Sweet Caroline

and GO READ THIS BOOK. It is simply. amazing. I finished it so quick, because I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. If you have best friends, a best friend, whatever, you will LOVE and appreciate this story. There are so many elements to a relationship with your best girl friend and this book hammers them all perfectly. You laugh out loud and sob quietly (in the backseat on the way home from a road trip so your husband doesn't make fun of you) if you are anything like me! I read all the time, and have read many books but this is definitely now in my top five! AND...in case you were wondering, my current TOP FIVE most favorite reads ever: (not in order, that may take too much thought) 1. Firefly Lane 2. The Help 3. Beach Music 4. Prince of Tides 5. My Sister's Keeper/The DaVinci Code/Angels and Demons (okay, there may be a tie for number five, even though they weren't supposed to be in order=) ). These last three are hard to pick between... I need to re-read Beach Music and Prince

Not feeling so great on this gorgeous Monday in Columbia. Been a little slack blogging...I think this is a good thing, cause I have been really busy at work! Time is literally FLYING by! Summer will be here before we know it...and I am READY! Well, my "bathing suit" figure isn't ready...another saga, another day. I have a four day week this week...we rarely get days off, pretty pumped about it! Mikey and I are going to spend most of the day Friday doing yard work, and then we are heading down to Beaufort with the family for Easter weekend. We will be going to the church where we got married for Easter, first time back since the big day!!! Some pics from my most recent weekends... Mikey and I celebrating St. Pattys Day on Sullivan's Island. We went to Poe's for lunch and participated in a little festival on Sullivan's with some of our best friends. Out to dinner that night at Social, downtown Charleston. My niece turned two...I can't believe it! I swea

1. Although, sadly, it is cold today...it was BEAU-TI-FUL here on Saturday. We celebrated my niece's 2nd birthday and it was 80 degrees...couldn't have asked for a better day! 2. Which means, spring is here...FINALLY! 3. Going to our place in Beaufort this weekend with lots of good friends, love my laid back weekends down there. 4. Carolina Gamecocks baseball season...finally a team that wins (most of the time!) 5. Firefly Lane. I finally just started this book and I LOVE it. I am already half way thru, it is hard for me to put down.

Throw Back Thursday. (a TAD of a picture overload) This time last year (March 21) I had TWO showers given on the same day. It was pretty crazy, but ended up working out perfectly. One of my best friends in the whole wide world lives in OHIO (tear) so we don't get to see each other very often. She wanted to host a shower...she and my other best friends from high school (along with their fabulous mamas) hosted a monogram brunch shower. It was so fun, and I received so many gorgeous presents. It was held at the Jasmine House, which is a venue that is rented out for special occasions, weddings, parties, etc. and happens to be owned by one of my mom's best friends! Perfect! I used this shower to invite all of my "high school" Chapin friends. There was a wonderful turnout and I felt very blessed and loved This is me, my mom (with her eyes closed as normal) and the wonderful hostesses! Beautiful flowers! Mom, me and my MIL. My college bridesmaids and me! Mom, me, si

We all know that the perfect bag and shoe is a requirement for any good outfit. I've been looking around the past few weeks to figure out what I want for spring/summer! We have had some pretty warm days in Columbia this week and I think we are done with the nasty cold for good this year. *I pray we are anyways.* Warm weather always makes me want to immediately pull out the sandals and go get a pedicure. Here are some of the things I have had my eyes on: Michael by Michael Kors...I love a pretty white leather for summer. Tory Burch: this is just gorgeous. Tory Burch Miller thong: ahem...yes, I have already mentioned these shoes previously. Obviously they are a requirement for my wardrobe, starting NOW. *If only I could find the extra money laying around....*sigh* Jessica Simpson "Ashy": LOVE these. They are pretty high and at first glance I thought a little "hookerish" but I tried them on and they are amazing, simply amazing. Its so wonderful when a sho

A year ago, we were celebrating one of my best friends from high school's upcoming nuptials! There was a shower in our hometown hosted by the brides parents friends, and it was SO fun! This is the bride with all of her bridesmaids! High school friends, of course we took the party back to my parents house late night, stayed up WAY too late and I had my engagement pictures the next day~ WOWZA! Mikey and I at the party It's amazing how that seems like such a long time ago, but at the same time I CANNOT believe that they will be married for a year in April! We were quite the "wedding shower" hoppers last spring, between all of our festivities, two of our best friends were getting married within 2 months of us, it was crazy! We were BUSY, but always had an amazing time. And now on to my lunch break.............yowza! I got a massage over lunch and it was a lil' slice of heaven! My back and neck have been really sore lately from all that working out (ha, or lack th

SO...I've been playing this morning and I have NO clue what I am doing. How do I get rid of that box behind my new image? HELP!?! I want a fun blog design, but don't really feel like paying for anything and then I stumbled upon a "make your own" tutorial and this is about as creative as I get! ha! Pretty sad huh? Maybe someone will one day help me out...until then, this is what you get. Or until I have time to re-do it all again.

I'm getting OLD. So sad, but yet so true. I realize in the grand scheme of life I am still very young, however it sure doesn't feel like that after a night out! We usually go out at least one night during the week, whether it is to a sporting event, dinner and drinks, something ! I love to get out and about, and we do it a lot! Last night, we went to the last home basketball game of the season (so sad for the seniors because the GAMECOCKS somehow couldn't beat Alabama even though we were ahead by 15 at one point) and then went to The Thirsty Fellow for a "drink or two" as it always is said, right after. Honestly, I was home asleep by 11:30....which is around my normal bedtime; but goodness am I tired today. Even though I didn't get "drunk" last night, we had several drinks throughout the evening (mainly because we are lucky enough to have some awesome friends who have some awesome friends who have passes to the McGuire room, i.e. you can drink

So, it is a YUCKY day here in Cola town...and FAAAREEZING! So, in order to pretend like it is already spring and wish this cold weather away...I like to think about all the fun trips we have planned for this spring and summer. We are very fortunate here in Columbia to live so close to the beach...Mikey and I spend a LOT of time at the beach in the summer. We pretty much live in Beaufort and Hilton Head every weekend we can, and if we are stuck in Columbia...you better bet we will be enjoying ourselves on Lake Murray! Water people much? Yes! In between our many trips to Beaufort and HHI...we are going to the HERITAGE (in HHI yes, but I have never been to the tourney!) this year. The Heritage is a golf tournament at Sea Pines Resort in Hilton Head Island, SC. It is always played the week after the Masters, it is a PARTAY! Some of the "BIG" names don't play because it is more a laid back tourney and such, but I hear it is SO fun. Mikey and I along with 14 of our clo

So, there's a smallish rumor that these two may be more than friends. How fun! I fell in love with Nastia in the 2008 Olympics, and he is pretty cool too! I think it would be pretty amazing to be an Olympic athlete, but gosh can you imagine being one and dating one...no "off the diet" dinners around there! They are pretty cute together. I'm really going to miss the Olympics, I got into watching it this year more than ever! I am so proud to be an American after watching all of our wonderful athletes. My favorite moments were watching Shaun White and Lindsey Vonn win, Ohno skate, and the gold medal men's hockey game...gosh we were SO close! Our guys played awesome though, that is all you can ask for! Go USA!