Archive through December 21, 2001
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Willi | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 10:25 am     Adorable picture. Have an enjoyable & safe rest of your trip Buttercup.
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Sunshinemiss | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 07:46 pm     What a cute picture! The voyeurs among us are greatly enjoying this psuedo-(for us) road trip. Thanks for sharing! |
Bookworm | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 08:43 pm     Love this picture. What a couple of cuties! |
Egbok | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 10:22 pm     What a great picture!! Both of you are cuties!! |
Buttercup | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 11:32 pm     Well, thank you all kind people Here is something that put my feelings into words before I started my adventure: YOU CAN FLY… BUT THAT COCOON HAS GOT TO GO. The risk—oh the risk of leaving the swaddling, warmth of a cocoon. My cocoon. My status quo. My…deadening security. To leave the known, no matter how confining it may be—for an unknown a totally new lifestyle— oh, the risk! My cocoon chafes, sometimes. But I know its restrictions. And it’s scary to consider the awful implications of flight. I’m leery of heights. But, I could see so much wider, clearer from heights. And there is an exhilaration about flight that I have always longed for. I want to fly… if I could just have the cocoon to come back to. Butterflies can’t. I can’t. Probably butterflies don’t even want to— once they’ve tasted flight. It’s the risk that makes me hesitate. The knowing I can’t come back to the warm, undemanding status quo. About butterflies… the cocoon has only two choices— risk or die. What about me? If I refuse to risk, do I, too, die inside, still wrapped in the swaddling web?
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Urgrace | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 01:05 am     How beautiful - the words and the previous picture! Starting over may be scary,some say even risky, but you will be all the wiser for it! True success comes with a few bumps to help you remember which road to take! Getting started makes the trip much easier, and you are on your way! p.s. I always knew I liked airports! ..teehee |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 07:43 am     Buttercup, try not to bump your butt too bad when you're flying close to the ground. Maybe tie a balloon on it. We'll be right here cheering you on.
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Fruitbat | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 10:09 am     I am back and extremely happy to be able to say that. Ryder Trucks, where do I start........ It had a governer at 65mph. I find myself asking why? We got slap happy and cheered when we were able to maintain that speed for any length of time. The thought of getting that large hunk of gaudy yellow refuse to a higher speed was laughable. We drove from Grants New Mexico to Erie Pa, 1800 miles, in one stretch. <fruitbat puts posted notes around the house to remind herself that she is too old to do this, should her son require her moving assistance in the future> Adven gave me the title of HRH. He asked what I liked to be called for short, Fruit or Bat? I said, Your Majesty would be fine...........thus the handle. I know nothing of any posse but am pleased to find that I may have such a thing. Don't possies ride brown horses behind the sherrif and hunt bad men wearing black hats riding dark horses? As soon as I recover from the Ryder I would consider this but I don't think white hats look particularly snappy. |
Urgrace | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 10:20 am     Gee, Buttercup! I just went back and saw your post referring to the INS roadblocks in Texas - Are there a lot of them? What happened? Did they say anything about your 'kitty cat'? I have a feeling you encountered the roadblocks near El Paso... Moon may be coming this way, so I'd like for her to be prepared for such an interruption! Are you going back by Spygirl's before you head on down to Florida? Take care and journey safely! ......~ ~ ~ - - ---~~~~~~~~~~- --~~~~~~~~~* |
Urgrace | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 10:29 am     Glad to hear you're back safe and nearly sound! My road trips never included a big yellow ryder truck, but I am imagining you are enjoying a nice comfortable plush chair to sit in! One thing about a trip like that - you and your son will always have that memory to share. I heard you were wearing a completely different hat.... hmmm.  |
Fruitbat | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 10:40 am     This is the third memory my son can share! I have ferried cars and moved him twice before. I am done creating remembrances of this sort. I will aim to establish memories that hold palm trees, soft island breezes and how he waited me hand and foot. |
