Annie:
Sounded like a nice visit and eats at Rosies Diner.

If you need a meeting place.
I have a lot of room here, for whoever.
It's only about a 20 hour drive.
Lpink whatta ya think ?????
Lou

Greetings from the PA road! I am slogging my way back to my home in exile, stopping along the way to work, virtually. A few hours sleep, then another long drive to try and make a lunch meeting for my other job. Some vacation! BUT, I did get to see one of my favorite MI redheads! (the other one being my mom, who is actually silver now). I was unfortunately kinda fried by some family stuff, so I zoned out and didn't think to take a picture of Annie. She looked MARVELOUS BTW. I haven't seen her in person since Elery, and I must say marriage agrees with her, she just glows. Or maybe she was having a hot flash, I dunno!
:)
I had take-home french toast this morning reheated before I hit the road, and I'm having a scone as a bedtime treat. Yes, they taste as good as they look. Actually they taste BETTER than they look because those are no ordinary blueberries, they are MICHIGAN blueberries! Bumper crop this year was the word on the street.

Annie I miss ya, which is why I could hardly drag myself away. It was a perfect MI day, I was, as Annie said, "the earliest I'd ever been late" and I had driving and a discussion with my parents about their estate waiting for me afterwards. And those of you who have done that know what I'm talking about, and those of you who don't, I have three words--fingernails on chalkboard. Annie was so sweet to listen to me vent. But we are both chips off dad's shoulders, and I know Ms. Annie misses hers, I think we all do as he was practically a virtual member here.

Rosie's diner rocks! If you're ever up Rockford MI way, you've got to check it out. And between my Annie haul and the stash I got from my gardening goddess cousins, I will be in food heavan for at least a week. In addition to farm fresh eggs and scones and canned good, I have maple syrup from my cousin's sugarbush, cabbage, beets, green and yellow beans, green pepper and some sea salt. (My cousins took pity on me and gave me some to try).

And I managed to also swing a Lake perch dinner two nights before. And a swim in my Lake as the sun was setting. But the CF buzz was mighty fine. And y'all are off the hook, I groused (you know the word I really mean) so much about my family we didn't talk about hardly ANY of you! ;)

Hey Pink! You certainly look great. And yes I know about Estate talk...`sigh`. I'm so sorry that we all have to go through that kind of 'talk'. Good news is though that you are able to have that talk with your Dad.

You are a busy bee these days. Traveling for work gives you an opportunity to see some of the country that most of us will never see. I just love taking off in a car and going till I have to stop. It's really better if someone else is driving though.

Thanks for sharing Annie! It's good to see friends and hear what is going on in their lives. The scones, food and friends look so good!

Lpink, you look terrific! I hope to meet you one day.

I know what a great hostess Annie is, so I am sure you both had a great time. And Rosie's Diner sounds great, too!

Linda

Hi girls! Was Annie a redhead the last time you got together?

Lpink, that is a very nice picture of you. Nice picture of your french toast, too!

Glad to hear that you two had a chance to catch up and that Lpink could vent a bit. I've had the "estate plan" conversation with my mom. Thank heavens she is realistic about it all and it wasn't hard.

I hope you weren't driving through those horrible storms we had on Sunday. What a mess.

It sounds like a wonderful visit. LPink, I don't envy you all that driving, but at least I bet it was scenic.

Sally

Hi ladies, I'm glad that you could visit especially doing foodie things.

Lpink, long time no see Laurie.

Annie, Rosie's sounds like another winner as was your choice of tapas bars.

Waving hi! Looks like a yummy restaurant, glad you enjoyed another meal out, Annie (darfc).

We had the estate 'talk' AND got it on videotape as well. We've seen too many vindictive relatives gumming up even the most seemingly airtight wills/trusts.

Thanks for sharing pictures and notes on your visit. I am seriously shy about putting my photo online, but I have to confess that it's really nice to have a face to match up to a name. Lpink looks very near how I imagined her, too!

The food looked great. I will take a meal at a great breakfast spot over a fancy dress-up dining restaurant most any day! I'd love to try that one -

Cathy, I didn't choose the tapas place, that was Sherry's pick. It WAS a very interesting way to eat lunch and it let me have a little bite of this and a little bite of that, so I liked it.

Woodie, yes, I was a redhead last time she saw me too. Heck, I've been a redhead for a couple of years now!

Annie

Well Pink, you seem to be making the rounds. I'm thinking you were jammin' with Alex last month. Sorry to hear about the family challenges but I'm glad you had the chance to meet up with the Annie. Breakfast looks great...I LOVE dinners!

David

Gee AB, I'm glad you both liked Rosie's diner. I've been telling Jim about it since I saw it on triple D.
Btw, next time, find a hot waiter to take pictures of you both.

Sol

If I'm not mistaken our waitress was moderately hot, but she was female so not really my type.

Annie you're forgetting how long it's been. You were a blonde. A long haired blonde, (well neck length anyway). Wonderweiner was still around last time I visited. You had a dog but no husband. Now you kinda have both don't you?

LOL!

Great and I heard great things about Lpink from Alexa yesterday...:-) Maybe I'll have to visit her next time I am in PA to get some expert canning help - Lord knows I need it!

Glad you got together!