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Babies everywhere!!!

Last week was baby shower week. Thursday my good friend from work had her work-baby shower. Tons of fun, and she made out with tons of loot. It was fun going to Babies R Us with lots of dinero on behalf of the team. Her brother and I couldn't believe all the cool gadgets. Remote control swings??? Awesome! Then Saturday, another shower a couple hours south of here. A friend from college that moved away to live a double life: commute to Sun as an engineer, and live on the farm to help run the family cattle ranch. Talk about two lives. They've been married over 2 years now and are expecting in ~7 weeks, though by the size of things, it will likely be sooner. At least Kelly hopes so... Aside from the tent (sole shade provider) ripping in the wind and coming down, the shower was lovely. Nice day, nice home and yard, cute kittens everywhere (wild ranch kitties). And it was nice to see them again. We only see them at events anymore (weddings, showers and funerals). We talked about visiting each other more often, maybe before the baby comes. We shall see - hope so.

Eric carpooled with us, or rather we carpooled with him since he drove. His wife was throwing her sister's baby shower (her other sister is ALSO pregnant, both due at the same time!) I tell ya, day for showers.

Then back home to yet another baby shower. This was for the same work friend, only the non-work version. Fun stuff, great food. I mean yumm-y. Blackberry BBQ ribs, Frank's RedHot BBQ'd wings, grilled veggies, spicy pasta salad with tomatoes, basil and mozzarella - and chocolate rum cake for dessert. Her single, young brother brought over his personal food processor - any girl will be lucky to catch this guy with such culinary skills. J.T. had seconds of the ribs, and the cake. A true compliment to the cooks, most work being done by her brother. Unlike the traditional baby shower, no games. Just good food, conversation, and watching our basketball team lose. That part was not fun.

There was a gal there at the shower that looked so darn familiar. She has unexpected, deep set blue eyes that require a double take, so I figured it was her exotic looks. But there was something...

I never asked or figured it out. By the end of the night it was my friend, her hubby, her brother, sister & boyfriend, and us. Somehow this familiar gal came up and I said I'd seen her before, maybe at one of their gatherings. She'd only been dating their friend for 6 months, so that wasn't likely. Her hubby mentioned she did electrolysis for a living. After a few moments the light bulb went off. I had been a client!!! Oh man did I start laughing. And J.T. then says what everyone is thinking - "she did your bikini line, right?" I'd say utter embarrassment if it wasn't so comical. The next 5 minutes was funny comment after funny comment. I was relieved I didn't realize who she was before. What do you say next? "Remember me? You saw me in my underwear and ripped the hair off my bikini line before my wedding!" Well anyway, she was a sweet, sweet girl, and gentle. And even a little nervous about my wedding a week away - she wanted to do a good job. Got to respect professionalism.
posted by hbt at 10:12 AM