Bless Your Heart

Living out loud in the Carolinas

Category: friends

  • I can’t believe she is all grown up!   She is a junior at USC (University of South Carolina) so she celebrated her 21st birthday with her friends in Columbia on Friday night then came home to celebrate with us Saturday night.   We all met up at Courtyard by Marriott City Center.  By we…

  • I wanted to give out good prizes at Shannon G’s baby shower while staying on a budget.  Most baby shower planning sites said just go to the Dollar Store and grab some things and throw them in a bag.  I don’t want stuff from the Dollar Store (unless I need something specific) so why would…

  • For Shannon G’s shower I wanted to find some fun shower games.  She was not into the whole “let’s measure the Mommy’s belly” thing or the melted candy bars in diaper game (thank goodness- that just seems gross to me!).  So I looked around online and found the Don’t Say Baby Game.  As guests arrived…

  • As soon as Shannon G told me she was pregnant I started mentally planning her baby shower.  I knew instantly I wanted it to be Mustache themed as she’s married to Senor Mustachio.  I started looking for invitations and party goods right away.  You’d be surprised at how slim the pickings are when you’re looking…

  • CSP & I were reminiscing about our wedding day, all the things that stand out in our memories.  He stayed at his parents house the night before while I stayed with my Mom & sisters at the Hilton where our reception would be held after the wedding.  We woke up and took our time getting…

  • Yesterday I went to Shannon’s daughter Emily’s 4th birthday.  Em is one of my favorite little people in the world.  I just adore her.  I can’t believe she’s 4 already!  Seems like just yesterday she came home from China.  Anyway, the kids bounced around at Space Kidets then we went back to Shan’s for pizza and…

  • Words With Friends is one of the apps on my home screen.  The home screen of your iPhone is prime real estate.  Only the best of the best apps end up there.  My home page has the clock, photos, text messages, iPod, and calendar apps plus ICS (In Case of Emergency), Facebook, Dragon Search, Awesome…

  • Today I drove down to Columbia with Papa & Gigi to see Momo.  We toured her apartment, went to lunch, then saw I am Number Four.  During the movie Papa complained to Gigi that “Shanny’s really beating me up over here.”  Gigi said “That’s why I didn’t want to sit next to her!”  There were some…

  • About once a month my friend Christina and I hit up the big AMC 24 movie theatre and take in a double feature.  AMC doesn’t advertise double features, we just make them up ourselves.  We don’t have a lot of time to go out to the movies so we do the double feature and get…

  • I’m throwing my first baby shower in March!  It’s for Shannon G who’s married to Mustachio.  Naturally it’s a mustache themed baby shower!  I have lots of fun ideas but can always use more. What are some fun baby shower games?  Besides “measure the Mommy”.  That one gets a big no. What should I stay…

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