Saturday 14 November 2009 Tetley has been preparing his new dining room for the big feast. Today he invited Salty over for some advice on extra chairs. Note that you can't put things on the Mideival tables.
Here's SnoCone's dining room from Thanksgiving 2008:
You may recall that Franklin, our MerrytimeTrader, has been sailing solo for nearly a year now. A number of readers have remarked on his very crowded ship’s deck with no doors. Franklin’s travels have mostly taken him to destinations in the South Pacific, as his Kinz Clock is set to the Asian time zone. As you can imagine, Franklin has been a little lonely in recent months, during long stretches at sea with no one to talk with (in fact, some might even say it drove him a little batty!). When he does make port, he strikes up conversations with other Webkinz he meets.
One of Franklin’s favorite dining partners has been Watson, a British detective who specializes in matters of international intrigue. Franklin was pleased to once again see Watson on his most recent stay in Singapore, and offered him passage back to the U.K.
Watson is working in a very big case, and has set up the chalkboard and corkboard in his quarters to continue to study the evidence. He often invites Franklin to act as a sounding board to test his theories.
Sunday 08 November 2009
Those of you who've been following our story since last year (Sugarplum's Seasonal Celebration), will remember our favorite Holiday Baker, Jingle. Jingle is so excited about the upcoming winter holidays that she has expanded from her Jolly Jellybean Kitchen (posts 15 and 17) into a full service Sweet Shoppe:
Enjoying Jingle's delicious creations are Dasher the reindeer, Stella the clydesdale, Sugarplum the polar bear, Parson Brown the snowman, Captain Largo the manatee, Blizzard the samoyed, Tuxington the penguin, and Twining the elephant.
Here's Jingles Jolly Jellybean Kitchen from December 2008:
Saturday 07 November 2009
Spangle and Murphey are studying dental health. They've been diligently brushing, flossing, and rinsing after all that Halloween candy!
After weeks of dressing like a dwarf and sleeping on the floor with a dragon, Professor Higgins has returned to his lab to investigate the effects of time travel on brain chemistry:
Our favorite frightening feline, Shadow, has retreated to her hideaway for some rest and relaxation following this year's Halloween festivities. She has been soaking in the hot tub and pretending she is Cleocatra.
Sunday 01 November 2009
Finally added a thread directory at end of posts 1, 3, and 8. Next project is links for quick jumping... a big thanks to Miss Spots for the great advice!
28 October 2009
Ghost Hunt in the "Bat Cave"
18 October 2009
Darwin and Spangle are telling fortunes for Murphy and Spike in Darwin's Spooky Sunken Ship Saloon. Spangle added the Pumpkin Candle Chairs.
11 October 2009
It was a dark and stormy night...
(to borrow a line from Snoopy, in Charles Schultz's famous Peanuts cartoon). Shadow, our favorite frightening feline, is practicing her clarvoyant cat skills, with Hobbes, the Pumpkin-Tiger:
04 October 2009
Sing-Along in the Purple Parlor
Snow White (Matilda the monkey) accompanies the crew as Shadow and Severus lead a rousing round of Pumpkin Carols. We're SO glad they brought back the pipe organ this year!
27 September 2009
What a difference a year makes! Last year we were new to WW, and Shadow and Severus were beside themselves with anticipation of some Halloween furniture. They hosted a Spooktacular contest to see all the awesome Halloween decorating possibilities from their friends here at WI. This year, they're starting the harvest season with a lively get-together at Shadow's Leaky Cauldron Grille:
20 September 2009
Happy FallFest !!
Higgins, the St. Bernard, really enjoys catching those falling leaves. He loved the country grocery store theme for this year's fallfest room. He's ready to serve up a harvest feast to his friends:
2008's Fallfest room got adopted (and transformed a little) by Peter Parker, the Gekko:
11 September 2009
Imagine how surprised the crew was to find colorful autumn leaves in the pool garden! Oxford took a swim to savor the last days of summer...
