Comments on: Photo Friday, er, SATURDAY

By: LindaB

LindaB — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:10:59 +0000

Heffa, thanks for giving us the “heads up”! I wouldn’t want to miss Conner’s message! How sweet and articulate he is! And very very wise! I loved the message and love this child! I commented……of course……..and it was lengthy, as usual. Bless his heart!

By: bettyrwoodward

bettyrwoodward — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:53:39 +0000

Well done Connor. It is a pleasure to know you, you are a very special boy that God and we love deeply.

By: jonny

jonny — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:49:33 +0000

Wow!! I’ll zip over there, read, and comment ASAP!! Yea, Connor!!

By: heffa

heffa — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:07:58 +0000

Please look back at From heartache…., my son Connor has left a comment on how he feels about being Autistic and would love some comments bless him, thank you all xx

By: LindaB

LindaB — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:07:32 +0000

Well, I didn’t want to spoil our appetites for the much awaited and anticipated breakfast at TOAST’S! It was wonderful, too!!! We should have ordered one breakfast and split it! We couldn’t begin to eat it all, and couldn’t take it back to the hotel either. I recommend TOAST’S to anyone in the Chicago area. That’s my unpaid commercial for today!

By: jonny

jonny — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:28:16 +0000

I’m just having a difficult time believing you said ‘no thank-you’ to free sweets, even if fruit, and coffee, LB. Maybe it was the waiting out in the cold for awhile…

By: LindaB

LindaB — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:19:01 +0000

We were in Chicago a couple years ago, and were waiting outside of a restaurant I read about in a travel magazine that was suppose to have the best breakfasts in town. There was a long line to get in, so their reputation must have been well earned. So, bored, we walked down the street a ways while waiting and saw this little shop that did those fruit bouquets. And since it was cold outside, we went in. They were so nice and they offered us some of the little bits of fruit that were left over after they cut the flowers out. We said no thanks, but they brought us coffee and fruit anyway—–it was like a fruit salad with odd shapes in it! They also gave us a big plastic container of it to take home! They sold containers of the leftover fruit pieces too.

Just a random piece of info in case any of you ever want to make a big fruit salad and would like to buy a container of it already cut up real cheap! I live to serve.

By: tori

tori — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:43:57 +0000

YAY! BELINDA’S BACK– she broke the code!

LindaB– Russ was able to get some Homecoming tickets for someone and they sent that as a thank-you.

By: LindaB

LindaB — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:20:18 +0000

Tori, what was the occasion for the edible arrangement, if I may ask?

Welcome back, Belinda!

By: jonny

jonny — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:36:42 +0000

Great to have you back again, belinda!! = )

By: belinda

belinda — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:29:14 +0000

Oh My Word! I can’t believe I am finally back in!

Love the pictures! Love this blog! It is good to be back!

By: Stribet Kat

Stribet Kat — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:22:53 +0000

What a wonderful evening…and I’m *so* hungry now!

Late on commenting but just had to as this was such a fun share.

Me thinks I’d of feigned being the birthday girl just to get an extra dose of harmony had I been there

By: jonny

jonny — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:10:13 +0000

Cool! Glad it worked for you too, Barbara = )

By: Barbara M. Lloyd

Barbara M. Lloyd — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:42:29 +0000

Johnny, I loved your video…..made me want to stand up and shout!

By: Barbara M. Lloyd

Barbara M. Lloyd — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:02:53 +0000

I was enjoying all of the pictures, smiling as I went along, and came to the last picture. Not expecting that picture of Gloria, I cracked up. However, I think I have seen a picture similar to that one before. What a fun time y’all were having….and that’s better than even a great meal.

By: heffa

heffa — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:23:13 +0000

how random my fist ever comment is sharing my experience of Autism now Im commenting on make up! auburn60 on my one and only trip to the states I discovered Sephora, wow make up heaven (if thats that blasphemy sorry!)
rachelbaker you dont need make up your skin is flawless like your mothers!

