I come from a family with a long history of military service dating back to the American Revolution. In more recent history veterans include both my parents, my two sons, my stepson (who's still on active duty) and me. My service was mostly at a hospital and it shaped me in many … [Read more...] about Remembering Our Veterans
Cruise Vacation Food Strategies
Everyone, even if you've never been on a cruise, knows there is food available somewhere on the ship 24 hours a day. We had seven venues available on the Carnival Miracle to choose from and two of these were open around the clock. We could eat at: Dining room Steakhouse Lido … [Read more...] about Cruise Vacation Food Strategies
Never Dress Without Coffee
I'm already working on the weekend to do list, but I wanted to share what happens when I dress before having coffee. I was walking into the door of the Weight Watchers meeting before I noticed. Proof that dressing without coffee is not one of my skills! … [Read more...] about Never Dress Without Coffee
So Glad It’s Friday!
You don't know how happy I am too be almost done with this first week back at work. I foolishly thought that since we had five leisurely sea days coming back from Hawaii and no flights I would be fine going back to work without taking an extra day off. Not only that, but this … [Read more...] about So Glad It’s Friday!
How I Would Spend $1 Million in a Day
If you found one million dollars in the morning and had to spend it by nightfall, what would you do with the money? This question was the prompt for the first day of NaBloPoMo and even though I got a late start, I didn't want to skip this question. Since I have to spend it, … [Read more...] about How I Would Spend $1 Million in a Day