October 26, 2011
Hitting the Road or the Air or Something
Tomorrow I am pulling out the suitcase and heading south... only for the weekend and not because they are predicting snow.
It's time once again for the annual Hysterics at Eric's. My husband, who forgoes these events, will have a nice quiet weekend at home.
This year the Jooese is making her way south in the company of Jimbo (he of the "big fat black capitalist car"). So I shall swoop into Atlanta, swing by the Casa de Elisson, meet up with the man himself and his lovely wife, attach them to my posse, and off we will head into the middle of Tennessee. It will be a blast and half!
If you follow me on twitter, stay tuned for random tweets from the airport (where there are always fun and interesting things happening). I can even blog because my blog software now works with my ipad! Very cool indeed.
So everyone have a lovely lovely weekend.
It's time once again for the annual Hysterics at Eric's. My husband, who forgoes these events, will have a nice quiet weekend at home.
This year the Jooese is making her way south in the company of Jimbo (he of the "big fat black capitalist car"). So I shall swoop into Atlanta, swing by the Casa de Elisson, meet up with the man himself and his lovely wife, attach them to my posse, and off we will head into the middle of Tennessee. It will be a blast and half!
If you follow me on twitter, stay tuned for random tweets from the airport (where there are always fun and interesting things happening). I can even blog because my blog software now works with my ipad! Very cool indeed.
So everyone have a lovely lovely weekend.
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November 09, 2010
Herding Cows - Jersey Style
This is what happens when you let 2 New Jersey boys and a Brooklyn girl loose in the wilds of Tennessee farm country.
Tennessee will never be the same.
Tennessee will never be the same.
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The Hysterics were Hysterical As Always - Part 2
Let's pick up where we left off... arriving at the Straight White House.
We were greeted with food (courtesy of Bou who made an outstanding dinner) and drink and merriment. It was too cold and wet to sit outside. Rain and sleet had put the kibosh on the campfire, so everyone was gathered indoors. Either in the house itself or in the garage - home to a terrific pocket pool table.
It is mostly a gathering of long acquainted friends with the yearly addition of one or two people. Of course we have already met up with Erica and Leslie. To this was added:
Eric (of course)
Denny
Elisson & SWMBO
John Cox
Jerry
El Capitan
Bou
K-Nine
Rick & Georgia
Jimbo & Da Bodyguard
Later that night Eric's lovely wife Fiona arrived home from work to find her house taken over.
There was much talking in loud voices, many pool games complete with trash talking, and lots of cameras. Sadly I am not a good people photographer so even if people wanted their pictures online, mine mostly didn't turn out well. Give me some trees and scenery every time.
As Denny was leaving the gathering to get back to the hotel, he noticed that a car had a flat tire... well, you guessed it boys and girls. The little icon on the dash was telling me there was a leak and while we were having a merry time, the air quietly left the tire. How I was supposed to know that from the icon on the dash... it's a mystery to me.
Bou kindly gave me a ride both to the hotel that night and back to Eric's the next morning. Saturday morning being the day that Big Stupid Tommy finally made it to the party. Eric woke up early on Saturday and proceeded to change the tire on my car and call the car rental place. (he is the best of the best folks)
I was able to take the car to a local shop. While they fixed it, we were off to the local diner for breakfast. They do the best buffet for breakfast ever. The coffee cups don't match, but the food is excellent and the ambiance is unequaled anywhere.
After picking up my car, there was shopping at a local Fair Trade store, pool, music provided by The Elderly Brothers (Jimbo and Denny accompanied most ably by John who is far to young to be an Elderly). Add to that the most delicious BBQ ever smoked on a huge smoker in Eric's back yard. Elisson did the honors and completely blew our socks off.
It's always sad to see Saturday draw to a close. Denny, Jimbo, Kenny, Georgia and Rick all took off early Sunday morning. Erica, Leslie and I had to head out fairly early, but we were able to stop by Eric's for a quick and very good breakfast.
The drive back to ATL was non-eventful, except for the few minutes of panic when I couldn't figure out if I was still on the right highway when in the middle of downtown. Since I didn't have much wiggle room in timing, I was very happy to find I hadn't detoured on to another highway by accident.
