First Post

Blogging.  I can't believe I have decided to start blogging.  I don't follow any blogs, so forgive me if this is not up to blogging par.  The idea of starting a blog came to me today as a solution to a "problem" I have been contemplating for a few weeks.  The fact that I am jumping on this idea without much thought is uncharacteristic of me, but I am excited about it and had a moment, so here I am.
This year, August 27 marks my 40th birthday.  To celebrate, I am planning a relaxing vacation for myself and have invited all of the women who have played the role of a "sister" to me at some point during my 40 years. My goal, which is one that I have had for a few years, is to reconnect with as many of these important girlfriends as possible (many of them I haven't seen in years) and celebrate our friendship.
Earlier this year, as I developed my invitee list I realized I have many "sets" of friends, as do most of us, including those who I met when I was 4 and 5 years of age and with whom I grew up.  I decided to include them all and came up with a list of 62 women.  I was blown away by this number and excited to see who would be able to join me on this trip.
As of March 15th, 24 of them have confirmed.  What an honor!  Almost 1/2 of the women, whom I consider to be the most important in my life, are going to join me in celebrating 40 years.
The "problem", to which I refer above, is how to introduce all of these women to each other before the trip.  There is so much I want each person to know about the important role each of them have played in my life.  I want each person to see everyone else through my eyes.  Is that possible?
That is where the blog comes in.  I realized, it might be fun for me to blog about each of the women going on this trip.  It would give me the forum to write about each friend and introduce them to the rest of the group.  So here I am starting a blog.
There is so much more I want to say, but it is way passed the time when I needed to go to bed, so I am going to stop for now.  Stay tuned.  Future posts will explain my "Grilled Cheese Philosophy", introduce each of the women who have committed to my 40th birthday vacation, and much more I am sure.....