First and foremost - HUGE thanks to Walter.....I don't think anyone realizes how much effort he put into making sure everyone was where they needed to be, and got to wherever they were going for the entire weekend. I know this caused him to miss out on a lot of the relaxing & socializing, so I just want to say Walter - you're one beautiful human being. I love you!!! (and the next time you're in Michigan - the skies the limit for you sweetie!!!!! - you can pinch Carrie's butt as much as you want!) Karma my dear friend - karma.
Ray - I am sooooo sorry that we missed seeing you in a relaxed mode on Sunday. As it was we didn't arrive home until 11:00 PM with the bad weather & rain on our return trip, after which I didn't hit the bed till after 1:00 AM having to get everything settled for the week. It was a major disappointment to all us Michiganders, and an unfortunate circumstance that needs to be corrected VERY soon. Ray - you worked your butt off to keep us all comfy & w/drink for the entire evening - I know that must have been stressful with so many of us there! Again for you - I love ya! - karma for you as well. I came home so excited, that Tim & I will be up again VERY soon, and there must be time to sit and chat! All I can say is that with people like you & Walter - I'd love to be a Canadian too - i see why Carrie loves ya both so much.!
Morton68 - thanks so much for riding with us, and our Sunday morning girl chat! I don't get alot of that living with all mensYou were a hoot as a traveling companion, and the conversations were more than noted and appreciated - there's a lot of wisdom in you. I know you were nervous, and I hope your first fest was everything you hoped!
Obiwan - Thank you so much for driving on the way home when I started to get nervous with the dark, rain & fog. After not having had much sleep and then stepping up to the plate - all I can say is what a man (and friend). Thank you so much for being the wonderful co-pilot on the going up trip, and the wonderful talks. You know how much I love ya!!!
Brenda & Lena - All I can say is how much I love ya Brenda - and we will do dinner VERY soon. Lena - what a beautiful, intelligent, sweet, & smart young lady! She's exactly like her mom. To take care of me the way you did - and to help smarten me up w/the big city life! You really do know it all - don't ya! I appreciate our late night Saturday chat - and the phone company when we weren't in the same place! For anyone that hasn't had the pleasure of meeting & getting to know Brenda - you're really missing out on one hell-uva woman!
Aztec - our little social butterfly that knows EVERYBODY - I really don't know how you do it. Make sure you start that thread back up on moral absolutes - I've got money riding on it. I don't have to "hope" you had fun - I know you did, and I'm glad.
Sloan - it was nice meeting you as well. After all our chats, phone calls & e-mails, it's funny how quiet we were - hopefully we'll chat like little school kids again this week!!! You are beautiful!
Vicki & Scott - BEAUTIFUL couple (and human beings). You guys are GREAT!!!!! It was such a pleasure meeting you - and I look forward to the Maine camping next year to see ya again!!!!! In fact, my mission this week is to pick the place Thanks so much for coming & giving us the pleasure of getting to know you!!!! needs_alot definitely does not fit you Vicki - you need a new name for the board.
Shera & Agnes - God you 2 are a hoot!!! Shera - it was so incredibly nice to meet you f2f - I love ya womanz!!!! I forgot to get your phone # so we can chat on the phone instead of the constant e-mail stuff!!!!!! Tell Agnes she was the life of the party - and I wish I had rested more the week before so that I could've kept up with her!!!! I will be posting pictures later *cough*
Wolfy, Crazy-D, - very nice meeting you gentlemen!!!! Wolfy - hope everything works out, and would like to see you when we come up again. Crazy - welcome to the board - jump right in & have a great time (now that you've seen that most of us aren't "whacked" like me)
Uzzah, Neverthere (& hubby), Quotes, Beans, Ffjtoth - Didn't get to see much of ya - but it was very nice putting a face to the name - hopefully there will be another visit where there's time to actually chat!
Michael - It was very nice meeting you as well - and i hope you had a good time!! Aztec was right about Canadian men - what the hell do they put in Canadian water to have such great stock!
Toronto was a great place - I wish I had made time to actually sight see and take in some of it - so I'm going to have to remedy that real soon. The subways are DA-BOMB!!!! *giggles* - I've never experienced big city life before - and Toronto is definitely a great place to get my feet wet in that arena. People are so funny, and the red-light district is nothing I imagined it to be. The people are so friendly (until they get behind the wheel of a car - guess they have to work out their aggressions somewhere aye?).
Well, I know there's more - but I'm doing this on 4-1/2 hours sleep so I'll come back to it later (and post pictures - I got LOTS!! - course the 3 of the inside of my purse doesn't count).
We're gonna play a guessing game of who's the butt as soon as my film is developed - it shall be interesting to know how many people paid attentions to each other's derrier's over the weekend