The destinations of our 2013 cruise on the brand spanking new Carnival Breeze to the southern Caribbean…
#1…Grand Turk
#2…La Romana, Dominican Republic
#3…Curacao
#4…Aruba
Are you excited? I certainly am…All these beautiful places and I get to go to them!!!
lemme show ya what ya missin, paradise
So today I went on a safari type thing. No, it wasn’t a safari where you see giraffes, rhinos, and things like that. I will tell you about it, so simmer down.
This morning I woke up ~6:45. I went to breakfast. I exchanged my used towel for a new one. I took a bus to the touring place.
I ARRIVED. Everyone cheered [in my mind].
Then we departed on a jeep safari deal. I actually had in my mind that we were going to see ancient caves and a natural pool, but that’s not what went down.
We went off-roading to see the California Lighthouse, Aruba’s only lighthouse. It was built shortly after the last ship sunk on the coast of Aruba. You see, what had happened was…
Once upon a time in Aruba, there was no lighthouse, so apparently it was kind of hard to see this 19.6 mile long, 6.1 mile wide island. A ship was approaching… the sailors were getting furked up and totally DIDN’T SEE THE ISLAND COMING, so they crashed into it and sank their ship. After that the Arubans said, “Damn, we should build a lighthouse and name it after the sunken ship, The California. And then hundreds of years later an almighty fool by the name of Kates will come see it and all will be well.”
So then we continued this off-roading adventure to the next stop, the Catholic Church called Alto Vista. It was a tiny ass lil thing, but it was the first church on the island. They were selling souvenirs outside of it, obviously, and I bought a bracelet similar to one I purchased while in Rome but ultimately broke/lost.
Then we jumped back in the jeep and off-roaded to see a natural bridge! It was very nice. It was called Baby Bridge, which was pretty cute. I stood on the rocks surrounding it, and waves splashed upon my face and dirtied up my sunglasses. It was a beautiful moment.
Then we continued to the natural pool. This off-roading was intense! It was really fun though. I liked this off-roading part better than actually going to the natural pool. Once we arrived, we had to hike down 85 steps. It was not that bad. We put on our snorkeling masks and water shoes. I was super grossed out by this ‘natural pool’. There were a ton of creepo fish in it. There were also crabs all over the rocks. As I was snorkeling around, something got in one of my eyes and my contact became extremely irritated. I thought I was going to lose it.
BUT I DIDN’T. Happy to have a reason to leave the natural pool, I jumped out and went to pour fresh water on my contact. I put it back in my eye. All was well. I wandered around by myself for a bit. I pretended I was a captain. No one saw.
Then we headed back to the tour center or whatever you want to call it and took a bus back to the resort. That was the end of our adventure today.
Being Sexy and Green is sometimes a hard feat, but they both should be incorporated into your daily life. Some may think it’s easier to be green than to be sexy! Psh posh…follow our tips and you can balance both! In the spirit of Hump day maybe tonight take it literally! You work hard, you deserve it! Here are 6 sexy tips to bring Sexy back into your life!(source:sheknows.com) Happy “Hump” Day everyone! Peace, Lovin, Swipes! 
Aruba! Well, at 6am.
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Unless bo ta dispuesto riska perde e miho cosnan den bida, e no ta cumbinibo pa laga e miho cosnan pa ultimo. Tin cos bon cu bo tin cu tuma ora bo por paso tin un chance grandi cu no ta bai tin un “mas laat”.
“warda e miho parti pa ultimo” ta algo cu ta wordo hopi bisa ora di papia di cuminda. Nan ta bisa “Warda e cuminda di mas dushi riba bo plato pa ultimo, ja bo ta come cu mas smaak”
Den bida tin hopi cosnan cu nos no sa, un di nan ta futuro. Hende sa lubida esaki. Imaginabo bo cuminsa come un barbecue platter for di un foambox. Bo ta cuminsa come e salada, sigui pa e corn on the cob, despues paar di batata y diripiente un biento ta bin bula full bo tayo y bo ribs riba vloer, net pa bo cacho pasa coi nan di biaha. Y, no tin mas barbecue. Y, ta diadomingo anochi. Y, no tin nada habri…y si tin mes bon tin auto ni telefon. ehm…si, kiko awo?
Puntra bo mes. Warda e miho pakiko? Warda e miho pa ken? pa bo mes? Coi loco e cos ey. Djies bisa.
God Knows. And will Watch over us. Even through the end.
I swear this is a watch advertisment, but still very beautiful.
Hugging naked.
In 1936, 19-year-old Carson McCullers published Wunderkind, an autobiographical piece depicting the insecurity of a teenage girl. McCullers went on to write such acclaimed works as The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Member of the Wedding and The Ballad of the Sad Café. At Girls Write Now, at-risk high school girls (not much younger than Carson McCullers when she wrote Wunderkind use writing to explore their own adolescent experiences. With mentors by their sides, they are set on a path towards college, and their promising futures beyond.
In Carson McCullers Talks About Love, a new work written and performed by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, the iconic Carson McCullers reminisces about her life, her loves and her art. Seamlessly moving from spoken word to song and back again, the show features 16 original songs written by Ms. Vega in collaboration with Duncan Sheik, Tony Award-winner for Spring Awakening.
Autumn Romance was a labor of love for Carol, who traveled for three years interviewing and photographing 29 senior couples whose lives had been transformed by love, then writing their stories. 
