Thanks to my friend, Yelena, I hear Barry Manilow singing in my head this morning...
"Morning just another day
Happy people pass my way
Looking in their eyes
I see a memory I never realized
How happy you made me
Oh Mandy..."
This is the other Mandy, all the way from Puerto Rico!
Her mama posted it on Facebook.
!
She's laying on a table topper quilt I made in 2010 for a Christmas party gift exchange.
Yelena won the quilt. I think I won a broken toy at that party.
I used the quilt-as-you-go method using a jelly roll.
Perfect for a quick and easy gift!
This is Yelena at the party. She doesn't always look like this,
but a little party food and drinks can do this to a person.
She's moved far, far away, but we have a lot of fun memories of our work time together.
Some stories are better left in our memories, but there's one that keeps us laughing.
Yelena calls me Joann, I call her Sue. That's because...
A long, long time ago we went to Starbucks during our lunch hour.
She told the barista her name was "Sue" which is what he wrote on her cup.
I told him my name was "Carol"...because that's my name.
"Carol" was CLEARLY written on my cup.
We chatted while we waited for our drinks...mine was a green tea latte (I don't like coffee...gasp!)
Sue's drink came up on the counter and then another cup was set next to it.
I picked it up and drank a sip of it to make sure it was made right...UGH!
What the heck! It was coffee!
And then I saw it! Uh-oh.
Right there in big bold letters it said, "Joann".
Whoops!
Joann wasn't very happy that I was drinking out of HER cup.
Really she wasn't!
I think there were real daggers coming out of her eyes and they were aimed at me.
Really she wasn't!
I think there were real daggers coming out of her eyes and they were aimed at me.
Sorry, Joann!
When my drink (with "Carol" written on the side) was ready, I grabbed it and we quickly left.
As often happens with good friends, we laughed hysterically about my mistake
and continue to do so. Thanks, Sue, for that fun memory of you at Starbucks!
Joann misses you a lot!
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