rant: I found out yesterday that my bank charged me $2.00 for a phone call question to my bank, and its a new bank charge policy.

rave: I will be dumping WELLS FARGO BANK.

rant: "Survivor" has turned into a T&A send-the-bikini-girls-through-a-maze-to-expose-their-rear-ends show. Why were these rear-end grabbing camera shots only on women?

rave: the truth always comes out. I love the truth.

Hi jor

Rave: Sirius Satellite Radio
Florida in the winter
Fodorite Cooks

Rants: None, it has been a Good Week ~

Rave: We are celebrating our 44th yr Anniversay this weekend at Niagara Falls where we honeymooned.
Rave: Husband found a job in his career field after a year of looking!
Rant: I lost my house bitch!

Hi All --
Rave: 90 minute massage tonight. I am R-E-L-A-X-E-D!

Rant: How could I have any after that?

Wait a minute, of course I could! Rant: all the hassles the past few days with this site!

Morning all!

Its unusually warm in NJ this morning. Fifty degrees in November at 6am is rare.

Rave: The family is all arriving tonight for our vacation beginning Sunday.

Rave: Cruise begins on Sunday!

Congrats CD on 44 years. Makes our puny 24 seem like nothing.

As the Principal of our kids high school says..."have a great day, or not. Its your choice".

Cheers

Rant: The fodors.com servers

Rave: Friday and 73 degrees today with full sun in NC!

Scarlett, I have xmradio and absolutely don't know how I lived without it all these years!

Congrats CD! Super Happy Joy Joy 44th!

jersey, have a great time on your cruise! We are going on one in Jan. Bon voyage!!!

Rant: It's my birthday.
Rave: It's 51 degrees @ 7:50AM here in MA as opposed to 3" of snow last Friday!

Rant: TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

Rant/Rave: 25 family members coming for Thanksgiving.

Rant/Rave: 15 of them staying at our house for the week, including 6 kids under 5.

Rave: I know how to cook.

Rave: There's a poster on the Europe board (awbaker) who seemed to be living a parallel life with me (kids the same age, vacationing to all the same places). I emailed her to chat about traveling to Italy with kids, and after a few email exchanges we discovered that we both have a connection to a small farming town in KS and that our families know each other! What a small world!

Rave: I love my kids. They're the best!

Rave: Today is our 17th wedding anniversary. I am so glad I got it right the 2nd time!

Rave: Big, bug eyed, hand floppin, big mouthed, smarty pants Maria got fired!

Rant: Fodors has driven me nuts this week...and, a question for GoTravel...Is your new coach going to be a Rant or a Rave?

Happy Friday, Everyone!

Rave: It's Friday and the weather is cooling off here. It's a nice fall looking cloudy day.

Rave: The Today Show is puttin' on a wedding two islands over from me. Not that I typically watch the show, but it's interesting to see such familiarity on TV.

Rave: My DH is off for the weekend, and so am I.

Rant: My mom's husband is very ill and not doing well at all.

Happy anniversary, cd and iceeu2! Happy birthday, bounty! Congrats to you all.

Have a great weekend Fodorites!

Rave: As jersey mentioned, it's warm in New Jersey! I left home for work at 4:30am and went "woooo..."
Rave: Watching a beautiful beach wedding on Today Show in Anguilla. Always dreamed of getting married that way but my husband is VERY Catholic and church had to be the way to go. Oh well...maybe we'll make it a renewal vow thing at some point.
Rant: Fodors' tech problems.
Rave/Rant: We're putting a 2.5-year old in a bed this weekend! Our baby is growing up! But we're dreading he'll keep wanting to get out of bed instead of going to sleep!
Rave: It's the weekend.
Have a good one everyone.

RAVE: CARTWHEELS!!!!!!

TWENTY-SIX POUNDS OFF NOW!!!

(After five months of healthier eating, exercising - Water Aerobics 3X week; Weight Training now, 3X week, long walks when I can.)

