My Visitor From England

I had a great visit with my friend Cathy from England. She got to stay 2 extra nights due to that snowstorm that many folks had. Her flight was cancelled on Sunday the 9th and rescheduled for Tuesday the 11th. I've just had an e-mail letting me know she made it home safely. She flew from Lexington, KY to Newark, and then from there to Manchester, England. She said the flight was delayed at Newark and they ran into wind sheer when trying to land in Manchester. The pilot had to go back up above the clouds and then managed to land safely. She said some people were crying and some were actually sick. She said she put her hands over her ears and closed her eyes tight!

We hit it off perfectly. Cathy was easy to get along with and we had many good laughs. Everyone that met her loved her. We did many things but we were limited to what we could do due to my having to take care of my husband. He did very well and did not complain when we left him alone for longer than normal periods. As with everyone else he loved Cathy too!!


Everywhere we went no one could believe that she has a son that is almost 17 years old and that she is in her 40's! She certainly doesn't look it. Everyone guessed she was 18 or in her early 20's.







We did quite a bit of eating out. I have to say that I did not do much cooking. She got to eat gravy and biscuits for the first time ever! She liked them. In the picture of me you can see the biscuits and the bowl of gravy. That was at a Bob Evan's Restaurant.

We went to the spa for facials and manicures. Neither one of us had ever had one of those and it could become habit forming! The facial included the back as well. They had several different facials to choose from and that one included the back. I sure did enjoy that. They rubbed these different creams on you and then put really hot towels on. It all felt great. After the back was done then we flipped over for the facial. If you have never had one then I highly recommend it. Even for you men!! You would love it!! Below is Cathy standing in front of the Woodhouse Spa. After the facials we got the manicures. Our nails never looked nicer! It was certainly a treat for both of us!

Here we were in our robes waiting in the 'quiet room' while sipping raspberry tea. They also gave us these neat sandals to wear and they felt great!

We went to my nephew's house for supper on Friday. His wife had cooked all southern food. She had chicken and dumplings, cheese grits, collard greens, pinto beans, cornbread, pickled okra, fried green tomatoes, and fried potatoes. I think I mentioned everything. Then for dessert she had Derby pie, pecan pie, and cherry cobbler ala mode. We were well stuffed when we left there. They really loved Cathy and my great niece was thrilled to have her visit!! Cathy gave her some money from England and answered all her many questions about different things over there.

As we were leaving my nephew's house they were saying that the rain would change to snow. He walked outside before we left to see what the weather was doing. His deck was frozen solid with ice. He helped Cathy off the porch and I sort of slid behind them hanging onto their coattails. Cathy got tickled and we laughed so hard that I almost peed my pants.

The weather when she was here included a bit of everything. We had some sun, a pretty hefty thunderstorm that mostly was wind and rain, and then about 3 inches of snow on top of some ice. The snow didn't last very long since it warmed up fairly soon.

She was due to fly home on Sunday and I drove her to the airport only to be told that the flight was cancelled. So she got to come back home with me for another 2 nights! On Monday it was pretty nice but mostly cloudy. I took her to Cumberland Falls and we stopped at a couple of gift shops and some craft stores on the way home. The Falls was really roaring since the river was up from all the rain and the snowmelt.

It was really a nice, nice, nice visit!! I think she enjoyed her visit and she might come back again sometime. I certainly hope so!!