Good morning all to come!
Have some coffee. Looking at the Beachcam North the guy on the boat is already (or still??) awake, so he needs some coffee too!


gonna catch up on my Ivan-reading, been busy up untill now.
Hope.... well, that's obvious what we hope. Goof luck!

Good Morning Stan and everyone! Joel left me the puter today!!!

I think the only good news about Ivan will be when the storm has finally disappeared.

Good morning Stan and Eileen.

So we need Goof luck Stan ???

Lucky you Eileen , Now you get to hang out with us all day , well , ... as long as Quinn keeps quit.

2 more hours and it's weekend for me !!!

sjosss

Looks like we are in for another ORANGE sunrise today.


sjosss

Jos, Quinn will do all the typing for me! Is Alexander truly mobile now? We had to buy Quinn pyjamas for 24month olds. They are still too big. Some of his pants are becoming shorts. The waist is fine but the legs are just growing. He will be taller than Joel and I in a few months. Quinn is getting lots of blonde hair now, so he looks bald in photos. Like his Daddy.

Early morning fishie.

Eileen ,
Just don't let him drewl over the keyboard
( quinn I mean ofcourse)

WARNING!!! no jokes about going bald , or I will tell Joel !
Some times I am tempted to shave-off my hair ( it's just one foot long!!!) and see what my bald head looks like and what will grow back on it
But then again , just tempted, LOL.

Alexander is about to be truly mobile, yesterday he took his first step from standing free. Then smacked to the floor again , so there is still a long road to travel .He 's theething like crazy at the moment, but it doesn't seem to bother him that much.

We've seen that too the pyama thing , funny, from just a little to short till "not acceptable no more"LOL".

Nicole and I decided that we now accept the fact that his first audible word is not going to be "Mama" or "Papa" , he got as close as "Dada".
No ., instead he has a particular liking for the word "etuh" which is fonetic for "eten" which is dutch for "food" or "eating", LOL

I love these sun stripes !!Just imagine what suntan you would get from it


have a nice weekend everybody

sjosss

Alexander knows his priorities! Food first, mama and papa second. Seems fair. Has Amber played hairdresser yet? (I am having flashbacks as when I was young.) Has she wanted to give you a haircut? Have a great weekend Jos!

I'm off to my chiro, get some formula for Quinn. Bye for now.

come sjoss, do it! Shave it off!!!
(i've done it before)

was just busy on editing your image but something went wrong

Good Morning / Afternoon, Joss, Stan and Eileen!!

Fresh pot of Tim Horton's coffee just brewed :

Have to get it into my thermos, and make my lunch - another busy day today!!

Jos, enjoy your weekend Mrs. Turtle and I will be heading for the boat Saturday afternoon - after Great Niece's birthday party - her first!!

I see we have orange palms again this morning - sure looks beautiful.



Have a great day, an a great weekend everyone!!

Bill

Buenos Dias Stan, Eileen, Jos and Bill!!!

Jos, go for it shave it!! When are we going to see an update pic on your profile? Like to see the baby! Your daughter is just beautiful.

Eileen, I was wondering where you had been and I thought maybe I missed something and I guess I did. Glad your visit w/your parents went well. Give Quinn a kiss.

I am wondering how Annie is doing - I am sure she is having a great time and missing us

I guess Kathy was without power since we didn't hear from her last night. Hope she is ok. As well as Bill and Donna.

It took me 1hr & 1/2 to get home when it usually takes me 45 minutes - traffic was horrible with the rain and wind. The wind was blowing so hard that sometimes I felt it was going to pick my car and just blow me away. It is still raining with little wind but hopefully this all we will get. We have lots of people without power, trees down and flooding.

Y'all have a wonderful day and Jos enjoy your weekend. Bill and Mrs. Turtle enjoy your boat ride. Keep smiling

wish that my breakfast was that much fun.

Good morning

Starbucks coffee is on and ready.

It is wet here, but the rain has stopped. We found that our new roof (a year old) leaked and the contractor came by and plugged the leak.

Hello Again! Starbuck and Tim Hortons coffee, both please!

I passed a hug and a kiss for you Elvira! Quinn's sleeping, I hope he does a 2 hour nap so I can get laundry done, I leave for a night and it looks like something exploded here at home.

Elvira I hope everyone is OK where you live, and your son Rafa. Greta, and anyone else with families in the S. US, I hope everyone is OK.

Happy 1st birthday to your niece Superturtle!

Hello Everyone!!

Eileen great to have you on board all day long - its been a long time since you have been able to do that during the week!

Elvira - glad to see you made it home okay - how is Rafa doing - still without power?

Bill have a great time on the boat this weekend!

