girlfriends

In The Blink Of An Eye

April 2, 2012

I had a super, exciting weekend. In fact, it was so exciting, I have several ways I could go with this post. My mind is racing as I consider the many different things I could tell you about. Scrumptious lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. Anita Renfroe and her sham-wow. My friend, Jill’s eye. Our fancy hotel [...]

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All Kinds Of Happy

March 29, 2012

Remember when I first started this here blog and it looked like this? Back then, I thought this blogging gig might last three months. For the record, I wrote my first post in November, 2008. Sometimes I surprise even myself. —– I’m headed out of town for a weekend getaway with the girls. I’ve got 317 [...]

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Hair We Go!

February 10, 2012

As a member of BlogHer’s Life Well Lived Panel (which is intended to share great tips about getting organized, getting happy, and looking your best), I have been asked to share information about one or more of the following questions. Do you have a favorite blogger or YouTube channel for hair tutorials? Do you create [...]

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I am a stay at home mom who rarely stays home.

January 23, 2012

We had a crazy busy, enjoyable, relaxing weekend. After dinner here at my favorite place with 19 girlfriends, complete with chips and salsa (OH MY WORD, I LOVE THEIR CHIPS AND SALSA) and lots of laughs, we headed out for even more laughs as we watched Queen Latifah and Dolly go head-to-head in and if [...]

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Christmas Card Addressing Party

December 13, 2011

There are few things I like better than a get-together with girlfriends. Especially one that involves laughing and food. A few weeks ago, my friend Christina sent an e-mail inviting me to a Christmas card addressing party. I have never attended anything like that, but I had hundreds of cards that needed stuffed and addressed, [...]

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Causing A Scene

November 21, 2011

Welcome to Not Me! Monday, where I share a few things I might or might not have done this week. “Why,” you might ask? Well, because it’s cheaper than therapy. I never, ever, dance around the house (in my underwear) singing Adele at the top of my lungs while getting ready. Now, that would be a scene, wouldn’t [...]

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I Have A Confession

February 14, 2011

Dr. McDaddy, I have a confession. And before you ask, no, I did not max out the credit card. While the girls and I were in North Carolina over the weekend, we stopped at the Concord Mills Mall. There, we enjoyed four glorious uninterrupted hours of shopping. There was A LOT of mall and not A LOT of time, so [...]

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Thursday Thirteen – Smiles

February 10, 2011

I have six or seven drafts ready for Thursday thirteen but each Wednesday when I’m deciding which one to use, none of them seem to grab me. So, today I thought we’d talk about thirteen things that make me smile. 1. When dropping Stevie off at school this morning, the gym teacher commented that he [...]

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A girl should always have a back-up plan

January 25, 2011

If you’re a regular around here at FITP, Inc. I’ll go ahead and apologize for what you are about to read. You all know the story of the cute striped rocking chair. You may recall that I’ve whined about it two or three times over the past three months. What you don’t know is that finding that [...]

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Another Lesson Learned The Hard Way

November 16, 2010

While I will do my very best to keep this brief, it is possible that it could turn into another of my long windy tails. It all started with a cute little rocker chair that I found in a catalog at a furniture shop. Then, I found a custom fabric that I absolutely fell in love with [...]

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