A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....06-17-03....FReeper Fun in the Sun

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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~ Billie, dansangel, dutchess, Mama_Bear

Or...How I'm Spending
My Summer Vacation

"Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we go...."

School's out; summer's here.....

and that means baseball, cookouts, picnics in the park, lemonade stands, amusement parks.. and family vacations.



MinuteGal (aka Bahama Mama) and about three dozen other FReepers and FRiends recently returned from their second fun-filled FReeps Ahoy cruise, and 'DaBear family (Mama_Bear and JKPhoto) just got back from a wonderful week down under. While there, MamaBear got to cuddle with a Koala bear - one of the highlights of their vacation.

Our daisyscarlett's taking her traveling seriously this year - she no sooner got home from a month in their secluded cabin on the lake (miles from shopping and EVERYTHING!), than it was time to pack her bags to go somewhere ELSE! We hope we get to see her before the year is over! :)

To grandma's house, the beach house; the cabin by the lake, a cruise, to the mountains, San Francisco, DisneyWorld, a Dude Ranch, Golf Resort, Health Spa, Hawaii, Alaska, Six Flags.....where are you going this summer? Stop the newspaper, hold the mail, hire a plantsitter, pack your bags....and take us WITH you!



Or maybe...do you have a memorable vacation from the past - when everything that could go wrong... DID?! You can probably laugh about it now. :) Can't you? Now's the time. This is the place. :)

Artist: James Meger

"Summertime and the living is easy . .
Fish are jumping and the cotton is high..."

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 05-26-03 A Celebration of Whoever

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[Billie]

Good morning, Meekie - who're your friends? :)

[Billie]

Hi, Amy - wanna join me?

[JustAmy]

Hey Meekie, I will mail you the link. I'm sure KBZ will not mind.

[Pippin]

Now you're enchoraging him to steal, er, I mean "borrow" graphics? LOL!

[JustAmy]

YES, yes, yes!!!
I'll bring a pitcher of marguaritas.

[MeekOneGOP]

hehe ! Hey !!! I bet your buddies there eat their Wheaties every day, huh ??

[JustAmy]

Good Morning, Pippin!!
Meek will borrow without encouragement so I've decided that I should make it easy for him. LOL

[Billie]

Morning, Dansy. To be honest, your lighthouse vacations are much more appealing to me than the hot sand on the beach. Or that last graphic on the thread - the pier, the quiet cottage. I love water vacations, and walking on the beach early in the morning or late in the evening....but others can have it when the sand is hot and the beach is crowded! :)

[Billie]

Oh, how awful, lonestar. What a terrible thing to happen. Please tell me it was an accident, and no one deliberately set fire to your church. Either way, it is sad to watch it burn down - was nothing saved?

[TexasCowboy]

"I'm ready for SUMMER!!!!"

Hi Pip!
Come to Texas and I'll remind you of that when the temperature is 108* in the shade!

[Billie]

I meant "nothing saved from the main building" - the organ, piano, minister's podium....anything like that? Hopefully the Sunday School and office buildings 'will' survive.

[Billie]

Morning, Aeronaut. You let others beat you here again. :)

[iceskater]

Morning!

Vacation - not sure I'm getting one this summer. I would love to spend about 3 weeks at the beach but that's not happening this year. I am getting to go for a weekend of skating just for adult skaters. That will be fun for me.

My most memorable vacation was with my sister and her family, my husband, his kids in Duck NC. We rented a house in Duck. The day we arrived it just rained buckets and the people who rented the house before us left some of the windows open. So, some of the bedrooms were soaked. My nephew, who was a baby, was sick. I went out one afternoon in our new van. The sun was right in my eyes and I didn't see the car stopped in front of me until it was almost too late. I had to swerve off the road to avoid hitting the car in front of me - dented the brand new van. One night we took the little hibachi grill (you know, the really small grills) and put it on the deck and cooked dinner. Left it on the deck, went to the dunes in Kitty Hawk, came home, smelled smoke. Yes, the deck was on fire!

Needless to say, we haven't been back to Duck since. And I think the folks in Duck are just as happy about that. What a comedy of errors. We still had a great time though. We still talk about that vacation and laugh.

[Billie]

Hi, Gail - good, there's our coffee and biscuits and gravy. ;) Hope you are beginning to feel all better again.

[LadyX]

Glad Tidings !!
Drum Roll, Please, Maestro - -

~ In the Planning Stage is a Monumental Event ~

'The Venerable Sistahs' are determined to meet somewhere in South Carolina,
probably in late August !!

Thanks to the thoughtfulness of deadhead,
this is a glimpse of the two as little girls:

( No, Dave - don't think you'll need to stand by
with your whistle !!
We'll be good! )

Will the earth tilt on its axis?
Most assuredly, and there will be rejoicing!

[Pippin]

YIKES!

I can stay in Baltimore for that!

It get so hot and humid around here in July and August.

[Billie]

You are always so thoughtful. (Well, when your hooligan Bro isn't around anyway) :) Thank you for the summer bouquet - looks so pretty on that picnic table.

[Pippin]

LOL!

[Billie]

Oh, Colleen, that is wonderful! What a happy time it will be with all of you together, and your cousin Brian home safely with you!

[LadyX]

Good morning back to you, Pippin!
Envy you your proximity to Washington, D.C. and the chance to visit there, and perhaps do some Freeping, if warranted!