annual thanksgiving trip

We're off this morning for our annual pilgrimage to New York and New Jersey.

For the past two years, Cody has come with us. In 2005, it was right after Buster died, and we couldn't bear to leave her alone. Then we had such fun traveling with her, and she was such a big hit with our family, we brought her again in 2006. On the way home from last year's trip, we met Tala!

But now we are a family of four again, and there's no way we can stay at my mom's apartment with two dogs, one of them young, energetic and full of white fur! Plus, Cody is really too old to enjoy a ten-hour car ride. So both pups will be home with Ellen The Amazing Dogsitter.

I am excited about seeing my mom, my sibs and sibs-in-law, and our wonderful nieces and nephews, who will be in from various locales around the continent.

An item from the I Know I Shouldn't Dignify This With A Response But I Can't Seem To Help Myself Department. When we went to Vermont for our friend Ray's wedding, and visited other family there and in western Mass, an annoying blogger ragged on me for taking vacations in the US instead of Canada. Note to world: time and money are not unlimited. I plan to travel in Canada as much as I can, and with any luck, I have a long life ahead of me to do so. Meanwhile, people we love live in the US and we don't plan to stop seeing them. Sheesh. Get over yourself.

To the rest of you, have a great week. I'll probably blog a bit from my mom's.

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