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[maroo]

Update for Liesa -

I just skyped with Bekka and she said that Liesa's Grandpa died just a couple of hours ago.

This was Liesa's Mom's Dad - the husband of her Grandma that died a few months ago.

Please keep her family in your prayers - This has to be even harder this close to Christmas.

 

[Sandy321]

I"m so sorry to hear this! It is a hard time of year... May Leisa, Bekka, and her family be surrounded by the peace of the Lord....

 

[Sandy321]

sorry I missed the game.. again.

and we also overwatch Princess Bride!! (DH at church, small church, was asked to wear a name tag - guess who's name he put on it? Inigo Montoya! we are seriously weird people!!)

 

[eandesmom]

Our Chrismas is now over, and I'll have to say it was one of the BEST ever!! There are far too many reasons to list here, but the highlights were singing carols together with my Bekka playing guitar, opening some really creative gifts, eating way too many tons of food, and going to our little group over and having a great time playing some hilarious games and sharing with one another what God has done in our lives this last year, and sharing blessings with one another.

Anyway, as you celebrate over the weekend- enjoy!!

Oh Liesa, I'm glad you had such a magical day. Those are the moments that get us through.

I am so sorry for your loss and am holding you and your family in my heart during this time.

 

[eandesmom]

my guess is Teppan Edo

I thought of you yesterday when I stole the DVD of Princess Bride yesterday at our adult gift exchange (all we have is the VHS). A good save on my part or I'd have ended up with the 365 days of beer calendar!

 

[pooh'smate]

Liesa, my prayers are going out for you and your family.

 

[pipersmom]

I'm so sorry for your loss, Liesa..our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

 

[winkers]

I'm so sorry about your Granpa, you're in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[reelmom]

I am so sorry for your loss. Pleae know that I will be praying for your family.

 

[JPFamilyMom]

Sorry for your loss, I will be praying for you and your family.

And on the clue, I'm stumped, the beans thing has me but how about: The Aloha dinner at the Polynesian

 

[glennbo123]

Our sympathies on your loss Liesa and family. Please know that you're in our thoughts and prayers.

 

[reelmom]

Thinking of you and your family.

 

[TarzansKat]

Liesa, my thoughts and prayers will be with you and your family.

 

[Sleepingbooty]

Liesa, so sorry for your loss
My prayers go out to your family

 

[englishrose47]

So sorry for your loss Liesa !! My prayers are with you!!!

 

[All7OfUs]

Thank you so much everyone for your sympathies and prayers!! It has definitely been a difficult year for my parents- especially my mom having now lost both parents in less than 6 months.

I want to type a whole bunch more, including the answer to this RD, but am short on time right now.

For all of you who have walked the road of getting FAFSA paperwork in by the Jan. 1 deadline, you know what I"m talking about. DH will need the computer for the entire day to do our tax estimate stuff. I will try to sneak on a little later with some more random thoughts on life and the answer

 

[All7OfUs]

Well, as I exected a lot of folks are "not around" these days. The holidays are so much fun, and filled with so many great things to do. I am happy to see so many DISFriends visiting family, having fun with real life friends, doing some travelling, and all that good stuff!

Here are a couple of my favorite shots from Christmas morning I wanted to share.

My Little Toothless Red-eyed TinkMonster...





Speaking of real life, I wanted to share some random thoughts before revealing Rations Drop #4 Answer.

I find it very ironic that I found a copy of UP the day before Christmas to give to the family. I can neither confirm or deny whether it is an authentic copy- not sure I"d be able to tell the difference anyway. I paid a bunch for it, which makes me think I got the real McCoy- a general rule of thumb over here is, "You get what you pay for".

Anyway, the irony is that 6 months ago I got the news that my beloved grandmother passed away. As I was wrestling with the decision to travel the 36 hours home, my father had a strange episode that looked like it might have been a stroke (since then that was ruled out). So I did travel and spend 3 weeks grieving with my family. It was hard. It was in fact, awful! Not only did my grandmother leave a huge hole in all our lives, it brought about the inevitible junk that comes around concerning "estate".

