Today is my bff Sonja's birthday and even though I know she doesn't read my blog very often ( no computer, no internet) I wanted to wish her a very happy birthday. A few of us ended up going out last Friday for all-you-can-eat sushi/Japanese to celebrate.
I hope you have a great birthday Sonja!
PS Thanks to Lanee for bringing the camera :)
PPS Happy Birthday to Dana too!
Well, the fruits of our labor were realized on Friday with a very successful Benefit on behalf of baby Jake. Many friends and family were able to make it out for the event and we had a great time while raising $$ for Jake. We only had one camera between all of us for the evening, so it got passed around quite a bit. Here are some of my favorite photos from the evening....
(The t-shirts were designed by me and Mary)
Grooving it up on the dance floor.....
The BFFs
One of Dad Brent and Mom Kim
The girls started planning this event over a month ago while I was out of town and have made great progress getting donations, etc. Last Friday night Mary and I met Kim and her good friend Daria (Benefit Coordinator) to nail out some of the final details. I hadn't seen Jacob in a few months and he has changed so much!
Kimmy with Jake
Here are me and Mary designing the Tshirts we will all wear at the Benefit.
The Benefit is going to be a very fun event and I would love to invite all of you to come!
Friday, September
18th, 2009 4:00 pm-12:30 am
FRIDLEY VFW, 1040
Osbourne Road, Fridley MN 55432
*$5 Raffle-~many items including an LG 42” Flat Screen Television
*Silent Auction *Chili
Feed *Bake
Sale *Cash
Bar
*Live Music
The Benefit is going to be a very FUN TIME, so please mark it on your calendars! We will start pre-selling Raffle Tickets starting later this week or next week, $5 per ticket will enter you in drawing for chance to win 42" Flat Panel TV, and several Gift Cards to local restaurants (need not be present to win). The Chili Feed and Bake-Sale are going to be amazing as well, not to mention cool cover bands playing later in the evening!
Hope to see you all there!
If you would like more information, please visit Jake's Benefit Website, Our Visions of Hope.
I spent some time on Friday night over at Mary's house. What was supposed to be a low-key evening with a few of us girls turned into a backyard get together with several of our group. Amazing that it worked out that way on a Friday night!
I was only able to take a few photos before my camera battery died....
Chase and Angelina dressed up with power tools
The kids checking out baby Jake
Isn't Jacob precious?
Lanee & Rog
Mary, Kim, and Me (This was the last photo and then my camera battery died)
Luckily Kim has an phone with an awesome camera so we were able to get one of just us girls....
I hope we're able to get together a lot more this summer!
Whenever Bradie and I get together, we are bound to end up in a fit of giggles. It has been this was since we were little girls, always laughing and egging each other on. Especially when we reminisce about the olden days. I have too much fun with this girl (even if it is just us sitting in a room alone laughing at each other!) These photos are of us late one night this past weekend.
Bradie and I have been friends for 29 years now. I can just see us 50 years down the road as little old ladies..... still laughing and being silly :)
Yesterday was my bff Kim's bday. An extra special one because this was the first time we have gone out together since Kim had her baby two months ago. A group of us met for dinner at Grumpy's in Roseville.
Kim and her honey
Kim Mary and Me
It was a nice time out :)
I love impromptu nights that consist of this :)
It was nice that I was able to spend some time with my Bffs over my break: Bradie on Wed, Lanee & Sony for a bit on Thursday and Kim & Mary on Friday. Mary had Kim and I over for dinner on Friday. I love it when Mary cooks! This time she made us chicken gyros which were quite good. One of the best parts of the night was snuggling with Jacob, Kimmy's new baby. What a little sweetie! He has been kind of fussy for her lately but he was on his best behavior with us. I can't believe he is almost 7 weeks already. Remember when I met him when he was one day old? That time went too fast!
Mary and Kim with Jacob. Kim looks fantastic! You'd never know she recently had a baby (if the adorable proof wasn't right there!)
This is Mary's son, Chase. He wanted a piece of candy and accidentally grabbed a super sour one! This look on his face is priceless!
