DEAR WILLIAM, WILLIAM,GOOD LUCK WITH THE TEA KETTLE! DEBORAH MCNAY (MULLINS LINE)AND I TRIED TO WRANGLE THE TEA KETTLE FROM JULIAN. WE REMINDED HIM THAT THE THREE OF US WERE ALL SINGLE AND WE SHOULD GO AND PARTY. HE REPLIED"I LIKE IT JUST FINE HERE!!!!!!" THAT WAS SATURDAY JUST BEFORE WE ALL LEFT FOR THE DAY. HE WAS JUST ABOUT THE LAST PERSON TO EAT AT THE ROTARIAN(?) SO DEBORAH AND I FIGURED HE COULD ONLY DIGEST ONE THING AT A TIME. I CANNOT BELIEVE I CAN FINALLY GET AROUND. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS "BOX" SINCE YESTERDAY. I HAVE HAD 2 OATMEAL COOKIES AND 2-3MUGS OF TEA. I HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED"PRINT SHOP"(OF COURSE IT AN AOL PRODUCT) BUT IT IS REALLY COOL. I PLAYED WITH IT LAST NIGHT AND USED UP ALL OF MY INK. IT HAS SOME THINGS LIKE TAILOR LOGOO,GARDENING,FRUIT STAND,GRAPES,FLEUR-DE-LIS,AND SOME ENGLISH HALF-TIMBER BUILDINGS. IT HAS CALLIGRAPY LETTERING IN SEVERAL STYLES. YOU CAN CHOOSE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU CAN DREAM UP. I HOPE THE LETTER I JUST CALLIGED YOU ACTUALLY ARRIVES. I BOUGHT A NEW SET OF PENS,INK AND BOUGHT THE PARCHMENT AND SEALING WAX AT WILLIAMSBURG. I JUST MAY COME TO THE REUNION IN MY 14TH CENTURY COSTUME THAT I HAVE TOILED OVER FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE REASON I MENTION THIS, MY NAME IN THE"SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM" WAS 'MAURA de MAUPIN. THAT IS ONE M FEMALE NAME THAT IS NOT IN ANY OF THE MAUPIN LINES. I SORT OF DROPPED THE SUBJECT. I HOPE THE SEALING WAX DOESN'T JAM UP THE POSTAL SYSTEMS MACHINES. I DID LIKEWISE FOR MR. AND MRS. DAN MAUPIN. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAT PUT DOWN WHEN I GOT HOME. SHE WAS BEGGING ME TO DO IT AND I COULN'T WATCH HER SUFFER. I HAD HER 4 YRS. AND SHE WAS AT LEAST 12 YRS OLD WHEN I FOUND HER. SHE IS BURRIED IN THE SAME ROW AS THE "BEST DOG ON THE PLANET----MY LITTLE GIRL IN A DOG SUIT-----MEGGAN! THE PET CEMETARY IS NOT TOO FAR AWAY AND THEY ARE REALLY SPECIAL. SHE HAD A BABY BLANKET IN HER LITTLE COFFIN AND I HAVE YET TO PICK OUT A HEADSTONE. I GET A 20YR DEED TO HER LIITLE PLOT. I HAVE A WREATH MADE FOR HER. I MAKE A LOT OF ANIMAL HEADSTONES-CUSTOM MADE-OUT OF SOMETHING I CAN POUR UP AND CARVE. THERE ARE NONE UNLESS YOU RUN ACROSS ONE IN A CATALOG. I HAVE MADE QUITE A FEW FOR GOATS LATELY. BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BIG CATS HAVE BEEN GETTING GOATS IN BROAD DAY LIGHT. THEY HAVE BEEN SEEN DIGGING UNDER 10FT CHAIN LINK FENCING, KILLING ALL THE GOATS, AND MAKING SEVERAL TRIPS BACK TO PICK UP THE LEFTOVERS..THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF PEOPLE. THIS IS ONE THING I HAVE NOT SEEN AT MY HOUSE BUT THEY ARE ONLY ABOUT 11 MILES AWAY. THE URBAN IS SPRAWLING OUT OF CONTROL. I CANNOT BELIEVE I AM STILL TYPING AWAY AFTER 22 HOURS. I SURE HAD A GOOD TIME. I AM GLAD THAT YOU DID NOT GET SICK AFTER ALL THE STRESS WITH PREPARATION AND THEN THE LET DOWN AFTERWARDS. WOULD YOU LIKE SOME HELP WITH THE MISSOURI REUNION??? ONE OF THESE DAYS I AM GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK. IT HAS BEEN 50%CHEAPER NOT WORKING---NO GAS TO BUY,EAT AT HOME,LAUNDER AT HOME, HAVE BEEN DOING ALL MY OWN REPAIRS,MEDICATE MY ANIMALS AT HOME, AND SINCE I AM NOT WORKING