A group
of old friends get together for a nice, congenial, dinner together, but something unexpected happens and entirely changes the night.
Not exact matches
«Paradoxically, big
get - togethers can be easier to prioritize than smaller ones,» writes Vanderkam, offering the example
of a busy professor who plans an annual getaway for her
old college
friends and their families.
«We flew people in from Atlanta, Los Angeles, and all over the place, including some
of her
oldest friends from elementary school that she never
gets to see and some close
friends that had recently moved across the country.»
I had a chance to catch up with a bunch
of old friends and
get up - to - date on their businesses and what they see as major issues for their companies going forward.
He was planning to leave his job as an account executive at Leo Burnett Advertising in Chicago to travel around the world, when his
old friend from Brown, Leon Richter,
got wind
of the scheme and gave him a call.
In the
old terms
of service, app developers would not only
get the data from the profiles
of those using the apps, but from all
of their
friends as well.
The fact that you are uneducated is not the issue
of those
of us who are... read a science book for a change and
get your head out
of that 2000 year
old book... only children and schizophrenics have imaginary
friends..
The
older you
get, the harder it is to make new
friends — and that goes double for married couples, who tend to
get used to staying in; and triple for parents, who find the hassle
of hiring a sitter understandably stressful.
Children were expected to write letters to family and
friends once they
got older, not essays on the soliloquies
of Hamlet.
Having a child doesn't mean you can only be
friends with other parents, obviously, but it sure is nice to connect with others who are in the same stage
of life and
get what you are going through (and who are OK with calling it a night before 7 p.m.) The
old adage is true, it really does take a village to raise a family.
The key way to do that is with faith - based initiatives that work with the soul and then build relationships so that when [prisoners]
get out, they won't go to the same
old group
of friends who helped drag them down.
I have a close male
friend who is now widowed and I am wondering what would be your opinion
of us as an
older couple living together [not
getting married] for companionship?
I love it that my
friend and you are wrestling with people who both
of you see as OK guys with similar outlooks on social and moral issues and
get on really well together but even though we can converse on belief the
Old Testament is a massive stumbling block, a 100 foot high brick wall.
A survey
of 16 - year -
olds reveals that just one in five (22 %) has no
friends from the other main tradition compared to one in three (33 %) in 2003, when the annual study first
got under way.
Although the weather was cold, windy, and rainy and I had a miserable cold most
of the time, I
got to see a few
old friends and eat some great seafood.
A
friend recommended a healthier food blog to Jess and we've started flipping through all
of the wonderful cookbooks (
old & new) on our bookshelves for inspiration — with the interwebs a finger's length away, it's easy to rely solely on them web for meal planning even though we've
got a wealth
of beautifully bound print books close by.
The weather is finally warming up, your
friends and neighbors are coming out
of hibernation, the days are
getting longer — it's the perfect time to invite the baseball team over or host a book group or just catch up with
old friends.
It's
got some French flair in it (some
of the
old country as we classic pastry students say hehe), since she's taken it with her on trips to visit a chef
friend!
It is always a time
of renewal
getting my Spiritual basket filled, and visiting with
old and new
friends.
The main ingredients alongside the avocado are
old friends like stellar buckwheat flour (although you can use any flour you wish), butternut squash (can anyone
get enough
of this buttery and versatile veg?)
As the Auntie to two wonderful nephews, I've had many fun times over the years, but as they've
gotten older, they naturally have
friends and activities and lives
of their own.
And, if you tend to picnic with a core group
of friends, this sweet delight will never
get old — change it up with a splash
of rum, a dash
of mint or even some licorice or cardamom.
The kind
of place you can
get together with an
old friend you haven't seen in... Continue Reading →
We just did a whirlwind tour
of the Amalfi coast for some dear
friends» wedding, which meant dragging our one - year -
old out
of bed at 4 am one morning for a taxi, two flights, and another long - assed taxi ride to
get there.
They now move to ELIMINATION territory and
get to play against
old friends and teammates # 17 Team Apuli — only one
of those Teams can survive that one.
The age -
old problem: You've
got a three - word message but a group
of four
friends.
I have a couple
of good
friends in America — Dinger in Colorado, the Raptor in Toronto — and we try to
get together once or twice a year, to talk over
old times.
Lacasette will do well we create a lot and he seems no how finish which we badly need da new left back great signing watch da power he has very good player watch em a lot last season it's like this we need one more we need big name I think hamsek would good bit
old thou for da cash he cost, I think landing
of west ham mite be good reminds me continho but go sell Sanchez and
get griezmann and let him and lacasette blow league up
friends forever.
While there is a chance the meeting was merely a festive reunion between
old friends, the tabloid speculate that their
get - together was evidence that Manuel Pellegrini is «almost certain to leave at the end
of the season», with Guardiola looking primed to take over at Eastlands.