Jos - go ahead and shave it off - my hubby keeps hair about 1/4 inch long since the hair started to recede and a bald spot showed up on top of his head - I think it looks much better shorter or bald!

Stan - I think we need Goof luck with Ivan!!LOL!!

hey everybody!!!! I will be popping in and out today I pray everyone weathered Ivan without too many problems!!!!! Now begins the watch on Jeanne

Cams look terrific!!!! thanks Jake

LaDOnna

Good morning everyone... thank you for the coffee :P needed desperately.


Well at last it is Friday.. Finally the weekend!
Going to do some diving in the Great Lakes this weekend - another cold water dive ..
But hey a Dive is a Dive!... its just a bitter pill to swallow this weekend as all of my friends are heading to Bonaire - they should arrive at the Plaza tomorrow night. I would give anything to go, but you just cant put parenting on hold :P lol.... and of coerce they all keep calling me to remind me they are going. little buggers :P.

Still waiting to here from my in-laws - they live in Marianna Florida ( just west of Panama City) they said they where going to drive north to Tennessee ( that was Tuesday) - still have not heard from them

Well I hope you all have a awesome weekend.
Take care and thanks for the coffee

Alison - aquapixie

Hello and welcome Alison! I hope your family is safe! How old are your kids?

It is nice to be here to! I might not be able to write all the time (Quinn is on my lap and just spit up his food...).

Jos, I also vote for you to shave your head!

Good morning everyone! Here are some visitors!

Hope everyone made it thru Ivan safe and sound. We just had clouds and wind here, no rain, but lots of Ivan refugees are all around Memphis! Even the planes from the base in Pensacola took refuge in Millington.

busy fish

Hi all! Ivan wasn't so terrible, here, thank goodness. Winds never got over 50 and they stayed high. Trees down, power was out until just now, and the cable is out (BIG wah!), and that's the worst of it in my area. Dial up is for the birds. It's definitely not for the cams! See ya'll when the cable is back. Oh, my father in law in Panana City made it through just fine. He said it was the tornadoes that caused so much grief there. Hope everyone's loved ones are ok!

Hi Kathy - glad to hear the you are safe and sound! and your father in law weathered Ivan okay!

Hi LaDonna - happy to see you sneaking in and taking a peek - we miss you!

Hey Kathy! Glad you have your power back on and everyone is ok.
Hello Mary and Janet!

Kathy, glad to hear that you are OK!

Eileen, 13 and 17 (girls) just the age to NOT leave them alone for more then two days LOL

We do have some warm water diving planned for the spring - where we are leaving them alone 18 and 14 at that time so we will see then how it goes...

Hopefully they will be more gentle to my house then IVAN lol

Good morning, everyone. Anyone up for yet another cup of coffee?

Looks like we have fluffy clouds today


and Sarge stopped by for a quick visit.


But, as usual, I'm off to work. (Won't ever do this again!)

Hi to all!!!

Mary, I have not heard from Rafa and last night he was still without power, he was frustrated that he has to throw out the chicken and pork chops he had in the freezer Tried to call him this am but no answer.

Kathy, glad that nothing major happen and that your father-in law made it through ok.

LaDonna, good that you can check in.

Glad is Friday Talk to you later!!

hi everybody!

I want to thank Mary and Kathy for the information! I'm going to give it a try!

Bon tardi!

Wietse

Yesterday I wanted to post a picture, but i didn't knew how to do it.

With some help by Mary and Kathy I post this picture now with the following question:

What says this fish at the moment it sees us at the other side of the camera?

diver

LaDonna

Yesterday I wanted to post a picture, but i didn't knew how to do it.

With some help by Mary and Kathy I post this picture now with the following question:

What says this fish at the moment it sees us at the other side of the camera?

I think it says: moooooo

Wieste - you almost have it - but your brackets are wring use {}. Also to save you some typing - you don to meed to type in the whole string of where the picture file is - just the name of the picture will do - so you can find it when searching to attach it.

Hi again La Donna!!
More divers!!

oooh - al little earlier than yours La Donna - tow divers and a message being held!

oooh - a little earlier than yours La Donna - tow divers and a message being held!

oooh - a little earlier than yours La Donna - twp divers and a message being held!

oooh - a little earlier than yours La Donna - two divers and a message being held!

Wieste - I see you worked out the picture - congrats on your new post!!! Loved the question and answer.

Where are my manners - I forgot to say Hi to Leigh Ann, Janet and Elvira! Please forgive me - just a slip of the keyboard - and posting too fast!!!

Hi everyone - sorry about the triple posts there - I kept seeing typos and thought I was stopping the post so I could fix... duh.

in or out?

LaDonna

there they go!

