The Nest.

My feathers have been rumpled and

my nest has been shaken up a bit.

Yes, our sweet Tim left on American

Airlines this morning.  He is quite 

the young man.  He is strong and

capable. He has been one of my right

arms the past weeks and it is most

definitely going to take quite a bit

of getting used to with him not around.

My compass desires to have 

EVERYTHING go back to the way

"it should be". . . you know "the

way it has always been", "the way

that I want it" . . . Unfortunately, this

is not to be.  The Lord knows what is

best for me and I know that for a fact.

It just takes my heart a while to get

used to it.  In the meantime, our home

will be a little bit quieter . . . the middle

room will be a whole lot neater . . . All

which I would trade in a second.

Our guy is off for some pretty exciting

times and while banking some pretty

awesome cash as a bonus!!!

We.miss.you.already.

Super Saturday.

All I can say is holy.cow.  My sweet sis in love,

Michele spent a bazillion hours with me the

past two days cooking up a storm for Tim's

GOOD-BYE DINNER.  The day has come

and our sweet Tim is heading back to

work.  We were soooo incredibly blessed to

have him here for almost six entire weeks.

Sometimes the six weeks seems like a 

blink of an eye, at other times it seems

as though he got here about 10 years ago.

Anyhow, he is headed back to Ft. Lauderdale

where he will be playing on his cruise ship.

He will be doing 10-11 day Eastern and

Western Caribbean runs, two Panama

Canal trips and then to San Diego, where

we will rendevouz in March before his

15-day crossing to Russia where he will

stop in Paris, Rome, Barcelona, Amsterdam,

and Ireland.  He will then be based out of

Copenhagen, Denmark.  That is all too much

for me to think about now.

All I know is that we had a way too terrific

sending off bash . . . way too much fun to

even take pictures.  Friends stopped in

for yummy food as well as well wishes and

hugs and kisses.  Tears were plentiful as

our loved ones said a short goodbye to 

our dear Tim and we shared sweet

memories about our Dad.

Our lives will change again . . . in a very

big way . . . tomorrow when our guy

heads out.  We have been thinking,

talking, and praying about this day

for many weeks now.  We knew that

it was inevitable and he is prayed up

and ready to roll.  What an awesome

opportunity for our talented Tim!!!

Me . . . more time on my knees.  That's

where I belong anyhow!!!  

Bon Voyage.

Vision of the Seas passengers and

crew members are lucky, lucky,

lucky!!  Tim Tietjen will be their

resident jazzman for the next

seven months!!!  As HARD as it

was for all of us to let him go, we

are so thankful that he had this

awesome opportunity!!!  This time

around he really wanted a smaller

ship.  This ship does ten-day cruises

in the eastern and western Caribbean

with a 15-day crossing through the

Panama Canal.  He will visit Russia,

Italy, France, and Spain.

One.tough.decision.

Tons.and.tons.of.prayers.

Missing.him.tons.already.

Break a leg, Tim!!!

We.love.you.to.the.moon.and.back!