Messages in the Sand

I love my best friend because she's awesome.

She was in Florida last week vacationing. She wrote an "I love you" note in the sand on the beach for her man and posted it on Facebook.

Naturally my comment said "Awwww . . . Where's mine?"

Not long after that I received a photo on my phone and this photo was posted on Facebook:

See? She's awesome! :) Hehe

Also, I'm TOTALLY jealous that she was at the beach and I wasn't!

Internet and Friendship

I love the internet.

My best friend lives far far far away in the far away (redundant much?) land of Maine.

She's a wonderful friend. We can (and do) talk to each other about EVERYTHING. It's so nice to have someone like that in your life.

It is hard though that she lives so far away. We saw each other for a week back in September and before that we hadn't seen each other since 2004. The "joys" of living so far apart.

However, thanks to the internet (and VERY frequent text messages) we keep in touch every day.

You know what else is great? Even though we're countless states away from each other we can both watch the same movie, at the same time and enjoy chatting about it!

The internet is amazing for girlfriends who live halfway across the country.

Thank you internet. And thank you Rin for being the greatest friend ever!

Girls Night Out

I just realized I never posted anything about the girls night out that Rin and I were fortunate enough to have. Our husbands jumped at the chance (yeah right!) to keep the boys while she and I went out for the evening.

The original plan was to make it to the 4:20 PM movie and then go to dinner afterward. However, problems with the arrival of J's check complicated this plan. So instead we planned to go to the 7:20 PM movie and then have dinner afterward.

We went to see All About Steve (Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper). It was pretty good. It ended not how I expected but how I wanted so that made me happy. Then we ran into Wal-Mart and walked around, got some gas and went on a post card search.

She was trying to send her Mom Postcards from every state she was in during her cross country travel. The only problem is that they don't sell postcards in Whogivesacare, TX so after about 7 stops we gave up and went to Applebees to eat.

We had a great time sitting there eating and talking. (Two for Twenty deal is awesome!) We figured it was time to leave around a quarter to two when the guy walked in and yelled "Last call for alcohol!"

All in all we had a great night! I wish we could do it more often! I think it's time for her to drop by again.

We're Related! (Kind of.)

Just a random little tid bit for today.

My bestest friend Rin pulled out yesterday afternoon. They stopped here on their way to New Mexico to visit her husband's family. While they were here this is what was discovered.

*Clears throat* "Are you watching closely?" (That is said in the best Christian Bale impersonation I can muster. If you haven't seen The Prestige, you really should.)

My husband's uncle's wife's cousin is a cousin to her (Rina) husband's Dad's cousin. *Smile*

So, if you want to get really really nit picky and very very technical . . . we're related (Through about 15 marriages)!!! Hehe.

P.S. Happy Birthday to my Kiddo!!!! Today he is officially three!!! (WOW!!!)

It's been a good week so far!

It's Wednesday (insert sad face because there's no new Leverage tonight).

It's been so nice having Rin here! It doesn't really feel like it's been five and a half years since I've seen her. Must be because we've talked almost everyday for three years.

We are looking forward to tomorrow. Our plans include some shopping, dinner and a movie. Anyone seen All About Steve? I think that's what we're going to watch. All of this Kiddo free. Our hubbies have volunteered (okay, maybe they didn't "volunteer" but anyway . . .) to keep the Kiddos so we can have our night out.

Having a great week, looking forward to it continuing.

Random Tuesday Thoughts!!!

I'm a huge fan of Tuesday in the blogoverse!!!

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1. Leverage is over until January. What am I going to do??? Watch re-runs, that's what! The good news is that NCIS and The Mentalist start SOON. (Plus I get to watch Josh Gates on Destination Truth on Wednesday night. I know they never really find anything but he's such an entertaining host.)

2. Rina was supposed to come today. I was so excited to see her today but, they changed their minds . . . they came YESTERDAY! It's so nice to see her again after so long! Now we shall commence with the talking, shopping, movies and eating until we pass out!

3. Kiddo's birthday party is Saturday (actual birthday is Sunday). Can't believe my baby is going to be three. When did that happen?

4. I didn't watch the VMA's but when I got on Twitter the next day there was quite a buzz. So I watched THE clip. You know the one. That stupid idiot Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swifts speech! How stupid! I felt so bad for that poor girl, I just wanted to cry. (To be fair, he was on Leno's new show last night and he did "apologize.")

