skybluepink

what a fun weekend i had. i left before the sun came up on friday and headed out for kansas. before i could click my heals together, it felt like i was already there. my girlfriend picked me up from the airport in her super cute convertible saab, and just in time too. it was sooo hot and humid! i don't mind the heat, but the humidity sure gets to me.

we cruised on over to her house and got out of the heat. she lives in the prettiest neighborhood! i asked her (kindly, of course) how much her beautiful 5 bedroom house cost and it was oh, about 1/3 the cost of most of the homes where i live. i just about fell down. gotta love kansas, right!?

she and her husband have two of the most adorable mini schnauzers...ever. the one above with me is lucy. she is a little doll. rerun is the other puppy and he is just as lovable. that's my friend, below, with the two puppies.

we loved the puppies on friday night and just hung out at her home. her folks were in town and it was great to see them. they are moving from ca next year and will be living close to my girlfriend. i haven't seen her folks since she graduated college, about 10 years ago! realizing that made us feel so old.

later that evening we took a drive to coldstone and had some delicious ice cream. it still hadn't cooled down, but since it the sun was down we had no problem sitting outside.


saturday we slept in a bit and had breakfast, made for us by her mom. i don't know the last time i had breakfast that consisted of more than a cup of coffee, so that was fantastic. her folks took off mid morning to head back to ca so we headed out for some pedi's and shopping. below is a photo of our feet.


we had lunch at a mediterranean place and it was delicious. then she took me to walmart. i was truly amazed at walmart. the ones in ca are awful, so i just figured they all were. um...okay..so maybe i'm wrong. i need to amend that. walmarts in ca are still awful, but in the rest of the country, they are just dandy. i mean, they are down right nice. and they have a full on grocery store, where our walmarts just have dry things and sometimes some sodas and bottled water. and they are way smaller. and are really trashy looking on the inside due to its clientele. anyhow, i now have a different viewpoint on walmart. walmart outside of ca, that is. i still maintain my viewpoint on walmart being trashy inside of ca.


here we are before we went out shopping for the day. we had coffee on her deck that morning and i felt like i was in the middle of a park, it's so pretty. people don't have that many fences to divide the property, and those that do, mostly have iron fences that you can see thru. the fence at the back of her yard is wood, but on both the sides, it's iron. and there isn't a fence in the front yard, which makes it even more park-like.



'she was duck raped by a large inmate...'
her neighborhood also boasts a lake with geese and ducks. as we were taking a walk one afternoon, we saw some duck porn and i had to learn her the ways of duck mating. as you can see, there are several male ducks on the look out while one male is having his way with the female. of course, at the same time we were walking by and i was explaining the ways....a father and young daughter were riding their bikes and the girl asked what was going on. dad laughed and said the ducks were fighting. :)

on the other side of the lake, we found a spot where there were lightning bugs. i was so freaking excited. i had seriously thought lightning bugs were made up. i never really thought they truly existed. we must have seen at least 10 of them and we were giggling like little school girls. it was so much fun!

here we are on saturday night out in front of her house. we went out to a german resturant downtown. but first, we had to stop at payless so i could be some sassy peep toe heals to show off my new pedi! hehe. like my dress? my girlfriend gave it to me because it didn't fit her anymore. i love girlfriend hand me downs!

all in all it was a great weekend. i am so glad i went to visit her. i picked up a few kitchen tricks so my hubby will be glad to know dinner has been taken care of for tonight. thanks to some tasty salsa (more like pico de gallo) crap! i forgot the red onion.....and marinated chicken that i've got going right now.