Lunch with Sue (aka Hooch, Suzie Q, Sue Pooh)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HOOCH!

I doubt my friend Sue ever reads my blog, so I can smear her good name all over the place and she'll be none the wiser! It was Sue's bday last week and to tell you the truth, I have no idea how old she is. She's younger than me by a few years though.

I might as well give some background about her, since most of you won't know her. I don't see her nearly enough, so she isn't in my blog much, if at all. Not for lack of hilarious phone conversations, but most are highly inappropriate and bratty. Sue and I met about 6-7 years ago at work. We both worked as Administrative Assistants on the same floor. I honestly have NO IDEA how we became friends. My memory is terrible and she'd probably make up some story to make herself look fabulous. I'm really not much of a 'girl's girl' and I certainly have little interest in making new girlfriends. Sue and I just clicked though. She is like me in so many ways, which I thought would make us clash. Oh, just the opposite. We are serious trouble together, instead. Her husband is just as sassy too, so that's just the icing on the cake. We all sass the heck out of each other.

Sue shares my love for Target stores. About 95% of the time I talk to Sue on the phone, one of us is as Target. We've only had a 'date' there once, but we should really plan another. I call Sue a lot for questions on kids. She has 3 darling children and she's a great source of expertise. Plus, I get to hear how awful or wonderful each stage was with each kid. Right now, her youngest daughter is giving her fits. I told her this would be the case when she named her Alexa. Ü

On to lunch. We met at The Pizza Factory in Layton and we were both late. Seems fitting. I sent her a text asking her to order me a Dr. Pepper and get a high chair and she texts me back 'I'm not there yet, order me a diet with lime, when you get there!' Mason joined us for lunch and she seemed to enjoy the time with him too. Of course, she gave him one of her limes and that's all he would eat the rest of the time. She thought she was being sneaky and funny...not so. He loved it!

I tried to brag at how great of a mother I am and it backfired, as usual. I was trying to show Sue that Mason knows where is nose is and can point to it. This was the result. The smirk proves that he meant to show me up!

These are the reason I LOVE The Pizza Factory!

I got Mason this fantastic plate of yummy food from the salad bar and Sue takes one look and says 'That looks like crap! No wonder he doesn't eat anything'. Note, he's eating the lime still. He didn't eat any of the rest of it. She proceeds to order some meal that looked much worse than his did and I told her all about it.

Since it was Sue's bday, she got to pick a sucker for herself as dessert. I got a root beer one and Mason took a liking to it. Sue was kind enough to snap a few shots of me wrestling with him to not get it all over (or let him throw it on the ground).

Happy Birthday, Sue! Thanks for playing with us! Here's a trip down memory lane. This was taken April 2003. She was pregnant and would probably prefer me to not post prego pics, but we don't have very many together (in fact, I cropped 2 people out of it!).

Mason (2 months old) and Sue