HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GIRLFRIEND!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EM!

Even though this picture is blurry, it is too cute not to post!  Aren't these girls so pretty?

All this food for FREE!  We were all just as excited as Em!

Here's to an awesome birthday and a fabulous year!  Wish I could be celebrating with you today!

Hugs to our followers (and an extra big one for Em!),
LC

Moving Day

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Very soon it will be moving day. And I didn’t think I would get sentimental but I find myself sad to be leaving my little bungalow.

As I’m packing, I spend my time thinking of the memories formed in this apartment and how so many of those moments helped shape me into the person that I am. I’ve grown up in this beloved home. When I think about the person I was when I moved in, I’m amazed at how much I’ve changed….in a good way, I think.

And so to my not-always-perfect-but-mostly-wonderful abode, thanks for housing my treasure and lodging my dreams. Even though I know it’s time to start creating new fresh experiences, I didn’t think it would be hard to say goodbye. But, as it turns out, I’m departing with a heavy heart.

xoxo,

Kate

Favorite Things

I've recently come across a few beauty products that I LOVE. 

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1.  Neutrogena Healthy Defense Daily Moisturizer in Sheer Hint of Color with SPF 30.  Its a non-greasy moisturizer, bronzer and SPF all in one.  Its my go-to product every morning.  In fact, when it was taken off the shelves for a few months last year to get a new design, I thought it was discontinued.  I searched every store in the region and then desperately bought 6 boxes of it on-line!



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2.  Gillette Venus Razor Embrace.  It has changed my life.  Em's too (she got one in the friendship ball!) Try it, you'll love it! 

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3. Curel Ultra Healing Intensive body lotion.  Kate accidentally brushed up against my arm the other day and said, "Wow, you have soft arms."  If you want your significant other, co-workers and/or strangers who may accidentally (or not so accidentally) brush up against your skin to be totally jealous, use this product!

Hugs to our followers,
LC

I want s'more!

Summer means s'mores. There's nothing like a big bonfire and making some ooey gooey s'mores.  Although I think anytime of year is good for s'mores (yum).  Have you seen the new stackermallows by Jet-Puffed?  They are made to stack perfectly on your graham cracker and chocolate.  Nothing topples over!  I think this means I need to do some taste testing this week.

Enjoy!
~Kc

Splish Splash

Few things in life are as cute as bath time for a toddler.

Thanks for the laughs, Goosey-bear.


xoxo,


Aunt Kate

When you have a bad day...

I know we all have those moments.  When you feel like someone just punched you in the gut? The wind gets knocked out of you and you struggle to catch a breath....  That's my day right now.  Kate's earlier post couldn't have had better timing. I need to keep that in my mind right now.

But, there are times when you simply can't shake the blues.  When that happens I have this handy little YouTube video to fall back on to give me a giggle.  Laura sent this video to the Girlfriends in March of 2008 and I have kept it that entire time. 

Seriously, how can anyone stay grumpy after listening to little giggles?  I may have to watch this multiple times today.

~Kc

Evening Walks and Deep Thoughts

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I met some friends last week for an evening birthday celebration and on the way back, decided to take the long way home.  It was a beautiful summer night in DC to stroll on some of my favorite streets and I remembered so many wonderful memories along the way.

I took a detour to Shake Shack and walked away with a chocolate custard treat whipped with peanut butter sauce and chocolate truffle cookie dough pieces. It was as amazing as it sounds.

In fact, two strangers randomly stopped me to gawk at my sweet treat, remarking that I was holding heaven in the palm of my hands. Those comments made me think about one of the last things my grandfather ever said to me. With his infinite wisdom, he told me that I had life in the palm of my hands and it was up to me to decide what I did with it.

More and more I’m learning that things will not always go my way. There will be disappointments and tough days and unexpected obstacles. But, I’m also learning that it’s what you do in the face of those challenges that determines your true character. And I'd like to be the type of person who can smile even when everything goes completely, terribly wrong.

Let's add that to the list of things I'm going to accomplish before I'm 30.

xoxo,

Kate