Category: Travel

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Too many E.R. trips

Last week my eldest daughter spent a good amount of the week in the E.R. (three separate trips) and one of the times by an ambulance.  It was a very scary week and I’m glad that it is over and that she is feeling better.

While at the E.R. we had the opportunity to see the Medical Helicopter land right there in front of us, apparently the patient was having a heart attack and they needed to get him there pronto – hence the helicopter need.

It did spark my interest in the Air Ambulance business, so one night when I was surfing the net I ran across a link that took me to www.aerocare.com, an air ambulance service. It was very interesting, not a job for just anybody, that is for sure.  I have a lot of respect for the people that do this kind of work, what skills and talent they have and what a wonderful opportunity to put those skills to use in helping people in their time of need, and saving lives, too cool.

It’s nice to know that if we ever have the need air ambulance transportation is available, let’s just hope we never have that need.

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Ms. Jinx – Pack rat

As I said earlier Ms. Jinx has lived in the same house for over sixty years of her life, raised a family of five, divorced her cheating husband in the eighties, has lost two of her children and now has numerous grandchildren coming and going all over the place.

Ms. Jinx is a pack rat, but at least she is orderly about it, boxes and boxes of stuff going way back in time, but it is all sorted, categorized, and labeled which makes the task of downsizing a bit easier.

She has been downsizing for the past couple of years, knowing that the move would come and she even had a few yard sales.  I think she needs to have another one and soon.

Hubby and I have been going over there when we can and help her sort and box and stack and lift and move and store and etc…………..

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Kerr Lake

Some of the guys in our Harley Club want to go on a weekend ride to Kerr Lake next month. Although it is only a couple of hours south from here, I don’t think I’ve ever been there. We always seem to go east to the Atlantic beaches or we used to go north to my parent’s house on the river.

We are thinking about taking over the campgrounds at Cripple Creek. They have cabins and facilities for cookouts. They are also close to boat ramps and can make arrangement for boat rentals. It’s a little rustic but it’s only for one weekend.

We would like to stay at the state park, but they don’t allow any alcohol, so we have to find a different campground. I guess that’s my research project for the afternoon.

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Judy’s U.K. trip is postponed

My girlfriend Judy has to postpone her trip to England to meet up with an old boyfriend, who is now very married and has 3 kids.  It seems that the family has being doing some work on their house and until most of it is done the wife really doesn’t desire any company, the main room being the bathroom.

Judy has been corresponding with this guy for a while now and they send a lot of pictures to each other via the Internet, lots of pictures of families and vacations, but he has been sending her pictures of the house while under reconstruction.  And of course she sends them all to me to drool over.  The house is gorgeous and the grounds around the place are marvelous to look at.

 

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Cher is replacing Celine Dion at Caesars!

I heard on a radio spot the other day the Celine Dion is leaving Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.  I didn’t get to hear all of what they said but I did hear loud and clear that Cher is replacing Celine with a show of her own come May of 2008.  How cool is that, I mean Celine is awesome but Cher is still the Queen, even after all these years.

 When I was in my 20’s and 30’s I had a lot of people telling me that I resembled Cher, Marlo Thomas and Olive Oyle.

I remember watching the Sonny and Cher show along with all the other Variety Shows that were so popular in the 60’s and 70’s.  Laugh-In was by far the coolest of them, Sonny and Cher were on that show a few times, along with just about every other celebrity in those days.

It was sad to see Sonny and Cher break up, but he got into politics and she went on to bigger and better things, one of them being the guy from KISS, Gene Simmons – the guy with the huge long tongue.  Of course she also went and made movies, outrageous videos and kept coming out with new song hits one right after another – and looking great the whole time. 

I’m sure that I have several of her C.D.s and probably still have an album or two, and a handful of cassettes that are buried somewhere in the basement.  I feel the need to break some of those out soon and take a listen.  Haven’t heard “If I could turn back time” in a while or “Half Breed” or even “All I ever need is you”

When I heard she was coming to Las Vegas I found a great web-site Cherworld.com. I’m sure hubby will like to check it out, he has always had the hots for Cher and Barbara Streisand both.  Hey, maybe going to Vegas and seeing her show would be an idea for a much needed long weekend getaway!  Sounds like I need to email him the link for the Tickets to see Cher in Las Vegas and start the hinting, wish me luck, I’m feeling lucky.