Oops, sorry gals I went over the 14th post! Guess I wasn't paying much attention. Gosh, could it be my vacation seems like it is finally going to get here? We went to T's soccer practice and cooked again last night, though not as bad because I took a big ole umbrella to keep the sun off our necks!

Jean: Now that sounds like a teacher that wants to be at school: a countown at day one! Miss your hubby yet? Bet he's having a grand ole time catching those fish. Is he a sport fisherman or does he bring home his catch? Are they all nicely cleaned and filleted or do you get that job? EUWW, fish smell all over the house, you can have it! Besides, I would think the cats would go nuts!

I think the only thing I can do is drive the management company and the board nuts with complaints and sooner or later maybe something will be done. The investment company that owns the condo could care less who they have in there. The people before them weren't any better and they moved out just a week or so after we moved in. The place is tore up, the rental company doesn't put money into it so all they have is trash that lives there! We just happen to be the lucky ones that get to have them as neighbors. I don't hear a peep out of the lady from the other side, especially since Jack had his meltdown with her friend that parked in front of our garage overnight and blocked Jack from going to work.

I am going to get the downstairs cleaned today and try and get a few more things packed, but most of the rest of my lists have to be done tomorrow, like the pets, cell phones etc.

You ladies have a great day and if I don't get in here tomorrow morning, have a great holiday and I will make sure I take lots of pics and set up a link so you can see them!

Faye

Good very early morning girls! I had a bad night sleeping last night (mostly my adenoids were swollen from allergies) so I gave up and came down stairs with the menagerie in tow. Jack only has to work 2 hours this morning then he is off for 12 days so I know he is looking forward to just getting to work and getting it over with! I decided not to go to the pool today but rather try and get all the errands done and rest as we have to get up at 3 AM tomorrow

Jean: Jack is NOT a fish eater (except Long John Silvers though there is not one here) so I don't ever fix fish. Well, that is not true, he likes salmon of all things. I am not a big fish eater either so it all works out I guess. You would love having B to kittysit for. He loves attention and is hilarious trying to get it. He will rub your legs, your feet, jump up and bump your hand with his head, etc to get you to pet him. He is such a fatty (mainly because the dummy eats Fortune's food instead of his own sometimes) that he is pretty heavy to have on your lap walking around. I make him plop his butt down next to me if he wants to be petted, but I am allergic to him so I can always guarantee that my arms will break out and itch like crazy and I will probably start sneezing. He is shedding really bad this summer and I can tell when he is going to try and get matted because one spot on his back stands up so out combs the brush. We have to hide it because if he sees it he takes off. Funny thing though, Jack will hold him while I brush him and he doesn't fight it and will let me get him brushed.

Gosh, I cannot believe we are finally at the day before our vacation. Like you said, I am sure it looked like it went quickly from your point of view, but it sure took its time getting here for us! Now all I have to worry about are weather problems. I have been keeping an eagle eye on it for several weeks and we are supposed to get some thunderstorms and were supposed to last night but it seems to be passing us by and we do need the rain. Actually, get me out of Atlanta and on my way to Vegas and it can rain all it wants! The Mississippi is about 12 feet low this year, in fact, downtown you can look out and actually see dirt! That is NOT good as we have a LOT of barge traffic that comes through with oil and coal and such and they are having trouble manuevering around the shallow spots.

Well girls, I will be back in here around Labor Day. I will be sure and set something up with pictures of the trip when I get back. Have a good week next week and wish me luck (maybe I can pay off the mortgage with slot winnings! )

Take care

Faye

Good Evening Jean

It is not too bad here the humidity is a little high but not as bad as it was.

Nothing new in my corner of the world.....hurt my knee and it is kicking up or not as the case may be. Washed the kitchen floor and tried to get into the corners on my hands and knees.....wrong. Will I ever learn. I think I have arthritis and I aggrivated it so I am just babying it til it feels better.

When is DH due back from his fishing trip? I don't think I could handle the cleaning etc so it is better to go the fishmonger for our fish meals.

I know that Faye is having a great time I just hope the weather is not too hot in Vegas.

Have a great weekend, Jean.

Gloria in MA

HEY GIRLS! I WON'T BE BACK IN HERE UNTIL SUNDAY OR MONDAY BUT THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO PERUSE THE WEBPAGE ON OUR VACATION.



talk to you in a few days

faye

Faye: Welcome Back!!! Your trip to Vegas sounds wonderful....the sights, the shows, the food. I loved the photos and your diary had me wishing I was there. Hope the trip home was uneventful.

Jean: I agree...what a nerve...after all you really needed that purse. I am always looking at purses and then find one and never use the old ones.

Not much going on here except we have "Moshup" again this weekend...actually only one night. DD#2 and family are off to the Cape for one night before school starts. It was a surprise for the kids. And I must say for us too,....good thing we weren't going anywhere this weekend.

Gloria in MA...dog sitting again.

Morning girls. Home all safe and sound. My cat is driving me nuts though! lol Fortune is still at the kennel and will be until after the holiday so b is lonely and wants all our attention of course. My dd and dgs came over and spent like 2 hours here while we were gone and he ignored them completely and wouldn't let my dgs pet him or anything so guess he was upset we left him! We left here with gas at $2.57, we filled up in Vegas 3 days ago and it was $2.76 then yesterday it was $2.86 and we came home last night and the cheapo Walmart was a whopping $3.03! In the middle of this horrible thing, the gas producers are gouging people. How sick is that!!!!

Jean: You might be able to see everything now. I increased the bandwidth by purchasing the site for one month so everyone could see. We did have a wonderful time, but I had intestinal problems the WHOLE time. I was either constipated, in pain or had runny stools. It was miserable, but I had periods where I felt ok and that is when we tried to do things. We kind of had a routine, we would get up at 6 am go down and have the $2.95 breakfast, come back up and go back to bed until 9:30 then shower and out to site see until around 1, come back, go to the pool for an hour then took a nap then went out for the evening if I was feeling ok. We did a lot of things we didn't the first time, like went to a club, the two shows etc. It was a totally awesome vacation but we are glad we are home, though I have a mountain of laundry I can't see around ! I am going to the commissary this morning as we have no food in the house and had to have McD's last night (UGH!) We are tired of restaurant food and anyone says buffet, might get a punch in the nose! ( PS: Tell dh your friend in Memphis has about 100 of the things and I bought a new one while in Vegas!)

Gloria: Hope that knee is feeling better. I had a bit of trouble with mine in Vegas as a lot of stuff is ramps and that causes a lot of stress on my knee. I was amazed though that my feet didn't swell with the heat one bit and one day is was 110! We also flew first class so my big behind fit into the sit and didn't pinch so my leg didn't swell like it usually does on longer flights. Boy, I am going to fly first class as much as we can with Airtran. They were terrific and the service is top notch. We were scared being a cut rate airline we might end up with no luggage, late flights etc, but all flights were on time and no luggage problems at all except slow to get to the carousels in both Vegas and back here in Memphis. Took half an hour to get our luggage last ngiht.

Well, this is not getting anything done and I need to unload the dishwasher as I washed all the extra food and water stuff I left for b. I put everything away last night (dh knows better than to ??? me about not doing it so he just goes along. I did say something about starting a load of laundry and he said it was 8:30 PM and did I want to start it that late so I didn't UNTIL HE WENT TO MCDONALD'S FOR DINNER!!!!! )

Talk to you again soon and hope if you missed anything on the site you will try again.

Faye