Radiance 9-14-07 Polar Bear Express "Special"!

Dramaqueen wrote:

frudutx wrote:

Dramaqueen wrote:

Hi Guys. Well I'm done for 2 weeks Off to Phila tonight to sing in the Messiah at the Kimmel Center with my 2 DD's. We got the news that we can occupy our new church building and we will have our first service there on Sunday. It will be special.

I love the Chocolate Factory in Ohio with the Branch Office in Florida. Between the two of you, you could cover the whole USA. Can we place orders?

Got the cards made and the Christmas letter done so I just have to sit down and get them addressed and off. Maybe Monday.

Happy TGIF Catch you all later.

That sounds really nice Sheila. Wish we could be there to hear you, I just love the Hallelujah Chorus. Do you do the entire Messiah? If so from start to finish how long does the performance take?

Enjoy your weeks off.

d

Diane, It was an incredible experience. I didn't get home until about 12 midnight though. We did not sing every single chorus and the soloists skipped some of the lesser known rececitives, but it was wonderful. It lasted for about 2 hours. The acoustics in the new concert hall are so good. The soloists were not miked and you could hear every note, crystal clear. Downtown Phila is so pretty at Christmas too.

Wish we could have been there.

d

Exairgoddessl wrote:

For all you Chocoholics....I have this stitchery in my kitchen:

I want you,
Happiness, and
Chocolate.....
but not necessarily
in that order!

1 more day!!!!!!! and Thanks Patti for the Bon Voyage!
Mar~

Mar, Wish we were going, it's freezing here. Have a wonderful time. Hope the weather improves.

Shelia, the performance sounds outstanding!

Marilyn, enjoy the Monarch and hope the weather is nice for your cruise. Say Hi to Trudy for me She knows me by Virginia. I miss being on the ship, had to go to In and Out to get dinner as nobody handed me a menu and got my dinner!!!

Kathy will be thinking about you, hope all goes well.

Patti, are you nearly done with the candy making?

Sons arm is bothering him so no decorations down for the tree yet.

Picked up the boys late this evening and they are very happy to be home.

Wonderful day shopping, I helped the economy of Atlanta today. Danny got a watch, I finished my slide bracelet. Then bought for kids & cute cup towels from Crate & Barrel which I love.....

So now I have to get it wrapped.

Is foggy here as well Juls...to warm as well

Mar have a great Trip....just a little green here

Just stopping by to say good night. No Ginny, I am not done with my candy yet.

WELCOME HOME JILL..........hope you had a wonderful cruise on our FAVORITE ship.

Morning...........

Quick hello cuz I have a ton of things to do today.........feel like Im "nesting".........want everything in order..........

Spent yesterday at SeaWorld.........we have passes and figure we might as well enjoy the day......originally was going to Cocoa Beach to see the shuttle take off,but it was scrubbed(today too!)......

Thanks for all your good wishes.........I really appreciate it...........my stomach is one big knot right now..........

Hope you all enjoy this upcoming week,whatever you do!!

Hope I'm not too late to wish Marilyn a wonderful cruise.

Kathy - Easy to say...but try to relax, it will be over before you know it. We'll be thinking of you tomorrow, and know once it's all over and you've recuperated, you'll be glad you did it.

Patti - You'll be happy to know it was 37 degrees here this morning and the highs expected all week are in the 50's.

The new reservation site on RC looks pretty good to me, Although they seem to be a day ahead on embarkation.

Still have tons of shopping to do...but now have about 10 done. No wrapping involved, did it all online.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Morning SPB's!

Bob Voyage Marilyn! Would love to see some pictures of the ship decorated for Christmas is you get a chance!

I am up early this am, DH is snoring! Got alot done yesterday, ended up going shopping and got most of it done, so that's a relief. Came home and made two batches of english toffee and went scrapbooking. This morning is decorating and house cleaning.

Kathy- I will also be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.

It's a chilly 33 this am. I woke up worrying about my son at 2 am, because he is on a camping trip this weekend.

Back to work!

Jen

Thanks all for the "Bon Voyage" wishes...it is freezing cold here in Cal....was just above 40 when I got up! I told Bob if it is like this tomorrow...my "sailaway will be INSIDE!!! And the wind is really blowing as well!

Bob is still grousing around...have to get him packed now! I can't believe how men wait until the last minute to pack!

Tried to get into some of the areas of the RCI websitie this AM and couldn't. Saw that they uped the prices on some cruises Couldn't even get into my reservations!!!!

If the ship decorations are up,...I promise to take photos. I am taking decs for our cabin too...just small ones that fit in a suitcase!


SEA y'all later! Mar~

Taking a break, so thought I would pop in.

It's raining here right now, supposed to turn to freezing rain later..........that is not good.

Kathy, again good vibes being sent your way.

Mar, enjoy your cruise...........hey, even if it's cold..........it's still a cruise.

Glad everybody seems to be getting their shopping done. thankfully, we don't have much, just the kids and a few "special" friends. Christmas cards will get done after Willie Wonka closes the kitchen.

Well, Willie is calling..................catch ya all later.

I'm sorry, but I needed a laugh today and I sure did fine it.................

Quote :

Why buffets are self serve is besides me. On RCL Brilliance TA MIA-BCM
we watch people take a pile of food & then using their hands put it
back. So glad NCL has restaurants open on port days where RCL &
Celebrity doesn't. We refuse to eat at the buffet after what we had
seen..... especially dropped tongs that they put back on the food.

