Your loved one has gone ahead and is keeping watch…waiting, loving you, just on the other side of the stars.

And when we look at the stars, hoping the loved ones we have lost are happy, safe and free,

they’re looking at those same stars from the other side, making the same wish for us, sending us all their love.

How can I express in words what the generosity of seven women means to me? Those who know me know it takes a lot to render me speechless, but that is just what today’s gift in the mail did to me. I will do the best I can to convey just how much their thoughtfulness means to me.

There was a beautiful card, with a lovely poem that I quoted at the beginning of this post. The card was signed,

We send our love and special prayers. We share your sadness and will always hold Roo in our hearts. Love Janette, IA, Shawn, Stacie, JennyKate, Mimi and Rebecca.

There was also a letter attached that explained each of the gifts. I read it to Match out loud, and it wasn’t long before I got too choked up to continue. Match took the letter and continued reading for me:

Inside as you open, you will find a framed and highlighted star coordinate. This is a star that has been named through the International Star Registry. We named this star “Roo [our real last name]“. The birthdate given the star is 4/15/12. As you both know, Roo’s original due date was set for September and deep down, I think we were pulling for 9/14/12 for obvious reasons [my birthday, as well as Janette's youngest baby Rayne's], so the Star Galaxy that was chosen is Virgo. IN the LOVE box you will find 5 scrolls which are copies of the certificate and the star coordinates that you can give to your family members during your memorial if you decide.

There is a star necklace we fell in love with that is classy, dainty and could be worn with anything. The outer star is YOU, or collectively you both as PARENTS and the smaller star in the center represents Roo. Our hope is that whether you wear the necklace or not, you will always know there is a star among the sky as high as the angels for your sweet baby girl looking down on you and you can always look up and know she is there shining bright. Much love, prayers and support from us all and know that we are here for you always. God bless you both and your baby girl.

We plan to share the scrolls at Roo’s memorial, which we are going to do in Oregon next week. My in-laws and my parents will be there, and we are going to plant a tree in Roo’s honor. I think it will be the perfect time to share her star, and hopefully we will see it that night. The timing couldn’t have been better as we leave for our trip today. My parents house also happens to be a prime spot for star gazing, being out in the country and far away from bright city lights.

I took the beautiful necklace, and added the Roo charms from my other necklace. The star was the perfect addition, and the chain fits better than the other chain I had. I plan on wearing it every single day.

I’m so touched by the support and love I’ve received from the readers of this blog. Ladies, I know we have never met, but I feel like we are old friends. Thank you to Impulsive Addict, Janette, Jenny Kate, Mimi, Rebecca, Shawn,  and Stacie  for your kindness, your friendship, and for loving Roo. Match and I are forever grateful. I hope I can one day meet each of you and give you a huge hug. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Phoebe: I’m not sure about buying a mattress from Janice’s ex-husband. It’s like cheating on Chandler.
Monica: Not at these prices! -Friends

When I was little, I used to daydream about what my house would look like. I’d dress up in my mother’s dresses and wear my mother’s ring and play house. I used to daydream about my bedroom especially. I always wanted a sleigh bed, ever since I saw the movie The Santa Claus. Remember that kickass bed Scott Calvin falls asleep on?

As I got older I figured one day I would get a sleigh bed, but I thought it would take years of saving up to afford it. Well as luck would have it, our new town is not only an amazing place to live, but apparently their prices are incredible too. We went mattress shopping today and walked out with brand new pillows and free same day delivery of a top of the line mattress…and SLEIGH BED all for the price of what one mattress would normally cost.

I can’t wait to curl up on this beautiful bed tonight.

Especially next to this guy. (He’s going to be so mad I posted this but I don’t care, it’s adorable)

Joey: (To Rachel) Look, turning thirty is not that big a deal.
Ross: Oh really? Is that how you felt when you turned thirty?
[Flashback to Joey's thirtieth birthday]
Joey: Why God, why?! We had a deal. Let the others grow old, not me! -Friends

Today is my birthday…and it means I’m 2 years closer to turning 30. I’m not quite sure how I feel about that yet. I think part of me is excited because I’ve heard the 30s are fabulous. But I’m also a tad depressed because I thought I’d have a lot more done by this point in my life. I suppose that’s natural.

I’m also a little down today because my birthday falls on a weekday (boo). All of my friends live out of town so it’s not likely that I’ll be able to get together with anyone today, and Match has to sleep and then works tonight.

My ideal day today would be to meet up with a few of my fabulous bloggy besties and go out for a lunch date. This would of course include wine, laughing, and girl talk. Doesn’t that sound awesome? Instead I’ve decided to treat myself to a haircut. It’s been SEVEN months so I figure I’m due. Then I may do a little craft shopping, rent a chick flick and veg out. Match is taking me to dinner before he has to work so that’ll be fun. Our real celebration is this weekend when we go rafting! I’m sooo excited for that.

Meanwhile, I am missing my friends a bit today. So what better than to play the Who Are Your Friends game over at  Gigi’s World.

As you already know, I’ve got two friends nicknamed after Friends characters.

Monica & Chandler

I’m missing them big time. They’re so far away in Scotland. Sniff. They are just like Mon and Chan on Friends.

As for the rest of the cast, I think Tahoe Girl would make a perfect Phoebe. She already does a lot of silly singing and goofiness.

I don’t have a lady’s man friend, so there’s no Joey or his two pizzas sadly. We also don’t have a Rachel or a Ross. No one in my group of friends breaks up and then gets back together constantly. Thank god for that!

