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psawyer Proficient

New av! Cropped from a group photo that WardGirl took this afternoon. The only thing wrong with our get-together was that it was much too short. :(

Em, I found the answer to your technical question, and will send you a PM with the explanation tomorrow. In the meantime, don't lose the place cover. :ph34r:


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tom Contributor

Oops meant to throw a :lol: at Pseu-purr-Oui-zul earlier. :lol:

Sooozie, POeter and I wanna head down to California for a Psilly Psummit wif you and Ptaoughmghmnuss. MUST WORK ON THIS. . . . ... . .

YES!!!!!!!

we really NEED a Caliphornia Psilly Psummit.........Jules and I were just talking about it, Bev and Nik and I talk about it all the time.................

Big Sur ! B)

YES!!!!!!!

Indeed, I ABSOLUTELY know dear Suzee that I could nae drag yer away from one of THE most beautiful places on Earth.

<sadly shaking head> Moving from Monterey (& of course, mere minutes from Grande South) was purely medical necessity tweren't it? :(

You know, whenever I know that sillies are gathering (ALWAYS seems to be East Coast-ish or Canada <_< )

I have this curious, bittersweet mixture of pure joy with......stabbing jealousy and envy :lol:

Dang .. ..wish I'd been feeling better that day in Feb or March when you were in Willow Glen & I was bowing out.

Forgetting whether you even had time.

How long is the drive to Toronto? and......more importantly..............HOW MUCH WHINING can I Annie take on a long car ride?????????

Ummmm . . . :unsure: . . . who's whining?? Suezee or Weezle?

Drat! . .. .Gian-knit beat me to it . .. .

Yet I persist

[Oooo that's like yeti-purse is-t_____ .. . .tuh ... .tuh .. ...taffeta?

Yeti purses twist?]

D'oh . ..what was I gonna say about the whining?

At Tjoe's right now .. ...wtf's w/ THREE distinct new varieties of chocolate cereal!???

. . ..or maybe 2012 at Nikki's.

Psummer Olympics!!!!!

tom Contributor
Amanda--I'll keep Jen's mom in my thoughts. You're such a good friend :)

A) same here

&

2) True dat!

elye Community Regular

Morning, Gang!

My early-morn check-in, from Toronto........

Amanda! I'm thinking about Jen's mom . .. . .....She will pull through fine! With a good heart and no history of cardiovascular disease, I am sure of it! :):)

A great dance last night. We were truly tribal, complete with huge feathered headdresses and nose rings....war paint .. . . . .beads and neck rings. .. . .....

:lol:

Em, I found the answer to your technical question, and will send you a PM with the explanation tomorrow. In the meantime, don't lose the place cover. :ph34r:

POeter scribbled a lenghty explanation and technical address onto our paper tablecloth during lunch, as well as many architectural sketches of various locations . ......

Oracle draughtsman POeter... .. . . .... :lol:

Judyin Philly Enthusiast

Hi all

Thinking of you Amanda............

your such a good friend to Jen.

Will be keeping her in my thoughts.

Hugs all

Judy

Green12 Enthusiast

Amanda, I'm keeping Jen and her mom in my thoughts as well.

Thanks for sharing the picture Peter!!! So happy to hear you all had a nice lunch yesterday :)

Future Psilly Psummitts........YES, YES, YES, and YES!!!!!

Movie Saturday last night was Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and can I just say Clive Owen...hubba hubba!

Mtndog Collaborator

Amanda- Will keep Jen's mom in my thoughts!

Nikkerler's back (yes- when I got to Scotland will wear shoe mirrors :lol: :lol:

Pinch, punch first day of the month!!!!!!! <got you>

OUCH-SHE STILL GOT US!!!!!!!!

Well, shall we all Save for Scotland then? is THAT where we'll have our International Psilly Psummit??????????????

Oh gawd- that would be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I shall summit anywhere you would like!

Pieter and Emily- What a great photo (the Ripper is a cutie!) and Pieter looks like the sage! So glad you all got to meet! Methinks Emily is the Psilly ambassador as she has met patti and Pieter....but Gianknit met me and someone else- Carla?

I should like to psilly ambassador to the UK along with SpruesieQ (we like the mystical fog, shrubbery, accents and kilts! :D;)

Oh and for those of you on Spacebook last night- my sister took my profile to send a message to an old friend and claimed I was doing illaegal things! Moi? NEVER!!!!!!!


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Oh and for those of you on Spacebook last night- my sister took my profile to send a message to an old friend and claimed I was doing illaegal things! Moi? NEVER!!!!!!!

:P I saw something about that, but had no idea what was going on!! :D

Green12 Enthusiast

Super Weezle cracks me up!!!

And I see Lisa B pooped in!!!!