Howdy do!

Alison, I remember that age well..... Not too worry, my son is almost 5 months.

More divers!

Hello Again to everyone, I do not want to forget anyone, in case more people have shown up.

GMTA!

Janet - that was too funny!!

LaDonna - I was wondering the same thing and I guess we got our answer!

Here they are!
Wonder why she took the reg out her mouth!?!?

Yup! How nice that you have the computer today, Eileen! I am going to let you take over while I get some work done

Janet

I enjoy seeing your pix of Quinn.

hello all!
Now this is romantic!

Wow, great captures all! Mary, maybe she wanted to "blow bubbles?"


Elvira, check your profile pic ;-)

can't leave - what's happening?

bye
they must have shared a special moment!

Bigger...

LOL, a triple! Do we know who they are?

Ah that is "pretty romantic" I hope they are sharing something else!!

Cynde, thanks my friend!!

Hi to all that have shown since my last post

Guys I meant " I hope they are sharing something special"

Well, I checked the 'who's there in September...and the only one's listed that would be on island today are Diana and Ruud (this is not them) and their friends...maybe it's their friends?

Cynde - I see by Elvira's profile pic that you are using your moderator powers for a good use!LOL!
Clueless as to who the romantic couple was - maybe they will sow up and tell us.
That reminds - there has not been a marriage proposal in a while!

Hey all - don't know if I told you the good news yet - Dirk passed his OW test and will be doing his cert dives at the quarry next week. For a reward on job well done - I will be taking him down to Bonaire for the last week in October! I can't wait to be on Bon again and have Dirk as my dive buddy there!

Well Mary, I made an exception with Elvira...she wanted the same pic that I have, and I had it!

more...boy, these guys are going to use all their air at the cam!



Mary, tell Dirk congratulations! Just wait for your first underwater "fight"...Michael and I have had a few "discussions" LOL! It's pretty funny when you get to the surface and then tell each other what you were TRYING to say! LOL!

I confess that I was hoping that it was a proposal in the works! But what would the logistical challenge be for putting an engagement ring on a finger at 60 feet?

Hello Everyone! I've taken over the computer at Eileen's. Lots of great pics.
Quinn is trying to crawl at the moment..........

LaDonna

Jane, can you imagine if he dropped it? LOL! Hi Janice, is Quinn looking like superman at the moment? (arms and legs in the air but stomach on the ground? I loved it when my niece did that)

oops, Cynde I doubled you.......

LaDonna

Cynde, I checked the list too, no idea either, other than Diana's friends. Or just a very shy couple that didn't post here (yet) ;-)
That could have been the first proposal on the new cam, if I'm correct?!

Janice - quick get the camera - we want pics!!!

Both of mine had to learn how to crawl on hardwood floors - which meant no cushion when they fell on their face - they learn how to do it pretty quickly - but the knees where always a bit tender!! Maybe that is why they learned to walk fast - both were walking by 9 months.

Cynde - can't wait - I know that it is bound to happen. I keep telling Dirk that I like to go slow - so I will be mad at him if he is into the speed diving!

back out?

LaDonna

This is when I want there to be a phone at bongos so we can call this guy and have him stand there til they get out and get the story for us!

LaDonna

there they are through the palm

Mary....congratulate Dirk for me!!!!! I am sooooo jealous that you get to go back in Oct!!!! No kids????

LaDonna

Jinx, La Donna!

Janet - too funny - what a great idea - have a sentry at Bongos that keeps us posted on who is going in and what they are up to!
BTW - you get on wireless at Bongos - so all they have to do have a laptop with a wireless connection and they can post for us!

LaDonna - Yup no kids!!! WOOOHOOOO!! Its been at least 6 years since we have gone away for a week with no kids!!! Can't wait!!

Mary......you lucky gal!!!!!

LaDonna

Well Mary, that's the solution! In fact if anyone would like to sponsor me, I'd be happy to station myself there most days purely in the interst of service to my fellow BTalkers. Send your contributions to janet @ thebeach.com}.

LOL

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Mary - CONGRATULATIONS TO DIRK!! How exciting and going to Bonaire again and alone

Cynde, muchas gracias.

I think the couple is the same on the pic posted by Leigh Ann (10:38) but don't know who they are. Maybe some one will tell us.

Janet - wouldn't that be a great job!
Started a new thread - come join me over there - this was getting a bit long!
More Friday

Hey All!

The mystery of who all those pics are is solved. It was me and my lovely wife Beth!
We spend so much time watching the cams that we had to spend some "quality time" down there...
We're home now, bracing for Jeanne in Jax, FL. We had the best time and hated to leave (as always). We'll be back soon!

Chris C