IN A HOSPITAL ANY MORE----I DON'T GET SICK!!!!!! YOU CANNOT TELL BY THE AMOUNT OF VERBAGE I HAVE SPREAD OVER THE AIRWAVES THAT I AM A MAUPIN GIRL. IF I HAVEN'T MENTIONED IT, I WILL BE IN MO. IN APRIL TO SQUEEZE ALL THE INFO OUT OF THE 2 MAUPIN GIRLS THAT ARE LEFT. I WILL BE AROUND WASHINGTON,MO FRANKLIN AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. COMPARED TO TEXAS, THE TRIP TO FENTON/COLUMBIA IS NOT THAT FAR. DID YOU KNOW THAT LORRAINE ABERNATHY'S SON (CALIFORNIA) WORKS AND LIVES IN COLUMBIA?? MUST GO FOR REAL---------LOVE YOU,COUSIN, LYNN > [Original Message] > From: MAUPIN REUNION 2000 <maupinreunion@par1.net> > To: <MAUPIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 11/15/00 4:29:13 PM > Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-L] Mo Reunion > > Good Evening Group!!! > > I will post in January or February complete details about the June Reunion. > I plan to block rooms in order to get a special rate and will check the > airlines for bargain fares from major hubs. Will check with Amtrak to see > if they stop in Fulton. > > All of the items we had at the Virginia Reunion will be available at the > Fulton Reunion. > Will even try and get a wheel of cheese shipped in for those who liked it so > much. > I will have new items available also. Several items that I did not get > finished in time will > be available. Have not got a good count but have several hundred of the > envelopes with the cancellation on them. Have a new item, suggested by the > Postmaster, it is a 100% cotton page with the name of the reunion at the > top. Then the slogans of the Reunion. 300th Anniversary and 300th > Birthday. down the right side is the date of > each day of the Reunion in the color of the name tags for that day on the > right is a stamp with the cancellation with the date for that day. This > will make it possible to have > all three cancellations with each date. These will sell for $2.50, only > have about fifty of > these sheets so they will not be available until the day of the Reunion. > Will have ten > quarts of applebutter. Will hold lottery for them. Plenty of Directories, > Programs, > Williamsburg Programs, and other booklets. Pictures of the Reunion and > pictures of the stones. I even have a tape of the music played by the group > at the Saturday White Hall meeting. It will be Maupin Reunion 2000 > "revisited". Hope to have a very large > turn out. The George Washington gun is scheduled to be there and several of > the Maupin guns as well. If Julian Maupin comes, will ask him to bring the > famous tea > kettle. William > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Watson <jdwatson@erols.com> > To: <MAUPIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 8:45 AM > Subject: [MAUPIN-L] Mo Reunion > > > > I have never gone to a Maupin Reunion, other than the 4 I've been to in > > VA. However, this summer I might be able to attend the MO reunion. How > > do I get on the list to find out the details, and otherwise be invited > > to it? Can someone let me know. > > > > Love, Denise > > > > > > ==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== > > How do you join Ancestry or do online shopping so that RootsWeb gets a > percentage? 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