Done Cruisen

Is this not the coolest picture (St. Thomas)? Hellooooooo, I'm back. The cruise was the best vacation I have been on. There will definately be another and another in the future. Val, Mark, Ed, and I had a great time. There were a couple of tiffs but isn't that the norm when you have strong minded people together? I have always said no arguing, maybe I should say differences of opinions, would make for a pretty boring place. I hated to see it end but man did it feel good to sleep in my own bed. Oh yeah, Murphy was excited as hell to see us. Hey one more thing, if you are thinking about taking a cruise I would strongly suggest checking out Celebrity Cruise Line. We were on the boat Millennium and you could not ask for a better way to go. Now if you are looking to "booze and cruise" take Carnival. Later......

Survivor-Fiji Part 5

Well, another member of the Ravu tribe bites the dust. In my opinion Rocky should be gone. He's too much of a whiner. Will Ravu ever win a challenge??

Rita picture courteous of Yahoo

Finally.....

Well, I never thought the day would get here. Barring no problems we finally start our vacation. Two days at my brother & Ed's and then we will be sailing across the ocean blue. "Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale", oops sorry, are you singing the song?? It will be a little bigger boat than that, more like "The Love Boat" another catchy tune, ey? Once we are on our way updates regularly..

Cruise #6

Well, I went to my final tanning session today and Val goes tonight. We can hardly wait to get on the boat. Sunday the 11th is departure day. We leave Sunday out of D.C., fly to Laguardia and have a mere 45 minutes to catch our flight to Ft Lauderdale. My brother checked it out and we land and take off at the same terminal, thank God. We get in about 1:00 and the boat leaves around 4:30, thank God again we are only about 8 minutes from the port. We have been waiting too long for this trip and would hate to have anything upset the apple cart now. Oh, I forgot to mention, Ed (Mark's partner) might have to pull an all-nighter at work Saturday night and just meet us at the airport. Boy I tell ya if it's not one thing it's another.

Balloon Art

These people have too much time on their hands..

http://www.lobzik.pri.ee/modules/news/article.php?storyid=329

What's Next?

Last week, TSA began using backscatters at airports to screen passengers for weapons. The first machine is up and running in Phoenix. The next ones will be in New York and Los Angeles. The machines have been modified with a "privacy algorithm" to clean up what they show. But even the tempered images tell you more than you need to know about the endowments of the people seated next to you.

Are you up for this? Are you ready to get naked for your country?

This is no joke. The government needs to look under your clothes. Ceramic knives, plastic guns, and liquid explosives have made metal detectors obsolete. Carry-on bags are X-rayed, so the safest place to hide a weapon is on your body. Puffer machines can detect explosives on you, but only if you're sloppy. Backscatters are different. They can scan your whole surface, locating and identifying anything of unusual density—not just metals, which have high atomic numbers, but drugs and explosives, which have low ones.

No need to bitch we practically have to strip to get on a plane now. Take your shoes off, take your belt off, oops my bra has metal clasps..

I Agree Totally...

After reading my brother's blog on his gym update (www.seyah1@blogspot.com) I toatally agree about working out. After our cruise (we leave on Sunday) I probably will continue to get my daily run in. I am up to 5-6 miles a day and I would hate the fact that I worked so hard to get to that point to just say the hell with it. I really don't want to go through the soreness stage again. Who knows I may just stay committed and run when I am on the cruise.

Whew, Glad That's Done

Well, we started packing for our cruise today. We don't leave for another 8 days so why not? Don't want to be rushed and Lord knows we don't need our shorts and flip flops now. I always make a list and I must say there is not much left to pack. With all the snow and crap we have had the past two weeks I am so ready for fun in the sun and hangin out with Mark and Ed.

Survivor-Fiji Part 4

After winning the challenge the Moto tribe is given the choice of giving up their camp to the Ravu tribe or going to tribal council and voting off one of their own. Needless to say they weren't going to give up their living quarters. Good choice? Probably, because you don't want Ravu to get a good night's rest and food because I think they could kick some ass. I do believe they got rid of the wrong person. Lilliana is as strong as some of the guys, if not stronger. This will most certainly bite them in the butt. Personally, I would have voted Dre off.

March 1st Blizzard

Ice last week blizzard this week. March came in like a frigging lion, snow and 50 mile an hour winds! Mother Nature is making damn sure we appreciate our cruise that's coming up. We leave in 9 days, not one day too soon.

Krispy Kreme

Krispy Kreme has come out with a whole wheat doughnut with caramel flavoring. Weighing in at 180 calories as apposed to 200 for their regular glazed doughnuts. What do you suppose their point is? The only thing that is down because of the 20 calories is their stock.

Will It Ever End?

The poor robins are wondering the same thing. You guessed it, another storm, rain tomorrow and snow Thursday. I truly love the white stuff but enough is enough. Mother Nature do your thing now and forever hold your peace. We leave on our cruise next week, please oh please don't stop the plane from leaving.

Heroes

Whew, Ted got a little "hot" under the collar. Burn baby burn..(sory if I put the song "Disco Inferno" in your head)

Cruise 5

All I am dreaming about is white sandy beaches instead of white fluffy snow....14 days 4hrs. 26min.

Ice, Snow, Limbs Down, Power Outages....

We had it all. Val just got done cleaning off her new car and her old car, well let's just say it didn't fair too well. Thank God she was going to sell it for parts. We ended up with about 1/4" of ice and 6" of snow. The stuff sure is pretty but a pain in the back to shovel. Oh, did I mention we lost power for about 5 hrs. Just pulled out the sleeping bags and pretended we were camping. We were lucky, there are people that aren't going to get their power back for days. The storm is tracking east so lookout and get ready.

There Goes The Neiborhood

A 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed two when it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in Guatemalan City.

Now you see it now you don't....

Governor Vilsack Out

Gov. Tom Vilsack has withdrawn for the 2008 presidential race $20 million needed, $1.1 million raised but only $396,000 in the bank. Even though you were the underdog, I am sure deep down you even knew it would never happen, you have made the state of Iowa proud.

Mother Nature At It Again

Let the storm begin. I went outside to get the newspaper and decided to check and see if everything had blown away. I went around the corner of the house and about bit it. We have a pretty good sheet of ice on everything. Have you ever tried to walk on ice with your slippers? Let me just say, forget it! I believe the weather forecasters were actually right except they scared the bejeebers out of everyone again. They are telling everyone how power will be restored in case we lose it. How in the heck can they say that without assessing the damage? Just say we will have a storm with ice and snow and be done with it. We are expecting 5-8 inches of crap today and tomorrow. Yippee, I still love snow.