East Lansing - Ramada Inn

The English Inn in Eaton Rapids (outside of Lansing Mi) is where we got married one year ago October 4, we went back to celebrate our anniversary and recall that "day of days". It was a little warmer this year but still a nice cool misty October afternoon / evening. Here are a few photos from this year, we will post some photos from the wedding in a few days.

Love to All, Tom & Donna

... with Spain :). I will be returning home for Thanksgiving thought, which will be a nice break from inland East Lansing.

The discovery happened on last Tuesday, I had my wisdom teeth out Wednesday morning, and I bought my tickets on Friday morning. Unfortunately, the ticket went up to $698 but I wasn't too bummed out on the $14 difference. As advised by many of those who I shared by plans with, I did not buy my ticket while on pain killers...I bought it before I had ...

... br>It will be interesting to compare the journey back through the US. Already i notice the incessant Golden Arches that are at every single junction.

Aiming to be back in Nanaimo by September 1st but we'll see how things develop and how the roads are.

This journey is to be savoured.

... to our retirement budget!

OK, enough with the excuses!! Just be forewarned that the entries may be far apart time-wise.

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After a hectic weekend with graduation and parties, it's finally time to head overseas. I've been planning this trip for almost a year now, hard to believe it has finaly arrived. We depart DTW at 3 PM, make a couple stops on the east coast in Baltimore and Philly before we fly into Dublin. We will be there Tuesday morning. We are staying at the Ashfield House, located in the city centre. More info to come later.

... 12 days in Italy (actually, Italia -- why is it that we call other countries and their cities by a different name than what they call it, especially when it sounds better??). There will be separate blog entries for each city so that we can share some of our hundreds of photos. The hardest part of this will be picking out which ones to share. The amazing thing about Italy is that everywhere we went there was a slice of art to be captured ...

I am about to finish up my second semester as a senior at MSU. I guess I should clarify what I mean by my "1st" year as a senior. Since I decided to be extra special and pay extra money to have an extra major, I bought myself and extra year here at glorious ol' MSU. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't be happy if I wasn't studying Spanish, but I now find it funny that I'm paying for something for four years that was taught to me the ...

... idea. It makes sense that I'd do this, now. I'm graduating from Michigan State University in May. I have no desire to go straight into grad school. I have no idea what I really want to do other than get myself out of the house and out the country for a while. As I researched, that day at work, I got more and more confident that I could do it cheaply and easily. Kaitlyn and I talked about it in at the MSU Union (we were ...

... weren't that cool but they were cooler than mariners t-shirts for sure. Then opening ceremonies were that night at their indoor track and... they weren't as long and boring as a lot of ceremonies and it was pretty cool to see how different people represented their areas. And there was a dance group that performed. I have no idea why they were there, but it looked cool :)

... Over the next two weeks I am going to visit my my brother Jeremy and my Sister-in-law Annie in New York City (May 18-22), going on a weekend trip with my dad (Memorial day weekend) , and getting ready/packing to depart to the Philippines. Should be a pretty hecktic two weeks..... -Ben