Road Trip!
Oct 9th 2009
LoriHandelandLori Handeland & My Life As A Plebe & On Writing!
I just got back from a roadtrip with the girls. We drove from Milwaukee to St. Louis for a conference. It’s been years since I took a roadtrip.
I specifically remember one trip I took in college from Milwaukee to Cleveland. My mother let me use her car since mine was not up to the trip. We took a wrong turn, ended up in Michigan (a very wrong turn and no, I wasn’t driving) on a long, wooded, dark , Stephen King-ish backroad. And the car died.
This was before cell phones. I didn’t have AAA. Now I look back and think “Were we crazy?”
Obviously we got off that road before the hooked, masked murderer found us, and we made it to Cleveland. Most of my road trips since have been much safer and milder. (I seem to recall getting to Cleveland in the middle of a very large party at the hotel, drinking all weekend and then . . . well I can’t remember.)
The trip to St. Louis was so much fun. Lots of writing talk. Lots of great workshops. Lunch with Goddess Claudia and Goddess K-Ro. 
I came back ready to write and write and write. (Which is lucky since I have to.)
We also went to the Brewers vs Cardinals game and watched the Brewers kick butt 12-6. I was in heaven.
And no wrong turns or masked murderers. Except in K-Ro’s books!
Tell me about your last road trip. Where did you go? Was it fun or was it a disaster?
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43 Responses to “Road Trip!”
Cail on 09 Oct 2009 at 5:47 am #
My last road trip was this summer. DH and I put 2000 miles on my car on a trip to Nova Scotia. We saw moose, whales, beautiful scenery, lots of fog, and got to meet Goddess Kathy when we were in Halifax. We also visited a bunch of breweries and wineries, and the incredible farmers market. While I don’t think I want to drive 10-12 hrs a day ever again, we had a blast and enjoyed almost all of the campsites we stayed at. We ‘borrowed’ my brother’s tent a few years ago, and he hasn’t asked for it back. It’s a very nice tent.
Cail on 09 Oct 2009 at 5:51 am #
Oh, and my road trip directly before that was to DC to meet all of you lovely ladies. That was extremely fun!!
Kathy on 09 Oct 2009 at 6:13 am #
aww! Cail! it was SO much fun to hang out with you and Drew- wished it was longer!
My last road trip was this summer to PEI to see old friends. we had a blast- even the 2hr wait for the ferry over was fun because it gave Keila and I a chance to calm down. All five of us had been giddy for months at the notion of seeing each other again after almost 20yrs. We babbled well into the night.
Two of them are coming over to Keila and I next weekend. We’ll all stay at Keila and her hubby’s place for a night and actually talk instead of squeal.
I’m going on a day road trip today with my 88 yr old aunt. in an hr, we’ll be driving to a town called Bridgewater to visit my 2nd oldest sister Maureen.
http://www.bridgewater.ca/
it’s pretty there and the drive is nice as well.
kay on 09 Oct 2009 at 6:18 am #
We just got back from a road trip to Stratford Canada (5 hour drive). It was lovely. The problem is that on these road trips I always make music CD’s to sing along with and now I have lost my voice.
Lori Handeland on 09 Oct 2009 at 6:20 am #
Cail–it was so great to see you in DC. The Goddess Party was the best.
Have fun on the trip, Kathy. Looks like a gorgeous place. Are the trees changing color by you?
That sounds like a fun way to pass the time, Kay. Too bad I can’t sing. Well, I can, but it sounds very, very bad!! And everyone tells me to stop.
Aly on 09 Oct 2009 at 6:27 am #
My “last” road trip starts today! We are heading to North Carolina from Georgia for a 4 day weekend. I am hoping that it is a good drive! It should be since our normal road trip is to Southern Florida every spring break. That is a 9-10 hour drive and believe it or not, the kids (5 & 7 now) do really well on that trip. Of course I provide enough DVDs, food and drink to keep them busy for a while.
But this past April on our drive it POURED! And not even 2 hours into the drive, our windshield was hit with a stone and cracked. But other than that, it was a good trip that we made in 9 hours
dbrown3400 on 09 Oct 2009 at 7:07 am #
My last road trip was a grueling 31-hour drive from Miami to NJ with DD#2 and my granddaughter who was 10 months old at the time. We decided to drive straight through which should have taken about 24 hours, but with frequent stops to change the baby and to switch off driving responsibilties with DD who kept getting drowsy at the wheel the trip took much longer. I got the turn driving for eight hours in pouring rain that seemed to follow us up I95. It definitely wasn’t a pleasure trip. Not one moment of sightseeing. We did meet a variety of people who admired the baby (of course) when we stopped for a couple times to eat.
