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Happenings

Friday, May 17, 2013

Last week I pretty much felt like I won the lottery when I realized that these little stick things in our backyard had transformed into lush peony bushes. I had never even seen a peony in real life – they were like this unicorn flower that only people that live in California seemed to have. And now I have them! My joy was following quickly by panic when I realized that I would almost certainly kill them, so I ran up to the hardware store to buy all of the flower things. So far so good, as the beauties are now blooming.

My parents bought us a new grill right before Megan’s party as a surprise gift. We have since become avid grillers, and by we, I mean Corey. I just sit and eat the things. The bistro lights kind of make us feel like we are having a party every time we grill out.

This past weekend we watched a little fellow that goes by the name of Riley Bop. The bop is a surname Megan and I added on for really no good reason at all other than that it is fun to say bop bop bop. My cat despises all other animals but somehow found a way to tolerate Mr. Riley. She even slept in the same bed with him (although she was giving him the side eye the whole time).

Happy Friday everyone! It’s about time, right?

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Friday, May 10, 2013

There is really no question that big cities such as New York, LA, and Chicago have quite alot to offer an individual in the way of weekend activities. And Charlotte, being a smaller city in comparison to the world of cities, has maybe not quite as many exciting events and opportunities of fanciness. But one thing Charlotte does have (very close by) that other cities do not is a little old lake called Lake Lure. That my friends, for anyone who is not aware, just so happens to be the location where one of the greatest movies of our time is filmed…Dirty Dancing. Yes, you heard me right. So this weekend I will be blissfully walking along the same trail that Baby carried her first watermelon. I am attending the wedding of an old and dear friend and I have a feeling that by the time I come home, people will be referring to me as Twinkletoes. Surely just being on location will turn me into a lovely (and maybe dirty?) dancer.

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Maybe if I have some spare time I can also scoot up to Chimney Rock which is a few minutes away and get my Mohican on since that is where The Last of the Mohicans was filmed. We really just like to reference that movie whenever possible. I often wonder if in our last lives Colleen and I were actually Mohicans. Check out this post with pretty pictures that Colleen took of that area.

Do you have anything exciting planned for the weekend? Are you as confident in your ability to do a lift as I am?

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Friday, May 3, 2013

Happy Friday everyone! Here are some more random bits from my life lately…

I finally bought myself some ranunculus from Trader Joes and boy are they good lookin. I feel like I need to buy flowers to display in my house more often. Not a big financial commitment and yet they seem to improve the quality of my kitchen environment immensely.

My kitty bubbles have been following their typical schedule of eating, sleeping, and running a muck with any leftover time. Can you tell which one is the annoyed big brother and which one is the annoying little brother?

My niece (not technically but emotionally) Harper Grace whose first birthday party you may remember turned 2 and had a Minnie Mouse birthday. Here is her outfit…

She has the same birthday as our beautiful mother who gets mad if anyone makes a fuss over her. So we play it cool about that. But our mom really is the best mom so you all should know that about her at least.

Colleen and I have been preparing for our Europe trips and we are determined not to look like ragamuffins while traveling amongst fancy and sophisticated French and British people. I finally purchased myself some new jeans after mine developed so many holes in the crotch that it is no longer acceptable to wear them. Three new pairs to be exact. Only one gets to stay. I only wear wide leg or flare leg jeans because no matter what you people think, skinny jeans DO not look good on everyone and they surely look awful on me. I really wanted to like the Emerson Fry Vintage Highrise but I feel like they were made for someone with a different body type then me. I am shorter, as well as being hippy and butty with a littler waist. A pear if you will. Although I do feel like a got a size too big, the waist was huge, the crotch was too long, and they kinda made me butt look flat which it is not. I looked for reviews on their fit on the internet prior to purchasing which I found none, so that is why I am taking the time to mention all of this. I think I will end up keeping the MIH Marrakesh Kick Flare jeans even though the leg is really more flare and not as wide as Anthro promised. Also these were on sale for $50 off when I bought them. They are super comfy.

I started a new book called Little Bee per recommendation from my mother and so far it is real good. But I know it is also gonna be real sad so don’t say I didn’t warn you.

I have loved Lantana for years so a few weeks ago I planted some in my pretty aqua pot.

Every once in a while, Colleen and I will send each other an email with the subject line, “Oops.” This is typically referring to purchases made that we probably shouldn’t have. This was my “oops” for the week. I couldn’t walk away from this bedspread at the antique mall. It has tiny little pom poms all over it that make the pattern and was $20. The stupid part…it fits a twin bed. Ask me if I have a twin bed. Oops.

Hope everyone has a fun weekend and gets to enjoy at least a little bit of sun. It is May after all.

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Friday, April 12, 2013

Maybe it’s because of how much we love movies, but a pretty heavy percentage of our favorite songs seem to be from movie soundtracks. Whenever I hear a song from one of my favorite films, it always takes me back to how I was feeling when I was watching it – happy, sad, wistful, or content. I hear Tiny Dancer and I instantly visualize the band from Almost Famous singing on the bus. In Your Eyes, which is actually Corey and my song to which we danced our first dance, makes me thinking of John Cusack, ever the romantic, holding a boombox over his head. La Vie En Rose makes me remember how sweet Wall-E was with Ev-a, always trying to keep her out of harms way. To hopefully invoke a little nostalgia, we put together some of our favorite songs from films for you guys to listen to. Did we miss any really good ones?