Travelodge Hotel Aberdeen

... to greet everyone there. We were recognized as visitors and warmly welcomed by several people - not just those sitting close enough to feel obligated to acknowlegde us. We even had a lengthy conversation with one woman about her family and the weather. It seemed to us that this church truly values relationship... it's almost... Christian of them. :)

The second thing worth mentioning was a young girl ...

... Inn has to-go breakfast bags with a bottled water, muffin, apple, Special K cereal bar and mints. You're hungry for breffix now, aren't ya?

After my Birthday Breakfast Bar Bonanza, we had to pack and get to work. When we stepped outside the Hampton, it was sunny and warm. December 3rd and we were warm in t-shirts.

We drove to the school with no hassle. However, in the car I had another suprise waiting ...

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So I mostly wrote for the benefit of Aunt Laurie, and Aunt Bev and Great-Grammie. Below are pictures of what I bought with your gift money - so you can see the birthday presents you got me :) I really wanted a new pair of jeans. I also found the jean jacket, t-shirt and dressy black shirt. I had a lot of fun shopping and thanks to sales, I still have some money left over. :) Thank you all so much!!!

... to get ashore the next afternoon. It was a very long walk to the gate, we had to walk to the bow of the ship to the gang-way, then back along the pontoon to the cargo tunnel, then inside the tunnel up to the factory alongside the belts carrying the cargo (although they weren’t at the time as the crew were digging again), then right through the factory to the gate. This all took about 20 minutes and by the time you arrived ...

... i don't have the strength to argue about Flat Stanleys (Bing it).

btw, i have decided that we are hosting thanksgiving dinner at our house in NJ. it motivates me to get all the painting done by that date. more importantly, i want to show off all the work that has been done. mom and sis arent too happy about it. im ok with that.(true story).

... dead." In addition to the usual apparati, there were also a few specially created areial sculptures made specifically for the festival, one of which looked like a giant seesaw, and one of which reminded me of the zero-gravity simulators that you see at the space center as a kid.

Overall, a good festival, and a good re-introduction to the aerial world for me. Soon I'll be in the air again. Who knows? I may even be performing someday soon at a festival near you.

... We enjoyed touring a cave over our honeymoon, so we figured we could explore a new one.
TomTom took us through some gorgeous backroads on the way to the Cave. We took pictures. Soon to be attached :)

When we arrived, we ate dinner at a little lunch place on site. It was as close to home-cooked fast fod as you can get. Kelsey got a chilidog, and the chili came straight from a crock pot. I had a sloppy joe sandwich, and we both had homemade ...

... 9:30 am so we could work outside with water without getting too cold. Donna spent the rest of the day cleaning the upper decks of tree pollen and residue. Fortunately we had shop vac with us to suck up all the debris. We washed down a huge amount of pollen and dirt that had accumulated over the winter, starting with the bimini and solar panels, then working our way from bow backwards to stern and cockpit with a light soap ...

... chunk of winter. I'm both excited and nervous. I can't wait to explore Latin America with the woman I love (I know, I know - sappy, but true), and at the same time spending the holidays at home is something that we will both miss terribly. "You gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet"??? I never thought I'd be the type of person to do what I'm about to do, but I have to say that we'll miss our cat, Macon We will not miss the chickens...

... coffee). I only taught the essentials. Between watching Braveheart and hanging out with my friend Grady I've come to appreciate whatever tiny amount of Scottish blood I have within me. My friend Katie Boyle and I quickly bonded when I realized her name was also spelled the Irish way. Some of her green pride has rubbed off on me. And as for my Pennsylvanian Dutch pride, where do I begin? The words knixnutser and chowchow have been added to my friends' vocabulary. There have been a ...