"Don't leave Mom" that's what Roxy's been saying all evening as she is watching me pack. Tomorrow Maggie and I are heading off to London for the first leg of our three week vacation. We are meeting our wonderful friends, Lynne & Ana there. This is their first trip to Europe and we are so excited to share this experience with them. We'll meet them in London since they are flying out of LAX and we are flying on British Air out of San Diego. This is the firs...

by Nancy Well here we are in Houston a stopover on our way to Lima. Meanwhile, Mary & Yamila will be at their stopover point in Miami very soon. They should beat us into Lima by about 1 hour. The rest of the gang, Donna Marie & Cynthia and Victor & Hardy won't arrive until tomorrow night. Although flying isn't as fun as it use to be, I still love to TRAVEL. Going somewhere new is fun and exciting, filled with anticipation about what is to come. Thi...

On Thursday, Maggie & I are heading to Peru with JUGS (Just Us Girls) + 2. Maggie's brother, Victor and his partner, Hardy will be joining us along with Donna Marie & Cynthia, and Mary & Yamila. Peru is the #1 destination on Maggie's bucket list and since she will be celebrating a milestone birthday in January (Peru's rainy season), we thought we would get a head start and check it off her list. How exciting for us that our friends and family wanted ...

Our first blog is uneventful, which is probably a good thing since it's all about flying. Drove to LAX in record time at 3:30 am and made it in just over one hour from Encinitas. Maddie and Roxie snuggled in my lap. After kisses and "Good-byes" to Maggie and the Babies, I met up with Rosemary and Mary Kay where we proceeded to wait in line after line after line and then it was time to board. Got into Miami early, had lunch at the Corona Bar & Grill, and now...

Ay yi yi. Packing is the hardest part of any trip especially when you are doing it while watching TV shows, dealing with SPAM on facebook and reading about the earthquakes that hit Spain (where we're going) earlier today killing 10 people. STRESS Too much to do to get ready: at work, at home. Ay yi yi