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BS: Happy Birthday Rita (Ferrara)

18 Nov 07 - 10:25 AM (#2196698)
Subject: BS: Happy Birthday Rita (Ferrara)
From: SussexCarole

Big Happy Birthday Wishes to a wonderful lady. Love and hugs to you Rita with lots of love from Carole & Andrew x


18 Nov 07 - 10:36 AM (#2196703)
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From: Bobert

Make it a GREAT ONE, Rita....

Bobert


18 Nov 07 - 10:37 AM (#2196704)
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From: Big Mick

You are simply the best!! I send you my very best wishes for a wonderful day, and to offer thanks for having you in my world.

All the best,

Mick


18 Nov 07 - 10:42 AM (#2196708)
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From: SINSULL

Happy Birthday, Rita. Hugs and all.
SINS


18 Nov 07 - 10:46 AM (#2196711)
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From: Rapparee

Make it a good one, and have lots more.


18 Nov 07 - 10:53 AM (#2196718)
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From: John MacKenzie

Yay same from me here in rainy Scotland Rita.

Happy birthday.

Giok


18 Nov 07 - 10:59 AM (#2196722)
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From: katlaughing

Happy Birthday, Ritadarlin'! May you have all that you need and desire and may you have many more birthdays! You create so much beauty, in so many ways, not least of which with your smile!

Thanks for being here, too.

luvyakat


18 Nov 07 - 11:21 AM (#2196744)
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From: wysiwyg

Rita,

Whichever one it is, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope it's as happy for you as it is for those of us lucky enough to know you.

Slap Bill around a little and tell him I said he's gotta go do whatever YOU wannna do. I know, he already does-- but MORE. :~)

~Susan


18 Nov 07 - 11:38 AM (#2196756)
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From: Janie

Happy Birthday to one very, very special person.

There is no one, absolutely no one, whose smile can light up a room like yours.   

Janie


18 Nov 07 - 11:47 AM (#2196758)
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From: GUEST,beardedbruce

y and I will give hugs in person, I hope...


Bruce


18 Nov 07 - 12:14 PM (#2196785)
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From: catspaw49

After these many years of talking on the 'Cat, I finally got the chance to meet and hug this wonderful, talented, and lovely lady, in the real world. Karen, Tris, I enjoyed ourselves immensely in a visit with Rita and Bill that was all too short.

So a big

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Now go tell that Old Poop you've saddled yourself with (a tragic mistake) to give you a big hug and tell him to say I sent it!

Spaw


18 Nov 07 - 12:24 PM (#2196798)
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From: karen k

Hey, Rita my friend. Happy Birthday!! Many more to you. Lucky you. You got to meet Catspaw and Karen! When was that? Hope the next time I see you I'll be able to get the primative baptist hymn you taped from Ginny Hawker at Augusta in 2003! I still can't wait to get it.

Have a wonderful day and my music continue to brighten your life.

Much love,
karen


18 Nov 07 - 12:37 PM (#2196805)
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From: CET

What they all said, Rita! I am looking forward to our next meeting. (Alas, probably not Getaway 2008)

Edmund


18 Nov 07 - 12:41 PM (#2196809)
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From: Severn

As a long-time Rita-Rooter, I could Rita n'occaiasional official pronouncement declaring a couple of Days in your honor, but then they're always that way at home, in Gail Force. I could sing a Ferr-aria in your praises, if it were in a range I was at home on. Instead, I'll wish you a Good Year, with a tread guarantee wherever you may set foot, starting from this glorious day, and be glad you don't have to spend your birthday weekend car hunting this year.


18 Nov 07 - 12:59 PM (#2196830)
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From: gnu

Car hunting? Never been. Must need a big gun for that. Does Bill have to help you carry it?

Have a great Bday eh!


18 Nov 07 - 01:04 PM (#2196835)
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From: Barb'ry

Hi Rita
Hope your day was fantastic and you were 'spoilt rotten' by everyone!
Lots of love
Barbara and Andy


18 Nov 07 - 01:56 PM (#2196885)
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From: Ferrara

Gosh there's no present nicer than getting kind words and warm wishes on one's birthday. Love you all,

Rita

PS Severn, you take the virtual cake.

pps For the curious: We totalled our car last year (with Andrew & Carole as passengers, too!) two days after the Getaway. Didn't find another one until after Christmas. The "new" one, an '02 Taurus wagon, is holding up fine. It took us to St. Louis MO in comfort which is about the longest trip we've taken since we got married.


18 Nov 07 - 01:58 PM (#2196887)
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From: Nancy King

Have a SUPER birthday, Rita!

See you soon, I hope!

Nancy


18 Nov 07 - 02:44 PM (#2196912)
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From: ranger1

Happy birthday, Rita! You are always one of my Getaway highlights.

