TN - Post #2

My mom and SD live in a beautiful "Lake and golfing community". The houses are gorgeous and all their friends are so nice!
We went on a boat ride with a couple of friends of theirs and docked up to eat lunch.
The weather was perfect!

Here is Mon, the SD, and Me on the boat -

 Here they are with their friends (the boat owners) they were wonderful people!

Here are some pictures of houses along the lake! Like Holy cow! Huge houses!

Then we went through this tunnel with all the swallow nests under it!

Here are just some random pictures around the lake -

Then there was this guy... nope, wouldn't want to be him!

And this is where we ate lunch -

It was a great day! See now I can do boats like these, just not the big ones like the Titanic!


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Trip to TN in 3 posts

I went to TN a few weeks ago to visit my mom and Step-dad for 8 days. I had a great time, as usual.
I took lots of pictures so I am going to do this trip in 3 posts.

One of the most impressive things we did was visit "The Titanic Museum" in Pigeon Forge, TN.
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It was amazing to say the least! I have always been intrigued by the whole awful Titanic Tragedy. I have seen all the movies, and it is the sole reason I will not... ever... go on a cruise!
This museum was so well done and so powerful. I was in tears through most it. The whole thing was just very emotional for me, very sad and real.

In the beginning you were given a boarding pass with the name of a real passenger. You were that person for the day. My name Was Ida, 27 yrs. old, 3rd class passenger. So I tried to imagine what it would have been like for a young woman on the Titanic traveling 3rd class.

Then at the end there was a memorial wall with all the passengers names engraved, so you get to find out if you survived, or not. I found Ida's name and touched my hand to it and cried for her, she did not survive.

My mom was a young girl, Eva age 7, 2nd class and she survived!

There was another part that really got to me. There was a stairwell like one that would have led down to  where the 3rd class passengers rooms would be. Remember in the newest movie how it was gated off and people were stuck behind with all the water rushing in? That's what it was like! It was all behind glass so you didn't get wet. There was water rushing down the stairs and filling up the stairwell. I just stood there and watched with tears. Thinking - this is what it would have been like for Ida. I said to my mom "Oh my gosh Mom! Imagine what it would have been like to stand here seeing all the water coming down and knowing that - you were not going to make it out. How horrible that would have been!"

Then when we got back to the car I was so emotionally drained I just sat and sobbed.. and apologized to my mom for my little emotional outburst.  :-)

There were no pictures allowed inside so all I have are pictures of the outside, which was pretty amazing.

 This was a VERY worth while experience and I highly rccommend it to anyone!

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"Long Time Gone"

WHAT'S HAPPENING - Sorry I haven't blogged in forever! I have been keeping up real well with my book blog - HERE. You can see where my priorities are!
Not much has been happening really, maybe that's why I haven't been posting on here. I do have lots of pictures to catch you up on.

Only one more month of school, then I am off for the summer! Its going to be a very busy summer as usual. I am taking a couple of trips. My usual trip to TN to see my mom and stepdad, which is always a great trip for me. I always enjoy the stay there!
Then of course I will also be going to PA to stay with the hubby and visit all my friends down there.

My big surprise of the summer is that I am finally going to - Maine!!!!! I have always wanted to go to Maine! I am going with my friend Nancy from PA. We are going with a bus tour and we got the last two seats on the bus! We will be going to Booth Bay for the Lobsterfest, YUM! I hope to take a ton of pictures. I think we will be gone for 4 - 5 days (can't remember which). I am VERY excited!

 TV - Television changes over the summer :-(  I hate to say goodbye to all my wonderful shows till fall. But I do get to say hello to a couple of new shows and a couple of summer only shows.
Summer only -
So you think you can dance (SYTYCD) is just starting, yay!
Design Star will be back on 6/9
And The Glades started this week!- I was so excited to be seeing my hottie - Matt Passmore, Mmmmmm

and a couple of new shows -
Under the Dome (CBS) starts - 6/24, From the book by Stephen King
Cedar Cove (Hallmark) starts - 7/20, This is taken from the series written by Debbie Macomber, should be good!

 KNITTING - I have been doing a lot of knitting of course - here's some pics -

 We also have some new visitors for the summer!

 Hopefully it won't be this long till my next post!

Another weekend in PA

 So I got to go and see the hubby's new apartment. It is really nice! I like it better than his old apartment. Its new and modern and has that loft feeling. And... I hate to admit it... but I actually kinda like Williamsport. It is a city so there is lots to do. While I was there I went to Kohls, Starbucks, Panera bread, The Christian bookstore, the mall, a great winery, the original Woolrich store! and drove around and explored!

Here is the hubby's apt. -

Here's the awesome, HUGE, Woolrich store we went to, inside and out. -

Here's the winery we went to. It was about 8 min. from the apt! Yay, great wine too!
Bastress Mountain Winery, visit the website - HERE

Here are some pictures while we were driving around -

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