Pesky on 09 Oct 2009 at 7:14 am #
LOL I did the opposite trip to dbrown, NY to Key Largo. It was great! Someday, when the pigment fairy comes to visit me, I’m going to retire to Key Largo…it was so beautiful.
Freshechelle on 09 Oct 2009 at 7:17 am #
My last road trip was a last month to Petosky, MI. No calamities or break downs but I did fail to get the Michigan map from AAA which meant no dotted line roads which are the scenic routes.
Labor Day weekend was a road trip to Frank Lloyd Wright’s school Taliesen in Spring Green, WI. Got pulled over by the sheriff who said I didn’t stop at a stop sign and cut him off. I politely debated it with him that it was a matter or perspective and got out of a ticket. (this time I was actually telling the truth).
Both trips were relaxing and great. I road trip alone because I like the time alone to sing along to music I get to pick.
I lurv road tripping. Did cross country a few times and want to do it again. I’ve got 3 states to go on my all 50 tour – NE, KS, AK.
Lori Handeland on 09 Oct 2009 at 7:22 am #
Have a great time, Aly. NC sounds really good about now. Supposed to have snow flurries here this weekend. Brrrr.
Ouch, D. 31 hours would do me in. The 5+ to St. Louis was just perfect.
Never been to Key Largo, Pesky, but I bet it is beautiful. I wouldn’t mind heading there this weekend either.
Wow, you have been all over, Fresh. And you’re brave to road trip alone. I don’t think I could do that.
Margaret on 09 Oct 2009 at 7:38 am #
Like Fresh, I lurv road tripping also. There are days when I’d love to pack my ditty bag, jump in the car and drive from PA to Seattle or somewhere in the PNW. I miss those long road trips. And I would like going alone. When you are by yourself, you can stop when you want to, get up when you want to, see the sights that you want to and listen to the music you want to. Perfect. Unfortunately, long road trips take $$$ & my kids would throw a fit. They think I am too old to toddle. Makes me mad.
We go down to West Virginia every summer for extended family vacation. WV is all mountain. Not a flat acre to be seen. The first year, I relied on my new GPS and didn’t take a map. GPS took us on a longer way than I would have chosen. Alpine Lake is one of those you-can’t-get-there-from-here sort of places. Suddenly, we found ourselves on rutted semi-paved, pot holed road winding & twisting our way along thru the forest primeval. The teens were scared to death. They only know Interstates. I was enjoying it as I’ve been lost before and always come out somewhere safely. I started humming the music to Deliverance. We now call it the Deliverance Mountain trip. Scenery was pretty.
Margaret on 09 Oct 2009 at 7:46 am #
BTW, if I should mention I’m going to take a shortcut somewhere, the people with me start groaning. Just because I can add at least 2 hours to the trip is no reason for them to get snarky. We always get there and we usually see nice scenery. My feeling is getting is part of the vacation. They still talk about the time it took us 5 1/2 hours to make the 3 hour trip up to the Poconos. Then laugh themselves silly.
But it was early June and the PA state flower, the mountain laurel, was in full bloom everywhere we went. And we ate at a really cool little diner with very good food. What’s their problem?
They can’t blame this on my age. I’ve always done it. My shortcuts have made for some memorable trips over the years. Teens are so weird.
Claudia Dain on 09 Oct 2009 at 7:46 am #
My last road trip was two years ago almost to the week. I can’t believe it’s been that long! Time to get out on the road again. Big D and I drove from NC up to West Point in New York. I’ve always wanted to see West Point and it was gorgeous. Then we slid over to CT to visit the town where I went to middle school and high school. Fun! I’d forgotten how New England pretty that town was. We roared back to NC from CT in one long day of driving. That was tough. The drive up was slow and meandering (we stopped at Gettysburg and toured), but the drive back…ouch. But we were outta time and needed to get home. We were so tired we got lost an hour from home! Dark country roads can be mysterious at midnight, signs hard to read, deserted gas stations kind of creepy. Stephen King knows that very well.
Karen Rose on 09 Oct 2009 at 7:55 am #
My last road trip was not this summer, but last summer. DH, Oldest Daughter and I motored across the UK. (”Motor” sounds so much more sophisticated than “Drive.”)
