Once a year my two best friends from college and I get together for the annual meeting of “The Chicklets.” We all live in different states, so we rotate location each year.  This year I was the hostess.  It was perfect timing for the Paw Paw Wine & Harvest Festival.  Now I was born and raised in Paw Paw.  But, I’ve never really gone to the festival.  The past few years I’ve wanted to try grape stomping.  Glimpses of Lucy Ricardo with her skirt hiked up and her skin a dark shade of purple came to mind when I was thinking about it. That’s not exactly what the grape stomp turned out to be…. they use white grapes to avoid staining, and its more like getting on your hands and knees to shove grapes towards a metal plate that acts like a cheese grater and then the juice pours out into a bucket.  The team captain (me) then has to weigh the juice.  We didn’t win our round, but the 5 of us has a blast!

Dave’s Birthday was several weeks ago, I’ve been remiss in my blogging of late.  I will shape up!

My Friend Jess and I get together for our birthdays each year. This time she brought her adorable little girls with her – Isabelle and baby Helena. We had a fun day together and lots of yummy food, thanks Jess!