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That is a big move. Good luck with everything! We are going on our first DCL cruise after Thanksgiving, so I'd love to read more about your cruise when your life isn't so crazy!
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well congratulations - I guess-I assume you are happy about the new job but not the physical act of moving. That can be a complete pain. So we are losing a Jersey girl .
So after my “wild ride” on the Aqua Dunk we were done with the pool for the time and decided to go hit up the Open House in the kids club for stroytime with Belle. This was so cute and she was a lovely Belle reading to the kids and so animated. We had a good time here and then went back to the room to shower up and relax a bit before dinner.
We took the kids up to the pool deck to get some grub for dinner because tonight would be our first night “out” at a Palo. I was very much looking forward to this. So after the kids were fed, Arnaud went to drop them off in the club while I went back to the room to get pretty for my date. Arnaud came back to get changed and we had a glass of wine on the balcony before we headed off to Palo. We have never been here so we were both excited. From the moment we walked in I was very happy to be spending the next hour or so in here. I never take notes of our food, but I can tell you everything was lovely. I wouldn’t say anything was bad; food and service were all very good. Nothing blew me away though. It was a very nice and relaxed meal with my hubs and that’s all anyone could want.
We sat at a small 2 top table and of course the people next to you can be a little close, so of course I was eyeing up this beautiful necklace the lady had on sitting next to me. I was of course making jokes to Arnaud how nice my outfit would have been if we didn’t forget my entire bag of jewelry……but moving on. She happened to look over at me while I was gawking and I just had to tell her how stunning her necklace was. She laughed and said thanks and we chatted for a quick minute. Then her husband asked if I could take their pic and he would do the same for us. So of course we did the pic swap. Then we just started a full on conversation. Tom and Barb from Colorado our new friends were. We chatted about wine first; they told us they bought a 12 night package of wine?!?!?!?! Uhmmmm, what?? We only bought a 7 night, never even knew there was a 12 night. Arnaud and I can and will gladly polish off one bottle of wine during dinner, so this was something we needed to talk to Limbert and Marianne about next time we see them. As we were getting ready to pay our bill and leave we all realized we were both having brunch at Palo on Sat, at the same time. Barb asked if we would like to join them and see if we could sit together. Well, of course!!! We quickly chatted with our server and he said he would gladly change that in the system and also be our server for brunch too. FABULOUS!! We traded cabin numbers and said maybe we can catch up for a drink in Keys one night too. It was all just perfect. More to come with Barb and Tom in later updates. They were a really sweet couple and I was glad to have met them. We had been gone from the kids now for about 2 hours so I was eager to pick them up and see how their night was going. We always seemed to find Andre right away; the kid was always in Andy’s room on the slinky slide. Josie was always a bit more difficult to find, but usually in Pixie Hollow creating a new fairy on the computer. We took them up to the pool deck for the free flowing self-serve ice cream for a little treat, then back to the room to get ready for bed. All resting nicely in the room we were soon off to sleep because oh yes…..another set clocks forward night this would be.
Just wanted to also say a quick thank you to all the well wishes on our relocation to Texas. Arnaud has started his new position and is loving it...........I however am not loving his constant travel back and forth. The housing market in our area is the pits right now. Selling our home has not been fun, or easy. We live in a great neighborhood just outside AC. In this year 4 of our casinos have closed with one more closing in just a few weeks. I have no idea what has happened to our beloved historic town, but it's not pretty. I am happy to be able to at least spend the holidays here one last time and take advantage of all the wonderful things that happen in our nearby cities during this time!! One last spin around Philly and NYC can never be a bad thing. A buyer for our home will be just around the new year and then we can finally move on to what life has in store for us in Dallas!!!
Very glad that Arnaud is happy with his new position and I hope you will be happy with the move once you get settled. Good luck with selling the house. Happy Thanksgiving to you, Arnaud, Josie and Andre!
What a great evening at Palo, and always nice to make new friends. Glad the kids had a fun time at the kids club. Love the pic of them enjoying their ice cream.
So sorry that the house selling has not been easy hoping the New Year starts off well and for your new relocation to Dallas
I'm glad to hear things are going well with the new move and I hope you'll soon all be settled together in Dallas.
Isn't it wonderful when you meet people and just hit it off with them? We've made so many great friends on our cruises - we met Mari and Raleigh, who we did our Eastern Med cruise and our Italy road trip with in the summer on the inaugural Med cruise back in 2007 and we've remained firm friends with them ever since.
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What a lovely evening! And I'm not surprised that you 2 made friends with strangers. : Sounded like those 2 munchkins had a blast as well - slides & fairies followed by ice cream - perfection!
for a buyer!! Because that will mean you are within driving distance to meet!!
How fun to meet some nice people on the cruise and hit it off with them!
Glad Arnaud is enjoying his new job. Glad you are getting to enjoy one last holiday season in your neck of the woods before relocating. I hope you like Dallas! I really hope to get to meet you one day as I will only be 3 hours north of you once you get moved!
Fell a little bit behind here as we just sold our house and moved - 3 week ago. Not at all a fun process! Especially with the kids around. Good luck to you with that. I've been to Texas a few times and had a good time. I'm sure you'll make a nice life there.
Sounds like your dinner at Palo was a good time. Always nice when you can make new friends! Can't wait to hear about the rest of the cruise and how everything goes with the move. I will say selling a house and keeping it clean is so stressful, but once you have a purchase agreement signed it's so much easier. Yes you have to pack, but the pressure to sell is gone and it doesn't matter if the kids scatter their toys all over the house. Good luck!
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: Sounded like those 2 munchkins had a blast as well - slides & fairies followed by ice cream - perfection!
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