Friends

I was taking a moment's notice today at a particular friendship I have. She's a gal I've known for about as long as we've lived in Rolesville, and come to find out, we have quite a bit in common. Apart from how we look (She: Native American, pitch black hair, paired with beautiful blue eyes; I: quintessential Scandinavian), we've found over the years, time and time again, that we are SO alike!

For example...

Easy one first, we act a lot alike. Hope she wouldn't mind me saying this but, we both sometimes act like we're a few fries short of a happy meal! haha! We forget things, we need reminders, we have rather peculiar memorization methods, the whole shebang. Just plain foolish, I suppose...

She and I noticed about 3 years ago that we wear the same exact watch; and agree that the battery is incapable of staying charged as long as it ought to...

We both wear (of ALL the perfumes sold in department stores and discount stores in this day and age) Jessica McClintock. I know that I started wearing it around spring '95ish, and I'm pretty sure she too has been wearing it for many years...

There have to be a dozen more ways, but finally, just last week, we discovered our LOVE for an unusual menu item. By menu, I mean, a fine cuisine prepared only in home kitchens, no restaurant would dare serve this, at least I think that's the case... IRISH POTATO SANDWICHES!!!!!  For those of you reading this who don't know what they are, they are simply potato slices, cut about 1/4" thick, fried in a frying pan, rested on a few layers of paper towels to absorb at least a little of that extra oil, then drenched with salt (YUMM!!!!). Finally, they're served on loaf bread with your choice of condiment. She likes it with ketchup, and I like it with mustard, but who cares!?! We agree that it was a favorite growing up, and that we should prepare it more now that we could sway another rising generation of it's fried-up-sodium-packed goodness...

I am thankful for friends... I have so many good ones who really "take care" of me...
~Friends who, at the drop of a hat, would help me or my family with *anything*...
~Friends who teach me about life, parenting, cooking, domestic goddess~ness, good health (or the lack thereof), and catching whatever curve ball life throws at you...
~Friends who I can complain to about anything, and they'll tell me they understand...
~Friends who I love to gossip with (but very, very sparingly! haha!)...
~Friends who make me laugh...
~Friends who listen to my occasional cries... (Somehow, they're very few and far between because I've grown more bratty and cynical than I'd like to admit. I should talk to one or many of these friends about how to get those cries out more often! They can feel so good!)
~Friends who make me a better me.

Thank you, friends. You're awesome. And, you know who you are. Love ya, mean it.