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Hi, Everyone. Our busy visit w/family in NY state is over and we're on our way south to CA. Spending a night in IN, a little east of Indianapolis. May make it to MO tomorrow. Hope everyone is doing well.

Congrats on the fund raiser!!! Oh, YEAH!! THAT Huckleberry!! Now I remember! It was GREAT! One more night in Buffalo. Already cried saying good bye to youngest sister, Shirley tonight.... and I'll probably see her again tomorrow night! One more night sipping wine on the porch if Earl gets everything packed up tomorrow. We'll go over there for pizza! Gotta have a little Buffalo pizza before we leave! May take Mom & Ed to see assisted living place tomorrow in the daytime.

Good Morning! Just time to quickly catch up on posts and add a short one! NO.... didn't know about the huckleberry wine or would have definitely looked for some! Did pick up some unusual ones last week on the wine tour and from someone my niece knows who makes his own... bought a whole case from him at $5/bottle! Winding down our visit... Sister, Mary Lou flying out at noon today. Shirley goes back to work tomorrow... not sure how.. her knee is shot! And Barb and I will try to get Mom and Ed an appt to tour assisted living place we looked at last week that we all liked a lot. Had a fun SKYPE baby shower for my sister Mary Lou's soon to be arriving first grandkids... twins... C-Section in a few weeks. Her doctor son and his wife.. in Utah. So we had the preggie Mom, her mom and Mary Lou's daughter all on the big screen TV. I had to send my niece home for an HDMI cable and I plugged that from laptop to TV and we had our two way video shower! Amazing! They were opening presents people had sent direct to them, we were opening those people had brought to the shower. I took a photo of the cake and held my phone in front of the laptop cam so she could see it! Gotta go get ready for church. Have to pick up Mom in a little less than an hour!! Hugs... hope you are all having a GREAT Labor Day weekend. It got COLD and windy here yesterday!!!

Yeah-Belize!!! Opened that bottle of shiraz tonight Candice! Yummy! Thanks again!! Karla-Ta da dump, ta da dump, ta da dump dump dump!! LOL Janet- have a great time at the concert!! Linda you always have such great words of wisdom!!! Especially the Belize part!! LOL No, not going back to WA- OK and on to CA in time to go to Vegas with Janet on the 1st. Otherwise we'd take our time and make more stops. LIKE Branson!!!

Very busy day... won't get back on until late tonight or tomorrow. Going with sisters this morning to look at assisted living places. Then fish fry at 4 pm... first and only since we've been here... to our favorite place. Then 7 pm baby shower for my sister, Mary Lou's twin grandchildren who are due Oct. 12. Tomorrow doesn't look much better! Mary Lou's last day here.. we have reunion planning meeting in the morning with classmates. then 2 pm... visit our old neighborhood and neighbors. Hope you all have a GREAT day... enjoy concert, Janet! NOTE: As usual, "Earl's" bark is worse than his bite!!

Janet... sorry about the drama with Andrew, but definitely sounds like he needs to move out! Karla.... hope your system calms down. I was surprised this morning when you said your coffee wouldn't stay down. Stress undoubtedly has something to do with it. I know when I get upset with Earl... often I start bawling... just something I can't control when I'm mad. And I can immediately feel my band tighten up like I'm going to toss my "cookies"! Very enjoyable evening and dinner with Candice and Peter at the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls. So happy they were willing to drive all that distance to meet us!! I am exhausted and need to go to bed!!

Welcome, Christa! Band problems are fairly rare and most often easily resolved. I am 3 yrs out and had a problem in the spring... but it was probably my own fault... pushing the envelope, so to speak.. stretched my esophagus and started having problems w/pb-ing, night time reflux, and inability to eat hard protein.. like chicken, steak, etc. So they took all the fluid out of my band for one month to allow my esophagus, etc., to rest. It was resolved by the time I went in a month later so they put back half the fluid I'd had and a month later a little more, but not fully back to what I had. I was probably too tight. My restriction now is what it should be and I have had no further problems. It's important to follow all your doc's instructions.... small bites, eat slow, portion control, chew well, etc., and you should be fine!

