<p>Woo Hoo, DB!</p>
<p>mommusic my DH has been dying to the Bourbon trail. If that is near you, I have to ask for the inside info on what to see and where to stay.</p>
<p>And on a side note, how have I been coming to CC for so long and never checked out this thread?</p>
<p>[Kentucky</a> Bourbon Trail - Where the Spirit Leads You](<a href=“http://kybourbontrail.com/]Kentucky”>http://kybourbontrail.com/)
This site has maps, directions, etc. to all the distilleries on the “trail.” We live about 2 hours from most of them so we didn’t need to do an overnight, but there are B&Bs in the area.</p>
<p>We enjoyed the Woodford Reserve distillery tour very much and have heard the Buffalo Trace is also a wonderful tour with samples. ;)</p>
<p>If you are doing an overnight you might want to time it to see the show “The Stephen Foster Story” in Bardstown, somewhat south of Louisville & Lexington. If you are the designated driver for your DH on the Bourbon Trail, he owes it to you to take in a musical. ;)</p>
<p>Scotch on the rocks would be good tonight.</p>
<p>Make it a double.</p>
<p>the 92 year old aunt is in the hospital because when the doctor called her with some test results, and wanted to discuss adjustments to her medication…she didn’t want to answer the phone because she was watching her favorite show. And whatever other excuses. There were 4 calls from him on her voicemail.</p>
<p>We got the call from 400 miles away at 3 a.m.</p>
<p>It’s been a long day…and tomorrow will be longer when we discuss post hospital plans.</p>
<p>Don’t want to be a total debbie downer.</p>
<p>Also some rounds of champagne to celebrate…all 3 boys are officially off the family payroll. S3 received his first grown up pay check last Friday.</p>
<p>A toast to your boys, boysx3!</p>
<p>Mommusic, my D goes to school in KY and I told her we would visit during KY Derby time and now I can add this trait to the list!</p>
<p>Yay for getting kids off the dole!</p>
<p>And it sounds like boysx3aunt will be happy wherever she is, as long as there’s a TV. ;)</p>
<p>My 91 year old father has never figured out voicemail and sometimes forgets his cell phone or it’s out of power, whatever…if his doctor called us when HE didn’t answer the phone, it would be all the time! Actually, my brothers who live in the same town take care of these things. A toast to them! :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the link mommusic. Hopefully we can make it soon. We were just in TN this month and did some moonshine tasting. That was a lot of fun.</p>
<p>Long ago participants. … I’m looking for that funny post of what it’s like when your freshman comes home from college for winter break. I can’t find it. Anyone?</p>
Reopened.
Ok, old-timers, I don’t know if I ever participated in this thread back in the day…tell us how it works. 
What’s the premise here???
From Post #1 of this thread:
I think we spend enough time planning, worrying, obsessing, beating ourselves up, and making our children crazy. I think we should have a place to go 24/7 for Happy Hour. Sinners Alley Happy Hour should be used to tell about something that went right, or tell an amusing anecdote, or maybe a joke. The emphasis should be on fun and if you want to be taken seriously, it is probably not the right place to hang out. (Can you hear the Cheers theme music playing in the background?)
Sinners Alley may be located in a disreputable section of CC town near Confidentlia College. It may even be the coffee house in Confidentlia College. I cant remember if we have one. (Do we have a bar?) Here in Sinners Alley we only have a few rules, and they will be flexible since it is unlikely that anyone will follow them anyway. I propose that we start with the following:
Rule 1. Do not post sad stories, complaints, express anger, frustration, etc. unless you can make it funny. And I dont mean ironic funny, better laugh than cry. At least I dont think I mean that there could be exceptions.
Rule 2. Jokes might be okay, but they should be good, and I suspect puns will be quickly outlawed.
Rule 3. Amusing personal anecdotes, stories about us or loved ones are preferred. These do not have to be current events, and they can be repeated from other threads. Most valued will be the anecdotes that remind us to keep all this in perspective and have a little fun along the way.
Rule 4. Sharing wonderful news and inspirational stories will only be allowed if they are tempered by a funny twist. So if you came back from injury to make the winning shot, you had to get re-injured when your teammates leaped on you in their excitement. If you were crowned prom queen/king, you had to mount the stage with TP stuck to your shoe. You cant share these stories unless you can now laugh about them or your therapist makes you do it.
Rule 5. Truth is encouraged, but embellishment and exaggeration is supported if it makes a better story. And of course, names can be changed to protect the innocent (and guilty.)
Thank you @MaineLonghorn !!! What a welcome sight!!
Just bookmarked this thread. Great timing!
I’m going to an IRL girls wine night tonight but love the ability to have virtual happy hour start any time of day ; )
yippee!!!
This was bookmarked so I must have been her before…but you know the years have passed and I do not have a clue what I might have written.
That’s ok, @oregon101 , I’m sure nobody else remembers either. I’ll buy a round for the house once a few more people show up!
I’m here, over in the corner tipping back a few. Don’t ask me about my day, I can’t make it amusing just yet.
I’m here! Thanks, @MaineLonghorn, for reopening. Happy to buy a round. Feel free to toast my success in waiting to explode until I could reach a safe distance when, over the long weekend, I overheard S2 (who is 17) begin a sentence to a friend, "When you’ve been doing laundry as long as I have. . . ". I have no idea what followed because, obviously, I had to make a quick getaway. 