Good brisk Fall Sunday Morning...at least that's what it is here in the Poconos although it promises to be in the mid 70s later....just like yesterday...beautiful!!

That tree is on my property...

This picture is driving through the town of Jim Thorpe yesterday where it's Fall Foliage weekend...the "mist" in the trees is smoke from the tourist train at the station right near there...

Good Sunday Morning Donna

Beautiful shots Enjoy the fall foliage time
Hope you're feeling better.
Heading out to breakfast now then taking Millie to the beach or the park It's a gorgeous day here too...lots of sunshine & crisp air
We have a bbq to go to later so will be a busy/fun day

Enjoy your Sunday Everyone

Tara, thanks for the Rasta update. Glad the vet isn't concerned but also glad she's checking with more tests. Hugs to your girl, from us!!!

Have a wonderful Sunday.

Morning Kobi

Tara - just read about Rasta......like Kobi said glad the vet isn't concerned. Positive thoughts for your Rasta Hugs

We were supposed to have breakfast with Freddie & George but.......Freddie got stuck working....and it was VERY busy at the cafe! They have their grandchildren today so that really cuts into her time with them!

Hugs to everyone
I'm off to enjoy our beautiful day here

Hi, Judy. Have a wonderful day!!!! It really is beautiful out and I'm loving it. Have fun on the beach with Millie!!

Good morning ladies. Looks like everyone is enjoying the outdoors. I'm off to do some yard work. Have a nice day

Good morning Donna, Judy, Kobi, & Jerry! Haven't dropped in for awhile, so hope all is well! Isn't this fall weather beautiful? Unfortunatly, I have a rotten cold & feel crappy, & am stuck at work! Has anyone had news about Kaarien? I'd like to know what's happening. Thanks! Have a great Sunday everyone!

Good Morning Everyone!
Thanks for the good thoughts for Ms. Rasta. Guy thinks I just have been putting too much water in her breakfast & dinner.
It's really beautiful here too. Days like these you can usually see every nook and cranny of the channel islands so Rasta and I will head off to the bluffs shortly.

I've already gotten two loads of laundry done and had a nice chat with Guy while watching the sun come up (he's off to work now).

Did anyone else watch CBS Sunday Morning? I love the interview with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss --- I had intended to get their cd but didn't... Itunes here I come!! I love Robert's look on life and aging. I can't do YouTube on this laptop but if you get a chance... check it out.

Sorry you had to work Freddie but hope you made loads of tips
Judy, give Millie a hug from Rasta
Kobi, pass them out around your house too!!

Susan, hope you knock that cold out soon.
Donna, thank you for the beautiful pics. I LOVE the fall foliage. That's something we don't get right here.

Good morning almost afternoon Donna, Judy, Kobi, Jerry,Susan, Tara and PATRICK!

We've been busy with life and chores this weekend. I missed my spin class yesterday morning 'cause I woke up at 7:45 a.m. and class is at 8. We went to a friends house to watch the first game in the series and didn't get home till around 1am. The TB Rays lost that game, but we won the second game last night. The next 3 games will be played in Boston. I've got my fingers crossed for our guys.

Seasonal colors from the Caribbean of the Midwest (a.k.a. Haigh Quarry).

(Surface 62F, @35' 57F, @50F 52F).

HI EVERY ONE!!

I AM ON BONAIRE!! WHOO-HOO

Bettesisi
YGM!!









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Way to go Krispi.

Hi Krispi - Is this the Cindy whom you almost brought to my house for dinner ????

Hi Cindy

It's a gorgeous day in Northern New Jersey/USA, too. Blue skies and birds chirping, leaves changing and the bright sun shining! Temps into the low to mid seventies during the day and the fifties at night for right now. It has dipped into the thirties & forties a few nites but not too bad, so far...it's what comes "later" that I don't care for.....old man winter. Can't stop him, tho....so we will roll with the punches!

Here's a couple of shots from my media room window. The pool is behind the red picket fence...I'm ready for the pool!! Open her up right now, baby! Heated, please, however. LOL. Carole

Wow, have a wonderful HONEYmoon, Kristi!

Let's see, the season in FL is...still summer! With just less humidity.

We're lovin' it.

Have a great Sunday all. My MIL is here and I'm making 3 pans of lasagna, and corn on the cob, garlic bread and key lime pie. Then WINE for grownups.

Awww, Kristi, you look happy!

It's the Honeymooners!!!!

Afternoon to All. Finally got done work, so the rest of the week-end is mine! Did some food shopping on way home.

