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{May 27, 2013} And we’re off…

So, I have to tell you about the rest of Saturday, packing, loading the truck and driving out to Colorado.

Remember me telling you CKM came to help with the yard sale, it was double help, she came to help load the truck, awesomeness! She is really good at keeping me motivated and giving me that look that says, “really?” And commiserating with DCM about all the stuff I have! She was a serious trooper, she stayed until about 12:45, thank you, thank you, thank you! She was also able to get her photo of the day, my sweet girl Peanut, awe.

TS sent me a text telling me she was hoping to come over, I was excited to see her before we left. She was awesome, she brought us food for our trip! There were sandwiches, hummus, drinks, chips and Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups, how fantastic was that? She hung for as long as she could, until her cat allergies got the best of her and she had to go. Thank you, it was terrific!

We kept working until about two am and fell into a coma like sleep at 3, we didn’t set any alarms, we needed as much rest as we could get. Of course, my body decided to wake me about 7am, so I got started on getting things ready to, last minute food stuff, the plants, I put them in individual bins so they would be safe, they were going in my car, the truck was loaded and locked, or should that be locked and loaded? The cats would be the last to get prepped to go.

I do need to tell you that we didn’t finish the house. The person who was supposed to finish the floors hasn’t and I need to find someone to finish, there really isn’t much left to do on the floors, but I don’t know how or I would do it myself. So somewhere about 11, we decided to stop stressing and I would go back to Atlanta next weekend to finish what needed to be done. I also talked to a friend of mine, CMD, who cleans houses and she agreed to clean my house, make it sparkle for anyone who comes to look at it. I’ll finish the floors, the yard and maybe ever have another yard sale,this time, in the garage and whatever doesn’t get sold…hello goodwill! I also plan on seeing some people who i didn’t get to see before I left, but don’t forget, I am coming back bunch this year!

So, DCM got up about 9, we loaded the car, got it on the trailer, couldn’t figure out how to open the door, so I climbed out the window and we left the window down. Wait until later, you’re going to laugh! We got the cats in the car, I hated tricking them with treats to get them in their carriers, but what else was I going to do? By 11:10 we were off, stopped at the gas station to fill up the haul and away we went, we were on the road by 11:24 and poor DCM, I was asleep before we got to 75!

I wanted to stay awake, but I reverted to the way I was as a little kid, I dozed off as someone else drove. DCM did ALL the driving! I offered and offered and offered, but he drove, said it was like driving a tank, but not as much fun, no live artillery aboard! I would doze and the pop awake for about an hour, if I was lucky, then doze again. DCM didn’t mind he had his book to listen to, which suited him fine since he doesn’t get to listen during his commute to work since its so short. He used to listen when he game to see me. 1.5 hours is great for an audio book!

I tried to get pictures of the state welcome signs, but the reaction time on my phone is awful! I’d wake up, we were in Tennessee, I had some fun, saw the sign for Clarksville, asked if he knew when the last train was, I made him laugh and groan a bunch, it was fun. Kansas was a very, very very long state to cross! Every time I’d wake up, I’d ask fi were still in Kansas…there’s no place like home, but not Kansas for me!

Here’s where you get to laugh…At some point, it started to downpour so we pulled off because e had to put the window up. No dice, there was no way to get to the window, close it and get out, so I turned the car on, climbed out the window and DCM closed the window. Today, he finally noticed the tabs sticking out and then figured it was a fender release so you can still open the car door. Well, great! Guess what died because the ignition was on all night!

About 3am eastern, DCM had had enough driving but we didn’t stay at a hotel because it was going to be a few hits, so we stopped at rest area with the big rigs and tried to sleep. The cats were a little crazy and finally settled down so we could be some sleep! Lets just say, sleeping sitting up leaning against the door with cats running all over the place, not so restful. The alarm went off at 7, I was already up, mostly. We hit the road.

Speaking of the cats, they cried, as you figured they would for about an hour, then they were m
Ok. I finally let them out and they settled down, yeah, on my lap. Better than could be expected. Whenever we got to rest stop or stopped for gas and got out of the cab, they ran and hid!

