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Sharon................& Larry
Tacoma, Washington.......the state above California
I'm just a few days into being 52
Larry is 55
Both cabinet installers
Married 23 years
Son........grown & gone.....but stops by on occasion....when he's hungry......<S>
No grandchildren......but told one is under construction
No pets........
Our 14th cruise is coming up in 2 weeks......then one is May.........you do get hooked on cruising!!!!
Carol
Age: 61, but parts of me are brand new (left hip, one WEEK old!)
Widowed twice - Viet Nam, cancer - can't seem to trick another one - might be a bad risk!
Work full time managing a beautiful golf club/restaurant in Harbor Springs, MIchigan.
Born and raised in Detroit, parents came from Belgium and settled there.
No kids, no ex-husbands, own my home, car, fur coat, jewelry, grand piano, cruise at least twice a year (25+).
Trivia nut, mostly baseball (lived next to Norm Cash for 2 years). Diehard Red Wings fan.
On cruises, can be found at the Piano Bar, either singing or playing - I'm a self-taught yet amazingly mediocre musician.
Planning on winning the lotto so I can take a round the world cruise.
Hummm. Let me do this again. Don;t know why the first post didn't appear.
Jim, (54) and Sylvia (52)
St Augustine, Fl
Me, retired Police Officer and current Community Staff Leader here at Cruisemates
Her, former Asst Branch Manager for a major bank, now homebody keeping me happy
6 boys & 1 girl (all grown)
4 grandchildren
4 dogs, 2 cats, 2 bird, and a partridge in a pear tree.
JIm
Doreen 49 and husband( of 25 years this May) Pat 51
of Lenexa, Ks ( Kansas City suburb)
I'm a high school history teacher and he works for the Fed Gov't
We're both retired from the Marine Corps Reserve
6 kids (4 boys & 2 girls) ranging in age from 11 to 23...20 year-old son is currently cruising compliments of the US Navy
Our pet is a golden retriever Chloe
Past Cruises:
Carnival Fascination 2000-daughter and I
Orient's Crown Odyssey2002-Hubby & I
Husband was in the Persian Gulf last year so I took the kids on HAL Zaandam 2003
Carnival Jubilee March 2004-Cruising Solo
Celebrity Galaxy May 2004-Celebrating 25th with a Med Cruise
I love to cruise...Hubby just goes along for the ride (when he has to!)
Jennifer from northern Arizona. José from Costa Rica. We currently live in the Arizona desert, a Phoenix suburb, and we have a small, I repeat SMALL, house in Costa Rica. Jennifer - 52, José - 60. We have 6 kids, 1 in California and 5 in Costa Rica. We have 12 grandchildren, 2 grandchildren who came into our family by marriage, 1 great granddughter and another great grandchild on the way.
I manage the office of a window manufacturing company. I've been there since before dirt was invented! ! José is a waiter. Our one pet is Oscar the Shih Tzu and he is such a lover and good companion! We love to cruise, but it's hard for José to get away, so we don't go as often as we'd like. We do try, however, to get away for occasional 2 or 3 day weekends. Even a mini vacation is bvetter than no vacation!
Angela Z. (44) from Orlando (originally from Trenton NJ but wised up when I was 17)
have been married to Dave (47) for 22 years. He's from Jacksonville FL but has also lived in Connecticut growing up, back to Jax, Atlanta, NC and finally Orlando where we met when we were in college at UCF and he was scoping out my roommate!
122 kids.... 120 in the marching band and daughter 17 and son 14 (he's counting the days until his 15th birthday and learners permit.....argh.....)
Daughter will be leaving home this fall for UNF in Jax.
I work for the state as a sanitation and safety specialist (specialist! imagine!!). Have been working at the health dept. for 20 years. Dave works for a food service distributor dealing mostly in meat.....the longer he's worked there the less I like meat! He's been there for 22 years. I love seafood
We've been on 2 cruises to the Bahamas, Alaska, and Baltic capitals and will hopefully do a Carribbean this summer if only someone would buy our old house!
Angela Z.
aka:donnalynn
eastern ontario,canada
on a disability for lupus,arthritis & fibromyalgia as well as siezure disorder (since 1985)
married
hubby:dan for 12 wonderful years
he is a carpenter/production & quality control supervisor
kiddies:2- boy 10,girl 15
pets: dog,boxer/shepherd.\-Tyson,cat-Cody
cruises:2--Norway & Sunbird.....lots more to go on!!!
