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There are other changes as well.
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Moving on with the current of the years.
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To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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After my drawing class I went in search of Lisa and found her sun bathing. I showed her my picture and told her I was going to head back to the room and put it away. I think I barely walked about 15 steps away and it started raining. There was a mad rush of people jumping out of the pools to a dry spot, which I found kind of funny. They were wet and now they are avoiding getting wet.
You can kind of see the rain in this picture.
I headed back to the room and found these cups. I guess someone from the fish extender group left them and Lisa had brought them in. We were not part of the official exchange, but signed up to get any extras since many people said they had made too many items. I was shocked at how much stuff we actually received and I am thankful to all those kind hearted people.
While in the room I decided to get a few more pictures of different things in there.
And I went out to the veranda to admire how beautiful and peaceful the ocean was.
I love the shots of the ocean - so vividly blue. I'm with you about the people in the pool... like what? You're enjoying the water, you just don't want it as rain?
I love the shots of the ocean - so vividly blue. I'm with you about the people in the pool... like what? You're enjoying the water, you just don't want it as rain?
I could just stair at that water all day long. So pretty and peaceful.
I just chuckled about the pool people.
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Originally Posted by lauriep
That is so funny about the people jumping out of the pool because it's raining!
As kids we used to love to swim when it rained because the water seemed warmer then.
While hanging in the room, Lisa arrived. She said it rained pretty hard for a few minutes and she just decided to get out of there.
We flipped on the TV. I think I decided I needed a short nap and told Lisa to wake me in ˝ hour if I fell asleep. Before I knew it I heard my name and was told to get up. I had totally conked out. Lisa said I had even started to snore. I could see why too. I had my head on high pillows and the position I was in made me bend at the neck putting my chin almost on my chest….so basically I was cutting off my air supply.
We decided it was time to get some lunch.
These aren’t the best pictures because I took them with my point and shoot.
They had a lot to choose from today too.
After lunch we had planned to see Brave in the Buena Vista Theatre. Brook had told us to save her a spot as she wanted to see it too. We headed off for a potty break first.
We were lucky and had grabbed sweatshirts before going. That theatre is VERY cold. It also got packed very fast. We watched for Brook and never saw her. It got to be standing room only and we gave up looking. I was shocked at how cold it was in there, but others must’ve been there before because many people brought in blankets and curled up together under them.
The movie was good. This was Lisa’s first time seeing it and she enjoyed it. We used to go to Disney movies a lot together as I would take my other 2 kids and she would come along to see them. I used to make fun of her because she would cry in almost every movie. I seemed to have softened a bit because I now tear up as well. When the lights came up we quickly dried our eyes and headed out.
We stopped off in the room to drop off our sweatshirts and I took a picture of some of the treats we had received so far.
We went up on deck and sat for a few minutes and saw a plane.
My guess is that we were near Cuba.
We ran into Brook and she wanted to go to the Quiet Cove to get a coffee drink and so did Lisa.
We ran into this guy on our way.
Brook had said that they had tried to come to the movie but it was so packed that they just walked by and gave up.
Inside the Quiet Cove Café I took pictures while the girls made their orders. (I don’t drink coffee).
They had one named for Toledo, which I thought was odd. Toledo isn’t really known for its coffee that I know of.
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I'm with you about the people in the pool... like what? You're enjoying the water, you just don't want it as rain? 
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