Month: April 2011

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Chi O Brunch

Chi Omega sorority turned 116 Apr 5th. The NCSU chapter hosted a brunch to celebrate inviting local alum Saturday the 9th. My friend Kelly just sent me the photos this week. The house looked so pretty that I had just had to post. They’ve done a good amount of improvements since I lived there~ updated paint, shower stall doors, & much needed redecorating. I loved it then but so excited about the improvements!

Also in attendance at the brunch was Kate S. who is now on our national board {a VERY big deal}. She’s from the NCSU chapter & lives locally. We presented her with a photo plaque which will be hung in the house. Kate also spoke briefly {along with current chapter officers} about the current state of Chi O & what exact she does in her national position. It was so cool!

Sadly, Kelly’s camera battery died before she was able to get a photo of us too. {I’d left mine at home}

Were any of y’all in sororities? Are you active with other alum or your old chapter? I’d love to hear how others sororities celebrate things.

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Capture the Everyday: Earth Day edition

In honor of Earth day which is 4/22, Melissa at Adventuroo {who I had the pleasure of meeting last Wednesday night!!} made this week’s Capture the Everyday about what you are doing to save the planet.

When I heard the theme last week, I immediately thought that my biggest change this year is keeping the plastic & using reusable bags. I started with buying the red Target one. Then I got the green Target one free last year & the orange & other green one were freebies too. I keep some in the house {I use a big maroon Farm Bureau for dry cleaning}, but mostly I keep them in my car. I’ve learned if they’re in my car, I can’t forget to grab them before going in to the store.

SOOC & taken late but couldn’t miss this theme

Something else pro-environment we’ve always done is recycling. This year Raleigh gave us this huge blue container that they pick up bi-weekly. We usually fill it up while we might just have one bag or less of trash a week. Yay environment!

Capture the Everyday from Adventuroo
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Never Let Me Go

This was April’s book club book. I’d posted a couple times while reading that I wasn’t too enthused before & while reading. But the further into Never Let Me Go I got, the more interested I was. I got to the point that I spent most of a Sunday finishing it up. While this is not my normal style of book & I know I’d never have read it if not the book club selection, I’m glad I did. The book did make for great discussion too.

The book was in first person & set in modern day England. The diction was weird which was fitting as the main character {well all the characters} were different. I’ve read two other books since & it’s premise has definitely stuck with me.

I can’t say much without giving things away, so I’ll just say this. If you’re into the possibility of science & humans, read it. If you like books that make you think, read it.

Up next, book thoughts on Two Kisses for Maddy & Wesley the Owl. Next on the TBR pile, The Daughter’s Walk & The Irresistible Henry House.

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Tornado After Effects

Thank God, our house and neighborhood were not damage by last Saturdays tornadoes. They were close by so Moe & I hit in the bedroom {close to the bathroom}. Then he fell asleep {clearly he wasn’t scared of the wind & rain}.

Sadly not everyone was so lucky. And the storms meant lots of claims for my company. As a former claims dept employee, I volunteered to go back to my old office to help. I got to the claims office before 745a & didn’t leave until after 630p today {which also meant no time for emails, twitter or blogs}. It was a long day but I think I got a lot of paper work done which freed up others to do claims work. I’m going back there again tomorrow. The claims dept is working Friday & Saturday too but we’re off the the beach! Working for the fun, my friends.

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Project 365 Fifteen weeks in

Day 99: Saturday I didn’t take any photos.

Sunday, day 100, I loved the light on Moe while I was in the red chair & Moe was looking up at me with the light to his back. Here’s my two favorite.

Day 101: The pink azalea was out in full effect Monday after work before I made over our Owly guest bath.

Day 102: My new Stella & Dot ring arrived the day before. I love it~ especially at the $19 price!

Day 103 Wednesday I enjoyed a Strawberry Margarita cupcake & Moe looked shall I say dainty with his paws together before drinking water.

Day 104 Thursday I smiled all day wearing my new allora handmade mini modern rosette necklace. Love it! {Photo taken from the self potrait front-facing camera on my cell.}

Day 105 Friday the only photos I took were of my jpk bucket bag showing my friend Sarah the lack of wear/tear after 5 month exclusive use. She bought one Saturday morning. 🙂

All these photos except for Sundays’ are from my cell. My goal for week 16 will be more from the D5000.