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Old 09-08-2009, 12:13 AM   #31
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Hmmm I sense a conga line forming....lol
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Old 09-08-2009, 09:49 AM   #32
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Well you can add my group of 4 to the conga line that is if C, E, and B (oh boy this could get confusing with two B's in the group, LOL) aren't tired of looking at me by then!
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how could that possibly happen? geez, we are going to have such fun! i'm going to need a bigger scrapbook and journal.
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Well, you could always list me as "BS". I'm used to it - heard it all my life.
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OMG, my initials are BSD.
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Hi - I would love to join you all at this event. It will be Me (melissa), DH (joe), DS12 and DD8.. We have never seen the lights before this year and are so excited!
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Add 3 more conga line dancers... Sam and Yvonne and Kassie
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Well, huh...that's a shock.
You had said ya'll do DHS the last thing before heading home, and then with Wendy's meet on Sat night...hmmm 3 days in a row at DHS!
Figured you'd avoid the Sunday when I read TGM's site.
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wow there's going to be a big bunch of us for this!!
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Well, huh...that's a shock.
You had said ya'll do DHS the last thing before heading home, and then with Wendy's meet on Sat night...hmmm 3 days in a row at DHS!
Figured you'd avoid the Sunday when I read TGM's site.
Well she might not be able to make my meet, which is perfectly a-ok with me because I KNOW this is her family's only vacation this year, so if she wants to skip mine and head to the big one, then that's great!

It should be fun. Shame I won't be there.................but then again, stranger things have happened.............
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ok, clq...can you add me and dh to the crowd please? oh what fun it will be to ride in the clq sled this night....he he he
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Yes, well, stranger things have happened. LOL No one said we were spending the day at DHS - but night activities - now that's another thing. And it is our favorite park, so EMH is rather appealing to us at DHS. And most likely we won't be able to attend Wendy's Osbourne lights, but she's good with that as I can see her whenever I want to jump in my car and DRIVE....Like the wind.... LOL As for Tour Guide Mike's recommendation... well it's a red night because of EMH, which we don't mind so much.
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I'll put you in my pocket, you can join me, okay?! I think December's trip will be 4 or 5 this year!!
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I am going 2 times this year,
If you count my visit to Downtown Disneyland when I went to California that would be 2.5..
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