Mary is also one of the world's biggest animal lovers. Here is her pretty kittie Louie
As soon as I took a picture of the cat, the dog was also in my face!
That's it for now!
Friday night was the last birthday celebration in my group of BFFs. WE finally made it through birthday week! lol. I love hanging with my girls and its great to see each other at every opportunity. This time we were celebrating Sonja's daughter's 4th birthday. She had a party with a bunch of little kids on her real bday, so Friday night it was just a few of the girls in our group of friends. A few pics:
Angelina and Sony. Her cake was so cute!
Leah
Mary, me and Sandra
That's all for now!
As I announced yesterday, Kim and Brent's Bundle of Joy made his appearance into the world at 10am yesterday morning.
Kim is feeling much better today after a very rough bout of labor (22 long and horrible hours) and recovering from the whole process. Despite her fights and protests of allowing me to take a photo, I made her do it anyway. I think she looks beautiful as a new mother!
I visited Kim and the baby for a little while over my lunch break today and I think I fell in love. Jake is so sweet!
A slightly closer view of Jacob.
So there he is!
Happy Birthday today to my BFF Lanee Valentina!
How cool would it be to have your bday on Valentine's Day? Sonja planned a little surprise party for Lanee last night and I was able to go hang out with my girls for awhile and be there to surprise Lanee before having to leave to go to a concert.
A few photos:
Heart shaped goodies in honor of our Valentina
Sonja, Leah and Me
Happy Birthday Lanee, I hope your birthday is wonderful :)
My birthday yesterday was really great! I felt the love coming at me from all directions and when that happens, it is pretty hard not to enjoy it. Thanks to everyone who sent wishes and warm fuzzies throughout the day. It was especially a surprise to see so many people write on my wall on Facebook. There may have been over a hundred wishes. Whoa!
I have been very busy at work with several things but was able to take a longer lunch to met up with my BFFs for lunch. Sonja, Angelina, Leah and Kim treated me to a really awesome lunch at Bennett's (I will link to the review as soon as I can get to it). I also got a beautiful bouquet of flowers from Sony. It was awesome that Kimmy was feeling good enough to come meet us.... she id due to have her baby literall any day now. I was hoping for a birthday surprise but this little guy is still a cookin'. The girls all plead with me not to take any photos of them, but I told them they had to.
Angelina was willing to pose with me!
In the evening it started to snow a little and the temps dropped so the roads weren't in the best shape so rather than driving to Minneapolis to try something new, I decided to go to one of my old-time favorte places, the Lakeside Club. I had a delicious steak and for dessert I got a chocolate fudge parfait. Wow!
So yeah, I am feeling pretty fabulous at 32 :)
The hot mama I'm talking about is my BFF Kim, who is just entering her last month of her first pregnancy.
Lucky girl, the only weight she has gained is baby belly ;)
Anyway, last Sunday my other BFFs (Mary, Sonja and Lanee) and I threw a little shower for her. What a nice time! Here are a few pictures. You can see more on Kim's post about the baby shower.
A bunch of Kim's friends she hasn't seen in awhile all came so we ate, talked, watched Kim open her presents and also played some games. One of the games we played was matching celebrities a list of baby names to their celebrity parents. A few of the girls knew their celebrities so well that they didn't even need to look at the parents' names! (I am terrible at this game because I rarely pay attention to celebrities). Would you like to see how well you do?? Here is the list of baby names:
a. Apple
b. Harlow Winter
c. Prince
d. Chastity
e. Suri
f. Rumer
g. Ryder
h. Rocco
i. Willow
j. Pilot Inspektor
k. Chelsea Belle
l. Ireland
m. Jett
n. Shiloh
o. Coco
And if you need some help, here is the list of celebrity parents:
1. Kim Basinger/Alec Baldwin
2. Cher/ Sonny Bono
3. Courtney Cox/ David Arquette
4. John Travolta/ Kelly Preston
5. Michael Jackson
6. Jason Lee
7. Rose O’ Donnell
8. Brad Pitt/ Angelina Jolie
9. Nicole Richie/ Joel Madden
10. Tom Cruise/ Katie Holmes
11. Madonna/Guy Richie
12. Will Smith/Jada Pinkett
13. Gwyneth Paltrow
14. Bruce Willis/Demi Moore
15. Kate Hudson/ Chris Robinson
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Had fun on Friday night when a big group of us got together at La Casita to celebrate Sonja's (and Cynthia's) 30th birthdays. I only took a couple of photos:
The birthday Girls
Found a couple old pictures of me on Halloween in past years, thought I'd post a few.....
