WOOOT P-SHAW!!!!

weird title right?

{via}

it was a text that i got from one of my favorite friends today.

you see,  i say holla! like 97 thousand times a day. with enthusiasm. 

i have said this daily for at least the last 4 years. 

i know i should find a new word...

 NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

most evr' one after 4+ years, now ignores my 

HOLLA{S}!!!!

so you can imagine my excitement when she responded with 

wooot p-shaw

i may or may not have gotten teary eyed.

i immediately text her and said
i love you!!! you know that right. 
evr' one blows off my holla's.
you made my day!!!


to which she replied
LOL! & U just made mine. 
XOXO


which got me thinking. i don't let my friends know often enough how much the mean to me.
and how thankful i am to have each and everyone of them in my life.
and that they each have a special spot in my heart that belongs to only them.
i really need to let them know more often.


so today i will start with you,  my readers.


thank you for taking time out of your day to read this here blog.
it means the world to me. each comment you leave brings a smile to my face. if i could i'd invite you all over for tea and a game of rummy i don't know how to play bridge. 
xxO

today send your friends a sweet note telling them how much they mean to you.ok?!OK!
speaking of tea, sarah we totally need to dress like this for our tea on the 2nd. how fun would that be?

x x O

I wanted to write about why I changed my sign off from

xoxo

to

xxO

I have always signed my letters, card, text, etc. 

xoxo

a few years ago a t.v. show called gossip girl started. at the end of the show the narrator  says 

"xoxo gossip girl."

i do not want to be lumped into a category with gossip girl (um no thanks) so it got me thinkin' i needed a change.

so i decided to change to 

xxO

here's why

i married into a european family.

each time we meet up (and it could be ten times a day) or say goodbye  we great each other with kisses and a hug.

we kiss each other on the right cheek

we kiss each other on the left cheek

and then we give each other a great big hug.

it's so sweet. 

SO,  xxO makes sense to me. it's my everyday! we see our family A LOT!

BLESSED

now, when i greet my side of the family i always give them a kiss on their right cheek and go for the left cheek next. they all look at me like i'm CRAZY. whatev. when i do it to my grandma she gets super excited and says "oh i feel special" umm hello you. are. special. she's 91 and a half and she is gorgeous inside and out.

me, my gram, my cousin kristin & my baby bro!
this was her big 9-0 birthday dinner
yep! that's my grandma's beer. however miller lite is not her fave miller high life is. it was my grandpa's  fave
so i think she drinks it to feel closer to him he passed away almost 40 year ago :-(yep! those are mariachi's in the back ground that's how we roll!
i even had a mariachi trio at my big fat greek wedding. ha
more on that later.

that's 3 generations of enriquez women right there
me, my gram, & my momma

sorry i got off track for a second and threw in pics of me, my grandma & family. 
but now you know my little story about xxO


i didn't forget that i was telling you 
"OUR STORY"  
time to get real... part 3 planning the wedding. will be coming soon.
stay tunned

xxO