Swings and Congratulations

This weekend’s date night was spent with friends. They are still fairly new friends for me though Tennessee has known them all for many years. I’m so grateful that they have accepted me into the fold.

It was make-your-own pizza and only one other person likes pineapple on pizza, so she made us a regular-size pie to share while the others each had personal size ones.

We ate them out on their back porch where we got to watch hummingbirds while we talked. This is a newly built house and every time we visit they’ve added something new. This time it was swings…you know the ones kids play on in parks. They are hung on the underside of the porch and Tennessee had a blast swinging on them. Made my heart smile to hear her delight.

One of the friends we were with is Tennessee’s best friend who came up from Chattanooga to spend the weekend with us. She brought her dog Madge, who is the sweetest pup and who totally bosses Buddy, our Jack Russell, but is terrified of Silas the cat.

The bestie cooked us dinner last night, fried okra and corn on the cob, and I taught her how to play cribbage. She’s going to teach me how to crochet on a future visit.

She is also a hairdresser, that’s her day job, and she gave my gorgeous fiancé a haircut. It looks very sexy, and the back of her head has that close-cropped, newly shaved feel. Yum.

We didn’t get much from our to-do list done but that’s okay. Hanging out with friends is just as important, maybe more so, at least for me.

Especially in light of the fact that two of my dearest friends back in Colorado got engaged this weekend. Congratulations!

I am absolutely ecstatic for them. They were with many of our mutual friends when it happened, and I admit to feeling sad I wasn’t there. I also admit that even if I had been in Colorado, I wouldn’t have been there with them because they were camping–in tents–in the woods. Yeah, that was not going to happen, but I’m glad they were all together. I send them love and joy.

Have a great week my friends.