10:27 Hellooooooo, P-Town!!!!!! # 18:15 Happy Birthday, @conchita! # 18:19 Malka just asked for 'Dana Banana,' and Gus... #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

13:44 In Bar Harbor, aka 'Bah-Habah,' Maine. Quaint, delightful, and lovely. #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

09:35 Halifax, Nova Scotia. BEAUTIFUL!!!!! # 10:14 Our family was just interviewed by the CBC radio show! # 12:06 Look out, Thomas the Tugboat, here comes Malka!!! #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

12:55 eating lunch (fish & chips, 'natch) on a park bench, with my girls, in beautiful St. John, Canada... # 12:59 @tchix- we're room 4532! #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

07:39 Hello, Canada! #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

12:30 In line at terminal to check in. Sooooooo many families like ours! # 15:07 time for beer!!!! # 15:08 @tchix-where is your muster station? ours is deck 7 # 16:59 wonderfully aware of how many transracial famlies are here! Sadly aware of HOW hard WW is on a cruise! #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

In February, 2004, Narda and I went on a Cruise - it was LOVERLY. It was also the last real vacation that we have taken. All trips since have been to visit family, and while nice, it's still "work," to a degree. In 7, yes, just seven days, we all head off on an rfamily … Continue reading T minus 7 and counting

my Hydrangeas ARE pretty! ;), originally uploaded by shellipsm. In case you were wondering where my obsession with hydrangeas came from - I've ALWAYS loved them - I grew up with a BIG bush in my yard as a kid - all blue and purple ones. SO pretty. We now have 3 plants in or … Continue reading my Hydrangeas ARE pretty! 😉

This is a test of the wordpress situation. I've been dabbling for a while, and still don't have it all up to snuff, but here we gooooooooooooooooooooo!