After Thanksgiving

So good to talk to everyone at Thanksgiving.(Sorry Sandy but you were away)
Sounds like everyone was having good food and good company. We had two Thanksgiving meals. We first had lunch with Ann Tucker at her assisted living facility.You will remember Helen talking about the elderly lady she has been taking care of for the last five or six years. It was sad to see so many people there without any family or other visitors. And to think there are probably millions of others in like circumstances. The meal was pretty awful, too. For the money those people are paying, the company should have done better.
That night we had a real Thanksgiving dinner with Henny Barlow Ely. She is a great cook and we thoroughly enjoy eating at her house! She always asks about the girls. She will be going to Robin's home for Xmas.
Helen and I will be leaving for a cruise to the Caribbean on Friday. We are taking a Princess liner out of Ft. Lauterdale. We have never been on Princess before. We will be going for ten days. Most of the ports are familiar to us so we will probably just hang out on shipboard or walk to the town centers in port. We are looking forward to getting away. Cruises are really inexpensive this year. (There were some great sales on Black Friday). You really can't beat the daily price of a vacation on a cruise if you figure the price includes all your food, entertainment and lodging. You have to be careful about the extras, however, as this is where cruise lines make their money. The side tours at port, the fancy drinks on board, and the beauty salon treatments can really end up costing more than the price of the cruise itself.
We are looking forward to seeing some of the family at Christmas. We will be spending the holiday with Sandy ,Dave , Kathy, Don and some of their children. We will see Mel, Meghann and the boys on the way home. We are hopeful of getting to See Deb , John and their family, too, if we can work out the schedule. Helen and I really treasure the chance to see family at Christmas. Helen now has no family of her own left. It is an important time for both of us.
Hope we can all keep in touch more often. Talk to all soon.