We left for Louisiana today at 11. After several stops along the way, we arrived at Lake Charles this afternoon around 5. It was a good car ride and we made good time considering how many stops we made for gas, food, shopping and a little more shopping ( Read more... )

We got back home on Sunday. For the most part, we had a really great time on the cruise.( Read more... )

Maia is here for spring break. So, we are taking the kids to San Antonio for a few days. We have lots of things planned (depending upon the weather of course). It will be good for us to get away for a bit. Even better though is the fact that the following weekend is our cruise to Mexico (just Julie and I). I can't wait. It will be so much fun ( Read more... )

One of the fun things about the vacation was all of the good food that we found. There were so many tasty animals. We had duck, chicken, lobster, scallops, shrimp, salmon, snapper, mahi mahi, alligator, grouper, crab, beef and I'm sure I left something out. The best was the alligator, grouper, seafood Newberg, the chicken at Dzibilchaltún, crab ( Read more... )

After a light breakfast on our first day at sea, I started feeling a little better. The whole day was fairly uneventful. It was mostly about my recovery. We explored the ship, ate light meals, watched movies goofed around. It was this day that we discovered that the ship had possibly the worst ventilation system ever. Cigarette smoke came into our ( Read more... )

We got up early Friday morning in Houston, heading over to see my brother Chris so I could get a haircut before making a trail towards New Orleans. By 9:45 am we had eaten a light breakfast, I had a haircut, we stopped by Central Market for some essentials and were on our way out of town. It was chilly and wet. The rain was constant with few breaks ( Read more... )

We are back from New Orleans/Mexico/Houston. I'm pretty worn out. No time to post much right now. We've got a whirlwind weekend ahead. I'll post more late Sunday or Monday. Right now it's time to hit the sack.

We are back from our cruise. It was fan-fucking-tastic! More details and pictures this weekend (or maybe Monday).

Now if only the house would stop swaying :)

So, what did I miss?