A day with the girls...

Had a great day with the girls being kidnapped!

Started out at Starbucks with Chelsey

Then to Ashley's house....my captors, along with flowers,

presents, birthday cake and special cards made by the boys
YUM, Strawberry cake....

And then.....we went to Ink, Inc.

It's a TATTOO PLACE!!!!

Had my belly button pierced for my 40th birthday

Got a tattoo for my 45th!!!

Nothing crazy, or big, just a heart on the inside of my wrist
and YES...it did hurt, but it took less than 10 minutes, so not bad...

probably going back to get a matching heart on the top of my foot!

And then off to PF Changs for my favorite lettuce wraps

and of course candles and dessert!

If you ever want GREAT lettuce wraps...this is the place to go!

And then what you might ask.....

well....home for a nap of course!

Had a fabulous time with three of my very

most favorite girls in the world..

Thank you Ashley, Carla and Chelsey

for making this old gal smile.

Love you bunches.

OHHHH, and Carla already has the idea for my 50th.....

she said a boob job...we shall see....we'll have 5 years to plan it!

XOXO, and thanks again, had a great time!

PF

It's Saturday!!!!!

I always seem to start out with DANG WHAT A DAY or DANG WHAT A WEEK, it's not any different this morning....busy as a bee at work. 12-14 hours a day is a killer, and lots might say WHY do you do it? In the Mortgage world, you have to have compassion.... and remember that customer's lives hang on getting their financing completed as planned. (Megan, you feel the pain, as you wait for yours to be completed, right?) If the ball is dropped, their lives are turned upside down with move plans. Take this week as an example: 1) The K family moved from Slovokia to Longview, Texas with a Steel company DONE 2) Another K family moved from one side of the US to the other DONE 3) Mr G has a tenant lined up already for the home he is closing on Tuesday, that tenant is HOMELESS if I do not get his loan done. 4) Ms G, who's ex husband is threatening to make her sell their joint home (even has a court order), that she now resides in with her 3 kids(two of which are boy/girl 11 year old twins), if we do not get her refinance completed, to take him off the note DONE. She even asked me to come to Delaware to share the bottle of champagne with her after she closed! 5) Mr. L is leaving the country this morning, and he's closing next Friday, everything had to be in order before he could leave, so I stayed until 8:20pm, making sure he was okay and that we had everything for his loan. 6) Or the Mom, Ms K, who's baby is going thru chemo, and we had to get the loan completed before the next treatment, so she could bring him to their new home afterwards. No pressure huh? And this is just a few examples....we close hundreds of these a month and I've been involved in thousands of these examples over my almost 26 year career in this crazy business. It's all worth it when they say thank you... For me it's a tough job, but one that I still love, even after all these years.

Okay enough about work, I've now posted the pictures of Chelsey cooking, washing dishes and the final results....burritos, that were really tasty. I've also posted pictures of my cubicle at work, all decorated for my birthday. Used to have a big fancy office, a few years ago... :-( And lastly, in photos, Celina defeats Ranchview (Carrollton) 62-14 last night. I missed it, because I was making sure Mr. L was taken care of, before he flew out this morning.

Today, at noon, is my birthday surprise from Ashley, Chelsey and Carla. I can hardly wait to see what they have planned. Can't remember the last time I had something really fun to look forward too. Love those three....last time we were together was for Promzilla...maybe I should be Birthdayzilla! Or, better yet, I think I'll just roll with it, and see what they have in store for me.....bet it's a fun day.

Fly safe Mr L, XOXO to all, Pam (half way to 90 tomorrow) Fenter