Catch up 101

Where has the time gone. I can't believe how far behind I am. I guess I will have to set up a reminder in the Blackberry to remind me to blog at the right time.

Well, Christmas was great. I saw all the kids and watching Vinnie having his first Christmas was great. AJ, Lil Princess and Lew were all energy as they tore into the gifts. After the high of the gifts, we stuffed our selves on a feast featuring Lady's and peanuts cooking. Star and Chicken man were here as they had moved back into the area the previous month. Christmas Eve service was great as many of the kids were there. Hey, nothing wrong with going to Church at least 2 times a year. Their generation defines regular church attendance as 1.8 times a month.

We, Lady and me, celebrated our 36 wedding anniversary on the 27th. I wish I could stay as good looking and young as she does. I still count marrying her as the best decision of my life, bar none.

Youth Bowling ended with us barely missing 2nd place. One more week and we could have had it. Lew did great though his average was a little lower than last season. next season he wants to swing the ball instead of his 2 hand push. That will be interesting if not occasionally amusing.

Work is the same as Salem decided to get the ball rolling on the power increase for the new AM station. Why do they always wait for holidays or special events to make major changes. Oh, that is right, they don't do the work that interferes with my time off.

The cruise to the eastern Caribbean was pure relaxation. No phones, computers, or tablets. Our stops at St. Thomas, San Juan, and Grand Turk fun and done at our pace. For the most part it was in the 80's with only a few afternoon rain showers. We did manage to spend some money as Lady bought her Ammolite necklace and I added a Philip Stein watch to her wardrobe. We did decide that while the Carnival cruise was nice, we prefer NCL. On Sunday, January 8, the ships autopilot malfunctioned and we managed to list 35 degrees to port. A ships officer said we had about $1 million dollars of breakage as a result. I managed to take about 200 pictures and TLJ had about that many also.

More later!