New York

So, as my birthday quickly approaches so does the trip to New York. We leave on July 21, Saturday, after my cousin Beth's wedding. The induction ceremony starts at 1:30pm. I can't wait! Barry Larkin has always been one of our favorite Redlegs. 


Hopefully we will get to stay about a week, but it depends on how much leave James was actually given. He comes home Thursday. He mailed himself a box of jeans, a baseball glove and shoes. It got to the house yesterday. Dad thought it was funny, I thought it was funny. I guess he wanted to make sure it was here before he got home. 


If we can stay a week, I hope we go into the city and do a few of the tourist things. I really want to go to the falls and the WTC memorial. Those are the only things that I don't want too miss if we stay. Sure, I'd love to do the other things everybody does as well, but they aren't on the top of my personal list. 


I received an e-mail from Ellis Island yesterday, which I get monthly, it's like a newsletter. So, we may be going there and looking at the records. This excites me as I love to learn about my family. I'd like to know more. I already know that most of them come from either Lancashire and County Cork, but that's really all I know. I'd like to know more. 


I will be taking a lot of photos but I'm not sure if they will be with an actual camera or my mobile phone. If from my mobile (which I'll try to take some), I will upload them right away using twitter or something.. If they are from an actual camera it will have to wait until I get home. 


As you know from my previous blog, I am now debt free. Since NY is during my birthday (the induction is Sunday, which is my birthday) so hopefully I'll have a little bit more spending money. I'm not a big shopper though, especially in places that everything is over priced since they know people will buy it. I wouldn't be able to live somewhere so touristy all year round.