What was I saying...

It's been so long since I posted here and I don't miss the daily thinking up of things to write about.  For almost 10 years, it came easily and then, all of a sudden, it became a chore.  What I do miss are the blog friends who are not on Facebook.  I haven't found Twitter something I like to use but I do check it to see how friends are doing from time to time.  I was saddened to read this morning about Annie's loss of her beloved cat Garfield and decided it was time to give a little update.  Maybe those who see updates on their blogs will see that I posted.

We also experienced two sad losses since the beginning of 2015.  At the beginning of the year, we lost our sweet calico cat, Hayley Mills.  She died extremely suddenly of kidney failure.  She was Hunter's sister and she was our pet who had epilepsy and was on constant medication for that.

Then in another blow, we lost our 9 year old black lab, Kanan, to cancer which all of you know has plagued our dogs.  Once again, we went to our oncology vet, who knows us all too well, for treatment and chemotherapy which did not prove to be effective in Kanan's case.  So Jeff and I once again made the trek up to our hill to scatter Hayley's and Kanan's ashes where Dylan's and Kali's also remain.  Kanan was an especially tough loss for Jeff as Kanan was so devoted to him.

In good news, Jeff and I are finally getting around to those travel plans!  We have a family trip to Yosemite coming up in June and then in July, we will be in Europe for a little over 3 weeks.  Our first stop is London for 4 days then on to Paris for 3 days.  We will take a train from Paris to Zurich and then board the Bernina Express for a scenic ride through the alps on a narrow gauge train to Italy.  We will spend the night in Milan before boarding another train to Venice where we will stay for another 3 days.  We then leave for Rome and stay 2 nights before embarking on a 7 day Mediterranean cruise about the largest cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbean's  "Allure of the Seas."  Here's a little map of our itinerary at sea.

After we return to Rome, we will board a plane to Prague and stay there 2 nights before returning to London for one last night before our return flight home. 

Any advice anyone has for things to do in any of our stops would be greatly welcomed.  Turns out that we will be arriving in Paris on Bastille Day so should be in for some excitement, partying and fireworks over the Eiffel Tower.  As I said on Facebook, guess I can scratch off a bucket list item that I didn't even know was in my bucket!

Lots of love to you all! <3 <3 <3