Day 67 of 365 Days of Being Thankful

     Today I am thankful that we are going home. I love vacations but I love to go home. Olya was worried about the nor’easter so we got up early to change our train tickets to an earlier time. The cost to change the four tickets would have been two hundred and twenty five dollars so we decided to wait for our train at eleven thirty.
I hope the weather isn’t too bad at home. We are going to stop and buy a five gallon gas can so that Dan doesn’t have to keep refilling our two gallon can. I assume that all the food in our fridge and freezer is bad because we were without power for so long. I am thankful that we will have a leisurely train ride home. After that it is anybody’s guessed as to what the weather  conditions will be when we get off and have to drive home from the train station. Goodbye NY, we had a great time!  The first listing of our train 125 NE Regional lists  it as on time.
That is a good sign. We came to the train station at 9 a.m.  I could have slept for a few more hours. Of course, Dan and the girls had to get breakfast. I think there is a food theme to our NY trip. The problem is that the weight doesn’t fall off when we get home. The girls have that fast Ukrainian metabolism but Dan and I do not. The roads weren't too bad on the way home from Philly.  We stopped at Giant and food shopped. I guess it really is all about the food!! Then we stopped at Home Depot and got the five gallon gad can.  We have power now so I can upload my blog posts from the last three days.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day207 of 365 Days of Being Thankful

Image
                 MORE BAT NEWS!!   Yesterday another exterminator came.  The day before the exterminator from Terminix told me that he saw some guano, bat feces, in my attic and they could " fix " my problem for a year contract of $1400.  Today another exterminator came, he was in the attic a long time.  He said he didn't see any guano in my attic.  He didn't think the bats were hidden in the eaves like the Terminix guy thought because of the lack of guano! The second guy told me to find a handyman to close up an opening near my top roof siding and see if that works.  If not, he said they can come back and seal up the house for $795.  I think the Terminix guy just wanted me to sign a contract. The Terminix guy told me that I have mouse activity in my attic so Dan and I will buy traps tomorrow. The second guy told me that sometimes bats just fly around and fin...
Read more

Day 6 of Being Thankful

Image
   Today I am thankful for my daughter Olya.  We adopted Olya from Ukraine in 2009.. Olya with her bio relatives Olya with a friend at her home in Ukraine  She was ten and a half years old when we adopted her.  My friend Maggie had found her for me in Ukraine,  She knew I wanted to adopt another girl in the 10-11 year old age range. Olivia was driving me crazy, she always wanted to be doing something. She really wanted a sibling!  I told Dan that we needed to adopt another girl close to Olivia's age so she would have a sibling to grow up with. Dan was fine with it, I think he was excited to go back to Ukraine!   Maggie works for Frontier Horizons, a hosting organization that brings orphans to the U.S. and other countries for a cultural experience. Maggie visits orphanages and selects children for hosting. They try to select children who are available for adoption but that isn't always the case.   It really is a pre-adoption...
Read more

Day 175 of 365 Days of Being Thankful

Image
     Today I am thankful for the wonderful day we spent yesterday.  We went to a restaurant to celebrate Renee and Adam's birthday with about 25 people!   Adam's parents and his brother Dan and his girlfriend came.  Renee and Adam and his brothers and wives/girlfriends and parents are all going on a trip to Lebanon in August.  Renee is excited because she has never been there! Walid's family, Adam's father, owns a huge hospital in Lebanon. It was nice to see all of them. Renee married into a lovely family!  After lunch we all went back to Renee and Adam's house for a large party.  I am guessing about 50 people were at the party!  There was so much food.  There were trays and trays of wraps, sandwiches, fruit, and vegetables.  A huge tray of sushi was demolished in an hour!  I am not a sushi lover or liker so I didn't help eat any of that tray! There were so many desserts that it was difficult what to choose to...
Read more