it just seems that way. My vice: airline tickets. I can only go so long without needing to go somewhere to see someone or something. Could this be GYPSY blood??????
Anyway, after returning from our NE weekend, the everyday rat race {which the rats are winning, by the way} took over and work and church activities filled up the time and one week ran into the next. But we were playing around online one night and found great fares to both Atlanta and Omaha!
We went to Atlanta to support Abany's big idea, Brown Linen Market. Since we hadn't seen her in quite a while {she never made it up while her brother was in Audi school} , we really felt we needed to go down and encourage and help her in whatever way we could. She was SO excited that we were coming and of course, Claudia was thrilled!!! And it ended up being a real God-thing since about a week before we were scheduled to get there Claudia's mom went home to be with the Lord and the memorial service was scheduled while we were there.
My job for the Market---key lime tarts, lots of them. And help in the kitchen. I ended up being a sous chef for one of Abany's friends who was making all the hors d'oerves and running the wine-tasting.
Brown Linen was actually a gently-used clothing boutique set up on the main floor of the house several of her friends rent in Atlanta. For $25, you got 3 pieces of clothing, the food, the wine-tasting and the live jazz. All the clothes were donations from friends and lots of her friends were there to help and shop!
TOP ROW: Tart shells for the key lime tarts, the kitchen in the house where Market was held, doing my thing---making everything in the kitchen look like Martha Stewart on a Waffle House budget, during the Market.
MIDDLE ROW: The main room of the house set for Market, Abany with flowers her girlfriends brought her, Jared, Abany at the memorial service in their backyard for Grandma.
BOTTOM ROW: Claudia and Abany at the end of the service, the Collingswood bonfire and reception for 100 years of football.
The first weekend in October was the BIG Collingswood 100 years of HS Football event. Can we say poorly organized???? They invited everyone--past players, band, color guard, cheerleaders, etc.--- for a march-along parade on Friday night to the HS where there was a bonfire and refreshments in the cafetorium, then a big reception/luncheon before the game on Saturday afternoon. OK, the parade: kinda silly, the bonfire: where was the band and the pep rally part??, the refreshments--sandwiches at 8pm???. The reception/lunch on Saturday was good and we did get a personal tour of the new addition built to link the middle school and high school. Unfortunately, they kept moving the game time back so I had to go to work before the game ever started and we're going to miss "band night" because we'll be in Omaha.
So, tomorrow I have jury duty. It's off to the hall of justice in beautiful downtown Camden. I'm packing my bag full of magazines to read and puzzles to do. And lunch and snacks.
Enjoy,
Janet
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