I’m a total Monica myself when it comes to being clean. I have also been known to do a lot of singing and dancing and making up weird songs, so I channel a bit of the Phoebe floopy energy.

Match is no Chandler. He actually hates being the center of attention. He’s actually more like Phoebe’s Mike because he sits back and puts up with my shenanigans.

So my group doesn’t really fit the Friends cast. We’re a lot more like the How I Met Your Mother crew. But I still adore the show and I love nothing more than curl up, turn on the projector bulbs and have Friends marathons and quoting episodes on a daily basis. So what about you? Who are your friends?

Ross: All right, we have a tie. Luckily, I have prepared for such an event. (Pulls out flashcards) The Lightning Round!
All: Ohhhh.
Ross: Thirty seconds, all the questions you can answer.
Monica: You guys are dead, I am so good at lightning rounds.
Chandler: I majored in lightning rounds. All right, we’re gonna destroy you.
Monica: Huh, wanna bet?
Chandler: Well, I’m so confused as to what we’ve been doing so far… -Friends

Today I’m linking up with two fabulous bloggers, my blog bestie Impulsive Addict and Seriously Shawn for the first edition of Talk to Us Tuesday.  It’s a link up where you talk to the hosts as if you’re getting together with them for a cup of coffee or in my case, glass of wine. No rules, just say what you feel like!  It’s going to be amazeballs so link up and come play!

Now grab your favorite glass of whatever, because I’m going to tell you about a little game we discovered over the weekend.

• At the awesomeness that was Tahoe Mom’s 60th birthday on Saturday, we were introduced to a new game. You all know how much The Group loves a good game.
• The game didn’t have a name, it was just referred to as Brown Bag Game. Of course I had to rename it. After playing for about a minute, I immediately yelled, “This game is called Brown Bag Bendover.”
• This became better known as Triple B.
• This is what the game looks like:

• As you can tell the game is simple. You have a brown bag, you bend over, and you pick it up.
• The only rules are you have to pick up the bag with your mouth, and nothing on your body can touch the floor except for your feet.
• It’s not a drinking game, but it helps!
• After each round, you cut an inch off the bag, making the game even harder.

• At this point in the game someone yelled, hey that’s like 7 inches! (It was when this picture was taken, so it was maybe 2)
• To which I replied, “Who have you been dating?!” Yes, Triple B brings out my dirty minded sarcasm.
• The  game gets a lot harder when the bag gets shorter. This is where people started falling down.

• Tahoe Girl’s Dad came up with a Lightening round, in which the bag was replaced with a paper plate.

• The Lightening Round was damn hard.

• At one point, Tahoe Dad gave Santa Cruz Chick some motivation by way of a piece of birthday cake.

• We messaged Chandler and Monica in Scotland telling them they had to try the game Brown Bag Bendover.
• To which Chandler replied, “Does this involve a butterface?” Hehehehe. That’s a whole different kind of game!
• So there you have it folks: Brown Bag Bendover, aka Triple B. Mark my words this game is going to be playing on every college campus nationwide. You’re welcome America!

 

 

[Monica and Chandler each borrow money from Joey, forcing him to lie to them both until they find out.]
Rachel: Joey! Why did you tell Chandler that Monica was getting a boob job?
Joey: Because she is!
Monica: Joey, Chandler knows I borrowed the money.
Joey: Mm-hmm! For your boob job!
Monica, Rachel, Chandler: It’s over, Joe!
Joey: Okay. So I’m out four thousand dollars and nobody’s boobs are getting any bigger? -Friends

brought to you by:
Mamarazzi, Janette, Impulsive Addict, and Seriously Shawn

1. Name five of your favorite new blogs that you’re reading.
The Young and The Relentless, Real Life Reslers, , Boobies, Babies, and a Blog, and Terri’s Little Haven
2. When you were a young child or teenager, did you have an idea of how many children you wanted and what their names would be? Did you follow through on your ideas?
I have always wanted two children, a boy and a girl. I have never really been able to narrow down names, and I’m afraid I still can’t. It would be  great to be blessed with a boy and a girl someday; though I really just hope I’ll be lucky enough to be a mom someday regardless of gender.

3. What is the silliest thing you fight with someone about? It could be your spouse, sibling, parents, co-worker, etc.
Ha, this is perfect timing. Just today I had a mini argument with Match over where we’ll go for a vacation. It wasn’t a big fight, we don’t really have those, but it was more of a nitpicky kind of silly fight. Match is really bad about making plans and he always leaves it to me. He’s also terrible about telling me what he would like to do, and tries to just go with the flow. The problem with this is inevitably I’ll pick something he doesn’t want to do, and he waits til the last minute to tell me, so we end up not doing anything. Sometimes it feels like a silly fight because we’re fighting over what fun thing to do. I know it’s silly but I do wish he’d come up with the plan for once!

4. What is your favorite scent that others may not find very nice? Ex. gasoline, sweat from your sweetie, etc.
Campfire smoke and the smoke smell after you light a match. Smells delicious to me.

5. What are your thoughts on plastic surgery? (Have you had it? Want it? Regrets?)
What a perfectly timed question. I just saw Sassy Couple yesterday and Sassy just got a boob job. I have to say I’ve always said I’d never get plastic surgery but hers looked fantastic! I do wish I was blessed a little bit better in the girl’s department, but I don’t think I could ever go through that kind of pain. She was describing it and it sounded terrible! I think I’d rather go with water bras. Seems much less painful.