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All caught up. Sorry your ILs won't be going, but better to make FiL better now so he can go on a nother cruise with you later.
And now that I've wated this long to post - you're even closer to going!! It's just over 2 weeks away!
All caught up. Sorry your ILs won't be going, but better to make FiL better now so he can go on a nother cruise with you later.
And now that I've wated this long to post - you're even closer to going!! It's just over 2 weeks away!
2 weeks from tomorrow, but who's counting! Oh, wait, I AM!!!
I just had to share this with everyone! I get so proud of myself when I get crafty!
Originally, I planned to pack DS' old pirate costume for pirate night, but have the rest of us wear pirate bandanas and/or the pirate Mickey hats I got 2 years ago. THEN, I found out that DCL is celebrating Halloween the entire month of October. DS can wear his costumer, but I can't leave out DD, can I? I didn't want to buy a costume just for this and have to pack yet more stuff. So, I wracked my brain, trying to think about what we could do that incorporates her existing wardrobe (or cheap clothes). And I came up with a few ideas, including gypsy (just buy a long skirt and a scarf around the waist and head), hippie, 70s girl (American Girl Julie), 80s girl (she recently bought fingerless gloves at Justice). She likes the concept of each of these, we just haven't figured out the executions...
So, the one I fixated on was hippie, since she's VERY into peace symbols right now. She owns jeans that are slightly flared and a tie-dyed shirt (her school shirt, actually). So, I could put a vest on her and a head band, a few peace items (jewelry) and voila!
Do you know how hard it is to find a brown, suede-like, fringed vest????
So, I'm wandering through Michael's today and I wander to the t-shirt area, wondering if maybe, just maybe they have vests. Well, they didn't, but the idea fairy bonked me over the head at that moment and gave me the greatest idea! I bought a brown t-shirt and will cut it down the front and cut off the sleeves and there we have it - a vest. I bought a tie-dyed peace symbol to iron on the back and a yellow smiley face for the front (over the heart sort of thing). And I bought suede fringe for the bottom! All of this will be done with hem tape, so only ironing - no sewing! I bought a bandana for her headband, but will offer to buy more sueded ribbon instead, if she wants it to be more leather-like with maybe beads hanging off it.
I'm so excited to hear what she thinks when she gets home! If I don't get pictures of it up here before we go, I'll definitely post some of her wearing the outfit on the ship....
Sorry to hear the in-laws won't be making the trip. The vest idea is very clever. Looking forward to seeing the pics. Hope the next 2 weeks hurries by.
Guess what!!!! FIL has seen a couple of doctors this week. While they haven't fixed anything, they've put him in a holding pattern while they order more tests. This is a good thing, though. First, it means that there's nothing they consider "serious" enough to order immediate procedures or anything. So, even though he's still got issues, they won't schedule anything for awhile.
Sooooooo, since nothing will be happing in the next couple of weeks, they are both planning to come on the cruise! When all of this started, we figured FIL was done and the only question mark was MIL. But the doctors are actually telling him there's no reason to skip the cruise. If he feels crappy, what difference is it if he's at home sitting on the couch or relaxing on a cruise ship (it's not like it's WDW where you GO GO GO!).
So, no changes needed and I know MIL is happy. She's was so upset at the thought of missing this cruise after planning on it (and skipping other vacations this year) for more than a year!
Thanks for all the pixies, everyone, because I know they helped - we may not have cured FIL, but he's at a point where we should enjoy the trip.....
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