See ya 2011.......

Its here, the last day of 2011. What a year its been for me, for us, for our family, for our nation, for our world. Many changes, many sad, and many happy moments as we reflect on the past year. As the new year begins lets take a moment to reflect on the past, but look forward to the New year!!

Merry Christmas

Wishing all of my Family and Friends a very Merry Christmas. Although we all can't be together please know there is always a special place in my heart for each of you. We will be in CDA this year celebrating the holidays with Dustin and his family. It will actually be our first time there for the holidays, making it that more special. Hope everyone has a special day. I love you. Merry Christmas.

Now I can.......

I have been flying my butt off this month to be able to enjoy the week off of Christmas. That day has finally come, I just got home from working pretty much everyday (it seems) this month. However now I am off till the 30th. So NOW I CAN finally take a moment and enjoy the holidays. Hope you have had a chance to enjoy them too!!

showed up on facebook.....

Kendall tagged me on my facebook wall with these 3 pictures from her wedding. I know everyone isn't on facebook, so I thought I would share them with you. It sure was a fun weekend!

San Diego Layover Photoshoot

Also in the same trip as the Washington dc layover, we had a long San Diego layover too! I took 35 pictures on that photoshoot and these are some of my top pics. You can see the entire album on my facebook page.

Washington DC Xmas photoshoot

I have really been enjoying my new camera. I had a layover in Washington DC this past week and took 123 pics in about a 3 hour window. I posted some of my favorite ones here, and posted my top 56 on facebook if you want to see the entire album. Oh yeah, did I mention I love my new camera!

Happy Holidays!!

Happy Holidays from the Perry-Dudley household. The tree is up, the stockings are hung, the garland is strung. Now it really feels like the holidays to me.

Christmas came early for me.....

Christmas came early this year for me when Dustin got me a new camera. I have been wanting to upgrade my point and shoot for a little while now. My mom, a professional photographer, and after doing lots of research, found the Cannon S95 to be topped rated in almost all categories. Buying it herself, now I wanted the same camera. One thing I really wanted in the new camera was HD 1080 video recording, and this camera really delivers on that. Dustin and I took my camera out for a spin this past weekend and here were a few of my favorite shots. SO Mom, now that we have the same camera's, let the photo battle begin!! And, of course, a very special thank you to my wonderful husband Dustin for getting me this awesome gift!!

BBF

Check out me and Jim Belushi. He was on a flight of mine this past week. He was a very nice guy and talked with us for several minutes in the galley. A lot nicer than that Alec Baldwin, although, wonder if he'd play a game of Words w/ Friends with me?

screenshot cameo

On Monday I got to attend a Live taping of the NBC show " The Sing-off ". I have been watching the show for the past 3 years and getting to be actually in the show audience was so much fun. It was their Christmas Reunion show. Standing next to me in my co-worker and friend Kelli, who is into the show just as much as me. This photo is a screen shot from the TV during the broadcast. Ha ha, love it!!

Sad day for us.....

So here are my thoughts, my own personal view: It had to be done. We were the only airline to not file chapter 11. Now the thought of all we have given up over the past 10 years to prevent this day, while the executives continued to reward themselves with millions in bonuses sickens me. But this filing had to be done. We must get our cost in line to compete with the other carriers and move past this rut. Now within 18month (by law) when we emerge a new airline, we hopefully will start making profits which in turn will create more growth. The difference between us and them, is we have a lot of cash (billions) of it going into chapter 11 and we will not have to borrow at very high interest rates. In the end we will come out leaner and stronger and be a more efficient company. But at what expense? That's the hard part to swallow. Base closing, pay cuts , lay offs. Those are the sad and painful parts of chapter 11. The courts don't care, who they hurt only to make the company profitable again. For me personally, I don't think I need to worry about being laid off, as far as Boston closing, who knows. It may just be the excuse and the push we have been waiting for to get us back to the west coast. It won't be easy over the next 18 months, but it is what it is. I can go to work every day and be miserable or a can make the best of what I have now, for as long as I have it. I have a roof over my head, good health, loving spouse, family and friends. Life is still good for me!

Becca and Eric host their first Thanksgiving as a married couple. It was a great feast and No one left hungry, that's for sure!!

2011 Holiday Season begins.....

There is so much to be thankful in our lives. Please take a moment to reflect upon those things. Makes the small stuff seem, a little smaller huh?? Wishing each of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. May this holiday season be filling with nothing but love and joy!

You can't even imagine.....

Trust me....when I tell you these garlic balls are out of this world. While I am in LA, I love to go to C&O Trattoria in Venice Beach. Words cannot describe how good they are!! Not to be mentioned is how many calories it is per garlic ball. However in my defense, I do ride my bike 10.2 miles to get there and then its 10.2 miles back to the pick up point on Manhattan Pier. So I can enjoy a few here or there!!

My first visit to Gound Zero.

It took more than 10 years to do it, but I finally went to Ground Zero in New York and paid my respects to my co-workers and friends. It was surreal to be on the very ground where that fateful day took place. I took the following pictures and put it together in the movie above.

Did you notice......

Did you happen to " Make a wish " at 11:11 this morning?

Honoring those Fallen.......

America is founded on the principle of freedom, justice, and liberty for all. Our nation's soldiers serve every day to protect our country and its ideals. Please take a moment to remember those who have served and those who have sacrificed their lives in order to secure peace and democracy for the rest of us. A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

This is the good one.....

It's that time of the year again, to adjust the clocks, change the batteries in the smoke and carbon dioxide detectors tonight when you go to bed. But fear not, this is the good one, since we "fall back" one hour, you get that one extra hour of beauty sleep tonight!!

Oh oh...What did he do now?

Now this is the Second edition. The first one was blocked by YouTube for copyright infringement. The song I used..." It's alright", theme song to Caddy shack by Kenny Logging's. So this was not the song I had originally choose, but wanted to get this movie posted. So here it is, the Version 2 copy. Enjoy!!

Trick or treat.....

Happy Halloween Everyone!

From a snow covered New England many towns here have cxld or postponed

trick or treating this year. Sure glad I am not the one to break that news!!

Fall Snow....

I cannot take credit for any of these pics, because we hardly got any snow at my house. Living right on the water will have that effect. Right outside of Boston, some places got over 2 feet of snow!! So looking over the 1000's on fan photos posted online, these were some of my favorites.

Oh weather outside is frightful.....

But not from Halloween Ghouls!! It finally has turned to snow in the city of Boston. Outside of Boston some places could see up to 36 inches of snow from this storm. At my house they are calling for 2-4 inches. Which is plenty for October!! Some 320,000 people in Mass are already without power and on the east coast almost 2 million, so this storm is having a huge impact. Cause it dark, no photos, But I'll try to get a few tomorrow. Stay tuned.

Say it ain't SNOW.......

Although not unheard of in October this will be one for the record books. This Nor'easter has the potential to affect 60 million people. This one day event will be a real shocker, but temps are suppose to be back in the upper 50's the rest of the week, so we all just need to get through the next 48 hrs!! ONLY IN NEW ENGLAND!!

How cute are they.....

Such a cute picture of Brooklyn and Josie. They are getting so big. I can't wait to come to Idaho and give them both a great big hug and kiss!! Uncle Ryan and Uncle Dustin love you!!

Had to repost......

This made me laugh so hard, I almost wet my pants!! It was just too good not to post it on my blog.