I ran across this article today, while reading the NY Times: 10 Things to Scratch From Your Worry List
With all the fear, guilt and angst the news media shoves down our throats in just 10 minutes of watching the evening news.....its enough to make Dolly Parton depressed. Thats why this article listing (and poking fun of) 10 things we can stop obsessing over, was so funny and enjoyable to me.
Being absolutely terrified of sharks myself, #7 was particularly encouraging :)
Enjoy!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
THE COPING DIET
*I usually never recommend reading forwards, but my sister sent me the below in an email, and for some reason this made me laugh today. :)
Only women can understand this one. This is a specially formulated diet designed to help women cope with the stress that builds during the day.
Breakfast
1 grapefruit
1 slice whole wheat toast
1 cup skim milk
Lunch
1 small portion lean, steamed chicken
1 cup spinach
1 cup herbal tea
1 Hershey's kiss
Afternoon Snack
The rest of the Hershey kisses in the bag
1 tub of Hagen-Daaz ice cream with chocolate
chips
Dinner
4 glasses of wine (red or white)
2 loaves garlic bread
1 family size supreme pizza
3 Snickers Bars
Late Night Snack
1 whole Sarah Lee cheesecake (eaten directly from the freezer)
Remember: Stressed spelled backward is desserts.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Etsy
There are few things in life I love more than flea markets and artsy crafts. My husband can tell you, that wherever we travel, domestically or internationally, if there is a flea market within 50 miles of where we are.....I will find it and we will be there.
We have a great flea market in downtown DC, called Eastern Market. I have mentioned it before here, its one of Whit and my favorite places in the city. If you ever come visit DC, you most go see Eastern Market. In addition to the "Market Lunch" (think Carolina bar-b-que, blue-buck pancakes with home-made syrup and crab-cake sandwiches) which has been featured in the New York Times and Southern Living magazine, Eastern Market has loads of local artists, jewlry, rugs, furniture, antiques, hand-made pottery, etc. etc. etc. Some of my favorite gifts from Whit have come from Eastern Market.
So, when I found out about Etsy, I was so excited! Etsy, is an online trading store for artists around the country to list and sell their home-made products online. Genious!
Right now I am obsessing over this hand-made chip and dip serving piece, which can be found here. I love the turquoise colors. Whit I hope you are checking my blog, hint, hint :)
Also, Etsy creates personal "stores" for each artist to showcase their crafts. Right now I am loving a store call Nestlings. A couple months ago, I ordered one of these family signs below, of course ours reads : The Copley Family, Established 2007....I got it in the vintage red color.
Etsy has great jewelry too, check out these earrings!
Anyway, I encourage you to check it out! Happy Friday :)
We have a great flea market in downtown DC, called Eastern Market. I have mentioned it before here, its one of Whit and my favorite places in the city. If you ever come visit DC, you most go see Eastern Market. In addition to the "Market Lunch" (think Carolina bar-b-que, blue-buck pancakes with home-made syrup and crab-cake sandwiches) which has been featured in the New York Times and Southern Living magazine, Eastern Market has loads of local artists, jewlry, rugs, furniture, antiques, hand-made pottery, etc. etc. etc. Some of my favorite gifts from Whit have come from Eastern Market.
So, when I found out about Etsy, I was so excited! Etsy, is an online trading store for artists around the country to list and sell their home-made products online. Genious!
Right now I am obsessing over this hand-made chip and dip serving piece, which can be found here. I love the turquoise colors. Whit I hope you are checking my blog, hint, hint :)
Also, Etsy creates personal "stores" for each artist to showcase their crafts. Right now I am loving a store call Nestlings. A couple months ago, I ordered one of these family signs below, of course ours reads : The Copley Family, Established 2007....I got it in the vintage red color.
Etsy has great jewelry too, check out these earrings!
Anyway, I encourage you to check it out! Happy Friday :)
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Movin' on up!
Our sister in law, Clara moved up to DC to start her new job at KeelPoint about a month ago. For the first two weeks, she lived with us until she and her roommates found an apartment in DC. They rented a precious town home in the Palisades, just north of Georgetown. Whit drove down to South Carolina last Friday to meet a couple folks and then help his parents pack up the U-Haul with all of Clara's stuff and then drive it up to DC. They finally got to our house late on Friday night. We slept in a little on Saturday and then made our way over to new Clara's house to start the move-in process.
Everything was going swimmingly, until the men (Whit, his Dad Walker and Clara's boyfriend Nick) tried to move the queen sized mattress up the stairs to Clara's second story bedroom. As so many old homes and town homes in this part of the country are, the stairwell going up stairs was way too narrow to fit the queen sized mattress and box spring. We tried to push as hard as we could but the walls along the stairs began to bend and crush the box spring. We were about to tell Clara to just sell the mattress and purchase a smaller full-sized one, when Walker had one last idea.
