Just caught up. I wasn't sure if I would get home today. They were calling for snow flurries but the sun was out when I woke up. I see you all didn't close down the thread yet!
I just loved what some of you said about our thread here and our 'imaginary',
real friends here. I do agree with what was written. You all are a great bunch of friends who are a great support to each other...that's just so special.
DD's suggestion was TKr's-Killin'Threads and Killin' Time
Love it...I just don't think I'm killing too many threads anymore. I don't go out there in the big DIS world and post too much. There's just not much need to do that with you all here.
I am going to take a moment to be serious (but just for a moment
).
I agreed with what you said...please stop being serious now!
I look forward to another thread, another year to make happy memories and watching our friendships grow.
Me too!
So this guy walks into a pet store looking for a really cool gift for his girlfriend. As he is looking around he sees this parrot with a little Santa hat on his head and thinks that is pretty neat. He walks closer and sees a little sign stating that the parrot's name is Chet. As he continues to check out the parrot a sales clerk walks over and says that Chet is the coolest parrot ever. You see, if you hold a flame underneath his left foot he sings Jingle Bells. The clerk whips out a lighter and puts a flame under the bird's left foot. The parrot starts squawking out "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way.....The clerk removers the flame and then tells the guy that if you hold a flame under the parrot's right foot he sings Winter Wonderland. The clerk moves the lighter to the bird's right foot, gets the flame going and soon the parrot starts to sing "Sleigh Bells ring are you listening. In the lane snow is glistening......" the clerk removes the flame and looks at the guy and says "Isn't that cool?!" The guy shakes his head yes and asks the clerk "What happens if you put the flame under his butt?". The clerk shrugs his shoulders and says "I've never done that before" takes the lighter and flicks a flame under the bird's butt. No sooner does the warmth of the flame hit the bird when he starts to sing "Chet's nuts roasting on an open fire....".
I'd also like to share my thoughts about the group of friends I have found here.
I want to thank you all for being so welcoming way back when. From the first word I posted in this thread, I knew there was no looking back. I just knew I found a place to fit in. I want to thank you all for standing by me and my big mouth when I just have to say what is on my mind. I know it couldn't have been easy for any of you and for that I am grateful.
Each one of you have given me the strength to make it through the hardest of times. I know where to turn when I have a problem, if I need to laugh, if I just want to chit chat. You have welcomed my family into your families with open arms.....how could I ever ask for more from a group of "imaginary" friends.
May you all have a Merry Christmas.
Michele
Love your mantle too!
I do hope the coming year brings us a full-fledged meet.
What do you consider a full fledged meet?
There will be one in Hershey. I am not sure of the dates yet but any time you can come here you get to meet me!
But I am in secret negotations with a TKer to arrange a time. (It's so secret, I don't know it yet!) Then we'll put it out for others to come. I have to plan with a far away TKer first...not leaving anyone out but someone asked me about details first so we'll go with their date--like we did last summer. If someone else has a date, we can throw that one out too!
Lost the other quotes....Oh well!
My most exciting Christmas news was I bent---thankfully not broken---my glasses on Christmas! I could bend the back some so you could not tell! I was honest when I went in and got them fixed this am! They just laughed at me.
My FL friends were up for a funeral so I got to spend Sat with them...went to Shady Maple! YUM! We also went to see the new Alvin movie. It was very cute. I laughed more than at the first one. The chipmunks were cuter too.
Pikester---I just love my Wii. I do it alone...don't have to wait my turn! I got the Wii Fit for Christmas. I really love that too. The balancing things are fun.
I know holidays are hard to go through missing loved ones. I just hang on to good memories a lot during these times. Sometimes it is easy sometimes hard. Another reason to make the most of the time we have now. Don't sweat the small stuff. Like the lady butting in front of me at the store today. She probably thought there were 2 lines...2 registers beside each other but they both use 1 line. I just said to myself--you're in no hurry! But I did want to tell her I was ahead of her so she would know how nice I was being!
Can't think of what else I was going to comment on...It's lunch time!!!!
but I am glad the kids got to spend time w/ FIL. That time is precious!!!!
But I was just so unprepared for how crazy it was going to be. I'd like to think that it was those years of playing in the arcade playing Pole Position trained me well for NYC!
We are planning to be there in June.
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