Fave Fives on Holiday Time

Popping in a bit late for Friday Fave Fives.  The reason is that I am traveling.  This time, The Professor and I are enjoying a few days away.   Anyway, here are my Five Faves from the past week.

1.  As I stated above, we are gone from home right now.  But the night before we left, the kids and grandkids popped over to say goodbye and give us hugs and tell us to have a fun time.  I love living close to my family, and I love that they care about us so much.

2.  First night out.  We stayed in Kentucky.  We planned our overnight stop so we could have dinner with a long time friend.  We were all new to our church in Oregon and met almost immediately.  All these years, we have stayed in touch!

Horrible photo but proof we were there...

A bonus there was that Eleanor was so excited to meet LB because she is a great traveler, literally all over the world, and Eleanor follows all her adventures on F-book.

3.  The next three nights we stayed in Tennessee with friends from California who have moved there.  We had so much fun that we didn't even take ONE photo!

One of the few pictures I took!  Again, not in focus (I blame it on the speed we were traveling...)

4.  One day we had lunch with two couples we have known for decades who also moved to TN from CA.  In fact, one of the men is the person The Professor has known the longest in his whole life (except for his older brother) -- since he was one year old!  AND this man was one of my college professors! (he was a young prof at the time...)  Again, no photos-- we just talked and talked and talked.

5.  You may have all heard about the really really cold, icy and snowy weather our part of the US is expecting.  I am thankful we planned our trip to drive south to Gulf Shores, Alabama before all the snow and cold weather arrived (not that we knew anything about it at the time...).  And I am thankful I can keep in close contact with the family we left in Ohio.

If you are in any of the areas that will be affected by this winter storm, I hope you are prepared and will be safe and snug at home.