Little Girls in Togas and Princess Panties

This year's Ya Ya getaway...10th annual btw, had to have a two-part theme!

"Leave your big girl panties AT HOME!!!"

Cindy had a great idea to award a pair of princess panties to Vonney in honor of our theme...she was the award recipient only because her life currently has the most cccccchhhanges occurring in it. This meant a quick stop at Wallyworld before we meet up at the first designated stop.

And the crown goes too....Bunky...formerly known as Vonney.

Bunky is her childhood nick name which has a sweet story behind it entailing an old commercial.

Shopping in the yard store...I did not abstain this time. I is going to knit my new great niece or nephew a hat! Wish me luck.

Our first morning we were greeted by this.

None of us had never been on the coast with snow before, it was breathtaking.

Time for some dancin!

We believe in phoning to get out of the Matrix

We enjoyed astounding taste sensations of great food and spirits, creative expression (more on that later), general girl-chatter, gut busting laughter, movie watching, all of which was topped with our finale performance..........

"TOGAs"

We celebrate US! Thank you Abba for these gifts, Vonney, Cindy and Melis...to

YOU be the glory!!

Write On!

Sunday I was asked by a non-blogging girlfriend why I started blogging. I have been pondering the question, here are some reasons I came up with.

It is a room in my world that only I can mess up
It is creative...life without creativity is not life to me
It is therapeutic...yes I need therapy
It is challenging...hurray for brain power
It is free...except for my time
It is relational...duh Tink loves relationship
It can be done any time of the day or night...as long as there is power
It is similar to journaling...of which I have always been a fan
It is similar to a photo album...I love photo albums
And lastly I think the word blogger is just plain cool

I had actually read very few blogs before joining the blog community, I just dove in for the benefits that producing a blog would have on my life. It has taken me 6 months to actually allow myself the additional pleasure of reading blogs written by folks that I do not know. I tell myself it is just like magazine reading which is a luxury in my book, analysing that is another blog for sure.

Today I found myself here and here with Donna Mills Diva. I whole heartedly rally beside her in her "Write On! Respect the Blog" campaign.
You go Miss Donna whom I have never met, but now have a bit of relationship with.

Make Me Laugh Monday

I could not resist stopping for this laughable shot a few summers ago while on a

road trip in SE WA and NE Oregon!!

More Make Me Laugh Monday posts here. :)