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Some Thoughts from 30,000 Feet

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Renee Spindle

This post was penned a few weeks ago, while I was on the plane with Travel Man going back to Illinois to see our family. I wanted to share it with all of you because we were having so much fun together, and I always love sharing tales of my Travel Guy’s crazy work lifestyle.

June 20, 2013: This weekend Travel Man and I are actually taking a little vacation trip together. Yay!! I’m writing this post from 30,000 feet somewhere between Denver and Milwaukee. It is so nice to see Travel Man relaxed, laughing, and smiling.

He has had a harried three weeks. He’s been through or in the airports in these cities:

Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Denver
Philadelphia
Chicago Midway
Toronto

So needless to say he’s been making the “rounds” so to speak. He’s been in a lot of airports, and had lots of rides in “tubes”. That’s my new catch phrase for his airplane travel, or should I say where his office is located!!

He’s been getting a little burnt out on the airport/airplane routine. He’ll ask me, “What day is it?, or Where was I last week?”. Thank goodness for our electronic calendars. That’s how we keep track of all of his travels.

Getting to take a trip just for family and fun is just plain good medicine for his soul right now. Plus we get to be together for a few days too!! Bonus!

Travel Man wanted me to write about our travel experiences on Southwest Airlines. I’m saving that post for another day. Today is about how great it is to be able to spend time with my husband. Every trip we take no, matter how big or small becomes an adventure with him. He’s a professional people watcher, because he’s in airports and amongst the crowds so much. He loves to try to guess where people are going, or which person belongs with who, or what their life story is. It can really be entertaining.

This weekend we are heading to Illinois to celebrate my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. We are looking forward to some big hugs, lots of gabbing, and then some more hugs. My parents are there, and my brother and sister are joining us too. I think it’s the first time we’ve all been in Illinois together since 1986.

This weekend I am determined to get the story of how my grandparents met committed to paper or some sort of electronic device. A story that I want to have for posterity’s sake, and for all the grandkids to hear.

More on our weekend travels soon. Memories will be made, pictures will be posted, and then the long, goodbye hugs will be upon us.

Postscript: As you can probably tell I wrote this post prior to my Dad’s unexpected passing. See my post from July 4, 2013. Little did any of us know that fate brought us all together with my grandparents one last time.

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Happy Father’s Day, Dad

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Renee Spindle

My Dad’s baby picture. He’s ever so handsome.

This Father’s Day our family is a little scattered. My parents are visiting family in Illinois, and Travel Man just got on a plane for Philadelphia. So today we won’t be having the usual family get together, and that’s ok. Times change, everyone is on the go, and life rolls on.

However, today I wanted to send some love out to my Dad, and share a few insights with you. I was going to write a post about “Dadisms”, and make a list of things that I could remember my Dad saying growing up. But my list became very short because there are only two meaningful “Dadisms” that will always bring my Dad to mind.

The first one was “It’s natural to be nervous”. Remember those times when you had to make a speech in front of the class at school, or you were about to do something that took you totally out of your comfort zone? That’s when my Dad would chime in, in his calm and caring voice, “It’s natural to be nervous”. Those simple words would put my mind at ease, and I knew everything would be ok.

The second “Dadism” which was an endless source of entertainment for us was a famous Rodney Dangerfield line, “I get no respect.” My Dad used this line over and over when we were in our twenties. We would gang up on him with smart alack remarks and sarcasm, especially at the family parties. Eventually at some point during our get together we’d heard my Dad saying, “I get no respect around here.”

My Dad, he’s the family CEO, the rock of Gibraltar, and the calm in the storm. There are so many things he’s done for our family I could be here all day making a list. For me, I just want him to know how big an influence he has been in all our lives. My greatest wish is for my own sons is to be as fine a man as my Dad.

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An Unexpected Lunch Date

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Renee Spindle

My parents are travelling across the country this week to visit my grandparents in Illinois. Travel Man is working in Sioux Falls, South Dakota this week. Ironically, my parents happened to be driving right through Sioux Falls today, and were able to hook up with Travel Man for a quick-lunch. What are the chances that the stars would align, and this would happen. It’s a kismet, karma kind of thing.

I think it was all meant to be. You see my siblings and I, and Travel Man were worried about our parentals taking this driving trip. And to Mom and Dad, when you read this blog post, you have to know we were worrying about you.

