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Post by Wendy on Aug 31, 2005 15:21:07 GMT -5
Me too, Shan. I am going to call the hotel tomorrow and it gives me this queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach, because I won't be able to stop thinking of Patti pre-arranging this . . . and of how I will NOT be meeting Patti. I still can't really believe it. And yes - Wendy's tribute just could not be better. **nods a lot** When I first called Dana about changing the rooms over to my card and so on, I knew I was going to be telling her why. And I actually rehearsed my little speech briefly before I called, which I know is very odd, but it just felt so . . . . to just call her out of the blue and tell her the news. And I keep having these feelings that Patti would have been so much more together and organized about the hotel and the planning and somehow I should be doing something else and I'm kinda letting her down. You know?You are doing a great job Lola. You are not letting Patti or any of us down. I appreciate you taking care of all this for us. {{Lola}}
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Post by William the Bloody on Sept 7, 2005 22:13:07 GMT -5
**nods a lot** When I first called Dana about changing the rooms over to my card and so on, I knew I was going to be telling her why. And I actually rehearsed my little speech briefly before I called, which I know is very odd, but it just felt so . . . . to just call her out of the blue and tell her the news. And I keep having these feelings that Patti would have been so much more together and organized about the hotel and the planning and somehow I should be doing something else and I'm kinda letting her down. You know?You are doing a great job Lola. You are not letting Patti or any of us down. I appreciate you taking care of all this for us. {{Lola}} Lola... you have done far more than simple "not let us down." You have been great! I absolutely dreaded making the call to the hotel. I reserve the "letting down" part for myself. I haven't been as accessible nor as productive as I should have been. Patti was always my task master. Somehow, through assorted forms of asking, wheedling, begging, stroking my ego and kicking me in the ass, she could always motivate me into action, accomplishing things that needed to be done. She was a great organizer, a great goto girl and about the best friend someone could ever want. Not a day goes by that I don't think of her and miss her, both in selfish and not so selfish ways. Vlad
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Post by Laura on Sept 12, 2005 9:08:26 GMT -5
Dear Patti:
Happy Birthday! We all still love you, and think of you everyday. And, we miss you!
Love, Laura
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Post by Lola m on Sept 12, 2005 16:35:19 GMT -5
You are doing a great job Lola. You are not letting Patti or any of us down. I appreciate you taking care of all this for us. {{Lola}} Lola... you have done far more than simple "not let us down." You have been great! I absolutely dreaded making the call to the hotel. I reserve the "letting down" part for myself. I haven't been as accessible nor as productive as I should have been. Patti was always my task master. Somehow, through assorted forms of asking, wheedling, begging, stroking my ego and kicking me in the ass, she could always motivate me into action, accomplishing things that needed to be done. She was a great organizer, a great goto girl and about the best friend someone could ever want. Not a day goes by that I don't think of her and miss her, both in selfish and not so selfish ways. Vlad Thanks, Vlad. But no scolding yourself either, mister! **takes deep breaths and recites mantra of "we're all different styles and all different people and that's good"**
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Post by Lola m on Sept 12, 2005 16:37:10 GMT -5
, Patti.
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Post by Wendy on Sept 12, 2005 20:43:34 GMT -5
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Sept 14, 2005 6:22:06 GMT -5
I generally steer clear of this board because it's too painful here, but Patti and I used to joke that our birthdays were at exact opposite points in the calendar and our personalities were near exact opposites as well. We used to kid each other that our friendship made no sense since we both got on each other's nerves with amazing regularity.
I miss her so much.
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Post by Shan on Dec 25, 2005 18:52:52 GMT -5
In going through some Christmas stuff, I found a card from Patti from last year. It made me smile that she said how good it was to be both working and playing together on the site. I wonder now if that was before or after she complained to Vlad about the five hundred bajillion GIFs I sent her for the glamour pages..? Merry Christmas from your monster, Patti!
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Post by Wendy on Dec 28, 2005 19:24:01 GMT -5
I've been thinking about Patti quite a bit lately. I'm sure her family missed her terribly over the holidays. I know we all missed her around here. For some reason this picture reminded me of her. I think it was the red hair and the pretty cherub face. Patti, we all love you and think of you often.
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Post by Onjel on Dec 28, 2005 21:42:55 GMT -5
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Patti. We are starting a new year without you present in body, but your spirit lives on in all of us and the board that you loved so well. Thank you.
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Post by SpringSummers on Dec 30, 2005 8:14:27 GMT -5
I thought of Patti a lot yesterday, and re-read the "Chapter 2" she wrote for the Round Robin we did together. It really brought her back to mind so vividly - I miss her so much. I didn't get to have her in my life long enough. But I'm very happy I got to have her in my life at all. Happy New Year, Patti.
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Post by Karen on Dec 31, 2005 0:16:49 GMT -5
Dear Patti, I love you and miss you so much. I knew you for such a short time, but I will remember you always. Peace to you and much love, Karen
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Post by Lola m on Jan 2, 2006 12:23:48 GMT -5
I put Patti's Christmas card from last year up on my mantle again this year, along with all of this year's cards. It was a nice memory.
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Post by Shan on Feb 1, 2006 10:06:03 GMT -5
I had a dream about Patti last night. We were chatting on the porch, but I don't know whose porch or where it was. She seemed quite content and serene, even after I said something very foot-in-mouth (imagine that) because then she laughed at me and I made fun of myself. I don't remember what else we said, but I remember hugging her because she was crying a little bit, but she was also smiling at the same time. I don't know why I recall it, but she was wearing a pretty peach-colored outfit which suited her nicely.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Apr 29, 2006 11:50:27 GMT -5
This is the anniversary of one of the worst weekends of my life. This is the first anniversary of the day I lost one of the best friends I ever hope to have. A lot has happened in a year. A lot has changed. In that time I have not been in a Starbucks or a La Madelaine because those were the places where we frequently met and now those places were always too full of memories. This weekend I'm going to visit both of them. I'm going to sit and I'm going to remember. Neither Patti nor I were ever ones to mince words. We had opposite ideas about many things and we expressed ourselves freely. We both openly acknowledged that we got on each other's nerves with amazing regularity. I could aggravate her with word. She could annoy me with a look. It made us laugh. I wish she were here to annoy me now. Patti. I miss you. I love you.
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