Wednesday, December 28, 2011

It's been a week since the last blog post. Since then we had dinner at Silver Spring House with Dave and Donna, went back to Louisville to look at the same boat again, had a wonderful Christmas with our family, and had dinner at Ruby Tuesday's with the Cerinos, the Mayers, and the Websters. We are currently at our son and daughter-in-law's house. They are having new carpet installed today and tomorrow. There is always something going on at our children's homes. Never a dull moment when there are children around.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Since the last time I wrote, we have attended Maria, Carolyn, and Jonathan's Christmas program, babysat for a couple of our grandchildren, ate dinner with friends at the Iron Horse Restaurant in Glendale, had a massage, went to the doctor, went to the dentist, attended the Focke family Christmas party, went to see Santa a few times, and spoke at a Kiwanis meeting. We are having a great time, except for the doctor appointments. It is good to get those appointments out of the way, however. Seeing our families and friends make us cherish every minute we are at home. Wouldn't it be nice if we could clone ourselves? Then, we could travel around in our boat, and not miss a minute of time with those close to us. I am hoping to spend some one on one time with Mom, but so far, we haven't been able to hook up.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Are you all finished shopping? Time is running short. We have been so busy since arriving here. I attended a Girl Scout family game night with Gina, Jim, Clara, and Lindy. We had a "sock snowball" fight with the socks being donated to St. Vincent de Paul afterwards. It was a lot of fun. John played in a Texas Hold 'em Tournament and came in first. We went to Jeff's house to bake Christmas cookies with all of our children and grandchildren. We made nine different kinds of cookies. What a lot of controlled chaos! We all were tired, but we had fun. Saturday night we had dinner at John's parents' with his brothers and sisters. Then on Sunday, all of the Sagels got together at Jay's house so that Joe and Sally, who live in Texas, could see all of the little children.

John and I went to Louisville twice to look at boats. Today's trip turned up a possibility. It is fun to look and imagine. Who knows what will happen. Tonight, I am back at Gina and Jim's house and John is at Jeff and Susan's house. I am here to babysit tomorrow because Clara is not feeling well. It's nice to be needed. There are things going on every day through Christmas day. I will post again next week.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Well, none of them actually SAT on Santa's lap.

We arrived in Cincinnati at 12:15 A.M. Thursday morning. We are currently staying at Gina's house and enjoying the activities they are all involved in. Saturday morning we watched the Christmas parade in Delhi. Our oldest granddaughter marched in the parade. Clara, Lindy, and Kate sat on Santa's lap after the parade. Saturday night, the Rising Sun Boat Club had their Christmas party at Hueston Woods. We had a wonderful time. It was great seeing everyone! Yesterday we celebrated John's birthday (it was Fri.) with our family. It had been a while since we had been around them all at once and we are not used to the noise. It is very quiet on our both with just the two of us. However, it was a happy noise and we enjoyed every minute of the party. It seems that our calendar is filling in quickly. I will try to post once a week while we are home. Til next time.......

OOPS!

Sorry! Last night instead of blogging, I crashed and went to bed early. So, now it's Wednesday and we are almost ready to get in the car to go home for the holidays. We'll be seeing you all real soon. The refrigerator is defrosted. I was using the hair dryer on the freezer part of the frig, when this big chunk (30" x 24" x 4") fell from the bottom of the freezer onto the shelf, scaring the daylights out of me. It looked like an iceberg floating in the marina after John tossed it in the lake. I'll bet it freaked out some of the people around here to see a big chunk of ice like that just floating around. Anyway, we are all packed. It looks like we are moving back permanently with all the stuff we are bringing with us. See you soon.

Monday, November 28, 2011

We worked toward being ready to leave here on Wednesday. Two more days!!!! John washed the boat, covered the dinghy and I washed and did the ironing, so that we have clothes to pack. Then, we washed the car. While we were out, John bought and gave me a Christmas present early. He bought me Neat Receipts for my computer. It's a portable (it fits in my computer bag with the computer) scanner with software that reads and sorts receipts, documents, and business cards. I am really excited about using it. I hope to be up to snuff by the time we get back to Florida in January, so my paperwork will be easy for taxes next year. I'm hoping this makes me better organized and able to find documents and receipts when John asks for them. It should also allow us to toss a lot of the paper in our files.

Tomorrow, it's time to defrost the refrigerator. Yuck! Then begin packing. We'll be home before we know it.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

John and I got up and got ready for Church this morning. We went to All Souls, but there was one problem, we had the Mass schedule confused in our brains, and we got there almost a half hour too late. God knows we made the effort. The next Mass was a Spanish one, which meant we wouldn't understand a thing that was being said, so we went back to the boat. Later this afternoon, we went to Wolfy's to watch the Cincinnati - Cleveland game. Who Dey!!! They won. There was a couple sitting near us rooting for Cleveland. They were nice.

Only 3 more days!!!