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Oomph

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:51:00 +0000

Got this yesterday to mark my 5 years of "importance" to the company. It's plastic. And a paperweight.

Nice, huh?

Halloween

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:43:00 +0000

Halloween meant house hopping for us this year. So much house hopping in fact that we kinda forgot to take many pictures. We got a few, so here they are! (No Cali costume this year - she wasn't feeling it.)

Josh as Lt. Aldo Raine from Inglorious Basterds

Me, not nearly busty enough, as Joan from MadMen

Eric as Marty from Back to the Future - love it!

One of Josh's former students as a pimp bear with a cat

Chris and Dana Slap Chopping it up

Merrill's Hall and Oates tribute band, the Maneasters

Merrill

Judson as Dexter in his kill/keg room

Omar and Lori

Elvis baby!

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:22:00 +0000

Whew, it's been a while since I posted. I guess my life has been kinda boring lately. BUT it got interesting about 2 weeks ago when I got to go to Memphis for an AIGA design conference.

The conference was awesome! Met some cool people, heard awesome speakers, pseudo-stalked Stefan Sagmeister (but not in a crazy sort of way!), and had some really bad for you food. Didn't get to see as much live music as I would have liked, but it was a great trip overall!

Lunch at Dyer's on Beale Street the first day - definitely set the tone for the trip - grease, grease, and more grease. Supposedly, they've been using the same frying oil for about 100 years, and when they moved locations, they had the oil moved under the protection of security.

Rob and Chris

Awesome flaming Elvis

One of 3 Gibson factories in the country - we toured it.

First night out, which resulted in me being hungover the rest of the weekend.

Hatch Show Print samples

Hands on fun with Hatch

A Memphis elementary school choir performing at the conference - they were amazing!

Waited about an hour to eat at this place! For lunch!

Ta-da! (It was pretty good.)

Jane Grimmet and Rob enjoying it

Our very own personal conference Elvis impersonator

Beale Street Take 2

Chris and the guy he found to follow us around

Beale St.

The ducks at Peabody Place - they live there and walk off the elevators into the fountain every day at 11am and then back out at 5pm.

Graceland!

Elvis's pink Cadillac

Heh.

Front of the house.

Elvis's living room - love the peacocks!

Elvis

Priscilla and Lisa Marie

The shooting range, attached to the garage

Some of the ridiculous amount of gold records there

My most favorited outfit.

One of the 2 planes, complete with 14k gold seatbelt buckles

See ya Elvis!

Real food real hot

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:55:00 +0000

On a hot Labor Day, Josh and I went out to Piedmont Park to join Rogue Apron and support real food in schools. Slow Food USA has waived their membership fee this month, so join and show your support!

The start of the Poster Parade

Poster Parade

Rogue Apron's Tent City

Duane, Josh, and Lady Rogue enjoying the food and the signs

Singing the real food song

Labor Day Dragons

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:48:00 +0000

In Atlanta, Labor Day means the freaks come out. It's DragonCon, and it's craziness. The best people watching of the year!

Vampire Obi Wan (I think?) loves some Red Stripe with a straw

Le Sexoflex getting their performance on

Josh with a sexy Matthew that I decided was dressed as Jessica Rabbit

Sooo crowded!

Matt and Judson (I have no idea what they are)

Princess Bride - one of the best movies ever!

Steam punk people?? or something like that

Josh with female bender

The Beatles

Matt and some guys in tights

Closed on Monday-land

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:30:00 +0000

AKA "Portland"

Now let me just say I LOVED Portland. But, man, everything is seriously closed on Monday in this town. Two of the four restaurants I wanted to go to were closed. The one museum we were going to check out was closed. Even the Velveteria (which I guess is technically a museum too) is only open Thursday through Sunday! The Shangai Tours only happen on the weekends. Regardless, we kept very busy and managed to eat at least every two hours while we were there. =)

Very much enjoyed the donuts, driving around and exploring, and all the water and gardens. The weekend was actually very liquid and floral themed over all - white water rafting in Hood River, wedding ceremony in a lavender field, wine tasting, several brewery instances, many fountains, two rose gardens, walking along the waterfront.

