Back from Spring Break - Check In

We are back from our Spring Break Cruise on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas!!  We had an awesome time.  I highly recommend this ship!

I have about one day to recover because we close on the new house next Monday and move the following week! Yikes!  I wanted to 'check in' and give you a quick update.  Once I get into the house, I am sure I will have more posts than you are even interested in reading!!!

Until then....  (My loaner Nikon was damaged as we embarked on this trip.  So these iPhone images are the only ones we took.)

Labadee, Haiti.....one of my favorite places in the world.  This was where our ship was docked.

The view from our table at the restaurant in Cozumel, Mexico

My two kids chillin' in Cozumel, Mexico

I will check in soon! Promise...

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Sold! It's all over but the packing!

Yep... We sold! Can I get a "Woot?!"  

I cannot tell you how excited we are about selling.  We were going to move regardless, but it allows me to move on and not worry about two mortgage payments.  I would like to get a few new things for the new house and this will let me do just that.

Okay. So.  I am climbing up on top of my soap box.  Wait a minute......  There.  On it.  Are you listening??  Okay.  REALTORS matter!  I have bought and sold 7 homes since 1988.  Selling a property on your own is the biggest mistake one can make.  Just make sure you get one as good as mine.  If the words "lock box" come out of their mouths move on!  No doubt, my Realtor had everything to do with selling my property, negotiating the best deal possible and making sure it closes.  Over the years, he has become my best friend too, so that is fun!

Moving at the end of April....gotta get packing....

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A Delightful Surprise

I gazed out my kitchen window this morning and something caught my eye.  Ahh... my gardenias are starting to bloom.  What a neat little surprise gift.

I ran out and clipped off five blossoms and brought them into my kitchen placing them in a shallow dish half filled with tap water.  Just the right little pick me up!

White Gardenia Night

Gardenias saturate the night, 

clothed in their array of lovely white.

Their fragrance permeates the nose, 

and far outshines the perfect rose.

White Gardenias take me there, 

while I sit upon my chair.

And listen to the crickets play, 

in their orchestrative way.

I feel blessed to be, 

alone in my revelry, 

on a White Gardenia night! 

Rebecca Wiles

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