This was a leisurely morning. We didn't have to be in Waterford, VA until 2:30. We had a McDonald's breakfast then came back to the hotel and packed the car and all our stuff. We were on the road by 9:30. We did not stop for lunch but instead chose to drive straight to the venue. Traffic was on our side, we did well on the bridges and roads. Our Easy Pass worked for us once again ringing up a $4 toll on the Delaware bridge and $4 for the Delaware TPK which is a ripoff. The ride through the VA countryside was beautiful. The weather was perfect and the Fall colors were nice. After crossing a long iron bridge, the Google GPS said "Welcome to Virginia". Haven't heard that before. The Farm house was spectacular in a beautiful setting. Kristen never came over to greet us but Josh did. Holly was also pretty civil. i enjoyed some time with Daryll. which was a surprise. His sister Sue turned 70 last week and is a delight. We did a Swing dance stealthily since we weren't supposed to dance for some reason.
We sat at a table with the Guenthers, Condons and Hollisters in addition to Michael and Sasha and Darryl's sister Sue. Dinner was a nice buffet. We had many glasses of wine and Carne Asada with all the trimmings. I especially liked the pepper and onions which the caterer said was ammde with Poblana peppers. it poured rain at around 5 before they could cut the cake but all cleared up and the cake was cut. I had Apple pie instead of cake.

We left at around 7 and checked into our hotel in Leesburg VA about 7 miles away. it was a beautiful Comfort inn which was luxurious compared to the Hotel ML in NJ. Everything sparkled. I rained lightly as we made our way to the hotel in the dark but everything worked out well.

This morning i worked on the app a little. I was a little encouraged that the app went into review at Apple. Too bad it's not done even though i submitted it on Thursday.
We had lunch with Patti Evans at the Harvest Restaurant with her husband Richard. He is in bad shape, suffering from Dementia. He has no idea where he is, he kept saying he graduated from Camden high School. I had the butternut Squash soup and a half chicken wrap which was nice. The food was delicious. Richard was in such bad shape, we felt bad for Patti. We said goodbye and headed back for the Members meeting which didn't have any new news that we didn't already know. This convention had a 1,000 meal shortfall and was short 20 room nights. We lost much money.
In the evening we had the awards banquet. I did the emcee work, Libbie read the awards envelopes until the last three which was here, Karyn Chichokci and Sandy awards which were many. The dinner was very very good. We had the Flat iron steak. We sat with Brenda and Mahlen as well as Kitty, Donna and her Mom Sandra. It was a nice evening.

This morning is the judging. Libbie and i went down the street to McDonalds for breakfast. We met Donna, her husband and 2 teenage daughters there.
When judging was over we had the job of writing winners names on the envelopes. Libbie was a little disappointed, she thought she would do better but Sandy brought in so many plants that were almost perfection that she placed second in every category. Oh well, at least she won some money. I did the banquet tonight which was a costume contest. I read a poem then had the costume judging. After a Salmon dinner with a delicious cheesecake we did the costumes.

I worked on my Apple rejection issues. They wanted privacy, terms of use and other nonsense in the app as well as a restore purchases button. I set the router up in the room and attached it to the wired cable. This works well for my own personal network. Download speed is 15 Mbits down and 6 Mbits upload speed. Most importantly the iPad and the laptop are in the same network for program compiling and downloading. Woo Hoo, We had the hotel breakfast for $9 each, $30 with coffee, tip and tax. For lunch we went down the street and found a Wendys. The hotel restaurant is closed which is bizarre. Libbie did her entries in the afternoon. For dinner a large f=group of us ate in the hotel lounge. We had a couple of beers and I had short ribs with mashed potatoes and veggies. Libbie had a crab Mac and Cheese. I came back and tried to see if the new upload was accepted. It's hard to tell but i think the state is "waiting for review".
For dinner tonight we ate in the bar with a bunch of MAAVS people. I ordered short ribs in a wine sauce with mashed potato and julienned veggies. It was pretty good, I had it with a Sam Adams Oktoberfest. Service was really slow but it was a nice time with friends.

