"Every year a group of long-time friends get together for a week to hang out and make sure we never get out of touch with each other. We refer to this annual event as "Cottagefest". Copied below is the follow-up email following our weekend together...I believe it provides a little insight into the insanely ridiculous time we have each year! Of course, every year we get t-shirts from CustomInk, because the customer service is better than any other compay I have ever dealt with.
Once again we are in that terrible time of year where CottageFest has passed us and we are back to our normal lives. However, maybe this e-mail can help fill the void until we get to do it again in about 11-12 months. First of all I would like to thank everyone for the help:Thank you to Peter for the 48 straight hours of set up that you spent with me. He was a bitter, bitter man by the end of it, but it was well worth the time. Also a big thanks to Peter for the planning converstations that take place all year round, but go to about once a day when we get within one month of the event.A big thank you to Mary Aquilio (Peter's mom) for donating several dishes, along with about $100 worth of supplies.Thank you to Darcy for use of the jetski, and to T for bringing his dad's truck to take it home.Thank you to Kevin & Amy for cutting 20lbs of chicken for speedies.Thank you to Brad for cooking the speedies.Thank you to Ryan for taking Pete's truck home, albeit unexpectedly.Thank you to the CottageFest Financial Committee for their support. And a thank you to everyone who brought food, helped clean, or did dishes that I forgot to mention. I may have been sleeping or drunk, but I still appreciate it. Now onto the
AWARDS: Best Jersey for Jersey Night: T. Thompson, for his portrayal of Ryan Napp. (Once I saw the beard that he made at work, no one else had a chance.)
Most Appreciative participant: Brad Noll, The kids spends the entire week and weekend telling me, "Great party, Danny," and "Awesome time, man."
Drunk Award: Peter Aquilio, as if there was a doubt. This guy was roasted from 2pm Saturday afternoon till 6am Sunday morning and never slept. Most amazing thing I have ever seen.
Sneaky Award: Darcy Elliott, for falling on her ass without anyone seeing it but T. However, she did show us the monster bruise that lasted for weeks on her thigh.
Most Creative Dish Award: Laura Bulley, for bringing cookies in the shape of a cottage. That's the kind of thinking we are looking for people.
Ridiculous Clothes Award: Kevin Steele, between the suspenders and the Viking hat, 2nd place was was very distant. Nice job Steele.
Best Stunt Award: Brad Noll, for his Jackass style bike ride into the lake. It lacked grace and included a head scrape on the bottom, but was pure fun for all.
The "This is getting old Award." T. Thompson, for winning the Fantasy League, last years plunk award, and this year's plunk award.
Argument of the Year Award: Brian Kelley (BK) for taking on the whole party to bash A-Rod.
New Tradition Award: To everyone who participated in the 126 cup beer pong game Saturday night. That will be happening every Saturday night for as long as we keep this party going.
Embracing the CottageFest T-shirt Award: Marty, for wearing her gift all day Saturday, all day Sunday, and Monday when she visited me as I picked up the tables.
Breakthrough Performance Award: Vanessa Bon, for being half of the beer pong tourney winning team, and becoming the first woman to ever get on the T-shirt.
Rookie of the Year: Amy Smith, for cutting speedies, cooking, cleaning, dishes, awesome wardrobe, soundtrack suggestions, and getting trashed Saturday night and wearing underwear over her jeans. Thanks for diving right into CottageFest Amy, and Congrats.
MVP: Kevin would have been Co-Rookie of the Year, but the Ridiculous Clothes Award combined with being on both the Thursday night pong champ team and the Friday night team, makes Kevin our Most Valuable Participant.
That's about it everybody. I hope you all had fun. And as long as everyone is enjoying themselves, we can keep doing this for long time. Thanks again for all your help, and look for a CottageFest '08 date sometime after New Year's."
