Spring is on the way!

I am so excited! The daffodils are coming up and about to bloom, tulips and iris are popping through the dry soil, and lo and behold these sweet little crocuses are blooming! Mindy took art lessons from Evelyn Diffendaffer a well known artist from this area for several years. I think it was therapy for all of us. We remember going to art lessons and taking a stroll with Evelyn through her garden and hearing her comments such as "Look at this sweet little thing! Such a delicate little bloom!" or "Aren't these just precious?" As as took a walk through my yard today instead of looking at the mountains of work needing to be done I chose to just marvel and enjoy "these precious little blooms" and work another day! Spring is coming!! YES!

Just bury me in the islands!

We had a great time on our cruise to St. Martin, St. Thomas, Grand Turk! I am sure that in heaven there are white sand beaches, crystal blue water, bright, warm sunshine, palm trees, and beach chairs!!! Doesn't the song say "We'll meet on that beautiful shore!" We just enjoyed and relaxed! Each port we either took a taxi or walked to the beach! We spent a couple of days in Ft. Lauderdale before leaving and really enjoyed seeing all of the beautiful yachts and homes. Public transportation there includes a water taxi which navigates the many canals with a bunch of stops. It was fun to ride awhile and then get off and look around then hop back on to another stop! One of the things we really enjoy about cruising is meeting people from all over the world. Each night we had dinner with some new people. Many Canadians and Northeasterners on this trip I am sure trying to escape the cold! People are as a general rule very nice and interesting! You do however met a few cantankerous souls who are way too pampered in my book! If you are not happy on a cruise I am thinking you are just not happy! As for me, I am thinking cruise ship instead of nursing home!

Blog regrets!

Well, I was so excited to get started blogging and then poof I just quit! Actually Mike got me a new laptop for Christmas so I thought I would really get into it! But I have discovered the world of blogging so end up just reading unlimited numbers of blogs instead of posting. As I have discovered other blogs I started messing with customizing hence the conglomerations of lips and Christmas over the past few months. I am going to get it figured out someday. I did finally figure out how to get something off but now have this other mess! So just ignore or pass on information to me on blog layouts! I have really seen some cute ones and enjoyed others playlist of music. Always something to learn!