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Southern COTHers Christmas Shopping Day in Helen, GA - It Was Great!

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  • #61
    I'll be coming from Chattanooga TN and anyone on teh way is more than welcome to join me! (room for 3 more) Company would be WELL loved!

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      #62
      Great...two more: Freebird and Snkstacres.

      I looked into the T-shirts. Hmmph. They're more $$$$ than I thought since we'd have to pay a $50 silk-screen fee on top of the shirt price, so this (at least to me) would make them too expensive (like $18 per shirt). Plus the minimum order is 15. Sorry folks...I tried
      <>< Sorrow Looks Back. Worry Looks Around. Faith Looks Up! -- Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

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      • #63
        Well, I am still on schedule to come. HUsband thinks it is actually a good idea, since he tries to keep me away from his parents as much as possible. Last time they visited, I had laryngitis- lucky for them. I only wish you all could be there when I tell them that I need to slip away to meet my "friends" that I met on the internet. Ha ha ha- like my mother-in-law doesn't think I have enough problems.

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        • #64
          Yeah, that "I'm going to meet my internet friends out of town" thing is a bit awkward...
          Y'all ain't right!

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          • #65
            haha - the first time Sue and I met in person was at Helen, last year, and we shared a hotel room last year. BOTH our husbands were like "So, what happens if she turns out to be some Axe murdering Nut job?" and both our replies were "well, she's a Christian!" Of course when we met, it was like we had known each other for years, and we stayed up late, laughing our heads off watching Monty Python.
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            • #66
              yeah my SO is a bit weired out by the "meeting internet friends" He's just jealous about missing a shopping trip!

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              • #67
                My husband used to think that the BB was really weird. I have been on since 1999, so he has gotten over it.

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                  #68
                  Mr. C'Mare is actually in a very mild snit because he can't come and meet all the COTH people I talk incessantly about... He'll get over it.
                  <>< Sorrow Looks Back. Worry Looks Around. Faith Looks Up! -- Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

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                    #69
                    Ooo, I'm so excited. Only 5 days left till we hit the streets of Helen.

                    Anyone else wanna join us? Just let us know.
                    <>< Sorrow Looks Back. Worry Looks Around. Faith Looks Up! -- Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

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                    • #70
                      I am still planning on it. What time and where are we meeting?

                      You won't be able to miss me. I'll be the one looking like a basket case and running for my life from the in-laws. Oh, and I'll be dragging along a loud five year old and a stressed out husband. Aren't you glad you invited me?

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                        #71
                        We're meeting at 9am in the middle of town at the big tree where Santa's Shed is.

                        We'll probably split up into shopping teams and then meet back at 12 for lunch at The Old Bavarian Inn which is right there in the middle of town.

                        Resume shopping after lunch and then meet back at about 4ish for a Funnel Cake at Flossies before departing.
                        <>< Sorrow Looks Back. Worry Looks Around. Faith Looks Up! -- Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

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                        • #72
                          Well it looks like my plan to join you has been busted. An equine emergency kept me from getting anything done last weekend, and kid stuff is piling up for next weekend. I will also probably have to work next weekend to make up for the trip to Athens that I will most likely be taking this week.... (poor pitiful me)

                          So, if anyone is available to meet in Athenstown (WA?) I'd love some COTH support when I bring the $70, now totally blind, appy up to the vet school. Not sure exactly when yet as the vets are still talking, but I really would like to meet up with ya'll and hate that I'l be missing Helen!
                          Y'all ain't right!

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                          • #73
                            HEY! I wanna come!

                            JMS-would you want to ride up together?

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                              #74
                              Yaaay! Leah's coming to play ...hey, that rhymes. Anyway, great to have you LMH.

                              Sorry Beastie about the whole mess Jingles for you and the poor Appy.
                              <>< Sorrow Looks Back. Worry Looks Around. Faith Looks Up! -- Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

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                              • #75
                                No. I am going up with my in-laws. Trust me, you do not want to be a part of that AT ALL. As soon as we get there I am running as fast as possible to the COTH crew for safety.

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                                  #76
                                  Updated attendance list:

                                  LMH
                                  Snkstacres
                                  SunshineGA
                                  Noctis
                                  Just My Style
                                  War Admiral
                                  me

                                  The Hopefuls are:

                                  -RelocatedTXJumpr
                                  -KathyR
                                  <>< Sorrow Looks Back. Worry Looks Around. Faith Looks Up! -- Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

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                                  • #77
                                    I CAN'T WAIT!!!!
                                    (You can't see me, but I am jumping up and down for joy!) I am not sure I will be there for 9am, but I will without a doubt be there for 12 at the Inn. I know WA and LMH, so I will be able to find you all.

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                                    • #78
                                      I will start a new thread later this week but, whoever can't make it or those that just want another excuse for an outing....

                                      Lunch at Eidlewies.. I will be arriving in Sautee on the 22nd. So lunch could be Wed, Fri or Sat. Hopefully some can make it.

                                      Have fun this weekend. I'm sorry I'll miss it!
                                      Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons--For you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!!

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                                      • #79
                                        WAAAAAAAAA!!!!

                                        I wanta come!!

                                        I wonder if the rest of the equestrian club can attend the Lionhardritt blessing of the animals without their advisor?? Alas, I don't think their advisor can afford to miss having said animals blessed ...

                                        Y'all have some fun for me, too!
                                        "One person's cowboy is another person's blooming idiot" -- katarine

                                        Spay and neuter. Please.

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                                        • #80
                                          Someone tell Freebird to call me! She mentioned us driving up together last time I talked to her.

                                          Just My Style,
                                          If you are bringing your young'un then I might just bring mine. I know he would love it they could keep each other entertained
                                          \"There are friends and faces that may be forgotten, but there are horses that never will be\" - Andy Adams

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