Adventure In The Great Wide Somewhere

To get the non-legal-ese out of the way: I have no financial relationship of any kind with Erin Condren. I don't receive free products or any form of compensations. I just really, really love my planner. Almost to the end of last year's LifePlanner I squeaked with delight when I scrolled through the options for shiny new LifePlanners in mid-June. There, hidden in plain sight among the beautiful, inspirational covers sat the only option I could consider. "Create Your Own." I spent half the day designing my cover only to discover that the computer/bandwith/website did not want me to upload pictures. Banking on the fact that it was the first day that the 2015/2016 planners appeared, I vowed to try again the next morning. I love the smell of office supplies in the morning. Around 5 am the following morning, it uploaded straight away! I loved the picture I'd uploaded and was super excited for my box day to arrive... Box Day! I opened it up to disc...

 Welcome to the next stop on the Blogorail . Today we are discussing one of my favorite ways to make staying in shape more fun. Namely, the app. Like the saying goes, there's an app for that! I love using a FitBit in my daily life because it makes keeping track of how many steps I've gotten in super easy and it's fun to compete and see who can get in the most steps in a day. I wanted to keep track of my cruise to the eastern Caribbean last November partially to keep the good habit going and partially because I was curious.  Touring St. John Lots of people tell me they're surprised I love cruising. Isn't that just for lazing around in hammocks or on deck chairs drinking fruity beverages? Aren't you always running around like a crazy person? Wouldn't just laying around all day drive you crazy? Um, yeah. If I actually lazed around all day. There is plenty of time for that of course, but first I need to go explore a bit!  The thing is, from the...

This past weekend, a new app appeared in the iTunes app store that I quickly scooped up. The Disney Fantasy Navigator . Currently described as "Disney Fantasy - Navigator is available for use while aboard the Disney Fantasy only during the September 7 and September 14 sailings." I am hopeful that this will become another permanent addition to cruising. After playing with it, the free app currently has limited use shore side, but promises to be chock full of useful information when hooked into the ship's intranet through the "DCL-Guest" Wi-Fi network. A similar app launched for the Android as well. Friendly mouse-keeping reminder! Please remember to put your iPhone into airplane mode then turn on Wi-Fi. Forgetting to turn your smart phone on airplane mode can ad will result in hefty cellular data charges via the "cellular at sea" tower. Double check.  Triple check. I'm not even kidding. As it says here on the Disney Cruise Line website, ...