We returned the car and then of course I had to wait in line at the office to have them give me the money for the tire repair. After we got into the terminal and got our boarding passes, we had some lunch. This was not the best choice I could have made. Lunch service was slow and I still had to get through security. However, while we were eating we were treated to a group of soldiers headed home on leave - as they walked through the terminal, everyone gave them a rousing ovation. It was wonderful.
I arrived at the gate just as they were boarding the last "zone" on the plane. Whew! I really don't like cutting it that close. No one even looked twice at my carry on bag this time. It fit fine in the overhead. Good grief!
Other than a little turbulence it was an uneventful flight. Once again I was too tired to do much people watching.
Thus endeth another Hysterics.
We were greeted with food (courtesy of Bou who made an outstanding dinner) and drink and merriment. It was too cold and wet to sit outside. Rain and sleet had put the kibosh on the campfire, so everyone was gathered indoors. Either in the house itself or in the garage - home to a terrific pocket pool table.
It is mostly a gathering of long acquainted friends with the yearly addition of one or two people. Of course we have already met up with Erica and Leslie. To this was added:
Eric (of course)
Denny
Elisson & SWMBO
John Cox
Jerry
El Capitan
Bou
K-Nine
Rick & Georgia
Jimbo & Da Bodyguard
Later that night Eric's lovely wife Fiona arrived home from work to find her house taken over.
There was much talking in loud voices, many pool games complete with trash talking, and lots of cameras. Sadly I am not a good people photographer so even if people wanted their pictures online, mine mostly didn't turn out well. Give me some trees and scenery every time.
As Denny was leaving the gathering to get back to the hotel, he noticed that a car had a flat tire... well, you guessed it boys and girls. The little icon on the dash was telling me there was a leak and while we were having a merry time, the air quietly left the tire. How I was supposed to know that from the icon on the dash... it's a mystery to me.
Bou kindly gave me a ride both to the hotel that night and back to Eric's the next morning. Saturday morning being the day that Big Stupid Tommy finally made it to the party. Eric woke up early on Saturday and proceeded to change the tire on my car and call the car rental place. (he is the best of the best folks)
I was able to take the car to a local shop. While they fixed it, we were off to the local diner for breakfast. They do the best buffet for breakfast ever. The coffee cups don't match, but the food is excellent and the ambiance is unequaled anywhere.
After picking up my car, there was shopping at a local Fair Trade store, pool, music provided by The Elderly Brothers (Jimbo and Denny accompanied most ably by John who is far to young to be an Elderly). Add to that the most delicious BBQ ever smoked on a huge smoker in Eric's back yard. Elisson did the honors and completely blew our socks off.
It's always sad to see Saturday draw to a close. Denny, Jimbo, Kenny, Georgia and Rick all took off early Sunday morning. Erica, Leslie and I had to head out fairly early, but we were able to stop by Eric's for a quick and very good breakfast.
The drive back to ATL was non-eventful, except for the few minutes of panic when I couldn't figure out if I was still on the right highway when in the middle of downtown. Since I didn't have much wiggle room in timing, I was very happy to find I hadn't detoured on to another highway by accident.
We returned the car and then of course I had to wait in line at the office to have them give me the money for the tire repair. After we got into the terminal and got our boarding passes, we had some lunch. This was not the best choice I could have made. Lunch service was slow and I still had to get through security. However, while we were eating we were treated to a group of soldiers headed home on leave - as they walked through the terminal, everyone gave them a rousing ovation. It was wonderful.
I arrived at the gate just as they were boarding the last "zone" on the plane. Whew! I really don't like cutting it that close. No one even looked twice at my carry on bag this time. It fit fine in the overhead. Good grief!
Other than a little turbulence it was an uneventful flight. Once again I was too tired to do much people watching.
Thus endeth another Hysterics.
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The Hysterics were Hysterical As Always - Part 1
Blogmeets - there's nothing like 'em. It will take a few days for me to recover. OTOH What a wonderful trip!
I should have left on Thursday evening and spent the night in Atlanta - that would have made Friday a bit less...um... hectic. It would also have negated arising before the crack of dawn to head to the airport. However, I did manage to snag the 8:30am shuttle from Framingham to Logan. After that I was fine for catching my flight out.
At Logan I was treated to the brand new full body scan. Joy. You might want to go looking for the resultant naughty bits on one of those warez sites... "Logan Bodies" or whatever.