The counter at Byways Cafe

Top of Keller Fountain. This is Josh's most favorite fountain in the world, and it's very cool.

Josh standing in it.

Front of Keller Fountain

Roses at the Portland Rose Garden

Josh's camera after I dropped it in the mud

Scenes from the Japanese Garden

Shrine

Sand zen garden

Rawrrr

Nothing like some lard after a morning in the zen garden!

Stacks of donuts at Voodoo

Oreo donut

Check out the little voodoo guy one!

Ace Hotel - our too cool for school hotel in Portland

Our pictures from the Photobooth at Ace Hotel

Dutch tacos at FlavourSpot - breakfast waffle sandwiches

Didn't I say we ate a lot?

Another pretty rose garden

Was really digging patterny things this trip:

Jayme's married!

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:25:00 +0000

Had a fantastic time in Hood River for Jayme's wedding! A great reminder of what a beautiful country we live in (for those of us that spend a lot of time in the city), spent invaluable time with family, and got to know some of Jayme and Clayton's friends better.

Jayme looked beautiful and happy, and the getting hitched went off without a hitch (heh heh), except for a little mishap during the rafting trip for a Boulder friend.

Pictures:

driving from PDX to Hood River

Our rental car had a built-in camera holder for Josh's camera!

Multnomah Falls

Closer up

Kite boarding gear at the hotel - Hood River is a hub for this sport

Clayton, me, Josh, Jay at breakfast on the river

Mt. Hood

Husum Falls - this is what we rafted

Danny and me by the falls

Getting our gear on for the rafting trip

Over we go!

Josh helping Abe after the shoulder dislocation

Poor guy

Big group enjoying the wine tasting at Cathedral Ridge Winery the day before the wedding

Lots of wine!

Vineyard

Tried one of these grapes - it was very tangy and weird!

Clayton's parents' log cabin for the rehearsal dinner

The bridesmaids - Kelly, me, and Jen

Mom and me

Mom helping Jay with her hair

Pretty!

Jay with her new mother-in-law and sister-in-law

At the lavender field

Cute!

Lavender fields and Mt. Hood

Kissing the bride

Behind the field

Golfing at the reception

Jayme's new nephew hitting some balls

The bluegrass band

Bobbi, Paul, Aunt Susan, me

Jay and Clay rings!

July 4th-tecular

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:22:00 +0000

We trekked out to Charleston, SC for the long weekend. Lots of relaxing, some beaching and bike time, and waaayyyy too much eating!

Terry, Laura, Mark, Joanna, and Cassidy floating off the dock

Susan and Mark playing Ladder Golf on the beach

Terry and Josh claiming victory

Josh's ridiculously large burger at Poe's on Sullivan's Island

Getting ready...

Huzzah! Whole burger in the mouth!

July 4th at the Harveys

Mark, Terry, Laura, and Joanna

Josh and me

Tuckered

Joanna, Laura, me - getting ready to head home.

Jayme's shower

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:41:00 +0000

Went home to Philly this past weekend for Jay's shower. It was super fun with tons and tons of food. Also got to see some of my girls and their girls!

Me, Mom, and Jay

Jayme and Jen with Jen's bride and groom pet rocks

Kelly's erupting volcano - very impressive!

Some of the crazy amounts of food

Whack it!

Aunt Ilene and Steph

Kelly and Sue

NSFW - Aunt Deb, Jayme, and Aunt Wend

Mom with baby Leah

Court, Tina, Leah, me

A non-wedding posting - yay!

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:49:00 +0000

I've been totally slack about posting updated pictures of the patio progress! I keep waiting to do it because Josh keeps planting more and more stuff. But the space seems to be pretty filled up for now. So here it is:

And in other news, we got to visit with Josh Winheld, the son of my dad's best friend, who I've known since I was a baby, but haven't seen in maybe 20 years! He's in town for a Muscular Dystrophy conference in which he's a panelist. I'm about halfway through his excellent book about living with the disease.