By: delightedabroad

delightedabroad — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:21:51 +0000

rachelbaker, I agree with you and I would also need a lot of help to get my hair ‘big’ (though it’s long enough)…

By: rachelbaker

rachelbaker — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:29:07 +0000

Delighted, I think generally you’re right, European women do use a LOT less make up than American. The average English woman definitely goes for the more subtle look.

There are exceptions though, as our unofficial ‘ambassadors of all things shallow’ to the US display proudly (thinking about Victoria Beckham and Katie Price).

I wear make up once every couple of months if you’re lucky and could not get my hair to be ‘big’ if I bought every can of hairspray in the shop. If I ever visit Nashville I will need serious help.

Vive la difference!

By: delightedabroad

delightedabroad — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:06:21 +0000

That was a fun time ! Thanks for sharing. I’m soo glad I read this before having breakfast otherwise I would have to look at a weirdly ‘decorated’ screen

About make-up: from my point of view it really looks as if European women use less of it (at least in Germany).

By: LindaB

LindaB — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:28:48 +0000

Well, her loss! Keep on looking and praying!

By: jonny

jonny — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:49:08 +0000

She told me not to contact her. I have sent a few text messages from time to time for various reasons, though. No response from those.

By: LindaB

LindaB — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:41:45 +0000

LOL Maybe!

You said you hadn’t heard from her in weeks? Why not call her yourself? Don’t tell me you’re shy! Maybe she’s waiting for you to call her.

By: jonny

jonny — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:28:06 +0000

“Didn’t you recently meet a nice girl that you had lots in common with?”

Haven’t heard from her in four weeks. Maybe we had too much in common = )

By: LindaB

LindaB — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:16:35 +0000

That’s funny that Europeans think Americans wear too much make-up!!! That’s a big selling point here——all they have to do to get folks to buy their make-up and skin care products is to advertize that it’s from Europe, or “used by European women”, or discovered in Europe! We’ll go buy up a boat load of it then!

By: LindaB

LindaB — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:13:13 +0000

Well, I can’t disagree with ya there! LOL

Didn’t you recently meet a nice girl that you had lots in common with?

By: jonny

jonny — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:02:25 +0000

And that was kind of cruel, LB. You know good and well that the woman of my dreams has been taken for some time. There’s nothing left for me to do now but wait and settle for less!!

By: jonny

jonny — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:59:08 +0000

Is good ol’ pepper spray passe these days??

By: jonny

jonny — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:56:07 +0000

So far the potentials in my life have been extreme minimalists in that department. Actually, it’s been pointed out to me by some Europeans that they are often surprised at how much make-up American tend to endulge themselves with. I guess European women just have a different set of endulgences…

By: auburn60

auburn60 — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:53:30 +0000

Actually,I carry a Taser instead of a gun. Funny image,huh?

By: LindaB

LindaB — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:51:43 +0000

Jonny, just what HAVEN’T you done in the area of the arts and music?

By: LindaB

LindaB — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:42:03 +0000

Jonny said, “‘I wonder how much money would be saved giving up the big hair and copious amounts of make-up…”

That was spoken like a typical MAN!!! Do yourself a favor and someday when you marry that girl of your dreams, NEVER say that to her! At the least, she’ll roll her eyes in disgust. At the most, she’ll throw something at you and you could get hurt! You’ll thank me for that safety tip someday. Trust me. (And if she’s from the South, she’ll just shoot ya!)

By: jonny

jonny — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:32:54 +0000

I knew someone here would come to my rescue. LB may not be too happy about you reading this first and coming to my rescue, though. And I believe she knows where you live… = /

Actually, I have to admit, I’m no stranger to make-up. I’ve won two awards for make-up jobs I’ve done in the past. One for an amature film I made as a teen, another for a professional theater thing I was directeing. Oh yes, plus an honorable mention for another play that I helped out with make-up last minute because I had a free night and enjoyed the artist I volunteered to work on. We had plenty of time, so I took my time. He also stated it was the best job for that cahracter he had ever seen. He’d played the character at that point around twenty years. It was the last time we had a moment together while he was still with us. He passed on shortly afterwards. FWIW.

