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Kelly, thanks for answering KayAnn's question............yeah........I feel the very same way..............Wednesday will be a very sad day - all my adopted children will be going home.........and two dear friends will no longer be under my roof.
But - we were already talking about BBQ #4...................:)
What a documentation! You could write a novel on the basis of all these different threads:D
With love (Richard and Lindsay) and drama (Richard and Sara), fun (Mario) and sex (the fabulous furry firemen;) - ok I have no information about furry as far as the firemen are concerned but we still have furry skritchie fests under the bed:D :D :D
I just can't wait for all the other pictures *waves sadly to Pacific Ocean* ;)
There are a few pictures of Sparkle's deflowering...but not of the rest. We didn't want to get kicked off PT! ;)Quote:
Originally posted by aly
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :D I missed all the dragon fun!?!? Someone better have taken pics! :D
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Originally posted by popcornbird
Wow! Great pictures!!! :D Looks like you all had a fabulous time. I can't wait to see more. I couldn't help but laugh when I saw the pic of Sara and Richard posed together. That must have been a sight to see. ;) He he he!
Now...........
Does anyone care to explain how or WHY there were firemen there? I'm kinda lost. :o:o
Staci Here
It was classic Phred pops---
and we know you are lost most of the time!!! ;)
:)Quote:
Originally posted by gini
The firemen...............
I am thinking of a huge basket full of goodies for the fire station
as a THANK YOU.......................
:D
A few things to remember about the Station 29 Gang ...
Captain Finn & his Merrie Band of Indians ~
Work a 3-Platoon Shift = 24 hours ON Duty; then 48 OFF -
They worked Saturday, OFF Sunday & Monday; due back "ON" TODAY.
I haven't found out if they share their House (Station) with any
OTHER Crews - they might be a single-engine station -
OR share the House with a Ladder, a Med Unit, a Batallion Chief ...
there might be a BIG crowd - or just the Engine 29 crew.
I'll send you a PM.
/s/ Phred
<pout, pout> I'm already home and back to the daily grind. :( <sniff, sniff>Quote:
Originally posted by Kfamr
When does everyone officially "go home?"
The good news is Karen is supposed to be visiting us tonight! She flew from LA to Chicago Sunday night to do some touring of the Windy City, and is supposed to be flying back to Scotland tomorrow - Wednesday. So she will make her way to my work this afternoon, then we will head home to meet P & CJ then off for some din din. At least I get a little bit of an extension of our trip.....
I think it's GREAT that Slick will be joining Laurie on the train! We saw that train quite a few times and it's the perfect idea for her to be able to get down and meet the E's. I was totally amazed at the distance between Sara and Gini. Even though they're both in the LA area, it's quite a trip! However....has anyone warned the train staff....? ;) :D
Oh, and I also know that Randi has taken a ton of pictures but is having trouble getting a photo editor installed on Sara's computer, so we'll have to wait until she gets home to see her pics. :( She is leaving Wednesday also, which she is not looking forward to.
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Originally posted by NoahsMommy
Dragons....oh yes, there were A LOT of dragons. All colors, shapes, sizes AND some were even edible!! OH! And they helped cool our drinks!!!
And my sweet, innocent car, Sparkles, was deflowered by a blue, sticky one.
Oh, Mom...your girls are home now.
:eek: :eek: :eek: Oh my!! WE must see pictures of the deflowering. :eek: :eek: :eek:
MORE "SHOUT OUTS"!!!
Thanks to Barbara, Koxka and Randi for sending our palates on a European Spirit Tour
Thanks to Sara for being a waitress. I laughed and appreciated her buzzing around with a stack of plastic cups under her arm, making sure everyone got a taste.
Sara,
Did anyone give you a tip at least?:(
Thanks to Don and Terry, the official cooks of the 3rd annual BBQ!
I looked over at the both of them while they cooked and Don was holding court...Tongs and a drink in hand....
T&P,
It was nice to meet you and Terry. I am glad you had fun and hope to see you both again, real soon...
Debbie,
I have to tell you this...
I could see that you were having a blast. The last time I saw such wide-eyed wonder in a human being, I was watching a kid in a toy store. Yep, you didn't want to miss a moment...
Terry is a great guy-Before you left he shook my hand and gave me a hug like I was a long lost brother...
Catland and her husband..
Julie,
You are such a liar.
