I had to do some training in San Antonio this week so I called my old college roommate, Desiree. We graduated in 1992 and I have only seen her one time since graduation. So it was really great to see her and catch up. We had a nice dinner and then just hung out for a couple of hours and talked. Funny how you can not see someone for years but can pick up right where you left off. Here we are on Thursday night at dinner at the Alamo Cafe. I learned that tortillas are made of lard, water and flour. YUM!
And here we are in 1991 at a party at our apartment at A&M. Left to right: Desiree, Rick, Mindy, me, Bonnie and Michael. (I think we look better now. The 18 years has made us more distinguished, don't you think?!)
I'm pretty excited because I have to go back to San Antonio in May and we're going to get together again but next time, our other roommate, Bonnie, is going to drive down from Austin and we'll all be together for the first time since Bonnie graduated in 1991.
And we need some music from 1991. How about this one from LL Cool J? I can't even tell you how many times I listened to this song!
My 20 year high school reunion is next weekend and I've been talking to one of my good friends from high school and we decided it would be a good idea if our husbands met before the reunion so we invited Tracey and Scott over to watch the Cowboys game yesterday. A good time was had by all! The boys watched the game and Tracey and I caught up. I haven't seen her in years. Here's a picture of all of us (the cutie girl is their daughter Emi).
It really was a fun day but we ate entirely too much. Scott was also a good friend of mine in high school although he is two years older than me. We actually dated for a while when I was in 9th grade. Apparently I need some Cowboys clothes. I was the only one not dressed for the occasion. And don't Emi and Lauren look cute? Two blonde beauties!
For music today, I have to break out some old stuff that we listened to in high school. Here's a good one ... Beastie Boys: No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn. I can't even imagine how many times I listened to this song in the late 1980's.
So many acronyms! There is a group of girls that I go out with every month. We call it G.O.L.F. night which stands for Girls Only Last Friday. Well, last night was GOLF night. (I know it wasn't the last Friday but we had to postpone it a week because one of the girls was moving last weekend.) Anyway, we had a great time like we always do. We went to Staci's house (she's on the right) and just hung out by the pool and talked. And Randi's boyfriend (correction ... a guy that Randi knows ... sorry Randi!) found these cups for us. So we were all drinking from our S.L.U.T.S. cups. On the other side of the cup, it says Southern Ladies Under Tremendous Stress. That about sums up why we have GOLF night! I think between all of us in the picture above, we have 20 kids ... and one of the girls doesn't even have any. Three of us have four.
I have nothing else to say. (Can you believe it?) Marty had to go to Little Rock today to check on the gym there. I'm sad that I won't get to see him much this weekend. But next weekend will be great because we're going to my high school reunion and one of the nights we're staying downtown. So that will be fun!
The song today is for Randi. For some reason she got to talking about the guitar part on this song (after he says, "Some people call me Maurice..."). And it took us a while to figure out which song she meant. Anyway, here is the Steve Miller Band: The Joker
BTW ... I recently added a picture slider to the bottom of this blog. I know most of you only read the first post. But be sure to scroll down to the bottom and check it out.
My friend Heather and her kids came for a quick visit last week. I met Heather in Arkansas when her son and Nick were in the same pre-school class in 2001. We hung out a lot together. We both live in the Dallas area now but it's a good hour's drive to her house and we don't see each other as much as we should. We took the kids out to the waterpark. Here we are now...
... and here we are in March 2002. (Say it ... we look oh so much better now!!!)
Here's the whole crew. Me, Heather, my four and her 3 (Steven, Heather's youngest, is hiding behind her leg.). When we met, I already had 4 and Heather just had 2. And here's my favorite story about Heather: We were making plans as to what we were going to do on her 40th birthday. We had a couple of months to plan and we were going to do something fun! And then one day my doorbell rang. It was Heather ... she was pale and had a freaked out look on her face. She told me she couldn't drink on her birthday ... she was PREGNANT!!! I tried to be a good friend. I tried not to laugh. She looked distraught! But it was so funny! Obviously everything worked out fine. She has a beautiful 5 year old boy now. But we still haven't gone out. We both moved and here it is 6 years later! Maybe we'll celebrate my 40th instead and I guarantee I won't have the pregnant problem!
Heather and her crew had to head back to Royse City so me and my kids and the friends we brought all stayed a little longer. We've spent just about the entire summer at Hawaiian Falls and this is the first time I brought a camera. Can you believe it? I normally take my kids and 3 neighbors. It's a full car but we always have fun. (Actually the kids have fun and I relax in the lazy river. Sometimes I run into people I know and sometimes I sleep.) Here are all of the girls. These are Lauren's two best friends; Mackenzie and Markenzie.
And the boys... the one you don't recognize is Jonathan. He's Mackie's best friend ... go figure. Nick and Austin are closer in age to him but it's Jonny and Mackenzie who are inseparable.
And here are me and my four. I can't believe summer is almost over. But what I really can't believe is that I have a 6th grader, a 5th grader and two 3rd graders! Everybody says it but they really do grow up fast! But, you know, I really love the age that they're at. They're challenging but fun. Marty and I decided Lauren has a bad case of "sassitude!"
You know we need some music. I decided to look up the top songs from the summer of 2002 since that's when Heather and I were hanging out the most. So here you have it ... Nelly: Hot In Here. Are you dancing yet? I love this song.
I know ... I still haven't posted the rest of my California pictures. They're coming soon ... before summer is over, I promise. Have a great Sunday!
