USCGC Taney

Known as the Last Survivor of Pearl Harbor, this cutter is now docked here in Baltimore Harbor as a museum. We all enjoyed our tour and education, especially this Coastie:). Then we toured two more ships and a submarine. Whew...one busy day!

Life is good...Dick's knee, not so good.
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Paying respects

We are with the brave heroes, paying our respects to those who fought for our freedom. Thank you, from the bottom of our collective hearts.
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Griswolds have arrived!

Wow...we are driving around the National Mall! The girls are excited. They want to see and do everything. The weather is perfect. WYWH!

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On the road again...

Off at the crack of 9, with these two onboard. We made sure their parents didn't sneak off and head south!

Lotta miles and smiles to go. Life is good!
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Griswolds are going to DC!

And this time, we are taking some of the junior Griswolds!  Haley and her family are actually the instigators of this trip, taking advantage of the fall break from school to take the wee girls to DC for a great learning experience.  They asked us to tag along, so we of course jumped on that opportunity.  Boy howdy, it'll be fun! 

We'll take off after school is over today.  Everyone is packed and ready to go.  Is is about a 10 hour drive, so we'll go partway up tonight so tomorrow will be an easier day.  I've got a crockpot dinner going that'll be ready for us whenever we decide to stop and eat.  Easy peasy, plan ahead.

On the road again...come along for the adventure!  Have a great weekend, y'all!!!

Just another day in paradise...

I pulled these two cards out of my ready-made stash to send out as 'thinking of you' cards.  Not the best of photos, but oh well, can't re-do them now.

So the cleaning went fairly well yesterday; cooking today.  And doing laundry.  Something went wrong with the septic alarm thingy, so Dick has to fix it this afternoon after he is done with road building.  He gets the last of the grindings today, so he HAD to git 'er done.  My laundry can wait.  Huh?  We are leaving tomorrow! I have boys coming this afternoon, and company for dinner tonight!!!

Oops, so he brings over a hose and hooks it up to the washing machine drain hose and then runs it out the laundry room window.  Can you say REDNECK?  He doesn't want any more water going into the septic tank until he knows what the problem is, so a couple of loads of water will run out on the ground and I can get the laundry done this morning.

I inquire is the hose gonna blow off. 

Naw...the fitting is tight...it might suck air and not work quite right is all. 

Do you see where this is going?  First, there was a bit of a leak at the hose connection.  I put a bucket under the connection, but smartly stayed close by to keep watch...and then I hear the blow!  Fortunately, this is a smartwash machine, so it uses low water...and the floor needing cleaning anyway.  Sigh.

Life is never dull in the trailerhood!  Rednecks R Us!!!  Bless his heart.

Pretty pearls

Well, I think this is pretty! I used more of my potato pearls, but these are smaller. The blue pearls are Mountain Blue, and are just a little unusual in color, but I think the recipient will like it.

Dick and I both got flu shots yesterday and the final booster of our hepatitis series, so we shall have a healthy winter.
Today is cooking and cleaning day around here, so Dick skidaddled out to go play road building...smart man.

Whatever you do today, count your blessings. Life is good, y'all!
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