much to do between now and then and I'm not ready!!!

Your going on the Explorer, right?

Patty

Patty, we're sailing on the Explorer. The cruise seemed so far off and now we're almost down to the wire. I'm trying to cut down on what we take (I always overpack), so I'm going to try to only bring 2 suitcases, like that's going to happen (lol). Don't laugh but I'm already thinking about when to put the Christmas tree up so when we get back I won't have to rush. We were talking about the holidays in work and Thanksgiving is only 4 weeks away and Christmas not far behind.

Theresa

[beachbuddy]

Patty, we're sailing on the Explorer. The cruise seemed so far off and now we're almost down to the wire. I'm trying to cut down on what we take (I always overpack), so I'm going to try to only bring 2 suitcases, like that's going to happen (lol). Don't laugh but I'm already thinking about when to put the Christmas tree up so when we get back I won't have to rush. We were talking about the holidays in work and Thanksgiving is only 4 weeks away and Christmas not far behind.

Theresa

I know........I usually put the tree up the day after Thanksgiving but I might put it up the weekend before Thanksgiving.......LOL A agree, time is flying by and I'm just not ready to go away.

[corkey]

Hi You Guys:

I am also thinking about Christmas - I don't like to celebrate the commercial part of it now... too old for that, but I do want to show the real meaning of Christmas and put things up or that reason only -

I have a skinny 7' Pretend tree that is kinda' cute - easy to put up, easy to decorate - like Patty, will try to do that after Thanksgiving -

my problem is my Card sending- I send out lots of cards - oh well, do I send before to tell them of my upcoming cruise or Afterwards to tell them how much I had fun - ha!ha!

doesn't matter, they will be late as usual... Carol

[corkey]

Theresa: haven't looked up your schedule, are we going to be at some of the islands at the same time?

My Sis-In-Law will be on the Explorer too but she gets off when you get on - she's been on one cruise - 10 yrs ago with us on the Brilliance... so she is excited.

Carol

[psupa]

Hi You Guys:

I am also thinking about Christmas - I don't like to celebrate the commercial part of it now... too old for that, but I do want to show the real meaning of Christmas and put things up or that reason only -

I have a skinny 7' Pretend tree that is kinda' cute - easy to put up, easy to decorate - like Patty, will try to do that after Thanksgiving -

my problem is my Card sending- I send out lots of cards - oh well, do I send before to tell them of my upcoming cruise or Afterwards to tell them how much I had fun - ha!ha!

doesn't matter, they will be late as usual... Carol

Carol,

You made me chuckle. I don't send Christmas cards. We put up a big tree that takes me forever to decorate. Last year Michael bought the musical Charlie Brown tree and we had so much fun with it. Very easy to assemble and includes the ornament and blanket (lol). I told him to get one for his sister this year because she doesn't put a tree up.

Theresa

[corkey]

Carol,

You made me chuckle. I don't send Christmas cards. We put up a big tree that takes me forever to decorate. Last year Michael bought the musical Charlie Brown tree and we had so much fun with it. Very easy to assemble and includes the ornament and blanket (lol). I told him to get one for his sister this year because she doesn't put a tree up.

Theresa


when I have the energy, I put up 3 trees, all good size -- living room, family room and my garfield one upstairs in our hallway that looks down on the living room - all my Garfield toys come out during the Christmas Season - I have quite an extensive collection - i need the multi trees cuz of all my Christmas ornts that i collect all yr long -

I love my close family and friends who send me pics with their cards -

carol

[psupa]

Theresa: haven't looked up your schedule, are we going to be at some of the islands at the same time?

My Sis-In-Law will be on the Explorer too but she gets off when you get on - she's been on one cruise - 10 yrs ago with us on the Brilliance... so she is excited.

Carol

I checked the itins and the Allure is Western Carib and the Explorer is Eastern Carib. We'll be heading back when you are in the Eastern Carib.

Theresa

[corkey]

Eileen and Pat :

Thought and prayers for you and your family from us - may your Mother be at peace with our Maker so she can go on with her eternal life of happiness.

Hugs,
Carol

[beachbuddy]

Eileen and Pat,

Carol couldn't have said it any better. Please accept our sympathy as well. Thinking of both of you and sending prayers and hugs.

Patty

[beachbuddy]

I checked the itins and the Allure is Western Carib and the Explorer is Eastern Carib. We'll be heading back when you are in the Eastern Carib.

