When Life Gives You Lemons

Make lemonade, right? Nope! Lemon Bundt Cake. I've had some lemons in my refrigerator that I was afraid were going to go bad so I thought I'd better use them. God forbid I throw away food. So I got my bake on.   The cats were intrigued by what I was up to. I'm not …

Get This Party Started

There is something wrong with setting an alarm clock for anything before 4am. Seriously wrong! The day before we left for our vacation pretty much all of the middle US was under severe winter storm warnings. It started sleeting about the time we left work on Friday and didn't show signs of letting up. Mark …

Selfies

Every night around dinner time the whole fifth deck of the ship was lined up with mini photography studios. It was a hoot. Rose Ann and I stopped a number of times to get our pictures taken. I didn't buy all of them, but there were a few pics of me that I was really …

Desperate Times

I'm taking a break from my cruise updates because I have important shit to talk about! For the past two months (right before Christmas) I have been dealing with this lingering sinus drainage problem. It goes beyond my normal sinus issues with my allergies so my allergy meds have not been touching the ick that …

How’s That Again

I love meeting new people. My sister's friend and co-worker went on vacation with us and shared a room with her. She was a barrel of laughs. Super duper smart. She's a nurse practitioner and really knows her stuff. Book smarts galore.Common sense? Welllllllll, maybe she's a bit on the ditzy side. And she has …

Recovery Mode

Statistics say that the average cruiser gains between 6 - 12 pounds during a week long cruise. I'm happy to report that I'm below average, gaining only 5 pounds. And I say "only" with a major grimace on my face. I'm sure the 500 dollar bar tab had nothing to do with it. ::insert eyeroll …

Back To The Grind

There is nothing like a nice, relaxing vacation! It would be a horribly long post if I told you all about it in one fell swoop, so I'll hit the highlights throughout the remainder of the week. I took 1493 pictures. Show of hands...who is surprised by this? Anyone? Anyone? It is taking a LOT …