It's been awhile since I've posted anything. The summer went so fast - so much has happened. My class reunion was probably the most important accomplishment in recent years. It is amazing the number of classmates I now keep in touch with every week. I am so beyond blessed to have this wonderful people in my life. It makes it all worth getting up in the morning. The feeling is like comfort food (yes, I seem to always compare everything to food)... These are the folks that helped shape me in my youth. Seems only fitting that we should enjoy each other in adulthood.
The remodeling project is finished! My new kitchen and den are fabulous. Taylor did such an amazing job - the fireplace is probably my favorite - black marble and a new mantle. I can just sit on the couch and look at the fireplace and get all teary-eyed... It's always the little things (actually, the fireplace cost about the same as I had budged for my England trip)..... Every little detail Taylor put into this project is amazing. I am so grateful to him.
Have had a few parties this summer - class reunion committee, band reunion for Tom and Joy and the big reveal of the remodeling! Each one was a joy and again, such fabulous friends. The band reunion was probably the most surprising for me - I wasn't in the band in high school - gave it up for pep club! Lord, the decisions we make as young people. Anyway, Tom was in the band and unable to attend the reunion. I didn't know him in high school, but we connected on Facebook. Then, I got to know his wonderful wife, Joy. It just seemed fitting when he told he would be in town, that a party should be given. So, we planned it and almost everyone Tom wanted to see was able to come! Again, fabulous food and friends.....
The Remodeling Bash was a couple of weeks ago. I wanted everyone to meet Taylor and share in my joy of my remodeled digs. It was so much fun - a fabulous mixture of people from all phases of my life. We all wore name tags with a notation of how they knew me - that was hysterical - there was anything from "met her in jail", to "met her at a strip club", so "my brother from another mother" (he's Chinese)... High School friends, oil and gas friends, neighbors, friends of friends that I know treasure as my own and LTYM soul mates! I must say I drank a wee bit too much vodka that night, but all in all, I think it was a smashing success! Thank you to everyone that was able to come.
So, now I'm wondering what will be next for me. It's OU football time and Thunder basketball is around the corner. Life is such a journey - so far, it's been quite a ride....
