Elaine’s Place

Seems I haven’t done much blogging lately due to road trips. But then again isn’t that what summers are all about? My trip to Ohio was wonderful, I got to spend time with my Father, Brother and S-I-L and of course my best friend Mary Jane.  I even managed to squeeze in a visit with [...]

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Being a person who does a fair amount of air travel with spouse who does even more we’ve both had our share of sitting in airports and looking at the monitors for delays and cancellations. Forbes came out with their list of top 10 worst airports for 2007. The list was based on delays related [...]

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I’m in the midst of packing for my flight tomorrow to NC where my Daughter and S-I-L live. They are attending a wedding this weekend on Long Island which means I finally get to baby-sit!! This will be parents first time away from the baby who is almost 5 months old and first time for [...]

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The Department of Homeland Security comes under fire for this one, and rightly so!! A Texas woman was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane.
Hamlin, 37, said she was trying to board a flight from Lubbock to Dallas on Feb. 24 when she was scanned by a [...]

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Finally getting out of this cold and snowy state, what a winter from hell this has been! We got another 4-6 inches of snow today on top of what we already have. I cannot wait to peel off the layers of winter clothes and feel sunshine again. Take care everyone  ~~ I’ll be back online [...]

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I am back in Michigan after spending the week in North Carolina. My flights were uneventful and on time which is always an added bonus. Plus I wasn’t seated anywhere near the bathroom, double bonus for that one :-)  On the way back there was an elderly gentleman in front of me going through security. [...]

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Just a quick post to let you know I’ll be gone for the rest of the week. Leaving tomorrow morning for NC. Baby Cora will be 4 weeks old and it’s been 3 since I’ve last seen her. I can’t wait to see how much she has changed in 3 weeks! The only downside to [...]

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Did you think I up and disappeared on you? For those that follow my blog you know that I was anxiously awaiting for “the call”.  It came on New Year’s Eve around 5:00 saying she had been in labor all day and was heading to the hospital.  Well that certainly put hubby and me in [...]

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Thanksgiving is over and I am back in Michigan. What a lot of traveling in the last few days, about 1400 miles of driving. Poor hub still has to get back to DC today so his traveling is not over yet.
All went well in North Carolina. It was wonderful seeing Sarah and her husband again [...]

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Hello my friends. Once again I am hitting the road tomorrow for Thanksgiving traveling. Not sure which is worse, flying or driving? Since we’re going to be gone several days we’re going with driving. While watching the NBC evening news tonight there was a segment on holiday/travel/flying/TSA and how to speed up the boarding [...]

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