open, take 2.

the crossfit open starts soon!

those of you who were readers last year followed

me on my first & wild crossfit games open journey.

let the games begin!

havinagala.

slim & i went out on the town to support

my agencies fabulous big brother/big sister program, pal.

it was on the 18th floor at the city club of buckhead.

here we are with our pals & new parents, the skotts.

danielle, slim, me & our paleo pals denise and seth.

we bid on a few things in the silent auction 

but got outbid on everything.

 we drank our weight in soda water & limes!

never not.

famous

slims gone 70's big & now he's famous.

kid president interview

i just can't get enough kid president!
kid president interviews dwight aka rainn williams
and it's amazing...

for more kid president and other fabulous feel good ideas,

 videos & love check out soulpancake.

otp farmers market.

we just discovered the cobb international farmers market.

great for fruits & veggies and asian spices.

we also found a bunch of very interesting & bizarre foods.

in honor of mr. jack, this is a jack fruit.

a whole buggy filed with clementines.

these blue crabs were still movin' & groovin'. 

go check it out & save some major coin $!

whole 30 days.

we're on day 28!

my super supportive fabulous cori always brings

me treats and words of paleo encouragement.

i'm really trying. trying really hard.

a beast omelette like this makes me feel like...

i'm a beast.

smashed chicken & cauliflower rice with veggies 

have been my favorite go-to meal this time around whole 30.

supper clubs with friends have been clutch.

nothing like spending quality time with your

besties & preparing hearty clean food!

a nice table setting makes the food taste better too!

coconut curry chicken stew. 

supper club lovers.

b & k, slim, tj, heather & mike.

falcon fueled smoothie.

this was our falcons playoff game spread.

didn't even miss the chips and beer.....

pep talk.

i love kid president.

he's so insightful & honest. enjoy!

best line: not cool robert frost!

crossfit love.

as many of you know, i'm addicted to crossfit.

i love my gym, i love my workout mates & i love

how i feel after each crazy hard workout.

i often hear a lot of people talking trash about crossfit...

it's usually people who've never tried it,

 or think it's a crazy meatheady workout.

i just read this great article by erin joy henry and

i think it's a really good inside look at crossfit.

every gym is different, you might have to try a few to find

one that's perfect for you. luckily, i scored on my first try! 

best damn fam.

last week i attended the funeral of my late friend, lucille.

it was a beautiful service, and as a sisterhood we sang a song.

it was really special and really sad. so sad.

it was nice to see a lot of old friends and relive past memories.

the celebration of luc's life continued at phi mu headquarters 

in peachtree city. i'd never been, and it was just such an incredible site.

the building was beautiful & held so much history of this 

women's organization that i was lucky enough to be a part of.

the best damn fam, minus luc...

(missing dani d & bailey)

all grown up.

flaming friday.

emily's fabulous pick:

the w.a.n.d. live, happy friday!

here's me & my flaming friend (hehe) emily!

em's a fearless, russianspeaking, corn-husker,

mom of two, fantasy football fanatic.

i'm lucky to be surrounded by such amazing women at work! 

apple sauce sister.

happy birthday say say!!!

my soon-to-be momma of a bff, sarah

celebrated her 28th birthday yesterday!!!

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she's a true beauty!

here we are at my bachelorette a few years ago.

hope you had the best birthday sarah. i love you!

the carrie diaries.

i just randomly caught the premier of

the carrie diaries on the cw last night

(one of the only channels we currently get super clear)

and i absolutely loved it.

i'm a huge sex & the city fan and this is

such a cute prelude to carrie's life, before we met her. 

great clothes, cute boys, real freindships....

almost as good as the real s&tc, but not even close.

phish rigs.

lucille.

we received devastating news on friday that one of

our college friends & sorority sisters had died suddenly.

lucille.

lucille was one of a kind. 

a strong, independent and loving sister.

she was four years older than me, but stuck around

cullowhee for grad school, so she was very much present throughout 

my first few years of school and played a large role in my sorority life.

we were both very active in the campus women's center too.

she lived in the apartment across from kathryn, heather & carly,

 where i hung out way too much and we always just ran over there....

