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Posted by: mersea 03-Sep-2004, 06:13 AM
Hello,
I am Mersea Ruane-Smith and I live in Norfolk, Va USA. I am 48 yrs into my life, have two sons from the first marriage (both boys are in their twenties), and am now married to my soulmate. We provide a foster home for a No-Kill Dog Rescue in our area and right now we have a little guy, Dylan Webster, who is an afghan/lab/? mix. I am an artist and I have a website to sell my work and greeting cards.

My mother's family is from Ireland and I have been trying to do a family search. I love Ireland, oh so beautiful and mystical. I am hoping that one day I will be able to visit there!

Hope to get to know y'all! (Sorry, I'm from the South, we talk funny! biggrin.gif )

Mersea

Posted by: gaberlunzie 03-Sep-2004, 07:28 AM
Welcome, Mersea!!!
laugh.gif Don't worry at all, we are used to folks from the South and their way of talking (hi, sisA tongue.gif )...
I hope to get to know you better; jump in here and look around, enjoy and make yourself a home! smile.gif

Posted by: sprdleyb 03-Sep-2004, 08:39 AM
Failte Mersea! Southerners don't talk funny. As a displaced southerner now living in Colorado that's music to my ears note.gif . gaberlunzie's right, just jump on in, You won't find a friendly bunch around!

Slainte beer_mug.gif

Posted by: susieq76 03-Sep-2004, 08:43 AM
Welcome Mersea! Lots of us southerners around here cool.gif
Glad to have you in the group biggrin.gif

Posted by: talleyrand 03-Sep-2004, 08:45 AM
QUOTE (sprdleyb @ 03-Sep-2004, 09:39 AM)
You won't find a friendly bunch around!

I for one am offended. I think we are a friendly bunch. wink.gif

Posted by: scotelass 03-Sep-2004, 10:22 AM
Welcome Mersea, you go on with that southern accent, at least on here you won't need to be translated, we understand you, we're family now.....here in Texas we say Howdy, so there you go from one newbie to another.......HOOWDYY!

**THOUGH WITH MY ACCENT YOUR NAME SOUNDS FRENCH!*** biggrin.gif

Posted by: emerald-eyedwanderer 03-Sep-2004, 12:06 PM
Mersea, welcome. Trust me I know us northerners have been made fun of too for our accents. But we're all the same on here, so don't worry. Join in and I hope to see you around. biggrin.gif Cheers beer_mug.gif

Posted by: emerald-eyedwanderer 03-Sep-2004, 12:11 PM
QUOTE (mersea @ 03-Sep-2004, 07:13 AM)
We provide a foster home for a No-Kill Dog Rescue in our area and right now we have a little guy, Dylan Webster, who is an afghan/lab/? mix. I am an artist and I have a website to sell my work and greeting cards.

Oh and...

p.s. I respect you for what you are doing! I think it is great.

p.p.s. What is your site's address? Would love to check it out. biggrin.gif

Posted by: Iago 03-Sep-2004, 12:28 PM
Welcome mersea! You will be hard pressed to find a more inviting group of people! Hope to get to know you better through your posts soon!

Iago

Posted by: Danann 03-Sep-2004, 12:29 PM
Dia Dhuit, Mersea. We like our little world here, and I too am from the south... Deep south though... Alabama.

Welcome to our corner of the net, and hope you enjoy!

Posted by: cori 03-Sep-2004, 02:06 PM
Welcome Mersea! Always glad to see new faces.


QUOTE
You won't find a friendly bunch around! 


I for one am offended. I think we are a friendly bunch. 


I think he meant friendlier bunch. smile.gif And I have found it to be so.



Posted by: talleyrand 03-Sep-2004, 03:18 PM
I'm sure he did mean friendlier, that's why I felt the need to bust his chops. wink.gif

Posted by: Avonlea22 03-Sep-2004, 03:42 PM
Welcome to the forum, Mersea! It was nice to introduce yourself. I hope you enjoy your time here. It's a great place to just hang out and enjoy. Happy posting! biggrin.gif

Posted by: ANNHAM 03-Sep-2004, 05:11 PM
Hi Mersea,
Nice to meet you. I'm new too... just turned 47 & live in Knoxville, TN
Cheers, nne martini.gif
Anne

Posted by: WizardofOwls 03-Sep-2004, 08:15 PM
Hello Mersea and ANNHAM! And faìlte to Celtic Radio! I am from Virginia too, but the opposite end (I live in a little town called Wytheville). I am so glad that you ladies found your way to our little corner of the net! I don't thnk you'll find a nicer bunch of people anywhere on (or off!) the net! Probably because of all that Celtic blood in us! tongue.gif Anyway, I look forward to getting to know you from your posts!

And welcome home!

Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 03-Sep-2004, 09:26 PM
Hello and welcome to Mersea and ANNHAM. I have "folks" in both Virginia and Tenn. I'm just a country boy myself, so sit down and make yourselves to home. Ya'll will fit right in. biggrin.gif Glad to have you around. smile.gif

Posted by: Iago 04-Sep-2004, 12:26 AM
And a hearty welcome to you as well Annham! Glad you found us!

Posted by: gaberlunzie 04-Sep-2004, 05:43 AM
QUOTE (ANNHAM @ 03-Sep-2004, 06:11 PM)
Hi Mersea,
Nice to meet you. I'm new too... just turned 47 & live in Knoxville, TN
Cheers, nne martini.gif
Anne

Big WELCOME to you as well, ANNHAM...I'm glad you joined here. I hope to get to know you better by your posts. Enjoy yourself here. Welcome aboard! smile.gif

Posted by: mersea 04-Sep-2004, 09:06 AM
QUOTE
I am from Virginia too, but the opposite end (I live in a little town called Wytheville).


I love Wytheville! when I was in college (a million years ago) 4 of us crazies set off to got to the NCAA Division Two Basketball Tournaments in Evansville, Indiana...the car we drove in was held together with the masking tape we used to write stuff on the car!!!! We got in the mountains just past Wytheville when the guys car died! It was pitch black and freezing!!!! We had no heat, so we got out of the car and put on all our clothes to keep warm!!!! Someone had called us a tow truck and the guys that came were scarey!!!! I got in the tow truck while the giys stayed in the car....the guy pushed the car down the moutain at about 70 mph! That poor car was shaking so bad I'm surprized the wheels didn't fall off! laugh.gif

We stayed the night in a hotel and the car got fixed the next day then off we went to Indiana! I stole the phone book...at that time most of the phone book (about a 50 page book) was filled with mostly Smiths! And that was my last name! laugh.gif tongue.gif

Someone asked for my website...her she is:

www.aheartofmersea.com.

Posted by: WizardofOwls 04-Sep-2004, 11:31 AM
Glad you've heard of Wytheville! biggrin.gif If you're every back this way, let me know! I'd love to meet ya! And I love your username! I love the sea (I think its a Celtic thing). Isn't mer the french word for sea? Mer-sea! Love it!

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