I was about 3 years old on this Halloween, dressed as a gypsy. See the terrible look on my face? If I remember correctly, I got sick with the flu later this same night and puked my brains out!! LOL
Here I am as Bat Girl
Not sure if this was Halloween or not, but I was dressed up in one of my dad's suit coats & tie! LOL
And I cannot believe I was ever a CLOWN!!! I HATE clowns!! I look like a little creep!! LOL
How about me as a UGLY WITCH
I am pretty sure I did NOT dress up between ages 12-19, so fast forward to college years! I am the farmer on the right side. I am so embarrassed about the stupid cigs I used to smoke back in the day (GROSS! PS Its been over 8 years since I have touched a stinkarette)
I made a pretty good Devil!
Here I am as a Mensa Nerd (not too far off the mark! LOL) with Kimmy who was J-Lo that year
Then I was a Purple Lady
And here is last year semi-dressed as a witch
It is going to be a surprise what I dress up as this year (a surprise to me as well since I still haven't figured it out!)
Hope everyone has a Safe and Happy Halloween!
We had our monthly BFF dinner this past Friday night at Mary's. (These nights are always special to us and this is the first time in awhile that we were all able to make it). Our theme of the evening was homemade mini-pizzas...so easy and yummy! We always decide what to have ahead of time and each of us brings something to contribute. We were going to try beergaritas, but ended up making regular margaritas instead.... I guess I'll have to try them another time and report back!
We had no kids or guys with us this time, so we had to use the self-timer on the camera to take a group shot We were finally satisfied with the 10th take ;)
Kim, Mary, Lanee, Sonja and Me (In Mary's gorgeous kitchen that she designed herself)
I didn't take photos of the pizza (I think Kim did, hopefully she'll post one on her blog.) I did get one of the ice cream cake that Lanee made. Muy deliciosa!
After dinner I had to head home so that I could finalize the wedding video for Darrell and Denise. Denise stayed up with me until the video was finished around 1am (yes, the night before her wedding!).
The wedding was beautiful and a really fun time. I'll be back tomorrow with photos :)
Sonja hosted a small-scale Girls Night at her place on Friday (not everyone could make it). We hung out and had dinner (Sony made Tortellini Alfredo with Chicken, Mushrooms, Peas and Turkey Ham- Geez, listen to me- can you tell I write restaurant reviews or what!!?? LOL) Besides eating a ton of good food, we were excited to see Kim's ultrasound pictures, as she had come straight from having her first ultrasound. I made her pose for this first photo of her and the baby....
Sonja's daughter Angelina is such a funny kid, she cracks me up! When it was bedtime she had to show off her pajamas (Hey Helmey-do you see the Olympics on the TV in the background there? Proof that I am not a Communist after all!)
Group shot using the self-timer
Thats all for now.....
Kim and Brent threw a BBQ/bonfire at their place on Sunday night, so once I knew that my house was still standing after the tornado came through, I went straight over there from Jeff's house.
It was a fun time (although I was somewhat preoccupied because of the tornado. I might've spent as much time answering calls and texts as I did talking with my best friends.)
Early in the evening.....
Later in the evening.....
Last night my whole crew of BFF (and our honeys) all went out for a really nice dinner. A lovely celebration of us all being together.
I love these girls!
Dinner with my bestest girls :)
First Mary's bday, then mine, and Lanee's this Thursday.
AQUARIANS RULE!!!!!
Love being able to spend time with them on short notice to celebrate again......