Yes, line dancing. Two couples met this way -- Robert and I were one of those couples. I'd love this book just as much if Robert and I weren't in it, but seeing our photos and our quotes makes the book even more special. 
"Each of us is living a lonely life. Why not get married?" Ebenezer Rose, 93, asked as he proposed to Monica Hayden, 89, reports Michael Laforgia in the Miami Herald. So they did.Anne Wallach, Gerald Maslon
... The bride, 80, is an author in New York... The bridegroom, 84, is a retired lawyer.
Ms. Wallach said she still sees Mr. Maslon as he was when he was a law student — with dark hair and carrying a green book bag.
She says she wonders if he sees her in the same way and even addresses that thought in a novel she is writing: “Jack and I were young together. He’s always that boy in a tweed jacket swooping toward me on his bike. Am I a girl with a smooth face and long blonde hair to you, Jack?”
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“She asks me that all the time,” he laughed. “Yeah, but I like her the way she is now.”
Love isn't blind after eighty! I enjoyed this story which appeared in Chris Smith's column in the Santa Rosa (California) Press Democrat. I've reprinted it with his permission:
MAKING EYES: It began with small talk between two widowed strangers earlier this spring in the optical department at Kaiser. Dewey Logan, 83, and Sylvia Wyatt, 85, struck up a conversation while sitting side by side and waiting for their new specs. Then Dewey summoned the nerve to ask Sylvia for her phone number. Today they're back home in Santa Rosa after a honeymoon in Reno.
-- Chris Smith
People ask me all the time how to "meet someone." I always tell them, "Do what you love doing on your own, and you'll meet people who love the same activities." I met my wonderful Robert at my own line dancing class!
Increasingly, though, I hear stories like the one above, or like the woman who wrote in about meeting her soulmate while waiting to have her blood pressure taken. You never know where you might encounter that person who will put a spring in your step and a zing in your heart!
Do you have an unusual story about how you met your special someone? Please comment!
The changes that come after prostate surgery are, like all changes, not easy. We don't like to have to deal with changes, especially those that confront us with our mortality. But, I can happily report, with some encouragement and enthusiasm from me, my wonderful husband is quite functional sexually. His surgery was in 2002, he just got another 'undetectable' PSA test, so we are blessed.
For us, the blessing is in how heightened our love and appreciation (which was pretty good before) has been by the threat of terminal illness. Richard is lucky -- they got it early, it has not spread, the surgery went well. His second surgery to have an artificial sphincter put on his urethra, also went well.
Others, I know, have a more difficult time. But, as Gerald Haslam wrote in Grace Period, "Live for the moment, since that may be all you have." Richard and I decided to do that in 2002, and we've been making the most of our moments ever since. Every day is a gift, another cup of sweetness, and we drain it to the last drop. One of our joke lines is "I'd like another one of them there drinks," from Scrooge, referring to the Cup of Human Kindness given to him by the Ghost of Christmas Present.
For some couples, the tension of serious illness creates crabbiness and bickering. Richard and I have never wanted to waste time arguing, and we haven't for a long time. I don't believe it helps anything that's going on. In my newest book, Money, Sex and Kids: Stop Squabbling About the Three Things That Can Destroy Your Marriage out from Adams Media spring 2007, I help couples who are fighting learn new methods of getting along so they can enjoy their time together.
With more and more adults delaying marriage, I would love to hear from parents about how they talk to adult children about marriage, commitment, and settling down. In the wake of changing social and cultural expectations, how has this dialogue changed since your parents talked to you? And if you're divorced yourself, how do you communicate with children about marriage, etc.? Are you worried about them never settling down? Or, are you relieved that they have more choices than ever?
... At 34, she had the first of two, nearly fatal, head-on collisions. When the doctors gave her the prognosis of a potential ability to walk, she countered with "I don't care about walking, I want to dance!" You just know that, inside her head, she was saying, "Watch me!" ....
With her vast reservoir of energy, enthusiasm, intelligence and grit, and while continuing to teach, she embarked on a writing career. She wrote in the morning, taught during the day, taught aerobics after school, and then graded papers in the evening. After saving enough money to support herself for one year, she took a leave of absence, to see if she could sustain herself as a writer. She never looked back.
But she had another goal as well. When she was recovering from her accident, she saw many people who could move and chose not to...who led sedentary lives. She felt passionate about introducing people to the joy of movement. Predictably, she was told "You can't make a living in the fitness industry." And, by now you know what she said..."Watch Me!" She taught classes, became a motivational speaker, taught line dancing and published hundreds of articles and five health and fitness books, most recently The Anytime, Anywhere Exercise Book: 300+ Quick & Easy Exercises You Can Do Whenever You Want.
Then, on a rainy day, in the same month and just five minutes away from the location of her previous accident 16 years earlier, she got hit head-on again. With the same courage, and determination she lived, she healed, and she danced.
And, so did Robert…right into her life. At 57, Joan met the love of her life in her line dancing class, but it took nine months before they started dating. They were married four years later, she at 62, and he 69.
She discovered how great sex can be at 60+! But, when she also found the cultural taboos surrounding mature sex, she set out to change that too! She shares humor, experience, candid information and the stories of other 60+ women in her book Better Than I Ever Expected. Hmmm...you might just want to pick it up this
Valentine's Day!
