Welcome new members!!!
 

It's great to see new faces here and read as y'all find one another again. The care shows in every word!

We're glad you're here and have a place to be together.

If there are any questions, concerns or requests, don't hesitate to PM me or any moderator or administrator. You can view all by going to the bottom for the forum's index page and selecting "view forum leaders". From there you can private message.

I'd like to let you know that a chat room has been created for y'all to gather as well if any want to use it.

Take your time, settle in and enjoy!!!

Again, welcome!

KD

Thanks, KD.....Nice to see you....from a fellow Buckeye..:)

I'm just south of the Dayton area...I love it here. :)

Nice to see another from the Ohio Valley. :)

KD

I'm in Kettering, neighbor..:D

No way! You're just about 15 mins from me...Franklin...actually closer to Sprinboro (about 5 mins from the Dayton Mall).

Nice. :)

KD

Hi KD! I'm from Toad Hollow!

OK, I'm not new, but just wanted to say Hello to you.

Thanks KD! I am just west of Daisymay. I don't have a cute town name though...lol

Hi KD and thank you. I already feel at home here:p

I'm just a few thousand miles west from ya'll. LOL. The warm, sunny, desert. Nothing beats it in the winter. lol.

Summers - forget it. I'll be jealous of you and I know there will be paybacks. lol

you and me both, babe.

I'll be eatin' alla them *neeners* sideways, when I want some sympathy for the muggy heat come next July.

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hey, Kimmy?

thank you for making an MS room in chat!

I'm busy pluckin' a set of chickens, but as soon as the dressing's done, I'll git on over there to check it out!

a spiffy new room of our own... with grab bars on the wall, and plushy seats, YAY !!

Just wanted to say hello and welcome to all the new members! :D

Thanks for the red carpet welcome! I'll be sure to try out your chat room too when my fingers are behavin' :D

I live in Alaska....I'll let ya know what the weather will be like for you East Coast folks...right now,looks like fair weather heading your way....give it about a week :D

I think I'd LOVE to live in Toad Hollow!

Hi, back. :) Thank you for all you do and are. :)

KD

You're not too far either...just a state away if I have my states right. ;)

Hi there and you're welcome. :)

Is that a pic of you in your avatar? I find it very easy talking to that great smile!

Glad you're here!

KD

Hi and you're welcome!

I'm glad you feel so at home here...that says so much! If you have any concerns, or difficulties, don't hesitate to PM...even with thoughts and suggestions.

Glad you're here!

KD

Hi there. :)

Well, right now it's me jealous of you...high's in the low 20's with wind chills at zero here...

I don't know about the summers. It gets hot here but what's so horrible is the humidity. :( It can get so oppressive.

Good to meet you. :)

KD

Thank you, Kay! I can only take partial credit for the chat room...the really big cheese, DocJohn, made it happen and did it straight away! Thank you for asking about it. It lets us know the needs and wants here and how we can help. :)

Glad I got to chat with you last night. It was fun for me...a rare treat.

KD

PS - Are you really plucking chickens? Are you making homemade dressing? Umm, how far away from me are you again cause I want some! ;)

Hi there. :)

I could use some fair weather...well, it's "fair" here, sun's bright but it's COLD.

OMGosh, I'd love to visit Alaska. I've seen some beautiful pictures. Have you seen our photo gallery? You can place any pics there you might have...hint hint. ;)

I'm glad you're here. :)

KD

Thank you Kimmydawn - it means a great deal to be welcomed like this. I'm from New York State and it's cold and windy here today too. I wish I was in the jungle today too.

Hi Ivy...Welcome Home.:)

Gosh, you guys, you're giving me the traveling bug again! I've always wanted to go to upstate New York as well. :)

You are very welcome and I'm glad you see that. It means alot.

I'm glad you're here.

KD

I'd like to add to kimmydawn's welcome and personally welcome you all here to NT. I'm glad you found us and hope we have a community environment you find enjoyable!!

:)

DocJohn

Cheryl and AMN can tell you just HOW to get here.

If you blink, you'll miss TH.

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I'd love to hear more!

All my family is from an area in W. Va. that's not even close to a town and a name is just given for the county...lol. One set of grandparents lived way down a "holler" road with two working coal mines and the other set lived just at the mouth of a hollow road.

Some of my best memories were wading the cricks catching tadpoles and backing crawdads up into a jar. :)

Way back in the woods was a little waterfall as part of White's Creek and we used to slide down the rocks covered with moss to make them slippery and land in the small pool below. Just next to that spot was a broken, rusted baby carriage that my mother and her sisters used to play with in the same exact spot.

Sitting on the porch in the morning you could hear nothing but the whipperwhill's call. Ahh, I miss it.

Now, I'm not saying Toad Hollow is like that, but it sounds just as enchanting. :)

butting head in where it doesn't belong...

Your childhood sounds wonderful. W Va is gorgeous and full of nice folks but I think the Toad Hollow they are speaking of involves a certain vintage of the almightly grape and a road trip.

Correct me if I am wrong, as I usually am:o
jane

First you fly from Boise to SLC, then to Chicago...the hard part was renting a car in Chicago...:(

The rest was easy!

I doubt you're usually wrong, but I think you're wrong about one thing...

You said:

Of course you belong here and your thoughts and opinions are appreciated. :) :hug:

Yes, visiting my grandparents in W. Va. was awesome...always. Otherwise, I lived mostly in NC and it's beautiful there as well with just as beautiful people.

Thank you,

KD

Jane is correct...TH was named after a great bottle of Wine. Chris started a thread called What is a Toad Hollow! AMN and I elaborated a bit on that thread with DM's help!

Sorry, didn't mean to leave you hanging in a rental car leaving Chicago! Alamo tried their best! LOL! I won out in the end!

;)

Oh, that's cool and thanks for the explanation!

After the explanation it still sounds like a pretty cool place to visit from time to time...hehe. :)

KD

Toad Hollow is a wine, but alas~~ tis also an enchanted lil village that AMN and Flygirl renamed for me. Toad Hollow does exist and if you know DM, you know it to be true.

FG" I think we need to take Kimmy on a road trip!! :winky:

So nice to see so many familiar faces and feel WELCOME here!!
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Janie

ROAD TRIP? Did someone say road trip? *packing my bags*

Oh dang, I have kids. I can't go. Can we take a cyber road trip to DM's Toad Hollow?:D

Road trip sounds great to me...Lord knows I need one! This one sounds especially cool!

Cyber or not, let's escape!

KD

:)

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Anytime Ladies!!!

You dog, you!:D

hehehe, and I think the trip has begun. I've been on some trips in my life, but I think this one's gonna take the cake. :)

KD

OMG! Slow down DM. I'm getting dizzy. :eek::D

Welcome! I'm glad you're here and feel welcomed.

KD