Our fairy tale story is over.  We had lunch at a Tia place near Sonoma’s.  The limo soon arrived and took us back to the Airport.  The line was long but we made our flight ok.  It was good to be back in Gainesville.  My 15 minutes of fame was over.  It was a great [...]

I’ve never been to a “Ball” before.  I envisioned a large room with lots of beautifully decorated tables and people doing the waltz.  Kinda like Cinderella.  I wasn’t sure if my dress would be considered a Ball Gown or not.  Everyone wanted to know what dress I was going to wear.  I got my dress from [...]

I still get emotional when I think of this day.  Why……I’m not sure but I’m not alone.  CNN had contacted me earlier and had arranged for a car to pick Chris and I up at our hotel.  They wanted us to come to their studio and do an interview.  This was exciting!  We had to [...]

One great piece of news I received when I arrived at our hotel was that we were invited to the Bipartisan Dinner honoring Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden.  This event was tonight at the Union Station.  Our names were on the list!  It sure beats watching Two and a Half Men on Monday nights.  Sorry Charlie.
Chris and [...]

By the time I got to work Linda informed me that I was going to be on the Today Show!  Well I don’t watch it but I do love Meredith!  The Today show would be calling me later.  By this time my phone was ringing off the hook.  Maribeth (my property manager and only employee) [...]

Not knowing anything about DC I stopped at the front desk to ask about some local restaurants.  Good news, the one I wanted to try was just around the corner.  It was called Sonoma.  I took off on foot and couldn’t find the damn thing anywhere.  I must have walked around for an hour.  I [...]

All bundled up and on the shuttle bus by 8:15 am I was ready to start my DC adventures on my own.  Chris wouldn’t arrive from Phoenix until later that evening.  I had the video camera that Entertainment Tonight sent me in my pocket as well as my own.  The shuttle bus was empty!  One [...]

I ran to the office this morning to retrieve my long underwear stored there.  Then I had to drop off my dress to have it hemmed.  I was hoping she would do it at this late notice.  Ran to Circuit City to buy a video camera.  It was busy.  I guess everyone thought since it [...]

I’ve never been to Washington before.  When I tell people that they say “Your kidding!”.  I guess I should have made the trip before (after all I’m fifty) but just never did.  I ‘ve been to Ireland, Paris, Japan, London and even Jordan (I got to meet Queen Noor).  I’ve been all over the US [...]