Theresa

Theresa, so.....how was your cruise? I forgot you were cruising the same time we were. I see your cruising again next month!!

Patty

[corkey]

Hi Everyone -

sure hope everyone is staying warm - it's cold in CA !! the sun is out but the temps are low! well, to me 50's is freezing!!
carol

[psupa]

Eileen and Pat, sending thoughts and prayers and so sorry for your loss.

Theresa

[psupa]

Theresa, so.....how was your cruise? I forgot you were cruising the same time we were. I see your cruising again next month!!

Patty

Patty, we had a great time on the cruise. Michael's cousin and wife decided to join us at the last minute (10 days before). We rented a cabana in Labadee and really enjoyed it. We did a lot with them on this cruise. They cruised in the past but never to the Easter Caribbean. The only thing for me was I was sick a few days before the cruise and had to get an antibiotic to break it.

Theresa

[psupa]

Hi Everyone -

sure hope everyone is staying warm - it's cold in CA !! the sun is out but the temps are low! well, to me 50's is freezing!!
carol

Hi Carol, I would take 50 right now. Next week our high will be 16 to 18 degrees (brrrr). Stay warm

Theresa

[beachbuddy]

Patty, we had a great time on the cruise. Michael's cousin and wife decided to join us at the last minute (10 days before). We rented a cabana in Labadee and really enjoyed it. We did a lot with them on this cruise. They cruised in the past but never to the Easter Caribbean. The only thing for me was I was sick a few days before the cruise and had to get an antibiotic to break it.

Theresa

Glad you had a great time!

Patty

[psupa]

Glad you had a great time!

Patty

Patty, how was your cruise on the Allure and how did you like the ship.

Theresa

[beachbuddy]

Patty, how was your cruise on the Allure and how did you like the ship.

Theresa

Theresa,

We had a great time! Lots of fun with Carol, Dee, Kim and Mimi........LOL Kathy Nelson was on the cruise too and I hadn't seen her since 2002 so it was nice to see her and Bill as well and I finally got to meet Jo who I had been chatting with and also Jeanne DeMarco. We were in Blaze every night for cocktails. I couldn't even drink by the 2nd week.........LOL The ship is amazing and we wanted to experience it at least once so glad we did it. We really don't need a ship that big but it really is an amazing ship! It took me a while to get used to the pools..........there's 4 of them but they are separated by an opening in the middle so when you look down, you see Central Park, so there didn't seem to be a lot of seating especially at the pool we went to everyday because of the opening, but they had that elevated seating which was fine......think I liked that even better as no one was right on top of you. I have to say that as many people that were on the ship, we never had a problem finding a chair at the pool. I guess because there were so many pools, plus the fact that there was lots of other things going on so people were pretty distributed throughout the ship.

There's a lot of places to eat free too. MDR, Windjammer, Park Cafe, Solarium, Wipeout Cafe, Dog House, Promenade Cafe and Sorrentos.

Two weeks on the ship and I think I stopped at the Promenade Cafe twice for a cookie and we never even ate at Sorrentos which was something I wanted to do. Come to think of it, I didn't even have a slice of pizza during the entire 2 weeks......LOL I was disappointed in the Windjammer, it was much smaller than all the other Windjammers. Guess that's why we only had lunch there maybe 3 times in the 2 weeks. Food wasn't even that great there so I mostly had salads. The windjammer didn't even have a egg/omelette bar where they made fresh eggs so honestly, we didn't eat breakfast there even once....LOL Oh yeah, Johnny Rockets is free for breakfast too. We mostly had breakfast at the Park Cafe.

My favorite part of the ship was Central Park.......it was very pretty!

The shows were all excellent......best I've seen on any ship so I really enjoyed them all. There was one headliner the 2nd week that we didn't care for but all the other shows we saw were great!

We all did a night at Rita's Fiesta which was a lot of fun. Kim won the dance contest.......LOL

There is so much going on around the ship that there's just not enough time to do it all. I really recommend for people to take 2 weeks on the ship just to see the entire ship......LOL I found the Library on the last day of the cruise........never even found the computer rooms......LOL I used my little ipod to check emails so didn't need to go to the computer rooms......LOL

They had a comedy club that only held 90 people but it was really cute. We went both weeks to the late comedy show and the comedians were hysterical. I liked it in the little comedy club vs the auditorium. There were lots of places to listen to music too..........seemed there was music all over the ship!

