Vibrant Vici from California

Vici, you were close. I took the picture but I was in Wisconsin last summer.

Vici, for the Happy Birthday Wishes for my #2 son Stephen last Saturday.
We had a family dinner, birthday boy chose the Menu.
Dutch Soup, Garlic Bread, Lasange and Salad, Apple and Rurbarb Crumble with Custard and Cream.

Vici, your camera should have a micro setting, which is how a lot of mine are taken. If I can get close enough I will just zoom in, that works also.

Vici.. have put some updated photos of my babies on my page .

Hi Vici, I managed to befriend the cat that you warned me about. I brought us some and to sip and munch while we visit.

Thank you for the compliments on my artwork. I have a stepdaughter in Los Gatos and I've done a bit of traveling in California. You have some beautiful scenery out there.

Boy, Vici, you are one active lady! Tennis is my main form of exercise, & I have played for over 30 years. Trouble is I never get any better at it, but I still love playing just the same. I, too, am rated a 3.5. My peak year was back in 1998 when my Senior (over 50) USTA team advanced all the way to Nationals! That was so exciting. We made it again in 2001, but it's been all downhill since then - ha ha! Now most of my friends & I are in the Super Senior (over 60)category. We have advanced to Sectionals, but can't seem to get any farther than that. Still we have lots of fun & consider ourselves lucky to be fit enough to play even on 90+ deg. days. Hope you get your remodeling done soon so you can get back to tennis playing! Where exactly in CA do you live?

Did you mean the meerkat?

Or my little devil? I have no 'rats'

Here's another one for your collection.

This one? This is also a little Tassie devil.

BTW I like your cute little 'Jack'. what is it's name. I have one also breed to run. His name is Scamp. I had another one he had a disagreement with a 30" mud terrain trye and had to be put down [very upsetting] he was my little 'Scallywag'.

for your comforting thoughts! In the next seven months as I hold my breath and avoid the news, I'll be thinking of you and the warmth you spread my way. What part of California are you? north or south? When Judy/San Diego gets back home we're thinking of getting together along with Aileen and Caligirl. Want to join us? If you're far north, you can get together with Keith and Eve.. Either way both are a great group to know!

I put this message in your private page and added here so others could read it to.
I'm sorry to say our little devils are slowly dying out. There is a facial tumour disease going through them. It isn't in our area at the moment, thank goodness they are collecting the young devils from our area and holding them in captivity and or sending them to the Australian big island. The scientists now are saying the disease is mutating and they are discovering more strains of it.

Here's another for your collection.

♪♪♪Super trouper beams are gonna blind me
But I wont feel blue
Like I always do
cause somewhere in the crowd theres you....♪♪♪

Vici.. I loved the movie !!
I have heaps of records and CD's of Abba..
so wont be buying the soundtrack of the movie...
when it comes out on DVD.. guess who will buying that one !!

Just viewed your youtube it is a great story. A warm and fuzzy moment, thanks for sharing it.

Hi Vici!
Thank you for visiting my page and taking time to look through my pics. I hadn't been much to this wonderful and friendly site lately. So I'm sure missed a lot of wonderful people joined.
Anyway, I just wanted to say belated welcome to the site. I brought with me some delicious mangoes and mediterranian sweets for you and your guests.

Hey Vici.. fed your panda some bamboo leaves

mmm
looks like panda is the puddycat..
and miaowmiaow is the panda..

so that means..
I didnt feed your panda some bamboo leaves.
I fed your miaowmiaow bamboo leaves..

Thanks Vici for visiting my page and your comments. I teach English as a second language to young Aboriginal children... so I get to travel out to their homelands. WOW is that you in that ballet pose? With teh sunset in the backgound it certainly makes for a good shot.

Thank you Vici, I am touched by your kind words.
Mum is doing fine now, thank the stars!
If you would like to find out what it was all about, please feel free to read my posts about it on page 89 of Sudokuaholics Anonymous 5, found in the Forums section.

Hi Vicky,
Welcome to Sudokuland. Thanks for visiting my page, and for your observation that I was going through a very difficult time in my life. The folks here are some of the greatest people that you will ever have the privilege of getting to know, both in times of great sorrow and in times of great joy. I am glad to see that you have taken an active part in the goings on and know that you will enjoy being here. I wish you peace and joy....BTW,belated happy birthday. I also love your avatar.

