Saturday, September 20, 2008

JTI Picnic: the Brats and the Bees

Hi childrens!

We had a great time at the picnic! I was summoned early on to help by telepathically broadcasting directions to those who were unsure of their way. Once on the grounds, there was this hint:

A special thank you to dears SER and Lizardmom for staking out a claim early. (I happen to know that they spent the time sharpening their skills in a certain criminal activity. Oh yes, you two, Madame Zoltar knows all!)

Unfortunately, even I couldn’t keep away the swarms of killer bees. Or yellow jackets. Or whatever those pesky little things are. I promise to have a potion ready for the next get-together.

I’m sorry, but I was much too preoccupied reading palms to notice who brought exactly what food. I know the burgers came from Timt49 and were delicious. Mr. drewzepmeister brought his fabulous chicken wings again. A veggie plate was contributed by our mystery guests. Only JT Irregulars and psychics may know their identity. Ooooooo-eeeeeeee-oooooooo!

I saw Huck Finn there and Cyndi and kkdither. Please, anyone who was there, please give credit where it is due for the food.

I’ll take credit for the weather, which was gorgeous.

See you all at the next soiree, dearies!

6 comments:

OrbsCorbs said...

Hey Zoltar, what am I? Chopped liver?

Thank you to SER for doing the grill work, and a super-duper thank you to Lizardmom for coordinating these events and always remembering what everyone else forgets. When I get completely decrepit, I want Lizardmom to take care of me.

drewzepmeister said...

Many thanks to everyone for their contributions-no matter how big or small. I had a great time. The food was delicious. Had some great conversations with friends.Couldn't ask for a better day.

kkdither said...

I actually got to hold the famed spork. That almost sounds dirty... ;>

As always, great conversations, excellent food and the weather couldn't have been nicer. I was "gifted" a new cd to listen to. Thanks Drew, for your generosity.

It was so nice to meet the new people who stopped out. Always a treat! And super nice to talk with old friends. Got the chance to see and chat with some of our original members that hadn't been around for awhile. We were missing them a lot! We missed the few who had good intentions, but had previous plans.

Liz was taking notes... planning the next one. C'mon you guys who were too busy or too timid to join us. Get a hold of Liz and come to the next one. You won't regret it. We are a family. And just like any of your other relatives, we are pretty irregular.

Lizardmom said...

you guya are making me blush :)
I can't help much with the tech stuff but I can round up the gang for fun.

Thanks to everybody that came out, even with me there the weather was perfect.

It was a great time of food, lots of visiting, and a great relaxing afternoon.
TONS of thanks to SER for being our grill master, awesome!!!!!!

Tim and Huck, so nice to finally meet you!!

To our fellow Racine blogging spot Pete, I hope you had a good time. Are you ready to be irregular too?? :)

I know Abby got stuck at work, and a few had scheduling conflicts. To those that are watching and not too sure about seeing exactly how irregular we are, come on out, you'll be surprised that we're as close to 'normal' as most people.
It's just nice to meet the people behind the personas. I hope to have the next date set for the next gathering soon, will keep you posted!!

Cyndi said...

Soooo great to see everyone again! And really bummed that I could only stay for a short while; bellydance class was fun, but in retrospect, would have preferred to skip and chat longer.
The food was amazing, the company very nice as always:-)
Looking forward to the next one: This summer, with our crazy schedules, I've been limited to blogging primarily at my blogger site
www.cjkoehler.blogspot.com
Hopefully with the kids back in school and life returning back to "normal" (such as it will ever be...), I hope to be able to contribute more. If you techno gurus can figure it out, try and change the format so I can access the site at work;-0 That will help a lot, too!

SER said...

Maybe next time I should get an embroidered apron.....laugh’in.

It was great to see everyone again and I really enjoyed myself. Sorry I couldn’t do something with the bees.

Criminal activity? Oh ya...it works. I’ll have to “squirrel” that one away under unless information!

And many thanks to “hop-a-long” Lizardmom for setting everything up.