My friends from high school, Anneke and Melanie. Melanie has some new bling, bling. (Posted late, but taken on day 120.)

My cousin Marisa’s make-up case. She came over tonight and did Miss Seventeen’s hair and make-up for prom. I love my cousin and I love that I got to spend that moment of life with her.

I went to bed with a confused heart last night.  When I got out and started driving around yesterday, it quickly became apparent just how bad the storms hit our town.  I drove about a mile from my house and saw complete devastation.  I can’t believe I was that close to the storm and yet [...]

When I showed up at the alterations store to pick up Miss Seventeen’s prom dress (prom is tomorrow), I was informed that, because of the tornadoes, the alterations didn’t get finished. So, Cousin Cate and I took things into our own hands with nary a sewing kit in sight. Super glue is just as good [...]

Well, if you watched the news any yesterday, you might be aware that the south was hit with some serious tornadoes.  Our small town was hit at least six different times in 12 hours, which meant I spent most of my day rotating between hiding in the basement at work with fifty other employees in [...]

A quieter moment on my porch earlier this evening. We’re now on tornado warning number four here in Tennessee and it is getting ugly.

Yesterday, Miss Thirteen “turned” three years old.  Naturally, we celebrated at Chuck E. Cheese. Does anyone else remember when it used to be called Showbiz?  I loved that place.  One time I wrote a letter to the CEO of Showbiz complaining that it wasn’t fair that the animals on stage (Chuck E. Cheese and all [...]

Tonight, when I scored a brand new pair of skinny jeans from the mall for Miss Thirteen for a grand total of $5.45 thanks to my couponing skills, I made her say “I love coupons” three times before I agreed to buy them for her. Winning.

Yesterday represented Miss Thirteen “turning” two years old, so I took her to a bookstore, picked out five books that are childhood classics and read them to her right there in the middle of the children’s section at Books-A-Million.  At first she acted like it was the most embarrassing thing ever, but I noticed that [...]

Whenever I splurge and buy myself flowers, I think it’s probably a silly expense. But they do make me smile when I see them sitting there in the windowsill.