[Tom Hannon]

Yesterday I received my first "FRIEND" request from Gracie, my first IM from Sally and Phillis explained what a "FROG" is. I now feel like a real Villager. Thanks for everyone on TOTV for making me feel comfortable before I get down there. Later, Tom

[champion6]

Ain't it great?!?

[KathieI]

Tom, that's how it is on this forum. The first time you come to Crispers you will see it in action. Lots of hugging and high-fives as if we knew each other all our lives. It is so much fun and hasn't been a disappointment for me in the years I have been a member of this group. Welcome aboard... Glad you're here and feel the love!!!

PS, can I be friend #2????

[pooh]

I'm trying for Friend #3. Watch it Tom, you'll have friends spilling from the computer any time now...

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by pooh

I'm trying for Friend #3. Watch it Tom, you'll have friends spilling from the computer any time now...

#3 here,,, I thought we were friends already, I can't keep track! Hope you'll accept me.

[scrapple]

I've also felt very welcomed using this forum and receiving comments. Even reading the posts of others and the info shared has made me feel a part of the community before arriving. Thank you so much!!! We leave Denver 9/24 and arrive 10/1. This time right now is so hard!!! The packing, the moving sales, the 2 hour notice of someone wanting to see the house, resigning from work, already saying "So long" (in Pa Dutch you don't say "goodbye," you say "so long" which Grandma said was short for "it will be so long until we see each other again," but never say "goodbye") to friends I know I won't see before 9/24. This part is really the hardest. I think once I'm in the truck and heading southeast, I'll be fine. I love new adventures with my husband and we're way over due. I look forward to my 1st lunch at Crispers. Do I tell you my name is Scrapple? Anyway, you all seem like an easy going, accepting, fun loving bunch yet will give the firm paternal nudge when norms need to be expressed. Thank you for all I've learned so far! But, you know, I STILL don't have the lay of the land!

[pooh]

Originally Posted by KathieI

#3 here,,, I thought we were friends already, I can't keep track! Hope you'll accept me.

I am honored, Kathie!

[KathieI]

Originally Posted by pooh

I am honored, Kathie!

Oh nooo, don't Pooh... you'll make me cry. Thanks for being a friend.. We'll have a celebration when I meet you in person...

[Mikitv]

This is a great forum and I made so many friends over the past few years. We use to have a lot of people come into chat every night. It was a lot of fun. Now hardly any one comes in. I guess because Mayor Kathie our leader has forsaken us to go out and dance every night. So it you want to chat I try and go on every night from 8 till 11 so if I am not there just wait and I will show up. Welcome to TV, TOTV and Buttonwood.

[kfierle]

Originally Posted by Tom Hannon

Yesterday I received my first "FRIEND" request from Gracie

I, too, received my first friend request from Gracie and it sure made me feel like part of a very special "family".

Welcome, Tom!

[graciegirl]

Hardly anyone requests to be my friend.

I push myself on dear, new, unsuspecting people.

I remember when I was new. I wondered whether these people were "real".

Or whether anyone would be my "real" friends.

They are and they would.

I have made wonderful friends on this site.

[mak44070]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Hardly anyone requests to be my friend.

I push myself on dear, new, unsuspecting people.

I remember when I was new. I wondered whether these people were "real".

Or whether anyone would be my "real" friends.

They are and they would.

I have made wonderful friends on this site.

Friendship is like a fine wine...it gets better as it gets older.

[iandwk]

I'm kinda jealous. I never received a friend request from Gracie. That would be a sure way to know that you have arrived as a Villager, imo. Congratulations.

[graciegirl]

Dear iandwk.

Please may I be your friend? Don't you live just across the ole muddy in Kentucky?

We come from the great midwest!!!

[laryb]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Hardly anyone requests to be my friend.

I push myself on dear, new, unsuspecting people.

I remember when I was new. I wondered whether these people were "real".

Or whether anyone would be my "real" friends.

They are and they would.

I have made wonderful friends on this site.

Dear Gracie, When one enters Buckingham Palace, it is considered bad form to exclaim " Yo, Liz! How's it shakin'?" And let's face it Gracie, in the world of TOTV, you are royalty. I am also one of your friends and am honored to be, but I would have been to intimidated too request it from you. So keep on making friends Gracie, and know that everybody out there is dying to accept!