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Babyruth

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 10:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay!!! I got to meet Halfunit, had a terrific afternoon with her on Saturday. She's everything she is here at TVCH (smart, witty, warm, lots of fun, and a bit of a troublemaker ) and half again as much! She's a wonderful person.

Ms. Sweetpea and I got home late last night, and this morning I've been running around (picked up the dog, did some grocery shopping, laundry, and misc. errands that keep the house in ship shape)....ayyy matey! oops that's another thread.

Now I'm late getting ready to head off to work. Will share my Columbus adventures tonite when I get home!

Halfunit

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 11:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
<Troublemaker? Moi?>



At least nobody got hurt!

Marej

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 10:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi. I have a question. How did the Butt Shot thing get started? Thank you.

Urgrace

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 03:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Marej, I think it happened during one of the first tvch real life meetings. There were three ladies from tvch who got together in Florida and wanted to post pics without showing their faces on the net. So they took pics of their legs and turned their backs to the camera for another shot. They posted the pics here at the clubhouse and the term Butt Shot evolved from there.

Other pictures posted here have had the faces covered with black spots, happy faces, and toy images to preserve privacy.

Urgrace

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 03:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
August 19
Our next destination was St. Joseph County and various relatives' homes. We first went to the Meijer to get the film developed, had lunch with my daughter, stopped at the strawberry farm for some fresh goodies then wandered over to my bil's.

They decided to take us out to Bristol, Indiana for a Whitefish and fries - all you care to eat - dinner which is what HisGrace and the brothers had. Kit and I went for the smoked pork chops, mashed potatoes and veg. medley.

As we drove back into Michigan we stopped at a niece's house so the guys could get free haircuts, and I got to watch BB. Our niece has several tropical birds which fascinated Kit up close. It was his first time holding a bird. I advised her we weren't taking any of them home>>>we already have two of her kittens!

August 20
This morning after hotel breakfast in the lobby we went next door to the bowling alley to meet my mother. She broke her right hand in a car accident in March and has been learning how to bowl left handed. She's pretty good too.

Then I headed to my daughter's house where I finished painting my granddaughter's bedroom wall mural. My daughter arrived home from work and we took off antiquing. The variety of antiques are so different in that part of the country from this Texas area, and the prices are more reasonable too. I did a little shopping and surprised the granddaughters with a few gifts when we got back. We watched BB and had Mexican fare for dinner.

August 21-22
The next two days were filled with a lot of the same family get togethers and jaunts. Kit and HisGrace managed to go to the zoo and park on Thursday. Kit had a few more up close and personal time with the animals in the petting area.

August 23
Today HisGrace took Kit with him to visit the uncles while my sister and I went to breakfast at Dad's a local restaurant. We decided to gather several cameras and go on a photography jaunt to an area by the Rocky River. We lunched downtown at Paisano's then headed to the hotel for freshening up.

Halfunit and Unit were the first to arrive at the 25th anniversary and TVCH get together followed by 48 more family and friends, including Teatime and Mr.Tea. JujuBlueEyeDawg, BabyruthBar, BearAngelTess and SpongeTeeBob were spotted wheeling around and having a good time, too.

It was comfortable except for the gazillion sweat bees flitting around in the slightly warm outdoor setting at one of the niece's home. My daughter hosted with help of her hubby and several family members. She set up one tent with a guest book designed to include memories and updated address information with the names. She also set up a present photo and a 25th anniversary photo scrapbook put together with lots of loving hands.

Another tented area sheltered tables adorned with silver candles set in hurricane vases surrounded with flowers, and food tables offering roasted pig, pasta salad, baked beans, etc. A grand niece baked two cakes and decorated them for a symbolic cake cutting ceremony and dessert.

My tvch friends managed to entertain each other as I entertained other guests, but I managed to slip over and sit with them as often as I could. Time flew by much too quickly, but I was so excited to meet these fun couples and am so glad they drove all that way to attend.

Picture taking began after everyone had eaten and possibly spilled a little on their fronts. We finally got to the required butt shot and Halfunit, Teatime and I stood there for an extra long moment waiting for someone to tell us the picture had been taken. The crowd of family and friends buzzed about why we were standing with our backs to the camera, while the guys took several pictures and then just stood there looking at our behinds.

The party broke up around dusk and we had to say goodbye to all the family we had not seen in a long time and our new tvch friends who had to start their long drive home. Hubby and I spent the remainder of the evening at my parents' and watched the delayed BB.

August 24
Today was spent packing, checking out, driving from one home to another saying goodbye to our local loved ones and picking up stray items that had been left here and there. We saw two more old friends that day before leaving at 9pm for a night drive south.

August 25-28
We arrived back in Little Rock in the late morning and spent the next three days with son's family, playing, swimming, hiking, rock hunting, shopping, movies, watching planes and Mars, and dining out.
Thursday we loaded back in the van and headed to Texas. Our vacation was over as we arrived home by 6:30 pm, just in time to watch the final TAR and enjoy a few days of the holiday weekend. It's good to be home.

Grooch

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 05:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Urgrace, what a great memory you have!

Yes, it was Twiggyish, Fruitbat and myself that took the first butt shot, and Twiggish is lucky she got that out of me. lol!

Two of the sweetest people I ever met. :)

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 07:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmmmmm, Grooch, you might not have been the first butt shot. I think you were the second. My recollection is first was Gail and Merlin meeting in the Houston airport. Well, now, come to think of it, Merlin next met Zed in the Houston airport, and that might have been before the Florida get-together also ...

Glenn will know. He remembers everything.