Now I wanna cruise again............boohoo

Patty

[psupa]

We had a great time! Lots of fun with Carol, Dee, Kim and Mimi........LOL
Now I wanna cruise again............boohoo

Patty

Patty, the Allure sounds wonderful. I think Mimi is still going in February on the Explorer. If we ever decide to cruise either the Allure or Oasis we would do back to back just to see the ship. We're going to sail on the Grandeur over Christmas this year out of Baltimore. Never been away for the holidays but we need something different and this cruise is over Christmas and New Years.

Theresa

[corkey]

I ditto all that Patty said - the Allure was really something - so glad we went - much better to be with friends too - if Narce and I go alone, we will just go on the smaller ships - well, Freedom, Explorer aren't really that small!! but bigger than the Brilliance, which is my fave - but the Allure/Oasis, is just a ship to be experienced - !! loved it -

Patty - you forgot to say we also saw Chicago - the broadway play -

carol

[alwalaska]

Pat and Eileen, I've been off the boards and Facebook for a while, so I just heard about your loss. I am very sorry. I know that the prayers and strength from my CC friends helped a lot when I lost my dad, so I am sending those prayers and strength on to you now. Knowing our loved ones are in a good place helps, but we still miss them.

[alwalaska]

The Allure sounds great. I usually like smaller ships and I gave my 4th and 5th NCL cruises planned right now, but the Allure may have a place in my future. ;)

Anyone up for a Christmas 2015 cruise on the Allure?

[beachbuddy]

The Allure sounds great. I usually like smaller ships and I gave my 4th and 5th NCL cruises planned right now, but the Allure may have a place in my future. ;)

Anyone up for a Christmas 2015 cruise on the Allure?

Ann, Christmas is the one holiday I won't cruise unless my entire family were with me...........LOL

The Allure is really more expensive than their other ships so I can't even imagine how much it would cost to cruise on her over Christmas...........LOL

Patty

[psupa]

The Allure sounds great. I usually like smaller ships and I gave my 4th and 5th NCL cruises planned right now, but the Allure may have a place in my future. ;)

Anyone up for a Christmas 2015 cruise on the Allure?

Hi Ann, I'm watching the NCL Gem out of New York for Christmas 2014. It's 11 nights but the price is too high right now. I'm hoping the price drops but may not because it's a holiday cruise. Does NCL still offer the next cruise or whatever they call it. We'll be on the Gem in September and I would purchase one if they still offer it.

Theresa

[corkey]

Ann, Christmas is the one holiday I won't cruise unless my entire family were with me...........LOL

The Allure is really more expensive than their other ships so I can't even imagine how much it would cost to cruise on her over Christmas...........LOL

Patty


I know Patty= I have checked prices cuz Narce wanted to cruise during Christmas and the prices were outrageous - I mean, why pay double? so he said, oops!!

carol

[ebk2795]

Eileen and Pat, sending thoughts and prayers and so sorry for your loss.

Theresa

Thank you.

Eileen

[ebk2795]

Pat and Eileen, I've been off the boards and Facebook for a while, so I just heard about your loss. I am very sorry. I know that the prayers and strength from my CC friends helped a lot when I lost my dad, so I am sending those prayers and strength on to you now. Knowing our loved ones are in a good place helps, but we still miss them.

Thank you
Eileen

[ebk2795]

Eileen and Pat :

Thought and prayers for you and your family from us - may your Mother be at peace with our Maker so she can go on with her eternal life of happiness.

Hugs,
Carol

Thank you
Eileen

[ebk2795]

Eileen and Pat,

Carol couldn't have said it any better. Please accept our sympathy as well. Thinking of both of you and sending prayers and hugs.

Patty

Thank you
Eileen

[ebk2795]

Just looked out the door, and it's snowing. The snow is sticking to the street. I just hope I don't see the same thing on the day we leave for our cruise on March 5.

Eileen

[beachbuddy]

Just looked out the door, and it's snowing. The snow is sticking to the street. I just hope I don't see the same thing on the day we leave for our cruise on March 5.

Eileen

Eileen, it's snowing like crazy here too! Everything is covered and we didn't even know we were expecting snow. I thought I heard on the news this morning that we might get some the end of the week so this is a surprise to me!

Patty

[psupa]

Eileen, it's snowing like crazy here too! Everything is covered and we didn't even know we were expecting snow. I thought I heard on the news this morning that we might get some the end of the week so this is a surprise to me!

