Yahoo Instant Messenger

can be our best friend...or a most frustrating friend. As I've said, we're 5 sisters who are now spread out over 3 states. Yes, I'm the neglected one who is all along in the state we all grew up in...there are 2 sisters in Florida and the last 2 sisters now live in Texas (quite close to each other). So, one thing we've done since that last of us broke down and bought a home computer is to get online once in a while and all chat together. It does get confusing...

For example, we picked last night to chat. These days we have to be specific - and not only say the time but the time zone! Anyway...we are currently using Yahoo Messenger. But it seems lately that every time we try to chat, at least one of us has a problem! Last night, we were not able to invite sister #2...she kept signing in & out. We could see that. When we would try to invite her, she'd be unavailable. She finally had her son help her update Messenger. And that worked - we could invite her. However, her & I could not see each other's posts. So, we started over. Then, she would have these great long delays where she sees nothing...and then get everything at once. Weird...

So, please... we need some suggestions! Do any of you do private chatting? We need to try something new, but it need to be simple as um, some of us are more tech challenged than others.

Please share suggestions in your comments!

Many many thanks from all of us sisters.

Sisters...

I love mine!

and it's the time of year to make them some presents...of course, I can't tell you all here what I'm making this year as they could see it and it would spoil the surprise!
I will hint...I'm taking something we all had made a few years ago...and reformatting it.

Confused? I sure hope so.

This just made me laugh!

So, I'm out today doing a bit of shopping at Toys R Us. I got a $10 off coupons to use so why not? So, I've got a few things but need some more to reach that $100 purchase before the coupon kicks in. So, I pull out my cell phone and give my sister Jodie a call to see what my niece would like for Christmas. Well, the phone is answered so I say "hi Jodie". The voice on the other end tells me "Jodie is gone and this is her sister". So I say, "oh, this is her sister too". And the voice says "Hi Letty". And I laugh and say, "No, it's not Letty" and she finally knows the voice.

Do you think we all sound alike?

Savannah: 2007

Last year we went to Savannah for our sisters vacation. We had a great time over all. It didn't start off on the best note with our hotel room though...we ended having to change rooms because the mini fridge was not working! We needed a fridge. We had already unpacked when we discovered this, but since we only ended up moving to the very next room, it wasn't to bad.

They did have a couple of computers near the front desk that were internet enabled so we could look up places, check our email, and I could check my Etsy store! That was a bonus.

One thing that was amusing was watching my oldest sister try to open up a bottle of wine. Now, by no means was this the first bottle of wine she tried opening in her life! Ha! But, she broke her corkscrew...

No problem...she just went to the front desk and borrowed theirs.

AND BROKE IT!!!! Now, at this point we haven't even had any wine yet, but you couldn't tell that from the laughter! Ended up pushing that cork into the bottle...and then "straining" our wine in order to drink it.

We bought 2 new corkscrews the next day...gave one to the front desk to replace theirs...and used the other for about a day...before she broke that one!

More later on Savannah...the places we visited...the restaurants we ate at...the good...the bad.

Happy Birthday to sister # 2!

Happy Birthday to you!

wierd fact: our mom & dad had 6 kids (no, that's not the wierd part!)

~ of the 6, 1/2 were born in the month of September
~ of the 6, 1/2 were born on minor holidays (St. Patricks, Labor & Columbus days)

That's all...wierd, no?

Oh...and 2 of the 6 have birthdays 1 day apart...well, actually 2 years and 1 day apart!

Anything wierdly interesting about your family make up?

Games

One of the things we love to do when we get together on our family vacations is to play games. The oldest sister taught us Bunco a number of years ago...it's now a must-play for the family vacations. The kids love it! They love to roll those dice as fast as they can. They love to win little prizes. They hate losing! We play it nearly every night.

Do you know how to play? If not, check out the rules here. This is a great game for a larger gathering. http://www.worldbunco.com/rules.html

Helen GA: West Family Restaurant

Food...it plays a large part of a great vacation, doesn't it? We've been to some wonderful restaurants...and some lousy ones! I remember one in/near Helen, GA. It was/is a family-style restaurant called West Family Restaurant. The 5 of us sisters went. They had a buffet but I think we all decided to order off the menu. Granted, they were busy...but our waitress was simply lousy! It took forever to get our order taken. When she brought out our food, She no idea who ordered waht. She didn't even notice that one of us had NOTHING! No food at all! We had to call her back over and ask where the order was...and she didn't know.

Now, several of us sisters have worked in the restaurant business...waitressing, hostessing, fast food...we know what it's like. We know when someone is trying their best but are just too busy to do it all. We know when someone just doesn't care.

In the end, guess what tip another sister left her?

A TIP: FIND ANOTHER LINE OF WORK!!!