Saturday, May 26, 2007

Saturday report

A slow start --- set up speakers and stereo etc! Jennys beaming! Music.
On the T met up with Ingrid, had a bite to eat, nice outside dinning, coronas and quesedias. Good Time. Then off to LES Theater for The New City Festival of the Arts.
Met Sterling and Griff to watch a screening of a film Griff had done, saw it twice, once with narration. Good Stuff. Back on the T, picked up Jenny's truck then back to Sterling and Griff's place for a picnic supper, served on green turf and everything, coool.
Met Grimsby a beautiful Gray parrot. Then home for some shut eye.
beth

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Friday was reaquaint ourselves with NY day

More info a little later, but here are some fastphotosfromthephone



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piglet n pooh said...
Mornin and a beautiful one at that....looks like you are off to a great start!! Keep On Truckin!remember to live love and most of all, laugh often!
Pat L
May 26, 2007 10:15 AM
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Anonymous said...
I had the pleasure of meeting the two of you last night at Sunny's bar in Red Hook & I've decided I want to be like you when I grow up!
You are a very strong, resilient & courageous couple.
Best of luck on your adventure! -Niki (blonde who insisted on hugging you!)
May 26, 2007 4:27 PM

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Friday, May 25, 2007

Friday notes

Floppy morning at Jenny's apartment. Hot, very Hot! Afternoon trip to Manhattan for some people and window shopping. Back to Red Hook for an outstanding supper of chicken marsala Jenny's way. YUMMM! Then off to Sunny's Bar, great place. Met some of Jenny's friends, Pavel, Bart and Nikki and bartender Tim.
Great night still hot!
beth

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WE HAVE IGNITION ( let's take a nap )

OK, the Adventure has begun. Yesterday was the big push, we had a self-imposed deadline, we knew were going to parked through Memorial Day weekend and Jenny (in Brooklyn) has a tendency to hold on to visitors for a while, so we brought some of our work with us (photos and such).

Wednesday afternoon Leslie battled with Fed-X to retrieve Dad's new cell phone without a signature, we arranged an exchange on route 9 and set everything up and gave him a crash course so that he can talk to Beffrie whenever he wants to.

Then we got the call that Beth's dear Aunt Jean had passed away. Rest in peace Jean.
We lost our steam and called it a night.

Thursday I had to convert the pile of stuff destined for storage to a pile of stuff destined for the dump. I was pretty successful, I left behind a large pile for the dump and only a small tidy stack of stored items. I was able to clean up the rest of the garage, Dad danced a jig, I put down plastic on the floor and installed the battery tender on the MINI and put it to bed. I put plastic on the floor under the Marmon. Beth packed - and packed. She had me try things on, she would look at my bum, and then she would throw the pants away, obviously she uses the same criteria that I have always used to evaluate women's fashion wear.


At 3:30 it was waaaay past time for a shower, and then we jumped in the [van] for our trip.
Dad held up pretty well. We drove to Wallace St to drop off a CD at the Kings, hugged Makenzie (who looked wonderful), dropped off some electrical stuff at our old house, and then went to the cemetary.



From Leaving Antrim... for a while...





This picture may seem glum to the unitiated, but it is the reason for this trip, the reason for the deadline to be out of Antrim, the reason for our craziness, and of course, the reason for our lives.

Derek loved traveling and besides our goal of rebuilding our sanity, our brain function, and our life, we know that Derek would be thrilled with the whole concept of this trip. Although we are aware that he would be wishing us well, waving goodbye, and calling his friends (after all, he would be 20 right now).

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Anyhow, back to the blog. Are you still with me? By the way, a technical tip to you non-computer weenie types: the small link under the picture will take you to a group of pictures related to the one that is shown. I didn't want to clutter up everything with lots of redundant pictures that show the same redundant things over and over, redundantly, again.

We went up the street to the T-Bird where Kathy, Stu, and their grandson Jackson were waiting for us with with some ice coffee.

(disclaimer: now remember, I am experimenting with this stuff. There is supposed to be a slideshow right below this paragraph, and right below that is a picture of Beth and Jackson. Clicking on that picture takes you to a web album that -surprise- has the exact same pictures. Remember, this is an experiment. We are learning this together.)






Our first day of driving



Alright that's it. I am VERY hungry and I have to eat now.
Ta-ta for now.
(Warren)

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Thursday, basic info

Late afternoon-final push, van loaded lots of stuff, some to be unloaded in Brooklyn, NY. So longs, hugs and kisses to Dad, Stu, Kathy and little Jackson. Left keene at 6:00 PM. Good ride, arrived in Red Hook, NY at 10:00 ish. Our GPS did an outstanding job. Walk to the park and some perogis and off to bed. (beth)

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Thursday, basic info

Late afternoon-final push, van loaded lots of stuff, some to be unloaded in Brooklyn, NY. So longs, hugs and kisses to Dad, Stu, Kathy and little Jackson. Left keene at 6:00 PM. Good ride, arrived in Red Hook, NY at 10:00 ish. Our GPS did an outstanding job. Walk to the park and some perogis and off to bed. (beth)

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Fiiive - Fooouuuuuuuurrrrrrrr - Thr...

The final push is on - cramming our stuff and jenny's stuff into the odyssey.
The power hatch is real handy pushing the camping stuff in.


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Monday, May 21, 2007

A different format needed for comments

I have also decided to modify the "Where to go" section so that it is a WIKI.
People are having a hard time understanding how to post a comment and the comments do not display unless the link is clicked. I think the comments are MORE important than the other stuff so I will change that section to either a WIKI format or a FORUM format.
I think everyone understands how to do a forum, even if they have never seen one. Yeah that's it. A forum. Coming soon to a blog page near you.
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Anonymous said...
Beth/Warren, are you coming through Indiana? Please call or stop in on the way West. You are always welcome to stay here
Tom/Becky/Joann May 21, 2007 8:27 PM
Warren said...
YES, we WILL come through Indiana, simply because you are so persistent. At this time we have know idea when it will be, but we WILL get there. Fairly soon. Start building the new addition now.

May 22, 2007 7:21 AM

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Nine -------- Eight ------ Seve...

We are finishing the last of the scanning, visiting, photographing, and any other "ing's" that are needed before the big take-off.

During the first few days of driving I should be able to start filling out info on this blog. Maybe even a little history about the last month. A lot has happened and there were quite a few funny things worth sharing.
Fire trucks, multiple sinkholes, small town stuff, ambulances, friends, get togethers, and great food. We have gotten a LOT of input from people about where to go. Some of these people are not computer weenies so I will enter in their suggestions myself (soon).

I have to run to do a lot of errands, and set up the garage for the MINI before the pollen explodes around here.

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