Last night I got to have a few glasses of wine with some very dear friends from college.  Over the years we had lost touch with each other-which I guess happens when you have kids and jobs and spouses and all that other stuff we never considered when we were in the dorm.

I have connected with tons of people from my past through facebook but re-connecting with these two women was great fun-and ironic because one lives about 4 miles from me and the other teaches at my son’s former middle school.

SMALL Flippin’ world.

This is K and I. She lived next door to me in the dorm. She introduced me to the girls I ended up moving off campus to live with. She ended up going back home to school and ended up getting her masters with my own real life sister-never knew that until last night.

SMALL Flippin’ world.

This is S and I. She lived on the other side of K. We stayed in touch for a few years after we came home from college. Funny not a one of us graduated from WKU. I think that we had to much fun and had to come back to the “ville” where our parents could keep better track of us.

The only person missing from this party is T. She lives in Ohio and none of us have talked to her in years. I saw her last. We all miss her still.

And I should mention that even though the three of us have some serious big 80’s hair. T beat us all. She had rock star hair band hair…David Coverdale would have been jealous.

I should have a complete family room.

Sure now it doesn’t look so hot…but it will!

When I was taking pictures of the secret garden at church yesterday, I kept thinking of an episode of Dr. Who.

Lastnight when I was showing the pictures to the spouselet, he said the same thing.

Here is atrailer for the episode in question:

And this is why it reminded us of it:

This weekend, I knew there would be an event at our church and I was hoping to get some shots of the building at dusk with all the interior lights on.  Those would be beautiful shots to use on the church site and other print media (I really don’t want to use the word “marketing” in conjunction with God).

However….
The weather did not cooperate.

Bit of a storm rolling in.

I love this.

In between the chapel and the sanctuary there is a small secret garden with a water feature-great place to pray or meditate and you can share the space with this precious little cherub. (more about him in another post).

And finally, where I grew up…

This is the building where I was christened, confirmed and married (the first time)-most of my growin’ up happened behind that red door. It is a very special place and I am so glad that the congregation takes steps to preserve it and its rich history.

I took 78 something pictures, not all of them worth viewing and not a one was the shot I went to get. Another day. The rain started soon after I took the first image and didn’t stop until sometime this morning.

“I thee wed”
(until I lose about 30 lbs and you can wear it around your pointer finger while I play soccer)

Looks like it is time for some ring resize.

I wish that were MY ring falling off, but still happy that he has done so well, the booger.

We promised the 14 yr old that he could get contacts before he started high school.  I seriously thought I had longer.  This is proof that his freshman year is right around the corner.

Everyone knows that the 14 yr old plays…

Now the spouselet does too!
(he is the one playing keep).

I was on the sidelines planning blog posts, like this one

I used the daily plate back in January to log all of my food and exercise and it was so very successful. Since then I have fallen way off the weight loss wagon and need serious intervention.

Luckily for me, Livestrong (Yo’ Lance, you rock) now has a blackberry app. I can log all my food and exercise on the go, which has been my biggest issue since soccer started this spring.

Wow.

I am so overwhelmed with summer I almost missed my blog-o-versary with a whopping 50 minutes left to celebrate.

I will tell myself that I must have known it on some level, that justifies the mini cheese cake I had a BD’s for dinner tonight!

I have great things instore for this next year, school just has to start first