Home--for a Moment!

Well, we got up this morning and Gayle took us to the airport so we could head on home. The weather was gorgeous and the flight was uneventful and smooth, which is always nice. We stayed VFR and we stayed low to best help with Kaylee's ears. We lost an hour, so we got home around 12:30 pm our time. Steve had a flight right after we got our stuff unpacked at home, and then he got to head to Muncie with Nathan in the Cheyenne and a student of Steve's got to ride in the back. I'm sure everybody had fun. :)

Me, I stayed home and tried to get ready for Round Three coming up tomorrow. I've washed our dirty laundry, repacked my and Kaylee's bags, done a round of dishes, cleaned out the cat litterbox and the trash, gone through a HUGE stack of mail, did my photos from Christmas in Missouri (I can't believe how few photos I took this year!), etc. I still have Christmas presents to put away and a lot of mess still that will be waiting for us when we come back from Tennessee, but I think at least we'll make it to TN tomorrow!

However, whether or not Roadie survives me coming home again is another question. I was running errands today--post office, bank, etc., and I kept smelling poop. Finally I found it on my shoe, and got it scraped off in the grass at my next stop. When I got home, I thought it must have been in the grass, so I avoided the grass. But oh no. Roadie had pried open our coat closet and used it for her litterbox the entire time we were gone. I had stepped in a more fresh one when I reached in with the light off to grab a coat. I could have killed her. I briefly considered it. Something is going to change, she is NOT going to use our carpet for her litterbox. I got it all cleaned up, and sprayed some "go-away-cat" spray in there in case she wants to use it again. She's still trying to cuddle up to me and I'm still ticked off at her. If she wants to be a wild cat and poop wherever she wants, then she can go be a wild cat somewhere else.

I took some photos of Kaylee in front of our Christmas tree, but I'm going to make her pose again later while I aim for that photo that just stands out and says "wow, that's a great one!" :) Here's one of my cutie! I did get the Christmas photos I've taken of her so far up at Kaylee's site at http://www.kayleestants.com/christmas06.htm and http://www.kayleestants.com/christmas06b.htm.

Tomorrow we hop in the Bellanca and head to Tennessee. Here's hoping for good weather, and a fun time to be had by all! I know Kaylee will just love being around her cousins for several days straight here...and then she will be a bear to get along with for awhile as she'll be used to her Grandma and her cousins giving her their undivided attention for so long! She's a lucky girl. :)