Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 10/13/07 (or Give Me Both!)

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DeckDiva

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I knew it...I told Cris yesterday you had to be going to Vegas!!! How fun!

George...sorry to hear about your neck and shoulder but at least now you can do something to stop those headaches.

Have not even begun the Christmas shopping....I am a last minute girl when it comes to Christmas. We have some beautiful weather this weekend. We are going to an outdoor party tonight and it should be very cool..YEAH!

Randy and Marg...glad the moving will be coming to an end...I bet you are both glad.

Hey Jim and family!

Have to run.... :wave
 
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tommyjeepster

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OK A PAGE TURNER IS A PAGE TURNER
 
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oriolesfan22

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Hey Tommy and Regina - have a great trip to Vegas!

Sheree
 
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tommyjeepster

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DeckDiva

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Good afternoon Cats!!!

I wanted to let everyone know that Dee's dad suffered a stroke on Sunday and she is now in Texas for a few weeks with her family. He is in the hospital and will be undergoing some intense therapy, he has an enlarged heart so they can't go in and do anything surgically because he is to weak. Prayers for her dad are welcomed.

I am holding down the fort here at the store and Julie and Doris will be coming in on Friday and Saturday to help me get some orders off the board.

Regina and Tommy you guys are so lucky, Vegas how fantastic....Make sure to give my regards to Elvis. I am sure you won't be sharing any of your antics since "What happens in Vegas....Stays in Vegas" lol


Sheree, are you and mom cooking up a storm? I went shopping yesterday to get the turkey and stuffing ingredients. My sister is having her friend Annie in from South Florida and it will just be the usual, me, julie, doris, my sister, eve and annie. We will miss Dee but she is where she needs to be for now. We are going to play games and hang out and eat.....

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I will keep you all informed on Dee's dads progress as the info comes in.
 
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oriolesfan22

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Cris - please tell Dee that I am thinking about her and hoping that her dad makes a full recovery. There are amazing things that can be done to help stroke patients these days - the hospital that I work at is THE primary stroke center in Cleveland, and I hear wonderful stories all the time. Please tell her that prayers and good thoughts are being sent her way!

On the cruise topic......we did change our cabin. A wonderful woman in the old neighborhood responded to my e-mail about the cabin that I had booked. She was in the same cabin on the Freedom and said that there is direct sunlight and virtually no overhang above the 9th floor cabin that we had. She said that it just wasn't the best, but we were still going to stick with it. Well, after thinking about it a bit, I called Jennifer and switched to a different aft. Jim, I think I have the cabin on the opposite corner that you are in.

Tommy/Regina - sorry that the post has made you snooze. Tell us more about the trip to visit Elvis! When do you guys leave?

I've got to sign off now and clean the house. My parents are arriving tomorrow afternoon and my brother's coming in the evening. The other brother is being a stinker and not coming at all. It'll still be a blast. My mom and I may go out shopping at midnight....I'll let you know if we are crazy enough to do that!

Hi George and Anne - and Randy and Marg - and whoever else may be lurking. Hope you all have a great Turkey Day!

Sheree
 
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Tell Dee that we wish her Dad a full recovery.
Sheree that was Tom on the boards snoozin not me. I have not been on much. Too busy packing again.

We leave Wednesday night after work for Vegas. Meeting my Mom and My sister and her family there. My cousin and her husband are coming from NC too. My Mom flew in there last night from NC and my sister went on Sunday. She has a timeshare there. So we aill be eating Turkey in a Vegas Buffet instead of cooking I hope. My Brother in law wants to cook at the time share but I am saying no way give my sister a break. We are staying at the Excaliber (spelled wrong I am sure). My cousin is at Ballys and my sister is at Marriott Grand Chateau. I hoe that we have fun. My sister can be a pain in the booty if she does not have everything her way. Wish us luck and we hope that all of you have a very blessed Thanksgiving whether you are with family or with friends.

Sheree shop for me too. I am sure that we will not behitting any malls on Friday. :(

Oh yes I ordered the cutest Flamingos for Christmas out of the ABC cataloge. They are stuffed woth a santa hat ans a Christmas decoration around there neck. You would love them. I am going to put them under my Palm tree Christmas tree. I'ss send you a opicture of it when I have it up.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING !

regina
 
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tommyjeepster

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SPELL CHECK DW!!!!!!! LOVE TOM
 
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StudMuffin

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Happy Thanksgiving all,

Dee, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I have to concur with Sheree with regards to the advancements for heart care patients nowadays. We were simply blown away at the technological advancements that had been made when Anne's mom had a heart transplant...simply amazing! By the way, Anne got the purse...can't stop looking at it!

Like most of you, we are spending Turkey day at home, Anne's sister/dad are coming over.

Sheree, you lucked out. When I checked on that cabin, it wasn't available. Someone must have cancelled in the last week. I am also going to officially cancel the Carnival cruise...money is better in my pockets...ok Anne's pockets! One the subject of shopping, my sister went to Best Buy last night...to be the first in line for tomorrow!