We started in London, drove to Bath, Salisbury, into Wales, Cardiff, across Wales – stopping at Llanddewi Brefi (Clan-DEW-ie BRE-vi), home of Dafydd from Little Britain. There was no pub, sadly. Then we went to the Welsh coast, up north, saw castles, drove across Wales into Scotland along Hadrian’s Wall into Edinburgh, then back to London.
DH had snipped his Achilles and was in a Frankenstein boot, so I drove. 1400 miles in 12 days. I rocked. It was a very loooong road trip, but fantastic.
No Stephen King monsters, but lots of sheep.
Karen Rose on 09 Oct 2009 at 7:56 am #
Seeing Lori and Claudia in St. Louis was so fun! Had a ball!
elsiehogarth on 09 Oct 2009 at 7:58 am #
Road trips and Girls Getaways are just great. My Mom and her 5 sisters(ages 78 to 62) are on one right now. Every year they go to one of “the islands” and stay at a resort. One year, I went with them and it was an experience. They eat, sleep, drink, participate in all the activities, gamble in the casino, make friends with men of all ages that even the youngbloods start calling them Mommy etc. All I can say is that the women in my family love and know how to party.
My last road trip or day trip with my Mom & Aunts was to the NYC Little Italy San Genarro Festival in September. We go every year. Rain or Shine.
My favorite road trips are with my Romance Readers Group to go to an authors booksignings or to Conferences or Conventions. Our next one is to the New Jersey Romance Writers, on October 23-24, where we can see Madeline H. and Karen R.
KarenC on 09 Oct 2009 at 8:00 am #
Every time we visit family, it’s a road trip — 3hr drive in either direction. Last time I visited my folks, lost power cord to laptop (bought a new one, but old one still MIA). Last time we visited the out-laws…I don’t remember so apparently I’m still in denial. LOL. Otherwise, Nationals in DC was a fair drive from our house.
Biggest road trip was to Cape Hatteras where we vacationed with friends from college. Was pregnant with DS #2 at the time and horribly sick with it. Cannot to this day believe I voluntarily camped. I live in rural WV. Far as I’m concerned, that’s camping (& punishment) enough. Took a long meandering route to the beach, though, hit a couple battlefields on the way. That was fun.
Margaret — ROTFLMAO re Deliverance Mountain Trip!!! Unfortunately, in WV, the road doesn’t always come out anywhere. Sometimes, it just sort of stops. But as long as the road is still paved (or semi-paved), you aren’t in too much trouble. It’s the single lane dirt roads that may land you in Squeal Like a Piggy territory.
Lori Handeland on 09 Oct 2009 at 8:01 am #
Hey, Margaret. #2 son was in WVA for a road trip of his own while I was on mine. He was visiting the college there. He liked it very much.
K-Ro is also very brave to road trip in another country where they drive on the other side of the road! Wow! I’m impressed. I don’t think I could do that either.
Sounds like a gorgeous trip, Claudia. I’ve always wanted to see West Point too. I’d like to go to Gettysburg again. Last time I was there I was 14.
I have heard the NJ conference is a great one, Elsie. Will have to road trip it sometime!
Chloe Harris (Noelle) on 09 Oct 2009 at 8:01 am #
Lori- sounds like you had a great trip. I’m hoping to take a couple of writing related road trips next year.
My road trip memory involves St. Louis too!
Summer before last we drove 1,009 miles from NC to KS for my cousin’s wedding. We had a great time. On the way we stopped for the night in Nashville. We saw a 42ft statue of Athena, stayed in the historic Union Station hotel and listened to some great blues music.
The next day we stopped and saw the penguins and polar bears at the St. Louis Zoo before finally making it to Kansas. The wedding was a beautiful shades of blue celebration of love between a Tarheel and a Jayhawk and Lawrence is such a neat little town.
Then on the trip back we spend the night back in St. Louis and did the whole Arch thing before heading home.
Some of my family drove straight through in one day. I’m not sure if I would have ever done that.
Lori Handeland on 09 Oct 2009 at 8:03 am #
Where do cords and such go, Karen C? There are two sets of car keys in this house I have never been able to find. I swear we have Borrowers.
Anyone remember those books from your youth?
Lori Handeland on 09 Oct 2009 at 8:04 am #
Sounds like a great trip, Chloe.
