I wish I could tell you all that I am well rested after our long weekend, but alas, I am exhausted! My Best Friend flew in last Friday from Philly with her boyfriend to celebrate both her bday and Thanksgiving. I spent Friday through Tuesday with Carmen either celebrating or just hanging out. She is SO wonderful. Just a truly amazing woman whom I love to pieces. I wish she still lived in SF but I know the move to Philly is temporary and I can last another few years. Her man, Alex, just purchased a house in Drexel Hills and I can not wait to go visit next year and have the comfort of a home with a backyard and a fireplace. The house is super cute.
On Wednesday night both Sandy and Jennifer arrived for the long weekend. Sandy arrived mid-day and then we all had to sit around waiting for the arrival of Jennifer later that evening. We were all so excited we couldn’t sit still. I think D left for the airport almost three hours early! When he and Jen finally arrived back at my house we nearly smothered her in love. She was so happy to be there. We all stayed up until midnight just chatting and laughing.
Thursday was Thanksgiving and we were having twenty guests to dinner. We spent a majority of the day cooking and setting up. Around 5:30 we sat down to a wonderful dinner with friends and family. It is funny how you nearly starve yourself all day so you can enjoy the meal and then can barely eat half of what is on your plate. Is this a holiday phenomenon? With turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and yams, green beans, salads, homemade rolls, cranberry sauce, and four different types of pies, I want to be able to eat all night. Unfortunately I barely made it to dessert. After everything was packed away and cleaned up, D, Jen and I crawled into my bed and watched Spanglish. Sandy joined us after Survivor ended in the living room.
On Friday we decided to celebrate Jen’s Sweet Sixteen (her actual bday was on Monday) with gifts and kisses. I think she preferred the gifts but Sandy isn’t so sure. Sandy gave her several new outfits and D and I gave her a diamond “J” pendant. Then we took her shopping for a new coat, some other clothes, a Winter Formal dress, jewelry and shoes. I am pretty sure she went home happy. Her dad gave her a car already but we are keeping it in CA for when she moves here.
We took Sandy to the airport that afternoon as we had decided it would be nice to have Jen for one day alone. It was so very cool to have Sandy with us for a few days, I love spending time with her. After dropping her off we all went to Ikea to get me a new bookshelf and then headed home.
D and Jen decided they wanted to see Just Friends and I had dinner plans with a group of friends to celebrate Mike’s 31st bday. I left around 6:30 for Q and met up with Carmen, Mary, Mikey, Alex, Paulie, and Debbie. I wasn’t feeling all that well but when I got there and saw the amazing wines they had for us to drink I had to partake, even if it was just a little. Over $350 dollars worth of wine in four bottles. The Opus One was by far my favorite.
After dinner we headed to the 540 Club, a semi-dive bar that is owned by an old friend of mine. We had a few rounds and I headed home.
When I got there D and Jen were curled up in my bed. D was watching a movie, Jen was snoring. We decided to move Jen to her bed so D woke her up and then went to turn her bed down. Jen just sorta stood there, looking around my room. I asked her if she needed anything and she said no, looked back at my bed, climbed BACK in and passed out! I was cracking up when I asked her father to please help me get her back up and in her own bed.
On Saturday D and Jen took off for a day together and I did all sorts of domestic things. When they returned we took Jen to her favorite restaurant in NoCal, Maya’s, for Mexican food. After dinner we rented some movies and headed home.
Sunday rolled around and we had to get Jen ready to head home. We still needed to buy her formal shoes so we went to breakfast and then back to the mall before heading to the airport. It is always sad seeing Jen leave, but this time it was different, this time we knew exactly when we would see her again and it is only 30 days out!
On Wednesday night both Sandy and Jennifer arrived for the long weekend. Sandy arrived mid-day and then we all had to sit around waiting for the arrival of Jennifer later that evening. We were all so excited we couldn’t sit still. I think D left for the airport almost three hours early! When he and Jen finally arrived back at my house we nearly smothered her in love. She was so happy to be there. We all stayed up until midnight just chatting and laughing.
Thursday was Thanksgiving and we were having twenty guests to dinner. We spent a majority of the day cooking and setting up. Around 5:30 we sat down to a wonderful dinner with friends and family. It is funny how you nearly starve yourself all day so you can enjoy the meal and then can barely eat half of what is on your plate. Is this a holiday phenomenon? With turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and yams, green beans, salads, homemade rolls, cranberry sauce, and four different types of pies, I want to be able to eat all night. Unfortunately I barely made it to dessert. After everything was packed away and cleaned up, D, Jen and I crawled into my bed and watched Spanglish. Sandy joined us after Survivor ended in the living room.
On Friday we decided to celebrate Jen’s Sweet Sixteen (her actual bday was on Monday) with gifts and kisses. I think she preferred the gifts but Sandy isn’t so sure. Sandy gave her several new outfits and D and I gave her a diamond “J” pendant. Then we took her shopping for a new coat, some other clothes, a Winter Formal dress, jewelry and shoes. I am pretty sure she went home happy. Her dad gave her a car already but we are keeping it in CA for when she moves here.
We took Sandy to the airport that afternoon as we had decided it would be nice to have Jen for one day alone. It was so very cool to have Sandy with us for a few days, I love spending time with her. After dropping her off we all went to Ikea to get me a new bookshelf and then headed home.
D and Jen decided they wanted to see Just Friends and I had dinner plans with a group of friends to celebrate Mike’s 31st bday. I left around 6:30 for Q and met up with Carmen, Mary, Mikey, Alex, Paulie, and Debbie. I wasn’t feeling all that well but when I got there and saw the amazing wines they had for us to drink I had to partake, even if it was just a little. Over $350 dollars worth of wine in four bottles. The Opus One was by far my favorite.
After dinner we headed to the 540 Club, a semi-dive bar that is owned by an old friend of mine. We had a few rounds and I headed home.
When I got there D and Jen were curled up in my bed. D was watching a movie, Jen was snoring. We decided to move Jen to her bed so D woke her up and then went to turn her bed down. Jen just sorta stood there, looking around my room. I asked her if she needed anything and she said no, looked back at my bed, climbed BACK in and passed out! I was cracking up when I asked her father to please help me get her back up and in her own bed.
On Saturday D and Jen took off for a day together and I did all sorts of domestic things. When they returned we took Jen to her favorite restaurant in NoCal, Maya’s, for Mexican food. After dinner we rented some movies and headed home.
Sunday rolled around and we had to get Jen ready to head home. We still needed to buy her formal shoes so we went to breakfast and then back to the mall before heading to the airport. It is always sad seeing Jen leave, but this time it was different, this time we knew exactly when we would see her again and it is only 30 days out!
More pictures will be posted soon.
1 comment:
Hey Kim....Jenny Here from Leander...I need your e-mail address, and mailing address to send you EVITES, PREVITES, and the Formal Invitation. Lyn wants you to come to my 30th BASH! Please e-mail them to me at jennyburton1@aol.com
Peace,
Jenny
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