Tommy and Regina, wish we could visit like we did when Sheree and Greg were in vegas last May; just can't swing it with x-mas around the corner.
 
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Hi guys! Well, I survived early morning shopping with my mom and my niece. We were at the mall at 7:30 - and it was amazingly easy to get around. We thought it would be much more crowded. We enjoyed ourselves there for a couple of hours and then we went to Kohls and then to lunch at Don Pablos. My mother and my brother just ran back out to grab a few things at one of the stores down the street here in our town. Tomorrow morning we are heading to the outlet mall early in the AM, then my neice and brother are headed home to NJ after that. My parents are staying until Monday.

George - I guess I did luck out. When I called and had Jenifer hold a few cabins for me, I thought that my corner on 7 was one of the good cabins and I thought "why didn't George grab this one?" She held three for me overnight. I was thrilled that it was available. Like you, we are going to cancel the Carnival cruise. I think I'll e-mail the guy we booked with to let him know, and hopefully I'll get a response. If not, I'll have to call next week sometime.

Well, hope everyone is doing well. Any word on Dee's dad? Hopefully Regina and Tommy are getting rich right now......
 
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Hey Cats!!!!!!!!!

Hope Everyone had a good Thanksgiving!!!!....Our thoughts and prayers r w/U Dee for u and your family!!!!...

What's w/Spell Check....This ain't no English Class....

Gotta get more stuff boxed up and then off to work!!!!

Later,

Randy
 
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Hi All,
Dee all are prayers are with you and your Dad. We had a nice thanksgiving. But for some reason my hard drive on my computer died again???? 3rd one in a year..I am glad I keep one as a back up but lost all my info as of 08/30/06 I did e-mail Neil from cruise con and he said he would credit my credit card for the deposit on the carnival liberty for both cabins :) I did some shopping on the internet---- I hate the crowded stores this time of year and won`t deal with it...because I don`t have to. I did find Hope 2 nice dresses for the cruise she loves :) and everyone new tennis shoes for the cruise..I told everyone christmas this year will all be cruise stuff...maybe it will save Dad some cash...but for some reason I dought it LOL
I hope everyone is doing well
 
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oriolesfan22

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Hi Cats! Jim , what is it with you and blowing up computers????

Off to work tomorrow. My parents are leaving too. It'll be nice to come home to a quiet house!

Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday. We ran out of turkey on Saturday, which is a good thing, so no one was sick of it. There are still half pies in my fridge....one pumpkin and one cherry....I wish those would disappear.

Well, back to normal life for a few more weeks. And in less than 4 weeks we get to do this all again. My parents and both brothers will be in for Christmas.

Sheree
 
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StudMuffin

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Good morning all,

Like some of you, we ventured out and took part in the annual madness that isBlack Friday. We got quite a bit of shopping done. Just a little more to go and then I can concentrate on Anne. At each store we found ourselves buying those sale 1.88 - 2.44 DVD's. Didn't really keep any count throughout the day and found ourselves with 29 of them when we got home. My sister ended up being first in line at Best Buy and managed to get everything she wanted. Unfortunately things got quite out of control a few hours prior to opening. Last minute friends/family started showing up and jumping in line in front of folks who had waited 24 hours. On several occassions folks almost went to blows. Management finally got 4 off duty cops on site for crowd control. As the door opened much of the back of the line tried to madly rush the doors, several folks were very close to spending the holiday weekend in jail. I don't care what anyone says, there is nothing in an ad that I need that badly to risk bodily injury. I think Best Buy is even more responsible for the melee's that take place with there rediculous ads. It's funny how they plaster a big picture with a rediculous price and then in size 2 font they write "one per store". I'm waiting for someone to file a law suit holding a retailer liable for possible injuries.

Jim, like you, I sent an email to Neal this morning to cancel. Sounds like you got this shopping thing down pat.

Sheree, it's great that both your families get along so well...wish we could say that. Oh, you might have your shopping done, but do you have the tree up...we do!

On the topic of the headaches, I am currently going to therapy 3x a week. The therapist worked me over pretty good last week, but I am doing a little better as a direct result.

Cris, any word on Dee's dad?
 
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Hi guys - just checking in. It's been pretty busy around here the last few days between my parents leaving and just getting things back in order. The weather here has been amazing. Today it was 68 when I got to my car after work. That's at least 20 degrees above where it should be for us right now. It's been this way for almost a week now. But, in typical Cleveland fashion, it's supposed to be 28 for a high on Monday. I'll be finishing up my Christmas shopping on Saturday morning. I have a few gift cards to get for Greg and I am picking up a few gift cards for Greg's mom to give at some stores that she has a hard time getting to, and then I am saying "no mas" until December 26th!

I am wondering if Tommy and Regina hit it big and have run away or something since they haven't checked in!

Randy - are you having the same weather that we are?

George, Orlando girls, and Jim, you are probably thinking 68.....brrrr! Hey, it's a thrill here!


