shaky knees.

if you're around atlanta this weekend

please come out & join slim & i 

at the shaky knees music festival.
it has the fixings to be the ultimate hipster party.
if you don't come, whatever- i don't care.

hope to see you out there...
shakin' your tail feathers & what not.

best friends.

did you ever have those best friend necklaces

with the heart cut in two? i  love them. i always 

wanted the first part of the words... the second part

just didn't seem right to me...

check out all the innovative ways to show your bestie you care..

found all of these on etsy.

peanut butter jelly time for all my camp pals.

milk & cookies for my cookie monster bff raffy.

phone date gals, for my tara jane.

perfect for my nantucket loving best pal, say say.

my fabulous cori would totally rock this.

i think she'd be the poo & i'd be the pee...

just because we work together & share too much &

we're totally weird like that.

this is perfect for me & my beautiful sisters.

of course i'm in the middle... the sweetest one.

new mattress.

slim & i got a new mattress to go with our fresh & shiny

refinished hardwood floors!

we went to the original mattress factory

after hearing my parents & many others rave about it..

so glad we did because it was so easy & the
mattresses were priced just right.

we got a tour of the factory- they make all

of their mattress right there in store. buy local!

we tried out about 15 different beds

before finding our perfect fit.

there we are in the pic above trying out beds..

we got it set up and slim tried it out,

and we had to double check to make sure we

got the right size... slim barely fits on a queen.

i think that ole' boy is still growing!

more pics soon to show off our floors...

gatsby jams.

i'm super pumped about the upcoming 

great gatsby remake. it looks exciting!!!

checkout these new dreamy jams ftom the

film by nero.

into the past.

together.

rectify.

you need to watch the new show

rectify on the sundance channel.

the first two episodes aired on monday

and thankfully we were at my parents house so

i was able to tape it & watch it tuesday morning.

my colleague jason told us about it because his fiance, kim

is in it! she plays the scandalous & flirty waitress!

the show is intense and powerful. 

cotton candy.

in honor of administrative professionals day

we had a cotton candy party at work!

*thanks to my fabulous cori for snapping these pics.

here's my amazing super secretary, kathy

 who always does more than she should & keeps us all in line,

up to date and laughing! 

the cotton candy peeps had some awesome flavors:

apple pie, cinnamon bun, birthday cake, carrot cake

and my favorite, key lime pie.

i went ahead and tried all the flavors....

here i am behind that puff enjoying my 5th or 6th serving...

205#

my badass baby sister is strong.

she hit a big PR on her deadlift.

here's the baby in beast mode last week

dead-lifting 205 pounds.

this makes me & brother slim aka "70" mighty proud. 

2day is earth day.

have yourself a merry little earth day!

plant something & do a little dance.

beauty sketches.

this new ad, part of dove's 'real beauty'

campaign is really amazing. it made me cry.

treat yourself.

check out this cnn article on the power of yoga.

take time out today and just be.

honor yourself with a focused breath.

yoga can be such a powerful tool..

we just have to choose to use it.

randomly 30.

i'd like to wish a very happy 30th

birthday to my dog-rescue loving, gluten-free abiding

 sorority sister, blogging pal, emily!!

i hope you have the most fabulous day, em!

xoxo

just for today.

enjoy your monday.

create something.

32.

i'd like to wish my parents a very happy 32nd

wedding anniversary today.

   

you've taught me the meaning of really loving someone...

in mostly weird & unconventional ways, but still, i've learned that

 joking your way out of arguments can can therapeutic.

i love you both, so very much.

enjoy your day! xo

1 year!

happy anniversary to my elly j!

cheers to you + tates 1st year of holy matrimony!

you looked amazing on your wedding day, so in love & happy.

looking better + better + happier with each new day.

celebrate today! love & miss you.

landrie, 10.75

hello gorgeous!

how beautiful is my pal christina's baby girl?

i can't believe she's almost a year old.

art show.

it's that time of year again!

the open studio art group that i co-lead at the 

jewish tower is having their annual spring art show!

it's this sunday, april 14th at the tower 

from 2-4.

come out & support your elders

and score some unbelievable original art

and eat & drink & win some art from the free raffle! 

you do not want to miss this special event!

show details:

the jewish tower

3160 howell mill road

atlanta, ga

craft closet

this past weekend slim & i cleaned out our entire house...

no we're not moving just yet, we're getting our wood floors

redone- sanded and polished.

we moved EVERYTHING.

our stuff is in squeezed into the garage & the back-porch & there's

a big load in my parents garage and then a bunch of stuff at my 

ma-in-laws garage ready to be sold at her upcoming garage sale.

it was really hard work, but we're so excited for the new floors & 

schnazzing up a lot of our space & only bringing back the stuff we really 

 love into our "new" house!

in our office (which we're planing to paint the wood panel walls)

there's a big closet that i made into a pretty legit craft closet..

but i just found these ideas on pinterest... 

for your back today.

13.5, finally.

the crossfit open has come to an end.

we completed the last workout on saturday & then

celebrated with a bbq party!

the workout was thrusters w/ 65# & chest 2 bar pull-ups,

15 of each, amrap for 4 minutes.

no one at our gym did, but if you got 90 total reps

 you got a bonus 4 minutes to get 90 more, and so on.

i got 15 thrusters & 9 pull-ups.

my goal was 2 pull-ups, so i'm feeling good!

although i forgot to enter my score, so that sucks.

here's me looking at the barbell.... 

contemplating my next thruster?

here i am judging greg, one of our coaches.

 he did awesome!

a special mafia.

the subway boys are my favorite.

1 week, 3 days.

happy one week & three days anniversary

to the newly weds, tara jane & jeff!

they just spent a week in aruba celebrating their nuptials.

their wedding was just beautiful.

tara looked like a total greek goddess in her dress

and jeff was total dapper & really handsome in his suit.
here's a few pics...

tara & jeff heading to dinner the night before!

i remember feeling so much excitement as tara & jeff left for dinner!

wedding prep & dance party.

fab wedding hair w/ flavor sticks.

right before she put her dress on...

grandmama getting her first look. 

tara & the baby.

cute wedding guests, k&b.

tara & her pops make their picture perfect appearance.

our toes.

lea on the left, me in green on the right.

cute boys in their matching suits.

lea looked gorgeous.

that girl can really work a sock bun!

the birdies say: "i do, me too".

me, jared, heather & raf giving the

past, present & future speech to tara & jeff.

tara & her momma breaking it down...

we danced all night long. damn that band was good!