Wishing Kimmy and Kara weren't sick....
Wishing Sonja hadn't had to work....
Wishing this one picture of us had turned out better :(
Mary and her family took me out this morning for a delicious birthday-celebration breakfast. Nothing like braving -35' F windchills for some yummy French toast, (oh, and to celebrate another year :)
Had a nice time on Friday night with most of my BFF in honor of Mary's 30th birthday......
A small group of us went to Sakura for a delicious sushi dinner on Saturday night to celebrate Sonja's birthday. This place was awesome!
I only took a few photos during the night, (mostly of the food so I can write up a review), but here are some of the group..... 
I was also surprised later in the evening when a former very close friend of mine joined our party. We had not seen nor spoken with one another in nearly 9 years. A little awkward, if ya kwim. My neighbor and his buddy came out to join us too, so that was cool. Too bad some of our key-girlfriends couldn't make it for the evening. It just isn't the same without their presence :( I had a pretty decent time, but I couldn't be as fun as usual because I was sober-cab for the evening. I'm not a big drinker, but on the rare occasion that I get to go out, I do like to have a drink or two. I just never do it if I have to drive.
So I am off to Target to run some errands and get my haircut. I need bangs. I have been hating my hair so much, pretty much since I had it done last....I just need to do something else with it!
Headed to Brian and Michelle's later for dinner. Can't wait, Michelle is making her famous calzones!
On Friday night Lanee & Rog had a BBQ gathering, in remembrance of Lanee & Sonja's mom, and also in honor of Danielle's return from Iraq.
It was nice spending time with my BFF (all but Kimmy who couldn't make it, but she was missed dearly); eating, talking, etc. Here are the few pics I took that night.
Besides hanging with my girls, my favorite part of the evening was looking through the photo album of pictures taken by and of Lanee & Sonja's mom. She was a photographer and had some amazing photos. It was also fun to see pics of my girls when they were very little, and how much their mom loved them :)
Saturday turned out to be much nicer (weather-wise) than many of us had expected, given the cold dreary weather we had all of last week. It was only about 50 degrees, but the sun was shining and the wind was mild....not too bad for an outdoor wedding! The wedding was short and sweet....Lanee & Sonja's brother Matt played his guitar and sang them a couple of love songs. It was so sweet!!! I also had a job during the ceremony...leading the guests in The Lord's Prayer :)
Of course I have pictures to share, although I didn't take nearly as many as I usually do..... (Kim, have you looked at yours yet?? Please send them to me!)
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Their reception was at the White Bear Country Inn. Yummy dinner, the 617 House Band was jammin, lots of dancing and drinking. Great being able to celebrate this joyous event with my best friends!!
Here are a few others.......
Matt & Jacquie........Lanee, Kim and Mary
Me and E (who HATES having his picture taken and refused to smile. Grrrr!)
and Taylor, Mary's daughter.
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Mary & Roger......Lanee and I
Lanee & Sonja's dad plays the harmonica and played a few songs with the band....he was awesome!!!
We stayed at the reception until it was over at midnight. I had a lot of fun and I paid for it most of Sunday! L & R are leaving today for their honeymoon on Madeline Island :)
Have a great week!
On Sunday afternoon, my best friends and I threw a surprise bridal shower luncheon for Lanee (which is pronounced Lah-nay, not Lan-nee) at Mary's house. Only it turned out not to be a surprise because Lanee figured out that we were up to something. Or Sonja spilled the beans!? Oh well, it was still a great time! We had a taco salad bar (thanks to Decoy's in WBL for making us the yummy shells) and spent most of the time chatting and eating. I realize I should have taken this picture before I mixed everything up in the salad...it looks kind of gross, but it was very good!
