Tag: Cozumel Mexico

Telling Our Story One Scrapbook Page At A Time – Installment 1, Cozumel 2015.

Hello all and welcome to my blog. As I mentioned in my Hello 2021 blog, I will be making scrapbook pages, hopefully everyday, using what stash I currently have and documenting old photos. What I didn’t have at that time was a couple of books I ordered in December. And now, I have something new to play with!!!

The books are 505 New And Inspiring Scrapbook Sketches and 525 New And Advanced Scrapbooking Sketches by Scrapbooking Coach. I have seen the books advertised on Facebook for many years and I decided now is the time. So, for this series, I will be using sketches from the first book. I started using this book as an inspiration as soon as I received it on Saturday and I am happy with how things are going.

Initially started this series with the idea of creating one scrapbook page a day. And that is how it started out.

The first page I made was on Friday, January 1, 2021 and was included in my Hello 2021 blog post.

January 2nd came around and my motivation to make a page was very high. Unfortunately, the work day was very busy which meant my time to create the page would take longer to complete than initially anticipated. And I was okay with that. It turned out to be a good thing as I was able to look through my new book for a scrapbook sketch to use.

After the selection was made, it was easy to select paper, alpha stickers, and washi tape. I was amazed at how quickly the page came together.

I have always had anxiety regarding flying. Something I probably learned from my mother who has a fear of flying and never hid it from anyone. Over the last 19 years, my husband and shown me how to deal with my fears not only by alcohol (my idea) but also taking a portable dvd player with us on the plane ride. Unfortunately, we did not take it with us this time, but by then, I was more comfortable with flying. I was not comfortable with flying on an airline I had never heard of before. But, it was part of the package with FunJet and our travel agent spoke to me and answered all my questions which eased my nerves. Hence the title for this page, High Anxiety.

The next page was made on January 3rd, still from the same day in Cozumel. I selected selected my photos and another sketch to use. Obviously it would come together easily, or so I thought.

While putting my page together, I quickly realized that the flowers I had in my stash would not work as they were too small. Then the idea of search thru my paper stash for flowers I could fussy cut came to mind. After some searching, I found something that I thought would work, and it did. The bonus to the paper I selected is that it wasn’t fussy to cut!!! I am happy with the end result.

The Scenic View shows the sights we saw on our taxi ride to the hotel. Taxi rides in Cozumel are always an adventure. The best taxi ride is the first one you take when you land in Cozumel.

On January 4th, I realized it would be best to finish up the first day in Cozumel. On this day, I creasted a 2-page spread and one single page. This will definitely be the end to day one!!! I’m enjoying using the sketches in the book. It definitely helps me to choose paper, stickers, and embellishments!

The 2-page spread is all about our accommodations for the week. Once we arrived at Melia Cozumel Golf and Beach Resort, we decided to upgrade our room. And boy was it an upgrade!!!! We have stayed in this section, not the tower in the photo, but never on the first floor. This one really spoiled us. Please excuse the blurry photo of the room. Apparently it is the only one I took.

The single page is our visit with our friend Tony Rome. He has a restaurant in Cozumel, Tony Rome’s Embassy Restaurant, that is a must stop for us every single visit. We definitely stop there for his version of the margarita, The Flamethrower.

Hopefully, one day, we will be back to Cozumel for another week long adventure of doing absolutely nothing but relaxing.

I must say I am really enjoying 525 New and Inspiring Scrapbook Sketches. I have a strong desire to not repeat a sketch while doing this series. Prior to ordering this book, my pages were basically the same. I’m hoping this book will put my pages on another level. I think I will number each sketch and running record of which sketches I used, when I used it, and event it was used for. And by event, I mean vacation, family member, holidays, you name it.

I hope you will follow along with me on this series.

Have a safe and wonderful 2021.

Carnival Triumph 2014 – Installment #6: Cozumel, Mexico

One of my favorite things about cruising is cruising into Cozumel.  My heart always jumps for joy when we sail past our favorite hotel, The Melia Golf and Beach Resort!  I always take pictures of the hotels on the North end as we make our way to Puerta Maya.

Today, we had another Carnival ship sailing into Cozumel right behind us!  Plus, we were also able to get pictures of the pilot boat coming to our ship!!!  This is definitely a first for us!!!!

We made our way to the buffet for some pre-breakfast appetizers and found the Lido deck had been invaded by towel animals.  They were EVERYWHERE!!!  Definitely the new generation of chair hogs!!!!

This really makes the day start off great!!!

Of course, on our way off the ship we had to stop for the KELLY NEEDS A PICTURE FOR THE SCRAPBOOK photo.  Jim and Dawson should know this is a requirement of every port we stop at.

Our plan for today is to have breakfast at the museum then walk around the square to do some shopping and make our way to Tony Rome’s Embassy Restaurant to visit with Tony and his family.  We made it to the museum in the rain!!!  But even with the rain, the view was still fantastic.  Jim and I usually enjoy breakfast at the museum but this time was different as Dawson started getting a headache.  The food was great, but the rest of our plans had to be put aside so we could go back to the ship.

Once Dawson was appropriately medicated, Jim and I got off the ship and walked around the shops at Puerta Maya.  You never know when I will find that one or two things I must have.  It is also an opportunity to pick up souvenirs for our family at home.

It is always sad to leave Cozumel.  But I know that I will return again.  Fernando and his friend Rowdy hit up the their own personal happy hour in the smoking section.  They really should sail together again sometime.

Sunsets on a cruise are always fantastic.  I can’t get enough of their beauty.  And then there is the dinner entertainment that we love.  Especially when our waitstaff is spectacular.

And so the evening ends doing the normal walking around on deck and going to the smoking section.  We really are very boring people.  But at least we are relaxed!!!!

The next installment will be about our last sea day.