Dinner Out, Chicken, Deck, Barbie and Ken

 Sunday ~

After a day of rain, 

ALL DAY, on Sat., it

was good to have some sun.

This pic however, shows clouds

which was how the last part of 

Sunday was cloudy but it was still 

nice. 

I actually went out to meet

some friends for dinner.

My drive was one hour and four

mins to there and back, and 

I struggled back and forth about

going.

I felt I needed to go, I needed

dose of human company. 

But I was not thrilled about 

the drive or even just leaving

the house. 

You see, with this continuing issue

of not being able to hold my 

bladder, I just feel uncomfortable 

being out around people. 

As you can tell by the outdoor 

pic above, I decided to go.

I enjoyed my travel time, 

windows cracked, sunroof open,

and music going. 

I even enjoyed the trip home

after dark. 

Glad I went.

Years ago, Theresa invited

me to an event with some of her

friends that I had not hung with

before. They had this group sort, 

an odd mix of folks but it works.

I became a part of that group.

Last night Liz was unable

to make it but the rest was there.

Course Theresa took the pic, making

sure she was not in it.

Left side of the table of course

is me, Nay, Amir (couple), Nancy on 

the end, across from her is Kevin,

Tommy, Bre and Dana. 

Dana and Kevin are married and 

Tommy is Dana's brother. 

Proud of Dana and Bre.

Bre had gastric by pass and is 

down 120 lbs, Dana has done

it without surgery and she was down

180. She said last night that she

had gained 30 back and was working

to lose that. 

CONGRATS to both.

I was raised in a southern home,

brought up with southern

cooking and mom did not

even use spices.

I was a picky teen and did not

get out among folks to try different

foods. 

Hanging with this group, you tend

to try different things.

Last night was a Palestine

restaurant. I had no clue what

that stuff was! haha

But I had Shish Tawook

chicken, 

 served with "fries"

of all things. Some in the group

had gotten humus and other stuff,

so, taking a few bites of this and 

that. I brought my food home.

Also, I had Lentil soup.

I really need to get out

on the deck and make

that bed but every time 

I head out, Lily is curled up

on it. I have slats under 

the mattress but they tend

to move around causing the

mattress to sink down. 

I have some wood in the 

shed that I will cut 

to fit so that don't happen.

Do you see Lily tucked among 

the pillows?

Britney and Cory will be in 

the 23rd and I sure would hate

one of them going out to sit

and it crashing in. 

I have already thought through 

my thoughts for the spring and 

the deck. 

haha...

I can almost hear

someone saying, "oh, 

what is she thinking now"?

This past spring, once the yellow

pollen had died down, I went

out and cleaned the deck..

WOW, so much 

yellow crap.

This next spring I think I

will get some cheap shower

curtain liners to hang up 

on all the openings of the deck 

to prevent a lot of yellow

crap from covering everything.

Deck~ temps are getting so 

doable for evenings on 

the deck blogging, surfing

FB and setting up the tv again. 

I think Cory and Brit will

enjoy that too.

I was tagged on FB with 

this...

haha

Pam