If you've met me in person, you may or may not have noticed that I have my ears gauged. What's that you ask? Well basically, I have gigantic holes in my ears instead of little dainty ones. Not like the size of a quarter or an apple like some people...but more like the...
It's the beginning of a new year, and the perfect time for every travel blogger on the planet to share their travel plans for 2018. This year, although we have some big trips in the works, our calendar is far from full of travel plans. Yes, we did just return from our...
The last few days have been very sad for us as we said goodbye to our sweet, almost 18-year-old, Siamese-Mix kitty, Marilyn. We thought we'd create a little tribute post to remember the fun times we had with her and share some of our favorite pictures and memories....
This is a continuation of our week-long trip aboard the Norwegian Epic during Christmas Break 2017. If you haven't read part 1 yet, you can find it here. Or check out our 10 Reasons to Cruise on the Epic post if you're thinking about a trip on this ship. Day 5 -...
Cruising over Christmas - have you ever tried it? It's a really fun way for our little family to get together and celebrate without a lot of hassle. The pampering we received on-board, the high-quality meals and the great service far outweigh the hustle and bustle of...
Saturday, January 27th was the Naples Chalk Art on 5th Avenue Sout street festival. This annual event organized by the Naples Rotary Club is free to the public and you can stroll amongst the professional and student artists who lay, crouch, stand on and tower over the...
We live in a 1,600 sq. ft. condo in SW Florida. It's plenty of room for just the three of us but we would like to have more places to store the stuff we have. Our current plans for the next decade or two will hopefully include a whole lot more travel, especially after...
Christmas 2016 was the first year our little family decided to spend the holiday on a cruise ship. Did we like it? Well, the day we stepped off the boat, we booked yet another Christmas cruise for the following year so I guess you can say we had an awesome time. For...
In May 2015, we took our first family cruise together. It was Mother's Day weekend, and we went with two other couples and our kids (each of us has one.) It was just a short weekend getaway cruise, with 3 nights of fun and partying. The first day of the cruise, we...
This is a continuation of Part 1 - 10 Lessons Learned While Preparing for Hurricane Irma As I mentioned in Part 1 of this series, we were prepping like we were going to stay in Naples - but with the Hurricane models shifting further to the West every hour and putting...
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