We left this morning at 9 AM. traffic flowed smoothly even through DC. We had a biscuit stop at the VA border then another stop on the other side of the Annapolis bridge. This is the first time I tried using the Quickpass in the EZ Pass lanes. it said "paid" at the bridge so I guess it worked. We used it again on Rte 1 in Delaware. Arrived at the Hotel ML at just before 5 PM which was nice. For the last few miles on 295 in NJ we were in rush hour traffic so we bailed out and used the side streets as guided by Google.
The hotel is pretty beat up. It seems to be clean but the walls need a good coat of paint and the furniture and carpeting need replacing. There was a retirement party with live music and half price drinks. They invited us to help ourselves so we made a dinner out of it. One side of the room had Indian horsedeouvres and the other side of the bar had American Food. The Indian food was hot and spicy and enjoyable. The American side had chicken cordon bleau, wings and mushroom stuffed ravioli. We had 2 beers to wash it all down and called it dinner.

I submitted the release version of the App to the Apple store as a first pass to see what is wrong with it as deemed by them. Winston sent a lot of feedback. I started working on some of the issues. This is discouraging. Libbie made some excellent hamburger tonight from the frozen patties which are really good. Worked on fixing a few things in the app after dinner. I picked the rental car up today at noon. Libbie was not around so I rode my bike over there and put it in the back of the van to take it home. it's a big old Dodge Grand Caravan. The stowaway seats are a space waster.

I spent all day today working on the photo album. I'm sorry I bought a $40 voucher for an 80 page book. I had the deadline extended this month until the end of the month. it ran out Oct 2. The book covers Albuquerque, Alaska, some cooking and parties as well our Cali trip. We had the leftover eggplant from Saturday night for dinner tonight. Since mine was half eaten Libbie supplemented it with some pasta. We decided to rent a minivan to take up North so i made an Enterprise reservation for Wednesday.

I'mm really feeling stressed out. I can feel a headache coming on for the first time in 20 years. I need to release the IOS app, build an album and also put a version of the app in the Apple store. Libbie's pizza came out wonderfully today. The crust was thin and the topping was tasty. It has been a long time.

The app is still not approved by Apple. I worked on wiring up an RF module to a huzzah for the gateway. Did not get the code into it. We left for Esquires at 5:50. There was a smaller than usual crowd but we had a fun time and stayed until 10. i clearly ate too much. Stuffed and winded after dancing. We did very well on swing dances. For the dinner buffet I had some roast beef and a slice of trout almondine which was delicious.

I tried several versions of the First Class app today and finally got one that worked and put it into beta testing. I'm not sure what the sandbox account is all about but it apparently works without that. For dinner we made Cashew Chicken which was as delicious as lat time we made it. We had it with a bottle of Shiraz.

I'm working hard on the IOS app now, trying to understand subscriptions and in-app purchases. I'm close to sending this to Apple. We had a nice lesson with Robert today. We know a lot of our routine, he helped us with some trouble spots. We realized that Esquires is this Friday night. I wasn't expecting it so soon. Dinner was hamburgers on buns with a bottle of Shiraz.

Libbie is doing better today. We tried our swing routine a few times. I managed to get an awards listing out to Sandy. She is having problems doing the booklet. I'm glad I'm not too involved.
For dinner tonight we had hamburgers which I bought with a coupon. they were delicious. We had them with the last of the fresh green beans from Saturday. I listened to William Tell on Met Opera and really liked it. I have successfully got the store purchases communicating with Apple for subscriptions. Yeah! I still need to set a variable in the program to store expiration as well as a flag to indicate fetching updates has been paid for. I started working on reset code for an ESP8266 and the router. This is to improve long term reliability of server access from outside the house. I could probably use the Pixel driver attached to a dual relay card which I ordered.

