lilbits of This 'n That

Oh my goodness I have so much to talk about. I'm playing catch up today. Catching up with my kids, catching up with the laundry, catching up with the gardening, etc... 

Saturday: DH and I left bright and early on Saturday morning for a micro-mini cruise with Holland America. Twice a year the ships are repositioned from the Eastern Seaboard to Seattle for the Alaska cruise season. We were lucky enough to be on the last leg of the repositioning of the Noordam. Ohmygosh! It's a beautiful ship!

Our stateroom was gorgeous! We really enjoyed the private verandah! I've always heard you don't need more than an inside cabin because you don't spend that much time in your room anyway.... well that just isn't so! Okay if we had an inside cabin we wouldn't have spent much time in the room. But with the beautiful views and room service it was perfectly romantic. I could go on and on about the ship, food, entertainment, service, views, etc... I'll post photos later.  

Sunday - Mother's Day: We were off the ship and headed out of Seattle by 10:45 AM. We were late to church but we went anyway.  After church we had a BBQ with friends and family. We also celebrated my oldest kiddo's birthday... just a few days late. He was born on mother's day - yeah! One of the best mother's day gifts any mom can ask for.  

We left the kids house at 5:00 and drove north to the Skagit Valley Casino to see Glen Campbell and his daughter Debby. DH is a huge fan. I know all the songs, but I can't say I was a huge fan... just a fan. Our tickets were for row 13.... not awful tickets, but certainly not great tickets. We were happy to see the country radio KMPS  crew at the door. We were visiting with them and filling out a contest form when they generously decided to upgrade our tickets. 5th row! DH got some great photos during the concert... 5th row! Glen Campbell even shook DH's hand! I'm surprised DH washed... lol JK!! It was a great night!! I'll post photos later...

Monday: It was a beautiful day! We slept in till about 8:00 then headed out for a relaxing day with no plans what-so-ever. I just love days without plans. We had breakfast at Jeno's in Monroe... the locals were coming in for lunch by the time we got there.

From Jeno's we drove up to Snoqualmie falls. The falls were beautiful as usual. Everything was getting sprayed with a fine mist. It was really peaceful. We drove the back roads from the Fall City to Granite Falls. I don't know what back roads, but I know we didn't take any highways.  

By this time we had a plan... Granite Falls to Darrington... but as it turned out our plans didn't work out anyway. The road we were planning on taking was washed out a couple years ago.

At this point having no plan seemed to be the best plan for the day.

We didn't make it to Darrington. Instead we drove out the Jordan Road and stopped at the bridge. I love the bridge... it swings and sways as you walk across it! We ended up having dinner at a casino out in the middle of nowhere. Angel of the Wings??? I think that is the name of the place. Good, cheap food.... really cheap. We ate for under $4.00 for the two of us! WOW... from there we headed back in the direction of home. We stopped at Kat's softball game. Kat's team won by a 10 run rule so the game ended early.

Today I've been playing catch up. DH and a kiddo are going to the mariner game. I think I'm going to catch up on some sleep... I will post photos later.