Hi Crazies.  Maria, I am so sorry - bless your heart, you have certainly had more than your share of health issues lately.  I will be saying a prayer that the polyp can be resolved easily and will have no affect on your cruise.  Keith, your tree is beautiful as well as your outside decorations.  I always love seeing pics of you and Rita - you always look so happy and full of life.  Jackie, we did have a good time, how can you not when you are on a cruise.  it was just not what we have come to expect from Carnival and I hated that as it was Bev and Jud&#39;s first experience.  We booked on one of the Troublemaker cruises about 6 months ago or so.  It is not for 13 months so I hope that we can convince our friends to do another one in between then.  Right now, the Conquest is the only ship sailing from a Texas port, but there is a new port opening in Houston this coming Spring and I emailed the Bayport Port Authority the other day and she replied rather quickly and said that they expect once the summer is over, there will be cruise ships sailing from there to the caribbean.  She said that there ware over 40 ships repositioned to European waters and they will return in the early fall, so we will see what the schedules look like.   Well, I gotta&#39; scoot - just wanted to check in with you lovely people.....