I'd love to wear a James Bond style tux and show up to a fancy swing ding in a classic Aston Martin with all the secret agent bells and whistles.

Then I'd walk up to some scantilly clad Hollywood train wreck starlett and in my best Scottish Accent say, "That's a nice little nothing your almost wearing!" At which point she would sick her rediculously small lap dog and her body guards on me but then my side kick Chuck Norris would come in and take them out while I sipped a ginger ale, stirred, not shaken. Until the ninja deer arrived at which point I would dispatch them with my Walther PPK thus saving Chuck's life and earning his undying devotion like Mike Huckabee.

That is a kickbutt dress. I remember when I lived in the armpit of NM and about the only good thing about the place was this gem of a thrift store. I picked up an actual vintage dress a lot like like but in a cornsilk blue. I loved that dress.

I'm not sure yet the attire of the Christmas work party, but I can't go wrong wearing my red "sassy" skirt with the sassy strappy heels to go along with it. Or I could wear my green flats to go with the Christmas theme....either way it'll be with a nice black shirt...very classy. It'll be my first work party! I'm pretty jazzed.

2 nights??? Are you a closet politician...???

Our office party is Formal to the hilt.

I've been wondering what to wear. I'm not up for spending a.n.y. money on it this year, but what do you do?

We used to have such a great vintage store here....the new owners just don't get the concept...

But it's a fantastic party...so no complaints!

no holiday party this year...where's the holiday spirit?

alabamabelle wrote:

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Cat as the innkeeper! Cool.

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 I'm curious, do you know Cat and Poncho outside of Bountiful? He had been away for awhile when you joined us.

We knew each other from the pre-existence.
Hey, that's a good one! I like that.

-- Edited by Poncho29 at 13:12, 2007-12-03

I share genealogy with them all the way back to Adam.

Just like I do everyone else on this board.

Well, except for those of you who aren't from this earth.

And you know who you are.

Hmmm.  I wasn't aware that sarcasm and evasion were the same thing.

It appears that I was misled on this forum. I was unaware that I was required to know, be related to or have some sort of previous relationship with the people on this board in order to participate.

If that is the case, I feel I have the right to ask the same information of you: to whom do YOU belong and what does that do to affect your participation on this forum?

Perhaps you would like a copy of my 4-gen chart so that my eligibility to have an opinion can be rendered sufficently to your liking?

send me your email and I'll fulfill your need to know. and while you are sending it, I'd like a copy of yours.

who knows?

we may be sister in laws. I have some floating along out there in the great territory of Deseret who are likewise intrusive.

I don't hold much stock in relations as a calling card.

My Daddy used to tell me "If you can't get through a day without mentioning the name of someone who could push you forward and you not use your brains, your back and some elbow grease, you'll never amount to much."

Being somewhat of a rebel (pun not intended), I tend to use sarcasm the same way most people use air. It's ever present and I need it to live.

Cat as the innkeeper! Cool.

I'm curious, do you know Cat and Poncho outside of Bountiful?

Jen.

Did someone tell you that they were related?

--Ray

Seems strange to be so insistent on a simple hunch. 

Poncho told me that Alabamabelle and Cat were related, cousins, in fact, which you seemed to call that out very specifically, as though you had special knowledge.

I was curious if you had done some online sleuthing, or if this was common knowledge, or if someone PM'd you about the relationship, or you have some occult powers of deduction that I envy.

Anyhow I didn't pass it along... oh wait... I just did. And I assume I'm okay "outing" you Alabammy, cuz well... I don't think Poncho expected me to keep such things secret... :)

Now... Bammy... if you don't mind, tell me about cat when he was a kid...

--Ray 


 

I'm uncomfortable here because I know there is some conspiracy theory floating around. I'm an intuitive person. Shortly after Bama started posting, I noticed something (link, for one) that made me wonder. I can't tell you what. Then when she made the comment I quoted in this thread, I really wondered. then today when she joined in a bit with the conspiracy theory group, it gelled it for me and I wanted to ask her upfront.

No more, no less.

Yeah we were surprised to see Belle here. We were looking at Bountiful one night and we were like "Who's this Alabamabelle?" We saw some clues to indicate that's who she was so we e-mailed her and asked, "Is that you? What are you doing here?"
We had a good laugh actually.

Hey, this is the 411. Our mothers are sisters.

We are cousins and like Cat says, we didn't see each other but a few times as kids.

The dirt y'all are referring to is totally non-existant. We saw him and his family so infrequently and he was just a kid, so there isn't anything to tell.

The idea of him having enough facial hair to make up a beard cracks me up entirely. Cat was just too cute as a kid.

The only exciting thing he ever did that I have photo proof of is when he got into the paint when we were painting our house one summer when they came to visit.

He looks adorable in celery green.

So would Mrs. Cat Herder.

having people wade through reading the spewing out of my daily thoughts at length is penance for nosey behavior.

those who survive the journey are rewarded with a priceless treasure of wit and humor.

those who fail in the attempt are cast aside like dried banana skins.

We're both amateur writers who share common ancesters whose daughters were well educated and also writers / artists. Our mothers were (and are) probably each others best friends aside from their respective husbands. In many respects, they were two peas in a pod and could have been interchangeable in our respective families as mothers. What else would one expect but for cousins to be similar enough to not be able to deny relation?

alabamabelle wrote:

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the other one looks like a muffin.

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 So do I.

You knockin' muffins?

Cool that Cat and Alabamabelle are cousins!

Going back to dressing up, the only time I have to dress up is in last part of Dec. In order to see this play for free, I will be volunteering as an usher at a production of A Christmas Carol- so will dress up a bit for this.

For the next one, sit down and stop drinking as you might choke. These are fun but do sound dorky: Then at our nursing home, Tuesdays are designated Christmas Sweater day when we can wear a Christmas sweater to work. For me it is too hot to stay in the sweater all day, so I use a Christmas cotton shirt. And Thursdays are "Sparkle Day" where we can wear those glittery shirts. The purpose of this is to bring Christmas parties to some of the patients, since they can't get out to see some of the festivities, etc. Usually they enjoy it. Except we end up w/sparkles/glitter all over!!! I usaully wear a Santa smiley scrunchy and a red glittery scrunchy. The a few weeks ago, t the dollar store, I found a glittery red and green sequin headband that I will use this year. I do have a black glittery shirt that I will use. I hope to find a red glittery shirt to match the glitter headband, but so far the ones I've found are immodest.

Also I wear Christmas socks to work. When it gets to be a couple days before Christmas, I have a Santa hat and deer antlers that I sometimes wear. It is silly but the patients enjoy it.


For sparkle days, they actually rent tuxedos for some of the male staff (ie in maintenance) and they wear tuxedos while doing their duties. Some of the people wear long sparkly, prom type dresses. (only those who are in positions that they don't work directly w/patients, otherwise that attire is too unsafe)

ETA: our Christmas party is going out to a pizza buffet during lunchtime, so no need for special dress-up on that day!!

-- Edited by nitasmile at 21:28, 2007-12-03

nitasmile wrote:

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Cat Herder: maybe for the Christmas season, you and Poncho can change your avatars to Mr. and Mrs. Claus!! Or temporaily call yourself the "Deer Herder". :)

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He already is wearing the jolly red suit. . . what more do you want?