I cant believe its xmas next week
Lynne, You scared me into looking at the calendar. I tried to tell my sisters we should move our Christmas celebration but they weren't buying it. We were suppose to have friends over today for lunch and a trip to the Impressionist Exhibit at the DeYoung today. When they called to cancel due to sickness my first thought was HURRAH. Then I felt so guilty. I really love them but didn't know how I would find room in the dining room for us to sit down never mind eat. Why do we do this to ourselves year after year after year?
Rick Steve had a special on last night about Christmas traditions in Europe. In the UK they mentioned figgy pudding and minced pies. In Norway it was hot cereal. I was thinking what yearly Christmas brunch is at my house; ham, bacon, sausage, potatoes, hash, bisquits and gravy, egg casserole, danish, monkey bread, juices, hot chocolate/tea/coffee. No wonder we are so fat -
I had thought to mention the other day that I am sure you take wonderful care of your pony and know they have thick coat, but your picture of the darling standing in the snow compared to puppy smiling in the warm sun pulled at heart strings.
Jen - Beautiful shoes - enjoy.
Val, if this tour doesn't happen for you, then you and Bob are always welcome to go out the Golden Gate with us on our sailboat to whale watch. Of course, not till summer though.
Please keep our troops overseas in your thoughts and prayers. Our oldest son is in Africa until May. His daughter's sixth birthday was yesterday, so we did Chuck-E-Cheese.....hooray! He has an 8 yr old son also. So he will have missed Thanksgiving, her birthday, Christmas and possibly his son's birthday on this deployment. I know their are others also away from their families and I wish them all a SAFE holiday.
As I was finishing this the phone rang and it was my son in Africa. It was SOOOOOO good to hear his voice and know he's healthy. That's the first time he's been able to call since he deployed.
Makes you think about what is really of value - I am sure you wouldn't trade that call for anything. Bless him and the families that wait at home. Thank you
Judy, how sweet you are to offer. We would love to sail with you anytime.
I just wanted to THANK YOU for posting this. How did you find out about this? I had no idea. Both DH and my passports expire in May. I never thought it would be an issue. Now we will be rushing to the County Clerk's office first thing tomorrow.
Thank you again for posting this...I wouldn't have known otherwise!
It is really hard to find out info on the web or by phone call (voice mail hell) about this issue. Even calling
DCL is a trial. It seems to differ from country to country, with Europe the most difficult. Bottom-line it seems to be which agent you get. Seems like having at least 6mths is the safe way to go.
I was going to send my FEs and door decorations. But we have free luggage so I decided it was safer traveling with me. I was really worried about a mix up otherwise
Remember when we were twenty-somthing and one medium suitcase for both of us was enough? It is all the stuff to lift, separate, smash and the pills to keep us standing.
Docs arrived yesterday.
Val