My Friends Are Better Than Your Friends

Yes, you read the title right. My friends are better than yours. In fact, I challenge you to a friend duel because let’s face it…my friends are just cool. My earlier post gave a shout-out to my friend Shawn Wood, who is releasing his book this month and is rumored to have a second one in the works. (See below post for info on 200 Pomegranates and an Audience of One.) But he’s just one of the many cool friends I have that are better than your friends.

For example, let’s take my friend Jamie Hamic, who is shown rubbing elbows with George W in the pictures above. She is a new friend whom I plan on becoming close friends with because the coolest things happen to her! First of all, Jamie Hamic is the mother of FOUR girls and is pregnant again! Having all those beautiful girls in the family is about to pay off—she and her oldest daughter are flying to NYC this weekend for a Family Circle Magazine mother-daughter modeling competition. What she’s done in one week—from hanging with Mr. President, being a Mommy to five, to heading to the Big Apple for a modeling competition—would be a lifetime of accomplishments for me! I’m trying to remember what I did this week…um, fed the fish, moved the microwave to where the coffee maker was and the coffee maker to where the microwave was, met a new neighbor who donated a couch to the Furnish The Davis Family’s Empty Apartment Cause, cleaned the toaster (have you looked inside your toaster lately?), etc. Whoa. Take it easy, Carrie.

Needless to say, the highlight of my week was today when I got to hang out with the Hamic girls—all five of them, plus Ella and baby in utero made for 7 girls, one unknown, and Nathaniel. Even though Nathaniel was surrounded by estrogen and beauty, he refused emphatically to cave in to the peer pressure and play dress up, even if it was as Prince Charming. Anyway, the purpose of our Girl Time was to help Jamie plan her outfits for her NYC trip. Naturally, I showed up on her doorstep with an entire suitcase of clothes, jewelry, and shoes. So while my clothes, shoes, and jewelry are touring the Big City, I’ll be in Charlotte changing the fish’s water. Maybe I’ll even move him next to the microwave.

So from last weekend’s jaunt with Mr. President & Co, to the week of being stay-at-home Mommy to an entire cheerleading team of her own, to modeling in NYC…Jamie Hamic, you’re my hero! Go win that competition Girl…and look good doing it!

So what have your friends done lately?

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