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Getting hyped up about our trip to Vegas

November 2, 2007 by Tricia

I’m getting all geared up for the trip to Vegas next week. We’re going to the Blogworld and Postiecon conventions and I’ve been busy trying to get everything I’ll need prepared for the trip.

I’m excited and nervous about going to Las Vegas all at the same time.

I’m excited because it’s the first time I’ve flown anywhere this century!

Now that I wrote that, it kind of sounds weird doesn’t it, but honestly, I haven’t been on a plane since oh … 1998. I’m also nervous because every time I do travel by plane my ears hurt like crazy. I used to be able to fly without any problems, but ever since I got my tonsils out at the tender age of 21 my ear drums just about explode when I fly. Seriously, I’ve gone to the doctor after a flight and been told that my ear drums were so inflamed that the doctor was surprised they didn’t burst.

Chris, my husband, is afraid of flying. So between the two of us – me likely with a face full of gum and swallowing like crazy with a pained look on my face and my husband trying to stave off a panic attack we’ll probably be quite the pair.

I’m also nervous because I agreed to speak or well, be on a panel, at Postiecon and well … I’m kind of shy, especially in crowds. I probably won’t really start having fun on the trip until I get that over with on Saturday morning.

I think I’ll just write off Thursday evening. If we feel up to it we’ll try to get together with some of our blogging friends, but I think Chris will be tired as he’ll be taking ativan or valium for the flight, and well, I’ll be full of decongestant, allergy meds, aspirin and anything else I can get my hands on to keep my ears from becoming inflamed during the flight. The last time I flew I was pretty buzzed for about 12 hours when I landed. All those meds took a toll on me. So I think we’ll be in flight recovery mode Thursday night.

Are you going to Vegas next week for the blogging conventions?

Bright Garden Mums

October 28, 2007 by Tricia

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A lovely flower in the fall, chrysanthemums bring color to the autumn garden. They last quite a while in the garden. In fact, mine are only just beginning to die down now that it’s starting to get cool out.

Another thing that I like about mums is that if you cut them and bring some indoors they usually last quite a while in a vase.

Did you grow some mums this year in your garden?

Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

Looks good in pink

October 27, 2007 by Tricia

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This weeks theme is Pink

I think pink suits this cat don’t you? Now it’s golden eyes are another story … needs another shade of pink to make a good match I think. LOL

Getting ready for our trip

October 26, 2007 by Tricia

The other night I started going over some of the things we’ll need for our trip to Vegas. I printed out our electronic airline tickets that don’t look like tickets at all (shouldn’t they?), and I printed out the information for our travel medical insurance as well. Since I have Crohn’s we definitely had to get medical insurance. I can’t imagine what would happen if I got sick and had to be hospitalized in the US without medical insurance! Scary thought, believe me!

I also went to the airlines website and found a list of all the restrictions on items that you can bring on board a plane. You know, things like containers of fluid – shampoos and such that only have 100 ml or less in them, no Swiss Army knives or nail clippers or files – that kind of stuff.

It’s not like I plan on bringing a bunch of stuff, but since we haven’t traveled anywhere by air for quite a while I want to be up on all these rules. If we traveled more often this would be a breeze!

Sometime in the next day or two I’m also going to try to remember to call our travel agency to see if I really did get our electronic airline tickets or not. They just don’t look right.

I hope we use our travel club membership!

October 26, 2007 by Tricia

I was just thinking … now that we have a membership with a discount travel club – thanks to having booked our Las Vegas travel package through them – Chris and I should be able to get some really good travel deals!

Chris is afraid of flying though! I guess we’ll see how he does on our Las Vegas trip in two weeks and if he does ok maybe we’ll finally start traveling more often. I’d love to perhaps rent one of those vacation home Orlando for a week or so in March. The weather there would be a heck of a lot nicer than it is here at that time of year and the advantages of staying in a home rather than a hotel would be very nice.

I really don’t like staying in hotels at all. They’re too cramped! I guess hotel rooms remind me of my tiny tiny apartment that I had before we bought this house!

So I’m going to keep my fingers crossed that Chris doesn’t get to panicky on the plane to Las Vegas and keeps an open mind about traveling more often. I mean, I’ve been looking at some of the deals available to us now and it would be so nice to take advantage of these packages and get away for a while.