Bridgestreet Woods At Polaris Westerville

... Jackets game and talking about Ohio State
Football. The politics also seemed much more reasonable and easy going
than in S.F. where everything is a constant battle.

It almost seemed as though life was a bit slower and that my town of
Grandview was like the fictional town of "Pleasantville." People get
along and are friendly but unfortunately Ohio State Football is more of
a discussion topic than ...

So it's just over 2 weeks till Christmas again!! Probably said this a million times but anyway can't believe how quick the time has went by. This year though I am spending it back home in Bonnie Scotland ( a little different weather situation than Oz) . . . . can't wait!!

So what has been happening, I have been working 3 jobs so safe to say I have been busy. Still working for the asset recovery firm and the Italian restaurant (La Scala) plus ...

Things to never forget:

~ When we first got to Cincinnatti airport and Talia was shouting, "Americo!"
~ How Talia was aftraid at first of the escalators in the airport. She would put one foot on and then wait until the last minute to put the other foot on the steps.
~ Claire and Kyla first introduced Talia to balloons and she has been hooked ever since!
~ Claire said that Talia was like Dora and that she speaks Spanish, but that not to worry, she would ...

... took a 9 hour flight from Paris to Cincinnati, Ohio. On that flight Talia had a little fit because she didn't want to wear her seatbelt, but the flight attendants were great and gave us candies for her and we got her calmed down. From Cinci we took a short flight to Columbus and we were home by 5:30pm Ohio time! We were running through the airport and Talia was shouting, "Americo"! We were met by Scott's parents, my mom ...

Bon voila nous avons fait pas mal de route et sommes installes a Columbus, Ohio dans un Days Inn. Nous sommes partis de Montreal a 7h45 pour arriver ici vers 22h45. Total environ 1150km. Les enfants ont tres bien supporte le voyage. Nous nous dirigeons demain pour Oklahoma City.

... campers!! Class!!

Erica, Mark and I went on a trip to Tennessee which was awesome, very cool to see what it's like in the South. Awesome food for sure, diet went totally out the window though! Checked out the Jack Daniels distillery which was v cool.

Went to see an NHL game this weekend!!! Seriously excited . . . Blue Jackets won 4-1!!!!

Well, here we are in Ohio. We're heading towards Mentor so I can visit some rellies who live there, so we'll either make that our destination today, or do a quick visit into Amish country in Pennsylvania first and then head back towards Mentor.

I only realised ...

Got up early to catch our plane back the the States. We had a layover in Boston, which got delayed for weather. The flight back was uneventful. Dad picked us up at the airport and we filled him in on all of our trip adventures. We were really tired and jet-lagged when we got back to Ohio, so it was an early night.
What a great trip!

... That airport is so dirty and old and is not comforting to travelers! Has some drinks at the only open cafe in the entire airport as we waited for our flight. We then had to move to another terminal to catch our next flight. The flight to Dublin took off at 0700 the next morning so we were in Ireland bright and early!

... Read the Westerville News story at http://www.snponline.com/articles/2008/ 08/13/westerville_news_and_public_opini on/news/wepacingpa_20080813_0243pm_2.tx t The cover photo for this entry is from the Westerville News. The following photos were contributed by Susanna Raftery.