A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....11-09-04....What they're wearing to the Inaugural Ball

Billie

[Billie]

THERE you are! You look quite gorgeous and sophisticated in your ball gown! And tall - you're probably not really taller than mtngrl, are you? :)

[GailA]

A permanent fixture in my kitchen is a step stool, at 5'1" even the first shelf is hard to reach the back of.

[Billie]

A permanent fixture in my kitchen is a step stool, at 5'1" even the first shelf is hard to reach the back of.

Oh, you are a petite one! My sister-in-law is about your height. She has a step stool in her kitchen, too! (I don't! But things I rarely use that are at the *back* of the top shelves, I can't reach without something to stand on)

[Billie]

I must leave you all now, and if I don't get back to say goodnight later this evenint, it's been a fun day, and I thank you all for spending some of you time with us. Hope you're back tomorrow.

Happy Birthday tomorrow, Proud USMC!

[JustAmy]

I looked taller before I gained weight.

This is a fun thread. Wish I had gotten here earlier; been busy with Amy's and the child. She is excited about going to DC on the AIRPLANE!!!

[ST.LOUIE1]

All women are beautiful, some inside, some outside, but our lovely ladies of FR are both.

And *that*, sweet wolfie, is what makes *you* so special to us. :)

I know. : )

Seriously, FR women are *special*. Who else would put up with a mouthy, vain, three legged wolf? LOL!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- A ball of fire erupts as more than 18,000 pounds of munitions are destroyed by explosive ordnance disposal Airmen from the 506th Civil Engineer Squadron here. Munitions were found throughout the Kirkuk region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)

041108-M-8205V-006 Fallujah, Iraq (Nov. 8, 2004) - An air strike is called in on a suspected insurgent hideout at the edge of Fallujah, Iraq by U.S. Marines assigned K Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, during the opening hours of Operation Phantom Fury. 1st Marine Division, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James J. Vooris (RELEASED)

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. -- A Delta II launch vehicle carries a Global Positioning System navigation satellite into orbit from here Nov. 6. (U.S. Air Force photo by Carleton Bailie)

041026-M-1250B-009 Northern Babil Province, Iraq (Oct. 16, 2004) - Iraqi children receive school supplies from U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) during a Back-to-School campaign at an elementary school in south-central Iraq. The visit was the latest in the 24th MEU’s ongoing Back to School campaign, a key feature of which provides local Iraqi school children with water, stickers, balloons, sports equipment, and backpacks full of educational supplies. The 24th MEU is currently conducting security and stability operations in the Northern Babil province. U.S. Air Force photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah A. Beavers (RELEASED)

041029-N-6213R-006 Pacific Ocean (Oct. 29, 2004) - An SH-60F Seahawk, assigned to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Four (HS-4), performs a flare maneuver alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during an air and sea power demonstration. Approximately 1200 friends and family members are aboard participating in "Tiger Cruise 2004". Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are returning home from a five-month deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Mark J. Rebilas (RELEASED)

[ST.LOUIE1]

Well, wolfie had more fur to brush. LOL

Oh. Now waidaminnet! They make luxuriant fur coats out of fox fur - I've never seen a wolf fur coat. :)

Hmmmmm.......wolfie doesn't have to worry about his hide draping a woman's shoulders.
They want him in the altogether. : )

(except for the cowboys and Indians movies when the Indians wore the wolf hides, heads and all! Eeeuuuuuwwww!)

Humph! Indians honor wolves. (Too bad they couldn't do it without skinning first. LOL)

Not that I'd want either of you to be a fur coat. :(

I'm happy to hear it. : )

[ST.LOUIE1]

LOL!

... and, as his sidekick, I'm takin' notes ... )

And you're a fast learner....gonna have to kep an eye on you. You've already wedged your way into wolfie's territory.

Which is a good thing. Even wolfie can handle just so many wimmin' at one time. LOL

[ST.LOUIE1]

Louie ...... I'm here!!

Glad you made it, ((((Sis))))

Lookin' good - you are. : )

[ST.LOUIE1]

I got a boot out of your post. : )

Hey Spooky!

[ST.LOUIE1]

5'1" ?? Wolfie loves tiny wimmin'.

And tall wimmin', medium sized wimmin', etc. : )

((((((((Gail))))))))

[tuliptree76]

Wow! This post makes me wish I could join you all at the Inaugural Ball!

[SpookBrat]

I wish I had a pair now. Believe it or not, it's cold in north Florida today.

[Texagirl4W]

Good evening, Billie. I've been in and out all day reading the wonderful thread. You ladies are really 'strutting your finest threads' and looking great.

[Aquamarine]

Thanks DH, that's a such sweet gesture.

*blowing kisses to everyone in my tiara* :)

[Aquamarine]

LOL!

[Aquamarine]

GREAT PICTURES EMB!

[LadyX]

Have been occupied most of the day with a joyous visit from my daughter who lives far upstate, and 3 of her 4 children! Her oldest daughter (22 on the 24th) visited us Sunday from college in Columbia.
Just now returning to where I had been reading in the thread, and started with your reply, Dolly:

"why, of why, weren't you "put out for this? told to not move in a painful situation or your kidney would be sliced, seems a bit,... barbaric?"

LOL - think about it! -- if I were "out of it," I most certainly would be breathing in and out against the blade! and ensure I exited the hospital via the morgue, which happened to be across from my office..:))

Many here know I worked in and around medicine for 19 years (after military/retail management years), so was perfectly at ease in all such things, including to myself.
I interacted with the whole hospital in my position as a Department Secretary, and had coffee privileges in the Physician Lounge, so the large hospital (Greensboro, NC major one) was more "home" for 15 years than my house was.

Many here also know some of my hospital and other years' stories, and how God was at work therein in a wonderful way.

By the way, if the Morgue Attendant was out and a funeral home or the Coroner came to get a deceased, I'd log out and release the body and any belongings, so was very much at ease knowing, as Paul described it, that our body is only a *shell* we shed, and the spirit it covered goes to Our Father --- therefore, I was comfortable with that.

There are two very interesting stories the Holy Spirit showed me through this task I'll send you in side mail in a day or two when I'm able, Dolly.

By the way, the biopsy area was deadened and I felt no pain -- besides, the Holy Spirit had in an accident 3 weeks before in a MOST dramatic way removed from me The Spirit of Fear -- oh, the loving preparations and lessons He provides before we need them!!

I suspect you have more than a few stories along these lines from what I've seen of you, and your loving care of your mother ---

[Kitty Mittens]

oh, the loving preparations and lessons He provides before we need them!!

His Grace is an Astounding and Wonderous thing, dear Maggie, that Awes me! Thank You, our Sweet King for Your Merciful Kindness to Your children!