Back on the road, I didn’t think Kansas would ever end and when we first got to Kansas City, it was cool, a real city! So not Dorothy’s Kansas, then as we kept driving, we found it! Wide open and boring, to me that is! We stayed on that road for what seemed like days and then we were in Colorado!

We stopped at a diner for lunch, the I70 diner, they had a campaign to be on Diners, Drive-Inns and Dives, the food was alright, the staff pleasant, it was cute, but all Pepsi products! What?

Ok friends, I will continue this saga tomorrow! I am wiped out! Going to crash now!
Have a great night!

{May 24, 2013} So long and thanks for all the potatoes

Another long day, started with a conference call at 8:30 am, not easy getting a lot of people together for a call when you’re spread out all over the globe.

Picked up the UHaul, started loading it, then started loading it, i realized i have way too much stuff!!! I knew, but to see it in the back of a UHaul, kind if puts in perspective. I have been in this house more than ten years, i think you can cut me a little slack.

Then off to meet CKM, to paint some pottery, we decided to paying something that will make us think about each other. CKM, being the fabulous photog that she its, she made me a picture frame, we have lots of pictures to choose from.

I did a tea for one pot and i painted it like my car! It even has me driving and CKM taking a picture.

Then it was of to dinner at the vortex in little 5 points, we were meeting with JCT. She meet us on her way home from the airport.

Its been a while since any of us had been to the Vortex, as evident by the huge menu change, all things i really liked were gone! Our waitress was great and we had a blast!

So while we are sitting there catching up, our food comes and there are four different types of potatoes on our plates: sweet potato waffle fries, regular fries, Tater tots and potato salad. So there we are, the food has arrived, we’re eating and talking about!

As we are talking about potatoes, i proclaim..that’s when i announce, potatoes…that’s what i will blog about!

Dinner was great! Thanks to JCT for treating! It was good to catch up and say goodbye and see you later!

{May 23, 2013} Dinner with the fam(ily)

Isn’t it nice when one thing can cancel something else out?

There was something work related that started last night that had me a little stressed out, which weighed on my kind and carried over to today. Then something not fun, related to that happened this morning, making it more..not fun.

Even CKM wanted to know who she had to beat up, who was making me sound upset and flustered. I have awesome friends!

Kids seem to make things “all better”, doesn’t matter what size, but the wee ones seem to work best. Tonight, DCM and I went to dinner with most of his kids and his grand daughter, LB.

KAT, who is about to bring DCM’s first grandson into the family! CS, LB’s momma, who it’s giving LB a baby sister in the fall! (we are about to be covered up in grand babies!) HB, or Uncle Bubba as LB likes to call him, the first name she called anyone! And last, but never least, DCM, his youngest, also known as Pow Pow, KAT is better known as KK. AT unfortunately had to work.

When LB was starting to call people by name, DCM wanted to give her something to call me and followed the pattern that was set, Pow Pow, KK, and I’m JJ, i love it, because whenever DCM talks to LB, she asks for JJ!

Tonight made me feel good because LB was exited to see me and wanted me to hold her while we were in line, sit in between myself and DCM at dinner, then share my dinner, apparently what i had just looked better.

Dessert started looking better and better to Miss LB and it was time for
chocolate, it’s for eating as well as wearing, don’t you know, perfect photo ops! What a cutie!

After dinner, went outside, chatted, took a few pictures, then she made her gampa’s night…she wanted to go home with us! Nothing like it!

After lots of hugs and kisses, we parted company to go home. I dropped the top, on the car, and we were off. Thank you to the kids, all ages, who made what started as a blechy day, better!

{May 19, 2013} Dance Recitals

Another full day at my sister and brother-in-law’s house.

I slept in, 9am, hold yourself back! MG was at her first swim lesson, yesterday was EJ’s lesson. Then it was a mad dash to put a picnic together and out the door. The picnic was at Camp Grossman, to celebrate the end of Mayim, the K-5 grade Sunday school class at the family’s synagogue. There was singing, thanking, playing (daddy pushing my sister and I on the swings, how long had it been? Dad said about 35 years! lots of laughing!) fellowship, cookie decorating,
and food, what could be better?