5. WHY are none of my favorite restaurants anywhere near where I live???? On that note, if you ever get the chance to eat at a place called Cheddar's Eat there! It is absolutely excellent!

6. "So you're tired and you're beat and you worked all week and you need a place you can let it go, where the girls go wild and the boys play hard and you need a little more than just the radio. Well here's your open invitation, with just a couple regulations. Let me warn you son, only come to have fun, we don't take kindly to serious. So leave your troubles at the door, unless you want some in here. Welcome to my house, buckle up tight." (House Rules, Christian Kane) Could someone please tell me where this guy lives????

7. I'm making a cake for a birthday today. A birthday of someone not in my immediate family. I'm excited and kind of nervous. She's going to be 11 years old and she wants green icing with green decorations. Hehe. Pretty basic!

8. Dan Brown's new book "The Lost Symbol" came out today!!!! I'm and so very excited about this!! (Of course I'm going to have to wait until at least Friday, possibly later, before I get my copy.

Housework

Usually I write my posts the night before but last night I wasn't feeling well. I just went to bed watched a movie (Just Married) and went to sleep.

Today I have a full day. I will be finishing up my laundry, folding it, hanging it up and putting it away. I don't mind washing the clothes so much, it's all that putting it away that I really don't like.

Then I'll finish up cleaning my house. You know that last minute cleaning before company comes. Rina is supposed to be here tomorrow and I am SO excited you don't even know!

So, now I'm off to do a bunch of housework and sing a happy working song (Or Christian Kane songs, whichever).

Nothing? Everything?

I am totally at a loss for a topic today. What do you want to talk about? What do you want to read about? I've got nothing.

What's on my mind? Let's see.
1. Cleaning my house, preparing for company.
2. Rina is coming next week!!! WHOO HOO.
Haven't seen her in five years! It's about time we get together! She left this morning to head this way. Making a couple stops along the way though. She should get here around Tuesday PM or Wednesday. *Squeee*
3. Planning the Kiddo's birthday party, also next week.
This one really snuck up on me. I'm usually prepared weeks in advance with all my lists and everything but a few days ago I looked at the calendar and just about passed out! I couldn't believe it was that close and I didn't have one list! Luckily we're not doing anything huge, just a simple family get together. Pirate party, here we come.

Alright this is starting to feel like a RTT post. Let's save that for Tuesday.

It's September!

It's September! It's September! It's September! It's September!

Just in case you didn't know, I thought I would remind you! It's September! I'm so very very excited. Can you tell?

This means that it's just about time (tomorrow too soon?) to get out some Fallish decorations and make it all pretty around here.

This also means that it's the "Celebration Season" around here. Our Anniversary is this month, My Dad's birthday is this month, Kiddo's birthday is this month, J's birthday is this month, Rina is coming this month (this is not an annual thing By Far, but still cause for GREAT celebration!!) and my Mom's birthday is right at the beginning of October.

Whew! I'm tired (and broke) just thinking about it all. Then after all that it's time for Trick-or-Treat and then Christmas and Christmas parties! Yea! *Sings* It's the MOST WONDERFUL time of the year!!!!!

I wish you a Wonderful Fall season!

Maine? Rina!

Blogging ahead once again. And once again I resorted to Wikipedia’s random article.

Thomaston, Maine.

Well, I know nothing about Thomaston, Maine. Actually I knew very little about Maine in general. I’ve only been there once and it was in December. If I know anything about Maine, it’s that it gets COLD there in December!

Something else I know about Maine is that it’s the current location of my bestest friend. We met in college, lost touch and then a little over three years ago we got back in contact with each other. We were both pregnant and often (like, everyday) would share our experiences (and our complaints).

After we had our kiddos (both boys, three months apart) we had a whole new set of things to discuss. Over the years we’ve grown very close. We've kept in touch often whether through phone calls, text messages, AIM conversations or e-mail. But we still haven’t seen each other since May 2004. Long time, I know!

However!!! This is about to change!!! (I’m excited, can you tell?) You see, she and her family are going to be passing through my part of the country in September (that’s NEXT month!) and will be stopping in here for a few days! I’m so excited!!

Can’t wait to see you Rina!!!