Look, up in the air, it's a bird, a plane, it's Colleen, Zip lining via 25 cables over 11 waterfalls in a third world country! Not as adventurous as my old roomie crossing the ocean with no land in sight but still...aren't you proud of me and somewhat shocked?We returned 2 weeks ago from a once in a lifetime trip to Costa Rica. If you connect with one of my daughters on My Space, you will see all the photos. Aside from relaxing and seeing something new it was great just to have the whole family together. Courtney and Kristin flew from NYC and we left LA a few hours behind them to rendez-vous, 20 minutes apart in San Jose. I was thrilled that it worked out so well.
Just a few days before our departure we had a visit from Cecilia, Jeff and Jackie. They were returning from a glorious trip to Cabo so they stopped in LA and we bonded. Jackie is so grown up and so outgoing. She seems to be loving boarding school and nice to see her beaming. Celia and I got to shop with her for ballet, tap and jazz shoes at LA's hottest dance store! The Garritys, sometimes known as "the things that wouldn't leave", got a taste of the mess we have been living with for many months now. Our indoor water heater leaked and destroyed hardwood floor, carpeting and tile flooring so we have been working for almost 3 months to get it all back together!
John retired from Skechers a few months ago and is now consulting for the hot new company, Pinkberry. Luckily he is very flexible so that he could fly to Dallas last night to help Courtney drive her car back to LA. Happily she has been able to transfer with JPMorgan to their Century City office. Just when I thought my nest was emptying! She plans to save her rent money for Bschool so I can't argue with that strategy. That's all my news. Already making plans for all of my east coast trips in the fall so I hope that Mimi and I can meet in the big apple on occasion.
Thanks Al for all the details; we will be well prepared. Lisa, I am so sad to hear about your Dad. Seems the time has come for all of us to deal with the bad stuff that happens as we age. I took you at your word that any info was better than no info! Now I must call you to say that I will put those tickets in the mail pronto! Love to you all. Colleen
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Yahoo!! Wonderful blog content!! Thanks for writing, Colleen, and sorry about the water heater disaster. We actually had an earthquake last night here in Indiana, 5.4, and it shook us all awake. After all these trips to CA, I had my first earthquake here! Love, Lisa
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