So yesterday I reminisced about yesterday’s heroes and role models from history and the world of television. And, with this in mind, I decided to choose my starting five for my “Heald’s Heroes” basketball team. We already have the coach in Winston Churchill and today I will name the first player in my team of heroes……….and at the position of point guard…………………….it is…………………Colombo.
Have you ever met anyone who says, “Oh, I hate Colombo?”………..Nope……..and that’s because everyone likes him. Now he may not be to good at shooting as he only has one good eye, but his determination to get the ball to the big guys would be relentless ………… he is like a pit bull terrier………he never lets go.
I can imagine Lebron James dribbling the ball behind his back and, just as he is about to shoot, he’d get a tap on his shoulder and would turn round and hear the immortal phrase “Ummmmm, just one more thing.”
Before he knew it, Lebron would have forgotten about shooting the three pointer as he would be too busy admitting to murdering Dwyane Wade’s shoe designer and defrauding his rich aunt out of millions of dollars. Colombo is in the team because he represents that never give in attitude you need in a successful team. The other great thing about Colombo is…….you never saw his wife. He would talk about her but you never saw her. Therefore there would never be a problem with Colombo’s wife turning into a basketball diva wife ………so at point guard………the world’s greatest detective………………….Colombo.
And then at center and team captain…………….it’s my go-to guy. Every team needs one of these, the man who leads the defense and calls the shots…….in this case………….it’s Don Vito Corleone….The Godfather. Imagine the scene, one of my players………..let’s say Colombo….has made a flagrant foul on Kobe Bryant and is about to be thrown out of the game.
Don Vito wanders over to Steve Javie, the ref, and makes him an offer he can’t refuse and suddenly not only is Colombo allowed to stay in the game but the foul has been awarded to our team and Kobe has been dismissed for being too rich.
I did consider putting Tony Soprano in the game but he is too violent. I want honor in our captain but I don’t want Tony beating Alan Iverson to death with his Reebok. You know, I just read this stuff I have written about my basketball team…….and sometimes I wonder …..what the hell I am writing about?………I think I need to get back on a ship.
Please keep the comments coming. I have a load of questions to answer and will do so on Monday. Remember, if there is anything I can do for you …..anything at all….please let me know.
Good Evening everyone……..I took Heidi out on the town last night. I felt a little pressure to do something special as it’s our fifth wedding anniversary today, and my normal routine of sitting by the TV watching soccer and basketball would result in time in the doghouse and probably would not be how she would want to celebrate our special day.
In a fit of lunacy, I got us two tickets for a play. I loathe plays – I don’t care if this makes me common and uneducated. I can understand why theatre was needed before television and cinema: the peasants were bored and restless and needed entertaining. Theatre provided them with storytelling and costumes and boys dressed as women. Nowadays, however, I can’t see the need for it. The play featured a reasonably famous person in the form of Josh Hartnett in the role made famous by Tom Cruise……yep………this was a stage version of Rain Man.
The whole thing was so wooden and stilted and….hammy. I just didn’t believe any of the story or in the characters. Yet, I was surrounded by people howling with laughter and at times crying tears as the actors went through their paces.
There was one scene in particular Charlie Babbitt, frustrated with his brother constantly talking to nobody in particular on a cellular phone, snatched it off him and dunked it in a vase of flowers. The audience erupted in mirth. This was clearly amazingly funny and a blow against the tyranny of the cell phone. I can only assume that none of them watched television, as there is more social commentary in an episode of “Desperate Housewives” than in this crap.
After a while, I started to fidget uncontrollably and kept looking at my watch. Even worse, there was no interval. I love intervals, as they are when you can bugger off early. I remember regular trips to the National Theatre when I was at school. I think I’ve seen the first half of every Shakespeare play as we’d sneak away in the interval and get drunk in a bar before throwing up on the coach back to school.
Anyway, back to the play with Heidi. The thing finally finished and the actors gave themselves three encores that nobody seemed to have asked for and we were free to stretch our cramped limbs and rush for the toilet. To my delight, Heidi hated it as much as I did and we agreed that we should have gone to see “Mama Mia” instead, although we were both proud of ourselves that we’d done something cultural.
The evening finished with a romantic dinner for two in a top London restaurant which now, of course, means I am completely broke………….I also had one of the worst meals of my life………at a restaurant called ………well, I had better not say the name but I can tell you it’s French………….and it’s Le something…………and quite famous. I had been recommended this restaurant by my mate Danny who is, thanks to this recommendation, currently walking with a limp.
