Buenos Aires

I am in Argentina today, flying a 7 day trip. Great crew, a few mishaps the first day, with us having to stay in New York for an extra day, due to our airplane's left filangi being broken, which meant our layover in Buenos Aires was cut down to only 20 hours...
It is kinda weird, knowing that this is probably the last time I will be flying over the rainforest, maybe my last time flying to South America, but it is also nice to know that soon I wil not have to put on that awful blue polyester uniform, encounter the worst turbulence ( always around South America) and spending time in boring hotel rooms...
Flying back to New York tonight, and then a quick St Maarten turn and then trying to get on a flight back to my beloved New Orleans...

Goodbye

My other job has offered all of us a "buy out" .It is a little bit of money, I would get "retirement travel privileges"  which means Vincent and I can travel for free whenever we want...but no health insurance, as I am not 55 yet (bummer!)
We have been going back and forth about me taking this buy out,and today we have finally decided that I will take it.
The B&B is getting very busy (even in the slow season!) and Vincent can not do this alone anymore. We really need 2 full time innkeepers, and with me galavanting off to Chicago every two weeks is just not feasible any more.I just took two months of work, and realized that I love being an innkeeper more than being a flight attendant, and frankly, 21 years at this company is enough.
I truly love New Orleans like no other place on earth, and leaving it makes me depressed. My love for the B&B is very strong, and it has become our baby.
Not having health insurance is a very scary thought, but you can not let your fears stop you from living your life.We have talked to the owners about this, and they are looking into getting us some sort of health insurance.
Besides my mom is 75, and has never seen a doctor in her life.Same thing for my sister.My brother I do not know, and Vincent's parents are in their 80's and doing just fine!
So there.
I will be putting in for the buy out tomorrow, when I go back to work, and will be in Chicago.
MY last day of being a flight attendant should be August 31 2012,but that date can still change.
GOODBYE ****** airlines.

Vincent

My beautiful husband...

Mr Robert

Mr Robert, our wonderful handyman.We would be lost without him!

video will make you dizzy

I took a video of the wedding brunch we had recently.I wanted to make sure we had Brynna's masterpiece captured on video...however I am a lousy video taker, and watching this will make you dizzy!

Wedding Brunch

We recently had a couple,who hosted their wedding brunch at the JQ...Brynna was absolutely amazing, and needs to set up her own wedding/event planning business.She is a star.Both Vincent and I were just sitting back with a glass of wine, watching her put this amazing thing into action...WOW!

The Harley and interesting guests

The other day we had a wonderful retired couple staying with us.He was a retired prison guard, and decided to go and tour the USA with his Harley, and Kitten his wife.So much fun!
We have been meeting such interesting guests recently.Seth, the British lawyer,who works for the U.N in Kenya and Somalia.Whenever there are tribal wars going on, he goes in and tries and diffuse the situations.We so enjoyed sitting in the gardens with him,drinking a bottle of wine and talking about life and the world.
and we have an open invitation to come stay with him in Kenya....