Eagle, Buzz Aldren celebrated the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 gardening by starlight . . . And back again by daylight on the first day of Autumn Leaves. Here's an October update. Buzz and Orville are enjoying the new Scarecrow costumes.
Check out Buzz's Blog on post 42 (page 5) for tips on gardening for Kinzcash.
Thanks for visiting! We're SO glad you stopped in! Would appreciate any advice or comments you have. Also, any links to great rooms we'd love to see...
Tetley, our resident wizard, likes to begin his Saturdays by checking his crystal ball for happenings in WW.
Imagine his delight to find a packing peanut assault has been launched against Ganz HQ in Toronto, by none other than the Elephant Justice League, sponsored by our favorite creative genius, Hmm!
Check out Hmm’s threads for this glorius list of great grey grievances, as well as her brilliant pirate ship house thread:
After reading the grievances of his friends and colleagues, Tetley thought about what he might do to help the cause… As noted by Hmm and BjornTorunn, packing peanuts are difficult to transport in large quantities, since, due to their very low bulk density, they take up a large volume.
Tetley thought he might be able to supply the assault brigade with their artificial legumes in a higher density, but expandable form: packing peanut pellets. These enable the transporation of 100 times more peanuts in the same volume container. Tetey is providing vacuum-packed canisters to the Elephant justice league. When the troops open the pull-tab top, exposing the pellets to air, they inflate to 100X their size, and form their familiar peanut shape. One note of caution: it is critical to pour the pellets out of the container quickly, before the ones on the surface expand so much they get stuck in the can!
As Tetley tinkered in his lab, filling and vacuum paking canisters of peanut pellets, he thought of an improvement on his invention: delayed release packing peanut pellets. As Tetley imgined them, packing peanuts, very appropriately designed for their day-job, with their fluffy and bulky form, are not very aerodynamic. So they may be distance challenged when launched from cannons, and other missile launchers. They would fly much straighter and further in their compressed form. But the beauty of the peanuts in their expanded form is that thtey induce uncontrollable laughter, so how to deliver the peanuts in their aerodynamic compressed form, but have them expand upon delivery? "Better living through chemistry" has always been Tetley's motto. A nice filmcoating of HPMC (hydroxypropylmethylcellulose) might do the trick. About 1% weight gain should be enough to keep the pellets intact as they fly through the air, but erode away on the journey, allowing the influx of air to expand the peanuts to their full glory upon delivery. Thanks again to Hmm and the other members of the Elephant Justice League for giving us this fun tactical problem to think about!
07 February 2009
An unexpected find at Arte's . . .
So there I was, doing my dailies late at night, after a long day, when Arte offered me 2 items I'd never seen before: theater seats, and a Dex Dangerous standee! I wondered if Arte had a new rare theme! Wow, I just had to snap these up! Well, I'm sure you know the rest of the story . . . most of you found these in the W-Shop, I'm guessing around Wednesday. It took me till Friday night, when my Asian account showed them on the front page of the newspaper to realize this is a new W-Shop theme... Moral of the story: Check in with WI more often!
Anyway, Salty's crew is enjoying a February Movie Night!
17 January 2009:
It's been a week of post-holiday gift-giving here at the Seaside.
With the winterfest snowflakes falling, our little crew has bee finding some great surprises!
Jingle was SO excited to catch a snowflake rug that she, of course, presented to her big sister, Sugarplum, as a present for the holiday dining room!
Jingle hopes you will read her Holiday story on post #15!
Follow all the winter festivities on post #17!
Spike got a 10th token from the Wheel of Wishes this morning, and used it to wish for this gemstone comet coffee table to give to Spangle for her room:
Jingle and Sugarplum were delighted to receive this hot air balloon via kinzpost from their friend, Buzz Aldren, who is off sailing the seven seas! (update 10/25/09: Tetley and Jingle have invited Sugarplum and Blizzard over for afternoon tea.