Anyhow, the only good thing... we were allowed to put away the boarding pass and id before the scan. I hate having to try and hold onto those with one hand while taking off shoes, pulling off coats, unwinding scarves, unpacking liquids, pulling out computers, putting everything in bins and guiding it down rollers to the conveyor. I'm always amazed when I can do this without everything hitting the floor. This time I was able to zip it all in my bag and use both hands.
I was pretty tired and not into people watching once I got to the gate. However, I will take a moment to note the following...
Wearing a white button down shirt, plaid mini skirt, black tights, high top lace up shoes with high heels, and little fur cuffs around your ankles, does not work for anyone - period - no matter how skinny you might be. Moreso if you are obviously over the age of 45... (it wouldn't work for a 7 year old). Just sayin...
Of course the idiots at Delta decided I had to check my carry on bag. Why? Well why not! It's the same size as all the others, but that was not good enough for them. They insisted I gate check it. Had I been more wide awake, I would have taken the tag off of it while headed down the ramp and just taken it on the plane - but I was not thinking at all. Much to my detriment.
My flight landed at 2pm in ATL only a few minutes late. I met Erica and Leslie after much texting and phoning. Then we waited and waited and waited and waited... eventually my bag arrived. We dashed off to rent a car and get on the road already. We snagged a Dodge Caliber - it worked well for 3 + bags. Everyone was starving (it was now well after 3pm) so we stopped to eat. This put us square into rush hour. Lovely.
Back on the road... We finally break free of the "stop and goes" and we're moving along when a light appears on the dash with a ding. An icon lights up. It appears to be a horseshoe shape with the open end up and little hashes under it and an exclamation point in the middle. I found a pic - have a look:
I guess it's used in other cars since we were certainly not in a vette of any kind. It looks like it's telling me my luck is running out - tithe now to the church of Dodge...
We looked for a book to see what it might be - of course there is no book in a rental car. We drove on figuring we'd find out what it was when something broke or the car stopped - whichever came first.
It was about this time Erica started receiving texts from Jimbo's friend Da Bodyguard asking us where we were. (Not even half way sadly enough.) Then we hit stopped traffic - total halt all lanes. There was an accident of course and they stopped traffic to life-flight the driver out. Can't really complain about stopped traffic for us when someone else ended up in critical condition. About half an hour later we were on our way again.
There was much trash talk texting going on between Da Bodyguard and Erica to keep us entertained. And we finally made it to the hotel where we checked in and freshened up for the main part of the evening. We arrived at Eric's at about 8:45pm.
Thus endeth part one. With the moral being - it's always best to avoid traveling with me.
I should have left on Thursday evening and spent the night in Atlanta - that would have made Friday a bit less...um... hectic. It would also have negated arising before the crack of dawn to head to the airport. However, I did manage to snag the 8:30am shuttle from Framingham to Logan. After that I was fine for catching my flight out.
At Logan I was treated to the brand new full body scan. Joy. You might want to go looking for the resultant naughty bits on one of those warez sites... "Logan Bodies" or whatever.
Anyhow, the only good thing... we were allowed to put away the boarding pass and id before the scan. I hate having to try and hold onto those with one hand while taking off shoes, pulling off coats, unwinding scarves, unpacking liquids, pulling out computers, putting everything in bins and guiding it down rollers to the conveyor. I'm always amazed when I can do this without everything hitting the floor. This time I was able to zip it all in my bag and use both hands.
I was pretty tired and not into people watching once I got to the gate. However, I will take a moment to note the following...
Wearing a white button down shirt, plaid mini skirt, black tights, high top lace up shoes with high heels, and little fur cuffs around your ankles, does not work for anyone - period - no matter how skinny you might be. Moreso if you are obviously over the age of 45... (it wouldn't work for a 7 year old). Just sayin...
Of course the idiots at Delta decided I had to check my carry on bag. Why? Well why not! It's the same size as all the others, but that was not good enough for them. They insisted I gate check it. Had I been more wide awake, I would have taken the tag off of it while headed down the ramp and just taken it on the plane - but I was not thinking at all. Much to my detriment.
