FReeper Canteen ~ What's Your Ideal Island Vacation? ~ 14 December 2011

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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and family members of the above.
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What's Your Ideal Island Vacation?

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[Arrowhead1952]

That is one thing I won’t miss at all next year after I retire. The AM commute is not bad since we start at 0630, but the PM commute is a bear.

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[HiJinx]

Mid-day Wintery greetings from sunny Arizona! This snowfall picture is along Interstate 17 just south of Flagstaff.

The snow level down here in Sierra Vista was at about 6500' overnight so we have snow-capped mountains all around us. It is clear and cold, a perfect day for tomato soup and grilled cheese sammiches!

[luvie]

Amazing and beautiful and yes! Perfect for hot soup and grilled cheese sammiches! :)

Um.....don’t send THAT weather here, ok? LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

"...a perfect day for tomato soup and grilled cheese sammiches!"

YUMMY!!!! And a beautiful landscape.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Today is a zoo...thank goodness for homework and getting all checking done before this morning.
Calls, and calls, and calls...am I getting paid this week, how much will my check be, you forgot hours from last week, etc, etc.
Wednesday is not the day to be asking this stuff. We are eyeball deep in correcting incorrectly input timesheets.

I'm going to Fiji too!

[AZamericonnie]

Simply beautiful Jinx....& this is as close as I wanna get to the white stuff! lol

[HiJinx]

Got your appetite ready, Connie? We have lots of cookies down here...!!

Pictured are snickerdoodles and classic molasses cookies.

[luvie]

W O W!!!

Snickerdoodles! My VERY favorite! :)

[garjog]

"went to see the movie “The Descendents”"

That one is on our list. We love Hawaii.

[upchuck]

Sanibel, FL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Still catching up...

I love cities.

Then Hong Kong might be just the right island for you.

[Mears]

There is a great shot of the Na Pali Coast at the end of “The Descendants”.

[left that other site]

I have not seen it (The Descendants)...is it good?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Still catching up....

So, Mac, how did the carpet laying go? New color?

[ConorMacNessa]

The carpet laying went well - I was not here for the installation but the results look great. I would call the carpet shade taupe. We had a laminate faux-wood floor down which was not holding up well. Mrs. MacNessa and the boys took that floor up and, with the pieces that are still in good shape, are flooring the upstairs hallway and the boys' bedrooms. Wth the walls on the first floor having been painted, the look of the place is entirely different. We're getting new kitchen counter tops before Christmas, and will lay a floating vinyl floor in the kitchen a couple of months down the road.

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

[Mears]

“The Descendants” is terrific and Clooney was great as usual”

[garjog]

“”went to see the movie “The Descendents””

That one is on our list. We love Hawaii. “

Well, we just returned from The Descendents. I had no idea it would be such a downer film.

I realize that every drama needs conflict, and while the film was superbly acted and shot with beautiful scenery, the message was without hope. I would not recommend it for anyone who thinks a film about people in Hawaii will be uplifting or exciting.

The film ends with what the writers probably thought was a uplifting message about family unity. I took it as an insult — the family in the last scene is watching a stupid television documentary, staring into the screen, just like all of us in the audience were doing, staring at a screen instead of having a life of real relationships.

More: to me the film lacked any kind of spiritual theme of redemption.

A serious flaw in the story was that there was no one with faith. No reference to faith or a possible salvation. Not even Hawaiian pagan faith. Shakespeare’s tragic characters usually are visited by ghosts, people with magical powers,or have dreams that suggest a meaningful transcendence exists beyond human suffering. Here there is spiritual silence.

The Descendents is a message of pure humanism against existential meaninglessness and destruction of life. For me the message rings hollow. Saving the planet doesn’t cut it when it comes to guilt, family breakdown, divorce, trashing of vulnerable children, substance abuse, infidelity, death and euthanasia. Not exactly a film for holiday cheer.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Still catching up....

Bermuda sounds nice. kalee. I like doing nothing unless I want to on vacation. Sitting at the beach and snorkling suits me fine.