June 24, 2017 - Tanya's Summer to Remember trip back east - Day 12

Tanya's Daily Scoop
CURRENTLY TRAVELING IN:
NEW YORK

It's all about visiting

Well hello helloooo.

​It's another weekend and I'm here in New York. Mostly just hanging out with family, as that is the focus of this part of the trip.

Good times, crazy times, and everything in between that comes along with a passionate and opinionated family!

It happened to be mentioned that conversations around the dinner table here at my grandma's are completely different compared to back at home in SoCal.         But ya know what - they are not.
They are so darn similar, and it's the same thing - loud, and just...well...  Kinda crazy!

And I'm not saying that crazy is a bad thing - heck most people who know me consider me crazy!!
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Although yes sometimes crazy can certainly drive me crazy. Crazy is definitely not boring. Crazy is definitely not average. Crazy is my family.

And it's kinda funny because I've been around plenty of other friends, their families, and their dinner tables and it is a far cry from what I'm use to...

They can be boring, they can be mundane, they are definitely not quite so loud and well they just don't come across crazy. But they also lack the closeness and the passion that is US. 

The day can be filled with heated discussions and a roller coaster of emotions but hopefully by the end of the night everyone is laughing and having a good time.

Cracking up and playing cards (c)travelincousins.com

Say CHEESE (c)travelincousins.com

The violent game of SPOONS (c)travelincousins.com

A couple of cousins and Albert had stopped by to visit us and a fun time was had by all. 

Who's gonna win? (c)travelincousins.com

Dave had gone to visit his brothers and have dinner with them.

Funny story: At one point during the day we had bopped on Instagram and watched a video that Jack (Dave's brother) had posted from the Yankees game the night before. Well in the video you can see Carlos and Dave talking behind Jack. And there was a comment on the post where one of Jack's friends had said "Be careful there is a terrorist chilling with a Chinese guy right behind you!"

We all got quite a laugh out of this as my cousin is not a terrorist (although he chooses to look like one) and Dave is not a Chinese guy. Too darn funny. But it goes to show that like the saying goes: You can't Judge a Book by it's Cover.

So anyhow, nothing too exciting to report.
Today we'll be heading upstate and then on over to New Hampshire.

See ya over there.
Tootles,
​-T

Elisa's Daily Scoop

Lovely weekend

Howdy peeps!

A gorgeous Saturday here on Long Island!

Today, Gianna and I got our butts out of bed super early and made our way to the gym for some exercising!

I will admit, it was not a very productive workout in that we didn't do a long one, but we did at least get there and do something!

Now that both kids are out of school, I'm sure we'll be hitting the gym most days and especially the outdoor pool.

Kelsey is still not 100% - can you believe that her cough is still lingering!  Well, part of the problem is that  I give her the "right" foods and she refuses to eat them.  It's very frustrating.

But, we'll see how she is by tomorrow.  I was hoping to spend part of the day at the pool at our fitness center, but in the worst case, Gianna will go with her girlfriend.


As far as my end is concerned I've been doing lots around the house.  The kids' rooms are finally "relatively" clean and organized but now, I have tons of old clothes for donation, now that they have cleared out their drawers and closets.

I'm trying to put a plan together for next week since we will not be traveling to Chicago with Tanya and Cosette.  I have to bring my car in for servicing one day and I'm thinking one of the other days we will head into the city (via Long Island Railroad) to see what play tickets we can get last minute at half-price.

Also, we do have our annual "end of year" trip to Adventureland, that we want to fit in as well.  

I'll keep you posted on that!!

Well folks - that's it - it's a short one for me.

More tomorrow!!

-E
xoxo