Friends Forevah!!

This past Monday night Shannon met with a few of her girlfriends and their kids at a local fast food restaurant. Two of the girls and Shannon have been friends since as far back as 4th grade! One girl lives out of state and the other two are local but they all keep in touch by e-mail.

How well I remember Cathy and Shana...the two girls Shannon has been friends with the longest. It seems like there were not many weekends that went by without one of these girls being at our house! In grammer school, they jumped on the trampoline and giggled about boys. By junior high, they were trying out and making the cheerleading and/or dance squads. Of course, they were still talking about boys! By high school, there were some new girls added to their group, and they were not together as much, as other interests and activities took up more of their time, but they were still great friends by their senior year.

Shana was a bridesmaid at Shannon's wedding and even sang a song. Cathy was off doing "her thang" so she didn't make it.

Now, 13 years later (where did the time ever go?), I think it's so sweet that they still are in touch and try and get together from time to time.

This is a group shot of the four girls and their sweet babies

From left to right - Cathy, Mary, Shana, Shannon - FRIENDS FOREVAH!!!

Best Friends

We all have a circle friends of one kind or another....some are casual acquaintenances, others are found at work, church, and in our neighborhood. If we are really lucky, we have a best friend, the one person that is there for you through thick and thin, that loves you warts and all. I am lucky enough to have such a friend. Her name is Judy, just like mine! We tell folks that we are sisters and our parents could not decide which one to name Judy, so they named us both that. (Okay, a little juvenile at our age to still be telling that story but we still tell it). We've been best friends for almost 30 years now and I can honestly say never had a cross word. Oh, sure, she'll get aggravated me at times as I have her but the love and respect are there always.

Just before David asked me to marry him, in addition to asking my family's permission, he also went to Judy because he knew of the special bond we had. She knew for about 6 weeks before he asked me and said it was the hardest thing to not say anything to me. Judy's husband and my husband are a lot alike so thankfully they get along great. One time when we were dating, David was telling Judy's hubby that I had a few "little ideas" for the house he was living in at the time. Judy's hubby said "man, don't let those girls in your house....when you get home there will be mirrors, pillows, tassels and lamps everywhere....plus they'll paint everything in sight."! He was serious too! Everytime I visit with Judy, her husband wants to know what that trip will cost him (I have NO IDEA what he's talking about)!

Judy says I have taught her how to decorate and I say she has taught me how not to make fashion faux pas. She is a very stylish lady and never leaves her home without looking 100% put together. You can go here to see how she decorated her house for Christmas.

Anyway, last week Judy came by my house to show me her new "toy".

They have personalized Auburn tags for everything - including her Auburn golf cart!

Posing with her "Z"

Next weekend I will be joining her at the beach for 3-4 days. She has practically lived at the beach this year and keeps asking me when I'm coming to visit so we finally decided on a weekend.