Aren't we all sophiscated with wine tasting and wondering if we should be the designatged drivers or get a room! See how responsible we have become. Personally, I'm not much of a wine drinker so I would be the DD. Guess we are all the same Lori! Hope you have/had fun hiking and tasting.
My sister-in-law who lives in Durham is coming down tomorrow to take me shopping for the day. My daughters in-laws are coming to visit so I thought this would be a good time to take a break from babysitting. I am having lots of fun being with the grandbabies. It is tiring though! They certainly have much more energy then I do!
Happy Memorial Day everybody. Let's honor all those who have served us and pray for those still serving to return home safely.
Happy Thoughts..............

Is there really a can to spit into?! I believe everything, so I never know when people are kidding. Anyway, looks like we WILL be going. She'll clean her house another day. There's also a casino on the same road where the wineries are, so she wants to go there after we do the tasting. If we spend a few hours there, the wine should wear off by then. Or maybe I'll just be the driver and let her do the drinking. Or is that too boring?!!

Karen, where do I get that wrinkle cream you mentioned?!!!

i am back from my journey. it really was just sooooo great. i wish it had never ended, cuz the places i went were super.

lori, wine tasting is different than wine drinking. they have a can you can spit into. of course, it may be the tasting part that you do not go for. they never give you a can to spit mixed drinks into and i never believe people that tell me that they love the taste of whiskey. hmmmmmm, must be some other reason that people drink whiskey. i agree with your kids. getta room.

and, why didn't i think of that? maybe i will clean my house. i am such an idiot.

They have graduation from pre-school too?!

A friend of mine wanted to go wine-tasting with me sometime this weekend in the Santa Barbara area. My kids seem to be worried about me. They keep asking who's going to be doing the driving or if we're going to sleep there! Actually, I don't even like wine that much. I like mixed drinks better. We might not end up going cuz now she's talking about staying home to finally clean up her house (something she's been saying for years!).....

I am here in NC playing with my grandbabies! I got to babysit the two little ones while Mom an Dad went to Calebs preschool graduation last night. Guess I did okay, Chloe slept the whole time and Camille and I had girl night..It was fun. Weather here is beautiful! Karen, enjoy your sons graduation and be proud. You have done a great job with all your kids! Congratulations to you! Catch you later. Happy Thoughts...............

Congrats Kathi, sorry I didn't get to say it till now. The work everybody is doing, other than me, sounds like it will result in a great time for all. Safe travels for all.

Pat have fun at Dollywood! Especially with middle schoolers....good luck in your competetion.
Chloe is doing much better and should be in the regular nursery tomorrow. I got to hold her this afternoon for the first time so that was exciting for me. Neil and I have kept busy with the other two. Camille adores her Papa and will hardly leave him alone. Its so cute to watch him with the Grandchildren. Like I said its so much more fun! And they like you. Neil is leaving for VT tomorrow night and I will stay until June 3. Thanks for listening everybody. Happy Thoughts..........

Yes, Lori, 33. Doesn't sound great does it? However, Debbie says that she is getting an average of 4 per week and I expect as we get closer the numbers will improve. It's difficult for most people I believe to make plans, weeks, or month in advance. It's important for travellers to do so because of flights and such but many of those closer to New England will I HOPE be coming and just haven't sent in their papers yet.

I leave tomorrow for Knoxville for the week so I'll be offline til after Memorial Day Day. I'm not taking my laptop with me this trip. Too much to carry and I'll be in charge of a bunch of middle schoolers. Most of this kids are not exactly travellers. One hasn't been on a plane before so he's pretty nervous about it. He's also a little (HA) oppositional defiant. Looking forward to a few melt downs , heaven help me. We'll be going to Dollywood on Saturday. That should be a blast. water water everywhere!!

Karen, I told Debbie your offer to make name tags so we'll wait to see what she has to say. I think it's a great idea. Are the vases something you and Kathi are working on together? I seem to remember her mentioning something about decorations a while back. I think its wonderful that even from a distance we can be part of the "getting it all together". How many years has it been since you and I have seen each other? Please don't say 35. Aren't we lucky that Brian set up this site 5 years ago?

We have been busy babysitting Caleb and Camille. Little Chloe is doing much better but is still in the NEO unit. Hopefully, she will be able to go to the other nursery tomorrow. My energy level is running low tonight! I can see why my daughter only gained 20 lbs with the baby after chasing after the other two. Guess that's the one downfall of being a Nana...needing Geritol to keep up!
Hope everybody had great traveling..Karen to Nashville and Richard, all over! The weather here has been perfect. 80s but with a breeze and no humidity...I hope it stays for 2 weeks!
Beats VT where my son says its been cold and rainy for 3 days straight.
Happy Thoughts to all!

That's great, Kathi! Congratulations!

Only 33 people, Patti?

congratulations !