Turkey Day Vacation 2005 - brief recap...

1. Left bama at precisely 6:00 pm Wednesday night, heading off to NE Ohio - usually about a 10 hour drive - with the kids, 11 or 12. Made it about 7 hours - just north of Cinci to the King's Island area and found a lovely Day's Inn to spend the night at. That was 2:00 am Ohio time, got up at 7:00 am Ohio time and drove on.
2. Arrived at the In-laws, in the midst of their preparing what smelled like heaven! We unloaded and the kids miraculously disappeared somewhere... don't ask, don't tell is my policy.
3. Had a yummy dinner of turkey, stuffing, sweet potato casserole, green beans southern style, baked ziti with meatballs, deviled eggs and tons of other foods that I know I'm leaving out!
4. Drank excessively and played euchre the rest of the day. Hubby and I love to play euchre - but it seems like it's either an Ohio thing, or just a midwestern thing - cuz no one in the south knows how to play it. NO ONE.
5. Friday - Drank excessively and played euchre all day.
6. Saturday - Slept in, had some coffee....then fixed a plate and started drinking.
7. Headed over to my folks house in the afternoon - my brother and his family had just gotten there as well. We had turkey tetrazini and drank excessively and played Scene it. Which the girls TOTALLY ruled on.
8. Sunday - Slept in, darn - missed church. Laid around and watched football....and yep - drank excessively.
9. Monday - Hubby went up to his cleveland office to do a bit of work - guess he's trying to get brownie points or something...Mom and I took the bratskids to go see Harry Potter 4 - EXCELLENT movie. We all enjoyed. Then over to visit my grandma, then back home where we laid around...watched cartoons... and no, I just wasn't in the mood to drink then...
10. Tuesday - Left Ohio at 10 til 7:00 (Ohio time) and pressed on. We made excellent time coming home too. Hubby did all of the driving, kids did all of the arguing and general bratiness stuff. We stopped at a grocery store to pick up a few things as we had left our cupboards COMPLETELY bare.
11. Got home, we unloaded - I unpacked everything as hubby fed the kids and got our dinners ready - then sat down and enjoyed some breads with olive oil and various cheeses with a bottle of red wine for dinner. YUM.
12. Trick stopped by to get a glimpse of me - she missed me. I understand.
13. Went to bed and slept like, well - like I didn't sleep at all - AUGH.
14. Got up and went to physical therapy this morning at 7:00 am - now, I'm trying to avoid work.

There - you go, all you wanted to know and then some...

Missed you all!