Belated Vacation summary

The vacation got busier around day 4 and I never did have time to post again while I was there - or I suppose I should say I never had time that I didn't prefer to use other ways.  LOL  Like sleeping !

As I recall I spent day 4 returning shoes, buying glass, and getting my hair cut.  I then picked up Dane and he and I spent several hours running errands.  We dropped off clothes to Salvation Army, drove by  my friend Julie's old house, and the old house my grandmother lived in as a child, on Lillian Hwy in Millview.   Such a neat house with a great view... it would ALMOST make me willing to live down there again if I could have such a house.  LOL    Which brings me to another point - it's HOT in Florida in July!   Dane and I also did a little shopping at Wal-Mart where he introduced me to the various computer games and helped me strike up a conversation with a VERY nice man.  (wink)    We spoke briefly on the joys of the old computer systems (Atari and Trash 80's) and games we grew up with - which Dane seemed to regard as from the dark ages.  Nothing like a teenager to make you feel your age. (grin)

Thursday, I drove to Mobile and spent the day with my friend Dawn.   It's so neat to see how her life has changed over the years.  I remember helping her move several times during med school - and now see the same books (Geez they were heavy!) on her bookshelves in her VERY nice home.   With two active girls, I'm not sure how much time she has to read them anymore, but they're still there!  4 year old Faith was with us, and not pleased to be spending the day doing grown up stuff.   Although she was well behaved for the most part, she tried not to talk to me, and I was not allowed to "look" at her.  It made for an amusing afternoon!   I guess I'm just not as much fun with the younger kids as I used to be.

Friday most of the wedding party got together (with their families) and we all went to the Naval Air Museum.   Boy has it changed from the hole in the wall I remember as a young girl.   So many aircraft - from early crafts to SkyLab!   Very very cool place.   That evening was the rehearsal, which went quite well.  

Saturday was a LONG day which started with decorating the hall and ended about 13 hrs later, shortly after the bride and groom drove off for their honeymoon.    The wedding went well, despite most of the party getting the giggles during the ceremony.   Leonard made faces at the bride (I found out later he was telling her to open her eyes or something) and then, just after I had composed myself again, I looked up in time to see the groom blowing in the bride's face during her vows!   I nearly lost it then.  I found out later that there had been a gnat flying around her face and he was trying to blow it away, but of course I couldn't see that.   LOL 

I spent Saturday night through Monday afternoon with Dane and Erin, along with Theresa - one of Cindy's other bridesmaids and also her long term friend.   Erin kept life interesting Sunday - she was so overtired and overstimulated from the reception that she had a hard time sleeping.  She also had a stomach ache.  Poor baby.  Neither one of us slept much that night, and we both took a nap that afternoon - though I suspect mine was longer.  LOL   Dane played computer games and Theresa and I paid our respects to the Moose at McGuire's that night.   We figured it was the least we could do - given how busy that meddling moose has been the last few years! 

My personal feeling is that God (or fate or whomever you credit with the master plan) kept throwing Noel and Cindy together for years and they were both too clueless to figure it out.  (LOL)  So he took things into his own hands and pulled a little Moose-capade on them!  

I did get to go by and give Leonard and Tammy their wedding present - and am so glad they liked it!    I really didn't know what Tammy's decorating style was, but I knew they both enjoyed being on the water, so I took a chance.    Soon they'll be able to hang them in their new home.   Wow, so many changes this year.

Well, that's about all on the vacation update - and it's gorgeous COOL weather outside, so I'm heading back out to mow my yard.    Hope everyone else is having a great day today too.