Calling all 2013 march maniacs

Brennie, you know what that ... only 30 Fridays to go... we come in on the 2nd as well...maybe we will met in the lobby sipping our bubbly ...

Waynef, no fair, you get to go in September...

Yazmon, how is baby Noelle doing?
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Baby Noelle is doing great. My daughter went back to work a week ago. Her husband worked from home the first two weeks. Suzanne is watching Noelle this coming week and Kevin's mom has her the week after. Noelle then heads off to "school". They couldn't get her into daycare until August 20th, so everyone has been helping out.

A week from today Anthony and I head to Germany and Slovenia for a hockey tournament. He is playing for the North American United team. Normally it is for first year pro players or college graduates, but they had two guys bail out, so the coach asked Anthony to play. They had to clear it with the ACHA commissioner since Anthony is still in college. It's really a showcase event where the European teams can see NA kids play and sign them to pro contracts. Anthony wants to eventually play hockey beyond college, so this will give him the chance to see how he stacks up against better players. Next Saturday can't get here soon enough!!

We did have EFF last night and the topic of discussion was airfare. AA just added the non-stop flight from Chicago to MoBay for our Thursday arrival, but everyone was saying that they would rather fly out of Bloomington. It's a 45 minute drive vs 2 1/2 hours to O'Hare. Both flights put us into MoBay around 12:30. It looks like we are ready to book our airfare.

Question for you guys- how do you get the best deal- going through a travel agent or booking directly at couples.com....what have you found in your previous experiences? We already have our plane tickets booked to come back for round 3 and our travel agent is no longer in the business.

Thanks,

Travis

Thank goodness... finally under the 30 Friday to go mark...
28 Fridays to go until until we see all the colors of CSA again... can't wait...

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Yazmon...
Need more pics of Noelle...
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Changed dates today because of Wednesday special. Will now be at CN Mar 1- 5 and then CSA 6-15.

Nice one Brennie,
I also took advantage of the Wed special and saved some extra green. Wish I could have stayed longer like you.. but alas... it was not meant to be...

27 more Fridays can't come soon enough...


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One of our favorite spots on the verandah

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ya mon, robinh gave me the head up on the extra special, saved some cash, big up to her, extra money for school supplies for the children,

You are so right Robin. Those countdown Fridays are moving a bit slow but the way time passes these days it will be here in no time.

Took advantage of last Wednesday's special and will be there March 16 - 24! Been a few years since we've been in March, have been going in April.....looking forward to having some lobster!!

We had to baby sit Noelle this past Saturday, so I was able to get a few new pics.

@ waynef good thought on the extra school supplies. This is the time of year to be buying. Hopefully will get to meet you in mar. @ yazmon your little Noelle is beautiful. Hope to meet you also next Mar.

Yazmon,
Little Noelle is adorable and she looks soo happy to be with Grandma and Grandpa... these pictures make me smile....
How was your hockey trip to Germany... how did Anthony do?
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ya mon, it will good to meet a few of the boardies that will be there in march, robinh, brennie, and yazmon, always the fun of anticipation , how many eff's robin ?

Waynef,
You only have 3 more Fridays since you get to go in September... I'm soo jealous.
The rest of us will just have to keep the count down going....EFF
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We had a great time on our trip. I saw a lot of hockey and drank a lot of beer!! We had two days in Munich to site see. We had our first practice at the 1972 Olympic Village. Even though they had the summer games there they still had a hockey rink.

We then traveled to Rosenheim Germany for a practice and then a game that night. We stayed in a small 30 room hotel that was 3 blocks from the rink. The Rosenheim Starbulls are in the German #2 pro league. They had about 1500 fans for this pre-season game. They had a beer stand set up in the parking lot along with food vendors. Inside more beer stands. We lost the game with 3 seconds to go, 4-3.

We then traveled to Bled, Slovenia to play in the P Letna Hokejska Liga tournament. All of the teams in this tournament were from the Austrian #1 league. We lost 4-3, 6-0 and then 10-2, ouch. We did play a game in Maribol, Slovenia which we won 5-3. Anthony had the game winning goal, on his 22nd birthday.

Waynef. Very jealous of your Sept. trip. Have a great time. Can you see what Ray needs. I'm going to Penn. in Oct. and will pick up some things then. I'm from Ontario and selection is so much better in the US. Thanks

Happy EFF!!!

23 Fridays until we leave. Big news this week. We booked our airfare. Elberts have, too. Not sure about Callahans. Bloomington to MoBay.


The North American United Hockey team in Bled, Slovenia. Our son is # 25.

Wow, it's been awhile since I have posted and counted down.
My parents who did their vow renewal at CSA 2 yrs ago will be coming down midway through our time there. They arrive on March 6th and leave on March 13th...
They are vey excited to be going back as they loved CSA and Negril...

21 more Fridays... yipee
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Here they were enjoying a drink after the vow renewal...


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You are so blessed to be able to have your parents join you at CSA. They arrive the day we do from CN. Hope to meet up at some point. Fridays are gradually going down. Ditto yipee

My husband and I will be there from March 27th to April 3rd. This is our first time--we're looking forward to it!

ya mon, getting cold im wisconsin, cant wait for the beach and the warm sea, still too many days
although soon enough

You can say that again... burrrrr....so to try to warm up this weekend, I made about 50 Jamacian beef patties, sprinkle some greys hot pepper sauce on them, and bammm... your warm and you feel like your at the grill....



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Well, we are March Maniacs this rodeo! The hubs just called me & we're booked in March 13th to March 20th (his b-day is the 19th!). Since it's finally official, I can begin my countdown. And, I believe that = 97 days. I can deal w/that. No problem! Happy dance! Razzl

with the cold weather any one excited yet ????