Friday, February 13, 2009

Dreaming of Hawaii

You guessed it. These are my traveling buddies. And yes we did rent a car to go to a scrap book store in Hawaii. Our ship was in port for two days. The second day was to shop and return to the boat for rest, relaxation and girl time together. I did hand over my camera to a stranger and ask him to take our picture. We were in heaven on earth.
Two years ago today, the four of us were on a scrapbook cruise with Lisa Bearson. Eight days in the wonderful Hawaiian Island. We were in a different port every day. Our days were filled with fun and adventure. At night, we were busy scrapping. Now you tell me, what a better way to travel. This photo was taken from a helicopter. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this trip.

I was on this cruise on Valentines Day 2007. My darling son was in school at Western Carolina in North Carolina. I had heard that they were getting snow and possibly snow in the Atlanta area. The morning of Valentine Day I called my son with the following message. "Good Morning Son. I am having coffee on the back of the ship, sitting in the sun and the weather is 80 degrees. Love you. Mom" On my return I received a call from him telling me he did not like my message. Poor baby was walking back and forth to class in 24 degree weather with snow. My perkie little message did not send him love. Poor Baby!!! Can you tell how upset I was??? Ha! Ha! Ha!

All dressed up and out on the town, with the rest of the cruise ship. This was Debra and Jamie's first luau. We had a great time and enjoyed the entertainment. None of us wanted to come home.
Maybe one day my honey and I can sell everything and move to Hawaii. Not to worry buddies! You guys would have an open invitation. Thanks for such a wonderful trip. It is always in my heart. Happy Valentines Day. Priss

5 comments:

Jamie Payne said...

That was such a fun trip...just us girls taking on the Hawaiian Islands. I'm looking forward to our next scrapbooking cruise together in February 2010!!! Thanks for bringing back such great memories Chere!

Deb said...

Who took the picture of us in the convertable? Oh..there was a man parked next to us.
This post makes me very happy as I remember all the fun we had together. I miss you guys!

Country Girl said...

Wow. This looks like so much fun! Is that Deb that I see there in this photo above?
I've never been to any of the Hawaiian islands, or any island for that matter. Except Ocracoke, off the coast of NC.
George would probably love to take you up on your offer of a soft frisbee, but only if you're sure.

Could you e-mail me at katydid56@gmail.com?

Thanks, Chere.

Debra (a/k/a Doris, Mimi) said...

I completely forgot about being in Hawaii two years ago. What fun we had!! We celebrated my baby's 30th birthday. She was inbetween pregnancies at the time - post Jameson and pre Ava. Can we go again????? Oh yes, we're going on a cruise to Mexico and Honduras in February 2010. Woohoo!!!!!

dsr524 said...

Hawaii has to be one of the most perfect places on earth. I was there several years ago on vacation - not scraping, but lighthouse hunting. We enjoyed it so much, we're going back this summer! Who would have guessed that we could have two "once in a lifetime" trips!