A Time To Remember

A Toast!

On Saturday, upon arrival at the airport, I felt myself getting nervous, I pushed back the feelings and read till we boarded the flight. The only flights out of Newark to Chicago (on Saturday's) on Continental are smaller shuttle flights, which I have never been on.

I must say when I entered the plane I froze, in my eyes it was a 2 by 4. It was def a miniature plane, almost like a toy one, just so very small. As I continued down the aisle, I kept telling myself "you can do it" you can do it".
When I sat in my seat, I felt it hard to breath. I immediately took out my ipod and turned my tunes on very loud. As the music played in my ears. I felt the tears, I allowed them to flow. I put my sunglasses on, and continued with my music. My breathing got better with each song, I truly think it was the familiarity of the songs that allowed me to reach out of this panic attack.
Thank goodness it was a short flight, and once I landed into Tina's arms, I felt safe, and knew all would be alright, and it surely was.

Jodi, Tina, Whabby, Mo, Goldie and Dianne's nose!

There is so much to be said about all who attended the MWMAG. I am so very pleased to have met them all. Tina's blog said it all, and Maureen has one I will post tomorrow.

Whabby talking to Shirley!



Sacbarb, Mary and Dianne or Mary, Mary and Dianne!

For today, we have a short vid and some pictures. Thinking back I should have gotten more vid, but we were so engrossed on getting to know each other face to face, at times I forgot to use the flip.

Lynnd and Mr. Goldie

Bebbi and Jodi

Tina taking a picture of me as I take a picture of her

I want to thank all of you who attended and made it so very special. Many owls brought gifts to share with all the owls.. Bebbi, Lynnd, Sacbarb, Just_Lin, Dianne, Mo and Goldie.. Mary brought home made cookies and Jodi made her famous potato salad, both were delish. It was so good to taste Jodi's potato salad, I had waited so long. It was so special to meet Mr. Goldie, what a wonderful man he is. Goldie and Mr. Goldie make a fantastic couple, you can truly see the love in their eyes. Whabby was a pleasant surprise, if not a naughty one, cause I'll tell ya, you just never know what our dear Whabby is going to say. And we got to meet Annie (from Rossland) I remember Annie well as she was on Rossland when I was back in 2006. We had lost touch, but when I saw her and her family it was like we had spoken yesterday. Her family was amazing, from her husband to her children, and most of all her precious Piper, who was practically born on Rossland .

Piper and Logan, two cuties!

Making funny faces as instructed by Mr. Annie

It was a total success, we did it as a group, and it went without a hitch. I wonder how we pulled it off. So many times you hear stories about groups trying to plan a Meet and Greet, and there is so much confusion. Yet with us, it all fell into place. Our group of owls made it happen, it was certainly meant to be. Kudos to all of you.

Me and Just_Lin

Saying goodbye to Whabby!

Its Just_Lin's birthday next week, so in owl fashion we sang to her. The beginning of the vid is dark, as the restaurant was dark. But the rest of the vid is fine

Enjoy!