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Being back home is always good.

Charley and I arrived last night from our trip to Quebec and the cruise. We have definately found out we are too young :) to be part of the cruise scene. Even though it was nice not having to pack your bag every couple of days to move on to the next location (which is one of the reasons I really wanted to go on this trip), it will more than likely be our last one until we are in our seventies!

We met people who all they do is cruise...love the food, the bingo, the "lounge" entertainment. Not our thing. I must say it was the most restfull trip I've had in a very long time, but not the best trip I've had. It was wonderful with Charles and seeing the East Coast in the fall.

It was cold. While in PEI we actually saw a snowflake and the wind was so strong that I couldn't keep my umbrella from going inside out! I really liked Halifax...and a lot of that probably had to do with it being sunny and of course we were able to get around a bit more. The Portland, Maine lobster was to die for! We had our first one in Halifax. We went to a store, a lot like Met Market and asked the fish monger where to get the best lobster in town...he said with him. He actually picked us out a lobster from the tank, went in the back and cooked, cleaned and served it to us. He also made some garlic butter. It was amazing....then onto Portland. We could see all the many, many lobster pot markers, everywhere. We went to the art museum to see an N C Wyeth exhibit and the art docent there told us of a "hole in the wall" chower house to get a great meal. We ate like pigs. Fortunately we shared so we could have a taste of many choices. Clam chowder, clam cake, fried clams and our own lobster. Now this lobster was fabulous! I guess it does make a difference about the temperature of the waters etc...this was great and the city was so pretty. My future trip will be to fly into Portland and rent a car to cruise around the states and then see the Andrew Wyeth museum while eating lobster all along the way.

Being home....was a lovely treat of having my family take such good care of our dog. Georgia had some medical issues and everyone participated while I was gone. Thank you. We came through the garage coming home (after picking Georgia up from Taylor and Daves) and my new laundry room is gorgeous. Unfortunately, the floor was still tacky and now David will have to do some touch up where we walked. But, the cabinets he built and my new folding table, the walls, trim etc are great. I can hardly wait until everyone sees it!

Today, I will be cleaning floors, shampooing carpets and hopefully rake leaves. I feel the need to get the house back in order and having Abner and Chloe cooped up here for almost two weeks, was enough to make the house smell like an animal lived here! Not good!

Great again to be home, great trip and Sunday dinner is scheduled!