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Post by hellsbells on Jun 4, 2010 16:43:27 GMT -5
Hi Laydeeez! I had to put this here cos I'm so excited about the holiday I've booked this afternoon. I'm going for a week to an all inclusive resort in GRENADA!!! Woohoooo!!! Pricey, but I'm worth it! Here's a link: www.lasourceresort.com/?gclid=COf88Zuzh6ICFU6Z2AodHD9_UwI've never treated myself to a holiday like this, and I'm going on my own! What's everyone else doing this year? |
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Post by lizzylou on Jun 4, 2010 21:40:40 GMT -5
That looks awesome! I'll meet you there  No holiday for me this summer (i'm saving up for my honeymoon next year). We may be heading up north to our cabin a few times this summer, that's about as much of a vacation as we will get, it's going to be a very busy summer. |
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Post by Karen on Jun 5, 2010 7:20:08 GMT -5
Ooh, where's your cabin up north? My family always spends some time in da UP, and I'm hoping to get up there this summer. That's about it for my vacay!
And Helen already knows how stinking jealous I am of her lavish vacation!
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Post by hellsbells on Jun 5, 2010 7:55:02 GMT -5
Hehehehe...but you know what? The cost of it is less than a year's smoking.........I should be able to have a holiday like this every year!!!
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Post by lizzylou on Jun 12, 2010 9:26:10 GMT -5
Our cabin is in Crandon. I've got family in the UP. My dad is from there (I'm a Finn). They are from Calumet (near copper harbor)
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Post by Karen on Jun 12, 2010 9:43:06 GMT -5
Ah, I know Crandon! Used to drive through there when I was going from my dad's house to the UP. The place I always go is Iron River. My grandma was born there and eventually relocated to Illinois, but she had a cottage up there for years. My mom and sisters grew up going there for the summer and so did I, ever since I was born! We have a lot of distant relatives on the lake that we stay on. Gotta love the UP!!
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Post by lizzylou on Jun 12, 2010 17:28:05 GMT -5
I heart the UP. I love everything about it, especially the pasties, which reminds me, I have some in the freezer I should eat, but they are TOTALLY not endo friendly
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Post by Karen on Jun 12, 2010 17:37:42 GMT -5
Ha, pasties, love 'em! (For those that don't know, they are pronounced past-ies, not paste-ies!) My mom's side of the family gets together every January and makes a buttload of them to take and freeze so they can enjoy whenever they want. I've only participated twice (they live a ways away) but it's quite a production, and they are oh so yummy!
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Post by hellsbells on Jun 13, 2010 4:07:44 GMT -5
Where I live is just about the pasty capital of the world :-). We have a bakery chain called Greggs that make the most amazing ones. Then there's Cornwall of course, which practically has the patent on the pasty. Love 'em. Greggs cheese and onion are the best.
I wonder if they have pasties in the Caribbean......:-))
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Post by lizzylou on Jun 13, 2010 8:58:25 GMT -5
My family does the same thing!!!! My grandma was english and lived in the UP, so she taught us correctly. Now sure how your family freezes them but let me give you a GREAT tip. When you freeze them, freeze them raw. That way when you cook them (which you can do from frozen), it's like getting a fresh baked one everytime. Sometimes when you cook a pre-cooked on they can get weird.
I wish I lived in the Pasty capitol of the world!! We have people here who eat the frozen ones from the grocery store and then tell me they are gross and I'm weird for eating them. *sigh*
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Post by KSA on Jun 16, 2010 17:35:50 GMT -5
Awww Helen I want to come with you! NICE getaway!
I just got back from Manasota Key Florida with my husband LOVED IT! And July 2nd we are taking my son and a friend to Ashville NC. Anyone ever been there? Its our first time there. I think we are going to the Biltmore and over to the Blue Ridge Mountains for some hiking and swimming at the waterfalls:) If I feel daring with two boys maybe whitewater rafting! We will see...
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