But it is an advertisement! For those of you who are both in Florida and Firefly fans, Daytona Beach Browncoats are hosting a Can't Stop the Serenity Event this year ( Read more... )

After a over a year here in Florida I finally got a chance to work in my garden! There have been several challenges to this including time, money and the fact that I seem to be allergic to all sorts of things in Florida ( Read more... )

The next day (Monday the 16th) we spent entirely in Jerusalem. We started at a place called the Garden Tomb which was my favorite site on the trip. It is a possible site of the crucifixion, burial and therefore resurrection of Christ. I say possible here because while no one really knows where the event took place, the majority of experts believe ( Read more... )

Anyway, the next day was Jerusalem. It was also the first day we saw rain. (Overall the weather behaved itself very well throughout the trip.) We started at the top of the Mount of Olives and were going to do the Palm Sunday walk down to Gethsemane but the pouring rain made the stone street too slippery. (Despite having tons of elderly on the trip ( Read more... )

Finally we were on board the ship. This was my first experience on a cruise ship and it is a strange, strange time. It is designed to both make you feel like you are upper class, yet not as upper class as the people on the higher levels. They feed you and feed you and feed you. Dinners are seven course affairs that take over an hour to complete. ( Read more... )

Also known as my travel journal part one. Now with pictures ( Read more... )

There was a baptism Sunday. I'm not a baby person. I don't think they are especially cute and find that they normally smell funny. However, there is something about a baby's face at a baptism that makes me go all gooey. Then I get over it ( Read more... )

Today I slept in for the first time in awhile. It's nice to finally be over jetlag ( Read more... )

I sat through my first school assembly in many years this morning. I was invited by one of my youth to the women who make a difference day. I got a pin and full tea. It was strange, but very nice ( Read more... )

But I am very jet lagged, and still sorting out pictures. I'll do a post with all the details soon, but in the meantime some camels for you.


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