PS My mom loved the pendant.


18 Nov 07 - 03:14 PM (#2196922)
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From: Barry Finn

Happy Birthday Rita, best of luck with the next 40 yrs. You are 40 now aren't you?
All my best
LOL
Barry


18 Nov 07 - 04:15 PM (#2196966)
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From: kendall

Many warm wishes from rhe cool state of Maine to a lady who is both!


19 Nov 07 - 12:19 AM (#2197215)
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From: Padre

Happy Birthday Rita. Miss seeing you and the old woodworker.

Tom+


19 Nov 07 - 12:23 AM (#2197216)
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From: Peace

Happy Birthday.


19 Nov 07 - 02:34 AM (#2197235)
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From: GUEST,KT

Hey Rita! Happiest Birthday wishes from me, too!!

KT


19 Nov 07 - 08:09 AM (#2197382)
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From: GUEST,Noreen

Happy Happy Happy Birthday Week, Rita!!

Very happy memories of time spent with you and Bill, which we hope to add to before too many more years pass...

Noreen and Stewart in snowy Worcestershire!


19 Nov 07 - 08:24 AM (#2197395)
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From: jacqui.c

A happy birthday from me too to one of the nicest ladies I know.

Live long, die happy.


19 Nov 07 - 11:35 PM (#2198001)
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From: Ferrara

Thank you, all you lovely people who took time to drop me a note here. So good to hear from you!

I have a craft show all next weekend, am very low on stock and have 18 pendants and 2 boxes to try to paint before Wednesday evening when we have to set up the booth, so this has to be a really short message, but be sure I have read all the lovely messages and they mean so much.

Love,
Rita


19 Nov 07 - 11:42 PM (#2198005)
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From: Wincing Devil

Likewise tell the (other) guy with the muttonchops to give you a hug!


20 Nov 07 - 06:26 AM (#2198161)
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From: Micca

Many Happies, Rita, sorry I am late but I was travelling and hardly cconcious yesterday. The pendant I got at the Getaway has been received and admired and very appreciated by its reciepient, so well done, and many thanks, like Tami you are one of My Getaway highlights too
Micca


20 Nov 07 - 10:04 AM (#2198277)
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From: Bert

How did I miss this thread? Hope you had a good one. Lots more ov 'em too.


20 Nov 07 - 11:46 AM (#2198376)
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From: Donuel

What a racey name.

Happy birthday


20 Nov 07 - 10:42 PM (#2198928)
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From: Ferrara

Yeah I had a real nice birthday, Bert. Lovely to hear from you. And Padre. And Noreen and Barb'ry. and Karen K. and Susan WYSIWYG. and KT! and -- oh my goodness. Just re-reading the list of all the people who dropped in here to say hi and Happy birthday is getting me all weepy and maudlin. Thanks again y'all.

Love love,
Rita


20 Nov 07 - 11:15 PM (#2198943)
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From: Linda Goodman Zebooker

Hope your birthday was happy and as special as you are. Rita...the lady that holds us all together. : * )


21 Nov 07 - 04:02 PM (#2199439)
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From: bbc

Hi, Rita,

Sorry I'm late. I've been up to see my sons the past couple of days, but I couldn't pass up the chance to wish you happy! Couldn't happen to a nicer woman.

much love,

Barbara


21 Nov 07 - 05:18 PM (#2199489)
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From: Gorgeous Gary

Happy Birthday! Belatedly, but just catching up now from being out of town.

-- Gary


21 Nov 07 - 08:57 PM (#2199632)
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From: Amos

Dearest Rita:

As I have stupidly missed your actual birthday, let me be the first to wish you a very happy birthday for next year. And, while I am ahead, the year after that, too!!

This also makes it possible for you to use this thread again in '08, which will please Joe Offer and make President Obama proud of you.


A


21 Nov 07 - 11:06 PM (#2199672)
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From: Ron Davies

Late as I am, I'd like to add my hearty congratulations on your birthday--and hope to see you Sunday. Maybe we could do "Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown?"--among others? And any chance for "The Bold Fisherman"?--(though I know it's, strictly speaking, not your department)--or have I already missed my chance?


22 Nov 07 - 12:15 AM (#2199691)
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From: TRUBRIT

President Clinton -- VP Obama - wouldn'tthat be nice?????


22 Nov 07 - 10:02 AM (#2199901)
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From: Ron Davies

Sorry, Trubrit, a fair number of us disagree on Clinton. It's President Obama--to finally make progress in the US.   Clinton's constant dodging and weaving does not inspire confidence.

And we're rapidly slipping into egregious thread creep here.


22 Nov 07 - 10:40 PM (#2200409)
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From: Severn

I thought Democratic Vice Presidential candidates were supposed to have been on the FERRARO thread.