Well, I knew this was the case when the man on the next table decided that what he’d really like for an appetizer was his girlfriend and set about eating her face. I was so close, I could hear every slurp. Mind you, she was a lot more appetizing than most of the stuff on the menu.
The real puzzler was the way the desserts and main courses seemed to have been mixed together. So the roast pork came with hazelnuts and sherry-vinegar sauce, the lamb came with pear, and the venison with fig marmalade and juniper-berry sauce. I know it’s a personal thing, but I don’t like sweet and savory in my mouth at the same time. It’s why I wouldn’t ever choose salmon-flavored ice cream. Or crème brule garnished with hamburger.
Still, I thought I’d give this mix ’n match cuisine a bash and started with seared duck foie gras with — wait for it, a roast banana and some banana purée. Strangely, the combination tasted like a Zippo lighter. But then my wife’s seared scallop in Indian spices, with a caramelized cauliflower purée, tasted like hemorrhoid cream…..I know this because as you will remember I once put this on my toothbrush by mistake.
Of course, your usual food gourmet, who understands the history and science of food, would know why our dinner tasted of various household products…..me, I have no idea.
Heidi’s main course was the big disaster, though, because it seemed to have the same flavor and nutritional value as a pair of my socks. Me? I ate an entire pig. Its blood, its belly, its feet, the lot. That was good(ish), as was my wife’s mushroom risotto — although her green salad didn’t turn up for ages and then, when it did, was actually made up mainly of tomatoes.
All in all, a fairly disastrous culinary experience, which is of no consequence to me because I don’t care about the food particularly. What I did care about, however, was the extremely bright lighting and the Herculean rudeness of the staff. OK, I know some of you will think that he is A) being grumpy and B) ridiculing the French……….but honestly, I am not. The headwaiter was flippant and obnoxious and definitely had a chip on his shoulder and was lucky not to have a foot in his arse.
You know, when you go out to a posh restaurant you want to be treated like a king and lit like a film star while they bring you mountains of incomprehensible food that you couldn’t make at home, even if you wanted to but……pigeon and pear? Banana and duck liver? That’s far too pompous for me.
Give me a roast beef and Yorkshire pudding anytime………give me a porterhouse steak from the supper clubs onboard. I think it’s time to be honest here. Over the last 20 politically correct years, it has been the man chef that has dominated the posh restaurants and the TV chef airwaves. I know there are one or two but they are seriously outnumbered by the men……..I am pretty certain that there are no female head chefs in the cruise industry……….are there? Maybe, less and less women know how to cook.
This is why I fervently believe school should be rather more than a factory numbering system, churning out kids with a C or a D or an A+. It should be a place where you learn how to be an adult. And cooking is a start. Polish is a good idea too. Why teach us French when we all know that they can understand what we’re on about perfectly well if we poke them in the chest often enough? Far better to be able to say, in a Warsaw burr, “My boiler is broken. Can you come and mend it?” Or better still, why not teach everyone how to mend their own boiler instead. Seriously. Why not have plumbing lessons? Because basic welding and how to cook a great macaroni and cheese, I promise, will stand you in better stead as an adult than knowing the square root of 35,987,654.
So, the play was boring and the dinner was overpriced and the food strange. Overall, it seemed that our big night did not go well……however……..there was one saving grace. ………the gift I bought Heidi.
As I mentioned in a recent blog thingy, you should never buy your wife anything that needs a plug, but this has always presented a problem. Because I’ve always had some understanding of stuff that needed electricity to function, and had no clue about stuff that didn’t.
Perfume, for example. Have you actually been into the perfume department of a shop recently? Not only do you have the traditional choice of about 10,000 from the well-known names such as Chanel and er . . . Jean Paul Gout but now you have celebrity-endorsed products, as well.
Does your wife want to smell like Beyoncé or Celine Dion? Or would she like to spend the year strutting around with a whiff of Paris Hilton behind her ears………although the real Paris Hilton usually wears he legs behind her ears to attract her men.
Horrified by all of this you ignore the perfume and head for the clothes department, but this is an even bigger mistake because you’ll buy the Wrong Thing. And to make matters worse you will buy the Wrong Thing in the Wrong Size………and that means returning it and being in the doghouse all at the same time.