Then home for a bit of rest, what’s that? Then it was time to go to EJ’s dance recital! The KM Dance Center presented their 28th annual show, this year was Aladdin. As you may have guessed, the show was themed around the Disney musical Aladdin, there were dance numbers in Arabian themed costumes and in between numbers they would act out scenes from the movie.

EJ was part of the group that danced in the middle, the number was called Loopty Loo and had nothing to do with the theme of the show, just really cute costumes, ala Jasmine, coins that jingled, blue eyeshadow and red lips you can see from the back of the theater, and ballet slippers.

She was right on point (pun intended? You decide!), she was great and had her cartwheel down pat, turned and twirled with the best of them, ok, I’m a little proud! They were so cute!

After the show, on the way to dinner, I asked if she was going to do this again, “No I already did it.” Fair enough.

So, that means we do not have to do this again, unless MG decides she wants to do it, thank goodness! This does not mean there will not be another recital, just not another dance recital. I’ve been lucky enough to be at a swim lesson, soccer game, gymnastics exhibition (she was terrific at her birthday party last year) and her dance party this year, I haven’t seen her ski yet, but I will! She and her sister have not lacked in any experience, my sister and brother-in-law has given them every opportunity to try new things and find what they love to do.

This is where I need to give my parents and all parents a great big THANK YOU for sitting through our dance, piano, whatever recitals, shows and exhibitions! Parents put up with so much for their kids, sitting thorough number after number after number of dance, cheers, meets, everything just to see their kids perform for five minutes.

I had my first dance recital, tap from Ms Rosemary’s, when I was four and I am sure my parents suffered through it, before and after my number. Although, I don’t know if it was as stifling hot as it was in the auditorium today!

I don’t think I really appreciated what my parents did until I had to sit through my first cheerleading camp exhibition for my daughter, 2,000, ok, it was just 30, but it felt like 2,000 squads doing the exact same cheer, oh my word! Then today, I was doing it for my niece, watching my sister and brother-in-law experience it for the first time, sitting next to my dad, who was old hat at this.

They drive us to rehearsal, sit there or maybe go home and pick us up later, listen to the songs over and over, the crying when we don’t want to go or we’re too tired, buy our costumes, do our makeup, do our hair, buy us flowers and sit in the auditorium and wait and wait and wait until its our turn and then have to sit there and wait to watch every other group perform because we want to watch our friends shine for their parents.

To the kids, I say, “Thank you” for giving us the opportunity to watch you grow and shine and brag about you and all you accomplish and to know we supported and loved you with all that we are and would never change a thing.

For all the parents who sit there hour after hour, cheer and encourage, on behalf of all the kids out there on stage, I say “Thank you”, you’ll never know how much we appreciate you. And please know, we’ll never understand what you go through for us until it is our turn to be in the crowd cheering our own kids on.

{May 18, 2013} Can we fit any more in today?

Today was MG’s birthday party, she turned three on Thursday and of course we need to celebrate!

The day started with the pitter patter of little feet, which, apparently when you are six and three, sounds like thunder! As you read in my post from last night, I was up until about 2:30/3:00 and those footsteps came sometime before 8, there is no such thing as sleeping in around this house! Am I complaining, nope, not a bit!

So, up and at ’em! Quick shower, then on to cleaning and setting up for the party, we were expecting about 50, par for the course with this bunch. There are families that come for the entire time, some that come in and go out. There are kids, kids, kids.

EJ decided she wanted to sell lemonade and give the money she made to “people who don’t have any”, so thought much discussion, she finally decided to give the money to Birthday Wishes, a great organization that “brings birthday parties to homeless children.” I told her that whatever she made, I would match. I’m waiting to find out what I will be donating. (Thanks to CWB, her daughter S and her brother B for the inspiration)
http://www.birthday wishes.org/

What a party, it’s always a lot of love and laughter and good times at a party at this house, no me goes away unhappy. We had a bouncy house, lots of food, cake, splinters, new babies to play with, all in all, a great party!

The party was called for 10-2, everyone finally cleared out by 3, I then reminded GES about wanting to get a manicure before the fundraiser tonight, so she and I walked to the nail salon to get pampered. She got a mani, I got a mani-pedi, ahhh. I sat int the chair and got all done up, Kelly green on my feet and electric/midnight blue on my fingers. GES got a really fun red, closer to a magenta/purple, felt good and looks great!

