The Gypsy returns from Europe

We just got back from 15 days in Europe. I will try to add a little each day as I sort and label my pictures and go through all the detritus that we brought back.

It was a great trip, but I am glad to be back home (am I getting old?). The return trip took 24 hours - the wonders of flying on points. Our nice soft bed looked like heaven.

Yesterday was a day of just laundry and food. I left myself a grocery list and boy did I need it - the brain was not totally in gear yesterday. I kept chanting "follow the list, don't try to think, just follow the list."

Unpacking and laundry is the bane of travel. My next vacation I just want to pack a bathing suit, a sundress, and a pair of shorts. I'll buy a t-shirt and call it a wardrobe. Sounds like a plan.

Today I deal this all the "non-clothing" stuff that was in the suitcases. Then download the pictures and start to remember what we did and saw.

More to come. . .

The Gypsy is back home

I've been away from home for over a month and away from my blog for much longer.

This latest trip was to the Northeast. My father had a hip replacement (doing very well thank you). Also got to the Saratoga Race track for a week. Into the city for a couple days and even saw a couple of plays (9 to 5, and Tin Pan Alley Rag).

While in CT I read my father's book "Google My Family Tree". We didn't achieve any progress in his Genealogy work, but I learned a few things to add to my google toolbox. Love learning new things.

Can't believe summer is over! Now to have a productive fall. I need to get my iPhone camera to sync up with my computer so that I can post pictures.

Already planning more trips - a three legged trip in six weeks (Connecticut to Orlando to Denver), Vegas for Thanksgiving. No moss grows on a rolling stone. . .

Suitcase Restrictions

I'm limited to just this amount of luggage for my three day trip to Vegas with Steven.

Nothing like traveling in Zsa Zsa.

Easter for Adults

Baskets, Coffee pot, Sunday paper, nuff said.

Fiber Art

I visited with soxanne on Wednesday. She flew into the Denver Airport for lunch. Too bad the airport is sooooooooooo far from everything. We just visited and ate at the airport, no sense spending all of our time in the car.


Great minds think alike. I had crocheted a scarf for her and she knitted one for me. She made a scarf to coordinate with my camel coat (and it's orange lining). I made a scarf out of sock yarn since she is soxanne after all. We were so busy talking that we didn't take pictures of the scarves on Wednesday. I plucked a picture from her blog and have posed my scarf with it's matching coat.

Catching Up

What a good mother I am. I've taken all of this . . .

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And turned it into this . . .

But no good deed goes un-punished. With bad weather in the mountains, and Steven's packed work/travel schedule, all of these boxes will be sitting in my dining room until sometime in May.

Vindication for non-scrappers

Don't you hate all those scrap book makers! Well, here is the vindication for all of us who just put our pictures in shoe boxes. You can have all your photos scanned, but they have to be loose and organized by size. You send the pre-ordered box with the photos and a DVD of the images (along with the photos) are shipped back within 24 hours. It was written up in our local paper. The writer is halfway through sorting her photos to ship. Check it out at http://www.scanmyphotos.com/ .
I need to "count" my photos and see how many I have. It would be nice to move with just a few CD's or flash drives of photos rather than all those shoe boxes. Wonder how long it would take for me to go through my boxes? Another project. . .