Good morning to you all! We got home around 5 pm last night and I was so pooped I told Jack to just leave everything lay and I would start on it this morning. We ran into on and off snow storms on the way home but it didn't impede our progress much.
Thomas was a total delight. We stopped in Nashville on our way home to get a bite to eat and get a knife sharpener we have been wanting in the Oprymills mall. We had given T $40 of spending money and he had kept it all weekend not spending a dime until we got to the mall (maybe because Nonny and Granddad paid for everything so he didn't have to use his spending money???
) Anyway, he wanted to buy something so Granddad took him on his shopping trip. The boy bought pears, yes, pears from Harry and David. They were for him too, not his parents. He loves the pears they sell so he bought a box and it cost him nearly $25!
Jack said the lady couldn't believe a kid wanted to buy fruit for himself. She said she was very impressed.
Another thomas insight: "I don't like the shampoo here at the hotel (it sort of smelled like strawberries,) it destroys my manly smell."
The murder mystery dinner was absolutely great. We laughed til our sides hurt. The best man of the wedding was Italian, had a huge Elvis pompadour on, was about mid 20's with a gun stuck in the back of his pants, dressed all in black and worn state police style sunglasses. He kept setting down at our booth talking and flirting with me (part of the shtick) and calling Thomas "opie." He told the matron of honor when she walked up we were in love, that I had given him a hickey 2 weeks before and then leaned over and whispered, "wanna make out later?" She started haranguing on him when Jack told her we had been married 37 years. It was just all around great fun. Thomas had a great time. We would easily do this again with another of their plays. Food was decent too!
Susan: Hope the headache is gone now. Nothing worse than feeling miserable and having to go out. Did you enjoy the meal out?
Jean: What a welcome back to the mainland, blizzard. I guess Iowa missed you and wanted you to feel welcome when you got back there. Hope you had a grand time in the nice warm tropical weather. We sure did miss you.
Maggie: Sounds like Will has everything under control at your house and you are doing a-ok with WW. I am having some real issues now besides all the female junk that I am going to have to address with the dr. My ankles and feet are swelling a lot and bright red so I am concerned of course along with some other symptoms I am afraid are medication related. Right now I am a mess. It made for an unpleasant walking experience and we walked a lot, but Thomas was very patient with his old Nonny.
Selena: Welcome to you and hope you make us a permanent stop. This is a great group of ladies and we have a lot of fun together here. We look forward to hearing all about you. I sent you a pm, but here goes. I live in Memphis too, have been married 37 years to a retired sailor who now works for the city of Memphis. I am a stay at homer now, big time knitter, have two grown children, two inlaw children and two grandchildren. My grandson's are 9 and 2 1/2, one lives here, which is the one we took to Chattanooga and the other one lives in northwest Indiana. He is in Mexico with his parents this week. I am on WW, but am having some health problems that have zoomed my weight up a lot the last 3 weeks or so. I just have to keep plugging along.
Here is a pic of my hammy husband in a shark cage, one of T at the Imax in his 3d gear and one showing we pooped him out not the other way around!
I need to get out of here gals. I have tons of work to do to get everything back in place and laundry done and such. Have a great one! Faye