My flight landed at 2pm in ATL only a few minutes late. I met Erica and Leslie after much texting and phoning. Then we waited and waited and waited and waited... eventually my bag arrived. We dashed off to rent a car and get on the road already. We snagged a Dodge Caliber - it worked well for 3 + bags. Everyone was starving (it was now well after 3pm) so we stopped to eat. This put us square into rush hour. Lovely.
Back on the road... We finally break free of the "stop and goes" and we're moving along when a light appears on the dash with a ding. An icon lights up. It appears to be a horseshoe shape with the open end up and little hashes under it and an exclamation point in the middle. I found a pic - have a look:
I guess it's used in other cars since we were certainly not in a vette of any kind. It looks like it's telling me my luck is running out - tithe now to the church of Dodge...
We looked for a book to see what it might be - of course there is no book in a rental car. We drove on figuring we'd find out what it was when something broke or the car stopped - whichever came first.
It was about this time Erica started receiving texts from Jimbo's friend Da Bodyguard asking us where we were. (Not even half way sadly enough.) Then we hit stopped traffic - total halt all lanes. There was an accident of course and they stopped traffic to life-flight the driver out. Can't really complain about stopped traffic for us when someone else ended up in critical condition. About half an hour later we were on our way again.
There was much trash talk texting going on between Da Bodyguard and Erica to keep us entertained. And we finally made it to the hotel where we checked in and freshened up for the main part of the evening. We arrived at Eric's at about 8:45pm.
Thus endeth part one. With the moral being - it's always best to avoid traveling with me.
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Good grief. Of course it happened to us...November 04, 2010
The Further Adventures of...
Thelma and Jooese!
Yes, that time of year has once again rolled around. Many a wonderful blogger (to point out just a minor few) are packing their bags and heading to the Straight White House.
The Jooese and I are adding the Omnibabe to our entourage this year.
It should be a blast and a half! I wonder if Tennessee is ready...
Yes, that time of year has once again rolled around. Many a wonderful blogger (to point out just a minor few) are packing their bags and heading to the Straight White House.
The Jooese and I are adding the Omnibabe to our entourage this year.
It should be a blast and a half! I wonder if Tennessee is ready...
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October 28, 2009
It Wouldn't Be a Blogmeet Without...
Hay bales - this one is for Erica since she didn't get to come this time. I was going to get cows too, but they were never in pastures where I could stop and take a picture.
Rockets!
Sheep watching rockets... (don't ask just agree)
A faher of some sort...
Luckily that faher wasn't in the draher like last year.
Blog meets are such fun.
Rockets!
Sheep watching rockets... (don't ask just agree)
A faher of some sort...
Luckily that faher wasn't in the draher like last year.
Blog meets are such fun.
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October 25, 2009
Back Again
Exhausted. Laughed way too much. Flights were on time. More stories later and maybe a picture or two from interesting places... first have to upload them and look.
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October 23, 2009
On the Road Again
Odds that I make it to Tennessee before tomorrow morning? Depends on how the travel gods feel about me today.
We shall see. Depending on flights and such I may update this post from the airport. Sadly I can't update while driving. (no I do not text and drive I have a hard enough time just avoiding other people who would love to run me over).
More later... maybe.
Of course it might not be the travel gods who delay me... Good Grief!
We shall see. Depending on flights and such I may update this post from the airport. Sadly I can't update while driving. (no I do not text and drive I have a hard enough time just avoiding other people who would love to run me over).
More later... maybe.
Of course it might not be the travel gods who delay me... Good Grief!
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October 27, 2008
The Draher Faher
When one attends blog meets, one expects that *ahem* interesting things will be happening. There will be stories for the ages.
And so it was with this blog meet which will likely be known by posterity as the "blog meet of the draher faher".
After arising at 6am on Friday, travel all day, an evening of revelry ending in the wee hours at around 3am. A Saturday starting at 8:30am and ending around 1:30am... I was looking forward to sleeping until 8:30 Sunday morning when I planned to drag out of bed and head to Eric's for the Sunday morning breakfast.
Well, that was the plan until...
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And so it was with this blog meet which will likely be known by posterity as the "blog meet of the draher faher".
After arising at 6am on Friday, travel all day, an evening of revelry ending in the wee hours at around 3am. A Saturday starting at 8:30am and ending around 1:30am... I was looking forward to sleeping until 8:30 Sunday morning when I planned to drag out of bed and head to Eric's for the Sunday morning breakfast.