We got home, had a snack and all of a sudden I had an allergic reaction, so GES gave me some kids Benadryl and it knocked me in my butt. I dozed off on the couch, missed my sister and brother and law when they left.

Then it was feed the kids dinner, bedtime stories and lights out.

Is it my turn?

{May 17, 2013} Star Trek

O to the M to the G!

I just saw Star Trek into Darkness and I loved it! If I start telling you anything, I might slip up and tell you everything, so I won’t tell you anything about the movie, but I will tell you about the characters.

Chris Pine is a great Captain Kirk, strong willed, head strong, thinks in his feet, responsible and loyal to his crew and installs loyalty in them. He’s willing to give his life for them and in turn, they feel the same.

Zachary Quinto is the quintessential Spock, I don’t think they could have made a better choice. He has the attitude, the posture, the speech pattern, the look.

Have you seen the commercial with old and new Spock? Awesome!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkByAkAdZs

Zoe Saldana as Uhura is great, although, I just want to give her a sandwich! I do like the interaction between Uhura and Spock is great, still unsettling because I’m a purist and Spock and Uhura? She does have a great attitude and is fierce in her commitment and she can kick some arse!

Karl Urban is fantastic as Bones! I don’t think they could have found anyone else who embodies the role of Dr McCoy. He has the sarcastic attitude, the verbal sparring, questioning everything, the southern analogies (I know that’s not the right word, but it’s after 2 am and I can’t think of the word).

Simon Pegg, where do I start? I la la la love Simon Pegg, I think he was the perfect choice for Scotty. I will say that in this movie, he was a bit more serious, and his hair looked odd, but he was still terrific in the role, he was…Scotty! All I wanted to hear is dilithium crystals!

John Cho is great as Mr Sulu, I have liked him since I saw him on Charmed, I have blocked out the one Harold and Kumar movie I saw, thankfully! He had a great scene where he took charge and Bones says, “Mr Sulu, remind me to never piss you off!”

Benedict Cumberbatch was awesome as Kahn! He was a BAD A**!!! He did right by the memory of the original Kahn! Let’s just say, as bad guys, he brought up memories of Hans Gruber from Die Hard! He is a great actor and I have enjoyed everything I have seem him in.

Peter Weller is good as Admiral Marcus. Hard to picture him as anyone besides Buckaroo Bonsai for me and RoboCop for most people.

All in all, I really enjoyed the movie and hope you will too!

Thanks to my brother in law, AS, for going to the movies with me, it was a lot of fun, we only get to go to the movies once a year in the Bahamas. I miss going to opening nights with DCM, we have to hurry up and get me to Colorado, there are so many openings coming up!

{May 16, 2013} Auntie J! Auntie J!

One of my favorite sounds and sights in the world is to open the door and hear Auntie J! Auntie J! and see a six year old running up to you and jumping into your arms, twirl around with her and kiss her neck and cheek and hear “I missed you!” Sigh..

Then…the car door opens and her three year old sister screams Auntie J! Auntie J! runs towards me, jumps in my arms and giggles when you nuzzle her neck and of course, then zerbert the belly!

What a day! I got home from my amazing dinner about 11:00, started packing and had to decide, to sleep or not to sleep, my flight for Boston was leaving at 7:30am, yes, I hate myself, I booked a very early flight, saved me $100. So, I had to get up about 4:45, I laid down at 3:45, took a nap, and left the house at 5:30am. Fell asleep before takeoff, up when the drinks came, out just after and up for landing, perfect.

My sister GES met me at the train and I worked from her office, it was fun! We headed home about 4:00 to wait for my brother in law, AS and the girls. And here they come!

What a joy, what a treat, what a whirlwind! I don’t see them as often as I would like, every day would be awesome, but, I am a realist. I get to see them about 3-4 times a year in person, but, with modern technology, I get to see them a few times a month and I believe if it wasn’t for FaceTime, they wouldn’t know me or recognize as well as they do.

