Did Someone Say "Cruise"

Well, I have been at it again. I was web site hopping last night and just happened to be checking in on one of the many travel sites that I frequent. One of the cruises that we had been considering on taking in the future, was at a great price....like over $1,000 per person less than what it was shown on the Norwegian Cruise Line web site. Plus they had balcony staterooms that are located on the aft of the ship. This is a prime location that Veronica and I love...the sound of the wake is very soothing, especially at bedtime. After doing a little more research, we decided to go for it. Veronica and I will be going on a 12 day Baltic Capitals cruise in September of 2010. We will be going with some friends of ours..a couple from New York. We will be flying out of Newark, NJ into either Heathrow or Gatwick airport in London, England. After tranfers from the airport to our ship, the NCL Sun, we will be making ports of call at the following:
Embarking from Dover, England
Copenhagen, Denmark
Berlin, Germany
Tallinn, Estonia
2 days at St. Petersburg, Russia
Helsinki, Finland
Stockholm, Sweden
Then back to Dover, England
There will be a few sea days in between some of the ports of call.
This should be a very interesting trip from start to finish and we are really looking forward to it. Neither Veronica nor I have ever been to Europe and the flight over there is the longest flight either one of us have ever taken. I should be able to get some fantastic photographs while over there.
Veronica and I will be doing quite a bit of traveling over the next year or so. This be our 3rd cruise. I guess this one will catagorize us as being "official cruisers".

When NOT To Hyphenate Your Last Name

My friend Ken Gauthier, from up in Ontario Canada, sent me the following. After reading it, I knew that I had to share it with everyone. Ken...thanks for sending me this.
WARNING...those who are offended easily should read no further.



WHEN NOT TO HYPHENATE YOUR NAME . . ..

'I don' t know, last I saw them, they ... '

Hurry, hurry .....

'The main thing I learned in College was ... '

'As soon as I get done here I'm gonna .. '

'The coroner told me that it looked like he had been hit in the head several times with a..... '

No comment.....

No comment .... really!!!

'Not only has my rear been itchin', on closer inspection I find my.... '

'It figures, right after I got my Butts-McCracken condition cleared up, now I've got an .'

'Honest Judge, I'm not really a .....'

'My Doctor told me the best way to get rid of my Aikin-Johnson was to..... '

Trying To Be Healthy Sure Can Be Painful At Times

For the last several years, I have been an avid walker. I would go out in the morning and walk about 3 miles and then do 3 miles again in the afternoon. I enjoy doing this more so in the warmer months compared to the colder ones. I have to push myself out the door once the colder temperatures arrive here and I don't have quite the pep in my step during the Winter months. About 2 months ago I started to get a little pain in my left foot, during and especially after my walks. The pain was around the heal and arch. I decided to buy some new shoes to see if that was the problem. After buying 3 pairs of shoes and the pain getting worse as the days went by, I finally decided to go visit a Podiatrist to see what was going on. By the time that I had decided to be seen by a doctor, the pain in my left foot had gone from some nagging discomfort to full fledge pain, enough so that I had a hard time putting any weight on that foot later on each day. I also was forced to cut down on my walks to just the morning one. Even by cutting my walks in half, the pain was still there. Upon visiting a Podiatrist and getting an ultrasound test on my left foot, it was determined that I have Plantar fasciitis. Besides visiting my Podiatrist, I now have 2-3 Physical Therapy appointments a week to go to. Hopefully with the different things that they have me do and do to me, at Physical Therapy, in a couple of months my foot will start feeling better. Based on what I have been told and what I have read, it could take several months for my foot issue to clear up. I will be getting some custom made shoe inserts...orthotics, which I will wear in my shoes religiously, no matter what I might be doing. I have always loved walking around barefoot, indoors and out. My days of walking bare foot are over with at least for now, but not forever. My tootsies yearn for the day when they can run free again without being smothered and confined in shoes. Ahhh....to feel the cool breeze drifting between my toes...the feel of the soft grass against the bottoms of my feet....I gotta stop...I'm making myself all weepy eyed. Something else I learned from this...sometimes trying to be healthy can sure be a pain and that pain isn't always in the backside either.