Yes - I'm Alive!

I'm back! The cruise was a blast. We used the ships's child care center at night while Chris, his parents and I would go to the bar and casino. When we would pick the kids up from the "fun place", they would cry their eyes out. They couldn't get enough of the dance parties, pirate night, face-painting and all of the other fun activities. One of their favorite things to do was watch a movie while they swam in the pool. Here they are watching Cars:

At night, they show adult movies (no, not porns). Chris and I watched Bourne Ultimatum on lounge chairs under the stars while the waiter served us martinis. 

Another highlight was seeing Scooby Doo in full dreadlocks walking on the beach in Barbados. He was trying to get the beach-goers to rent his jet-ski. Not something you see everyday.

We returned on December 22nd, and hosted Christmas day at our house. It was a little hectic, but fun.  Maeve was happy with her gifts...

And I was very happy with mine! My mom gave me a Flip camera (after hearing me drop a few hints, and then sending her a link to my Amazon wishlist). I'm planning to use it to show you my vintage finds - it is difficult to do that with the webcam that I have.

And, one of my favorite gifts...a little make-up bag from my sister:

By the way, I'm glad you enjoyed my last post about the keywords that people use to find my blog. I received a couple of questions about where I got that information. I use Google Analytics to track my blog stats. The stats page that comes with Typepad doesn't really tell you much - and it is often inncorrect.  With Google Analytics, you'll also be able to view:

• The countries your readers are from
• Referring sites (all the sites that are linked to you, and how many times people click those links to visit your blog)
• New vs. Returning visitors
• Most-clicked links on your site
• Average amount of time visitors stay on your site

It is very easy to install and completely free. Here are instructions for adding it to:

• Typepad blogs
• Blogger blogs
• Wordpress blogs

And if I get any more kooky keywords in my stats, I will be sure to share them with you again!

Comments

[Rosemary]

Welcome back, and Happy New Year!!
Glad you all had such fun. Glad you had a nice Christmas too.
Missed you,
Rosemary

[Sharron]

happy new year

[holly]

Thanks for that Google thing - just set it up! :)

[Heidi]

We ordered that same camera just before Christmas but I haven't tried uploading the videos to my blog yet. Hope it's as easy as it seems!

Thanks for the tip on Google Analytics--I just installed it!

[Freshly Found]

Thanks for the info re Google Analytics. It is now happily installed on my blog!