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Live and Breathe
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Sep 15, 2008 7:02am
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Wow,waht a blast to meet everyone that I've only seen as names on the boards!
Kudos to the organizers for such a killer weekend! I know that was a lot of work.
Wassa-you absolutely crack me up! You're great. Shilo-you are the sweetest,it was a pleasure to meet you. Der Mad-great job with the music! Thank you for putting that together.
Maiden,buppsters,Marm and Campfire Lady,you guys are so great to hang out with every time I see you. You're awesome!
Loved the new friends I made while there. There was some really great folks there and I'm soooo glad I went.
To everryone who was there,thanks for a memorable time! Hope we get to do it again!
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Reply to: #282487 by Serenade
Sep 15, 2008 8:56am
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I'll second that emotion- this was an outrageous event, from the boxes to the people to the organizers. 3 days was SUCH a tease- I can think of about 50 people without even trying that I'd like to hit the trails with some more- unfortunately most of them are on the other side of the country!
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Reply to: #282544 by Poodle Circus
Sep 15, 2008 9:12am
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Sounds like there should be an event similiar in nature on the eastern side of the country... hmmm food for thought.
mud
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Reply to: #282552 by mudflinginfools
Sep 15, 2008 9:18am
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Sounds like there should be an event similiar in nature on the eastern side of the country... hmmm food for thought.

Do you really want to go there???

Do we need to get a committee together???

Swap off on each coast each year???

Happydaze
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Reply to: #282556 by Happy Daze
Sep 15, 2008 9:19am
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Do you really want to go there???

My business card does say event planner....

: )
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Reply to: #282557 by mudflinginfools
Sep 15, 2008 9:23am
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But next year is the LB Con......

What do you think???

Ray
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Reply to: #282558 by Happy Daze
Sep 15, 2008 9:29am
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I'm not planning an event for next year - you are ; )
THANK YOU L&B COMITY!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sep 15, 2008 9:35am
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We have never been more EXHAUSTED!!!
Thank you so much for all the wonderful fun it took you 2 YEARS to plan!!

We had SO MUCH fun!!
We can't thank you enough!!!
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Reply to: #282562 by Team Springamajack
Sep 15, 2008 9:48am
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Never before have I traveled hundreds of miles, shared a cabin with 22 strangers and only two bathrooms, survived on less than 6 hours of sleep for an entire weekend, come home with poison ivy, and had so much fun!!! Lizman was asking me on the plane ride home if this was going to be an annual event because he wanted to come back next year. Coming out of the mouth of a 14 year old that is a GIGANTIC compliment! A huge thank you from Idaho for an over the top superb weekend!!! We were blown away with the entire event and wished that it had not ended.

Thank you!

Blackvelvetrav & Lizman
Boise, Idaho
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Reply to: #282564 by Blackvelvetrav
Sep 15, 2008 9:52am
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come home with poison ivy

What you got is Poison Oak...no poison ivy out here.
Oatmeal baths help some, I hope it doesn't spread!
So glad you had such a good time! Words fail me I had so much fun.

KI
Spiralseekers
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Reply to: #282562 by Team Springamajack
Sep 15, 2008 9:54am
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We had SO MUCH fun!!
We can't thank you enough!!!

I agree wholeheartedly! Triple T, Serenade and I had way too much fun meeting everyone, boxing, exchanging, shmoozing and laughing!

THANK YOU, Committee - for your long hours of planning & prep, worry, stress, time away from your families, money, heartache, and love & care - it really showed!

Y'all ROCK!

Now - EVERYONE POST YOUR PICTURES!!!!

~SHH :-)
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Reply to: #282562 by Team Springamajack
Sep 15, 2008 9:55am
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i couldn't agree more! i haven't stop talking about it, thinking about it, flipping through my log book, flipping through my camera, or planning my new stamps and atcs. This was the most fun i've had in years. And defintiely brought me out of the funk i've been in for the last 2 months. Thanks so much to everyone that made this weekend such an amazing time for so many people!
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Reply to: #282557 by mudflinginfools
Sep 15, 2008 10:01am
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so does mine =) hehe, and i love this idea... (when do we start! haha)
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Reply to: #282562 by Team Springamajack
Sep 15, 2008 10:02am
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SEE how tired I am!! I can't even spell Committee right! GEEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reply to: #282575 by Red Pixie
Sep 15, 2008 10:15am
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If you plan it they/we will come!
Grumpy Grinch
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Reply to: #282564 by Blackvelvetrav
Sep 15, 2008 10:19am
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Lizman was asking me on the plane ride home if this was going to be an annual event because he wanted to come back next year.

