All is quiet here. I offered my niece one more
Disney cruise before her ds turns 18 in February. (After that, he can't enter the teen club which he really enjoys.) She is crazy about Halloween so I picked the cheapest 7 nt Halloween cruise on the Fantasy. I'm so thankful for all she does for taking care of my dad and I know it's a strain on her family.
Dh wants to do a British Isles cruise next year for our 30th anniversary. As much as I love
DCL, they stopped including Belfast on their BI cruises. We never made it to Northern Ireland on our honeymoon in Ireland, so I'd really like to get there if we go again. There's a Titanic museum there I'd like to visit. I'd also like to visit the Giant's Causeway, recognizable by Led Zeppelin fans on the Houses of the Holy album and its otherwordly vibe. As kids, we all this was sooo cool. Maybe I'm showing my age again.
Celebrity and Princess offer similar itineraries that include Belfast but they're 11-12 nights long, include 6-7 port stops, and sail from interesting cities such as Amsterdam that are worthy of a tour pre-cruise. Between RT flights and excursions, it could get pretty expensive. We could afford it but that doesn't mean we
should. The older I get, the more I feel like just having more savings makes me feel better. How much do we
need to spend to celebrate our anniversary?
Would we someday regret not going?
Looking down the road a bit, we'll probably be wanting to remodel our kitchen in another 5 years or so. I'll need to start budgeting for that soon. Ds23 was only 2 we did it last time. It will probably be easier next time without a 2 year old wanting to run through a dirty gutted out room but back then my dad helped. He worked in construction all his life and later, before retiring, specialized in designing kitchens. Between him and dh working together, it only took about a month. I'm not sure dh would want to take that on himself. In 5 years, he'd be 71.
eeek!!
Maybe we shouldn't wait that long...