Another Dash Moment

I couldn't resist another video.

Wet and Wild Thanksgiving!

This year we did something out of the ordinary for Thanksgiving. Instead of sitting around the table spending the day eating turkey, dressing and pumpkin pie we slipped on our bathing suites and headed to the rides.

The Mercier's, Jimmy's dad and Jimmy and I went to The Wilderness for Thanksgiving. We rented a cabin and hung out at the waterpark from Wednesday-Friday. In case your curious, it is an indoor waterpark. A great time was had by all!!

I hope your Thanksgiving was a good one!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone enjoys a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I hope that you spend time with your family and friends and eats lots and lots.
We are headed up to the Dells tomorrow for Thanksgiving with the Mercier Family and Jimmy's dad.
Love, Anna

The story continues......

If you remember back to my posts about Chile my last phrase to Jimmy as we landed in Madison was, "where to next?"

We now have an answer to that question: SCOTLAND, July 2010. The best part about the trip is that the whole family is going. Jimmy, myself, Sara, Keith, Mom, Dad, Jimmy's dad Dave and his wife Marina. This is a once in a lifetime trip and we are all very excited. I am playing the role of travel agent extraordinaire, having lots of fun researching places to stay and touring options.

Watch out Scotland here we come!!!

Up

I have not lived here all that long but I have gotten attached to a few places. Like in Raleigh I was attached to The Rockford and Cat Banjo. I loved Chic fil A. I simply had to visit Tuesday Morning or get my haircut at Sam and Bills even though it was out of my way. I liked these places whether it was the food, the service, the atmosphere, the friendly people or just everything about the place.

Here I have grown attached to a little store called Up. They carried really cute, colorful and stylish clothes. The store was bright and cheerful and I found myself dropping by or window shopping every time I was wondering down State Street on my lunch break, which is quite often.

I have purchased clothing here, gifts and shoes and always received excellent service. The door was always open, sweet smells of candles coming from inside and a friendly face. The store was just plain cute!

All things must end. Yesterday while walking down State Street Up's door was closed and the beautiful coats that were normally on display in the windows were gone. The store was dark, the shelves empty and the door locked. Surely, they must be doing inventory? It can't be closed? I pressed my face to the door just to see if there was sign or an explanation but none could be found.

As I walked back to my office I was a little sad. This store was nice and had lots to offer State Street. Why did it close? Who owned it? Was there a closing sale and I missed it?
Who ever owned Up had a great idea for a store, sorry it could not have lasted longer.

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Time to Catch Up

Wow, I have not posted in a few weeks......time to catch up.
We had a really fun Halloween. We passed out candy to a ton of kids. We even dressed up too. Ginger, Aaron and the kids came up and we carved pumpkins and the kids went trick or treating.

Here is Jimmy dressed as Jason. He gave some kids a good scare.

I dressed up like the devil with horns, a tail and pitchfork. I passed out candy.
The pumpkins!

Ella is a cat, Joe a shark and Jack is The Continental from the Christopher Walken skit on SNL.