Our hotel was right next to the Arch and at night we could hear the elevator going up and down, up and down. Luckily it stopped around 9 I think.
Karen Hawkins on 09 Oct 2009 at 8:16 am #
Man, you guys TRAVEL. I don’t think I could drive more then like oh say, nine hours in one day. Maybe ten if I have good company. I just don’t like being in the car longer than that.
I’m going on a road trip soon, myself. For once I’m not flying and, to be honest, I’m looking forward to it! There’s something cool about traveling in a car with your buds. I hope to write a lot, too — my goal is four days and forty pages. Since I’m on ‘vacation’, we’ll see how that goes. It COULD work, though, because I’ll be in a lovely cabin in the mountains and that always inspires me, especially coming from hot and muggy Florida — we STILL have ninety degree weather! In OCTOBER.
It’s unfair.
Julia London on 09 Oct 2009 at 8:18 am #
I have a roadtrip coming up next week — we go up to Taos, New Mexico a couple of times a year. Taos is not easy to get to. Its a 13 hour drive from here, and there’s not much to look at for most of it, but when you get into northern New Mexico, it is just vast, untouched land. Really amazing.
If we fly, the closest we can get is Albuqurque, and it’s another 2-3 drive from there. I can see why artists go there and stay — it’s too hard to get out!
KarenC on 09 Oct 2009 at 8:22 am #
9hrs??? Over my cold, rotting corpse. Stepdaughter lived 5hrs from us so from ages 9-18, every visit was a 10hr roundtrip on Friday then again on Sunday. HIDEOUS BEYOND ALL COMPREHENSION to do that on a regular basis. A lot of times, we just picked her up and stayed at my folks over the wkend so we wouldn’t spend the whole wkend in our car. We did it for her, but will never, ever voluntarily do that myself again. My spine is shrieking at just the memory of it. LOL.
Lori Handeland on 09 Oct 2009 at 8:49 am #
A working vacation, K-Ha. You sound like me. Although I was thrilled that I’d finished my rough draft right before I left for St. Louis. I took the book with me but did nothing. And I liked it.
I’m so jealous, Julia. I want to live in NM. Have you ever been to Las Cruces?
That sounds awful, KarenC. I’d go nuts. Of course #2 son is also looking at a state school about 5 hours from here. Could be a pain. But closer than WVU.
Margaret on 09 Oct 2009 at 8:55 am #
KarenC & Lori, I love West Virginia. It’s a beautiful state. Green and mountainous. Not like my beloved Rockies as the eastern mountains are much older and more eroded. At least, that’s what I’ve read. I love mountains of any sort. Each group is different and special. Virginia has the Blue Ridge and they are definitely blue when seen from a distance. The Smokies made me feel like I was in a beautiful church. I have another “shortcut” story about the Smoky Mountain trip but will refrain. LOL
The Rockies, from Canada to Mexico, are just awe-inspiring.
Wah! Where are my car keys? I’m ready to roll!
Karen Hawkins on 09 Oct 2009 at 9:09 am #
KarenC, I have to drive 45 minutes each way to see my stepdaughter and it’s a pain to get to — traffic and bad roads the whole way. After reading about you guys, I will NEVER complain again.
You deserve a medal. Or a bunch of them, one for each trip.
Margaret, I love mountains, too! When I was a Director of Student Activities, we booked a Nat Geo photographer to give a lecture — (He was phenomenal, btw. Spoke to a packed house and they stayed two hours later, asking questions which he patiently answered.) — and he said the eastern US mountains were more beautiful and, to a photographer, more mystical. He said you got shock and awe from the Rockies, but you got Land of Old Magic from the Appalachians.
He also said the Appalachians were the oldest mountain range in the Americas and had a wider variety of plants than any other mountain range in the world. He had a lot more to say about it, but I don’t remember it all, but that surprised me. I grew up in the foothills of the Appalachians in TN and I thought all mountain ranges were the same, just in different stages of development, but apparently it’s more than that. Who knew?
nancyg on 09 Oct 2009 at 9:17 am #
The girls & I are road warriors!! Living in Dallas, we’re smack dab in the middle, and flying a family of 5 these days requires a home equity loan… so – we hop in the SUV packed to the gills & Mr. G flies up to meet us where ever we are… that way, he doesn’t have to take vacation days or check baggage.
We charge up the iPods, play trivia games, taught the girls the license plate game, watch movies, and make darned sure we have a brand new pack of AA batteries for all the electronics, lol.
