We clicked the button and purchased our tickets

This week we finally solidified our travel plans for the holidays and purchased our airplane tickets home. We will be leaving Nantucket and flying straight to Seattle on November 3rd. We will be spending most of our time in Leavenworth helping out our favorite business, The Gingerbread Factory, during their busiest time of the year. We'll also be bouncing back and forth to Seattle several times. Hopefully we can spend Thanksgiving with Michael's brother Chris and family. We both have doctors appointments to make. AND we have tickets to SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE at Comcast Arena in Everett on November 21st. Woohoo! (Guilty Pleasure)

We'll be flying to Idaho on December 18th to spend Christmas with my family. On January 5th, we will be flying to Alabama to spend a month with Anne, Scott, & Tyler. Then in February, it is back to Nantucket.

What else happened this week? I threw my back out on Saturday and spent much of the week in a haze of muscle relaxers and pain killers. Michael transformed the large bedroom into a gym. He moved the treadmill in there and set up the Wii Fit, so it's all ready to go. And...get this...he actually worked out! Isn't that awesome? He almost inspired me to work out. Almost.

Also, my dear friend Kathryn announced that she is traveling to Johannesburg, South Africa this winter with a nonprofit group called, "Artists Striving To End Poverty." This group serves a severely disadvantaged community heavily affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, limited education, unemployment, lack of skills and poor housing. Along with several other artists, she will be providing basic dance, drama, music, poetry and playwriting workshops for the children during their holiday break. Basically, she will be bringing joy to kids who need it. What could be a better Christmas present?!? I've known Kathryn for several years. She is giving and supremely talented. We have acted together in many, many shows. I've shared some of my most memorable and fun moments with her and also some of my most personal and devastating moments. If you feel you can donate to her cause, please consider it. I can't think of a better person or cause. Here is a link to her website: http://www.firstgiving.com/kathrynvanmeter

That's all for now!

Cheers,
Ernest