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The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe
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Posted on 06/01/2005 7:12:04 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed!

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To: RMDupree

I do enjoy every day! I guess my problem is... I want to feel like something I do, on a daily or even weekly basis, means something to someone else. Anyone else. I think it's cuz I'm not with my family and in some ways I'm a bit adrift right now. It just doesn't seem like I'm doing anything that matters.


7,021 posted on 07/05/2005 7:38:36 PM PDT by JenB (Doin' my own theme song)
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To: Overtaxed

Breyer's is usually what I get, but I buy the neopolitan.


7,022 posted on 07/05/2005 7:38:47 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: I'm proud of who my friends are.)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Will do! I've had it on my movies-to-see list for a while.


7,023 posted on 07/05/2005 7:39:35 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: I'm proud of who my friends are.)
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To: JenB
Heh, SSQ and I had planned to get married over the Christmas holidays, but when the housing plans of the guys he was rooming with changed near the end of the summer, we decided to move it up. I told Mom we were going to do that, and she said OK.

We designed invitations and had them silk screened and printed by a Franciscan brother in SSQ's hometown in one week and had them all out the next. I wasn't thinking of gifts, and forgot to put a return address on them. I think we sent out about 150 invites.

We put everything in motion in late August and got married in mid-October. Needless to say, we weren't renting a big hall, and I didn't have to order bridesmaid dresses. My two younger sisters and SSQ's sister were wearing dresses in the same pattern as mine, and they had them made for about $30. I made my own and it cost me a whopping $35 cause I used lace for my capelet. SSQ and his groomsmen wore regular suits or sportcoats. Did I mention this was in the mid-70's, and casual was 'in'? The reception consisted of Wedding Cake, made by my older sister, punch and mints. The aunts and cousins made the food for the after-reception party at Mama's house.

Everything went off without a hitch! It can be done, if you're not too concerned with the big deal dinner where you have to book the hall a year in advance, and have to order all the dresses, tuxes, etc.

7,024 posted on 07/05/2005 7:39:49 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Corin Stormhands

Heh, with your luck, you could get the one legitimate Nigerian businessman who really is trying to smuggle money out of the country, and you'd delete it as spam.


7,025 posted on 07/05/2005 7:40:04 PM PDT by JenB (Doin' my own theme song)
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To: HairOfTheDog; JenB; RMDupree
~stomps foot~

Oh, no doubt Hair, we're the other half.

7,026 posted on 07/05/2005 7:40:23 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: RMDupree
Needless to say, it wasn't very romantic.

Uh, was it even legit?

7,027 posted on 07/05/2005 7:40:27 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: RMDupree

I usually get chocolate mint, or cookie dough, or black cherry, or something chocolate. Got vanilla so it would go with the apple pie.


7,028 posted on 07/05/2005 7:41:31 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: JenB

I started feeling like that last year, remember?

I volunteered with Best Buddies for 6 months and realized I didn't have the time needed to be a part of that group.

~sigh~

Don't take for granted the folks you interact with everyday, chica. Even us. You do bring a smile to my face when I need it most.

And that's definitely ~something~ to me.


7,029 posted on 07/05/2005 7:42:38 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: I'm proud of who my friends are.)
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To: JenB

Yep, you know that saying about "My ship came in and I was at the airport?" That's me.

Honest. You can look it up on Snopes.com.


7,030 posted on 07/05/2005 7:43:27 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: SuziQ; HairOfTheDog; Corin Stormhands
Rose and I put on some dressy clothes, went to the county courthouse and stood before the Justice of the Peace. Whole thing took about 20 minutes, including the wait time for the JP.
7,031 posted on 07/05/2005 7:43:49 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear ("It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? Why? Why do you persist?""Because I choose to.")
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To: SuziQ

See? And I know for a fact my parents put theirs together in about six weeks, and they're still happy, so obviously the size and planning of the wedding don't necessarily correlate with the result.

Figured I can always just let my sisters play rock-scissors-paper over which of them gets to be bridesmaid... though my parents have given me a standing offer to pay for an elopement to Vegas ;-)


7,032 posted on 07/05/2005 7:44:39 PM PDT by JenB (Doin' my own theme song)
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To: SuziQ

Not in the proper sense of the word, but we were married on paper.

Which was what we needed for insurance purposes (ie, Becky).

We had lived together for a few years before that. I grew up, he didn't. Pretty simple explanation.


7,033 posted on 07/05/2005 7:44:46 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: I'm proud of who my friends are.)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear; SuziQ; HairOfTheDog; Corin Stormhands

We had a small wedding.

7,034 posted on 07/05/2005 7:44:58 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands; HairOfTheDog

Sorry, I can only invite six of you, so you'd better start fighting it out now. ;-)


7,035 posted on 07/05/2005 7:45:25 PM PDT by JenB (Doin' my own theme song)
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To: Overtaxed

I heard a rumor that they came out with Tin Roof Sundae.

I'm gonna look for it when I go back to the store. I love that ice cream!


7,036 posted on 07/05/2005 7:46:05 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: I'm proud of who my friends are.)
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To: RMDupree

Well, you always know how to make me feel better. So there's your compliment back :-)


7,037 posted on 07/05/2005 7:46:26 PM PDT by JenB (Doin' my own theme song)
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To: Corin Stormhands

LOL!


7,038 posted on 07/05/2005 7:46:40 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: I'm proud of who my friends are.)
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To: RMDupree

I need ice cream like I need a(nother) hole in the head.


7,039 posted on 07/05/2005 7:47:04 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: JenB; HairOfTheDog
Heh...just try and keep us away.

We'll crash the party, start a flame war and then blog about it.

All afore you've picked the rice out of your hairdo...

7,040 posted on 07/05/2005 7:47:41 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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