FRIDAY - May 11th[/size]<br />
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Good Morning Crazies....Wow&#33; it was great to sleep in our own bed last night.  If nothing else this trip only reinforced why we love cruising so much.  It is so much easier to get on a ship, unpack you bag and sit back and watch the world go by.  Checking in and out of motels each night can be a real pain and you deal with new issues each night.  On the cruise ship if something is wrong with your room one call fixes everything.  I also suspect when I add up the envelope of receipts from this trip (excluding the Disney World portion) I will find that cruising is much more economical.  Between motels, meals and gas (yikes) it was much more expensive than I originally thought.  Oh well - live and learn.  We wouldn&#39;t have done it any differently and had a great time.<br />
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Our trip to Ft. Myers was great and very emotional for me.  It seemed every drawer I opened contained a note from my Mom on things to do or places to eat.  She had notes on all her appliance manuals and until we got there I did not realize she bought a new TV only 2 days before she came home for Thanksgiving in 03.  While she was home with us she suffered her anurysm (sp) and passed away a month later. She never did get back to Florida.  I am more confused than ever now as to whether I want to keep the place or sell it.  Right now there are a lot of places in her development for sale so the prices are very low - but the place does need work and I don&#39;t know if I want to spend any more money on it.  If I thought Jim &amp; I could go down there for the Winter my decision would be easy but I don&#39;t see that happening anytime in the near future.  I will have to sit down with my two brothers and do some serious debating on what we should do.   <br />
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Just glancing through all the pages I missed while I was away I see we have a lot of new members.  <br />
[size=4][color="#006600"]WELCOME[/size].  It is terrific to see so many new active Crazies and I hope to get to know you all soon.  <br />
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Today it is back to reality - Jim goes back to work and I will be babysitting the grandkids in between tackling this mountain of laundry.  I hope to have it all done by dinner time when we will be going out to eat since Sears does not come til tomorrow to fix my fridge which was a wonderful 80 degrees when we got home&#33;&#33;  Than after it is working again I will deal with Sears.<br />
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Make today a great day and share a smile with someone before the day is done.