Quiet day at sea. We've been moving pretty fast, so the ship is rocking a bit. J and I got up by 8:30 and got some breakfast. Neither of us was very hungry after the huge dinner last night, so we got a smallish bite at the buffet on the upper level. Then we separated and lazed around the ship for a while. Very cold and windy, so sitting outside was ( Read more... )

Got up a little after 7:30 this morning and went down to breakfast. J and I had a free breakfast at the hotel included with our room. We joined our cousin M and his husband, who had already ordered. They finished first and got up to leave as another couple of relatives came down. We wound up with a rotating crew of family at that table; J and I ( Read more... )

The grand adventure is over. Got home very late last night, after a smooth but tiring day of travel. I have now unpacked, done two loads of laundry, and gone to the grocery store ( Read more... )

Family reunion Alaska cruise ( Read more... )

Going to be away for the next week-plus. My internet access will be limited. I will be writing daily (or near-daily) updates, which I may post as I go or may wait until I get back.

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For anyone who might be interested (no pressure, I swear), I just finished putting 582(!) pictures from my Alaska trip up on Photobucket.

Right about half of my ~600 cruise-tour photos are now up on Photobucket. I wanted to finish by the end of August; looks as if I'm going to make it.

I believe it was my mother who observed that you have to wait a week before knowing how much weight you actually gained on a trip. Considering that I've already lost four of the seven pounds I was up, that seems to be true.

My flight was more or less on time last night, so I arrived home around 1:00 AM. Unpacked just enough to go to bed. (My two bigger bags didn't even make it up the stairs until this morning ( Read more... )

[I'm going to post this as is, then write another little note in a separate post ( Read more... )