WHEW....another hectic day!

When will it slow down???? Today we were up and on the road to the city by 9 this morning and was in the south part of the city at one of the newer shopping mall areas by 10:15. From that point on until 3pm it was non-stop going from one electronics store to another one doing comparisons. AND discussions with those -in- the-know about plasma tvs. I had originally gone into STL to purchase a Panasonic, BUT......in talking with the knowledgeable sales people....and I did question each salesman/woman intensely before I listened very closely to them........we decided to broaden our horizons and began looking at Samsung and Hitachi tvs. And then it was back and forth between stores to compare and to continue to see which deal would be the best ....cost wise.

Sooo, for almost 4 hours we debated, discussed, cussed, observed, compared, argued, discussed, cussed, and etc., etc., etc. As we had to be back home at 4:30, we finally decided and purchased the 42" Samsung plasma. We did buy the extended warranty which we normally never do, but felt this was something we should do! So, adding on the mechanism to hang it on the wall....and then the best cables we could get.....it was a good deal! We discussed going ahead with the surround sound system but decided to wait a bit and just install the speaker wires in the walls on Monday.

Then....arriving home we dashed around as we had the 1st Lady's sorority Valentine social tonight. We had to pick up the BBQ ribs and soooo after a quick cleanup, we got the ribs and went to the event at one of the member's homes. During the cocktail hour, I was talking with one of the couples,..our good friends... and after discussing trips to Asia and where we had each visited, we discovered that they had visited a friend of his sister's in Singapore. Well......as we talked more, I found out that that friend in Singapore was my hs classmate whom I had just been emailing this week concerning a reunion of our class this year!!!! What an odd coincidence...that after 18 years here in F'Town we found out about a mutual friend that we shared!!!!

It was a great gathering of about 32 people......and I may be a bit affected tomorrow. Think I may have enjoyed the dark red medicine tooooo much and may have overdosed myself!!!! Tomorrow morning will tell, won't it????

Sooooo, after a hectic day, a great evening, toooo much vino, and an odd discovery of friendships.......

Life is GREAT!!! And I hope it is for all of you, also!!