What are you doing for fun??

This is what we are doing for fun!

11 1/2 week male Border Collie/spawn-from-the-devil/ADHD monster on speed!  But he so adorable and charming.

Thanks Nancy!  He knows he's cute.  Cute is also why he is still alive LOL

Congrats, Chele. Anything left of those boots?

Tina

even sleeping he looks like a handful!  Enjoy him; he is adorable.

Just popping in real quick to share that I snorkeled at Lady Elliot Island, the southern part of the The Great Barrier Reef today!  It was an amazing experience! Loving my time in Australia so far!

Thanks Mompsych!  He's so funny.  He literally zooms until he drops instantly asleep. 

Wow Kiwi!  That's great she made it to 19!!!!

nbnotes I'm so jealous!  I keep threatening that I'm going to go to the airport and jump on the first plane leaving to anywhere with a beach.  I'd love to go to Australia and snorkel.

Chele - I strongly recommend it! Hope you can get yourself to a beach soon

KiwiCatMom - We actually are in another week!  We will be flying into Auckland and staying about 5 nights in Paihia. Can't wait!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL !

Whether you are a mother to children of any age, fur babies or plants, here's to the nurturing side of women. 

Caryn

PS: Not to be a bummer (I know you'll understand) but as my students were wrapping Mother's Day gifts and making cards, I realized that this is the first time since I was in kindergarten, 50+ years ago, that I did not make/buy/send a Mother's Day card. I didn't  think it would be this hard, but it is.

Nancy - I had a blonde moment!  Now I remember that you're headed to NZ!  You'll have a blast. Hope the weather is good for you.  The area you're going to has the best weather in NZ.   Still likely chillier than Florida, but absolutely beautiful.  The only problem with the area is that once you go, you may not want to leave.

One word of warning  (somewhat tongue in cheek) - don't order things with a high mayonaise content.  The mayo here is quite sweet.  I had some friends from the US visit and they toured around the country.  We met up at the end of their trip and the first question was "What the hell did they do to the mayo here?"  

Hope you have a fantastic trip!  Want to hear all about it!!

Terre

Confessions of a cruise addict... Yup, I just booked another one. Going to Alaska in June 2015. How's that for an optimist's view of stage IV?

Caryn

PS: yes, I got trip insurance that covers pre-existing medical conditions. I am optimistic not foolish!

Oh Caryn! That's fantastic!  If I could do one cruise, it would be Alaska.  And no reason not to be optimistic!  

You're so welcome nbnotes!   I hope you have an absolute blast.

My hubby and I are into astronomy (he more than me, but I like it too).  So we've signed up for two astrocamps this winter.  One at the end of July, which is just a weekend thing that we've done before, and it's fun and close to home.  The other one is on the South Island in the middle of nowhere.  We're staying at a boy scout camp in bunk beds in a shared room for 2 nights, but they are beaming in speakers from the US to give talks.  So, that part is ok, but...wait...there's more!  I am trying to figure it out, but we plan to do an overnight cruise in Doubtful Sound.  Then we'll go to Dunedin, where my husband went to high school (and helped build the observatory) and catch up with friends, then drive up the coast of the South Island and take the ferry back home to Wellington.  Probably a week-long trip.  Hoping to fit in a whale watching cruise in Kaikora as well.  

I also am doing a fair amount of business travel to Christchurch.  There's a nature reserve/park there and they have 6 month old cheetahs that you can have an encounter with, so that's also on the list.  Just need a bit more annual leave!

Terre

I don't get to travel much. Stay pretty close to home.DD and I had an appointment with a florist yesterday, for the wedding flowers. On our way there we passed by Madison Square and found a food festival going on. All sorts of interesting stuff. Didn't eat anything (appetite isn't what it used to be) so I took a couple of pics.

There was a booth with Chinese food, but what caught my eye were the "chorus line" of golden kitchen gods waving

There was also brick oven pizza which one vendor brought along a brick oven.

Last week, my husband, son and I flew to Atlanta, Georgia for my niece's wedding.  We spent three days there, enjoying lots of extended family activities and squeezing in some sight-seeing along the way.  We toured CNN studios, the Coca Cola Museum and visited the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum, which we might have loved the best.  Atlanta, tho such a large city, has such beautiful southern grace & charm.

Last summer, my sisters, a family friend and I went to Atlanta to help my niece pick out her gown...she tried on 10 gowns, and when that 10th one went on, all of us said, "That's it."  It was a magical experience, and the wedding was such a special, memorable occasion. Here's a photo of us gals at the reception.  I am on the far left in polka dots.  My three sisters are on the right, with the family friend standing next to me.

I am leaving on vacation on wed to San Diego.  I am excited we are going to have so much fun and I am not thinking of cancer.  I will act normal like nothing is wrong for a whole week.  We have so much plans like legoland, San Diego zoo, sea world and hopefully some whale watching.  I really need this just to get away from normal day problems.  It seems like cancer is everywhere I go so this is a nice break.