2013.05.02 19:00 – Happy Trails

The Guardian for this meeting was Paradise Tennant. Participants included Korel and stevenaia.

Paradise Tennant: hiya korel
Korel Laloix: Heya
Korel Laloix: Just getting a snack
Paradise Tennant: ok
Korel Laloix: Pop tarts and peanut butter... ymmm
Paradise Tennant: smiles interesting taste combo .. what flavor pop tarts ?
Korel Laloix: Smorse today...
Korel Laloix: Just out of the toaster of course.
Korel Laloix: Lovely combo really... and terrible for me at the same time.. perfect... smiles
Paradise Tennant: they make smorse pop tarts ?
Paradise Tennant: wow
Korel Laloix: Highly recommended.
Korel Laloix: Nice for a warm snack.. it is silly cold here.
Paradise Tennant: http://www.poptarts.com/flavors
Paradise Tennant: we have a beautiful spring evening
Korel Laloix: At least it is not supposed to freeze
Korel Laloix: Just cold and miserably wet... staying inside as much as I can. But I did run this morning, it was not that rewarding.
Paradise Tennant: funny how it differs from day to day
Paradise Tennant: some days you feel like sack of potatoes and others like a floaty feather
Korel Laloix: Not sure waht kind of day today is..
Korel Laloix: Just not one to be outside.
Paradise Tennant: but at least you got out for a run
Paradise Tennant: kind of nice running in the rain
Korel Laloix: But this is the first really cold day since I moved in here and I have to say it is nice and cozy.
Korel Laloix: in warm rain... smiles
Korel Laloix: The wood burning stove keeps the place nice and warm... and it is just nice to have a fire going...
Paradise Tennant: yes total different feel to the room
--BELL--
Paradise Tennant: have you moved korel ?
Korel Laloix: I had to move out from my Grandma's house, so am now in an apartment.
Paradise Tennant: ok kind of nice to have a change of scene
Korel Laloix: I did not want to move out but I had to. Would have preferred to stay.
Korel Laloix: But if I had to move out, this is a great place to be.
Korel Laloix: And with my scholarships, I pay practically nothing.
Paradise Tennant: nice :))
Paradise Tennant: so many more funs things to spend money on than rent
Korel Laloix: Very very true... and more things to support as well.
Korel Laloix: I am very blessed I know and try to pass some on.
Paradise Tennant: good idea
Korel Laloix: I think so.
Paradise Tennant: it makes you happy
Korel Laloix: And I am very blessed in that I am going to graduate in December with no debts, a paid for car and money in the bank.
Paradise Tennant: wooot !!!!!
Paradise Tennant: good girl !
Korel Laloix: So I will have a lot of options.
Paradise Tennant: take a nice trip in January to celebrate to unwind to recoup
Korel Laloix: just trying to find a job near Reeba will be the trick y part.
Korel Laloix: Reeba graduates as well then.
Korel Laloix: So we are thinking of a cruise or something.
Paradise Tennant: there are some great options one sec let me dig you some links
Korel Laloix: That might horrify her parents though... lol.. so maybe something a little less.... romantic... smiles
stevenaia Michinaga: waves
Korel Laloix: Bozho
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Korel Laloix: How are you today?
stevenaia Michinaga: Finished moving, settling in to work, internet on Monday, Phone on saturdayish
Korel Laloix: But in the office space at least?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, nice view

stevenaia Michinaga: I've started walking up the 5 floors, can't wait until I am no longer out of breath when I get there..

Paradise Tennant: smiles at stev and hands him a heart monitor
stevenaia Michinaga: I need it
stevenaia Michinaga: are we going on a trip?
Korel Laloix: I would like to do something like that but Reeba does not want to do something that would really upset her mother.
Korel Laloix: Yes, planning a post graduation trip for Reeba and I.
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Korel Laloix: In December.
--BELL--

