Author: DrumMajorKev

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>My True-Love

>Today Marks our 13th Anniversary.  No truer words have been spoken, and the words below were used for our Comittment Ceremony in 2003, Our Civil Union in 2005 and our Wedding in 2008. 


I love you with all my hear.

My True Love Hath My Heart

~ Phillip Sidney

My true-love hath my heart, and I have his,
By just exchange one for the other given:
I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss;
There never was a bargain better driven.
His heart in me keeps me and him in one,
My heart in him his thoughts and senses guides;
He loves my heart for once it was his own;
I cherish his because in me it bides.
His heart his wound received from my sight;
My heart was wounded with his wounded heart;
For as from me on him his hurt did light,
So still me thought in me his hurt did smart:
Both equal hurt, in this change sought our bliss,
My true love hath my heart and I have his.

>V-A-C-A-TION

>So it’s been a month since vacation.

I won’t bore you with all the details, but I will say we had a great time. This was our first time cruising in November (we left thanksgiving weekend). This was also our first time on Celebrity Cruise Lines (LOVE IT). And finally this was the first time we decided to book with a group tour Pied Piper.

First cruising in November. It was kind of weird. We were in the Eastern Caribbean, San Juan, St Thomas, and St Maarten. They were all great islands. The weirdness came from Calypso and Reggae Christmas music, while wearing shorts and t-shirts and sweating. We definitely would go back to the islands and see more of them again.

Second cruising on Celebrity. One word FABULOUS! The hubby and I worked to get to Diamond Level status on Royal Caribbean (RC and Celebrity are owned by the same company). This transferred over to Celebrity as Elite Status. There were some perks we enjoyed especially the Captains Club Cocktail 2 hours. Free Drinks and So-So Hors D’evours. This also allowed us to meet some nice people who were also Captains club members.

Third cruising with Pied Piper. We really enjoyed the group (all 1016 of them) and will definitely sail with the PP group again albeit with a smaller crowd on a different cruise. The Post Thanksgiving Cruise is always Pied Pipers largest group.

Fourth the best part of the trip was traveling with our good friends. They made a great time even better!

So that pretty much wraps it up. There isn’t really a lot to tell, this was one of our more laid back cruises. Good times, good food, lots of relaxation and some good friends.

>The countdown has begun

>Well I feel remiss in not having posted in a while. Let’s see what’s been happening…..

Well thanks for stopping by!

All Kidding aside it is one of my favorite days: Deep Fried Turkey Eve

As in the past the husband and I will be providing the deep fried turkey as part of the Thanksgiving dinner. This will go along with all the sides and the oven baked turkey Mom insists on having. And since we have all that oil bubbling, why not throw in some deep fried mushrooms and Pickles for a little appeateaser.

So the other big deal is the Cruise has finally come. Saturday we fly on down to Fort Lauderdale to spend the night before we board the cruise ship Sunday morning. I am still trying to decide what I should wear for my TSA MANdated Pat Down. I guess I haven’t been following things too closely because I sure don’t know what the big deal is with these scanners.

From FTL on Sunday we set sail for San Juan, Puerto Rico. Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, and Phillipsburg, St Maarten. This is a much needed, and much anticipated vacation, seeing as we booked WAY back in April.

I will be sure to try and take some notes of stuff to post about upon my return.

>Organizational Announcement

>So not so much has happened since Halloween around here. The temperature has gotten colder. The leaves have just about finished falling. We got our first bit of snow (albeit not very much and it was gone as the day progressed).

Election day came and went with not much fanfare, though it took a while for us to finally get a Governor elect.

The Drum Corps had an Open House this past week, along with that last Saturday found a bunch of us hanging posters around town trying to drum up interested (pun intended).

Last night was our Friends monthly game night. We had a great time as usual. These are the friends who just recently got married so I volunteered to make dessert to bring. Really all I wanted to do was make them a Faux Wedding Cake since they didn’t really have one on the day of their wedding.

The cake was 4 Layer Pumpkin Cake from a recipe I found on Epicourious, with a Maple Cream Cheese frosting. The original recipe called for Orange cream cheese but I was in a maple mood.

Here is the cake once it was cut and dished out. Not to toot my own horn but it was FABULOUS!

So the biggest goings on of the week are actually the reason I haven’t blogged since Halloween. 2 weeks ago on a Wednesday I received a mystery meeting request at work the was CONFINDENTIAL. Naturally it was sent at 10 AM for a 4PM meeting. So I finally get to the meeting, and lo and behold – I and 3 others (who were not named at the meeting) were all being given a promotion, New Title, bit of a pay increase, and a small change in duties and the clients we deal with.

So during the meeting they laid out the new role and what they would be taking away from me as far as miscellaneous things I do. They also made it clear this was confidential until the rest of my department was told and then the rest of the company. This didn’t happen until Monday/Tuesday. I am very excited about this change, as I feel they now will be using me to my fullest potential (something they have said for MONTHS they have not been doing).

So that’s pretty much it. Welcome to November. Oh and 14 Days until our Cruise Vacation leaves. I CAN”T WAIT!

>Halloween Part Deux

>So Saturday was a  busy day for us. We spent the morning Meet and Greeting with the Greyhounds to spread the word about Greyhound Adoption.

Here are our Pups Sandy and Duncan all dressed up and ready to meet the people

Then after a quick nap we got all gussied up for our friends Matt and Robin’s Halloween party.

 
Here are the Hubby and I the Tooth Fairy and True Blood Vampire workin at Merlotte’s
 Velma Meet’s the Tooth Fairy
The Hubby and I with our good Friends Corey and Allen
Velma busts out of the closet with Navy Girl (or as we called her Sailor Moon)