Why I just love her...

Last weekend, while crafting at my friend Jen's house, I took the liberty to snap a few pictures without her knowledge. Not that she'd mind. I just get so inspired whenever I'm over there for any length of time. And this time, I took pictures of some of my favorite things.  They kinda represent her...

1.  She's a home-body.  Me, too.  We love to nest and fuss about the house, and decorate it to make it special for those we love.  I'm drawn to people like that.

2.  She's off-the-wall and silly.  She bought these reindeer antlers and nose for her daughter's car, and was totally geeked up about it.  The whole thing made me laugh.  She couldn't wait to surprise her.  She's thoughtful to so many...

3.  She doesn't do anythign a "little bit."  She jumps in with both feet, and full-throttle.  I love that she says yes all the time, is always volunteering for something, and asks questions later.  I wish I was more like her in that respect...

4.  We share an obsession with all things felt.  What's not to love?

5.  She is the older sister I never had.  We have a geeky tradition to shop the day after Christmas and then do lunch together.  Got that big Santa one year, during that shopping spree.  I challenge defy anyone to pack an SUV like us after a shopping trip.

6.  She is going to will this quilt to me if she dies before me.  I called dibs on it.  This quilt in her living room is high on my coveting list, for sure.  Who else would do that?

7.  Her entire Christmas tree is decorated in snowmen, and only snowmen.  It is beautiful and fun, and unique, just like her.

8.  She has a ginormous calendar that takes up an entire wall in her kitchen, and it is always the hub of activity in her home.  She always has cool things posted on it, and pieces parts hanging from it.  I tried to nab that paper garland from Anthro when she wasn't looking, but I was busted...

9.  She loves red, and subway art.  HELLO.

10.  She has mementos and photos and reminders of her life all over her home.  Makes me want to curl up in a blanket and stay there.  Sometimes, I do.

11.  She's a doer.  She walks the talk and doesn't let grass grow under her feet.  She always, always, always looks out for me and my family, too.  It may be advice, the latest item for a WIP Kit, or using her Cameo until the wee hours of the morning...

12.  She lives in the moment, not in the past.  I get really hung up on that sometimes.  Sorrow about the past, and anxiety about the future--those two topics sometimes make me want to fold.  She is great at bringing me back to the center, and living for TODAY, and moving on.  Always.  And I know God put her in my life to help me out with those days, believe me.

13.  She gets it.  And she gets me.  And then some.  She sees stuff and calls me up to squeel and we craft.  She makes me a better person.  I don't know what I did to deserve her, but I'm so very grateful for her presence in my life, and in my family's life.

14.  She'll die of embarrassment when she reads this.  Then she'll call me a dork (because I am--ha!).  We don't do too much of the sappy stuff with regard to one another.  But I know she knows how I feel about her. 

And everyone should have a friend like her.  :)