Good Friday Morning, Crew!

[Clintmax]

:hi::donut:
Welcome to the Friday edition of the Early Morning Crew thread! :bounce: How are you today? I hope you had a good day yesterday! Mine was really busy, but then I think it's going to continue to be that way until this clearance sale is over with. One thing about staying busy is that the day goes by quickly. I just get to the store and in sixty seconds, four hours have passed and it's time for lunch! Sixty seconds after I get back from eating, another four hours have passed and it's time to go home! I love that! :woohoo:

And all of a sudden, here we are at Friday! :bounce: Do you have any big plans for the upcoming holiday weekend? Tuesday is July 4th, you know! Independence Day! I don't know how it got to be July so damned fast, but it's here tomorrow. I remember when I was a kid, one of my favorite summer things was going to the fireworks stands and getting all the stuff I could to shoot off on th 4th! Smoke bombs, snakes, firecrackers, those tanks that would go forward and then shoot its cannon, roman candles. What a fun time that was! I hope you get to do the same thing on Tuesday! :bounce:

But, we have to get through today to make it to tomorrow. So let's get this day going, my crew! :bounce: Time to rise and shine! :D

Song Of The Day: "Lucky One" by Amy Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX1YsmL3Ieg&search=amy%20grant%20-%20lucky%20one

[Clintmax]

1. CURRENT EARLY MORNING CREW MEMBERS

• AirmensMom
• AussieDave
• Bigwillq
• Billyskank
• Bridgit
• Buddhamama
• BuffyTheFundieSlayer
• Bzzzz
• CallMeWesley
• Cannikin
• Crispini
• DanCa
• Droopy
• Entanglement
• Femmocrat
• Flblu2
• FoxMulder
• GalleryGod
• GBrooks
• Haruka3_2000
• Heidi
• Hissyspit
• Jamastiene
• Joan_Alpern
• Khashka
• KitchenWitch
• Libnnc
• LizzieGrace
• Mdmc
• Minnesota Libra
• MissHoneychurch
• MrsGrumpy
• Mutley_r_us
• Neoma
• Newyawker99
• OhioBlues
• Petersond
• Random_Australian
• Redwitch
• Robeson
• Sbj405
• Scooter24
• SeattleGirl
• SimplyFugue
• Southlandshari
• Starbucks Anarchist
• SugarSmack
• Swimboy
• Terrya
• Tjwmason
• TexanWitch
• Wetzelbill
• Whoa_Nelly
• WildHorses
• WritingIsMyReligion
• XemaSab
• ZombieNixon

[NMMNG]

2. Good morning Clint!

Wow, Tuesday is July 4th, isn't it? :patriot: How time flies.

There's nothing going on here. Boring as can be. :boring:

[Clintmax]

3. Good Morning, Miss Buffy!

:hi::hug:
Yes, time goes by too damned fast, you ask me! :rofl: It's good to have some time where there's nothing going on, once in a while. It's still early, though. LOL!

[NMMNG]

5. Very true

I've got just one more hour to make it through then I can go home and sleep.

BTW, did you see Grease 2 last Saturday night? I think it was on ABC family or something like that.

[Clintmax]

7. I LOVE Grease 2!

I own it on DVD and watch it once in a while! I especially love the part where Michael Carrington sings "Charades". "...I guess I really messed up...trying to be two...when only one heaaaart can be there..." The other part I like is the song at the talent contest when Stephanie and a "dead" Michael sing together! LOVE it! :rofl:

[NMMNG]

8. That Christmas tree costume is the bomb, isn't it?

[Clintmax]

9. Oh yeah!

I used to have the cassette of the soundtrack, but it has long since disappeared. :rofl: ALL of the calendar girls costumes were good. They did a good job on all of them!

[NMMNG]

12. I had the soundtrack to the original "Grease" on 8-Track

How's that for dating myself.

[Clintmax]

17. LOL! Hey, nothing wrong with 8-tracks...

with the one exception of songs being divided between the "sides". I hated that! YOu'd be going along just fine, then the song would fade out...CLICK...fade back in...:rofl:

[NMMNG]

25. That was a pain in the backside

I never understood why they divided songs that way instead of just putting the song on the next track.

[Clintmax]

29. I always wondered the same thing.

Idiots. :rofl:

[billyskank]

4. Hello Clintmax!

:hi:

[Clintmax]

6. Good Morning, Billy!

:hi:
How's everything in jolly ol' Britain?

