Sunday, April 21, 2013

The morning after



The world is changed on the morning after dancing until the late hours the night before. One of my closest friends celebrated her 50th birthday last night by throwing a karaoke party with a 1970s theme. I put on some sparkly blue eye-shadow and wide-legged jeans, carried a pink Goody comb that I have miraculously saved from my childhood, and danced, literally, the night away. There was onion dip and potato chips, green bean and tuna casserole. There were meat-loaf sandwiches and crab dip with Triscuits. There were Leaping Lizard drinks, and I had several. At some point, I broke out clog dancing and later, when we recounted it, I nearly wet my pants laughing. So, it's a beautiful morning and my heart feels so much lighter this morning that I can only attribute it to the dancing and friendship and laughter from last night. I highly recommend a karaoke machine and some music from the glory days to right the world.
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13 comments:

  1. Christy ShakeApril 21, 2013 at 11:07 AM

    wish i was there.

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  2. Ms. MoonApril 21, 2013 at 11:32 AM

    You are so right- dancing does make everything better (unless you pop your hip out of joint and we shall not discuss that now) and you look lovely in glittery blue eye shadow and I am SO glad you had such an evening!

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  3. BirdieApril 21, 2013 at 12:09 PM

    Far out! Right on! Out of sight! Everyone needs to get down and boogie!

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  4. eApril 21, 2013 at 12:13 PM

    Sublime... And you my dear, deserve many more such evenings!

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  5. fullsoulahead.comApril 21, 2013 at 2:14 PM

    Awesome you.

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  6. 37paddingtonApril 21, 2013 at 2:18 PM

    wooo hooo! and may i say you look simply gorgeous my dear.

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  7. N2April 21, 2013 at 2:24 PM

    You are looking very Dancing Queen this morning :) Wishing you a fabulous week. x0 N2

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  8. NancyApril 21, 2013 at 2:34 PM

    My 50th birthday will fall on the next blue moon, which is July 31, 2015. I'm already planning my outdoor, moon-lit party. Glad you had a blast.

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  9. Carrie Wilson LinkApril 21, 2013 at 8:30 PM

    So glad you had that perfect night! Each item you mentioned flooded me with memories, the onion dip most of all!

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  10. Steve ReedApril 21, 2013 at 10:33 PM

    You know, I have never done karaoke. Which I really must remedy one of these days.

    My favorite part of this post is that you saved your pink Goody comb from childhood. It's so funny the stuff we keep, isn't it?!

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  11. L. PetersApril 22, 2013 at 6:34 AM

    amen!

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  12. Kathleen ScottApril 22, 2013 at 2:50 PM

    Fabulous! Nothing better than movement, music, laughter and friends.

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  13. karioApril 22, 2013 at 5:19 PM

    God, I love that you did that! Nothing better than nearly peeing your pants with friends.

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