You don't do parties??? Yeah sure,......;) You are a hoot!!!!
When the both of them walked thru Gini's front door, Byron's eyes got huge.....ANOTHER DUDE TO TALK TO.....IT"S NOT A WOMAN/CAT thing........Little did he know....
There are two funny stories about CatLand and Hubby.....
We said our goodbyes after the party, they drive off and a few minutes later ....Here come their car again.........
Let this be a warning to everyone.
When you get street directions to a destination you can get back from where you came from by just turning the directions upside down.;) :confused: :o :D
I have more stories and will get to one and all of you.......
These are in no order of importance, they are just random and are popping into my mind as I review the past week.....
P.S.
To the girls....I left my gifts at Gini's house-I did remember them as I drove away........Lindsey's picture was of no use without them.:rolleyes: :o :D
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Originally posted by RICHARD
There are two funny stories about CatLand and Hubby.....
We said our goodbyes after the party, they drive off and a few minutes later ....Here come their car again.........
Let this be a warning to everyone.
When you get street directions to a destination you can get back from where you came from by just turning the directions upside down.;) :confused: :o :D
Yea - easy for you to say. Try being the navigator (my job) after an entire afternoon and evening of Richard's slushies, Slick's famous Baileys, Randi's breakfast aperitif, and (someone's - sorry I don't remember who's) champagne.
After all that, reading a map isn't all that easy.:eek: :eek:
I've read references to an accident of some kind but a search comes up empty as to what actually happened. Are you okay? Is your car going to live? Do you have pictures?Quote:
Originally posted by NoahsMommy
And my sweet, innocent car, Sparkles, was deflowered by a blue, sticky one.
I am pretty sure she's not talking about an accident. I assumed she was talking about a dragon sticker or something :)Quote:
Originally posted by RedHedd
I've read references to an accident of some kind but a search comes up empty as to what actually happened. Are you okay? Is your car going to live? Do you have pictures?
lolololol,Quote:
Originally posted by catland
Yea - easy for you to say.
Here's story number two.......
I was sitting with Catland's husband, Byron in the back yard facing Gini's house.
From that point you can see into the windows...
I see two faces. Two faces become three....
those faces are intently looking down into the sink, which sits under that window...
A piece of fabric get held up in front of those faces and then is dropped down...more staring, then the fabric goes up again..is dropped and another face appears.....the fabric goes up and there is one less face in the window.......the fabric goes up again, down again, the faces change places but are still staring down...the fabric goes up again and then Byron leans over and says.....
"THOSE ARE MY WIFE'S PANTS..."
We were watching Gini, Sara, Randi and Julie trying to get red wine out of the seat of poor Julie's pants.
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We found out later that there was a red wine spillage and everyone came to Julie's rescue..when it first happened Gini is trying to blot up the wine, from the pants with Julie still in them..
The funniest part of this whole story is Gini is laughing later on and says,
"Here I am wiping Julie's rear end and I have just met her...."
What is a Pet Talker???
Someone who will help get your rear end cleaned up, even if you
just met them.
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Phred,
Special thanks to you....
All us guys were glad when the firemen showed up....
It was awfully tiring fighting off all the GREAT looking women at the BBQ!! :D
No................??;) You didn't mind, did you Richard ;)Quote:
Originally posted by RICHARD
It was awfully tiring fighting off all the GREAT looking women at the BBQ!! :D
Wow! You had fun!
I loved the pictures! More! More!
I love this picture. I used to have an uncle who lived near Laguna Beach.Quote:
Originally posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
Another view of Laguna Beach. Perfect weather, beautiful scenery, good food and good friends....who would want to come back to work? :(
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I hope you don't mind but I borrowed this for my desk top for a while. We are going to have temps in the 100s with heat index of 110 or higher for at least the next week. I want to look at something to keep me cool!!!!
It looks beautiful on my screen by the way! :D
Commuter update:
Laurie is now in San Diego visiting family.................
Staci is winging her way home......................
Tonya is just about to board her flight home................
Kelly has driven herself home................
Slick is sitting somewhere in Sara's pool........................
Gini is on her way to take a nap!!!:D :D :D
Bet you will have twinges of "empty nest syndrome" set in soon! ;)Quote:
Originally posted by gini
Gini is on her way to take a nap!!!:D :D :D
Enjoy your nap!!! :D
"""What is a Pet Talker???
Someone who will help get your rear end cleaned up, even if you
just met them."""""