[billyskank]

20. Everything is quite fun here

The sun is shining, and it's friday, and my birthday is on sunday. :D

[Clintmax]

24. That's good!

:bounce:
Nice weather makes everything so much better! YAY! for birthdays! :bounce: I hope you get lots of presents and have lots of cake and ice cream! :bounce::party:

[AirmensMom]

42. Happy Birthday, Billy!

I hope Sunday turns out to be a very special day for you! :loveya: :hug:

[Clintmax]

45. Me too, me too!

[billyskank]

48. Thank you both!

:*

:D

[Clintmax]

50. You're welcome, Billy!

:hi:

[AirmensMom]

11. Billy!

[billyskank]

22. Hi AirmensMom!

:hug: :loveya:

[tjwmason]

14. Good morning billy.

:hi:

[billyskank]

23. Morning mason!

:hi:

[AirmensMom]

10. Good morning, Clintmax!

:donut: :hi: :hug:

:woohoo: I have an exciting weekend planned. :bounce: Harleykid is coming over after work and we're having supper together and then going to the drive-in to see Cars. She's spending the night and tomorrow we're going to the "neighborhood" pig roast. My neighbor just invited us yesterday -- he says EVERYONE will be there (meaning all the relatives). It's within walking distance, just down the driveway to his brother's house. Maybe they'll treat us to some TN moonshine. :rofl:

Are you going to see the fireworks this year? :bounce:

Oh, and here are a few photos I took yesterday.

The view from our front porch:


The view from our back deck:


Two of the horses:

[Clintmax]

15. Good Morning, Miss Airmens!

:hi::hug:
YAY! Sounds like a great weekend, my dear! You get to see HarleyKid and go to a pig roast and all that go along with it! :woohoo: I hope you have a lot of fun! You certainly deserve the break after all the hard work you've been doing! I'm not sure if we'll go to see the fireworks or not. :shrug: Tallahassee has a humongus display of them in one of the parks here in town but I hear it's crowded like you wouldn't believe and hard as hells to get out after the show is over. We just haven't decided yet.

Those are some great pictures you took! It looks so peaceful out there. And to be able to see the horses like that is a lot of fun too. :bounce:

[AirmensMom]

18. We went to fireworks once.

The park was a 10-minute drive from our house. Of course, it took no time at all to get there, but it took an hour just to get out of the park afterwards. x( We always just watched from the porch after that. But once my parents took me to a place in PA, some botanical gardens thing, where they had fireworks and "dancing" fountains, all synchronized to the music. It was awesome! The air sure was thick after they got done with it, though! :rofl:

Yes, it is VERY peaceful. I'm sitting at my table right now with the "back" view to my left, through the French doors ... except I don't see any horses this morning. I sent a pile of pics to harleydad but I haven't heard if he saw them yet.

We're starting a countdown today. Harleydad is coming home in ONE WEEK! It'll only be for a week, but we're both pretty excited! :bounce:

[Clintmax]

27. I guess that's the way it is everyplace.

In Missouri, I went to "Firefall" a few times and there were thousands and thousands of people there. The Springfield Symphony would play and the fireworks were set to the music and it was really cool too! But, with so many people, it would take hours to get home. I stopped going because of that. I can just picture you sitting there, coffee in hand, looking out the french doors, smiling at me! :hug::loveya: I'm SO glad Mister Harley is getting to come home for a while! :bounce::party: I'm excited FOR you two also! :bounce::woohoo:

[AirmensMom]

31. You got that picture exactly right!

:bounce: :loveya: ... except you forgot the part about me wishing you and Greekspeak were here to share the beautiful view with me. :loveya:

Harleydad finally looked at the pictures. Now he wants to forward them to all his friends. :rofl: I hope this week goes by REALLY fast and next week crawls by. :D

It's funny, but when we went to that place with my parents, it didn't take long at all for people to get out. I think they had a little better traffic management because they did it every night. Taking a long time to get home sort of ruins the experience -- you've all but forgotten the beautiful fireworks by the time you get home. :shrug: Harleykid says there's likely to be plenty of fireworks at the pig roast. :woohoo:

[Clintmax]

33. I wish we were there to see that view with you too!

:hug::loveya:
That would be great! Well, with a pig roast, lots to eat and then fireworks afterwards, it's going to be a really fun time! I wish I could be there for THAT too! :hug:

[AirmensMom]

36. Well, they told me everyone is welcome!

:bounce: So c'mon over! :bounce:

Actually, I have a busy day ahead of me ... gotta get those bed sheets washed and hung out on the line again. :loveya: And I guess I'll vacuum the floor a little. I suppose I should get started doing all that soon. :(

[Clintmax]

39. Here we go again!

LOVE bed sheets hung on the line! They smell SO damned good! I wish we could do that too. Vacuuming the floors isn't any fun though. x( What are you thinking, Missy? :spank: :rofl::rofl:

