Jackie, I will be interested in knowing how your casserole turns out as we have LOTS of ham.  Just made the reservations for the hotel in Galveston fro our cruise in Oct.  When we went last year, we stayed there - the hotel had just opened 2 weeks before our arrival and was probably the nices Comfort Suites we have stayed at.  We discovered then that the rooms that faced the ocean had balconies, but they were all booked, so I just got 2 rooms with balconies.  Hopefully, Jud will find a job soon and they will still be joining us as planned.