October 2021

Huh, well how do you like those apples?  Here we are on August 15th with only 54 days left.  Who saw that coming?  Half of our wait time has dwindled.   Trivia:  Did you know that I edit the blogs from my work computer but can only add pictures from my personal laptop?  If you don't know, now you know.  Realism of not going to Florida is hitting hard.  There are no deals for Niagara or Buffalo, but I continue to look.  I'd like to go to a place with a pool.  Considering the time of year it'll need to be an indoor pool which drives the price up, of course.  Right now, 3 days somewhat local would cost the same as 10 days in Florida.  That's sad.  But I'll find something that works for us.  It might be what I do best.  This will be the last BLOG edition for awhile, sadly.  Maybe I'll invest time in a family one for January.  I don't think the kids would remember when I did ones for them and it would b...

And suddenly there are only 60 days left.  Just two scant months. I think this one might be a day early, but whatever.  It's close enough. Happy August 8th!  We've made it through the hard part of the waiting. Actually, I'm pretty much resigned to the likelihood that we won't be going to Florida.  The state is an unmitigated disaster and even if we kept to ourselves it's just not worth the risk.  I'm thinking we do a long weekend Buffalo or even Niagara Falls.  Just to get away a little.  Nonetheless, I'm going to do this edition + one other because they'll be relevant whenever we go.       We've agreed that there will be no Disney Parks on this trip and I don't intend to change my mind about that, although you can feel free to try.  However there are some other less expensive options that we could try and occupy our days with.  Not quite free, but super cheap.  How cheap?  We could do 5 of these things for the e...