Home sweet home!! Can’t say enough about it; when I go away, I fully appreciated and love getting back home again! We left Florida two days earlier than planned and we are glad we did as if we had left when we were suppose to, we would have hit very bad storms that came through Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky. There was also a 100 car pile-up on Interstate 75 near Detroit due to white-out conditions, so we felt good that we left when we did. Other than driving through rain on the last day, the rest of the trip was uneventful.
Timmie got another flea bath when we arrived at the first hotel the first night and once we did get home, I gave him a dose of his Revolution; so we seem to be completely rid of any fleas that might have tagged along on the way home. I washed and totally cleaned everything we brought in from the car as well.
During our Florida trip, we got to spend 10 days with Pat and Roy; a half a day with Bob and Gwen walking the beach and out to lunch and then another nice surprise was actually meeting up with Joan Meijer from Holland; who is one of the ladies that took care of Brian’s father gravesite and who met up with us in Amsterdam last year to show us the sights and to get us safely to Holten. Joan and her husband were also in Florida for a few weeks and on their way through Sarasota, we met them for lunch and had a good time catching up with them as well. Joan had Brian sign a shell from the beach which she is going to take to the cemetery for Brian and place it on the gravesite the next time she is there.
Overall, it was a good trip with fantastic weather and it was good to get away for a few weeks at least.
I think my dad was happy to see us all home safe and sound. He missed us while all his children have been in Florida and he was very happy to have us all home again.
Mid-February Brian will undergo his maintenance round of chemo so he will be glad to get that over with and wished he didn’t have to go through it. He has been feeling so good while in Florida that he just wants to stay that way; nevertheless, we have to do what is necessary and he now will have one more year of 3 monthly maintenance chemo and then he is done hopefully for a very long time!
We have all our birthdays coming up this month, starting with Brian next Friday, then Mavie the next day, Breanne on the 20th, David on the 21st, Dad on the 24th, then Bob and I on March 3. By the time they get to me, everyone is sick of birthdays!
I finally bought a new camera this weekend, so I have taken a few pictures to test it out. BJAMS had a super-bowl party yesterday, so I took some pictures there and will post a few below.
Timmie happy to be home too!
Annika very happy to be with her papa again and he with her!
Nana and her Selena. We are great buddies too!!
