Archive through July 27, 2003
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Tabbyking | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 08:45 am     well, it sounds like you will be going right through san luis obispo (about an hour north of solvang on highway 101) so you can see where our son will be going to college and where we just returned from. i would try and get to monterey or the aquarium, too, but daughter and i will be camping in northern california from the 30th til the 6th of august, then have a family reunion in redding on the 8-10th. have great fun all of you who get to meet!! if you meet lucy, i will feel a connection, as she and i know some 'commoners' (people who aren't tvchers)... lucy and i discovered we know some of the same folks from our 'other' lives LOL |
Lucy | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 09:35 am     Tabby, we really need to "do" lunch some day!!! Tess, an email is on the way to you! |
Twinkie | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 09:39 am     Tabby, you live just too damned far away! Wouldn't you like to see Niagara Falls??  |
Twinkie | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 09:42 am     Fanny, we really need to get together! Hubby is considering a job offer in Colorado Springs. But in the meantime you could always come up here for a visit.  |
Fanny | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 09:58 am     Hey Twinks! I'd love to get out your way but I can't go anywhere until Tootsie dies. Last weekend I went to my 30 year H.S. reunion and left her for 3 days (with a kitty sitter who had explicit instructions for everything Tootsie-related, including how to sleep with her!!) and the little stinker still managed to injure her leg. So with the emergency vet fee & x-rays I had to add another $220 to my trip cost! She didn't break anything like I was afraid of and she's ok now, but she definitely got her message across. You & DH absolutely need to visit the Springs. And when you do, we'll get together for certain! xxooxoxoxoxoxx |
Costacat | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 11:12 am     Fanny, are you in Colorado Springs? If so, drop me a note in my folder. I've got family there, and am planning a visit in the not-too-distant future! |
Ducky | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 11:45 am     The Ducky family is heading to New Braunfels Texas to take Little Ducky to Schlitterbahn's Water Park. We will be leaving on Monday and are traveling down 35 highway. Hope to meet up with JMM & Draheid we sent you an e-mail. |
Bookworm | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 01:54 pm     Tess should be in Iowa now. We will be meeting her in Des Moines for supper. I will post about our meeting later tonight. I am so excited!! Have a safe trip Duckies. I will try to reply to your email before you leave. |
Ginger1218 | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 03:07 pm     Fanny, my sister's cat is named tootsie actually her name is tootsie roll (her other cat is cookie puss) Anyway, Fanny, when are you coming to NYC???? |
Fanny | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 03:46 pm     Costacat, I'm in Denver. Let me know when you'll be in CO and we'll see if we can't work something out. Bookie, butt shots? I forgot to tell Tess this weekend is Cheyenne Frontier Days (the rodeo is called "the daddy of 'em all") so if they pay attention they might even be able to see some drunk cowboys! Yee haw! Ginger my Tootsie-Tooters turned 20 in May and I used to have a Cookie cat. And I would LOVE to come to NYC but this dear little high-maintenance kitty won't let me, lol. |
Tabbyking | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 04:37 pm     twinkie, i did see a place in new york near some small lakes. is there a seneca or seneca lakes somewhere? that name sounds familiar, although i have tried to block it out. LOL... our alfa romeo broke down in bryan, ohio, and we slept on the couch at a repair shop in toledo for 2 nights...where mechanics came from all over ohio to SEE an alfa romeo...not because they could FIX an alfa romeo. a mechanic supposedly fixed us enough to get back to boston, but we began to fill up with smoke in some small new york town where larry, darryl and darryl would have fit right in. at one point, when i had to use the bathroom, i was directed to a bar where there were such big cracks in the door, the entire 'pool and chicken' room of guys watched me pee. then the sheriff, policeman, head taxi driver, mayor, and head knights of columbus guy --all the same person--told me i could sleep in the back of one of the taxis until our ryder rental truck arrived from buffalo, or somewhere equally far away. well, he forgot to tell his one support driver. who wrecked the car when he got in and drove off to pick up some customer and i woke up and sat up and screamed. we stared at each other in the rearview mirror. then he screamed. and then we wrecked. but i digress...yes, i'd love to see niagara falls some day!! |
Juju2bigdog | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 06:45 pm     Twinkie, I have never been to Niagara Falls, and it is on my list. So is Iguazu Falls, but I might get to Niagara first. |
Schoolmarm | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 08:33 pm     I have returned....I am tired....I will write more later! Twinks...I'll be in Rochester Thurs-Sat this week...maybe Wed, too, if I can get my act together. <I'm getting a chuckle at typing the y and z reversed like on the German keyboards!> |
Juju2bigdog | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 10:08 pm     Just heard from Tess. She has arrived in Omaha. Exhausted but uplifted from meeting Bookie and Nightcrawler, just about the best people in the world, she says. Yay! |