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"In June '08 our family spent a week on Mission Bay in San Diego, celebrating "Bucca's" (Grandpa's) 70th Birthday. Our shirts from CustomInk helped to make this photo shoot alot more fun, and we even wore the shirts to the San Diego Zoo. They were quite a hit with everyone who saw us...we received many cute comments!"
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"Noeling is a term used by our fun group of people at work to take off work and enjoy the time off. The guy with the Iowa shirt is Mr. Noel himself, the person who inspired us. CustomInk was fantastic in service, price and online creation. I chose CustomInk over all the local custom shirt shops because I could see the design right before my eyes. With the money back guarantee, how could I go wrong. Thank you CustomInk for an event to be remembered for a lifetime!
Preston"
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"Our family is a host family for the San Jose Giants, with a baseball player living with us for the season. Each year AJ has a fan club day for the player and her friends go out on the field to meet the team and celebrate!"
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"The Ledwell Family Reunion is held every 5 years--this year in Falmouth, MA on Cape Cod. We had a total of 31 show up, 4 generations ranging in age from 6 months to 87! Everyone loved their CustomInk t's. Thanks for adding a nice touch to the festivities!"
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"My mother has stage four breast cancer - last year after finishing chemo we decided we were going to run the New Milford Fairdays 5K Road Race. Well she was back in Chemo, but my wife and I decided to design shirts and run for her. Well when we showed the t-shirts to family members they all signed up for one - CustomInk made a great shirt and were really flexible with our order. My mom (in the front with the blue bag) was floored when we all showed up there that morning with the shirts on (it was a surprise). The shirts were a great conversation starter at the fair.......she even wore her shirt to work that day! Thanks for all your help."
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"This was the 20th BBBBB (Burns Boat Birthday BBQ Bash). Needed hats to celebrate.... Customink came through fast. Saved the Day!!!"
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"Three years ago, before she even met her husband to be, my friend Sarah said that at her bachelorette party, she wanted us all to wear matching t-shirts. She loves making t-shirts! So we came up with a clever pun involving her new married name (she will soon be one half of Sarah and Steve Schnall), so it's "Schnall Aboard the S.S. Schnall!!!""
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"Family Reunion 2008 - Nags Head, NC - 2 weeks of family fun and sun!!"
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"Our team participated in the Naperville North Relay for Life. We dedicated our Relay to our dear friend Michelle - center in the wheelchair."
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"I had a great time ordering outfits from CustomInk for me and my bridesmaids. We had a great time on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, NJ thanks in part to our snazzy outfits!"
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"These shirts made all the difference in making our bachelorette party complete. There were at least 6 other bachelorette parties out and about that we saw and none of them looked as good as us! Thank you CustomInk.com!!!"
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""As grandparents week host our eight grandchildren without their parents for a week each summer at the lake. They get a new shirt each year. The group photo has grown from 4 to 10 kids over the last 10 years""
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"Tore it up at the Kentucky Derby for Bill's Bachelor Party.
"If you dont shut up, I'll break my own nose.""
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"The Lis Family gathers in Loudonville, NY for a family reunion every July. This year our theme was At the Beach and, as in the past eight years, our CustomInk tees were a hit!"
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"These are our two families wearing our custom tee shirts from CustomInk. It was great working with them."
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"Our 14th Annual Toys 4 Tots Rally in November 2007, working with the USMC and local community to help families that would not otherwise have any Christmas to speak of. CustomInk.com ROCKS!!"
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"This was the second annual man trip for my friends and I on the American River near Sacramento, CA. The picture show us celebrating after completing 12 miles of rafting on Day 1. The idea was to just get away from the hustle or work and enjoy some fine white water rafting, BBQ and beverages. We have doubled the group each year and already have 15 committed for next year. The t-shirts have been a HUGE success with many people stopping us in the camp area and around town, from Las Vegas to Santa Cruz. I tell them about your service and how easy it is to use. We would be happy to display your logo next year on our rafts and t-shirts!"
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"Snell Family Vacation to the Bay Islands, Roatan, off the coast of Honduras."
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