During that 3 weeks, UP was playing at one of the local drive-in theaters. My sister and her family took me, and as I sat in her pickup, I literally bawled my eyes out. It was all just too close to home, so to speak. Funny that just as my grandfather was dying in the hospital the day after Christmas, I was again watching this movie.

Although, I love this movie- A LOT- it will forever be associated with loss in my family. That is just what I identified most with while watching it- both times. Perhaps it is only coincidence, but I think not.

Another weird thing that happened in the last days was that airline crash in Jamaica. I posted about this, but think most of you missed it. We actually had friends on that plane!!!! I can't believe how lucky they are to be alive! From the articles I read about his injuries, and how they smelled smoke and fuel, I am just thrilled that Andrew, Wendy and the kids are fine!! If you want to Google them, their last name is Palau, which might be a very familiar name to some of you reading this.

Rations Drop is cooking right along, although we had only a few players this time. That was sorta expected, but the show must go on.

Those who answered correctly were: eandesmom, glennbo123, and pipersmom. Rosie, you and Jessica both had great guesses- I think the rice, or maybe the smoking volcano gotcha.

So, you guys can figure out your own points this time. I'll post those next time. I"m too lazy today to go to the official spreadsheet point keeper thingy- which is on the other computer anyway. I think you're a perfect 4/4 though, Cynthia.

You were right, Glenn... the "sake" in the clue WAS referring to sah-kee- Japaese rice, yucky, gross-tasting, sicko, barf-inducing, nasty alcohol drink stuff - and that's how I really feel.

The smoking volcanoes are the cute little jobbies made out of stacked onions, and of course, the beans they serve are edimame- steamed soy beans.( Which may sound like yucky, gross-tasting, sicko, barf-inducing, nasty things to some of you, but I like these little peel and eat tasties.) They don't serve, as far as I know (except on the sushi) fish cooked on the hibachi. Shrimp and scallops, which is SOOOOOOOO what I'm getting!, are the "ocean food" you can get here. By the way, I may order some sushi here as well, but the recent foodie reviews here on the boards haven't been all that great. Hmmm.... what to do, what to do? I really want sushi during my trip, and both places I had planned to get it are getting sucky reviews.

This will be one of our TS credits during our first days of the TC3 Extravaganza. Next clue coming up soon. But first another installment of A Newbie's CluelessTrip.

Some of you might be wanting a little re-cap; we have several new peeps that've joined since Rations Drop Round One.

So far we've got these lined up:

Biergarten
Cantina de San Angel
Caseys
Teppan Edo
Flame Tree
'Ohana
Grand Fl. Tea
Pecos Bills
The Tangierine Cafe in Morocco
Columbia Harbor House
Kona Cafe
Hoop de Doo (although we didn't play this one- we told you we're eating here)
and Crystal Palace (although, we've decided to drop this one)

We have 8 more to go until we're done. Good luck, Contestants; may the best Peep win.

 

[pipersmom]

Welcome back, Liesa. I'm hoping that as time goes on watching "Up" will become a time of memories of your grandparents for you without being linked with the grief I know you must have gone through/are going through right now. At any rate, def been keeping you in my thoughts. Looking forward to the next update and clue..the soybeans thing really threw me off on Teppan Edo, but seen enough of the onion volcano pictures in food reviews that I had a pretty good chance at getting it. Your lil Tink is so cute!

 

[JPFamilyMom]

Wow you all are eating at a LOT of places. That is so GREAT They are very adventurous places too. So to all of you.

Your daughter looks adorable with her missing tooth.

I haven't yet seen UP, the boys got some gift cards for Christmas so they are deciding if they should combine and buy that movie and get a couple smallish things or if they should each just get books for their Tag systems that we got them. I LOVE that they are enjoying reading (even though neither can actually read yet).

Glad your friends are ok, continued prayers for you and all your happenings.

I go back to work today, so I'll try and keep up this time, but if I don't talk to you before next weekend, have a Happy New Year.

 

[that's nice]

Liesa-
I really haven't been on the boards for the last few days... just have really popped in a few times to see if there were any AP rumors for March. I am so sorry to hear about your grandfather. I'm with you in thinking that the UP coincidence isn't really a coincidence. I hope you & your family find comfort in knowing both your grandparents lived long full lives.

I missed the RD this time but will be here for the rest (I hope!)