3 posts tagged “merriment”

 

We're back.. a day early. There was entirely too much rain... we did get really lucky though. It was beautiful when we walked in the Maitland, and the next day on the walking path, at the drive-in and during meal times. Whew! But seriously when it's thunder and lightening and HAILING it gets a little old. The poor pooch was not happy. She was either wet, in the trailer or having a marvelous time.

It's good to be back....

- because I like having dry and clean feet

- I'm not a big fan of campground showers or toilets

- I like my bedding to be soggy free

- as I enjoy cold beverages without worrying about the ice situation

Here are some pics...

Halia swimming and liking it!

Because of the rock bed, the water looks golden.

I'm sure it was some elusive mystical serpent that was frozen in time by an evil witch or warlock... I have to stop reading children's fantasy novels...

Proof I was camping, in Goderich, with my husband and dog.

At the drive in with Billy (Bert, Fred, Michael, William) Shelley and Johnny B.

On the Menesetung bridge. There were a ton of people fishing below.

There are a few wind farms north of Goderich. There are very cool and gentle looking.

Halia really wanted some of Billy's ice cream. At one time, her head was resting innocently on his shoulder.

Poor poochy was very tired on the way home. She fights it like a little kid... falling asleep while sitting up, then jerking awake... She gets that from Billy.

Apparently the elevator convention is quite the big deal. The hospitality suite is on the top floor of the Windsor Hilton, and is outfitted with a conference table, a huge seating area, a big flat screen and best of all an amazing view of Detroit. With the Wings game tonight and the possibility of them winning the Stanley Cup, we should be able to see the rioting from the comfort of our suite.

Our room adjoins and is pretty darned nice. King sized bed, a 20 foot long vanity area, jacuzzi tub, enormous shower and loo closet. Oh and the view - awesome.

I am one lucky girl. Last night I played bartender to thirsty conventioners and just when I thought we were wrapping things up (at about 11) approximately 20 people came in. Yikes. I think I made the last cocktail at about 2am.

I slept like shit (I was worried that the alarm wouldn't go off, as Billy had to drive a dozen or so golf clubs to Pointe West) and I'm skipping out of a meeting with CIBC and lunch with our financial adviser, thank God Billy drove me home!

A nice thing is meeting and chatting with a guy and later finding out that he is a multimillionaire. He was less pretentious than the average person. Refreshing.

I need a nap and some hang-over food (from lack of sleep more than alcohol intake). It's going to be a long few days...

Life's good. Go Wings!

It's Saturday morning and Billy is at work. That sucks.

Tonight is his Christmas party and it is always a good time. In the 6 years I've attended, it's been at Beachgrove once, and the other times it's been at Pointe West. Tonight it's at The Windsor Club, which I never heard of until recently. According to TOL, the food is fantastic, (she knows everything about those things... never underestimate the knowledge of TOL) and the location is right downtown, overlooking the river. (The best part of Detroit, some say, is the view from Windsor, and I couldn't agree more...)

We're going to a friend and co-worker's house first for some cheer, and that should be good. We're cabbing downtown, and depending on our level of intoxication, we may stay at said friend's house.

The smalled background issue is that it is supposed to snow tonight. However, Detroit news is famous for blowing any little change in weather way out of proportion. WAY. Like is we're expecting an inch of snow, they will break into broadcasting will alerts and warnings. In the summer if the UV index is high, we're reminded to wear sunscreen, seriously. I thought it was a normal thing, until I started paying attention to TV in Tennessee, where if it snows 6 inches truly everything shuts down, but they don't make a big deal out of it. So anyways...

Because we're located between Detroit and Toledo, often the Toledo forecast is more accurate, and they don't go nuts with dire warnings: South of Detroit (us) is expected to get more snow... 6-8 inches of snow is expected with blowing and drifting in Toledo, we'll see about that, usually when they predict that much we get less than 3. That's the general rule. 

It probably won't be like this:

Now Cleveland is expected to get 1/2 inch of rain which will freeze, then 8-12 inches of snow on top. Sunday's game should be interesting... Do I wish I was there? I'm not sure...

I'm going to go and think about finishing up Christmas shopping, except for my brother John, as I have No Idea what to buy him aside from shrimp, yes I said shrimp....