So, with the opportunities for FaceTime, we get to stay in touch, see each other virtually, and then when we see each other, the excitement is there tenfold, and trust me, not just for them!

MG turned three today and I got to be here for the celebration, where else would I be? Big party on Saturday and EJ’s dance recital in Sunday, I love being here for the big and little events, I am a very lucky girl! A little proud, maybe, just a little.

{May 15, 2013} Saying goodbye is never easy…

But my friends made it fun and easy, thank you!

Today was a day of laughter, almost tears, smiles, photos and goodbyes. It’s really coming together, every day gets a little closer to the day I leave the place I’ve called home for NINETEEN years! I left the day after Mother’s Day 1994 and I’ve been here ever since. I know, I know, you’re saying, it not possible, you’re only 25! Ha ha! Ok, those of you who don’t know me, could think I was 25, so thank you, but I’m happy being 41, besides, I don’t think 25 was great for me, so I’m good here.

I went into the office for our monthly Anniversary/Birthday celebration. It’s a group that you can join at work, we all contribute $15-20 for the year, someone hosts each month and we honor/celebrate all the birthdays and anniversaries with the company. Everyone takes turns hosting, I’ve done it a few times, it’s fun, thinking of themes and getting food and decorating accordingly. I volunteered for May, what? Well, I am leaving at the end of the month and I won’t be here to participate, so I thought, why not? I started stressing last night when I still didn’t have food until I realized what I would get and it worked out perfectly!

I got a cake from Publix, I had them out “Happy May Everything!”, some Neapolitan ice cream and a fruit salad, it was a hit! Who doesn’t like cake and ice cream

We also had our ladies lunch, that was fun, we went to The Rose & Crown Pub, quite tasty and the company was great! We caught up, we laughed, had a good time all around, I’m going to miss those lunches.

After work, I headed to Violette, a lovely French restaurant I had never been to, I enjoyed it immensely. A few weeks ago, CKM asked me about doing something with “the gang” before I left, I said absolutely and what’s the next step? She said nothing, just pick a date! I didn’t have to plan? Awesome, thank you!

She went through and emailed just about everyone who had been on one of my past emails! There was a great crowd, most of my favorite people, not all, it was kind of tough, being in the middle of the week, I’m heading out of town tomorrow, so this weekend was out.

I really appreciate everyone who came out. CTS, I’ve gotten to eat two meals with her in less than a month, I think that was a record. I was so touched she came out, it meant a lot. BG and JT drove together, it was great having them both there! Two of my closest friends, I met JT at BG’s house and CKM at one of JT’s Super Bowl parties, small world! I’ve known BG since 1999, when I started working for Harbinger, when I mentioned Harbinger, DL said she knew it! speaking of…DL and her husband, ML, were there. I’ve only known DL for a little over a year, but we’ve grown quite close and I value her friendship.

RS was there (she goes by B, but I can’t refer to her as BS, which she would probably laugh at, so she’s RS. She looked great I a vintage jacket a friend fond for her and she was giving up watching American Idol for me tonight, I was definitely flattered!

My dear sweet friend, MB came! We don’t get to see each other very often and we worked together about two years ago and she’s one of the few people I am still in contact with from that job and I don’t think it took us five minutes to become fast friends. You know how everyone says we’ll stay in touch…that doesn’t always happen, does it? MB is still with me, just like BG and I know DL will be too. Makes me happy.

SDL and Miss A were there, it would not have been a party without them, color coordinated and all! It’s not going to be easy leaving them. SDL and I will talk, email, send pictures and have a Skype or FaceTime date, when we reconnected all those years ago, it brought or friendship back I know we will never lose that, she’s one of my besties! How am I going to leave my munchkin? Right now, I get to see her just about every other week, sometimes more than others and now, even though FaceTime is great, it’s not in person. I will miss the hugs, the squeezes, the kisses, walking together, see her in person. I know they’ll visit and I’ll visit, but I can’t tickle her tummy to get that great laugh that of her through a piece of technology, as good as it is!

