update

WOW it has been a while... sorry about that. OK, well we cooked at the Southern Hot Wing Festival and won 3rd place out of 50 teams on our very first competition. We then went to Memphis in May and learned a lot!! Our tomato sauce took 6th and our seafood entry took 22nd, everything else was middle of the road. We learned a LOT!! We are now hoping to cook at the TN Fun Fest if we can raise the money and we are also planning on cooking at all of the Moose Lodge competitions 5 in row, one a month. Our daughter got married and has moved to Gulfport, MS. Candi had her birthday 05/24, and we were able to finally celebrate that on Friday night. I took her to Tunica to dinner at the Hollywood Casino and then to see the Steve Miller Band at Harrah's. It is one of her favorite bands and she really enjoyed it. She smiled and laughed the whole night.

The Open Road

OK so the movie that I was an extra in, The Open Road, finally came out and if you watch it in Widescreen format, you will see me standing right there next to Jeff Bridges!! Woohoo

Mid Terms uuugghhhh

So today is Exam day for the Mid Terms. I have taken the one for accounting and made a D..... so sad. I will take the other one in the morning.

Sad Day

We got word that some friends from Orlando were involved in a traffic accident and one of the passengers, an 8 year old boy, was killed in the wreck. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Orlando church and to the families involved in this wreck.

It's over

We had a BLAST!!! Matthew didn't want to get off the ship and to tell you the truth, if my all my kids and grandkids could have been with us I wouldn't have wanted to get off either.

We went to Paradise Beach in Cozumel. It was awesome!!! They led me to a lovely lounge chair with an umbrella, brought me a bucket of Dos Equis cervesa, and some yummy chips, fresh salsa and guac. Matthew and Candi went snorkeling, kayaking, and swimming. Matthew did the bungee jumping and also the trampolines in the water and the rock wall. It was a great day in Cozumel. Then we went through the mall area and did a little shopping. After that we headed back to the ship to get ready for dinner and I took a little nap. All that sitting and drinking the cervesa wore me out. LOL.

That night they had a great dinner and then fun and festivities. Around 11:30 pm they had the Deck Party with the Mexican buffets. Lots of music and fun.

We saw two comedians on board during the cruise, Diane Ford and Brad Tassel. They were both very funny.

We are already planning our next cruise, it will be in April of 2010. Come join us!!

In Cozumel Today

We have docked in Cozumel and it is beautiful as usual. Clear sunny skies and HUMID!! OMG I am sweating like a fat man in the sun... oh wait... I am a fat man in the sun. :-)

We are having a great time, eating wayyyyy to much food, and I need a nap.

Getting ready to go ashore for a while and then I will post something later.

Finally here!!! We cruise in the morning

This last day of work before vacation was tough!!! We are leaving for New Orleans first thing in the morning. My parents were supposed to be home from Florida to stay with Holly and the baby but their car has a blown head gasket!! They are still in Jacksonville, FL. so our good friend down the street is going to let Holly and the baby stay with her until my parents get home. We are very excited to get on the ship but we know it is going to be hard to be away from the baby for that many days.

The Tigers did win on Saturday!! They are playing Marshall this Saturday and this will be the first home game I have missed in 4 years. I hope they win.