Hi Vici,
Thanks for stopping by. I'm glad you enjoyed the Egypt photos, it was a great trip! We are off to Peru in a few weeks. I'm really looking forward to that.
I don't have any particular place to find smilies. I just Google "such and such image" and wade through what comes up. It's always a challenge to see what I can find! The best place I've found to resize smilies and avatars is www.shrinkpictures.com It's easy enough that even I can do it

Hello again! We will be taking a train from Cuzco to Machu Picchu and staying there for two days. I'm not taking a lap top, so I'll have to handle the sudoku withdrawal and possible altitude sickness at the same time!lol
I had not heard of The Motorcycle Diaries. I'll look for it. Good luck on your smilie search!

Awhhhhgg! Thanks for the comment about the storm picture on my page Vici.
I love that photo, although it does not elicit all that much comment from others. It is an extra-special location that I visit each time I go to Sumatra, and it provides a different mood each time. That one is really fantastic - I think.
I have flown over that place on a Merapi (local airline) jet, and the volcanic craters of that area continuously issue boiling spurts of lava. It is a truly dramatic place in many respects, but a very difficult place for a lone travellor.

Hi Vici,
I also love coffee; although if I drink too much it can induce angina.
They have a particular way of drinking coffee in Sumatra - that is the black kind with the hint of chocolate about it. It is served black (there is no fresh milk there - only condensed), very hot, and very sweet. The mug or cup comes with a saucer and the idea is to cool the coffee by pouring it backwards and forwards; cup/saucer. I suppose it is a bit like Turkish coffee in that it has not been filtered, and the coffee grains are roughly, but not completely, at the bottom of the cup. I love it! But I sometimes add powdered milk if I have the chance. I have seen the coffee growing there, and have also visited a river-side, coffee-grinding 'factory' - powered by a traditional water wheel.

Please keep that lion video clip in place for ever !

VICI, you have really moved into your page, it is wonderful. I love the photo cube , what a cute toy and the kitty photos are lovely. I have not had time yet to visit all your gallery or look at all your fun cyber toys, but I shall come back.

So glad to have you drop in and visit on SA5, do come back again.

thanks for the pup pics. i've shared the lion video with my kid and nieces and nephews, they loved it. my sister is a cat person like you. she has a pure persian that just got a lion cut. i will try to post a pic of it. it is pretty indignant though and might not let me photograph it!

Belated greetings for your father.

Hi, Vici!

Just want to send you a note to let you know that I appreciate your gesture, but I really do not want to participate in this "friends" thing!!! Please don't take it personally. I do consider you a cyber friend and hope the feeling is mutual!
Cheers!
Jane

Thanks fo wanting to being my friend! I feel special

We're going to the Ventura County Fair sometime next week...thght of yo and your entries.

Vici - glad we're still friends. At least until we meet on a tennis court!!! hehehehe

Hi Vici, Wheeing on your own page. I love it. lol ehehehehehe
Love your putty cat, and the pond looks great.
How much of your hair did you get cut off may I ask?

Hi Vici,'your youtube' clip was on a current affair TV show [Today tonight] tonite Oz time.

Good morning, Vivi!
I am very much an O's fan! I live in Bowie, home to the Bowie Baysox. The Baysox are the Oriole's minor league AA team. My husband and I have season tickets. The Baysox stadium is about 10 minutes from our house, so it's very convenient to go to the home games. I am president of the booster club this year. One of the things the booster club does is fix and serve the players a meal after Sunday home games. We set up a buffet in the stadium restaurant with food the club members have cooked. The players really appreciate a home cooked meal and they bring their families (if they are married) and girlfriends, or even family members that are visiting. Most of these guy are in their early 20's. It's a lot of fun to get to know them and thrilling when some of them move up to play with the Orioles! By the way, Dave Trembly, the O's manager, coached here for several years. He is an absolutely terrific guy, and one great coach! I was sad to see him leave here, but very happy he got the job he deserved. Oh, yes! I was well aware that the O's beat the Yankees. The scores are always announced over the loud speakers at the stadium to much cheering, or in some cases, groaning! We probably see 70+ home games a season and really love it! TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME!

As you can see now, it isn't my birthday but thank you any way! I celebrated my birthday last May!

Hello there Vici - Did you "feel" the earthquake yesterday? I hope all is well with you out there in California!

Hi Vici, Thanks for dropping in. Christina Lake is a popular vacation spot for people from all over. I don't live right at the lake though. I am 6 miles up a dirt road on the mountain and my house is less than a mile from the US border. Here is a website about the lake, http://www.britishcolumbia.com/regions/towns/?townID=3393 . Your place looks lovely. I have had to live with smoke also. It can get rather scary. This summer has been okay so far. Loved your YouTube. See you on the SA5 page.