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Friendship

Make new friends
Keep the old
One is silver
And the other is gold

I’ve always loved this song because of the truth that is spoken in these four simple lines.  While it is exciting to meet new people, there is just nothing that can compare to an old friend.  These are the friends from childhood who you meet when you had all the time in the world to dedicate to just being friends. There were no husbands, children, jobs or houses to care for. You spent hours talking on the phone and filled a giant box with all the notes you wrote to one another in seventh and eighth grade.

(On a side note, do kids even do this anymore with all the texting and IMing? If not, that is kind of sad.)

These are the friends that you laugh so hard with over the silliest things that you almost pee your pants (and sometimes actually do). They know you almost as well as you know yourself.   I’m talking about the friends who will agree to go on Ryan Gosling stalking expeditions even if they think you’ve totally lost your mind and have way more important things going on in their lives.

These are the friends who you can go months, and possibly even years, without seeing and when you finally reunite it is as if not a day has passed since the last time you got together. No matter how many miles separate you , you know there is a bond that can never be broken.

I am so grateful to have a couple of friends like that in my life.

I got to spend a few fun-filled days with one of these “forever” friends while on our vacation this past week. I think I laughed more in those couple of days than I have this whole year. Here are just a couple of reasons for all the laughter (or cackling as my husband calls it):

• After several failed attempts to re-create a Tequila Boom Boom shooter (The bartenders in Mexico that introduced us to this drink must have been wizards to be able to get the damn thing to turn blue) we probably spilled more than we drank, but ended up making a new drink in the process. (recipe below).

 

• My friend, the yard sale freak that she is, scored this totally awesome NKOTB board game for 75 cents. Is that a steal or what??!!

Again, we just about peed our pants laughing so hard at the game pieces.  And to think we thought they were so cool.

  

(Speaking of NKOTB, they dropped their video for their new song “Summertime”.  Yes, I said dropped.  You can watch it here, but I’m forewarning you that there is an overabundance of half-naked girls dancing around on the beach with the Kids. They ruin the whole video and I had to turn it off half way through.  I have decided to boycott their concert because of this. And also because I am too cheap to spend the money on tickets. But if one of the Kids reads this, it is because of the girls in the bikinis.  They really must go.)

I could go on and on with the things that we thought were funny but probably weren’t, but I’m sure that they are those “you had to be there” to see the humor in them stories. Instead I’ll just leave you with our awesome new cocktail recipe that I’m sure will be the next trendy girlfriend drink (ie the Cosmo from Sex and the City). It is a tasty drink (possibly, but who knows after so many Boom Boom attempts-if you try it let me know) and will be the the perfect addition to your next Girl’s Night.

Crappletini  

1 Part Sour Apple Mix

1 Part Vodka

Splash of Cranberry Juice

Splash of Ginger Ale

Shake with Ice and strain into martini glass

While old friends certainly deserve their fair share of praise, it is still a lot of fun to make new ones. Even if it is just online. I feel like I did just that with McMommy. She is one of my favorite bloggers. She is so hilarious that I stalk her just about everyday and you should too. From the moment I read this post I knew that we would hit it off in real life. Anyone sneaky enough to try to rid the world (ok, maybe just the kiddie pool) of girl’s wearing skimpy bikinis is someone I’d be proud to call a friend.

That is why I was so super excited to receive one of her awesome Bloggy Friends Forever awards.

My blog will wear your charm proudly, McMommy (although I’m unsure of whether I get the BE or the ST part).

If you are not already participating in her POW Carnival (Post of the Week), you should jump in and play along. It is a brilliant bloggy idea if I do say so myself. Basically, at the end of the week you go through your posts and pick your favorite to “show off”. It is a great way to discover new blogs, gain new readers to your own blog and you never know, you may just possibly make a new friend.

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