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2018 Vista Project – installment 1: all the photos, so many photos.

Everyone loves a good project, right. Well I will be starting a project that is long overdue.

In 2018, we went on a 4-generation family cruise. For some time, I have been sitting on all of the photo’s I have ordered. Some are to be shared, some are for scrapbook pages, and some are just for the heck of it. I have even purchased scrapbook albums to put the photos and scrapbook pages in. And yet, they sit here, taking up room in my very cramped craffice.

Now this is a lot of boxes with nothing but photo’s in them. I love Shutterfly and would recommend to anyone and everyone.

Two LARGE boxes with Scrapbook Albums in them were purchased at hobbylobby.com when there was a 50% off sale. I love Hobby Lobby and I love a great sale!!!! Unfortunately I do not remember who wants which album. Oh well, they will get what they get!!!!

The time has come to something done with the chaos created by these photos. My plan is to go though all of the photos and decide if they are scrapbook page material or photo album material. the ones for scrapbook pages will go in one stack while the others will be in a box of the person they should go to.

Some photos have 5 copies of it. Why 5? One for my mom, one for my daughter, one for each of my granddaughters (2), and one for myself. Obviously, with that many photos, this could take a while, but I hope not.

Somehow I stumbled across 4 envelopes of photos from Shutterfly that I apparently have not gone thru. Most likely, these photos were taken by other family members. In any case, I guess that means I will be reviewing them and putting them with the section they should be in. This is going to be fun.

My plan at the moment is to work on it daily until I receive the photos and scrapbook for a special project for my mom. Once that special project is finished, I will return to the 2018 Vista Project.

Wish me luck and please follow along with this project.

Carnival Vista – highlights from our November 2018 cruise

Saturday, November 10th… After months of planning, the day finally arrived when we packed up our cars and drove to Galveston.  I had very high hopes for this cruise as it is likely to be my mothers last cruise.  Everything was great until I started having my usual anxiety while my hubby was driving.  But that wasn’t anything a little Tylenol PM couldn’t take care of, LOL.

 

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Of course there was the obligatory stop at Buc-ee’s in Madisonville.  It was definitely time to get something to eat, like fudge!!!

We made it to Galveston without any problems.  We stayed at a different hotel than we usually do.  This time, we stayed at The Commodore on the Beach.  I was concerned that the three rooms I booked would be scattered but they put us right next to each other.  Also, I rented a wheelchair from Scootaround and it had already been delivered to the hotel and was waiting for us.  So far so good.

 

After settling into our rooms, we went to have dinner at The Original Mexican Cafe.  It is a tradition and Jim and I established in 2011 when we were introduced to this restaurant during a meet and greet brunch for our Carnival Magic cruise.  We were seated quickly and the service was fast and good as always. Afterwards, it was time to return to the hotel and get ready for the next day and boarding the Carnival Vista.

 

On Sunday, November 11th, we woke up to a beautiful day.  But then again, what day isn’t beautiful when you are about to board a ship!!!  Jim and I made a quick trip to WalMart to get some cruise necessities and to drive down Harborview to get our first view of the Vista.  She is big and beautiful!!!  On our way back to the hotel, I received a text from my oldest granddaughter with something she wanted up to pick up for her.  No problem!!!

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We finally made it out of the hotel and went to the pier.  I’m a HUGE fan of faster to the fun.  We were on the ship in no time at all.  This was when we had my mother use the wheelchair as we were concerned with her walking that much for that long.  I am very grateful for having this chair although she wasn’t very happy about it.

So the remainder of the week was made up of sea day brunches, Mahogany Bay, Belize, Cozumel and the last sea day.  I will be making a scrapbook with more information later but here are some of the highlights.

 

I hope to one day sail on the Vista again as I really didn’t do the things I normally do on a cruise.  Would I do it all over again, ABSOLUTELY.  But next time, I will not have the high hopes I had going into this cruise.  I learned a very valuable lesson about traveling with someone who has dementia.