Pure Fun!

When we first moved to Georgia it took us quite a while to find friends.

Rich wasn’t working – he didn’t get a job until we’d been here about 7 months. Then, when he did find a job he was traveling to Nashville every week.

We live in a town northwest of Atlanta and I had a job southeast of Atlanta. If you’ve ever experienced Atlanta traffic you know what a hellacious journey it could be! Sometimes 2 hours or more to get to and from work.

When I finally stopped working I set out to find friends. Josh and I would attend story time at the local Borders. Mary, the story teller and I soon discovered we had a lot in common and became friends.

Yeah, I Am Hip Hop…

Or at least I was on Saturday!

Saturday was super busy – we had so much going on and it will take me a while to catch up.

We went to a friend’s birthday party on Saturday.  Greg is the owner/director/founder of World Hip Hop Market. So he “knows people.”

He decided to have a bash for his 40th birthday and invite his Hip Hop recording artist friends to come perform and he invited all his friends and their families to come help celebrate. 

 

I Love my Bloggy Friends

One thing I love about blogging is it brings people together. I have met so many fantastic people from all over the globe through blogging and the internet.

I can't begin to tell you about the number of people I consider "friends" although I've never meet them, or met just briefley. Just look at my blog roll. There are people on there who share their lives with me everyday and I relate to them. And they relate to me. And I consider them friends.

There is one person who I've joked with for well over a year now about being a "twin" (a much younger twin) or a "long lost sister." We have so much in common and I just love her and her blog. She is a very gifted writer who actually does remind me a lot of my own sister.

I consider her a mentor and a friend. She is a wonderful writer and all around good person. And we both have two boys and that gives us a sister-type bond beyond compare.

She's hit the big-time with TV gigs and national exposure through Shine! Yahoo's site for women. I'm honored that she considers me a friend too.

So when I came home from picking Sam up from school today and found a package waiting for me I was all a tingle with excitement! Something other than a bill, credit card application or addressed to "resident."

I opened it up and this was inside:

A book called "No One Cares What You Had for Lunch Today: 100 ideas for your Blog" by Margaret Mason. Sent to me by my good friend Charlene, aka: CrazedParent.

Gosh, I hope she wasn't trying to tell me something about my blog?

Just kidding! Thanks CP, I really appreciate it!




And by the way, I had a Publix Turkey Cobb Salad today!

What a difference a week makes

Last weekend we sat at home and did nothing.

This weekend, we went to Orlando...

On Thursday morning we got up at 5:00 and drove down to Orlando, FL to visit with some of Rich's college friends. He was a roommate and their daughter is Rich's God-daughter. They were visiting from Liverpool, England and invited us down to share the holiday villa they are renting for a few weeks.

So on Thursday we drove down and joined them! Their kids are older than ours and they have different interests so on Friday they went off and did some parks and such, we went to Downtown Disney for window shopping. The Candy Cauldron was one of the kids favorites!



We had lunch at Planet Hollywood (which I would NOT recommend -- the food was cold and I hit every ladies room on the way home), and played at the Lego Store -- very fun!



On Saturday all eight of us piled in our cars and drove to Clearwater beach. By far the most fun and most "holidayish" time we had. The water was wonderful (but a bit crowded) and it was just lovely and beautiful. Almost makes me want to move to Tampa just so I can go to the beaches more often!



On Sunday we hung around the villa most of the day and played in the pool. But, while the rest of the Blogging Women of the world were in San Francisco at BlogHer, I got to meet some of my bloggy-friends!



Sheila from My Memories and her sister Cheryl. I met both through Maya's Mom last year. When I found out they were going to be in Orlando the same time I jumped at the opportunity to meet them! They are so warm and welcoming and lovely! I had a great time with them -- the 2 hours we were together flew by! I felt like I'd known them my whole life, they are such easy company!

Thank you Sheila and Cher for such a great time!

We got up at 5:00 this morning and headed home to Georgia. It's good to be home. I'm tired and ready for bed. But we had a great time. And the kids were great in the car, both going down and coming home. What more could I ask for?