[AirmensMom]

40. OK, FINE!

I'll hang out the damn bedspread, too! :rofl: I don't mind vacuuming. These floors are really easy to keep clean ... and they don't show the cat fur (expecially BROWN cat fur) anywhere near as much as the white tiles did! As a matter of fact, they hide it SO well, you have to be careful of the brown fur balls in the morning. :shrug: :rofl:

If I get ALL done with everything and have to wait for Harleykid, I'll sit under a tree and read a book. :D

[Clintmax]

43. LOL! Oh, rub it in why don't you!

:rofl::rofl:
Actually, I'm glad you can enjoy your things hung out on the line! :hug: I'm envious though! Out house in Springfield had wood floors and hid the cat hair so well too, so I know how it is. Sitting under one of the trees and reading a book sounds wonderful! What a geat idea! :loveya:

[AirmensMom]

47. Sorry ...

:hug: :hug: :hug:

So ... if we use grey tile on the tile part of the new house, we'll have all the cat fur colors covered. :rofl:

I must get myself going, though. As always, I thoroughly enjoyed waking up to your happy thread and conversation with you. It really puts me in a good mood to talk with a good friend first thing in the morning. I hope you have a great day ... may the clearance sale be over with soon. :loveya: :hug: :hi:

[Clintmax]

49. I love talking with YOU too, my dear!

It's so good to start my day this way too! I hope you get through your chores quickly so you can enjoy the day! Have fun and tell Mister Harley and Harley Kis I said hello! :hug::loveya: Talk to you in the morning! :bounce:

[AirmensMom]

52. I will do that.

And please say hi to Greekspeak for me! :bounce: :loveya: :hug:

Don't worry if you don't see me in the morning ... it's hard to say what I'll be up to with Harleykid here. I will definitely see you on Monday, though! :hi:

[Clintmax]

54. Oh, OK.

i'm glad you said something, because I WOULD have worried when I didn't see you! If you don't get to come in tomorrow, I hope you have a fantastic weekend! :bounce: :hug::loveya:

[tjwmason]

13. Good morning Clint.

:hi:

Another beautiful day here today. :D

I'm glad to hear that work went well - there is definitely a good type of busy, it sounds like that was what you ended up with.

I'm playing some Schubert string quartets which I downloaded yesterday - all very charming.

:hug:

[Clintmax]

16. Good Morning, TJ!

:hi::hug:
It's good to see you today, my friend! I'm glad to hear you've got some beautiful weather out there. That makes the day all that much better! String quartets...beautiful music, I must say!

[swimboy]

68. Good afternoon, TJ!

:hi: :hug:
It's a very agreeable morning here!
:loveya:

[tjwmason]

69. Good morning swimboy.

Glad to hear that everything's so agreeable.

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Something exciting arrived in the post this morning - but I'm not going to tell you what. ;) :P

[swimboy]

70. Well, you're just being diabolical!

to tell me you're not going to tell me! :evilfrown:

Do I have to try and guess? :think:

[tjwmason]

72. I certainly am diabolical...

and not necessarily in the good way either. :P

You'll find out when the time is right, guessing is discouraged as well.

[sbj405]

19. Howdy, Clint!

Ahh yes the week is nearly over. Can't wait. No big plans, but I'm off work Mon-Wed, so I'll have to think of something.

[Clintmax]

21. Good Morning, Miss Sbj!

:hi:
I'm glad to hear you've got some days off. Does your town have any big fireworks displays on the 4th?

[sbj405]

26. Mine has some, but DC is only a short Metro ride.

For big fireworks.

[Clintmax]

32. Ah, OK!

So you have your choice of fireworks to go see then! :bounce: You're going to the DC one then aren't you?

[terrya]

28. Good morning, Clint!

Well, my mood just brightened when I saw your thread. :-)

I have no special plans this weekend. I might go see "An Inconvenient Truth". I may be the only DU'er yet to see it!

Sounds you've got a nice weekend lined up. :-)

[Clintmax]

30. Good Morning, Terry!

:hi::bounce:
Thank you for your nice words about the crew thread! I added you to the crew roster, by the way! :bounce: "An Inconvenient Truth"...wait...isn't that the movie about global warming and stuff? Am I thinking of the right movie?

[terrya]

34. You're welcome!

And thank you for adding me to the crew roster. :bounce:

Yes, "An Inconvenient Truth" is the global warming movie. Al Gore is in it.

It's either that or "Superman Returns" and I can wait to see "Superman". :-)

:hi:

[Clintmax]

37. I've been looking forward to seeing Superman too.

But I've been wanting to see the Truth movie too. If we lived close together, I'd go see it with you!

