Well, we are home and regardless how much fun you had, it's good to be home. It went by so fast; for those of us that still work, I would highly recommend trying to get away for at least 3 weeks. It puts you in such a different state of mind when you are away from work for so long. You re-think your life, goals and dreams. It will be difficult to get back to work. I like Jan's recommendation of getting back in to it slowly. Does that mean I only have to work 3 days next week? :) We [View Full Entry]

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We arrive in Ft Lauderdale at 7AM. Had breakfast with everyone and will wait to get off the ship together. Our flight leaves Ft Lauderdale at 3PM and arrives in Tucson at 7:30PM. Before we leave Ft Lauderdale, we are going to go to 'Skyline Chili', a restaurant out of Cincinnati; they have a franchise in Ft Lauderdale. Anyone who knows Cincinnati (Don and Judie) knows Skyline. Talk to you soon, I hope you all have enjoyed our trip!! [View Full Entry]

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Today is our last day at sea. We were up pretty early as the we keep gaining an hour as we travel west. We again met Larry and Henna for coffee and breakfast. We enjoyed our balcony, watching the fish and seagulls. Time to think about packing but not wanting to. We lounged by the pool; it is another sunny, warm day. After lunch we played cards with Larry and Henna. Funny times since only Larry knows how to play cards. Ken and Larry make up their own game and it was fun. They still have to come up with a [View Full Entry]

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Today is our second last day :( We slept in today and then met Larry and Henna at the Coffee shop. We seem to be on the same schedule without planning it. We always see them there in the morning! After breakfast Ken and Larry went to the bean bag game and found out they are finally (after suggestions from everyone) doing a tournament. The bad news is they already have enough participants and will not allow them to play :( The day is sunny and warm. I will update you later. [View Full Entry]

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Thank you to all our veterans today~ Michael John, Uncle Don and anyone else that has served us. We are so grateful to you! Yesterday we did enjoy our happy hour at sunset on the top deck. The pictures are beautiful and I will share with you soon. After dinner we went to bed; we want to be rested for St Maarten. We had breakfast on the back deck and then went back to our room to pack our backpack for the day. We walked off the ship and wandered around the pier for awhile. We are to meet Happy Harry [View Full Entry]

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We are on our 5th day at sea and I am beginning to feel that sadness you feel when you know your vacation is coming to an end. But I still have some time. We are nearing the Caribbean and will be in St Maarten tomorrow. We have been there before and love the island. We will go to Dawn Beach for most of the day. We have arranged for 'Happy Harry' to pick us up at the pier. He is a taxi driver we met 5 years ago and kept his card. We called him from Tucson and hopefully he [View Full Entry]

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Today is our 4th day at sea and each day I feel a little better. Ken is one day ahead of me so he feels pretty good. We do our latte' routine out on the back deck. This morning we are all going to the dining room for breakfast. It is the same food you get on the buffet, but it is good to all be together at one table. After breakfast we relax on the serenity deck and read our books. It is a beautiful, sunny day, about 75-80 degrees. Every once in a while we go in the pool [View Full Entry]

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It is a beautiful sunny day at sea. The temp is in the high 70's and I feel horrible. I'm taking the medications but it will have to work it's way through. So far, Annie and Henna are still healthy. It seems to be lasting about 2 days, so I should feel better tomorrow. We lounge again, sometimes up on the serenity deck. We love to look over our balcony in to the ocean. The water is so blue. Sometimes we see little fish, the size of a bat, leap out of the water and glide over the top of the [View Full Entry]

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Today is a day at sea. Ken has caught the scratchy throat, congestion that is going around. I go to the infirmary to get him some cold medicine. I hope I don't get it. I use Clorox wipes to wipe everything down. We have a small breakfast with Larry and Henna and return to the room. I think we will read, sleep, watch movies, room service today. Not so bad of a day, right? Friday, November 7th continued...as the day wore on, I started feeling icky..scratchy throat, congestion. Ken suggested I go down to the infirmary to get some more Theraflu. [View Full Entry]

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Today is a sea day; time to relax. We slept in, ate breakfast and then walked around the outside deck. Up and down stairs, around the track to get some exercise. Too much food and wine! We found a secluded deck (Serenity deck) and Ken, Annie, Bobbie and I relaxed there for a while. Spa music plays on this deck so it was very relaxing. Annie and I have an appointment at the Spa. We are having combination stone massage, foot massage and scalp massage, so we head for the rooms to take a shower. An hour later we meet up [View Full Entry]

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