Buttercup | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 11:17 am     Your Majesty, MsBat--it looks like neither Ryder trucks nor Greydwags are in either one of ours immediate future Though, if things go according to my wishes (and freakin' hard work), I will be heading back to California in less than 3 weeks to arrange for the moving of my belongings. YIIIKES!!! I have decided to do it PUD style when it happens--less work and less $$ for me. *Notice I said when and not if* I am glad you are home safe now, MsBat! As for myself, I am now leaving Texas after having received the royal treatment for a while , as well as aquired a new title/name--the Norwegian Princess Hehe.... The Royal family seems to be growing around here. Obviously, HRH MsBat is one we all already know of. Last night in chat a few others came out of the woodwork as well: Queen Mum Tess, Queen Zed (Queen Zednog last night ), Lady Bookworm and Lady Sage. Maleservant Merlin is of course a central figure along with all of these royal pain in the-you-know-what people! <The Norwegian Princess ducks> But, all fun must come to an end, or at least a temporary halt. Yet again I enter the sometimes all-confusing roads to Rome. This time as the Princess Warrior without even my guard cat, Phil... <Buttercup frantically wipes the lonely tears streaming down her face> So here is to Savior Merlin and Prince Phil having a great time and Christmas together! Here! Here! to all of you wonderful people who are traveling with me in spirits and keeping my adventure tolerable and entertaining!
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Grooch | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 11:19 am     What happened to Phil?  |
Tess | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 12:46 pm     Don't worry, Grooch. Phil is spending his Christmas vacation with Merlin. Her Majesty, Princess Buttercup, will be re-united with Phil as soon as she has a place to live. Won't be long. |
Grooch | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 01:06 pm     Is it safe to assume that between collecting Sam and moving her belongings PUD style, (I have no clue what PUD is) is that we are going to have to more road trip chapters in Buttercup's book? One to get back to Ca and a second to get back to the east coast? Buttercup, I am amazed. |
Urgrace | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 01:15 pm     Kudos to Merlin! What a nice gesture. All that travelling in the holiday season is hard enough on humans let alone pretty kitties. |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 02:28 pm     Yay, Merlin! What a prince! y'all have no idea what it cost me in pride to say that Go Buttercup! Let us know which way you are headed first. Good luck on the road.
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Fruitbat | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 03:22 pm     I do not know what PUD means, Buttercup, but if it is anything other than selling all your belongings and buying new I will discourage you. |
Merlin | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 03:32 pm     Aww Juju, that is special of you to say that in front of witnesses. Of course I have never forgotten the time you told me you loved me during Game 2. In regards to the Norwegian Princess, she should be caught in rush hour traffic in Beaumont at the moment and headed toward the land of Spygirl. |
Tess | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 03:45 pm     MsBat and Grooch, PUD stands for Pick Up and Delivery. In short, MissButtercup (aka Norwegian Princess) is headed to Louisiana as Merlin said, and then on Saturday night or Sunday will leave there and drive to Florida. At SOME point she will need to get back to Louisiana and fly from there to California where she will load all her worldly possessions into a container which will then bepicked up and delivered to her back in Louisiana. Her Majesty will be flying back to Lousiana while someone other than herself drives said worldly possessions to Louisiana. Then all that would be left of this part of the saga is retrieving Phil from that Prince affectionately known as Big Merlin. The rest are all just pesky details. |
Spygirl | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 04:45 pm     And we're gonna try to get Merlin to hand-deliver Phil to us once Butter gets moved in...and see how much trouble the three of us can get into.... |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 05:43 pm     Buttercup report. She has crossed the Loosiana state line!
Merlin, cut it out. You're making me puke. |
Merlin | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 06:05 pm     It is all the wienies you eat Juju, back off the wienies if you are throwing up. |
Urgrace | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 08:11 pm     Ewwwwww! Beaumont at rush hour - how GAStly! |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 09:30 pm     Beaumont at any hour... |
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