Well, that was the plan until...
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I Was Promised A Non-Smoking Room***
Back from the wilds of Tennessee where there were many exciting things happening this last weekend.
The Straight White house once again opened its doors to many a blogger. I shall not attempt to give you an accounting of what was happening because it was epic and I don't have the pixels to accommodate such a story.
So here are a few of the highlights.
- It took 5 hours for Thelma and Joo-ese to get from Atlanta to Eric's front door.
- I got a speeding ticket... yes, out in the middle of nowhere a cop stopped me in front of a 55mph sign telling me I had been speeding in a 40mph zone.
- I did not go shooting at the range after the ticket. Dealing with a cop is enough for the weekend, didn't want to deal with the TSA too
- It takes 2.5 hours to get Joo-ese out the door when it's time to go back to the hotel... therefore we got to the hotel at 3am the first night (or is that morning)
- Bou, Oddy, Richmond, Elisson, SWMBO (wife of Elisson), and Eric are all terrific cooks
- Morrigan (sister of Bou) is 6 months pregnant and introducing the baby to blogging early. I predict great things from this child after hanging with this group
- the Elderly Brothers are excellent and made even better when Dax and John add their own touches to the mix. (yes that would be John Cox of Cox and Forkum - amazing the peeps you meet at Eric's)
- being awakened by a fire alarm about an hour and a half before my alarm was due to go off was an interesting way to start the day. Tomorrow there shall be pictures and story of this event. (well, one picture at least)
Now I'm off to bed. I do need to try and get some little bit of sleep before attempting to work tomorrow.
*** title of this post is courtesy of John Cox who told me it would be a good title when I mentioned this out in the parking lot while the firemen were putting out the fire.
The Straight White house once again opened its doors to many a blogger. I shall not attempt to give you an accounting of what was happening because it was epic and I don't have the pixels to accommodate such a story.
So here are a few of the highlights.
- It took 5 hours for Thelma and Joo-ese to get from Atlanta to Eric's front door.
- I got a speeding ticket... yes, out in the middle of nowhere a cop stopped me in front of a 55mph sign telling me I had been speeding in a 40mph zone.
- I did not go shooting at the range after the ticket. Dealing with a cop is enough for the weekend, didn't want to deal with the TSA too
- It takes 2.5 hours to get Joo-ese out the door when it's time to go back to the hotel... therefore we got to the hotel at 3am the first night (or is that morning)
- Bou, Oddy, Richmond, Elisson, SWMBO (wife of Elisson), and Eric are all terrific cooks
- Morrigan (sister of Bou) is 6 months pregnant and introducing the baby to blogging early. I predict great things from this child after hanging with this group
- the Elderly Brothers are excellent and made even better when Dax and John add their own touches to the mix. (yes that would be John Cox of Cox and Forkum - amazing the peeps you meet at Eric's)
- being awakened by a fire alarm about an hour and a half before my alarm was due to go off was an interesting way to start the day. Tomorrow there shall be pictures and story of this event. (well, one picture at least)
Now I'm off to bed. I do need to try and get some little bit of sleep before attempting to work tomorrow.
*** title of this post is courtesy of John Cox who told me it would be a good title when I mentioned this out in the parking lot while the firemen were putting out the fire.
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April 08, 2008
Look Ma - There Really IS a New Jersey!
I have been trying to find time to write even a short post about the recent foray into the urban jungle that is New Jersey. Details of the efforts to clear the way in order to find the trail taking me to the place where bloggers converged... well that takes time (something that has been in short supply the past few weeks).
Therefore I decided I better get my act together and get it posted now or it would never get done. And it certainly deserves to be a journey immortalized in the mists of the blogosphere. (I traveled, I met people, and I returned... all of these are remarkable things)
I'm going to put the rest below the fold because I believe this will get long. If you aren't interested - be sure to skip it.
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Therefore I decided I better get my act together and get it posted now or it would never get done. And it certainly deserves to be a journey immortalized in the mists of the blogosphere. (I traveled, I met people, and I returned... all of these are remarkable things)
I'm going to put the rest below the fold because I believe this will get long. If you aren't interested - be sure to skip it.
more...
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April 04, 2008
Joisey Here I Come!
VERY bright and early tomorrow morning, I shall be headed to Princeton via NYC.
