Archives for June 2009

Next Cruise Booked

June 29, 2009 by Mr Papa 4 Comments

Well, we have done it. As discussed in a previous post, we have been planning our next cruise. Now, we have gone and booked the cruise. Its going to be another transatlantic cruise. This time, from Rome, Italy to Ft Lauderdale, FL. It may seem odd to do a transatlantic for a second year in […]

Filed Under: Family, Travel Tagged With: Celebrity Cruises, Celebrity Solstice, cruise vacation, family vacation, Rome, transatlantic cruise, Travel

Back From Trip

June 27, 2009 by Mr Papa 1 Comment

If you follow me on twitter, then you know I was recently on a business trip to the Cleveland area. Most of my trips are pretty uneventful, which is good. This one was a bit different though all ended well. The trip started fine, except for the 6:00 am departure on Thursday. No problems with […]

Filed Under: Musings, Travel Tagged With: air travel, American Airlines, business travel, internet service, weather

Next Cruise Planning

June 22, 2009 by Mr Papa 2 Comments

Well, as mentioned here before, we currently don’t have a cruise booked yet for 2009. We have been planning on waiting until around the September time frame to see if prices were any better due to being inside 90 days for the cruise. That all sounded good and well, until this weekend when we decided […]

Filed Under: Family, Travel Tagged With: air fare, Barcelona, Celebrity, cruises, cruising, eastern caribbean cruise, frequent flyer, kids, mediterranean cruise, Mercury, panama canal cruise, research, Rome, transatlantic cruise, Washington DC

Summer’s Here, but Where’s the Heat?

June 15, 2009 by Mr Papa 1 Comment

Summer is approaching fast and will be here in a couple of days. Normally at this time of the year, we are just starting to reach our limit of not having the air conditioning on in Arizona. This year, we haven’t even thought of it yet. Most of Arizona has had their air conditioners on […]

Filed Under: Family, Musings Tagged With: air conditioning, Arizona, back porch, breeze, monsoon season, mountain retreat, spring and summer, summer weather, Tucson, weather

Sad But True Quotes

June 11, 2009 by Mr Papa 1 Comment

A friend sent me the quotes below today. I don’t usually post these kind of things, but frankly, today, they seem kind of apropos. I also don’t know if they are all “real” quotes or made up. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two […]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Fun From the Net, Politics Tagged With: Congress, Democracy, g gordon liddy, george bernard shaw, government, john adams, quotes, socialism

Stanley Cup Time

June 6, 2009 by Mr Papa 6 Comments

It’s Stanley Cup time again in the NHL and once again the Detroit Red Wings are playing for Lord Stanley’s Cup. I love watching the NHL finals, especially when the Red Wings are there. I don’t get a chance during the season to watch too many games but I always make it a point to […]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Games/Hobbies Tagged With: baseball, dance, dancing, detroit red wings, hockey, stanley cup, summer dance recital

My Poor Blog

June 1, 2009 by Mr Papa 3 Comments

Oh my poor little blog. How I have neglected it lately! It’s not really by choice, but things have become hectic around here. It probably sounds old, but with work and the kids now doing something damn near every night, time for Mr Papa’s World has been limited. I have managed to do little “Quick […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Family, Website Tagged With: baseball, Blogs, Cooking, dance, dancing, football, Savannah, Sean, sports, Website