Good Morning, Gang! So busy! At least one thing going on every day! Dinner w/high school classmate and his wife last night. Then Earl dropped me off at youngest sister's... we haven't had enough "sisters on the porch drinking wine" time! Barb was already there.... RV is parked at her house, so we came back together... but not until about 1 a.m. Zoey smothered me in kisses when I got back! Excited about meeting Peter and Candice in Niagara Falls this afternoon. Dinner in the revolving restaurant at the top of the Skylon Tower. BTW.... my "Earl" is only a category 2!!! LOL Janet... sorry about all the drama, etc. at work. Hope things settle down soon. Enjoy your long weekend! Linda.. good to hear from you. Thought provoking comments.. well-put. Steph... Karla.... HUGS!! Is Karri already gone to TX or is that after this weekend?? This is our last weekend here. Oil change on RV Tuesday, then leave on Wed. Stay in Ohio with friends first night.. in their driveway, that is. We'll play some Pinochle. Hope you all have a GREAT day!!

Hope things start looking up for you. Yep... burn out!! Wine tour was great fun. Lots of photos on FB. We were gone almost 5 hours, 5 wineries. Great limo driver... older gentleman who was very sweet. Didn't even charge us for the 45 minutes we ran over. Today... dinner w/high school classmate and his wife. Nothing during the daytime so far. It's going to be another very hot, humid day and Earl is already whining about that! It will cool off tomorrow or Friday because of the hurricane coming this way and storm front coming from the west. He can't wait!! I don't mind it that much, but it's frustrating when you take a shower and no matter how much you towel off you can't get dry!! It's tough to try to put a bra on a clammy body!! LOL Janet.. glad your jury duty was short and sweet! Candice.... 4 pm tomorrow... Skylon Tower... that's the big one with the yellow elevators and rotating restaurant. I will get on their site and see about reservations. Wine photos... my sisters and I are in the black shirts! But Mary Lou had a white shirt on for a while... then I bought a short sleeve one and gave her my 3/4 sleeve one to wear. She is being a jerk about photos. Sent me a message one night telling me to remove all her pictures from her profile page. Well... if you "tag" them, they show up on that person's page. So I guess I have to "untag" all the pictures from the wedding and I haven't tagged her in any of the wine tour pictures. So last night... another message saying she's quitting FB because people won't stop putting her picture on her page!! She wants to put her own pictures on... HAH.. not really... she's just very vain and wants to approve every picture that gets put on. She used to put her hand in front of her face or turn her head every time she saw my camera!! She's the tallest one, FYI. Birthday girl is the one wearing the crown. Her sister made her wear it all day!! And a name tag that said "Today is my birthday!" It was her 65th. The two girls in the green... Carol & Marcia, grew up in the house behind us when we were kids. Sort of lost track and reconnected through Facebook. We really had a GREAT time and it was so good to see them again. They fed us dinner when we got back so no one was driving drunk!! HAHAHA!!

All of the above... hair, nails, make-up, eyebrows waxed, and wore my contacts. Thanks for all the compliments!! HAH!! So you got your Caddy!! Congrats!! Yeah, DH is so attached to that dog!! He brought the dog to the wedding reception and parked the car in the shade and put her in her little red bag. Then he went out and checked on her about every hour and took her for walks, and finally, towards the end of the evening, when we were sitting outside on the patio at the reception.. he brought the dog down there! He's a kick. He's got her peeing on demand now, too! Takes her outside and tells her to go potty and she does! Glad you are asking for a conference. Definitely sounds like a bored child. Our oldest son was "gifted" and he was very bored in kindergarten. He could already read. So the teacher picked up on that and started having him read books to the class. But every teacher had to find ways to keep him from getting bored. I will know more about when we'll be in your area once we actually get back on the road.... next Tuesday. Have to figure out when we'll get to OK, how long we're going to stay and how long it will take us from there. I did spend a couple of hours on the itinerary a few days ago and worked out some stops. Congrats, Cheri!! What I am thankful for today..... for having this week to spend with all three of my sisters! Had a great time on a 4 hour guided wine tour complete with limo today! Great fun! Got in trouble for buying too many bottles of wine.... 7! He doesn't know about the t-shirt yet!! LOL

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CANDICE!!! Wine tour today! Sisters coming at 9:30 a.m. I have to get in the shower! Everyone have a GREAT day!

