Vacation's end

sunrise in Sun City

This is a first for me. Blogging from the airport. The Phoenix Airport. I am sad at having to leave such fine fine weather and head back so I can start a diet. I suppose the cold should help though. Staying warm requires more energy so hopefully I'll burn some of this excess off quickly. But why am I obsessing about this? Goal this year: to accept myself as I am more than I have before. Is that Possible?


The airport is busy busy, but we flew through security much faster than we did in Omaha. Even checking in was quick. Hopefully our flight will be on time and we'll wing our way back to the cold quickly. Like diving into the water. Best to do it fast, all at once. Adust quicker that way, right?

On vacations and reality

So we will be back to the reality of winter that the rest of the country seems to be facing right now. It truly was nice to miss out on snowfall and blizzards, windchills and actual below zero weather, sit back and soak up sunshine, lazy days and food. Oh the food. Leftover Christmas dessserts that MUST be eaten, eating with relatives, taking mom out to eat for her birthday, trying out restuarants I've never tried before or eating at my Arizona favorites! I will be on a diet as soon as I get home. Eating out constantly has not done good things for me. (I enjoyed it though, I must admit.) Mom crossed off the last thing on our list of all the things we wanted and planned to do(after we got back from our hike this morning) So we have the rest of the day to finish up books, nap, swim or take in a movie. What do you think? I managed almost 5 books during the week. I should get in just a touch more shopping perhaps...
We will join you all in your collective shivering tomorrow afternoon. I will be back to figuring out how in the world I will get to work every day. And, best thing, I will get back to poor Buster who is no doubt missing us greatly. Ha!

Mom and the computer

Sunny A

You won't hear too much from me, I fear. I just had to post that it has been warm (70's) and sunny and we are beginning to relax! Tomorrow we have some hiking and shopping on our docket. Maybe a trip up to Starbucks just to relax and watch the traffic and the people. My aunt and uncle were over tonight for a great meal and some dominoes and the Green Bay game. (ok we watched the vikings too) and it was an all around good day football wise!
Please please get rid of that cold weather before we get back.

Happy New Year!! First blog of 2010

We are in Lincoln today. We arrived last evening for a New Year's Eve Party! Ok, so we aren't big partiers even for New Year's eve. And we actually managed to stay up past 10 p.m. I'm sure that means it was 2010 somewhere! And we did have a party of sorts. We celebrated our cool grandson, and read stories and sang songs for him before his bedtime! We ate shrimp and cheese and salami and had a fizzy drink! I was done then. I even slept through the midnight fireworks that went on in the neighborhood. I congratulate myself for getting as close to 2010 without going over as I did. (does that make sense? Cause, after all, here I am in 2010.)
Next: we brave the TSA and security lines in Omaha. We're off to Arizona. More from there I hope.

Airports

Airports. I'm thinking of this because tomorrow Amy is heading off again. She's flying out of Omaha, though Ron is taking her down in the morning. I have spent a lot of time at airports either sending her off or picking her up. And she claims that she hates to fly! She really is the one with all the stories when it comes to travel. Me. I just watch the monitors, check the time and wait. Some times she's on time. Sometimes late. There was the time she flew into Madison via Chicago. Her flight was cancelled after it was much too late for us to do anything but get a hotel room and wait til she came in the next morning...with a nose ring! Ok. not really. I've said goodbye to her from Minneapolis, Zurich, Omaha, Seoul and Phoenix. I've said hello to her in all those places too. She's mostly adventured on her own. It's the goodbye factor I really don't like much at all.

Holiday Blizzard

We are at day # 2 of our holiday blizzard in Sioux Falls. Not many dull moments that's for sure. We have had plenty to eat. And books to read. And DVDs to watch and games to play. It has been undivided attention on our family. This afternoon, during a lull in the snow, or, well, there really wasn't a lull we were just getting antsy, we went outside to play some snow croquet and take pictures and watch the boys slide down the hill. I also watched Nate as he did some shoveling. The house smells wonderful right now. A Christmas dinner is in the oven. Ham and scalloped potatoes and crescent rolls and a cranberry/apple tart for dessert. Other than not having Ron here we have been very contented with this blizzard.