Hello everyone! Sorry it has been a while since I last blogged. But it has been a busy these past few weeks.  I took a few days off for the holidays.  It been nice being able to sleep in, read, and relax.  Right now I am just drinking coffee and My mom and I are almost done binge watching The Amazing Race. (Hopefully they will be able to continue to shoot more episodes after the epidemic is over.) 

As most know, I have traveled by myself every summer since I was six to visit my grandparents in Washington state from Texas and vice versa when I went to college. I have been to France, England, and the Philippines. I have traveled for business and  for fun.  So, in preparation for the traveling I know we all want to do once it is safe again. Here are some travel tips.

1. Cooperate with airport officials.

2. Keep your travel documents (passport, tickets, ect) with you at all times.

3. If you have to have a connecting flight, try to make it with the same airlines so the gates won't be too far apart. 

4. If possible find your gate first then  go the restroom, get food, ect if you need to before your flight.  

1st Blog of 2021

 Happy New Years everyone! We all made it to 2021. Sorry it has been a while since I last blogged.  I took time off for the holidays, and honestly I wasn't sure what I wanted to blog about.   But after everything I guess what I want to say is this. Remember we survived everything that happened in 2020, and the new year just started so we still have the chance to make 2021 what we want it to be.  So as we head into the new year, continue to be "excellent to one another." 

-Donna Buse

Let the Christmas countdown begin

Well, another week has passed. At this point, I am just counting down the days until Christmas. I am  looking forward to having a little time off work, and  knowing 2020 is almost at an end.   I try to stay positive with everything going on. But like everyone else there have been days when I am like I got this. There have also been days when  I have been like how much longer is this going to be? 

It has felt weird not  being able to travel or go to conventions like I have in the past few years. So I hope that sometime in 2021 everything will go back to normal. (Or as normal as it can be.) 

So here's to  Thanksgiving leftovers, Christmas trees being decorated, and Christmas lights being put up reminding us that there is a light at the end of this tunnel. 

Be safe, take care of each other, and ofcourse Happy Holidays! 

-Donna

Rainy day weekend

Happy Sunday everyone! Well, Thanksgiving  has come and gone. Thursday I ended up going on a walk that morning. I made my macaroni and cheese recipe and then went to the Bells house for Thanksgiving dinner. After that mom and I saw her friend Lydia, and then my friend Jenn and I walked around downtown to work off our dinner. 

Mom and I where planning to go to Corpus Christi Friday and Saturday. But the weather kept us in San Antonio. But maybe it happened for a reason.  Since mom and I where at home, we got to catch up on more of The Amazing Race, and do a little bit of window shopping for the holidays. So, it was still a nice Thanksgiving Day weekend even though I ended up home bound.  I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day weekend as well.  Remember as the holidays roll around to stay safe and take care of each other. 

-Donna

Sunday night blog

Happy Sunday! The week went by quicker than I thought.   My mom and I have got addicted to the reality show The Amazing Race.  If you haven't seen the show , 12 groups of people are in a race around the world competing for the top prize of a million dollars. It starts and finishes in the United States.  In each country they visit , they have to complete tasks based on the history and culture of the region they are at in order to move on ,and of course the first team who completes the races 13 legs gets the million dollars.  I guess since we aren't encouraged to travel right now, we can watch other people travel and telling taxi cab drivers to go as fast as they can.  It is a definite reminder that we really do have a huge world to explore and I definitely hope to see as much of it that time and money will allow me to. It also reminded that as we get closer to Thanksgiving , we still have a lot to be thankful for. So enjoy the turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce this year everyone. Stay safe, and take care of each other.

-Donna 

How much is too much?

Happy Saturday everyone! My Friday the 13th turned out to be pretty well. I got to go to Santa's Ranch in New Branfuels to look at the Christmas lights there. It was a perfect out of town getaway for the evening. I know it may seem early but my moms friend told us to go early to avoid the crowds.   If I didn't tell you, my lab top was giving me the blue screen  of death when I was trying to log on Wednesday evening. So I gave it to my friends the Bell family to look at . Friday they told me that I can log on again. Yeah! Thank you so much! 

Now that my computer is back it made me wonder how dependent we are on technology because when I got the blue screen I was up until 2/3 in the morning trying to fix it.(I know shows how much I know about computers , right? lol)   Plus, one of the things that will always amaze me is what  we can do in this day and age. With just a few strokes of the keyboard we can connect with a friend, or family member,   have a conference call with the people we work with, and even have food, as well as other items delivered right to our door step. But how much connection is too much? Right now with people having to work remotely, home is now the office as well blurring the lines even more.   As much as technology helps us connect with everyone, it can disconnect us from the people we are close to. So,  don't forget to disconnect and connect with the people around you during this time. Ofcourse, stay safe and take care of each other.

-Donna

Waiting for the world to change

 Happy Sunday everyone!

Well it has been quite the week. My Halloween was nice. My friend Eddie came over, and we  watched Hocus Pocus, and an anime called "Case Closed." It is an anime about a 17 yr old detective who after taking a mysterious drug, is turned into a kid again so he is trying to figure out who turned him into a kid and of course solving mysteries on the way.   Yesterday I was able catch up with a co worker as she put on a birthday party for her grand kids. It made me realize, this year has been a lot of waiting. Waiting for things to open up again, waiting to hear news about the virus, ect.  Just remember, even though everything has seemed to change overnight , there will still be some things that will stay the same. There will still be turkey and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving. There we where still be presents at Christmas time. So to everyone enjoy the upcoming holidays.  Of course stay safe, take care of one another, and save some pumpkin pie for me.

-Donna