February 2025 – thefouramigosblog

My Dream Home

Write about your dream home. A little cottage by a lake with blue hydrangeas in full bloom. My home would have a fireplace for chilly nights but most often the temperature would be quite comfortable. The kitchen would fill with morning sunlight and I’d have a cozy little nook to drink my coffee and write.Continue reading “My Dream Home”

Great News!

You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do? The first thing I do is to check if it’s true! Yup in this day and age I’m beginning to not trust anything! Sounds negative right? Maybe just realistic! So it’s true! I have fantastic news! I would share the news withContinue reading “Great News!”

No drink No dance

Are there any activities or hobbies you’ve outgrown or lost interest in over time? When I was younger, I skied, skated, danced, and drank. Well the drinking I gave up over 30 years ago. No more late-night shenanigans. Dancing has become less frequent because I don’t hang out in places with live music. The otherContinue reading “No drink No dance”

Red Licorice

What’s your favorite candy? I can remember going to the candy store with Pennie’s to buy single strands of delicious red licorice. So my love of it goes way way back. Not black licorice which is so strong but the red which is fruity, I can sit and eat a pound of red licorice inContinue reading “Red Licorice”

Our Final Port

This was a short cruise. Five nights, two ports, and two sea days. Our second port was Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. We didn’t plan a shore excursion but decided to walk around the port for a bit. There is a free pool, lazy river, and lounges. We didn’t wear our bathing suits so we didn’tContinue reading “Our Final Port”

Labadee – a private island in Haiti

Haiti is on the same island mass as the Dominican Republic but for many years, especially lately it has been riddled with crime. In fact it is at level 4 on the State Department list. So why Labadee? For many years Royal Caribbean has been renting this island at the northern tip of Haiti. AtContinue reading “Labadee – a private island in Haiti”

Off on Another Caribbean Cruise

What can I say! I just love to travel and cruising is an easy way to do it. This one’s a short one. Five nights on Royal Caribbean’s the Grandeur of the Seas. Two ports. Haiti and the Dominican Republic. This is our first time in an ocean-view cabin. It’s cute. It’s big enough toContinue reading “Off on Another Caribbean Cruise”