Hi Stampers. I’m back! My husband and I just returned from a 9 night cruise in the South Caribbean. We visited Labadee, Haiti and the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao) via the Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas. It was FABULOUS!!

Getting some “vitamin sea” in Labadee, Haiti

It was a wonderful vacation. It was a much needed break for my hubby and I and we met up with some friends we met on our last cruise (for our 25th wedding anniversary in September of 2015). My husband is a very talented Cabinet Maker, but he doesn’t dress up much. Doesn’t he clean up nice?!?!

While in Aruba, we did an underwater helmet dive. I couldn’t help but feel a bit like Sandy from Spongebob as we wandered around walking underwater and breathing normally. It was a very cool experience!

Underwater helmet dive on De Palm Island in Aruba

Vacations are amazing and while it’s hard to come back to reality, I am happy that my reality includes Stampin’ Up! Exciting things are happening as we say goodbye to items that are retiring (much of what is currently on sale) and anxiously await the new 2017-2018 Annual Catalog that will go live on June 1st. This morning they added items to our clearance rack!