Porch Party with the Girls!

There’s nothing better than a bunch of girlfriends getting together to gab and catch up on everything going on. Since I’m now single again, it’s been really fun to get connected with other women my age who are also single. I’ve enjoyed making some new friends and it’s been great to have them to do things with. I’ve made some great single friends just in the last 6 months. A couple of them are widows and most of us are divorced, but we all face the same things at this stage of our lives. So, we share our time together and we date and we get out and socialize. It’s made a huge difference to me to have these girls around and I enjoy them so much. I couldn’t manage life without some single girlfriends around and I’m blessed to have many of them. I also have longtime married girlfriends who mean the world to me too. It’s just that we are in different seasons of life and at this time, my single girlfriends are who I spend the most time with. Spring seemed a perfect time to have a girl’s porch party and invite my girlfriends over to hang out on the porch. We have so much fun laughing, talking about men, and just the usual conversations that go with being single. As you can imagine, men are a big topic of conversation. Most of us are dating, although a couple of my friends don’t care about it at this point.

Me, I’m enjoying dating right now and just might be dating one particular special man at the moment. Not going to share any details yet, but if and when the time comes and I find someone worth keeping, you will all find out. I haven’t given up on that idea yet. I had fun shopping for some ultra special food for this girl’s night in. It was a beautiful spring evening on the porch and my first porch party of the year. With Dixie Ultra Moments® products on hand, I was ready to host my girlfriend party.  Dixie Ultra Moments® Tableware helps you take care of the details so you can enjoy your moment now.  And we certainly enjoyed our moments on the porch!  

Pink tulips seemed appropriate for the party too.

  I had just cleaned up the porch for spring, getting it ready for summer entertaining after cleaning off the pollen and grime that accumulates over the winter. It feels so good to be out here again!   If there is one space in this house that I’ve SO enjoyed, it has to be this porch. This porch makes me so happy.   I spend time out here in the daytime with my computer and it’s a great spot early mornings before it gets hot. And it is already starting to heat up in Georgia.   I love it when the curtains blow in the breeze. That white blur coming out the door is Cody running outside.   This porch is a tranquil and serene spot and I will never get tired of it.   And I’m still so, so grateful to have it.   My sweet spot, this porch.   So, I invited about 8 of my single girlfriends over for a girls’ night in on the porch. I shopped for some yummy food and served it buffet style in the kitchen and we all gathered on the porch for chatting and girl time.   Kale salad, olives and olive tapenade – it was yummy food.   Four varieties of hummus.   Cheese and crackers.   Delicious food that girls like to eat.   We had a great time catching up and talking, as you can imagine.  Dixie Ultra Moments® Tableware provided me with plates, cups and napkins for the occasion and they were colorful and fun on the porch.    

And that’s just what we did on the porch that night. 

 I tried getting a pic with the camera timer, but it still blurred a little. I was telling them to all be still while the timer when off, but low light makes even the slightest movement blur. But, these are my friends, they are all special women and I’m so grateful to have them in my life. Having girlfriends to share life with is just the best. We support each other, listen to problems, give advice when needed, and most of all just be there for each other. That makes life all the sweeter. Most of us are dating and interested in finding a long term relationship again and I have no doubt we will all be there for each other on this life journey we are on.  

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