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If we're gonna do the Cerbat thing, best to forget Breakfast and do the trip the right way (our tradition.) That means I'll pack a picnic of dried fruit, beef jerkey, grapes, nuts. Heck, for you I'll even boil some eggs. Chris has been itching to go, and the weather just cooled down enough. Strange desert - last week were frying, this week snuggling in blankies.

So we're down for Sunday - all the way! All I know about the mines is what I've learned in the last year, so I'm really excited that your man is coming because I can sponge off his knowledge of bones, rocks, ruins & junk. Awesome!

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Hey Donali,

Whats Cerbot? I am staying til Monday night so I wanna come!!!! It sounds fun as long as my hangover that I plan on having from Saturday nite doesnt kill me!!!!

Babs in TX

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Donali, your job is turning out so well. You have my respect and admiration for doing it, and for so many other things as well. You're an inspiration and a role model.

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Lisa - my guy has blood sugar issues, so he will probably need to do some sort of real Breakfast before we go. We'll just play it by ear.

Babs - Cerbat is a ghost town/mining town where Lisa and hubby go with their metal detectors and look for gold. I got a metal detector for Christmas two years ago, and have never used it, so I'm taking that with. Of course you must come! The more the merrier!! :D

Neicy - (blush) - you're too kind!

Well, did nothing on the siding tonight, but did stop at Home Depot and drop another $150 dollars, getting blinds, some more 2x4s, and some insulation. I wasn't up to getting the paneling, since I have to tie it on top of my Chevy Metro. Last time nothing untoward happened, but I don't like to tempt fate tooooo often... lol

So, I tried to plumb the doors. The front door is much better. The french doors are workable, but just barely. Both now lock, so once I finish the siding tomorrow, the room will be secure enough to start moving my stuff into there. And then the games truly begin! :D

Break's over - I think I'll try to put together my new desk... :D

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Babs, if you look up a few posts, you'll see a link to Cerbat, Arizona. There's no town, just a bunch of abandoned mines, mining equipment, and ruins of old stone buildings. Chris and I stumbled across the ruins when we were on our way home from the Grand Canyon in July. I mean smack in the middle of nowhere. But to get there, we have to cross the Hoover Dam, so if you go, you'll get to see that. It's about an hour drive from my house. I'm very close to the Strip and all the action. If you come, bring sturdy walking shoes. I like to keep my ankles covered because of snakes. If you don't bug them, they don't bug you. Luckily, I've only come across one, but it was at the lake and I was standing on his hole like a big dumbass. I moved slowly away, then ran like hell.

As far as hangovers, that's the problem with Vegas. You come here for a few days and want to party like a mad dog, but then you get a hangover and don't want to leave your room. I plan on sticking with my 3 drink minimum, so I'll be drinking early in the day so that I won't have a hangover to go on our adventure.

Don, he can eat breakfast, but he'll still want some of our beef Jerkey. Something about being in the mines just makes you have to eat jerkey.

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Okay, you're building a porch -- AND maintaining your weight without the band. I'm in awe.

Elizabeth

8/28/03

-60

+10 since band unfilled 6/21/04 due to slippage

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Elizabeth, did the doc tell you how you slipped your band? I've had major restriction for 3 days now following 3 days of bad binge eating. But I don't want to hijack Donali's post, so maybe you could start a new thread with that info? Thanks!

By the way, why would anyone vote for Bush or Kerry when we have Donali? Don, why stop at the porch - rebuild America! Woo hooo!

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