I've said it before. . .

Time flies. . .

See below for pictures from our cruise if that's what you're here for but I thought I'd ramble for a bit.

As I get older, I feel like my life is like looking through a fan. Not a japanese fan, more like one you make out of paper in kindergarten. I'm watching things go on around me and it all folds in on top of whatever went before. That doesn't make much sense but let me try to clarify. Mary is now 17 years old. I remember her at two -- not just because we have pictures but because I really remember. So we're at the airport on our way home and I see a little girl who resembles Mary when she was about two. So I looked at her and "over" her was Mary at two and then Mary now. I'm sad sometimes because I feel like I missed so much when the kids were small. Now they are moving on and becoming people of their own. Making decisions and choices that I have nothing to do with.

Scary a bit. I'm proud of most of their choices. Hopeful. Sometimes it seems like my life is over. Like I've done what I was supposed to do and now I'm just waiting for the "spectatorship" to start. Watching them make their way. I hate it. I want to go back and start over. I'm sure everyone feels that way.

I don't always feel like this. I don't think it's deep or even different. I'll miss them.

My new favorite way to vacation

Well, Tim and I are no longer "cruise virgins." We celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary aboard Carnival's MS Inspiration. It was wonderful beyond words -- sure, there were some problems. . .we paid WAY too much for manicure/pedicure treatments, the photography is constant but buying the pictures is archaic. . .I have some ideas and I'm going to be writing a letter this weekend.

But for the most part it was one for the books.

We flew into Ft. Myers and stayed with my mom and dad on Friday, June 22. They took us to dinner (joined by my Aunt Peg, Uncle Ron and their friends Gil and Lois who brought us an anniversary card and flowers). Then Saturday mom and dad drove us to Tampa. Honey (their dog) rode with us. She's my baby sister. . .

Here are some of my favorite shots, so far (we haven't had the waterproof camera developed yet). . .

You could see the ship as we approached down the street. It was very cool. Tim and I at the port before we boarded -- my dad took this picture.
I immediately thought of Noah when I saw this huge chess set -- someone was always playing.

Towel animals:

Grand Cayman pictures will go here . . .


Calica/Playa del Carmen, Mexico:
Hacienda at the ranch where we got on our horses for our ride on the beach. . .

Our postcard shot. . . >>>>>>>>














We celebrated our anniversary with our new friends at Table 229 in the Carnivale dining room (5:45 seating):










Left to Right: Donna, Hanak, Roy, Jana (server), Rommel (co-server), Elaine, Kelly and Tim

Almost the end of the (fiscal) year

Well, Summer Celebration is over for another year and as June quickly draws to a close, we are busy beavers getting budgets ready for July 1. Well, not "we" -- I don' t have much to do with it except to cut and paste information.
Here are some pictures from Summer Celebration:
Tim and I had a good time -- he dealt Texas Hold 'Em (aka KET Hold 'Em). We had a blow mid-party because we got word that our dear friend David Gichuru had drowned while on vacation in California. Tim was still processing when this picture was taken I think.









Me and my boss, Michele Ripley, president of the Commonwealth Fund for KET. She called it "Kelly's party" all night. . . well, it was.





Mary and I posing in an Austin Healey. My big coup was getting the Louisville British Sports Car Club to bring 7 of their cars as "decoration" for our James Bond themed event. Mary was there to hold a kitten for the silent auction -- we'll never do that again -- bidding war, icky.