vacation accommodations and dates

GTP,

I have assembled the following list of houses that were the result of our Monday night search. I have numbered them. I would encourage you to keep searching on your own and add anything you find to this list via comments and noting them with the next sequential number so that things will be easier when it comes time to vote.

The date of this trip will of course depend on several factors but please try to nail down when you and/or your sig+ot can attend. The dates currently in play are the week of May 6-12, May 13-19, 20-26 (memorial day weekend at the end) or dates at the end of the summer. I would really like it if we could decide on a date that works the best for the most GTP members.

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Again, first we need your preferred dates. Then, please add links if you find other places to stay , number them accordingly and then I will ask for your top 3 picks in 3-5 days. We'll just cross reference everyone's preferred dates, tallied votes on houses and their availability and hopefully a few choices will rise to the top. Pure madness I tell you...madness.

Please keep your comments to a minimum on this post as it could get messy. -Happy Vacation!

I love this...

February 16, 2007
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

— Abraham Lincoln

Oh no they didn't...

holy sucky gag me with a spoon Grey's Anatomy! horrible!

I can't believe it has come to this: Meredith Grey on the operating table, hanging by a thread. Lame. Either she'll die or she won't, and either way, it's gonna suck. You can't kill the leading lady, right? But how cute will it be if she miraculously comes back to life next week.

Boo.

and boy is Izzy a crappy friend! I believe that being a great friend means realizing that sometimes your friends feelings are more important than saying every ridiculous thought that comes to mind. esp. those that include the sentiment "I think you made a huge mistake marrying your wife!" uh!

I'm so done.


(until next week)

HOLY Huge LOST episode!

So last night's LOST episode. Wow. Were you guys lovin' it? I have to say, I was really glad to be back on the big island with some of the old characters. (But a bit more John Locke and Sayid next time would be good.) Anyway, I thought the Desmond back story was awesome. Is he friggin crazy? Was it just a concussion? Or has he been mysteriously transported in time??? Ooooo!!!

Whatever the case may be, I'm just not convinced they're going to kill off Charlie. I mean, Charlie is super annoying and everything, but he's a main character. But Demo's convinced. He says that since the show has a definite ending (either next season or season five) these characters aren't designed to live forever.

Thoughts? Observations? Did I miss anything???

Best wine under 6 bucks...

Hey ya'll...

Thought someone, or at least our wine connoisseur Amy, might enjoy this...

Best wine under 6 bucks

Frigon's is Famous. And I now have a SAG card.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070213/BIZ01/702130328/1001/BIZ

Grammy's Anyone?

Did anyone watch the Grammy's? They're my least favorite award show of the year (well, except for any MTV award show, natch), but they still count as part of "awards season".

I was reading this article on BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6347969.stm
and it seems like some good folks won (namely, Mary J. Blige won 3 R&B honors and Carrie Underwood received 3 country awards).

My question is, has anyone heard the Dixie Chicks album? They got album of the year and sadly, I think they were banned from the radio in this part of the country. Poor Natalie Maines, she was so ahead of the times...

Anyway, let me know your thoughts!

and this is why I love 94.9 Josh Joseph

Because on the way home from the store I heard "So alive" by Love and Rockets. I had totally forgotten about that song and it was so fun singing, "I don't know what color your eyes are baby, but your hair is long and brown". Who knew I still remembered all the words?

I was totally transported back to 1989. Catherine Rossi and I were totally rocking out in the back seat of her mom's station wagon (remember that backwards facing seat?) complete with dance moves and everything. Le sigh...the 80's.

seriously? a ferry boat?

So while watching Grey's last night a few thoughts came to mind. First, I totally love this show. I love Thursday nights because I can totally escape into this show. Second, a ferry boat??? What the F?

As you may or may not know, last night's episode was part 1 of a 3 part series. Not 2 , but 3. So if you thought Meredith getting kicked into the ocean was intenese, just wait till next week. Izzy drilling a hole in that guy's head??? Ridiculous. But I don't care. Bring on the ridiculousness.

Anyway, here are the rest of my reactions to the show:

1. I love the ferry boat incident. It seems highly unlikely (as Derek said) that a ferry boat would be involved in such a tragic accident, but seeing the interns involved in a "level 1" trauma was WAY exciting.
2. The heat between Alex and Addison is fantastic! I love it. I also love how the shoe is somewhat on the other foot now. Before Alex seemed to be like the smitten kitten and now it seems as though Addison is all starry-eyed. I love the idea of these two hooking up, and hopefully this story line will continue to progress.
3. I love how Izzy ate everything in the fridge last night "even the tub of butter". That was a great line. As was Addison's line to Derek in the elevator about how he is dating the "perfect 12-yr old girl". Zing!

Anyway, let's hear what you thought!
Happy Friday!

Table for four?

It's official. As off 3.15pm this afternoon, I am the newest hostess at Arthur's resturant in Hyde Park square! Also, I passed the CLEP Human Growth and Development test this morning which means I will not have to endure another 9 weeks of psychotic psychology professors. Woo!

Psychotic psychology professors: are they psychotic bc they teach psychology or do they teach psychology bc they are pscyhotic? Discuss. ~_~

Anyway, I look forward to seeing you all as you visit me *regularly* at my new place of employment. AND I hope to see you all this weekend as I celebrate one last week of unemployed bliss. (Has it really been 3 mos?!?)



ps. Don't forget to tune in for Grey's Anatomy tonight, and check back tomorrow for my thoughts on the show!

To spite AG, I am sharing photos... ENJOY!

'Da Bears...

Happy Burfday to Erin!

Tired from playing the Wii, or something...

GTP Calendar

Please note that I have added a calendar to the site. (Yea Tina!) It has the GTP dinner dates on them, and will at some point have everyone's birthdays and other key dates on it as well. So, please send your birthdays and key dates to me, or you will be publicly humiliated.

The calendar can be found in the links over there

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Have a great Monday! :-P

Superbowl

Apparenlty, we were all wrong... Halftime sucked (was there something we missed?) ;) And who knew people'd be all pissed about the "violence" in the ads. Funny...

AND I QUOTE:

BARB 41 minutes ago
THE CRABS GOT MY VOTE. IT WAS A GREAT COMMERCIAL. AS FOR THE HALF-TIME, IT WAS HORRIBLE. I WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM AND DID SOMETHING ELSE UNTIL IT WAS OVER. WHO ARE THESE HALF-TIME SHOWS FOR, YOUNGSTERS OR ADULTS??? THINK ABOUT IT FOR NEXT YEAR.

Juliet 11 minutes ago
Amen Barb- Halftime was terrible- I can think of so many more singers that would have wowed the crowd.

Pat 12 minutes ago
Loved this ad and the other animal ones....done with TASTE......Hated the "slapping" one....Don't you think kids will pick-up on this one and think "slapping" is IN ? DUMB !!

Sue 3 minutes ago
Half time was the worse I've ever seen,Yuck! The crabs comericals were the best and the worse were the caree builders, too much violence

Ananina 11 minutes ago
Crabs commercial and Dalmatian were exceptionals. They did not show violence. Great!

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