wednesday night dinner update

Wednesay night dinner at Marisol with Brian, Eileen, Murray, Gail and Jack and Ann Curlett. lamb chops. black & white polka dot suit (skirt) black top (not that it matters).

Tuesday the 28th ... Sarah's 31st

Tuesday night was a simple night with Dad at 1618. i had appetizer of shrimp tempura, mozzarella and proscuitto. wore melon capri and white linen blouse/shirt. dad was worn out and seemed happy to have an early night

Wednesday - meeting 3 lady friends at showroom for lunch. they'd seen the place when it was under construction and will be impressed with the final product. intend to wear beige pantsuit buttoned up with no blouse and comfortable shoes.

Thursday morning will be doing mobile meals delivery then lunch at showroom followed by taking werner and lizzy to friendly center shops (he wants apple store, she was book store). not sure what else is planned and havent given a thought to clothing choices.

furniture market week

easiest way to remember is post here so this is what happened this week, with whom, where, etc. go ahead and mock me but at least I'll have an idea of where the time has gone, what i ate and most important what i wore!

Monday April 20 - dinner with Brian, Eileen, Carole, John, Emily at Madison Park and i don't actually remember what i wore

Tuesday April 21, dinner with Roger and his co-workers at 1618 and i wore a red jacket, black pants suit. i think i had the salmon

Wednesday, can't say i remember

Thursday, Elizabeth and the boys spent the afternoon and night so we had chicken dinner at home....probably jeans and tee shirt!

Friday April 24 - Printworks with Dad, Carole and John. nice Friday night casual meal

Saturday April 25 - attended TA party for Althorp collection with Earl (?) Charles Spencer. Dad went out with biz people, Emily and i went to Liberty Oak. salmon salad; gold silk suit, bronze heels; raspberry silk blouse

Sunday, April 26 - attended TA party in showroom, went to dinner at Bistro Sophia with Brian, Eileen, Karen, Neill, Aunt Marie (Karen's) - beet carpacio salad, fried noodle and crab cake thing ... peach silk suit, cream silk camisole, bronze shoes

Monday, April 27 - Undercurrent with Brian, Eileen, Carole, john, Murray and Gail - pork tenderloin and squash - black pique suit with lavender blouse, black bow heels.

Blog to the Rescue

well my blog and journal have come in very handy. we're having dinner tonight (April 21) in Greensboro with Roger Friesen. I was able to refer to my blog and see that the knit top i planned to wear tonight was the same one i wore the last time we had dinner so I will be re-thinking that choice. by the way it was a black skirt and b&w knit top that i wore previously and tonight would have gone with black slack. so back to the closet! i'll be sure to update this blog for future reference!

Easter Weekend 2009

very exciting weekend with all the boys and girls in one place again. first time since Sarah and Rick's August wedding weekend. Carolyn and Cash arrived at Raleigh airport on Friday evening and Elizabeth and the boys picked them up and drove to Greensboro. Pretty wild Friday night but everyone was tired so after baths they all went to bed (some quicker than others). Emily came on Saturday morning. Saturday was a blur with the boys doing whatever they wanted, playing in the toy room, watching tv, napping, etc. Celia also came with Buddy for a visit and we all went to lunch at Beef O'Brady (awful name but good sports bar). dyed some easter eggs too. Dinner Saturday night was soup or something light. Sarah and Rick arrived very late Saturday night. Easter morning we did the egg hunt and silly string squirting. chilly but it was a good morning. Sunday afternoon we went to the Greensboro Grasshoppers baseball game with Sarah, Rick, Carolyn, Cash, Wiley. Elizabeth and Archer stayed home. Then Eliz came for Wiley and went back to Timberlake. Carolyn and Cash left Monday evening. so it was all quiet again.

Heading back - Thursday April 2

4AM alarm; 4:30 Mr. Hai was waiting to take me to the airport with my two pieces of heavy luggage; Dad opted to stay home since he had the Monk ceremony blessing the new building that morning (and I was capable of getting bags checked and boarding passes and thru immigration and security). arrived at airport 4:50am; thru check in and security by 5:05. by 5:30 i was sitting on the plane to HongKong and we took off at 6:05, right on time.

Arrived HongKong 8AM which was actually 9AM local time. went to duty free and got some perfume then had a coffee and croissant for $10.40 USD which is a total rip off but i sat and read and watched the CNN on the little personal tv at the table. boarded the long flight to chicago which was full. had a window with guys in the middle and aisle seats. got up twice to go to bathroom. arrived chicago, thru immigration and customs no problem (they let me back in), claimed my bag, re-checked the luggage for the flight to greensboro. long lay over ... not wise choice when booking ticket. emily picked me up; got back to the house and i suppose i was on adrenelin because even though i was tired, i puttered around for a couple hours. i didn't think i slept much on the flights but i must have taken the edge off. nice man on the flight to HongKong from HCM and again on the flight from Chicago to Gso. he lives in winston, retired and runs a charity called children of vietnam. funny we flew 2 of the 3 segments next to each other purely random. altho neither of us were very chatty at 6am departure or after 24+hrs flying back.

it probably took a full week to get back to normal sleeping pattern. i'd awake at 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 AM, getting a little later each day. probably would have done better if I hadn't fallen asleep around 8 or 9 or taken a little nap around 4. but eventually things work out.