Everyone has been wonderful but with the season in full swing (even if I HAD had the funds to pay for a ticket) there simply werent any available seats... (and everything was back up here from the extra security measures for the terroist threat on USA flight from Schiphol).
Like I said...
UPDATE:
I am able to make contact at last with family members! I have not had a house telephone for long and the current computer I am using (sons) does not have all the problems my old defunct one did (old pent 3)
I got a tip about a program called VoipBuster which allows me to phone my...
ooooo... htat is such a good idea about the memorial web page (and writing down all the stories of his exploits for posterity > however we would have to protect that with a password > those who have heard me tell of them will know what I mean).... I hadnt thoght of that!
My brother asked if I had some photos of Dad (It is always so sad when one realizes how few photos they have of their parents much less WITH your parents) for my stepmom who wants to do a compilation for the service ... I have so few (my parents are divorced)... so I am trying to scan and send...
Thank you so much evryone ... my gramma passed away in 94 and I had searched and called then for flight possibilities with no luck so I havent even thought about that this time it being the holiday season and all ... I have seen on the news here that there is some kind of security warning...
after my christmas was totally ruined by my internet/telephone/t.v. provider basically not delivering services the ENTIRE christmas weekend (including christmas day) > just every now and then a five to ten minute connection sporadically....
... my "new" computer my friend worked hours on up and...