My Opinion Counts

I don’t know where today went! I suddenly got the urge to scrub the grout in the bathroom tile. What a job. I make a paste with water and Comet and use a toothbrush to scrub the scunge off of the grout and tile. It was looking bad. Then I kept on cleaning. Somebody needed to stop me. I finally stopped after I took a shower and didn’t want to get sweaty.

We are having beautiful weather today. Yesterday was one of those days that when you step outdoors, the heat takes your breath away. I think it rained during the night but not enough to make our brown grass turn green. I hope the weather tomorrow is mild like today. It isn’t too hot and there is a nice breeze. I will be traipsing around a big craft festival tomorrow. It can be miserable when it is too hot. This is probably my 20th year visiting the Arts and Crafts Festival at Amish Acres in Nappanee, Indiana. There are literally hundreds of craft booths at this fair. They have crafts of quality and not just throw it together stuff. They must sell a certain amount of product or they will not be invited back to the festival so it pays to have things that craft attendees want. Something that other craft shows lack that this festival has is fantastic displays of art. Artists display their oil, water color and pencil drawings outdoors where we can watch them as they produce. It is a fun festival that offers homemade ice cream to be eaten beside a beautiful pond.

Wow, am I ever tired. We traveled about 9 hours in the car today and made it home from our vacation. It is back to work tomorrow. Before we left, I tried to do bookwork ahead so I wouldn’t have a whole stack of work hitting me first thing. I hope it helps.

Both of our kids are grown and so I only have Lynn’s laundry and mine to do. That won’t be too bad. The laundry was usually the thing I dreaded most about coming home from vacation. Now, missing my kids is the worse thing. Ha! I can’t win!

I didn’t cry when we had to watch Stacy drive off for Florida. I got a bit choked up as she was hugging her daddy. I didn’t think they were going to let each other go. You never get used to leaving your kids, no matter how old they are.

So, back to work we go. I hope to fill you in on the details of our trip in a few days.

Yesterday’s trip to Tennessee went smoothly. We ladies were sleepy and got in a few winks while Lynn drove. I only heard him hit the speed bumps along the side of the road once. I am assuming he stayed awake.

Have you ever driven through the Cumberland Mountains in Southeastern Kentucky? You should. The views from the mountaintops are breathtaking. I cannot imagine being a pioneer and cutting down the vegetation to get through the mountains like they did. They were traveling in covered wagons no less! I don’t know how they did it.

We had planned on visiting the Indian mounds in Tennessee but never saw any signs for where to turn. By the time we gave up, we were near Knoxville and decided to drive on to my nephews. We had a great dinner with them and our daughter. It was so good to give Stacy a big hug around the neck. She had driven from Florida to join us all this week. Tonight we check out our lodging at the cabin! Woo hoo!

If you read my sister’s blog, you will know that she and her family will be joining other members of our family for a vacation next month. We have been sewing bags like crazy in order to have enough to sell them at the flea market in Knoxville. So many relatives have decided to join us that we have thought about looking at used RVs to insure us a nice place to sleep. I am sure it will all work out but I do think that having an RV is the way to travel. There is room to move around and, unless you are the driver, you can take naps along the way. RV’s dot com is where I have been having fun looking over all the possibilities. They have every size and model of RV you could want. They make it easy to buy, finance and learn to drive an RV. They even have an easy way to find service departments along your route. Do you have an RV?

One of the most memorable vacations we ever took was when we went to Vegas last year. We had not been to Vegas in a while and boy had it changed. There is a wonderful wax museum called, Madame Tussauds Las Vegas Wax Museum. Located at the beautiful Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, visits to the museum are a one of a kind experience. It was exciting, yet eerie to be in a museum where the characters seem so real. Can you imagine standing next to Johnny Depp?

Las Vegas is one city that I think every one should visit at least once in their lifetime. Even if you do not gamble, it is interesting to see all the magnificent architecture. The fountains and walkways are thrilling to see. The Eiffel Tower is beautiful. I loved seeing the light show on the water fall at the new Wynns hotel. Even the restrooms are filled with beautiful paintings and ceramic tile. The floral arrangements are out of this world. I admire how all the hotels come together to make Vegas such a showplace. It is like no other place in the world.

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