Hey Dizzy, I'm HEU too! Clerical at Saan Pen. I work during the day so dinner during the week (except for the 21st) or something on Sunday sounds great. I don't mind hosting it at my place as long as people coming don't mind a dog (golden retriever) and a cat. I live in a townhouse & can comfortabley handle eight or so people.

Hope to hear from others soon!
Janet

Hey, who would've thunk it??? I'm the office admin. at Canadian Blood Services! One of our Clinic Assistants works at Saan. Pen.. Linda Murray, so you know her? I guess you'll be at the rally on the 23rd too, eh?

Very generous of you to offer to host. That would be cool! I'm totally into this! It will be so nice to make some new friends and get a little local thing going. Shall we arbitralily choose a date? Why don't we shoot for the 24th and see if anyone else responds to that? Moxies has wicked chicken wings if you decide against having a bunch of complete strangers at your place!

I'll wait to hear from ya!

Dizzy D (Donna)

Meeting would be way cool! and based on past experience, out is better so no-one has to do dishes, near payday is better so we can plump for two orders of wings if we wanna ... and I'm out of town the 23rd and 24th (Dad's 70th or I'd be at the Leg, too, cuz I'm BCGEU!).

Let's keep this going, but maybe (please?) move it to the first weekend in March, maybe? Those wings at Moxie's sound pretty darn good.

Islandgirl!

March is cool too. Why don't we put it on for Sunday March 3, at Moxies at 1:00 for now, and see what happens with that? This has the potential of turning into a Union Anti-Liberal bitch session! Just kidding, of course! Once we hear from a few more people we can make a reservation a little closer to the day.

Let's see what anyone else has to say about that and go from there? I am getting really, really pumped about this!

Happy Valentines Day everyone! (tomorrow!)

I can't come the first weekend in March if you want to stick to a weekend but could come during the week or the second weekend. Moxie's sounds good to me.

I am down another 2 pounds today to make a total of 15 since the beginning of Feb!

I don't know if I will get to the rally - I have a committment that afternoon but will see if I can work things around abit to be able to go. Did you hear that they are chartering a ferry to bring people over from Vancouver?

I do know Linda - we both work on Extended Care.

Janet

I have just put a couple of posts on another low carb site I visit & will also put it on the Canada Low Carb mail list at Yahoo - be interesting to see if we can get any others to join us.

Janet

Okay, how about March 10? I'm totally flexable, as you may have noticed!

Linda's great. She's our shop steward at CBS, and boy is she ever good at it!

So, votes for March 10?

Sounds good to me - lunch or dinner?

... sounds great to me ...

March 10th it is!! What about 1:00 for lunch? We should have plenty to talk about after the budget and rally!

I'll see if I can find a way to search out other Islanders and see if they would like to come as well.

I'll make a reservation around the 8th or so, once we know how many would be coming. Maybe I should post a poll?

This is gonna be great!

Soooo... I'm going to start a new thread "Calling all Islanders" and post and see if I can get some more Victorians or surrounding areas to come.

So, if someone wants to come, all they have to do is post a reply and we will include them in the reservation count?

Sound good? (I'll actually wait for a reply before I do it, someone may have a better idea!)

Cheers (again!)

1 p.m. at Moxie's sounds great for me. Looking forward to it!

Janet
PS end of week 2: down 2 pounds for a total of 15 all together

15 pounds is fan-bloody-tastic !! Way to go, keep up the good work, and let me in on your secrets!!

Seriously happy for you, and looking very forward to meeting at Moxies!

Hi all, I'm glad to see the getting together idea is becoming 'real'! I have been away helping my mom, and my pc has had a 'crash'....

Moxie's at Town/Country I presume? I LOVE chicken wings. I'm not part of that union...I know you won't hold it against me
It will definitely be great to connect with new folks and especially with a view of adding support to our way of life plans. So count me in!

By the way, I am stuck figuring out a palatable breakfast. I am a major toast/fruit person for breakfast historically, and eggs only occasionally appeal. What foods have you all found work for you for that first meal of the day? Also, bacon....where do we find sugar free bacon?....no luck there so far. I've decided to skip sausage...who knows what's in 'em. Perhaps Moxie's Chicken Wings?.....ps are they free of sugar coating there (hate to mention it....but reality is most have sugar in the cooking process, do you know?....if not I can call them and ask!

Take care all! ....Meri

Town and Country it is! Don't worry, it's not a "union members only" gathering! There's enough of those going around at the moment!

If you wouldn't mind calling to ask about sugar-free wing sauce that would be great! If they don't have one normally, maybe we can convince them to make a special batch for us that day? What do you think?

I think when I make the reservation, I'll make it in the name "Elsie". Get it?

I can't wait!