Check out the full album of bridal shower pics. I am really looking forward to our girls retreat (me, Lanee, Sonja, Kim and Mary..plus Lanee's cousin Olga) this coming weekend at Madeline, Island (Lake Superior). Going to be a great bonding experience....I hope!!!! Aye, we have all been BFF since Jr. High and we have been through everything together. As much as we all love each other, we don't always get along. The five of us haven't all been together to spend time like this in a very long time, so this is going to be very special:)
After the shower, I drove up to my parents house for Sunday Dinner with Gram and Gramp. They had all come at noon to watch the Vikes game on my dad's new big screen HD TV. (The Vikings ended up winning in OT 16-13....E was at the game with a buddy, but I of course, did not see any of it being at the shower).
Look at how big and adorable Annika is getting! And Michelle looks wonderful for 20 weeks! We will hopefully know by the end of the week if the baby is a boy or a girl. She and Brian leave for Maui on Friday morning...omg, how fun would it be to buy some baby Hawaiian clothes?! Annika would be so stinkin cute in a little hula outfit!
Me and Jeffrey with Gram and Gramp. They head back to Scotsdale in just a few weeks. I hope I can go down there to visit this coming year!
BFF. Do any of you remember writing that in notes to your best friends back in Jr. High? I had many BFF back in the day but somehow these girls are the ones that have stuck around as my BFF ever since. Mary, Kim, Sonja and Lanee. We were all able to get together for dinner of Thursday with just a few days notice....Italian at Donatelli's Rest.
Its hard to believe that this was the first time us five girls were together all at once since Mary's wedding. And that was four month ago now! We have all been busy with either work, school, wedding planning or babies. I feel like I have missed so much with the babies in the past few months. Chase and Angelina are almost 10 months old now! Our group has lots of birthday s in the next two months:Mariah (Dec 6), Roger (Jan 23) Mary's(Jan 30), Taylor (Feb 3), Mine (Feb 11th), Lanee's (Feb 14)Chase (Feb 15)and Angelina's (Feb 18). We'll be seeing each other several times that month, as we usually celebrate all of the birthdays individually. This is me with Sonja's baby, Angelina. Her smile will absolutely melt your heart! Too bad she wouldn't smile in this pic...but at least she was looking!
This is Mary's baby Chase...not smiling for the camera either! Whats with these babies?? He has her big blue eyes!
And here is Kim with Taylor, Mary's daughter. Taylor is great at hammin it up for the camera! These babies will learn a thing or teo from her in just a few short years, I am sure! lol
Here Lanee's got Angelina (her niece...she is Sonja's sister in case you didn't know!) and Kimmy is holding Chase. Its nearly impossible to get two babies that age to look at you and smile on cue. Darn! I really wanted to get a good one of the two of them together.
It was nice to see my girls! I hope to make lots of plans with all my friends over Christmas break. I get two fulls weeks plus Monday Jan 2 off from the rugrats at work. Yay!!!!!! I cannot wait to get scrappin again!
Two more big birthdays to celebrate today!!!!!!!
First up, my best friend SONJA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! aka Mamacita Sonjita :) She is the wonderful mother of Mariah and Angelina. I have known Sony for about 15 years now, and boy have we been through a lot in that time! I am really lucky to have the group of best friends that I have. I love this girl sooooo much and would do just about anything for her. I hope you have a good one, Mamacita!!
Today is also Dana's birthday!!!! Dana is a total sweetheart and we always have fun when we visit the fam in Chicago. Her daughter is one of the cutest and funniest little girls I know! I hope you have a great birthday Dana!!!
Urg! My original post was just wiped off the map.....
It is a dreary, rainy Saturday and I am home alone. Scrap on!!! I did these two layouts, finishing up the last of my pics from Mary and Mandie's weddings. The first one is me and my best friends lovin' each other up on Mary's big day! These are my high school BFF....Lanee (Roger) , Sonja, Kim and Mary. And a few with our other amazing girlfriends, Kara and Leah too!
This one was at Mandie's wedding Reception. I finally got to use these KI papers and the yummy purple shiny ribbons I've had for awhile now!
***Yesterday we didn't have school. It was a day for teachers to get report cards together W/O kids. A perfect opportunity to meet my friends Lori and Jen for lunch at our favorite place, Chipotle! We all used to work together at The Bluff and since have moved on to other schools. I sure miss working with them!