Gotta go jump in the shower! Another busy day.... family outing to what used to be "Aunt Genny's Cottage"... now remodeled and owned by her oldest daughter. She invited us all out for lunch. I'm not sure she realizes that there are about 4 car loads of people showing up!! HAHAHA!! Anyway... wanted to say "Good Morning" and add a couple more photos! Yeah... that's ME... DANCING!! Hey... Candice... your dress makes another appearance!! LOL

A couple more photos from the wedding reception. Smooch pic is my favorite, I think!

I'll have to go look at that picture again! Smiling, huh?!! LOL Yes... these "modern" relationships... don't do things the way we used to... baby first, then wedding! She is a beautiful baby and she looked adorable in that little wagon... 4 yr old ring bearer pulling the wagon up the aisle! Cute! Think I'll post a couple more photos.. one of me & my sisters w/Mom... 88 yrs old! And one more "hat" picture. Eva... are you right off I-10??? Stopping at your place might be a possibility! Yes, Cheri... you can handle all that technology. I've never lost or broken a phone, or dropped one in the toilet!! LOL! But then I've been wearing mine around me neck the past couple of years!!! HAHA!! Hard to lose it then! I'm worried about this new one because I don't yet have a case that fits right. I ordered some accessories on eBay and they were shipped about a week ago, but coming from Hong Kong so who knows when they will get here!! I hope before we leave! Had them shipped here to my sister's house. Okay... gotta go to bed! Exhausted after another long day with family and two more busy days to go before I get a day to relax a little.... Wed... only thing scheduled that day is dinner with old high school classmate.

Thanks, Linda!! I survived just fine! Had the most fun I've had at a wedding since my cousins first wedding (she had three!). It was 1970 and Earl was in Viet Nam. Didn't drink wine in those days but must have been drinking something because I started flirting with this cute guy. Then my Aunt Genny came over and discreetly whispered to me... "that's the priest, you know!" LOL!! But... yeah, I had a great time last night. Reception lasted from 6 pm to 11 pm.... I had 4 glasses of wine and a glass of champagne. Not too bad, I guess.. for 5 hours. It was a beautiful wedding and a perfect day. Reception was at a very nice restaurant downtown on the Buffalo waterfront... right on the marina. There was outdoor seating with gas fireplaces. So spent part of the time sitting outside. I don't remember if I posted these pictures here or not! The dog picture is my "NO, I haven't seen your hat" photo!! LOL. She was playing with my hat and managed to get it over her head. I started laughing and said "WHAT are you doing with my hat??" So she started walking towards me and it ended up around her rear end. It was pretty funny!

Yep! I'd say you're done!! Congrats!! Here's my before and a few taken this weekend at niece's wedding.

Wedding day so just time to breeze through your posts before we go to reception. A little unwind time after the wedding. Beautiful day, beautiful wedding! Here are a few pictues, including one I just took which I am calling, "No, I haven't seen your hat!!"

Beautiful day, beautiful wedding! Resting with a glass of wine, back at the RV. Have to pick up Mom &Uncle Ed in an hour to take them to the reception which is in downtown Buffalo on the waterfront. We will NOT be taking them home! I am going to insist that someone else do that. I did not drive 2700 miles to come to this wedding and have to leave early because they're tired and want to go home. I'm going to see if my nephew will take them... Don't think he drinks, is not bringing his girlfriend. And, anyways, it's not my job to make sure they get home. Shirley should have arranged something. Oh, my! Am I ranting!???? LOL Put a few pictures on FB but now I can't get on there to add some more and edit! Frustrating. But I will share a few with you as well as one of Zoey that I just took. The caption is, "NO, I haven't seen your hat!!"

