The sun is shining brightly, even though the weather men were threatening us with rain. It will happen tomorrow instead. Tonight is the party for Jon and Sue, and it should be a ton of fun. Family is coming in from all over--again!
We all decided a few years back that we would travel to the happy occasions instead of waiting until the funerals. It has worked out very well, and we have visited in several places that we never would have seen otherwise. But, we are running out of children to marry off. This is our last contribution to this arrangement--our baby. (And oddly, she is marrying someone else's baby...Has anyone done a study on this? Oldest marrying oldest, youngest marrying youngest?)
We will have to start planning destination reunions or something else to get us together. Why not? We enjoy each other's company, and a vacation is a perfect way to spend some time doing fun things. Maybe the dart in the map thing--gets you someplace different. Now we need to get them all to retire, so that they have free time to come and play!
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Didya' Miss Me?
I've been away. And come back and gone away--well, it's what you do when you are retired, and have enough sense to go and do it as long as the money holds out, and your legs...
We went to Hawaii for a week, with Garden Fairy and her spouse, since it was the occasion of their 40th anniversary, and they invited us to go along. Well, what the heck! It's a long ride, but you end up in Hawaii....We went to the "Big Island", and did the volcano park tour--that was an eye-opener! And, considering what is going on this week in Iceland, fascinating! The Island is half black lava fields, and incredible to look at and drive through. No de
scribing it. You have to go there and see it--beautiful in its own way, and so different. I could never stay there for long, just because of it being so far from anything else, in the middle of the Pacific. Less ominous than the volcano and its lava fields were the signs at the edges of the island that read "Tsunami Evacuation Area", accompanied by the tall poles each attached to six or eight warning sirens. We stayed in someone's lovely two br/two bath condo, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We generally ate lunch out while sightseeing, and had dinner in on our beautiful two-sided lanai.
We got back in time to have the fam in for the annual egg-hunt and Easter dinner, which turned out nicely, partly due to the lovely weather, and all the flowering things in bloom. After that was the wedding--very pretty, and meaningful. And then I headed to Florida by myself for a few days of outlet hopping with the fine ladies of my family, some of whom I only see only on such occasions. These things have to be scheduled in at least once a year--they talk about male bonding--well, this is our female bonding. MyTreasure makes fun of it, but he has his days when he and his friend go off to the ranges to spend their dollars shooting off boxes of "ammo". I at least come home with something I can wear...
Well, the good news is that the shopping marathons balanced out the wine drinking on the lanai, and I lost a pound at Weight Watchers this week. WoHoo! Salad season is here, so maybe I can undo the damage that I did in February and March, and find my way back into my summer skirts by the time I need them. One more little hurdle--the wedding reception this weekend. But--it's only one day, right? And, we are so looking forward to seeing everyone. After all, this is our last wedding! Everyone is married, and how nice is that! Congrats, Sue and Jon!
We went to Hawaii for a week, with Garden Fairy and her spouse, since it was the occasion of their 40th anniversary, and they invited us to go along. Well, what the heck! It's a long ride, but you end up in Hawaii....We went to the "Big Island", and did the volcano park tour--that was an eye-opener! And, considering what is going on this week in Iceland, fascinating! The Island is half black lava fields, and incredible to look at and drive through. No de
scribing it. You have to go there and see it--beautiful in its own way, and so different. I could never stay there for long, just because of it being so far from anything else, in the middle of the Pacific. Less ominous than the volcano and its lava fields were the signs at the edges of the island that read "Tsunami Evacuation Area", accompanied by the tall poles each attached to six or eight warning sirens. We stayed in someone's lovely two br/two bath condo, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We generally ate lunch out while sightseeing, and had dinner in on our beautiful two-sided lanai.We got back in time to have the fam in for the annual egg-hunt and Easter dinner, which turned out nicely, partly due to the lovely weather, and all the flowering things in bloom. After that was the wedding--very pretty, and meaningful. And then I headed to Florida by myself for a few days of outlet hopping with the fine ladies of my family, some of whom I only see only on such occasions. These things have to be scheduled in at least once a year--they talk about male bonding--well, this is our female bonding. MyTreasure makes fun of it, but he has his days when he and his friend go off to the ranges to spend their dollars shooting off boxes of "ammo". I at least come home with something I can wear...
Well, the good news is that the shopping marathons balanced out the wine drinking on the lanai, and I lost a pound at Weight Watchers this week. WoHoo! Salad season is here, so maybe I can undo the damage that I did in February and March, and find my way back into my summer skirts by the time I need them. One more little hurdle--the wedding reception this weekend. But--it's only one day, right? And, we are so looking forward to seeing everyone. After all, this is our last wedding! Everyone is married, and how nice is that! Congrats, Sue and Jon!
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