Note sure what we will be doing the rest of the weekend..... hopefully relaxing!
Sunday was a busy day...
Warning! Boring Football Talk to follow in the next few paragraphs!
My friends Lanee & Roger had a Vikings VS. Green Bay Packers party at their house in the early afternoon. I didn't watch a single minute of the game while I was there.....I am not proud of the Vikings these days. And not just because of the recent SEX scandal that has gotten them such great publicity in the past few weeks. They just plain SUCK!!! I lost my confidence in them during the 98-99 season when Gary Andersen missed the field goal kick that would've brought them to the Superbowl. It hurt so bad I decided I just couldn't do it anymore with that team!
To me football is really about the socializing with other people while "watching" the game. This is the way it always was for me in High School until my little brother started playing. One time while watching one of his games, I asked my mom why Brian wasn't out there playing. She was like, "well he plays defense. That is the offense out there." I am not kidding...I had no idea that the offense and defense didn't play at the same time! I was a soccer player for goodness sakes and we all played together!! Anyway, Kim and Katie came to the party and it was really nice to see them. Here is a cute pic of me Kim and Lanee:
I ended up leaving the party before the game was over because I had a few errands to run before I went back home. I got home in time to watch the last 1:23 of the game. The Vikings had come back to take the lead and then Green Bay tied it up with just a few seconds to go. Can you believe that the Vikings had a chance to score a Field Goal (for the win) with 2 seconds left, 56 yards away....and the kick was GOOD!!!! That was a team record FG. And I still hate the Vikings!!
Shortly after the game we got ready to head downtown to see one of our favorite heavy bands of all time: SEVENDUST!!!! I have seen these guys probably 10 times and they still kick my ass every time!! The show was last-minute at a small venue and they had this place slammin'. It never fails that the mosh pit opens up right next to where I am standing and I sometimes get lost in the pandemonium. Here are the best pictures I could risk taking:
Latest on my effin laptop.....I think the problem is somewhere in my Network Bridge. Not sure what my next move will be. Today at lunch I went to Target to by an External Harddrive....a place I can put all my pictures and keep them safe! I also bought a jump drive so I can easily take pictures from computer to computer. Thank God I have a pretty sweet PC at home that still has working Internet. I'd die if I couldn't get online again! I will try my hardest to keep up with all the fun blogs I love to read. And maintain this one, of course!
I guess it could be worse...My brother Jeff just told me that the Web hosting company he uses for his personal site and all the ones he creates for business is based in Miami....apparently somewhere near where Wilma hit....because everything is GONE. Or at least down for the time being! That really stinks if you have them as your e-mail provider as well.
I also wanted to give a shout out to my Gramps who turned *80* yesterday!!! Happy Birthday!!
*** Friday Morning*** My friend and college roommate Laura brown had a baby boy!!! Noah Thomas made his appearance over a week after he was due, at 8 lbs 14 oz! I cannot wait to meet him!
This weekend was a FUN one! I went out to dinner with several of my HS girlfriends on Friday night. We met at Rudy's Redeye Grill for dinner and then on to a few of the local bars for drinks. I was tired and not really in the partying mood. The truth is, I had a bachelorette party to attend the next night and wanted to save my partying for then :) We also had E's family that had just arrived in town staying with us and I wanted to get home at a relatively decent hour.
It was fun getting together with all these girls.....we also ran into another old friend that we went to school with (Amy) and sat and talked to her for awhile. I also had a very strange encounter at one of the bars we went to....an older woman I used to know apparently recognized me and came over to the table I was sitting at with my large group of girlfriends and gave me a
ticket for two free drinks. She thought it was my bachelorette party for some reason!? Very weird and awkward. She was someone I didn't want to talk to. Why?? Because she was the mother of one of my loser ex-boyfriends from a million years ago. Maybe this is why I shouldn't go out in my hometown!
Final stop of the night was the WBB. There were some Miller Lite representatives doing promotions....we all had our picture taken and put onto a "card". Very funny! The quality of the pictures was crappy, but still very funny. Here is us with our cards....
