Happy Cool Thursday :) a peaceful day, cool memories pictures, ready for anniversary's, baking :)

Happy Cool Thursday :)We're enjoying a nice relaxing ,and peaceful day :) Sports radio, nature, phone call, and getting ready for a very special Annivesary Celebrations, baking friday adventure celebration day! :) We're very excited, sharing in these very special times of the season with everyone :) it's been a nice stretch of days, enjoying sharing in the week :) We enjoyed a nice phone call today, and also tuning into our favorite sports radio :) We're super excited about the upcoming divisional round football games :) We're going to watch all 4 games, and ready to see all of the big plays, and it's gonna be very exciting to see which teams advance to championship sunday :)We're ready for some football! :) We're looking forward to celebrating a very special anniversary's day with everyone tomorrow :)We're going to be celebrating my mom's and dad's anniversary, and also the anniversary of Holly living here with us in CT :) We're going to enjoy some foods, snacks, drinks, including our blue powerade drinks :)We're gonna bake/cook 3 goodies/treats tomorrow, family is coming over :)it's gonna be an awesome day of celebrations :) i look forward to posting a big journal on friday evening with lots of pictures to share :) in my journal today, i've got some very special pictures to share, from our incredible journey to Maryland on January 16th, 2019, when we picked up Holly and drove back to Connecticut :) i took many pictures that day ,and love to share them in my journal this time of the year :) We treasure all of the great memories and many more memories to be made :) thank you angel friends, for sharing in the season with us ,and for sharing in these very special times with us :) We love you all bunches and bunches! :)Wishing everyone continued joys of the season :) Tomorrow's baking friday and Anniversary celebrations day! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) it's almost time to bake! bake! bake! and celebrate! :)



Sweet January times, as we get ready for some awesome anniversary celebrations! :) hi angel friends :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a nice day :)We love hearing from you, and we think of you all often :) We're enjoying sharing in these sweet January days with everyone, with lots of seasonal festivities, and traditions :) There's lots of great things going on, with the month in full swing :)We're very happy and excited for the anniversary celebrations tomorrow, and baking friday, plus an awesome upcoming football weekend with 4 big games :) it's a very exciting time in the new year :)We're going to bake/cook 3 goodies/treats tomorrow, plus going to be celebrating my mom's and dad's anniversary, and Holly's anniversary of living here with us :) We love sharing in and celebrating these very special times with everyone :) Holly's up more today, she's been resting her back :)She was very proud this morning, she went upstairs and said to my mom. "good morning Ann, i'm feeling bit better" :) awww :) Holly was also so happy to brew some vanilla iced coffee :) We've all been taking very good care :) Wishing us all the best of good health : )Thank you angel friends for your continued comforting well wishes, and healing energy prayers :) We appreciate you all very much :)We've been resting up today, getting ready for the big day tomorrow :)We enjoyed a nice phone call, some nature, and also sports radio :) only 2 days until divisional round weekend, football :)We're gonna buy a nice french bread on saturday, and baking a french bread pizza on football sunday, and also having chips, and drinks :) There's so much more to look forward too :) Thank you angel friend, for always being here for us, and for the special joy you all bring us :)We send our love, our most warmest caring happy sunny friendship hugs ,and our best well wishes :)



It's been a nice stretch of days :)We're enjoying the week with everyone :) We enjoyed our dinner yesterday evening, and watched ghost hunters last night :) Holly and i also played the SB trivia game, we love playing the swagbucks trivia monday's thur thursday's :) This morning, we had a sweet new day, rising and shining :) i was up early this morning, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) We've got some cold weather in our forecast for tonight into tomorrow. We've had some days this week with warmer weather, we've been enjoying going outside a bit more :) i gathered a nice bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :) our nature friends and peaceful calm of the early morning greeted me :) it's been very nature active, with lots of our nature friends visiting our yard,and neighborhood :) it's neat seeing them, lots of winter birds :)the other day i think i heard a geese around :) the seagulls visit our neighborhood too, when i see them flying over, i think of the seagulls heading toward mcdonalds to get some french fries :) i put lots of goodies on the bird feeders, and in the bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) They're enjoying the goodies :) i see lots of sparrows, and bluejays this time of the year :) Holly and i are looking forward to going outside later to get some fresh air, and we hope to see some more nature friends :) Happy nature smiles :)



It was a nice peaceful early morning :)We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some hot chamomile tea, water ,and vanilla iced coffee :) Tiger girl enjoyed her breakfast, and some treats :) Holly and i called our friend Shirley (Squarley) :)We enjoyed a nice talk :) We put our favorite sports radio on :) Lots of great football talk this week, leading up to the big playoffs games this upcoming weekend :)We're gonna shop at the dollar tree on saturday to pick up a few more snacks, treats, and drinks :) it's gonna be exciting watching all of the football games :) on saturday night there's a game, Holly and i usually watch a new movie on saturday night's, but with their being football on ,we decided to watch a new movie tonight :)our new star wars dvds arrived that i bought on ebay :) We're very excited to make some popcorn and watching one of the star wars movies tonight :) We've been hanging out today, i did some nice organizing as the week has been going on, and very excited to decorate my writing area very soon :)