CKM was there, of course! She was so wonderful to set this dinner up and find a place she knew I would love, I’m such a Francophile! She got the best card, it was touching funny and just right, got everyone to sign it and make me laugh. As odd as this might sound, it feels like the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz “I think I’m going to miss you most of all!” We talk almost every day, sometimes several times a day. We’ve even spent a few hours together and then talk on the way home! So knew we had so much to talk about! Who are we kidding?

Thank you to CKM for putting this evening together, thank you to my friends who were able to join us and thank you to the friends who wanted to come, but life got in the way, you were there in spirit and if you were wondering what that hysterical laughter and snorting was…yours truly!

I value each and every one of you and I am so honored to say I know you, let alone be lucky enough to call you a friend. Thank you for allowing me to be your friend, my life is truly richer for it.

http://violetterestaurant.com/

{May 13, 2013} My weekend Part II

So, I hope you didn’t fall asleep reading my post last night! I have to tell you, I had to stop blogging last night because I started dozing off as I was writing!

After the museum, I drove to JB’s house to meet CKM so we could go to the Electric Run, http://electricrun.com/atlanta/, at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Luckily for me this was a 5k and we were going to walk it! Whew!

At JB’s house, they fed me, it was his son E’s birthday, yummy yummy yummy! After a while, we got dressed in our day glow funky outfits (we were the “Brightest Crayons in the Box”) and headed to the speedway. The race was capped at 10,000 participants, so there wouldn’t be too many people there.

We passed a bunch of people going to the race, you could tell, we were all glowing! Everyone gave each other thumbs up! When we got to the race, it was fun to see all the different ideas people had for this run. There were light up tutus, wheelchairs were decked out, grow ups, kids, everyone was definitely in the spirit of things! I’m excited because I registered for the Firefly 5k in July in Colorado!

There were no official start waves, they started a countdown every five minutes and we were off! There was music at the start, pumped through speakers throughout and at several stations. It was very cool, all the different lighting features along the way, umbrellas hanging from trees lit up, Chinese lanterns in the trees,all different color lights, even the water stations were cool, the cups were dayglo colors and they had these lit up tubes and when you added your cup, it created a great feature! There were tunnels with strobes and tunnels with bubbles. The course even took us onto the track! That was so much fun, and as close as I will possibly ever get to a racetrack!

The nice thing about the race was there was no pressure, just walk it at your leisure and finish when you finish. It started raining during the run, on and off, it wasn’t bad at all, luckily it wasn’t cold and we had ponchos if it got bad. After the finish was a big thumping after party, we both looked at each other “when was the last time you were at a night club?” Um…

We left after jumping and dancing for a bit, I dropped CKM off and headed home, but…I realized I was starving, so I stopped at Fellini’s for a slice and a Coke, it was heavenly! That gave me the little boost I needed to get home, it was a wee bit late when I got here. I knew I needed to blog quickly and then I passed out!

Sunday came and I amazingly enough slept in…when did sleeping until 9am become sleeping in? Oh well…I wished a few people of Happy Mothers Day, I got to talk to my sister, that was great! got a few hours packing done and then headed out to meet SDL, her sister DJL and Miss A for lunch. We went to Doc Chey’s in the Highland and had a great time, as always. I am so honored to be a part of their lives and that they let me celebrate in the big and little things in their lives means so much to me.

I posted a picture of myself, my mom, her mom and my sister, in honor of Mother’s Day and it still amazes people how much I look like my mom. People posted some wonderful things and memories about my mom, I was really touched. It was 19 years ago today, I left NYC for GA, the day after Mother’s Day, she had mixed feelings,happy for me in my new adventure, sad that I was going.

I will tell you sometime about my mom, she was quite the woman, just not today. It was nice seeing all the photos on Facebook of people and their moms and the wonderful things they had to say, some who’s moms have passed, and of course, it made me miss mine all the more.

And then, it made me a little sad, because for almost 12 years I was mom to a son and daughter (step mom, don’t want to confuse anyone too much) that I miss very much. They were 7 & 8 when I met them back in 1996! They were so little, cute and shorter than me! (That didn’t last that long). I realized that May 2008 was the last time I saw my daughter and August 2008 was the last time I saw my son. I understand that with divorce you lose your spouse, as you’re supposed to, and you might lose some friends, but the hard part is when you’re the step mom, you might lose the kids and that’s what really hurt.

