Vi 9/28/09: Hey, ladies. Do me a favor. Please e-mail to me (if you can....or mailto me) one or 2, maybe even 3 photos of yourself smiling and/orlaughing. Doesn't have to be a good picture. Could be in a crowd of peopleor you & someone else or just of you. Could be recent or old. Doesn'tmatter. I just want to see your smiling or laughing face.Please send soon.thanks!!
Ma1: pc challenged as I am, I have no photos of me on the computerthat I can send you. I also, don't have a scanner or whatever to accomplishthe task. I am planning to get some help though. It will not be soon. Maybesomeone else has a photo of me they can share with you or I can snail mail aphoto to you.
Vi 10/18/09: No need to send any photos any more. I found you!! hee-heeActually, my project is done & I have gifts for everyone! So weneed to schedule a night out again, ladies!! As expected, what Ioriginally planned didn't happen, but I prefer what I ended up with. Hope you do, too. fun stuff.so when shall we get together again?? This week might be a good week for me.
Ma1: Hi guys, confused as usual..........Sa, don't we have choir on Thursday this week?And next week the 28th is Marguerite's choir.so, group - I am free if I don't have choir on Wed. or Thurs.
Sa 10/19/09: Ma - Yes we have choir Thursday this week, and I have to workWednesday, so this week is out. I forgot about Marguerite's next week, and I believe we're going to have choir on Thursday again next week.So ... I guess I can do Monday or Tuesday next week, or we can push itoff until the first week in November and go back to Thursday night.We are such busy bees!!
Vi - 10/19/09 later in the evening: oh boy!!! I forgot all about that!! Mare wanted to host. But nowthat we've moved the dates all around, I wonder if that's still goingto work for her!!Mare, how's it looking for you now that we've totally messed theschedule up?? And how about Julie? Is she even in this string??
Ma2: OK, Thursday Nov 5 I can host (as of now) if we want to waitthat long and it sounds like we may have to. I am excited for you all to seehow the house is coming along. FINALLY. We have been super busy - Mike isbusting his butt and I get to be the cleanup girl, but I also get to do thepainting, firewood lugging, kindling wood gathering, and lots of baking tokeep the hubby inspired. :)It is easier for me to do a get together later in the week, asMondays at work are too busy, Tues or Wed are often an "errands after work"thing. Thursdays are about the best for me...Ladies, let's hear your votes.
Vi 10/20/09: I vote yes. can't wait to see the house!!!
Ma2: it won't be nearly finished, but it is hugely improved from whatit has been for the past five years. AND, we actually finally have furniture. OMGi am thinking of making a tray of lasagna if that is not toomuch for anyone. (Mike will need to be banished to other parts of thehouse or maybe I can get him to go away - will work that one, but will need toagree to leave him some food... :)
Sa: (Forgot to hit "reply all", so here's my response to Ma2's emailabout the lasagna!!)Lasagna sounds great--a lot of work for you, though!! Sure youdon't want to do something easier??
Ma2: Nah, no biggie. It is my pleasure to cook for my sistas.
Sa: Okay--can't wait.Vicki beat me to the ciabatta bread, so I'll do dessert (thoughit will probably be store bought) ... and of course, more wine!
Vi 10/23/09: Sandy, go ahead & get the ciabatta bread. I completely forgotJohn & I are going away that weekend, leaving Thursday.sorry. girls. you're just going to have to wait on your gifts.maybe I'll give them to Julie to get to you.
... somewhere in here we decided to have it on the 12th, but...
Ma1 10/26/09: just catching up.........yeah, let's do it the following week so we can all be there.just let me know.
Vi: put the pressure on. i can't miss it now. It's all up to mare.
Ma2: sorry you guys. the 12th is my birthday so i probably am havingdinner with mike and my parents possibly. i will look at my calendar and seeif there is another day that week. maybe wednesday?
Vi 10/27/09: I didn't mean to create any problems. maybe just keep it forthe 5th.... because what if our plans fall through & we don't end upgoing away? Well..... then I just won't tell you. ;-)so maybe keep the 5th on.
Ma2: no biggie. are wednesdays no good because of choir?how about a sunday brunch?
Ma1: wanna just start all over? I can certainly skip choir if I have to.they won't suffer.
Ma2: OK, I can do wed next week or wed nov 11. also can do thurs thisweek if i just ask mike. will ask if that becomes the 'date'could also do tues next week i suppose if we want to have anelection night mamajusavi meeting. not that it means anything unlessanyone cares to watch election crap on tv seriously could do a sunday afternoon thingi don't have any real evening hangups until nov 16 when i am inclass and nov 12 next ?
Ju 10/28/09: Ok, starting over. All of the nights below are good for me. Wednesdaysare good. Tuesday next week is also good since I don't have yoga.Sunday usually doesn't work for me since we go hiking that day.
Sa: Why don't we shoot for Tuesday or Wednesday next week. I'm with Margieas far as choir and have no problem skipping a week. We just won't tellMarc we can't come until that day. Lol. Vi-is Tuesday better thanWednesday? What time do you leave Thursday-would we have to make it anearly night if we did it on Wednesday?