Thanks for checking in Kristi! Enjoy your Honeymoon and also Mother Ocean when you get a chance. Nice pics.

Weather here started out a bit chilly, but warmed up nicely, think I will go sit outside in the sun and soak up some of that good old sunshine. Good for the soul.

Oh, yesterday, when I went over to my son's to cut down some trees, I got to spend a little time with Lydia, my grand daughter. She is getting so big! And she has a full head of head, wavy, curly jet black hair, she looks like a little Snow White!

Also, talked to Tiffany and she has finally decided on what she wants to be now that she is in her third year of college for Marine Biology. Let's just say, she has just added another 6 years of school to get to where she wants to be. Oye!~ Seriously, I am happy for her that she has figured it out and can now be centered on her career. Hope we can afford to keep her going for it, still have one left at home to go to college too. No early retirement in the near future, that's for sure, but it's all good!

Debbie how old is Lydia now?

My niece just decided to go back for her PHD, if she can get accepted. My sister thought everybody was out of the nest, so they're scrambling to line up finances...having helped the first one through law school, they can't deny the second, but it's a shock to them, i think.

CB, Lydia is 6 months old already. A real cutie too.

Tiffany still has another year to get her BA in Marine Biology, then she is going for her Masters and also a doctorate in Tropical Coral Reefs. We are starting to look for internships and summer stuff for her resume in the appropriate fields. Actually, Bonaire has a great one in the summertime she would love to go to, wouldn't that be cool if she could do that? She is looking into it and lots of others. All over the world they are, pretty interesting and since she is already a diver, a lot of other things are open to her too. There's a thing called Scientific Diving that interests her to learn how to take samples and such, her list just goes on and on. That darn computer has so much info and she wants it all! Good thing is that it is motivating her to keep her GPA up and all. With Hurricane Ike hitting Galveston and the move to College Station, motivation was at a low level, now it is back where it should be.

Guess I could say she wants to be a professor teaching at a college or university and in the summers, do research on Tropical coral reefs which she really is into.

I know UC Berkeley had a Research Diver class that all the marine biology students had to pass before they could do internships. For years it was run by a guy who was the old school get-tough-or-go-home, skin-in-wetsuit, Fenzy-horse-collar-BC guy. I bet some folks here know who I'm talking about. Boy, he made life hard for some folks. He finally retired, to the relief of many.

I talked to some people in the internship program on Bonaire last time we were there...they were having a ball. If I could afford it, I'd sign up myself!

Glad life is back on track for Tiffany. When my niece was at Hastings Law School, she had a lot of classmates who were displaced from New Orleans for a year, after Katrina. It was a mess...

CB, yeah, me too! She sent me the website and I was like wow! So cool to be able to do on the same island she feel in love with Mother Ocean. Who knows where her road will lead her and take her, but I am all for doing what you love in life, versus just getting a job you hate. Ike was Tiff's first experience with living through a hurricane and then seeing first hand its wrath and heartache. Her third year has just started a few weeks before it hit. Now, some of her classes are in churches, some classes are being taught on line as even some of the professors can't commute to College Station, so learning this semester will be a challenge to say the least, but she is not alone, there are lots of students going through the same thing and they have all bonded through Ike.

Well, I'm glad she was spared the complete los some folks experienced. And what great time of life this is for her....when I work on a campus, I want to grab people and say "Do you know how much fun you're having right now?".

Ok, my mother and I are off to find an empty parking lot. This is the first time she's going to try to drive her car after her stroke....big step!

LOL, CB I'm sure that there are people who have passed through your stage in life who would love to grab you and tell you the same thing!!!
It's all about living the moment - enjoy the driving. GO MOM!!!!

Debbie, you must be so proud of Tiffany and rightly so.

I just got back from taking Rasta to the bluffs. It wasn't as clear out at the islands as I'd hoped but I'm wondering if it might be from smoke. There's a fire just outside of LA (hope Karen and Roger aren't near). We've been having pretty good wind events each evening, hopefully they have it under control before they start up again.

Time to head over to Costco and Home Depot.

Great chatting with ya, CB! I agree, I never went to college, but the memories and experiences you cannot put a pricetag on!

Way to go for your mom, CB! She sure has spirit and spunk, I hope to have that much when I get that age.

Boom, hubby left for Home Depot hours ago and he still hasn't been seen since. Hmmmmm...wonder what new gadge/toy he will come home with this time? I knew that tree climbing and taking down trees would start his love of new toys again!

