Hi All: This years party has brought me out of lurker mode. Sounds so exciting - Can't wait to see other parts of the world and have a hen party with some of the other ol' hens on the list. Let's catch up - family news, gossip and a nip or two to losen our tongues. I'm in good ol' Arkansas, USA. The Northeast corner so we can visit MO, TN and MS all within an hour or two the house. We'll leave my house in Jonesboro and proceed North via Crowley's Ridge to MO. Of course the trees are in full fall color and we'll have to be carefull not to run over any very large deer. In MO we'll drop in on some little country store in the foothills and buy a lotto ticket. Scoot over some locals and have a Southern Meal for lunch. You know the owners wife's been cooking sense daylight....Beans, cornbread and fried tators. Or on second thought maybe we should pass on the gas I mean beans ;_> They'll be glad to fix us a good ol balony (bologna for non southerns) samwich with a slab of onion & or mator. We can proceed from there down I-55 right into TN. Over the mighty Mississippi into Memphis and directly onto Beale Street. There we will enjoy the Blues at B.B. Kings. Walk around seeing the sites and listening to the street musicians. A word of advice - those Gold Rolex Watches are a great buy at 20 bucks. HeHeHaHa Better get two while the gettins good. Of course we'll have a wonderful dinner at the Rondevous. World famous for Bar-B-Que and Ribs. (In my opinion Founts is better). They're hidden in an alley not far from B.B. Kings so we'll walk over carrying our beer and fill the alley. All will know we are first class Rievers! Let's try sneaking out and leaving the last person with the bill - LOL - Fount you better watch the intake of that Mt Dew or you might find yourself in the corner alone with someone handing you the bill. We drank all the draft and ate the last rib so better have the American Express! Then we'll take our over embibed selves on to MS and the gambling Mecca of the South. Tunica, right on the Big Muddy. Once there we will decend upon the casinos and all win jackpots. We will drink all we want for FREE and then make 'em feed us. OH the Buffet's... Tired Drunk and bloated we can make our way back to my house and wait for Lotto results. Of course we will become millionaires but that won't change us a bit. Except for maybe a little guilt over leaving poor Fount with the Rib bill. Now that we own a couple private jets - where's the next stop???? To start the party thought I'd tell a joke: Colonoscopies Physician claims these are actual comments from his patients made while he was performing colonoscopies: 1. "Take it easy, Doc, you're boldly going where no man has gone before." 2. "Find Amelia Earhart yet?" 3. "Can you hear me NOW?" 4. "Oh boy, that was sphincterrific!" 5. "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" 6. "You know, in Arkansas, we're now legally married." 7. "Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?" 8. "You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out. You do the Hokey pokey..." 9. "Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!" 10."If your hand doesn't fit, you must aquit!" 11. "Hey, Doc, let me know if you find my dignity." 12. "You used to be an executive at Enron, didn't you?" 13. "Could you write me a note for my wife, saying that my head is not, in fact, up there?" -------------- Love To All, Alma Recipes will follow soon.