11 January 2009: Surprise Saturday Shipwreck! Had to keep up with Hmm and Miss Spots, I guess! (though I'm not suggesting this is as creative as both of their exquisite underwater entries.... and then there's Lollies - too awesome for words!!! Check them all out!) Have been admiring this e-store shipwreck on both of their house threads: This one washed up on the beach about a hundred years ago... Spike and Darwin just love the beach in winter!
Sunday 11 Jan 2009:
Welcome Spangle, American Golden!
Spike, Darwin, and George are so delighted to have a GIRL in the house!
Spike and Darwin updated thei Captain's quarters
before they invited Spangle for some checkers and go-fish.
Meanwhile, over at the Eagle's nest,
Cardinal, Orville Wright has been brightening up Buzz Aldrens Digs
with a touch of red here and there:
24 January 2009
A NEW WEBKINZ was adopted: Welcome Franklin Connelly, Bald Eagle,
champion of saving the historic courthouse in Seneca County, Ohio. semi-retired bean-counter, and "merrytimetrader". Franklin is sailing solo for now, traveling the seven seas on my new Asian account.
And 8 months later, Franklin Conelly, Merrytime Trader, is just about bursting out of his one-room ship:
31 October 2009
Captain Clarence has invited the Ghost Ship Crew to his quarters for a little Trick or Treat gathering:
23 December 2008
Welcome Orville Wright: CARDINAL!
Post #18, Page 2
Orville has moved in with Eagle and resident Cleveland Browns/ Philly Eagles fan, Buzz Aldren. Orville will be residing on post #18 (page 2) of this thread, while Buzz Aldren has been living on Post #42 (page 5) since September 1st.
Buzz is very glad to finally have a companion, after 3 months of living alone in WW. Finally! Someone with whom to discuss the NFL play-offs!
Buzz will be settled in with his Terrible Towel on Superbowl Sunday, eating Heinz mustard on his O-riginal hot dog, and rooting for the Pittsburgh Steelers!
Come on in and do some armchair quarterbacking with Buzz on his Blog on Post #42!
Check out the rest of Buzz's house, and read his blog on Gardening, the economy, and football on post #42, page 5!
Gardening for Fun and Profit. . .
Also on post #42, Buzz has updated his blog with his own data showing the relative pay-back period for each crop...
Shadow, our favorite Halloween Showcase Hostess,
you may recall has taken up residence in Tetley's Fountain Gallery, where she loves to curl up with a good book. Over the holidays, Shadow received several gifts from Arte's Curio Shop, and the Gallery is starting to look much less empty!
December 2008 Winter Festivities MOVED to POST #17!
Re: Salty’s SeaSide Shack ~ 15 Rooms to Start: Please wander through ~ Would appreciate your comments and suggestions!
Great Shack Salty! I loved the little story you told for each room. Awesome job with the decor and thanks for sharing your Wonderful Webkinz Home with us.
Re: Salty’s SeaSide Shack: Our Story From the Beginning . . .
Okay, now lets take it from the top . . .
Originally posted August 2008:
Salty and I have been in Webkinz World since 26 January 2008. Salty was a Christmas present from my niece. Salty is a yellow lab who loves sailing, swimming, playing at the beach, and pretending she’s a pirate. When Salty and I first joined Webkinz World, in January 2008, it was during the last few days of Winterfest. The beautiful blue artwork falling from the sky on floating snowflakes inspired Salty to decorate her first room in winter blues. As I recall, the value-pricing ofthe cool blue and white striped furniture also influenced the early decorating decision!
Here’s the beach, where the crew likes to get together for some fun in the sun.
Salty’s first BFF was a chocolate lab named Splash. After swimming, Splash’s favorite pastime is cooking. She especially enjoys attempting to solve Chef Gazpacho’s Secret Recipez. Here’s Splash, serving lunch in her Diner / Sandwich Shop. “mmmm… Good Eats!”