Must have been her twin that I saw so many times hogging down food in the WJ!! OMG...........there can't be two of her.............!!!!!!

Dear Willie, Hope you're almost done. BTW I just got the golden ticket, when can I come??

Kathy, Lots of good vibes coming your way. Let us know how you are feeling as soon as you feel able to post.

Mar, Are you absolutely sure you don't need a private duty nurse to remove your sutures while you're on your cruise?

Virginia, welcome home! I wish we were still onboard - that was such a fun cruise! Jill, hope you had a fab time. I think Reyno re-boarded the ship this weekend.

Marilyn, have a wonderful time on my Monarch! She is all decked out for the holidays (I didn't take pictures because I'm an idiot) and looking very pretty!

I got 20 cards addressed tonight. I have 40 or so to go.

Kathy, I'm sending good vibes your way. I'm sure it will all go well for you!

I'm sure everybody is asleep by now...

Hi Jean, thanks for the welcome home

Lots of things to clean up after since I was away a week. I did get most of the Christmas Cards addresses but now need to put labels and stamps on.

I am jealous that you will be on a New Year's cruise.

Had a great time with Jean # 2 as well although I did slow down. lol

Good morning! Welcome back and bon voyage to all of our Monarch cruisers! And, welcome back to Jill too!

WOW, y'all need to go pull up an existing reservation on the RCCL website they've really made some changes. I'm trying to decide if I like them or not, maybe I just need to get used to them.


Very cold here, but the freezing rain managed to miss us and everyone made it to work as usual.

John and I bought a new microwave this weekend that was our hi-lite.

We do live life on the edge.

d

Dianne, you wild and crazy girl, LOL!

I don't much care for the new format, but change always befuddles me a bit. I still can't see my cruise history, and they still haven't managed to create a "Diamond Plus" category, but at least they acknowledge Diamond on the reservation. I suppose that's something.

Hi everyone, Had a nice day today. I wrote all my cards and got them in the mail, then I opened a nice bottle of Pino Grigio and settled in for a quiet evening. It's so nice to know I don't have to get up and do anything tomorrow but I plan to finish up my shopping. I put a pork roast in the crock pot this morning and we just finished a yummie dinner. I'm just so domesticated.

I wonder how Kathy's doing?? Hopefully everything went well and she'll be home in the morning.

Welcome home Jill. How was it???

Jean#1 how is Carmen??

Willie where are you?? Did you fall in the candy mix??

Dianne, Happy nuking in the new Microwave.

Jean, I forgot you were on Monarch also, so welcome home all you Monarch Maniacs!

Sheila, glad you had a yummy dinner, I tried to make Kathy's Orzo in the crock pot today, and I must have done something horribly wrong, because it turned out like glue! Hope she is back online soon, and can tell me what I did wrong.

I think I over did it on the weekend, because I am so tired and achey today. Going to bed early.

Nite everyone!

Hello all........I hope Kathy got thru surgery well......I've thought about her all day long.

Hey sis..........how was the B2b??????????

Rainy and icy kinda here.........schools out......we have a lot of stores closed and some for possibly up to two weeks......YIKES........

Watching dond......getting tense.......have a GR8 evening y'all

jul

Very foggy here this morning and quite warm. They announced that Oncor Electric has sent crews into Oklahoma to assist in getting power back to customers. Julie I hope you have not been hit! They are saying some areas may be without power for for 2 weeks, I can't imagine that.

Yes, I thought about Kathy many times. I hope everything went ok.

I'll check in later.

d

I think the Oompaloompas carried Patti away. She has been MIA for a while.
It's 50's here today but overcast and damp. I think I'll head out and try to get done shopping today.
Wonder how Kathy is feeling.
Jules I hope you have power. Our friends in Oklahoma are out and were told it would be a while.
Have a great day everyone, I'll catch you later.

We have power but we have about 1/3 of our stores out for potentially weeks....that really bites at Cmas.

Foggy again here today too.........can't see the front end of the car.

Back to work.........prepping for the dreaded inventory

jul

Morning all!
Hope everyone is safe and sound! I saw the pictures of the ice storms, it looks very scary.

I was able to use the $25 coupon on the June 16th Monarch cruise, so that brought the price down to 216.50 per person! I just love a bargain! Anyone want to come along?

I like the new reservations page on the website. But my cruise history is still wrong also. It does show me as a platinum member, but with only 2 cruise credits!?!?!?

Take care,
Jen

JJ2sail wrote:

Morning all!
Hope everyone is safe and sound! I saw the pictures of the ice storms, it looks very scary.

I was able to use the $25 coupon on the June 16th Monarch cruise, so that brought the price down to 216.50 per person! I just love a bargain! Anyone want to come along?

I like the new reservations page on the website. But my cruise history is still wrong also. It does show me as a platinum member, but with only 2 cruise credits!?!?!?

Take care,
Jen

John do you hear that Jen used one of their coupons for a Monarch cruise we could use both of ours on a back to back. You know I'd love to see Catalina. And, we could go over your Birthday!!!!!

I'm trying to decide whether I like the changes in the web-site or not. Can't find things half the time, it's like I said yesterday It'll take getting used to.

d

Yes John! Book that cruise!! What are you waiting for?!?!

Good luck Diane!