I think Mrs. T may have run the cookie rally for her service unit one year. I know she's been troop cookie mom at least once and SU cookie mom one year. Our dining room looked like a GS cookie warehouse, proximity was way too tempting.

With her starting work this year, she's pretty overwhelmed and will not be re-upping as SU director next year.
I'm pretty positive that you've got me picked out as one of the rare keepers of the focker Y chromosome.
Thanks Jo! I did. My brother met up with a friend to go a cigar bar, definitely not my thing. I've got extremely mild asthma, but cigar smoke is one thing that tend to get me hacking and coughing. So, I ended up hanging with my cousins and some his relatives. It was also nice to catch up with his mom, with whom I got a chance to reminisce. I may need to e-mail her some photos to identify relatives that I was too young to know.
Have a great day Jen!
Good morning Dawn!
Morning Janet! We've never done Universal. I think we'll probably give it a try once the Harry Potter area comes on line. I haven't heard anything about that in a while. Does anyone know if it's still a go?
BTW, I did note that the closed, and supposedly dead, v.8 thread appears to have your touch on it...
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Only caught up about a page pack, so I hope everyone is doing well! Happy Sunday and Good Morning!
Well, I hung out with my brother for a couple hours last night. It was nice to just discuss families and catch-up over a quiet dinner. It's the first time we've really had a chance to hang out since mom passed away. We did talk about her a bit, and there were definitely some painful moments. But, I think we are starting to refocus on the happy memories rather than her passing, the sickness and the last few months of her life. After dinner, I went over to my cousin's and my brother headed out to meet his friend.
I think visiting with the family here has also helped. We always travelled to this part of Florida when I was growing up. So, the geography has some good feelings associated with it. We'd travel down here winter break and summer break for quite a few years, with a side trip to WDW during the drive up or back. We would meet up with the cousin whose getting married and his family on those occasions. Our parents would hang out, and we'd play or swim.
I also spent some time catching up with his brother and his new wife; I had missed his wedding because of what was going on with my mom. They seem to be a great couple. They've already added me on FB, so we'll be able to stay in touch better.
Looking back on this post, it's not quite the quick update that I had originally intended. It took a while to think it through and type - not a single smilie in the update portion, how thoroughly uncharacteristic of me. I'm guessing I just needed to work through it all. Thank you for being here for me.

(feeling a bit more normal now)
I'm heading out for some more family time then the wedding. I'll check back later or tomorrow.
TTFN!