Home Sweet Home

Gold River.

California, here I come.

California, here I come.
Right back where I started from.

Seat 19D - Aisle but CRAMPED

5 more hours next to a BIG guy.

Flight 515: in my seat,

Flight 515: in my seat, preparing for take off.

Obamatown

Almost home. Keep your fingers crossed that this next jet works. Posted via cell phone.

Love this tunnel!

Cruising from Concourse C to B. Posted via cell phone.

OMG

it's the same flight attendants as my ill-fated flight last week!

Farewell at the Cathedral

Posted via cell phone.

St.Mary's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption

The priest cleaning up after Communion reminded me of my hubby. He would do well in that job.

Joe Flannery's funeral was held here. Posted via cell phone.

Farewell Dinner

Chrissie treated us to a seafood dinner. Back at the house we had Maysville Fudge cake from Busken Bakery. Posted via cell phone.

Red Lobster

Florence, Kentucky.

More fun with Lexi

We had ribs and a delicious potato casserole for Father's Day and then I was whipped soundly at Blokus but rebounded to whip all of them at Yahtzee. I remain the Queen. Posted via cell phone.

Countin' Cash

Dad's paper bag. Posted via cell phone.

Deja vu

Here I am again on Sunday morning at Starbuck’s in Newport while Mom attends Mass at Holy Spirit. Listening to the South Pacific soundtrack and sipping a Banana Chocolate Vivanno, catching up on all my scrappin’ news and email. Not that anyone is writing to me…..

Campbell County Public Library

 

Chrissie and I making a quick stop at the library to grab some wi-fi to update my blog and download my email from the past week.

Landmark

 

On Friday, Chrissie and I spent the afternoon with Saralee. We grieved together over our losses, visited a rubber stamp store (Stamp Your Art Out) which no doubt thrilled Saralee to her toes and then dropped her off at the home of her friends, Marty and Fred who are renovating an historical landmark home in Montgomery.

That’s a monster of a project, including the landscaping, which would overwhelm me in an instant. A finished scrapbook layout is about as much ambition as I can muster up.

Saralee with Fred and Marty.

Chrissie, Saralee and me. It was a hot and humid afternoon. I’m sure you can see the sweat glistening on my nose. But it was FANTASTIC to see Saralee and spend four hours with her on this whirlwind adventure.

Scrappin' in Miamisburg

Chrissie and I attended a Club Scrap event Friday evening. We look like we're having a good time. Posted via cell phone.

Rest in Peace

Dad and Joe, at peace at last.

Dad's Memorial

Lexi with Dad's photos. Posted via cell phone.

Memorial Reception

Lexi and Jean after the Memorial Service.

Some more “new” cousins I have never met, or have barely met. Eric is the son of first cousin Gary with his Australian wife, Jo and their little girl Krissany. Gary’s little sister Brenda with her youngest daughter Cassie. Gary and Brenda are the children of Dad’s brother Donald.

Sorrow heaped on sorrow. The

Sorrow heaped on sorrow. The father of Chrissie's partner Matt passed away during the night. This is a grief-filled place.

3:30 AM. Dad's memorial service

3:30 AM.
Dad's memorial service starts in 6 1/2 hours and I can't sleep. Posted via cell phone.

Mani/pedi pampering

@ JAMS in Bellevue. Posted via cell phone.

Whitescience

Chrissie had her teeth whitened today in addition to 6 minutes in a tan booth and a mani/pedi. Posted via cell phone.

Bags

You can see I was finally able to get my baggage off the plane. Man, am I tired! Posted via cell phone.

Gamers

After our meeting at Holy Spirit Church, we went out to John’s for some games and chicken. John and I picked up a bucket of chicken from KFC. After dinner, we played a fun game called Blokus with Lexi and John. Then Lexi introduced me to Wii which was certainly a lot of fun. We went bowling and played baseball. I loved it. Do you think I need one? I can now see what all the fuss is about.

As usual, John spent most of his time building roller coasters on the computer.

