I had a wonderful, wonderful trip!  I posted my pics on a page you can see here.  I spend three days in Dallas with my son Lanny and his family.  The kids are growing and it was really nice to get to spend time with them.

Then I rode from Dallas to Midland with Laddan’s friend Bonner who had been in the Dallas area at a rodeo.  It was a really nice drive.  I met his new girlfreind and they made me feel welcome to ride with them.

My week in Midland was fun-filled with girly time which I needed.  It went so fast but I got to spend a lot of time with Laddan and his girlfriend, Paige and my friend Paula and her daughter, Mandy.

They took me to some stores that were so cool and of course I bought all kinds of cool stuff.  We hit a couple of consignment stores and I got some amazing deals.  Got a pair of Miss Me pants for $25  and a gogeous leather jacket for $21.

Laddan’s friend Brody and his wife own a neat store and there I got some knock-off ugg boots on sale for $25.  They are so cute.  Later in the week I’ll take pics of all my new stuff.  But on the page of pics I do have a picture of all the flip flops I got

It was like a blood transfusion to be with the girls and see all the new trends and talk about fashion and hair styles and new mascaras.  I love all this stuff and it’s been a while since I have hung out with girls and done this type of thing.

Another thing that got started by talking to the girls was an idea for creating my studio at Mister’s house.  I picked out paint colors and got a real good idea of how I want to create it.  When I got back yesterday I came to Mister’s house and last night we figured out how to make a few minor changes so that one of the upstairs bedrooms can be changed into a studio.  It’s going to be awesome!!!  I’ll take pics along the way.

Another room upstairs is this small almsot hidden room.  I”m going to make it into a dressing room.  I’m going to install a bar across the room where I’ll hang my clothes.  And in a recess I’ll have a place to organize my shoes and purses.  I have a white wicker dresser and stool, so I’ll put it in there.  I picked out Laura Ashley pink and mauve paint colors for that room.  I”m going to start all this redecorating next week.

On Sat, Paula and I presented a workshop on Self Discovery Through Collage.  It was small but very effective.  The women who participated were very involved in the process and learned a lot about themselves.  Paula is going to do another workshop on creating Dreamboards.  I think she’s going to be very successful in Midland, and I”m so proud of her!!!!

Laddan’s puppy got Parvovirus while I was there.   The vet wanted $600 to treat him so we decided we could do it ourselves.  Laddan had to leave town for a rodeo so Paige and I  forced pedialyte down him for about 36 hours and he made a miraculous recovery.  We were pretty proud of ourselves!

I have never had the experience of missing a man the way I missed Mister while I was gone.  It was a strange sensation to be so happy where I was and yet to long to be home with him at the same time.  We talked several times a day every day and it was good to know someone was waiting for me at home who missed me and awaiting my return.   We had a wonderful evening last night sharing about our week apart from each other and appreciating being back together.  Love is good

Posted Reflection, family |