One of my best friends came down from Canada. She and her mom needed to go through stuff they had in storage and they stayed with us while they were in town.

    Manz and her mom got here late Friday afternoon. We hugged and talked, then went out to Walmart to pick up our dinner (pizza from Papa Murphy's). Most of Friday night was spent talking and visiting. We stayed up pretty late and finally went to bed sometime after midnight.

    Saturday, we all went to the mall and walked around for most of the afternoon. Manz and I window shopped mostly but did find some things we wanted. We tried on clothes and shoes until we were all hungry. We decided to stop and eat at the food court but each wanted something different. Julie, Amanda's mom, and my youngest brother had lunch at Jonny Rocket's. Manz and I headed over to eat Thai but after some though settled for Japanese instead. After eating lunch, we all split up again to walk around. We sampled smoothies and tried on more shoes before stopping to get smoothies and icecream. We stayed for a while longer and then left to go home

    Sunday, I went with Manz and her mom to the storage but the lock had been changed and we couldn't get in so we just spent the day driving around town and shopping. We had lunch at Cici's and checked out some local stores and then went home by 8pm.

    Monday and Tuesday, I had to work. Manz and her mom went back to the storage and spent most all day going through stuff and loading what they wanted to keep into a small U-Hall which they hooked to their car. Monday evening was spent hanging out, talking, and eating a home cooked meal. Tuesday night, us ladies went out to eat at Ryan's and then went to the local dollar theater to see Herbie (Fully Loaded).

    At the theater, there was one guy sitting inside. He talked to us for a few min but we tried to ignore him as he was really weird and creepy. The 4 of us all sat near the front. Julie and Amanda's mom sat together. Manz sat next to her mom and I was sitting next to Manz. The movie was so cool! Manz and I sat giggling and screaming through the whole movie. At one point, the guy must have left cause I looked back and he was gone. It was really neat to be the only ones in there cause we could be loud. We both kept cheering for the cute guys in the movie. LOL! I now have a new celebrity crush: Matt Dillon! He's sooo cute!

    Anyway, we had a great time. Yesterday, Julie brought Manz and her mom up to my work to say 'good-bye'. One of Amanda's brothers has a baseball game Saturday so they had to get home and it's a long drive to Canada. I am a little disappointed that they had to leave but I plan to go up for a visit of my own as soon as I can afford it.

    Last night, I went out to Sweetwater to see if any of my friends came out. I had attempted to arrange a meeting with some of them to introduce my best friend to them but that was before she decided to leave earlier. I figured I should be there incase anyone showed up so I could tell them she had to go home sooner than later. One showed up and even performed 5 songs after visiting with me a few min. I had a good time chatting and listening. THANKS, DAN!

    I also left three gifts with him and asked if he would be willing to pass them along to another friend who had a birthday back in July. I had bought the gifts for him but had yet to be given the chance to give them to him so I asked Dan if he would do it for me since he sees this friend more than I do. I hope this friend likes his belated b-day gifts. I can't wait to hear what he thinks of them. (Hint hint!)

-Elizabeth