Day #241

Well, today's weather is a 180 from last week. It's certainly a "Carolina Blue" sky today and a beautiful sunrise this morning which made me think of this Corey Smith song. Enjoy!

Day #240

When I was at boot camp this morning; I could not stop humming this song. Even if you can't watch the whole video just the beat should put you in a good mood. Here's to a great week!

Day # 237

Sorry to be M.I.A. this month blog readers but January has truly been an insane month.

To update you on the job front, I’m moving to a new building next week. So the last week has been full of going through and updating all my files, packing and training my current co-worker on what projects she’s taking over while at the same time trying to do my new job. I’m blessed to have a fabulous husband who has listen to me whine over the last 22 days.

A bright spot in all of this mess is a “Gender Revealing” party that I planned last week for our friends Elizabeth and Marc. I saw on idea and thought, well I can totally pull it off. The theme of the party is that the guest where what color they think that the baby is (pink for girls; blue for boys) and then the couple reveals the answer at the event.

A fun way to reveal it is to make cupcakes with the gumball of the correct color in the center. Then your guests eat the cake at the same time. Since, I didn’t want to find out if they were having a boy or a girl before the party; I decided to take it up a level by having our bakery bake two cakes – one pink and one blue – and have Elizabeth call in the order for the correct cake. Then later that night, at the party, Elizabeth and Marc cut the cake to reveal the big news. It was cute and best of all, the bakery got really into it.

Here are a few photos from the night. Enjoy!


Mr. M and Will

Even the kids got into the action.

Team Pink

Team Blue

I love Marc's face in this photo.

It's a girl!

Day #221

Well 2010 knew how to come in with a bang. I found out yesterday that there were layoffs planned at my office. Fortunately, I was not laid off but my department was dissolved. We lost one employee and the other is focusing on internal marketing and I was moved to another department. To be honest, I’m still numb by the changes and slept maybe 2 hours last night. While I think the move will be fine – the department head is nice and I enjoy a challenge, it’s just the fact that life is indeed changing and its happening fast.

Day #219

Photo Credit

Today is National I Love You Day! Tell the people close to you how much you love them.

Day #216

Can you believe that 2009 is over? So much has happen in the last 365 days…I got married, moved into a house and moved into a new office. It’s been a great, spontaneous year and I’m excited to see what 2010 will bring our little M family.

I hope you all have a great and Happy New Year!

Day #214

Our First Christmas

Part Two

Christmas day was full of activity as Mr. M and I drove from Manning to Tennessee for lunch at my grandmother’s home. It was great to catch up with her, my parents, sister C, uncles, aunts and cousins as we arrived when presents were being opened. Then of course, Mr. M and I enjoyed a delicious Christmas feast. I hope one day that I can cook as half as good as my grandmother.

Sister C. and me in Tennessee.

After that we traveled back to my parent’s home in South Carolina where immediate family had Christmas dinner. I think my dad was amazed by hustle and bustle of all of his four daughters working in the kitchen to get dinner on the table.

Then Mr. M and I headed back to our cozy home for our own Christmas and finishing the 600+ mile trip of family visits where we cooked dinner at home (salmon and crab cake pinwheels), drank champagne and opened gifts. It was truly a blessed weekend and I’m thankful that we were able to celebrate Jesus’ birthday being surrounded by loved ones.

Also, today is “I love you day” for Mr. M and I and guess who won – ME! Happy 7 months!