More Georgia

The day after we got in, I called my friend Karen because she had called several people to invite them to meet us for lunch. My old friend Suzanne came to pick me up at the hotel and met Joel. We visited and caught up for a while before we needed to meet everyone at the restraunt. This picture is Karen, Suzanne, Me, Andrea and Kristen. Andrea had to get back to work but the rest of us went to the mall for a couple of hours to talk and hang out longer. I think that this was the best activity for me. It was exactly what I wanted to do. Just catch up with people I had loved dearly in High school but hadn't seen or had contact with in 20 years!

This was taken that night at a pizzaria everyone was meeting at after the homecoming game of our High School. We just went early and waited for people to begin arriving. This picture has Kristen, Beth, Karen, Me, Suz and Michelle.

OUR HOUSE

This is the house we lived in for most of our Georgia life. It's changed a lot. First off, the siding has been repainted. (You can't see the siding in the first picture but can to the far right of the picture below. It's yellow.) I believe that is close to the color it was when we moved there. Then my mom asked my dad to paint it and it was "mauve." Purple. And not to my personal liking.

The mailbox used to be on the other side of the driveway. And I wish I'd gone to the door and asked it I could take a picture of the backyard because it used to be half full of pine trees. They ripped them all out. Most of it is grass, with a few strategically placed trees. (What I could see of it from the street.) I also don't remember there being so much in the front yard.
The whole street seemed so much more closed in with all of the trees and what not. But it is still a beautiful street. It has a brick sign in front of it now too. I wish I'd have gotten a picture of that too.

This is our building which was just around the corner and down the street from our house. I wished so much to go inside but no one was there. I didn't even take a picture from the other side because this is the side we always came in. Such fond memories and all of the time it felt like we spent here.

I used to walk to school from here after seminary. It too was just down the street. (Well, it's back entrance was.) I couldn't take pictures of it though because it was torn down a few years after I graduated.

A great Weekend

Joel and I went to Georgia this weekend for my 20th Year High School Reunion. We left on my birthday (Thurs. the 16th). We got up at 4:00 for a 6:o0 flight and a huge line greeted us as we walked in. The computers were down for the airlines! So we waited for almost 2 1/2 hours in line. Eventually, they called for the 6:00 people but took only those in the first section of those waiting. Then we didn't hear anything else. As we got closer, people started bothering the workers checking us in and we got in another line to be re-routed to other flights because ours was gone! We were given stand-by tickets for the 7:00 and got there just in time. But still had to wait while they tried to get people on who already had their seats for that time period. We finally got called onto the plane and before we got a seat we were asked to come to the front of the plane. There was no room. Luckily the lady checking us in had also reserved actual seats for us on the 9:30 flight so we got some breakfast and waited till then. We ended up having pretty good seats and got to sit together so we were glad. But, it wasted most of our day since there is a three hour time difference. We didn't get to go to the place I had planned for that afternoon.

We arrived at the hotel and went down for a nice dinner at their restaurant. My brother Micah called to wish me a happy birthday and I appreciated that since he was the first one to wish me a happy birthday. (Except the cards I'd gotten from my mom, Dad and Joel's mom.) I couldn't check e-mail and do the blog on the trip and discovered that other members of my family had e-mailed to wish me happy birthday too. Thanks so much!
(View from our hotel room window.)

A Real Hair-cut

The first time Shar got her hair cut (earlier this year), it was more of a trim. Joel loved the long ringlets and the compliments people would give about her.

But every morning we would spend 15 min. just brushing through the "stickies" and then more time for styling. She spent every morning crying and wanting to cut her hair. So, Joel relented.

When he asked her how short she wanted it, she immediately chopped right at her chin. Even I reacted to that! I let her tell the hairdresser what she wanted and then I signaled to cut just below the shoulder.

It's adorable, but it won't stay in ringlets anymore. It has a lot of body and the sides have more wave now than they did when it was long. She loves it!!! Especially the first time we brushed through it and there was hardly any pain and it took all of three minutes!

Girlie stuff-Scary

The other night at 7:00 I heard the little girls playing together and decided to join them. Keddi had already dressed as a princess and had done her make-up. When I got in the room, Keddi had convinced Shinara that it was her turn and one could only be a true princess if they put on all the stuff she'd had on.

Two necklaces and bracelets almost to the elbows on both arms, as well as four purses were required.

Then came the make-up. Blue eye shadow for one eye and green on the other. (Opposite of what Keddi had done on herself!)


Thank you Shinara for the comic relief. I took at least six shots before she gave me this one. I suppose it was worth the wait. (Thank heaven for digital!!)