Vacation Alert!

Just take a look at the above pictures for a few minutes and you'll know why I won't have very many new blogs for the next two weeks. It's the Grand Princess and yes, for the first time in our cruising history, we decided to go for a mini suite. We love having a balcony to sit on and watch things from our room, which is especially great if you ever do an Alaska cruise, but we are also thinking about having all 14 of our group into our room for our own private communion time on Sunday. Donna got some grape juice so we don't have to hit the bar for some wine this time (for some reason - with every kind of food you can think of on board - they never have grape juice). Anyway, I'm writing this to simply let any of my fellow bloggers know that we'll be on vacation for the next couple weeks. I will probably put some pictures up of the Caribbean islands we stop at so our family can see where we are and what we're doing. So, if you don't want to feel Winter remorse and risk having feelings of envy toward us as we walk beaches, wear shorts and sandals, and develop February tans, you might not want to check this blog for the next couple of weeks.

We are really looking forward to a true "get-a-way" with some special friends, and family since my sister is going, and just relaxing in warm sunshine in the dead of winter.