Calories don't count

After five days at Myrtle Beach, SC I learned that "Calories don't count outside your zip code." (That's good to know since I was dreading my next weigh in at Weight Watchers.)

 I also learned that there is a certain age when it doesn't matter how good of a body you have..... Bikinis are a no no. (There are some images in my mind here that will give me nightmares.)

The grandchildren loved the ocean and the alligator farm.

And the granddaughter loved the day she went shopping with her Mom and Grandma.  

I  got to golf at Tidewater golf course and saw first hand the huge number (and size) of the sand traps on a premiere course (although I only ended up in two of the traps.)  Makes me appreciate the little courses I golf on around here.

Ended the trip by taking the grandchildren to the NC Zoo in Ashboro.  We really, really like that zoo and this will probably be the last trip there.  (My daughter and her family moved back to PA.)

Children will play.  These young baboons were playing peek-a-boo with the grandchildren.  

I also learned that July in the Carolinas is hot, hot, HOT!!  (But it was fun .......  now back to work.)

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.)