So, jewelry then. Well, no, because for reasons I’ve never fully understood, jewelry shops never advertise their prices. Which means you need a basic grasp of what I call the “cheapgit” technique as you try to pretend the reason you don’t want the diamond- encrusted Rolex watch is because she needs to see it herself before you buy it….. not because it costs $36,000.
Personalized luggage or stationery is fine, but this needs to be ordered in March. And as for furniture…….well that may include a trip to IKEA and I would rather put my thingy in a shredder then go there.
At round about this point, the modern gentleman will start to think about getting some candles. We all know that girls like to spend hours having baths in the semi-darkness but a candle really didn’t seem substantial enough……..so, mmmmmmmmmmmmm how about music?
I’m afraid I’m similarly selfish when it comes to music. My wife is forever buying CDs by bands I’ve never heard of and I know she wants the new Take That album, but if I were to buy it for her she’d play it and then I’d have to listen to it as well and she would have to be the one to clean up the vomit
It was as I was getting desperate that I had a brain wave. I bought Heidi a digital photo frame. Have you seen these? You download all your favorite photos and they rotate onto the frame……..so, with the help of my mate Alan I downloaded all the wedding photos, photos of us, her Dad and much more………and that was one very happy lady. Problem is……….I have bugger all for her for Christmas.
Here is a photo of Heidi and I today after breakfast with Mum and Dad.
Thanks for all the anniversary wishes. Five years with this beautiful lady………I am one lucky bugger.
See you on Monday.
Goodnight
Your friends
John, Heidi and the Thingy.
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Dear John and Heidi:
Happy Anniversay!!!
The best is yet to come!!!!
Linda (Mom of your friend DJ)
John, yes she is a beautiful Lady and yes you were lucky to get her.
Happy Anniversary to you both and may this coming year bring you the joy that will give you many more years of happiness.
BIG ED
Yes, John you are both very lucky and Thingy will be to with such parents.
Happy Anniversary!!
Muchos hugos!!
Happy Anniversary!!!!
And hello Heidi and Thingy!
Tootsie
Happy Anniversary Heidi and John. Wishing you many more years of wedded bliss.
John, you did good on the gift. That was a very thoughtful and personal idea. And, it will be great to add pics of the little one when he or she arrives.
Enjoy your weekend,
Lisa and George
John and Heidi…
Happy Anniversary!! Our anniversary was a week ago, though it was our 28th. Hope you two make it to your 65th…. and I’ll come and do the Not So Newlywed game with you as contestants.
For our anniversary I got her a lovely popcorn maker, and myself a Breitling watch.
You know you’ve found the perfect wife when you can get away with S*#t like that.
Regards,
Kuki
CruiseMates.com
John and Heidi,
Best wishes on your 5th anniversary!
Well done……….and a nice touch with the digital picture frame John. Pictures never grow old.
I think I freaked out my PVP when I emailed her and asked her how our refund for the fuel supplement was going to be returned. She asked me “How did you know? We only stopped charging it ……….I replied that I had friends in high places and copied her your information from the Blog. Never hurts to know people at the top eh?
We will be getting an OBC and that will cover our dinner at the supper club and few drinks. Yahoo!
Only 64 days until we’re back on the seas!
Damn winter is here with a vengance and I’m sick of it already. I’m in Montreal today for our company Xmas party…….Yippee! ( note the sarcasm) and then off to lovely Winnipeg for next week. Not the end of the world but you can see it from there. Cold…..cold and more cold!
Well I look forward to your information in the replies section on Monday and keep up the good work John.
All the best to you, Heidi and the soon to be Thingy
B&D from Canada
Happy Anniversary John and Heidi. Just remember, you gave her the best present already…..Thingy!
Sheryl
brilliant gift dude! now for christmas get her a camera!
smiles, bonnie and prince charlie
Happy Anniversary and Congrats on the milestone.
Enjoy celebrating this weekend.
Next year’s anniversary will be even more special with Thingy.
Take care!
David
John and Heidi and Thingy:
Happy Anniversary!!!
John always allow Heidi to pick the restaurant, that way if it’s bad it is not your fault and if it’s great you’re ahead of the game.
Bob
John and Heidi, Happy Anniversary. May you have many many more.
Jennifer and Danny
Happy Anniversary John and Heidi!!!!
