When HCFG and I traveled for Thanksgiving, we had to leave on a separate days. I took the whole week off, but he had to work down to the wire. He traveled on Thanksgiving Day, and because he is a bajillion-mile-flyer he was upgraded to First Class.
That particular airline has a deal where you [...]
After our first vacation as a couple last August went so smoothly, HCFG and I decided to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas together. We also figured that things have been going well enough that we’re at the “meet the parents” stage, (hopefully unlike the movie of the same name.)
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Mom is visiting me in New York and we are trying to plan our day.
Lisa: “What would you like to do today? The weather is glorious, all crisp and cool – great walking around weather. Shall we just go wander or do you want to do something special?”
Mom: “I would like to cook supper for [...]
I’ve fallen down a rabbit-hole and landed in Wonderland. I will be meeting all sorts of characters, including a Queen, a Cheshire Cat and a Mad Hatter or two… or fifty.
Translation = I’m in Texas for our 20th annual Tea Party! Mom and I are busily baking assorted lovely treats. We are expecting more than [...]
Off to Texas for the weekend to share a few more of these witty chats… this is a favorite from November of 2005.
“Mom, I can’t remember, what is it called when companies do corporate synergy? You know where they plug their other stores and products, and when you buy one thing they make you [...]
Mom and I are talking on the phone…
Lisa: “I wish we could spend my birthday together.”
Mom: “I do too, dear. Are there any cheap flights right now?”
Lisa: “Let me look online… Hey there are! So if I come to Texas for my birthday will you take me out to supper?”
Mom: “I’ll even buy you a [...]
RING! RING!
“What the hell?”
RING! RING!
“It’s 4:00 in the freaking morning, why is my alarm going off? OHHHHH. Black Friday. Crap.”
And so it began…
We arrived at Wal-Mart at 4:45 a.m.. Yes you read that time correctly. Yes we are nuts. Your point? Anyway, the sale began at 5:00 a.m.. It was a 24 hour store [...]
“God bless us, everyone!” said that nauseating little creep charming boy in fiction, Tiny Tim.
Whoops, wrong holiday. My bad.
Anyway, I’m off to Texas to count my blessings, y’all. I’m going to be spending Thanksgiving week with my lovely Mom. Plus I get to see my extended family and friends, so there will be mucho [...]
Mom is trying to get a vitamin out of the bottle. She turns the bottle upside down and shakes it. One of the vitamins falls on the floor. I pick it up and hand it to her.
Me – “Here you go, do you think you should throw it out?”
Mom – “It’s fine, I believe in [...]
What a trip! Over 3000 miles in the car with understatment of the century a less than thrilled pup. I still can’t believe we did it, but what an adventure it was!
Wednesday night Se7en flew back to Texas. He arrived kinda late so we just hung out at Mom’s house. Come Thursday, we were busier [...]