Yep, tomorrow is the big day! It's the Spring Blogfest '08 (hit that link... I dare ya! just check out all the great peeps I'll be hangin' with!!!)
Erica is all ready to go and since there is no possible way to top what she's written, I'll just say, go read it and laugh.
Also, I got a Crip-lanche!!!! Yes, I will be seeing Denny there - YAY!!! We love Denny, he's a sweetheart.
Of course our man on the Parkway who, with his bodyguard, is giving Erica and me a lift from Newark to Princeton. This will be one for the history books I'm sure.
Can't wait. Even having to arise at an uncivilized hour - this shall not daunt me.
It's time to par-tay!
Yep, tomorrow is the big day! It's the Spring Blogfest '08 (hit that link... I dare ya! just check out all the great peeps I'll be hangin' with!!!)
Erica is all ready to go and since there is no possible way to top what she's written, I'll just say, go read it and laugh.
Also, I got a Crip-lanche!!!! Yes, I will be seeing Denny there - YAY!!! We love Denny, he's a sweetheart.
Of course our man on the Parkway who, with his bodyguard, is giving Erica and me a lift from Newark to Princeton. This will be one for the history books I'm sure.
Can't wait. Even having to arise at an uncivilized hour - this shall not daunt me.
It's time to par-tay!
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)April 01, 2008
Saturday Will Be Here Before You Know It!
Do you think New Jersey is ready?
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March 23, 2008
An Offer You Can't Refuse!
When the lovable little dooshbag puts it like that - well... who can resist?
So, what are you waiting for? Go read it and get your plans made!
PS - you KNOW you don't want to miss the adventures of Thelma and Joo-ise.
So, what are you waiting for? Go read it and get your plans made!
PS - you KNOW you don't want to miss the adventures of Thelma and Joo-ise.
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March 04, 2008
Blog Fest!
Well, I managed to get the Spring Blogfest Logo on my sidebar without breaking anything... YAY!
If you're out this way or will be on April 5th, join us! Hit the logo and come play - it'll be fun.
Well, I managed to get the Spring Blogfest Logo on my sidebar without breaking anything... YAY!
If you're out this way or will be on April 5th, join us! Hit the logo and come play - it'll be fun.
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February 28, 2008
About As Spur of the Moment As I Ever Get
So what's it like in Joisey in April? I'll be finding out. Our man on the Parkway and Fausta are putting their heads together to create a Joisey meet up.
In the space of a few hours of frenetic emails with Erica, plans were completed and most details fixed up. Now all I have to do is find the train station. (easier said than done around here, but I have time)
In the space of a few hours of frenetic emails with Erica, plans were completed and most details fixed up. Now all I have to do is find the train station. (easier said than done around here, but I have time)
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October 31, 2007
Filling Up the Weekend
How do you fill up a weekend if you have a bunch of bloggers and they aren't near a computer?
Well, there is food (mostly grilled), adult beverages (some of a very green color), music (the best kind - homemade), pool (with a cue), local tourism (dairies and corn mazes), campfires... yes many things going on all at once.
If you haven't seen it yet, Bou has the story of the corn maze - of course a picture is worth 1000 words.
Jerry has the story of the hay and straw bales.
The Elderly Brothers never fail to entertain with their excellent and fun music.
I'm still waiting for Erica to emerge from her depression and start telling the stories as she remembers them.
There is always Tennessee football although I find the orange of the uniforms rather disturbing.
I mustn't forget flying monkeys... definitely flying monkeys.
When bloggers get together, you never know what will happen. That's why it's so fun.
Well, there is food (mostly grilled), adult beverages (some of a very green color), music (the best kind - homemade), pool (with a cue), local tourism (dairies and corn mazes), campfires... yes many things going on all at once.
If you haven't seen it yet, Bou has the story of the corn maze - of course a picture is worth 1000 words.
Jerry has the story of the hay and straw bales.
The Elderly Brothers never fail to entertain with their excellent and fun music.
I'm still waiting for Erica to emerge from her depression and start telling the stories as she remembers them.
There is always Tennessee football although I find the orange of the uniforms rather disturbing.
I mustn't forget flying monkeys... definitely flying monkeys.
When bloggers get together, you never know what will happen. That's why it's so fun.
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Travels With The Wiseass Jooette (aka Erica) Part 2
Part 1 is here.
