Today’s post is number 275. Our first post was December 31st so after the day is over, we should have finished 275 of the 365 days in this year. My little brother will be putting up his Christmas tree after he reads this!
48 hours from now we’ll be getting dressed and ready to head out to the airport. It’s supposed to be sunny and in the mid to high 70’s while we’re there with showers on a couple of days. We have a great trip planned out with our first stop in Goriska Brda in Slovenia at our good friends, Aleks and Martina Simcic. Click here or copy and paste into your browser to see more,
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It’s a really beautiful place that is a lot like Italy was 30 or 40 years ago before it was overrun with tourists. I don’t know if you know, but until the end of World War II, it was part of Italy. The dolomites (a mountain range) are right there starring you in the face, and the rivers are a blue greenish chalky white color from all the glacial run off. It’s really a great place to visit and we’re really looking forward to it. After a few days visiting here we head off for a estate about an hour north of Venice. Paolo and Kristina are waiting for us and have arranged for an apartment for us right by his estate. We will be eating lots of seafood and enjoying the flavor of the local towns. On one day we are all going down to Venice where will we all spend the day and then the night at a friend of Paolo’s who owns a hotel. I’ve always said it makes a huge difference to visit a country if you have a friend or local contact to really show you around. We’re really lucky to have such good friends who really want to reciprocate for all the times we’ve hosted them in the states. I’m not sure how consistent the blog will be from there but we’ll do our best.
Yesterday was a productive day at work and I’m happy, or more like relieved, that my thoughts to overhaul things for 2012 were embraced. We have a lot going on but with proper planning, I think we’ll be ok. I just saw a text from my partner who was supposed to have a 5:15 flight last night saying that his plane had “an epic mechanical problem” and they finally took off at 10pm! Wow, I feel bad he had to sit at the airport for over 6 hours, but at least he made it home.
Lots of last minute running around today. I’d love to grab Grandma and drive up to the mountains for lunch or something just to see the aspen trees changing as I’m afraid all the leaves will be gone by the time we get home. We’ll see if we can work it out.
I’m feeling 100% better and am hoping I’ve kicked whatever it was that I had. Both dogs are sleeping at my feet and we’re trying to let Mojo in as much as possible since we’ll be gone soon. Tomorrow the Broncos play the Green Bay Packers, it’s a big day in these parts and my Mom will be glued to the tv.
No politics or stuff like that today, I’m trying to get into the vacation/relaxation mode now and that stuff just pisses me off. The misses and I sure need and deserve this break, and I can’t tell you how much we’re looking forward to it! She’s the most excited I’ve seen her in a long long time.
Time to sign off so I can get some banking and bill paying done before everyone wakes up. I also need to make copies of all our important papers and the misses will start gathering all the clothes and stuff to pack today. We’ll also need to clean out the fridge a bit so things don’t go bad. So, until tomorrow, take care and God Bless, wish some of you could come along, maybe next time, you’re always welcome.