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Made the move, people!! Haven't blogged in months...update coming soon.

What I like this Spring...

Tibi silk ruffle dress




DVF jersey shirtdress. Casual and comfy!





J Brand low-rise cut off's. Also in purple and turquoise.



Alice + Olivia Tank Dress



BCBG Ruched Panel Mini Dress

Happy Birthday, Riley & Milly!

Milly and Riley celebrated their 3rd Birthday, March 15th. Happy Birthday to my sweet girls! I wish they were still this tiny!

Tennis/Golf Apparel

I am trying to spruce up my tennis apparel...I figure this golfing skort will work. I love John Daly's golfing apparel, it is so different. Although, some of it is WAY to loud for me.



Example of to loud...



Ethan wants these...yikes.

Loving Lucite

Thanks to my friend, Amanda who sent me a link to a great website... I found this picture of lucite chairs covered with fur that I adore, although I DO NOT like the surrounding decor or the dining table itself (as an FYI).



This Mercer Bench by Jan Showers would look F.I.N.E at the foot of a modern esque bed or in long narrow foyer.



Great Coffee Table

Foods I can't get ENOUGH of...

Some of my favorite things (which always include food and wine)...

Duck Confit Pot Stickers - with sweet gingered arugula, sesame seeds, and smoked tomato chutney



Arugula Salad

I make my own at home and I change it up every now and then. I normally use the following ingredients...fresh arugula, chow mein (dried) noodles, tangerine slices, grated feta cheese, grilled chicken pieces and low fat/no sugar rasberry or strawberry vinaigrette.

The picture below looks really good too. I will have to try pears in it next time. My mother makes the best salad with pears and pecans. Mmmm.




Lobster Mac and Cheese



Favorite Pinot Noir - La Crema



Favorite White blend - Conundrum White Table Wine



Carrabba's Chicken Bryan - topped with goat cheese, sundried tomatoes and a basil lemon butter sauce (I like mine without the sundried tomatoes) NOT a tomato fan.



Manchego and Havarti Cheese with Carr's Crackers







Hummus (most kinds)



...Just a few of my favorites. More favorites to come.

Decisions... To move or not to move?!

I am having some issues here lately. I was dead set on moving to Atlanta about a month ago. I needed to make this move for myself, meet new people, live somewhere different, make a big CHANGE on my own. After applying to many different companies and agencies in Atlanta, I finally started getting replies for job interviews. This hit me and it all became more of a reality. I got scared. Finding the best career fit for me has been a huge challenge. Living in Hattiesburg does not make it any easier. "College towns" are almost harder than "other" towns to find jobs, due to the fast rate of graduating students trying to find jobs as well...I started right out of college in Insurance and I seem to keep falling back to it (in my job search). I have also been looking in Sales, PR and Marketing.

I am not a fan of change and I guess that is why I sometimes settle. I need to learn to be the best that I can be and NEVER settle for anything less. I need a career that will challenge me and that I can learn something new from every single day. I don't know where the next step in life will take me...but I pray that it results in something positive and ends up being the RIGHT decision for me!

A few quotes to live by that I will start taking to heart :)

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” - Mark Robinson

“If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.” - Will Borden

I LOVE WEDGES

This shall be my first Spring wedge purchase. Love Love Love them.

1-1-11 Weekend

Ethan and I spent the NYE weekend in Nola. I was so excited because one of my best friends from P'cola and her husband were going to be there as well!! Kaitlin and Jay are SO much fun. They are one of the best matched couples I know!






We went to the NYE party Friday night at The W Hotel. It was so much fun!! Danielle and Barrett, Watts and her new bf, Brittany Walker and Kev, Kala and her fiance, Doss and Adam and many others attended.



The food was soo good...It was so easy to get drinks, two rooms; one with a band and one with a DJ. We all had a fabulous time. It was time for me to go home by the end of the Hotel pary, so back to the hotel we went (only after a slight fall and a busted knee). New Years day was even more fun! Ethan and I, Kaitlin and Jay walked all over Nola and went to some bars on Bourbon during the day.







We went to dinner at Dickie Brennens and then met everyone else at Goldmine. It was a wonderful weekend and I am so sad it is over!

Slacking on my posts...

Due to actually being busy in the office, holidays and not having anything of sincere importance to blog about...I have been slacking. So at the start of a new year, I vow to do better at this. Maybe.

The holidays were amazing. So great to be home for more than a day in Pensacola. I love my family so much. My mother is the ABSOLUTE best cook I know and can whip up anything you ask in no time...Dad was stressed most of the time. Having two daughters will do that to you, I guess...as well as having a mother with Alzheimer's. I am willing to bet it was mostly due to his mother. My grandparents are literally my favorite people in the world. I will never know two people as wonderful, as in love and as smart as those two. They just celebrated their 73RD WEDDING ANNIVERSARY on December 31st!! Can you imagine being married for 73 years?!!! I sure can't...I am going to have to be locked up when one or both of them passes. If you have ever seen the notebook, the very end of the movie is how I think they will pass. Together. Just thinking of them makes me cry. Love you both more than anything!!







Christmas day was great, Santa was good to me and Dad cooked our annual filet's while mom made potato casserole, walnut and pear salad and my favorite holiday desert; strawberry pretzel salad.

I got to spend some time with some of my best friends from home while I was there. We all met at Global Grill (my favorite restaurant in P'cola) for secret Santa gift exchange and we all went out after. I didn't get to see Catherine or Lindsey...big bummer. I will be staying a weekend with Lindsey soon so we will make up for it then!! Hope everyones Holidays were as great as mine!!

