The Hobbit Hole IV – The Road Goes Ever On…

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

The Road Goes Ever On…

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

[Corin Stormhands]

Okay, Corin has decisions to make...(sorry if'n I fergot to ping some of ya...)

1) Y'all know how much I've b!#@$ed about the pool board. But in the last month thing really have turned around. I've tentatively made a commitment to stay around another year. However, if our equity loan on the property doesn't come thru, we'll most likely never make it to open next year.

2) Last fall was pretty crazy with my f-i-l's illness and death as well as the rehearsal schedule leading up to the Christmas production. I've taken a break from choir and plan to go back the first of September. But I've gone back and forth on whether or not I want to be in the production again. I have a ton of stuff I need to get done around the house, but the bulk of that has to be done by the end of September anyway when my m-i-l moves in.

Still, being in the production wipes out Saturdays in October and November, and closer to the production run it's every night.

Walking along the beach last week I made my "final" decision to go back to choir, but not do the Christmas show. Jr. called a while ago and said we got the notice in the mail for the informational kick-off meeting on September 4. So I'm wondering again...

If I don't do it, I know I will miss being involved. If I do it, I'll be giving up a lot of "free" time.

I've thought about just signing up for "all cast" and not auditioning for a role.

What to do...

[ksen]

Go here.....

http://www.the-hobbit-hole.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=253#253

[Corin Stormhands]

look on the Entmoot thread in ecurbh's forum if you need to find it again later.

Maybe I wasn't lookin'good enuf, but I couldn't find it.

[HairOfTheDog]

Oh dear.

If you would miss being in the show, I think you should do it.

The pool board, it doesn't seem, has brought you much pleasure, that decision surprises me!

[Corin Stormhands]

Glad yer back. I don't think I know where you are tho...

Hope all is well.

[ksen]

Stick to your decision: choir yes, Christmas production no.

Also make your staying on at the pool contingent upon the loan coming through. No loan, no dwarf.

Remember, it's ok to say "No", even to church things.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Here they are, the complete posting counts for Week 1 of Hobbit Hole IV (Aug. 4, 2003 through Aug. 10, 2003). First, the top 10, sorted by number of posts; then everyone, sorted by name. I hope to do this post weekly from here on out; hopefully I'll be a little quicker in the future!

The Top Ten!
Wneighbor, 770
HairOfTheDog, 532
RMDupree, 324
Ramius, 279
RosieCotton, 206
2Jedismom, 202
ecurbh, 174
SuziQ, 125
ksen, 120
Bear_in_RoseBear, 111
Subtotal, 2843

Everbody!
2Jedismom, 202
300winmag, 23
Alkhin, 97
Argh, 44
Bear_in_RoseBear, 111
bentfeather, 7
BibChr, 2
blam, 3
Burr5, 1
Constitution Day, 2
Corin Stormhands, 40
Dawntreader, 1
Destructor, 3
ecurbh, 174
Fire-Breathing_Freeper, 7
g'nad, 72
GretchenEE, 1
HairOfTheDog, 532
ItsOurTimeNow, 6
Jalapeno, 3
JenB, 28
ksen, 120
libarian, 2
Liberty Valance, 2
Lil'freeper, 65
Lucius Cornelius Sulla, 6
malakhi, 3
mstar, 42
My back yard, 71
osagebowman, 34
Overtaxed, 35
Pippin, 23
Prof Engineer, 57
proud_2_B_texasgal, 75
Ramius, 279
RMDupree, 324
Rocko, 3
Rose in RoseBear, 3
RosieCotton, 206
rugerman, 1
Sam Cree, 54
Samwise, 32
Scott from the Left Coast, 57
Soupy, 7
SuziQ, 125
Tijeras_Slim, 1
Tribune7, 8
trini, 49
Unknown, 1
Wneighbor, 770
Wordsmith, 11
Total, 3825

[HairOfTheDog]

You shoulda made it a poll!
See if you can edit it.

[HairOfTheDog]

WOO HOO! - I am not the biggest talker for once!

[Corin Stormhands]

No loan, no dwarf.

Okay, pool first. Reality is no loan, no pool. We have enough funds to make payroll through the end of the season. That's it.

Hair, yeah that decision surprised me to. But a couple of things happened 1) we got some new board members who have worked their @$$e$ off to make things work. I feel a need to honor their commitment and 2) After a year and a half I finally got all the records from the former President/Treasurer. She is leaving for good on September 30 and that's a good thing.

[Sam Cree]

I don't know Corin, sometimes busy people make better use of time than those who have lots of free time.

I suddenly sympathize with your trials of being pool president. This year I'm president of my fishing club, which is actually lots of fun. But dealing with all the little squabbles is so aggravating. I keep saying to myself, why do folks choose to be insulted instead of choosing to solve things.

[Corin Stormhands]

Remember, it's ok to say "No", even to church things.

Agreed. But I have said "No" to everything there since January. And I know that even if I am not in the cast, I would feel a little guilty about not being involved in some other aspect (box office, props, stage crew, etc.)

Still, I'm okay with that (I think).

[ksen]

Poll has been added....

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I am not the biggest talker for once!

Heh, yeah, I thought you'd like that!

[HairOfTheDog]

The Hobbit Hole Forum :: Entmoot - We NEED a Firm Headcount now!

OK - I think this is the cleanest way to keep track of the headcount numbers.

Ksen has posted a thread - With a poll at the top for easy counting.... in ecurbh's forum, link above.

Please EVERYONE Answer there, on that thread, one way or the other so we can get a firm count for this!

If you missed my earlier post and ksen's about the need to commit now, ksen has posted it there in its entirety!

[RosieCotton]

Is this good or bad?

Phantom Of The Opera. Dark and mysterious, you love
to be surrounded by drama.

Which broadway musical are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

[ksen]

Ha! Did you see this on ecurbh's Entmoot page? ;^D

Planned Activities

»Eat and greet
»Fellowship of the Ring
»Eat
»The Two Towers
»Eat
»Return of the King
»Eat
»Backgammon
»Eat
»Chicken Dance
»Eat
»Pawn shop
»Eat
»Target shooting
»Eat
»Irish Car Bombs
»Eat
»Backgammon
»Eat
»Pirating
»Eat
»Casablanca
»Eat
»Beach Blanket Backgammon
»Eat
»Corin in a grass skirt and coconut brassiere
»Eat

[Corin Stormhands]

Have you seen Phantom?

[ksen]

If you vote, either yes OR no, please say so in the body of the thread. Thank you.

[Corin Stormhands]

Ha! Did you see this on ecurbh's Entmoot page?

Yes. It's a recurring fantasy that g'nad has.