Here are a few details of my life over the past week or so....Enjoy!!
1. Shopping with Susanne -She and I ventured out the day after Christmas to do some exchanging. We found some great deals in the "teens" that fit our budget and even stopped at Starbucks to grab a coffee as we walked around our open air mall, Village at Sandhills. It is not often that we get to spend time together like that and I really enjoyed shopping and fellowshipping.
2. Getting a mani-pedi with Betsy on Saturday. We went out in the rain to enjoy some pampering. We had a great time at the nail place having our feet and hands rubbed while sitting in massage chairs. Afterwards we went to Firehouse Subs to have some lunch. Betsy still had on her beautiful little flip flops from the nail salon since her toes were not quite dry. As we were leaving lunch she tried running to my car in the rain with those flip flops on. Before I knew it her legs came right out from under her and she was flat on her butt. I tried to help her up but I couldn't control my laughter....neither could the people inside the restaurant who also witnessed the "fall." Sorry Bet but it was jut too good of story to keep to myself.
3. Precious friends-After being pampered on Saturday afternoon some really good girlfriends surprised me with dinner and a beautiful arrangement of flowers. They all gave wonderful loving support to me on this very difficult day. They surrounded me with friendship, love, and food. They even gave me a card that sings "I Will Survive." What more could you ask for!! Thanks Elaine, Nina, Janelle, and Kristi. Each of you are so precious to me and I can never thank you enough for the love and support that you have given to me through out this bumpy road in my life.
4. Baking with Dad-It is a Christmas Eve day tradition. Dad and I spend all day Christmas Eve in the kitchen baking. Each year we make sausage balls, cheese straws, chewie cakes, and magic cookie bars. It is so much fun spending time with him and listening to Karen Carpenter sing "The Christmas Waltz." This year after we were finished and the kitchen was all clean Mom decides to give Dad one of his Christmas presents. To his delight it was a Kitchen Aid Artisian Mixer. We both looked at each other and said ...."We could have been using this bad boy!" Mom of course just laughs....Memories in the making that I will forever cherish!
5. My friend and co-worker- Nicki and I work together everyday and literally sit about 3 feet away from each other. You can only imagine the fun we have during the 8 hours that we are together. Today she and I came up with an invention. You see we work for a brick company and our entire building is made of brick walls....inside and out. Having brick walls on the inside makes a little difficult to stay warm, not to mention that this building is 30 years old. Our bathroom also has tile flooring. It stays about 10 degrees cooler in the winter than the rest of the building. The past few days we have been experiencing some Arctic weather in these southern parts making the toilet seat quite icy!! So Nicki and I came up with a leather toilet seat cover that warms. Now when you get done you won't get up with icicles hanging off. (Really you should have seen the two of us discussing this idea). Nicki, girl I love ya!!!
Isn't it funny the things you can come up with when you really think about what has filled your life in the matter of one week. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!
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yes, yes, yes, yes, YES....
your details were wonderful..you are right...what we see when we stop and LOOK and what we miss when we don't!! Thank you so much for joining in this weekend! It is something I am working on...finding those details!!
and...an Artisian Mixer....ohhhhhhhhhhh.....can you 'borrow' it???
now ya'll have a good weekend!
hugs!:)
lori
It sounds like you've been having a very fun week, enjoying the company of friends and family. I'm a little jealous - I'd go with you and get a mani/pedi even if it did end in a fall on the butt!
Be blessed dear one, continue to delight in the details.
You wanna send me up one of those seat covers?! We heat our house with a woodstove in the basement, but because we don't want holes in the main floor all over the place, the only place the heat really comes up, is via the basement stairs, which are at one end of the kitchen, which is at one end of the house. So the kitchen is SUPER hot, the dining room is warm, the living room is comfortable, but then the back half of the house -- the bedrooms and bathroom -- stay fairly cool. You'd think the bathroom fan would pull the warm air through there, but it seems to have the opposite effect. (Hmmmm, hubby installed it himself, maybe the blades are facing the wrong way!!)
Anyway, long story short, sitting down in the bathroom can sometimes be a very breath-taking experience now in winter!!
I think it's very cool that you have a tradition of baking with your dad. That's awesome. It sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas and that you have some very caring and thoughtful friends carrying you through your tough times. And you know you're in my prayers.
Too cute!! Thanks for sharing all your "details" with us!! I love you Sistah!!!
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