Tess | Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 01:16 pm     No replies to my queries to MissButtercup. She's either had her fill of Margarita's (my guess) or she's in another cell phone dead zone (another good guess). Will wait patiently. Whooohoooo for Spy and Merlin. Marm, I'm looking out at that same snow. Southern route is starting to sound pretty good. I hope you're rid of your snow by the time we get to you in April. |
Tess | Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 01:44 pm     Incoming from MissButtercup. She brought her laptop with her and is showing Urgrace all the joys of chat. If anyone's around, come on in. |
Tess | Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 03:18 pm     Buttercup and Urgrace are back to visiting but can you believe it?? We have Weinermr in chat for the first time ever. He is adorable!!! |
Moondance | Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 03:20 pm     Hi I am home... it was a long but GREAT trip... So glad to be home... Spy so glad you and Merlin met! Gracie & BC... HAVE FUN!!! |
Tess | Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 03:55 pm     Buttercup had a WONDERFUL visit with Urgrace and I'm sure they will tell all about it later. MissButtercup is back on the road again. I'm tracking her on the road from San Antonio to somewhere in the general vicinity of Houston. She's zipping through San Marcos as I type!! |
Tess | Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 04:27 pm     Buttercuppy is in Austin now and it's a balmy 44 degrees still. Gooooooooooooo, Buttercup!! She's on the scenic route through Texas. |
Juju2bigdog | Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 05:10 pm     Wait a minute!!! Moondance made it home all the way by herself? With no entourage? No reports from truckstops? No visits with erstwhile ax murderers? Oh dear, I hope we are not setting a precedent here. Glad you made it home safe, Moon.
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Moondance | Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 05:17 pm     Thanks Juju  |
Tess | Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 06:03 pm     I'm afraid we might be, Juju. I've lost all contact with MissButtercup and am sitting here quite bereft. Her last message was from Hwy 290 at 4:50 board time. |
Juju2bigdog | Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 06:41 pm     Well, duh, Tess, isn't it obvious? She's back at Merlin's. Merlin is back at Merlin's. He's getting her tanked on wine again! I expect they will both slosh into chat a bit later. |
Tess | Sunday, December 30, 2001 - 07:27 pm     In reality, Juju, they are sloshing out to dinner right now. She *says* she was on the phone all that time. Hmmmmmmmm. |
Tess | Tuesday, January 01, 2002 - 02:12 pm     Paging Juju, Spygirl and/or Merlin. I know MissButtercup is due to go back on the road this afternoon. I've had no word as to departure time and I've just been informed that we're invited to dinner in 20 minutes so I need to fly. I will be available for tracking as soon as I get back. |
Spygirl | Tuesday, January 01, 2002 - 02:21 pm     LOL, Tess! I talked to MsButter earlier (around 1pm central, I think) and she wasn't planning to leave for a couple more hours. Haven't heard anything since. BTW, can I go to dinner with you, too? I'm tired of watching football  |
Merlin | Tuesday, January 01, 2002 - 02:59 pm     Tess, take your time with dinner and enjoy. Currently Buttercup has commandeered a spot on a couch and established her laptop surrounded by reams of papers. The look on her face is grim. This may not be a good time to approach her as to the departure time. |
Juju2bigdog | Tuesday, January 01, 2002 - 03:39 pm     Merlin, is Buttercup transcribing your notes? Or have YOU conned HER into writing Spygirl's dissertation that YOU are supposed to be writing?
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Grooch | Tuesday, January 01, 2002 - 06:58 pm     Fruitbat update. She made it to Fort Pierce today and she is so happy to be in warm weather again. She is really enjoying herself so far. |
Tess | Tuesday, January 01, 2002 - 09:06 pm     Oh fine, Grooch. Now I need to get mapquest out and find Fort Pierce because you didn't say WHAT STATE MsBat is in. I will start with Florida and make my way up the east coast until I locate her and get her own little red star going on the map. This is nice as MissButter is still planted on Merlin's couch surrounded by those same papers. Spy, I'm sorry you missed the New Year's Day party but I can promise photos at a later date. We had fun!! |
Tess | Tuesday, January 01, 2002 - 09:54 pm     Grooch--I found Fort Pierce (Juju told me it's in Florida) and put MsBat's pretty red star just where it belongs. I'll move her along on the map when they fire up the RV and you send some updates. Btw...MissButtercup has NOT left Texas as of yet. |
Merlin | Wednesday, January 02, 2002 - 05:52 am     Buttercup is back on the road again and headed to Spytown. She is about 50 minutes into her trip and is getting a taste of Houston work traffic. |
Juju2bigdog | Wednesday, January 02, 2002 - 07:50 am     Butter Barrels for Border! And as I was typing this, she bulleted over into Loosiana! Go Butter go!!!
Just re-reading Merlin's post. Oh good grief, how soon we forget. I battled Houston's daily gridlock for eight long, hot years. Poor Buttercup. No wonder she said she was ONLY at the border. She must have had a nice, long time to savor the Texas sunrise while sitting in Houston early morning rush hour. |
Juju2bigdog | Wednesday, January 02, 2002 - 08:30 am     Buttercup has turned north. Looks to be about 225 miles left. No snow or ice. |
Juju2bigdog | Wednesday, January 02, 2002 - 10:25 am     Slowed by road construction, about 120 miles to go. |
Grooch | Wednesday, January 02, 2002 - 10:35 am     Tess, I'll try, but I have a feeling her updates will be few and far between. Bats seem to very discreet creatures.  |
Twiggyish | Wednesday, January 02, 2002 - 10:35 am     I'm hoping to meet Ms. Bat when she comes to the west coast of FL. Ft. Pierce is on the east coast and is located north of Palm Beach (about 40 miles). We used to live just south of it in Port St. Lucie. |
Tksoard | Wednesday, January 02, 2002 - 11:15 am     Twiggy, my aunt and uncle live in Port St. Lucie,and used to live in Fort Pierce. My aunt is into computers also. Do you know the Weglarz? I don't know how large the citys are, so I thought maybe you would have heard of them. My uncle is a Shriner clown, also.  |