Official (legal??) proof

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:51:00 +0000

We just got our Jamaican marriage certificate in the mail! We still don't know if Georgia recognizes us as a married couple though. Guess we'll find out at tax time? Check out my favorite part below: (Hint: what could a woman's "condition" possibly be before she gets married?)

And here's a link to more photog pictures:
http://www.smilebooth.com/pickpic/gallery/splash.php?gallery_id=302

More of Heidi's awesome photos

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:01:00 +0000

Heidi posted some more pictures on her blog. You can see them here:
www.ourlaboroflovebyheidi.com/

Love it!

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:06:00 +0000

We got in our first picture from our awesome wedding photographer Heidi Geldhauser of Our Labor of Love! Yay!

Lotsa Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:33:00 +0000

We woke up this morning to thunder and rain, so figured it'd be a good day to finally post pictures. These are mainly pics from our guests as well as a couple we took. When we get the pro. ones, we'll post them on our wedding web site!

Vacation hats on! Waiting in the airport to head to Jamaica.

Rockhouse

Part of the hotel

Josh cliff jumping from practically the moment we got to Rockhouse

Snorkeling with Leila and Pete

A rainy but fun welcome cocktail reception that Lynn threw

Terry, Larry, Josh, and Paul

Richie, our favorite bartender

The fam

Bridesmaids rehearsing

Heather and I at the rehearsal dinner at Irie on the Beach

Josh, Lauren, me, and Kevin

Me and my girls bridge jumping the day of the wedding

Wedding

Signing the official Jamaican marriage certificate - not really sure if Georgia recognizes this or not...

Good luck, right?

The wedding party

Soaked program

Pretty sunset

Lou and Heather

Leila and Pete

The steel drum band

Father-daughter/mother-son dance

Melissa signing our guest love list book

OMG - did we really just do this?

Lori, Dominic, and me

Nancy, Brian, and Larry

Laura, Terry, and Lynn T.

Lynn and Aunt Susan getting down

Elizabeth doing that booty thang

Beyonce's got nothing on us

Go girls!

Jayme ready for some cake

Us ready for some cake

The Day After

Double rainbows the morning after our wedding - we'll take that as a good sign!

After the bridge jump

The spa at Rockhouse

Foot soak

Soaking our feets getting ready for our couples massage, which was on the cliffs in a cute little hut, much needed, and amazing - thanks Aunt Susan!

Rick's Cafe for sunset, cliff diver watching, and overpriced dinner on Sunday for those who couldn't bear to leave Jamaica that morning

The boats gathered at Rick's

Josh flip-diving at Rick's

We do

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:14:00 +0000

Here's the video of our ceremony. Warning - it's almost 11 minutes long, so make sure you really want to watch it before you hit play! =)

We plunged!

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:20:00 +0000

We got married on Saturday in Negril, Jamaica! It was fantastic and wonderful, and we had so many great family and friends join us in celebrating. I'll post some pictures a little later when we've got some time. Below is a video of us literally taking the plunge - check it out! (We'll post the video of the ceremony later for those who want to watch it, but it's a little long and therefore a little overwhelming for the weak signal we're getting here in nowhere Jamaica.)

Beerland

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:25:00 +0000

Josh and Terry have been working hard on brewing their own beer. They're working on an oatmeal stout. Or porter. Can't remember. Anyway, they've been diligently doing all the stuff they need to do and are now in the bottling stage. So when we get back from Jamaica, we should have beer!

Kitchen takeover

Boiled something or other?

So proud

Recession Specials - Keep 'em Coming!

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:11:00 +0000

There's some more good deals being offered up (and some still hanging around) so here's an updated Recession Specials Atlanta and Beyond list!

