While Sue was in Chicago, she was driving Aunt June around town to run some errands and her car overheated.  She took it to a Chicago auto repair shop and they told her that she needed a new water pump.  I had to give Sue my credit card information so she could get the car fixed.  That’s one of the drawbacks to taking your own car on a trip!  Maybe next time she’ll rent a car for the trip.  Getting a rental with unlimited mileage just might be the best way to go; if it breaks down you don’t have to pay to get it fixed, you just trade it in for a different rental car and you’re on your way!

The saab company is a Swedish company, and they got their start making air plane engines.  When I was very young my parents bought a saab.  It ran a very long time and they ended up giving it to my older sister for her high school graduation present.  I always thought it was a funny looking little car, and it only had three cylinders, which made it sound funny.  My parents loved it though, and it served the family well.  When they gave it to my sister they bought a new one for themselves.  I remember learning how to drive in that car – it had a feature in it that my father called “free wheeling” which meant that even though it was a manual transmission if it was put in “free wheeling” mode it would not stall out if the driver wasn’t using the clutch properly.  Looking back, I think that was a fantastic car to learn to drive in!  I wonder if all the saabs still have that feature!

I’ve always been partial to suvs, though.  The biggest drawback to them is that so many of them don’t get good gas mileage.  I think that the reason I’ve liked them is that they are roomy, like the station wagons we had when we were growing up.

The very first time I went on a group skiing holiday like that the other skiiers encouraged me to take skiing lessons.  Since the cost of a couple of lessons was included in the cost of the entire trip I readily agreed.  I could not believe how much my skiing improved after only one lesson!  By the end of the first lesson I had moved from the bunny trails to the intermediate trails.  By the end of the second lesson I was introduced to the expert trails.  If I had known that taking a few lessons would have improved my skiing so much, and so quickly, I would have tried to take lessons much sooner!

His wife Sara goes with him every year, but she doesn’t play golf every day the way Jeff does.  She likes to spend some time on the beach and going to some of the dinner theater shows and theme parks in the area too.  They try to take some of their grandchildren with them some of the time so that they can go to the amusement parks too.  Jeff and Sara have been trying to talk us into going with them on their next vacation trip.  I’m not a golfer, but I think I’d like to spend some time on the beach and go to some of the shows!

So from what I understand, we will have a choice between a couple of different Myrtle Beach Resorts if my hubby wins the contest!  I’m going to have to check into the different Myrtle Beach Hotels and see which ones are the closest to the beach and the dinner shows.  I’m not particularly interested in playing golf, but I sure would love spending some time relaxing on the beach and going to some of the great shows or amusement parks that are in the area!

So what should have been only a few minutes wait actually ended up being a two hour wait.  That stupid arrival board never did update the information to show that the plane had taken off or a new arrival time!  Very aggravating!  But eventually CiCi’s plane arrived, and we brought her home, safe and sound.  Looking forward to spending some quality time visiting with her!

I’d love to stay in one of the Oceanfront Myrtle Beach Hotels that have a condo type of set-up where we each have our own bedroom along with a shared kitchen and living room.  That way if we don’t feel like going out to eat we can eat right there and be comfortable.  And it would be terrific to be able to be right on the edge of the shore, being able to just go out and be right there; no lugging of coolers and folding chairs.  That’s the kind of luxury I could really go for!

She wanted one that was going to be convenient to the beach – in fact she wanted to not even have to cross a street to get to the beach – just walk out of the hotel and be right there.  I can understand wanting to do that; I’ve gone to the beach before and had to lug all of my stuff long distances to get there, and it really is an annoyance to have to do that.  In fact, that is one of the reasons why I don’t go to the beach – it is a huge effort to get there! 

At the last minute Peggy’s hubby decided not to go to the beach with them, claiming not to feel well.  Peggy went anyway, taking her daughter with her!  If that had been me, I would have stayed home with my hubby to take care of him and tried to reschedule my vacation.  But Peggy decided that the pull of the ocean and the need for a vacation was too strong and left hubby behind. I’ll bet that she had more fun with him staying home anyway!