Tess | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 11:04 pm     Yeah, what Juju said. Twinks, now I will have nightmares tonight about drunken cowboys. ack! We're going to bed. Night night everyone. I promise I'll write about how wonderful Bookie, NC and the boys are. In the meantime, DH just threw Juju and Spongie off the bed so we can sleep. Sorry guys. |
Urgrace | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 11:16 pm     Yippee! Ducky family in my town this week! Jmm and Dra will be in touch. Also my email is in my profile. I can answer any questions you may have about the area. Please let me know where you are staying. |
Lancecrossfire | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 11:17 pm     I look forward to hearing about the Gracie/Ducky/BD/Dra and Jmm meeting!! |
Urgrace | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 11:24 pm     The afternoon of August 23rd will also be another tvch get-together in southern central Michigan (near the Indiana state line off M131). If you can make it, please email me with tvch in subject line for details. |
Juju2bigdog | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 10:50 am     Tess has been underway about an hour, for those of you on her meet and greet path. And, in case you don't know, she is a fast driver. Hmmmm, not sure who is driving this trip ... And now I am out of here for a couple days. We are making a spur of the minute trip to Whistler, a ski resort in British Columbia. We have never been there and need to see it. Bye bye. |
Strawberry | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 11:08 am     Have fun Tess and watch out for Unit and his radar gun! Don't want you gettin a speeding ticket Hope you have a good time Juju on your ski resort trip. Break a leg, well on second thought...don't break a leg  |
Ducky | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 12:23 pm     We will be sure to post on are adventure to Texas when we get back Lance wish you were there. Tess glad that you got to meet Bookworm, Nightcrawler and the boys as you start your travels toward Cailfornia. Have a safe trip. Juju enjoy your trip. You always go to the neatest places. Sounds like it will be fun. Can't wait to leave tomorrow for are trip. And to meet friends. |
Urgrace | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 02:18 pm     Looking forward to meeting the Ducky family this week! We will be leaving on a trip next month to Michigan and there will be a tvch get-together on Aug. 23rd. Anyone interested just drop me a line in my folder for details. |
Jmm | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 02:59 pm     ***UPCOMING ROAD TRIP, ANYONE INTERESTED?*** We are planning a get together in the Austin/San Antonio area for next weekend. We have a board family coming in from out of state that would like to meet any board members who are close enough to make a meeting. The only definite timing right now is that it will be next weekend, exact times and type of visit are still up in the air. Anyone living close enough or visiting this area next weekend who would like to be included, please contact me in my folder. JMM's Folder We already have several members in the Central Texas area that we are working with and would love to add anyone else. Jackie P.S. As an added incentive, this is also the Texas Tax Free Weekend and there are three large outlet malls within 20 miles of where we hope to meet. LOL |
Ducky | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 03:12 pm     Love them Outlet Malls. |
Bookworm | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 04:15 pm     Hi guys. Sorry I didn't post last night. We ended up visiting with Tess, Charlie and Sarah longer than planned and then went straight to bed when we got home. We met Tess and Co. at a restaurant in Des Moines. They had been on the road for 4 1/2 hours by that point and still had 2 1/2 hours until they made it to their first overnight stop in Omaha. Sarah had already asked several times if they were in California yet. Sarah is really looking forward to meeting Dakota and Caleb (War's kidlets). Tess brought some show and tell items. I got to page through her album from this year's TVCH get-together in Minnesota. She had conveniently left out the infamous butt shot of RG and Glenn, but there were other pictures taken at the same time and Tess described the shot to us. I can see Glenn using it as a recruitment poster for next year's Minnesota trip. You all really had a blast up there. We are going to try to make it for part of the week next summer. Sarah picked out gifts for the boys. Braedon truly loves his Bob the Builder toys and the outfits are so cute. Charlie was quiet, as Tess has described him. But he and Sarah are obviously very close. She took him to the gift shop while we were finishing our visit and convinced him that she needed a tee shirt from Iowa. Tess is, in real life, exactly as she is here--very caring and patient. We only live about 5 hours from each other, so hopefully we will meet up again soon. (I can't believe Tess has lived in Minnesota for so many years and has never made it to Iowa until yesterday.) They picked the hottest day of the year to travel through Iowa (heat indices in the 100s and so humid!). In fact my car overheated on the way to Des Moines and we were late getting there. We talked for some time, but could have talked for much longer, I think. Sarah was disappointed to hear that it would be too late to swim when they got to the hotel that night. Tess is quite the trip planner and navigator. You should see the binder she has of all the route info and maps for this cross country trek. No butt shots for us. But(t) we have a regular shot of all of us and a big pig (or a cow, if you ask Sarah ) taken outside of the restaurant. Sarah is wearing her Iowa shirt in the picture. I will post it shortly. |
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