We're Home!

We made it safely home. Later I will have a post about the trials and tribulations of driving through Atlanta at 5:15 pm on a holiday Friday, with a man who is not the most patient of drivers anyway.....

Have to go and pick up the small critters (dogs) from the boarding place. They are going to be so mad at me...the dogs, not the boarders. Well, maybe the boarders also. Two hard headed, stubborn shih tzu's can be something else.

Have You Visited My State?

I never really looked at all the places that we have lived and/or visited. I knew we transferred a lot. Usually from one side of this country to the other. Yes, with two kids, animals, all the fun stuff.

While I was running around my feeds, I stopped by Mushy's Moochings he has this neat map posted of all the states he has visited.

I thought what a great idea. I'm going to check out where we have been. It appears that I have visited 76% of the US.

The Eastern part is sadly lacking in visits from me. So, I guess that is going to become my plan. I want to go to New York, I want to visit Maine.

So how many states have you visited?




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An Open Letter

Dear Airport Security Persons;


I want to thank you for the wonderful, and many times thankless, jobs you have to do.


It can't be easy to have to tell people continually, even now, that they are not allowed to carry knives, guns, bleach, or ice picks onto the airplane in their carryon luggage. I know, I watched you tell a very irate lady that the pocket knife she carried for her "protection" was not allowable. I admire the fact that you stayed calm, cool and even tried to talk her out of rushing past the security gate. I do not envy your jobs.


That is why, when I travel, I try to make your jobs easier. I try to only bring on board with me the absolutely necessary items. Those personal care products are always packed in a clear, ziploc baggy, no more than 3 ounces. My change of clothing is always just the very essentials. My medications are clearly marked in their original containers.


I know how thankless this job really is and I do try in my own special way to make it even "fun" for you. Maybe give you a laugh every now and then when you have to search the checked baggage. Which is why on this last trip I packed certain adult only items, just with you in mind.



Sincerely,



Appreciative Frequent Flyer



PS I really do appreciate the jobs they do and I am NOT being at all sarcastic! I always try to put something in the luggage that will make them laugh out loud. I think I over did it this time, they wrote Thank You on the security slip that stated they had searched my luggage. LOL