We're enjoying a nice relaxing, and peaceful day :) my family ,Holly ,and i are doing ok, and continuing with the good care :) it was so nice enjoying a phone call today, along with the sports radio, and nature :) We're very glad, and thankful to all be feeling better :) Holly's continuing to take very good care of her back :) We're looking forward to watching Star wars episode 8 tonight, it'll be first time we've seen the movie :) We're gonna make some popcorn, and using our new popcorn bowls we recieved for Christmas :) Tomorrow's baking friday, and very special anniversary's celebrations day :)We look forward to celebrating with everyone, and also looking forward to the upcoming weekend ,with movies, and football :) Thank you angel friends, for always being here for us, and for the special joy you all bring us :) We're very blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives :) We appreciate you all very much, and will always be here for you all too :) Big group caring, happy sunny sunflower friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :)



-never lose hope :)



my mom, Holly ,and our family says hi :)We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a nice day :) We love you all very much, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) You all are always in our thoughts, prayers, and in our hearts :)We're very happy and excited to celebrate the very special anniversary's day with everyone tomorrow :)



a Very special Traveling Adventure, very special memories from January 16th, 2019 :) Hi angel friends :) i'm very happy and excited to share some awesome pictures, from our travels 7 years ago, when we traveled from CT to Maryland, to pick up Holly :) it was an incredible traveling journey :) We drove thru CT, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, and back home :)We saw many awesome and spirit soaring sights, drove across lots of historic bridges, including the new Tappanzee Bridge over the Hudson River, in New York, and also the Delaware Memorial Bridge,the George Washington Bridge in New York, the Pearl Habor Memorial Bridge in New Haven, Connecticut :)We also went thru the Baltimore inner tunnel, and saw 2 NFL stadiums, the M&T Bank stadium in Baltimore, and the Metlife stadium in New Jersey where superbowl 48 was played :) Newark, New Jersey airport at night ,was amazing to see, lots of lights, planes coming and going, we also saw New Jersey and New York city at night time :) We'll always and forever remember this very special traveling journey, and welcoming Holly home :) We'll forever be grateful for, and thankful for, my mom and dad traveling all these miles with us, on their Janaury 16th anniversary :) a wonderful day to remember ,with many great memories made :) here's the awesome pictures from the adventure :)


This is one of the first pictures i took during our traveling adventure :) it was early morning, and sun had just rised up :) We were on our way to Maryland :) 
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We drove past the reader's digest headquarters building :) 


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cruising toward western, CT, we saw this small airport :) 


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Entering New York, we drove past an exit, that said, sleepy hollow :) Holly and i love the sleepy hollow episode of Most haunted show, and so neat driving past this exit ,where that episode was filmed :) 


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Driving across the Tappan Zee Bridge, over the Hudson River in New york :) the old Tappan Zee Bridge, was just taken down, a day before, we use too drive across the old bridge, during our trips to Atlantic City, New Jersey in the 1990's and early 2000's :)


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Entering New Jersey, we saw lots of neat sights too, including the Pulaski Skyway Bridge :) This bridge is featured in the intro of the Sopranos :) it was super neat seeing the bridge :) 


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The meadowlands, and city of New Jersey :) it was very early ,and we saw planes flying in and out of Newark, Airport :) 


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Entering Delaware, the Delaware memorial bridge :) we had an awesome view of the Delaware river :) this is the first time ever, that i went across a suspension bridge :) 


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Side view while driving across the bridge, a view of Delaware river and bay :) 


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Entering Maryland, Baltimore :) 


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Awesome views of Baltimore, Maryland :) 


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Inside the Baltimore inner tunnel :) 


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M&T Bank stadium, home of the Baltimore Ravens :) 


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We saw these huge tanks, while on the highway, they had some cool designs, including Maryland blueshell crabs design :)


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We saw lots of neat signs, including Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, and more :) 


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returning home,  in New Haven, Connecticut :) The Pearl Harbor Memorial bridge :) it was glowing blue at night time :) we were about an hour from home :) 


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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad, you Holly and your family are doing well enjoying a nice Thursday Its great you've been enjoying the week and looking forward to a celebration baking day tomorrow. It's so nice you have such wonderful memories of traveling to pick up Holly in 2019. I know you're looking forward to a big weekend of football. Hope you and Holly enjoy your movie tonight. Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
Ladybug7
Ladybug7

Great to hear that Holly is doing a bit better! I enjoyed seeing the pictures from your travels. I remember that day well, and how excited you were! Happy Anniversary to your parents! Sounds like you have an extra-special Baking Friday planned. Hope you and Holly enjoy Star Wars Episode VIII! Love and hugs.
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

I'm glad that Holly is doing better. I love the pic you took. I've been over the Tappan Zee bridge. The old one. It's been ages since I've gone up there. And I've been in the tunnels, too. Happy Anniversary to your parents. I hope you have a wonderful baking Fri. I hope you liked the SW episode. Love and hugs.
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

I am glad that Holly is doing better and glad you enjoyed celebrating the anniversary of the day You brought her home e to live with you :-)
Thanks for sharing some awesome pics of your trip!
Take care and have a nice baking Friday....hugs