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Judy and Sheila's Excellent Adventure: Home Stretch

Well...sad as we were to leave...we are also glad to be home safely! We left Lubbock by 10 this morning and were home safely a little after 4 today!  We chose the small town route...a scenic route...other than the Interstate and it was certainly more interesting viewing.

I downloaded my pictures today and am very excited to report most are quite good and am going to print some picture books with my Creative Memories Consultant, Deb Ramsey. That way they are recorded for all time!!!

My generous husband...for providing me this opportunity...and I were recapping the trip and how it has expanded my viewpoints on our America the Beautiful. Truly, we were in three of the most beautiful places in America for sure. The Grand Canyon...Sedona...and Santa Fe. All three different, but all three very special indeed. Then add in...The London Bridge, The Meteor Crater, Albuquerque, etc....and you have the best that the Southwest has to offer!!!

I must admit...I was happy to see my Texas State sign...and I will always be! Since coming home, in addition to doing laundry, unpacking, and just settling in...my husband and I watched our Texas Rangers win and are catching up from the past 8 days! I don't think I have stopped smiling since I have been home!

Judy is such a special friend and I am so fortunate to have had her ask for a traveling companion...she is a genius at booking our accomodations, did all the driving...and picked out some excellent wines for us to enjoy! She packed Power Bars for snacks, always was ready for an adventure...and is so easy to travel with, I am the one that was truly blessed by this trip!!

Lesson Learned from today: Always take the time to get to truly know and love those whom you call friends...and be ready for an adventure in your life...you never know where it will take you!

I will leave you with a quote from Georgia O'Keeffe, " Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant.  It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest."

I raise my glass of Malbec to you...and say God Bless,

Sheila Williamson
www.sheilasenergy.igniteinc.biz
www.sheilasenergy.cleannation.biz
ignitewithsheila@gmail.com

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