Ya'll, I've just gotten home from the BEST day I've had in a LONG time! I'm the lucky one that gets to post the pictures because my DH (darling husband) Mike, took the photos for us today because we couldn't stop talking. 2 hours passed in what felt like 2 minutes. Several days ago Toogie announced that she was going on a southern bus route trip and she and Miss Lillian (Lbrow) arranged a meeting at the Birmingham (Alabama) Botanical Gardens today at 12:30. I got wind of it and asked Toogie if I could barge in on their meeting since I was only 3 hours away and then Graceandham will have to tell you how she found out and she came, too! We had the best time and it was like I had known all of them forever. I'm still giddy. What sweet, sweet folks did I have the pleasure of meeting in person. I won't post all of the photos, just too many. LOL
Photo one is : Betsey (graceandham), Miss Lillian (lbrow), Toogie and me, Jerrilyn. Photo 2 is Toogie, jrob, lbrow and graceandham. Photo 3 is just before we found Miss Lillian; me, toogie, graceandham. Photo 4 is us posing in the Rooster shirts graceandham made for us, then photo 5, the back of her shirt with all of the chicks; please notice that there is one for each of us. :). Photo 6 is of the sweet gifts exchanged among us friends today, the Christmas tree sweatshirt, rooster shirt and FSL bookmark from graceandham, the beautifully embroidered notebook and beautiful piece of fabric from Toogie and the sweet angel that Miss Lillian made out of an antique pillowcase. It's a post angel to go on a poster bed, but mine will hang over the bed from the wall as you can see I don't have any posters. Thank you all for letting me be a part of this and for the warm and welcoming feeling I've been carrying throughout this day. REAL hugs!
P.S. Thanks to Miss Lillian's beautiful daughters and sweet son-in-law for bringing her with post surgical leg pain.
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Looks like everyone had a marvelous time. What a wonderful thing to do-meet up with other cuties!
20088I am so happy you all had such a lovely day, the pictures clearly show you had the most wonderful time.
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by lbrow
25 Oct 2017
What do thy say " a picture is worth a 1000 words" this is so true, it was a beautiful day and time! Wish you could have been with us Martine.
145304There are no other words that WOW..... It looks like you had a blast....
35167What a delight to share in the reunion. I wish I could still drive the 6 hours on my own, I would have been there too. But this was so much fun to see the the pictures and read the comments. We Cuties are a close and loving bunch even with the distances between us.
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by lbrow
25 Oct 2017
Wish you could have been there also Karen. You are so very right, we are a close and loving bunch!
169064I am oh so glad you were all able to meet up and have a wonderful day Love the gifts. Hugs from Down Under
52686Oh, looks like you all had such fun. I was just through Birmingham last Friday. Would love to have met you all. Glad you were able to finally meet your long time friends!!
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5431Such wonderful pictures and memories. This is what being a cutie is all about. So happy you were all able to get together. Thank you for sharing your experience with the rest of us who weren't able to meet! Hugs!
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by lbrow
23 Oct 2017
You are exactly right seems I wrote just what it meant to be a cutie 7 or 8 yrs ago. I still stand by it. To be a cutie is a marvelous think
14637So nice to hear ya all had fun wish i was near a cutie lol hugs all
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360644Wow, what a joy fest. I'm so happy for all of you and it was so entertaining to read all of these posts.
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261163What fun! So happy for all of you to be able to see each other!
463418I too am feeling a little left out! How wonderful for you ladies to have this experience. Great gifts and memories!
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by lbrow
23 Oct 2017
I hope there will be other times and other places when others can join us I hope
173693I am soooooooooooooooo jealous but sooooooo happy for you all. Love to see your smiling faces.
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109774Oh What fun that would have been!!
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by lbrow
23 Oct 2017
Much much fun was had by all . I have to admit I am whupped today but would do it all again in a heart beat.
41781Jerrilyn forgot to mention the beautiful infinity scarves she gave us. Mine was beautiful and my favorite color, purple. Thank you again Jerrilyn, Lillian
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by rescuer
23 Oct 2017
Infinity scarves are perfect for the occasion. I know Jerrilyn's love for you is infinite.
I would have loved to been there to hug you all.
by lbrow
23 Oct 2017
And mine for her, love her like she was one of my own. Sometimes I feel I have a myriad of daughters I have never seen here on Cute. IF i was affluent I would try to visit them all. LOL
by toogie
23 Oct 2017
I plan to wear my beautiful scarf so what for a photo. Thanks again Jerrilyn !
