Sunsets at Sea

It's Cruise Ship Saturday and I have no words today. Instead we have just sunsets as seen from a cruise ship. Enjoy the views!

Scroll to the bottom for a video of a spectacular Caribbean sunset at sea.

The Friday 15

Today's items all come from this year's Boise Hawks games. Buy a soda, get a cup. Buy a soda, get a cup. We were half season ticket owners so we had a lot of drinks. And a lot of cups. Bye, bye!

Snorkeling at the Money Bar in Cozumel, Mexico

It's Wanderlust Wednesday and today we're talking about snorkeling at the Money Bar in Cozumel, Mexico.

I'm a snorkeler. I first learned to snorkel in the beginner's group on a snorkel excursion in Belize. I fell in love with it and spent the next year practicing my newly learned skill. A year later I went back to Belize and re-did the same excursion - in the advanced group.

Now I definitely consider myself an experienced and advanced snorkeler. The more time I can get in the water, the better. So whenever I can get to a snorkeling spot by myself, without another group around, I take advantage of it. One of the places where that can happen is in Cozumel. 

The Money Bar Beach Club is a short taxi ride from the Cozumel cruise port and fits the bill. They have tasty food and tasty drinks. 

But the snorkeling is the stand out. While there's not much of a beach, they do have both lounge chairs and tables in the sand.

And some great snorkeling. Even the snorkel boats come out to the area.

But there is no need to pay someone else to take you out there. Just take the stairs down into the water.

You'll see plenty of fish - and few people. Snorkel until your heart's content.

Magnetic Mailbox for Cruise Ship Cabin Door - Tutorial Tuesday

It's Tutorial Tuesday and today I have something I've used every single day for a full month.

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If you’ve been on a cruise before you know you get lots of papers. Like bunches and bunches every single night. The daily paper that has the rundown of the next day’s activites, the invitations to the art auction and health seminar, the ads for the boutiques and spa specials.

On some ships there are mailboxes installed on the wall to collect all those papers. On some ships there aren’t so the steward is placing the papers in your door handle, sliding them under the door, or placing them on the bed. If you’re on one of the ship without mailboxes – like the Caribbean Princess that now has a just a screen instead of the mailbox, here is a project to help you – and your steward – find a place to put all those papers. Since the door (and the walls for that matter) are magnetic, today we are making this magnetic mailbox.

For this project you will need:

• 12” x 12” backing fabric
• 10” x 10” front fabric
• 7 ½” x 11 ½” fabric for pocket, cut 2
• 10” x 10” Fuse-N-Shape™
• 6 ½” x 10½” HeatnBond ®
• 9 ½” long strip magnet, cut 2
• 10 ½” length of ½” wide bias tape 
• Hot glue
• Iron
• Rotary cutter
• Cutting ruler
• Cutting mat
• Sewing machine
• Matching thread

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You can find the step by step how to video for the magnetic cruise ship cabin mailbox sewing project here:

Prefer a no-sew one? I have a magnetic mailbox for your cruise ship cabin door that requires no sewing right here!

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