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Myjohnhenry

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 07:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey everyone!

Just got off the phone with TNT!!!!! She is in the Portland area tonight and tomorrow and then is heading up to Seattle on Sunday and heading home on Tuesday. She said they are having a wonderful time. Toured San Francisco the other day and then they headed up North. They spent the night in Crescent City last night and were glad to leave (despite the cute little town it is) as apparently there is a surfer convention. They got to Portland late this afternoon and are going to tour the city tomorrow....then hopefully we can meet up for dinner. Anyone in the Portland area want to come have dinner with us? Anyone in Washington want to take a lovely Saturday drive and have dinner with us?

Urgrace...she said a postcard is on the way.

Moondance...she said don't feel bad about missing her...there is always the board and email when she gets home.

TheOwl...she said lovely things about you too and hopes you are getting back into posting again now that BB is over.

Myjohnhenry

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 07:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gosh Tess...I wish I would have refreshed while talking to her...then I would have seen your post. She asked me if you had posted.
Wanna have dinner with us tomorrow. :)
LOL

Tess

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 07:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hahaha--I'd better start driving--ummmm 2 days ago, if I'm going to make it for dinner.

Dang, I hope she doesn't think I don't love her anymore!!! I'm just an idiot with my cell phone voice mail. Finally had to get Charlie to come and retrieve my message for me so I could listen to it.

Myjohnhenry

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 08:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No worries...I told her you hadn't been around much lately...she understands. :)

Sounds like she is having a great time, but hubby is ready to get home. She will be back with us in about a week and a half now.

Abbynormal

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 09:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
MJH, will you tell her I said hey when you see her?

Juju2bigdog

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 09:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
MJH, she might have tried to call me too. As you may know, I am over in Yakima doing the Washington wine country tour. If you see her, tell her I will be home Sunday evening, or Monday for sure. Sorry I didn't know about Sat. night dinner in Portland sooner. It might have been fairly convenient from here, but now we have plans. Hey, the Hare might want to make the dinner party tomorrow.

Myjohnhenry

Friday, October 04, 2002 - 09:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Abby...I will tell her. :) I will talk to her again even if I don't see her.

Juju...Well....I would have let you know sooner, if I had known sooner. :) I will pass your itinerary on to her. They will get to Seattle sometime Sunday afternoon and are planning on touring the area Monday and heading out Tuesday.

Theowl

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 04:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the message, MJH!! Tell her I miss her, and say...

HOW 'BOUT THEM TITANS!!! HAHA!!


Maybe you better not say that. She might never come home!! Tell her I'm looking forward to lunch and hear all about her trip.

Jewels

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 09:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
MJH, have a good time! I would have loved to have gone too, but hubby is gone at the OSU game today so I have the little monkey, I mean, my adorable son all day....when and where are you going? E-mail me the info if you get a chance...you and I still need to get together sometime too!

Schoolmarm

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 09:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Going to VEGAS the beginning of November....Got the flights and the hotel. I'll be at a music teacher's conference and will be really busy, but I would LOVE to see anyone from Vegas OR visiting Vegas. However, I will probably have to stay near my hotel, as I won't have a rental car and our conference has CRAZY hours....8am to MIDNIGHT....singing, dancing, playing music.

We do have some breaks!

Post here or email me if you will be out that way!

Kstme

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 10:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
psst...Schoolmarm...let me know when and where! Email in profile and please put tvch in subject line. With a name like kstme, I get a LOT of weird mail!

Resort...my address book took a dump and I lost "when" you're coming this way! I am NOT admitting to CRS!

Wargod

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 03:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Marm, email Kstme! She's great fun and has a wonderful family (two legged and four legged.)

Kstme

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 04:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
War...Are you asking for a raise AGAIN???

You always such nice things about my family and even me! You're going to blow my image out of the water!

I've been truly blessed to meet three people, plus family members, from the tvch! War, Spy and Abbynormal are ALL such terrific people!!!! NOW...hopefully, Resort and Marm! Whoohoo!

Wargod

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 04:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, Kstme, another raise would be nice, LOL.

Seriously though, it was all the truth. Hubby and I had a great time visiting with you guys, and from what I've heard both Marm and RG are great people. Might as well get ya'll hooked up!

I'm still trying to figure out when we're coming back there. I'm aiming for end of Feb, begining of March, so we'll see. We have to work it around hubby's second job, which means coming probably on a Tuesday morning, and leaving Thursday night or early Friday morning. Not sure he'd want to leave Friday though since he has to work Friday night.

Kstme

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 04:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
War...I can't WAIT for you to come back!! You'll get to meet the Magpie! Even if the dh has to work, he'll be happy to get together any evening! TheKid should be around too! It's going to be GREAT!

I've been meaning to add this, but the darn brain has been on it's own vacation for the last couple of days! TNT...you're in my FAVORITE part of the country right now!! So glad to hear the trip is going SO well!!

Schoolmarm

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 07:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoohoo! I'm gonna meet Kstme! And hopefully TheKid and DH....and the doggies!

Anyone else out there want a Vegas adventure?

Suppose I can get her to join in the late night folkdancing?

Oh, and you'll love RG, she's really great and lots of fun!

