My Friend Day

Sue came today as planned and I SO enjoyed my time with her. It was a relaxing day. Her and the kids came early and I was wearing a tank top and jeans as I was in an awful hot flash. Yeesh (as Zach would say)! It was a rainy cold morning so I stayed close to the open kitchen window while we visited. Sue brought her gorgeous quilts to show me. You can see them on her blog. The Red and Black one she is just finishing is incredibly stunning. Ooooh I think I would pay money for it! She will be showing it in the next couple of days as she will be binding it in the next day or so. She brought me a beautiful tea cup pincushion she made. It is gorgeous! She also made the beaded scissor fob. I am so thrilled with it.

My hot flash passed pretty quickly and I was able to get my "do" done!

I will use the pic from yesterday as mine and Sue's before and after pictures, as I started with greasy hair and Sue, though she did not look bad at all, had a teeney bit of bed head going on.

BEFORE:

And here is my AFTER: Sue's daughter Rebekah did such a great cut. I LOVE the back and the sides and front are perfect when wet, but my hair frizzed up so I lost the style a little. I got some anti-frizz serum so I will be able to keep the style.

Sue got foil wrapped highlights, but I did not do an "in progress" pic at her request. Here she is in her AFTER shot with Ruthie, her little cutie! There was another time Sue and I had our hair done together.....It was WAAAAY back in the early days of our friendship. We were in our early 20's. I am on the left and Sue is on the right. This was our bowling league's halloween party. We were all punk rockers! What a blast!

Anyway, we are both stylin' and Rebekah did a great job! Thank you Rebekah! Sue's daughter Rachel came too and was able to get some of her driving hours in by chauffeuring everyone here and back. Soon she will have her license! See her hair??...that is what mine looks like wet. Hopefully the anti frizz stuff will keep it that way.

Zachary and, Sue's son, Lucas played board games, watched a movie and played the dance mat. Zach loves having Lucas over. Notice Zach's hand on Lucas's leg. He needs a friend who lives closer! Charlotte finished her school work, ate lunch with us and ran down to her friends house to play, so I got no pics of her. She had a fun day too, though. Lunch was great (I was starving!!!). We spent a little time figuring out block settings for a quilt I am putting together, and then hand quilted a bit while catching up. Sue and I have known each other for 25 years (last month). I was 22 years old. She is such an important person in my life, I can NOT imagine not knowing her. We are so alike, yet just different enough to keep it interesting. Our husbands got along good too. We would spend 1 night every couple months together as families and eat dinner and play cards. Sue and I saw each other at least 4 times a week (sometimes more) and talked every day. I had to go and move 2 counties away! Well, miles do nothing to change the friendship we have built in the last quarter of a century! Only our hair-do's have changed (thank goodness!!!)