Saturday, the first day of our Cruise was also my birthday - way to many of them but thank the Lord, I'm still having them!! Sharen and Jack gave me a beautiful pewter dresser set that I will put out - as soon as I feel good enough to rearrange the top of said dresser!!! Not a lot of room since the TV sits on top of Keith's dresser and he dumps his pockets on mine (snicker, snicker). and of course we ate to much, Keith went to the Casino, Sharen and I went for our massages and then I promptly rested up for DAY 2!!
So as not to leave any good deed unpunished, I brought along this hat. And this hat has a story to it.... Last April we (Keith and I) were in the BWI airport and in very good spirits - after having a wonderful week in Maryland and Williamsburg, VA, and visiting the monuments and the Wall in DC. So we went by this store that was having a sale. . . . And it was a WONDERFUL sale!!! I bought crabby shirts for several of the grandkids, a crabby apron for my friend, (crabby is a Maryland thing) a lighthouse button down sweatshirt, and Keith found this red hat. Well, Sharen's penchant for hats is well known - as well as the fact that I like them - but they won't stay on my head. I have lost every hat that I ever tried to wear ANYWHERE!! So anyway, Keith added Sharen's hat to the pile of STUFF that I had. We paid, I picked up the dozen or so "carryon's" that we purchased and proceeded to the airplane to come home. Boy did I get some nasty looks - but - honestly - when I came thru security - I had my computer, camera, and purse. That was ALL!!
So, in May we leave FL to go visit S'te and I become a semi-permanent pain in her ^^^>>> for all the reasons that I stayed for several months. Again, I took all the crabby stuff (which I just KNEW that I had stuffed this hat with) - the kids wore them on the cruise in August - and I went on about my business. . . . . . Until I went to check out (visit) Sharen and Jack's new house in KFalls. . .. . . and I see this hat. Well, I just KNOW that this hat is the one that I bought at BWI but don't remember sending it to her.... talk about senior moments!! Well, anyway, it wasn't that hat. It was similar - but not that one. She didn't get one from me. SO, I go back to Coos Bay, tear that place apart looking for the hat that I know couldn't still be at S'te's because we finally cleaned up our mess and got most of it out of her house. . . and I fret about this hat. Well, I had 6 weeks to fret because it was that long before we got back to Vero. And I found the hat. . . . sitting on the dresser next to where I packed the suitcase of crabby stuff to take to the west coast with us.
So, 10 months later , I pack this hat and took it ON THE CRUISE to make sure that I finally, really, truly, gave her the hat that Keith picked out for her last year. And it's a georgeous hat - huh!!!
So, now we can get on with the cruise - I didn't wait until Valentines or any of that stuff - I made sure said hat was delivered and now free of any responsibilities - I can enjoy!!
I think this is Jack on the waterslide - he and Sharen were the only ones of us to try it. . It was our first whole day at sea and we spent it eating and laying in the sun (I toasted 1 side of my leg and 1 arm), I watched the "hairy chest contest" on the Lido Deck and then went in to lay down for a few minutes before getting ready for the first formal dinner night - well. . . I didn't wake up. . . I hadn't realized that the release of the hat responsibility would make such a difference (here is another snicker!). . . . SO. . . . instead of the formal dinner - we met Jack and Sharen and went to the neatest show - and then went and had pizza at the all-night pizzaria!! Even after my 3 hour nap I was tired. . . . so. . . . .
Then it was off to bed for us. . . . Sharen's part of the story can be read about at Rea's Place!! And she doesn't get sidelined so much - actually - you can get a really good feel for how much Carnival does to try to keep us amused by reading her blog.
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