Like A River...

Well, we went to the game on the 7th and the Cubs beat the Brewers 6-3. For once Ben Sheets had an off day. So, Val and I are sitting in the car enjoying a brewskie before the game and this guy gets out of the truck in front of us and decides to take a whiz, thank God his back was to us. Now this guy must of had to really go because it was like a river. I mean to tell you it went the length of 4 cars. I honked at him and was hoping he would turn around but he didn't, I was going to wave and then ask him if he felt better. I guess when you gotta go, you gotta go.

Ramada Workout Room

Okay, so Val & I are in Milwaukee for the Cubs game tomorrow and we are staying at the Ramada downtown, now don't get me wrong, the rooms are four times the size of our stateroom we had on the cruise but their workout room is smaller. I am not so sure I would advertise that they had one. I think I would just let the patrons that had too many adult libations stumble upon it. Your thoughts?? I for one love to workout but cherish the times I can't due to no fault of my own. All in all, the bar, restaurant, rooms and most of all the service was a-ok. Did I mention how f-----windy it is here? Damn, Mary Poppins wouldn't have a chance..

Survivor-Fiji Part 8

I want to go home, I want to stay, I want to go home , give me a chance..hello, your wish was their command. I think you dug your own grave missy. Other than the fact that Dreamz disliked you so much, I think if you would have kept your mouth shut and hadn't whined so much (there's no crying) you might still be there. I was hoping Dreamz would be gone, maybe next week. Kudos to Yau-Man for doing so well in the immunity challenge.

Lissy picture courteous of Yahoo

"Take Me Out To The Ballgame"

Val and I leave Friday for Milwaukee to catch a Cubs Brewer game. Here I thought it would be a nice spring weekend with the temperatures in the 70's, whatever!! The high is only going to be in the 30's so I guess there's no need to pack shorts. Thank God Miller Park has a retractable roof, if it didn't I don't believe we would be making the trip. "Go Cubbies"

To think just a few weeks ago we were cruisen. Damn..... Speaking of cruisen we received pictures from Karin and Rich & Paul of the cruise and I must say we are all good photographers. Check out this sight and see the pics Val & I and Karin took. http://milleniumcruisers.snapfish.com/snapfish Keep checking back I am sure more will be added.

Survivor-Fiji Part 7

Yahooooo, he's gone. It was just a matter of time before Rocky's mouth determined his fate. What an obnoxious guy! Even tho he was right about giving his tribe crap about eating too much, it was the straw that broke the camel's back. How stupid was it for them to stuff themselves especially with that kind of food. They are lucky they didn't feel worse for a longer amount of time. The body can only take so much.

Rocky picture courteous of Yahoo

Bye Bye To Trap

Mark an Ed had to put their dog "Trapper" on the big train to doggy heaven today. Trap lived a good life and couldn't have asked for better owners than Mark & Ed. We all will miss the little guy but I am sure he is having a blast with all his friends. If you want to see a picture of the little man go to www.znum.blogspot.com. I know Ed will miss him the most. Afterall, to Trap he figured he and Ed together had traveled the world. So long friend...

Cruise Pictures

Val & I at dinner, Ed, Mark, Val, & I at Paradise Point, and other pictures of St. Thomas. Without a doubt I could live there. That probably won't happen but I can definately see a vacation there.

Naughty, Naughty....

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was arrested Thursday on a drunken driving charge after police said they found him asleep inside his running sport utility vehicle at a stop light. He is pretty lucky that an officer found him before his foot came off the brake and someone got hurt. Maybe a couple of days in the slammer or a huge fine from the Cardianal organization would remind him that he is a role model (why I have no idea) and Cardinal fans and players love and look up to him. It seems like this is happening more frequent. Stiffer penalties from the organizations might deter this kind of behavior. Start dipping into their pockets who knows what will happen.

Survivor-Fiji Part 6

Well, it was just a matter of time before James got his way and got Anthony booted. After James had his little tyrant at tribal council I was so hoping he would be next. What is Lisi's problem, does she want to stay or go? Now that the tribes have changed maybe this Survivor will start to get more interesting.

James picture courteous of Yahoo

Ahhhhhhhhh

You take a tram up 700 feet to Paradise Point and you have quite the view of the Carribean. There are shops and of course a bar. After para-sailing and a tour of St. Thomas we had developed a thirst.

Need I say more? Ahhhh so cold, so good...

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??

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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.