"YABBER-LINER" - ALL ABOARD

WE'VE LANDED!!!!


We're safe.

It's been a long 24 hours with no sleep - but we are here and with our Texas family. I didn't do so good with the travelling - bless the inventor of the wheelchair and aeroplane crew!!!!

Met some great people over the last day - including a nice immigration officer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Little fella has been unbelievable - truly - he has just been swimming in the neighbours pool for the last hour and we have just watched a fab lightening storm. Landed in 102degrees - and been eaten by mozzies that seem to like the Brit blood.

Desperately need to sleep so will post pics and stuff tomorrow - but just to let you all know we are here - and safe - and tomorrow we shall enjoy.

BEAgle - special times for you and yours - have a wonderful time. xox xxxx

Missy - have a fab time too - glad S-boy is doing better and you are going away for a bit.

Will see y'all tomorrow - gotta sleep.

Lovin y'all.

Hi Izzie so pleased you landed safely and are with your family now. Have a good long rested before you commence any further adventures.

Having a wonderful time with son and family, spoilt rotten today. Big dinner tonight at the local foreshore Hotel, can't wait. :wink:

You guys in the US look after our precious Captain won't you, she deserves only the best! One in a million, make her feel like a Queen.

AH -- There she is!!!

Glad to see you safely on Texas soil, Izz.

I'm sure little fella will have a blast and so will you once you get some decent rest. I'm equally sure the Bubba's will give you all the TLC and support you need.

Rest, rest, rest. Then enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!


Good question about steering the ship, deedee!!!! It surely won't be me unless we want to run aground.

I'm glad you're having a wonderful time, dutchy. Let 'em spoil you rotten. We can put you back in your proper place once you get home

Happy day, all. Big deadlines looming so it's another day with my nose to the grindstone. I'll try to check in later.

HELLO DARLIN'S

OH - IT'S SO HAPPY HERE.

BEAGLE - YOU KNOW THAT TODAY I AM SENDING YOU SPECIAL WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL TIME. LOVING YOU SWEETHEART.


JPB - will call ya later and sort the arrangements.

Sitting on the deck here watching a Red Cardinal (beautiful bird) with Xavier the cat, Nicholas the BIG cat and Alvis the ole dog! Cicadas are soooooooooooooooo loud. Slept good - 6 hours - and am not tooooooooo sore. Horrible reaction to the mozzie bites - have a welt on my arm 5inch x 2 inches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nasty little bugs!!!!!!!!! Oh crap...back inside - been eaten alive - ugh.......run!

Gosh - it's great to be here. Gonna take it easy today - and will get oursleves acclimatised. Swimming a bit later - lotsa Factor 40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Feels so good to be home

Happy to hear that you and the little fella arrived safely and are having fun, Izzie.

Izz, the saying everyting is bigger in Texas, started cuzza the skeeters...

Hey Sis

So glad you arrived safe and sound - Send everyone my love and a big hug to S baby

Will keep up with your trip as you go baby - Stay safe - Look after you hun - love you xx

Beagle Bosun - Enjoy your family and love to dd, mis, JPB Beth and the crew - Happy weekend guys xx

Hey crew - OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'M SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



HA - Bubba is thinking I'm mad - they wanna go swimming at 1.30 and I'm saying that Sean has to wear a swim vest in the pool and a baseball cap - he thinks I've lost the plot. Hey ho! (nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooo don't want the little fella to get sun stroke - it's gonna be 96 degrees today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's gonna be 102 tomorrow - OH MY...... it feels real cool in the house




Love you Sis - Bubba and Kel will be looking after us - S-boy is so happy to have the kids here to play with. It's great. Wish you were here Thelma.

Thanku jw - look forward to meeting you in Chi-town one day - would love to hug your wee girl for real.

Rock - soooooooooooooooooooooooooon x

Yay! We have not only an Izzie spotting, but a landing and settling in already! Guess I'm a little slow today. Glad to have you on American soil, Iz-. Sounds like you and S are already having a blast. Sorry 'bout yer skeeter bites. (They're smaller here up north. :wink: ) Just watchin' & waitin' here to know more of the adventures of a British cap'n in the south!

(((((Izzie)))))))

We'll talk soon my sweet friend. So glad you are safe and having a wonderful time! xoxoxo


I'm gonna catch up on the threads now, hopefully. At noon today I had racked up 45 hours for the week already ...so I got to come home. Yay me.

Brooke-y! So glad to see you, girlie! And yay, you deserve a break!
BIG HUG, and catch ya later, k?

You got it, girlfriend!

Howdy folks; the weather in Tennessee is dry hot and sunny.

I hope Brooke is getting some rest, Lzzie, Mismi and Dutchy having the best of times; and all the rest of you getting back more than you give.

BTW did Lzzie mention that if you all go down with Dropsy, I can be acting temporary assistant washer-up.

Hey crew

Oh lovelies - lovely to be here - little fella and I are settling right on in. Oh....we're home.

Babbling - so good to see you my friend - will be calling you soon! Love you. Getting a VOIP set up.... when I do... will be ringing.

QueenDev - PM me your number hun and I'll sort!

So.... what have we been up to...

well - I did start writing yesterday but was too tired to post... but will do so now even tho it's actually quite boring and seems ages ago...