Capperpillar blue also asked if we could come back next year. :)

Such an amazing weekend and it went by way too fast! We could have spent at least another whole day there. There were so many things that we wanted to do but just didn't have time for.

Thanks so much!!

Capperpillar
Re: THANK YOU L&B COMITY!! (Go Waverly!!!)
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Reply to: #282564 by Blackvelvetrav
Sep 15, 2008 10:41am
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…shared a cabin with 22 strangers and only two bathrooms

How did the committee come up with this combination of characters? We are glad they did.

Waverly-ites,

We echo Blackvelvetrav’s comments (except for the poison oak) about the weekend being superb. Thanks for the good times, memories, and new friendships. Ya’ll rock!

Spike (& Yiker & Coondra, too)
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Reply to: #282564 by Blackvelvetrav
Sep 15, 2008 10:49am
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come home with poison ivy,

You weren't in Oregon if you went home with poison ivy! But you might have caught some poison oak. Or ran across some stinging nettle, there was lots of that on the trail.

There were so many boxers that I did not get to meet! But the ones that I did get to meet and even better to box with made my trip, made the event the best yet.

Now to recover.

Mystic Dreamer
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Reply to: #282604 by Mystic Dreamer
Sep 15, 2008 10:57am
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haha yeah i have a blister on my hand from where i practically grabbed a nettle... ouch!
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Reply to: #282610 by Red Pixie
Sep 15, 2008 11:00am
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I also want to add my thanks.
The effort you guys put into this was simply incredible! We had an amazing time and wished we'd had more time because we didn't even make a dent in the boxes or exchanges. But what we did get was awesome and we can't thank you enough for such a phenomenal weekend!

~Baby Bookworm, Bookworms and Flat Stanley
East Coast Event - was Re: Live and Breathe
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Reply to: #282583 by Grumpy Grinch
Sep 15, 2008 11:12am
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What Grumpy Grinch Said.
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Reply to: #282615 by The Ws
Sep 15, 2008 11:20am
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Thinking, thinking...

First step to planning....

mud
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Reply to: #282620 by mudflinginfools
Sep 15, 2008 11:25am
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Thinking, thinking...

First step to planning....

Location, location, location.

*S
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Reply to: #282622 by BrewHiker
Sep 15, 2008 11:37am
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Adirondacks...of course!! In September, it will be beautiful there.... there is a Scout camp right outside Tupper Lake....

Maple Leaf Red ...who really likes the scenery up there in the fall
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Reply to: #282620 by mudflinginfools
Sep 15, 2008 12:05pm
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I am not a party planner mud...but if you go that way, I would help if I could! :D
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Reply to: #282628 by Maple Leaf Red
Sep 15, 2008 12:27pm
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who really likes the scenery up there in the fall

Fall being the key word here.
Anything in July or early August might very well force people to choose between an East Coast event and LBCon.
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Reply to: #282676 by GreatBigSabres
Sep 15, 2008 12:56pm
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Fall never being my word . . . it leaves out all the teachers and most of the kid boxers who have to be in school. LBCON is in July . . . why not late August? Other vacations vary nationally, even regionally . . . We already had to lose out on Live & Breathe (and I do understand why) but let's try not to do that again!
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Reply to: #282694 by The Travelers 4
Sep 15, 2008 12:57pm
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there are a ton of eastern schools that start in early august, so that wouldn't solve the problem of teachers and kids in school, unfortunately.
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Reply to: #282694 by The Travelers 4
Sep 15, 2008 1:00pm
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Late August still could leave out lots of boxers. School starts around here (Asheville, NC) by Aug. 15th.

The Adirondacks would be great for a location. I've only been there once in my life and loved it.
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Reply to: #282698 by knit wit
Sep 15, 2008 1:06pm
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Part of the reason that Live and Breathe was in the fall was because all of the camps that are viable for something of this nature all full all summer long. AND if you plan it the same year as LBCon, you're going to be making people choose between them, even if they are in different months. People from the West Coast are going to be very unlikely to fly east twice in the same year.

Maiden