Sorry your “dinner and a show” weren’t exactly thrilling, but then I guess it’s the thought that counts, eh? But the gift was perfect! And you can both enjoy it for hours on end. We have one and they can become quite mesmerizing.
JOHN, PLEASE REPLY: Are you still getting a dog? You seemed pretty set on doing so, or at least Heidi did. Is there a change of plan with Thingy Desk on the way, or did the animal adoption agency turn you down, too? That would be hateful!
Great picture of you two. Bet Dad and Mum are enjoying having you home for a while.
Please contine to enjoy your time together and get some rest.
Your Pal, Myra
Heidi and John,
A very Happy Anniversary to you! You are both so lucky to have found each other. John, you obviously got your “get out of the dog house free” card with the great gift idea! I am sure that brought some tears to Heidi’s eyes when she saw how thoughtful it was. Great idea to include her dad in some of the photos also!!! That is a really nice picture of you both in the blog today! We can start to see a little of the thingy starting to show in the photo–how exciting! Would that be a shopping bag I see in Heidi’s hand??? Good for you Heidi if you were able to drag John along on a little shopping spree! Enjoy the rest of your special day!
Sheryl
Dear John and Heidi you make a lovely.couple. Happy anaversary and wishes for many more with the little Thingy.There is nothing like the love of a family.Best wishes to all Gary and Sara
John and Heidi,
Wishing you a happy anniversary!!- the picture of you both is so good – you look so happy and the present you bought her was perfect. You even remembered to load it up with photos – that shows you actually thought about it before just giving her the box. What a romantic gesture
Here is to many many more years of wedded bliss.
Mike and Jet
Happy Anniversary, Heidi and John -
even though I STILL don’t see what she sees in you
Jon
Happy 5th Anniversary John and Heidi. You both are good for each other. I’ve got nearly 30years ahead of you John. On July 13 it will have been 35 great years with Marylou and yes, I’m the very man here. You both look just fanatstic in the photo. It would be great if you could show more photos of the two of you. Rest and we’ll see you on Monday. Buona sera my friend.
Paul F. Pietrangelo
love the picture! ( I think I see her and your thingy)! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! I am sure you will have many many more.
cruzn
Happy Anniversary John and Heidi. Hope you have many more happy ones to come.
I’m sure you’ll think of something equally good for a Christmas present.
Linda & George
Hello John and Heidi
Happy wishes for your 5th anniversary and many more to come. John your gift to Heidi is so precious and well thought out, no wonder she loved it so much.
Ave
John/Heidi,
What a great day! You picked a great gift – certainly memories are indeed a precious gift. Your next year will be filled with new memories and opportunities! I like the proposed idea of buying a camera – getting a pocket camera would be a great idea to help capture the coming year!!!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY and best wishes for many more to come!!!
Sharon
Hey John & Heidi,
Happy Anniversary! The picture was wonderful ..I think I can see a small outline of thingy…you must be so proud! A good gift for Christmas is the Ugg slippers, I think they are called Couquette. They are so comfortable & just slip on…great for a new Mama…I love mine.
Jan
Congratulations and best wishes you two! That was a wonderful gift John! You both look fantastic…I think impending parenthood agrees with you! Here’s wishing you many, many more years!
Ellen & Jack
Hi John,
Please make Dustin Hoffman feel better by givinig him credit for Rain Man and not the lunatic called Tom Cruise.
Bill
John & Heidi,
I just want to wish you both a wonderful anniversary and a lifetime filled with much love and happiness. I am sure this has been an all around special year for you both. And next year at this time will be even more special and meaningful.
You both deserve this so much!
May God Bless You Both Now And In The Years To Come.
Cindy & Kevin
York, PA
Dear John and Heidi…A verrry Happy Anniversary and many more to come. Just loved the picture. My husband and I just bought one of those digital frames as our Christmas gift to each other. We took many pictures on our B2B on the Splendor and this is easier then having them developed and putting them into an album.
Happy 5th anniversary John & Heidi!
Hi John, Heidi, & Baby Thingy,
It’s me, PennyB from New Orleans.
Congrats to you and Heidi on your 5th. Time goes by so fast! Your picture frame was a great idea and then to add pics – wow – good job! I know women are hard to buy for – my husbands worst gift to me was a vacuum cleaner – not a bad object in itself especially if you need one, except I had someone who came in and cleaned for me. The diamond crusted Rolex sounded pretty good compared to the bagless dust sucker. Yes, he did return it! Then there were also the 1/8 C (tw) diamond earrings that looked like pieces of glitter stuck on each ear. I’m a big girl and need at least one C per ear. Just don’t tread in waters if you don’t know what you are doing.
