Overwhelmed With A Serious Case of Giddiness!

Last night I booked our hotel rooms in Norwood, Massachusetts. I also booked two Dodge Charger rental cars. Believe it or not, for a group our size, two cars are cheaper than one! Today I listed us on our flights and contacted the kind people at John Alden's house to see if a visit there would be possible. (It is, but just barely.. they close for the season on October 1st!)

It's so close, I can almost taste it!

Now what I need.. what I'm hoping and praying for... is that the flights will be kind to us. I love it that we get to fly for free, but every year it gets harder for us to make it on flights. It would be devastating to spend the money on lodging and rental cars only to get stuck at home or at the Atlanta airport.

Cross your fingers for us? 

I cannot wait to pull up in the parking lot and see this beautiful sight! We're coming, Dottie! (We will try to keep from overwhelming you. At this point it is Me, Bill, Abby, Linzie, Emily and Carley. We are hoping Ashley can also join us and we plan on taking you out to dinner at least once during our visit!)

We're Going!!

Have I told you lately how wonderful my Hubs is? In case you haven't been reading previous posts, let me tell you that I am married to my best friend... which means that he regularly makes me crazy, frustrates the hell out of me and I often scratch my head in confusion over some of his "Big Ideas." But that's all part of loving this man of mine, because he also is incredibly tender with my girls and even though he might not show it outwardly every day, I know he loves me.

He recently stepped up to the plate to show me, once again, how much he cares for me and I am overwhelmed with gratitude for what he is about to do..  Remember this post? Hubby could see how devastated I was over not being able to save the cash to go to Boston to see my dear aunt Dottie. He knows how much this special lady means to me and he wanted to make sure I didn't have to give up the precious opportunity to go visit her... so he generously offered to pay for the trip!

Believe me, if I wasn't old and busted, I'd be doing cartwheels right now!  Boston! Dottie! A dream come true!

I can't wait to see this beautiful lady again!

We only have a few days that we can take off of work and school, but I will take what I can get.  We're coming, Dottie!  I'm so excited, I can hardly stand it!!

(I love you, baby. Thank you so much for making my dream a reality.)