The last month or so has been extreamly busy for me and unfortunatly except for one evening un-kilted. Started with a trip to Iowa for Thanksgiving to visit my daughter with her 2 children, my son and his wife, my Aunt while my parents were visiting her and my Father-in-law.

My daughter's BF gave her an engagement ring while we were there (more later about that!).

My daughter-in-law did NOT deliver my newest grandson while we were there.

Great visit with Livingston the Elder and family.

Still concerned about my FIL and his growing inability to remember where he is and what is going on. He still thinks it was recent-2 weeks- that he lost his wife (last July), is 87 and is very irate about loosing his drivers license etc. Time will tell on this situation.

The following week was in DC all week for a planning team planning session/training and got the phone call the first day that Livingston the Youngest decided it was time to show up

The next week was in Orlando for most of the week for the I/ITSEC show which is a military training/simulation show for all of the vendors etc that work with the US military. Went to a Scottish night put on by BEA with loads of Scotch and a mini-Burns night. The one kilted part of the month.

Dad's 80th was the 18th so was up in Estes Park for 5 days, back to work for 2 days...wait a minute. The blizzard came thru the first day so only did 4 hours then 2 days of getting rid of snow. Back to Estes for Christmas and then back here for more snow shoveling.

Ok, back to my daughter. She is getting married next spring and is thinking very seriously about a Scottish theme for the wedding. She really likes the Scottish wedding dresses she has looked at on line. I've been told to make sure my kilt is ready and that I have all the accessories needed. Oh, FYI, she is also 1/4 Creek Indian so not sure what her mother (my ex who is also a Ross) thinks. She would like for me to find a piper in the Des Moines, IA, area she can talk to and find out if she would like the pipes during the wedding. So, if there are any pipers in central Iowa out there, could you PM me to discuss?

Can't WAIT to get back to work next week so I can relax.