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2009-12-24 I miss my kid...

I am posting this from my 'Habitat' computer so I don't have any pictures to show you, but check the date. It is Christmas Eve and we are in Mobile, Alabama sitting in the RV at Chicasabogue Park and its raining and 55 degrees and our RV is all decorated for Christmas thanks to my wonderful husband and I am missing my son Mike. For the past 35 years we have opened our presents on Christmas morning, the three of us. And for the past 40 years we have sung in the Choir for midnight mass at our church. This year we decided to come south before our pipes froze. Our wonderful kid lives in Chicago and has someone and a family to be with at Christmas so we thought it would be okay if we headed south early. Well it is sort of okay, warmer....but I miss my kid...Only at this season do I miss my house all decorated, big tree, big kitchen, big parties. Come January 1st I'll come to my senses and be loving being on the road, but for today, for right now, I miss Mike. The Gan...

Brunswick 09 - A Great Build

The Brunswick Build was great, a wonderful team and a great Team Leading, but now we are onto our next adventure in Mobile...

June - Habitat for Humanity Team

  These are some of the folks at Global Village that we worked with. What a great job they are doing.

June 13 - Knoxville, a new diesel engine

    We have decided that we want to continue this lifestyle so we are opting for a new engine. In the Smokeys we were having some 'over the hills' problems until the 'STOP ENGINE' light came on, then we knew we were in trouble. We were towed to Knoxville where we spent a week and $17,000 to get Bessie up and running again.

July 24 - My GM Buddies

  I love these folks, Bill DeSalvio our Materials Show Coordinator, Judy Haywood, Show coordinator par excellance and Darlene Reiss the BOSS of this outfit. We will be friends for a lifetime.

August 2nd - Chicago Half Marathon for PAWS

  Look at them they are so proud they just finished a half Marathon raising money for PAWS in Chicago.

September - Gilbert's Ice Cream

  We had a great bunch of RV Care-a-vanners here in Marquette, Michigan.