Today is my sister Leslie’s 26th birthday. Happy birthday!!!! Mac, Leslie, and her boyfriend, Adam, are all 1986 babies. I’m the odd one out as a 1988 baby. We haven’t always gotten along, and once fought like cats and dogs. I’m glad that we managed to grow out of that phase and become good friends,…
My sorority sister, Jane at Taingamala, is hosting a “Questions for Christmas” link-up. When do you start decorating for Christmas? I’m strictly an after-Thanksgiving decorator. My older sister’s birthday is December 11, so we would wait until after her birthday growing up. Christmas attire, casual or dressy? Dressy for Christmas parties, jammies for Christmas morning, a…
A year ago today, Mac came from after a 367 day deployment to Afghanistan. Considering we went eight months from when he left to R&R, the four months to the end of his tour breezed by (we spent three months apart several times my senior year of college). Huge ass thanks to me awkwardly standing over his stuff….
I had my third Ideal Protein weigh-in today and couldn’t think of a better title. I’m down one whole pound and another 3.5 inches. Totals: 5.5 pounds and 11.5 inches. Whoopie. I realize that muscle weighs more than fat, but I have to think that the scale in going to have to start dropping soon….
Once upon a time (second grade to be exact), I learned “O Christmas Tree” in German for my school’s Christmas concert. To this day, I don’t actually know the words in English. For all I know, these are the lyrics.From Pinterest Mac and I recovered from St. Barbara’s by decking our halls (or just the…
And it’s Tuesday already. Whoops. Saturday, Mac and I ventured up to the gorgeous Pinehurst Resort for St. Barbara’s Ball. The 18th Fires Brigade reserved rooms at a discounted rate, and we wound up checking in around 12:30. Much to our surprise, we would be staying in a two-bedroom condo out on Pinehurst Lake instead…