First off… I did not write Addiction to Love which is what you find when you "google" SusanMcCarthyPeabody!!!! Second… Behind me and one deck down the ship dance team is dancing to Great Balls of Fire so I might wander a little! Dancing and singing. We are somewhere in the Caribbean Sea heading for Antigua tomorrow or the next day. We have already settled into a routine… Up for coffee: I am now drinking herbal tea as I’ve given up caffeine, to breakfast in the dining room. Today our partners were Peter and Karen Skipp who sat next to a couple from Quebec so Peter was able to share their travels almost every summer to Quebec and Montreal! I sat next to an ex Army guy and his wife from Spain and we talked about England where he was based as an American on an English base for 3 1/2 years!!! I shared our love for England and our recent visit to Slapton Sands where Eisenhower and Monty Montgomery trained American troops for the invasion of Normandy.   Quite lively conversation. After breakfast we all headed for the pool and Susie and Karen jumped in for an hour of "water aerobics" old lady style in a very wavy pool as it is very choppy and the ship is rockin’ and rollin’. We "Finished" in the hot tub, and I walked 3 rounds of the entire ship on the 11th deck… it is a long walk from bow to stern and in the wind I was sometimes fighting to make headway!!!!  Shower and head for lunch. Rest, reading, and a lecture on Antigua. Now we need to get ready for formal night! Buttons and bows. Have a wonderful week and I’ll talk later when we get to Antigua!!! God bless you.
Before we left Miami I was cleaning out files and I brought along some pages I culled from a file called "diet". …  Here’s a "fat hint" : Myth: part skim cheeses are low in fat… Not necessarily so… Ricotta and mozzarella can be called part skim…but really whole milk mozzarella 1 oz has 68 % of calories from fat and "part skim" is 56 % calories from fat. same with ricotta: whole milk ricotta is 67% calories from fat and part skim is 53 % calories from fat.  In my opinion enjoy the taste and texture and get the whole variety. You save some calories and grams of fat with the part skim type but you will be so satisfied with the creaminess and taste of the whole variety. I do the same with cottage cheese and get the 4% rather than the skim or fat free. We need a little fat. Just get up and exercise a little!!!!