Bye Bye Birdie

Today I took one foot out of the social media world. I quit Twitter. I had several reasons for leaving it behind, but honestly, it was just adding too much clutter in my life and I started out the year resolving to clean out the clutter. I needed to start walking in that direction. Twitter was making me insecure about my words. I can’t count the number of times I’ve put something out there, immediately...

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They Came. We Ate.

If there's one thing we do well when we have company visiting, it's eat. Todd's mother and grandmother spent the weekend with us and we had our fill of amazing food. I might have a slight obsession. As I write this, I have Giada on in the background. Although, what she's making might be a bit healthier than the fare we indulged in this weekend. On Friday evening, Todd and I came home from work to...

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Warm Weather Wish-List

If you receive Anthropologie's newsletter, this will be old news, but I am in love with their new spring collection. I'm more of a Gap / J. Crew (Target...cough) person when it comes to inspiration. I love clean lines, simple patterns and classic pieces. But if you ask me, Anthro just hit the bullseye. Now I just need to figure out how to afford it all... --  - - My friend Christi...

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Spring Has Sprung

...and so have our busy lives! I have so much to catch up on, but I'm being lazy tonight. I forgot what it felt like to be overwhelmed. Until now, life has been manageable. So much for that. Let the craziness begin! I have lots of blog posts up my sleeve. My great friend Susan got married this past weekend. I'll have more news about that as the photos come in. My high school girlfriends...

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Cough Due To Cold?

Jenny: Forrest, I'm sick. Forrest: Do you have a cough due to cold? That is one of my favorite scenes in Forrest Gump. If you have seen the movie, you know Jenny didn't have a cold, but that line makes me laugh out loud every time I hear it. Who doesn't love Forrest Gump? What I don't love is actually having a cold. I've been stuck inside all weekend sniffing, sneezing and coughing. And sleeping....

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Seven More Weeks

In seven weeks from today, Todd and I will load up the car and head to the beach for an early anniversary trip to Destin, Florida (one of our new favorite places). Seven weeks feels like an eternity, but I'm counting down the days. Just 48 more to go. I have "spring fever" so bad this year. I'm sure it's because Nashville was uncharacteristically cold this winter and also because I...

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Not So Little

Wouldn't you know that the weekend I had planned to spend with my youngest sister, the weekend that I knew would be filled with lots of fun new memories, the weekend that would surely be captured with my new camera, I would forget to charge the camera battery. And forget to pack the battery charger. So I have no photos, but the weekend was great and I'm so glad Todd and I were able to...

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Oh Happy Day

I have read several blogs lately that are featuring “happy lists,” lists of five or ten things that make people really happy. I found a couple fun lists here and here. What a great idea! Since I’ve been a little down in the dumps the past couple of weeks, I thought I would make my own little happy list to cheer myself up. Although, this week has been off to a great start and will end with...

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