Atlanta Trip and Ray

You all know by now that Ray Hammersley died this am at 10:30 ish. If any of you want to get together for a memorial bouquet, let me know.
Atlanta what can we say. Tom and Jan were amazing host and hostess and I will post some pics.
We saw Bonnie of course who hosted Kathe and I and her 3 children to her famous home cooked spaghetti meal after we stuffed ourselves with Tom and Jan. We also visited CNN building and hung out in downtown Atlanta as well as slept and sat on the rocker and under their deck tent and had lots of good down time as well. We tasted some of the best BBQ Ribs ever at Jan's son's restaurant. We got to skype with Mike and Pat and MJ a couple of times as well. Laura gave us a reflexology treatment and Tom gave us massages and then turned the hot tub over to us in the evenings. AHHHHH now back to reality.....The best part is Kathe and I are still speaking!!
Julie and Bev arrive tonight for the Festival Fun and my house took hours to clean before they came as I had some rehabbing repairs done to the house while away.Now I am running errands and staying cool in the Chicago heat. Phil Fleege and Ann Smith had birthdays as Geni probably let all of you know.
OCTOBER COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND : YOU are all invited to drive Chicago way the weekend of Columbus Day. Mary and Ed, Jo and Bob, we are hoping Tom and Jan are so far on board. Mike and Ed and Fred, let us know if you are at all available. What to do? Just visit and hang out....no bigger plans than that. We all have enough bedrooms but let us all know who needs what....Gotta run to apple to fix some computer issues...Love to all!!