Cindibear2

Feb 16th (?) on the Harmony of the Seas out of Orlando.  A surprise trip for hubby's uncle and we were the surprise who greeted him at the port on sail day.  It was a great trip.  Lots of family time.  Lots of laughter.  Lots of memories made.  We're so glad we went despite the growing worries about everything happening.  We're hoping to get the entire gang (plus more family members!!) together as soon as it's safe to get back on board.  Can't wait to make more happy memories with them.  We've got friends we've met on various cruises in the past as well and am looking forward to having some cocktails with them poolside again.  Soon.. hopefully soon....

Hi! I was just wandering around the site and saw this conversation. I thought I would mention my experience if that's ok?

Hubby and I recently had a family wedding to attend and part of the bridal stagette events was manicures and pedicures. Now.. I don't normally get manicures because I'm typing at a computer all day long and they chip very quickly. Seeing that it was a special event, I thought why not. I ended up getting gel polish which I'd never had before. What a nice surprise! The polish didn't chip once for the 3 weeks I had them! I went to a different place for a colour change about 1 1/2 weeks before the wedding (got robin egg blue with sparkles!) and it lasted for 4 weeks before I went and had them removed. My nail growth was just showing too much to not remove them. I've never had polish not chip before so this was amazing! I've very lucky that I inherited good nail genetics from my grandmother and mother so they didn't have to do any extensions on my nails. We're heading out for a cruise in a couple of weeks (YAY!!) so I'm going to be making an appointment with the salon for gel polish for sure!

Late for the traveller coming to Vancouver but Fritz is one of the best around town and it's in the downtown area. For myself, I love poutine anytime anywhere but hubby loves it best when I make it at home with cheese curds picked up from the local Farmer's Market. Yummies!

Hubby and I have been on several cruises and we've discovered we really like the ones that are a bit more port intensive. Why? Because we're up and moving around all over the place, exploring, wandering, walking... just moving waaaay more than we do at our desk jobs in real life. This being said, we eat what we like on the ships but not to the point of going crazy. With me being diabetic, I have to be good with the sweets but I do treat myself sometimes at dinner with a decadent dessert. Breakfasts aren't heavy foods that might make us sluggish in our adventures and lunch is almost always pretty light and local to whatever city/port we're in. Dinner is a full meal with whomever we are lucky to meet at our table. Not a lot of alcohol consumption but a few glasses of red wine never hurt anyone. Isn't it good for you? We usually come home a few lbs. down from when we left. All that port exploring can burn a lot of calories!