I’ve been passing out lots of ideas on things to do in New Orleans. People are really getting excited about our Feb. cruise and visiting New Orleans.
CU soon.
PennyB
Happy Anniversary!
Hey John & Heidi,
) … what was his name again?? Oh yeah… Gary I think hahaha
Gongrats on 5 years together. Here’s hoping many more will follow!!!
Tell me though… how are you coping without that amazingly talented and cute english social host you once had
Happy anniversary, the big thing john is your remembered it. Speaking of the Dog house, this is pretty much a Great clip and says it all, enjoy
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Happy Annivesary!
Had to laugh when I read about the restaurant. My husband tried to surprise me last year at a new restaurant for our anniversary. This year he decided we should go on a cruise to make up for it.
Happy Anniversary!
John,
Bonne Anniversaire (I said it in French because you love it so much)! LOVE Heidi’s baby bump in the picture. The digital photo frame was a great idea!
Why don’t you gift her with a day of beauty at a local spa for Christmas? I bet her pregnant body would love a massage, pedicure, manicure, facial, scalp treatment, all or any combination of those would make me thrilled!
Dear John
Once again you leave me laughing out loud while sitting at my computer! Great blog. Your story of the basketball team suddenly remined me of that great Monty Python bit about the soccer game, made up entirely of philosophers from the past…I LOVE that one! I was also reminded of your recent statement concerning the CD from the “Something of the Seas” and how his blog was going to bury yours. Fat chance. I truly believe he has never REALLY read your blogs. He will definitely be way out of his league.
What I appreciate so much about your blog is that it never sounds like an extended commercial for Carnival Cruise Lines (which it could very easily have become). It is genuine and heartfelt, warts and all. I also give high marks to Carnival for allowing you to express yourself, with no retractions or restrictions. Commendable.
We wish you and your beautiful wife (yes, you are lucky!) the very best of health, happiness and all of the treasures that a new family brings!
Your friends,
Lance & Ilda.
Happy Anniversary! What a cute picture of you both! A bit chilly there and here actually it looks like.
Gifts are difficult especially when you really want to please the person. That was a lovely gift for Heidi with the photos of her Dad as well. You get an A+ for thoughtful gifts on this one.
Have a wonderful day.
Happy Anniversary Heidi & John,
It is all just beginning for you now. Wishing you many many happy years together with the thingy (and maybe one or two more thingy’s). Love to Stephanie also.
Suzanne & Lisa
(Downunder)
Happy Anniversary to you and Heidi, boy how time flies, I remember when the two of you got married.
Suzann
Happy Anniversary!!!
Melissa
Happy 5th anniversary!!
Catrin
Happy Anniversary John and Heidi
Best Wishes for MAny many more. The BEST IS yet to come and your life will never be the same.
I agree with Empress Bee Camera for Christmas. make it a Video camera for video of “Thingy”
I also would suggest scrapbooking supplies” so you can document each picture and keep “each little thing of the baby’s Accomplishments as it grows. Just a suggestion. Great picture. Even thru the coat we can see Heidi’s “baby bump”
, In regards to your other 3 blogs, keep the funnies coming
HAte sex in the city
Love the team line up, keep it going
Fantasy Blog looking good , Getting excitied,to see you soon.
Take Care
The Tuckers
Elizabeth & Arnold
Happy 5th Anniversary John & Heidi, I have been away from my computer for a few days so this is belated. What a perfect gift for Heidi. What did she get you? Oh I guess she is still carrying your gift around for you and you won’t get to open it till May 15th!!! That’s the best gift in the world! I am sure you will think of something spectacular for Christmas. Hope you had a nice Sunday off! I wrapped Christmas gifts all day. Haven’t heard from anyone at Carnival yet re: the email I sent you John regarding the Splendor. Chris on the Valor is taking care of my request, thank you so much John. Mama Mia was a great movie, I believe it is coming out on rental already though. Your friends, Linda & Mike
Be Delayed Anniversary Wishes.
Rose.
John & Heidi,
Best wishes on your anniversary!!!!