This especially makes me giggle, as I believe we have pictures somewhere of Anna wiping mud off of Robin's rear. Although they hadn't just met, it still made me giggle! :p
Message to self MUST GET TO BBQ # 4 Missed a great time. No job next summer!!!!!
This is Laura posting under Alexa's name. We made great time, the trip home only took 7 hrs as opposed to the 9 hr drive it took to get us there! I'll make a real post later, I just wanted to let everyone know we are home safe and sound.
Glad you ladies are home safe!
Glad you and Alexa made it home, Laura! It was so nice to meet you! :)Quote:
Originally posted by grybai
This is Laura posting under Alexa's name. We made great time, the trip home only took 7 hrs as opposed to the 9 hr drive it took to get us there! I'll make a real post later, I just wanted to let everyone know we are home safe and sound.
**hugs**
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Originally posted by Kfamr
"""What is a Pet Talker???
Someone who will help get your rear end cleaned up, even if you
just met them."""""
This especially makes me giggle, as I believe we have pictures somewhere of Anna wiping mud off of Robin's rear. Although they hadn't just met, it still made me giggle! :p
I thought of the very same thing, Kay;) :p
Gini, I know you are ready to relax a bit. Bless your heart! But what fun memories you created and it sounds as if you had terrific help. Life is going to be dull for the next 11 months, isn't it, compared to this past week? I hope that we can liven it up a bit more for you and add to the masses next July.
Zoe (Vermontcat) is coming to see me tomorrow for the day. We will have a "mini" Pet Talk meeting, right here in SC, but I think both of us wish we could have seen all of you!
Logan
here's a few of my photos!
I knew I was at the right house when I saw this!
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The excitment brought on by the firemen.
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A group photo (minus a few)
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Laurie with the neighbors lovely goldens.
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Just a warning. Gini is not to be trusted with Peeps!
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And I just have to include one of Rascal.
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Two of "Gini's Kids" are winging their way Homeward Bound ...
And we're starting a repeat of the Westward Journey ...
:rolleyes:
Staci headed towards ATLANTA - and actually GOT There this time!
She *hopped* into Salt Lake; then on to Atlanta.
And sent a message to Kelly that there was going to be a TWO Hour :eek:
DELAY due to "weather" in Atlanta.
She is headed to Ohio on DELTA Flight #269.
Last ETA was for arrival at 2:00 AM in Ohio.
More Pretzils, Staci??
Miz Zippy got off to a "slow start" :( from LAX ~
SOUTHWEST Flight # 1664 (Lax to Las Vegas)
took off 30 minutes late.
Zippy has a layover in Las Vegas till
SOUTHWEST Flight # 1128 leaves at 7:30 -
arriving in Midland/Odessa at 11:35 PM.
"New Mexico Mom" is going to meet her for the "taxi ride" over to Hobbs.
The "taxi ride" will take another hour & 15 minutes.
And that's the *PLAN* ...
Tyme Will Tell how close the Plan is to Reality. :p
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10:00 PM UPPIE-Date from ATLANTA ...
"Two Hour Delay is stretching into FOUR ...
"Rainin like Heck" - and DELTA 269 is due to depart
"about" 11:30 to 11:45 - "assuming" the Plane gets to Atlanta -
it's in I-Forget-Where right now.
IF she departs on time, she'll get in to Dayton about 12:30.
Her Parents are already AT the Dayton airport. :(
Per Staci's Request -
The Three Prayer Pups and the Purrayer KAT are gathered in a
Prayer Circle - Krossin Pawz & Klawz. ;)
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This is all starting to sound "familiar". :rolleyes:
I also wanted to add these pictures from Disneyland.
Me and Alexa
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This is how I felt about Splash Mountain!
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Great pictures, Laura! Glad you two got home safely!
Bet Corkscrew's gonna be mad when he sees your picture of some *other* orange boy!
Some of the pictures I took...
Auntie Staci getting some hugs from her nephew, Micah:
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Basie enjoying the PINK toy his Auntie Staci brought him:
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Basie and Noah, making sure I made Staci's bed correctly:
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Phoebe had to make sure I did a good job too:
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Noah drinking water after auntie Staci had her bath:
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That was Thursday night...next post will be Friday stuff! :)
Tonya making the first entry in our BBQ 2005 Guest Book:
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Mario and his new pal:
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Laurie and Richard enjoying some Bloody Mary's:
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A really "stressful" Rascal:
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Our WONDERFUL hostess...and my new adoptive mom:
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Staci and Tonya:
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Closeup of Slick and Richard's special hat:
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More of Friday coming...