Day One

Well, I got a solid five hours of sleep before waking naturally so I guess I'm ready to go today.

We don't have anything planned other than an appointment at 2 with the Bereavement Committee at Holy Spirit Church to discuss Scriptural readings and the general program for the Mass.

My trip across country was laughable, only because I wouldn't be missing connections anywhere. That would have frustrated me no end. Anyway, we had some good chuckles amongst us and before I sign off, I'm going to see if there is any word of that suspension on the internet.

More as the week goes along.

AT LAST! On the ground

AT LAST! On the ground in Kentucky. 3 AM

It's Groundhog Day! Loaded onto

It's Groundhog Day! Loaded onto our third plane. We're forming bonds with one another. Backing out now. Again.

You won't believe this. Our

You won't believe this. Our flight crew has been suspended for their handling of the smoke situation.

So we're being moved to

So we're being moved to a third gate and plane. I don't remember the last time I had this much fun. It actually is comical!

Tired and hungry

Waiting for a second jet to back out. Posted via cell phone.

Loading now...again!

Loading now...again!

Moved us to another gate.

Moved us to another gate. Now they're changing a tire on this jet. Hmmmm

We loaded onto Flight 6080

We loaded onto Flight 6080 to Cincinnati. As soon as it started backing out, we all started smelling smoke.

So they off-loaded us and

So they off-loaded us and now we're cooling our heels til we find out what United is going to do with us.

Deja vu all over again

 

Here I sit in Denver waiting for my connection to Cincinnati.  Seems like I was just here two weeks ago. Oh, yeah, that’s right. I was.

The  man to my right evidently resides here.

Not a fun trip by any stretch but I am looking forward to being with people who love my Dad as much as I do.

Here I go again...

Sacto airport. Posted via cell phone.

Home Sweet Home 7:47 PM

Taken as we left the airport. I’m sure I’ll flesh out some of the blog posts as time passes because I just can’t leave things alone. But this is the final photo for my trip to Kentucky. We did a lot of fun things but I’m glad to be back.

Oversold in Denver

The United personnel have announced that my flight from Denver to Sacramento is oversold and are looking for volunteers to fly later tonight on Frontier. I can’t help but think of Bill Durkin and his passion for “bumper tickets.” I know he wouldn’t pass this up but I really want to get home before midnight. So I will hope to get on this flight and also hope that there is room for my carry-on suitcase. Being a full flight they’ll be wanting to check our carry-ons. I don’t wanna do that!

Cloud

Approaching Denver. Posted via cell phone.

Leaving on a jet plane...

High over Kentucky (or is it Indiana again?). Posted via cell phone.

Waiting at Gate 4 in Cincinnati

Heading to Denver soon. Posted via cell phone.

Sundrops at Laycock Garden

I tried to take some good flower photos in Mom’s garden (after I gave up on those darned cardinals). This photo shows the sundrops in her front yard.

Jungle Jim’s – Day Eleven

We hadn’t really planned much for the final day so after Mass and hospital visits, etc., we headed out to Mason to a couple of scrapbook stores and then on to Jungle Jim’s in Fairfield for some food shopping. Jungle Jim’s is a food shopping experience that can’t be described. But here are a few photos to try to show the atmosphere of the place.

After Jungle Jim’s, we went for our final chili meal. This time I had the Coney Bowl which is like eating three coneys without the bun. Delish! I sure will miss my Cincinnati chili.

My flight leaves Greater Cincinnati airport at 3:30 PM on Monday. Looking forward to an easy trip across country and a restful night’s sleep in my own bed. I’m sure I’ll be blogging from Denver again so don’t begin to think you’ve heard the last of me.

Sonic Mess in Seymour

On the trip back from French Lick, we decided we needed a sweet treat so we stopped in Seymour, hometown of John Mellencamp. The "Small Town" that he sings about is Seymour, Indiana. Three of us were able to devour our ice cream treats without much mess. Chrissie, however, had a little bit of a problem. Once again, I nearly wet my pants laughing.