On The Road Again, Christmas Pics, Almost to 1,000 Miles!

Hi, friends! My sister sent Christmas pics – yay! I thought I would post some of these before getting into yesterday!!

my sister's house! Her husband and pupper Sadie - the scene of my fam's Christmas get together.

Devie (sister) got a beautiful Tiffany's necklace!

Here's her and the fam! Your truly took this shot - aren't they adorable subjects? haha

I mean really - be cuter! :)

Me and Reuben - I'm not sure who caught this pic but I heart my furry baby!

I mean REALLY - he's the cutest thing ever (all mom's say that about their pups, right?!)

My mom and Mike and their puppers - Momo and Buster - sweet babies!

Mike, the golfer, got a caddyshack gopher. hehe

Austin ruined our family pic by making me a "pirate" sigh. Reuben is displeased.

He stopped. :) Yay family pic!

THE END! :)

So yesterday was a busy one! We got up early, got ready and hit up the continental breakfast. I passed the sausages, “cheesey omelets” and waffle station for an English muffin with light cream cheese, yogurt and cereal (frosted flakes… but better than the sausage right!) We got on the road for the funeral home where it was SUCH a nice service. The family did a great job and so many beautiful flowers were sent. Among others, Austin and his brother Tyler spoke and did such a nice job sharing their “Pepa” stories. After the service we headed out to the cemetery about 30 minutes away – they did a military send off – it was so neat to see and so nice for Ed. We left and planned to go to Austin’s aunt’s, but his grandmother was really not doing well – talk of moving her to hospice…. So we got on the road back to Georgia. We stopped at a TGI Fridays. It was 4 p.m. I was STARVING. I had some spinach dip…. But not too much! Then I got salmon, rice and broccoli. We headed out again, starting the Star Wars series. These cars with DVD players and wireless headphones are wonderful… We stopped again at 10 p.m. at Brixx Pizza in SC where I got a margarita pizza. Then we traveled on, got dropped off and passed OUT. Overall, it was a wonderful trip and a great sendoff to celebrate Ed’s 90 years. I’m so glad I was able to go with Austin and his family – they are great people and it was nice to spend the time with them. I ended up at 2,020 calories, 262 carbs, 66 fat grams and 89 protein grams. Here’s what I ate. Yes, the snack food in the car got me again!

So today I’m exhausted. I’m going to work some, walk 5 or 5.5 miles (almost to 1,000!) and read some more of The Lovely Bones. I’m also going to try to cook some more meals and get us back on track here at the casa. I’m not sure what Austin is up to… but I hope he relaxes! I know he’s tired from the trip like me.

What’s the longest you’ve ever “road-tripped”?

When you must go out to eat at chains like TGI Fridays, Ruby Tuesdays, Oh Charley’s, etc. – what do you order?