Savannah-The Walters Family dog

I miss my sweet pomeranian, Savannah. She is very, very old and is not doing so well. I figured I would pay a tribute to one of the best dogs in the world! She is the most gentle, loving, smart, sweet and fluffy dogs I have ever been around. She lives with Mom and Dad in Pensacola... She has to take at least a dozen pills a day and had to change her hard food to soft food because she hardly has any teeth left! I pray that she is not in any pain. She wobbles around the house and follows you wherever you go. A true companion. I don't know what I will do she she is on her last leg! Please keep her in your prayers!

Gadgets...

Obviously...The ipad. I would take this or a mac pro.



The Kindle. I think that if I had one of these I would read more...first I will get one for my mother for Christmas and maybe try it out to see if I would actually use it.



Anyone who knows me, knows that I love taking pictures. Unfortunately I have a pretty crappy camera...compared to the new ones that are available now. I would like the Canon Rebel T1I.

Frye Carson Pull On Boots

I MUST have these soon. Planning on ordering them asap...I am obsessed. Saw them on a friend and knew I had to have them!! As Kelly said, they are the perfect balance between cowboy and dressy.

Ghost Chair

I have been wanting to revamp my furniture at my condo and completely redecorate! I am looking for a Chandelier and a GHOST CHAIR! I want to find a simple vanity (maybe at a thrift store or estate sale) sand it, paint it, etc. and add the ghost chair! I also need new wall art and or sconces. Any ideas or findings would be appreciated!!

Mr. and Mrs. William Foreman Miller!!!

Words cannot even describe the amazing weekend I had. Lacey and Will are definitely one of a kind. They were meant to be together. End of story!! I balled my eyes out at the rehearsal dinner. Will even started to cry as he was talking about Lacey during his speech. I just love the Miller and Johnson family to death!! I do have to say how proud I was of Ethan. His speech was so sweet and thoughtful. The rest of the bridesmaids made fabulous toasts to the beautiful bride to be and then we all went to 206 for cocktails after the dinner. Saturday Lacey had her wedding party brunch. I LOVE breakfast foods...needless to say I didn't eat again that day until the Reception. The ceremony was perfect...Will dipped lacey and kissed her and her veil fell off. I expected Will to pull something like that...but it was precious. The reception was a blast. Band was amazing and everyone had so much fun!! Only one issue...the asshole limo driver trotted into the reception and told lacey "If you don't come on right now, I am leaving you both" ...so they frantically raced to gather their things, say their goodbyes and walk through the red and white and black and gold pom poms and off to the limo...only to find Sarah Duncan and Cole Pierce hiding inside the Limo to "surprise" them...THEN the limo driver aka bastard from hell told them they couldn't go by lacey's parents house to get her bags...while he was explaining this to her, she got a voicemail from their hotel in new orleans saying they overbooked but were putting them in a sister hotel in Metarie! (The plan was for them to stay in Nola that night and limo driver was taking them there) Guess what???... Cab driver said " No, I will not take you to Metarie. It's New Orleans or nothing" ...so to make this loonnnggg story a little bit short...lacey's Dad and Will had to have a few choice words with Mr. Cab Driver. Needless to say, he didn't get paid and Lacey and Will had to spend their wedding night at Lacey's parents house. So. Thank you Mr. Asshole cab driver for making the bride cry her eyes out the night of her wedding. Clearly he wasn't aware of what his job consists of. Surely he will be fired. Sunday, Lacey and Will jumped in the car with some others going to the Saints game and made it to the start of their honeymoon. They left Monday morning for the Dominican Republic!! Congrats to my favorite couple. I love you both.

Southern Miss Homecoming 2010

I have been looking forward to this weekend for so long! My favorite people were all in town for an exciting and busy weekend. Girls night was a blast Thursday! Dinner at The Hog and of course Danielle and Watts couldn't come to the Burg without a stop at Mugshots. Friday, Jessica and Watts had a Phi Mu Alumni dinner at Walnut and I went to Bianchi's for dinner with Brittany Walker, watched a little George McConnell outside of Brownstones and then headed to Old Athens and Mugs. Saturday, I got an early surprise from my sweet, Chappell!! She surprised me and showed up at my house extra BRIGHT AND EARLY. Sakura for lunch (with some very interesting commentary from Chappell) and tailgating with all my friends made for a perfect weekend. Love you all!

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Hyde

Well... Another wedding has come and gone. Catherine really surprised me! She was EXTREMELY calm and composed the entire weekend. I headed to P'cola Thursday around noon. Arrived by 4:30, showered and headed out to the Beach for Catherine and Jeff's Sound side Supper catered by my favorite fried fish restaurant at home. My mouth is watering NOW (words can't describe how yummy their cheese grits are). Exhausted and full at this point-I hadn't gone to sleep the entire week before until after midnight each night working on her rehearsal dinner video (which my mom and I didn't finish until an hour or so before the dinner Friday). Friday rolls around and I did some last minute shenanigans with CC and Jeff, got ready for dinner (tried everything on that I brought home bc Mom said everything I brought was to short...thanks) and finally opted for a yellow/gold dress (that reminds me of a Chinese womans attire) and headed out to the beach house again for the rehearsal dinner. Massive ANXIETY for showing this video..let me tell you!



Well I start setting up my computer, the projector and the screen and I turn on my computer and out comes this loud and obnoxious Grace Potter song that I can't for the life of me turn off. Face turns red and beads of sweat start pouring. So I work with it for another 15 minutes with the help of a few others, rebooted my computer and FINALLY! It works, correct songs and all. It ended up being a great night. Off to bed.
Saturday-the wedding day went off without a hitch! Hair did. Makeup did. Everything was beautiful!! Congrats to the new Mr. and Mrs. Hyde. They are going to have the MOST BEAUTIFUL big eyed, blue eyed children I have EVA seen! Love you both.