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Post by Mollyann on Aug 9, 2018 16:37:24 GMT
Cat, thanks for the spelling lesson! I'm sorry -- I did not intend for my journal entries to sound like I did not enjoy my trip. I did enjoy it. The goal was to spend time with the kids, see their home, where Drew worked, Michaela's school, and visit the base where Drew was stationed years ago. We did that plus a whole lot more.
I really enjoyed seeing the Moselle Valley. It was lush and beautiful. Even though it was a late night event, I enjoyed the circus in The Netherlands and touring that castle.
Molly
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Post by flucielucy on Aug 9, 2018 20:23:53 GMT
Got my Walmart run out of the way for another month or so and then home and a nap.
Cat, I am glad you spelled that word for Molly. I would have never gotten it.
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Post by conniej on Aug 9, 2018 21:12:17 GMT
Lunch was so so but company was good. My friends low tire was on and she wasn't concerned. Sure glad we didn't have a flat tire as we were out in the country and saw no one for miles!!
I did bring my lunch home that I didn't eat but then threw in trash when I got home. I didn't want to embarrass my friend by not eating half of it. Just told her I was full.
When I got home folded some clothes from the dryer and also got the dumpster ready to take to the end of drive way. Still have litter box to do but will take that to dumpster when I am done. I forget easily these days.
My neighbor finally got his drive way topped and his car is back in my drive way. He was calling the place 2 and 3 times a day. Guess he has nothing to worry about besides that.
He got a new Dr cause he didn't like the one he chose first when his Dr retired. He was mad cause he said all the new Dr wanted to do was send him for tests. AS I understand it--it was blood work and a bone density test. He wants an old fashioned Dr that only sees you when you are sick. Good luck.
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Post by catter81 on Aug 9, 2018 22:32:34 GMT
Challenge for August 3 - Sept 3!
2 pounds gone! Let’s do it!
Are you game?
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Post by phyl on Aug 9, 2018 22:36:52 GMT
cat I am always gamed phyl.
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Post by catter81 on Aug 9, 2018 22:38:07 GMT
I’ll send the challenge early tomorrow!
Got in some steps. Too hot even inside.
Health to all.
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Post by Mollyann on Aug 9, 2018 22:39:29 GMT
Hi!
I was so blessed to have a good visit with Mom this afternoon. She has been asleep both times I've visited since returning from our trip, so I was more than happy to be able to talk with her today. She liked the little tourist pair of wooden shoes that I brought for her from Amsterdam.
From My Journal Day 9:
I woke about 8:30 a.m. and surprisingly found Drew up and dressed! Alex and I hurried to get dressed and ready for the day – checkout for the apartment is 11 a.m. Drew took Alex and me on a tour of the base, then we returned to the apartment to finish our packing.
Last night I had put my water bottle in the freezer, and that worked really well. It kept ice in it all day long while held in the side pocket of my Lug bag.
After checkout we went to the Commissary and the BX. Amanda shopped for things she can’t get in their local German stores. Drew went with her and helped her pack the trunk – we were forbidden to open it until we returned to the house. It’s too full!
Alex, Michaela and I had a soda and sat in the air-conditioned food court waiting. Drew and Amanda returned about 1 p.m. and had lunch.
We drove through beautiful countryside with square bales of straw the size of our large bales at home, but rectangular in shape. Very hilly—mountainous, gorgeous, beautiful—country.
We visited the city of Corchem. It sits on the side of the Moselle River. It’s a beautiful little town with tourist accommodations. The river cruises stop here. The castle (yes, there are lots of castles in my journal!) is up a steep winding incline. Drew didn’t feel he could negotiate the street in the car; and afterward, we agreed that he had made the right decision. We took a tour bus to the drop-off point just below the castle. From that point was a steep incline that we were to climb on foot. Alex and I made it!
We were just in time for the last tour of the day. The guide gave his talk in English, Spanish and German. The castle was built early, but was later demolished, and then purchased as a “summer residence.” The families who subsequently owned it, tried to refurbish it in the style of the time it was built.
We bought the book, and quickly hiked back down the incline to the bus’s drop-off point to catch the last bus of the day (at 6 p.m.) We had supper at an outdoor café that was connected to a beautiful hotel. We watched the tour boats travel the river. On the trip home, at one point, the GPS showed the road similar to two or three Zs end to end. fortunately, no one got sick!
We stopped at a Burger King in a gas station to refresh on the way home, arriving back at our hotel about 11 p.m. We unpacked our suitcases, cleaned up, and settled in for the night. We are so grateful for the borrowed fan and fly swatter! 
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Post by flucielucy on Aug 9, 2018 22:50:21 GMT
Good Night All
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Post by nrytchr on Aug 9, 2018 23:11:39 GMT
When you asked how to spell Reveille it brought back a memory...when I was single, young, and foolish I had a horse that I boarded at a local stable. There was a horse name Reveille who needed it - he just sort of plodded along. He had a "twin" horse (who was owned by the guy I started dating shortly after he came to stable) named Taps. Taps was the total opposite of Reveille - always ready to go. My horse's original name was Southern Comfort (changed it to Southern Majesty) and his "twin" was Seagram. I had Southern until I was married about a year and didn't have time to ride too much. He became a school horse for the stable.
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Post by Mollyann on Aug 9, 2018 23:56:15 GMT
Neat stories about horses in your past, Nancy! I had a horse. Prince was given to me on my 13th birthday, although we had had him at our farm for awhile before that. Sweet memories!
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Post by kathie3s on Aug 10, 2018 1:34:23 GMT
My DDIL was raised owning a horse. Now she has 80 horses in our back yard to take care of...LOL. Of course, most are not hers - we are a boarding ranch.
Long doctor appt. today in respiratory for Jim.....2 more appts.
Lucy: Sometimes Jim sleeps 20 hrs. of the day. I worry about that for sure.
Praying for Doris and family and hoping the divorce is over (in Mj's favor) soon!
Tucking you all in now in SKY BLUE BLANKETS COVERED IN CLOUDS! - sweet dreams!
Enjoying Dog Days with my new doggie - Kathie - (Shana was bad today so she is being punished on her chain right now)
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Post by jenny91638 on Aug 10, 2018 7:31:40 GMT
About horses.. when I was about 12 I got on a horse that wasn't really broke.. it took off flying through the almond orchard and a low hanging branch swept me right off the horse and onto the ground.. That's the first and last time I rode a horse.. never really had the urge after that.
Another story about horses.. I lived on an almond ranch.. At that time they used horses to pull the 'sleds' in the fields where they knocked the almonds by hand with rubber mauls and long poles.. They knocked as many as possible onto big canvases that were fasten to the 'sleds' .. Then they would pull up the canvases and all the almonds would slide onto the sled.. they'd lay the canvases over the top of the pile of almonds and the horses would pull the whole thing out of the fields, down the road and into the main ranch where they had the huller.. If you've never seen such an operation you've really missed something. All of that work is done by machines now.. That's kind of sad too.
Had a good visit with my sister today.. love that girl.
Jenny.. I actually need to make a better effort to get to this thread in the daytime.. I feel like I'm missing something by posting last.
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