http://www.lagartijapop.com/inicio1.htm

Above is the link to the webcam for tonight’s Ho Down. It is on now and will stay on but on one will start arriving until around 7.00pm. Mark Conroy will talk at approximately 8.00 pm Dallas time.

Please note:
This is on a Spanish website, you will not need to understand any Spanish to view the webcam.

If you do NOT have Adobe Flash installed on your computer you will need to install this program to view the web cam. The screen will ask you to install this program. Follow the directions on the download.

If an advertisement comes up on the screen just click the X on the upper right corner, and it should not come back again.

Hi Ngaire, I can see you running around your house getting everything ready. Looks lovely.

Is this just for viewing or can we chat with folks there if we have a webcam?

I'll try to post some pics here via the webcam so those that can't be online tonight can view them later.

Cool! I can hear Ngaire talking to someone about party arrangements.

Editing to say, I'm peaking in around 6 p.m. Ngaire's time. LCT voyagerism at it's best.

Any chance we can catch the Pooch Tournament on webcam? :D

Ngaire, are you dressed for the party yet? Don't have much more time.

Hi Tammy and Tracie

The folks from "Down Under" are with you!

Ken, thanks for the cam. Good stuff.

Have a great evening.

Will be watching. Wish we could have been there.

Doug

This is great. I'm watching from Shanghai. Tom.

Frank & Wendy!

This is clearly a world-wide event!!!

Good stuff, indeed!

Doug

No not dressed yet with my sneakers on! I will look better I promise.

Pooch tournament was at 3.00 pm today at aloft not here. Too much to do here to take place in that fun activity.

The chat part was in spanish so that wont work but I can leave LCT up on my computer. We had the other one working well BUT hit problems with Explorer 8, firefox and other browsers. Plus we started to hear hestiation from tech support on how well it would work with multiple viewers. Too risky

So it was a "race against time" today to get this all sorted out. This company was receptive and speedy and came to the house - so a Spanish website it had to be. We finished at about 4.30 pm.

People can stand on those stairs and you will be able to hear them or wave and say hi as they arrive. The noise level may get quite high of course.

I do a drawing first then introduce Mark and we will begin speaking at about 8.00 pm.

Beth, do not think you can talk back and forth from web cam to web cam but honestly do not know.

Have a wonderful time & tell everyone that Andi & I wish we were there

Hi Tom,
Have you been pearl shopping yet?

Anyone in South America and Africa watching? Antarctica?

Ngaire, great camera and bandwidth; can see cars outside the window. It will be 3am here; for the Aussies, it will be breakfast with champagne and strawberries. ;)

This fun watching the house lights come up as night arrives. Very pretty.

Yes, Donna. Mickie at Rupeipei and I are good friends now. I went scouting Thursday and I'm going to buy today.

I sent Mona some pictures. If you're interested you can see them at:

www.picasaweb.google.com/TomGiusto/Pearls2009#

mmmmm, nice, Tom. If I were Mona I would have a hard time picking out the one I want.

New Zealand is watching too.

Its coming up to 1pm Sunday afternoon here as I post.

Have a great time everyone.

WOW!

NY, China, AZ, New Zealand, Australia, NC, Belgium... & that is only "so far"

Amazing (sorry if i left any one out), places..SO FAR!

Doug

Tom, tell mention me to Mickie. You will get the "special" discount .

The Pooch tournament has wrapped up and everyone is getting ready for the big party.

We had 20 players, 3 tables, 3 games each (9 total games played). In addition we had lots more observers and kibbutzers. There were 10 different people winning at least one game (one tie), so the competition was fierce!

Ray, our roving photographer, was on the job too.

Watch the webcam a bit prior to Ngaire's drawing and the MC intro for the grand prize results - we will recognize the players with the highest scores in all 9 games and the ones with the highest cumulative scores as well as the individual game winners.

See you on the webcam....

Just took a look at the photos, Tom. Mona will be a happy camper. Is this her "Merry Christmas?"

I'm finishing up my "twitter" port reports as I watch Ngaire's party. How appropriate is that? Better watch it, I might tweet about Dallas instead of Ko Samui .

I'm only a few hundred miles down the Interstate but Webcam is working so don't feel so far away.

Leslie, Thanks for the POOCH update. See y'all soon.

I can see you.

Ngaire, you have on a new Chico top. The long ones.

Isn't technology amazing? I just saw Ngaire talking on the phone in front of the staircase. It's now 11.30am (10.30am for you Frank and Wendy) Sunday here - any idea wha time it is over there? I can hear people talking - so things must start happening soon. Lee

I can hear them but I can't see them....

Technology is great but I just lost the Alabama game. :(

Both webcam and espn were working together but now I can only get one. :(

Photo of Ngaire waiting for HO DOWN to begin. Looking lovely tonight, Ngaire!!

It's 6:30 pm in Dallas now.

Thanks Lauri - only have half an hour to fill in before the action starts!

Beth: That's what I just saw - still can't get over how amazing things are these days!

Marc, you can't have everything. Ho Down party way more important than Bama game .

Lee,

We use this site;
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
Does not have Dallas but use Houston time as it is the same.

Lee, it's almost 7 p.m. Saturday in Dallas.

I like the doorbell

Are you all Chico's gals with those turquoise long blouses?

It's all starting to happen! People are arriving - just wish I was among them.

Thanks Frank and Wendy for that hint! My son lives in New York and I'm forever getting the time wrong with our daylight saving or his!

Hi Lee,
How are the twins?

