Last chance to RSVP to the Reunion/Commerce get together!!

(This may say "Last chance," but if you make a last-minute decision to join us, you are welcome! Your surprise show-up would be a treat!)

Well hey people...Mark and I are very excited about
next weekend.

Just wanted to let all of you know that Mark and I are
looking forward to having you and yours in our home
this Saturday, August 30.

We'll start with drinks at 4. (Fudging only 1 hour)
We'll try to serve dinner between 6:30 and 7 p.m.
We're fortunate to have become very good friends with
a couple of Italian immigrants who've escaped from
Pitts, PA. to Texas. She's a wonderful cook, works in
the restaurant industry and will be making:

Baked Rigatoni w/ procuitto w/ cream sauce

Lasagna, meat and four cheeses

Chicken marsala

Green Salad w/ garlic/champagne vinagrette

Becky's relish/veggie plate

Crusty garlic bread

Christie's real iced tea (no mangos or peahces please
in my iced tea and no other "infusions"; sweet and low
optional)

Rachael's cake

Hope you can make it!

Here's the location

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Mckinney&state=TX&address=1309+Hidden+Meadow

1309 Hidden Meadow
McKinney Texas 75070
972-529-9056

Christie & Mark

Mark or Christie Armentrout

"This is the best of all possible worlds, just as Dr. Pangloss said!"
- Candide

CONFIRMED COMING

Christie/Mark Armentrout
Hannah Blakely Barton
Carol Bielamowicz
Jay Brousseau
Susie Clark
Sarah Earls Hibbard
Becky Brown Horn
Martin Combs
Tom Grant
John Jernigan
Teresa Newton
Madelyne Marcum
Paul Moore
Steve Partridge
Tina Williams Rabb
Candis Wheat (she is contacting Debbie West and we have heard from Patti McClure Meehan)
Jerry Stovall
Wanda Stubblefield


Pretty solid MAYBE/TRYING
as of 8/20/08 (if you are on this list and plan to get here, please let me know!)

Nolan Bailey (probably not, but keeping him on this list)
Earl Knottingham (Teresa is working on him to get here)
O. Rufus Lovett
Patti McClure Meehan
Gina Stolly
Rodd Wellington

NOs

David Beard
Kemp Davis
Sharon Dowdy
Larry Hinojosa
Bryan Kuntz
Steve Oleson
David Partlow
Priscilla/Ken Powers
Tere Withee McCullum
Andrew Ronaldes
Barry Snidow
Steve Vaughn

...and anyone else that has not been named or heard the word.

We all want to see each other and YOU!

I see a couple of new names who have viewed and added themselves to the blog (with no profile). Stan and Scoggin. Hoping you might be available to join us!

HEAD COUNT: unofficial ET Commerce reunion

We are wrapping up party plans for August 30 and are looking for a head count. Please let me know.

Food will be provided, but ask that you bring your drink of choice.

Still a small group that have confirmed we will see their presence, but plenty of room for more. In fact (maybe I am setting myself for some high standards here), I would expect to see some of you just show up without letting us know, and that is fine and dandy.

If you're waiting to see who is coming before you decide, you may never see the right name, but we want to see YOU anyway! Full lists are at end of e-mail. Not many have replied with those I have missed.

Looking forward to seeing you all.

WhatWhenHow?

Party (of course!) in McKinney, TX

at the Armentrouts (Mark and Christie Raynes)
1309 Hidden Meadow
McKinney TX 75070

August 30
4ish in the pm

Pick a hotel in McKinney, Allen, Frisco or Plano

HOTELS

If you need help with finding a cheap hotel near party address:

1309 Hidden Meadow
McKinney TX 75070


Suggested links:

http://www.orbitz.com (look in McKinney TX, of course)

http://travela.priceline.com (ditto the McKinney thing)

You might want to stay south of Hwy 380:
(Best Western McKinney Inn & Suites on White Blvd. on Central Expwy; but there are even less expensive ones between 380/University Blvd and Virginia Pkwy and Central. Party is west of Central)

They may not have high ratings, but some are pretty good price.

