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Nice job closing the drapes.. Bam-Bam ! but kidding aside, I glad you were not hurt by the whole thing coming down. Those drapes look like I hung them. The reaction of everyone was interesting. I am sure they were all happy that you did notget hurt. I bet it took more than an hour to fix too. Well... anyway our Adult beverage looked good... maybe some type of mango/orange drink? The scallops looked good too.
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Get him a cheap second hand laptop so you can both post/read at the same time!
I can't remember how we functioned before I got my beloved netbook (which I'm on right now!)...Andy is always on our desktop PC on eBay, so we jousted for PC-time, but now if he gets there first I can just use this instead. And it also has the added benefit of being portable and therefore usable on the sofa in front of the fire and the TV, instead of in the office with nowt but a radio for company and a heater for warmth.
PS Hi Mark - we think of you every time we have noodles!
We do have a second laptop, but we don't have the wi-fi sorted out yet. I think that's why he keeps hassling about doing it... The problem was the last time we tried to set it up, it knocked out our Internet connection completely...
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Welcome, DH1! Count me as another very excited about "meeting" you! So cool for those of us who haven't had the opportunity to get to do that in real life.
Chez--do you think a lot of adoration will convince him to speak up a little more?
Tuesday 15 December – part one: a little too much for me
As we were early to bed last night, we were up early and managed to get some photos, as the sun came up. Sadly, we didn’t really get to see sunrise, which was a shame.
We decided to take an early morning stroll around the resort and found a whole area to the left of the lobby that we managed to miss the last time we were here. I’m glad we saw this, as it had their Christmas display. Here, you could vote for your favourite gingerbread house. How you can pick between them though, I don’t know.
How can you pick between these? Odd thing to have near massage rooms...
Further down are the massage areas, with lots of images and maps of the DVC resorts. This does need updating bit though, as it only goes up to the Villas at Wilderness Lodge and, of course, there’s been a lot of additional development within the DVC since that opened.
We headed outside and Mark put the mini tripod we had brought with us to get some nice photos of the two of us together.
From there, we headed to the bridge down to the beach and got some more photos there.
I knew that Mark wanted to go for a romantic stroll along the beach, so I headed down there, but he just didn’t follow. I walked along in the sand, which was really hard work for me.
While there, I got a couple of shells for my scrapbooking, but soon my back and legs were hurting too much. I couldn’t stand any longer. I headed back up to the steps. As I did, I saw Mark coming down to the beach. Talk about bad timing. We managed a few seconds on the beach together and that was about it, which was a shame. I guess, in hindsight, I should’ve taken my tablets before going out this morning. I haven’t tried to do any significant amount of exercise first thing in the morning and I guess it doesn’t agree with too much.
Gorgeous pictures in the resort and on the beach. I'm sure it would have been more romantic with Mark. Too bad it was only a few minutes on the each for you. I'm sorry your fatigue was kicking in and your body was all achy Cheryl. I hope it got better after that. Looking foward to your next installment.
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Pretty beach pictures. Mark, Mark, Mark... ya gotta grab the opportunities for romance when they present themselves!
So true!
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Wonderful update Cheryl--although its too bad you wore out quickly! I hope you get some rest and pick back up soon! The photos of the two of you are lovely!
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The reaction of everyone was interesting. I am sure they were all happy that you did notget hurt. I bet it took more than an hour to fix too. Well... anyway our Adult beverage looked good... maybe some type of mango/orange drink? The scallops looked good too.
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The problem was the last time we tried to set it up, it knocked out our Internet connection completely... 
We managed a few seconds on the beach together and that was about it, which was a shame. I guess, in hindsight, I should’ve taken my tablets before going out this morning. I haven’t tried to do any significant amount of exercise first thing in the morning and I guess it doesn’t agree with too much. 
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