I wanna go back again…please let me go back again… Back from The Trip of a Lifetime!  Why am I putting an exclamation mark there?  I’m not excited about it. I have to say, it is nice to sleep in my own bed again…but it is NOT nice to have to think too hard about dinner, and groceries, and all of what life is all about.  While on the trip, Christy and I met the most amazing people that have become our good friends from all of our adventuring together!  So a big shout-out goes to Hani & Katie, Denise and Luis, Joe & Amber,...

We leave for ours in a little over 24 hours!!!!! So between now and Sunday evening, I will probably incommunicado through the blog here, but I do plan on blogging a bit during the trip. There are a few days at sea where it will be nice to get out all my thoughts to the three of you that read this thing. We’ve got a couple of nice bon voyage things planned. Firstly, there’s dinner at Rusty & Gina’s tonight, where we’re having Costa’s and opening up a few bottles of their Napa wine that they got on their most recent journey...

Don’t you love microwavable meals?  Do you wish there was a place you could go online that would help you distinguish between the good, the bad and the nasty when it comes to this type of cuisine? Well look no further folks…have I got a place for you! Okay, that was terribly clichéd but the words still ring true.  If you’ve ever been stuck staring through the glass in the frozen foods section of your favorite grocery store, then you know the bewilderment that comes from not knowing anything about the names staring back at you through the glass. ...