No Whining Allowed

“Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you.”

Do you know who sang that song? I know, and I KNOW Schmenky knows. Because we have to listen to that particular cd every Memorial Weekend.

We were not able to bring the sunshine back     It’s 52 and raining. And has been almost since we pulled into The Mitten yesterday. Can you say Ca-ca?  We left Florida on a beauti-mous 78 degree, sunny day. But we left that day behind in Tennessee or Kentucky. By the time we reached Ohio, ca-ca. Capri Deb ever so thoughtfully gave me the news that it is supposed to snow later in the week. CA-CA.

We made it home safely in about 24 hours. Thank you Lord!!! Every year we say it’s getting harder and we aren’t going to drive straight through anymore. And then we do.

Here are some pictures from our very fun trip.

Right before we left, I filled the self feeder for the kitty-witties. Guess who was in hog heaven? That’s Fatso Mama Mia, the  rescued Detroit dumpster cat without a stop eating gene.

When we left, she was sleeping right next to it. I’ll bet she only left it to go potty. And also to sleep on her favorite square of couch cushion, that we all defurred with our black clothes.

Honey had cleaned up the van before we left and he bought a new air freshener. He said he tried to pick a scent that I would like. Because he is a big old Hunk of Honey.  He chose clean linen.

Before we pulled out of the driveway, I had to get it out of the van. It smelled SO strong! I put it in the garage, on the railing. And off we went. Before we got to the freeway, the smell was still strong. I told Honey that was one strong air freshener.  The scent was stuck in my nose. He then admitted that there was another one stashed in the back by The Boy. In an act of supreme love for me, he littered. Yes, he had to throw it out the window on the on ramp.

When we came home, the whole garage smelled of clean linen.

We then, uneventfully, made our way to The Sunshine State. Where we were greeted by this. Greenery pictures by Ab-Cat.

Ah, palm trees

Flowers and greenery.

More greenery.

Honey, in blue.

Honey and Mousey.

The Boy. Would not swim. Again.

Neither would The Ab-Cat. She just read. In the shade.

This was a new club house since were there last year. We liked it a lot! Much bigger pool and not as crowded.

I’ll have some more pictures tomorrow.

I’m all unpacked and the wash is more than 1/2 way done. I probably would be completely finished but I took a nap yesterday and then had to watch 2 hours of  The National Geographic channel last night to see why the giant sperm whale exploded in a Taiwan street and then I had to follow the migration of Nicole the Great White shark, to see what kind of mischief she was getting into after they tagged her. Because I obviously need to know those kinds of facts.

Tonight we will be super busy following the adventures of “Chuck” and “Heroes” and we never miss The Jack Bauer Power Hour. Otherwise known as “24″. Ahhhh, it’s good to be home.