Go Canada Go!

Grandma is set with her Team Canada gloves as she cheers for the Canadians at the 2010 Olympics!

Grand Cayman

Tour consisted of a visit to turtle farm; a stop in "hell"; sampling of rum cakes and swimming with the stingrays. Best part of the tour was riding on a catamaran to stingray city.

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

Climbed the Dunn's River Falls (pictures to come); toured through the fern gully; sampled authentic jerk chicken, jerk pork and festival; shopped near the port. Best part of our trip was meeting Diana and Gerwyn who just so happened to also be in Ocho Rios for their honeymoon.

Cruising the Caribbean

What an amazing mid winter break to the Caribbean. Usually a trip to South Carolina will give us the vitamin D we need to tide us over to spring but this year it was unseasonally cold. Our first stop was Miami and just in time for Superbowl weekend. The cars en route to South Beach were at a standstill so we were glad to have skipped it and opted to drive to Key West instead. Well, not all the way but we made it to the 7 mile bridge and a pit stop at the Everglades to say hello to the gators. While the family stayed at a hotel, Norm and I stayed at Geremy's condo which was 5 minutes to the port. Geri, as she likes to be called now, was my childhood friend. She was actually my sister's BFF but she and I hung out often, especially when my sister was off meeting boys at the mall. It was nice to be reunited and to have spent the night exchanging stories and filling Norm in on all the memories. The next day we could see our cruise ship waiting for us at the port. After breakfast and shopping for last minute items, we boarded the lovely Celebrity Century in time for lunch. While the city was buzzing with Superbowl parties, we were happy to be on our boat en route to the warm caribbean sun.

merry...Christmas?

Yes y'all...one last Christmas party (in January) to close off this holiday season. My highschool friends could not find a date that worked for everyone in December so we postponed it to January. To be honest, I was not in a festive mood. I guess it has been replaced with the winter blues. But as soon as the party got started and the food and drinks a plenty, we were feeling the holiday spirit. Christmas is not complete without gift giving so we each brought in a wrapped $30 gift for the white elephant game. This is my gift. Can anyone guess what it is? Oh. And it also had a gift card taped underneath. Funny enough it was the first gift that was chosen and it was stolen 3 times. I guess I'm not the only toblerone fan.