01 March 2009: Splash's specials this month are:
Ainbowray Canape
Poppaballoo
Chortletorte
The next additions to our Webkinz family were Hobbes the Tiger, and Tetley the Elephant. The crew of four became fond of games, like Billiards, Go Fish, Link’d, Checkers, and of course, Dogbeard’s Bathtub Battles! Here they are enjoying a relaxing evening in their game room:
One of Splash's favorite rooms for entertaining is the Sunny Breakfast and Birthday Party Room. With seating for nearly 20, plus the handy kitchenette, it's perfect for hosting a crowd!
31 January 2009: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, SALTY!!
This week marked Salty's (and Spike's) first anniversary in WW! They were delighted to put their wish tokens into Amanda Panda's machine! Salty's 9 housmates helped her celebrate in their sunny birthday party room:
After Salty and I joined WebkinzInsider, we started entering Salty in some of the Fabulous Fashion Contests we found on this forum. Salty really enjoyed playing dress-up, and in the process, accumulated quite an extensive wardrobe! She quickly outgrew the small storage space in her sleeping rooms, and eventually started dedicating medium sized rooms to clothing storage...
Here's Salty's closet (1 of 2!):
Tetley, the pet of the Month for June, turned out to be a bit of a collector. He quickly made friends with Arte Fact, but had a modest allowance with which to collect. Last Saturday, he picked up the Alchemists stove in the e-store…
updated 23Aug09
July’s pet of the month, a Cheeky Monkey named Junior, soon found a BFF, Matilda the Monkey, in a pack of trading cards. With Monkeys, Elephants, and Tigers, must inevitably follow at least one Jungle Room. . .
04 January 2008
At the prompting of our friend, Hmm. . .
Tetley and Hobbes submitted their Floral Jungle
to the Kinzville Newz contest this morning.
It isn't serious competition for Hmm's AWESOME Underwater Holiday Brunch!
Sunday 14 December 2008
You may recall Shadow, our favorite Showcase hostess, and proprietor of Shadow's Leaky Cauldron Grille. . .
Shadow, like most of our feline friends, loves to find a comfortable place to curl up with a good book. In the aftermath of her famous Spooktacular Halloween Showcase, she began retiring to Tetley's Fountain Gallery for tea and some light reading. Astute readers may recall she brought Tetley the Haunted painting on 11 November, to add to his gallery.
With the elephant fountain on loan to the scating rink, and with shadow becoming a regular visitor, Tetley thought it would be hospitable to invite her to move in for the season.
Shadow just loves reclining on her golden rose beds. Her favorite book this winter is J.K. Rowling's "Tales of Beedle the Bard".
11/02/08
Professor Higgins has been doing Science Under the Stars...
11/16/08 He found an addition to his collection at Arte's today!
The next character in our story is a Golden Retriever named Spike. My DH named him that because the plushie had funny hair that looked somewhat spikey... Spike is a Sailor and Fetcher extrordinaire. A wanna-be pirate like Salty and Sir Henry Morgan, Spike is also very good at ball games, like soccer, volleyball, basketball, and especially FRISBEE! All those high energy activities are balanced by Spike's love of cooking and relaxing at the beach. Here's cousin Spike, serving burgers and Wild Kiwi Sunsets at his Tiki Bar...
Spike was soon joined by Darwin, the Dolphin (more on post eighteen), George, the cheeky monkey, and Spangle, American Golden (first girl in this account). Spangle dreams of being an astronaut when she grows up:
Who among us hasn't dreamed of being an Astronaut? Here's our room for dreaming of being up in the stars... Also, check out post #42, for our newest friend, Buzz Aldren!
