Jen...thank you&#33;  Yes...the ocean air is great for everything.  That is so great that your mom has agreed to see the doctor.  I know what you and others go through as caretakers...I took care of my mom, too.   Hope you are doing better with the feeling and strength in your arm.<br /><br />Rose...thank you for the prayers.<br /><br />Jackie...thank you for the good wishes.  Happy B-Day to Tony&#33;  And congratulations on the new baby and your daughter&#39;s homecoming.  That is sooo great.  <br /><br />Falina...thank you for the thoughts and prayers.  Hope you have a nice lunch out tomorrow.  The stew in the crock pot sounds good.  I used to love to use the crock pot when I was working.  It was so great to come home when you were so tired and have supper pretty much made already.<br /><br />Kevin...thank you.  The ship was the &quot;Constitution&quot; of American Hawaii lines.  They used to be the only American flagged line, and the only one that sailed around Hawaii.  We went to Oahu, Maui, two ports on the big Island and Kaui.  We had a fabulous luau on Maui.  It was the most beautiful area ever.  This ship is also the same ship that sailed transatlantic to France with Princess Grace and her wedding party for her wedding.  Also, one episode of &quot;I Love Lucy&quot; was filmed on this ship...so it was a very famous ship.  We went on her at a time when it was it&#39;s last cruise.  The ship was not in good shape, and some of it&#39;s employees were not too happy about everything, but I am still so glad we went on her.  It was great to be on an historic, and classic ship.  Marc was not very nice, though...he called the ship &quot;the old tub.&quot;  He&#39;s sooo mean... LOL   <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> <br /><br />Carmen...wow&#33;  I love your poem.  It has so much heart and soul&#33;  You are so talented.  Thank you for sharing with us.  I hope your friends and their homes will be OK.  Hope you have a fabulous cruise to Italy...but then it&#39;s Italy...how could you not?   <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":biggrin:" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> <br /><br />Shaunna...I&#39;m sooo sorry for the bad day you&#39;ve had.  Try not to take everything he said too hard because sometimes we all say things we don&#39;t mean...sending a big hug.<br /><br />Sue..that&#39;s so nice that you got to go out to the mall.  Is Twelve Oaks anything like the &quot;Mall of America?&quot;