A WHOLE BUNCH O' STUFF

Happy Monday all!!!! I am back from a wonderful vacation and have all kinds of things I have to share! But, first things first - the winner of the blog candy! Here is how I did it - I assigned every entry a number right down the line, including those who provided links on their blogs (thanks ladies, I appreciate the love) and taking out duplicate posts on the blog candy postings. Then, I plugged that number into random.org. And, this is the number chosen!

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:144

Timestamp: 2008-10-26 23:15:30 UTC

That makes the winner Nikki Bond - WHOOHOO!!!! Way to go Nikki!!! Send me your addy and I will get this candy right on out to you!!! And, for all of you who visited me while I was gone, I want you to know how much I appreciate you!!! It means so much to me that you guys all took the time to stop by and leave me such sweet comments - I appreciate all of you!!!! So, want to win some more candy??!!! As I said, I am going to celebrate my blogaversary every day this week by giving a little something away each day. And, all you have to do to win today is leave me a comment and if you want, your favorite holiday recipe - yep, I am making another recipe book and want some yummy things to put in it!!! Heehee!!!! And, here is what the winner will receive from me: one package of felt cupcakes (taken out of pkg for pic because of glare), one birthday cake slice embellishment, a birthday tag, and a birthday hat! See the trend? Since my blog is one year old, I thought it might be fitting to have some candy that celebrated it's birthday - lol!!! So, I bet you are wondering where all my cruise pics are....well, I am still going through them, doing some editing, and will share them as soon as I can catch my breath!!! BUT, I have a few I can share today of when Vicki and I left on the cruise so here they are! This first pic is of the ship we sailed on called the Sovereign of the Seas. It is absolutely beautiful and there were TONS of restaurants, shops, and entertainment areas onboard! Sadly, this ship no longer sails with Royal Caribbean, it was sold last week to their overseas cruise line. There was only two more sailings after ours and then it was gone! Here are Vicki and I during the lifeboat drill...I am sure we would not be smiling if it was not a drill - lol!!! And, here is a picture of me being silly during the drill, I mean, hey, I couldn't resist! It was so unreal being packed in to the bar area with about three hundred other guests - I am glad we did not really have to get on lifeboats because I am not sure exactly how that would have turned out *wink* This next picture is Vicki and me standing on the deck as we sailed out of Port Canaveral where the weather was yucky and rainy, but we did not care because we were on our way to the Bahamas! And, this last one shows you just how I celebrated our immediate departure for the tropics - with a Pina Colada of course, lol!!!! So, those are the ones I have to share today, but I promise I will have more to share tomorrow once I have a chance to do some editing - we took almost 900 pictures so you can see why it is taking me awhile to go through them!! And, I will share something creative too, I promise *wink* Have a fabulous day!