WHERE DID MY RETIREMENT GO????

Well, another day has come and gone and I'm wiped out!! Where is all that time I thought I'd have to sit on my patio and relax and sip my diet coke???? I feel blessed that I'm busy booking trips, but ....... I need a break and I don't see it coming until March of next year. Between booking trips and working on upcoming election, I just don't have any free time. I tell myself, okay self, you can't start any more group trips til after David's campaign or until I finish the one I'm about to go on,but before I know it, I'm off and running with another one!!

Okay, I'm done venting. I'm headed to take a hot, hot shower and go to bed. Tomorrow is another day and I thank God for it.

Nite, nite....

Visit from Jayne and Dane

Jayne and Dane have been in Orange since Thursday. I met Jayne close to Houston to pick up my little man and she went on to work with plans to come to Orange when she got off. Jayne brought her camera with intentions of getting shots of Dane with our new puppy (Duke) which as you can see she did. Dane wasn't sure about Duke at first. Duke was excited to see someone just about his size and would try to be a little too friendly. Dane would run and Duke would follow close behind jumping on Dane's back. I believe Duke thought this was a game, and of course Dane was just trying to get away from the puppy. It was a pretty funny site. He finally warmed up to Duke, but mostly when the puppy was asleep or laying on someone's lap.

Jayne is our family photographer now, so David and I took advantage of her new calling. We are in the midst of a campaign for Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 and David needs a picture for his upcoming announcement. So, she did a photo shoot of David which is not his favorite thing to do. She did get a great shot after several failed attempts (mostly because Davis is such a cut-up. Be sure and be watching local newspapers.....

We had a great visit even though Dane was a little under the weather... Wish Kevin had been able to come too, but it just didn't work out this time. Missed you Kev!!

It's after 8pm and David and I are both pretty tired about to head to bed. Have a good night!

NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY....

Jayne informed me today that I'm slacking because I haven't posted anything to my blog, so I felt a little pressure to keep up the pace or get out of the race!

Today, I picked up our new addition to the family. He's so cute and cuddley with blue eyes and hair the color of cornsilk... Did you guess what it is??? It's a puppy!! We have been talking about getting a dog for a couple of years, felt we needed a fence. It seem that it was meant for us to have this puppy because the timing was so perfect. The Sanfords put their precious little puppies on facebook and I just fell in love with them. I really wanted 2, but David thought 1 was enough since we have 2 cats also. Lauren and JT went with me to pick him up and helped me name the sweet faced little guy. His name is Jake. He's already found his special place (on David's lap watching TV.

I had a wonderful time in Baltimore and hope to go back with a group of people. It is a neat place and has a lot to offer for a vacation. There's a lot of history, great eating places, and is a walking town which is fun. Baltimore treated the travel agents to a wonderful stay in the Baltimore Marriot Waterfront Hotel, harbor cruise tour with lunch, tickets to a couple of attractions and then Carnival transferred us to their cruise ship, Carinival Pride to tour and treated us to a 5 course luncheon. It was a great learning experience. I love being a travel agent!

Tomorrow is going to be a special day. I'm driving to meet up with Jayne and pick up the little man. She's going on to work and then will come to Orange to spend the night and have a little visit. I can't wait to see Dane's reaction to Jake.

I guess I'll end my blog and say good night now....

Good Night!