Driving Miss Daisy/TTT/BIG News

Hi Everybody!  It's me - Miss Daisy reporting back after spending the past three months out in the world having fun.  If you are new here, I am Katie's MacKenzie-Childs tote and a proud member of the Tales of the Traveling Tote tribe. 

I am going to give you a tote's-eye view of our Summer.  Mom has a few posts planned that will go into more detail on some of the highlights of the past three months.

I admit it.  
I am not a good secret keeper.  
Thursday night, Mom and Dad got a call from #1.  
She had really BIG news.

She said YES!
#1 and Adorable Jonathon are engaged!
They are meeting Mom & Dad and hopefully me in Beantown today for a celebration!

I have a feeling that #1's going to ask me to be in the wedding.


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We started the Summer with a bang.  A beautiful afternoon was spent at the picturesque Wequassett Resort feasting on a scrumptious lunch and listening to some authors talk about their books.

Mom got to meet one of her favorite authors.  

She'll fill you in later. 

We spent another day on the Cape visiting Mom's old Texas tennis buddy.  Miss Jill moved there a couple of months ago, and Mom couldn't be happier. 

Mom had Miss Jill and their friend Butler over for lunch this week.

This trio likes to laugh a lot.

#1 and Adorable Jonathon came for a weekend in July.  We spent the day in Osterville, one of Mom's favorite towns.

We had lunch at Crisp, one of Mom's favorite places.

Are you getting the gist of who the boss is around our family? 

Hope you like the hat.

She never took it off all Summer. 

Btw... this was the weekend that AJ asked my Dad for #1's hand in marriage.

I wonder if it was happening here...

Maybe Dad is filling AJ in on our no return policy!

Mom also met one of her lovely readers, Sue.  

I hate to brag, but Sue recognized me before Mom. 

You can't see me because I am sitting in #2's car.  This was our view for two straight days.  In July, Mom and I flew to Atlanta and drove #2's car while she drove this Uhaul all the way to her new home in Dallas.  #2 got a new job and a groovy pad which she loves, by the way.

Sista & Co. had a huuuge shindig in Connecticut.

Be prepared for a huuuge blog post about this fun day.

I wasn't kidding about the hat.

At the beginning of August, we took a 12-day vacation.

Our first stop was Rome.

Last time Mom and Dad were in Roma, they had a delightful lunch at Harry's Bar.  You can read about it here.
They decided to make an encore appearance, and as always, they were not disappointed.

The next day we were off on our cruise.  

Final destination - Venice.

The suite was very pretty.

I told Mom and Dad that I would bunk on the couch.

Glad I took my Dramamine.

I hung around this guy a lot.
In case of emergency women and children go first.
There is no mention of totes.

Before we knew it, we were back with these two crazies.

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Thanks for stopping by. In the meantime, pop over to my fellow traveling tote buddies to find out what they have been up to these past three months.

Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths 

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

 Patti with Miss Kenzie @ Pandora's Box

Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda

Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply 

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Jackie and Miss Madi K @ Purple Chocolat Home

Ricki Jill and Countess De Monet @ The Sketchy Reader

Lea and Miss Scarlett @ Cici's Corner

And now for the really good news...

The Traveling Totes tribe is offering another giveaway. Linda P @ Life and Linda is our giveaway sponsor this time. One lucky reader who leaves a comment on Linda P's September 1 post will have their name thrown into the hat for an opportunity to win the following pair of MacKenzie-Childs Elizabethan guest towels!

See you on December 1st!