I just saw car lights coming up the drive. The excitement is growing here in Wilson!!!

Andrea, Jerel, Mark,and Peter have arrived.

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Can someone point out which one is Mark Conroy? I have never met nor seen him before.

Marc, I believe he is the one in the suit.

Hi Donna - I returned from Brisbane last Sunday. One of them had been in hospital four four days with a gastric bug but all is well now. I come in handy sometimes! They are both beautiful and although not identical are very much alike. Thanks for thinking of them (and me). Lee

The caravan has arrived!!!!!

Everyone should have large name tags on! Lee

You are right, Beth.

Hi back to Bert and Mitch

They're getting noisy! Thanks to the two who waved at us!

This is great - just saw Ray and Penny and Alice and Kim - wave back to me guys!

I see Mitch and I don't even know him.

This is like watching a busy street corner. Fun.

I see Priscilla and John. Ray and Penny. HI!

The guests begin to arrive.

OK, this is hard. I have already seen over twenty people that we have spent wonderful hours traveling with. Oh, it would have been great fun to be there.

:lct:

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Hi back to Susan and Russ!!!

And JoAnn!

And finally Arlene;)

Hi suzanne and mark

How am I supposed to cook dinner and watch this at the same time? Will Alan go hungry tonight?

I see you Olivia.

Hi Margo and Lars.

Hi back to Debbie

Suzanne was already practicing a Suzette dance.
Donna - I sent Clay out for KFC. Impossible to cook

Betty, I'm probably going to burn dinner.

Hi Betty - Lucky you - don't think Brian would do the KFC thing for lunch! I don't want to leave the action, but must. Keep on watching for me. Lee

This is so much fun! Al wants to watch TV - I'd rather watch the party! Hi Alice and Kim!

Ralph and Carol, turn around to say hello.

Is that a chocolate martini in Arlene's hand? :D

Hi back to Marcie and Joanna

Hi Karen

Joanna, you look absolutely skinny. Have you been on a diet? Editing to say, that's absolutely skinny in a very good way.

Brad, Alan says "hi."

Can we get a ROAR reunion group pic under the webcam? I believe that (at least) 21 of the 35 ROARers are in attendance.

Nice to see you, Tonya. :D

David Kennedy, is that you I see?

OK, logging off. I really don't want to ruin our fillet mignon dinner. Keep the party going. Have fun and tell me what Mark Conry said later cause I'm gonna miss it.

Why yes, that is David Kennedy talking with Karen.

I'm watching! Ngaire is trying to get everyone together in front the webcam! This is great!!

Anyone else having audio problems? I am getting lots of "static" and distortion off and on, especially when background sound is load...

Yes, Cindy, it's snap, crackling and popping here, too.

What does that t-shirt - "Don't Mess with Texas"??

Hi Karen - we love you!!

Gary the POOCH winner.

Wow--I can see you all from the ship. Audio isn't good though. Just got back from a morning tour in Melbourne--glad I could catch at least some of the party.

Hey Peggy, glad you made it!!! Tell Terri Hi from me.

We are having such a great time and miss all of you who could not make it.

Marc - You got your steak sandwich request! It looked unanimous to me!

Has the cam frozen?

I lost live video...anyone else? Still getting audio...

Boo hoo! Can anybody text someone there??

Hey Kim... glad you all are having fun!!!

I hear sound but video is frozen.

Hey Beth! Alice & I just won a ship !!!

Carolyn and Don, the cruise winners for 2009.

Yeah for you, K&A... send pics. Tell someone we have lost video.

I just notified impt tech people re: video

Clapping for Ngaire in Wilson.

Oh no lost audio too!!

Darn, now we are offline. Booo-Hiss

We probably shouldn't have said anything; now we lost audio too. :(

Too bad - even though video was down at least we could hear Mark...

I think I heard someone say something about the video problem..... maybe they are rebooting the system.

Lost it all here!

Darn it!!
Lost the picture while Ngaire was giving awards
and just when Mark was giving his talk we lost it all.
Really looked like a fun time. :lct:

I hope somebody there is videotaping - maybe we could watch playbacks later on...

I see Ken working on it

Thanks, Kim

I'm watching OU cream TAMU. Not as good as the party!

Kim, tell Ken we'd be happy with the audio.

8932 cruise nights are represented here

Speeches are over..... Ken still working it

Hi Kim & Alice
Missed not being able to see you all and everyone else tonight.

YEAH!!!!!! :hello1: everyone!!!

Hi Susan Walsh.

Tony is going upstairs...

....anyone know if Heidi is already up there? :D

Signing off for awhile, y'all......

Anyone know if they are going to try to set up the webcam for the office visit tomorrow?

We are back on line but missed all of Mark's speech. :(

Who is that crazy lady??

Cindy, you don't know Suzanne?

Looks like Suzanne and Laurie are having a good time. ;)

I was too slow - couldn't screen capture their "kiss"!!

Can anyone say MUSH? :D

It's just so amazing. You all look like you're having a great time. So wish we could have been there but........... It's 1.15pm Noosa time so we'll be watching til you all go off air and pretending we're there.

Ngaire, Brian and I loved watching all the action. It was great to see people we knew from previous cruises again. Suzanne put on quite a performance for us!!! Have enjoyed it immensely.
June

Thanks to Ngaire, Ken, Karen and everybody else who worked on getting the webcam set up. Even though we missed Mark's comments, it has been fun watching. Time to sign off - have fun everyone, and be safe going back to your homes and hotels.