Friends

It's early Saturday morning. 

The sun hasn't yet peeked her shining face over the mountains to the east. 

In my opinion, this is the best part of the day in the desert; when all is cool and quiet. 

I wish this part of the day wasn't so short.

This week has been such a good time for meeting up with old friends. In the last five days I have met with friends from all different times and parts of my life. 

Al, Cindy, Stephanie, Jennifer, Emily, Tracy, Paula, Kristin, Kristi, Heather, Dana, and Joanna. 

Common names for uncommon people.

People who can set aside the passages of time and pick up right where we left off...even when years and experiences have contoured our lives in different ways...people who each have a big piece of my heart.

And, next week there'll be more.

I'll meet with old, and new, friends.

Friends here in the desert and friends from different parts of the country.

Three of whom I have never spoken to face-to-face.

This time next week I will be sipping coffee with Gretchen, Susan, Amber and Jennifer in a part of the country I have never been.

A beautiful place called Whidbey Island in Washington state. 

A place where I am certain my heart will stretch to a greater capacity that will leave me speechless; for the expansion of the heart is always amazing to me. 

Abraham Lincoln once said: The better part of ones life consists of his friendships.

I couldn't agree more.

107 Check In

No that is not my weight listed in the title (not even close).

Nor is it my credit number, or ATM number.

It isn't my address or how many m&m's I have eaten today.

That, my friends, is the temperature for today in this great southwest city.

I am so thankful for A/C.

So I have been a little behind in the blogging. 

Vacationing and blogging seem to be two things I cannot multi-task. 

We are having a good time though.

Last weekend we were invited to my nieces Murder Mystery party. Let me tell you, this was one of the most fun kid parties I have been to in a long time. 

The Boy was given the role as The Robot, and The Girl was Zee French Chef

At the last minute I  got called in to be the Butler. A role I enjoyed as I tried my hand at a British/Hispanic/North Carolinian accent.

If you are looking for a fun idea for birthday parties for the "tween-age set", head on over to Dramatic Fanatic. I was quite impressed with this mystery party. I'm sure that we will be doing one in the future!

I was also able to spend some time with my friend Tracy. We hadn't seen each other in way-to-long, and we felt like two school girls in a fancy restaurant when ordering our red wine. 

I kept thinking maybe we might get kicked out for dining in an establishment that was clearly for adults.  

Lets just say we didn't get carded. 

Tracy was my dearest friend during my senior year of high school (and the years after.) I really cannot remember one thing we did that year that we didn't do together (of course we laughed and laughed at all the things we had already forgotten!). 

In lieu of my senior trip, my parents took us on a family trip to Montana through Yellowstone and all places in between (my parents liked to keep us close and busy). Tracy got to come with us. She was really like a sister to me, except we didn't have all the fighting and stuff.

Its going to be fun keeping in touch.

Tonight I get to have some dinner with Mrs. Moofish and Joanna. We hung out a ton in my early college years, (and then, in a wonderful turn of events, I married Mrs. Moofish's brother).

All right, its time to go find another cold beverage and think winter thoughts!