<div align='center'><!--coloro:#006400--><span style="color:#006400"><!--/coloro--><!--sizeo:6--><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><u><i>MONDAY - DECEMBER 22nd</i></u><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--></div><br /><br />Good morning Crazies.    Well I didn&#39;t get to open the dock at 4:30AM Kevin.   I&#39;m a little bit late, but not much.     It sure was good to sleep in our own bed last night....just wish I could have slept  a bit longer.<br /><br />It seems like a very large number of Crazies are having unusual weather and are right now &quot;snowed in&quot; I desperately need to get to the grocery store this morning but will wait til the sun comes up to melt some of the ice.   Please be careful when you are out and about.   I know a lot a folks have put those final holiday preperations off til the last minute (me included) but it&#39;s pretty icy and slippery out here right now.   <br /><br />Our cruise was just great - the Panama Canal was everything I hoped it to be and then more.     The Jewel is a gorgeous ship, now my favorite class of ships with RC and service was exceptional.    The food was good but the selections were awful - extremely limited choices but we managed to find something every night.  Some nights it was harder than others.   I know I won&#39;t get to writing a review til after the holidays but will try to get to it before the new year.  We enjoyed our pre-stay in Miami and look forward to returning next November for ConnieGoesCrazie.   <br /><br />We spent a lot of time and had dinner each night with Martha &amp; Lee (waf125) and now have new friends who I know we will keep in touch with and cruise with again.   We are already thinking Alaska for &#39;10. <br /><br />This pile of mail on the table is calling me so I&#39;ll just get a load of wash going and see what bills need to be paid and who can wait til next year.    <br /><br />I hope everyone is well and ready for the holidays.    Be back later.