Something About Nothing ... #12

[schumigirl]

No, we leave Sunday! For 8 nights. It's the annual gathering of MINI Coopers from all over the country. Down in the southern foothills of the Smokies. This will be my 11th year. This is our second home. Not really "ours" but we get the same cabin every year.

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I should read properly but after 4 afternoon Cosmopolitan cocktails I read it wrong.........lol.......

It looks lovely there......



Buckeev..........minion spam???? Don't you like the minions............

 

[Squirlz]

Yo SQUIRLZ! WELCOME!!! Don't be scared...Just imagine riding Hulk...(without a seating restraint)...You're "sorta" safe here on this thread...just beware of Minion Spam....
Oh...and don't say anything bad about Redheads...Geez...... (Hi Mac)

Robert

Not me...I LOVE redheads!

 

[Robo56]

Squirlz joining in on the welcome nice cabin and cool car. Have fun on your trip.

Pcstang what a cute little fella you have there. Who got who up that morning for EE? He looks wide awake and ready to ride some rides.

KFish you are a beautiful family. The pics of your little ones are adorable.

Monykalyn what a pretty daughter you have. Congratulations to her on her granduation and to you for cheering her on.

Lynne hope you are feeling better soon. Sending some sun your way

Hey! Mrs bluer hope you and your crew are all doing well and planning another trip to your favorite place.

Tinyd you are a little bundle of energy. I get tired just reading all the stuff you do. Your dip ideas sound yummy.

Mac I think I had my limit of caffeine today.

Schumi chillin with friends and having cocktails is a nice way to spend the afternoon

I had to order some new luggage today. I forgot I had given away most of my luggage and needed to replace it. The new luggage is much more light weight and easy to manage. Haha that counts as you get older. The lighter the better. Macy's has a nice sale going on right now so was pretty easy.

Enjoy the rest of your Friday everyone.

 

[schumigirl]

Robo......new luggage is always nice......and lightweight too helps!

Can't be long till your trip now..........are you all organised? I'm sure your family is very excited too for the trip.


Almost bedtime here........down side of afternoon cocktails........makes you sleepy........but, yes it was lovely

 

[ky07]

Good afternoon homies
Hope everyone is doing well

 

[macraven]

No, we leave Sunday! For 8 nights. It's the annual gathering of MINI Coopers from all over the country. Down in the southern foothills of the Smokies. This will be my 11th year. This is our second home. Not really "ours" but we get the same cabin every year.

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well i'm in georgia which is closer to the smokies than when i lived in chicago......
i'll google that event.

 

[macraven]

Not me...I LOVE redheads!

Squiriz, i named us homies the red headed step children of the Dis....

we are always over looked for the motherland.

so you're now one of the red headed kids too.

i'm a big teaser, so don't take offense to my red head joking.

 

[macraven]

Kfish, your guppies are beautiful !!

Christopher still has the curly hair, so cute!

 

[Squirlz]

well i'm in georgia which is closer to the smokies than when i lived in chicago......
i'll google that event.

It's called MINIs On The Dragon. This year there will be about 700 MINIs and 900 people. It's Woodstock for MINI people.

 

[macraven]

Looked it up
Over at the blue ridge area

 

[pcstang]

Looked it up
Over at the blue ridge area

There's your excuse to hit the bbq place I told you about in blue ridge!

 

[schumigirl]

 

[schumigirl]

Hi StL.........less than 6 weeks till your trip.......


Happy Saturday.........our sunshine has been postponed till tomorrow....... fog right now........and very cool. But tomorrow looks much better right now.......

No real plans today.....Chinese takeout tonight......

Have a good one........

 

[Robo56]

Robo......new luggage is always nice......and lightweight too helps!

Can't be long till your trip now..........are you all organised? I'm sure your family is very excited too for the trip.


Almost bedtime here........down side of afternoon cocktails........makes you sleepy........but, yes it was lovely

Schumi pretty much everything done for the the trip. Holding out on Discovery Cove plans until I am able to get a idea on the extended weather for the day I am planning on taking the grandchildren. It will be a surprise for them. They will know something is up when I tell them we have to get up early for that day. We don't do EE at the parks normally. It's their vacation so we take the rhythm of things at their pace.

Schumi Congratulations to your son on his upcoming graduation from college. You and your husband must be so proud. A Masters degree in Chemical Engineering is something to be very proud of.

Going to try and get some things planted today. Have a great Saturday.

