It was a group effort? That was even sweeter. You're right, "sentimental" could use some dusting. There's nothing wrong with sentiment. I think it's the idea of indulging it, for the sake of indulging in it, that puts people off over the years.

(Yes, it was a good galavant - I was gone two weeks visiting our daughter in the San Francisco Bay area in CA (my husband only had the time to do one of the weeks), and my sister, who lives three hours north of the Bay area; this last weekend was a trip "up the Shore" - of Lake Superior - to hike for an extended weekend. It was very refreshing, and ache-making!)