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Dallas has been frozen for days – our dogs seem to like it

By Dennis Guten on February 3, 2011 No Comments

Ever since the blast of cold air came down from the northwest on Monday night (1-31-11), Dallas has been like a freezer.

My employer, UT Dallas has closed the campus Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday so I have been home for days. In these three days I have ventured out only three times from the house. Once to drop Ruthie off at her parents house so they could slide out of Dallas on the way to Florida, once to take my son Jon Jon and my mom to lunch and once to go to the grocery store for supplies.

It has been bitter cold, like 14-18 degrees most of the time. There are sheets of ice everywhere and walking is even more dangerous than driving (at least I think so).

The only ones that seem to be enjoying running around outside and that don’t really come zipping back in two minutes after going out – yup, it our two doggies, Allie and Tasha. They have been enjoying frolicking around in the backyard on the crunchy ice. Hey, at least it’s not muddy so we don’t have to clean up after them when they get back into the house.

Any fun ice/snow stories you would like to share? I know Dallas is on the trail end of this massive storm system that has gripped much of the nation, and it would be neat to hear from people in other parts of the country.

Categories : Family Stuff, Josh, Our Dogs
Tags : Allie, Cold, Josh, Our Dogs, Snow, Tasha

Carnival Yucatan cruise loads of fun and sun

By Dennis Guten on August 26, 2008 No Comments

We just got back on Saturday from our 5 night cruise out of Galveston, Texas on the Carnival Ecstasy.


Fish eye lens picture of David, Ruthie and Jon

Wow. We all (the whole family of five) had a super time on the cruise. It really was a very relaxing and fun trip.

The food was endless and luckily I only gained back 1.5 pounds! I mean really endless.

The buffet food was pretty good, but nothing to get excited about. Where the cruise line really shined was in the main dining room. The food was fabulous. The service was even better. We had a waiter from Peru named Martin (see photo of martin with the boys) who was really spectacular.

Keep in mind that the boys (I have been told that i am not exactly the best here) are usually a bit to handle all together and they can pack away a lot of food (hmmm, I thought you were supposed to get fat when you ate that much) when given the chance.


Gushin, Ruthie, Josh, David and Jon on the cruise ship
Well, the cruise was the ultimate test of that.

See, in the dining room, you can order as much as you want. You want two entrees, no problem. You want five appetizers, whatever. I think many people have no clue about this when they are new to cruising.

So Ruthie and I had been before and we told the boys they could order as much as they wanted.

Well, I think our average (in fairness, Ruthie pretty much stuck to a few appetizers and one entree) was seven appetizers and 2.5 entrees per person over the entire cruise for dinners. Plus there was one night when Jon, Ruthie and I went to the midnight extravaganza (with the ice sculptures and food carvings) so that day the three of us had 4 meals!

We asked Martin who had ordered the most food in the dining room and he said “your table”. Then we asked him who ordered the most food on the whole cruise and he said “your table”. Well, i guess we got our money’s worth out of this cruise. Martin, you were great. He told us which food was the best and never flinched when we ordered 11-12 items overall each.

So besides the food, we woke up for early morning sunsets, took long walks on the decks, used the steam rooms and saunas, went to shows, karaoke, comedy shows and had a great time.

The ship stopped in Mexico in the Yucatan at a port called Progresso and at Cozumel, Mexico.

in Progresso we took a local bus to the capital Merida (21 miles) and walked around among the true locals far away from all the tourists. Had real Mexican tacos in a market and did a bit of shopping.

In Cozumel (which Ruthie and i had been to the day after we got engaged) we got a cab to the Mr. Sancho beach and swam in the gulf, played ping pong, buried Jon in the sand, had a few beers and ate a bit. It was very relaxing and calming.

On the way back from Galveston, we dropped David off at A&M, visited with Amy for 5 minutes and came home.

Now they all want to go on another cruise.

Categories : Family Stuff, Jon, Ruthie, Vacation
Tags : Amy, Cruise, David, Josh, Mexico, Vacation

3 days till our cruise on Carnival Ecstasy!

By Dennis Guten on August 15, 2008 No Comments

It’s just 74-1/2 hours until we board the Carnival Ecstasy in Galveston, Texas for a 5 night cruise with our entire family of 5!

We have been looking so forward to this cruise for a long time and now it’s almost time to actually start packing and making final plans for the voyage.

It will be my 3rd cruise, the second one for Ruthie and the first cruise ever for Josh, David and Jon.

Note: for sanity reasons, we opted for our own cabin and the boys will be sharing a cabin. It’s a big ship and we can get lost (see large image) if the noise level gets too high.

Ruthie and i plan to just relax, read and explore the ship, plus take many cool shipboard photos. I’m bringing my small Sony portable and my Canon DSLR camera, so i should be able to get lots of great shots.

Josh, David and Jon have vowed to gobble down a huge share of the vast amounts of food on the ship. There is a 24 hour pizza joint, a (read a review) very good hamburger stand, buffets and formal dining available for all to enjoy. They also plan to spend many hours in the workout room to balance this out.

More on the cruise after we get back on August 23rd.

Categories : Family Stuff, Ruthie, Vacation
Tags : Cruise, David, Galveston, Jon, Josh, Ruthie, Vacation
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