Since Carnival Corp dosn’t seem interested in offering a decent loyalty program that rewards us for all the lines (CCL,HAL, Princess), is there a credit card offering that gives us 2X reward (or similar ) for Carnival family?
Answer needed–see you on Carnival Valor 3/22
Congratulations John and Heidi…We cant wait for Thingy Heald to arrive…Catie says anytime you need a babysitter to call and we will fly the pond for you….Heidi best wishes for a smooth birthy thingy…
Mark,Amanda and Catie
Happy Anniversary Heidi & John!!!
Out of the tree of life, I just picked me a plum
You came along and everything started to hum
Still its a real good bet, the best is yet to come
The Flying (Bloggers Cruise coming soon, pour me some Rum) Dutchman
Hi John & Heidi,
A belated Happy Anniversary. Love Digital Photo Frames. Do you also print out your digital photos. Do you have a printer specifically for photos? Robin beat me to it – my suggestion was also going to be a spa day for Heidi. But, and I know you’re going to hate picking this out, you could also get her a gift bag full of spa goodies that she can use at home. Maybe if Mum or Sister could actually shop for these things if it makes you feel queasy going into a “Beauty Shop”.
I’m sorry your anniversary dinner was not as you had hoped. That’s what happens when you go to a French Restaurant. Sacre Bleu!
About your “Dream Team”. You said Pat Riley was retired so he couldn’t coach. But John, Winston Churchill is dead (and so is Vito Corleone). So you need substitutes.
Regards to you both (and the little Thingy – Heidi, you are still glowing).
Carol
A belated Happy Anniversary. Five years seem to go by so quickly. We have found that fifty two years go by in a flash also! Enjoy all the time you have together – even the bad plays and unpleasant restaurants. Again, Hapy Anniversary. Jeri and Larry
Just hoping that Stephanie is doing well and home. Have not heard how she is doing. Thank you.
John, Please reply:
Hello, Hope that you, Heidi, and the thingy are doing great and enjoying your holidays! My sister-in-law that we cruise with now for 5 years has just retired from her job after 20 years and is taking her grandkids on their 1st cruise next week (12/15) on the Carnival Imagination. I would love to be there and see her grandkids faces when they see the ship for the 1st time. The youngest grandson was diagnosed with Omen’s Syndrome when he was 3 months old and had to have a bone marrow transplant from his sister (7 or 8 yrs old at the time). He is a miracle child from God to have survived this disease(he was 3 in Feb). I was wondering if you could have something special done for them next week on their trip. The names are Beth and Terry Dowling and daughter and husband is Shan and Tony Strickland. The children are Katy Beth, Seth, and Drew.
Hopefully I will be cruising with her again in February like we always do. We have sailed with you twice and enjoyed it so much.
Thanks!
hey John Happy Anniversary to you and Heidi!
Just wanted to know what happened to the link to the webcams please ask Stephanie or someone to put that link back.
Thank you
James
Happy Anniversary John & Heidi!
The digital frame is a great idea! Especially since you loaded it with pictures. We have one that someone gave us 2 or 3 years ago that had their pictures on it. We keep forgetting to take it out of the box and read the instructions. (Technologically challenged, that’s me.) Hee hee. Jewelry is a lovely gift, but most women like to choose their own. My husband thinks I’m this tiny little thing, so left to his own devices, he will buy child-sized jewelry for me. He usually buys me jewelry in the duty free shop on-board ship, or in a port like St. Maarten.
Thank you for posting the list of activities for the Bloggers’ Cruise in NOLA. It sounds wonderful. I can hardly wait. I booked the cruise on 1/25, so it seems like I’ve been waiting forever. It won’t be long now!
I agree about the play. It sounds dreadful. I still haven’t seen the movie, because I was afraid it would make me depressed.
You know, some of the items on the new Carnival menus sound a little like the items you described. There are a few people left who don’t like “weird” food. Luckily, I can always find something to eat, even if it’s the grilled chicken breast.
See You Soon,
Cheryl D.
Happy 5th Anniversary Heidi and John!
May you be blessed with many more.
LiNan
Happy Anniversary Heidi and John. The picture frame was a brilliant gift (my daughter got one as a wedding gift). May you have many more happy years together!
Hugs to you both,
Lori
Happy Anniversary, Heidi and John!
Ours was the 5th, so I was too much rumpy pumpy to wish you one! Next year we’ll be on the Dream…….Now that’s a celebration! Twenty two years and counting!
Love,
Kap