JINGLE BELLS!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas......we had decided not to get a Christmas tree this year as we will be gone for the Holidays, but.....I couldn't resist decorating a little bit.....and once you open the boxes....well.....other than the ornament boxes, EVERYTHING is out!

SUNSET

Almost daily we head out on the back-country skiff to enjoy sunset on Florida Bay. This is a picture of my Dad as we head down the canal to end our day with the colors of sunset!

Oh-Oh, Gobble, Gobble II

Both my friend Alina and I ate Thanksgiving dinner out and we discovered we didn't like not having leftovers! So, we deep-fried a turkey on Sunday - yummy turkey sandwiches today! Capt. Alan and my Dad were there with us - and Alina's Mother, Josephine - somehow I missed getting a picture of her.

GOBBLE, GOBBLE AND HO-HO-HO!

What a wonderful Thanksgiving we had - sharing the day with old friends, new friends and family! Now my thoughts turn to Christmas......the Thanksgiving wreath is down, the Christmas wreath is up, I started some holiday baking and I smelled the Christmas trees at Publix today! Mmmmmmmmm.

Where, oh where.....

As promised, I wanted to catch you up on the discussions re: our next cruise. Out of nowhere a new Explorer Chart appeared on my desk today............... for the Far Bahamas..............Cat Island, Eleuthra, San Sal, Samana, Rum Cay, Conception, Mayaguana, Inagua.........hmmmmmmmmmmm.

We believe!

ONCE YOU CHOOSE HOPE, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!

CHRISTOPHER REEVE

We took back America!!!!!!

Congratulations, President-elect Obama! As I stood on US 1 yesterday with my Obama sign I knew we were going to win. Middle-America was honking at me, giving me thumb's up, waving and shouting, O-ba-ma! Jack and I will celebrate with champagne tonight, looking forward to change in America - bringing our troops home from Iraq, beefing up Afghanistan and overcoming the Taliban, improvement in our economy, equal rights for women, lower taxes for the middle class, universal healthcare.....No matter your politics, Barack Obama will be our President and we all need to forget petty political differences (read: no Republican pouting) and begin to do our part to create this change. The work to be done by this remarkable man is daunting. We believe he is up to the challenge! And we look forward to watching it happen. God Bless America and may there be PEACE on earth - soon.