Hi everyone. Playing catch up with the thread. I'm not sure if I missed them, but here are wishes for a magical vacation for those that have upcoming plans.
Nancy and I are having fun living vicariously through everyone else.
Angel, Godspeed to your SIL. That is wonderful news he is coming home soon. Your weekend away with Tim sounds incredible. Was it was one of those pillow top mattresses? One thing that I don't have a problem spending money on is bedding. I recently discovered Egyptian cotton sheets and they are so nice
.
Minnie, you poor thing. Every time I think you might be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, it ends up being an oncoming train
. Sending prayers and strength that you continue keeping those happy thoughts. Even in the darkest hours, I remember there being a lot of smiles with my parents. You just gotta keep going, keep dancing, keep living.
Goofy's, hope all is well. Check in when you can and let us know about the new house. We're heading up to Lake Placid this coming weekend, so you guys were on my mind. Hopefully, you were at least able to slip away to Lake George for a mini vacation.
My house is nuts as usual
. DS has been having some knee problems, so first to the physical therapist, then off to the ortho doctor. Because they are already into heavy training and the start of competition season, the doc wants to get x-rays and an MRI right away. X-rays took all of 5 minutes and everything looked fine. The MRI took us 2 hours because he had to have both knees done. Now we have a followup on Friday to make sure there's no cartilige damage. I'm obviously hoping it's nothing more than growing pains combined with the increased summer training. He just turned 16 and in the past 2 years, he's grown about 8 inches. Fingers crossed that all he'll need is some physical therapy to stretch those muscles and ligaments out. I've been trying to keep up with his calories and protein to make sure that the muscles continue to grow properly, but with his training, he needs somewhere around 3200 calories per day and 98 grams of protein. I thought I was pretty good with reading food labels and understanding nutritional values, but now I'm studying every single one with a magnifying glass. DH is taking off to Dallas on a business trip tomorrow, so I'll be holding down the fort on my own for the rest of the week. He'll be home in time to pack up the car and head to Lake Placid for DS's first competition of the season. They're moving up a level, so we'll see how that goes. In true Lizard fashion, I did get all the moms together and convinced them that we need some spa time at the Mirror Lake Inn. I'm going to call tomorrow and see if I can maybe arrange an afternoon tea service or something for us in their spa sanctuary. I may never come out
.
Take care everyone.
I keep checking in and the vacation plans keep stacking up! I'm starting to ask myself "Now tell me again why you married a man who farms and works on construction????????" Kinda limiting timewise, everything has a season and he has all but winter locked in 
.
I'll be in before you so that totally wrecks all the plans. I would've loved to gone on a hunt for a secret note. Hmmmm, maybe I should leave one for you to find. 
One of these days we will be in the world at the same time. 
We stayed at a hotel in Pacific Beach that we both love. It is a little boutique hotel only 70 rooms but right on the water. We had a Jr Suite about 70 feet from the ocean. Great big room with the most beautiful bed I have ever slept in my life. I kept saying that I wanted to take the bed, mattress and down pillows and duviet home with me. So now I am on a search for the same to enjoy in our home.
Praise God!
The only problem is, I pulled out my confirmation for the reservations which I made two weeks ago only to discover that I made them for AUGUST 29th and 30th not July. 
