A perfect Ballantyne Sunday

There is nothing more than I love than a lazy Sunday afternoon! The past few have been great weather. This picture was taken from the patio of my favorite mexican resturant this past sunday. It is always important just to take some time, relax and enjoy the fresh air (minus all the pollen) to have a great start to the work week!

Two of my favorite things: AUBURN and T-Swift

Thanks Rach for sending me the link for this website! Everyone has to check it out, it is pretty much the cuteset little thing ever. So the story is two guys from Auburn have made a video blog declaring their love for the great Taylor Swift. All they want is a hug from her. So apparently it has really taken off and taylor has even done a video response to them and they have been featured on CMT!

http://ahugfromtaylorswift.com/

Look what I found!!

Hey girls! Can you believe this picture! Circa 2002...can you believe it has been 8 YEARS since we pledged! So crazy...I thought this picture would brighten everyones weekend!!

Laughter is the best medicine

Gluten Free Cupcakes

So I've been slacking lately with my posts... but I made these GF cupcakes for V-day! (better late than never right?) They were surprisingly delicious! The texture is slightly different, a little more crumbly but GOOD! Betty Crocker has been great to us on GF diets and produced GF mixes. They are wonderful for people like me who are a little baking challenged but have a major sweet tooth...less temptation to cheat!

MS walk Charlotte is May 15th, 2010 in Symphony Park! I am starting to form my team now! I need help coming up with a cute team name....suggestions??

Snow Days

So we got this crazy snow/terrible ice storm this past weekend!! Of course they are calling for it again this weekend..typical. Naturally I had to rough it to work only for all my associates to call out and the mall ended up closing at 5pm. So it had snowed all Friday night and Saturday morning, the problem was that the temperature continued to drop all day Saturday turning everything into a GIANT ice skating rink. Now this ice skating rink includes my driveway and street. Kara and I were craving a yummy breakfast filled with eggs, bacon , grits, pancakes....so being a little dumb decided to drive=not smart. Unable to get out of the neighborhood we had to WALK to the grocery store. Luckily there is a delicious Flying biscuit cafe in Stonecrest so we were able to get our breakfast. Now the amusing part of this walk was the two of us in general. Imagine just leaving church morning to see the two of us "roughing it" through the snow and ice. You can predict the small fit I was throwing. But it is all gone for now and 60 degrees again..:)

Hope for the future...

This is really exciting news in the MS community. Everyday we come closer to finding a cure and better ways to manage symptoms.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34961964/ns/health-more_health_news/

No more shots! No more shots!

All good things must come to an end...

Your guide to Jersey Shore:

What will I do on Thursday nights from now on? Tonight is the season finale of Jersey Shore. Jersey Shore is trashy TV at its finest. No longer will I spend my Thursday nights making fun of Snooki, the situation, and DJ Pauly D. Even though there were only 9 glorious episodes, I am some how emotionally connected to these crazies. Apparently now the situation and Snooks are "an item" and no longer just "hooking up". I have even incorporated their language into mine. For instance, I spent my day doing GTL. For people who live under rocks...that's Gym, tan, laundry. (Even though I gave up the tanning bed..bronzing powder counts) Other new terms that have come from the show:
Creature: some other girl/ guy I can go "creep on"
Hippo: fat girls
Grenades: bad wing women
Some how these "guidos and guidettes" are famous now. Traveling from city to city doing promo tours and signing autographs. Who knew all you have to do to be famous is tan alot, get your nails done, and get drunk...damn, I perfected that back in college. If you haven't yet seen the insanity you need to catch up to the rest of America. Be prepared for lots of fighting (duh-that's what "juice heads" do), lots of tanning, boys spending more time getting ready than the girls, affliction muscle tees, and just good mindless entertainment.
Here are some of my favorite quotes:
*Everybody at the Shore definitely knows The Situation. As far as I know, everybody loves The Situation, and if you don't love The Situation, I'm gonna make you love The Situation.
*It's obvious that Sammi has a crush on me... it goes back to the days of prehistoric kindergarten.
*Snooki: I'm not trashy, unless I drink too much.
*Snooki: If I had to have sex with one person here, it would probably be him, because I know he's a nice guy, he's gotta be clean
*Pauly D: There are some girls who are respectful, who you have to actually treat like girls, uh, human beings.
*Pauly D: She just doesn't want to feel like a trash bag because she has a boyfriend and she kissed me with her tongue
*Jenni: I left the club early because I didn't want to cheat on my boyfriend, and I felt like eating ham and drinkin' water. Ham.
*Angelina: Yo, I will cut your hair while you're sleeping!
*Mike: I wait till the last minute to shave, I wait till the last minute to put the shirt on 'cause you feel fresh. These are rules to live by, shave last minute, haircut the day-of, maybe some tanning and the gym. You gotta do the guido handbook.

OK, this could go on forever! Just watch the show kids, its an instant self esteem booster. You automatically feel better about yourself. If you need to catch up on any episodes, I have all of them saved on my Tivo.

Is it spring yet?

I picked up these beautiful tulips at Trader Joe's on Sunday and this weather isn't helping! For the past 2 days it has been 60+ degrees here in wonderful North Carolina. It is making me crazy to go outside and wear cutsy sundresses and jack roger sandals. But as every proper southern girl knows you can not wear dresses and sandals until at least Easter. So for now I am stuck in sweater dress and boots land. On the up side this weather has given me motivation to continue with my GF (mostly) diet and frequent trips to the Y.
I am excited to finally start my own blog after a couple of weeks of research on how to create one. Everyone who knows me knows I am terrible with computer stuff. I can't wait to share major life changes and silly little experiences that happen in my life.