We've posted some, but I don't know if we ever really introduced ourselves. We live in Portland, OR with 3.5 cats and 1 dog. (The .5 is really our neighbor's cat, but he spends most of his time at our house and we love him like our own.)

We own a computer consulting business together. Lis works in the business and Mary works for the VA.

We've only been on one cruise, on the Navigator, a month ago.

We don't really remember exactly how the cruise bug hit us - it's probably more accurate to say it hit Mary. We think it was probably after a lovely vacation at the Four Seasons in Vancouver where we enjoyed our room service dinners so much but worried about how much money we were spending. We started to think how lovely an all-inclusive cruise would be. We started researching and soon discovered that most cruises aren't all-inclusive.

Mary felt that it was imperative that she go on a cruise, and soon. Lis thought it was imperative that if she had to go on a cruise it had to be a really nice one. We're not formal people at all and Radisson just seemed like the best match for us.

We both love to travel. Lis loves luxury and Mary worries that Lis will someday become unwilling to stay somewhere that isn't luxury. However, Lis always reassures her that one of her favorite places is the Ester Lee Motel, a fairly divy place on the Oregon coast with the most amazing views.

We also love planning vacations. As soon as we return home from one vacation we generally spend a day sitting side by side, each with her own laptop, planning the next vacation or fantasy vacation. We love to find little wonderful places that no one has ever heard of. We can waste an entire day this way and sometimes we wonder if there's something wrong with us.

While we were on the Navigator we booked a Mexican Riviera cruise for this December, but then decided that it was too soon as we are saving money for some other things. We asked Ngaire to move the reservation over to MUSH and now we are excited to be cruising with you all. We have also talked my father and his wife into joining us and are really looking forward to travelling with them, too.

Well, that is probably more than anyone wanted to know...