Please see the video below. Clara and Nick hoisting the mattress up. Walker on the ladder. And my husband on top of the roof. Awesome.
Everything was going swimmingly, until the men (Whit, his Dad Walker and Clara's boyfriend Nick) tried to move the queen sized mattress up the stairs to Clara's second story bedroom. As so many old homes and town homes in this part of the country are, the stairwell going up stairs was way too narrow to fit the queen sized mattress and box spring. We tried to push as hard as we could but the walls along the stairs began to bend and crush the box spring. We were about to tell Clara to just sell the mattress and purchase a smaller full-sized one, when Walker had one last idea.
Please see the video below. Clara and Nick hoisting the mattress up. Walker on the ladder. And my husband on top of the roof. Awesome.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
One Word
Everybody's Doing It...
1. Where is your cell phone? Purse
2. Significant other? Loyal
3. Your hair? Ponytail
4. Your mother? Honest
5. Your father? Adventurous
6. Your favorite thing? Whit
7. Your dream last night? Bizare
8. Your favorite drink? Margarita
9. Your dream/goal? Mom
10. Room you're in? Office
11. Your hobby? Travel
12. Your fear? Sharks
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Lake House
14. Where were you last night? Book Club
15. What you're not? Lonely
16. Muffins? Cinnamon Crunch
17. One of your wish list items? lab (dog)
18. Where you grew up? Dallas
19. What are you wearing? flats
20. Your pets? Zero :(
21. Your computer? Mac
22. Your life? Blessed
23. Your mood? Curious
24. Missing someone? Amy Marie
25. Your car? 4 Runner
26. Something you're not wearing? bracelets
27. Favorite store? Neiman's
28. Your summer? Too Short
29. Your favorite color? Green
30. Last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Last Night (watching the ESPYs)
1. Where is your cell phone? Purse
2. Significant other? Loyal
3. Your hair? Ponytail
4. Your mother? Honest
5. Your father? Adventurous
6. Your favorite thing? Whit
7. Your dream last night? Bizare
8. Your favorite drink? Margarita
9. Your dream/goal? Mom
10. Room you're in? Office
11. Your hobby? Travel
12. Your fear? Sharks
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Lake House
14. Where were you last night? Book Club
15. What you're not? Lonely
16. Muffins? Cinnamon Crunch
17. One of your wish list items? lab (dog)
18. Where you grew up? Dallas
19. What are you wearing? flats
20. Your pets? Zero :(
21. Your computer? Mac
22. Your life? Blessed
23. Your mood? Curious
24. Missing someone? Amy Marie
25. Your car? 4 Runner
26. Something you're not wearing? bracelets
27. Favorite store? Neiman's
28. Your summer? Too Short
29. Your favorite color? Green
30. Last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Last Night (watching the ESPYs)
Thursday, July 17, 2008
The Beach
My lovely parents-in-law and their family let me join them on their yearly beach vacation, over the 4th of July, in Edisto Beach, right by Charleston, SC. Initially, Whit was going to be unable to come (deadlines at work), so his parents flew me down on Monday June 30th and picked me up at the Charleston airport. To my surprise, Whit was able to fly down on Thursday morning and spent the rest of the week/weekend with everyone.
It was SUCH a restful, rejuvenating time....I just love beach vacations. Lots of reading, laying out, a little swimming and LOADS of eating. It was so fun to get to spend more time with Whit's extended family. Walker (Whit's dad) and his three siblings and ALL of their children and now grandchildren have been spending a week at the beach for about 14 years. I love that and I hope Whit and I are able to start and continue traditions like this with our family. The Copleys are a hoot and I am so thankful they shared their vacation with me :)
Here are some pics from the week, thanks to Karen and Laurie Copley!!!!
The musicians: Walker on the banjo, John Andrew, Uncle Nowell, and Steven on the guitar.
Whit pulling me around in the water, it was HOT!
my and the hubster
just before we left to spend the day in downtown Charleston
John Andrew works at a nice restaurant in Charleston, he is quite the chef, and prepared this dinner of mahi mahi with sun dried tomato risotto. This is a picture of the "plating" process.
Bocce Ball.
View from the front deck
The Siblings: Joe Copley, Walker Copley, Ann Page Copley Rogers, Nowell Copley
Me and "Cop" Whit's grandmother
me and walker
sunset
dolphins
closer pic of dolphins, they were so close to the shore
um, lets just say that it had been awile since I had laid out, I mean I have an office job!!!
deck at night
cousins wrestling
Whit and Ellie. Ellie is Laura Ann's daughter, whit's cousin. Isn't she just the CUTEST thing!!