We drive up to Buffalo about every other summer for a couple of weeks to see my in-laws. We take one route there (Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio) and another one back (Ohio, Missouri, Oklahoma)… I plot out points of interest, the girls vote on what we’re going to do and our stopping points.
We’ve also driven to see bro #2 in Lake Tahoe, CA, (2 1/2 days) then down to San Diego (10 hrs), Las Vegas strip, etc. That was a 3 week trip.
My other brother lives in Tampa, FL, which is about 18 hours – through Louisiana (stop in New Orleans), Mississippi & Alabama (USS Alabama in Mobile), etc. Panama City & Destin are about 12 hrs.
Sabrina Jeffries on 09 Oct 2009 at 9:26 am #
How far constitutes a road trip? If 7 hours is enough, then my last one was a few years ago. During Easter vacation, I did a conference in Knoxville, TN. We drove 4-5 hours to Asheville (hubby drives S-L-O-W). We spent a few days in a mountain cabin, then drove two more hours to Knoxville. On the way back, we did the whole 7 hours. It was gorgeous, though, coming through the Smoky Mountains. I listened to Dougie MacLean and stared at the mountains the whole way through. I love the mountains.
I don’t mind road trips because I usually work in the car (hubby always drives most of the way), but I prefer to fly. Or take the train.
Freshechelle on 09 Oct 2009 at 9:37 am #
As I drive through the seedier, empty, non-beautiful parts of this beautiful country, I can see how crystal meth has become big.
Louisa Cornell on 09 Oct 2009 at 10:29 am #
My last road trip was to the conference in DC !! Two of the women in my hometown writing group and I drove up from Alabama and we had a blast! For Tammy and me it was our second RWA conference, but our first one to drive as we flew to San Francisco. For Jeanie it was her first conference and she was stunned and amazed. We had the best time! Stopped at Cracker Barrel restaurants. Stayed in a hotel in North Carolina where they put us at one end because there were construction workers staying in the other. We don’t know if they were worried about the noise from the construction workers or if they were trying to keep those poor boys safe from what looked like a cougar pack on the prowl !! We kept arguing with our poor GPS and he sounded so exasperated. Then on the way home we plotted out Tammy’s novel. It was so much fun we are really looking forward to 2010 and the road trip to Nashville!
Madeline Hunter on 09 Oct 2009 at 10:37 am #
I don’t think I am good at road trips. I get into the “making time” mode of wanting to get there bad. In order for a road trip to work for me, I would need to know how long the drive would be each day, so I could set my brain to that time length. Then I would be okay.
I haven’t been on a road trip in ages. Years ago we too one that involved a scenic route drive to Boston and back, with stops on the way. It helps if I drive, so I don’t get antsy. Yeah, I’m one of those.
I take lots of road trips of about 5-6 hours, but it isn’t the same thing. These are short trips to family and duty, not vacations.
Lori Handeland on 09 Oct 2009 at 10:50 am #
Love the license plate game, Nancy. We took a road trip to TN once and had 2 carloads full of people. We got walkie talkies–before everyone had a cell–and played it all the way there.
IV always drives for us too, Sabrina. But to St. Louis I drove half way, then had a friend drive the rest because of my issue with bridges over water. Shudder.
We always go to CB to eat too, Louisa! We only have one near here and it’s not really near so it’s always a big treat. We had lunch in the one in Bloomington, IL last Wed. Mmmmm!!!
5-6 works for me too Madeline. This summer when we went to MN for a family reunion and the trip was 12 hours I nearly lost it. Luckily we made the kids drive. Would have been worse if not for that.
dbrown3400 on 09 Oct 2009 at 11:05 am #
For anyone taking a “road trip” to the New Jersey Romance Writer’s Conference this month, or the booksigning to see Karen R, who is the keynote speaker, or Madeline, who is giving two workshops, I’ve posted in the Forum for a possible get together.
Margaret on 09 Oct 2009 at 11:05 am #
I don’t think the number of hours is what matters on a road trip. Crossing a state line constitutes a road trip for me. It’s only an hour or so drive from Lancaster down to Havre de Grace MD. But that’s a road trip in my head. I left the state and even crossed the Mason-Dixon line to get there. It’s a small town but interesting things to see/do. And some darned fine restaurants. This is where the Susquehanna River runs into the Chesapeake Bay, BTW.
