In 1 1/2 Weeks
By DianneN
@DianneN (254926)
United States
January 15, 2017 8:02am CST
I love it when my brother comes to Florida with my sister-in-law and their dachshund, Lulu.
We always have so much fun together.
One night, he made dinner and brought it to our place, where I supplied the extras. He lives in the other building next to us, a one minute walk.
The next night, I made dinner.
We had dinner at his place
I made dinner last night.
Tonight we are going out to dinner together.
They arrived on January 5th and will fly home January 24th! I won't feel bad. They will be back in February for a week and return again in March for a long stretch.
By the way, we do other things together besides eating! Lol!
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
15 Jan 17
lol But eating is so much fun lol we are getting together to play cards today with the inlaws.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
15 Jan 17
@DianneN We will, you too I am sure you will enjoy dining out with them.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
15 Jan 17
@BelleStarr We always do have fun with them.. This time,they will be doing the driving for a change. Lol!
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
15 Jan 17
Do they come down a week to get things prepared for when they return for the longer stay? I lnow some do that. I think my parents are in Florida but I have not heard from them so I have no idea what part of Florida. I believe my father was supposed to be taking her down on the 13th and returning in February. I am nervous when they travel so far.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
15 Jan 17
We both open our places when we arrive. Shopping for food is the main thing we do. Other than that, we have to connect the batteries on our cars. My brother came down in December to open his place. He was here to pick us up from the airport. His son came down with his girlfriend, so we hung out together before they all went home. My sister in law works, so they fly back and forth. My nephew's girlfriend flew in from LA. He lives in NYC. Flying doesn't bother me.
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@Drosophila (16568)
• Ireland
16 Jan 17
That's such a great picture, you all look so happy
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@Drosophila (16568)
• Ireland
17 Jan 17
@DianneN ya and more jumbo shrimp with lobster dip
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
17 Jan 17
@Drosophila Unfortunately, I stareted a diet because of all that eating and drinking. Lol!
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Well, conversations can really be so nice when there are foods to munch on . It always is . 
@jhechorain (1198)
• Susanville, California
15 Jan 17
I love to see family too but we have rarely been able to get together lately. I am happy to hear your enjoyment of the visits.
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@jhechorain (1198)
• Susanville, California
16 Jan 17
Are they pretty far from you?
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
17 Jan 17
@jhechorain They live in NYC and CT. We FaceTime often, but will return to CT in April. We are in Florida for the winter only. My brother and sis in law are only 45 minutes from us in CT, but her work keeps her ultra busy. She is using her vacation days to come to FL.
@moffittjc (128840)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Jan 17
That is nice that you get to spend time with them! And even nicer that they have a place so close to yours! Was that by design, or did it end up being total coincidence that you chose locations so close together?
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@moffittjc (128840)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Jan 17
@DianneN Well, that worked out just perfectly for everybody!
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
15 Jan 17
Thank you. When we bought our place, they visited us for a long weekend our first year. The second year, they came again for a visit. One of the board members was in the process of moving and had her place for sale. We all looked at it, and my brother bought it that day. Lol!
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
15 Jan 17
@moffittjc Thank you. It's great knowing he's down here, even if we don't see him every single day.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Jan 17
It's a very nice picture of you all. Wow they do a lot of back and forth
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Jan 17
@DianneN I can understand that, that's what is so beautiful about retirement, every day is a vacation day wooohoooooo.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
15 Jan 17
lol that is great. Lovely picture of all of you. Nice that you get to spend so much time together.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
17 Jan 17
@Happy2BeMe Time is the main factor. My SIL works as a psychiatric nurse. Now she uses vacation time. .
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
16 Jan 17
@DianneN Oh really. Funny how that is. I guess you just have more time when you are on vacation.
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@TheInvisibleMan (17594)
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15 Jan 17
@DianneN You and your brother are" very similar". 
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
15 Jan 17
@TheInvisibleMan By that, if you mean cooking, having vacation homes, traveling, and shopping, you are right! We are cut from the same cloth. Lol!
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@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
16 Jan 17
Nice bonding time with family members. Nice photo too
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@CookieMonster46 (13453)
• United States
16 Jan 17
eating is something that will always bring people together... I am glad you get to have many visits with your brother.
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@CookieMonster46 (13453)
• United States
16 Jan 17
@DianneN , I am hungry now, thinking about food...lol
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