Pull up a chair and chat a while...

Last month I wrote this post about friendship and how we need to be intentional with our relationships. Right after writing that post, I ran into an old friend. We used to have all kinds of adventures when our oldest kids were teeny tinies. We would go shopping,  talk on the phone, we'd take the kids to the park, we'd even paint rooms and complete the occasional craft project, and when there was a prayer need we'd pray a lot too and we'd always, always eat at Chick fil a.

So when I ran into my old friend, we decided it was high time to get together and do something. So She and her oldest and me and my youngest met Friday morning  for breakfast at none other than Truett's Grill aka Chick-fil-A.

We talked and caught up a little. Her oldest girl, who I've known since she was a toddler, was in the high school CORE group that I had the honor of leading for two years. It's wonderful to see what a wonderful, beautiful spiritual girl she has become.

As I wrote in my friendship post, I said, I have a camera in my purse, so get ready to say cheese. It's funny that all that time we spent together when our kids were younger, we didn't have a single photo of any of those memories. I have learned my lesson, I always carry a camera in my purse. SO, we had one of the Chick fil a workers to snap a few photos. It was his pleasure!!

 Jolie, me, Kara, Christy posing in front of the old timey car in the lobby.

             The sunshine was bright so we turned around and stood in front of the trolley.

 Chick-fil-A ...I could eat there 7 times a day...isn't that what Tim Hawkins says?...well, at least I could eat there once or twice a day...maybe not 7. lol

Jolie poses in the Phone booth in the lobby.

Talking on the phone, where's the texting capabilities on this phone!? lol
Back when Christy's kids and my kids were little, we had our first cell phones, huge big things that could not fit in a pocket, and such bad reception. I even remember when we both had pagers; we thought we were something, with those pagers attached to one hip and a baby attached to the other hip.
So glad we were able to make a little time and catch up!

Getting together with friends is always a blessing!

Can you say ham?

I do believe I live with a whole family of 'hammy' kids. Where did they get these hammy characteristics? Karl and I are so quiet and laid back and all!  Jolie likes to model her clothes like her sister, I know she's gotten the model moves from watching Karlie.

Today she found her tutu skirt and had to put it on over her dress, then she found Karlie's high heel silver shoes and proceeded to prance around. So I snapped some photos  of her hamming it up with my iphone .

So, I leave you with a funny story that happened yesterday. I have already shared it with my great email friend. While at the Speech therapist yesterday, Ms. Jenn, noticed some spots on Jolie's tongue and thought I had better get it checked out. She thought she might have the very contagious hand, foot and mouth virus. SO I called the doc on the way home and they said to come on by. Since Jolie is now potty trained and she wears the big girl panties out in public, I knew that we had better go to the restroom upon our arrival. So we rushed in to the restroom, and lined the potty seat with paper. She hopped up there used the bathroom and then started to wash her hands. I cleaned up all the paper, dried her hands and we headed out of the restroom and walked across the very crowded waiting room. Jolie was following behind me. I made it back to our seat, and sat down. Then Jolie stood in front of me, looked down at her feet and then back at me and said to me,"MOMMA!" I looked at her and I had forgotten to help her pull up her panties, and leggins. I gasped, and all the other mommas chuckled at me. It wasn't too long and they called us back. I guess they wanted to get the potentially contagious little 'streaker' out of the waiting room.

Good news...she did not have hand foot and mouth...but geographic tongue totally harmless and it comes and goes and eventually goes away.

I hate fat photos

I hate fat photos. 

I usually hit the delete button for my fat photos.

But I share this one today. This photo was snapped on Thanksgiving Day 2011, the day before my family and I started on

the 24 Day Challenge!

This is me today!

I've lost some lbs. and inches and feel awesome.

I am still working  toward my weight loss and fitness goals

I keep charting my progress, because

if there are others out there with the

fluffy problem, I want them to know there's hope.

If you're local, come to my AdvoCare mixer on Thursday night and learn more about what we are doing.

If you're not local and you have questions, email me.

Take me out to the ball game

Take me out to the ball game because that's what we will be doing from now on or at least until the end of May. Every Friday night and every Saturday.  Want' to join us? You'll know where to find us on the weekends!