Category Archives: beef

Spending a very nice day at sea

Today we slept in.  When we finally woke up and looked outside the sky was clear blue  but we were experiencing choppy seas.  When the captain did his morning announcements we learned that it was only 60° outside. We took … Continue reading

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Rainy start to our day in Labadee

Labadee is on the north coast of Haiti surrounded by mountains covered in lush foliage and is Royal Caribbean’s private retreat exclusively for their guests.  This lovely paradise is the sight of areas for just a relaxing day or areas … Continue reading

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Spending a lazy day at sea

We woke up this morning to a beautiful, warm day and calm seas.  By the time I stepped out onto the balcony the sun was already high in the morning sky. Randy offered to go up to the Diamond lounge … Continue reading

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Basketball, Brackets and Beef Burgundy

  Every year I fly up to Virginia to visit with my daughter Kristine for the beginning of the NCAA basketball tournament. I love this time Kristine and I spend together.  Yes, we watch a great deal of basketball but … Continue reading

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Some Real Good Chili

This has been a fun and tasty day at our house.  Our 9-year-old grandson, Derek spent the morning making a wonderful breakfast of French toast and at noon he made a wonderful grilled peanut butter, jam and marshmallow cream sandwich … Continue reading

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Beefburgers Hawaiian

This summer has been so sultry, I can hardly stand going outside, not even to fire up the grill.  But, I wanted hamburgers one day and decided to pull out an old recipe calling for broiling the hamburgers in my … Continue reading

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30-Minute Filet Bourguignonne with Mashed Potatoes

We had been on the road traveling first to a motorcycle rally in Greenville, South Carolina, and then over to Huntsville, Alabama to visit family.  During our eleven day trip we only enjoyed onegreat meal.   Consequently, I was anxious to … Continue reading

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Celebrating the New Year on the Jewel of the Seas—Day 1

I have to start by saying that I cannot believe we actually made it to the cruise.  We left Florida on December 16th and drove to Virginia to visit with the children and grandchildren for the holidays.  December 26th we … Continue reading

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A ‘Wow’ Sunday dinner

So far, in my search for new, lighter recipes during the holiday season, I have prepared a seafood, pork chop, vegetarian and pasta dish.  Three of the dishes made it into my ‘keeper’ file. It was time to prepare a … Continue reading

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Cruising to the Bahamas-Fun day at CocoCay

I was so looking forward to our stop at CocoCay.  I love CocoCay.  This tiny little island is just plain wonderful.  Beaches everywhere, warm turquoise and deep blue waters to swim, snorkel, wave run, float on a mat, slide down … Continue reading

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