My lovely neighbors are having their first baby and this weekend I had the honor of throwing them a baby shower. Honestly though, I couldn’t have pulled it off without my awesome husband. He helped me make the favors, get the yard ready and dry off all the tables and chairs after it poured just [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 24, 2009
I Think I Saw Governor Sanford Running in Greenville
It was one of those moments you don’t think much about at the time. We were driving home from Target Sunday evening and as we traveled down Augusta Road we approached a runner. Maybe the man saw that I was staring at him because he waved at us.
“That looked like Governor Sanford!” I exclaimed to [...]
June 22, 2009
The Inspirational Power of Ultra Marathon Man
Last week I checked out Ultra Marathon Man from the library. It’s a documentary about a man who runs 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states. I’ve run two full marathons and one half which makes running 50 consecutively even more unimaginable. But Dean Karnazes‘ story was just so inspirational.
It was at his 30th [...]
June 19, 2009
Thrift Store Finds and Furniture Rehabs
I love making old furniture look cool again. I wish I could do it more often. I picked up this itchy beauty at a thrift store like, oh, four years ago.I loved it’s shape and the price wasn’t bad: $40.
To be honest, I never sat in it. It felt like sandpaper. I decided to finally [...]
June 16, 2009
Garage Sales and Mountains: What a Lovely Weekend
We had such a jam-packed weekend. Friday night we celebrated a friend’s birthday and on Saturday we got up super early to have a yard sale. Three other couples joined in and all together we made about $700. We then spent some of our earnings on a yummy lunch at Firehouse Subs. After that Tim [...]
September 2, 2007
