8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 7

[PBader]

But Paula has graciously volunteered to be our designated Walker!

just make sure that you have your room information listed on the underside of your green bracelets.

 

[Diznyfan68]

But there is always room for jello!

Chrissie

Sans the alcohol!

 

[Diznyfan68]

just make sure that you have your room information listed on the underside of your green bracelets.

Now we have to make sure that we don't all start trading bracelets!

 

[mkygrl]

Ummm... I guess I'm a misfit (that just made me think of the island of misfit toys from Rudolph )

pdarrah (Pamela)

We can be misfits together?

Starting smoking way too young? No
Quit smoking? Not applicable
good humor man/Mr. Softee? Our truck came down our street once...A neighbor complained..NEVER came again!
parents knocked me across the room? never did anything to get one
Arrested? Nope

Chrissie

 

[lbgraves]

A really special number by Omar......................The Tentmaker


It's made of a really special Burlap and involves lots and lots and lots of DUCT TAPE!!!


Of yes, and of course, CROCS!

Andrew!!!! You left off the most fashionable designer......OMAR!!!

 

[lbgraves]

I will reveal a story I think even my wife doesn't know:

While in Vienna Austria visiting friends we were having a good time with food and drink. My friends dared me and a friend to dress up as women and take a walk through a naughty section of town. To make a long story short we were arrested and taken to the Police Station and questioned. After we explained our acts the Policemen in the station wanted to take pictures with us.
I guess it had to be the large jewel encrusted butterfly I had pinned to my sweater. I think I have a picture somewhere in the attic. Must dig it out.

This was the only time I was arrested.

 

[mkygrl]

Now we have to make sure that we don't all start trading bracelets!

Now that would be interesting...didn't they do something like that with car keys in the 60's?


Chrissie

 

[PBader]

Not really...

... I am like anyone else in most ways (I suspect). I wake up and have a few minutes before the kids awaken and I usually post after the kids fall asleep. In the middle of the day it is very sporadic if I post at all. And when I do ... half the time I am doing other stuff and wandering back to glance at what has been posted just BEFORE and AFTER I post. I - like most folks - am having a terrible time reading EVERYTHING. But when I get on initially I click the link to get to my last posting so I can take a look around to see if there is anything posted as a reply to me that I might have missed.

RIght now I was to have taken my girls to breakfast but my spouse got up and deflected that plan... thus leaving me with a little time here. And I just found this posting of yours' which I otherwise would have MISSED.

So... I am usually juggling live hamsters while standing on one foot and cooking dinner ... that's my daily grind as a SAHD who also tries to earn a little change pushing my business along... same one I've been runnin' for 18 years now. ANd NO... business is very soft given I am sacrificing it to be a Dad for the kids. My spouse has a "great job" but cannot take a step back without losing it. We reasoned that my business could take a step back and I could recover... plus I get paid even if I step back as I am a wholesaler... so business continues to pay... it's just that I gradually lose business and my lack of availability (to work/travel/etc.) means I'm not replacing it and maintianing sales volume.

So... it is worth it. We feel the kids are very closely supervised and supported. They can pursue karate, Gymnastics, Soccor and T-ball simultaneously because I am available for that. Plus they have pre-school and K-school. And when they get sick .... I'm there to handle anything. My spouse gets to pursue her career and her shopping escapades without disturbance too!

We've taken a huge income hit (short term) but I hope to regain most of it someday. In the meanwhile some things have obviously been sacrificed. Including some of my attitude. There was a time when I felt myself going through DEPRESSION over the changes. This was mixed with an appreciation for what we were gaining... but at the same time I had a strange mixture of sweet and sour feelings over it all. I am not accustomed to feeling helpless on certain matters.

We have had a full time nanny before - and we tried replacements, various day care alternatives - and so on. But we are VERY PARTICULAR about who we employ with our kids and in our home. IE... many folks who have a nanny say she is the greatest - EXCEPT -- every now and then things DISSAPPEAR. TO my spouse and I this is totally unacceptable. So much is IMPLIED silently by petty thievery.

Aside from that... I think EVERYONE has sacrifices to make if they have kids. Especially young ones. If you run two careers full time - that's great! But the flexability is narrow. I have a flexable business so I was the one to take the reins over the kids - and TRY to maintain what I could in business. And - I have time to post sometimes.

My image trolling is sometimes very fast - and other times I can't find an image at all and generally will not post at all. SO - it's "all or nothing" with me. WHich - BTW - was a nick name some friends used to apply in referring to me sometimes. In the matter of our kids - I am "ALL" the way committed to them... as are all of us here who have kids in tow.

So much for my rambling - sorry for taking up so much acerage - at least I didn't hog up bandwidth with animations to match it!

I was a SAHM for 3 years after DS was born. Wouldn't have traded it for the world. Did without a lot and had a huge credit card debt...paid it off though in 3 years. It was well worth it.

 

[PBader]

all for about a mere 4 million and 118,000 per years fee i was on the website last night

 

[justmestace]

Thanks!!! Do I see a vacation day in my future for Monday???

