A Bunch of Becks and Beyond

Hello,    I was really going to try and be better at keeping up the blog.  And here it is Sept. So that didn't seem to work out so well.  Let me go back to Feb.     Ernie and I took the bucket list trip and went on a cruise to Jamaica. The trip was so fun we met some wonderful people at dinner. Karen and Sam, Teresa and Doug, Rebecca and Max.  What a great group for dinner. Every evening was fun and new exciting to find out what everyone did every day. We celebrated our 30th anniversary on this trip.   We flew in to Florida and stayed at a Rodeway Inn in Ft Lauderdale. (never again at this motel) It was not great service at all.   We left the next morning on our trip and enjoyed Key West FL. We found a great tea and spice shop. A wonderful chili and hot sauce place.  Toured a museum. And then back to the Ship. The next day we walked around Grand Cayman Island. Did a little shopping and back to the ship. Ernie really enjoys the walking, me not so much.      Then on to the main

Wow where did time go?  It seems that I just updated this blog and the month is gone.   December started out fine then Ernie caught a bad cold and in true marriage fashion shared it with me.  I was able to spend a few days with Kress and help her with some Dr stuff. It's always a blessing to help a friend.  I tried to catch Kim but I missed her so I will try again. Thank you to Dante and eLBe for hosting me one night.      We were both sick for the first half of the month.  Our almost Christmas Eve party went off pretty good. I think that starting in the afternoon is so much better. There was lots to eat and good fun to be had.      We had a quiet Christmas and a nice family dinner. It was just great to spend that time with Ryan.            Ernie decided that he needed to change in his job, he had interviewed for a different company and after lots of prayer felt that he was blessed with just the change he needed.    So he took off 10 days of work and relaxed. Okay so I am a li