Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Sounds like a wonderful time, Bonnie! A week in a tropical location sounds SO good. And sounds like it was a blessing in disguise that the computers and cells wouldn't work. So glad you enjoyed a week for yourself and . , mom to (4) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Sounds like a wonderful time, Bonnie! A week in a tropical location sounds SO good. And sounds like it was a blessing in disguise that the computers and cells wouldn't work. So glad you enjoyed a week for yourself and . , mom to (4) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Sounds like a wonderful time, Bonnie! A week in a tropical location sounds SO good. And sounds like it was a blessing in disguise that the computers and cells wouldn't work. So glad you enjoyed a week for yourself and . , mom to (4) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Hallelujah for you Bonnie - you deserve it girl! Love, Weir Home: lisaweir@... Work: lisa.weir@... Phone: Web: http://ca.geocities.com/weirfamilyrogers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Dear Bonnie So lovely that you found some time for yourselves, and maybe in a good way the phones and net not working was meant to be!!! time away from it all!! how wonderful...cant wait for some of this only I dont fancy waiting 20 odd years for it!!! glad your back, lol lesley xx > > Hi all, > > I have been gone for a week and haven't been able to connect to the Internet. > Now we're back and there are over 700 messages! Wow. You guys were busy. > I hope most of it is good news. > > Before I start reading them I have to say life was wonderful. Things were so > incredibly busy here and started to be overwhelming so when got our > income tax return he suddenly said instead of paying off bills we were going to > take time off. So, he booked a trip to Cancun. In 24 years of marriage we had > never taken a trip alone for no reason but to be adults on vacation. I didn't > say anything on the list because first, it didn't seem real and then I knew we > would be taking our computers and cell phones with us so I would be keeping > in touch. I had NEVER gone on a trip like this and didn't expect to find that > there was no way to use the Internet or our cells. I also didn't expect the > huge cost just to call home to check up on the girls! We were almost totally > out of touch with the world. At first it seemed hard as I had tons of work and > reports to do and both of us went into a bit of a panic. But there was > nothing we could do about it and you know what we found out? Life or the world > didn't end. I also learned after 21 years I made a big mistake. Wherever or > whatever and I did we always took the girls with us. We felt their lives > were so hard and busy that they needed “us†time. We were wrong. What we > should have done was to have “us†time meaning just the two of us. It was heaven > on earth and really reduced our stresses, rejuvenated our love for each other, > lightened our spirits, and allowed us to let us put life back into > importance. > > Patty had an OK time while we were gone. She stayed in CT with my family. I > think it was good for her to realize how much she missed us. She never > really missed us before. Maybe that's because usually she's usually the one going > on a trip somehow and this time it was us. Yea! > > Oh and right before we left we took Patty to another orthopedic doctor to > check on her scoliosis. It is staying around 12 degrees. He said much of that > is because of Patty's diligence in exercising and caring for herself. It was > great news to start the trip with. > > Even though the vacation was great I am happy to be home again. There really > is no place like home. I have missed hearing from or about all of you. I > didn't realize how important this list is to me until I was totally unable to > connect to it. But now 700 posts is going to take me time to go through it > all. I'm guessing the better part of the week. > > So, live is good. How I wish I took a vacation before. You can bet we will > do it again. If any of you can I say do it. Don't make the mistakes I did > and take that time for yourselves. Get respite and don't feel guilty. Its so > good! > > Glad to be back with the world again, > Bonnie > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 yay wa wondering were u were thought maybe ud been eaten up or soemthing stupid > > Dear Bonnie > > So lovely that you found some time for yourselves, and maybe in a > good way the phones and net not working was meant to be!!! time away > from it all!! how wonderful...cant wait for some of this only I dont > fancy waiting 20 odd years for it!!! > > glad your back, > > lol lesley xx > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have been gone for a week and haven't been able to connect to > the Internet. > > Now we're back and there are over 700 messages! Wow. You guys > were busy. > > I hope most of it is good news. > > > > Before I start reading them I have to say life was wonderful. > Things were so > > incredibly busy here and started to be overwhelming so when > got our > > income tax return he suddenly said instead of paying off bills we > were going to > > take time off. So, he booked a trip to Cancun. In 24 years of > marriage we had > > never taken a trip alone for no reason but to be adults on > vacation. I didn't > > say anything on the list because first, it didn't seem real and > then I knew we > > would be taking our computers and cell phones with us so I would > be keeping > > in touch. I had NEVER gone on a trip like this and didn't expect > to find that > > there was no way to use the Internet or our cells. I also didn't > expect the > > huge cost just to call home to check up on the girls! We were > almost totally > > out of touch with the world. At first it seemed hard as I had tons > of work and > > reports to do and both of us went into a bit of a panic. But > there was > > nothing we could do about it and you know what we found out? Life > or the world > > didn't end. I also learned after 21 years I made a big mistake. > Wherever or > > whatever and I did we always took the girls with us. We felt > their lives > > were so hard and busy that they needed " us " time. We were > wrong. What we > > should have done was to have " us " time meaning just the two of > us. It was heaven > > on earth and really reduced our stresses, rejuvenated our love for > each other, > > lightened our spirits, and allowed us to let us put life back into > > importance. > > > > Patty had an OK time while we were gone. She stayed in CT with my > family. I > > think it was good for her to realize how much she missed us. She > never > > really missed us before. Maybe that's because usually she's > usually the one going > > on a trip somehow and this time it was us. Yea! > > > > Oh and right before we left we took Patty to another orthopedic > doctor to > > check on her scoliosis. It is staying around 12 degrees. He said > much of that > > is because of Patty's diligence in exercising and caring for > herself. It was > > great news to start the trip with. > > > > Even though the vacation was great I am happy to be home again. > There really > > is no place like home. I have missed hearing from or about all > of you. I > > didn't realize how important this list is to me until I was > totally unable to > > connect to it. But now 700 posts is going to take me time to go > through it > > all. I'm guessing the better part of the week. > > > > So, live is good. How I wish I took a vacation before. You can > bet we will > > do it again. If any of you can I say do it. Don't make the > mistakes I did > > and take that time for yourselves. Get respite and don't feel > guilty. Its so > > good! > > > > Glad to be back with the world again, > > Bonnie > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Bonnie- I'm so glad you had a great time!!! Good advice -- I'll share with DJ and see if I can get him on board with the idea of spending money and time to get away. We've never even done a weekend or overnight together unless it was a company trip or something -- never something we planned just for our own purpose. Oh -- and of course to hear that Patty's own self-care has kept her scoliosis in check -- well, how cool is that? Michele W mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Bonnie- I'm so glad you had a great time!!! Good advice -- I'll share with DJ and see if I can get him on board with the idea of spending money and time to get away. We've never even done a weekend or overnight together unless it was a company trip or something -- never something we planned just for our own purpose. Oh -- and of course to hear that Patty's own self-care has kept her scoliosis in check -- well, how cool is that? Michele W mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Bonnie- I'm so glad you had a great time!!! Good advice -- I'll share with DJ and see if I can get him on board with the idea of spending money and time to get away. We've never even done a weekend or overnight together unless it was a company trip or something -- never something we planned just for our own purpose. Oh -- and of course to hear that Patty's own self-care has kept her scoliosis in check -- well, how cool is that? Michele W mom to Aubrie 8 yrs CHARGE, 14 yrs and wife to DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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