Patty

Snowing here and got about 1 1/2 inches so far and I hope that's all. Expecting more snow on Friday 2-4 inches. Oh well it's winter. Looking forward to our short 7 night cruise in Feb.

Theresa

[corkey]

Just looked out the door, and it's snowing. The snow is sticking to the street. I just hope I don't see the same thing on the day we leave for our cruise on March 5.

Eileen


have a good time - are you going with Pat? It's not snowing here but it's cold - to this CA girl, 50's is freezing for me!!

my fingers and hands are numb when it's in the 40's and our heater is on all day when it's 40=50... !! once i get the temps to 70, I am ok -

carol

[beachbuddy]

have a good time - are you going with Pat? It's not snowing here but it's cold - to this CA girl, 50's is freezing for me!!

my fingers and hands are numb when it's in the 40's and our heater is on all day when it's 40=50... !! once i get the temps to 70, I am ok -

carol

It's "0" here in Trenton today!!!! With the wind chill it's in the negative numbers!!!!

[ebk2795]

have a good time - are you going with Pat? It's not snowing here but it's cold - to this CA girl, 50's is freezing for me!!

my fingers and hands are numb when it's in the 40's and our heater is on all day when it's 40=50... !! once i get the temps to 70, I am ok -

carol

Yes, Pat and I are cruising together.

Heck, if it were 50 degrees here, I'd be going outside without a jacket!

Eileen

[corkey]

My cousin from Vancouver used to come over and i'd be wearing a jacket while she was wearing sleeveless dresses during our winter time!!

have fun Eileen and pat -

carol

[alwalaska]

We got about 3 inches of snow here today and it has been brutal cold both here and in Cincinnati where I was working this week.

I just wanted to pop in quickly and share some news with all of you. It looks like rather than a Christmas cruise, I may be saving up to go to Madagascar in May of 2015. Scott just got his mission call for our church. He is going to Madagascar. I think we may go pick him up when he is done with his mission. He goes into the missionary training center (MTC) to learn Malagasy on May 15th. We won't have him for very long between finals and when he heads back to Provo to the MTC.

[beachbuddy]

We got about 3 inches of snow here today and it has been brutal cold both here and in Cincinnati where I was working this week.

I just wanted to pop in quickly and share some news with all of you. It looks like rather than a Christmas cruise, I may be saving up to go to Madagascar in May of 2015. Scott just got his mission call for our church. He is going to Madagascar. I think we may go pick him up when he is done with his mission. He goes into the missionary training center (MTC) to learn Malagasy on May 15th. We won't have him for very long between finals and when he heads back to Provo to the MTC.

Anne, Wow..........sounds very interesting. What is Scott doing? I'm not sure I understand what a mission call is. Does he want to be a missionary? I have a cousin who was a missionary in Afica for a long time (he was a Roman Catholic Priest). Wow.......Madagascar!!!

Patty

[beachbuddy]

Anne, It was cold as heck here too! Our kids were taking us out for dinner last night to celebrate our 40th Anniversary but the darn snow started around 4 pm and covered everything really fast. Roads were so slick we all decided to cancel for another time. Just as well as our son didn't even get home from work till after 8 pm so it was pizza for dinner last night.........LOL

I'm looking forward to the temps of 50's that they say we're getting next week.

Patty

[alwalaska]

I hope you get a real anniversary dinner one of these days. 50's would really be appreciated. It is snowing here again, not hard, but enough to be annoying. Hopefully it will fizzle before it gets to you.

In our church, many of the 19 (and now 18) year old young men, and some young women spend two years dedicated to teaching the gospel. There are missionaries all over the world, including in the US. We kept teasing Scott that he was going to Utah on his mission. You do not get to pick where you go or even exactly when. You apply to the church and give a date after which you are available. Scott has been waiting since the beginning of the year to hear back the decision on when and where he was going. I went to France and Belgium for 18 months when I was 21 and Ron went to Korea when he was 19.

[beachbuddy]

I hope you get a real anniversary dinner one of these days. 50's would really be appreciated. It is snowing here again, not hard, but enough to be annoying. Hopefully it will fizzle before it gets to you.

In our church, many of the 19 (and now 18) year old young men, and some young women spend two years dedicated to teaching the gospel. There are missionaries all over the world, including in the US. We kept teasing Scott that he was going to Utah on his mission. You do not get to pick where you go or even exactly when. You apply to the church and give a date after which you are available. Scott has been waiting since the beginning of the year to hear back the decision on when and where he was going. I went to France and Belgium for 18 months when I was 21 and Ron went to Korea when he was 19.