As our story continues to unfold, it will be useful to introduce a real world event, in order to better understand the characters. Did you ever give a grownup a Webkinz, because you wanted to share the joy, but it didn’t really take? Well, that’s exactly what happened with my Mom, and that’s how I ended up with a second Webkinz account, with some rather girly characters: a White Polar Bear named Valentine, an Elephant named Twining, and the latest, August POTM, Stella the Clydesdale. I must admit, I’ve enjoyed decorating the girly rooms more than I expected. Here’s Twining at the piano in Valentine’s ballet room:
Saturday, 14 February 2009
Twining gave Valentine (her original name, before she changed it to Sugarplum for the winter holidays) this Sweetheart Symphony Piano from the eStore to celebrate her 1-year anniversary in WW. Valentine just loves the tune: sounds a lot like Pachelbel's Canon.
12/28/08
Jingle and Dasher are having a spot of afternoon Tea.
We like to call this next one our “Head in the Clouds” Room (recently updated with the rainbow coffee table!:
17 January 2009: Update fromTwining's Diner
"Hi Twining!" What are you making today?", Sugarplum wanted to know.
"Happy Saturday, SugarPlum!" Try some of this yummy peppermint hot chocolate!"
"Mmm! Tasty!" proclaimed an appreciative Sugarplum. "This is just the thing to warm up after a morning of catching snowflakes!"
Re: Salty’s SeaSide Shack ~ 15 Rooms to Start: Please wander through ~ Would appreciate your comments and suggestions!
WOW, Thanks for the quick encouragement, AmandaPanda, Wolf814, Mamaof4, and DiamondsRock! You guys are the BEST for posting so quickly! I really feel like someone came in and had a visit!
Gardens for All Seasons . . . (and weather conditions, and times of day!)
Sunday, 23 August 2009
Salty and Splash enjoy a starlight swim in their (old version) e-Store inground pool:
Spike, Darwin, and George enjoy a lazy summer Sunday in their Sunken Ship Pool Garden:
As the weather grew warmer, the crew found they enjoyed sleeping under the stars. We call this one our "Circle of Friends Sleeping Garden":
Sunday, 16 August 2009
Wow, it's been 5 whole months since I've been on WI, and my house thread is still alive!! You guys are the BEST of the BEST!! Thanks for visiting!!! Sorry I've been away for so long, and with no notice! Probably not back yet on a regular basis till Sept., but wanted to share the now e-Store Sailboat pond:
Oxford, my new Pelican, loves the pond in his treetop room. It covers a 4x4 area.
By the light of the silvery moon...
Eagle, Buzz Aldren, is our Gardener Extrordinaire! Check out his tips on Gardening for Kinzcash on post $42!
18 Oct 2008: Valentine has planted a strawberry garden, after reading Buzz Aldren's Blog about gardening for kinzcash...
11 September 2009
Imagine how surprised the crew was to find colorful autumn leaves in the pool garden! Oxford took a swim to savor the last days of summer...
Eagle, Buzz Aldren celebrated the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 gardening by starlight . . .
And back again by daylight on the first day of Autumn Leaves. Here's an October update. Buzz and Orville are enjoying the new Scarecrow costumes.
Check out Buzz's Blog on post 42 (page 5) for tips on gardening for Kinzcash.
Friday 24 October 2008: Severus's Great Pumpkin Patch
The whole crew is out in costume to enjoy the bountiful pumpkin harvest, and await the Great Pumpkin!
and One Year Later . . .
read Severus and Shadow's Terrifically Terrifying Tale; and watch the pumpkin patch grow on Post #26!
04 January 2009
Welcome Gobi the Camel!
Gobi donned a tuxedo for his New Year's Eve debut!
Salty and Splash are hosting a little Garden Party to celebrate Valentine's Day and the hope that Spring is just around the corner! Does anyone know when the snow will melt?
16 Feb 2009: Thanks to JMS40 for the Stone Path idea!
Salty's Seaside Escape 11/24/09: Welcome Watson: Detective Extrordinaire! Jingle's Sweet Shoppe, Shadow's Hideaway, Tetley's Dining Room 
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