Running Away From Home

Peg and I are hitting the road on Friday for Northern Virginia. She is going to an American Association of University Women conference. I am going to hang out with her brother Chuck. Northern Virginia is one of the areas in the Commonwealth that I haven't spent much time exploring. Chuck is a tour bus driver and has graciously offered to show me the battlefields while I am there.

I am thrilled!

He is a charming man and very knowledgeable about history -- especially Civil War history. I can't wait for him to take me to Manassas and to Stone Bridge. I don't know where else we might go. It is his choice. He has agreed to take me to this lovely little Greek diner for breakfast in Fort Royal. We ate there a few years ago and they had one of the best breakfast menus I have seen in a very long time. And they had grits. Yum.

A road trip with a gal pal is so much fun, isn't it? Even if we are going to just have two nights and the drive time, we will have a blast. Do you have a gal pal who will just let you let your hair down and love you warts and all? Isn't it delicious to have a friend who will giggle over a song, share a catch phrase, or give you "the look" when you are out?

Girls' Day Out!

The three of us left the mountains this morning at 6:45 a.m. for Winston-Salem and arrived home at 6:45 p.m. We covered 225 miles, 2 snacks, 10 stores, and 1 meal. We talked about children, grandchildren, parents, husbands, food, and if the hot light was on at Krispie Kreme (it was). We laughed so hard that people stopped to stare as we stood, leaning against counters, trying not to wet our pants, giggling like teenagers. We had store clerks in giggles simply because giggles are contagious. We cannot go back to Victoria's Secret. We got lost twice and found twice.

I bought tennis shoes, pepper and salt grinders, and a marble mortar and pestle.

Gal pals are the best, aren't they?

It's a Tea Party! Y'all Come!

all posters.com

You are cordially invited

to a virtual tea party

at the Lazy Bee Farm

on Saturday, November 21, at 10 a.m., EST.

Okay, it is a little strange, I know. We will be celebrating the joy of female friends, blog or near, and the beauty of friends we may never meet in person but are kindred spirits just as surely as if we were neighbors.

The premise is simple. Please make yourself a lovely cup of your favorite tea and a pretty plate with your favorite tea goodies. Then, won't you leave a post here at Lazy Bee Farm sharing your joy of friendship for our many friends?

A little hostess gift (some handmade goat's milk soap in guest soap size) will be sent to the first ten ladies who post during the day on Saturday.