Anne, what a great experience for him. Did your daughter go anywhere?

Patty

[beachbuddy]

Me and Tony went out last weekend and celebrated but the kids wanted to take us out. I'm sure they'll reschedule. It's very hard for both kids to come up with a time and date..........everyone has a different work schedule and our grandson has sports.

Patty

[alwalaska]

Anne, what a great experience for him. Did your daughter go anywhere?

Patty

I hope it works out well for him. He is a born leader, so he definitely needs to share those talents.

Melissa thought about it and decided not to.

[beachbuddy]

I hope it works out well for him. He is a born leader, so he definitely needs to share those talents.

Melissa thought about it and decided not to.

I wish him the best! I know you'll miss him!

Patty

[psupa]

Anne, It was cold as heck here too! Our kids were taking us out for dinner last night to celebrate our 40th Anniversary but the darn snow started around 4 pm and covered everything really fast. Roads were so slick we all decided to cancel for another time. Just as well as our son didn't even get home from work till after 8 pm so it was pizza for dinner last night.........LOL

I'm looking forward to the temps of 50's that they say we're getting next week.

Patty

Happy 40th Anniversary.

[ebk2795]

We got about 3 inches of snow here today and it has been brutal cold both here and in Cincinnati where I was working this week.

I just wanted to pop in quickly and share some news with all of you. It looks like rather than a Christmas cruise, I may be saving up to go to Madagascar in May of 2015. Scott just got his mission call for our church. He is going to Madagascar. I think we may go pick him up when he is done with his mission. He goes into the missionary training center (MTC) to learn Malagasy on May 15th. We won't have him for very long between finals and when he heads back to Provo to the MTC.

That sounds very exciting, Ann! Good luck to Scott on his mission.

Eileen

[beachbuddy]

Happy 40th Anniversary.

Awwww, thanks Theresa.

Patty

[corkey]

Good Luck to Scott = what a fine young man he is and your daughter is a great person herself -

Leaving tomorrow til 2/17 -- Philippines to visit family and then Hawaii for me and Narce --

chat with you all when I get back!! carol

[alwalaska]

Good Luck to Scott = what a fine young man he is and your daughter is a great person herself -

Leaving tomorrow til 2/17 -- Philippines to visit family and then Hawaii for me and Narce --

chat with you all when I get back!! carol

Thanks. Philippines and Hawaii sounds great, especially with all the snow out there. Have a fantastic trip.

[alwalaska]

Thanks Eileen!

Yes Patty, I will miss him. Especially since they are only allowed to call home on Christmas and on Mother's Day. Otherwise, they are required to "write" to their parents once a week.

He has been so good about keeping in contact at school, but Melissa said, just pretend it is her. I had the hardest time getting her to call, or even text when she was in Utah. She is back living at home now, so she can help keep me from being too lonely.

[corkey]

Thanks. Philippines and Hawaii sounds great, especially with all the snow out there. Have a fantastic trip.


It's cold here too - in the mid 50's !! ha!ha! for us,that's cold! so we will enjoy being in tropical weather again -

thanx Ann -- Carol

[psupa]

Wow, can you believe it's 4 years since we did this cruise and made lasting friendships. I wish Royal would bring back the 12 night.

Theresa

[alwalaska]

Wow, can you believe it's 4 years since we did this cruise and made lasting friendships. I wish Royal would bring back the 12 night.

Theresa

I can't believe how fast time flies. I would really love to cruise with all my buddies again some day. Maybe I can convince some of you to come and try NCL with me. Ron and I are doing an 11 day Southern out of Miami on the NCL Sun Feb of 2014.

Our New England/Canada cruise for this fall is booked full for the 14 day version and the north bound version and there are very limited cabin types left for the south bound portion. :eek:

[beachbuddy]

Wow, can you believe it's 4 years since we did this cruise and made lasting friendships. I wish Royal would bring back the 12 night.

Theresa

Hi Theresa, Wow.........it's been 4 years already!!!! Doesn't seem that long ago to me. Something is wrong with CC and my email notifications. This is the first one I received in about a week! I keep emailing them telling them all my notifications stopped. Guess I'll wait till the end of today and see if I get any other.

Hope everyone here is doing well.