At 7:30 I left for the hospital to drop Libbie off to get her leg surgery. They called 3 1/2 hours later that she was ready. Libbie could hardly walk. We had lunch at O'Charlies in front of the hospital. Met Bryan Stevens there. He of course is retired. I had half a turkey club with a half bowl of loaded potato soup and a Yuengling. Later I found the answer to why I was getting an internal error when doing a release. The hosted builder is limited to 40 megabytes. I need to change something. Dinner was a tuna sandwich with celery in it. I picked up the celery when I went to get fresh bandages and gauze for Libbie's leg.

I skipped the Sunday shows in order to get a release version of the app loaded up to Apple. Having lots of trouble with certificates and provisioning. I'm going to delete all the keys and start over. I did manage to book our return flight from Costa Rica, First Class on American. Am going to research going a day early to Panama to do some sight seeing. Libbie made her wonderful pizza while I kept getting internal errors while building a release version of the app. I requested help on the B4X forum.

I picked Libbie up from her flight from RI. We went out to Fresh Market and picked up a Rib Eye and Baked potato for dinner. Accompanying this was green beans and Rodney Strong Cabernet.

I did awards accounting today. Kitty and I have a discrepancy. This pretty much took up most of the day. Got it all straightened out. The awards are now finalized. Wow, this was work. Took a bike ride through Shepards greenway from end to end. Talked to our neighbor Larry. He would like to try my Pedago. Dinner was the Lloyd Pulled Pork BBQ from Kroger today on a hamburger bun.

Did a lot of studying of ESP8266 today on Youtube. I have a pretty good handle on this thing. Need to get going on the IOS Project again. Time is running short but the awards took some time. Dinner was a homemade pizza using the good sauce with onions and peppers. No more Pepperoni left. I went online and got the New Orleans tickets straightened out. I accidentally booked March 27 a while ago instead of Feb 27. Corrected the booking and paid an extra $176.

Did some proportioning of awards money. Kitty sent a list of awards which I spread the money around for. Got a bill for the colonoscopy that was lower than the previous one so I paid it. That should complete this phase of the doctor stuff. Took a ride to Glenwood Ave today, spent an hour. Nice. Dinner was a homemade pizza with a new tomato sauce I found plus plus onion and pepper and pepperoni. Very good.

This is my first full day back. I did a lot of catch up work on MAAVS awards and updated LSAVC then worked on the Growing Tips page. Lunch was a piece of chicken. Dinner was the fried chicken and potato salad. I talked with John Glembock this afternoon and then listened to Don Giovanni live in the evening from the Met. During the day today i sold all of the Ferrelgas because it is doing so bad. They are cutting the dividend and can't meet their debt obligations. It's a risky company. The worst is yet too come. I joined Motley Fool income investor which is not very good. i may request a refund.

I got up at 5 AM today. We left the hotel for the airport at 5:25 AM. Traffic was very light. Libbie stayed in RI so she took the red corolla back to the hotel from the airport while I checked in. The Southwest counter was empty, the woman just wanted my last name and looked up my reservation and took my suitcase. I breezed through TSA Pre and stopped at Dunkin Donuts for coffee and a bagel. It was the worst bagel i ever had with an odd taste. I wanted cream cheese thinking it would be on the donut. it was in a little tub i had to juggle and put on myself. How awful. I sat at the bulkhead in the middle seat on the flight to BWI. The flight was mostly smooth with some light chop going into BWi. In BWI I picked up a bacon egg and cheese in McDonalds as well a s a coffee. I think it was mindless eating since I wasn't very hungry. The flight home was smooth as well. I was struck by how much water was on the ground after the storm. There were huge muddy bodies of water everywhere. I picked up the mail in the box, there was no mail today because it's Columbus day so it was just Friday and Saturdays mail. The driveway needed cleaning so i blew it off. There were lots of sticks everywhere. That was our only damage. I went to Costco and picked up wine, coffee beans and garbage bags. Stopped at Kroger and got some fried chicken and potato salad for lunch as well as dinner.