My friend Claire has been out of town for a while and I have missed her. We finally got together on Sunday. I'm not a very girly-girl but somehow she talked me into getting a pedicure ... complete with matching PINK toes! Ah well ... what can you do? I gotta say, it was actually fun and the massage chairs were really nice. I brought the "water" and it was a real party!
Oh just look at those beautiful toes. That's my foot on the left. We liked the name of the polish: Cha-Ching Cherry! It's just fun to say and we said it ... a LOT!
After we were done at the nail salon, we headed to North Dallas and ate at a Tex-Mex restaurant called Margarita Ranch in Mockingbird Station. I had never been there before and they may possibly have the best queso dip in Dallas! Mmmmmm! I was also cracking up because they have 4 flavors of margaritas but for those of us who can't decide, you can just get a suicide (a mix of all four). It was funny to me because my kids always want to order suicides when we let them have soda.
Anyway, after we ate, we shopped for a few minutes but it was Sunday night and all of the stores closed early. My favorite store was Urban Outfitters. Cool stuff in there. So the stores closed at 8 and our movie didn't start until 9:30 so we had to look for another option. The only things open were Starbucks and some Irish Pub. Which do you think we chose? Yeah ... Trinity Hall Irish Pub. The place was packed! Strange since it was Sunday night. They were having some live quiz thing and it was kinda fun. We didn't stay long though because we had to head to the movie. We went to this really cool little theater that shows a lot of independent films and stuff. It's called the Angelika Film Center. And we saw Then She Found Me with Helen Hunt. It was pretty good but if you have ever gone to the movies with me, you know I have a tendency to drift off. I may have a bruise on my arm from Claire hitting me to wake me up! She says she is never going to a movie with me again... Anyway, here we are in the theater. It was a good night.
SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S COOL!
My good friend Christine (aka Fiddlette) created a kit and named it after me!!! I'm so excited. I love Christine and she is such a talented designer. And just listen to her description of the kit:
I just knew as I was creating these elements and the papers that go with them that I was simply going to have to dedicate them to my closest on-line friend Robyn England, aka happyrobyn! She is the happiest, most positive and fun person in the whole digi world, and these elements are my homage to her! 16 pngs in all, these unique one-of-a-kind elements are whimsical, artistic, and are the perfect choice for any layout that you would love to stand out in a gallery or in your personal family scrapbook! Enjoy!
It made me cry when I read that description. Go check out the papers and elements at Scrap Artist and while you're there, browse around Christine's whole shoppe. She is so gifted! Here are the previews. I'll be posting what I create with this kit very soon. And I have a feeling I will be using it over and over! Thank you so much Christine!
What music shall we play today? Christine made me feel good about being me today so how about Gavin DeGraw: I Don't Want To Be
My college roommate, Mindy, called me yesterday and said that one of our friends from A&M was in town and asked if I wanted to go out with them. How could I say no? It's been over 15 years since I've seen Michael. So we planned to meet at Pappadeaux at 7pm. Amazingly, I was running early and when I was almost to the restaurant, Mindy called and said they would be about 15 minutes late. That left me with 30 minutes. I sat at the bar and ordered a drink and then some guy from Boston decided he needed to talk to me. I finished my drink and Boston asked if I wanted another ... well, of course! And at about the very second it arrived, my friends walked in and rescued me. LOL! I thanked Boston and left. Mindy and Michael laughed at me and said that some things never change. I told them that it was their fault. I mean, don't leave me in a bar by myself for half an hour! I told Marty this morning that some guy had bought me a drink. All he said was, "Idiot!" and laughed.
Here's a picture of the three of us. I think we look better now than we did in 1988!
Since Marty was out with his friend last night, my mom came over and watched the kids. (Thanks Mom!!) I was trying to explain to her who Michael was and then I remembered that I had a photo album from my freshman year at A&M. There are lots of pictures of me and Michael and Mindy in it. So I decided to take the photo album with me to the restaurant. Lots of good laughs were had over the pictures. Here are a few. I'm not denying that I drank in college, but in the one with me and the bottles, I had actually not been drinking. That was me pretending to be drunk. And I have no idea where the alcohol came from ... I mean alcohol was strictly prohibited from the dorm rooms at A&M. ;-)
Mindy and I didn't know each other before we were assigned to live in a dorm room together so we told Michael the story of the first time we met. First impressions are pretty funny. I went down to A&M early and got most of my stuff organized, bed made, clothes hung up and all that stuff and then I went to Fish Camp for a few days. While I was gone, Mindy moved in and decided that I was a snobby rich girl because I had lots of shoes and my clothes were all neatly hung up and who knows why else. She says her theory was confirmed when I showed up with two little Mexican boys walking behind me carrying my suitcases. I gave them each some money and said thanks. (Actually, the boys were hanging out in the parking lot trying to make money from all the college kids moving in. I had not slept that night and decided a couple of bucks was well worth not having to carry my suitcases up the stairs!) And my first impression of Mindy was, "Oh my God! I have to live with a dork!" When I walked in, she was listening to an OMD tape and studying! School hadn't even started yet and she was sitting at her desk listening to some awful music and studying!! Mindy claims she was just writing a letter but I still have my doubts.
Obviously, everything worked out between us. We were roommates for our first two years at A&M and are still good friends almost 20 years later. Michael is the cousin of one of our friends who lived in our dorm so we saw him a lot and Mindy became really good friends with him and his whole family.
How about some music? Let's go back a few years. This is LL Cool J: I Need Love. For unknown reasons I memorized every word to this song at the end of my senior year of high school and would often "impress" Mindy with my rapping skills (yeah right!). To this day, I still know every word. How sad is that? Seems like I could lose that knowledge and make room in my brain for more important things.
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