Patty

[corkey]

Hi Everyone!! Yes, Theresa, it's been that long! good memories -- I see the Kelly sisters just had a nice cruise on the Explorer!

just poppin' to say Howdy! carol

[psupa]

Hi Everyone!! Yes, Theresa, it's been that long! good memories -- I see the Kelly sisters just had a nice cruise on the Explorer!

just poppin' to say Howdy! carol

We were supposed to be on that cruise, but changed it and did the Bahamas cruise in Feb. Glad we did since I heard they hit a storm on the way down.

Theresa

[corkey]

We were supposed to be on that cruise, but changed it and did the Bahamas cruise in Feb. Glad we did since I heard they hit a storm on the way down.

Theresa


can't wait to hear more about the new Quantrum ship -- excited to have another RCCL ship to experience... carol

[ebk2795]

Of course they still aren't saying for sure that Bayonne will get the new ship.

Eileen

[corkey]

Of course they still aren't saying for sure that Bayonne will get the new ship.

Eileen


at least dock in Ft Lauderdale and we can meet half way -- carol

[corkey]

Happy Mothers Day to Everyone who are Mothers and those who are not -

carol

[beachbuddy]

http://blogs.democratandchronicle.com/henrietta/files/2011/05/happy-mothers-day.jpg


Happy Mother's Day everyone!!!

Patty

[alwalaska]

Thanks for the Mother's Day wishes. We had a really nice mother's day to top off a really crazy busy but nice weekend. Scott is getting ready to leave Wednesday very early in the morning. He will spend 10 weeks I think in Provo learning Malagasy and then will be off to Madagascar for the remainder of his 2 years of service. My nephew is going to believe it or not, Salt Lake City for his mission and leaves on June 2nd, so he was here this weekend with his parents as well. My sister from LA flew in with her daughter to see the boys to say good-bye and be here for Scott's farewell and for both boys (OK - men) going to the temple yesterday.

We had a great mother's day brunch this morning at my house with all of the family. I need to restart my diet tomorrow. Yesterday we went out for a buffet with family and friends from both PA (Where I grew up and my nephew still lives) and Ohio.

Did anyone have any really great Mother's Day stories to tell?

[beachbuddy]

Hi Anne, Best wishes to Scott as he starts out on his 2 year mission! Wow, he must be so excited!

It really was a quiet mother's day here this year. We had my cousin's wedding in NY City yesterday and didn't get home till 1:30 am this morning so we both slept late this morning. Tony got up before me and went to our grandson's soccer game which was an hour away. They won 4/0 and our grandson made the first 3 goals so I was sorry I missed the game. I spent the day writing bills and food shopping. I didn't want to go out to eat today because I really hate eating out on days like this - to crowded and rushed. But I'm not cooking either so if anyone wants to eat we can order out........LOL I'm just tired today as yesterday was a long day but lots of fun!

Patty

[alwalaska]

Hi Anne, Best wishes to Scott as he starts out on his 2 year mission! Wow, he must be so excited!

It really was a quiet mother's day here this year. We had my cousin's wedding in NY City yesterday and didn't get home till 1:30 am this morning so we both slept late this morning. Tony got up before me and went to our grandson's soccer game which was an hour away. They won 4/0 and our grandson made the first 3 goals so I was sorry I missed the game. I spent the day writing bills and food shopping. I didn't want to go out to eat today because I really hate eating out on days like this - to crowded and rushed. But I'm not cooking either so if anyone wants to eat we can order out........LOL I'm just tired today as yesterday was a long day but lots of fun!

Patty

Thanks Patty, that must have been some soccer game. Sleeping in and relaxing sounds good. After all the food from the past 2 days, I'm not going to have to eat for a week.

[corkey]

Hi to Everyone - Safe travels to Scott and your nephew -

carol

[ebk2795]

Hi Ann,

Save travels for Scott! A little over four years ago, he was a kid you asked us "to keep an eye on" during the cruise. Now he is grown and ready to leave on his mission. I wish him all the best!

Eileen

[corkey]

Eileen: what kind of SUV did Pat get ? I can't tell from the pic - I know it's nice -- carol

[ebk2795]

Eileen: what kind of SUV did Pat get ? I can't tell from the pic - I know it's nice -- carol

It's a Buick Encore. I think the color is called Deep Espresso Brown.

She had all kinds of problems with her GMC Terrain. The transmission had to be worked on more than once, and she had something in the engine replaced. She broke down a couple of times on her way to work; once on the PA Turnpike. After the last time it broke down and then got fixed, she didn't feel safe driving it anymore, and got the new car.

Eileen