Food and Beer

East Atlanta
Blue Frog Cantina, EAV - $1 tacos on Mondays and Tuesdays
La Casita, EAV - $1 tacos on Wednesdays
Thai and Sushi, EAV - $1 sushi Mondays and Tuesdays
Morelli's Ice Cream - a free scoop Monday through Thursday noon - 3pm for the month of May - just say you're unemployed
The Shed at Glenwood - $2 Magic Hat drafts always, 4 oz sliders for $3 on Wednesdays

Highlands
Pozole, Highlands - $2 margaritas and $2 tacos Wednesdays
Noche, Highlands - $10 all you can eat tapas on Mondays
Osteria, Highlands - $1 PRB on Mondays with Karma Card
Hand in Hand, Highlands - $1 PRB and $1 tacos on Sundays, 1/2 price dinner entrees on Mondays, and $2 burgers for lunch and dinner on Tuesdays

Inman Park
Shaun's - $12 salad, pasta, and gelato dinner on Sundays 5pm - 9pm

Decatur
Corner Pub, Decatur - 1/2 price entrees Mondays

Emory-ish
Thaicoon & Sushi Bar, Briarcliff - $1 sushi Mondays and Tuesdays

Midtown
Park Tavern, Midtown - When it rains they pour, as they say, and draft beer is $1
Shout, Midtown - All you can eat Pizza and Salad for $10 on Sundays
Dogwood, Midtown - All you can eat mussels and a glass of sauvignon blanc for $20, Tuesday-Friday
Steamhouse Lounge, Midtown - $1 beer night on Tuesdays

Atlantic Station
Dolce - 50% off food bill on Mondays
Geisha House - 50% off food bill on Mondays
Strip - 1/2 price sushi rolls and egg rolls 5-7pm Tuesdays and Thursdays

Buckhead
Prime, Lenox Mall - Half Price Steaks from 5:00 - 6:15pm every day
Lola, Buckhead - Any pizza or pasta and a glass of wine or beer for $12 on Sundays and Mondays
Via, Buckhead - Unlimited pizza and salad for $10 on Sundays, 1/2 price dinner menu on Mondays, and $2 draft beer and 1/2 price pizzas on Wednesdays
JOEL, Buckhead - $6 small pizzas, $10 large pizzas, and 1/2 price beers on Thursdays

Vinings
Canoe - (Now, this isn't necessarily a cheap meal, but when you look at Canoe's regular prices, it's a bargain for sure.) $30 Local Yokel dinner - three-course fixed price meal of local ingredients; add $10 for wine pairings - available every night

Online
Restaurant.com - $25 gift certificates for $10 PLUS just google "Restaurant.com discount code" to find an additional 50-80% off depending on the time of the month (more off towards end of the month or around holidays)

Experiences
High Museum - On the first Saturday of each month from 10am to 12pm, Fulton County residents get free admission.

Cable
Call Comcast and ask them to stop sending you the Channel Guide magazine - you'll save $4 on your bill every month

General deals
Two of my all-time favorite web sites:
The Bargainist
Brad's Deals - The web site is decent, but the real deals are on the daily newsletter, so sign up for that bad boy.
Atlanta on the Cheap

Yay for big thinking and big Scandinavian heads

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:31:00 +0000

His claim, not mine.

Tim Ferriss came to Turner today to speak! He's shorter than I thought he would be but just as brilliant and inspiring as I had hoped.

Some take-away ideas:
- There's never a good time for something truly important or life-changing. It's never convenient.
- Try to minimize unnecessary and self-imposed pain and suffering as well as try to enjoy the little things in life. Instead of worrying about what's next, take pleasure in the present moment.
- Identify what is consuming the majority of your time and how you can minimize its impact (i.e. batch repetitive tasks such as checking email.) As a result, my mini-experiment - I'm committing to not checking email at home in the morning before I head to work next week. Will be a biggie - hopefully I don't cheat! =)

And lastly, my signed book:

Thanks Tim!!!

UPDATE: So maybe 2 weeks before my wedding wasn't the best time to try not to check my email in the morning.... The first day I completely forgot until I opened my first email, and then I thought "Well, I already messed up - I might as well continue checking it." Second day I abstained completely - woohoo! Third day I didn't read any emails, but I needed to send a few wedding ones, so I just put a few out there. Fourth day I was weak. Fifth day (and my newest compromise approach) is checking, but not opening any of the emails unless they look like something pressing. So, overall I sort of improved. I'm giving myself a C+.

omg omg so excited about Tim Ferriss!

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:22:00 +0000

In honor of Tim Ferriss coming to speak here next week:

“It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.”
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Thought for the day.