Nowell's family: Laura Ann, Ellie, Laurie, Ginny, John Andrew and Nowell
The Men: Joe Rock, Steven, Walker, Whit, John Andrew, Nowell, Michael, Joe
Copley Women: Karen, Laurie, Ann Page
Keeping Warm, while the guys play some music...
It was SUCH a restful, rejuvenating time....I just love beach vacations. Lots of reading, laying out, a little swimming and LOADS of eating. It was so fun to get to spend more time with Whit's extended family. Walker (Whit's dad) and his three siblings and ALL of their children and now grandchildren have been spending a week at the beach for about 14 years. I love that and I hope Whit and I are able to start and continue traditions like this with our family. The Copleys are a hoot and I am so thankful they shared their vacation with me :)
Here are some pics from the week, thanks to Karen and Laurie Copley!!!!
The musicians: Walker on the banjo, John Andrew, Uncle Nowell, and Steven on the guitar.
Whit pulling me around in the water, it was HOT!
my and the hubster
just before we left to spend the day in downtown Charleston
John Andrew works at a nice restaurant in Charleston, he is quite the chef, and prepared this dinner of mahi mahi with sun dried tomato risotto. This is a picture of the "plating" process.
Bocce Ball.
View from the front deck
The Siblings: Joe Copley, Walker Copley, Ann Page Copley Rogers, Nowell Copley
Me and "Cop" Whit's grandmother
me and walker
sunset
dolphins
closer pic of dolphins, they were so close to the shore
um, lets just say that it had been awile since I had laid out, I mean I have an office job!!!
deck at night
cousins wrestling
Whit and Ellie. Ellie is Laura Ann's daughter, whit's cousin. Isn't she just the CUTEST thing!!
Nowell's family: Laura Ann, Ellie, Laurie, Ginny, John Andrew and Nowell
The Men: Joe Rock, Steven, Walker, Whit, John Andrew, Nowell, Michael, Joe
Copley Women: Karen, Laurie, Ann Page
Keeping Warm, while the guys play some music...
Thursday, July 10, 2008
News.
I live in Washington, DC. Been here for almost five years. Worked on Capitol Hill for three years and then in the private sector for two. Since the largest industry in this city is the federal government, being apprised of the latest political and newsworthy happenings is a "necessity" not an option. I put necessity in quotation marks because I don't actually believe its a necessity in the same way that I believe water, shelter and a good bowl of Texas queso are necessities, I just mean its a necessity because if you want to be a contributing member of any cocktail conversation in a 25 mile radius, you need to know whats up.
In this blackberry obsessed city, you can literally drive yourself insane (and I know many people who do) trying to keep with the weekly, daily, hourly press coverage of presidential politics. Come November, I will have been in DC during two very memorable, very historical presidential elections. Additionally, I was a sorority sister with Jenna Bush Hager during her dad's 2000 bid for president and then lived with her in the Theta house at UT two years later. I guess I just feel like I have been around politics in some proximity for awhile now.
I digress.
The Druge Report.
Have you heard of it? Its the go-to news source that my husband and I depend on. I literally keep it up on my computer screen all day long and it automatically refreshes itself when new-news is posted. I will admit that it is slightly right leaning in its political persuasion, but Matt Drudge and his team posts links to all kinds of news found on a host of news sources. It posts coverage on everything from the presidential race to foreign affairs, movie reviews and pop culture.
Today, the Washington Post posted an article about the Drudge report and it's founder Matt Drudge's HUGE influence on political coverage. Check it out.
In this blackberry obsessed city, you can literally drive yourself insane (and I know many people who do) trying to keep with the weekly, daily, hourly press coverage of presidential politics. Come November, I will have been in DC during two very memorable, very historical presidential elections. Additionally, I was a sorority sister with Jenna Bush Hager during her dad's 2000 bid for president and then lived with her in the Theta house at UT two years later. I guess I just feel like I have been around politics in some proximity for awhile now.
I digress.
The Druge Report.
Have you heard of it? Its the go-to news source that my husband and I depend on. I literally keep it up on my computer screen all day long and it automatically refreshes itself when new-news is posted. I will admit that it is slightly right leaning in its political persuasion, but Matt Drudge and his team posts links to all kinds of news found on a host of news sources. It posts coverage on everything from the presidential race to foreign affairs, movie reviews and pop culture.
Today, the Washington Post posted an article about the Drudge report and it's founder Matt Drudge's HUGE influence on political coverage. Check it out.
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