I give you permission. But you'd better check with your boss. Where is Hazel, anyway???

 

[PBader]

This is one of the books that I have enjoyed. It is what made me realize that I didn't have the tools that I needed to be a good mother due to my childhood and needed to make a conscious effort to gain them. http://www.epinions.com/She_s_Gonna_Blow_by_Julie_Ann_Barnhill/_redir_att__~1

My younger sister lives near them and has never been able to get out from under their control. She was the perfect child who never did any wrong and went from living in their house to getting married & them "renting" her DH's dad's condo. It's sad really how completely opposite the two of us are. She had PPD after her first child and again after the 2nd...but she never recovered and they took advantage of that. She now has Bipolar Disease & has been anerexic, and her DD is ADHD. I found that I have to seperate myself from her. I get an email from her a few times a year. I had to face that she has a mental illness and I can't "fix" her. I did have to tell her that I had to stop being her therapist because it was tearing me apart & taking me away from my family...the 4 of us here. I also told her that I can't have any part of her dealings with our birth parents anymore. She knows what they are going to do every time and she keeps letting them into her life again. I could never forgive some of the things that they have done to her & her kids...but that is her life & choice. One thing that I learned from her is that the favorite child doesn't necessarily have the "perfect" life. She grew up feeling guilty that I was the one being abused.

 

[justmestace]

Or, you could walk around DL all day with a t-s**** on with a big "0" on the front and back.......

Oh now, that's embarrassing! I woke up in Vegas once with a sign on my door that said "O QUEEN"


And lest you get any ideas...it was a GIRLS ONLY trip!!

 

[PBader]

in nj yes my Dbil is deaf had has menigites as a 2yr old and lost his hearing he will be on this cruise on the last cruise disney had interupters they were AWESOME some times during shows pople would be watching them i hope they are on this cruise too

I think that it is great that they have int. on the ship.

 

[kab407]

Starting smoking way too young? Never smoked. Mom did when she was expecting me. Maybe that explains it???
Quit smoking? NA
good humor man/Mr. Softee? A large swirl please
parents knocked me across the room? No but, I've had by butt beat a few times
Arrested? Never arrested but pulled over a number of times. It's amazing what a smile and little flirting can get you out of.

 

[captaincrash]

all for about a mere 4 million and 118,000 per years fee i was on the website last night

They do segment rentals and fractional ownership (time share) on these too. Not that i would be interested. There's no highly developed entertainment or dining as I understand it. Well.. maybe the dining is "good" but not high luxe "to die for".

I've looked at this in the past... primarily the cost structure and so on. And for $118K a year you could do a circumnavigation voyage for 2 on the Cunard Queen Victoria in January of 2008 ... sailing for 106 nites! In fact... 2 persons could have a suite on this voyage for $104,808 or... for $108,000 you could have adjoining veranda cabins for 4 passengers! It looks like you get about 40 ports of points (Panama and Suez canals) of interest visited.

I wonder if they charge the on board account at the end of the voyage or if they charge it off every now and then...?

 

[justmestace]

Yes Paula he was scared. To be honest, the idea that it was a Federal Arrest still scares us!

So, is his pirate t-shirt going to be black and white STRIPED??

 

[PBader]

Now we have to make sure that we don't all start trading bracelets!

 

[PBader]

Oh now, that's embarrassing! I woke up in Vegas once with a sign on my door that said "O QUEEN"


And lest you get any ideas...it was a GIRLS ONLY trip!!

That's OK. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!

 

[sk8ingmom]

This is becoming what we call a pub crawl.

Originally Posted by sk8ingmom
1. Martini Tasting
2. Wine Package
3. Jello Shots
4. Deck 7
5. Wine Tasting
6. Margarita Swimming Excursion
7. Hang out with O'Blender
8. Conch Coolers
9. Drink of the Day . . .
10. Champagne Brunch at Palo
11. Bon Voyage drink
12. Knocking back pints after Rugby
13. Tequila Tasting
14. Wine/Cheese Social
15. Senor Frogs and Cabo Wabo
16.White Zinfandel
17.White Zinfandel
18.White Zinfandel
19.White Zinfandel
20. Hangover cure

That much white zin?? Really? No offense to people who drink it, but it is sort of wine with training wheels.

SOOOO So far we have 20 Ways to Lose Your Liver. Only 30 to go.

 

[Verandah Man]

Ummm... I guess I'm a misfit (that just made me think of the island of misfit toys from Rudolph )

Kinda feel the same way here, but in a good way, for the most part!!!

Starting smoking way too young? Nope - NO WAY I was touching those things!

Quit smoking? Never started, see above.

good humor man/Mr. Softee - YES, growing up and he still comes around our area from Spring to early Fall, but I don't stop the truck anymore.

parents knocked me across the room? Nope - but step-dad did mentally and emotionally abuse us 5 kids.

Arrested? Nope. Did get a speeding ticket once in NC driving home from Florida in the middle of the night (1987). I'm so ashamed!