Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2002. Mattie was 8 months old and experiencing his first snow fall. This cute little Santa endured being photographed for several minutes while in his entertainment saucer. After about 100 photos, Peter and I selected this photo to go on our first family Christmas card. 


Quote of the day: What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. ~ Agnes Pahro

It was an at sea day today. Check out what we saw when we looked outside our window.... a Norwegian Cruise Line ship passing us by! Quite a composition against the blue waters and amazing clouds. 









We had a full day of activities. We started at 8:30am with Zumba. However, we were supposed to set our clocks forward an hour last night. I forgot, so when my alarm went off at 7am today, it was really 8am ship time. Zumba was at 8:30am, and literally I scrambled to put myself together so we could meet my parents. Here's today's agenda:

8:30am - Zumba (with instructor: Song, from Korea)
10am - Ship board $10 sale
Noon - lunch
2:15pm - Merengue class (with instructor: Alex, from Russia)
3:30pm - Origami making class (with instructor: Lorenz, from South Africa). I took a photo of my final products.... a heart, sailboat, and a hat. Mind you I have never done origami before. 

While my mom and I were doing these activities, Peter and my dad were in the ship's sanctuary. It was a feat that we got seats in the sanctuary during this cruise. But we achieved this only because on embarkation day we got on the ship early and went straight to the sanctuary to book seats. On past cruises, we never got lucky enough to get seats in this private area for each day of the cruise. This area is crucial on a Princess cruise, especially if you don't like noise from music, movies on the deck, and competing for space and a deck chair with passengers. 

After running around today, my mom and I joined my dad and Peter for about 15 minutes. During that time I had a cup of tea and a scone. A lovely setting and a few minutes of peace. 

Tonight is a formal dress night. So after a full day of activities, I am headed to get dressed up. I know Princess' tag line is "Escape Completely" or "Come Back New." I have yet to ever achieve either!!!