 

[marciemi]

Another fly-by to say hi to everyone! Been a crazy couple months of seemingly non-stop visitors and fun but finally settled down for a bit now. Oldest son (Matt) graduated from Northeastern yesterday with his Masters in Computer Engineering - easy to find him in the crowd of black wearing his blue AF uniform! He leaves Boston next week to head to Chantilly, VA (just west of DC) to work for the NRO (National Reconnaissance Office) on spy satellites. Our first of 3 graduations in the next month plus!

No, we leave Sunday! For 8 nights. It's the annual gathering of MINI Coopers from all over the country. Down in the southern foothills of the Smokies. This will be my 11th year. This is our second home. Not really "ours" but we get the same cabin every year.

I'll have to pass that info on to Matt - he's been dying to buy a Mini since about starting HS. He's been driving our 10+ year old Civic but now that he's heading to the real world I think will be looking again. Sounds like a fun event! And WELCOME Squirlz!!!!

Schumi pretty much everything done for the the trip. Holding out on Discovery Cove plans until I am able to get a idea on the extended weather for the day I am planning on taking the grandchildren. It will be a surprise for them. They will know something is up when I tell them we have to get up early for that day. We don't do EE at the parks normally. It's their vacation so we take the rhythm of things at their pace.

When are you looking at DC? We just booked it for one of the last available "cheap" passholder dates in early June - after my youngest son's graduation when he comes home for a bit as a graduation present for him. Never done it so if you (or anyone) has any tips, we're looking forward to it!

@KStarfish82 - your pics are awesome and your kiddos are adorable! The perfect times of cute kids and Disney - enjoy them and please feel free to share more pics - I think we all love seeing them!

One last pic of me & Penny for those of you who remember her - met up with her several times during the 2 weeks she was down here!



If anyone sees Janet flying by here after the cruise, tell her to check in with me so I can come say hi! Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[goNDmay9]

Happy Saturday All!! Wow. A lot of littles graduating. Congratulations. It seems so far away for me but I already feel like it's flying by. @Monykalyn @Lynne G @schumigirl @marciemi did I forget anyone?

@macraven nope. She didn't cry. Those things were in there for hours. She came up to me with one on her finger that I thought was a splinter from the deck hours before. She winced and held back tears when we pulled them out though. I wonder if it didn't hurt after the initial prick or something.

@pcstang and @KStarfish82 love the pics of the littles. It is crazy seeing the park so empty!

@tinydancer09 the last time we went to the motherland we had EMH til 2 AM. It. Was. A. Blast. We only had the one daughter then. She is such a trooper.

@schumigirl reduce the wine!!! Bwahahahaha.

@Squirlz WELCOME TO THE FRAY! I think I would look adorable in a mini. Do you all just love it?

@marciemi i was looking into DC for this trip too. I think we are going to wait tho. I have heard good things and really want to try it. Would love to hear everyone thoughts. Who all has here has gone?

 

[goNDmay9]

@Robo56 i adore getting new luggage!! Finally convinced Prince Charming / Shrek that we needed some late last year. My best friends Mom was a Mgr at Mori Luggage so unfortunately I got hooked on the good stuff.

 

[Squirlz]

We actually have 2 MINIs. Same year, same color that we each bought new before we ever met. We met through the MINI club when she lived in TN and I lived in MI.

 

[schumigirl]

Schumi pretty much everything done for the the trip. Holding out on Discovery Cove plans until I am able to get a idea on the extended weather for the day I am planning on taking the grandchildren. It will be a surprise for them. They will know something is up when I tell them we have to get up early for that day. We don't do EE at the parks normally. It's their vacation so we take the rhythm of things at their pace.

Schumi Congratulations to your son on his upcoming graduation from college. You and your husband must be so proud. A Masters degree in Chemical Engineering is something to be very proud of.

Going to try and get some things planted today. Have a great Saturday.

Oh that'll be a wonderful surprise for Grandkiddos........they will adore that I'll bet.......yep, they'll guess something is up when you tell them they have to be up, but bet they don't guess what it is........surprises are always good! How old are they........regardless, it's lovely you get to take them on such wonderful trips.

Yes, we are incredibly proud of him. He is everything you'd want a son to be and more......I don't often talk about what he is doing and his University stuff, or personal stuff for that matter, nothing worse than over sharing your kids private lives, but sometimes pride just takes over.......lol......

Definitely looking forward to his graduation in July. Already got my outfit......... Hope you enjoyed your gardening today Robo.......



No gardening here, it's freezing........fog hasn't lifted all day. Heating is on.

 

[pcstang]

Congratulations to Schumi and the others with the graduations! Must be proud parents! I have a long way to go before mine are going to be to that age. Sorry most of my pics have my kids in them but, thanks for the compliments. The only pics I usually take at UO are of the kids.