Tonya's little friend:
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Stace and I at Bare Essentials (Part 1 of the Shopping Extraviganza):
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Tonya and I at BE:
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LOVE that stuff (Bare Minerals)!!!
Stace in the shoe store (ie: one of the many heaven's we went to!!):
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ILLEGAL PICTURE!! We got yelled at for taking picture inside Sephora...guess its a copywrite/display issue? This is Staci showing Tonya about a product she recommends. Long story short, I had to get a ton of tissue to clean Tonya's arms up! :eek: Come to think of it...that may be WHY we were scolded. ;)
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Tonya finding a HOT waiter:
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Our gorgeous Staci...
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More coming...
Tonya after 1 Mohito...
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Micah FELL IN LOVE with Tonya and the feeling was mutual. She's renamed her little lover boy, Donut:
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Karen and Aaron arrived after our LONG day of shopping, eating, flirting and having way too much fun in Albertsons.
OK, Saturday is next...
I know this was already posted, but Tonya was a BIG help on Saturday morning. Here she is "cooking":
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CUTE Karen and Aaron:
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The girls:
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We're HERE!!!!
Stace:
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Aaron (humoring me!):
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Cutie pie (sweetie pie too!), Karen:
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It was SO GREAT meeting Randi!!!!
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Our WONDERFUL Mary!!! She was a pure joy! :)
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Mario and his new friend the Lemur:
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Tracey and Amberlee:
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So fun!
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(Yes, that's paper undies...ha ha)
Mmmm.....food!
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Slick's CUTE Nemo shirt! And, its PINK!!!
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Karen in the kitchen:
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Laurie and the hot firemen:
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More coming...FIREMEN.... ;)
The fire engine (for Phred):
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A group shot:
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Look at all those women!
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Hot, but sooooo KNEW it! :rolleyes:
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Firemen, enjoying a drink:
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Everyone made a sign saying where they were from. Here me and Tonya posing with our sign:
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What it said:
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Gini in her SUPER CUTE apron! (For those that don't know the story, here it is: Gini had the idea to make everyone one of these...but everywhere she went wanted an arm and a leg for them. Lut found out (not sure if Gini told her or not??), and offered to make the decals, while Gini hunted down and paid for 30 plain, white aprons and then ironed on the transfers Lut sent. Wasn't that nice of them??)
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More coming...
This picture was so cute of Slick, Richard and Debbie. But I PROMISED Slick that I wouldn't post pictures of her, so that's why its cropped. I love her...so its not a "mean" thing.
((((Hugs to Slick))))
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Richard, Alexa and Laura:
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Pam (Gini's neighbor), Randi, Gini's friend, Gini:
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Karen with her Diet Dr. Pepper can: ;)
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(She's not the dork, I told her to pose with it!)
Our poor, but sweet, traveler:
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Me and Tracey being sillies:
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Tracey, Mary and Laurie:
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Catland and Hubby: (aren't they CUTE????)
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Stace and Tonya, getting to share Rascal's couch:
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Byron was Rascal's pal:
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Gini likes Peep's...these were gifts from Slick and Lauie!
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Come on woman..I want to see more;)
Too much fun being had by you all!!!
On Sunday, Karen, Aaron, Tonya, Staci and I did a little shopping and lunch before Karen/Aaron left for home.
Karen and Aaron...while we wait to be seated at the Cheesecake Factory:
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The girls...can you tell we're starving....(Stole Staci's picture!)
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Birdy:
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We ALL ordered macaroni and cheese balls, battered and fried! SINFUL!!! :D
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Karen and Aaron left for home after lunch and some shopping. :( They safely arrived home and made good time.
Staci, Tonya and I went to my parent's home for dinner and terot card readings. :)
First....my parent's SOLD their house!!! YAY!!! :D
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In the garden:
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Stace on the comfy outdoor furnature:
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Tonya " ":
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Did I mention that Tonya is a cat lady?? All my cats, even Noah, were totally mesmerized by her!!!
Noah letting her pet him! (normally unheard of!!)
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Noah supervising Tonya's packing:
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Helping Tonya pack:
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Next is Monday!! :)