Girls Weekend

I've been meaning to blog for a week but life has kind of gotten in the way. Last weekend some of my best friends from college and I got together for a girls weekend. It was SOOO great. Eight years ago I was blessed with an amazing small group and to this day they are cherished friends. As we shared stories through laughter and tears, I felt incredibly blessed to have these women in my life. And it was great to see how God has been moving in our lives and growing us in our faith. But those late nights killed me. I clearly don't get out enough. I think I was up til 1 am both nights and Liam wasn't sleeping well so he kept waking up early. Needless to say, when Sunday came around I was like a zombie. I definitely went to bed at 9pm that night.

A Quilter I am Not

I have ventured into the world of quilting and I don't think I like it. I enjoyed picking out the colors, fabric and creating the designed. I was okay with cutting a bunch of squares and sewing them together into something beautiful. But putting it all together with the batting and the pinning and the taping was not fun. The quilt I'm making was too hefty for the machine I have so it wouldn't feed through properly and kept pulling cause it was so heavy. So all my lines are crooked :( Oh well. The next time I do a quilt I will just piece together the top and send it to a quilt shop to be "quilted". Lesson learned

A Night with JEW

Friday night Dylan and I actually went out. It was supposed to be a surprise date for Dylan as an early birthday present, but I just ended up telling him. Surprises are a lot of work and I wanted him to have something to look forward to at the end of his work day. So we went to see Jimmy Eat World play at the House of Blues. It was amazing! Funny thing is that we went to this same concert at the House of Blues 6 years ago when they released Futures. And our sad reality is that we haven't been to ANY concerts in over 2 years. We're lame.

But JEW is amazing and Jim Adkins is a beast. His passion for music literally pours out of his body. As I watched the sweat and spit fly I though, man I want to have that same passion. Their music just effects me. There were times in the concert when I just closed my eyes and soaked it all in. They had this girl singing and playing the keyboard but she really wasn't doing much. I thought I could do that and I would love it. I think that Jimmy Eat World needs some ethnicity in their band and fan base. I'm pretty sure I counted about 6 black people at the concert. It's pretty bad when you can COUNT the black people and are certain you haven't miscounted because you know their faces.

All in all it was a great night and I look forward to our next concert. Hopefully it will be soon.

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