DURN

I've recently developed some really good friendships with some ladies I've know through soccer and swim. These ladies are very dear to me, and everytime I'm with them I have SO.MUCH.FUN. and I laugh WAY.TOO. HARD. I love a good belly laugh, don't you? That is what these girls bring me, lots of good belly laughs. They've invited me to play Bunco several times and a couple of months ago we went to dinner and a play here in town. As I was flipping through the program I saw some of the up and coming plays, one of them being The Importance of being Ernest. I leaned over and asked my friend Suzanne if she thought this would be a play the kids would enjoy, you know like "Ernest goes to Camp, Ernest goes to Jail, Ernest goes to Africa." She busted out laughing and informed me that was the wrong Ernest. Oh I was mortified. I thought and I think I said, "how redneck of me."

I came home and told my sister this story, and she laughed and laughed. During our conversation I told her, "Oh no. They are going to know all I am is just a dressed up red neck. Melissa said, "Yes, you're a DURN."

This Christmas, as a gag gift, Melissa even bought me all 3 Ernest goes to Jail, Camp, and Africa movies.

Well, of course when we got the dates of the play, we all knew we had to go and see it. After all, I needed to be educated in something other than red neck.

Saturday night these girls and I got together for dinner and to see the play. Then afterwards we headed to this neat coffeehouse.

Y'all I laughed so much, and so hard. After the week I'd had I really needed some good belly laughs. After all Proverbs says, "A cheery heart doeth like good medicine." Yes, being out with these ladies was medicine for my soul.

At the coffee house we all got a little silly and started playing instruments. It's a 2-story coffeehouse and all of the "young ones" were upstairs playing pin pong. I know they thought we were a bunch of silly old ladies. Suzanne appropriately named our group that night, "The Real Housewives of _____ County."

Here are Pam and Terri looking all dignified while they wait for their coffee

Suzanne is one of the funniest people I know. She CRACKS-ME-UP all the time!

Here's Terri playing the guitar

Check out Pam, a Real Housewife of _____ County

Christen and Liz were getting silly with their whip cream from their hot chocolate. Oh my goodness I had a sip of Christen's. It was so good, literally like a liquid candy bar.

Doesn't it look just so yummy?

Here I am meeting up with them at the beginning of night for dinner

Here I am talking to Pam. I had to post this picture because I know I've mentioned on my blog that for some strange reason if my mouth is moving then so are my hands. I just can't talk without them.

We all had an amazing dinner. This is one of the best eating places in our town.

Here is Silly Suzanne looking serious. Don't let her fool ya! She's not all as serious as she is looking in this picture. I think I was laughing at her while she was posing.

Kathy and Suzanne - I love this picture of them. They are so pretty!!!

Our tickets got to us a little late, so we were a tad bit late for the play. We had to book-it and book-it big time. Pam got on this kick where she had us laughing b/c she'd pose like the teenagers do . . . with the peace-out sign and lips poked out.

Christen and Liz hurrying to the van. See me on the side . . . . laughing. . . I'm tellin' ya, I laughed all night long!!

See Pam in the back with her peace-out sign?

Here are Terri and I at the play. There was this guy there that coughed the entire play. At first it was funny, then it got to be a little irritating. Bless his heart though. . . something had to have been wrong with him for him to have coughed like that.

Kathy and Terri

The play itself was GREAT!! I'm so glad I got an education in another Ernest. Thanks for such a fun night ladies. . . cough, cough, cough.