Thursday, May 13, 2010

mary engelbreit ~ day 1

day 1: we are not in kansas anymore.

flight leaves for st. louis, mo @ 6am
hubby gets me to the airport at 5:05 am. "do you have everything, sweetheart?" hubby asks.
"i do"
"i.d., on-line booking number, credit card?" he says
"i should. did u put the credit card back in my wallet after u used it last night!" i proclaimed
"ahhhh! crap! sweetheart. i didn't, and i don't have my wallet on me either." he says with disappoinment
"well, i need to get inside and check in. so figure it out, & we'll keep in touch at my next stop. denver, co. ok?"
"ok."
so i jam into the airport and hit the counter. I go to check in and the terminal says "flight is closed!" or whatever the heck it says. bottom line according to united, i am late and i am not getting on this flight!
ppssh, whatever witch! get me on this flight, because i am going to st louis.
"ma'am! this terminal is saying that the fligt is closed. it's only 5:15am!"
"well, united closes their flight 45min before departure."
i'm thinking..."lady, this is not l.a.x.! i'm the only person up in ontario right now. seriously, who's going to st. louis with me. "um, ok ma'am, but i've been playing with this terminal for the last 10 min, plus, you all have busy, and everytime one of you walks by and i say excuse me, one of you says, i'll be with u in just a second. and it's been 10 min." {don't play!}

"ok. ma'am. i appologize for the wait. your checking in 1 bag?"
"yes." but i'm thinking shoot! everything else is going to meet me in st. louis...ok!
that is how day 1 started...and it ended with me losing my drivers lic#, not being able to rent a car, or get money from western union that my hubby was so gracious to think about. but... it did me no good.
but i was going to get to mrs. mary's reception and studio tour. so i was on a mission.
after i cried at the airport because i felt so alone. i put myself together, remembered i had taken the $400 out of my emergency fund and headed into st. louis to visit mary and all the crafty ladies!
i was determined to make this trip i had been waiting for....almost 1 year!

i made it through the wilderness....

somehow i made it through...

didn't know how lost i was until i called yooooouuuu!



crazy.

mary engelbreit ~ day 2

day 2: kaari meng & mathew mead







did it get better? you ask. why, yes it did. i met some really incredible ladies. one of which, felt so bad for my crazy~ness, she was compelled to offer me a right to and fro, because she was a loca! i mean a local.
yes, she did. she fostered me for the next 2 days, and i became her morning stowaway!



anyway. in the romper room, i see...





shelley


my sister from another mister! she just won my heart from the first day. she is just the sweeetest piece of southern pie. shelley and jemilla travel by car together from oklahoma city.


and, i see




jemilla.
i hear this woman can definitely "shomit"!!! luv ya jemilla! can't wait to see y'all in cali!
french general here we come!!!


and last, i see




micha.


ok. seriously. does micha look like she would be from arkansas? i mean, not that there aren't artsy people in arkansas. but, if i saw micha in the streets of arkansas, i would think that girl lost her way to la or ny. she just looks like a big city girl {in a bigger state...by population, you know what i mean?} anyway, she lives close to the 4~arty {40}. can u believe that?



micha, bring the fam out to la. we'll host ya! you have to come out to one of kim caldwell's events! yay!



like, no way!!!