WWE Raw!

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:34:00 +0000

Okay, I know everyone feared that redneckedness was seeping in when I went to a car race or two and then fell in love with MonsterTruck. Well, I guess I've now gone full-on Southerner because last night I went to WWE Raw! Let me first say that the tickets were free. But let me next say that it was one of the most amazing things I've ever been to in my life!

Now, I've been out of the North for a while which means the sporting events I go to here do not even compare to Philly. No one gives a crap about the pro teams here, so the stadiums are always half-empty, and the fans are always half-assed. But, holy crap, I've never seen Philips Arena so packed out and full of energy! The fans are insanely dedicated and pumped up, and WWE is brilliant in their marketing and staging. They've basically made a soap opera for men and kids (and rednecks). The drama and story lines and plotting and betrayals and team oppositions are just as important as the actual wrestling matches. I haven't boo-ed so much since my last Eagles game a few years ago!

Check it out:

Not one empty seat

Michael Grover, Lindsey Kelso, Ryan Jerwers

Me and Lindsey looking fierce

Lots of fire and dramatics when the wrestlers made their appearances

Masked wrestler coming out

Get 'er done!

The amount of signs was insane

The Miz fighting Koffee

Battle Royal - 15-man 3-team brawl. Check out Big Show on the left - he headbutted everyone in that ring.

I didn't puke!

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:56:00 +0000

My bachelorette party was this past weekend. Jayme and Kate came in from the west coast and Lori, Petrika, and Melissa threw me a kick-ass party! It was a great weekend - we shopped, went to World of Coke, and ate and drank lots. I laughed a lot and remember most of it. But pictorial evidence always helps:

World of Coke lobby

Jayme, Kate, me

Jayme and me with the Happiness Factory kisses

Coke art

Kate in the tasting room

This one's going to be good!

Oops wrong!

Free cokes!

Getting ready for the 4-D movie

Only about half the food that we ultimately scarfed down at the end of the night, including the best cupcakes ever

Melissa and a game/accessories for the night

1st shot of many

Petrika and me

Petrika and Lori guessing

Presents!

My bouquet

Lori caught it!

Alex and Anchi

Lounging

From Petrika

The most awesome shirt ever

Me and Jayme

All the girls

Piling into the car

1st stop - the fire station. Don't ask.

Why won't they let us in???

Apparently I had something very important to tell Kate

Entertainment at the Jungle

No more shots please

Josh cooking us breakfast the next morning

Hungover!

Glad she was mine

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:04:00 +0000

My grandmother passed away a week ago. She was an amazing woman. Not only was she the kindest person I've ever known, she was the most magnetic - she was married 4 times and proposed to at last twice as many! One of my aunts suggested writing a letter to send with her. My letter was about how she's an inspiration to me in how to live your life. She had an amazing capacity to forgive, something I definitely need to work on. She also truly loved unconditionally and always looked on the bright side - even when she couldn't get out of bed for the cancer, she'd answer "How are you feeling?" with her standard "Terrific!" Her happiness and positivity were boundless and I'll always think of that when I think of her.

Recession Specials

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:17:00 +0000

In the wake of all the layoffs, etc. I'm starting my Recession Specials Atlanta and Beyond list! Here's to living well and saving money doing it. My intention is for this list to keep expanding, so if you know of any more tips, please send them to me and I'll add them to the list!

Food and Beer

East Atlanta
Blue Frog Cantina, EAV - $1 tacos on Mondays and Tuesdays
La Casita, EAV - $1 tacos on Wednesdays
Thai and Sushi, EAV - $1 sushi Mondays and Tuesdays
Morelli's Ice Cream - a free scoop Monday through Thursday noon - 3pm for the month of May

Highlands
Pozole, Highlands - $2 margaritas and $2 tacos Wednesdays
Noche, Highlands - $10 all you can eat tapas on Mondays
Osteria, Highlands - $1 PRB on Mondays with Karma Card
Hand in Hand, Highlands - $1 PRB and $1 tacos on Sundays, 1/2 price dinner entrees on Mondays, and $2 burgers for lunch and dinner on Tuesdays

