Category Archives: Grand Cruises

Spring Cleaning …Again – At Sea – [01/14/2015]

There will come a time, I’m sure, when I can walk on a ship and not have the overwhelming compulsion to overhaul the library. That day, I’m sure is coming…it just…hasn’t quite arrived yet. Now, were I taking over from … Continue reading

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At Rest – Manta, Equador – [01/13/2015]

I love port days… The office is so blissfully empty on port days…especially the port days right before a huge crossing, just a few moments of peace before the craziness sets in for the eight day trans-pacific crossing…and since I … Continue reading

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One Two Three…Fry! – At Sea – [01/18/2015]

Baby, I’m cookin’ with gas. Oh, I’m a gumdrop, A sweet lollipop, A brook trout right out of the brook, And what’s more, baby, I can cook! So, that’s partially true…I can actually cook. I can cook surprisingly well. Put … Continue reading

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Patience, Little Sister – Panama Canal – [01/11/2015]

~There’s a river to cross and a mountain to climb Patience, patience, it’s gonna take some time~ ~ Dreamgirls I’ve had guests tell me – in none so many words – that I have the patience of an angel. This … Continue reading

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Voiceless Wonder –Panama Canal – [01/11/2015]

Hello world cruise…goodbye voice.. I had hoped that when something similar to this happened last year it was a onetime thing; but the GWV requires a lot of talking at the beginning, and even my voice –with all its power … Continue reading

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Worker Bee – At Sea – [01/07/2015]

Well, the years start coming and they don’t stop coming Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running The thing with the GWV, is that the first four days? The first week? Definitely the hardest, not that the … Continue reading

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Workin’ for a Living – At Sea – [01/06/2015]

In a lot of ways the first week back is similar to the first week home: major adjustment process at the same time that it’s not. You slip very easily back into your life being run by an office-set schedule, … Continue reading

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Yee-haw – At Sea – [05/15/2014]

Country girl shake it for me girl Shake it for me…   There are a lot of people who smother giggles at the fact that I like line dancing…what most people don’t realize is that I model the way I … Continue reading

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The End Of the World As We Know It – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – [04/28/2014]

Just when you think it’ll never come, it’s on top of you. It’s difficult to describe the controlled chaos of yesterday, let alone today. The yearly turnaround from the GWV to the PanCan is something that almost has to be … Continue reading

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Changing Paces – At Sea – [04/19/2014]

9 more days…4 more ports…and then we hit the season-end turn-around in FLL. No matter how relieved you are when it arrives (and trust me, we all are, much as we all love the flagship, we’d be fools not to … Continue reading

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