I did hear from my daughter back when Hurricane Sandy hit NYC, she wanted to see how my family was doing, I was very touched. She also told me about herself, where she is and what she’s doing now and how I impacted her life and it was wonderful and made me feel great, I think I cried and bragged about it for a good week, sorry if anyone had to hear me go on and on! Unfortunately, that was the last I heard from her.

No matter what happened with their dad, I loved those two more than anything and every Nov 11 (boy child) and May 9 (girl child) I think about them on their birthdays and send them a birthday wish that who knows, maybe they feel in their heart,they may not know what it is, but it’s there.

Ok, maudlin is done.

I got home from lunch and mowed the lawn, apparently the dandelion fairy had made a stop at my house and her sack broke because my yard was a toddlers dream! All those pretty flowers for mommy! I felt much better! Sorry kids!

Speaking of fairies, I have been sending up requests to the packing fairy and she isn’t listening, I even offered cookies, no dice. BG tells me that she is trying to teach me a lesson, I have to much stuff! Gee thanks!

This is really happening! Uhaul is rented, the realtors are coming over tomorrow to sign contracts and put a sign in the yard. Maybe it’s time for a new St Joseph statue, the last one didn’t seem to work!
http://www.stjosephstatue.com/

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Now, it’s off to bed to dream about packing tape!

{May 9, 2013} Friends and ice cream

As Memorial Day Weekend gets closer and I get ready to head out west to Colorado, I am going to have to start to saying my goodbyes, not quite ready for that, but you have to start somewhere, right?

So, my wonderful friend, CKM is organizing a goodbye dinner, I hope you got an invite, I would love to see you there! Well, some of my friends can’t make it that night, so I working on making plans to see them before I leave. Not to worry, I will be back a few times, hey, I’m doing the Peachtree Road Race with CKM July 4th!

So, tonight, I had dinner with TS and SF, at a place that we love, The Loving Hut, http://www.lovinghut.us/ a vegan restaurant and most of my friends aren’t vegan or that into eating it, some have tried, just didn’t stick. Well, TS and SF and I love it, so meet for dinner we did! It was great, as always, the food that is, the service leaves A LOT to be desired! We had basil rolls, cha cha shrimp, it wasn’t as good as I’ve had it before, wonton soup (the only place I can get wonton soup!) and an eggplant dish. Yummy! We didn’t have dessert , they were out of coconut pie, we debated on dessert and the decision was made easy when they were out.

It figures they don’t have a location in Colorado, one hippy dippy state, but I’m sure I’ll be able to find a lot of vegetarian and vegan options, not worried.

Dinner was light and fun we caught up on each others lives, we laughed, we told stories, we bragged on our families, they let me dominate a lot of the conversation, imagine that, me with a lot to say! (I hope you didn’t doze off during my post about Annie!) I brought them up to speed on the packing, the staging, the moving, talking to the realtor, what my plans are, what the backup plans are, all the good stuff.

TS did look at me like I had three heads when I told them I bought the Disney Villains Monopoly! TS is the one who had to pack my collection, she didn’t really see an end in sight and then found a few more downstairs, I have a feeling that if she never sees another one it will be ok!
It was the Disney Villains people! And it was on sale, yes that helps!

It was nice when we parted company, there were no tears, it was as if we were just to dinner on a Thursday, “bye, see you later, love you” and we were gone. These are two women who like to travel, I believe I’ll be seeing them in my future!

I know, you’re salivating, where is the ice cream? Since we didn’t have dessert, I was craving something sweet. You may or may not know, but I am lactose intolerant, among other things. Beyers came out with a lactic free line of ice creams and while it is still touch and go for me, I bought some and tonight, as I sit here writing to you about my wonderful dinner with my fabulous friends, I had a bowl of ice cream with multicolored sugar crystals, yum.

So, the reason I mention friends and ice cream is because I had a wonderful experience at dinner and it was topped off by a bowl of ice cream, which makes me think of my friends because they are so sweet to and with me. And I wanted to tell you about both!

Thank to TS and SF for being my wonderful friends, I am so lucky to have you in my life to enrich it and make it more colorful. I love you very much.

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