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 11:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And I am back home from Yellowstone and have some more pics of Bob's adventures on the trip, but Bigdog's NEW digital camera may be malfunctioning. Ack!!!

Glenn

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 04:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The creators of the butt shot tradition was Grooch, Twiggyish, and Fruitbat and it was a brilliant conception. It took me a while to notice the butts in their picture because I was so focused on the great hair these three had.

Gail's trip was definitely after the Florida trio had set the precedent and Zed's trip was during the winter olympics in Utah which I think was also after the first butt shot. Zed wanted her picture with her hat because of Lancecrossfire's fetish for hats and I am not sure why I didn't get a picture of her butt. I sure wish I had one now.

Squaredsc

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 04:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
uh huh glenn you were focused on the hair? yep i believe that.

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 08:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Zed had on a marvelous black and white coat that we were all interested in seeing, so I think you were concentrating on that rather than the butt shot.

Thanks, Glenn. I knew you would know.

Bob2112

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 09:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay Halfunit and Babyruth! Too bad this didn't work out for the Sunday I was driving home, but I'm so happy that the 2 of you got to meet! Nice butt shot. :)

Gracie, your 25th Anniversary BBQ and TVCH get together sounded so cool. I promise to be home for the 50th and will certainly attend!

I guess I should really get back to my trip, now that Gracie has posted the end of hers. LOL!
I think I'm up to the 26th, so I'll go dig out some pictures and try to remember what we did.

<...wonders if he can use going to Yellowstone with Dawg as an excuse for not posting sooner...>

Urgrace

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 10:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey my memory finally got something right! Say Grooch, if you still have those shots why don't you post them again for Marej in the "Have you met anyone from TVCH" thread. It's nice to know you and Twiggs and MsBat are still around.

Bob, after procrastinating for so long I was wondering if you were waiting for me to get busy with my road trip finale! I am looking forward to meeting you long before the 50th, btw.

Babyruth

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 10:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Will add my about my Road Trip/HalfUnit meeting tomorrow, my day off. Life has been hectic since we returned!

Halfunit

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 10:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
< Notices people who have met Halfunit keep putting off their stories...>

Bob2112

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 10:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tuesday, August 26th

Today we visited Provincetown which is just on the tip of Cape Cod. The main event today was whale watching and here is the boat that took us out for almost 4 hours:

Boat

This boat was the Dolphin VI and way back in 1987, Mrs. Sponge and I went on a whale watch here which was either on the Dolphin V or Dolphin VI. Both were in service at the time and we think it was the same boat.

This bird followed us out to the spot where the whales like to play. I'm thinking it was Firebird and may just have to count this as another TVCH meeting!

Bird

While it may have been the same boat, it certainly was not the same experience. Back in 1987 the boat searched forever and found only 3-4 whales that were not very active. This time out we found a couple of dozen whales (all humpbacks) and I wore out 2 sets of rechargable batteries taking pictures. Here's some of the pictures, but it was very difficult to capture how cool it was.

TwoWhalesDiving

Whales don't sleep, but they sometimes float along the surface. This is called logging since the whales almost appear to be large logs. There were actually 4 whales together, but the 4th had not yet surfaced when I took this picture.

ThreeLoggingWhales

None of the whales came far out of the water, so most of the pictures are of them diving.
Here's a few of the better fluke shots:

Fluke1

Fluke2

Fluke3

After chasing the whales around for a few hours, I think this one was getting a little tired of us.
Is this a whale's way to give the finger?

FlukeYou

After the whale watching we walked around Provincetown and found ourselves having to explain some very interesting things to the kids.
The little sponges still do not believe that the person named Ellie who was singing in the street was really a man.

On the way back to out hotel, we made a stop at what would turn out to be the final GeoCache of the trip. We looked for a few others, but failed to locate them. This one was just a little out of Provincetown and was located on a bike path. The marker it was hidden behind is 100 miles from Boston (if you follow the path) and made for a very easy landmark to locate.

Geocache

Inside we found what is called a Travel Bug. A travel bug is a tagged item that is meant to be taken and relocated to another cache. After you relocate it, you log onto the web site, enter the travel bug number and the geocache where you placed it.

Sorry!
No Picture!
Use Your
Imagination!


We had intended to place it somewhere in Connecticut, but we had to skip geocaching that day in order to make dinner with Mware. It will soon find a home in Chicago.

That's it for now.

Next up, Martha's Vineyard, followed by the Mansions of Newport, RI and then NYC.

Thanks for reading! :)

Moondance

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 12:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bob those pix are GREAT!!!

Marej

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 02:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the information.

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 07:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great trip recaps, Gracie and Sponge. Been working on getting Bigdog's computer back in order so he can get his pics off his memory card, if that makes sense.

<spins head backwards>

Twinkie

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 08:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bob, I LOVE the whale pics!!! I'm enjoying everyone's road trips vicariously.

Egbok

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 11:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Bob, I enjoy your continuing vacation recap and especially the pictures. On this recap, the picture of the seagull with the sunrays was my favorite, but close behind was the picture of the whales' finger...LOL. Thanks for sharing!

Halfunit

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 12:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
< Halfunit asks the EggMeister if she noticed what Bob named that "finger" picture. He is a funny guy! >

Twinkie

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 01:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
HAHAHAHA!!! That's funny!!! Thanks for pointing that out, Half!

Egbok

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 01:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
....<The EggMeister scratches her head and says huhhhh???....>

Half, I dun't get it...'splain it to me Lucy!

Halfunit

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 01:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Eggie - set your mouse over the picture.