CHEESECAKE!!!

First of all, I apologize for not blogging yesterday.  As most of you know, I have coffee with my parents in the wee hours of the morning on Thursdays...which is usually when I write my blog.  It is the only time in the entire day when the house is completely quiet.  I need quiet time to think...to reflect...and to write.  So on Thursdays, I have a very hard time getting back to the computer and writing something that even remotely makes sense. 

Today, I am leaving for Kansas City with my Mom, Sista and Granny.  This is our annual KC Christmas shopping trip and I LOVE it.  No really...you have no idea how much I love this trip.  We get to eat at wonderful places...(The Cheesecake Factory)! I get two uninterrupted days of shopping...which is impossible here at home.  I get to spend time with the three out of four of the most important women in my life...(Mother in law stays home to care for my loveys while I am away)...AND...I get to eat at the Cheesecake Factory. 

Oh wait...I already said that.

Sorry.  Like I said...you have no idea how excited I am. 

There is nothing like a break from reality to super charge your battery for life.  Whether it is a trip with  my fave women...or a weekend away at a baseball tournament.  Packing up and leaving town for a few days just does me a lot of good.  It gets me outside the box that I am always in and sheds new light on situations that might have made their way into the dark.  Not that there is a lot of quiet time on the trip...we talk a lot.  A LOT.  But it is good...to have different perspectives.  Generations of knowledge about marriage...raising families...our faith...and what kind of Cheesecake to order.  I LOVE it. 

 I would also like to report that I had a fabulous Birthday.  I had so many Birthday wishes and love that day...it was amazing.  Coach went way out of his comfort zone with the help of a friend and bought me a fabulous Miche Bag. (The kind you can change the outside to make it look like a different purse...which comes in very hand as I have a changing of furniture and purses habit).  An old friend brought me my favorite drink from Starbucks in a reuseable mug...it was wonderful.  My sweet Mother in law made me a strawberry cake and we celebrated at their house in the evening.  It was a great day and I loved every minute of it. 

So...with that said...Have a wonderful weekend!  Please continue to be in prayer for my friend's sister Jenny.  She is battling pancreatic cancer among other things and is in need of prayer.  You all are the most wonderful prayer warriors...thank you for all that you do. 

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Mom, Granny, Chele and I...Look out Kansas City...Here We Come!