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Thursday thoughts

By Carol on July 28, 2011 3:29 PM | No Comments

An interesting week! I have been watering my plants and flowers non-stop in anticipation of being gone next week, been to a concert on Monday night (by myself!), taken Ella to the dentist to have a sharp spot fixed on her spacer (after an interesting anti-dentist meltdown!), done airport dropoff and then pickup for Steve's trip to Albuquerque, packed for our trip to Minnesota etc etc etc and survived the extreme temperatures of Indianapolis all week.

I am really looking forward to our flight North tomorrow, to the Land of Sky Blue Waters!!

Ohio bound

By Carol on June 15, 2011 11:05 PM | No Comments

Tomorrow we are taking the girls on a little trip to Ohio to visit Uncle Matthew and Davie. Our first stop will be Cedar Point Amusement Park where we will spend the day on Friday, along with Uncle Matthew. On Saturday we will head on over to Cleveland for a visit with the guys there. We haven't been there since a year ago March, so it will be fun to explore and enjoy their city again. Delaney and Ella are great travelers, and would be on the go all the time if we were able to do that !! Should be a fun few days!

Almost like being there...

By Carol on April 13, 2011 9:55 PM | No Comments

Last evening at Poetry Plus, Steve and I presented a photo journal of our trip to Europe this past August. Seeing pictures of our trip on the "big screen" made it all come to life again - sometimes I have to pinch myself that I really got to go on such a fabulous adventure. Makes me want to do it all over again!! Thank goodness for photo albums!

So much fun!

By Carol on April 11, 2011 3:27 PM | No Comments

We had a blast with the granddaughters at Turkey Run State Park - we all enjoyed the hiking, bird watching, swimming, eating, jigsaw puzzles, checkers, card games, and just plain relaxing! This was our fourth annual Spring Break trip here, and next year we hope to make it our "Gala 5th Anniversary Trip"! The girls are learning to identify many birds, wildflowers, trees and rocks. They are so appreciative of all of these opportunities and Steve and I are so thankful that they are part of our life!

Artist and whales

By Carol on February 17, 2011 1:52 PM | No Comments

Last night we were dinner guests of our friend Woody Chock and his wife Raelene at a beautiful Chinese restaurant called Jade Dynasty. The food was delicious and the conversation was so interesting - we could have spent even longer sitting and talking as we didn't come close to running out of topics to discuss! Woody is a watercolor artist whose paintings we have bought quite a few of over the years we have coming to Honolulu. Steve designed a new website for Woody after our visit to Hawaii last year. His wife Raelene is a school administrator. Lovely people, both of them!

It is a gorgeous morning here - as we look out to the Pacific Ocean from our lanai we can see many surfers and boats of every shape and size. In a little while we will join them when we go on a whale watching cruise. From our lanai we are able to see whales breeching, but they are too far out to sea for a good look, so we are hoping for some nice close-up views today!!

Ready or not!

By Carol on February 7, 2011 10:37 PM | No Comments

Tomorrow is the last day to prepare for our trip to Honolulu - most things are packed and the list of things to take care of is nearly done. The weather has calmed down and shouldn't prevent our travel on Wednesday. I wonder how much snow will be left here by the time we return? Certainly the big plow piles in the parking lots will remain, but it is likely that the streets and lawns will be bare. We sure are looking forward to leaving "real winter" behind and trading it for the warm breezes and sunshine on Waikiki!!

I can hear the ocean

By Carol on February 4, 2011 10:32 PM | No Comments

Only 4 more days until we leave for Paradise - I can hear the waves, and feel the warmth of the sun if I close my eyes and meditate!!

Starting to think island thoughts

By Carol on January 16, 2011 9:20 PM | No Comments

Yes! It is that time - I have gathered my Hawaiian music CD's and starting tomorrow I will be listening to the lovely music of the islands each day until we leave for Honolulu.

Only 24 more days...

Travel delay

By Carol on October 20, 2010 9:53 PM | No Comments

Looks like it will now be Halloween weekend when Matthew comes to visit - his red car made yesterday's drive not happen! And a too tempting trade-in offer made he and Davie new car owners today...good for them!

What a month!

By Carol on September 1, 2010 10:01 AM | No Comments

We are home again, and reliving our trip in our thoughts and through hundreds of photographs that we took along the way. Each place we visited had something unique to remember it by, and the people that we visited added so much to our trip that I don't think we will ever forget the wonderful experience of a trip across the pond!

Now it is back to my real life, and all the daily routines and chores that I had left behind ~ it's funny how fast one can slip back into the ordinary life, and for that I am very thankful for! Certainly it is enough to have the memories of our trip of a lifetime to process through for many years to come!

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