We are home and all went well!  No trips to the hospital, not blockages, nothing but good times were had by all.  After reading my last entry, it seems like I may have entered it while I was a "bit too happy"   (lots of spelling errors and such)  Oh well,  I was having way to much fun to proofread.

We had some incredible dinners.   We had massages...ahhh  Chartered a boat that took us on an  all day excursion, including snorkeling.  We saw a sea turtle, fish, coral, etc.  It was a bit sad to leave Craig on the boat, but he was okay with it and it also had air conditioning for him.  We had to swim in about 50' of water to get to the shallows to snorkel.  Thanks to Craig I think I have watched Jaws about 100 times, needless to say it was a huge leap for me to swim as far as I did to get over to the snorkeling area.  I was a bit murky so you could not see very much in front or you or behind you or underneath you or the sides of you, trust me I must have looked like a flopping seal out there trying to make sure nothing would sneak up on me!  Could you imagine if some harmless grouper swam by......I think my last entry would have been it.....I would have died of heart failure!

The villa we stayed at was beyond our incredible.  We never even went to the beach!!  We could see it, we drove past it, but we had paradise right where we were, why leave it!   Emily and her friends only went once for about 2 hours and came back and never went again.  I am telling you this villa had it all.  Pool, hot tube, full kitchen (stocked) bar, grill, sound system inside and out, views that cannot be described.  I will try to post pictures. 

I could go on and on.  But I just wanted to let everyone know, WE MADE IT!!  We had a real vacation without having to come home early.  YEAH!!!   I agree with you Linda, I think we should plan our next one soon.

BELIEVING.....Shelly

p.s.  To Kathy Harvey, Jan Steele, Mara Miller and Lisa Blanzy.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.  Without you taking care of my mom I would never have been able to REALLY relax and enjoy my vacation.  It is friends like you who are true blessings in my life!  Luckily I have been blessed with many!  Thank you again.  Once again two little words that just don't seems to express my gratitude.  Love Shelly