guess which old movie I saw on TV last night?

The Poseidon Adventure

No exactly "cruise friendly" :-) but still one of my favorite movies.

what are you reading now?

packages arrived today

the two dresses I ordered for the cruise, and two floral hair clips.  they match the dresses perfectly!

dinner last night....

Met a friend for dinner last night.  Went to a Mexican place called Cozymel, we drank frozen margaritas and ate nachos and tacos.....


and I found myself laughing out loud, because in less than 2 months I will be eating Mexican food and drinking margaritas in Cozemel.

got our cabin assignment!

so today when I looked at the Carnival website, I saw that we have been assigned a cabin.

we booked fun saver, so Carnival got to pick the cabin for us.

we're in an ocean view cabin, category 6B, in the middle of the Riviera Deck.

should be a great cruise.

wtih 2 feet of snow on the ground, a little music to get you thinking "cruise"

lyrics of the day

When you see the Southern Cross


For the first time

You understand now

Why you came this way

'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from

Is so small.

But it's as big as the promise

The promise of a comin' day

I just bought

two Hawaiian-style dresses to wear on the cruise.

Walk for the Cure?

Just read on Cruise Critic that on the last day at sea, the Carnival ships sponsor a Walk for the Cure event in support of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Participants pay $10 and receive a t-shirt, and are encouraged to walk one mile on the ship's jogging track.

Sounds like a plan!

Cozemel...or Grand Cayman?

I'm not that big of a parrothead that I need to do more than one visit to Margaritaville.....

the one in Georgetown, Grand Cayman, is right by the pier.

the one in cozumel is further away, but is supposed to be "better".

packing list

Last night the King advised me he has already started making a list of things he needs to pack.

glad he's so organized, but we're still 2 months out.

attention fellow Parrotheads

I am thinking about a visit to Margaritaville when we make port in Cozumel.

phins up!

party time!

cousin's bat mitzvah was yesterday, it was a great party.  I danced so much I had to take off my shoes.

had to buy a dress for the party.  so now I've got an outfit for one of our formal nights on the cruise.  can't wait to wear it again, I hope we'll have a chance to go dancing!

passport has arrived!

guess I'm good to go!

so I get an envelope from the Department of State

and I get all excited....

and I opne the envelope, and it's...my birth certificate.  and a note that the passport was mailed under separate cover.

well, at least we have trip insurance

looks like we're not going to be able to change our plans so as to be able to fly down the day before the cruise.  King Arthur tells me the TA says it's impossible.    I told him the TA should have booked it for us that way in the first place.

I am fuly prepared to have to fly to Grand Cayman Island if we miss the boat.

please pray we don't.

Passport is on the way

I got an email from the State Department today, my passport has been processed and mailed.

welcome to winter

cold and rainy today...which is actually an improvement....it snowed a little last night.

I hate this weather.

what's keeping me warm right now is the thought of  sitting on the deck of the Valor with a pina colada in one hand and a juicy romance novel in the other...

2 months.  2 long, cold, bitter months.

still feeling nervous

the TA hasn't been able to book us a Saturday flight and stayover in Miami, and I am feeling more than a little queasy about flying on the day of the cruise in the dead of winter.

when I went to Disneyworld with my friend K in July 2008, she flew out of Long Island/Macarthur on a Wednesday morning.  I had to work, and flew out of Neark Wednesday evening.

she got to WDW on time and had dinner in EPCOT.

I had a four-hour delay due to rain, and had dinner in the airport terminal.

no, I am NOT happy with the TA right now.

and it's official

the final payment was made today.