Indeed, I ABSOLUTELY know dear Suzee that I could nae drag yer away from one of THE most beautiful places on Earth.

Mygawd!!!....unfortunately no sightings of any men in kilts <_< harumph!!!.....which is a shame but mebee for the best (be still my beating heart!)......the accent alone is enough to tranfix you.

The whole place has a mystical/magical feel to it, mother nature at her best, the stunning stone architecture, the history etc etc <stop me if I'm boring you>

We stayed in a wee village called Nairn about 20 miles out Inverness ('Inver'=Rivermouth).....about 10 miles from the site of the Open Original Shared Link

The weather is WEVVAH there!!........ as you drive through the mountains the temperature suddenly drops below freezing dramatically and you in the middle of a snow storm....and then it's gone within minutes.

The sun always manages to shine (but yer need yer polar fleece under yer coat!)

Everywhere is water, pure clean springs, rivers, lochs

Welcome back Nik, and pinch punch right back at ya!!!!

So glad your Scottish jaunt was phab, it sounds sooooo luurvely and like a place I must visit tout suite!! Or at least someday, one can dream! :dreamyface:

Just to remind everyone (and make you all jealous) . . . me family is still planning a trip to Washington State for Spring Break . . . part of the time to be spent in Seattle. Besides Jess, doesn't Colleen (CruelShoes) live out that way, too??

A Seattle Summit! There are a few OMG posters from WA

A great dance last night. We were truly tribal, complete with huge feathered headdresses and nose rings....war paint .. . . . .beads and neck rings. .. . .....

:lol:

:D Can't wait to see a picture!!!

Oh and for those of you on Spacebook last night- my sister took my profile to send a message to an old friend and claimed I was doing illaegal things! Moi? NEVER!!!!!!!

:lol: Bev!!!!

I thought you were either a) goofing around and having fun or b ) seriously close to cracking and losing it!!!

(and I still pictured you nekkid smeared in chocolate pheverish herxing with metallic eyelashes on!!!)

BUT, it all makes sense now!

Mtndog Collaborator

Oh no- did everyone think I was losing it. I've eaten a LOT of chocolate in my day but :lol: :lol:

Check this out:

Open Original Shared Link

Green12 Enthusiast
Check this out:

Open Original Shared Link

That is SO COOL!!!!

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

So Jen made it to Michigan and her mom is still up and down. They airlifted her mom to the new hospital this morning and she will be getting surgery later today/tomorrow. I'll keep you all posted. Thanks for all your prayers and kind words.

Off to the grocery store now and then to see the house @ 4.

To all interested sillies here is the house

Open Original Shared Link

nikki-uk Enthusiast
Movie Saturday last night was Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and can I just say Clive Owen...hubba hubba!

:lol: Jules and her pre-occupation wiv European menfolk :lol:

Bev!!! Luv those pics :smiley:

Shoe mirrors are compulsory in Scotland for the ladeez ;)

To all interested sillies here is the house

Open Original Shared Link

Oh I LOVE this house - would suit me and me clan!!!

Detached, nice garden, basement (to lock errant children in) .....wanna swap???

Hope Jen's Mum improves

Now, psilly summits.....can we have a London/2012/Olympics pleeeeeease (no ka - ching for me ha ha)

Jestgar Rising Star
Now, psilly summits.....can we have a London/2012/Olympics pleeeeeease (no ka - ching for me ha ha)

Other than providing all the food... :P

Judyin Philly Enthusiast

Hi all

Amanda .......good news all around.

Good luck with the house.

Bev..love the cool photos

Em and Peter....enjoyed the picture of the 2 of you also

Off to a viewing........was a sad couple of days around our home.

Our dear neighbor of 30 years passed while taking a nap during the Phillies win. :(

Judy

Darn210 Enthusiast
To all interested sillies here is the house

Open Original Shared Link

Oh I LOVE this house - would suit me and me clan!!!

Detached, nice garden, basement (to lock errant children in) .....wanna swap???

But is there a cupboard under the stairs in which to keep the lil' people?

Bev - cool beans on the pics . . . does anyone else use that term? . . . we use to use it all the time . . . don't know where it came from . . . Suezee will probably say she and one of her friends made it up.

Peater - lurverly pic of you and Em.

Judy - so sorry bout yer neighbor - :(

nikki-uk Enthusiast
Other than providing all the food... :P

:huh: ....oh yeah!!! :lol:

Ok, I can manage that :D

But is there a cupboard under the stairs in which to keep the lil' people?

Could they not go in the cellar basement with errant chidlings.....make 'em do 20 press ups or summat???.....some ironing perhaps???? :unsure:

Bev - cool beans on the pics . . . does anyone else use that term? . . . we use to use it all the time . . . don't know where it came from . . . Suezee will probably say she and one of her friends made it up.

