I learned of this Friendsgiving event two weeks ago when Sara texted me about it and asked me if I wanted to come. Of course I would be there, I’m family. While bringing something was optional, I decided to make pumpkin bread to take to Friendsgiving.
I counted down the days and before you know it, Friendsgiving was here. I arrived at Rob and Sara’s house in Johnstown around 1:30. I made myself at home and said hi to Rob and then I was greeted by Rae and her friend Shannon. Rae complimented me on how fabulous I looked. Then I introduced myself to Rob’s friends Dan and Shawn (he made the mimosas… Sara’s favorite). I greeted the hostess Sara and gave her a big hug and thanked her for throwing this great Friendsgiving party.
We gathered at the table for Friendsgiving dinner around 2:30. The amazing Friendsgiving spread consisted of spaghetti with vodka sauce, stuffed peppers, potatoes, all types of green vegetables (spinach, asparagus, and broccoli 🥦 to be exact), and biscuits. The earlier appetizers included a vegetable tray and chips and guacamole 🥑.
We sat around and passed the food around. We drank, we laughed, we cried, we had a great time. The conversation was plentiful. I regret not getting pictures of the amazing smorgasbord of food that Rob and Sara put together. I enjoyed chatting with Rae and Shannon and then it was my turn to chat with Sara. We chatted about fashion (as we usually do) and I had some great outfit ideas for her (I showed her my sweater dress with leggings and tights; for warmer weather, I asked her opinion on the pink cherry dress). We caught up quite a bit on Saturday. I also introduced her to my work family on Facebook.
After we ate, we got pictures on the deck. We took quite a few and they made it to Facebook. I’ll let the pictures tell the story.
Rob and his boys played their card game in the living room. I became one of the girls and played Cards Against Humanity. I never played it before and it was a lot of fun. Sara and I enjoyed ourselves even though we lost bad to Rae and Shannon.
The party dwindled as it got dark. I stuck around to hang out with Rob and Sara. She and I had coffee, talked more fashion, and made plans for December. We may celebrate her birthday at the Rialto early in the month and then do a gift exchange before Christmas. I have ideas in mind for what to get them. Rae took her pie home with her, which irked us because we wanted some. However, my pumpkin bread more than made up for the loss of said pie. Rob and Shawn also loved my bread. But we were dying for pie.
Before we wrapped up the night, Rob, Sara, Shawn and I walked over to the Johnstown Incline. We got a breathtaking view of downtown and the lights really looked pretty. Sara told me how grateful she was for my friendship over the years. I never came over for discipleship so many years ago, I came to visit Paula and the girls. Oh how my friendship with them has grown. I wowed Shawn, Rob and my fashion buddy with my knowledge of Johnstown and remembering my time there as a student. It got too cold and we made our way back to their place. I got in my car and began the hour long journey home. Not ten minutes in, Sara was already missing me 😭.
Friday I celebrated my two year blog anniversary. I began working on it on the Erie Lowe’s overnight trip and it soon became a thing. I added a lot of content early on and got too good too quick. COVID hit but that didn’t hurt my blogging as I found stuff to write about. However I wasn’t putting out as much content as 2020 rolled on.
Early in 2021, I didn’t do quite as much and in the Spring I hardly blogged. By May, I began to pick it back up again. Since the summer, the blog has really grown. Doing 15-16 posts a month really helps. Less is definitely more. We will hit 300 blog posts by the end of the year.
My gender nonconformity and dressing non traditionally has also grown.
I blogged about my workplace crush early on and talked about it to the girls two years ago at Bud Murphy’s. Last night I showed those same blogs to Sara. She really enjoyed reading them. That was my favorite memory until last year’s dinner at the Tavern where I met Rob for the first time. Yesterday’s Friendsgiving became one of my favorite memories. Will it be the best of 2021? You’ll have to wait on that one.
Bye everyone. ❤️ you.
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