RAVE: Celebrating weight loss with dinner at Outback tonight. Coconut Shrimp, here I come!

RAVE: Jersey, have a wonderful cruise! Iceeu2 and cd, have great anniversary celebrations..... congrats .

RANT: Too warm in Raleigh for November! (Diana, I LOVE it COLD!!!!!! )

RAVE: The foliage is STILL beautiful here in some areas.

RAVE: Buying a new freezer at Costco today, and hoping to influence my hubby toward a widescreen TV while I'm there!

RAVE: College basketball is starting! Go Tarheels and Wolfpack!!!

Have a really wonderful weekend, all my Fodors friends!

Bounty, have a terrific birthday! Eat a piece of cake for me.

Hi everyone! Happy weekend!

Rave: Trip to NYC was awesome this week! (Trip report already posted) Baby was a perfect companion--and so was mom!

Rave: Baby Joseph got on tv with Katie Couric. Big two seconds of fame!

Rave: My cousin's wedding was more fun than I expected.

Rant: *sigh* Back to real life.

Rant: My football team, who has had a horrible year, will get beat this weekend by their rivals, who are vying for a national championship. Oh well, maybe next year. Roll Tide Anyway!

Rant: My husband is an Auburn fan.

Rave: Thanksgiving company will turn the focus to more important things in life.

Rave: CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!

Rave: I just returned from a great 11 day vacation in Cancun and Disney with my wife and my two toddlers.

Rant: I just returned from 11 days vacation with two toddlers.

Rave: My favorite vacation memories, my 3 year old son telling the babysitter "no kissing me because I have a cold", my almost 2 year old walking around the pool in her leopard spotted bikini talking with everyone she met, both my kids dancing on stage with the folk dancers at a restaurant, the wide eyed look in both their eyes when we first walked onto Main Street at Disney, and both my kids waking up at 5:00 a.m. because they saw a giraffe out our hotel window.

Rant: My kids and grandkids are all in Florida celebrating their paternal grandmother's 85th birthday, which means we won't see them this weekend.
Rave: They got to go to Florida - they all work hard and will enjoy the break
Rave: More time alone with my sweetie, and I won't have to cook a huge dinner on Sunday
Have a great weekend, everybody!

Rave: Its a sunny day here in the British Virgin Islands - we've been rained out for the past couple of weeks so it is good to finally see the sun.
Rave: DH and I celebrate our second anniversary next week - same day as my grandmother's 89th birthday!
Rave: My 30 something(th)b'day is the following day.
Rave: Finally got around to sponsoring a child through World Vision - a 12 year old girl in Haiti - hoping to make her life a better place!
Rave: Agree with Statia - good to see the Today Show wedding on our neighbouring island of Anguilla and the island being given such great accolades and exposure!
Life is wonderful and I am grateful so no rants. Have a great weekend all!

Hi Enya!

I sponsor a CCF child on Dominica named Kimani (have for 8 years), and hope to see him in January for the first time if the cruise I am going on is still going there instead of Grenada. What a RAVE that would be!

I know you live in the Caribbean. I travel there frequently - I've seen your posts over on the other board - so I wanted to sponsor a child there.

Wait till you start getting cards and letters - great stuff! I just sent him out a big package of brightly-colored school supplies and wish I could be there to see his face when he gets them.

Bonnie,
It's never too warm for me anywhere! Congrats on your weight loss. Super!

Ryan,
Your trip sounds great, and I wish I had been able to see your daughter shmoozing in her bikini. Make sure you get her some rhinestone sunglasses for next time.

Thank you, Bonniebroad! At my age a piece of cake heads right for the hips!!!

Diana and Enya, good for you both for sponsoring. We have sponsored a boy in Thailand thru World Vision for almost 12 years, and another in Guatemala thru CCF for 8 years. It's a wonderful feeling to get those appreciative letters, cards, and updates, isn't it? I'm really hoping to be able to meet them both in person one day.