By: auburn60

auburn60 — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:18:08 +0000

As a huge fan of Sephora–I can help you out.

By: jonny

jonny — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:15:20 +0000

Didn’t mean to preach. It was an honest question. But, now that you’ve mentioned it, that makes some sense. I’ve often felt there was still something missing after I’ve put my underwear on… = /

By: auburn60

auburn60 — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:04:42 +0000

Um…jonny, you have now stopped preaching and gone to meddlin’. Make-up is as much a part of getting dressed as putting on underwear. My first thought,on seeing Marcie’s picture, was ‘Oh,I like that lipstick–wonder what brand and color it is?’

By: jonny

jonny — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:53:11 +0000

Should have been…

‘I wonder how much money would be saved giving up the big hair and copious amounts of make-up…’

Or…

‘I wonder how much money one would save giving up the big hair and copious amounts of make-up…’

I guess it all just got a little too complicated for me before Saying it!. = /

By: jonny

jonny — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:44:49 +0000

OK, not all had big hair, FWIW. There did seem to be quite a bit of make-up on at least one as well. I wonder how much money would save giving up the big hair and copious amounts of make-up…

Also, if one looks closely, after the shot of the one woman about to wolf down the massive slice of chocolate cake, in the following one she seems to be regretting, or thinking twice about, having gone down that gluttonous path… = )

By: auburn60

auburn60 — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:11:55 +0000

What? No Gordon and Kimberly?
Tori–Next time I’m in Nashville I expect you to take me to the same restaurant–and stick straws up your nose for my entertainment.
As a born and bred Southern girl I have lots of tips for ‘big hair’. I need mine big so I look taller. I used to bend over, flip my hair and brush it, stand straight up and spray the towering mess with hairspray. Very attractive.

By: gracelynn

gracelynn — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:38:02 +0000

Tori – (Yes I’m still alive LOL) You all look like you had a blast! I love your necklace too. I love the pic of Russ and Gloria. Ask Marcie can I help her with some of that cake LOL – I could use a chocolate boost tonight. Love ya lady and can’t wait to see you again!

By: bettyrwoodward

bettyrwoodward — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:12:07 +0000

It looks as though you all had a great time, the photos are amazing. It really did make me hungry. Glad you had a good time. You share the blackmail money with Rachel and then she might be kind to her old mum!

By: Silver Hair Fans

Silver Hair Fans — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:13:41 +0000

( scuffing )

By: Silver Hair Fans

Silver Hair Fans — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:12:30 +0000

Tori….(cuffing foot on the floor)….”OH OK!!” LOL

By: tori

tori — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:07:55 +0000

jonny– LOVE that! ANd I totally agree with your ‘add-on.’

Silver Hair Fans– YOU BETTER NOT!

By: Silver Hair Fans

Silver Hair Fans — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:43:43 +0000

Tori….What a Great bunch of pictures….What fun you all must have had!! I would have loved to have been a “fly on the wall” at that restaurant and watched it all.

Let me ask you…my Hubby and I are going to the Gaither Homecoming in Toledo, Ohio on March 20th….Will be working David’s (Phelps) table…do you think I dare take a copy of Gloria’s “Walrus” picture along for her to sign…Or would they call “Security” and haul me away!!

By: jonny

jonny — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:34:01 +0000

The only, I mean ONLY, thing I would have added to that is “and He never gives up!”

By: LindaB

LindaB — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:05:48 +0000

OH WOW! Thanks so much, Jonny, for putting sharing that link with us! That is amazing! It made my day, for sure!