[terrya]

44. Well, thank you! I'd like that!

I'd enjoy seeing it with you. :-)

[Clintmax]

46. It would be lots of fun, huh!

:bounce::bounce:

[terrya]

59. It sure would!

:bounce: :bounce:

[LaurenG]

35. Good morning Clintmax!

Another good link to listen to as I write, thanks!

I hope with all my heart that by this time next year we will be truly celebrating the end of the worst regime in known American history. I wish us all a joyous time and much fun as we celebrate what this country truly stands for.

To all of us, (including our beautiful and faithful ex-patriots, British, Canadian, Swedish and all the other countries represented here) -Have yourselves a merry little July 4th holiday and here's :toast: to a much brighter future.:hi::loveya: :hug: :bounce: :patriot:


And one for fun, he he.

[Clintmax]

38. Good Morning, Miss OhioB!

:hi::hug:
What a wonderful post! I completely agree with you, my dear! :bounce: "...worst regime in American history." is right! I wish and hope the same things for all of us! :hug::loveya:

[billyskank]

41. Hello, beautiful!

:loveya:

:bounce:

:*

:blush:

:D

[LaurenG]

51. Did you make Samosa's for your early BIRTHDAY celebration?

Happy Birthday dear Billyskank, Happy birthday to you. I thought I'd start early! I know Sunday July 2nd is your real birthday but lets get started celebrating now!

:) :D :* :party: :bounce: :thumbsup: :hi: :loveya: :hug: :yourock: :woohoo: :applause:

[billyskank]

53. I did!

They went down quite well here. :D

Thank you, my dear friend. :yourock: far more than I ever will. :hug:


:loveya: so much! :D

[riona]

55. Fl check-in

Glad your work hasn't been dull. Speaking of dull, we had an excruciatingly boring homeowners' meeting last night. There's a ton of upkeep in these places - even without all the bells and whistles some developments have. But, the developer is out of here and things are looking great.

[Clintmax]

57. Good Morning, Miss Flblu!

:hi:
I'm assuming you're talking about the homeowners association meeting. I don't know if I'd like being part of one of those. I'm not sure I'd like someone telling me what I could and couldn't do at my house. x( They seem like a bad idea to me. I'm glad things are looking great though! :bounce:

[riona]

66. That's how it is with condos and

townhouse subdivs. We're pretty small so the rules in place are reasonable. The main thing is not to buy in a development where there are amenities that you don't use and end up paying for anyway.

[Minnesota Libra]

56. Good Friday morning everyone...................

...hope this finds everyone doing good.:headbang:

Clintmax, I'm very glad your days are going by so quickly.:bounce: That's the only true advantage to being exceptionally busy.:applause:

I'm going to stay home - by choice - and stay around the air conditioner. It's supposed to be up around 90 degrees with 70% or more humidity.:cry: So that's stay home weather for me!!

Tuesday I'm going to a barbecue, so I won't be inside the entire 4th of July holiday but until then I've got plenty to do.

OMG, I FINALLY found TWO peculator coffee pots yesterday.:applause: I've had so much bad luck with the drip coffee makers developing leaks, blowing up, shorting out, and what ever that is they do when they make noise and die.:cry: So I swore I was going back to my trusted and true peculator coffee pot but for the life of me I couldn't find any - new or used.:banghead: Well, persistence pays off!!:applause: I found one electric peculator and one stove top peculator coffee pot yesterday and grabbed both of them. :bounce:Needless to say, I had a decent cup of coffee this am, so I'm a happy camper.:bounce:

Be good to each other and keep plugging away at those neocons.:bounce:

[Clintmax]

58. Good Morning, Minnesota!

:hi:
I've always kinda wanted one of those percolators too! I bet they make great strong coffee! Enjoy yours! :bounce:

[Cannikin]

60. Hi there!

[Clintmax]

61. Good Morning, Cannikin!

:hi:
It's good to see you this morning! :bounce: You doing OK today, Dude?

[tjwmason]

62. Good morning Cannikin.

:hi:

How's you today, Studly?

:hug:

[newyawker99]

63. Good morning everyone!

:donut:




:hi:

[Clintmax]

64. Good Morning, Miss NewYawker!

:hi::hug:

[Clintmax]

65. Time for me to get going, my crew!

I hope you have a great Friday and I'll see you in the morning! :bounce: Take care of each other! :grouphug:

Clint

[In_The_Wind]

67. Hi Y'all!

Miss Sugar Smack and I finally made it to the Keys yesterday afternoon!
It's time for me to make a real cup of coffee. It seems like all of the restaurants make it about 1/2 strength.

[billyskank]

71. Joanieeee!!!

:* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :* :*

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:D

:hi: