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Re: Roadtrip To New York

verybadcat — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:03:24 -0000

oh, derek, darling, you know what to do. Give those irish aunts one of
your stunning thousand watt grins and tell them the truth. you're
making sure that when you find ms. right that you are damn well ready
to be mr. right. they'll love it. :)

Re: Roadtrip To New York

verybadcat — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:03:24 -0000

Re: Roadtrip To New York

verybadcat — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:03:24 -0000

Re: Roadtrip To New York

Derek — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:12:03 -0000

I brought deodorant and haven't used it yet. Oh well.

That ND trip sounds incredible and you should push to do it yearly. It
bridges the gap and you end up so much tighter!

The fact that you do it at all is so important though.

Re: Roadtrip To New York

Derek — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:04:31 -0000

Oh man, my Aunts are vampires. They stay up til 4am and they are up at 7am
or earlier, yelling about something and planning the day. It's more amazing
than annoying. But I hear ya.

Re: Roadtrip To New York

Derek — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:04:28 -0000

It was kind of crazy to write this post, because I remember writing about
the trip last year like it was yesterday!

Re: Roadtrip To New York

Derek — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:22:38 -0000

Your family seems awesome...and I say that just from pictures and your
stories:)

Re: Roadtrip To New York

Derek — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:22:33 -0000

That's pretty cool...I love when different sides of a family mesh. We have
tons of that...some of my cousin's cousins feel like they are blood
relatives now. They all come up here too!

Re: Roadtrip To New York

Derek — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:20:50 -0000

Thanks cooper! It's so cool that you know this area so well...it's
majestic. I get here and want to stay forever! Saranac and Long Lake are
both so beautiful! And we totally have 'our' ice cream shop in little Lake
Luzerne that's a must every year, without fail:)

Re: Roadtrip To New York

Derek — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:18:35 -0000

That's too funny. I feel the same way...totally nuts. Although you sound
very serious:)

Re: Roadtrip To New York

Derek — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:14:46 -0000

The calm is intoxicating. I love our family weddings, and it kind of sounds
like ours are similar. Up here the dancing is removed and replaced with
ill-advised late night runs to townie bars to sing karaoke. Yes, karaoke.
It's quite embarrassing and quite funny.

Re: Roadtrip To New York

dshan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:12:03 -0000

I brought deodorant and haven't used it yet. Oh well.

That ND trip sounds incredible and you should push to do it yearly. It
bridges the gap and you end up so much tighter!

The fact that you do it at all is so important though.

Re: Roadtrip To New York

Derek — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:09:22 -0000

Yeah, it does come with age...you just dig family so much. I do anyway.
I'm so ancy for everyone to get up here...I stayed up til 4am last night cuz
my sister was arriving. I'm already happily exhausted!

Re: Roadtrip To New York

Derek — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:09:15 -0000

No kidding...where in New York? The city? Our NYC crowd is arriving
today...can't wait!

Re: Roadtrip To New York

Derek — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:07:25 -0000

Oh, the Spanish Inquisition, which we just call being Irish Aunts, has
already begun. No one cares about anything except my love life,
apparently. Ugh.

Re: Roadtrip To New York

dshan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:04:31 -0000

Oh man, my Aunts are vampires. They stay up til 4am and they are up at 7am
or earlier, yelling about something and planning the day. It's more amazing
than annoying. But I hear ya.

Re: Roadtrip To New York

dshan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:04:28 -0000

It is quite an adventure. I've never actually counted our full extended
'reach' in direct blood relatives...it has to be in that range. This is all
just one side of my family...on my father's I have another 15 cousins.

It was kind of crazy to write this post, because I remember writing about
the trip last year like it was yesterday!

Re: Roadtrip To New York

dshan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:22:38 -0000

Your family seems awesome...and I say that just from pictures and your
stories:)

Re: Roadtrip To New York

dshan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:22:33 -0000

That's pretty cool...I love when different sides of a family mesh. We have
tons of that...some of my cousin's cousins feel like they are blood
relatives now. They all come up here too!

Re: Roadtrip To New York

dshan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:20:50 -0000

Re: Roadtrip To New York

dshan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:18:35 -0000

That's too funny. I feel the same way...totally nuts. Although you sound
very serious:)

Re: Roadtrip To New York

dshan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:14:46 -0000

Re: Roadtrip To New York

dshan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:09:22 -0000

Re: Roadtrip To New York

dshan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:09:15 -0000

No kidding...where in New York? The city? Our NYC crowd is arriving
today...can't wait!

Re: Roadtrip To New York

dshan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:07:25 -0000

Oh, the Spanish Inquisition, which we just call being Irish Aunts, has
already begun. No one cares about anything except my love life,
apparently. Ugh.