Baby Jones

Mark and Alison were spotted in the pool Monday afternoon despite her being past her due date. Our youngest team member is scheduled for delivery Friday.

Baby shower

We had a great BBQ yesterday, the weather was sunny and we had lots of food and drinks and a great time. Here is a group photo during our garden tour. Much thanks to chef Fitz and Kathleen for Hosting the event!!!

Great Practice!

Great practice Tuesday, we had 17 swimmers in the pool! The BBQ/ Shower is next Saturday, we have an RSVP from 18 people. If you haven't yet, sign up for a dish to share on the pool deck. See everyone there...

Rumors from the block

*Tom got a huge tattoo on his back
*17 swimmers showed up at practice last night despite the chilly weather
*The pump blew up at the Winter park YMCA and and old team mate Debi stopped by
*Alison and Mark's baby is due in just over 4 weeks
*The girls on the team have been outnumbering the boys
*There will be no white elephant gift exchange at the BBQ

MOO BBQ/ Baby shower

We would like to get together for an afternoon BBQ to celebrate the upcoming arrival of our newest team member- Jack Jones. Alison and Mark will be our guests of honor. Please feel free to bring your significant other. We will have a few fun games and lunch.
Gifts are not required, but if you would like to bring a little something they are registered at Target.
***If baby Jack decides to come early we will re-schedule***
We will have a sign up sheet for side dishes on the pool deck, If you did not receive an E-vite please give us your e-mail address on deck.

Kathleen's House
518 Oxford Ct., Orlando, FL 32803
Saturday, February 2, 12:00PM

Thursday Practice

We had a nice holiday swim Thursday and Alison Brought cookies for when we were done.
5 Swimmers came for the fun. Mark Alison Harry Colin Diane
It is a little chilly outside, but the water was nice. Hope to see everyone next Thursday.

Holiday Swim Schedule

We're only going to have practices on Thursday for the next two weeks.
The Y will be open all day on New Year's Day, we may have a casual
practice in the afternoon, check the blog for Details.

On the other days - Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year's Eve - the Y will be closed so practice will not be an option. Normal practice schedule will resume on January 3, 2007

Just a reminder. The 2008 registration forms are now on the Florida Masters site. In order to swim in any Masters competition, you need to be registered with USMS. Please use the link below to access our form. Fill it out, print it, and bring it to me along with your registration fee (please make checks out to Masters of Orlando) and you'll be all set.

http://www.floridalmsc.org/Registration/MOO.htm

Below are some upcoming meets/events to also think about:

January: USMS One-hour Postal. Must be swum during January at local pools. (For all you distance swimmers, I'd like to see if there's any interest in doing this!)

Feb. 16-17 / SCY: Dixie Zone SCY Championships/SUN Masters Valentine Meet. Clearwater FL

Feb. 29-Mar. 2 / SCY: Masters Challenge. Ft. Lauderdale FL (

Apr. 12-13 / SCY: St. Pete Masters SCY Championships. St. Petersburg FL

May 15-18 / SCY: YMCA Masters Nationals. Ft. Lauderdale FL

Holiday Party

We had a great holiday party last night.
Thanks to Sean for hosting and to everyone for the goodies, and all the fun

-Paper plate awards were presented
-Teresa made some yummy rum and milk drink
-Virginia Tech Mark made a great Jello thing, but I don't think he eats Jello
-Sean made lots of delicious ziti
-The hot white elephant gift this year was a digital sudoku game
-Yuko wants us to keep her company at the lake swim despite brushing up against slimebo yesterday
-Diane took forever to set up the group photo, which should be posted too
-Everyone wore their paper hats this year
-Apparently they don't do white elephant gift exchanges in Japan

A great time was had by all!!!

Holiday Party

Hope you've picked your white elephant gift. We hope to see everyone at 7pm at Sean's house Thursday December 12, we are eating and drinking instead of swimming!!!

7pm

A Star Amongst Us!

Many many congratulations to Greg for winning a Suncoast Emmy for his news special: Killer Tornados- you deserve this win and so much more!!

Holiday Party

Host: MOO!
Location: Sean's Casa
2523 Kilgore St., Orlando, FL 32803 US
When: Thursday, December 13, 7:00PM

Come one, come all to the annual MOO Party! Feel free to bring a friend!
This year we will be having a Pot Luck. Our gracious host Sean is supplying some sort of pasta delicacy.
What to bring:
Everyone should bring a little something - for the White Elephant Gift Exchange-price limit- $10. Past items include: dashboard hula girls, lotto tickets, and many other trinkets and treasures.

If your last name starts with A-L please bring a side dish/ salad.

If you are M-Z- Please bring a desert or other tasty treat.
~BYOB~

** There will not be practice on the 13th!**

IF you did not get the e-vite please e-mail one of us!

Holiday Party update

Greetings!
The air temp is dropping, the heaters are cranking at the pool and the holidays will soon be upon us. For those of you new to MOO, each December we have a Holiday Party complete with a White Elephant Gift Exchange, food and merriment. Previously this has been held at swimmers' homes and last year, a restaurant. The question now is when- thanks to those of you who have already offered up your abodes! In the past we have met on the weekends and on a weeknight in place of practice.
So, the question is, what works best for all of you- weekend or weeknight. Let us know so we can get this set in stone.

Top 10 awards

Congratulations to all of our MOO swimmers who made the Dixie Zone top 10 this Year!!!
Colin, Sean, Greg, Tom, Wayne, Kathleen, Sarah, Teresa, Ryan and Diane

Patches have been ordered and will be passed out at our holiday party.
Time and date to follow shortly.

As a team we hold 45 places in the top 10 for Long Course Meters.
Great job team!!!