The Vacation Update

I got an update from Terry this morning on his vacation. He's in Italy now. What a week actually---Doug is in California, Terry's in Europe, Zach's going to Cub Scout camp all week, and Trevian is going to a parks and rec day camp all week. We are each on our very own agendas this week. And me...I'm just running mad between keeping it all straight!
Nevertheless, the vacation update from Terry. He's been spending the past few days in Venice and is off to Rome now for a few days. He went for a gondola ride and actually got to help steer the gondola. As I updated Doug about what Terry was up to, we both sort of sunk into this glum thought of how very unfair this is...Terry is 11 and seeing the amazing sights of Italy while Doug and I were oh so close to going back in April but had the trip frozen on us. It's just not right....Terry in Italy and me at home blogging about how I wish I was in Italy with him.
A message to Uncle Clint and Aunt Malisa....thanks for taking such good care of Terry and putting up with his "charming" personality all week. Feel free to stop feeding him. Cut him off...he's likely built up enough stores to see him home. :)

Cool blogs to check out!

Okay, so I don't do the best job keeping up my own personal blog, but here's a couple of links to blogs sharing material from me (okay...from my work really). Nevertheless, enjoy reading my summer tips for slimming down on either of the links below. And check out some cool blogs in the process.

http://girlgetstrong.com/2009/07/14/slim-down-while-summer-heats-up/

http://mizfitonline.com/2009/07/09/2579/

Vacation...it's all about the food?

Terry was given the opportunity of his 11-year-old lifetime this summer. He has gone to Germany with his Nana for two weeks. Doug's brother Clint is in the Air Force there and Nana agreed to let Terry go with her to visit. The trip also includes a visit to some other cities, and today they spent the day in Paris.

Each day I talk to Terry and I get the 2-minute travel report of what they have been doing. Yesterday's report began with "Guess what I did today Mom!!! I had 3 different kinds of German sausages!!!" Today he called and he said they went to Paris. I said "oh wow! What did you see?" Terry responded with a laundry list of items he had eaten today--he must've gone on for a minute about everything he ate. Finally I interrupted him and said "Terry, I said 'What did you SEE?' not 'What did you EAT?'" "Oh," he responded. "Um, we saw the Mona Lisa."

Hello! Really??? Seeing the Mona Lisa is an afterthought??? I just hope there are more than pictures of German sausages and meatball subs on those rolls of film he's burning through.

Have fun Terry! Don't forget to write in your journal every day. And if you bring me back food, make it some good German chocolate rather than a good German sausage. :)