Freddie, you here? My IM's not working?

IM not working but your email did.. Hi everyone!!

Hi Freddie and Jerry!

Hi everyone!
(Figured I'd just say hi since I have been lurking most of the afternoon.)

hi Honey are you ready for the MM?

Hi Tribs!

Freddie, I sure am ready for the MM! Looking forward to meeting everyone in person and also seeing folks I already met in person too.

Jerry, you ready? I think Freddie meant that for you, she usually doesn't call me Honey....I just jumped in the conversation.

Hi Debbie, the MM is going to rock.

See you guys later.

Click!

and yes I meant it for you too Deb..are you ready??? woohoo!!!!

hi Tribs... wish you could join us at the MM

Hi everyone. I've been busy and have been lurking every once in a while.
Wished I could make it to the NE MM. It would be great to see everyone - but if you all post pictures and make phone calls that would be almost as good.

I just saw Kristi, Kenny and Cindy's pictures. Way to go!! Hope you're having a blast!!

I wish I could be there too. However, I really need to buy a car and that has to be my priority. (Even though Wes said, just go - when will you get to do this again. I guess that is why I love him.)

Wes Rocks!

I want one of these.

Wes, I owe you a beer.

Well Jerry, hopefully some day in the future we will all be together and you can buy him one. You guys better post a ton of pictures. I'm really regretting being fiscally responsible.

LOL....that is Romper Room They are having a ball!!! Their back legs are so little it's funny to watch them rolling around.

I am just giggling, Linda! Thanks for sharing. Needed some Awwwwwww's to end the weekend!

Hey Kobi, Did you two go biking today?
All I did besides my morning routine, was grocery shop. But I did hit this one place that sells used clothes. I am searching for a vintage beaded or appliquéd sweater (good luck with that in Florida) that I can make a bear out of. No luck today, but I'll try consignment shops next. One of my bear buddies made one and it was really nice. The sweater she used was white with beaded flowers - really pretty.

Tribs, fiscally responsible, not investing in your 401K. Dear God Girl, this might never happen again? Come on, Tom will show you his Monkey!

Tom has a monkey.

Don't tell Pam!

Click!

Jerry...I don't want to even recount how much money I am losing in my retirement fund, which I can't touch btw - all I can do is move it around from one miserable investment to another. Ugh! If I could, I would close the account, take the money, buy a car and head to the MM.

A monkey is enticing... LOL!

Tribs, if you are not able to make it, we will have a pic of you on our table, saying I'm here, have one for me.

Linda, no riding for us today. Rob tore up the trails all day yesterday though with a buddy. My alone time this weekend was sweeeet! Today we tackled the garage. O M Goodness I have never seen so much sh...tuff!!! We loaded up Rob's trailer and moved to Beverly We looked like the Clampets, I'm sure, as we hauled it to the dumpster at work.

Good luck with your sweater hunt. Do check consignment stores as you never know what you'll find there. Your friend's bear project sounds beautiful!

Have a good week, ahead, gang!

Helloooooooooooooooo!!!!!
I just finished watching "Evan Almighty" what a GREAT movie

If you're in need of a feel-good, you have to watch this one... especially the cuts at the end.

Kobi... girl... you're making me tired. Hope you at least got to enjoy a cocktail before collapsing in bed!!!

I never made it to Home Depot - Costco was such a zoo I was finished with people and shopping after that. I hate when people just stop in the middle of the aisle, cart and all, and hang out at the free samples.... maybe it's a sign of the economy that every sample table was swamped!!!

Any rate... I've got chickens and rice for Rasta, pizzas and caesar salad for the final debate night party, and a new throw for the couch
The fireplace is going and Rasta and I are snuggled in.

Hey Y'all! I am soooooo in HEAVEN!!
no chance to hit the cams yet...sound stupid since we are at EDEN but hey...5 dives took up our day!!

Got a 7 minute video of a Spotted Eagle Ray..so KEWL!!!

PATRICK...CAN YOU SAY...WHOOO --- HOOOOO!!!

Timmmy...that was Deb..she is from Jupiter...

Hope you all are well..

Krispi you make me just laugh!!! I Love that you're checking in with us... but daggonit you're on your honeymoon girllllll
5 dives????? is that legal???
you just go girl!!!!!

I just finished watching another movie...
"Freedom Writers"... another WOW!!! WOW!!!! WOW!!!!

Time for bed for me... you too Krispi!!!!!
Sweet Dreams