We're HERE…..
Where is here…. Well, right now sitting in Newark - OMG - the flight was OK - very long - little fella was so excited (as was I) with the clouds ….we didn't sleep…. - the flight was full - they didn't have a vegetarian meal for the little guy but he was cool with that….towards the end of the flight it got real turbulent - S-boy was brilliant - by this stage I had started feeling very poorly - then, the phone went missing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, panic set in - I couldn't check the bag coz you can't move - and then I was really not very well. So, everyone got off the plane when we landed - I was put in a wheelchair and trundled through airport, through security (rather nice immigration officer who said he was 5 days older than me so we discussed that '64 was a good year to be born) - collected bags - back through security - has some nasty security officers there but hey ho - all whilst I was sat in a wheelchair (I have never been so glad to see one of those before) - then, as someone else had got my bags - the duty free had been left on the plane and somebody will benefit from a bottle of Baileys and 5 bars of Toblerone (gutted!) - arrived at domestic departures and the gate had changed. Then…. We sat down and the little fella burst into tears… talk about hot and tired.

So we are sitting here waiting for the next flight to Dallas - another 4 hours on the plane….. oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh - I hope the flight isn't full and maybe we can catch a little sleep. Little fella has just come over having gone to order some "fries" - he said "they look like fat caterpillars" in New York. Oh - you should have seen him when we flew in - whilst I was deep breathing and doing my level best not to be ick - he was holding on so tightly to my hand and positively "gleeful" - just so enthusiastic about seeing the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty. It was fab!!!!!! We were adopted by the lady who sat next to us who just was so enthralled by the little fella's zest - she said it was a joy to hear a little person be so happy and enthusiastic about everything. She knows all about you guys now and the journey here - I know all about her family and divorces and all that…… she was just lovely and couldn't do enough for us. Her hubby had died at Christmas and her son and DIL live in Noo Yawk! blah blah blah......


(flight was only 3.5 hours - no sleep - but not as bad as the first!)

anyhoo - last nite we went to the neighbours - OMG - it's like living in a different world - the houses, pools.... just stunning.
had to run and catch the flight...

we love clouds (well, I think y'all know I have a castle in a cloud.... but the little fella took some pics out the window... (I know, just a cloud - but gorgeous!)







somewhere over the.....pond


so - at 11pm ish last nite.... the little fella having a good time with the neighbourhood kids - people are so darn nice here..



Today...

little fella and Texas Bubba



Me diving - I haven't done that in a long time - it felt soooooooooooo good!


and of course... a resident bug





my mozzie bite










Blue - hugs to you baby! x Take the helm love..... Ima Adventurin!

OMGosh.....

Where're y'all at!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mmmmmmmmmmmm!

Well - it's 5.30am - I think....actually I'm not sure about that..... it may be 4.30am... I can't see a clock!!!!! and I'm wide awake. Kelly and I both fell asleep on the bed last nite, at whatever time it was, early-ish, having been yabbering - and now I'm absolutely wide awake whilst the house sleeps.... so I shall go and make a cuppa (yes, of course I brought my tea over) and go watch the sunrise. What time does the sun rise?????????????



























(where did everyone go.....???)

Hey babe

It all sounds fab - say hi to Bubba and Kels and the kids - Nasty nasty mosi bite!!! - Photos are fab - keep posting them hunni pie - Off the hairdressers to get my roots done ............as you do!!!

Love you babe xx

Hi Izzie great to see you enjoying yourself but watch those mozzies. Thank you for thinking of us and this is to let you know we had a great time last night with the family.

How is this for openers, pre dinners drinks, 4 rum and coke on ice. Next the entree, Turkish Bread and dip, dozen prawns with rice and garlic sauce, main meal 500gram succulent eye fillet on the bone with special potatoes and vegetables, followed by Vanilla Icecream with strawberries and French crepes, with that some top Champagne and White/Red Wines.

Believe it or not in bed by 2am and out again by 7am fishing! Did very well and some nice fillets will make the trip back home. Unfortunately son will be off to Europe on Tuesday so that means the end of my fishing as I do not have the necessary certificates to take the boats to sea. Weather is cold and blowy with rough seas.

Camera is obviously working overtime, very impressed with your pictures, looking forward reading more of your adventures. Hugs from downunder and take care.

Hey Darlin'

So good to hear from you. Been lovin you heaps on the 1st and was so sorry not to be able to yabber with you. Pleased as punch you had a great time - lotsa love to M and the family hun.

What time difference are we at now I'm here. It's 6.16am here????????????








(B8stid MOZZIES - we bitten all over!!!!!)

SIS - didn't see your post - how happy is that having you two here??????

Oh Sis - it's soooooooooo hot but it's wonderful. Will say hi to the folksies here - oh - happy rooting......... enjoy the head massage! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEE YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU xxxxxxxx

Izzie, what a fantastic form on that dive. If Jupiter was a perfectly straight forty five degrees from where you entered the water, then all we'd have to do is follow the direction your feet are pointing, to get there.
How's devriesj been? Has JustBrooke been working? Dutchy, what type of fish are you catching? Tryagain, your from Tennesse?..Now things, are making more sense. Hello to FlavourQueen and mismi.
Izzie, are you going to indulge in some famous Texas barbecue? Brisket, baby back ribs, pulled pork?
Have a nice day everyone.