Magical_Suitcase
aka: kid-at-heart
- Joined
- Oct 9, 2018
Looks like I just came back to do my replies in time to see the link to your trip report! I am here and excited to read about your cruise! I had no idea that Ellen brought you to the DIS - I loved her DISmoms trip report! I remember that!
And it is great to finally see a face! Even if the stolen picture is so tiny.
I love that the concierge experience starts out so calm and out of the usual chaos of the terminal. I had to laugh at your boarding card though. Stateroom # 1, boarding group 11006?
Hi Magdalene, Yep, Ellen's and your reports were among the first I read. Wow, we have all been around for a long time.
Regarding the photos of me, I figured I would do a "Michael", first a knee, then a foot, then a two finger point, then an ear... just kidding. When looking at our photos I realized we have very, very few of either of us. I will have to dig through our photos from other trips/life and see if I can find some.
I wondered who would be the first to notice our boarding group number. I think someone must have been in a hurry.
Joining in, great report!
Thanks! Glad to have you aboard. We spent a lot of time eating and drinking. Next trip we plan to hike for a couple of days in the Ocala National Forest to offset the eating and drinking.
Following along. Your farm is picturesque and I hope I look as good as your mom if I make it to 92! It's so nice that your siblings jumped in so you could still make your trip. You hear so many stories about siblings who refuse to help care for aging parents that it's always nice to hear when families work together.
It looks like your first day on the ship is going well and I'm looking forward to hearing more.
Our first home was in a crack neighborhood in Memphis, TN during graduate school. After living with bars on the doors and windows, noisy neighbors and drive by shootings, we decided we wanted a farm where life would be (hopefully) more peaceful. It took us twenty years to find a farm we could afford but we are loving the country life! So much so that I want to retire NOW and not in a couple of years. We hope to be making a semi-living at it someday. Right now though we mostly grow enough garlic for our year-round needs and enough veggies for us to eat during the summer. Next year, if all goes according to plan, we will have enough garlic to start selling and enough veggies to eat, freeze and can.
Mom is surprisingly healthy and youthful for 92. She also can be a pain-in-the-rear when she decides to be stubborn about something. Also, no filter so "all my business" is shared with anyone who walks in the door or calls her, aides, post man, neighbors, relatives.... Love her to bits!
Joining in!
You can't be that cheap if you're cruising Concierge I believe you just make some good choices on how to spend your money
Can't wait to read more!
I have a "vacation fund" where a put a few dollars every paycheck. It has been awhile since we could travel so this time there was enough money to cover the splurge, next time we are back to reality, but hey, any stateroom is awesome as long as we are cruising.
I will try to be back later today to continue the report, first though I need to catch up on grading papers.
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