A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....08-02,03-05...A Few of Our Finest Set Their Finest Tables

Billie,deadhead, JustAmy, LUV W, Mrs.Nooseman, tuliptree, GodBlessUSA

[Billie]

It started with our thread on June 7th of this year, called   Mission: Possible!,  and a follow-up thread on July 12th & 13th, titled   Ready ~ Set Tables ~ GO!

I am so proud today to present some of the work of six of our Finest Freepers who took those two threads to heart and have been creating their own beautiful table backgrounds ever since. None of them have seen the others' tables, and all of them have been anxiously awaiting this day to see what the others have done. :)

All I can say is: "Prepare to be impressed." As an added bonus, you also get to meet them 'cause I asked for their photos, too!

Date: August 2, 2005
Bring your family, friends and pets
Kudos to Dutchess and Aeronaut for renting jets and flying FReepers in from all over the world for the summer party

• Jitney to the beach will be leaving at 9 a.m.
  JH2 will be our driver for the day
  
  
• Back to deadhead's in the evening for
  a barbecue, drinks & fun.
  
  
• JustAmy, MamaBear, and Aquamarine have
  volunteered to be our cooks for the day
  
  
• jwfiv and Temple Owl will be our bartenders
  
  
• FR's bluegrass band, featuring The Mayor, Diver Dave, LadyX, OESY and WVNan will be our entertainment.
  They will be playing all evening,
  bring your dancing shoes!
  
  
• lonestar and MEG33 will have treats and toys for our pets
  
  
• Join LadyX, JohnHuang2 and jwfiv for:
  'Pin the tale on the donkeyDemocrat'
  
  
• Hula hoop contest at 7:00 pm, to sign up,
  check in with tuliptree76 and Victoria Delsoul
  
  
• Pie eating contest, The Thin Man and ST.LOUIE1
  will cook the pies and host the contest
  
  
• Karaoke Time with
  Texagirl4W, Lakeside and GodBlessUSA
  
  
• Face painting by DollyCali, GailA, and dixie sass
  
  
• Egg tossing and water balloon tossing will be hosted by
  Luv W, KittyMittens, and Mrs.Nooseman.
  
  
• Poetry reading by JustAmy, NicknamedBob and Jen
  
  
• Pippin, Billie, gabz and snugs will judge the dance contest

Our night will end with a beautiful tribute,
to honor our Military, past and present.

• Christian and Logan will recite the Pledge of Allegiance
  
  
• Billie will sing "The Star Spangled Banner"
  
  
• Temple Owl, Diver Dave, Excuse_My_Bellicosity, Dubya, Colonial Warrior and The Mayor have a very special firework presentation planned
  
  
• Tents will be set up in the backyard,
  no driving or flying home.

Have Fun!

Lori, Marissa and I arrived home very late Saturday night.
Why am I working on this table, you ask?
Because Billie is a tough task master.

Dutchess finally gets a real bear hug from Lori.
Dutchess then joined us for breakfast and a fun visit to the Columbus zoo.

Attending a great picnic lunch organized by DollyCali were OhioWfan, Commiewatcher, Boxerblues, Dubyaismypresident, Mama_Bear,
JustAmy, Dr.Deb, PrissyMissy, MollyPitcher and DollyCali.
The food was delicious and the wine was wonderful..

After lunch, we toured the Stan Hywett Mansion and Gardens.
This was a beautiful setting to meet and get aquainted with new Freeper FRiends.

We arrived in West Virginia to a WARM welcome and good fellowship. MrWVNan treated us to a good ole southern breakfast of biscuits and sausage gravy.
yummmmm, yummmmm
We found a couple of other places to sample WV cooking as witnessed by the above pictures:
Top: WVNan holding babychick, scubachick and Mama_Bear.
Bottom: MrWVNan, WVNan, unidentified local, Mama_Bear and Its_me_K.E.T. enjoying White Castle burgers.

Dutchess and DollyCali met us for lunch before our flight home on Saturday. It was a time for relating our experiences and reflecting on the super Freeper Friends that we had met.

"For my son, who is in the United States Air Force." ~ LUV W

HIGH FLIGHT

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings.
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds--and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of--wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue, I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew-
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space,

