Home again, home again, jiggedy-jig

Tom did a masterful job of driving home from South Carolina, and we were happy to find our house intact and none the worse for Irene's wear and tear.

Hurricane Irene

It sounds really bad for the Northeast. I hope our house is ok when we get home Monday. It's only been rainy and windy here today. We have had the tv on all day and they haven't stopped the coverage for even a minute.

I don't know if the Commans are still vacationing in Cape Cod. I am thinking they may have gotten out, early if necessary. The NY Kayes are stuck in LA having had their Sunday flight cancelled for closure of NY airports noon tomorrow. Joanne and John were heading home to NC while Allen and Judy were evacuating to Raleigh. I hope everyone is okay...

We've had a good time in vacation part 2. The room is smaller, but the view is great and the weather til today was awesome. We saw Doug at Legends and then he and Joanne came over to our beach for awhile the next day. Fun. We went back and rented those Blockbuster movies and have watched all three now. They were good too: The Source Code, Lincoln Lawyer, and Limitless.

Two movies

Another fun day in Myrtle Beach!
Before heading to the beach/pool for the day (Sunday) we went back to Donny's to pick up my left jacket from Saturday night. We also went to (a still functioning store of) Blockbusters to trade in our mail ordered from NJ movie envelopes. We took some time picking out three we liked only to realize we hadn't brought the trade-in ones. Oh well...another time....
So after we cleaned up from the beach we headed to Carmikes to see The Help--which was really good...better than the book, imo....and then decided to go to another one. We saw Spy Kids (4?). It was entertaining (the "smell cards" were a bust, though).
Tomorrow (aka later today) we need to pack for the big move to Shore Crest I (on the beach side).

Dancing at long last!

Last night we headed out to Donny's Saloon and enjoyed the lessons and dancing. Jackie and her crowd were there and it was great to see them (although poor Jackie had a leg injury and couldn't dance...maybe next time).
   With Tom's h.s. reunion in AR conflicting with the date for my second eye surgery, I don't know what is going to happen with the whole thing. Meanwhile, psychological or otherwise, my eyes seem to be bothering me worse than ever. :-(  I'm fine, just was looking (no pun intended) forward to it.
    The rest of Saturday was fun, too.... aqua fitness, hot tub, beach....what a life! :-)  Oh and I heard from Sue, too. Hope they all had fun at the picnic!

One Day

Golf today (Friday) was fun. We saw One Day at the movies ( I do not recommend it!)
Yesterday was our first sight of rain, but only in the late afternoon. We went to Captain George for dinner and it was awesome, as usual. Apparently Donny's Saloon is only hosting country dancing on Saturdays (oh, do we miss The Beachwagon!)
We're looking forward to seeing Doug at Legends on, I guess, Tuesday night....

Beach, pool, beach, pool, beach, movie

Actually, I started the day with the river walk, and then moved into the beach to pool and back pattern. What a beautiful day, weatherwise, and the water was warm and wonderful. (Why can't the Jersey ocean water be this fun and do-able?)
The movie was "The Rising of the Planet of the Apes" and we really liked it! (I forgot to say yesterday we ran into an Eastampton teacher at Fat Harold's. Small world!)
...and once again our burglar alarm went off while we were on vacation. Dang! All appears to be fine, according to the police. (Slomins is great! If anyone reading is interested in using their service, please give our name as recommenders! Thanks!)

Let there be sun and fun!

We arrived in MB about 3 on the 15th, having left almost 12 hours earlier from NJ. Poor Tom started the trip with a trip (falling at the gas station while I was grabbing a fast cappacino). He did a heroic job driving us down here.

We were pretty zonked Monday. We went to dinner and dealt with a few minor room issues and then caught up on sleep. Tuesday was "the talk", the beach, the Shag lesson (at Fat Harold's) and the movie (Cowboys and Aliens....not impressed and hated the ending....)

And the rains came....

In another part of the world is coming to an end saga, heavy heavy rains hit South Jersey today and there are places that are totally under water to the point of  evacuated. (And did you hear about the stage falling apart and blown on top of the audience at the Indiana State Fair Friday night? )

We are all packed and ready to head down to Myrtle Beach when Tom wakes up. I wonder if the highways are flooded too?

It appears our niece Jessica in AR has started  blog. Yay. Now we just need sister Sue (en route home from Australia? already in CA?) to fill us in on what happened during her trip of a lifetime..........

Hope Jenn and Jassy are having fun with the visiting NY Kayes...........

Here's to world peace as well...........

What's worse than not having a car?

A not so funny thing happened while attempting to get in my car and head to the DKG summer gathering; my car wouldn't start. :-(     My wonderful husband Tom "jumped" me, and I was off and running.
Then, on the way to leave, guess what? Dead battery again. ew ew ew....After attempting to handle it in house, I finally called Triple A. I headed to a friend's for a swim and dinner and they had to jump me again to get me to Prospectors to hook up with my golf-playing soul mate. Time to leave Prospectors and.....nope. fooled you...It started right up! Nonetheless, it is new battery shopping for me tomorrow!

So Sue wrote yesterday and sent a photo and future itinerary for the remainder of the trip. They are having a wonderful time in Australia!

From the dentist to the opthamologist

I didn't get a final affirmation, but it sounds like Sue and her wayward girls were reuniting in Melbourne yesterday.....finally! Throw some shrimp on the barbie, mate!

My teeth are in their best shape in awhile, my eyes not so much....but will(s) be again (pun intended). Just a little scary, but I have the best eye doctor ever, just sayin'......

Side blog re Susan May

Well, it seems we won't be getting daily blog updates from sister Sue in Oz. It's pretty expensive to get online and access isn't all that forthcoming, not knowing where they are going to be from day to day.

I was happy to get an email from her from her new iphone. They were having fun in Melbourne and Tasmania at that point, but, sadly, they had to leave two kids in Los Angeles. It turns out unbeknownst to niece Zoe, her passport was [wrongly] cancelled. She and thoughtful sister Caitlin had to stay in L.A. for the weekend, awaiting an appointment at the passport place today. They'll be making the 15 hour flight out tonight at 11 p.m. to rejoin their long lost family.

Tom and I are enjoying a quiet barbecue at home on this somewhat rainy, thunder booming in the area day.

It's August!

Wow, it's August already. That was fast........

No word from Sue via her blog....or anywhere else..yet. I'm sure they are having a great time!

Tom's mom is in the hospital.......in Arkansas........and Doreen is packing for her move to the new house.......
It appears there has been some compromise reached and America won't be defaulting after all....I don't think it's final yet though. What a horrible mess this has been.

I have a busy week ahead......