CONFIRMED COMING

Christie/Mark Armentrout
Hannah Blakely Barton
Carol Bielamowicz
Jay Brousseau
Susie Clark
Sarah Earls Hibbard
Becky Brown Horn
Martin Combs
John Jernigan
Teresa Newton
Madelyne Marcum
Paul Moore
Steve Partridge
Tina Williams Rabb
Candis Wheat (she is contacting Debbie West and we have heard from Patti McClure Meehan)
Jerry Stovall


Pretty solid MAYBE/TRYING
as of 8/20/08 (if you are on this list and plan to get here, please let me know!)

Nolan Bailey (probably not, but keeping him on this list)
David Beard (responded with new email address, but didn't say yea or nay)
Tom Grant (HEY! ARE YOU TWO COMING OR NOT? not yelling, just trying to get your attention)
Earl Knottingham (Teresa is working on him to get here)
O. Rufus Lovett
Patti McClure Meehan
Gina Stolly
Rodd Wellington

NOs

Kemp Davis
Sharon Dowdy
Larry Hinojosa
Steve Oleson
David Partlow
Priscilla/Ken Powers
Tere Withee McCullum
Andrew Ronaldes
Barry Snidow

Long time no hear!!

Hey, folks!

Still working with a small list to par-tay, but that's okay! If I missed anyone, I am sorry and it only means I don't have the proper contact info for them.

Plenty of you that we have not heard from.

Where are you?:
Wally Crawford (I see your name on the blog and Candis said you emailed her but she didn't email you back...she's been doing that, lately)
Steve Partridge
Debbie West


(the list of maybes):
Nolan Bailey (probably not, but keeping him on this list)
David Beard (responded with new email address, but didn't say yea or nay)
Tom Grant
O. Rufus Lovett
Steve Partridge
Barry Snidow
Gina Stolly
Rodd Wellington

...and anyone else that has not been named or heard the word.

We all want to see each other and YOU!


Do we have any more takers for:

WhatWhenHow?

Party (of course!) in McKinney, TX

at the Armentrouts (Mark and Christie Raynes)
1309 Hidden Meadow
McKinney TX 75070

August 30 (yes, that would be Labor Day weekend)
4ish in the pm

more details as we go, but this is the really important stuff.
with the address, you can pick a hotel in McKinney, Allen, Frisco or Plano

HOTELS

If you need help with finding a cheap hotel near party address:

1309 Hidden Meadow
McKinney TX 75070


Suggested links:

http://www.orbitz.com (look in McKinney TX, of course)

http://travela.priceline.com (ditto the McKinney thing)

You might want to stay south of Hwy 380:
(Best Western McKinney Inn & Suites on White Blvd. on Central Exwy; but there are even less expensive ones between 380/University Blvd and Virginia Pkwy and Central. Party is west of Central)

They may not have high ratings, but some are pretty good price.

Confirmed coming (now, if you're waiting to see who is coming before you decide, you may never see the right name, so just make up your mind to be sociable anyway!)

Christie/Mark Armentrout
Hannah Blakely Barton
Carol Bielamowicz
Jay Brousseau
Susie Clark
Sarah Earls Hibbard
Becky Brown Horn
Martin Combs
John Jernigan
Teresa Newton
Madelyne Marcum
Paul Moore
Tina Williams Rabb
Candis Wheat (she is contacting Debbie West and Patti McClure(?))
Jerry Stovall


Pretty solid maybe/trying
as of 7/29/08 (if you are on this list and plan to get here, please let me know!)

Nolan Bailey (probably not, but keeping him on this list)
David Beard (responded with new email address, but didn't say yea or nay)
Tom Grant
O. Rufus Lovett
Pattie McClue Meehan
Steve Partridge
Barry Snidow
Gina Stolly
Rodd Wellington

Nos

Kemp Davis
Sharon Dowdy
Larry Hinojosa
Steve Oleson
David Partlow
Priscilla/Ken Powers
Tere Withee McCullum
Andrew Ronaldes