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Cruisin

We went on a cruise…3 months ago. It was a really interesting experience. Our room was much bigger than I expected. (I have heard a lot of tiny stateroom horror stories.) It had a balcony which I’m sure helped to enlarge the feel of the room. Looking at the ocean is one of my favorite things so being able to lay in bed and watch the ocean at the same time was ridiculously awesome. The food was plentiful and mostly excellent. There were lots of nerds on the cruise who were big fans of my husband so I got loads of free drinks. What more do you need in life people?

More to come from our Mexican excursion. Hint:It was almost an international incident 🙂

Filed Under: Me and My Man

Book Review – Staying at Daisy’s

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Remember Millie’s Fling? I like it so much I read this book by the same author. Mistake!!!

The problem with this one is there are far too many characters doing far too many things. It’s just exhausting. And beyond that, it’s just so predictable. Daisy works at a boutique hotel near Bath, England. The hotel is owned by her father. Daisy’s philandering husband dies early on leaving a girlfriend and a baby in the town. Daisy donates his organs and one of the recipients, Barney, comes to work at the hotel. He falls in love with the dead philanderer’s girlfriend. Yeah really. There is also a busty chambermaid. (Isn’t there always a busty chambermaid?) There are a bunch of other cahracters. I didn’t really care about them and you probably won’t either.

The one bright spot occurs near the end. The busty chambermaid lives with her aunt. The aunt has been without a washing machine for weeks due to a negligent repair service. She is so distraught that she takes the repairman hostage until the company owner replaces her machine. Don’t worry. It’s not violent or anything. The hostage repair man makes her homemade pasta and tries to seduce her. That could totally happen in real life, you know.

Filed Under: Just Books