Breakfast was sausage this morning. We were woke up at 1:30 when the wedding party came back and talked outside our room and in the lobby. We fell back asleep and woke at 7. After breakfast we went to Brookdale since Libbie had to get George ready. We left for the funeral home by 10:30 for the 11 AM service. The service was beautiful. Bill talked about Mary packing lunches, his cheating on a book report and other childhood events. John talked about Mary and her easy going attitude no matter what happened which matched my subsequent poem of contentment. Libbie talked about Love and Steven read a poem. Nate read the Clock of Life Poem. Later I gave the story of the poem to Heather. We went to the Foodworks restaurant where I ordered a Portuguese omelet. I was expecting the sausage to be hot but it was very mild. We dropped George off for a nap then picked him up at 4:30 and went to Bills for hamburgers. By then it was pouring rain and very windy. It was a nice gathering at Bill's house. Lots of reminiscing, all of the somber sadness was gone. Mary would have loved it.

I had bacon and eggs for breakfast in the hotel lobby. Good thing we flew in yesterday, one day early because we found our flight was canceled for tdoay. Not sure why. We were booked on the 8 AM flight today but changed it to yesterday because of the storm. We watched the rain on our cameras. There was 6.5 inches at home and the backyard was underwater with white water running through. We had lunch at the Assisted Living. I had something called ratatoui which was onion, peppers and eggplant. It was delicious. I also had a tuna sandwich on wheat which tasted more like a salmon salad than Tuna. I helped Bill pick up the Pizza from Famous Daves. We had a nice party in the Pub. Steve and Lesley came later in the evening with the girls when we were finishing. On the way back to the hotel from the parking lot in the rain we met Holly and Darrel just checking into the Quality Suites. They flew to Hartford and drove to Portsmouth. Strange!

We left for the airport at 6 am and were through TSA by 6:52 which was a few minutes earlier than planned. We even had time to have a bowl of cereal and make coffee. The plane is the same plane through Baltimore so no chance to get off the plane for breakfast. The flight was choppy all the way to Baltimore but very smooth after that, so overall it was OK. We got a red Corolla rental car in Providence and went to Bills. We picked up Subway sandwiches before going there. Libbie and I split a 12" turkey sub. At Bills I repaired a window shade which had fallen out of the sheetrock. We ended up going to Home Depot and picking up some Mollys to hold the shade up. This job took longer than expected. Afterward we stopped at Brookdale to visit George who was still very sad and crying over Mary's death. We went to dinner with him in the dining room. I had the Flank steak sandwich with steamed red cabbage and Boston Cream Pie. It's amazing how the people there can't hear. The same menu choices are repeated over and over. I would go crazy there. We went to the hotel and put our suitcases in the room. The Quality Inn is much nicer than I ever expected but it will be expensive. The 3 nights is going to be $714. Ouch. Add to that the plane tickets and rental car and it is painful. In the later evening we went over to Bills and had a glass of wine and reminisced over the past years of Mary's life.

The storm changed tracks, it won't be as bad in NC but we're going tomorrow anyway. We checked in at 8:05 and got 'A' seating. I got together a bunch of background music that Bill had requested. On the IOS app, I finally have a contract in the Apple iTunes console. Now I need to create a new certificate, compile a sandbox version to test the shopping cart. Lots to do and time is running out. We had spaghetti with cheese over it tonight as an easy dinner. Packed for our trip to RI shortly after dinner.

I started working thorough getting the IOS app into Apple with in-app purchases. Called Amy at AVSA and got the routing number and the account number to fill out the Apple forms. Once again we had another good lesson with Robert extending our showcase number. Robert started by hugging Libbie for her Mom's death. This was nice. I ripped a bunch of YouTube videos for Bill for the Memorial Service. I had to use the small computer I built for Multimedia because it has the correct audio drivers for MyMP3. I'm still studying bridge emulators for Alexa. This clearly is the way to go.
Dinner tonight was the ribs leftover from Saturday along with a baked sweet potato and the leftover zinfindel from yesterday.