"Q" Is For Queens - Alphabe Thursday, May 13, 2010
Well, I'm not talking about the crowned heads of Europe or anything like that. Elizabeth needn't feel intimidated. When I talk about queens, I am referring to what began as a group of four nurses, of the forensic genre, all good friends, over fifty ( I won't say how far above that milestone we all are - our ages vary ). We started out declaring ourselves "queens" when we cruised on the Monach of the Seas, out of San Pedro, California - perhaps over cocktails ( or several cocktails ). We held our own coronation and the crew of the Monarch soon declared us the Queens of that ship, as well. We began taking our responsiblities seriously, acquiring queenly paraphanalia, pins, pendants, crowns, t-shirts, even wine glasses, earrings, rings. On future voyages, other passengers began asking, "Who are those ladies"? We have inducted new ladies into the queendom but we original four will always be the queen mothers and the supreme rulers. We've talked about allowing males into our court, if they show the proper respect and are willing to be our lackeys but, thus far, a final decision has not been reached.
It has gotten almost to the point of an obsession and has spread to other ships with the transfer of our crew friends about the world. Land venues are now beginning to experience our royal presence whenever we gather together. If there is room in our suitcases, we faithfully take our "queen" wine glasses to use at every opportunity and we wear our queenly garb in order to garner the proper respect. If only there weren't such severe baggage limitations these days, we would have purchased the matching queen martini glasses! If we sense that anyone is thinking, "What a wierd bunch of old whackos", it's off with their heads!
Here we are on the Monarch, complete with our wine glasses. We're wearing our matching cocktail aloha shirts, purchased on a cruise to Hawaii.
Here's just a part of my crown pin collection:
I'm participating in Jenny Matlock's Alphabe Thursday
What a fun thing to collect! They are all so pretty.
ReplyDeleteOh how fun!!! I would love to hang out with the Queens LOL. Love all your queen pins.
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ReplyDeleteDear Carmen,
That is so much fun! Good that you all know your own worth and still have a sense of humour!
Cute crowns!
Best wishes and hugs,
Anna
http://annasadornments.blogspot.com/2010/05/q-as-in-quilts-quartz-abc-wednesday.html
what a WONDERFUL and priceless collection, Carmen...
ReplyDeletepleasure to know you..
Mine is here
Happy Sensational Wednesday!
hugs
shakira
what a fun group a ladies :D
ReplyDeleteThe crown pins are fab I love them
ReplyDeleteI would have never thought of that. Super fun, Ithink they are all beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThose crown pins are lovely! What a neat thing to collect. You could almost put them on velvet and frame it to use for a wall hanging!
ReplyDeleteI would love to hang out with the Queens! What a fun group to be with!
Thanks for this sweet stop on our little journey through Alphabe-Thursday's Letter "Q"!
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Now this sounds like a royal family I could hang out with! What fun! Your pin collection is gorgeous. Long live the queen (s)! Kathy
ReplyDeleteLove the crown pins! So colorful!
ReplyDeleteyou sound like a very fun group of ladies...i love your brooch collection!
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Hail to the queens......
ReplyDeleteI love when something grows and takes on a life of its own.... Queens, you ladies are certainly queens! I want to travel with you, I would be willing to be a lady in waiting just to hang with ya! LOL
ReplyDeleteOh your pins collection are just beautiful, and what fun to be in a group of queens.
ReplyDeleteWell, are you all not a lively looking bunch...of Queens. I like the matching shirts...way to go! Peace and blessings
ReplyDeleteY'all are too fun. It's neat that you have such a history of work and play together. The brooches are gorgeous. I love your collection.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!! What a fun group!!! Your crown pins are beautiful and so sparkley!! (how do you spell that? sparkely? no... Sparkily? no.. ?? I give up. Glittery.) Your wine glasses and matching aloha shirts are super-duper! Everyone needs good friends that they can truly enjoy life with and have great laughs with, and it looks like these are yours.
ReplyDeleteJDaniel4's Mom - I have quite a few more than shown here...the only thing is, I forget to wear them!
ReplyDeleteViki - you'd be welcome to join the Queens at any time for an adventure!
ReplyDeleteAnna - next I'm going to treat myself to a fancy tiara...if and when I win the lottery!
ReplyDeleteSh@KiR@ CK - I've finally slowed down in my crown frenzy...retirement and this gigantic decrease in my income have necessitated that...but I think I have enough to last me a lifetime!
ReplyDeletelaterg84 - we do have a wonderful time when we get together...sadly, for me, my job loss over a year ago, has left me with limited funds so I can't join them as often as before!
ReplyDeleteTracy - aren't the pins great? I'm not sure my daughter-in-law is the crown type but I can leave them to the other queens when I decide to exit the earth!
ReplyDeleteTerra - I never had an interest in crowns at all till this queen thing came up. Now I spot them everywhere!
ReplyDeleteJenny - I do wear my crown pins but your idea of mounting them on black velvet and framing them is a good one. The other queens will inherit them, eventually.
ReplyDeletembkatc230 - Kathy, we queens would enjoy your company anytime at all!
ReplyDeleteJulie Schuler - I have stopped looking at crown pins...can't afford them anymore and figured I have enough! I love mine, though.
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat group of friends! Great traditions. I'd love to be a queen with you for a day...
ReplyDeleteChristy - we, queens, can border on the insane...well, professionally, we all are SANES
ReplyDelete( sexual assault nurse examiners ), except for one, who is a retired sex crimes detective!
Melinda Cornish - thanks for the accolade to the queens! We appreciate it!
ReplyDeleteChristy - our queen mania definitely has taken on a life of its own...come join our escapades whenever you wish!
ReplyDeleteIcy BC - you are a queen in your own right but you may join us anytime!
ReplyDeletejeff campbell - we definitely get a lot of attention from the Royal Caribbean bartenders when we wear these aloha shirts witht he cocktails all around them. We try to have the drinks duplicated!!! Then we are a bunch of rowdy queens!
ReplyDeleteSteph - the queens are special to me in every way, professionally and personally. As forensic nurses, none are finer. I guess that's why we can have such fun - our work is so serious and intense, we need to be goofy in our down time.
ReplyDeleteGardenofDaisies - these, indeed, are very cherished friends. In the 21 years of my forensic nursing career, I met some of the greatest people of my life. I certainly have many other very special friends, all over the world...I may not have much money anymore, what with my job loss in San Francisco's budget cuts 15 months ago, but I am indeed wealthy in friends!
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I love your Queen story and love, love, love your beautiful crown collection... What a wonderful way to spend such Quality time with fellow Queenly Queens!
ReplyDeleteHere's a Cheer for many more Queen Voyages!
Blessings & Aloha!
(finally back home and trying to catch up on blog reading before the next Alphabe-Thursday!)