Mr. Gee.... My Hero

Greetings! I'm back from a five-day Michigan visit. Beth, Katie and I flew to Michigan on June 9th to celebrate my June 10th birthday with my Mom (93) and sister and brother-in-law (plus four dogs and two cats). It was a wonderful visit... and Mr. Gee outdid himself, showing us around and helping us get to where we needed to be.

Beth was the driver on the car rental contract, so I didn't actually do any driving. But we arranged to have Mr. Gee travel with us, and even though my daughter is a seasoned traveler, she really enjoyed having the GPS along. She felt it made her trip so much more stress-free. AND, if the driver is stress-free, so are the passengers!

We especially appreciated the GPS feature that shows so clearly when and where to change lanes on the complex Michigan freeway system. Horray for Mr. Gee.... he truly performed in an admiral and reliable manner on this trip. He's my HERO!!!

An Invitation

I have a new blog about my work with puppets. It's called Ellen n' Friends. Please take a look!
http://ellennfriends.blogspot.com/

Tucson

Our church choir held a 2 1/2 day retreat in Tucson this weekend. Home base was a Marriott Hotel...

 but rehearsals and social times were at a beautiful old church...

We accomplished some good practice on music we will offer in future church services, as well as rehearsing music for this year's dinner theater production... Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. We had several meals together, as well as fun, fellowship, and devotional time.

We also joined the St. Phillips choir in singing several anthems during the worship service on Sunday morning. It was interesting to participate in an Episcopal service.... quite different from the Presbyterian service I am used to. We even took Communion with the rest of the choir and congregation. It was a beautiful.... long..... service!

I rode to and from Tucson in a van pool with other ladies from the choir. I didn't drive, but took Mr. Gee along anyway, He was a helpful tool for all of us as we tried to find our way around Tucson. He provided many laughs with his loud "RECALCULATING" in response to our wrong turns and alternate routes.  He did a good job of getting us to wherever we had to go.

Of course, too much eating and too little sleeping were built into the retreat, but all that can be fixed now that I am at "Home Sweet Home" again.

All-in-all, it was a good weekend! But I am always glad to get back home again... safe and sound.

NOTE... I had a problem with Mr. Gee on this trip. He stopped talking. I went into the Settings and saw that "no voice was available" which was puzzling. After trying to reset the voice, unsuccessfully, I decided to try something I do when my Macintosh computer starts to act weird. I unplugged the power cord, which was plugged into the car outlet, waited about 15 seconds, and plugged it back in. When I started up Mr. Gee, his laryngitis has been cured and he was ready with helpful directions again! An easy fix!!!