«I have no doubt he'd have given up all his championship rings just to have
gotten a hug and an «I love you, son,» from the
old man,» a
friend (unnamed)
of Steinbrenner's tells the author.
Nice article... I used to be one
of those staunch Wenger fans through the years... I used to believe he is superior than Sir Alex, because with almost nothing to spend and playing with kids, he managed to keep us up there every year... I was really caught up with that half season wonder we used to show... In the summer 2013, him or the board (I don't recall) came out and said we are much stable financially and now we can fight with the biggest bullies, I
got my hopes high, I thought we are definitely signing a top striker and DM, that what we need... What happened, only hours before the window closed we managed to sign a top AMF (remember we have our best player for the season 2012 - 2013 was AMF, Cazorla if you remember), I was really depressed seen Giroud leading the line every match... then comes winter window, and we were right there top
of the table... My
friend send me a poster
of an elephant on a tree, and on the bottom
of it «no one knows how it
got there but everybody knows how it will
get down»... I told my
friend that we are only one decent striker far from the gold... and what happened, we signed an
old injured DM on loan... That for me was a completely arrogance and stubbornness cost us the league title... There I completely lost the plot with Wenger... I wish yesterday I was with those who raised that banner... I would write in my banner «Enough talks and philosophy, we need results»
You can
get one or two players coming through every couple
of years but to have six players who were not only team - mates but
friends, and had been
friends since they were 12/13 years
old, and 20 years later had played so many games for the club and shared so many great moments, and still to this day are great
friends... it's an unbelievable story.
We may even
get to see some
of the worlds greatest on the pitch, not to mention our
old friend Suarez.
This year's Varsity Match is set to be a true celebration
of Oxford and Cambridge sport, with
Old Blues and players from all sports, alumni, family and
friends encouraged to
get together at Twickenham for one
of Oxford and Cambridge's fiercest grudge matches.
I've
got ta share a story
of my own... My then 3 year
old son had heard me mentioning to a
friend (he was across the room, I had no idea he could hear me much less was listening) that my bra didn't fit right because
of the pregnancy related changes I was undergoing.
And my deep thanks to an
old friend, Skeek, who dreamed up the Caps to Cap Haitien project, and
got the wheels turning for all
of us.
I can still remember how shattered I felt when a well - meaning
friend, visiting when my eldest was 6 days
old and not latching well (she was a late prem), watched me struggle to attach her then eventually give her a bottle
of expressed breast milk in tears, and said «You know she's going to
get nipple - teat confusion, right?
We may have different parenting techniques but if you have questions on how to toilet train a stubborn toddler or
get a faddy 5 - year -
old to eat his greens, one
of your mum
friends is bound to be able to help.
Getting your baby to take a bottle may require the help
of a family member or
friend, especially is your baby is
older.
And on my night off, I
got to hang with two
of my
oldest friends in the world.
Email has also had a way
of getting me back in touch with
old friends.
Even after a mild winter like this one has been, that first day
of spring
gets the welcome
of an
old friend.
The members
of our church showered us with meals a few times a week until my kids were a couple weeks
old, but when we weren't
getting a meal from
friends or family, it was nice to pull a home cooked meal out
of the freezer and pop it in the crock pot without having to chop a single vegetable.
Between school,
friends, boy scouts, and little brother in tow, my
oldest and I don't
get much time for just the two
of us.
One morning, when the first
of my high - need babies was a few days
old, I
got a cryptic call from a
friend.
so beautifully put, what sweet dreams he must have falling asleep so lovingly: o) When my son E was a few months
old and I wasn't
getting much sleep because
of his frequent wake ups someone I consider to be a good
friend surprised me by suggesting I» let him cry a bit, they all do it and they soon learn to sleep through».
Even if little Winnie were only a few days
old and really needed to be fed promptly (and the picture shows she is not), the appropriate thing to do when little Winnie
got hungry is to step to the side somewhere out
of the foot traffic — not plop yourself down in the aisle in front
of a formula booth, where your
friend can take pictures
of the logo strategically showing in the background.
But as she
gets older and starts showing interest in other children and making
friends of her own, this will change: You'll start socializing with the parents
of her
friends.
And I laughed about the tampon thing — a
friend of mine says her almost - year -
old daughter loves them, and she buys her a box
of the cheap ones to keep her occupied while she's trying to
get dressed!
It's a year later now and I still use the Ergo with my now 1 year
old son, and have
friends marvel that he still fits and that I still insist it's comfortable (much more comfortable for both
of us than me carrying him with my arms, he
gets excited when he sees it and prefers it over being held because it's such a secure feeling.)