Calling All Gleeks!!

I love Glee.  Love Love Love it!

And you guys know I love me some Gap-duh.

How much FUN was this?  For about 3 minutes- I wish I lived in LA and worked at the Gap at the Grove!  A couple lucky of Gap employees got to be in the clip! 



And if you guys watched the show-the guy who works at the Gap says his boss fired him...doubtful-if anyone (especially Darren Criss) came into Gap and busted out into song, all of us would be up on the tables with him! 

So much fun to watch!

What I've Learned...

On Tuesday I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection.  Bummer.

Since then I've learned:

• I hate being sick.
• I eat a lot when I'm sick/bored.  
• I also have saved money by not seeing the light of day.
• Except for buying this and this on amazon.
• I think it may have been a combo of flu and upper respiratory infection.  
• I also hate shots.

I also have been doing medical research online-never a good thing.

For the past year or so, I feel like I've had something (food) stuck in the back of my throat.  Last year, when I saw the Dr. she said it was probably an allergy.  I took the medicine (something like Zyrtec or something) and it got better.  Since then, off and on, I have had the same feeling flare up.  I know this is gross-sorry-but every now and then, when I sneeze, sometimes little pieces of food comes out, so I know it's not just an irritation in my throat. 

Also-super random-but relevant-my friend's dad actually had surgery on his esophagus because he had something similar going on in there.   

While at the doctor on Tuesday, I told her about it again (along with some other problems I've been having) and she said it might be a bit of acid reflux.  Even though I don't have frequent heartburn or anything, she recommended I take Prilosec-OTC. 

Have any of you taken Prilosec?  (Probably not for the same reason I'd take it but still...)

Back to the research-

So I googled "food stuck in throat" and of course the typical-do the Heimlich comes up.  I'm not choking, I just know somethings not going all the way down.  Home remedies also come up-gargle with salt water, drink hot tea, leave it alone-your saliva will break it down eventually (which is probably what's happened in the past), but still some comments and message boards with people suffering with the same thing is a little comforting. 

This is probably the most random blog post ever.  And if any of you have made it down here, congratulations.  I am going to blame the random on the medicines. 

So yea-that's what I've learned and been up to.  Jealous?  Don't lie.

Playing dress up!

My friend Natasha flew in town for a super quick weekend.

Her sister is in town from TX for two weeks with her family.  Last night I got to join Natasha and her family to celebrate her sister's father-in-law's 70th birthday!

I always love spending time with Natasha and her sweet sweet family!

What have I been up to?

These my friends.














After reading the the buzz all over the blog world about this series, I picked them up from my local Books-a-million.

Wow.

I know these are "Teen Fiction" but guess what?  I'm still a teenager at heart.

These books were so hard to put down.  In fact, I've stayed up til midnight the past two nights finishing them!

I love when I can become fully immersed into a world created by an author.  When I dream about the characters-creating my own stories with them- or wondering in my daily life what would they say or what would they be doing?  Any body else ever do this?

Anywho- if you want a fun, quick, exciting read-pick up The Hunger Games!

Rumor has it they are going to be making these into a movie-you know I'll be first in line!

Food Blog!

A few new posts over at the food blog! Check it out!

Christmas in Savannah 2010

Ok so get ready for photo dump 2010.

The second weekend in December, I headed down to Savannah (aka-the best place on earth) to celebrate brithdays and Christmas with my besties. My birthday was on the 20th and Rena's was on the 21st, but there was no harm in starting the parties a little early!

I got down there on Friday afternoon and Sarah and I spent the day downtown. We hit up the cutest fresh bistro and had an amazing lunch!

After eating, we hit up a few of our other favorite places-Paris Market, Gap, Urban Outfitters, etc.

Rena got in around 9:30 and we pretty much just hit the bed.  Saturday we got up to some pretty rainy weather.  We met Matt for breakfast, then came back and stayed in our PJs allllllll day.  We ran a few errands before heading out to do the Christmas Tour of Homes.

After the tour we ate dinner at this amazing Tapas bar downtown, then came back to Sarah's to exchange gifts!

On one hand, I wish we all lived in the same town so we could see each other more often, on the other-it's fun to have different places to visit!  I love these girls so much and I'm so thankful for a safe, fun and restful weekend with them!

It's A Start...

So I really am going to try to be better at updating...

Here's a start.

I am starting a new blog.  (Ha, why bite off more than you can chew, right?)

It's a food blog.

If you guys followed me here,  you definitely want to come over here.

Instead of taking a picture a day this year, I'm doing a new recipe once a week.  I want to cook more, expand my recipe repertoire, and enjoy/remember everything I've cooked!

So, with that being said, hopefully I'll be held more accountable with updating!

Also-since I'm not doing a photo blog this year, I hope to update this blog more with my goings-ons.  Yea, those are real words.

I'm alive...

I'm still here... even though by the looks of my blog I'm not.

The holidays are over, the trips have been made, and I still have one more day off!

I promise I'll be back tomorrow with some updates and pictures.

Be right back!

I wish...

my family's Christmas card looked like this:

Is it weird that I love every. single. thing. about this picture?

Updates!

I ended up going with the Clarisonic Plus.  I found it on QVC's website for significantly cheaper and it came with three different Philosophy products.  So far, I really do love it.  My face gets all tingly after I use it.  Love.

I survived Black Friday at work.  It was madness, but in a fun way. 

The Biggest Loser episode aired that they filmed in Myrtle Beach.  I wasn't on it, but my friend Kyle was!  He was assigned to walk with this woman, who may be a future contestant.  How cool is that?

Emma did the Turkey Trot with my on Thanksgiving!  It was a lot of fun-especially since it was Emma's first race.  We had a great morning.

After a shower and a nap, we regrouped to eat! 

Mmm...We had two turkeys-fried and baked.  Both were amazing!

I also go to spend time with Carol and Natasha while they were home over Thanksgiving weekend.  They came to my house to watch us give Clemson a beat down. 

Natasha also helped us pick out our Christmas tree and decorate it!  I'm so glad I got to spend time with her while she was home.  She'll be home in 2 weeks for Christmas for about 10 days!  Yay!

Turkey Trot!

So I officially signed Emma and myself up for the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving!

It's going to be lots of fun and a great way to burn calories... allowing us to eat more later in the day :o) That's my reasoning behind running anyway :o)

ATTENTION SOUTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS!

Remember a few days ago when I did a post about CND Photography?

Well, they are giving away a FREE Photoshoot!  Check out their blog,  become a follower and leave a comment telling them what you are thankful for!  Love it!