:lol::lol: hee hee

Green12 Enthusiast
To all interested sillies here is the house

Open Original Shared Link

Very nice Amanda!! Looks like a good possibility for you guys, I'll keep my fingers crossed and can't wait to hear about it when you get back!

I'll continue to keep Jen's mom in my thoughts.

Judy, so sorry about your neighbor.

:lol: Jules and her pre-occupation wiv European menfolk

Why yes, you picked up on that!! I do love me European menfolk :wub:...actually menfolk of all nations, I do not discriminate, hee hee!

Other than providing all the food... :P

:lol: Jess

Count me in on a London Psilly Summit. With Tell's cokking I think we will be pheeling like Patti the other night overstuffed in her jeans :P

Bev - cool beans on the pics . . . does anyone else use that term? . . . we use to use it all the time . . . don't know where it came from . . . Suezee will probably say she and one of her friends made it up.

We used to say cool beans......circa 1982 :lol:

Little cupboard people :D

Could they not go in the cellar basement with errant chidlings.....make 'em do 20 press ups or summat???.....some ironing perhaps???? :unsure:

Chidlings? Press ups? Must translate Nikki......I am thinking press ups might be our push ups? :huh:

I said it before and I'll say it again the reduction of our emotiquota BLOWS!!!!!!! I am constantly busted and it is so frustrating. Not only do you have to edit your own, but you have to edit all the posts you quoted.....BIG SIGH

Darn210 Enthusiast

Julie said *BLOWS* . . . :o . . . :lol::lol:

Judyin Philly Enthusiast

Thanks Julie and Janet

Appreciate the thoughts.

We live in such a amazing neighborhood.

All ages and ethic backgrounds.........it's like a little community of only 73 houses.

This couple were married 62 years.......and 10 months... as the hubby said the day we went down.

All the grown children and grandchildren couldn't believe how the neighbors have rallied around them.

It's a very long story surrounding her sudden passing but all the neighbors have been just wonderful.

I'm blessed to live in such a nice place where they really care deeply about each other and are there the second someone needs anything. Rare in this day and age.

I take great strength in seeing this. Still no 'silly' in me but am finding some 'joyfull blessings' so will take that for now.

Amanda, how did the house look once you got there

Thanks for the up date on Jen's mom.

Judy

blueeyedmanda Community Regular

Hi Sillies-

I must call in another favor in the prayer department. I am currently gathering my thoughts and I am rushing home to my parents. My father was rushed to the hospital a little while ago for shortness of breath and chest pains....I got the news and was on my way to see the house. While touring the house- I had such bad panic attacks I almost had an accident..."D".....:( Anyway even though my dad has said not to come I am still going.... I am leaving in a little while- I need my stomach to calm down before I head anywhere....

The house was beautiful possible purchase coming too....:):)

This weekend has been hell!!!! What is happening to all our loved ones? First Jen's mom and now my dad......

Oh sillies tis terrible, I actually walked through my possible new home and I was crying nearly the whole time. Then the sickness came on and it is just overwhelming....

So I am signing off and I will check in when I get achance. Bye everyone!

jerseyangel Proficient

Oh Amanda, when it rains, it pours. :(

Good, positive thoughts out to your dad--keep us posted.

Mtndog Collaborator

Oh Amanda- Hugs for you and prayers for your dad. :wub: :wub:

elye Community Regular

Amanda!!! I'm thinking and prayin' for you and yer daddy. . . . ...please keep us posted!!

Judy .. . I am sorry to hear about your neighboUr. What an amazing community in which you live! :)

Loooonnnnng trip back. . . it is 4 1/2 hours along one long stretch of very tedious highway - - 4 hours if you're doing 120 km/h. We took our time, so when we got out of the car I was walking like me mom. .. . ....

:rolleyes:

POeter!! Gave the li'l stuffed poodles to Gus and Elsie - - very amusing, and I will post a pic. Thank you again! Two big poodles, walking around with two little pink stuffed poodles hanging from their mouths . .. .... . . ... :D

(and I still pictured you nekkid smeared in chocolate pheverish herxing with metallic eyelashes on!!!)

....A normal weekend fer our Bevel .. . . ....

:lol:

I said it before and I'll say it again the reduction of our emotiquota BLOWS!!!!!!! I am constantly busted and it is so frustrating. Not only do you have to edit your own, but you have to edit all the posts you quoted.....BIG SIGH

Well! I assume that nothing has transpired with Emotigate since I've been away. I have not checked Soooozie's thread . .. . . did Skaought descend and shed some light on our at times dire situation?

psawyer Proficient

Amanda, I'm thinking about you and your dad. {{HUGS}}

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