Put out my hand and touched the face of God.


~~~~Pilot Officer Gillespie Magee~~~~
Killed 11 December 1941

A Tribute to our awesome Troops and the USA!!!

Good Morning FR Finest.

I chose a patriotic theme for this thread,because it is important to me that we never forget what happened on 9/11 and who is keeping us safe.

Our Troops fight for our freedom and keep us safe.

We should thank our Troops every day and show our support for what they do,because they sacrifice everything for us.

Always remember that.......

It is the SOLDIER, not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the SOLDIER, not the courts
who has given us the right to keep and bear arms
It is the SOLDIER, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the SOLDIER, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the SOLDIER, not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.
It is the SOLDIER, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the SOLDIER, not the politician,
who has given us the right to vote.
It is the SOLDIER, who salutes the Flag,
and serves under the flag.

So join me in saying........

God bless our Troops!

God bless the USA,the land that I love!

Happy Ice Cream Soda Day!

Strawberry Ice Cream Soda

INGREDIENTS:

1/4 cup frozen strawberries in syrup, thawed
3/4 cup strawberry ice cream (3 small scoops)
3/4 cup cold cream soda
whipped cream
strawberry halves for garnish, if desired

PREPARATION:

Mash strawberries until well blended with the syrup. Stir together strawberry syrup, 1 small scoop (about 1/4 cup) of ice cream, and about 2 tablespoons of cream soda in the bottom of a tall glass (14 to 16 ounces). Add remaining 2 scoops of ice cream. Pour in enough soda to fill glass, and garnish with whipped cream and a strawberry half if desired.

Makes about 12 ounces, 1 serving.

06-28-05 ~ Hall of Fame #12

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 08-01-05 Military Monday

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[Darksheare]

My typos, not sure what they would be classed as.
Probably a short circuit as typing is a completely different neural path from speech or writing.

[WVNan]

LOL. Where did everybody go? We're left alone here discussing the earth-shattering subject of typos. At least I'm through with the Evolution thread. I won't make that mistake again.

[scubachick]

WHOOOOOAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hawaii?!?!?!?!?!?! Where's my invite???? I wanna go!! LOL

[LadyX]

The pictures are wonderful, Nan!
Made me 'homesick' for you and Jack..:(

HEY! It has been exactly two YEARS since the weekend since we met in Spartanburg!
Here you are with Emma to hold and love.

All the trips are tiring, and today's was with Dr. C and his curette...down to two wounds again, and gleefully reported "no new ones" since I've been extremely careful...he and the nurse chimed in, "We can't have that!!" "We want you to keep coming back! " LOL
They love a cheerful, enduring patient patient - a Marine who does not flinch or whine..:))

[Darksheare]

I made the mistake of wandering into a thread about a neat fossil that was found, and the guys from the CREVO threads decided to invade it and fight.
*ugh*

I got flamed by both sides of the aisle, one even went so far as to FReep mail me the suggestion that I was a knuckledragger and should go jump.
So I told him to ignore the article title and actually read the article as it was only about a fossil, that was all.
He told me, in response, to go to heck.
*shrugs*

I avoid CREVO threads like the plague.

[luvie]

Stole from you? On FReepmail? Get real.....but I will be nice--for a while--if you'd do that! Thanks, Curmudgeon!

[lonestar]

Y'all did almost as good as I could have done.

Almost!

Weinie

[scubachick]

I just saw the post! You know I am always the last to see anything on FREEP!!! lol I talked to Mr. Scubachick today, but the server was down, so I don't know when he will check his e-mail. He may have already, but he knows you are Grammy and that you are definitely NOT nuts-although to let us all invade your home may be questionable in terms of your sanity! LOL He did want to know how you coped with all the baby paraphernalia till I told him you had beautiful Miss Emma around, so you were used to it!

[Darksheare]

Everyone is wandering about it seems.
I'm heading out for the evening.
Have a good evening.
See you in the morning.

[deadhead]

Good Night and God Bless

So happy that you all stopped by
Just returned from celebrating my sister's birthday
It is late, so I borrowed a table from Billie
Thank You, Billie :-)

[luvie]

Thank you for your compliment--I know how hard it is for you! :o) Oh, and it's Madam DR. LUV to you! hee-hee!

[WVNan]

I know they must be tiring for you, but I'm glad you had a good report. Of course the doctors and nurses love you. How could they not?

Two years. How can that be? Wahhhh. I want to see you again. Jack seems to get tired more easily these days. I think it's because he's gained too much weight back, as have I. I'm for getting back on my diet after the county fair next week. Can't do it during the fair. No way to eat properly there. Imagine the fair without a blooming onion or fried dough.

Did you see the pic of Ms Em crawling in the pic with Babychick and Missy? She's going to be a late walker, but that may be a blessing. LOL.

[luvie]

'Nite, sweetie! It has been a grand day, and I was so glad to see ya in person!

[luvie]

Thanks for your compliments....I had to do something to that profile page, and I'm not through yet!

Thank you for your support of our wonderful military! God bless you and God protect them!

[WVNan]

LOL. I hear ya. I'm reaffirming my rule of not participating in those thread also. Nobody every changes their mind and have no intention of doing so. We are all creatures of our own experiences. Our experiences are very real to us. Well.....most of them are. There were times in the my past life......

[Babychick]

I love the photo, Auntie! I had such a good time with PrissyMissy and all the grown-ups! I miss you!

[Darksheare]

I hear you!

*chuckle*

[WVNan]

Oh. Okay. What are you doing up so late?

Yeah, weren't we fortunate to have all that baby stuff around? I think that's why I'm feeling so lonely. I miss the babies. Thankfully, I will have Ms Em tomorrow. You take care of my other baby. May the time pass quickly until your hubby gets home. I think I'm going to turn in so I'll have the energy for babysitting and church tomorrow.

[luvie]

Awwwwww--thanks for the fanny-pak! I was needing one, especially one with sparkly things and stars!

[WVNan]

Night Darks. ((((Hugs))))