Let's see now, I've met Tess and family, TnT, RG and family, Spy, Butter, Gail, Lance, Sage, UrGrace and family, Merlin, Karuuna....hope I didin't forget anyone.

We're having a huge Autumn Leaf festival in my town this week. The food trailers are up and the side streets are closed. There are events all week, topping off with a HUGE craft show on Friday and a 2 hour parade on Saturday and the homecoming game. Let me know if you are in Western PA...I'll be happy to cut class to meet you and give you a tour of our "exploding" town. There will be half a million people through our town of 6000 in the next week!

Schoolmarm

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 07:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, yes! Forgot about my trip to Iowa....I met Bookie and MaggieMae and Wiggleworm! What a wonderful family!

Not an "axe murderer" in the bunch! It's really fun to meet in person...always a bit of a surprise, but familiar at the same time.

Kady

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 08:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just love hearing the stories of ya'll meeting each other. :) So far not a single "axe murderer" among us. LOL
Have fun in Vegas Marm!! I love it there and wish I could go back but it is a 27 hour drive. The last time we went we drove straight home. We spent 3 days getting there. We went as a whole family. We took 2 vehicles. It was me, hubby, my son, my Mom, my brother, my SIL, and their 4 kids. After spending a week there with all of them, tempers were up and we were all getting irritated with each other and drove straight home. :)

My advice never go on family trips or at least never go on a trip with my brother.

Egbok

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 08:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Marm - I'm going to LV in the middle of October with a bunch of family members.
<Egbok re-reads Kady's post above, *gulp*>

We are on celebrating my nieces' 21st birthday with some activities planned by my sister and BIL. My hubby can't go along, but I'm picking up my daughter at her college on the way out to LV. This should be a fun trip and I'm really looking forward to the planned activities!!

I'm glad to hear that you are attending the music teacher's conference - it sure sounds like fun!

Myjohnhenry

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 09:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I had a wonderful evening at dinner with TnT. :)
I met her and her friend (who is just as warm and loving as she is...and they both give great hugs!) at their hotel and then TnT and I took advantage of a break in the rain and walked the few blocks to the restaurant. We had a great seafood dinner and lots of wonderful conversation.
Today they took a tour of Portland....downtown, the Rose Gardens (unfortunately in the rain), Pittock Mansion and she said they had a great time. The only regret she mentioned was not being able to see Mt. Hood today.
Tomorrow they head up toward Seattle with a planned stop at one of the Mt. St. Helens visitor centers and Monday they take their tour of Seattle.
I really like the idea they are using of taking a Grey Line tour in the major places they visit and then they can go back and see the things that sparked an interest. I never would have thought of that...even though I was aware of the Grey Line tours.

TnT said to tell you all that she is fine, having a great time and misses everyone. TheOwl...she too looks forward to lunch when she gets home and is already planning it. :)

It is always so cool to have a face to put to a name and to learn something a little new about an internet friend. This was my first TVCH meeting (although not my first internet friend meeting by a long shot...met the first of many internet friends about 8 years ago)and what a great person to be the first...even if she is one of the furthest away from me.

Babyruth

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 06:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Mjh,
Thanks for the newsy report! How cool that you two got to meet. Sounds like TnT is having a good road trip. :)

Kstme

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 07:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Mjh...HOW awsome! Glad you all had such a great time!

Egbok...Sounds like you won't have ANY time for a tvch meeting! BUT it sounds like you'll have a SUPER time here. If you think you will have time, PLEASE email me!!

Moondance

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 10:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks MJH... it is cool to meet TVCHers in person! I am glad you were able to meet TnT... I am very sad:( I wasn't in the frame of mind to meet her in person when shee was in my area but she has the sweetest voice:)

Kstme- I hope you get to meet MsBok if only for a minute... she is GREAT amd a lot of fun! I was lucky enough to meet her last year:)

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 08:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Got a phone message from TnT tonight. She is not coming quite this far north. she is doing a city tour of Seattle tomorrow and then leaving for home Tuesday morning. Ah well, at the rate I travel about, I am sure to meet up with her one of these days.

We had a lovely time this weekend in the Washington state wine country around Yakima, a largely agricultural area. Weather was absolutely perfect at about 73 degrees Farenheit. That part of the state is separated from where I live by the Cascades mountains, and the weather on either side of the mountains can be drastically different. When we left to go over there, I was wearing my winter uniform of double shirts and longjohns. I shed those in favor of t-shirts for the weekend, and raced into the house to put my longjohns back on the minute I got home. Oh yeah, and the wine was good too.

Lance, before you ask, my favorites of the wineries were Hyatt and Bonair. Hyatt was a bit more expensive than the others. We bought a case of mixed bottles at Bonair. This was a group outing with the International Police Association, of which I am a member.

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, October 09, 2002 - 05:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Got a phone call this evening from TnT. She left Seattle yesterday morning and spent the night in Coeur D'Alene, ID, and is in Bozeman, MT tonight. Tomorrow she expects to be in Gillette, WY. She will probably make it home a week from tomorrow but has a couple extra days built into the schedule, just in case.

She had a great time meeting myjohnhenry and said mjh is very sweet, which we of course already knew.

She says hi to everybody and misses y'all.