Do I have to?

If you've been checking my blog you'll notice a sizable gap since my last post.  Well, I had a very good reason....... I was taking a break from jewelry making and went on a cruise with my family.

My daughter and her family, her in-laws and my husband and I took a Disney cruise aboard Disney's newest ship, The Fantasy.  This was my very first cruise (but not my last) and we thoroughly enjoyed it.

The ship docked at Castaway Cay.  ( Cruise ships are HUGE!)

We stopped in South Carolina to visit friends on the way down, stayed with my daughter's in-laws for a few days before and after the cruise to make it a full two week vacation.  Sigh, now we are on our way home.  From hot and sunny to cold (and hopefully not gray.)  

Ancient relics?

No, it's just modern day sand castles created by my grandchildren at the beach

The rain did stop and the sun came out but now we are fighting the wind.  I thought our camper was going to blow away last night but it sounds worse than it is.

A couple more days of sun and fun, then back to work.  (Fall is a busy time for classes and jewelry.)

Luck is in the eye of the beholder

  Yesterday I posted that we weren't lucky at winning things but I said that we are lucky in other ways.  

   Today proved to us that we are indeed lucky.    As we were traveling home from our visit in NC, my husband fell asleep at the wheel.  Before we knew it, we were air born across the median strip and sliding into the opposing traffic's lanes.  With all that could have happened, we were not hurt.  No one in our two lanes hit us.  No one in the opposing two lanes hit us either, even though we sat in the middle of the road for several seconds.  With all the holiday traffic heading home the outcome could have been different.   God was indeed looking down on us.

   We had our oldest grandson with us and he was scared.  Thank God we all had our seat belts on. We didn't hit anything, so the body of the car is fine.  We did a lot of bouncing so something happened that caused the car to quit working.  Now we are sitting in a hotel in Summersville, WV until tomorrow.  Hopefully it won't take much to get the car running again.   

   Three different cars stopped to help and make sure we were okay.  One family even let our grandson sit in their car to stay warm.  All three cars stayed with us until they were sure we were okay and the emergency vehicle arrived.  

   We had Christmas presents hidden in the back of the Expedition and some of them landed in the seat beside my Grandson.  He wondered where the play dough came from.  We also bought one of those realistic kitties for my Granddaughter and it would meow every so often.  The car repair shop will probably think we have a cat in there.  I should have warned them about it.  It was still meowing when the car got towed away,

   Anyway, I'm writing a retraction to yesterday's post.  I am indeed lucky........ very lucky.  (And surprisingly our grandson wants to ride with us tomorrow.  But, he wants Grandma to drive.)

What Luck?

   If we didn't have bad luck, we would have no luck.  Isn't that what a lot of people say.  I really do believe that some people are just plain lucky.  Why else could someone win the lottery twice?

   We took the grandkids to the NC Zoo on Friday.  The weather was great, the zoo was good, and the grandchildren had a really good time.  All in all, it was a great day, until we got back to the parking lot.   My son drove his van and my son-in-law drove his truck (that he was going to trade in this coming Saturday on a new truck).  They parked at the edge of the parking lot, away from all the other cars.  Good thinking, right.  Well, as luck would have it, one of the Zoo vehicles jumped out of gear and got away from the driver.  In fact, she was knocked to the ground trying to jump back into the vehicle.  Luckily she did not get hurt.  Anyway, the vehicle's opened door managed to mangle my son's bumper and the back of the vehicle got stopped by my son-in-laws bumper and tail light.  The damage isn't major and the zoo will pay for it.  But just the same, it's an inconvenience.

   I won a pen once..... it leaked.   I won a poinsettia.......  it died.   I won a cake........ we ate it.  

My husband won a coffee maker........ we don't drink coffee.   That is the extent of our luck.  

    We are lucky in other ways (which really is better).   We have a wonderful family,  many wonderful friends and so much to be thankful for.   So, even if we aren't lucky in winning things, we are still lucky in life.

   (But it sure would be nice to have some good luck for a change.)