Wheels Up in 27 Hours

Good morning. Our sleep was once again interrupted from the big dog barking and howling at 2:34a.m.  The Mister had the pleasure of getting up and bringing the big dog in. It looks as though the big dog will have to spend the nights inside, in his crate while we are gone. Auntie B will just have to tell Mojo to get in the crate and offer up a treat…he is really good about getting in his crate….it seems to be a safe place for him.  We have to attach two carabiner clips (mountaineering clips) to the crate or the big dog breaks right out. He is warming my feet at this very moment.

We have a little bit to do today.  Exercise is number 1 on the list.  Packing is number two…I have the boys clothes ready to go, but the Mister and I have yet to begin. We also have to clean house so we don’t return to a disaster zone. Bob and Fred need their bowls cleaned, so they can make it until we return. I am going to get a mani-pedi, because one really can not go to Europe with unkempt hands and feet. We also want to make a lunch run up the hill to see the Fall colors before they disappear.  We are hoping that Grandma will join us.

We had one of the neighbor kids over yesterday.  I had agreed to let him stay while his mom ran an errand and then was enlightened to find out that he would be with us until 6:00p.m. which turned out to be 7:00p.m. The three boys got along fairly well.  However, when it comes to sharing our guys are much more proficient. Just a bit of drama. The neighbor boy did say he would rather live with us…that is a nice compliment. He said we have better food and we do fun things, go figure. My guys rarely like our food and I don’t think that they are aware of how fun we really are.  Maybe someday.  They do offer up the occasional, “You’re the best parents ever”! That is a truly heartfelt compliment.

The boys are both up and watching Bugs Bunny.  I used to love Saturday morning cartoons. Of course those were the days before cartoons were on all day everyday.  We are looking forward to no television, no newspaper, and no daily bad news.

Did anyone look at the link to Almavista? What a beautiful place.  We can hardly wait. Yes, it’s less than 27 hours until “Wheels up”. One short flight to D.C.  A couple of hours in the airport and wheels up again to Verona…the home of Romeo and Juliet. Verona is also home to one of the oldest standing Coliseums in Italy. Can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait.

The boys want to go to putt putt golf today…I’m sure we will have no trouble fitting that into our schedule.  The youngest won 5 free golf games in his “Friday drawing” at school.  If you do all of your homework you are eligible for the drawing and our guy won this week. Those teachers have the best incentives.  We will see, maybe we can talk someone into, or hire someone to take them this afternoon.  There is also football on today that we will have to work around. Yikes!!

Well, I am off to run…literally. Both boys are draped over my lap and making it quite difficult to type. Have a lovely day and we will let you know if we make it through our list.

God Bless,

LLF