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Sunday, June 04, 2006

Sunday Seventeen

Well, I missed posting my Thursday Thirteen last week for several reasons. We had a very busy week last week cleaning and running errands for our 1017 Roommate Reunion. So, when Blogger would not cooperate during the small timeslot I had set aside for this on Thursday, it unfortunately got pushed to the bottom of the to-do list! To make up, I've decided to start a new fad called "Sunday Seventeen" for those of us who miss Thursdays! You could also do "Saturday Sixteen" or "Tuesday Twelve". I don't think it matters, as long as aliteration is involved!

We had so much fun on Friday all seeing each other again. Lynley, Leigh Ann, Laura, Kara, and I had not all been together since Kara's wedding four years ago! Now we've added 3 kids to the group, which definitely made for a more chaotic meal than we used to enjoy back in Abilene.


Morgan, Elizabeth (Kara's daughter), Isaac (Lynley's son)
Unfortunately, this is the best picture I got of the three of them! Elizabeth looks as if she is about to attack Morgan while Isaac looks on innocently.

Here are 17 fond memories I have of our "1017" days...

1. Tuesday night is Pancake night- tap, tap, tap, tap. This tradition was carried on by my sister and her Kojie roommates. They still have a Pancake Night at their roommate reunions!
2. Hosting "Pajama Rush" - our house was way too small and stuffy for this event. Why did we choose to host an event in which everyone would wear flannel?

3. Brandon Sheets' revenge - involving limbs against the front door, the police, and Laura screeming

4. Doug Crum risking his life to put a Happy Birthday Lynley sign on our roof. I'm thinking that a letter was written backwards on that sign, but I can't remember exactly.

5. B.O. "Peeps" Youngquist - enough said

6. Soldier Lady

7. Blind Man

8. The "Friendship Chair"- a touching ministry to those in pain (e.g. Rusty)

9. The Jackson 5 - I'm sure we could have tried out for American Idol with that routine!

10. The Tish wig - not only stealing it from Tri Kappa, but the hours of fun we had trying it on. I remember crying so hard due to laughing whenever Shelly put the wig on and asked "Anyone got any bread?"

11. Doing a group session of Tae-Bo in the living room. I still have this on video and may use it as blackmail in the years to come!

12. Our baby pictures on the mantle. Why did people say mine looked like Tracy Baugh?

13. Beware of this memory!

14. Leigh Ann side-swiping the house with her car. Apparently she couldn't drive and eat a banana at the same time! Isn't that what happened?
15. The chore board - such a clever idea, yet so poorly executed by the roommates

16. My 2 surprise birthday parties our senior year and being embarassed in chapel without actually being there.

17. Our post-graduation dessert we threw for our families. Such a fun and memorable, yet strangely awkward event to close out our college years together!


Living with those 4 girls was such a blessing to me in college and their continued friendships are an even bigger blessing to me now that we've moved on to the next phases of our lives.



Ironically, these are the same faces Lynley and I are making in our Kojie picture in our senior yearbook. What a touching legacy of being photogenic we have left for our children!

1 comment:

Phillips Family said...

I am laughing so hard I am crying. I am going to link this post on my blog because you are much better about remembering than I am.

The backwards letter was the "N" in my name--written by my now-husband who has his PhD. Perhaps he needed some phonics thrown in there with his psych classes.

The Friendship chair lives in our attic. Tobe will now allow me to use it as a chair at our kitchen table.

I did love seeing everyone open their birthday invitation with your cute picture on it. Don't worry, everyone thought it was endearing (oh except you)

I also love how my son's clothes are falling off in these pictures. The shots I have of the kids are pretty pathetic as well, but quite funny. Friday was a blast! Thanks for hosting!