I'm skipping the middle... that will be my next post because I'm waiting for someone else to post one more thing before starting it. So, you get to wait also.
As before, the rest below the fold because no one wants to have a book length post to scroll through on the first page.
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I'm skipping the middle... that will be my next post because I'm waiting for someone else to post one more thing before starting it. So, you get to wait also.
As before, the rest below the fold because no one wants to have a book length post to scroll through on the first page.
more...
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October 30, 2007
Travels With The Wiseass Jooette (aka Erica) - Part 1
The trip to the Straight White house was accomplished in 2 major steps. First I caught a direct flight to Atlanta. (from Boston, this is the closest airport with direct flights, thus it was chosen) Second was the drive from Atlanta to Tennessee. It was the second leg of the trip that was by far the most entertaining.
Once again... book length compels me to put the rest below the fold.
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Once again... book length compels me to put the rest below the fold.
more...
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October 29, 2007
You Wouldn't Believe Me If I Told You
As I mentioned in Thursday's post, I headed down south to yet another Ultimate Blog meet. Eric is truly the ambassador of the blog world. He and his wonderful wife Fiona have, yet again, hosted a bunch of the nicest bloggers out there and made us all feel like part of the family. They have the gift - indeed they do.
Most of the bloggers I had at least met before, but I do get to add a new blogger to my "bloggers I've met roll. (YAY!!! I love that!)
Bou, her sister Morrigan, and Stephanie (who has not been blogging lately) all arrived together. Denny was there and when we start talking, the geekiness level rises considerably. (I can't tell you how fun that is) Johnny-Oh made it, taking time off from installing elevators to come hang out. He was the only one to camp in Eric's back yard. (Bou mentioned that the contraption he slept in looked like a coffin on wheels when it was all folded up). Of course Jimbo and Da Bodyguard both arrived in style via the big fat black capitalist car. Jerry, who I hadn't yet met, made the trip down, along with farmer overalls and bales of hay and straw (more on this later). It was wonderful to meet him, he is very very funny. This year I was able to say more than a word or two to Big Stupid Tommy, one of the funniest bloggers out there and a terrific guy. Non-bloggers who arrived and added to the fun (that I met) Rick & Georgia livened things up on Saturday. Gary & Connie who I, very sadly, did not get much time to do more than say hi to... maybe next year. Eric says Joshua and Charlie were there, but somehow I missed them, although it's possible I said hello to them the first night, just as I arrived, dazed and confused.
Saving the best for last I finally met Erica who gets a post of her own because driving with her is so much fun.
We left Eric and Fiona ready to collapse after the weekend of reveling and unlike other people, my brain was too fried to post anything until now.
More details are forthcoming - there are stories to tell, especially the bits about those city folk having their first encounters with country living.
Most of the bloggers I had at least met before, but I do get to add a new blogger to my "bloggers I've met roll. (YAY!!! I love that!)
Bou, her sister Morrigan, and Stephanie (who has not been blogging lately) all arrived together. Denny was there and when we start talking, the geekiness level rises considerably. (I can't tell you how fun that is) Johnny-Oh made it, taking time off from installing elevators to come hang out. He was the only one to camp in Eric's back yard. (Bou mentioned that the contraption he slept in looked like a coffin on wheels when it was all folded up). Of course Jimbo and Da Bodyguard both arrived in style via the big fat black capitalist car. Jerry, who I hadn't yet met, made the trip down, along with farmer overalls and bales of hay and straw (more on this later). It was wonderful to meet him, he is very very funny. This year I was able to say more than a word or two to Big Stupid Tommy, one of the funniest bloggers out there and a terrific guy. Non-bloggers who arrived and added to the fun (that I met) Rick & Georgia livened things up on Saturday. Gary & Connie who I, very sadly, did not get much time to do more than say hi to... maybe next year. Eric says Joshua and Charlie were there, but somehow I missed them, although it's possible I said hello to them the first night, just as I arrived, dazed and confused.
Saving the best for last I finally met Erica who gets a post of her own because driving with her is so much fun.
We left Eric and Fiona ready to collapse after the weekend of reveling and unlike other people, my brain was too fried to post anything until now.
More details are forthcoming - there are stories to tell, especially the bits about those city folk having their first encounters with country living.
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