I hurt my back putting on my shirt this morning…nice.  But I’m not worried cause I’m not as old as Katie and Kristy:)  Today is Katie’s bday and two Saturday’s ago was KQ’s….for some reason we must always reference and celebrate them as one.  Sorry girls…hope yall don’t get sick of sharing:)

Let’s start with KQ….I’ve know Kristy since I was in high school.  She gave me a ride to school when I was a sophomore and she was a way cooler junior.  I in no way lived on her way to school, but she always came to my house and picked me up.  To show my appreciation I puked in her car one morning on the way to school.  We also cheered together all through high school which probably sounds cheesy to all you non-cheerleaders out there, but almost all of my best friends to this day are girls that I cheered with.  There’s a bonding that happens between people when you have to walk down the hall in a mini-skirt and tennis shoes together.  Or when you have to throw your friend up in the air and then she proceeds to elbow you in the nose on her way down…that really happened to KQ:)  I also had the pleasure of living with Kristy when we were in college.  We quickly learned the skill of pulling pranks on Katie and making fun of Kelly (she finally stopped crying after about a month).  One jewel I was able to pass on to KQ was the fine art of decorating.  We hung these two masterpieces in our apartment.

                                          

 

 

 

 

 

relax….we weren’t a bunch of potheads…we just have a weird sense of humor:)

In all seriousness Kristy has been a constant blessing in my life for so many years.  She has taught me so much about what it means to love Jesus.  She’s always willing to call me out…which is a good thing!  She fires me up every time I’m around her.  She’s very decisive…which I adore…because I’m ridiculously indecisive.  She’s always suggesting books, or CDs or things for me to do…which I absolutely love!  And she actually turned out to be a really good decorator in her own right:)  I love you KQ!  Happy Birthday…two weeks ago:)

Now for KT!  I also meet Katie when I was in high school and we also cheered together.  I remember the first time I hung out with Katie.  I was still a lowly sophomore and she was a junior.  She called and invited me to go with her and some people to Stone Mountain.  I could not believe that cool and popular Katie McIver actually wanted to hang out with me!  But that’s the thing about Katie…she has the ability to really love people…you know the kind I was talking about in the last post.  She just naturally loves people…I don’t think she even realizes it.  Whenever you’re around her you feel completely comfortable…accepted and loved…because you are.  So for an insecure little kid that meant the world to me.  After high school we lived together in college too….same apartment with KQ in it:)  Katie was gracious enough to share Chris with us and he became our apartment boyfriend…bringing us pizza on $5 tuesdays, bringing frosty’s for no reason and taking out the trash…pretty sweet deal:)  In an attempt to work off the pizza and frostys we would try to motivate each other to get up and work out before class….I think that happened all of two times.  No matter what we ended up doing we had fun.  Katie eventually became our travel agent and has planned some pretty good trips…this was when a bunch of us went to Colorado.

Eventually Katie got me a job working at the same advertising agency as she did after college.  I can not tell you how awesome it is to get to work with one of your bff’s.  A lot has changed since I first met Katie…..she’s a wife and a mom now…which is still crazy to me:)  but she remains one of my most favorite people in the world!

So Happy Birthday Katie…I love you and I hope you have a wonderful day!