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Keeping my fingers crossed that all works out well for this trip. You need the getaway now more than ever. I'm so glad that Muffin's mom is improving. The over medicating of older folks happens way too often. I'm glad that her doctor is working to get this under control. It's also so good that Muffin's sisters have stepped up and are taking such good care of her. It will allow you to travel with some peace of mind.
Glad Muffin's mom is doing a bit better. Great that everyone has pitched together with this!
Good to hear your trip is all planned out and looking forward to the details.
Thanks, Dave!!
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I'm glad to hear things are going better with Muffin's mom.
Thanks, Cheryl!!
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Keeping my fingers crossed that all works out well for this trip. You need the getaway now more than ever. I'm so glad that Muffin's mom is improving. The over medicating of older folks happens way too often. I'm glad that her doctor is working to get this under control. It's also so good that Muffin's sisters have stepped up and are taking such good care of her. It will allow you to travel with some peace of mind.
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Glad to hear things have improved with Muffin’s mom, and sounds like she definitely needed the meds sorted out. Hope it all works for your trip to go as planned - whatever that plan may end up being.....with Tara, it could be 180 degrees from what it started as!
Continuing for Muffin's mom! Hope it works out so you all can make this trip.
Thanks, Cam!!
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Glad to hear things have improved with Muffin’s mom, and sounds like she definitely needed the meds sorted out. Hope it all works for your trip to go as planned - whatever that plan may end up being.....with Tara, it could be 180 degrees from what it started as!
Thanks, Colleen!! Believe it or not, the one time I am not sharing our details is the trip we haven't changed a thing on since we decided to go to Yellewstone!
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Glad to hear that Muffin’s mom is doing better! We’ve had health scares with both my mom and DH’s mom recently, and I know how hard it can be. Fingers crossed that your trip works out!
Glad to hear Muffins mom is doing better, hope she continues to improve so you can get away.
Thanks, Julia!!
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Glad to hear that Muffin’s mom is doing better! We’ve had health scares with both my mom and DH’s mom recently, and I know how hard it can be. Fingers crossed that your trip works out!
So!! Muffin's Mom is still doing pretty well. We are cautiously optimistic that in three weeks we will be in Yellowstone!! I have to say this is so weird for me not posting a lot beforehand. We are still just a tad bit worried though so I don't want to say more than I have to about this trip. I definitely feel like countdown poems would jinx it, so I wont even post those. But!
I will say that I have a good feeling that we will get out west again and leave it at that. You will all have to wait with baited breath for this trip and see what shakes down!!
On the home front, this has been the most spectacular weekend weather-wise and we spent it in Brigantine with Sean, Jane, Finn and Jane's parents. We got to swim in the bay, take the boat to breakfast, hang with some of our favorite peeps and guess what?!??!
On the way home, we stopped at the Borgata because I thought I had 30 bucks in slot credits. It turned out that I actually only had 8 dollars as did Muffin. We each had 20 bucks in cash and we did get 10 dollars each in bonus slot dollars. We decided to just enjoy what we had and maybe eat a nice lunch.
Well! Muffin quickly turned his accumulated dollars into a hundred bucks and shared it with me. From there on in, I simply could not lose!!! I started out by playing a weird penny machine where I won 88 dollars. Then I decided to try this weird dollar machine where I played 5 dollars and won 113 more dollars!!
Then I cashed that in and gave Muffin half. Next I played 9 dollars on a dollar machine and got a bonus and won 499 dollars!!!!!!! I cashed in that ticket and stuffed 400 bucks into my wallet and played the last hundred dollars out.
On top of that, we each had 70 bonus comp dollars to spend that was only good for today. We went to the gift shop on the way out and bought a beautiful pasta bowl and some Starbucks for our comps. Mind you, I would have never paid what the Borgata was charging for the pasta bowl, but for free, it was a steal!!!
We came home and stopped at the bank, where I deposited my winnings and promptly paid off my Disney trip with my sister!! I even had enough left to book the Caring for Giants tour with Laura and I simply cannot wait to do this!!!
Hope your trip pans out and glad to hear Muffin's mom is doing well! Nice time in Brigantine with everyone. I knew you couldn't resist going to A.C. as so close to Brigantine. More great luck at the casino and glad you were able to bank most of it! I may be going for a couple of days at the end of the month.
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Great that everyone has pitched together with this! 
We are cautiously optimistic that in three weeks we will be in Yellowstone!! 
I have to say this is so weird for me not posting a lot beforehand. We are still just a tad bit worried though so I don't want to say more than I have to about this trip. I definitely feel like countdown poems would jinx it, so I wont even post those. 
But!
I started out by playing a weird penny machine where I won 88 dollars. Then I decided to try this weird dollar machine where I played 5 dollars and won 113 more dollars!!
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