razzledazzle

mms-
ha ha he he ho ho
*****krazymom*****
Annnbel-
Martin Ray is kinda new for us-it's hard to keep up around here and not revisit old faves. We discovered they
moved into the Martinni & Pratti
site and we went on a local prowl last week and well, there they were, not 30 mins. from the house ! Yippee !
seetheworld-
I will get it together(??) for October !
Statia-
I'm mentally moving to your island

Indytravel-
Any good hotel rec's for STL ? We are off to se the Cards in September.
Faina-
Welcome back !
R5

PamSF

Better late to the thread than not at all! It's 1 am and I'm drinking some chardonnay. The only travel this weekend is around the house to empty out the living room for painting. OK~maybe to the paint store for yet another sample jar. God, I thought we'd figured this out but the light keeps changing and the colors go from perfect to ghastly! Decisions decisions decisions!

In two weeks ( with a big thanks to R5 for some dining tips) we're off to Point Reyes for SO's 53rd!! I'm packing a treasure chest for the "non-teen". This would be:champagne, a fine, fine Pinot noir, beach chairs, binoculars(for the shore birds), bath salts,bday presents galore and my own copy of "The Glory of It All"-an SF tell all on the social set of the 70's. I spent many an episode of Tales of the City" trying to figure out which socialite was so vicious. I'm about to find out

Next weekend is Napa with relations for Papas' Day. We'll bring the poison and lots of it.

CAPH52

Hey Indy, if you hit the horseradish festival, let us know how it was. I grew up 30 miles or so from Collinsville. I knew they grew a lot of horseradish near Belleville. But knew nothing of the horseradish festival in Collinsville until just recently when I read an article about it in the Chicago Trib.

gyppielou

Thankyou everyone for your kind thoughts. And CAPH52 I've got my fingers crossed for great treatment and a full and speedy recovery!

My Poison? A jacuzzi filled with icecubes and and some horsepill painkillers would be nice! What was I thinking...21 miles in 96 humid hot sticky Boston weather today...HATED IT!!!!!...How the hell am I ganna pull off 60 miles in July?

Again thanks for the kindness!
gyppielou

gyppielou

Now my fodorite friends, was I not in tremendous pain asking for a horsepill for my poison????

You go Afleet Alex!!! Winning the Belmont! Cheers to the horse and jockey, cheers to Alex and her lemonaide stands that live on!!!!!!!!

Took the edge off I tell you......still don't know how I'll walk 60, but!!! the possibilities are endless......

CAPH52

gyppielou, thanks!

My sympathies on your loss.

And good luck with that 60 miles. I suspect you're gonna do just fine!

Thanks to Statia and Scarlett for your kind words as well.

My husband sees the hematologist Monday afternoon. So at least we're starting to move forward. The period from hearing the scan results Wed eve until getting the appt yesterday was the worst. It was like standing still in the midst of some awful nightmare. With a little luck, by Monday evening we'll at least have a little better idea of what we're up against.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I have to say again how helpful this board has been. The kind words, the survivor stories...Thank you all so much.

gyppielou

Big hugs, kisses and good thoughts heading your way!
gyppie,

Michelle
Sharon, MA