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as i'm approaching my YEAR anniversary of getting on these boards i've done some back tracking through my threads to reminisce a little bit..
so i decided to see if it would take off as a thread, cause i know it gave me a bunch of smiles :)
remember when:
-mike first welcomed me to the boards and i thought for SURE there was a link robot on these boards!
-we took jen to see the tree for the first time, and from that day on i've appreciated the city so much more.
-the floating spirits made our appearance at the last nj get together.
-we had to trek across the capitol because of the unknown man with two suitcases standing silently on the hill *still shuddering over that one!*
-we've shared laughs tears tattoos fears treatments EVERYTHING!
::EDIT: how could i forget baby got back ;)::
there's so much.. and i just wanted to make this thread in case anyone else was feeling nostalgic :)


remember when:
-we had to trek across the capitol because of the unknown man with two suitcases standing silently on the hill *still shuddering over that one!*
omg, i soo remeber that, that was soo weird/scary/confuzing! its great to have you here! we all love ya tons, dont forget it! glad you are hear
x0x
Nemo


Oh, yeah I remeber all that. I even rember my first post but I am not linking to it, :)
if you scroll down Here you see my very frist time meetting people from the board. Dear Freinds all of them, though I dont get to talk to them as much as I would like that was a week I will not forget, nor people I will not forget.
another instance that I will not forget. My first confrence and again great times with old and new friends.
I could write a never ending list of events and people but I wont, I could write a three page post alone just on C-hill day and hope the next one in Feb is just as rewarding. I just say as I look back I have laughed, cried, won, lost, learned and grown. All from diffrent one's and in diffrent ways.
so to old friends a toast, to new friends like Abby and Tim who I just had to pleasure of meeting a toast. And one for for the future.
-Fox


I also have a toast to make........... To absent friends :(


Hey Al:
I was just telling someone yesterday how nostalgic I've been feeling lately. This is a great thread. My personal favs are:
- Time spent in our Nation's Capital
- Night Swimming in San Diego
- Jen's first time in the city (good one)
- Horrible Karaoke in NJ
- Old School monster chats
- I could go on and on...
Thanks for this thread... you're the best.


- Horrible Karaoke in NJ
Remember the UN-pizza?
LOL!


Remember the UN-pizza?
LOL!
We so have to do that again, bad pizza, bad jokes, bad singing. doesnt get much better. :)
-Fox


I think it was a Lean Cuisine - ROFLMAO. Fox: you're too good to compete with...lol. Plus, you dropped me flat on my arse that night.


Plus, you dropped me flat on my arse that night.
what I slipped, honest.....dont look at me like that....
Oh, I have a whole new show now, I wear a lazer suit with my hair slicked back and a double crown on the rocks and sing Dean Martin songs.
plus I have to do it out there I have been banned from ever doing that again in the whole western sea board. .......


Awe Sweet Ali,
I remember the first time I met you in NYC, you remind me so much of your screen name! :) What a great weekend that was! I hope we can do a repeat performance this upcoming holiday season.
Taking a walk in DC at dinner, lol only to be told NO! :eek:
5 a.m. Boston wake up calls ;) .....
So many sweet memories and P friends, too many to count. I am blessed.
Thanks Lil Angel, great thread!
xoacotti,
Karen


5 a.m. Boston wake up calls ;) .....
hahahahaha. not surprisingly, i forgot that one.
oh karen the antics you put up with from me :)
you truly are the best!


I hope we can do a repeat performance this upcoming holiday season.
Oh, we so need to do this every year. its not Christmas unless I slip on some ice, get accosted by on old woman for wearing a Redskin jacket, and being stuck in a cab with the guy screem this isnt *Hollywood* at cops to get them out of the way. :)
-Fox


This is such a nice thread----so many great memories for me too
-meeting such new and special friends at CHD
-being litterly lifted up by Mitch when I first met him
-Ali-going thru the halls of the House with you to meet with Rep Iseral-couldn't have done it with a more special person
-again litterly being pushing across from the House to the Senate by Gail Zimmernan
all the wonderful friends I saw again and met for the first time at Boston----what a wonderful time!!!
Sandy
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SOME MORE BOSTON MEMORIES!
rhonda's flake dance at rock bottom or whatever that place was called! haha
and everyone trying to get gretchen to laugh til she snorted :)


Taxi cab races!
We won! hehehe
But for me, SD conf. still has the best memories!


