THREE THINGS - UPDATED!

The past 4 days have been wonderful.  I was worried about it when I wrote the last post.  Wasn't sure I was up to it.  I'm a homebody right now (and really aways have been, but....).  I tend to whine a lot, and feel sorry for myself WAY too much.  Sometimes I'm just really pathetic.

But, I puffed out my chest, and took it all on this past week, with the encouragement of Husband and Daughter, and friends.  I was able to spend time with those wonderful friends, and celebrate two memorable occasions....

#1  - The first was spending time with these girls......

I'll write more about these three another time, but just know that I LOVE these girls more than I can say. They each have a charm I gave them a little over a year ago, a milagro, which means love and joy.  They are amazing young women - have been friends since before kindergarten.  One of them is getting married next October, to a young man we also love! (Thank goodness for him!!)  I can go on and on about them, but I'll stop! I just love them so much!

#2  - The other thing I was fortunate enough to be a part of was a wedding of sweet, young friends, under this huge oak tree, at a beautiful park in East Austin.

This picture was after everything had been cleared away, but it was beautiful.  Enhanced by baseball games going on close by, a birthday party with a loud pineda bashing, jump-rope songs, etc.  It was an hour I will never forget - the sweetest wedding I have ever attended.  The couple has been together for 8 years.  An aunt of the groom officiated the wedding, and at the end, she respectfully said,  "By the power invested in me, by the Internet, for $30, I now pronounce you husband and wife."  It was priceless!  None of the 75 people present had a tearless eye!

#3  - And the third thing on my previous list, ironing.... I avoided as much as possible.  Nobody said to me, hey you needed to iron that.  So..... another lesson learned.