Sheree
 
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DeckDiva

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Hey guys sorry it has taken me so long to get back...I have had no down time here at the store which means no fun on the computer...work work work.

Dee's dad has been moved to a larger hospital in Longview which is about 30 minutes away, he is on a rehab floor where he is going to be getting rehab so he can undergo a test to check his arteries. he is going to need a pacemaker regardless but they want to see if his arteries are well enough to do either bypass or angyoplast (no spellcheck here)lol. Dee is actually trying to come home next Wednesday for 1 week so we can bang out the remaining orders I have not yet been able to get to. If we have 1 week we can get it all done and than i can keep up as the orders come in.

We had a live segment on FOX35 News yesterday morning so I am officially a star now....I am just waiting for Mike Nichols to call to hire me....lol It was cool we did 5 live segments in the store and the phone has already started ringing...We are blessed.

Other than that I am glad to see everyone had a great thanksgiving, we just went to my sisters and all cooked something but were so tired we were home in bed by 8:30pm.

I will check back in a few days when i get a breather, I have 40 bags on the table that are due asap. So back to work I go......

Cris
 
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oriolesfan22

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Hey gang! Is it time to put out an APB on Tommy and Regina?

Cris, thanks for the update on Dee's dad. I hope he's recovering well. Though I am sorry you are behind in orders without her, it's good to hear that business is good. I wish we could hook up to your local Fox station and see the segment on the store!

I am headed out this morning to finish up shopping. Everyone is done except for Greg, so I need to finish up and then make a few stops that his mom has asked me to make, and then tomorrow I am going to have a day of wrapping while he's at the fire station. We're also putting the tree up later this afternoon. I am also going to figure out what baking I am going to do - so I should be singing Christmas songs and realy getting into it this weekend!

Hi George and Anne and Jim and kids and Randy and Marg....enjoy the weekend all!
 
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Hi gang....don't know where you are all hiding, but I have something to share. This morning we had our first real snow of the year - 5 inches. Apparently the men who operate the snow plows were not made aware of this, because they didn't plow the roads and my trusty Toyota had to make its way through, even though the snow came up to it's cute little hubcaps. Anyway....I left my house at 7:02 AM and arrived at work at ....drumroll please....9:32 AM! Yes, 2 and a half hours of driving in the traffic, in the snow. And as a plane flew over my head while I was stopped in traffic, I thought about how I could fly to Florida in less time than it took to drive to work this morning. Oh, and with the snow cleared and a stop at Wendy's on the way home, I was home in about 40 minutes! So the little snow plow drivers must have gotten their butts out of bed in time to clear the roads for the evening rush hour, but everyone was cussing them out this morning!!!

How's everyone else?
 
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DeckDiva

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Ho lucky are you to even have snow, it is 75 degrees here today...I am sure that was a pain in the you know what, two hours I would have turned around and went home...lol

Well Update on Dee's Dad, he is going in for the test on Friday to determine the course of action whether it be bypass, stints & pacemaker, etc. Dee is coming home today for a few days to get all our xmas orders out the door. She is going to be here until either Saturday or next Wed we are waiting to hear the results of the test Friday as to when she is leaving. She is exhausted of course emotionally and physically. But I am sure a few days with her honey, babies and me of course we will renew her. Keep praying all goes well with her dad and that they have to do the least invasive procedure.

I will keep you updated.

Sounds like everyone is in the holiday spirit, Sherry I wish I was there with you shopping, cooking and having fun.....

I am actually going to NYC next Thursday for 3 days to see my family. I am also going to tour the Today Show Studios, my sister met someone who is a producer of the show and invited her to come to the studios, so of course I am going with the biggest bag I can find to get noticed......Pray they want Cris-Dee's on for a segment.

Well back to work I must go, I am getting everything ready so when Dee gets here we can rock and roll......

Have a fab day!!!!

Cris
 
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oriolesfan22

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Where is everyone???

Cris - I'd suggest a Christmas Flamingo bag to get noticed....it works for me! I'd love to go to the Today Show Studios. And of course, be sure to get pictures of the skaters on Rockefeller Center. One of my warmest childhood memories is one where I had hot chocolate (which I remember to be the best hot chocolate that I've ever had) in a little cafe overlooking the ice skating rink there. I was probably about 8 years old. This was followed by the Christmas Show at Radio City Music Hall. And of course, there was plenty of shopping between those events!

And also Cris, please tell Dee that prayers continue to be sent her way. I hope things are looking up for her Dad.

Oh - one other thing to tell you guys. My neice is getting remarried. On Cocoa Beach. The Saturday before our cruise. She told me last weekend - and just said that they were getting married in September. When I questioned her further I told her that we were already going to be in Florida. It's just going to be a small wedding and I won't know how many family members are going to be there. We may try to work something out where we fly into Orlando, drive over to the wedding, then drive down our hotel that night - but we'll wait to see how things develop.

Well....off to the grocery store, then I'll be home cleaning then wrapping presents. Have a good weekend and check in people! Sheree

Hope everyone is doing well.
 
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