And here is Kara with all her Miller Lite Gifts......
Now ya'll will have to wait awhile before I post about the rest of my weekend...... I am still nursing this hangover from Saturday night!!!!!!!!!
We had a beautiful day on Friday for Mary's wedding. She and Troy were married at Albertson's Farm in Stillwater, a beautiful piece of real-estate overlooking the St Croix River, complete with flower gardens. I was not able to take many pictures at the farm because they had hired a professional and he wasn't going for it. Waaaaaaaaaahhhh!
Immediately following the ceremony, those of us in the wedding party hopped in the limo and made a stop at PD Pappy's bar while Mary & Troy went up to Pioneer Park for more pictures. Let the party begin!!
The reception was at the Hampton Inn in Shoreview. Delicious meal of Sirloin Steak or Champagne Chicken. That chicken was delish!!! It was great to be there with all my best friends and my parents too!
Have I got your attention yet??? LOL.
I promised I would show you the project that Sonja and I were up to.....
These awesome, handmade rhinestoned, t-shirts!!!! Sonja worked very hard to make them for us and they turned out awesome!!!!!!! Very bling-bling
We got an awesome room at the Radisson Riverfront downtown St Paul and then went bar hopping. We sold suckers throughout the night to make some $$ for Mary. All was fun until we hooked up with the Bachelor Party later in the evening. Remind me NEVER to do that. RUINS the FUN! And THAT is all I am going to say about THAT!! For those of you who were there, you know what I am talking about!!!
Yay!! I made it to the weekend after all!! I was able to come home right after work today and get a little scrappin' done before going to have homemade tacos at my friends Lanee and Roger's house. Sonja and the baby also came over for dinner...can I say it enough how glad I am that all my best friends love Mexican food almost as much as I do?? It doesn't hurt any that these two girls have it in their blood!
Here are the latest layouts I finished tonight for my Mexico album, I'm about half way done now! The pink layout is of me at the Market shopping, and also a pic of the fabulous pink opal bracelet that I just had to have :)
And here is one from my Snorkeling "Mis" Adventure...cause I didn't have fun at all... it was way too rough and windy that day and I ended up going by myself
Last night Sonja and I met Kim at The Green Mill so that we could plan all the juicy details of our bff Mary's bridal shower and bachelorette party. What responsibilities us bridesmaids have! Lanee was able to meet us for Happy Hour....she kept herself occupied watching Angelina so that us girls could get down to business as planned. 
This was also the first time Kim had a chance to see the baby since she was born.
I think it was love at first sight!
So now about my cell phone situation...
The Green Mill happens to be right across from a Cell phone dealer and the table we were seated at was in front of a large window with a perfect view of the cell phone store. And I just happen to be in the market for a new celly...my current one ranks up there with the dinosaurs....it is cracked right down the middle, has been dropped countless times (including a few into the swimming pool last summer). Well anyway, I was planning on getting a new phone last night after our meeting was over...but the young chic (oh, how politcally UN-pc is that?!) that was working there must not have felt too much like working, because she left a post-it on the door that she would "Be back in 10 minutes"...but she was gone for about 30 minutes the first time (I know this because I was on the look-out), and then she left about half hour later, leaving another note on the door. Hopefully I will make it to the Mall again sometime this year (LOL!) and will finally get a new stinkin' phone!
Last night Rog and Lanee came and got me and we went down to Patrick McGovern's to meet the girls for Kim's birthday.
We were at the restaurant for a few hours and then headed over to Tom Reid's. Lanee and Rog were very excited that Cory Stevens and his band were playing for FREE! I guess he is a National act and pretty popular. Lanee made me go up to the front of the stage to dance with her...good Ol' Shaniques, as I like to call her! I whipped my camera out and took a picture of her with Cory Stevens standing right behind her. She was thrilled!!!
Later that night we went to 4th Street Station but not much was happening there...I did run into Richie Z, but the band wasn't jammin' that night so he had a few beers with our group. It was fun to get the girls out without their little babies!
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