and in our bags we have everything we'll need to visit...
PENNSYLVANIA
Including a comfy neck pillow. Back and forth, back and forth all day yesterday. New York, PA, New York, PA. It was like re-watching Wimbeldon. But Pennsylvania won fair and square. A special thanks, however, to Kentucky. Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Indiana, Illinois, and California - all states that got in the spirit and casted votes.
For those of you who like rules as much as I do... a few points.
- There was some question about all the anonymous posts. I received six emails yesterday: five from voters in PA and one from a voter in NY. These are people who wanted to participate, but didn't necessarily want to put their names out there.
- If we scratched all the "Anonymous" votes (which we did not), PA still would have one by one vote. In other words... both New York and PA had exactly 8 Anonymous votes.
- No, we did not recount a person's vote. In other words... if Maureen voted for New York and Tera voted for PA earlier in the summer, and then voted again yesterday, we only counted their first votes.
Cheryl was at my house last night and we are truly excited about our trip. Thanks to everyone who participated. In upcoming days we will work with the readership to determine exactly which weekend we will visit. Ideally it would be sometime in September (excluding the weekend of September 19-21). We will make our plans public with the hope that some of you from adjoining states, or who have frequent flier miles, will choose to meet us there.
There? Hmmmm.... even that will take a couple of days to square away. PA is decent-sized state - 46, 058 miles to be exact (and no, I will not be making chocolate chip cookies with 46,058 chips in them to commemorate our winning state)! So... will it be Philly? Hershey, Pittsburgh, Erie, or some other undisclosed location? That is a question to be answered in upcoming days. Stay tuned.
In the meantime... I thought we could get in the spirit of trip taking (and continuing our effort to help Nicole). How about a game of "I'm taking a trip and in my suitcase I have packed a...
I'll start with the letter "A." and then wait for you the readers to take turns using letters "B" through "Z." Our goal... get to "Z" naming items packed in your suitcase (and if feeling really creative, how you'll use it).
My example... I'm going on a trip to PA and in my suitcase I will pack an Antacid... to make me feel better after eating the legendary... Philly Cheesesteak sandwich, the Primanti's sandwich, Hershey's chocolate, and of course... Blue Moon ice cream.
Now someone take a crack at "B." Let's try to get to "Z" before the weekend is over. As added incentive... I have a letter in my head. Be the lucky one whose entry lands on that letter and you win four luggage tags from Nan. If you're new to the site and don't know what I am talking about, see last Friday's post (7/18).
Signing off until Monday...
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Claudia and Cheryl are going to Pennsylvania and in their bag they will pack bubblegum to keep their ears from popping on the plane.
In their bag to PA they will pack Craft supplies.
In their bags they will pack DEODORANT... becasue they want to be kind when they raise their arms in jubilaltion as they run up the stairs like Rocky Balboa!!
We're going to Pennsylvania and in our bag we will pack some Electricity to turn on great ideas for HLA at the party.
Claudia and Cheryl are going to Pennsylvania and in their bags they will sneak in a FRIEND from highlowaha because they couldn't afford another plane ticket and they couldn't imagine the trip without a fellow reader! (ha, ha) this is kind of fun!!
in their bag they will pack Great ideas!
In their bag they will pack HIGH expectations due to all the bragging everyone did about PA.
In their bags they will have packed some IDEAS, some GREAT ideas!
Joyful enthusiasm for the future of HLA
They will pack the KEY to showing the Keystone State a great time!
They will also pack many LAUGHS for all the good times they will have :)
Darn, I missed L – mine was Loose-fitting pants ;–)
Don't forget Money for Starbucks (for all those late night brainstorming sessions)!
They will bring a NOTE pad to go along with the coffee and late night brainstorming sessions!
They will bring an OPEN MIND so that all of the great ideas can get in!
Claudia's Planner Pad.
Quick thinking minds better be packed.
They are taking a ROAD MAP so that they can find their way around the great state of Pennsylvania!
Starbucks gift cards for all the random acts that will be done.
Tube socks
They will bring their Unique personalities! (and Underwear!)
They will pack their great Vision for the weekend!
They will pack their WET SUITS for Hershey Parks water rides.... I wasnt working with much.....
They will pack their Xylophone to drive everyone carzy in PA because NY lost (ha ha just kidding)
how about an itsy bitsy teenie weenie YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI........ mommy said Claudia has one for sure....