Grant 58
Carol 53
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
Married 30 wonderful years
kids 2
boy married
Girl single
One grand daughter 4 monhs old
cruises just came back yesterday from Panama canal transit making a total of 8
booked next on board ship but don't know when or where ye
Carol and myself both are makers of fine chocolates and candies,
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There are four major food groups Dark chocolate, milk chocolate.white chocolate,and chocolate truffles
Dear Thomas, as much as I would like to respond to this, my DH says firmly, no. He warns against doing this sort of thing on the internet. So regretfully, I remain simply . . .
Michele
Northern VA (COLD)
Age 22 (seems i learned early that i like to cruise)
single (and looking)
no kids but i do count the three dogs as kids
Calie 3 Border colie mix, Onyx 10 lab, and Shilah 2 pit bull
Cher p/t travel agent, retired Aerospace (after 30 years)
Married to Mark for 27 years (custom shutter saleman)
2 sons Erik and Ryan
Ryan graduates from graduate school in May (26)
Erik lays cable and phone lines
Love to cruise, and the Voyager will be our 36th.
When not cruising, love to talk about cruising-see you in chat!
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Here's the Marsh contingent:
Anne, 40 something along w/3 boys, Jeff ( otherwise known as my dear husband) Jamie and Pete. We are transplanted New Englanders who absolutely love Fl. I substitute teach and am teaching Spanish in a local high school now. Jeff is an engineer that makes cruising possible along with our 2 cherubs , Jamie and Pete. We also count as family, Honeybelle and Larry, my twin cats. Angela, yes, I should also add my 87 kids that I see on a daily basis as a good portion of them cruise also. We live just north of St Pete Fl . Got Jeff hooked on cruising and the kids too. Only way to vacation with kids
Anne
Mark & I (Susan) will be celebrating our 50th birthday in June...Yes, we have the same birthday, but I'm older, by 16 hours....So, that means I'm the boss...ha....We have been married for 31 years and have a daughter 30 & son 28....No grandchildren yet...But, we sure are hoping for some soon....We own a 'retirement home' in SW Arkansas, but looking to sell it soon....Ready to retire and cruise! I really enjoy the CruiseMates site...
We are hooked on cruising....Been cruising the last 3 years....
HI........ We are Lee and Kelli from Sparta, WI. We have been engaged for 17 years.
I guess there is no rush. Kelli is a travel agent and I am a retired police LT. We like
antiques and we LOVE cruising. Our next cruise is on the Horizon on 9/5/04 out of
Norfolk to Bermuda. First Celebrity cruise and first time to Bermuda. Between us we
have four kids all gone from home. We are both empty nesters!
Lee is 53 and trying to hold on.
Kelli is 44 and looks much better than I do!!
We have done 14 cruises. We love Vegas to.
Our favorite cruise was the Norway back in September of 02. We met some super nice
folks that we still stay in contact with. WE really enjoy this site but rarely post.
Mr. & Mrs. Y2C (Steve & Barbara)
Live in Anaheim, California
Age 58, eh OK close to 59
Wife's age .. she would kill me.
One daughter 24
Pets; 2 cats, supposed to be our daughters but guess who takes care of them?
Married (33 years); but waiting for the marrige license renewal .. ROFL
My wife is retired from probation dept.
I'm still working as a field engineer with digital and computer technology.
CruiseMates chat host
Cruising is our way of life.
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dorothy
47
stay at home homeschooling Mom for the past 13 years, also teach classes for other homeschooled children
Married to the same wonderful 54 year old lawyer for the last 24 years
Pets: Cindy Lou Who the world's cutest Boston Terrier and I tolerate the 1 snake and 3 lizards my son has in his room
Children: One 13 year old son and a 27 year old stepson
We live in lovely, crowded Atlanta
Next cruise in September, 2004....
dorothy
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Mark: 47-slip ring sales
Deb: 44-nurse
Married 23 yrs this year
Iowa
1 daughter & 1 son-in-law
(no pets - daughter took the miniature pom w/her)
To Michelle P. - yes - a husband counts as 1 child & 1 pet!
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! José is a waiter. Our one pet is Oscar the Shih Tzu and he is such a lover and good companion! We love to cruise, but it's hard for José to get away, so we don't go as often as we'd like. We do try, however, to get away for occasional 2 or 3 day weekends. Even a mini vacation is bvetter than no vacation!
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