Inman Park
Shaun's - $12 salad, pasta, and gelato dinner on Sundays 5pm - 9pm

Decatur
Corner Pub, Decatur - 1/2 price entrees Mondays

Emory-ish
Thaicoon & Sushi Bar, Briarcliff - $1 sushi Mondays and Tuesdays

Midtown
Park Tavern, Midtown - When it rains they pour, as they say, and draft beer is $1
Shout, Midtown - All you can eat Pizza and Salad for $10 on Sundays
Dogwood, Midtown - All you can eat mussels and a glass of sauvignon blanc for $20, Tuesday-Friday
Steamhouse Lounge, Midtown - $1 beer night on Tuesdays

Buckhead
Prime, Lenox Mall - Half Price Steaks from 5:00 - 6:15pm every day
Lola, Buckhead - Any pizza or pasta and a glass of wine or beer for $12 on Sundays and Mondays
Via, Buckhead - Unlimited pizza and salad for $10 on Sundays, 1/2 price dinner menu on Mondays, and $2 draft beer and 1/2 price pizzas on Wednesdays

Vinings
Canoe - (Now, this isn't necessarily a cheap meal, but when you look at Canoe's regular prices, it's a bargain for sure.) $30 Local Yokel dinner - three-course fixed price meal of local ingredients; add $10 for wine pairings - available every night

Online
Restaurant.com - $25 gift certificates for $10 PLUS just google "Restaurant.com discount code" to find an additional 50-80% off depending on the time of the month (more off towards end of the month or around holidays)

Experiences
High Museum - On the first Saturday of each month from 10am to 12pm, Fulton County residents get free admission.

Cable
Call Comcast and ask them to stop sending you the Channel Guide magazine - you'll save $4 on your bill every month

Prescriptions
Transfer a prescription (which can mean dropping off a new prescription at CVS, then promptly calling Walgreens 2 hours later to transfer it there) to Walgreens and use the following coupon to get a $25 gift card. Publix often honors these as well if a gift card there would suit you better.

Groceries
For things you buy on a regular basis, go to the web site to see if any coupons are offered there. There's usually a limit on how many times you can print it, but if you're sneaky/lucky and have a scanner, you can print it as many times as you like. Some regulars for me are:
Yo Plus yogurt
Bertolli Meals

Clothes
Any places that you shop regularly - sign up for the email lists. H & M, for instance, sends me a coupon about once a month.

General deals
Two of my all-time favorite web sites:
The Bargainist
Brad's Deals - The web site is decent, but the real deals are on the daily newsletter, so sign up for that bad boy.

It's raining clues!

noreply@blogger.com (Shari) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:41:00 +0000

Jayme and Heather threw me a great wedding shower on Sunday! Since it was in Philadelphia, and since I live in Atlanta, they decided to have everyone mail me the presents and just give me clues at the shower to guess what they had gotten me.

Admittedly, I was a little nervous about this game, but everyone did a really great job with their hints and helped me guess as well.

Some highlights:
A soft pretzel tray!!!
Mom's candy poem
Shari Trivia (some of which I didn't even know the answers to)
Hangman by Tina
Natalie and Leah loving on each other
Finding out my friend Laura is pregnant - congrats Laura and Patrick!

Lots of pictures:

Heather's palm tree cookies

Jayme and Mom

The fruit basket thing that had mine and Josh's names on it

Jayme prepping

Marley in tropical garb as well

Mom getting festive

Tropical food

Plus soft pretzels!!!

Holly with Natalie and Leah, who seemed to like her just fine

Cousins

Tina telling me my fortune

Aunt Stevie reading her poem

Cynthia acting out her gift

Linda and Andrea - guess, guess!

Aunt Ilene representing

Me and Syd and her super-cute heart

HS girls! Heather, Tina, me, Holly, Heather G., and Court

Cute

Me and the ladies

Aw

Natalie helping us with the leftovers

See, pretzels are so good, it doesn't even matter if they're wrapped in plastic

And a few other pics from the weekend:

Louie loving his toys

Sleepy puppy

And just because this is amazing - found it in the mall parking lot. God bless.