A big thanks to my friend, Gene!!!

I'm back...but too tired to reply to all 24 comments on the post Gene did for me!! Wow...that Ol' Hoss sure is popular.

First of all, I didn't know my state (Connecticut) now owned the city of Providence, Rhode Island. It's really a lovely city, by the way. They actually do have gondola rides (if you ever watched the television show and wondered). They also have some pretty hot looking firemen!!

I read the first part of Gene's post to my New Hampshire date and he agreed that he was a lucky guy. The three days in the White Mountains were wonderful. Weather was gorgeous...almost TOO warm. I didn't use any of the sweaters, sweatshirts or turtlenecks I brought! The resort was very nice and we had a balcony room overlooking the mountains. We did a TON of hiking, going somewhere new every day. We took two different cable car rides up to the top of mountains, we saw lots of waterfalls and took a whole bunch of pictures. (I'll post some more later this week.)

Paul doesn't snore or hog the bed (although a king sized bed is HUGE...you could lose a person in there!!) and didn't seem horrified by my first-thing-in-the-morning appearance. We had a wonderful time and it will be extremely difficult to wait until the weekend to see him again. I've gotten very spoiled by having him around 24-hours a day for three days.

My daughter did fine holding down the fort while I was away and the only major incident was the death of "Paul" the turtle. (Remember the two turtles we smuggled home from Florida?) Henry seems to be holding his own. Let's hope whatever illness got hold of Paul does not also infect Henry.

Gotta get some sleep!!!

Kira/Tom: Emails to follow.
Hoss: Thanks for posting for me. I'll catch up with you on Messenger soon.
Poopie: I'll see if Paul's got a single friend for you.