We Are In California...Our Luggage Is In Atlanta!

I'm not complaining. We made it safely to CA LATE Friday. Actually, by the time we got to Don and Kathleen's, it was EARLY Saturday. Our bags, well, they elected to stay on in Atlanta (where we connected from Raleigh).

So, the travel was a bit of travel from hell. Delays, delays, delays. Our flight from RDU was supposed to leave at 4:30; it left at 7:00. We made it to Atlanta and barely made it onto our flight to Ontario. The pilot, coming from Miami, was delayed as well. But, we took off around 9:30.

After a LONG flight (4 1/2 hours), we landed safely. We got to baggage; our bags did not make it onto the plane. We filed our claim and went to the rental car place.

After filling out the paperwork and such, the rental car person said, "Just walk outside to the compact car area and take any car". So, we did; problem. No cars! We ended up (at no extra charge) with a full-size. Chevy Impala. Whoa.

Anyway, our baggage did not make it to Ontario until 9:00 last night. So, we had to make a trip to Target for some essentials, since it was 90+ degrees here yesterday and all we had were jeans, heavy shirts, jackets and boots.

And, no make-up.

Anyway, despite the suitcase snafu, we've been having a great time so far. D&K took us to their winery, Ponte (meaning, they are members there). Wonderful place; lots of wine tasting, an excellent lunch, more wine tasting, etc.

Then, home for visiting/chatting/listening to 80s music and chair dancing (by which I mean me and Kathleen bopping to the music sitting ALONE in our chairs; not the other! Get your minds out of the gutter!) Lots of laughs! Then, out for Jack in the Box tacos and curly fries (none better anywhere and the only JITB near us is in South Carolina).

We played Euchre; girls vs. guys which I was a bit concerned about since K and I were up against the Euchre sharks. But, we beat 'em. Both games (two was enough for them).

I just contacted Delta and our bags will be here at 11:00 this morning. Not sure what we're up to today, but, at least we'll have our stuff.

And, we'll head down to the resort later this afternoon to check-in and continue our vacation.

Just wanted to give y'all an update/Mrs. B fix!

Mrs. B

UPDATES UPDATES UPDATES

So, before we jaunt off to Puerto Vallarta on Wednesday, I thought I'd update y'all on the things we've been dealing with over the past 1 1/2 years (some longer than others, obviously!)

Floors

The longest drawn out hassle of them all! But, I'm happy to write that, as of Friday, we signed off on the new floor. And, look ma, no swirls!

Where the worst of the swirls/smudges were...gone!

Former Idiot Tenants

Although they swore up and down that they didn't have enough money to settle with us, I guess our demands to put a deed of trust against their current house (which they all three jointly own) to secure their debt to us freaked them out sufficiently that they elected to settle with us. So, we received a nice lump sum check last week. And, no worries; the money went first to the law firm, then, the law firm cut us a check, so, the funds are good! We certainly are happy to see the tail-end of this problem. And, oh by the way, I sent an email to the PMC informing them of this happy outcome. No response.

Exploding Wine

I contacted the winery and they were very apologetic. Within two days, they'd sent me FOUR bottles of the wine we originally ordered (we didn't ask for the exploding peach crap in the first place). We drank a bottle of it last night and it seemed to be in perfect "working order"!

Now, off to brother Jon's for a quick visit (and to drop off a batch of burritos) and then on to a Durham Bulls game.

Ciao!

Mrs. B