By: jonny

jonny — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:54:43 +0000

OK, I just could not help but wonder if any of those beautiful, godly women, probably with gorgeous singing voices ta boot, were single = / My bad!! The last, and only time I was out at a place like that was around six years ago in So Cal with Joe and Gym of Undercover, plus a friend and family members of their’s. We had been in their little studio all day working on the vocal tracks/melody line in a song Gym wrote in the eighties, but Joe had re-visited. I don’t know when I had eaten so much at one sitting in my life!! The next morning I could still feel and taste the massive piece of chocolate cake I had for afters. Fortunately I could take a lot of the food with me and it covered all my food requirements the next day on the bus trip back to Nor Cal.

OK, a left over from the last post. After LB’s inspired writing to Mostly, I then came across this projected on a big screen where I help out most Friday nights. Maybe it’s old hat for some, but all new to me and many others there last night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z15FlTONVo

Peace!

jonny

By: tori

tori — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:33:04 +0000

rachelbaker- I’ll get back to you on that…

drobin99– Thank you. (And also? BURN any cruise pix you have of me immediately!)

Eldonna– Yeah, it is fun to watch– you can see people thinking, “Naw… can’t be.”

LindaB– Well, speaking for myself, I’M never gonna turn down a free dinner– the great company is gravy!

Meredith– Sue is doing as well as anyone could, under the circumstances. She is supported and surrounded by so many people who love her.

DonnaMariePatterson– Trust me– they ain’t that good! (Kidding– they are flawless angels, every one of them. Especially Russ and I.)

I love my necklace, too! I should really make up a good story and say I got it from etsy.com, and it was made by a very exclusive silver jewelry artist… But then the bargain-hunter/cheapskate in me comes out and I end up telling the truth–Got it at Stein Mart! For $20!

By: DonnaMariePatterson

DonnaMariePatterson — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:45:48 +0000

I think I might change my religion. If I believe in reincarnation, then maybe I can come back as a Homecoming artist. Nah, probably not. It’s too hard for me to be good.

p.s. I loved your necklace too!

By: Meredith

Meredith — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:44:24 +0000

Awww….that looks like a fun time! How is Sue B doing? I read the last Homecoming Magazine where she talked about her daughter Dana losing her cancer battle. What is the current situation? I would imagine those articles probably have to be written quite a bit ahead of time, so I just wondered if you could give us an update. Thanks!

By: LindaB

LindaB — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:42:06 +0000

Well, that looks like too much fun for anyone! And you look adorable, Mrs. Taff!

That red checkered table cloth is a nice touch for an Italian restaurant! Makes me want to sit down and have some spaghetti! I’m making lasagna tonight……got the sauce simmering. Maybe I’ll find a table cloth like that one, put on a Homecoming video, light a few candles, and pretend I’m YOU!

Gee, when Bill or Gloria Gaither call and ask you to join them for dinner, how could you say “no”? “I’m sorry, Bill, but we’re replacing all the batteries in our smoke alarms tonight! Then our family is having a little fire drill. Catch us next time.” ROFLOL I bet he never hears “no, thank you”! I wonder what that would be like?

Anyway, thanks for the pictures. Loved ‘em!

By: Eldonna

Eldonna — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:28:38 +0000

Oh how fun it would be to walk into a restaurant and see y’all there having dinner. And Tori–love your necklace.

By: drobin99

drobin99 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:24:10 +0000

Having been on a few cruises with this “gang” I can attest to the authenticity of the photos and the fact that none of them are staged. So…Tori, I’ve got your back!

By: rachelbaker

rachelbaker — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:51:12 +0000

Seeing as we’re faithful, regular readers, we are entitled to a share of any money you make through blackmail … right?

By: tori

tori — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:46:23 +0000

kellyburton– Honey, join the Gloria Geeky Fangirl Nation! And yes, you will need to amp up the hair. However, though I have only seen you once, if memory serves you will be just fine– lots of good raw material there.

By: KellyBurton

KellyBurton — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:41:27 +0000

I spot some unicorns in those pictures! I love your sharing it with those of us who only see ‘one side.’

And PS: I am a total geeky fangirl of Gloria Gaither. I will treasure the last photo!

And a question: Am I going to need bigger hair to move to Nashville? It seems likely…