December 26, 2007

We made it home without incidence and have been pretty much on the run ever since. Getting caught up with the mail was enormous and then trying to get all the Christmas shopping done on time was a little challenging. We drove up to the lake on Dec. 19th, to ready that house for Christmas. We cut a tree, decorated it and put lights up in the great room, then spent a good bit of time putting up our "Village" on the fireplace mantel. We had groceries to buy and gifts to wrap. However, all was completed and we enjoyed our Christmas immensely! All our children showed up ando our 2 grand kids. Josh flew in from Bismarck and Jeff and Sara brought Syd. We had a long weekend of laughs and fun. Tony purchased "Rock Band" for the 360 and we all had a hand at that. Some sang better than others (mom), some did guitar better than others (Ryan), and Tony definitely drummed better than most. John, Ryan and Josh got a little snowmobile time in. We actually had snow!

I realized I had been a little anxious about being away from the kids....mostly Ryan since he pretty much was sent to college and abandoned. However, I have been told by many family members that it was probably the best thing for him! Guess you never quit being a "mom".

I told John the most calm I was was the night they were all in bed under one roof! Then you know they are all safe. On the other hand the most nervous I was was they day they drove home in the snow and the weather was horrible....especially in the cities. I am sure every other parent has felt or feels just like I do, then why do I feel so "unique" in my feelings?????

We will leave the lake on the 29th and head back to the cities. We will be there until Jan. 7th when we will fly back to Orlando. We also hosted a small cocktail party here at the lake for our "neighbors". Only 10 of us showed up but it was fun getting caught up on everyone's goings on.

Here are a couple pictures from Christmas.

December 5, 2007

This will be our last night at the campground before we fly home. In the am we have to put our new home in dry storage. We are trying to eat up everything in the fridge...(or give it away) so we can store the RV until January. Kind of sad in a way...yet we are excited to come home and see our kids, friends and dogs! Jackie said Kate is driving her nuts...she is so vocal and constantly wants in and out. She thinks the dogs REALLY miss us????? Can it be?
We decided to stay in a hotel tomorrow night so we can put our car in long term parking and be close to the airport since our flight leaves so early on Friday am.
We did meet an older couple that are from Rochester, MN that are camped across the road from us. They have been here a week...and on their way here from Minnesota, on Hwy 24 between Nashville and Chattanooga, their hitch carrying their car broke! It was amazing that they could get the motorhome to slow along with the car. He said the car kept bumping into the RV until they could come to a stop. Thank God they were in the right lane...the car was swerving around but he handled it pretty well. They were pretty shook up. They were going 65 MPH, thank God for the cables...although they didn't give it any stability. Stories we hear!!!!
Well, until January, we hope you all have a Merry Christmas.

Monday November 26, 2007 Epcot

Got up this am and decided we would go to Epcot. Figured we could tramp around and stay for dinner and the fireworks. John went on the internet and checked out Epcot and it looked like we could get in for 30.00 each. Funny! Try 71.00 each plus tax. Guess we missed something on the internet??? Anyway, we had a good time. There were some favorites we re-visited and some new ones we tried. One new one was called "Soar", we highly recommend that one and the other new one was a space flight....forgot the name of it. :) Soar was awesome because it was like you were hang gliding. We are lunch at the "Crown and Roses" in the UK and we ate dinner in China. We saw /heard the Liberty singers who were a wonderful acapella choir of 9. Also saw the lighting of the big Christmas tree and listened in on the concert/musical of the birth of Jesus with a choir that was hugh. Dennis Franz the actor did the narration. Disney really puts on a splendid display of fireworks for 15 minutes. The music and the lights along with the fireworks are pretty moving.

We didn't get home until 1015pm...and got there at 1030am. That made for a pretty long day and a lot of walking!

Sunday Dec. 2, 2007

Can't believe it is Sunday already and also December! Haven't written much because we haven't done much of anything except relax. Heard you got a bit of snow yesterday..(Saturday) haven't checked in with Jac and Brady to see if it is still snowing or not. We actually have been unseasonably warm here...and fairly humid to boot. We have spent the last 3-4 days at the pool every afternoon. John's been busy waxing the coach so he has to do it when the sun isn't shining on it. A little every day.
We have met a few couples that have been interesting. One from Muskegon, MI who gave me all sorts of info on cool campsites around the US. They sold their house and had to return home yesterday! We had a nice time with them and actually went out to dinner together. Another couple from Yangton, SD who seem to dabble in many things. They owned and ran a marina in Yangton for years...then bought a glass blowing shop??? and still do that in the summer when they go back. Very interesting the lives of some of these people. Seems like a lot of people in this "Outdoor Resort" buy the lots for 100,000.00 plus, then stick there 800,000.00 to 1,000,000.00 plus coaches on the site and just live there. To me it defeats the reason for having an RV if you don't travel. Oh well, each to their own. We did meet a couple from Fridley. They have the same type coach we do, so it was fun to compare.
One day John and I drove into Stuart, FL to see the Liberty Bus Company. They take a Prevost bus and convert it into the finest coach I have ever seen. The 2008 ones are like 2,000,000.00!! I just wanted to see if they were as nice as I have heard. They are!!! They are made in Chicago and then totally customized and brought here to sell. This is the only place they have a dealership. Pretty awesome but too rich for our blood...we'd have to sell everything we owned...and then some.
So, today we are heading to Orlando to get settled in and figure out where to store this baby while we are home. We fly home on Friday...will try to blog a little more this week.