Alpine Lake in WV is about 3.5 on Interstates. Longer if I take a shortcut. But it’s in another state and I also cross the Mason-Dixon line. The M-D is easy to do here as it’s part of the southern PA state line.
Going to Pittsburgh (4 hours) is a road trip. If you have to have potty breaks and stop to eat, you have gone on a road trip.
I always loved driving around the country. People who fly miss so much.
Janae on 09 Oct 2009 at 11:16 am #
Hmm, does a 2 hour trip to San Diego count as a road trip?
I’m not a fan of road trips. I think it goes back to growing up in southeastern MT, where doing anything meant a road trip. Dentist – 90 minutes away; shopping, new movies, bookstores, and on more than one occasion drs since my little hometown had a hard time keeping the clinic staffed – all 2.5 hours away. My three sets of grandparents all lived within 6 hours. We didn’t see my mom’s dad regularly, but we did see my other grandparents and one of my dad’s brothers frequently. With a family of 9 road trips were the only way we went on vacation. Before the seatbelt laws I could lie down and read a book. Now, if I try to read a book in the car, I get carsick.
After a few hours in the car, I get twitchy. It took awhile for my dh to realize this, but now he gets it. We very rarely drive for more than 3 hours at a time. We plan stops along the way; stop between 5-6, eat dinner, swim, run around whatever, and the kiddos are in bed and asleep by 9. Then, I get some down time, which I’ve discovered I need when traveling by car. It keeps me sane.
Lori Handeland on 09 Oct 2009 at 3:24 pm #
Sounds like fun, D. Wish I were going!
2 hours counts as a road trip to me, Janae. Pretty much anything in the car that isn’t an errand and takes you away from home counts, IMO. My dad was one of those who never let us out of the car all day. So I’m big on taking a break as often as necessary.
Kathy on 09 Oct 2009 at 4:34 pm #
I am home and so very tired now. I do all the driving and got lost getting to my sis’s home- I’ve only been there twice before. the town changes every year.
My sis is great and her”new” home is lovely. she finally put her stamp on it and it very elegant yet homey. Our very proper aunt wanted to know where Mo got her new clothes. She is a Frenchy’s queen. a sort of second hand clothing store that gets clothes that are overstock from stores or truly second hand. Mo finds fabulous designer duds for less than 5$ per. I knew the store was many bins set up on tables that you have to paw through to find the good stuff. Lucia didn’t know this- she was HORRIFIED! she daintily picked through a few things. meanwhile I found a black fleece winter wrap, a few sleep tshirts and some old sheets i’ll use for quilts or funky curtains, plus a bunch of GODDESS books!
Kathy on 09 Oct 2009 at 4:40 pm #
I also didn’t take a turn-off on the way home( trying to avoid traffic snarls and construction zones) and we were headed to the airport by mistake. so the 1st exit, I get to turn around made my homing beacon go off big time yet I still didn’t make it home until 2 hrs after that.
SIGH!!!
Had to fix my aunt’s laptop’s wireless connection- she had turned the button to off. grumble grumble.
she was ready to toss it and get a new one. I wish I had the kind of money that I could even think of doing that. they aren’t as disposable as she thinks they are.
I had to then undo all the “improvements” my brother put on her browser. She needs a clean uncomplicated page to look at. he just doesn’t get it and messed up her email program too. more grumble grumble.
Lori Handeland on 09 Oct 2009 at 6:34 pm #
Sounds like you had a heck of a day, Kathy. Bummer.
Kathy on 09 Oct 2009 at 6:57 pm #
no not really I did have a good day..just longer than I thought, so i wrote it from a very tired point of view.
Karen Hawkins on 09 Oct 2009 at 10:07 pm #
Kathy, I had to laugh at the way you’re the Family Information Technology person. My brother is that for us and every time he goes to our parents’ house, he spends HOURS straightening out their computers, mainly from where they keep downloading ‘free’ games that muck stuff up. My sister and I tease him that when he’s not around, we all just call him ‘that I.T. guy.’ Heh!
Kathy on 10 Oct 2009 at 5:33 am #
hahaha! I also am the go to person when my sisters cannot read a simple instruction booklet. Mo was complaining during out visit that her house’s siding needs cleaning. I said she needs a power sprayer. she has one but couldn’t understand the booklet.
I told her attach the water hose, plug the the thing in and turn it on. She asked me to write this all down for her. sigh