Roll Call

All I can say is, I am extremely jealous!

"Taniwha grrrl" wrote in message
...
middletree wrote:

You're from New Zealand? You have probably heard this a
few times,
but I am a latecomer to the Lord of the Rings movies, and
now I want
to see NZ! What an incredible place it seems to be.

Of course, I don't know if I'll ever make it there, but I
would love
to. So how close are you to that scenery? Or is the whole
country
like that?

lol We have lived and breathed LOTR for the last 5 years, it
sort of hasn't sunk in it's all over yet.
I'm very close to many of the filming locations. Peter
Jackson lives in Wellington where I live and where Weta
studios are located, and also where many of the 'stars'
lived while they were here. He did a fair few of the
location shoots locally.
Isengard is at the begining of the road where I live,
otherwise known as Harcourt Park. My kids play there often
(we were there yesterday in fact) and we had our wedding
photos taken in the gardens. Helm's Deep was filmed at a
quarry just of the motor way into my city, it was an amazing
set to behold when it was up, it's been down a year or so
now. Rivendell is filmed close to me at Kaitoke park, what
we locals call the Waterworks, a favourite local picnic spot
and where my husband also lived for many years. The river
Anduin runs through our property and is actually the Hutt
River. Everyone local knows someone who is either in the
films or worked on them so we kind of feel like we are are a
part of them. Glad you liked them and our country :-)


--
Andrea

If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a
horrible warning.

Jumping in a little late here but here it goes:

I am Michelle(33) and my DH of almost 8 years is Jimmy(36). With the help of a
wonderful Dr, IVF(w/ICSI) and God, we concieved Riley Claire and James Michael
in October 2000 after several years of infertility treatments. They were
delivered into our arms via c-section on June 19, 2001 at 35 weeks gestation.

After 10 days in NICU Riley came home and has kept us on our toes ever since.
James had some health issues in addition to his prematurity, but was able to
join our home at 2 weeks old. He has since amazed us and his Dr's and is
expected to live a long and healthy life. Again with the help of God!

DH is the general manager of a specialized medical equiptment co and he travels
a bit. I am currently a SAHM and could not be happier with my promotion. We
live in Westchester County NY (about 40 minutes north of NYC).

We have just celebrated our 3rd Christmas with our children and become more and
more amazed with the new things they teach us every single day.

recent photo in hyperlink below!



Michelle
Mommy to Riley Claire & James Michael
A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/twinzmommie/myhomepage/brag.html"Michelle's
Little Sweeties/A

Jumping in a little late here but here it goes:

I am Michelle(33) and my DH of almost 8 years is Jimmy(36). With the help of a
wonderful Dr, IVF(w/ICSI) and God, we concieved Riley Claire and James Michael
in October 2000 after several years of infertility treatments. They were
delivered into our arms via c-section on June 19, 2001 at 35 weeks gestation.

After 10 days in NICU Riley came home and has kept us on our toes ever since.
James had some health issues in addition to his prematurity, but was able to
join our home at 2 weeks old. He has since amazed us and his Dr's and is
expected to live a long and healthy life. Again with the help of God!

DH is the general manager of a specialized medical equiptment co and he travels
a bit. I am currently a SAHM and could not be happier with my promotion. We
live in Westchester County NY (about 40 minutes north of NYC).

We have just celebrated our 3rd Christmas with our children and become more and
more amazed with the new things they teach us every single day.

recent photo in hyperlink below!



Michelle
Mommy to Riley Claire & James Michael
A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/twinzmommie/myhomepage/brag.html"Michelle's
Little Sweeties/A

"Gretchen" wrote in message
...
Hi Jack, I tried to post to you individually but it came back. Congrats
on
your recent aliyah; I was an olah hadasha 8 years ago; we've been back in
the States for almost 2 years now. My twins were born in Israel
(Beilinson)
and baby was born in the States. If you need a friendly ear of someone
who
has been there/done that the culture shock, feel free to email us.
Happy Hanukkah! Gretchen

Thanks Gretchen!

I dont provide my real e mail in my Usenet use, just leads to MANY unwanted
things in the mail box.

Belinson Hospital in Petach Tikva?
They recently changed it's name to Rabin if I am not mistaken.

What made you go back to the states ( as if i don't have some kind of idea
after 6 months)
Did you mary an Israeli?
How did the whole thing happen.
You can reply to havivijl at hotmail dot com if you would like.


Jack

"Gretchen" wrote in message
...
Hi Jack, I tried to post to you individually but it came back. Congrats
on
your recent aliyah; I was an olah hadasha 8 years ago; we've been back in
the States for almost 2 years now. My twins were born in Israel
(Beilinson)
and baby was born in the States. If you need a friendly ear of someone
who
has been there/done that the culture shock, feel free to email us.
Happy Hanukkah! Gretchen

Thanks Gretchen!

I dont provide my real e mail in my Usenet use, just leads to MANY unwanted
things in the mail box.

Belinson Hospital in Petach Tikva?
They recently changed it's name to Rabin if I am not mistaken.

What made you go back to the states ( as if i don't have some kind of idea
after 6 months)
Did you mary an Israeli?
How did the whole thing happen.
You can reply to havivijl at hotmail dot com if you would like.


Jack

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says...

[...]

Jon (34) and Donna (31) with b/g twins born May 25th of this year. I
mostly lurk here every once in a while. I'm not sure where all my free
time went! ;-)

We live in Des Moines, Iowa.

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I'm Jonathan Wolgamuth, and I approved this message.

In article ,
says...

[...]

Jon (34) and Donna (31) with b/g twins born May 25th of this year. I
mostly lurk here every once in a while. I'm not sure where all my free
time went! ;-)

We live in Des Moines, Iowa.

--
I'm Jonathan Wolgamuth, and I approved this message.

Barbara here, with twin daughters, C and J. They're wonderful toddling
one year olds who are also cared for by their stay at home dad (my
wonderful DH). We live in the greater Toronto area.
I mostly lurk here, but can't contain myself to merely reading all the
time....
Happy holidays,
Barbara

Barbara here, with twin daughters, C and J. They're wonderful toddling
one year olds who are also cared for by their stay at home dad (my
wonderful DH). We live in the greater Toronto area.
I mostly lurk here, but can't contain myself to merely reading all the
time....
Happy holidays,
Barbara

Hi All!
I'm Kim (37), and married to Mike (40). I posted here a couple of times
during my pregnancy while spending 13 long weeks on bedrest. Our twin
girls, Margaret Ann (Maggie) and Madison Grace (Maddie) were born at 34W
on 9/21/03. Both girls were fine weighing i at 4'9 and 4'7 and came home
tojoin their 3 siblings, Liz (15), Kris (13), and Mikey (8). The twins
are doing wonderful and now at 14 weeks old weigh in at 11'13 and 10'15.
Life has sure gotten busy!!! Sometimes I wish I could get just a couple
of those bedrest days back! Anyway, I lurk here almost daily looking for
words of wisdom from more experienced twin parents. Glad to join in!
Kim Twin Girls 9/21/03