Welcome to you "Newbies"!! Glad to have you join us! I am 5' tall and started at 327. I still need to lose about 50 lb. Then some plastic surgery and I should be at a reasonable weight. On a cross country RV trip... WA to NY and then OK and end up in CA for the winter. Big family wedding today and busy, busy, busy for the two weeks we'll be here. So get on LBT when I can, but not much the last week or so!

Hope your garage sale goes well today!! So sorry about your teacher friend. That is so sad. I hope they pick you!! Great pictures, well written article!! Very impressive! Yesterday was BUSY!! I was so tired when we got home. And Zoey went everywhere with me. She got so exhausted that she doesn't want to wake up this morning! I got up early and went to get my hair done.. left here a little after 7 a.m. She was still sleeping on our bed. When I got back around 9 a.m. she was STILL sleeping.. between the pillows. Eventually Earl got her up and put her on my lap. Now it's 10:30 a.m. and she's STILL sleeping... on my lap. She will have to wake up soon because the coffee is catching up with me and I need to make a trip... and I probably should get in the shower soon. Wedding is at 2 p.m. and reception at 6 p.m. So I'm wearing slacks and a blouse to the wedding, the coming back and changing into my long dress. It's supposed to be in the high 80's today... beautiful weather, so I think Candice should be having good weather for the big birthday bash, too. Anyways... we all went to a nail place yesterday around lunch time... 11 of us...two of my sisters and 8 nieces and grand-nieces. Zoey went in her red bag and she was SO good!! One of the grand-nieces took her out several times to play with her and take her for a walk. The rest of the time she just quietly waited in her little bag. One of my nieces brought sub sandwiches... and LOTS of wine!! Oh, my... she gets this wine from a guy who makes it himself and she had blackberry merlot and it was really good. After that... went back to my sister's house, Shirley... and just hung out. I stayed home and babysat the lasagna and garlic bread when they went to church for the rehearsal. Had to put the stuff in the oven so it would be hot when they got back.. and she bought chicken wing Soup from a local restaurant. So I put it in crock pot to keep it warm. It was VERY spicy. I had a few bites and gave it to Earl! I was going to spend the night since I was going to go for that hair appointment so early with my sister. But... about the time both babies were screaming at the same time, I decided maybe I'd rather just go back to the RV with Earl and get up early to drive back! Shirley said she didn't get to bed until 2 a.m. Bride and her baby spent the night, and my other sister is there now, too... Mary Lou... so I figured I'd end up on the couch and not get any sleep! So..we've been running since our feet hit the ground Tuesday afternoon and no end in sight! After wedding today, church tomorrow morning... probably pick up Mom & Uncle Ed, cuz Earl told his brother we'd be there! So then they'll want to go out to lunch. And then my sister said she's having a "cook-out" later. Monday we're going out to what used to be "Aunt Genny's Cottage". All my sisters, Mom and probably some of the nieces and their kids. My cousin, Nikki owns the place now and has completely remodeled it. Pretty much tore it down and started over. So all the kids... even the older ones like our Tracy, Chris, Jodie, and Steve have fond memories of going out to Lime Lake and swimming, fishing and boating. So, that's Monday. Tuesday is the "Sisters' Wine Tour".... limo for four hours taking us to some Finger Lakes region wineries. Wednesday.... classmate of ours wants us to come over... for dinner, I think! Saturday morning I am trying to organize a get-together with some of our high school classmates to start planning our 50th reunion.. which is next year! WHY... when I live on the west coast... do I have to be the one to get this thing going???? HELLO??? Anyway... we are staying until just after the Labor Day weekend. Earl has an RV oil change scheduled for the day after.... If they finish early enough, maybe we'll leave that day.. or the next morning. We are stopping for the night to visit old friends in Ohio. Wife was my roommate in the hospital when Tracy was born and we've kept in touch all these years. Whenever we are in the area, we try to stop and see them and we play Pinochle for HOURS!