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March for Babies

I want to first thank Beth F, Melissa, Nicole, Beth D, Beth L, Carrie, Cheryl, Kelly, Nana, Papa & Brooke. Also my mom for walking & donating. I met my goal of $250 & our team, PB&J Time, raised $11754. The most EVER by ANY NC family team!

Four of us {& Harrison} stayed with Jen & her family Friday night. My mom met us over at Jen’s & we caravan’d uptown. How cute are our shirts {designed by Emilee Beth}!?!


Our large group met with hugs & catching up. Lots of babies & strollers & friends.

Jenny & her family ~ honoring her triplets is the reason we gathered.

The walk started with drums. BA was feeling it while Harrison & I smiled wondering what she was doing!

As you can see from Jen & Emilee Beth’s photos the hugs, laughing & chatting continued for all 3.5 miles.

BA & Harry

There was a little toddler wrangling & crying baby wearing along the way as well.

Jenny & Eleanor

Our car-full hung out for a little while afterwards. Checking out cute babies & their cute family.

Nana & Callista

Toby & Grandma

The weather was beautiful, the walkers & babies all did great. I’m so proud & happy to have been out there Saturday along with my amazing friends celebrating babies & the March of Dimes. I can’t wait to see them again. And we’re all looking forward to next year’s March for Babies ~ think we can raise $15,000?!

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30 Never Looked so Good or Was More Fun!

Two Saturdays ago {yep playing catch up} after {the tornado} & we had celebrated Emma’s 1st birthday, Jason & I headed to Sparian’s to help my good friend, Kelly, party her way to 3-0. Sparian’s is a fairly new upscale bowling alley/restaurant/bar. It was very cool & the perfect place for our crowd.

Kelly’s friends & family turned out in full effect {from as far away as Greenville, SC!} & we had a great time catching up with them all.

There was a little bowling done {I was awful!}, a little drinking, & some delicious cake enjoyed. Happy birthday Kelly!

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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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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.