Sweet Caroline

The 4 th  of July tends to be one of my favorite holidays.  Obviously, I am VERY patriotic and I love celebrating our amazing country.  But, I think it also has to do with the fact that this holiday is all about the SUMMER to me.  You grill out, you spend time on the water, you watch fireworks, you eat watermelon, you know…all things “summery.”  And I LOVE it.  We have been in Beaufort more times than not recently on the 4 th  of July, but this year we stayed home.  So, it wasn’t quite the normal “holiday” for me because Mikey and I still worked on Friday…but we still had a WONDERFUL 4 th .  Our day started early with a neighborhood parade.  Here’s a funny little story about that.  When we moved into our neighborhood, Mikey had big thoughts of LOTS neighborhood activities.   He grew up in a hood that always had LOTS going on, and me having NEVER lived in a neighborhood, I was excited!  Well, let’s just say the fi...

So I know it is totally ridiculous, but it gives me mild anxiety to realize how much I've missed documenting on the blog. But, if I am going to use this as a scrapbook of sorts I feel the need to try and "scrapbook" as much as possible. Here's to trying to catch up! As I mentioned previously, on Memorial Day weekend my BEST friends from high school got together for two amazing nights in charleston. It could not have been more perfect. I am so, so thankful for these ladies and would NOT be who I am today without them. We had the absolutel best time catching up, laughing, and drinking, of course;-) The fab five reunited!! I woke up bright and early Sunday morning to head to Beaufort to have family time for the rest of the holiday weekend. The weather was perfect and there isn't much better than being on a boat with my little family on the intracoastal waterway all day. We do the "beach" by boat by finding different sandbars and island...

  As kind of a follow up to yesterday’s post, I wanted to talk about our “everydays” around the Glenn casa.  From talking to other moms of babies around C’s age, I feel pretty fortunate that 95% of the time, Collins is perfectly fine staying up until about 8:00 or 8:30 every night.(She sleeps till 7:30 every morning so she gets plenty of rest,  along with still napping twice a day)  (And let’s be honest, in the summer it’s more like 9 pm half the time.)  This is just how we are.  We have something going on more nights than we don’t.  And when I mean “going on” I don’t necessarily mean a big fancy event or dinner plans.  I just mean the everyday stuff that comes with life.  We will take a trip to the grocery store as a family after we eat dinner some nights.  Some nights, (like last night) Mikey was helping my dad do some stuff around their house so my mom cooked dinner for us and we didn’t get home till 8:30.  Other nights, we just ...

As a full time working mama, I of course, (like all other mama’s, working outside of the home or not) have guilt.  As a working mom, my guilt comes in the nature of the amount of time I get to spend with my girl.  Is it enough?  Can I work full time and be THE BEST mama in the world to my little angel?  Can I be super mom?  Can I really establish the bond I want with my kids and work outside of the home, full time?    And whether it is intentional or not, (which I am sure it isn’t) but society and other women create pressures, “norms,” and thoughts that creep into my mind on a constant basis.  For instance, I was reading a blog one day and the author was a stay at home mom talking about how she sometimes feels guilt for NOT working, for not using her degree and doing something she loves and whether she was fulfilled by being a stay at home mom…and she got her confirmation by meeting a lady who was working in her field (as an older woman) and ensur...

Whew! Life has been CArazy busy lately. We have been soaking up every single second of summer. And absolutely LOVING it. From the boat to the beach from the coast to the lake we have been GO, GO, GO! Admittedly, and without shame, I would take 15 minutes a day at my old job to blog. Not only am I WAY busier at my new job but we have ZERO access to web sites. It's been a HUGE adjustment. The only sites blocked at my last firm (and only within past year and a half) were Facebook and twitter... I can't even access my hotmail account at new firm. Woah!!! And yes I have my phone but I hate using it for email, web browsing, etc and yes.... Don't have the time anymore:-( Sooo I really don't want to completely give up the blog because I LOVE having it as my online scrapbook but I just need to figure out how and when to blog now. I really don't like getting on the computer at night... So that doesn't leave many options. We shall see...... I need a huge recap post so...

June 13 marked four wonderful years with my main man. I don't have the time or energy to devote to a long post right now (more on that later) but I wanted to remember the night. We had the BEST night last night. We rented a hotel room in downtown columbia and had a true date night. We started off at the oak table, a super fab new restaurant. We had drinks and an app there. Then we ventured on down to divinos, definitely one of the nicest restaurants in town. It was our first time there and it did NOT disappoint. The food was super amazing. Lots of wine was had and we had the best time just talking. We always have our best convos when we are out to eat. Time really does fly when you are having fun. I cannot believe we have been married FOUR years now. Love that boy more every day. A little collage I put on Instagram from our wedding and then is celebrating last night. I'm a lucky girl.

Or also known as hallways and corners. Still lots of work to do around the casa...but I get disinterested quickly. I'm all house, house, house and then I just stop and forget about it for a while.  Maybe I have ADD?  Ha!  This is the little "nook" that leads to our master bedroom. I guess if I was a cool "design blogger" I could call this a vignette, but I'm not . And it's probably not that cool either. But, it is home to MY VERY FIRST (and only) Michelle Armas painting which I am very proud of.  I scored this beauty on One King's Lane and was SO excited.  She is amazing.  And like I said/say for ALL things in my house...I still need my fab SIL to come over and help me "style" everything.  But, for now...it works for me. This is the hallway off of the den/living room that leads to the garage. The plan here is to put wainscoting up on the left side (under the pin board) and add hooks to make this our "command" center/sta...