145791Oh what a great set of pictures. Meeting other cuties face to face is very special and we can all see what a great time that you were having. Birmingham UK is where some of the UK Cuties have met at sewing shows... so Birmingham is a great place for Cuties wherever it is in the world. As Sarah says it would have been great to have been there too.
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by toogie
23 Oct 2017
I think by the time our bus got to our next stop everyone on it had heard about our meeting!- lol- we defiantly got the attention of a lot of other onlookers too!
115758What amazing, wonderful photographs. How I would love to have been a fly on the wall - better still to have met in person. Certainly a day to remember
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by jrob
23 Oct 2017
So wish you could have been here. You would have won the award for furthest travel!
255054Oh! what great memories for you all and I'm so delighted that you all got to meet. I agree with Marian, Australia is so far away from all you guys, but maybe one day - you just never know. Thanks for sharing all the wonderful pictures of you all. I love the gifts and particularly the Roosters. Love Chris
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234498What a wonderful day you all had, sometimes I wish Australia wasn't so far away then I could visit with you all to. Marian
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45918how wonderful you were able to meet each other and had such a great time together. This is how special memories are made. The gifts are beautiful, but I suppose the most beautiful gift was feeling the friendship and the coming together....Thank you for sharing these precious moments with us. Hugs for you all )))
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by jrob
23 Oct 2017
You are so right about the most beautiful gift, the friendship and real in person hugs. Hugs back to you sweet friend.
by lbrow
23 Oct 2017
There is absolutely nothing like loving and adoring a friend and knowing and feeling it in return. Wish everyone could have been there. We really would have rocked Birmingham. LOL
743302I wanted to be there also, but it was just not possible. Thank you Toogie for inviting me. What a wonderful place to meet and I am so glad you had so much fun. If I were 25 yrs younger, I would have struck on on my own to get there.
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85867Well, move over Rescuer...I am JEALOUS too!!! What a wonderful way to spend the day...how lucky you all are to have been able to arrange your schedules to meet on Toogie's vacation...So, Toogie...when you coming to Southern California...for that matter, when are the rest of you coming to Southern California??? The gifts are lovely and extra special as you were able to receive them in person...looks like great weather too...lucky, lucky lucky ladies!!!
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by rescuer
23 Oct 2017
Maybe meet in the "middle" ?? I am sure Utah is very near the middle of somewhere. ;)
318468Okay I'm officially jealous! I can see that you had a lot of fun and I'm so glad that you were able to get together. Thank you for sharing this memory.
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57675It will be a memory I shall hold in my heart forever. So very wonderful to finally get to hug my sister Cutes. You have no idea what it meant to me or how much I love you. It's like we have been in each others lives forever. Thank you for your gifts, thank you Jerrilyn for bringing your precious husband and Toogie for your sweet friend, Trudy, and you Betsey for being such a dear friend. It was truly a joyous time and my girls really commented on how super nice you all were. Love you Lillian. PS. We really must do this again sometime!
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by toogie
23 Oct 2017
I too felt like we had known each other always... Kinda like the girls on Steel Magnolia!
145791So, the best lesson of the day is your Cute friends are even more fun in person, even though they are a lot of fun right here. And the second lesson is, when Toogie announces her next trip, sign up to meet up with the Sisters! Four Cuties and one Cute husband today. I'm just saying that 'cause I got that he has a bit of an ego. Someone was watching Mike push off the grandson on the bike in a video on cell phone and said "he's so cute." And of course Mike said, "Why thank you." As for how I found out, I think I read it from a Toogie post and then hunted up a phone number for Miss Lillian and got details.
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by jrob
22 Oct 2017
I'm glad that you did see it and were able to come.
He's a big tease for sure, but he is so good to me.
by mRob
23 Oct 2017
My ego is only as large as my love for Jrob. After 47 years of marriage to this fine lady I must say it is hard to be humble. Thank you to all the Cuties in Birmingham for letting me see the love and fun! ~~ mrob
by rescuer
23 Oct 2017
Thank you mRob for loving my friend and keeping her entertained. Her sanity is very important to us. May you be blessed with many more memorable years of love.
by toogie
23 Oct 2017
Thank you Betsey for all the gifts! I looked at my Anitagoodesigns book as much as I could between stops. I am enjoying it immensely. Thank you for driving such a long way too. What a surprise !
66910What a wonderful day you each will cherish!! Love the photos of you each! Hope you each float in the clouds with happy memories for a very long time! What a treasure! Pam
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