Category: Friends & Family
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Teal toes, day at the spa, and a good cause
I saw on the Charlotte Today show that September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and in honor of that there are several salons offering $20 teal-polish pedicures for the event. The designer/editor in me wants to point out that this is more turquoise than teal, but I digress. Amy, Colleen, Jenn and I are all over this…
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How to stalk your friends
So, I spent the past week at the beach with my in-laws, so that’s my excuse for why I haven’t been blogging lately. Yes, there was wifi at the beach and yes, I had my laptop. It just couldn’t compete with the ocean and the sand and the breeze … We stayed at Camp Lejeune,…
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“How are YOU?” “We’re fine” Gag me.
Today, I bring a rant. One of my pet peeves is when I ask someone a question about herself and she responds in the plural, telling me how she and her significant other are doing. “How have you been?” “We’ve been fine.” – “What do you think of this?” “Well, we think …” – “Can you get…
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Recording moments in time
A few years ago I went through a period of time where I was working one and a half days a week for a newspaper in York, SC, designing their weekly newspaper. Every Monday night I would spend the night at my grandmother’s in Lake Wylie, as her house was closer to the newspaper office and…
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When you’re 93, you can say whatever you want
I’ve talked briefly before about my 93-year-old grandmother’s quirky sayings. So has Kevin – if you need a refresher, you can find her talking about anatomy here, her playing dead in the hospital here, and trying to start a gang war here. Today I’ll tell you a one-liner she gave me during my nephew’s birthday…
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100 degrees can be fun
My niece Mia decided to be the entrepreneur of the day at our yard sale this past weekend with her lemonade stand. She set up shop at the top of the driveway and she greeted every customer with a smile. She was savvy enough to offer the lemonade, wait for the confirmation, and then inform them it…
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It’s Sin City, so why is everyone wearing so many clothes?
So, would you have guessed this photo was taken just last month in Las Vegas – when temperatures were touching 110 degrees? This was one of the coolest (coolest, get it?) things I’ve experienced in Vegas. Anil, Jeff and I went to a bar called Minus5 Ice Lounge, located in Mandalay Bay. Everything inside the…
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Apple, a 5-mile run and Barenaked Ladies
My run could have appeared in an Apple commercial yesterday. I was on a 5-mile run, and I had taken my water belt with me. Typically I only do that if I’m running 6 miles or longer, but I was feeling a little dehydrated. I was a little bored with my Shuffle playlist, so I…
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Cuddle time
My nieces came over last night for a slumber party. Mia likes to do “cuddle time” before bed which involves laying in bed and talking about her day and my day (or whoever she is cuddling with.) I told her about my day, then as she started talking about her day I had to stop…