They had to bring their ZIP CODES so we know where to ship them if they have too much fun and dont want to return home.......
This was a win win thing for me because PA is my next home. My mom has a house in Albrightsville (Poconos) and I am coming to see you guys without fail..... Any NYers that want to join me can hitch a ride....
I'm out of letters...guess I was a day late and a dollar short!?
I'm SOOOOOOO excited about the upcoming PA visit. Although I'm moving to Cleveland, OH in the next few weeks, I'll def. be making the trip back to PA for the visit of the Been-ster & Cheryl!
:-( im too late as well...gosh all you early risers! thanks for letting the rest of us who like to sleep in a little later play :-(
and im not talkin that late...i was up at 830am, california time!
:-( im too late as well...gosh all you early risers! thanks for letting the rest of us who like to sleep in a little later play :-(
and im not talkin that late...i was up at 830am, california time!
If more want to play why don't we do the return trip? What can the get and bring back with them from PA? I'm leaving PA and I'm bringing back a new Attitude after a great weekend of HLA activities!
Balance
CONNECTIONS to HLA community members.
Dynamite ideas for the next HLA adventure!
EXCELLENT memories!
They're definitely taking back lots of FOOD!
Including blue moon ice cream, Primanti's sandwiches, Philly Cheesesteaks, Sheetz Shmuffins, Hersheys candy bars, etc.
Fresh perspectives
Brian beat me to the punch....
how about Gobs of goodies from all the HLA readers to give out on Free for all Fridays?
how about Hershey Kisses from Hershey Park... can you tell Im stuck at Hershey Park? Im going there in 2 weeks for 4 days and I cant wait I love Hershey and Lancaster!!!!!!
****NICOLE****
Here's some travel tips for you with your one year old.
When we moved to Texas a few weeks ago Lily was 13 months old and we made the trip more bearable the following ways.
#1: We kept a small cooler to keep her a cup of water and cup of milk cold for the trip.
#2: EVERYTIME we stopped for gas we let her get out and run around for a few minutes.
#3: We found a small drawstring bag that we could attach to her car seat straps to put some goldfish or other snack in so she didn't drop them all over the car. She could reach in and grab them but if she fell asleep they didn't go tumbling to the ground.
#4: Lots of noisy toys. I know this seems like a contradiction for your sanity but....when nothing else seemed to work we could turn the music on one of her toys and she'd calm down at least for a few minutes
#5: Try to either hit the road EARLY so that you'll get a few hours in while still asleep or really late so they'll sleep while you are driving.
Honestly, we were prepared for her to be a tragic mess by the end of our 14 hour trip but she fared really well and was just ready to go gangbuster once we got to the hotel. It was more difficult getting her to calm down to sleep that night than she ever was during the trip.
Good luck
Holy cow! I forgot to check that little button to send me emails and you guys finished the games! Way to go.
We'll bring back Ingenius Ideas packed full of Imagination!
They will bring back a heart full of Joy from their weekend!
Heather keep me posted on the wine...... I never mailed anything that large and I want to make sure it gets there soon. I mailed it over a week ago and they said about 10 business days (I think they are dragging it over)
Wendy I got the package. They are beautiful I will email you as soon as my sister-in-law gets back. Thanks again!!!!!
Let's go HLA...can't leave them hanging on their return trip...they will bring back Knowledge to share with the rest of HLA!
okay..looks like everyone else has turned in for the night....so I guess I'll have to complete the alphabet for the return home...
L-They will return with Limitied hours of sleep and Lots of Laundry.
M-Meaningful posts for HLA.
N-Numerous New ideas
O-Open minds
P-Philly Cheese Steaks and
Primanti sandwiches
Q-Quality ideas/posts for HLA
R-They will return Ready to Reach
out to all new Readers.
S-Stories to share
T-True friends and Treats for
those they left in Texas.
U-Undeniable Passion for HLA.
V-Variety of new experiences to
share.
W-Wonderful memories
X-They will return home after
passing through the Xray with
X-cellent ideas.
Y-The will return with a Yearning
for their family and for the
next big HLA adventure!
Z-They will return to a different time Zone, tired, but hopefully not to the point of being Zombies!
Wheew! It is complete...I can call it a night now!
Thank you, anonymous :)
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