she called kathryn kramer because of the way 

she would skid into her apartment all crazy-like...

i've been thinking about lucille non-stop since tara 

called me with the news late friday. i was in shock.

memories, sadness & regrets, riddled me throughout

 the weekend & nonstop thru my hour-long yoga practice today.

my true sadness comes in thinking about lucille's parents,

husband, her 3 month old son & her closest friends.

her life just ended so quickly. 

her young son will never know her and i feel it's unfair.

a lot of people say it's part of a plan.

 i can see how that can be comforting

but i just feel so much overwhelming grief and sadness.  

best dam fam.

that's me, kathryn, emily & luc.

in sorority talk: big sister, grand-big, great-grand-big....

luc adored her BEST DAM FAM and spoiled us all rotten.

isn't this picture just dreamy.

flaming friday.

happy flaming friday my friends!

good news for atlanta folks:

the flaming lips are going to be here on may 2nd

at lakewood ampitheather. 

they're opening, yes i said opening

for the black keys, another one of slim & i's favs. 

check out this killer weird lips cover of 

 i am the walrus..

and here's a black keys video for good merit:

tgif!

baby p.

sarah & mark's baby is growing so fast!!

weighing in at 5lbs, 2 oz- looks at those luscious lips!

sarah looks amazing and is due february 25th!

we had a nantucket themed baby shower this weekend.

here's the mom-to-be with the iconic whale!

sarah & mark are waiting to find out the gender...

i think it's a big baby boy growing in her belly!

i made the whale out of rice crispy treats & added coconut

for the burst up top & a chocolate covered cashew for the eye.

i had to hangout with these guys all day...

smores mini cupcakes...

not the easiest things to avoid during the whole 30!

boss prank

a few of my colleagues & i decided to add

 some color to our fearless leader's office while

she was on vacation.  

we had a few extra post-it notes lying around...

bon voyage, little one.

lea has left the building!

the baby is following her older sister's tradition of

partaking in the life-changing birthright trip to israel. 

cara and i both went when we were in college and

had an amazing time exploring the holy land!

here's the baby right before she left for the airport,

isn't she just gorgeous!

she returns on the 16th, join me in sending her

healthy, fun & safe thoughts & vibes!

delicious guitars.

guitars that look like food.

i love avocados. 

gumballs. i love the vintage coin hole and turner.

hmmm... cupcakes....

NOT whole 30 approved.

29 albums turn 20.

thanks to my pal & flaming friday partner, emily for 

sending me this list of albums that have been around for 20 years.

i love liz phair. 

my sister cara turned me onto her when we were kids.

whitechocolatespaceegg is one of my all time favorite

albums, but exile in guyville is a liz phair classic.

i remember getting this flaming lips album on cassette tape

from winning a hula hooping contest 

at phillip sussman's bar mitzvah in 1997.  

happy flaming friday!

give it away.

slim & i got apple tv and we've been watching

a lot of music videos and listening to new music.

slim just shared this awesome andrew bird video.

watch the whole thing- it's worth it! 

2nd whole 30.

slim & i are doing another whole 30.

if you were reading this blog last year at this time you'll remember

how this space went completely paleo crazy. 

this year, as a bonus, my pals are doing the whole 30 too.

cfsq is starting on january 7, so we're about to have a huge group

of paleo people to party with. hello whole 30 supper club! 

interested in a paleo lifestyle or doing a whole 30?

whole9life.com is an excellent resources.

hello 2013!

greetings friends!

i'm back from a short blog-hiatus.

slim and i had a great holiday season &

just got back from a fun, friends-filled trip to the farm.

hope everyone had a very merry december.

one of slim's masterpieces.

welcoming the new year by the fire.

we've got a lot of exciting things to look forward to this year:

(hopefully) selling our house, welcoming the planer's baby, 

celebrating my mom turning 60 & my grandma 90, 

lea's birthright adventure to israel (on saturday) and

celebrating tj & jeff's marriage in march along

with much, much more!

thanks for tuning in & happy 2013. 

make the most of each & everyday.

xoxo, 

molls