On Vacation

Dianne is leaving for vacation tomorrow.

Apparently my muse is over there helping

her pack.  The last time she went, my muse

went with.  I think it's quite selfish of

Dianne to allow my muse to tag along. 

So, this is the best card I could come up

with since she is MIA once again.

This card highlights a cross charm that Karen

sent me.  Isn't it pretty?  I sure wish I could get

the ribbon to stand straight up, but it's not

going to do that unless I tie a double knot

and I don't think that would look very good.

I probably won't blog tomorrow since I

am going to the Toledo Zoo with Nathan

and Crystal.  It  will be the first time I've gone

to a zoo without John.  Well, since we were

married anyway.  We enjoyed going to

the zoo and aquariums all over, Georgia,

Tennessee, Baltimore; where I rode a 

camel at the zoo.  The first trip we took

together was Chicago.  Shedd aquarium

is the second  best aquarium in the

country with Georgia at the top.  They are

there for a reason, too.  But the best 

by far was the very first time I got to

go to a walk through aquarium!  I was 

so excited.  It was at the mall of America

in Minnesota.  It was so amazing!  I will

never forget it.  The mall was great, but

the reason I wanted to go was for the

aquarium.  And the Rainforest Cafe.  If

you've never been to one of those, I

highly recommend it.  It was a lot of

fun. So, this will be a bittersweet trip

for me, missing John.  Crystal said he

will be there with us in spirit and I beleive

that.  I also believe he would not want

me to not enjoy things just because he can't

be there with me.  We loved sharing

zoos and aquariums together.  It was "our

thing".  But to stop going to them

because he can no longer be there

with me would not be honouring his

memory.  I'm looking forward to it.

I'll take some great pictures to put

on the blog next time.  Have a great

weekend!!