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Archive through April 16, 2004

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Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 6:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Will there be pictures?

Lucy
Member

10-08-2002

Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 6:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks everyone! Annie, I'm sure I must have seen your brother at the aquarium!! Just don't know where or when!

Have a good trip, Marm!!

Scootersmom
Member

08-10-2002

Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 7:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Love the pics Lucy! :-) Thank you so much for sharing. I love visiting aquariums. Aren't they so cool?

Marm & Tess, have a wonderful time!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 8:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yay, Marm!!! Forget Germany, you have a whole new life to start in Illinois, home of the best tomatoes in the world.

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 9:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Marm has worn me out too.

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 9:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, Shheeeesssshhhh.....it's after midnight, and I JUST NOW finished everything so that classes can run without me for four days. Now I have to go home to pack and hit the road by 2:30AM....

Guess I better get a big diet Pepsi!
See you soon, Tess!

PS....I'm worn out just thinking about this....I'm making my poster for the presentation AT the conference, no way am I staying up to do THAT too!

Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 12:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
only one little glitch. according to the ATA airline website, they don't fly to Atlanta so I haven't been able to get a flight number to check. And according to Marm's last post, she should have gotten on the road nearly an hour ago. good grief. No answer to my earlier email so I sure hope she knows where we're meeting. Maybe she gave me the wrong airline? ack!

Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 12:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did some checking.... she DID give me the wrong airline. I'm not thinking this bodes well for how her day is going to go. I hope she's got the right hotel. oh boy.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 10:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not to worry, Tess. Marm is invincible.

Mware
Member

09-14-2001

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How's Tess going to find her if she can't see her?

Oh, you said "invincible". Never mind...

Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not only is Marm invincible, I'm sure she was the first one off the plane! I was early, of course, and met a very nice older couple from D.C. while I was waiting and then all the sudden, there she was! Her bags came right away also and we were on our way.

Our first stop was at my church to show her our pipe organ (you know Marm loves that kinda stuff) and she saw Miss Sarah's classroom from the outside. Unfortunately it wasn't recess time so I didn't want to pull her out of class to say hello even though her teachers would have let me.

Then we were off to Famous Dave's for BBQ ribs for lunch. They were wonderful!. We had a lovely, relaxed lunch and conversation. Shared a yummy desert and all too soon, it was time to get on our way to Marm's hotel downtown. Fortunately, the hotel is only 2 blocks from DH's office so he had given me directions last night. We breezed right on down there, chatting all the way. Pulled into the hotel 5 minutes ahead of schedule! Yay.

The location is great because Marm has several little neighborhood restaurants and theatres right outside the front door. Everything she could need is within a short walk and the weather is a perfect 70 degrees. Couldn't ask for anything better.

It was a wonderful morning. Yay!!!

Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
pictures - pictures - pictures???

Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 1:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Our waiter took one photo of us at the table. He was moderately inept with a camera so we'll have to wait and see. It's the only photo on the roll of 24 so far so it will be several days at least before we see if it turned out.

Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ok Tess. TY.

Littlec
Member

11-14-2003

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ohh Tess. Next time I'll come take pictures for you.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
digital camera, Tess. You can even get a cheap one for just such occasions as this, or when you want to run into the backyard and snap a shot for Lori's update:-)

Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 3:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We've got a digital camera Juju but I don't like it much. You've got a very good point though. And we will have some good things to snap pretty soon, too. I should find out where Charlie hid that thing.

Littlec, sounds like a plan!

Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am getting a kick out of us asking Tess for pictures for a change but I can wait Tess. lol

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 8:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, Ok....Air Tran Airline DOES NOT equal ATA!!! Big oops on my part. I even went to the wrong counter in Pittsburgh. I'm glad to know the difference.

Lunch with Tess was fun AND yummy. Saw some of my old teachers and colleagues at the conference the first day and went to dinner at a British pub with friends from Ohio and New York. Although the pub was British, I had chicken marsala. YUM!

The evening was spent at Central Lutheran with concerts by the St. Olaf choir, band and orchestra. It was stunning.

DRAT, the bus drivers are on strike. I'm sitting at the hotel waiting for the shuttle. I hailed a cab last night after the concert.

I'm a little sick today. Earache/throat and really tired. I'm coming back to the room early tonight to watch Survivor, make my poster for tomorrow's presentation and maybe take a swim.

More later....the road warrior is weary!

Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 1:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh shoot. I guess I didn't think the shuttle bus drivers were affected by the bus strike. We still have buses running out here in th 'burbs. We've got our own bus line. Darn.

I hope you feel much better for your presentation tomorrow, Marm.

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
A good day today, after the cold meds kicked in! Fairly good sessions, and I went to dinner with some new friends.


AND I found the heel tip of my shoe that broke off yesterday on the sidewalk. Who knew!!

Tomorrow will be even better, I believe. I MUST get the poster done!

Tntitanfan
Member

08-03-2001

Friday, April 16, 2004 - 3:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Urgrace called me this AM from Phoenix to check in and get posted here! She reports that they - she and friend Tootie - spent several days in El Paso sightseeing. Then they went caving in Tucson - I've got to get out my AAA Tourbook and check on that one.

Excitment in Phoenix was provided by locking the keys in the car last night. Gracie got out to go check them into the motel and turned around to see Tootie also getting out of the car. She calls back to Tootie to remember to lock the car, and Tootie DOES!

She said I didn't have to tell you all that part, but, of course, you KNOW I did! They were planning to leave later this morning to press on to Simi Valley for the wedding festivities tomorrow! I am so thrilled that she can be there for Moonie on her big day!!

Egbok
Member

07-13-2000

Friday, April 16, 2004 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tnt, thanks for the Gracie & Tootie update...gosh, I love road trips with friends!!

I'm looking forward to meeting Urgrace at long last!! Yay!!


Tntitanfan
Member

08-03-2001

Friday, April 16, 2004 - 9:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Welcome back to the world of the electronically connected, Eggie! You will love Gracie!! I just wish I could be there to party with all of you - however, Chicago is only a month away. See you there, girlfriend!

Egbok
Member

07-13-2000

Friday, April 16, 2004 - 11:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tnt...it will be absolutely wonderful seeing you once again and this time in Chicago!! One of my future TVCH trips will be in your neck of the woods...I would love to see Nashville someday!