If you have been following my blog for any length of time you know that my Dad is winning his battle with Stage 4 lung cancer!! He’s been doing some alternative chemotherapy since last June, and he’s winning the fight. His strength and endurance are not yet 100%, but his will and his attitude are at 150% plus.

Never the less being the good kids that we are we were worried about them taking this drive. We put our minds at ease knowing that if they had any trouble while they were on the road we were just a plane ride and a car drive away. There was also this little thing of thinking that we could tell our Dad what to do. Ha! That would definitely not be happening.

So, as of this writing they have already been on the road for ten days. They visited my sister and her husband in Montana, and stopped in South Dakota for a day of rest, and driver’s license renewals. Next, they are on their way to Illinois to see the grandparents. All in all a good trip for them so far. Any worries that we all had we are just tucking under our chairs, and wishing them safe travels. For me, my parents adventure is a great lesson in perseverance. Doing what you want to do, when you want to, and not letting anything stop you in your tracks.

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Back on the Road with Travel Man

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Renee Spindle

I’m on the road with Travel Man this week. Yesterday we took a short flight to the Sacramento airport. Only a little over an hour in the air (we call these up/downs). Everything went fine. Flight was good, got in just a tad late, walked through the terminal to get ourselves to baggage claim.

Oh wait, and before we mosied over to baggage claim Travel Man had to make a mad dash back on the plane. He left his Nexxus tablet in the seat back (this never, ever happens to him). He tried to claim I distracted his “normal” flight check routine. The nerve!!

Now we’re at the baggage claim waiting for our suitcases. Travel Man tells me a little story he read about suitcases being stolen right from the baggage carousel. We’re still waiting for our bags. Finally here comes the big Travel Man bag, his tool box, and we spot my bag with the pink luggage tag at the top of the carousel. Travel Man’s bags come around the carousel no problem, and then we’re waiting for my bag. Waiting, waiting and no bag. So, Travel Man booked it into high gear around the other side of the carousel. I’m watching the people leaving to make sure my bag with the pink tag is not rolling out the door without me. Travel Man gets to the other side of the carousel, and my bag was just sitting on the floor, off of the carousel. The nerve of some people. Someone took my bag off of the carousel, realized it was not their bag, and just left it sitting there. Luckily we were pay attention, and my Super Traveler rescued my bag from the perils of some other fate.

Thought for the day – always pay attention to your belongings when you are on the road. Oh and don’t leave home with out a Travel Man!!

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Our House got a “Reboot”

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Renee Spindle

This past weekend Travel Man and I decided it would be a good time to knock some items off of our “Things to get done Around the House” list. I don’t really call this list our “Honey-Do” list, because a lot of times we work on the list together. Especially if it is something I don’t really know how to do, or want to learn to do.

On this particular Saturday, Travel Man was putting up a ceiling medallion in our bedroom around the ceiling fan. This required the power to the electric circuit in our bedroom to be turned off. The circuits in our house are just a bit quirky, and on the electrical panel some of our circuits were labeled and some were not. This issue of course has now been corrected.

We formed a little family assembly line so that when the power to our bedroom was off, I yelled to our daughter whether or not the power was cut, and she relayed the message to Travel Man outside. A little back note here; our ceiling fan can run with or without the light on. I did not have the light turned on when we started this relay process. Travel Man had gone through almost all of the circuits or more before we, or should I say, I realized that it would be easier if I had the light turned on to tell when the power was cut. We went through the entire electrical panel, and back to the very first circuit before the power was cut. Ooopsy doodle, I should have turned the light on much, much sooner. It would have saved my guy the trouble of flipping all of the switches in the entire panel.

After we were all done just getting the power shut off, the ceiling medallion was in place and the power was back on, I said, “Hey, we actually re-booted the house today!” I’m pretty sure Travel Man laughed at that one, and told me I should write a blog post about our adventure. So I did.

Many times, the time that Travel Man and I spend around the house together is limited. Sometimes we choose to focus on the house , and make the most of that time and get a few needed repairs done. Other times we don’t worry about the fixes around the house and we just focus on us spending some time together. That’s when we usually go to Disneyland to do some serious people watching.

How’s your “Things to get done around the House” list going? What’s the last thing in your house that got repaired or updated?

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