PS - Awesome thread Ali!


fox remember that time we hung out with abe lincoln? :D


Oh geez....such wonderful memories of Boston...where do I start?
from Karen's swan dives....LOL
and talk about making toasts.....I can't seem to find this one superb picture taken in my room with Karen and Steve making a toast... :rolleyes:
AHHHHHH moments........
and Dave, it was a pleasure meeting you and hanging out at Mitch and Carol's and laughing at all your short stories till 3am.... :D
it has been a wonderful first year for me as well...thank you all for the welcome...
with love and aloha my dear p friends,
Abby
:)


My memories:
Finding Diana and then Brendalynn on the boards, and then we started the support group together. Love them both!
My first conference in San Diego -- I wanted to go but was afraid I wouldn't have anyone to talk to. That was my first motivation for hanging out in chat and getting to know folks. Boy am I glad I did! By the time of the conference, I felt I was reuniting with old friends. And now they are all old friends! Well, some older than others... :D Coming up behind Ginger and yelling "Giants s***!" Kim hitting the floor :D
My first West Coast Bash, and then the second -- and now we're coming up on the third one! Memories of cake smashing into faces. I remember two months after that cake smashing, I leaned over and noticed a dried brown substance on the coffee table leg -- frosting! Brought a smile to my face. I was tempted to let it stay there as a memento of good times.
October 2004 in NJ! My roomie Karen..heehee! Un-pizza -- never got to taste it. Froggie playing pool! Bells and Krista looking oh-so-sexy dancing! Meeting our lovely Katie and Rob for the first time -- priceless!
Capitol Hill Day -- our finest hour! Sixty of us determined to make a difference. I'll never forget it. Washington DC in full cherry blossom splendor...sigh.
Boston conference -- I wasn't up to joining folks in the evening, and even missed a lot of workshops during the day. Hate when my body betrays me like that. But wouldn't have missed it for the world, and still have lovely memories. Especially with Bren slipping into Boston-speak two months later!
Looking forward to making more and more and more memories with all you lovely people. So proud to know each and every one of you and call you friend. Aw look, Ali, now ya got me all misty-eyed! :o
xoxoxo
Jody


fox remember that time we hung out with abe lincoln? :D
How could I forget, I think that was the most productive meeting I had in D.C. :)
-Fox


-again litterly being pushing across from the House to the Senate by Gail Zimmernan
Sandy, that's definitely such a fond memory for me. I remember our whole NY group being sad that we had to separate, but were glad you got to meet the LA we spoke to while you were charging up a bit :)
now THAT my friends is a trooper! such a pleasure to know you Sandy, and can't wait to do it all again this year!


Taxi cab races!
We won! hehehe Yes we did!!!! Hehehe! :cool:
There's far too many memories to mention.
For me, there's a couple of things that really stand out:

• Hearing a very brave little girl (she was only 7 at the time) discuss psoriasis and the need for additional funding for research with a room full of some very powerful adults at the first ever Captial Hill Day.
  
• The first ever New Jersey get together, which was held during the night of a hurricane! :eek:
  
• Ted Drewes in St. Louis. (You want me to get on the end of that long line!?! For frozen custard!?! Are you nuts?!?) (It turned out to be one of the best root beer floats I've ever had. :cool: )
  
• Making new friends from all over the world.
  
• Working with a chat room full of people trying to track down the contact information for a sucidal poster. We did eventually track down someone who had her number. Her local police department took us very seriously and we saved her life. .
  
• Walking around New York with Coach G and her friends. In the rain. And seeing the expressions are their faces at the end of the Radio City Christmas show. (Most of them had never been to New York before and had no idea how the show was going to end.)

I can't wait to see what happens next.
I wouldn't wish this disease on my worst enemy. However, if it wasn't for this disease none of us would have ever met. Every one of you has enriched my live more then you'll ever know.
Thanks everyone!
Mike


wow i never knew that situation mike. and i just cried my eyes out reading that thread.
we have so many heros on this board it's outrageous.
i'm so blessed to have all of you in my life.


Wow... the things i remember...
- being a 12 year old just wanting to complete a school project, but ending up finding a place to call my second home:)
- threatening to leave, numerous times, but always coming back because i missed it too much
- liking someone from these boards (bet you dont know whoooo)
- dating someone related to these boards (o0o0o now ur all guessssing...)(not the same person as the previous "liking someone)
- having plenty of extra "parents" around whenever my parents werent doing enough pestering of their own!!
- being TERRIFIED that someone would tell my mom i had been suspended, or make a comment in SD to tick her off
- watching how nice everyone was to me and my mom in SD, truly a blessing... (including the margarita my mom gave me at that funny mexican restaurant that smelled funny!)
- having a couple people (cough-steveandbella-cough) come knocking on my door at 3 in the morning... me, claiming my mom was crazy for thinking there was someone at the door
- flying thousands of miles all by myself, to stay in a room with 2 people i had never met before, and spend 4 days with people my parents didnt know:) (oh, and did i mention i got to skip all the lineups at the airports?!)
- having the time of my life there!!! (Boston)
- having a taste of deja vu when there were knocks on my door by some slightly intoxicated freinds at 3 am!
- everyday, smiling when i log on here and talk to the people i love so much:)