Just Two Words

"Be thankful for what you have;
you'll end up having more.
If you concentrate on what you don't have,
you will never, ever have enough."-Oprah

It's Monday evening at HIGH-TECH TENNIS and it seems like we just got home (cuz we DID-just 24 hours ago) from an amazingly amazing trip to SC. Our heads are spinning with excitement about the unexpected new doors that are opening to unexpected new opportunities and we'll have much, much more to share later -- want two clues?
O.K...LTP Tennis and Wild Dunes Resort. 

But first, we had to deal with a little reality (clothes needed washing and timing belts needed replacing-two crucial items that demanded attention) before we take off again in the morning for KY.

For the first time in 5 years, we'll miss our home-away-from-home: Thanksgiving at the Mobile Tennis Center was special in lots of ways. First, it was the holiday banquet that every single parent, player, and video person :) was invited to at the Mobile Marriott; then it was a few years of Johnny's home-cooked meal (with all the fixins) prepared onsite-right at the tennis center! Then the USTA cut the draw in half but combined the BG14s and the BG18s...Then they moved the entire event to Pensacola. JOY!!! If you think it's hard to plan your tennis calendars, just try to imagine the stress of paying your mortgage-YIKES!!! 

Oh well...We were thankful for a rare holiday of NOT working. Maybe we (or should I say DANNY, lol) would prepare a special dinner for ourselves. I have trouble boiling water - but Danny's a great cook (out of necessity, he says)! But then the tournament referree for the Fall Southern Closed contacted us and invited us to participate (for a fee, mind you). Only a few, great tournament directors are smart enough to recognize that we're an amenity and we make tournaments better. Alas, too many see only the opportunity to make a few extra bucks...sigh. This might be the first and the last year but we're off to Louisville and we're hoping for the best. Then, about four weeks later, we'll be back in Louisville for the Winter Southern Closed.
See why we can't afford to neglect our car?!?!?

Meantime---While we try to figure this stuff out, we know that we couldn't possibly do what we do without the wonderful customer friends who do what they do and we think it's important to thank all the really wonderful people who make our really wonderful lives possible.

So to all those special people, we have just TWO WORDS to say: