Lisa and I had another good workout this morning. I am going to miss Lisa and her gym. I wish I could pack them both up and take them with me. Lisa then cooked me the best lunch I have had in a long long time. Thanks again Lisa. It was amazing. We waited for Maddy to get home from school and we all headed over to this weird place for manicures. We now call it Grumpy's. Most of the workers were grumpy and some of the clients too. My manicure was not that great and...

Our plan today was to go wine tasting in Northern Maryland. Lisa and I went online and found a few vineyards with wine tasting rooms and set off. Unfortunately All the vineyards are closed on Tuesdays. So we had to come up with a plan B. We ended up at "The Hollywood Casino." As you can imagine it was a classy place......not. They had no table games so we mostly played Video Black Jack. It was a little weird to sit at a table in front of a large screen with a vid...

This morning I drove North to my high school friend Lisa's house. She lives in a beautiful community that has a great gym in the neighborhood. I was so excited to get a good work out in. Lisa's schedule unfortunately got a little screwy and she had to work today so I had a relaxing afternoon with her daughter Maddy. I spend some QT with my new camera, reading the manual, learning about all the cool features and downloading the software. I am so happy I made the d...

Today was a great day. It started with an hour and a half walk which was desperately needed. It is hard to get any exercise while driving across the country in a snowstorm. Then great friends Jennifer and Debbie came over for football and crab-feast. It is hard to explain exactly who Jennifer and Debbie are. Debbie is my Mother's-Best Friend's-Daughter who I have known since I was born. Jennifer is my Mother's-Best Friend's-Son's-Wife's-Daughter from a previous m...

We didn't sleep much in the very noisy hotel. Hagrid is so used to the dead quiet of home that when you put him in a hotel he hears every little noise and then lets me know he heard a noise by growling and pawing at me. I tried turning on the fan to drown out some of the noise from down the hall. I set it on heat but it got too hot then I switched to cool and it got too cold. At 3:15am I gave up and got in the car and started driving.......again. We drove another...