Vi: Tues. would be better than Wed. for me, because, yeah, we're leavingreally early in the morning on Thursday. So I vote for Tuesday.
Sa:Tuesday's fine with me!!
Ma1: great! looks like it's Tuesday - why didn't we think of that in the first place?
Sa 10/29/09: Perfect for me—what time Ma2?
Ma2: anytime from 6:30 on. I will have the lasagna in the oven.whatever works for you guys though - we usually do 6:30-7ish, so whatever works.
Ju: Perfect! I'll bring a salad. I hope I know how to get to your house. I've never been there before but I can mapquest it.
Vi: MAN!!! I better make it after all of this fuss!!! What am I bringing now? I think I lost out on the ciabetta bread? so what do you need? what's left on the list??
Ma2 10/30/09: Too funny. We must really miss each other that we are going through all this huh? I love it. THIS IS IMPORTANT, ladies.here's the rundown:Ma2 - lasagnaMa1 - ciabetta breadSa - dessertVi - winei think that was it. Or just bring whatever you like that goes with lasagna.And don't get your hopes up for a finished house yet. We have a lot of projects in play but the house is functional, livable and even comfortable at this point so come enjoy the work-in-progress!
Ju: So, I get away with not bringing anything? :) You missed my salad.I am saving this entire email chain and I'm going to put it on our blog under - "What it takes to get us together"
Ma2: YIKES!Yes, the JU salad of course!! I was THINKING of it the whole time and just forgot to actually type it. Please bring it.
Ma1: okay, I am definitely NOT bringing that bread thing - I don't even know how to spell it!But, as it is, I will be surprising you all. I'm pretty sure Vi has the bread. She knows how to spell it - or maybe Sa has it. Depends on whether we're going with original or adjusted plans. To the music of Amazing Grace:We are the mamajusaviWe struggle to find a dateI once had dessertBut now it's a surpriseYou'll find out what next week.
Ju: Ok, now this is ALL DEFINITELY going on the blog! I love it!
Sa: I am really totally confused here!! What am I bringing—dessert or bread??? And I though Julie said she had lots of wine???? Someone straighten me out here please!!Just to make sure—it’s Tuesday, November 3rd anytime after 6:30 p.m., right??
Ju: So now is it?Ma2 - lasagnaMa1 - SURPRISE! (is it a dessert?)Sa - ciabetta bread?Vi – wineJu - salad
Ma2: LMAO!!!!!
Ju: So now is it?Ma2 - lasagnaMa1 - SURPRISE! (is it a dessert?)Sa - ciabetta bread?Vi – salad?Ju – LOTS of wine
Ju:I think we should all show up with LOTS of wine
Ma2:goes without sayingin fact, everyone, just bring wine. who needs lasagna!
Sa:Are we planning a sleepover??? We can all call in sick on Wednesday!!
Ju: Everybody bring their jammies and pillow.
Ma2: excellent. we can do facials and watch chick flicks til the wee hours....
Ju: This is so very confusing but let me try.We're getting together at Mare's next Tuesday. November 3rd around 6:30 - 7ishMare - definitely lasagnaMarge - definitely a surprise. Not sure if it's a dessert, but if it'snot then we could live without dessert so we'll just leave it as a BIG SURPRISERemaining items: bread, salad and wineSo... Vi, Sa and Ju have to decide between the remaining items.I can bring either salad or wine (Vicky we can work it out between the 2of us, I'll get in touch with you) So, that leaves the bread for Sandy.Does that sound ok to everyone?
Vi:This is hysterical!I'll bring wine and ciabetta bread. C-I-A-B-E-T-T-Abet 'ya I spelled it wrong this time, too
Ju:No, No, No. Sandy's bringing the bread!!!!You and I are going to bring either wine or saladOH DEAR
Vi: all right. now I don't know what LMAO means. but if it has anything to do with laughter, I'm with you. If it has anything to do with confusion. I'm with you.So it's the professor with the candlestick in the parlor. Right??
Vi: Forget the food. Bring wine.
Sa: LAUGH MY A__ OFF!!!!!!!!!!
Sa: That's right Ju--I'M BRINGING THE BREAD!!! Don't worry Vi, it will be ciabatta (or however it's spelled).
Vi: let me try this again. my computer just did something weird!OK. next time, I go to the very last e-mail in the chain & read that one. I responded too early. so I bring salad. Julie, I understand you have great wine from Conn. and I'd love to have some, so you bring wine.
Ju: This is all definitely going in the blog. I can't stand it, I think Ipee'd myself. But, I think it's all straightened out. We should have just ordered pizza.
Sa: We're just getting warmed up for Tuesday night!!
Ma2: BINGO!!
Stay Tuned!
Will MaMaJuSaVi make it together on Tuesday?
Who will bring the food?
Who will bring the wine?
Will we wear our jammies?
This and much more in the next post...
