Hello Cruising Buddies!!!!
It's been several days since I have been on here so I was hoping to at least catch up with you all on this thread.
When I started reading the posts I was
to hear all the news. I had tears in my eyes. I think between Mary and Sue's news and just my own personal feelings of being a little overwhelmed at the moment I just broke down. Mary and Sue sending lots of warm thoughts, prayers, and wishes your way at this very sad and emotional time.
Big hugs all around!!
Then, it wasn't long before I was laughing and smiling with you all as I read through the rest of the posts. Tour Guide Ken in a Hawaiian Ascot.
And the thought of matching outfits. What a sight that would be!!!!
Dianne - I love your ideas for the FEs. I was recently thinking about how I would need different FEs depending on who I was cruising with. You answered that question. Look forward to seeing your handy work.
Chris - Glad you made it back safely from FL. Sorry to hear it was Brrrrrrrr!!! I checked the weather one day over the weekend down there and I saw it was pretty cool. Hope it did not spoil your trip.
Monika and Sue - I am about 1 1/2 miles off the Del Mem Bridge on the Jersey side. And yes, I agree New Castle is too hectic. The whole area around Wilmington and south of there is just so congested. And the bridge always has some type of work going on that closes multiple lanes. It's a real nightmare.
Dave -Maybe the weather is a good sign that business will be booming this year. Since we took most, if not all, of your snow last year I think you need to have a rough winter this year to make up for lost business.
As for us......
Things have been a little crazy....my mom was in the hospital last week, 5 day weekend with kids, DS went to Mt. Vernon, VA camping with Scouts and I was worried about him being cold in the evenings (turns out he had a great time and stayed warm at night with his 2 sleeping bags
), DD and I started getting some Christmas decorations down, on Sunday DD and I were headed to the Thomas Kincade event so we could finally get to meet him and my car barely made it over the bridge. We had to turn around and come back home. I was lucky that my sister offered her car for us to use. We were late but at least we still made it. DD had a fun time looking at the paintings but I was nervous every time she got really close to the paintings - especially those over $1,000.
As for the car, I knew this day was coming but I had hoped it would at least wait until after vacation (in 13 days), DD's birthday on 12/17, and then Christmas.
So, we have been without a car the past few days. What a nightmare with all the kids activities and just having to run errands. I am very lucky though that I am able to work from home. The grocery store is not too far of a walk so I used my lunch break today to go pick up some things for Kyle's Court of Honor tonight. Figures I was responsible for picking up the paper products for this evening's events in addition to the desserts we needed to bring. The weather turned out to be great since it was sunny so it ended up being a very nice walk.
As for my mom, she has been home and is doing better. Thank goodness since she was concerned she would not be able to go on vacation in 2 weeks. To tell you the truth, none of us thought that there was any way she would miss it....even if that meant us pushing her around in a wheelchair.
She would never sit home while her kids and grandkids were in Disney.
Well, I swore I was going to bed before 11 tonight. Oh well. I got to reading all these pages and then, as usual, I end up writing a novel to you all.
It's funny how so often I keep a lot of this stuff to myself. Don't really bother discussing with other people but I'm so comfortable sharing with all of you. I guess sometimes it's nice just getting your thoughts out.
Not sure what the rest of the week will be like. Busy as usual but hopefully not too crazy regarding the transportation issue. Probably will be a little sad as we approach the weekend. 11/13 was the wedding date for that young couple I mentioned recently. Ugh, I just remembered I also have to get all my benefit selections done by 11/12 and also do my self assessment for my performance review. Just not in the mood to do that right now.
Happy Thoughts!!!!!!
Just keep swimming!!!...
...Just keep swimming!!!!!
That's always a plus.