Paradise Tennant: love planning vacations for folks .. so much vicarious fun
stevenaia Michinaga: funny, I was just watching a national Geographics talk on Machu Picu
Korel Laloix: Well for us we have to be a little bit aware of if we can be a couple there or just traveling friends.
Korel Laloix: But Reeba is fluent in Spanish so I think she would love that idea.
Korel Laloix: I know she wants to go to Argentina where her father is from as well.
stevenaia Michinaga: Friends of mine when there to Tango
Korel Laloix: We sooo want to do some lessons.
Korel Laloix: Have played around with it a bit. Her parents make it looks so easy though.
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: easy and fun :)
Korel Laloix: Safety is another concern for us as well.
Korel Laloix: If you put us together we don't get to 200lbs.
stevenaia Michinaga: isn't it a tour group?
Korel Laloix: So we have some concerns that others don’t have.
Korel Laloix: Yes.. but....
Korel Laloix: Natlie Holloway was on a group vacation as well as I recall.
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
stevenaia Michinaga: but safer w/ a friend
Korel Laloix: Or more of a target?
Korel Laloix: I am not not paranoid, but I have to be careful.
Paradise Tennant: http://www.fodors.com/deals/
stevenaia Michinaga: of course
--BELL--
Korel Laloix: Auastralia and New Zealand sounds lovely.
Korel Laloix: And again, would be summer down there.
stevenaia Michinaga: brb, ice cream
Korel Laloix: Tease
Korel Laloix: I have looked at some of the ones that are supposed to be lesbian oriented.
Paradise Tennant: they look pricey
Korel Laloix: But they just looks so campy and patronizing.
Korel Laloix: And pricy, yes.
Korel Laloix: But lots of time until then to figure out what we want to do and what the budge is.... and if the trip would have any special meaning for us... smiles
stevenaia Michinaga: I am usually happy on a sandy beach for a week
Paradise Tennant: travelzoo is great .. they have some great cruise deals but am having trouble copying the link
Paradise Tennant: you could do Bermuda stev
Korel Laloix: I so love the beach.
Paradise Tennant: very inexpensive celebrity cruises out of nyc .. you park your car at the warf in 24 secure parking
stevenaia Michinaga: happy with the jersey shore
stevenaia Michinaga: be there in a few hours
Korel Laloix: if we could find a two week vacation of riding horses down a long stretch of beach, that would be perfect.
stevenaia Michinaga: There is an island off the coast of the Carolinas with wild horses
stevenaia Michinaga: not sure about the riding
Paradise Tennant: www.travelzoo.com
Korel Laloix: Reeba just loves horses and I love beach.
stevenaia Michinaga: http://www.ncwildhorses.com Don;t think you can ride them
Korel Laloix: That website crashed my browser
--BELL--
Korel Laloix: http://www.equestrianvacations.com/beach.php
stevenaia Michinaga: looks like a great combination
stevenaia Michinaga: French horseback riding on the beach
Korel Laloix: http://www.ridingtours.com/horseback...inn-to-inn.cfm
Korel Laloix: This may be it... wow
Paradise Tennant: this is fun .. like going on little min breaks :)
Korel Laloix: Well, it will be summer, riding horses, and on beach.
Korel Laloix: Really nothing can go wrong with that.
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Korel Laloix: That sounds lovely and I don’t' think it will freak her mom out that much.
Paradise Tennant: sigh
Korel Laloix: She is a cantankerous old full blood Comanche.... so no way I am changing her mind. We do get along, but she still does not approve.
Paradise Tennant: http://www.ridingtours.com/horseback...ions/italy.cfm
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Korel Laloix: But she is definitely better about it than my mother.
Paradise Tennant: http://www.ridingtours.com/horseback...Costa-Rica.cfm
Korel Laloix: That sounds lovely as well.. Thanks

Paradise Tennant: Costa Rico has a great horse culture ..
Korel Laloix: Souther hemisphere would be better in December.
Paradise Tennant: they love their horses there
Korel Laloix: And Reeba can use her spanish.
Korel Laloix: need to find something in Argentina maybe.
stevenaia Michinaga: http://www.ridingtours.com/horseback.../Argentina.cfm
stevenaia Michinaga: RIDE ACROSS THE ANDES
Korel Laloix: Some lovely rides, will just see how much riding along water there is.
Korel Laloix: I think her mom would actually approve of that... lol
stevenaia Michinaga: no time for dancing
Paradise Tennant: too sore to dance :)
Korel Laloix: wow.. 5000 per person though...
Korel Laloix: Ouch.
stevenaia Michinaga: hope that includes the flight
Korel Laloix: The Itally one is just 3000 a person.
Korel Laloix: Will have to do some real budget looking.
stevenaia Michinaga: looks like you two can share a horse, 200# weight limit
Korel Laloix: Ooo.. did not think of that.
Korel Laloix: Reeba could keep me warm as well.. smiles
--BELL--
Paradise Tennant: could always fly to a nice horse ranch somewhere should definitely spend time on the travelzoo site
Korel Laloix: And she is good with both English and Western
stevenaia Michinaga: bed time, night, enjoy your vacation planning
Korel Laloix: Her parents have a very large ranch already, so going to another one would nto be that great.
Korel Laloix: So I think an actualy trip would be better.. with a destinatino.
Paradise Tennant: hmm so better to go to a different culture
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Korel Laloix: Take care.
Korel Laloix: About to start that way myself.
Paradise Tennant: ok this was fun :)) thanks for the mini holiday
Paradise Tennant: think I will turn in too :))
Korel Laloix: Lovely to plan.
Paradise Tennant: happy trails !!!
Korel Laloix: yes.. thanks
Korel Laloix: Nigh night