March 2009

What have the Heatherly's been up to during the month of March? Well here we go:

March 3rd was our dog Zoey's 7th birthday. Big deal, you're thinking, but it is to a couple of empty nesters. The dog becomes your child. Cute huh?

Zoey says Go Cocks!

On March 7th we attended a party for our neighborhood's HOA board members.

March 14th was our Church's annual Empty Nester group St. Patrick's day Bunco party. If you've never played Bunco, you should try it. It's lots of fun and can get wild and loud. This group of seemingly normal, calm, and collected adults can turn into screaming loonies in about 5 minutes during this fast paced dice game.

Susan (right) with friend Maryanne

Susan and Don at the St. Patrick's Day Bunco Party

Out big event in March was our recent Cruise. We boarded the Carnival Legend in Tampa on March 29th and set sail for Grand Cayman, Cozumel MX, Belize, and Roatan. The weather was perfect and the seas were relatively calm the entire trip. We had a great time and did not want it to be over. Boy, did that 7 days go by fast. Here are some photos of the trip. Almost Paradise as the song goes.

And, Don got his 2 minutes of fame on the last night at the big show in front of the entire ship, when he got up on stage and sang two Motown songs (first verse only), My Girl and Ain't Too Proud To Beg. This was not planned at all but everyone seem to enjoy it, at least they didn't walk out. What a hoot that was. I still don't believe I did it.

We returned on April 5th. Susan had a birthday on board during the cruise on April 4th. We celebrated by having our room decorated and having birthday cake at dinner while the wait staff sang Happy Birthday to her in the dinning room. Red faced and embarrassed, she finished her big day shopping for birthday gifts in the gift shop. Nothing like a little jewelry to make a girl forget how old she is.